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i was supposed to rest yesterday, given the cold i’ve been fighting. thanks for bringing it to work boss!
so, i slept till 11:30. played with the dogs for a little while. nothing too strenuous, just tossed a squeaky toy, encouraged them to romp, etc. but then it was time to finish painting the bed room. my mom is coming next weekend and she gave me money to buy the paint. i had to finish. i still have a ten foot strip of trim, but other than that…i’m done! i was afraid i would finish part of it then laze out of the rest!
you can see the “ballet white” of two of the walls on my hand here.
what? you can’t even focus on the wall in the background or the paint on my hand because cody bear is too distracting? too cute?
i understand.
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and then september 13th came. that’s the day i found cody bear, a tiny little ball of fur in cage one at the humane society. quiet and cuddly. he was a giant fluffy head and a tiny little body. and now he’s a gigantic bear!
one who is quite used to having his picture taken.
a fuzzy dog who is very aware that he is cherished!
and happens to shed a bunch. oh well.
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she’s a miniature cody bear, of sorts!
i was sitting at my desk in my office. i looked up and there was this dog, about 1/3 cody bear’s size, walking into my office. she was at the studio to get her picture taken. and i have to say, she is as soft and snuggly as the bear.
and her mom is as crazy about her as i am about the bear!
uncanny!
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we got a “showing some love award” from dennis who got it from his purplehatter friend.
so here are cody bear and pickles…showing some love by cuddling…
thanks dennis!
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about bath day….
while cody bear appreciates the snuggling (with the bubbles), pickles is personally affronted! “how dare you get me wet AND take all my dirt away?”
but the joyous times afterwards! oh my! they romp around the self serve dog wash, playing…and…retail shopping. (really? your dogs…you don’t have money.)
inVIGorating!
i’m gonna get you cody bear…
now you get me!
as long as we’re here….
toys and art!….sigh
chews, treats, kibble!
seriously people. damp, the dogs don’t look like much, but trust me…cody bear is VERY plush when he’s dry…
and pickles? well….she’s never clean for more than an hour.
i’m just sayin’s all….
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here’s cody bear his last day of intermediate obedience class. he is very happy in this crate waiting for class to start.
cody bear did graduate. no surprise there. he’s actually quite educated. we just keep going to school because he has fun and it helps to keep him focused on me. plus, we get to meet lots of new dogs and, most importantly, cody bear LOVES showing off how smart he is!
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cody bear and pickles in one of thier favorite places:
with their favorite friend:
i wish they would knock the cuteness off every once in a while…
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oh i’m sorry pickles and cody bear! did i make you get up too early today?
you should be outside romping while i’m getting ready for work!
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oh these weekends are hard on a busy dog. pickles has had an action packed weekend, and cody bear is down right bored.
bored i tell ya.
pickles hosted her second border collie “meetup” yesterday. today she had intermediate obedience, then had to model for a website, then had a private lesson on “down from recall” . it was hard, but she eventually started wrapping her noodle around it.
she was invited to dinner at a border collie friend’s house tonight, but there’s no way she can go. she’s too tired, and we just can’t abandon cody bear again. i’ll do some special training with him tonight after dinner so he gets some “face time”.
but for now….it’s like a bad country song at my house:
“well, my booorrrder collie’s tired
and my coooody bear’s bored
ain’t got nothin’ to be thannnkful lord.
cuz it’s hot outside
and my dogs are mopin’
things godddda get betttter sooon, i’m hopin’. “
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lunch time. chips and salsa. 100 degrees out. cody bear is feeling better and pickles wants some of the action:
they’ve been good kids all morning, waiting for me to come home for their lunch time liberation:
it’s been almost a year since i brought pickles home, and i have to say…
i really think cody bear likes the big brother worship he gets from his little border collie sister.
times like these outweigh the days of vet bill misery.
(remind me of this when i’m moaning my next trip to their doctor, won’t you?)
back to work!
