The Dalmatian Diaries Blog

It's a tough job, but I guess somebody has to guard the water in the pool.

Puppies weighed in this week...

Browser: 53 lbs
Widget: 51 1/2 lbs

Keep in mind, Widget is 2 months older than Browser!!!! He's a brute. Not fat at all, but very densely packed!

Where is the time going? Just yesterday he was my "little" boy!

For a bday gift (Widgie's 9 month bday is tomorrow so it's a double dal gift) I stopped at Petsmart. They had a ton of stuff on clearance. The cutest items I got were two HUGE Easter stuffed squeaky toys - a duck and a sheep. I don't expect them to survive more than a day or so with the dotted duo demolition team, but I just wanted to have them long enough to get some cute pictures. Browser loves plush toys so this ought to be entertaining at the least.

Pictures WILL follow, I promise!

Wow time has just flown by. Browser is 6 months old already. He's definitely acting like a teenager too. He loves to pick on his big sister but at the same time wants to spend time with her (sounds like my younger brother!). He's still a good boy and comes when called about 90% of the time. He's learning to retrieve and actually give the toy back. We just got some frisbees (soft kind) to teach the dogs to catch.

Both pups are so good, I just adore them. They are total opposites which makes the pack a perfect balance.

Browser is going to take some time off from group classes this session while Widget goes to Agility. I am going to see about getting him some private lessons to prep him for conformation. He'll still be at daycare a few days a week so he'll get plenty of socialization as well. My schedule has been so tight now that I'm finding it hard to take both dogs to weekly group classes at the same time.

Widget's at daycare today - but if Browser didn't have class tonight I would have brought him instead! What a little devil dog he is being!!! Momma isn't getting much work done today.

Happy 5-month bday Browser Buddy! It's like some switch turned on with him too, he is ACTIVE now!! He went from being my lazy couch potato to a spotted whirlwind. He's still such a good baby, just with double the energy. I'm pretty convinced his food had something to do with the change so I'm glad the new food is working for him (finally!)

Last night we went out (saw Legally Blonde, the musical) so the pups were home for about 7 hours by themselves. I think that was the longest they've gone so far. They were fine, a little miffed at us for leaving them so long, but fine. Browser kinda whimpered for a while after we got home but mostly I think that was because we weren't petting and hugging him fast enough to make up for the 7 hours of lost affection.

Dogs are napping now (mandatory puppy naps) since we'll be outside most the afternoon. They usually sleep pretty good Sunday evenings since we're outside anywhere from 1-5 hours. It's an overcast day, but I might be able to get some good pictures. I missed a great shot yesterday. The dogs were playing a perfect game of tug-of-war and they held their pose for a good couple of minutes! Camera was up in my office (which is too far away to run and grab - thinking of getting a cheap digital to keep in the kitchen drawer)

We had a really pretty fall here this year. Last year we didn't get the colorful leaves like this. Of course, now, everything is brown and sad looking but it's been warming up and we're finally getting some rain so things should start to green up. It'll be nice in the spring to get lots of sunny, flowery pictures of the pups!