Bud Says That Little Dog Scares Me!

Bud thinks that Marley will hurt him. She is a 10 yr old Diva. This is one of the reasons that Labs are the most popular breeds in the USA ! 

Bud Wants It His Way

Bud has 2 dog beds in the living room because I'm a nut because I want him to have good support because of his aging body; his vet told me that Bud, because of the rod in his right rear knee from the blowing his knee out a couple years ago could cause him pain.

memory foam and the other fiber fill. He uses both. Shown here is Bud rearraging the blankets that put on very nice and smooth. Bud likes the blankets this way.  He is the diva of the house! 

Marley Is A Bed Hog Accordding To Bud

Recently we went to visit at Sylia's home in the country. Marley the 7  pound Chihuahua scared Bud off his dog beds. Marley took over Bud's beds. Shown in the pictures you see Marley all cozy and Bud not to happy. He wanted me to save him. Look at the body language. Oh Bud you're too nice sometimes.   

Bud Turns 7 Years Young Aug 1st

Bud has been love of my life for all his life. He was the cutest puppy ever! !

Boys On Guard

Last week my son's came for a sleep over. Pictured is Bud and Bandit hanging out doing a fine job of guarding my yard and house. I rest easy knowing these boys are protecting me. What would we ever do without our dogs??

Marley Make Progress

Ever since I first met my staff Sylvia's Chihuahua, a 10 year old non-socialized dog, I have been working hard for Marley to trust me. The first week she would not look at me. Then I worked my magic with clicker training and the second week she looked at me but I still could not hold her. Third week she was running to me and happy to take food from me and finally last week she let me pet her, and then she started giving me kisses. Marley spent the night with us last night when Sylvia left town. After Sylvia left her, Marley had a minor very expected set back for a few hours. I just let her pout and then Amber came to work with Dewey as I thought that would help her.......it was something to see, the two small dogs played like dogs. This is the first time that Marley has played like a dog and now the dogs are great friends. Last night another miracle is Marley got in bed with me and snuggled!!! And in the morning pooed in my office. She let me know that she is a 10 old diva. Sylvia can't believe what a change from being carried everywhere and treated like a baby she has made. Marley is now a dog. The other day when I left the  room where I put a dish of treats and clicker Marley snuck in and ate all the treats..She later said Jetta made me do it.

Amber's service dog comes to visit

Dewey is a Rat Terrier/Chihuahua, who is 6 years old, who works for Amber, he takes good care of her, by alerting her to her anxiety attacks before they happen. She got him when he was 8 months old from the shelter and he was a serious mess, fear aggressive towards shadows, people and just about everything. But at a year old he started alerting her on his own, by what is called "grounding" (obsessively nudging and licking when an anxiety attack is about to happen). Still he could not become a service dog immediately because of all of his issues, so Amber worked with him for about a year until he could be considered good enough to pass the CGC and get his gold tag.

For their first meeting Bud jumped on him because Bud sensed his Alpha posturing. After that they went for a walk together and now are fine together. Boys will be boys. Dewey is a high energy dog and he is a lover and he wants to be a lap dog when not working.