Weekend Happenings

It is a busy weekend around here.

Those of you who are BMDCA members should have received an email (from me) alerting you to a ballot now available. Those of you not yet BMDCA members, please consider joining as a way to support the breed and to become part of our wonderful community; click HERE for membership info.

In addition to getting the ballot done and sent, I am also getting ready for the start of the semester — classes start tomorrow. Because of the pandemic, I am working 100% from home.

I wonder if working only in an office will ever be the norm again? Working from home has so many benefits, and in some ways is so much more productive. I hope that we emerge from all this with some kind of hybrid of past and current work environments. Besides, work from home assistants are so much cuter!

I was able to get a deal on these mats....

The mats will be covered with a piece of vinyl flooring and that will be Puppy Palooza Stage One.

Rosebud and the puppies’ very first toy (thank you Kay, Sue, and Lucas!) model the completed area — it is roughly 8 x 10.

Here is Daisy on the new mats but it will be Claire and her family who use Stage 1 — Daisy is just trying it out.

I hope you are having a terrific — and productive — weekend!

O.M.G.

Rosebud might want to reconsider her fitness coach career…

Penny reports that Team Zeus has started Nosework classes with Team Buttercup — mental training is great exercise…

I love that photo for so many reasons. Thank you, Penny!

And speaking of Team Buttercup…

That is Buttercup in the middle with her Squad.

And speaking of Wildflowers, someone sent me an amazing Wildflower present

Isn’t that incredible?! Seriously. Thank you, Mark — my mind is blown and my heart is grateful.

And there is more!

WOMEN LITTLE SOLDIERS!!!!!!

Very pregnant Claire is definitely in need of some understanding Little Soldiers these days…

Random Acts of Kindness — they matter so much. Thank you, Mark, for reminding us all of that.

P.S. I was just texting Suzanne about the sign and the Little Soldiers. I sat here thinking about all of this, and added this as a summary to my texts:

The world is truly filled with amazing people, isn’t it?

This and That

Suzanne and I took dogs for a walk yesterday…

Pozy, Sparkle, Sundance and Skylar (photo by Suzanne).

Quite the contrast from the mayhem in Washington DC. What a terrible, sad day for the United States. I must say that and acknowledge what happened — even in a blog about Life with Dogs.

Okay — and cats.

Today we have a report from Alex about Lupine from the Wildflowers. He shares, “Lupine is doing great.

We have started going to weekly one-on-one obedience lessons and she is picking up on everything just as quick as usual.

She hasn’t been weighed for awhile but our estimate is somewhere in between 60-65 pounds and she is in great shape.

Curly coats are normal for puppies and is not a sign that Alex puts rollers in Lupine each night.

Although she is by all means at a healthy weight and size, she appears incredibly small compared to our other dogs. We affectionately refer to her as our quarter-berner (Mesa was our half-berner so that title is taken).

She also refuses to let go of her last baby tooth, apparently sending the message that she wants to be the baby of the house indefinitely — which we will oblige, because we love her!

Thank you, Alex! Lupine is as beautiful as ever — and I am glad to hear she is also smart. It is fun to catch up on our puppies :)

And speaking of puppies…

That is Daisy’s measurement with three weeks to go. It is about the same as when she had two weeks to go with her last litter. In other words, either Daisy is eating too much or she is on track for another big litter.

This is Claire with two weeks to go…

It is becoming increasingly clear that Claire will also be having a big family. Puppy Palooza, indeed.

Please have a wonderful day — and a peaceful one.