Category Archives: Pet Posse

Jun20

It beats dirt?

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It beats dirt?

Today we gave had Bonnie for 7 days.

She is one little clown.

I can’t believe what a puppy she is. She chews ANYTHING and EVERYTHING. Fingers, toes, shoes, Stevie’s elbow, photo albums… etc.

She has invented several little games that Stevie never thought of, like Pull-the-Tissues-Out-of-the-Box. While both of them go for shredding used tissues, Bonnie discovered an even better way to get her tissues- straight from the box. I have to tuck in all the tissues into the box so she’s not tempted to pull them out. 🙂

She also likes to hide her treats. I also caught her with her dingo (a little doggie raw-hide bone) in her mouth, scratching at the carpet by the couch. It took me a second to realize she was trying to save it for later. I have never seen a dog do that before, other than in cartoons. All my previous animals are into the “eat it allllllll now- PIG OUT!” methods.

Not Bonnie. I’ve caught her hiding it in the couch crevices, behind the TV, under the dog bed, etc. I’m sure that if she could, she would bury it in the dirt outside, but this is cleaner… i guess?

I’m actually impressed. We’re gonna have our work cut out with this brainy pup.   She knows how to sniff out trouble!

This week, I have an awesome opportunity to go to Dallas for an all-expenses paid training. (This would be one of the great things about going to the new middle school). I’ll be there Monday-Friday in a ritzy hotel. I feel kind of bad though- Jared will have to manage the dreadfully darling dogs on his own. I have been overwhelmed with both of them WITHOUT a lot of outside things going on- he’s gonna have normal work on top of these two little handfuls!!!

I know he’ll be fine, but send happy thoughts his way just in case!

Life is good, even with the new craziness that has been added in. 🙂

Jun12

World, Meet Bonnie

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World, Meet Bonnie

Today, we added another member to our family.

Everyone, meet Bonnie Jade Boothe. Stevie now has a little sister!

Bonnie

We recently got in contact with the same breeder that we got Stevie. We had been thinking about getting him a “little sister” for quite awhile, and she actually had a perfect girl for us.

Bonnie has a sad story. When she was four months old, the breeder had been planning on keeping her for a show girl. However, somebody visited her trying to learn more about about the Italian greyhound breed, and while holding Bonnie, didn’t keep a good handle on her and dropped Bonnie on a tiled floor. Bonnie broke her right front leg.

A few months later, about $2000 in medical bills and multiple surgeries, Bonnie’s leg has completely healed, but the tendons in her paw has turned her paw slightly outward, rendering her as a poor show candidate.  She’s still a gorgeous, happy little girl, but since the breeder shows a lot of dogs, (she has about 10 other pups in her home) she needed a good place to settle Bonnie.

Enter us.

Bonnie is a sweetie pie, and has enjoyed tormenting her older brother all day. She also LOVES to go on a walk, and will happily try to give a hint by finding a leash and then carrying it up to us.

Bonnie and her leash

Bonnie and her collar

Here’s our little girl playing with her new toy.

Bonnie and octopus

And, finally, after a long day of torment and playing and exploring, Bonnie finally cuddled up to her dad on the couch to fall asleep.

Bonnie sleeping

She’s a cutie pie!

Feb11

Picture Post!

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Picture Post!

So, I was thinking since my last post tended to be a little negative, I needed a positive post to quickly balance it out.

Ergo: Stevie.

Here he is with his football sweater. Since it’s blue, he was “going for” the Colts  during the Superbowl, according to Jared.

Stevie Sweater             Stevie Sweater 2

Yeah, we think he’s pretty cute.

Which is why he gets away with things like (and this one was too big to fit in a thumbnail, apparently:

Stevie getting comfortable 

Stevie in Bed

I also got a new look when I visited Utah in Thanksgiving. It’s not that different, but it’s been a long time since my hair was this short. I like it. (this one was too big to fit in a thumbnail, apparently)

Thanksgiving Haircut                Thanksgiving Haircut 2

All right. That’s enough good stuff for awhile, methinks. Bed time!


Jul26

Sleepover!

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Sleepover!

So, last night was our first official night in the house- YIPPEE!

Okay, okay, I know, a bit sad. However, thanks to Jared’s friends Asa and Aashish, we were able to move all the “big stuff” over to the house. You know, like the queen-sized bed, the piano, the double bed, the couch…. things that I couldn’t possibly help Jared load into his truck on my own. So I contributed by packing smaller boxes and making peanut butter bars for the guys. Our way of saying “thank you.”

Last night was a lot like a hotel stay; we haven’t moved a lot of food over, missing a lot of the essentials, but now we have more at the house than we do here at the apartment. I think I will get used to it sooner than later; but it’s just hard to believe this is OURS. OUR house, OUR yard… just… WOW!

Stevie has been LOVING it. He was running up and down the stairs, going in circles around the main floor, and his tail was CONSTANTLY wagging. He is so excited about the extra room. I think he will settle in just fine. 🙂

Jul17

The bees are gone!

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The bees are gone!

The backyard is overall now a safer place. The huge hive of bees has been sealed up and there are no signs of a new hive forming. I do wish that there was a way we could have removed them alive from the tree and transplanted them, but it would have probably done damage to the awesome tree. Oh well.

Other bug updates: all bugs in the house that we find are dead! Meaning, the rate of new bugs showing up is slowing down considerably, and by the time we see them, they are officially dead! Considering the fact that seeing a live spider or cockroach or any creepy-crawly or flying thing can send me into a state of cardiac arrest, and then those creatures show up starring in my nightmares, this dead bug thing is very very good!

The temperatures here in Texas are HOT!!! Today, outside the house was about 103, and inside was 95. Can I just say, YUCK! It’s really killing our grass, and as our sprinkling system consists of a hose, a nice spray nozzle, and a rotating sprinkler, it’s a lot of work to keep up with! So our grass looks a lot like this:

Dying Grass

Some places, it looks a lot worse. 🙁 At least I have managed to keep the majority of the plants alive! woohoo!

So today, I was attempting to revive the greenery about the house by water and vacuuming up bugs in the house, waiting for the AC guy. (Yes, I am aware that the middle of the day isn’t the best time to be watering. Until we move in, we aren’t motivated enough to do late night/early morning watering.) The window was 1-4pm, and the house was 95 degrees. Guess who actually got pretty far behind? Yup, the AC man. So there I was, doing activities in the sun and then coming inside and vacuuming/unpacking some items that I moved over there today… and I think I got too much sun. Drinking water wasn’t really helping… so around 3:30 I called Jared and asked him to call the AC people and see if they were EVER going to come, because I couldn’t handle the heat anymore!

Jared called me back, and the window had been pushed back to between 5-6pm! And they couldn’t call to give us this time estimate? Must I suffer, hoping that ANY MOMENT sweet, cool relief from the AC could be coming?  Well, Jared told me to go home, rest for a hour, then go back, or he could leave work and go there for me.  I got home and decided that I couldn’t go back. I was dizzy, I had no energy, and even with my glasses, my sight was off and on blurry. Time to sleep for sure.

So Jared ended up taking a break from work so he could meet up with Mr. AC guy, and now we have AC. Hopefully that will make moving so much easier!

On other news, Stevie is doing much better. The bumps are all but gone and he’s not sneezing anymore. He does enjoy getting meds because they come with the magic items “Cheese” or “Peanut butter.” It makes me laugh, because he actually gets excited when he sees me opening up his medicine. A dog that WANTS to take his medicine?! Not to mention, he is hilarious when he gets peanut butter. Here’s a vid of IggyJack (NOT STEVIE!)  that can give you an idea of what Stevie looks like after he gets peanut butter; except Stevie’s tongue sticks out about 4 inches for a good 30 seconds after he gets the stuff.

(Warning: Video may lead you to laugh, giggle, and can cause strong yearnings for a cute dog. There’s some great links associated with it, like IggyJack gets shot, IggyJack gets a tissue… etc. Also, you may want to play it with the sound off, other than the shot one…)