how puppies manage to make to adulthood

Most raisers know that just when the silly fuzz balls are about to be made into a dishrag or a stylish lab foot rest they give us moments like this.

Didn't think she would get out of the house without some humiliation. 

Two words.....FOOD BELLY

moments like this make all the naughtyness fade away. 

Lim-ricky, as I liked to call her wasn't a problem (Waffle may disagree) but just got news that my problem child Tacoma, ate something she shouldn't have. Now as a pup she was a HUGE HUGE HUGE garbage mouth. Stair treads, leashes, shoes, you name it she ate it growing up, at her new home, she ate 1lb of grapes and ended up in the doggie ER with damaged kidneys. I guess last weekend she some how got ahold of some rat poison. She found it in a tube that the city had put out in a drainage ditch. Lucky her people got to her in time and took it away from her. Still there was a call to the vet, (they have him on speed dial) just to make sure she'd be ok, turns out she needed some vitamin K just in case. Still it was a tense night and when her people heard the distinctive 'whoop whoop' everyone's heart dropped......guess what she threw up?

While everyone was worried about the rat poison, she managed to woof down two seed pods from a local tree...... *sigh*

Let me just say she was a really REALLY cute puppy. 

She fnally made it

name                     tattoo                        breed           sex             Phase

Truffle                 44X5                           LAB               F             0

at last she has been there 3 and 1/2 weeks and this is her first appearance on the list!  Thank goodness for my spies up north or I wouldn't have known a thing.

Will work for Broccoli

Here she is over come with the thought of broccoli

once she has her composure back she agrees to show off her awesome moves over the jumps. She actually went on to do the weave poles.... three jumps and weave polls all for 1 piece of broccoli. he he he

thanks for the info about food. Might stick with the dehydrated food, I don't think she minds eating cold food, we just think 'we don't want to eat cold food so why should she?' Definitely need to do the fish oil thing she has dry skin.

will post more news about the pups later in the week. 

new food

It is freeze dried beef and veggies, all raw. You rehydrate it int he fridge overnight. 

We tried it, and while Waffle seemed to like it, we were not fans. You have to refrigerate it, but we don't want to give her cold food, so we have to nuke it a bit to warm it up, which makes the microwave smell.  So not really sold on it.

what do you guys feed? Should we be feeding her more veggies, or is her Natural Balance Lamb and rice enough? I am thinking aobut adding some sort of joint supplement and maybe salmon oil. What do you guys do?

Have Dog will travel

So Limerick, still doesn't have all her shots yet, so until then when going outside I have to carry her. GDB had a bad Parvo Scare back in Dec. So they have been ultra careful to ensure all the pups stay healthy. She could go to the office, but I had to carry her there and back. Which would have worked if someone hadn't been such a squirmy wormy. We ended up putting her in the kennel. But the bag was cute while it lasted. 

They never learn by The Waffler

You know my doggie pals, peeps never learn. They just got rid of one problem and they go and get another! 

Look at that blank stare, to quote my pal Mango "Dofus" the dog not the person. Why would they go and get another one, when I am so perfect? I mean really folks this can't keep happening. A girl can only take so much. 

Thank goodness she goes to work, otherwise she spends the day lazying around the house sleeping. Now I know you might be saying to yourself 'Waffle you sleep most of the day too' WRONG! I'm providing needed companionship to my people, by laying around in their path, sleeping on their beds, and following them into the bathroom they are reminded about how important I am to their lives. 

This one all she does is sleep, play and pee

And worst of all she has cooties

And I think there is something wrong with her, she seems to collect metal. *GASP* MAYBE SHE IS AN ALIEN. Look what she found, the little beast, it could be part of a plan to capture to take over the house, if she uses the metal detector in her mouth, she will collect all the......

Carrie: Waffle

and then she use that to.....

Carrie: WAFFLE!

before you can say Bob's your uncle it has us all lined up next to 'how to cook for Humans'.

Carrie: WAFFLE!!! didn't you remember I told you she was just visiting! She goes home on Sunday. And her name is Limerick. She has brown eyes rimmed with green and she is a better reliever than you ever where. She is three months old, pees on concrete, and even when she doesn't have to go she will at least give me a courtesy squat. I told you all of this last week. *sigh* 

2/3 of the household will miss her when she goes. 

DIY DOG AGILITY

my poor little car stuffed or skewed with pvc pipe for the project 

They barely fit

Cutting up the pieces

The finished product! Waffle OVER!

Waffle WEAVE!

So Waffle loves agility, but I don't love the cost of her classes. So we decided to skip this last session and I promised her I'd build some stuff at home. Not being very DIY I wasn't sure what the end product would look like. But I'd say things worked out pretty well. It may not exactly be competition standard, but do you really see my Waffle running in formal competition? Not so much. 

But she loves the new toys and that's all that matters. It was cheap too. I think all told 8 weave poles and three jumps all for about $20, that would not even buy us one class. We are bribing a friend in construction  to make us a hold table, and looking a a cheap way to make a tunnel or chute. 

Yeah Agility!

My last outing

My friend Ackman

'I think I'm supposed to have boots on to climb up here'

One of the last outings I took Truffie on was out to volunteer at the Youth Hostel and then to walk the 3rd street promenade. While shopping at REI a kid asks if he can pet Truffle, I usually say 'you have to ask your parents' and then leave before they can come back. But he was quick and I was slow, we start talking and he says his brother has a service dog so off we go to meet his family and their dog. Ackman is a Autism  service dog, his boy likes to wander away and he is trained to find him! Very cool. I got the feeling that while the dog is supposed to help the boy, it is really the parents who do the handling. 

It was nice to see another working dog. I can only hope that the next working dog I meet will be Miss Truffie. 

Princess Pretty Toes

Thats the name we've always called Miss Waffles, she would tip toe out in the damp grass to do her business, such a fussy butt. She also is a deep deep sleeper. Put the two together with a bottle of nail polish and someone got a surprise make over. 

I was looking for a new shade for me and found a 98 cent bottle that I bought for just for her. Because of the way she was sleeping only 3 paws got the make over, I'll try to finish the job tonight. 

 

Dodger Game

anyone up for the Dodger game this friday? (4/29 at 7pm) Last hurrah for Truffie

hello

Hello? Where have you been? Look under the large pile of work over there, see ...that's my hand waving. Truffie leaves next week we are sad.....

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I'm having a light snack.....

This weekend BFF took me back to camp. I forgot how much fun it could be. My good bud Petri was there and I got to spend a lot of time just hanging out. BFF was cooking so I had to sit in the breezway and watch and smell all the good things she was cooking. 

There is only so much sitting a dog can do, so when they asked if I wanted to help with a skit I jumped at the chance. Here is the video of my acting debut. Look don't you think that I played my part with gusto and virve? 

Carrie: The funny thing is I was doing the dishes in the kitchen when they ran in and said I had to see Truffie in her skit. So she had been playing her part for a good two minutes before I even got there and rolled tape. My first reaction when I saw this is 'WHAT ARE THEY FEEDING MY DOG!' Then I clued into the skit. She played her part really well. Either she was thinking 'these folks are a bit off and I better humor them' or 'maybe next time there will be something'

Now it's time

to say goodbye to my favorite PIT

Tru....ff.....ie

Pretty sure she is on the April recall list. I will call tomorrow to see when the truck will be coming down. 

Girl Scout Meeting

So despite really crappy traffic we made it to the meeting, where Truffie was her adorable cute self. we gave the speal and guess what they wanted to know.............................how does the blind person know how to pick up the poop? Then we went on to a bunch of questions about how does the dog fly on the plane....like what happens if someone has an allergy? are they scared? do they wear seat belts? what the heck, strange children. None the less we enjoyed it.

Today was errand day. Both pups to the vet - Truffie for her booster shots and Waffle for her mani and pedi. I also dropped off some pants to be hemmed, filled the tank, got my oil changed, picked up stuff at costco and target and picked up stuff to make weave poles for Waffle. I'll post pictures of the process later.

Oh if any one feeds Science Diet Lamb and rice I have a bunch of coupons from the Girls Scouts, leave me a comment with your address (I am comment moderation on) I will be glad to send a few your way.

enjoy your weekend.

Wafflle

speaking event

Truffie and I are speaking to a group of girl scouts in two weeks. We will be talking about GDB and puppy raising. These kids are around 10 and up. For those of you who have done this before, what are the typical questions they usually have? Any thing that would impress them? Any other suggestions? We only have 20 mins.
thanks
Carrie

Like a good Guide Dog

Truffie is there......

Well I hope one day to be a guide dog, Friday I spent the WHOLE day practicing again. Mom had to go see the eye doctor, so I went along. Here is mom explaining what all the machines are. It is important that I practice at the Dr.'s office because my future partner will probably have to go to one sooner or later.

It was really hard because no one was interested in me! Can you believe it? And after a while the whole Dr. thing was kind of over rated. I just spent the day sleepin' in the corner. Between the Dentist and the eye doctor let's hope my peeps are done with Doctor's visits. Or at least find another PIT to practice with.

Woooshhh

looking at my email I see one from my leader with the subject Truffle...................






















Okay, you can stop holding your breath now. Truffle is not on the March 14 recall list.


Tina

woooooooooooooossssssssshhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

At the dog sitters

I dropped Truffie off at the dog sitters today. Actually they are new raisers who need to puppy sit before they can get their own pup. She is a good girl and is fairly mature and I know she will be good, but you always worry about you child behaving while out of your sight.

Truffie is famous for her escapes, my office opens up onto a common room along with 6 other offices. Tuffie has been know to go 'visiting' while I am at the xerox machine or looking for paper. She will stick her head out the door watch me enter the store room and when the door shuts she will take off to visit Auntie Sharon and any spare students hanging around, she always keeps an ear open for me and when she hears me off she runs back to the office 'pretending' to have been there the whole time.

I wonder what she will do to newbie puppy raisers...... wish her luck.