Hi! I'm Ginger!

Hi I'm Ginger and here are some photos of my first day in my furever home! This is my Mom! I was so excited when I got out of the kennel and I crawled all over her and sniffed and licked and they took lots and lots of photos because I moved so fast it was hard to capture a photo of me!

See how happy I am to meet my new Mom and Papa?

It was SO fun!!! Oh my goodness I got to see all kinds of new things and meet new peoples!!!

See how much fun I'm having???

And this is my new Papa, he is extra fun and very interesting to watch!!!

My Mom and Papa love how one of my ears is floppy and the other stands up!

THEN after all that wiggling around I got sleepy so I took a snuggly nap in Mom's lap!

Then when we got to my new home I got to meet my new sister Madie and I love her but she's not sure about me yet. I think she doesn't know what to think about me but hopefully she will play with me soon.

I looooooove to snuggle!!!

Then I got really sleeeeeeeepy again and took another snuggly nap!

Cute Bed

Hey check out this new bed Mom and Papa got!!! What do you mean I'm just a little too big for it??? What??? Isn't this for me?

No my butt doesn't hang over the edge...I fit just fine, this bed has to be for me, how could it not be?

Mom's been making Fabric Flowers for Us!

Hi everybody, Mom's been making Fabric Flowers for us!!! They are pretty huh! But I don't like to have a big one on me so she made me a smaller one like Ginger's and I'm okay with it because it doesn't bug me, otherwise I'd protest and say no thank you I don't want it...but if I can't feel it then it's okay!

This one's Gingers, it's super tiny tiny, Mom and Papa say she's gonna be littler than me, so it makes me wonder if Mom and Papa call me their Little-Little will they still call me that when Ginger's Little-er? Maybe they will call her the Littler-Little and I'll still be the Little-Little?

And these ones are "baby" kind and that makes me wonder will I still be Baby? Maybe I'll be Baby and she'll be Puppy? What do you guys think?

My little sister Ginger

Here's an updated photo of my new little sister, my Mom laughed when she saw it and said she's really cute! She looks really sleepy to me and wow it looks like she'll have pointy ears like China did! OH yeah and my Mom is getting ready for Ginger to arrive too she's been reading her favorite puppy books (Before and After You Get Your Puppy) and starting to invite people over to help socialize Ginger (fringe benefits for me I get to meet people too!!!) she's supposed to meet 100 different people by the time she's 12 weeks old!!! I'm super excited for that too cuz that's a lot of people!!!
P.S. If you want to see Ember she has a new photo too!!!

I'm getting a little sister!

Lookie Lookie I'm gonna get a little sister!!! She was born on 7 Feb. 2010 and will arrive April 9th! AND my Auntie Joyce is getting a puppy from the same litter too so that is really cool! You can visit her blog here: My Little Ember! My little sister is a Pomapoo and she's only going to be 5-6 lbs and her name is going to be Ginger because my Mom really really loves ginger she gets stuff from The Ginger People, AND she loves Ginger Rodgers the actress who dances really pretty!!!

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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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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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