My Weekend

Note I don't get control of the computer very often, so this post is very, very long

Lani writing her blog

Lani here- this is the 100th post so in honor of that Carrie let me take over the blog (Carrie: for now Lani, just for now)

I had a really big weekend I mean big I had a few friends over for the week end. My people's first GDB Dog Tacoma came over for a visit, her family went rock climbing and my friend Melody is coming over for a visit. My people said something about being an a lonely only. Whatever I didn't care I had so much fun.

Me and The Taco Bell

Tacoma is a big girl but I showed her, I needed her to remember that she was in my house. So I followed her around and whenever she peeed and I went right over and did my business right over it. That showed her!

Playing Tug with the Jolly Ball

She is BIG wow long legs and best of all she liked to play chase. I had two safe spots, one in the bushes and the other in the corner in the planter, I'd tag her turn and run, run, run and run, but she always got me - hence the safe spots. I'd catch my breath and then we'd start all over again. But then things got rough I had to show her who was boss - and you can see who learned the lesson.

But then Melody showed up...... and the party was on! Boy if you've never run wild with two of your best buds, you're missing out in life. It was a blast, mom was such a killjoy, we could run as much as we wanted outside. Inside was a different story- we were having so much fun only two of us could be out at a time. Something about wreaking havoc in the house - sshessh people live in the moment, you have Cesar Milan's book.

It was great they'd run left and I'd run left, they'd dart into the bushes and I'd take off after them as fast as my 4 month old legs could carry me. Mel is 10 months old and Taco is 3 years old so their legs are a lot longer and they have all their adult teeth. Mom says brushing mine should be a snap now - 'cuz most of them fell out!

This is pretty much how the whole weekend went. The two big girls playing and me tryin' to sneak in

Lani, Melody, and Taco

This is where Taco slept, all day she would go in and out of the kennel, but at bed time she refused! Man I need to take notes! My people gave in and let her sleep free, and while they were snoozing she jumped up on the bed/sofa what ever was around. Smoooooooth they never had clue.

Taco, Melody, and Lani all waiting for dinner, it was like musical bowls, once we were all done. Each of us would have to look to see if someone missed a bite.

Taco and Me

Mom says Taco is her problem child, what ever that means, she was the best behaved out of all of us. Mom would ask me to sit and Taco sat, I figured since one of us did it that we were good. Melody and I let Taco do all the commands all weekend. Couldn't figure out why mom was sooo cheesed off.

So Taco is a career change pup so she to me that just means she gets to eat snacks and sleep on the sofa, so while she was watching Oprah at home, Mel and I went to work. I went to my first movie. Horton Hears a Who. Can't say if I recommend it I never really saw much of it, during the Kung Fu Panda previews I got scared and bolted for the door. I don't care what you say, there is just something not right with a talking Panda (carrie's note: eehmm, eehhmm ah Lani a typing dog? ) So I spent the movie in the hallway. Afterwards we walked around the mall and did a little browsing at Borders, the Marley book is out in paper back.

Mom said something about lunch and I got happy, I used to get lunch but they cut that out a while ago. But you can tell by my expression, we weren't the ones eating.

So I won some sort of contest from GDB and they sent me a box full of beauty supplies, which I thought was pretty cool until I learned they all involved water. So my people set up a dog wash assembly line. Someone washed, the other dried.

Mel has the best hazel eyes, I've ever seen

Mom went photo crazy so embarrassing.

Well my weekend was a blast, lots of friends coming and going, shopping, movies even the bath wasn't so bad. My people said they have another surprise, something about Waffles. MMM covered in syrup and butter....... more about that later.

everyone is a critic

Not sure if this is a sign that at 4 months Lani and I have achieved a level of trust around food.........

or

it is a comment on my taste in snacks. (I vote the later, the soyjoy bar sucked!, I didn't even finish it)

They grow up so fast

Blink and another month has gone by

I'm FOUR months old today!

So far I know how to sit, and stay- when I'm in the mood I obey the down command, but usually half of me manages to stay up in the air- my mom said we need to work on that . Something about 'mooning' not being socially acceptable.

This is me in my kennel, for my birthday my mom made it bigger so I can stretch out. My toes can touch the back wall and my nose the front (its the x-lg kennel 42 inches long)

I'm a big girl I'm longer and even though my round tummy has gone away I still gained 9lbs in one month! I keep hearing something about a growth spurt. I'm a nice healthy 32lbs, I keep saying its all puppy fat

Oh well happy month day to me!

LOST

LOST- one puppy belly
mostly pink with a bit of black fur
about the size of 1/2 cantelope
usually nice and full, warm and snuggly
last seen attached to a small black lab
if found please retun to Lani

I woke up one day and it was gone, it looks like she has grown about 1/3 larger, she had lengenthed out, which has helped her little tummydisappear. I miss it.

Ring a round the chair

For your enjoyment.

new pics

Boy I sure am cute!

That's what Lani herd today whenI took her on her 1st walk around campus today. Going around visiting friends in various offices. Everywhere we went she melted hearts.

We went into the president's office to visit the secretary there, she is a big fan of all our dogs. She had lots of questions about raising and while I was answering them Lani must have been tired, so she made herself comfortable on Meta's foot, using it as a pillow. Lucky Meta, thought it was precious.

Today was a big one for Lani, up until now she really hasn't been interested in walking around (the rain may have had something to do with it) but today she did several sets of stairs. Two flights in and out of the parking structure, up and down into my office and up and down into the admin building. Up isn't a problem it is going down that she needs a bit of encouragement. I need to get down on a lower step and really cheer her on. She gets this little hop and wag in her tail and she gets up her courage and she goes! It takes her a bit but she does it, and you can see how proud she is to do it. She usually takes the last two steps at a leap and does a little dance when she it done.

My girl can do stairs!

Now only if I cn convience her the living room rug is not and indoor potty!

Dale (Waffle's 1/2 sister)




Jay -donated from the Samsung school in Korea

Their litter was born on 11/23, 5 males and 3 females - black and yellow. Lani and her brother (who went to the head of the Riverside group) Langston are both black. I am suprised that there were any yellows from that litter. Dylan is dominant in black so most, if not all his offspring are black. Lani has just a wisp of white on her chest.

Thanks to Amber and the GDB littermate group on Yahoo, I have found Lani's parents. It is kind of funny - Lani is Waffle's half niece. Jay, Lani's mother, is a Dylan pup and Dylan is Waffle's dad so we have high hopes for our little porker. Yeah, she is a little pear-shaped, and even through she is one of eight, she really bellied up to the mommy bar quite a few times. Underfed she is not.