We are all enjoying our new house! Simon and I have moved as we are both starting our first teaching jobs (at the same school!) in a few weeks. He's teaching sixth grade and I'm doing k-12 vocal music. The dogs love our new place. This rental has all wood flooring all through the house and tile in the kitchen which is sooooo great for our dogs. I'm loving not having to vaccuum. It will ultimately be much cleaner because I can now see where the dog hair is and sweep it up. We also have a…

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I'm currently typing with one hand because the other is busy keeping Nellie from falling off my lap. She has been very needy the past few days and always needs a lap. She's more of a couch dog now though at almost 30 lbs. then she is a chair dog. Soooo heavy, but how can you turn her down? :)

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Our puppies Nellie and Howie are generally good with each other, but NOT when it comes to meal time. Both gobble down food (we recently purchased those big silver balls to put in their dishes and slow them down), and when they finish they begin to growl at each other. This used to happen only when one puppy finished first and went for the other's food. Now it can happen even if both bowls have been picked up. They have no aggression towards us. We pick up their food 1 to 3… Continue

We have the first snow of the year here in MO. Nellie seems to like it. She didn't want to come in this morning. Unfortunately Howie isn't really going to get to enjoy it today. I dropped him off this morning at the vet to get neutered. Poor little boy. When Nellie was spayed, she had a really upset tummy all through the following night. Howie seems to have a stronger stomach, so hopefully he won't have such a bad time of it tonight. I think when I go home for lunch I may find a rather lonely… Continue

Well we caved in and got Nellie a little brother to play with. We took her to choose a puppy. The breeders had only a little boy and a little girl left. We were interested to see if she liked the boy and she did! We brought Howie home Friday, and with each day passing they have become better friends. Nellie was a little freaked at first. She peed on his new bed and on a blanket. We have been working hard to not make a big deal over him. Now that they have had time to chase each other and… Continue