May 26: Wet doggies

Looooove is in the air.

Milky the Bichon/poodle is looking adorable with her new hair cut and the boys are all scrambling to play with her. Sebastian (miniature poodle), Yuki (Papillon) and Ozzy (Min Pin) just love her and have been frolicking around with her all morning.

And when they walk away for a minute, Milky's white fluffy girlfrined, Jones (Bichon), scrambles in there for a little wrestle.

But that's not all! We have a high-energy pack in here this morning, zooming around the ramps in the back and playing chase. I'm amazed Nigel was able to get them to sit still for this group photo...

It's been a pretty wet morning so we took this group photo before the walks. You should have seen how soggy they looked after their morning romp through the grass! Lucky it's nice and dry and warm in here so they dried up quickly.

Pat has just finished feeding the dogs. Scroll down to see what your dog has been up to:

* Scooby (American cocker spaniel) just hoovered up his lunch. He worked up an appetite chasing after the ball and playing tug of war with LG (Yorkie) all morning, and chasing Frankie (Boston Terrier).

* Yuki's been buzzing around, playing with pretty much everyone. He started off by wrestling/chasing/kissing Molly (Min Pin-cross) and has also been in a little play-pack with Milky (Bichon/poodle) and Umber (chihuahua puppy). Yuki ate all his brekky.

* Buttons also just gobbled up her lunch. Boy, did she get excited when Pat started to leave the gates. She was barking and hopping up and down! "Cesar! Cesar!" ... probably one of the highlights of her morning, other than her walk with Pat and Enid, and chilling on her fav blanket. :-)

* Molly (Min Pin cross) loves Yuki (Papillon puppy). They've been rolling around all morning. She's also been bolting after Jude (puggle) on the red ramps in the back room, wrestling and chasing at the same time! She was really hungry today for lunch.

* You know, dogs are so much like little kids. They have their favourite friends and tend to latch on to them when they get here and play with them straight away. This is the case for Marley (Havanese), who loves to play with Spike and LG, and also our Mika the chihuahua. She's hilarious - so much energy in the morning, and then (like clockwork) her 12 o'clock nap - and then round two in the afternoon.

* We didn't take little Dawson out for a walk this morning because it was so wet and cold... she would have been drenched. She's been doing lots of playing with her new best friend, Umber (chihuahua), as well as her boyfriend Ozzy (Min Pin), and Jude (puggle), Molly (Min Pin-cross) and Yuki (Papillon). Wow, popular! She ate her lunch.

* Jasper and Casper (Coton du Tulear) have been the little socialites again today. Casper was playing ball with Scooby (American cocker spaniel) and wrestling with Heidi (shnoodle). A few minutes ago, they were both screaming around from room to room, blasting all over the ramps in the back, chasing Jude (puggle) and Yuki (Papillon). The boys came back drenched after their walks... Nigel will be giving them baths at around 1:30. They just ate all of their lunch.

* Umber (chihuahua puppy) is getting to be quite the little player! It's hilarious seeing her play with little Dawson (chi pup). She's getting really vocal and does this low growling sound when she's wrestling that sounds like a car with a dead battery trying to start up. She's also been playing with Yuki, the super friendly papillon puppy.

* Jude has a girl-friend.... He just loves Molly (Min Pin cross) and always goes straight up to her when she's here. He's also been playing tug of war with Marley (Havanese) and wrestling Yuki (Papillon) and Dawson (chihuahua). He may be one of the bigger small dogs here but he's very gentle with all the littl'uns and loves to play with them!

* Maximus is so well behaved! He just likes hanging with the pack and gets along with everyone - especially Pepe (Havanese) and Buttons (cockapoo). He also loves his walks and getting attention from us humans. :-)

* There are a lot of dogs here today so Spike and LG have been strolling around, doing their little Hall Monitor/Policing job, keeping the order within the dog pack. Normally they team up with Lexy, our noisy terror (oops - I mean, terrier) to patrol the daycare. Spike & LG have also been wrestling with Marley, playing tug of war, and chasing Molly. LG is looking very fit these days.

* Ozzy (Min Pin) just ate his lunch. He was embroiled in a heated game of tug of war with Marley (Havanese) and a few minutes ago was wrestling his girlfriend, Milky. He's also been chasing Dawson, Heidi and Molly around... (all females - what a lady's man/dog!). Look at him go for the jugular in this photo. LOL.

* Milky, as you read in the intro and also throughout this blog, is Ms. Popular today. She was just playing this run and pounce game with Jones (Bichon puppy) which was too cute. They take a run at each other, jump, and tackle! She just ate most of her lunch.

* Frankie (Boston Terrier) has arrived for boarding. He's been blasting around with Jude (puggle) and Scooby (Am'n cocker spaniel)... we're wearing him out so he'll sleep soundly at our place tonight. :-)

* Happy to see Jones here again! It's been a while, but as soon as I walked into the daycare, I heard her unmistakable, goofy bark/talk. It's hilarious! She reminds me of a cartoon character, even in how she's been playing her pounce/attack game with Milky (see above for more). she's also been chasing Scooby (Am'n cocker spaniel) and Marley around.

* Sebastian's girlfriend is here today so he's a very, very happy dog. Here's a picture of him playing with Milky. He's also been chasing Pepe (Havanese) around and just ate all of his lunch.

* Enid's doing great, as always. She loves her walks outside and likes to hang with the pack. She gets along with everyone and does chase after the ball in the morning. Right now she's sitting on a blanket on the bench next to Ozzy and Heidi, just checking things out.

* Mico (Shih tzu) has a similar attitude to Enid. She's a lovely dog, very friendly, but isn't joining in the playing madness. She likes to hang out with the pack and just watch everything that's going on! She also enjoys her walks outside and human cuddles.

* Marcello is also hanging out with the mellow crowd. He did his mingling, saying hello to all his friends, and is now sitting on the bench near Enid, just watching the dogs run in circles beneath his feet. He always gets along with everyone, and he's not huffing and puffing like he used to (he seems really healthy!).

* Pepe (Havanese) has playing with his buddy Bobo (maltipoo) and Jones (Bichon). He also likes Sebastian (miniature poodle). He's a very gentle, lovely dog who likes to roll on his back and play with other gentle, little dogs. Bobo and Jones are two of his good buddies.

* Heidi just ate all of her lunch. All of the dogs were really hungry today - must be all the exercise they've been getting this morning! She's been chasing Jones (Bichon) and wrestling her boyfriend Ozzy, and chasing Jasper and Casper (Coton du Tulear) around the back ramps.

* Nigel picked Bobo (maltipoo) up in the pup shuttle and delivered him to daycare to play, play, play... He latched on to Jones (Bichon puppy) and started playing with her straight away. He also loves playing with Milky (all little white dogs), and has been wrestling Pepe (Havanese). He just ate all of his lunch.