He's a "leg" man

Beezer has developed a leg fetish, especially legs that are long, lean and...running away from him.




















Maybe they look like lamb chops in motion.











Nomnomnomnom.











I have been VERY patient. Either tell him to stop or at the very least throw the ball!!

































Please?!























Ok, now he's actually trying to take it off...








Now I'm just pissed off. Time for action!


























Yep, he definitely learned his lesson. Just look at that remorseful face.

She's WHAT?!

My mom and I decided to send in Amigo's DNA to see if we could get some idea of what breeds she could be. We sent in a cheek swab to DNA My Dog, one of many companies that tests your dog's saliva ( or blood) for the dominant breeds. Well, we got Amigo's results back and it wasn't quite what we expected.

Let's go back 12 years from when we adopted her from the West Van SPCA. My mom wanted a larger dog, and the people at the SPCA told us that Amigo was a Lab/Shepherd mix. Sold!

As she was growing, our vet guessed she would be close to 60lbs, if not more.

Fast forward to present day. It's true what they say about mutts, you really don't know what you're going to get. We have what I describe as a border collie cross. I say this only because of her insatiable need for exercise and mental stimulation. Oh, and she only weights 35lbs.

So back to the DNA test results. It works like this. There are 5 levels each which contain 1 or more breeds of dogs that are somewhere in your mutt's heritage. Level one has contains the most prevalent breeds of your dogs ( about 75% or more), Level 2 has 50-75%, so on and so forth.
Amigo didn't have any dominant breeds in level 1 or 2. Level 3 only contained 1 breed. Guess that breed. Here's a reminder of what she looks like to freshen your memory























Any guesses? Maybe you're thinking Lab, or Border collie, or a cute little bunny rabbit crossed with a tiny piece of heaven? Well, you're probably right on the last guess, but the most dominate breed in Amigo is..................

DACHSHUND

Yup, meet my high drive Dachshund. It gets better though. Level 4 had 4 breed, starting with a English Setter, Newfoundland, Beagle and Cocker Spaniel. Level 5, wait for it....tops up my super mutt with a Pekingese and a Rottweiler. WTF?

I don't know how accurate these test are, but it certainly is interesting,especially if you have no idea what your dog is. We didn't even have litter mates to compare with, and the SPCA didn't have much on her background.

I think we may do Beezer next. Now he better have Border Collie in him somewhere, because the rescue society we got him from had his mother prior, during and after his birth. She was described as a 30lbs border collie. We'll see what the DNA proves...

Not impresssed

Beezer was not so cute today. I was cursing and yelling at him before 9:00 this morning. Those damn balls have taken over his brain overnight! What used to be cute wooing has turned into sex obsession. What used to be cute chortling in the car, now is insistent barking, and he WON"T STOP. On top of that the little sex addict PEED IN MY CAR! Why? Why? Why? Puppies suck. I really hope the big snip snip next Tuesday calms things down a bit.
Amigo and I also have an agility trial this weekend, which on a side note will be our firs trial in a year ( besides regionals)! I'm so glad Beezer decided this would be the week his hormones would kick into overdrive. Should make the trail so much more interesting...











Smart Ass


















In other, more positive news, Amigo hasn't missed a beat in agility training. I, on the other hand, am a bit rusty. Amigo always gives 110%, which makes training her so much fun. I love that dog so much. It makes me feel a little more optimistic for this years Regionals.

Serene Saturdays

What a handsome man this boy is becoming.











































































I have a handsome:)

Puppy Torture 101

What's the point of getting a puppy if you can't torture them a bit?! I'm pretty sure he's having a good time...





Ryan doesn't understand why he has to be involved.




















































This is a look of defeat...

















Every little boy loves his red rain coat.

And the two cutest boys are...

Loic and Beezer. These two guys sure have changed a lot over the past few months!


What's your name?














This isn't so bad...



















Actually, you're a little close...

The self healing dog

Amigo never ceases to amaze me. Last month I took her in to do routine blood work and a urine analysis. At 12, I try to do this at least once a year. The blood work came back perfect, but her urine had quite a bit of blood in it. Yay! We did cultures, but there was no infection, so we took some xrays. Supposedly my dog doesn't poop, because every time we did xrays she was literally so full of s**t you couldn't see her bladder ( we were trying to rule out bladder stones). Since she didn't seem to be in any discomfort, or straining to pee, we thought decided to just bring in urine samples weekly to test in clinic for blood. For at least 3 weeks she tested positive. Then on week 4, MAGIC. Amigo the wonder dog healed herself! No more blood in her urine. If you ask a vet what could explain this phenomenon, you'd get this response, "Nothing." But I know the reason....Amigo is perfect, and a perfect dog never ceases to surprise you!

Good job self healing Amigo peego puddin' and pie.