Sunday, May 30, 2010

New Outside Dog Beds

Keeley and Teagan's grandma bought them some nice new doggie beds for lounging in the outdoors. Keeley took to them right away.
Teagan didn't get the hang of them until the next day.
I think they're great. I only wish that we had like 4 more of them! I'm constantly moving them as the shady areas of the yard change throughout the day.

Saturday, May 15, 2010

At the Dog Park

This is what Teagan does at the dog park. She chases tennis balls. For 45 minutes, she chases tennis balls.This is how she looks when you're about to throw the ball. Isn't she cute?
And this is what Keeley does at the dog park. He walks around sniffing things and peeing on things.
I'm not kidding. He pees on benches while people are sitting on them. He pees on trees, fences, clumps of grass, toys, posts, old dog poop, etc. He pees on other dogs if they're not careful about where they're putting their heads. He pees on water dishes. If someone sets their bag down, he'll pee on that too. Well, to each their own I suppose. Maybe peeing on things makes him happy. I don't know.
They are 2 very different dogs with their own agendas.
After Keeley is done sniffing and peeing, then he makes the rounds and gets petted by every human at the dog park. He's so freakin' charming that they usually give him treats too!
The whole time Teagan is still just chasing tennis balls. I tried to teach Keeley to fetch when he was younger and if I tried really hard I could get him to do it like 3 times in a row before he walked off and ignored me. Now I just let him do his thing. I'm too busy throwing balls for Teagan now and Keeley really seems to enjoy his independence too.
After he's done sniffing, peeing, and making the rounds, then he just watches things for a while.
Teagan chases tennis balls. But she won't chase just any ball. It has to be one that's thrown by me or her grandma. Sometimes someone else will try to throw one for her but she doesn't even budge for it.
I always thought it would be cool to have a dog that fetched. It's certainly one of the coolest things about Teagan. And she's so tired afterwards.
Before we leave the park, she drinks a bunch of water and then goes right to sleep once she gets in the car.

Wednesday, May 5, 2010

Dog Duty

Perhaps my pups have grown too accustomed to me being home with them since I had been unemployed for the past year. The transition to me going to work each day hasn't been going exactly smoothly. Twice I've come home to find that Teagan has had a potty accident in her crate. And last weekend Keeley had vomited in his crate. Not to mention that I miss them dearly while I'm at work.During the week, their grandma is on dog duty. She takes them to the dog park and then they come home and nap together. She reports that they stick to her like glue when I'm gone.
Since both their grandma and I work during the weekends, that means their grandpa gets to do some dog duty too. He picks them up and takes them to their great uncle Pete's back yard. It's a big yard with lots of space to run and smells to sniff. They like to chase birds and squirrels while their grandpa digs in the garden.

When I come home they don't want to let me out of their sight. Keeley has taken to sleeping practically on top of me at night.