The Dalmatian Diaries Blog

I think this is one of the longest stretches I've gone without a pupdate. Our house is under massive repairs right now. The dogs have been at daycare most of the time, but with Thanksgiving QUICKLY approaching they are home now. The construction has been a nightmare where it comes to the pups. Debris in the yard, confined to the house, having to walk them for all potty breaks... ugh. The one hugely positive outcome of all this is that Widget has been AWESOME with all the workers!!!! She LOVES the framers. I mean, she cried one day when they left and pined for them for a long time. They love dogs, and she clearly knows it. She hasn't barked at them (up close) even once. She does bark from my office, but it's her "hey, they should be paying attention to ME" bark, not her fearful one. The fact that she loves this group of guys has made her far more accepting of the other workers. She watched them through the glass door - they were feet away - and she didn't bark or freak out. They are making a lot of noise removing the stucco on parts of the house and it's not bothering her much. Now, Browser isn't a fan of the noise. He's a little worried by it. He didn't want to go upstairs this morning because they were pounding on the exterior by the staircase. He's a trooper though - I told him I'd protect him and he believed me and came up the steps

I have some pics of the pups, but mostly it's napping photos. When they nap lately, they nap HARD. I look forward to getting some fun pics of them up again. I do have some but combine the craziness of construction, plus the Thanksgiving madness on CDKitchen.com, well, I don't have a lot of free time these days.

The pups are napping happily right now. The pounding on the house has stopped for the day. They finally got their yard back (after I spent a good 40 minutes securing gates, picking up nails, metal and tools).