Another Trip to a Pet Store!

So Sawyer and Skye got to make yet another trip to the pet store, but this one is a smaller, independent pet store called Pet Pantry.  I love this pet store and the people that work there! 

Sawyer and Skye are now old pro's at visiting the pet store... Lots of greats and sniffing. No worries from them at all during this visit.  Skye hung back for a few when meeting pepple there but even she could not resist running up to meet a staff person for some pets.   I didn't get any pictures, but Sawyer was quite taken with the pet store dog Spot and they did some playing too!

Time to home came soon so they got to try out the doggie booster seat and together!  They were actually pretty good riders and didn't whine other than the first few minutes as they figure out where and how to did.  Admittedly they are pretty cute when they were laying down and about all you could see was ears (OMG - how cute will that be when their ears stand up too!)

Who Loves Irises?

Look at Sawyer, with the help of Cassie, wishing me a happy birthday on Tuesday! 

We have super weather right now.. very warm but not hot and the puppies are loving it with lots of soaking up of the rays and lots of outside time... They have discovered my irises and like all the fosters dogs, are fascinated by them and have started hanging out in them!

sawyer playing peek a boo!

 Both are healing well from their spueters on Friday - Sawyer has completely rebounded and no more cone for him for the past few days... Skye got her cone/collar off today too.  I'm sure both are so happy to lose those cones/collars - but they were cute with them!

Happy Labor Day!

Look how happy Sawyer is to get some "cone free" time!  He love himself a sun spot.  I love little heated dogs coming back in the house, they are like little heat pads of cuddles!

 Skye can manage to get her foot through the pro-collar (too big I think), so we switched her to cone... I actually think she can sleep better - she looks pretty comfy to me! 

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Road to Recovery

 Sawyer, quickly earned himself a cone shortly after coming home from his vet visit.  But other than that, he is doing well.  Other than some soreness, he is tail waggin', happy to be home and we have had to hold him back from playing with his sister.

I did hear from the vet that he was a bit of a whiner when he woke up, but quickly settled when he was put in the same space as his sister.  I can image that was scary, waking up sore without his sister, wondering what was going on, so I don't blame him.

He isn't a fan of the cone (who is?), but he can eat, drink and play.  He still wants to give you kisses, so we have to maneuver a bit to not get smacked by the cone! 

 Skye mostly slept yesterday, with occasional trips outside.  She was happy went she finally got to eat but she's mostly taking it easy and getting some good naps in. No cone for her on Friday but once she woke up and got a bit active, it was time for her too... but she got a pro-collar...

Sasha is really be sweet on them - she even tolerated some "I'm happy to see you again" muzzle licks when they first got home. And it's kind of funny to watch her sniff them and them not appreciate it.. turn about it's fair play after all, they get sneaky (or not so sneaky) sniffs in all the time!

Other news.. the potty training is moving along really well, and sleeping in separate crates has been quiet too which is great.. Last night, they got some exposure to the vacuum cleaner and while Skye hid out in the crate, Sawyer (with the aid of Sasha who is isn't bothered in the least), got brave and hung around (up on the couch) to survey the activity!

Pictures versus Sleeping

Puppy Skye and Sawyer are busy recovery from their spay/neuter surgery, plus micro chipping, plus rabies shot that happened this morning - the vet called, all is good and I'm getting ready to go pick them up in an hour or so...

 

So while they are busy sleeping off the effects and getting some healing done, here is some funny pictures of Sawyer trying to figure out what that thing was that I kept putting in front of his face when he was trying to get a nap in...

( I was just practicing with the front facing camera in my phone)

 Sweet little Skye couldn't be bothered in the least by the camera phone and took a peek and when back to her beauty sleep...  I love it how, with both of the puppies, their little rattie ears stand up when they are sleeping on their sides.. it's cute!

Queen Bee Sasha doesn't mind napping near the puppies - this is the speed she prefers them at! (when did all the dogs take over my couch?)  Skye really wishes Sasha would cuddle her so prefers to be by her (just in case, I think), while Sawyer is hanging out by me..

Sittin' Skills

 Look at these two and their sitting skills!  I've been working on them to listen to "sit" and they get it!  It took awhile and they can get a little amped up, but they are now starting to "sit"when I ask even without treat.  Such smart puppies!

See that box behind Skye - yeah, they both gnawed on it when I wasn't looking... See the trail of something behind Sawyer - he found a dryer sheet (must have fallen out when I was bringing a pile of clothes to the bedroom) and tore it into tiny pieces! 

Puppies are Puppies!

 Look at that little smile on Sissy's face!  It's been hard to get from her when the camera is out and sometimes it's bigger, but on her last day with me, she finally let me document her smile (with ears up no less).  I will miss this little one, but she's headed to the coast with her new mom that is going to love and dote on her every second!

Innocent aren't they?

 Puppies are fun, but you gotta watch them every second!   Found that one or both of them got their chew on my purse strap!  I recognized those tiny teeth marks! 

Sawyer actually came up to me yesterday while I was talking on my cell phone with ear buds and stole the right one right out of my ear!  He didn't get far, but geez!

They are pretty good about not chewing "non-toys" but not perfect.. We have pulled all kinds of things likes string, cords and rugs out of their mouths, giving them a fun toy to chew on instead or even stopping what we are doing and just playing with them.  They love running after the Tail Chaser and catching it!.  It takes time, patience, distraction, positive reinforcement and a watchful eye and you keep the chewed cords and purse straps to a minimum. 

Interested in Adopting one of the puppies?

  check out these posts that give info about the job of raising puppies!

http://cattierattie.blogspot.com/2013/08/the-reality-of-puppy-part-1.html
http://cattierattie.blogspot.com/2013/08/the-reality-of-puppy-part-2.html
http://rescuedratties.blogspot.com/2013/08/puppies-are-people-too.html
http://yapitude.blogspot.com/2013/08/making-big-friends.html