Breakthrough with Kai and Pups in the garden

Kai's stress pacing was distressing me , so I decided to try tieing his longline to a tree in my garden and seeing whether me not holding the lead would stop him being so stressed ..... and it did :D

Even though he enjoys his walks and doesnt mind in the slightest being on lead outside the garden it did bother him in the garden , well no more ... today he has just been relaxing in the sun and in the shade , playing with the other dogs and theres been zero stress pacing at all ... he's also happily been toileting out there too 

YAY :D

Heres a few pics of the Fantastic Four :) (I cant call them the three Amigo's anymore can I , lol)

Lets start at the beginning

Kai's settling in well ... He hates toileting on a lead so we've had a few accidents , but I expected that , perseverance & patience ... lots and lots of patience , hehehehe

He is playing tug with Teddy happily now which is great , Toffee isnt interested in playing with him at all though

But I was in hysterics before , earlier Kai wanted a toy Gypsy had , and given that Gypsy keeps air snapping and growling at him I was a bit worried as to what extreme she would go to when he tried getting it but decided to let the situation play out and see what happened

Gypsy growled , Kai play bowed , gave a wuffly bark then snatched it out of her mouth and ran off with it ... Gypsy just stood there looking around as if to say "Yeah I let him have it"

Looks like my bossy madam has some competition :D

Meet Kai my new dog

He came all the way from Bucharest in Romania courtesy of the bandofhope.romanianrescue .... (I dont know if you know about the situation with the Romanian government killing strays and dogs that are already in rescues over there , its heartbreaking)

He is about 18 months old and was found in a field along with his wife and their litter of pups ... thankfully all of them were legally got out of Romania and have found homes here in the UK , and lucky me got to adopt Kai :D

The poor love is rack thin , I can feel every bone in his spine and every rib , and thats after being fed lots by his fosterer this last week , so you can imagine just how hard its been for him over in Romania :(

He is super intelligent and very sweet and loving but a bit of a houdini , so he is staying on his longline , even in my garden , until I can trust his recall 100%

As for his intelligence within half an hour he worked out where the dog food bin was and how to get the lid off so I had to move that into my pantry , the little tinker 

Welcome to your new jail Kai , where every window and door is locked and any outside time is supervised while you are tethered to your new guard , lol

Heres a few piccies of my new baby .. YAY 

LOL , My dogs hate me now

So I was rooting through my wardrobe and drawers looking for something and came across something id bought years and years ago for halloween ... and me being me , well of course im uber evil and now my dogs hate me , well two of them do , the third doesnt give a darn as long as theres a biscuit attached to the deal :D

I used to love you

*sobs* im a boy dammit

So ... do I look pretty then Mum ?

On the field

Teddy the hide and seek champ having a well earned rest

Toff eating grass , lying down , the lazy sod

Just pick it up and throw the damn thing will ya

Cutie-pies

What I think my dogs are saying

Did someone say treats

Do you really think that joke was funny

Go home ... you mean no more walkies  gulps

Im so ecstatically happy ... yes I am

My Brother has a new dog :)

Her names Sasha and she was adopted from a friend of theirs who no longer had the time to devote to her

She is 4 years old and of unknown parentage , the original owner said she was a Cypriot poodle  , which my Brother took to mean a cross breed as he has never heard of that breed before

She is overweight as she wasnt getting walks with her other owner , but my Brother is taking her for two walks a day now so hopefully she will start to lose the excess soon :)

Anyway , she is just adorable , so sweet natured and laid back , but she is soooo tiny ,  just right for a fluffy cuddle , lol

Sasha

With my lot (excuse their sofa , its getting tattier by the second , lol)

All in a row

Gypsy got caught out

My Brother sent me this pic , he took it yesterday. Its definite proof that Gypsy isnt the sweet little angel she makes out but half devil too

A snowy walk

Just some pics from today

Watch out below :)

Wiggle giggle time

Gypsy's Sock , lol

I let the dogs out to play in the snow before and after about half an hour Gypsy came in with blood all over her paw , it wasnt bothering her at all and wasnt bleeding when she came in but I washed it out with salt water , couldnt see any cuts or anything so dunno why it was bleeding in the first place) and wrapped it with a gauze pad and bandage and put one of my socks over it all as recommended by the vet when I rang

I'll recheck her paw later on and take her to the vet anyway tomorrow , best safe than sorry

She really doesnt seem to care that she is wearing one of my socks , maybe cos it has little doggies on it :D

My xmas card this year

Normally I would use a christmassy pic of all three dogs , but as I didnt have one and the deckies werent down from the attic in time for me to take one I used one of my favourite snow pics of Gypsy.

I think they came out rather sweet , though I am aware that im biased , lol

Trees , Trolls and Cutiepies

Just thought id show off my tree , nothing spectacular but I like it

And my tree topper is a little yellow haired troll that is over 20 years old and has been brought out for the tree every year since my Daughter was 8 and wanted him up there , lol

And just cos they are the cutest tree adornments ever (even though they arent actually on the tree :D )

Happy Birthday Gypsy

I dont know how it happened but my little baby was 4 years old on Friday ... 4 , eek , where did the time go

Anyway she had a lovely day , lots of walkies and some one-on-one time with me , and for tea her and the boys had fresh cooked chicken with veg and rice (well whats a Birthday without a special Birthday tea , lol)

I love you more than words can say angel 

I've just been sitting here for the last 15 minutes watching Teddy sleep.
He's such a sweet , gentle dog , always willing to do whatever is asked of him and all he asks in return is to play catch with his ball

Gypsy is asleep next to him on their sofa (yes they have their own sofa , lol) again she's such a gentle soul , always ready to play , or go for a walk or just snuggle in quietly against me if im not in the mood to run around playing with her

And Toffee , he's downstairs with Steve , his God .... he is probably asleep as well. He is also a gentle dog , loves his cuddles and is sooo devoted to Steve its just the sweetest thing to watch him light up when he see's Steve coming through the gate

I just love these dogs of mine so much and feel so very blessed to have them in my life

Gypsy's new collar came today

Diva is as Diva does ... so my little madam certainly deserves this collar , lol


I sometimes wish my dogs werent so fluffy , then they could show off their lovely collars properly.

Nah ... fluffy dogs are the best :D

My Sims 3 Dogs

I've been a bit depressed lately , so my new Sims 3 pets game has really helped take me away from it , but allowed me to keep my dogs around , lol

I was so pleased with my sims 3 dogs last night , they saw off a burglar , well Toffee and Gypsy did , Teddy was swimming in the pool , thats where he spends 90% of his time , lol

By the way , dont worry about the three Amigo's ... they are far from being neglected in real life while I play games :D

Heres my house (I wish)

If you click the picture it enlarges so you can see the details

Front of house

 and the back

Downstairs bathroom 

Kitchen/dining room area

Hall view showing under stair dog kennel

Full hall view

Living room

Upstairs bathroom

Bedroom

Work-out room

Me , Toffee , Teddy and Gypsy