Happy New Year from Keeley & Teagan

Here they are at the doggie park this morning.  Running around and being silly dogs.  Keeley is still a play-baby even though he's almost 9 years old.

Teagan loves to eat frozen sticks.  It's troublesome because what goes in must come out at some point.

There's Keeley with his Grandpa.  There weren't any critters for the dogs to hunt today because it's too cold out.

Final Kill Count for 2014

Well, being the last day of 2014, I'm going to report on my terriers' kill count for 2014.  The final number ended up being 12 critters killed this year by Teagan and Keeley.  Actually Teagan is the one who did the actual killing (I think she's at her killing prime right now!) but Keeley gave her an assist on at least 5 of those kills.  This year she got 2 squirrels, a woodchuck, 2 opossums, a mouse, a robin, and 5 rabbits.  For the most part, I think kids are grosser than dogs.  But when I have to clean up dead things, then I think dogs are definitely the grosser of the two!

Sleeping with dogs

I'm not sure if Keeley knows he's a dog.  He always wants to sleep right next to me with his head on a pillow like a human.  He's only 38 pounds but he sure can hog the bed somehow.

impromptu trip to Lapham Peak

Weekends at the dog park

Teagan & The Babies

You may remember that Teagan used to be horribly scared of kids.

During the first 2 years with her, there were talks about giving her up because she couldn't seem to control her aggression.

She just had her 5th Birthday last month and she's really come a long way!

When I first started my daycare 2 years ago, it only took Teagan about a week to adjust to this new reality of having kids around 5 days per week.  But she didn't really want to be around them, so she'd often go hide in my bedroom or her crate for most of the day.  At the time I thought that was so amazing but I never thought I'd see her doing what she does now.

Now she takes naps on the sofa with 3 babies playing loudly right next to her.  They reach for her and she doesn't run away.  She lets them crawl right up to her lying on the floor and examine her doggie tags.  It's blowing my mind! I'm totally impressed with how mature and calm she's become!

St Pat's & Happy 8th Birthday to Keeley

I got this book called "Hooray for St Patrick's Day!" by Joan Holub from the library for my daycare kids.  They loved it.  They had to find the leprechaun hiding on each page and it was also a lift-the-flap book.  But the best part was that it featured an Irish Terrier dog like Keeley.  Here are a few of the IT illustrations from the book.  Enjoy & Happy St Patrick's Day (& Keeley's Birthday today too)!

Nice warm day, new sweaters, doggie park, etc.

Well, here are my fur-babies showing off their new sweaters at the doggie park today.  I think Keeley looks really smart in his, and Teagan looks cute but a little lesbian-ish.

Pops is a little embarrassed from walking around with my dogs wearing dog-clothes, but I think they look great and everyone kept saying how cute they were in their sweaters.

It was a nice warm day (about 35 degrees) so we went to the expanded doggie park at Currie Park.  I know it looks like they were the only dogs there from these pictures, but it was actually pretty crowded being a Saturday and all.

Teagan was on her best behavior. She really dislikes being around other dogs, and it doesn't help that she does all these things like roaching around that bring extra attention to her. But she did great today!

Being terriers, of course they had to do a little mousing around.

We gave them an extra amount of time today since it's suppose to get cold again later.  They had a blast and are all tired out now.

Merry Christmas From Keeley & Teagan

My pups got to go to the doggie park at Currie Park for Christmas today.  They had a blast, as usual, running through the trees and meeting other dogs.  It was too cold for them to wear their Christmas outfits or their new sweaters, so they got bundled up in their normal winter attire instead.  Here are a few pictures of them...

Trip to Madison

Look who it is!

It's Romare, Keeley's best bud airedale friend.

Today we drove up to Madison for a visit.  The weather was great.  Keeley had a blast romping with Romare in his big yard and playing with his new neighbor dog, Roxy.

It was a fun day!