Nicky on June 30th, 2010

It sounds funny, but we were upstairs last night when Spice said “who’s blood is this?” She found some blood on the floor. I searched all the human and animal paws in the house until I found a horribly broken claw on Haatim. It was all twisted off to one side and I was worried [...]

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Nicky on May 11th, 2010

Sincce we had the trainer come and work with Laughlin, the girls have decided that they sometimes need to “work” with Laughlin or Maggie too.  I personally think its good for them to learn to politely haul the dogs around… and good for the dogs too!

Spice

Sugar

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Nicky on April 22nd, 2010

Our dear little Laughlin hasn’t been such a dear lately. In fact, when I left for Ethiopia, he started peeing in the house… and hadn’t really stopped until about a month ago. We got to the point where we had him in diapers every day (a “male wrap”, they call it!) which was a temporary [...]

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Nicky on April 15th, 2009

Our little Laughlin had a run-in with the nail clippers last night - what started as a too-short toenail turned into a persistent toe that wouldn’t stop bleeding. So he had to go and get a proper bandaid at the vet clinic.  Poor baby! Notice the super duper foot bandage with a lightning bolt on [...]

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Nicky on December 3rd, 2008

Where have you seen this before?

It must be a cairn terrier thing.

~We sure do miss our Hamish~

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Nicky on November 27th, 2008

I thought I would let you know that our puppy Laughlin is growing up and doing very well! He’s only had one accident in the last week. (Of course, it was pretty spectacular - we were upstairs in the family room and must have been missing his signals.  So he jumped up on the back [...]

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Nicky on November 7th, 2008

Some people wonder how I find the time to update all this stuff on my blog.  Well, I have two secrets for you.

I sometimes write a few posts at once and then set them up to release over the course of a few days.  Like, I’m writing this post on Monday, but it will appear [...]

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Nicky on October 29th, 2008

Aren’t they cute?  They are both so great with kids - I think the challenge will be more training the girls to be good with the dogs!
Actually, many small children are VERY scared of dogs in Ethiopia… especially since it’s common practice  in some areas to leave the garbage out at night for the hyenas… [...]

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Nicky on October 24th, 2008

Three Pairs of Dress Shoes - $150

Jrock’s Glasses - $436

My Earrings - $30

A Teething Puppy?

Priceless.

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Nicky on October 20th, 2008

Somebody loves his new puppy! and brought home a new toy for him…
…despite the fact that Laughlin, while watching TV with Jrock with the other day, pooped on the back of the sofa right beside his head.
AND, despite the fact that a certain little puppy who was having a nap with me the other day, peed [...]

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Nicky on October 10th, 2008

The video says it all.

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Nicky on October 6th, 2008

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Nicky on September 29th, 2008

The only concern Jrock had with getting a puppy now is that the pup wouldn’t be ready for kids when they arrived. I am happy to report that there is nothing to worry about - Laughlin is definitely kid-friendly!
The story: My poor friend L called me Sunday saying “where are you?  Where is the Picnic?” - [...]

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Nicky on September 26th, 2008

Rough week?
 
Smile!  It’s the weekend!

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Nicky on September 20th, 2008

Heck, they are only small, cute and cuddly once!  So here is some more gratuitous puppy footage - photos and vid.  Warning: the video is uncut and only for dog-lovers

Still wet after his bath - but no dampened spirits, I can assure you.

EXTRA Happy face!

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