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 it – nice touch!

Where have you seen this before?

It must be a cairn terrier thing.

~We sure do miss our Hamish~

What a face! What a beard!

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 of the couch between us and peed beside our heads.  We got the message then!)

They look like the bad kids caught in the act in this picture! But they actually are very good… (PS: yes, we still have green grass!)

Laughlin’s such a sweet little character and brings a lot of joy to our house.  He still definitely has his moments of puppiness, though, as you will see in the video below!

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

1. 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 on Friday. (Ticky, tricky, eh?)
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2. I have an assistant!

He basically does all the photo uploading, writing, and replying to comments.  I just pose for the pictures and give him creative direction.

Lockie-loon and Magsters

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… yikes! I’d be scared of dogs too!

So they photos that we are sending over in the album we have dogs and cats everywhere – which is pretty typical for our life! So at least they won’t be shocked that they exist; just that they are running around and licking and wagging and meowing and playing and…!

It will be a busy house, for sure.

Three Pairs of Dress Shoes – $150

Jrock’s Glasses – $436

My Earrings – $30

A Teething Puppy?

Priceless.

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 on my duvet and I woke up with cold, damp and smelly feet… well, I still gave the toy to him and cleaned up the toy remains when Maggie was done tearing up a part of it.

We love them. That’s the only explanation.

By the way, we are not neglecting our poor cocker spaniel – she just doesn’t really dig toys.  Maggie’s more of a bone-chewing-type-of-a-dog. So she got a new bone.

The video says it all.

Click the picture to see the movie!

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?” – she had showed up at our OKFCA event a day late. Ooops!  So I suggested she stop by our house with her two little ones on her way home.  We had a prolonged lunch together (fresh homemade bread – yum!) and the kids ran around on the deck.  I am sure glad I built those gates for my godson’s visit, I tell you.  The whole deck is like a big outdoor playpen

As I said, it turns out we needn’t have worried about Laughlin behaving himself.  The two kids – D is almost 2 and her little bro J is 9 months (I think) – well, they are pretty used to dogs.  Maggie and Laughlin had a great time licking and playing with them.

Laughlin is teething really badly – he’s almost lost a tooth a day for the last week! – but he didn’t gnaw on them once.  Good puppy.  Here are some pics below, but the real gem is the video. Be prepared for SUPER cuteness, times two.

Thanks for stopping by, L, and giving my puppy a workout!

Rough week?

Smile!  It’s the weekend!

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

Two two amigos chewing bones.

It can be hard to get a picture of him when he's moving – see the video! But when he's sleeping… LOTS of pictures.

Seriously – how cute is this?

Daddy is coming into the yard… lemme out!

Watching Daddy… these are high-alert watch dogs.

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

Happy face!

EXTRA Happy face!

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Little stinker…

Haatim on Youtube!

You would think he doesn’t like me! Haatim actually licks my pet off!

Laughlin!

formerly known as “Leftie”

“dweller by the lake”

We picked Laughlin (pronounced Laak-lin) up yesterday in a whirlwind trip to the coast – He is spunky, brave, polite to the cats, and a big suck to me.  His daddy was the top cairn terrier in Canada in 2004… which really doesn’t matter at all except that the lady who bred him obviously took wonderful care and attention in cultivating good temperaments. He’s been like a little whirlwind through the house – constantly wanting to play and waking us up twice last night with jumps and licks and suggestive whines towards his toy on the dresser. I told Jrock that Hamish, who was half cairn terrier, was like this for the first four years.  He just raised his eyebrows, laughed, and looked exhausted already!

Enjoy the pictures and video from the first 24 hours.

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Well, we are off to get a new brother for Maggie tonight – “Leftie” was the viewer’s choice but we’ll have to see who the cocker spaniel prefers!

Speaking of the little devil – Maggie has always enjoyed the falling reminants from Jrock’s granola bars.  But she would never, for example, rip into the box of them in the pantry or anything.  She’s too polite.

But in the last couple of days, she’s found a new trick.  If I leave the pantry door open and unattended, she will go in there, get a granola bar out of the box, and then bring it to us to be opened and shared!  It’s a cute little trick, but instead of the granola bar, we just put it back and give her a doggie treat instead.  What a funny little puppy to come up with that. 

Here she is as she appeared in the family room last night!