In a Princess Moment

Check out THIS face!

This is what happens when dogs stay over often enough to know what they (think!) they can get away with. Goldie here just got told off for thinking it's ok to swim in the water bowl.

Most pathetic look ever... but it's a good sign actually. She's opened up and is really comfortable to be mischevious! She used to be vey moody and lie in a corner thinking about what a miserable experience staying over was.

How times have changed.

My Best Friend in The Whole Wide World

You know when you went to preschool or kindergarden and you had that one special friend the was your "bestest friend in the whole wide world"? That's Xabi and Phoebe. It makes me smile when they are together.


Classic Xabi pose - happy smile all the time!

Cuz they play just as hard as one another, give and take turns. Sure, there are disagreements sometimes, but they make up and it's as if nothing happened! Xabi can't wait for Phoebe (lazy butt) to wake up every morning. Phoebe loves it when both of them jump on the sofa together and send it flying across the balcony! Quite scary to watch for the uninitiated - lots of growling, talking and barking - but its' all in good fun :D

3, 2, 1... watch out, he's about to spring!

And in a rare moment: yes, Xabi actually sleeps :P But if you just whisper his name from across the room, he's up and ready to go go go! Who needs caffeine?

Dandie

Meet Dandie: shy, anti-social, i'll-hide-under-the-table-till-it-all-goes-away... you get the picture. I didn't give much hope of this 9 month old maltese coming out of her shell anytime during her 5 day stay.

Oh boy was i wrong. It took all of 2 days for her to be a bouncy, playful puppy and zooming all over the place. She was even interacting with other dogs! Wow - the miracles that happen under this roof is amazing sometimes.

Keep it up Dandie!

Beatrice & Gracie

Say a big hello to Gracie-Pie (left) and Beatrice-Bear (right) - yup, those are their actual names :) And with names like that, you just know they are real cuties!


Beatrice here is 6 months old and quite the monkey around the house (can't tell with that serious face huh?). She loves to play with the other dogs and will try to get them to chase her.


Here she is with the others looking totally bored. You can tell she's going to be up to mischief!


And this here is her cockerpoo sister, Gracie. At 2.5 years old, she's the more "ladylike" of the 2... except when it comes to food! Then she's the sneaky one - she knows to jump to great heights and pull down containers from the kitchen counter!

They love each other's company and Beatrice will cry if Gracie is taken out of the house (even for 10 minutes!). Awww...

Harry - all grown up

This is one of the perks of what i do: seeing how puppies grow up!

And my oh my, how Harry has grown :D
He's still playful, but in a calm way. He now has run of the house and after neutering, no longer humps my leg :S Very lovingly taken care of, he's so poufy and well groomed.

Good boy Harry!
*(see more of Harry and his puppy pictures by searching "Harry" in the top left corner of this blog)

Cheesecake

Cheesecake is typical of most dogs that come to stay with us: She was well behaved and sitting pretty all the time. Laying down even when Stamford and Lola zip pass her, trying to get her to play. Then after 3 days, she shows her true colours!

At every opportunity, she will jump on the bed... escape to the living room (although she's scared of the big ones in the living room and will run right back to where she was!)... rough and tumble with the Italian Greyhounds... give up her bed to squeeze right in with them...

Give her a break, she's only 4 months old!

Stamford & Lola

"Don't squash the toothpicks!" That would be me telling the other dogs to watch out for these fragile looking dogs... Fragile? Well, no one TOLD them!

Stamford is the more laid back of the two... when he came, he would just stand there and cry. Poor thing, but with his sister around, that didn't last too long. Lola, on the other hand is the little rascal! She will pinch the other dogs and irk them into chasing her. And how she loves that! Doesn't matter if the dog in question is big (!!!) or small.

And they are MAJOR toy-fiends :D They LOVE toys. If they (toys) are missing, you can probably find them in their house, where they like to snuggle up and get cosy. They will even share their house with others (like Cheesecake).

Pepper-mint

The innocent stare

A new lease of life for this Miniature Schnauzer! Once upon a time from the SPCA, Pepper's new mum had no idea what she was getting into :P

He's a great dog - took us a while to figure out that he was whining. He doesn't show it at all! (I always thought it was my dog, Lady!) After some warm up time, he was happily playing with Stamford and Lola (coming up next). Although i think he felt outnumbered by them! :D

Happy & Momo

Happy


Momo

Ladies and gentleman, may i present you two of the Best Behaved Dogs ever to stay with us! This brother (Happy) and sister (Momo) duo are completely happy (no pun intended) and content to have each other. Momo is the shy one, she will let Happy take the lead and see if everything is ok. Very affectionate and playful too...

As a testament to their calm, well behaved nature, they slept with the most unlikely of buddies - the resident bunny.

Xabi

Say Cheese!

Ok, say it after me, Sa-bee... at least that's how i remember it. Either that or Wasabi. This 1 year old Elkhound X Border Collier, always has a happy grin (as above). He does have a queer habit of sleeping on the top of the sofa... like on the headrest portion. I'm only puzzled as to how he keeps his balance up there... go figure.



Xabi and Cherry taking time out from play to pose... at least this is a still picture moment. Enter Phoebe and...



... i'm even lucky to get these shots that show them in their WWF sessions. The sofas don't stand a chance.