Monday Fun...

What do you do when you have a lot of costumes and no place to wear them?  You find a tasty bag of doggy treats and see if Harlow would be willing to model a few of them...

She seriously loves her cookies....

Her face when she realized it would be impossible to go potty in all these skirts...

I'll admit, when I pulled the sheet off the couch and repositioned her (for contrast) I had to gather up hall her skirts and help her off and back on.  I really did feel like her "lady in waiting".

Making sure I hadn't run out of treats....

Princess Harlow!

She needed a portrait to hang in the Great Hall of her Pretty Pink Princess Castle.  I'm thinking this last one would work perfectly! 

We hope you have a wonderful Monday!

Traversing the desert...

After Saturday's great adventure, Harlow has decided she needed a better way to explore the desert...

Dis is so much better!

You have to admit, our Princess has a lot of style!

Harlow vs Nature

As you know, our Harlow is a little princess.  

Dere's a lump in my bed...

She has, however, decided that she wants to expand her interest and has become interested in hiking.  She has been studying Shawnee's blog (stop by and say hi!) and has decided that she was ready for her first outing.

She has a bandana, because all the cool explorers wear bandanas.

 Harlow had a lot to learn.  For one, there are a lot of princess-sized bushes in the desert...

Da Momma, you better go in front and whack some bushes for me...

That the wind can blow your butt furs something fierce...

It's quite rude to da Princess...

That the desert is full of paw poking cactus...

Dese big fuzzy ones are not shnooter friendly either!

Trust me - I thought I was going to have to carry her out after her first cactus encounter.  She was also not pleased to find the desert wanted to stick with her...

Get it?  Stick?  Bwahahaha...  Sorry...

After I checked to make sure the ground was clear of deer poop and twigs, we sat down to take a break.

Da Momma forgot my cushion...  I haz to sit on my fuzzy tail...

Of course, Harlow needed some nourishment.

Any chicken jerky in here?  Da Shawnee always eats chicken jerky.

After a while we headed back...

Dis wouldn't be so bad if it waz carpeted...

I'm hoping next time we will make it out of my Mom's driveway.

Harlow swears we hiked miles...

;)

The problem with fleas...

It's finally happened.  Our pups have fleas.  We discovered them a couple of days ago, but after proper introductions we decided they weren't too bad.
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Wait, what?

Watcha talkin' about, Momma?

Well, let me introduce you to our Fleas.  They really are quite nice, once you get to know them.  We'll start with Harlow...

Feel free to inspect my fuzzy being...

This is Mr. and Mrs. Flea.  They are a really nice couple - they've invited me to their place for tea.

This is little Bobby Flea.  It looks like he decided to explore Harlow's paw today.

Hi there, little Bobby Flea!

Wait, wait.  We are missing little Suzy Flea?  Where did she go?  Monty!

I'm being paid for dis appearance...

Oh there they are, little Suzy is visiting Grandma Flea!

Isn't little Suzy a cutie?

These little Fleas are welcome in our house anytime!

BOL!

The Happy Dance of Joy

I just shared these on Facebook, but thought you would all like to see them...

Poor Sam had to wear the cone collar while we were gone.  He does really well with a t-shirt on, but we want to make sure he doesn't do anything that will make his recovery longer...

...and boy, does he know how to celebrate once that collar comes off!

I love his happy grin.

Which turns very serious when he attempts a complex maneuver...

....with his little tongue poking out!

Oh, you were taking pictures?

I'm pretty sure he got all the itchy spots!

Update:  We brought Sam to the vet last night for a re-check.  His stitches are all looking good.  The seeping has stopped on the one set, and we are schedule for having them all removed on November 1st.  We sure hope Sam will be a good boy till then. 

The War on Floof Continues...

Look sharp, men, it's coming!

Fire at will!

It's here, sir!

Charge!

It has Johnson!

It's trying to surround us, Sir!

For the love of Dog - it's the Mother Ship!

Sigh...  I think I'm the only normal one in this house....

Most days I feel like Johnson!

Mom and Dad brought fast food home...

...and all I got was this crown...

...seriously, they could have asked if I wanted some fries! 

Traveling...

I've been traveling lately for the park service, Ft. Payne, AL last week and Golden, CO next week.  After that, things should quiet down and I can get back to the serious business of blogging!

One of the worst things about traveling is that I am a real homebody - I miss my boys too much when I'm gone!

We miss you too, Mom!

 I found this little stuffed Golden that reminds me an awful lot of Sam...

From the serious little face...

I'm not seeing the resemblance, Mom!

...to its cute little butt!

Did I sit on something?

Don't give up on us - we will be back!  :D

Monty doings...

Sam is resting up for his advanced beginners agility class tonight....

So I thought I would give you an update on how our boy Monty is doing!  I realize it's been a while since he has been in a post.   Monty, as you can see in the photos below, has taken up the rather entertaining sport of "Dad Wrestling"....

It starts out innocently enough.  A few paw grabs, a few licks, and then before you know it....

...it's an all out wrestling match!  I'm not sure which paw is which in this picture!

After a few horrifying moments, our combatants are left exhausted!

Monty usually recovers enough after one of these fearsome wrestling matches to help me on my latest project.  I am trying to make a denim quilt (trying....) and Monty is fascinated by the scraps!

I has a hat!

Wait a minute!

No worries!  Monty doesn't mind as long as he gets something out if it too.  He's found out that the left over blue jean denim makes a nice toy!

Oh yeah!

...and Sam just hopes I can keep Monty busy enough that he can get the sleep he needs!



I need my rest!

Breaking News!

A major event has happened at our house that is so huge, so enormous, we had to alert the media!

In fact, they are gathering on our lawn right now waiting for our press conference...

This news is so big, scientist actually moved the Doomsday clock forward one minute...

Dogs every where have been horrified by the news!

 What is this news you ask?

What could be this big?

Are you sitting down?

Our Monty - Mr. You-tried-to-poison-me-by-feeding-me-a-vegetable - has eaten a...

Are you sure your sitting down?

He's eaten a carrot! 

We can't believe it either!