Sun Spot

Sushi (aka Junior) is learning where all the best sun spots are for his morning nap. The top level of the perch is prime real estate.

Whats That???

Gypsy spent about an hour checking out a bird nest in one of the pine trees yesterday evening. She rules the backyard and not much gets by her. She keeps track of things. On the search for bunnies, and keeping our air space free from the big black birds. She wasn't quite sure what to think of the nest.

Spring Time

This was the first really nice, spring weekend and Gypsy was excited for Poodle time in the yard. You can see she was ready to go.

After she calmed down, we pick out a Spring time collar from her vast collar collection.
Pink with flowers? I'm gonna pull your "Man Card"
I know but it looks good on you.

Inside the house the cats are also happy to see the warm weather. The new little boy, Sushi quickly figured out where the sun spots are. This is a prime spot on a perch first thing in the morning. He couldn't keep his eyes open.

Pretty Poodle

This past week was "beauty parlor" week for Gypsy. Yep, it was time to get her groomed. She has gone to the same groomer since she was a pup and I think she does a great job on Gyp. She always cuts her to our specification and is tuned in to our quirky little girl. Gypsy is always really excited when we first get there. Once we walk in the shop though, she realizes where we are and she acts like I'm putting her on death row.

We let her hair grow a bit long in the winter. When it is long she almost looks normal. With the "puppy" cut she just got you can clearly see how thin she is. Just under 39 lbs. She is healthy and has actually been eating good recently. She just is a thin dog. This is about as short as we ever cut her. When she is this long she looks like a refugee.

I think she looks great. The good news is, when we got home it was nice enough to sit outside and keep an eye on the bird feeders.

 We had a visit from the Cardinals. We have a pair that have been hanging out all winter long. I'm not sure if they will stick around this summer.

Chloe was outside too but was way napping. She could care less about the birds.

Changing of the Guard

So, if you've followed Gypsy for any length of time, you probably know that she is fond of her toy Dino. Dino is really the only toy she has ever shown interest in. A few years ago I went to purchase a new Dino for her and was shocked to see they weren't in production anymore. The new model was just like the old except without the tail. She could care less about the so called "new improved" Dino. So, Sandi and I did some searching on the computer.
When it doubt Google it!!!
That's right. And we found a source and picked a few up.  A stash of Dino's.
Replacing Dino this time of year is a sure sign that Spring is here. The blue Dino above has had a great life. The new red Dino is looking pretty good.

We put them both out for Gypsy to decide if it was time to go with a new Dino. She never paused, grabbing the new toy. She was really excited with her new treasure.

It didn't take long for Gyp to break in the new Dino.

Fun times...

More Moose

My big red boy, Moose has been hanging out with us much more recently. He usually keeps by himself, upstairs trying to avoid Chloe. She has a thing about Moose and will chase him. It usually isn't much of a big deal. Moose is much faster than she is.

Yesterday I was in the kitchen with Moose and he peeked around a corner and proceeds to calmly jump up on the fridge. Just then Chloe comes stomping around the corner looking for him. She is too fat and gravity challenged to get on top of the fridge. Moose just hangs out up there for a few minutes until Chloe retreats to the food bowl.

It is great to see Moose downstairs, playing with the other cats. (Minus Chloe) It's like he discovered the "Fountain of Youth" Actually he has, here he is having a drink.

Traveling

I was out of town last week for a few days on business. Work always gets in the way. It's kind of strange, sitting in the hotel room and not having a poodle by my feet.
Hey, they have pet friendly hotels!!!
Yes pet friendly hotels do exist. We stayed in a pet friendly B&B one time and it was very yucky.

The good part of going away is....coming home. Gypsy was glad to see me. A few sprints around the yard proved that. She can still move. Maybe not quite as fast as she was but still very quick.

She still tries to get us to play tag. She and Sandi have had some epic battles of tag in the back yard. Each trying to out wit the other by hiding behind trees. For years Sandi wasn't able to get a hand on Gyp. I think now, she might be able to.

After a few laps she usually goes back to Dino, her favorite toy to relax. Hopefully this weekend will bring some nice weather and we can begin getting the back yard into shape.