... And a Happy New Year

Hope your new year starts bright.

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas! Hope it is a wonderful day, however you spend it.

And to all a good night!

Happy Halloween!

Monster costumes seemed appropriate!

Happy Halloween! Are you doing anything fun with your dogs? We did our dressing up this past weekend, so don't have any plans tonight (except to work on brushing out some mats on a new foster dog).

Gourds

We got a little into the fall spirit with Pumpkin Pour Overs, from Honest Kitchen. These are basically little meal toppers that are a gravy-like consistency.

They make a fun stack.

I often add pumpkin or pumpkin powder to my dogs' food, especially when traveling, because it can help with loose stools (which can be caused from traveling and excitement). These are just another fun option.

No, I don't have four dogs. But I do prep food for Ptera and Flight for dinner and breakfast at the same time, then put breakfast in the fridge until morning.

Overall, my dogs were fans of these. They like pumpkin in general, and enjoyed these. The only thing I didn't like much was opening the containers. They say to rip open, but I definitely needed scissors to open them up. They are a fun way to let your dogs get in on the "pumpkin spice" craze of the fall in a way that is safe and healthy.

Monsters! So scary!

Hope everyone has a great Halloween!

We were provided with the Honest Kitchen toppers from Chewy.com in exchange for our honest review, but were not compensated in any other way. 

Happy National Fetch Day #chewyinfluencer

National Fetch Day is this Saturday, October 20th!

While we love doing a huge variety of activities to keep the dogs in shape, including hiking, swimming, paddleboarding, flyball, and more, fetch is a great, easy way to blow off some steam.



Chewy.com is offering a special Chuck-it package just for the event!



The glow in the dark ball might be my favorite, because on winter days when we are playing fetch in the dusk the ball stays visible. My dogs, on the other hand, love the Ultra squeaky ball the best. We've even been using it for Rally obedience training for Ptera, as a reward.



I do make sure these balls are used only as interactive toys. A few years ago, a friend's dog swallowed the round plug used on the rubber chuck-it balls, and got an obstruction. Ever since then, I have been very careful to make sure the balls have no loose bits before each play session, and to keep them as interactive toys only. But, as interactive toys, they work fantastic, and we've never had an issue.

We were sent these awesome toys in exchange for our honest review, and spreading word about National Fetch Day. We were not compensated in any other way.

Happy 4th

I mostly am using the 4th as an excuse to get some cute themed photos of the pups.

Our plans for the day include heading out to the lake for some SUP/kayaking with lots of dog swimming. Tired dogs tend to be less anxious when the big booms start.

Ptera did really well with fireworks last year. Koira generally is terrified from the first boom, but does better here in the country than in town where they go off for hours. This is Flight's first year here for the 4th, so I am not sure how he will do.

After playing on the water and tiring the dogs out well, the plan is to hunker down inside with a movie (probably the Star Wars one that just hit Netflix). All of the dogs are microchipped, and will all be wearing collars and tags just in case.

Composure (by Vetriscience) is what I give all of the dogs to start with, early in the evening. Koira will also get Pet Releaf treats with CBD oil. I have prescription meds for Koira as well, but I don't think we'll need them here this year.

And of course, the car has leashes and treats stocked in case I run into any loose dogs in the next day or two. I have found more stray dogs in the week around the 4th than any other time of year.

Here's to a good 4th.

Happy New Year

May 2018 bring something good.

Happy New Year with a silly hat

Playing with lights

Cat

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night

Twas the Night Before Christmas

Hope you have a great Christmas Eve today.

Countdown to Christmas

The dogs are looking forward to the holidays. Or at least, to their presents.

Countdown to Christmas

And all through the house

Countdown to Christmas

T'was the night before Christmas

Sweaters!

Ptera's awesome sweater with our flyball club logo on the back- all hand knitted

And the front view

But, I totally have a hat AND sweater vest that match! The hat has jack russells and pteranodons on it, and the sweater has Ptera's name on the back.

These were all made by the super awesome mom of one of my flyball teammates. She also made us an awesome Christmas sweater that we are raffling as a fundraiser for our flyball club. (If you are interested, check out our team facebook page for the post about how to enter.)

Holiday Knitted Hats

Koira is willing to wear hers in exchange for cookies, but will likely shake it off her ears if I asked her to wear it on an adventure.

I'm sleeping with one eye open, because I'm pretty sure Theo is going to cut me if he gets a chance after I made him dress up...

Ptera doesn't mind the hat at all, but does mind not getting the treat yet.

Happy National Dog Day

Happy National Dog Day! Hope you enjoy spending the day with your dogs. I'm spending it building a cool DIY project for Ptera- I'll share the full process on Monday.

Happy Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day!