Doggie Monday

This week, I'm mixing it up; I'm starting with Reggie. Of course, if I were really mixing it up, I'd be posting something un-dog related. I'm just saying that so Mum doesn't have to. Except she will. Ha!

Here's Reggie checking out a colander that Rowan was playing with on his last vizzie:

*sniff*

A bit happier:

Here's Buddy; I watched him as he dropped his shoulder and started to roll in something:

Scritchy-scratch:

Hullo.

Reggie again:

He was rolling on his back, but I didn't manage to capture it:

RoRo Vizzie

Rowan came in and took his shoes off. He held them in his hand and said, "Auntie Haha, where can I put these UP AND OUT OF THE WAY from Buddy?"  Hahahaha  He's learned not to leave anything he values within reach of the beagle boy!

Ro was watching TV & Buddy came to join him. I think it was after Rowan started eating his snacks. Ro said, "I'll be very careful eating on your couch, Haha."  I said, "I appreciate that, Rowan. But you don't really have to be all that careful in my house. I've got 3 dogs that make a much bigger mess!" 

After he ate his snacks that he came with, he was still hungry. So I cut up some chicken for him and put it in a bowl. 

Well. 

You can imagine what happened! 

Ro: "Hey!  What happened to my chicken?"  

Me: "Did you leave the bowl where Buddy could reach it?" 

Ro: "I was just giving Reggie a piece of chicken." (Reggie was in his crate). "And then when I came back, the bowl was EMPTY!"  Then he looks at Buddy. "Buddy! You ate my chicken. [British accent] That's very NAUGHTY!" 

Me: "Does this surprise you?  What could you do differently next time?"

Ro: "I wish I had a robot dog that would stop Buddy." 

Me: "And another option would be?"

Ro: "Not to leave the bowl where Buddy can get it." 

Hahahaha  Robot dog.

Buddy, plotting and scheming.  :-)

Sun Bathing

Reggie:

Bingo:

Buddy:

Reggie again:

Thunder Storms

Bingo is so scared when she hears thunder or any loud noises; fireworks, etc. She takes refuge under my desk in the office. 

This week, she was just there without the thunder.

Here's Buddy in the meditation chair. See what he has by his feet?

A piece of a tea box he brought up with him.

Thursday afternoon we had a ferocious thunder storm--well, storms throughout the afternoon. Even Reggie was all "What's that noise?" I dosed Bingo up with Benedryl and put on her Thundershirt. Then I gave her peanut butter in her Kong to distract her:

They all got peanut butter Kongs, of course. 

Here's another shot of Buddy, doing his Snoopy pose:

On the T.U. rug:

See what he's got there? 

Another piece of cardboard.

Sunday, Buddy on a new cover on the meditation chair:

Here's Reggie peeking in:

"He looks like a black blob." 

Yes, I know. I was lazy with the flash. 

Etc.

HAPPY Monday!  :-) 

Doggie Monday

I was all cozy in my jammies in the meditation chair Sunday morning with Buddy, so I took a pic with my iPad:

A bit blurry!

 This is better:

Buddy likes to be under the kitchen table, too:

"What's with the lighting?" you may be wondering. Oops. Here we go with the flash:

Hullo.

 Outside:

I got a new bag of dog food and put it in the food bin. Here's Buddy licking out the bag:

Saturday, I just took pictures of Buddy in the meditation chair whenever he changed positions:

Because I don't have enough photos of him sleeping!

You may be noticing a lack of non-Buddy pix. Here's Bingo:

She's partial to the T.U. rug.

Back to Buddy:

Closer up, in case you were thinking that the previous photo
had too much extraneous stuff in it & the shot needed to be tighter.

Appearance from T-Bob:

Disturbing his slumbers:

But then! Tabby usurps the chair:

Sunday evening:

s-t-r-e-t-c-h-e-d out!

No pix of Reggie this week, but here's Bingo:

She likes when I scritchy-scratch under her legs.

Bat girl!

I've been keeping a journal on the dogs, the Snoopy Moleskine that John Morgan gave me for my birthday. I've been writing favourite memories and putting in cute pix. Had I not gone back and read what I wrote this week, I'd think it's been a rather uneventful week. Apart from Buddy waking me up at 2 a.m. on Sunday morning to go outside. And Reggie barking at 4 a.m. and again at 5 a.m. *sigh*

But then I was reminded of Wednesday morning. I walked to the bathroom and luckily I turned the light on because the floor was a sea of dog pee. I'm not kidding. So I had to clean that up before I could go in! And then I was remembering that morning around 3 a.m. when Bingo was whining. And then Reggie and Buddy started barking because Tabby was scratching at the door. So I just thought it was Tabby needing to come in. Poor Bingo!  So sorry, sweetie. It won't happen again! Next time I won't assume that she's joining the Bark Fest at the cat.

Also, Buddy has added another food-related word to his vocabulary: wobbler. As in, "Where's your wobbler, Bingo?" This is what I say when it's time to eat. So I said this, and Buddy, who was outside, comes trotting back in!  Funny little guy. And so smart. When it comes to food!

The ticks are out. Ugh. I hate using conventional pesticide stuff on the dogs, so I've been looking for alternatives. So this is what I'm doing: 

• For mosquitoes, lemon oil (works for humans, too). You can add this oil to water for flavoring, too. Very yummy.
• For fleas, a mixture of diatomaceous earth, neem powder & lemon eucalyptus oil
• For ticks: rose geranium oil.

Lemme just say, the rose geranium oil is ah-mazing! First of all the smell is lovely; just smells like roses. You have to apply it every few days, when it starts wearing off. Well, Buddy came in with a couple ticks. One was one of those teeny-tiny seed ticks, the size of a freckle, dug into his arm pit (you know what I mean). I put a drop of rose geranium oil on my finger and applied it to the tick and the surrounding area. It killed the tick. It let go and was dead. It took a bit longer for the larger tick, but it let go, as well. (I didn't wait for it to die, I just flushed it. Like you do.) YAY! So I'm really liking this stuff! 

So that's what's been up this week. All is well at our little lake house. HAPPY Monday!  :-)