The Little Doggie in the Window

Me and Papa Playing!!!

Nap Time

I'm really sleepy cuz I got groomed all morning now it's nap time!

I miss Auntie Joyce

My Auntie Joyce was visiting us and we had lots of fun with her! I'm getting all the farewell love I can soak up!

Come visit again soon Auntie Joyce!!!

Very Bad News

Hi all, I haven't updated China & Madie's blog for a while been really busy with moving, settling and having my sister visit. China and Madie really enjoyed her here too they love their Auntie. Well when we came home from the airport late on Tuesday we found China with a severe injury. It's a nightmare to come home as normal and then find a furbaby injured! She had wood impaled in her leg, about and inch thick and 4 inches long. We don't know how she did it we think she was chasing something and got her leg stuck somehow in the gate and freaked out and yanked her leg with the wood. Anyway when we got home the blood was all dried on her too so we don't know how long it had been. We took her to an Emergency Vet but because the injury was so bad (jagged and dried) there wasn't very high chances of it recovering and amputation was possible. China would have hated that, she is the temperament that if she doesn't have all four legs she would get really depressed and miserable, so we made the hard decision to let her go. We've been crying ever since and still in shock. It's so painful to loose a loved one she was special, and always was near me she would even get up if I went to the restroom or just a few feet into the kitchen.
Madie doesn't realize that her sister is gone yet.
We will miss her dearly, she was a huge part of our lives for 9 years.

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Isn't that amazing? Poor dog, but at least she's once again with her loving family!

Spring is Here!

Winter Garden

Even though winter has come to our garden we still have a little bit left. Mom says it is still unusually warm even through we had a snow before. We are just happy that we get to come outside and it's not too too cold to hang out in.

See, I got to explore since Mom and Papa had taken out dead plants.

But it's still nice out to chill in the sun...or shade!

I keep getting debris in my beard though...very annoying!

I think this is a good spot to chill...

Keeping Warm

Hi...Mom and Papa are packing for a trip so I decided to keep warm then they saw me here and started laughing... Then they took pictures! I don't know why...

Here is China on her new big blue pillow bed with her favorite blanket.

SNOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Guess what?!? When we woke up this morning Papa saw that there was snow!!! AND a LOT of snow at that! Talk about rare in the desert! So we all went outside!

I had a lot of fun exploring the snow and trying to catch the flakes!

China didn't like it very much she kept saying EWWWW it's touching me and it's WET!

Mom and Papa made a snowman!

Then we went inside to warm up!

Mom said that I had "snow shoes" on my feet...then she put some warm water in the sink and stuck my feet in it and then toweled my feet...I'd rather skip that part but Mom said I had to do it cuz there was ice balls in my fur.

What?!?!?!?

What?!?!?!

Just let me take my nap in peace!

Hanging out in the Garden

Just hanging out in the garden!

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The Army of Four tagged us with this award! Thanks you all are the bestest so we are tagging you right back!!!
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Toy Retrieval Training

Hi everybody, Madie and I (China) practiced some Toy Retrieval Training...Madie as you can see isn't very experienced in the art of getting what you want out of a tricky situation! I on the other hand can provide years of experience!
Watch closely as I take you through the common mistakes and important lessons in the Art of Toy Retrieval.
Exhibit A

• Mistake #1 She grabbed the toy through the basket.
• Mistake #2 Even though the basket tipped she still grabbed the toy through the basket.
• Mistake #3 Though the basket lay on it's side she still did not go through the opening to grab the toy until the very end.

• Lesson #1 Don't be so focused on the toy that you forget other methods of toy retrieval!

Now onto our next exhibit...

Exhibit B

• Mistake #4 Again she grabbed the toy through the basket failing to try another technique.
• Mistake #5 After the basket is on it's side she attempts to get to the toy through the basket...in the process bonking herself on the head with the basket.
• Mistake #6 She never tries to go around the basket and grab the toy the easy way!
• Mistake #7 She gives up and sits there...waiting...

• Lesson #2 When attempting to "free" your toy...do try other things.
• Lesson #3 Use the easy way...because it's easy.
• Lesson #4 The obvious isn't "wrong"
• Lesson #5 Never give up!

Next we will see the proper technique demonstrated by moi...

Demonstration A

• Step #1 Scratch at the restraining object, if that doesn't succeed to tip it...
  
• Step #2 Push the restraining object with your nose successfully moving it to a place where part of the toy is protruding from beneath the restraining object.
• Step #3 Grab the protruding toy from beneath the restraining object with your teeth and pull.

Mission Accomplished! Now onto the next demonstration...

Demonstration B

• Step #1 Repeat steps #1-2 of Demonstration A skipping any steps that are unnecessary. If that remains unsuccessful...
• Step #2 Grab part of the restraining object with your teeth and move it so that the toy then protrudes from beneath the restraining object.
• Step #3 Grab the protruding toy from beneath the restraining object with your teeth and pull.

Success!!! Now lets see if our trainee has learned her lessons...

Result of Training

Now what have we learned from this result...

• Lesson #6 Skip steps as needed, moving to the method proven most successful.
• Lesson #7 It is a wise pup who listens to wise counsel.

Perfection!!! Madie indeed was as good a student but what is a good student without a skilled teacher?

Class is Dismissed!!!
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Auntie Joyce

Hi Everypuppy! Guess what?!?! Our Auntie Joyce is visiting and we LOVE her! She is the bestest EVER!!! She really knows how to make a puppy very happy!

She gives us lots of kisses and massages and scratches!

...Although she did try to put her hat that her and Mom made on me...

And then that feather boa!!!

Even on Madie too!

But then she gave us more Love!

And Hugs!

And scratches!

And Kisses!!!
Can you tell how much our Auntie Joyce loves us and that we love her just as much?

Piling my Toys

Piling my toys up for someone to play with me!

Here...here's my toy, c'mon play with it........

....it's really fun........

Are you gonna play with me?
Heehee works every time!!!

Remembering the Military Working Dogs

Since it is Memorial Day we thought we would go visit the the Military Working Dog Graveyard. These brave dogs served our country!
Check out this way cool blog K9 Pride! Thank you to all you Working Dogs who serve our country and a thank you to the Service Men and Women who work with you!

The Sweet Outdoors

Hey everypuppy, we get to hang out outside with Mom everyday because the weather is so nice! Here you can see me sniffing the wind...and it smelled good!

Here is China chillaxin'! Hey do you see our garden robot? Our Grandma made that for us, he guards the plants!

All about Madie

Hi there, see me resting on the nice grass though my tunnel?

Then I started to play with my Papa, he was being really silly! Watch this video and you will see how crazy my Papa was being.

See...now what do you think? Is my Papa crazy or what?!?
Then they were having me to my best trick, Bang! Dead Dog!

Cool trick huh?
You might wonder where China is...well she was just laying down resting at Mom and Papa's feet "helping" them film.

My Garden Tunnel

Look you can see my Frisbee flying as I'm running through my little garden tunnel!

Then I bring it back to Mom and Papa to throw it again!!! So much fun!