My toy! It's in the rain!
It was raining. Not something that happened very often this winter in the Mid-Atlantic.
Lulu our toys are getting wet!
Sofie was very distressed that her toys were getting wet.
Lu get Mommy & tell her we need our toys!
Lulu did not really want to go out in the wet stuff but Sofie just had to get the toys.
I don't like being wet Mommy, let me back in!!!!
Ok, so I let them out to go get the toys, but Sofie was not very happy about that idea either. Louise is no fool, she ran out and ran right back in (my princess). She was not going to play with Sofie in the rain. Lulu likes it in the house with all the warm and dry toys. So Sofie Bear decided that maybe getting wet was not as much fun as it looked and begged to come back in for the dry toys. You have to love the way dogs are so in the moment. So the lesson they taught me today – it may be fun to dance in the ran, so try it, maybe you will like it, maybe you will want to come inside where it is dry.
Just another DogDaz morning at our house ❤ 
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Sofie is lying on my leg Mommy!
Louise is not a big fan of having any other animal lie on top of her. Sometimes Sofie tries to snuggle with her and she actually gets up and walks away (it is very sad). But the other day they were lying in the office and Sofie feel asleep on Lulu’s paw. Lulu looked at me like, “Mom, help me, she has fallen asleep and I don’t want to wake her, but I want my paw back!”
Make her get off my foot!
I really understand because it is really hard for me to have anyone lean on me for to long. My arm falls asleep or my leg falls asleep. Poor Lulu, she really wanted to get up and go away, but she was being so nice.
Oh well, I guess I will just go to sleep on her.
Finally, Louise decide what the heck, I will just go to sleep on Sofie and make it even. It was cute. Just another DogDaz morning at our house ❤
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This is a repost of the earlier picture because something made my site code go crazy when I linked to the original. Sorry if you are seeing things weird. Please refresh your page connection. I think it is weird that a Pitbull post would get hacked. Now that is just paranoid, right? I was as ignorant about this wonderful bred as the media made me, until I met some of the sweetest kissers around. Be open and be kind. – DogDaz
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Sometimes things in life can be very scary. Whether you are a dog or a cat or a human, sometimes you just come upon a place you don’t want to venture into, or hear a sound that makes you jump, or you just feel that something weird is in the air and it makes your hair stand up. I try to respect the ‘scaries.’ Now I know that my animals have a different sense of the scaries than I do. I am afraid of ballons, they do not seem to mind them. They are afraid of the vaccuum, me, no so much. I do find it interesting what makes the ruff on the backs of their necks stand up. I am not sure if that is a response to fear or for protection (or maybe both). I know sometimes the cats will run into a room, jump in the air, and high tail it out of there like something was on fire. Not always sure what spooks these guys, Sofie seems to spook really easy lately. The slightest noise gets her barking her head off. But, I really hate when the animals get the ‘hebbie-gebbies.’ When they get anxious, for what seems like no reason, barking at something I can no see, or Lulu moves away and cowers, then I start to get concern, and wonder what my human sense is missing that their animal sense is zeroing in on. This is making me think about the things that they are afraid of and the why. Louise, is fearful of new people and new animals. Tail will go down, hackles will go up. She will bark and show fearful behaviors so I do my best to be between her and her fear factor until she can get calm. I think it takes a long time to manage fears internally, so I do my best to stay with her through it and make sure she knows she is safe with me. I never force her into situations if she does not want to try it (except the Vet). Sometimes, she is just afraid of something she sees in the shadows (that I just don’t see) and she will jump in the air or bolt (pulling the lease out of my hand kind of bolting) and I do not know why. Sofie loathes white trash bags and will squirm out of the kitchen when I am putting a new one in the garbage can. In general, I have not found Sofie to be afraid of much else except the vacuum monster (or me leaving, but is that fear?). Me, one of my largest fears is the yard gate being open without me knowing and something happening to these 2 silly mutts in the street. The cats are afraid of getting eaten by the dogs (which is unfounded in the house but still a good natural response). Fear is a very health response and keeps us safe if managed. I try really hard to personally embrace my fears and listen to the animals about theirs. Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤
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I know this picture would lead you to believe that my 2 angel dogs sleep nicely on their bed in my office while I work during the day. I wish I could say they actually sleep for any length of time during the day, but really, they don’t. What could you expect, Lulu is 2 and Sofie is only 1. Two high energy dogs and I want them to act like old softies. Sofie likes to go in and out of my office, back and forth to the living room, emptying the toy box in there and filling the one in here, then she wonders downstairs and goes into my bedroom to brings me my fuzzy slippers, one at a time. Louise usually disappears into the den next door for a nap on the couch at some point during the day, but mostly she is in the office with me. Since I start my days around 6 AM, the dogs are early risers (they do not know what weekend means). I usually feed all the animals by 6:30. Then I give the dogs their Omega 3 smelly fishy stuff in peanut butter balls and follow it with a nice marrow bone filled with something hard to get (which keeps them busy until about 8). By then they want to go outside for about 15 minutes or so to run around. When they come back in it is nap time YAH!. I work from home so I am on the phone and computer almost constantly. Thank goodness for portable headsets, which allow me to run up and down the stairs letting them in and out even when I am in meetings. I always plan one hour sometime between 9 and 12 in my day to take us on our 1 mile walk. If I can do it to about 10:30 then when we get back they are tired and I can eat lunch at my desk somewhat undisturbed. They chill pretty well until about 2:30 PM when they are ready to play again, but I am not, so out they go into the yard for awhile with toys and balls (and yes, I know that is when the holes get dug because they are unattended and want Mommy’s attention). Back and forth, up and down, in and out, until before dinner when I romp around the yard with them to get them ready for supper. Animal dinner is usually around 5:30 or 6 PM, Then we play inside and outside and inside and outside until after human dinner when all animals need to settle down and usually do. The dogs fall asleep in the evening around 8 PM and I take them out for the last time around 9:30 PM before putting them in their kennels. With so many cats running around, it is just safer and quieter at night for everyone to have controlled safe space. I actually do not close Louise’s kennel all the way, but she only came out once at 4AM to tell me something, otherwise she stays in until I lift the sheet that covers them in the morning (usually around 5:45 or 6 AM), when I start all over again. I would gladly let sleeping dogs lie (what does that mean anyway?), if they ever slept. Just another DogDaz morning at our house <3.
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