Sept. 10: Dogs jumping for joy

The sun is out, and the pups are leaping for joy. Just check out this action shot of Molly springboarding up for a treat! An action-packed morning it has been, that's for sure. The morning walks are done, lunches fed, and it's gorgeous afternoon walking weather, so we'll be heading out again at around 3 p.m. * We'd like to welcome back Geo (Boston Terrier-cross), who we haven't seen for a while. She's super happy, buzzing around and playing lots with Umber (chi), Winston (beagle-cross), Henna (Boston) and Molly. Oh yeah, and chasing Jasper & Casper all over the ramps. * Henna looooves Geo - her new best friend! Her other favourite pasttime is chasing after the ball with Jasper & Casper, Spike & LG, Dempster (American cocker spaniel) and Theodore (Yorkie). * Theodore (Teddy) is pretty tough competition on the ball-chasing front. Look out for this feisty little guy! Today he's been sharing his ball with Henna. 2 p.m. update: We took the ball away, and Teddy is playing with Umber. * Spike & LG spent the morning wrestling Winston and chasing Jasper, Casper, Winston & Geo around from room to room. * Happy family Muggles, Zipper & Sprokette (all tiny Maltese pups; Sprokette pictured right in the chair) have been a white bundle of playtime joy, chasing each other, and wrestling Jasper & Casper and Dempster. Dempster's best buds today are Molly and Henna. * The puppies also love Buttons and shower her with affection. Buttons is especially curious and friendly around the two tiny females, Zipper & Sprokette. * Umber's best friends today are Zipper (Maltese puppy) and Geo. * Pictured left: Molly & Dempster playing, and Geo in the foreground. * Sebastian's been doing some good playing/chase games today, too - going after Dempster! * Oh boy, when our two - Lexy and Mika - arrived at around 11, they sure were happy to see Winston, Molly and Sheraz. Kisses all 'round. Here's today's group photo, taken earlier this morning (missing a few faces):

Did your dog eat?

* Muggles, Zipper & Sprokette all ate their breakfasts and lunches.

* Buttons ate all her lunch.

* Jasper and Casper ate all their lunch.

* Molly ate breakfast.

* Sheraz ate breakfast. We'll feed again at dinner time.

* Dempster ate breakfast and lunch.

* Theodore wasn't hungry.

* Sebastian wasn't hungry.

Sept. 9: It's raining dogs

Say hello to the new Maltese puppy, Rocco! Isn't he sweet? He has an appointment for the Spaw today to get handsome-ified.

Rocco's the new brother of Bella (Maltese). Here's an "after" shot of Rocco, to the right, after his groom.

We sure have a lot of Maltese puppies in here today: Rocco, Rupert, Muggles, Zipper & Sprokette! All of them are probably under five pounds and little balls of white fur. They've got a playful little pack going on.

It's been raining on and off all morning, so the walks were a little soggy, to say the least. Thank goodness for indoor dog daycares - everyone's nice and dry inside.

* Bella (chi-Jack Russell cross), is a feisty little thing. She definitely picks her doggie friends around here, and today her little buddy is Rocco. She also likes Enid (and vice versa!).

* Enid's a Jack Russell. This is a funny pic to the left of Angie holding Enid. Enid looooves Angie and keeps jumping on her lap to give her kisses!

* It's Rupert and Talula's second day of daycare. Rupert is having a blast, especially with Rocco, and Talula is getting more confident. She's been going up to other dogs and sniffing hello.

* Rico (pug cross) has been playing chase with Gus (American cocker spaniel), Jasper & Casper. They've been running fast, all over the red ramps in the back room. Jasper has also been wrestling with little Muggles, the Maltese pup, and Casper really likes Gus, Muggles & Rupert.

Here's a cute photo of Rico and Dawson:

* Dawson loves Rico, and has also been playing lots with Zipper (Maltese) and Mika (chi).

* Henna (Boston Terrier) made a new friend today - Gus! The two of them have been chasing each other around. She also really likes Dempster (another American cocker spaniel). These three get along fang-tabulously. Dempster also likes playing with Zipper.

* In the far left photo, we have Sheraz (miniature shnauzer), Rico & Cookie (pomeranian).

* Pictured right: Donut (pom). I love this photo!

* Cookie and Donut (pomeranians) are getting a lot more playful lately. Cookie was playing with Muggles earlier, and Donut was playing with Rupert. Yay!

* Pictured left: You guys remember Leroy? He stayed with us for boarding a couple of months ago. Well he's back, tail wagging and all excited, for an appointment with Maori, our fabulous groomer. This is a "before" shot, to the left. And an "after" shot, to the right!

* Pebbles (black maltipoo) just arrived and is running around with all the other little Maltese puppies. She's saying hello to Buttons (cockapoo) right now and trying to give her kisses. Buttons really didn't like her walk this morning... so wet and blahh... so we didn't force her to go far!

Did your dog eat?

* Muggles, Zipper & Sprokette ate their breakfast and lunch.

* Buttons ate all her lunch.

* Rocco ate his lunch.

* Rupert ate lunch.

* Rico ate.

* Jasper and Casper ate all their lunch.

* Dawson ate all.

* Gus ate all.

* Bella (chi) ate.

* Dempster ate all his lunch.

* We will feed Cookie & Donut at dinner time.

* Bella (Maltese) only ate a couple pieces of kibble, but ate her treats.

Sept. 8: Say hello to Rupert and Talula!

We have two new dogs here today: Rupert (a four-month-old Maltese puppy) and Talula (Maltese/Yorkie).

It's their first day, so they're both a little shy, but they seem to like the little Maltese puppies (just Rupert's size).

Here's a photo of the two of them together, posing on our awesome new dog bed (Huge thanks to Buttons's family for this!!). Buttons was funny on her walk today - she had a spurt of energy and wanted to gallop. She must have liked her walking buddies: Pat and Umber (chi).

And check out this pic of all the white dogs posing together. From left to right: Casper (Coton de Tulear), Jones (Bischon), Sebastian (miniature poodle), Jasper (Coton de Tulear), Marley (Havanese), Sprokette, Muggles, Zipper & Rupert (all Maltese puppies).

Amazing Nigel was able to get all the puppies to sit still for this long... maybe that's why they all have such serious, concentrating faces! LOL.

... Here's today's group photo:

* Today, it's all about playing ball. The dogs have been having a fabulous time chasing after it. Racing after the ball are: Jasper, Casper, Katie (sheltie: it's her favourite game), Rico (pug-cross), Henna (Boston Terrier: she LOVES playing ball), Spike & LG. LG's also been chasing Muggles around. They've been playing leapfrog over Sheraz (miniature shnauzer).

* Pictured left: Rico in foreground, Dawson in background.

* Molly (Min Pin) has been staying with us for boarding but goes home today. She's had a lot of fun playing with all the dogs and getting loads of exercise. Muggles, Zipper and Sprokette have also been staying with us. They've been very good and having lots of fun!

* Little Dawson (chi) has been wrestling with Molly and Ozzy (Min Pin), plus Umber, Zipper and Rupert. Ozzy loves his girlfriend Dawson, and especially likes chasing the little dogs, like Muggles and Molly. Umber's also been playing with Rico. Katie's been playing with these dogs too, in a very gentle wrestle/leap/prance dance.

* Marley (Havanese) and Jones (Bishon) have been going at it all morning, playing chase. Sasha (Papillon) just arrived and has joined in the fun, playing mostly with Jones. Sebastian likes Jones, too.

* Pictured left: Jones on the bench, with Katie in the background and Umber with her paw up.

Did your dog eat?

* Molly ate all her breakfast.

* Muggles, Zipper & Sprokette ate their breakfast and lunch.

* Buttons ate all her lunch.

* Casper ate lunch but Jasper wasn't hungry.

* Rico ate all his lunch.

* Dawson ate all her lunch.

* Rupert ate a little lunch.

* Ozzy ate about half his kibble.

* Sebastian ate 3/4 of his lunch.

Here's Katie, with the ball!

Sept. 4: Say hello to Teddy, Henna and Chili!

It's Friday! Just a reminder that we will be closed on Monday (Sept. 7) for the Labour Day holiday.

Nigel's taken loads of great pix today so I'm going to run lots of them below...

First of all, we'd like to introduce a couple new dogs to the pack: Teddy, a Yorkie-Poo, the little black cutie sitting on the pink chair. He's very playful, chasing and wrestling with Sofie (Yorkie, pictured left on her back) and Umber (chi).

Next is a picture of Henna (Boston terrier, with a ball in her mouth), who comes to visit when her mom's on holiday. We haven't seen her for a while - welcome back, Henna!

And the third photo is of a new dog called Chili (a chi/shih tzu), who is right now hanging out in the small room with a few of the littl'uns: Molly, Dawson, Mika, Lexy and Umber.

Here's the group photo taken earlier today. It's missing a few faces, but it's a goodie.

The morning walks are done, lunches have been fed, and we have the dogs split up into two rooms at the moment, by size and energy level.

In the big room, we have Henna, Spike, LG, Theodore, Heidi and Bechler all chasing after the ball right now. Scruffles (shih tzu-bishon) has been having a blast wrestling with Sofie (Yorkie) and chasing after Bechler.

* Pictured left: Dawson sticking out her tongue. "Na, na, na, na, na... come 'n get me!"

* Pictured left: Cookie and Donut (pomeranians) posing for the cameras. Adorable!

And in the small room, the pups are playing chase through the blue tunnel and wrestling in the pink dog bed.

* Buttons (cockapoo) really likes Dawson, and has been following her around and cuddling up to her. Sebastian (miniature poodle) was a good boy for photos today and jumped onto the bench to pose. Yay! And Mika (Maltese) just arrived, running around, saying hello to everyone. :-)

Here are a few more photos:

Did your dog eat?

* Dawson ate all her lunch.

* Sofie ate all.

* Buttons ate all.

* Scruffles wasn't hungry.

* Teddy ate half.

* Donut ate all but Cookie wasn't hungry.

* Heidi ate all her lunch.

* Sebatian wasn't hungry.

Sept. 3: Musical chairs

Say hello to the class of Thursday, Sept. 3, 2009! Bravo, pups! Very good posing today, all-round.

Unfortunately we are missing a few faces in this photo, as it was taken earlier this morning (as of 1:20 p.m. there are 20 dogs here), but you can see how good they are getting at "sit" and "stay." :-)

And some more musical chairs:

* Pictured left: Heidi (shnoodle) with Maximus (terrier) in the back row, and Dawson (chi) and Maximus (Yorkie) cuddling up front.

Yes, two Maximus's today!

Well... LG (Yorkie-cross) was being Mr. Bossy when he arrived this morning, trying to assert his authority among the other dogs. He's calmed down now though and has been playing with Spike, Jasper and Casper and Heidi. This pack has been zooming around... the best of friends.

So the morning walks are done, lunches are fed, and the sun is peaking through the clouds. This is just a few of the adventures we've had so far today:

* Little Chloe (maltipoo) just arrived and started playing with Dawson (chi) straight away. The two of them are pictured left. Chloe seems to like the really little pups - she's also getting along fang-tabulously with Mika (chi), Lexy (chi-cross) and Theodore (Yorkie).

* Maggie (Cairns Terrier, pictured right with her paw planted on the ball) has been wrestling with Molly (Min Pin cross), and Molly has had a three-way rolly-polly game of wrestle earlier with Dawson and Mika.

* Forgot to mention this in yesterday's blog: Buttons (cockapoo) made a new friend yesterday called Sprokette (a tiny Maltese puppy). Boy, was Buttons ever curious in her! She was following her everywhere, sniffing and almost protecting her like her mom. At the moment, Buttons is sharing her favourite quiet spot on the blanket with Dawson.

* Sheraz (miniature schnauzer) was such a good girl on her walk today. When Pat took her out with Molly, they came across another dog on the street called Teddy. Well, Teddy and Molly started barking, going nuts! But Sheraz was so calm and cool, just waiting patiently for everyone to calm down. Good girl. :-)

* Pictured left: Heidi looking happy in the foreground, and Sheraz in the background.

* Maximus (terrier) also really enjoyed his walk, tail wagging excitedly! And the other Maximus (Yorkie) has been playing ball, and chasing after Heidi.

* Oh, Theodore (Yorkie) just arrived, and it's GAME ON. A whole pack of them are chasing after the ball: Jasper, Casper, Maximus (Yorkie), Mico (shih tzu), Lexy and Lola (cockapoo).

* Pictured left: Theodore barking as Lola moves in on the ball.

* Lola, Theodore, Maximus (Yorkie) Jasper and Casper are especially loving this fetch game. Lola's full of energy today - she's also been wrestling Maximus (Yorkie) and right now is playing tumble with Bobo (maltipoo). Bobo sure was excited when he came in here, and has been wiggling around ever since, playing with his friends (especially Lola).

* Right now, LG is playing tug of war with Theodore.

* Mico (pictured left) was like a celebrity when she arrived, greeted by all the dogs with loving hellos. The pups (and humans) sure love her. She was trotting with the pack after the ball a minute ago.

* Sebastian (miniature poodle) was doing some good playing this morning as well, with the littlest dog in the room, Dawson.

Did your dog eat?

* Casper ate all his lunch, and Jasper ate a little bit.

* Buttons ate all her lunch.

* Dawson ate all her lunch.

* Heidi ate about half.

* Maximus (Yorkie) wasn't hungry.

* Sebastian wasn't hungry.

* Bobo wasn't hungry.

Sept. 2: Introducing Max, Sprokette & Snuggles

Happy Wednesday, everyone! We have two new dogs here today: Max (Yorkie, pictured below) and Sprokette (Maltese puppy - pictured above). Also, there are a couple of fairly new faces: Niko (poodle) and Snuggles (shih tzu cross).

It's a busy day (as you can tell by Nigel's awesome group photo below!), so I'm going to load up the blog with pix instead of words to save time. Pix are more fun than me babbling on, right?

It's been playtime all morning, and we still have more afternoon walks and potty breaks to come!

The morning walks are done, lunches are being fed, and the fur's-a-flyin' in the back room (in the Spaw).

Pictured left: Katie (sheltie) strikes a magnificent pose.

Pictured left: Umber (chi) and Jones (Bischon) in play mode. Attack!

* Spike & LG: Little angels?

* Pictured above, from left to right: Molly, Jones, Umber & Dawson.

... And here's a photo of Snuggles, who's here for her second day.

Did your dog eat?

* Dawson ate all her lunch.

* Muggles, Zipper and Sprokette all ate lunch.

* Jasper and Casper ate all. Glad to see Jasper's feeling better today. His flea treatment made the poor guy feel sick yesterday. :-(

* Ozzy ate quite a bit today!

* Molly was really hungry for her breakfast.

* Gus wasn't hungry for his lunch.

* Max wasn't hungry.

* Sebastian wasn't hungry.

* Dempster ate all.

* Cookie and Donut ate all their lunches.

* Buttons ate all.

Sept. 1: Cheers, big ears :-)

My, what big ears you have, Dempster!

This photo just makes us chuckle... he looks adorable.

* Dempster's a super playful American cocker spaniel puppy. He made a new buddy today called Gus (Yorkie-cross). The two of them have been chasing tails all morning.

* Gus has also been playing with Marley (Havanese); Marley loves Jones (Bischon) and Mika (chi) also.

* Oh, you should see Mika and Dawson (chi) going at it today. They're both tiny chihuahuas and have this similar dance/tail wag/chase game going on. They run from one room to the other, crouch down and pounce at each other. Very entertaining.

* Molly (Min Pin cross) and Lexy (chi-silky) joined in on the Mika/Dawson chase game, too. Molly's also been wrestling Jude (puggle)... Dawson looooves Jude, too.

* Pictured left: Mika, Dawson & Lexy.

* Casper has been very playful today and full of beans, giving Scruffles kisses and chasing her around the room (girlfriend/boyfriend?) Unfortunately, Jasper's not feeling too hot, and is kinda lying low today. He didn't eat any lunch (Casper ate though).

* Buttons (cockapoo) has been roaming around with the pack. Right now she's one of the few dogs NOT trying to steal Pat's lunch of tuna salad. Ha ha! She's sitting politely and watching all the little beggers giving Pat their cutest puppy dog eyes.

* Scruffles has been wrestling with Gus (pictured left) and playing with Casper (as mentioned above).

* Spike and LG have been playing with Marley (surprise, surprise!). Marley's been on holidays, so they're catching up on lost time. Sebastian (miniature poodle) has also been cuddling up to Marley, and playing chase with Scruffles.

* Sasha (Papillon) just arrived and is squirming around, tail wagging her entire behind excitedly, saying hello to everyone.

* Enid's been pretty laidback today, just mingling with the dogs, and right now resting on her pillow. She loved her walk outside.

* Cute photo alert: Check out Molly and Dawson playing!

We'll be doing more walks and potty breaks at around 3 p.m.

Did your dog eat?

* Molly ate all her breakfast.

* Buttons ate all her lunch.

* Casper ate his lunch, but Jasper wasn't hungry.

* Dawson ate all her lunch.

* Gus ate all his lunch.

* Scruffles wasn't hungry.

* Dempster ate all his lunch.

* Sebastian ate most of his kibble.

And here's today's class photo, taken at around 11 a.m.: