Frisky Oats in the snow! We had a feeling he'd enjoy snow since he seems to be more of a cold weather than warm weather guy. What do your dogs think?
Oatsie had a play date yesterday with his BFF Dee Dee! He never gets as rowdy as he does with her ๐ Deedles has learned that Oates is an oblivious oaf who needs big, cranky corrections when she wants him to cool his jets. I love the trust we have in these two now. No matter how vicious sounding they get we know they're just not going to fight. We do help them take breaks when necessary like at the end of this video but we're never worried about anything serious. Both Dee Dee's mom and I have had dogs with dog aggression issues so us each having dogs that can play together has been a fun experience!
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I know it's Curly Fry-day but you know who hasn't made an appearance in a while? The piggies! Wedge and Biggs are my little sweet potatoes and they deserve some time in the spotlight! Just a couple video clips of them getting some love and generally pigging about ๐
For those not familiar with them, Biggs is the short haired guy and he's my adventurous little trouble pig ๐ Wedge is the wild haired guy and he's my sweet, easy-going fella whose favorite place is the lion mouth bed (a cat bed I found at Ross) ๐ฆ
(Side note: I was in the middle of cleaning their cages when I took these videos so be warned that there are plenty of pig poops! ๐ฉ)
It's that day again: Curly Fry-day!! A friend's dog stayed with us for a few days so Oates made a new friend. Jazz is 15 years old and was never the most rambunctious dog even in her younger days, so she had no interest in playing with goofy mister Oates. He sure did try but I'm proud of him for learning to to be more gentle with her after the first day of "GUYS THERE'S A NEW DOG OMG THIS IS AWESOME" ๐
Oatsie is such a silly, good natured guy. I just love him ๐
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Poor miss Johnnie got roughed up by a dog at daycare and has to wear a cone while she heals up. This means she gets lots of free treats! Her brother, Padfoot, is an oblivious doofus when it comes to his tail wagging ๐
Hooray it's Curly Fry-day!! On last night's walk Oatsie found the best patch of grass to roll in! It turned out, though, that it wasn't just the grass that was enticing him and he was in need of a bath once we got home ๐
Oh well, he had fun and he was due for a bath anyway! He's a super good boy for baths too. He gets a peanut butter lick mat so he dances his way right into the bathroom, puts his feet up on the side of the tub for me to help him the rest of the way (he has jumped in in the past but I don't think he likes how he slides when he jumps in) and then he licks away at the PB while I bathe him ๐
He was a wild, playful guy after the bath, then he crashed and was a sweet, cuddly dude ๐ฅฐ A good evening all around!
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Happy Curly Fry-day from Oates and his new doggy friend, Cody! They had a great time romping, wrestling, and chilling out together! And Oates always loves exploring a new yard ๐
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I finally got to take Daisy and Padfoot on walks again today!! Hooray cooler weather!
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In today's episode of Curly Fry-day I would like to share this video of Oates' adorable befuddlement at the strange sounds happening on Make Some Noise ๐
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What do you do to keep your dogs enriched on these hot hot days? ๐ฅต Padfoot and I are working on tricks! He's coming along nicely with "spin", "crawl", and is just learning "weave through my legs"!
Johnny "helps" ๐๐
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In today's episode of Curly Fry-day Mister Oates gets a new food toy! Some of you eagle eyes out there may recognize it as the toy Padfoot had last week. I liked it a lot so today Oatsie and I went to PetSmart and got one for him!
This is Oates' very first time using it and he figured it out well! I can't help but compare him to Domino when she had food toys. She would have knocked a hole in the wall with it ๐
I think it's safe to say that this toy is a winner! Just a heads up for anyone else running out to PetSmart to get one: it is $30 ๐ฌ It is Kong brand after all.
What fun things are you doing with your dogs in this hot, summer weather?
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I was looking through old doggy pictures and came across this video of a trick I totally forgot I had started teaching Domino at some point (she had quite a few half-taught tricks that I lost interest in ๐
). It was something I saw on social media somewhere: you put your hands up in a heart shape and your dog puts their snout in your hands. Of course in typical Domino fashion she completely SHOVED her snout in my hands ๐คฃ Ah that girl was fun!
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