Re-introductions continued...

Well, I was going to do this from youngest to oldest BUT the pictures loaded up backwards and it's really hard to fix that. So now we're going from oldest to youngest. :D

Next up...

Pepper:

Pepper is now almost 14. Yes, she's my old lady for sure!! She's actually in great health, so far nothing has gone seriously wrong with her. Sure, she's got a touch of arthritis, her hearing/eyesight aren't as great, and she tends to be a bit cranky. Overall, not bad for an oldie like her. :) The one thing we're having to adjust to is the deterioration of her mind. She used to be very smart and obedient, now she tends to do strange things (like being unable to figure out how to go around a stick on our path...poor girl! Took her a few tries to realize that she could just step over it.) and doesn't seem to remember commands as well. She also is starting to wander off, so we have to keep a close eye on her when we take walks or if she's outside. All in all though, I love her to death and I hope she's around for at least another year or two. :) She's an absolute sweetheart, no one can resist her smile, and I'll be very sad to lose that.

Last but not least, we have my mom's naughty little (big, lol...he's 23 lbs!) Lhasa Apso, Dusty. He's now 2 and a half, and very very cute. To us at least. :D If you can get him to accept you (he's afraid of strangers, as well as some dogs.) you'll find that he's not only hilarious, but very personable. He "talks", huffing at you when he's mad for some reason and sneezing/grunting when he's happy. He'll make little yips and barks, too. Like I said though, he IS a bit naughty...always trying to tell us what to do, and bossing the other dogs around. We constantly have to tell him to quit giving Trev a hard time about wanting to play. He's getting better. :D His main drawback are his fears: strangers and some dogs. Part of that is that we didn't socialize him as well as we should have, and I also believe some of it is a genetic blip. A lot of puppy-mill dogs have issues like his. He tends to "guard bark" a lot too. Anytime someone he doesn't recognize right away walks in, or if a strange dog is on the property. Other than that, he's such a quirky, awesome little pup. :)

In these pics, you can see how much my grooming has improved, lol. :D

That wraps up my dogs....hopefully I'll get around to the bird and cat news later. :) God bless!

Re-introductions

Hello again everyone! I suddenly realized it's been over a year since the blogging world has heard from me, and decided that now would be a good time to re-introduce myself and my furry/scaly/feathered family members. So let me begin!

My name is Edith, animal lover and dog groomer, or professional petstylist, whichever you prefer. :D I have a total of 10 pets, not including fish. (4 aquariums total, with a few betta bowls

for good measure. :)) To further break down those 10 pets: 4 dogs, 5 birds, and one cat. Mostly, I will focus on the dogs, as they are my true (animal) passion. I'll go from youngest to oldest as I introduce them.

Trevvor:

In the last post here, I introduced you to my new p

uppy, Trev (that's his nickname, and the one he knows best) the mini poodle. As you might of guessed, he's now a mature (haha!) 15 months. Of all my dogs, Trev is the most happy-go-lucky and my true doggie love. He's so loyal and gregarious, always bouncing around with a grin (literally) on his face and not allowing me to get more than a few feet away. To all you poodle-haters out there: until you can love life and family the way a poodle does, I don't want to hear about it!! Seriously, poodles are nothing like the stereotype (whatever is, right?!). I used to hate 'em too...never again. Oh, and let's not forget the brain....poodles aren't second on the "most intelligent breeds" list for nothing. And Trev easily lives up to that good reputation. He's easily, by far, my smartest pup. Nothing escapes his attention...he watches everything I or the other dogs do. At one point, we taught our other dog, Dusty, how to "dance"..basically he just gets up on his hind legs and twirls around. So Trev was watching Dusty dance one day, then suddenly I decided to ask him to dance. He promptly got up on his hind legs and twirled around. I didn't even have to show him, he'd learned by watching!

Without further ado, here is my handsome boy. :) And yes, for those of you who might wonder,

he WAS destined to be a show dog, and I could show him if I hadn't neutered him. I'm still considering showing him UKC...but that will come later, if at all.

Next up....

Sammie:

As you may remember, I found Ms. Sammie (Samantha, if you must know.) on the side of the road in our neighborhood in 2010. She was about 8 or 9 mo then, and is now about 2 and a 1\2. I believe she's 100% Blue Lacey; if she has something else in there, it doesn't add up to much. She is probably the sweetest, most obliging dog I've ever known...her one fault? Her pea sized brain (I say it in love. :D). I'm serious, it's taken me almost two years to teach her 3 simple commands: Sit, Down, and Come.It took her 6 months alone to learn sit. We're working on heel and stay, stay is coming along nicely. Jumping is another fault of hers, she simply cannot contain her happiness!! Lol, oh well. I tell her she's lucky she's cute! Anyways, she has many good, redeeming qualities as well: if she understands what you want, she will always, almost without fail, do it. She's very very loyal and protective of us, but at the same time friendly and playful. She has muscles that even my brother envies...I'll show you some pics, she's absolutely busting at the seams! She's a hunter with a high prey drive too, we have to watch her with the cat. A couple weeks ago, she cornered a deer and killed it. Yikes....

To be continued...