Hey Everyone!

It's been a whirlwind couple days, but puppy is home and doing well! She has the most adorable half blue eye!

Housebreaking has been so far pretty simple... but time consuming. I work from home all but 10 hours of the week, so I have a regular schedule that is programed into my phone to remind me to take her out every two hours.

We are using a small pet carrier as a crate currently (I hate dealing with those moving dividers), and she hasn't had any…

If funny how night time effect mood. I'm laying here in the dark, the only one left awake, and I just start feeling the sadness creep in. Sometimes it's overwhelming. I miss my companion Tally so much. She was so gentle, attentive, and could always sense when I needed to pet her. She will never be forgotten. Ein's not quite there yet, but she's still a rambunctious puppy whose a pretty self centered. LOL She'll get there. I'm lucky to have her helping me through the grief. I suppose going to…

I'm just letting everyone know, JD is having another brush with deth. He has to go in for surgery tomorrw. The vet found a softball toumer inside JD arund his tummy. there is a chance he will come out ok, but if not the vet wants me to trust his judgment and make it so that JD wont wake up and wont suffer any more. So please everyone pray for my baby boy. :(

Thank you,

Sheila and JD…

Hello all, I figured I would just introduce myself and my cute little girl Picadilly. First off the boring stuff, about me, I am a college student and have always wanted a dog. A Corgi in particular, I have always been drawn to the breed since I can remember. My mom has for the first 23 years of my life said no to not owning a dog and those first 23 years I have been begging and pleading my case. Well my 24th year she finally said yes, as long as its a rescue. So I complied as I felt the…

After a few minutes of searching for him the other day, we discovered Dewi stuck on the stairs.

Not a big deal really, except that he had been stuck for about 10 minutes like this:

Only ONE step from the bottom!

Oh, the humiliation.…

The first one is the "I'm figuring this out."

The second one is the "I THINK IT'S EMPTY MOM - REFILL…

Getting ready to go out to a concert by a local band tonight.  My poor kids are my test subjects as I'm going over my settings on my D90 before leaving...and I caught a reflection of the window in his eyes.…

4 Years old today!!  You are a joy to me every single day!!  Your happy face greeting me every morning!!  Your happy boy dance!!  Your little "wookie" noises you make to say good morning and good night!!   And the list goes on and on!!  Soffie, Dawn and I are blessed to have you in our lives!!  Happy Happy Birthday, my sweet boy!!!…

Well, I am leaving here in a couple minutes to make the 12 hour round trip to pick up my new 8 week old puppy. It is snowing peacefully outside my window and is a complete contradiction to how I feel inside.

Confession, This will be the first puppy I will have had since my childhood. On top of that, my memory is missing anything having to do with training my first dog (which mind you I had no hand in), and is only focusing on the (now) glaring mistakes I made while caring for…

I know I'm a little impartial, but my little guy seems to be so smart, and getting smarter all the time!  I just want to know if there are any books, videos, etc. that can help me learn to train/educate Odie to use his full potential??  Anyone know of anything helpful for me?  Thanks!

I forgot about week 2, but it's about week 3 now so I shall give a Rowdy update.  He had his 9 week shots recently and was such a good boy at the clinic, no whining, nothing. My boy is tough. Downside, they didn't mellow him out like the last set did... so he was extra energetic because he got to go on an adventure. We still had some fun :)

This little man has a lot of energy. He also is very stubborn and is living up to my name. I've been patient, consistent, and telling…

My thanks to everyone for your helpful and caring advice. I gave Howie the kitchen, with a clear view baby gate seperating him from the other dogs when I am gone, feeding him, or when we have company. I wanted him to still be able to see out at everything but know he is safe. Get this, when I removed the gate (when I was home) he would come out and visit but he kept going back in there. It was obvious he felt safe when away from the other playful lab and westie. Last night the kids…