I'm back!!

No updates in a long while as I have been away. I went back to Saskatchewan to see my family--my parents, sister and her family and my grandmother. It's good to go back once in awhile and remind myself of why I don't live there anymore--like temperatures that reach 42 celisius with the humidity. Give me -30C with a windchill anyday over that silliness! Oh, and I get my kid fix. Hanging out with my sister's kids reminds me of why I have critters. I adore her kids and they are really good kids, but you just can't kick them outside when they get whiney and ignore them til it stops! ;)

Cute, aren't they!?

Stuart survived taking care of the dogs for 10 days and the dogs survived with no major trauma. He once again let Kayleigh loose in the yard and she picked on Delta--my super-shy boy. Delta seems to have won the fight though as Kayleigh has a pretty good nick about ehr eye. Drives me nuts that Stuart insists on letting Kayleigh into the main yard. She'd be fine if all the other dogs were somewhere else. He just can't seem to understand that her unpredictable dog aggression is not something she will ever get over!!! It's part of her temperment and just the way it is and will always be for her. She's a great dog, but she's not meant to be a pack dog!

The cats were not impressed with their daddy! He decided to rip out all the carpet in the room their food and litterboxes are in. It had to be done--gross doesn't begin to describe the carpet--but they were literally pissed off! Not a good thing! Kinda glad I missed that actually! The floor is much nicer now and the boxes are back where they belong. The cats are much happier now!

Silly Deuce!

Deuce went back to the vet yesterday to get the last of his stitches removed. He just won't cooperate with me. He was happy as could be to gofor a truck ride, greeted the clinic staff with woos and gave kisses to hisfavorite vet tech, Brandy. Perfectly cooperative with her. Took her abouta minute to get the stitches out! While we were waiting for Brandy, Deuce decided to explore the exam room. From a standstill, he leapt on to the top of the counter and started trying to open the cupboard doors. I wish I'dtaken my camera with me!! The few times I've had to put an animal up there for an exam, it's always been a huge production, but Deuce thought it was fun! Maybe he should go into agility!

Deuce did very well at the clinic. He was nice to a chocolate lab and didn't try to eat the poodle! He has a healthy prey drive and is not allowed near the cats. I assumed he would be the same way with small dogs.He didn't even seem to realize that thing was a dog. He just gave it a very confused look! Course, the poodle was being carried by his owner and was quite groggy. The reaction might have been quite different if the dog had been alert, yappy and on the floor!

Big hole!!

There is a huge hole in our side yard!

Yup, it's a big one! It will someday be a pond. It took a couple years for Stuart to get the hole dug, so who knows when it will actually have water in it! He still has to line it and get the pumps set up! Since he's building it to provide some fire protection, it will hopefully have water in it before a forest fire comes through here. It's pretty wet so far this summer. The fire season has been quiet and it will likely stay that way.

The dogs think it's a great new place to play! Silly mutts!!

Fresh dirt is best for digging!