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Back in the swing of things!

 

I'm glad they don't swing on the blinds, ha! Katy decided to follow Cody's lead. They have healed well from their operations and are back to being their playful 7 month old selves, lol!

The Healing of Youth

 

Getting Over the Surgery!

 

After Monday's surgery, Katy was wanting to play, but realized she would tire soon and napped on top of her favorite chair!

 

Cody also realized he wasn't quite up to playing as much! This is Xena's bed! I had never seen Cody rest on it before!

Xena didn't mind sharing it with him!

I Can't Help It

 

 

Rip, Romp, Chew, and Lick!

 

Cody decided to surprise "attack" Katy when she was sleeping!

Realizing she didn't want to play "fight" He began to caress her back to sleep.



However, you know ladies can change their minds! Katy now catches Cody while he was sleeping!

Katy chooses to sleep on her window seat. It's pretty hard to be caught off guard here!

Cody would rather wait until later when I remove the window seat and close the blinds, ha!

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No matter what, they get along so well with all of their joyful play! 

Best Fragrance in the Night

NIGHT JASMINE

The fragrance is so strong and concentrated, you can't breathe it in too long without getting a headache! It's sweet smelling perfume permeates the night and drifts on the cool dewy air.

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The moths are all about it in the dark, but they quickly disappear when light appears.

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The blossoms don't last but a night or two, but the fragrance continues to linger in the foyer. even entering the house when the door is opened.

 

Cody and Katy

 

From not much bigger than an ink pen with blue eyes (4 1/2 weeks old) 

 

 

To yellow eyes and 3 times the size!



Notice Cody's (black kitty) white Manchu whiskers! 

Now almost 7 months old, the brother and sister kittens are a bundle of energy! I can hear their scampering all over the house chasing each other in play!

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The dogs come flying out into the den to get away from their crazy game of tireless chase! In two weeks they have a visit to their vet that will probably take away some of the rambunctiousness!

Xena the Spoiled

I met Xena when I took Gracie to be groomed. My groomer had temporarily taken her to save her from going to the pound. (The Bull Mastiff rescue was also at limit and could take no more.)  She asked me if I would like to adopt her due to her circumstances of no longer being able to be taken care of by her original owner. She was just a year old and seemed confused with her swapping around in homes. We immediately bonded!

She was immediately accepted by my other 3 dogs, 3 birds, and cat. The initial introduction went well as though she had always been with us all!

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Her vet records happen to be with the same vet I have gone to for the past 27 years! A short time after having her spayed and micro chipped, I took her to the same obedience class my other dogs had gone to. I quickly found out she had already had training and even responded to silent hand signals to the commands! 

Xena is a true joy. She's slow paced as I am myself! She does like to run full blast around my large fence enclosed yard. However, I quickly found out I couldn't trust her to be out without me being there, for with her mass, she would quickly push under the chain length fencing and head off chasing any of the wild animals we have in Florida!

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She began to have a mind of her own when I would try to get her to come back inside with the other dogs! So, I found a really great low calorie snack to entice her with! Now all I have to do is say energetically, "Let's go get a goody!" All four can't get to the door soon enough, ha!

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Her favorite place is to lay under my feet or in my lap (98 pounds!) She is always courteous to wait for my signal to do so. She steps ever so gently with one foot on the seat of my chair and then lifts herself to lay on the arm of the chair with hardly any of her weight on me!

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Another joy of the creation of our GOD!



Dolly Doodle All My Day

What a Beautiful Little Puppy!

 

One of my friends in the office at school told me her son's dog had puppies he was trying to find homes for. He was having difficulty when people found out they were pit bull/shepherd/chow mix. She was afraid to turn them over to the Humane Society for fear of them being "put down" because of their breed mix. So, I went over for a visit and of course fell in love with a female pup who would soon become known as Dolly! She was like a little rag doll, you just wanted to always hold and squeeze on her (as you can see in the picture!)

 

As I have always done with all of my dogs, Dolly found herself being taken to obedience training school. She did well, passing her sit, stay, come, leave it commands. When she was 6 months she was spayed and micro chipped. 

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Now at five years old, I'm having to remind her of some of those commands now that my two orphaned/adopted kittens are exciting her to chase them! When she gets reprimanded, you can see the "sheepish" grin as her bottom lip drops to show her lower gum line, ha! I also keep her on a leash when she hasn't kept the command, later letting her loose to which she then behaves herself.

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She is very loving and has no behaviors associated with aggression (even with the kittens, her chasing is play befitting that of playing with the other dogs.)

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I did notice one characteristic that goes with the chow. One day Dolly let a yawn so long, her tongue came out and way back where you could hardly see was a black spot the size of your pinkie fingernail. As you see in her picture she has more of a shepherd look with the chow color.

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All of my dogs have been rescues. Sam from the dog shelter, (Gracie being the exception, from a family friend), Dolly especially from being taken to the Humane Society, and Xena from being sent to the Humane Society to which she would have been put down due to the cost of keeping her there. Xena was given up during the time of a severe economic crises and even the Mastiff rescue were full and could no longer take any in. The LORD has surely blessed me with His creatures that always never cease to amaze me with their affection. As the Dog Whisperer says,  make sure you are the pack leader!