Roxie, Ralphi & Rudy

Everyone was very quiet when I came in tonight, until I let them out! They were pretty excited to go play outside. Rudy gave me a big bear hug when I wasn't expecting it! haha! The boys were chasing around in the backyard as usual. Roxie came and sat by me to get her attention. The boys were running in circles past me many times, and once I noticed Ralphi had something in his mouth and it wasn't his log. Then he came and sat on the patio and started chewing on it. It was a golf ball! I wasn't sure if they should have that, so I put it up. Rudy was trying to get it for a little bit, but eventually he and Ralphi started playing with their half a log. The last half of my visit they wanted to play fetch, and all three were searching for it in the dark when I'd throw it. Roxie had a dirty little face! I don't know if you can tell from the picture, but it got even dirtier after I took that. They were sure some muddy puppies when they came in for the night!

Sadie, Chloe & Patches

When I walked inside tonight, Chloe was peeking around the corner of the kitchen at me. She started meowing and I came up to her slowly so she could sniff me. I let Sadie in and it had started sprinkling by the time I got there, poor girlie! She didn't seem to be too bothered though. After she came inside she actually let out a low growl at me and then ran and laid in her bed by the tv. I let her be for a bit and got everyone's food ready. Chloe wanted me to pet her a lot. Patches appeared and sat on a chair under the table. I called Sadie to me and she cautiously smelled my hand. I sat down in a chair to be less intimidating for her. She let a little low growl out again but proceeded to lick my hand at the same time! I think she was just nervous having someone new in the house without mom and dad being home! It happens sometimes, but they usually warm up to me pretty quick. All of a sudden she hopped up in my lap and sat with me for awhile. She still had that nervous look in her eyes, so I got her a treat to see if that would help calm her down a little. By the end of my visit she was rolling over and letting me rub her tummy! She was even grabbing my arm with her paws if I would stop petting her! She gave me lots of kisses on my face too. She went right in her bed for me tonight, tail wagging along the way.

Dakota & Benny

Dakota & Benny were excited for their walk today. I couldn't find Kota's harness anywhere, so we just went using her collar instead. Benny knows all the houses that have dogs in the yard now, so he gets very excited as we come up to them. About half way through our walk it started to sprinkle. Then as we were to the last little bit of our walk it started raining steadily. They didn't seem to mind since at least it was warmer out! Kota didn't go both on the walk today. When we got back she nibbled on her food a little bit before I put her to bed.

Benny

Benny must have though mom and dad were home when I was unlocking the door! When I got in he brought me a new purple ball that I haven't seen yet. I took him outside to go potty. Then we tried playing fetch with a couple of his toys out there, since I made him leave his ball inside. He just wanted to get his ball! He found some pretty thick mud in the backyard. I couldn't get it off with the towel, so I dunked his toes in a bowl of water and got him all cleaned up! After that we played fetch with his ball inside for awhile. It was more like keep away at first, but once in awhile he would roll the ball to me with his nose.

Mattie, Sugar, Buddy, Jimmy & Charlie

Everyone is doing fine tonight. I let them all outside and then got their meds ready when they came back in. I had a lot of little eyes staring at me while I was getting out the food container! Jimmy started jumping up and down almost as high as the counter! After they all got finished eating, Sugar was ready for her treat. Charlie was content cruzing around on his cage. I left him out since you will be home tomorrow. Buddy was munching on his food for a bit yet and then he and Jimmy were getting a little sassy at each other from across the kitchen. I made Jimmy come sit with me in the living room lol! I put everyone in for the night and gave them all another treat.

Dakota & Benny

Dakota was so excited to go for her walk today that she kept knocking me over and licking my face while I tried to put her harness on! It was a really nice day out for us. Benny chased after a couple cars, but we didn't see the mail truck today. We were going past some people working outside, so I put Benny on the opposite side of me, and he didn't bark at all! He was calm and acted like he never even saw them. Kota went both on our walk and it looked normal this time. On our way back we saw a little chocolate lab puppy outside that wanted to come play. After that we saw a St. Bernard, who also wanted to come play, and was giving his owner a hard time to try and keep him walking! There were lots of dogs outside in their yards, so Benny got himself pretty hoarse towards the end of our walk. When we got back, Kota was so thirsty she didn't give me a chance to get her harness off before she was in her cage. And Benny was so pooped that he just crashed on the kitchen floor!

Dakota & Benny

Kota & Benny were excited to go today! Kota was trying to run most of the way, so she kept hopping along. She went both on our walk today, and it was very soft again. She was walking around squatting for a bit afterwards too. They were both trying to run along when Benny caught sight of the mail truck! We followed it most of the way back home, so he was growling under his breath for awhile. Other than that, nothing too exciting happened today!

Dakota & Benny

I always try to put Benny's food up right away when I get there so I don't forget. That could be why it's coming back if she's getting his food. She didn't go both for me today, so I can't report on that. Benny seemed to have a little extra pent up energy today. He went crazy for the mail truck! It drove past us a few times and he would lounge at it! He did that for a couple cars that went by too. One time I saw the lady driver was just giggling. lol We had a good walk today, a little cloudy but not too bad out. Kota was very curious about a couple other dogs we saw along the way. When we got back I took her collar back off and she nibbled on a couple pieces of food.

Maggie & Moe

The girls both went outside right away for me this morning. It was pretty nice out already and the sun was out, so they stayed out for a bit and explored. They chased each other around for awhile before we went back inside. Moe and I played fetch with her little purple ball while Maggie sat in her bed by the fireplace, chewing on a green squeaky toy! Moe had a little breakfast before I left.

Mattie, Sugar, Buddy, Jimmy & Charlie

Sugar was wearing her blanket like a little poncho when I came in tonight! I had to get her out of it because she couldn't on her own. Everyone was ready to go outside pretty quick. When they came in I got Mattie and Jimmy their meds again. I grabbed another container of the food so I could give Buddy his. Sugar must really like it! She was barking up a storm the whole time I was dividing it up into bowls! Buddy ate all of his with no problem. Mattie and Buddy wanted to go back outside after they were finished eating supper. Jimmy snuggled with me for awhile. Everyone went back to bed right away for me and then I gave them their treats. I think Buddy likes that, because then he doesn't have to guard his treat so much! lol

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