“The smile upon my lips,
It will surely never die
As I’m waiting here for you
until you’re by my side.”
― Freida Martinez
Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤ 
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7.24.12 Until You’re By My Side
7.23.12 Counting The Minutes
“I’ve learned that waiting is the most difficult bit, and I want to get used to the feeling, knowing that you’re with me, even when you’re not by my side.”
― Paulo Coelho, Eleven Minutes
Sofie: “Lu, it has been days, where is she?”
Louise: “Sofie, now remember Mommy told us she will always come back for us no matter how far away she is.”
Sofie: “But, Lu…. (whine, whine, whine)… it is really hot out and I want to go swimming in the river and I want to take a long walk and I want Mommy to rub my tummy!…(whine, whine, whine)
Louise: “Mommy said that we should count the minutes until her return, so let’s start now” (in her most big sister voice.)
Sofie: “What’s a minute?”
Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤
7.22.12 Upside Down Under
This is Sofie Bear. Louise was being silly yesterday and tried to walk on the ceiling because she wanted to see what it would be like for the whole world to be upside down because Mommy is someplace called ‘down under.’ But I always look at the world from down under. I am a roll over on my back dog and look up at the sky from down here all the time. She does that sometimes but I do it several times a day. I love to be upside down. Sometimes if people see me they rub my tummy. Lulu only rolls for Mommy. When Mommy and Lulu are doing their little love fest thing, that is when I come running over and bite Lulu on the back leg. Hey, that is my Mommy too and I want her to rub my belly!
Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤
7.21.12 Walking On The Ceiling
“Since Mommy is on the other side of the globe, in Australia this week, I thought I would see how I look to her from there.”
“Spiders walk on the ceiling, so it can’t be to hard.”
“I am getting a little light headed though.”
“Mommy – please come home so that our world goes right side up again!” – Lulu Belle
Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤
7.20.12 She’s Gone Again
Mommy left us again on another business trip and this time she said she is going to the land of the Kangas and the Roos (wherever that may be). She told us that though it is summer here and very very hot, it will be winter there. How is that possible? Worse of all. she has left Noel, the Christmas Cat, in charge of the zoo. But why Mommy? Why? Noel is not the oldest, The Muffin Man is; she is not the meanest, Miss Constance Kitty is; she is not a dog, so why should she be in charge? We are confused. Mommy did tell Sofie and I to keep the blog going the best we can while she is 25 hours away (she got there with the help of a big silver bird). She also said that when it is today here, it is tomorrow there. Wow, we are really confused. So Blog friends, we hope that we can keep you amused until Mommy returns; we may need to bring back some of our favorite already blogged blogs. I am sure you won’t mind. Keep and eye out for Mommies physical return in a few weeks, when she will be able to once again blog without our assistance. (We hate when she goes away!!!!!) – Lulu Belle
Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤
7.19.12 The Art of Napping
The dogs love when we come back from a walk and they can stretch out on the office floor and on their dog bed and take a nap. It is funny because I will turn around and Louise will be fast asleep on the dog bed. Then I turn around again and Sofie has taken over the bed. I didn’t really think about it until this picture but maybe they are to big for the dog bed. Come to think of it they are usually half on the floor. Lil’ Sofie does look half off the mat here, doesn’t she?. Their bed is a mess because shortly before they fell asleep they had some bone tucked underneath one of the sheets and were pulling the bed apart to free the bone. (Silly dogs – I have been trying to teach them how to do ‘hospital corners,’ but they keep reminding me that they do not have thumbs to fold sheets properly.) Sofie actually moves around a lot in her nap cycle. She will start to sleep on the dog bed, then get up and lie right under my chair (so that I can not roll), then over by the door, then right outside the office door…. Louise pretty much stays put on the bed or floor, but occasionally she will lie under my desk with her head on the rollers of my chair. There have been a few times, when I just can’t keep my eyes open during the day, I have lied on the dog bed with them and caught a nap myself for a few minutes. Napping is an art that I just don’t have. Another lesson that I really need to learn from the dogs.
Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤
7.18.12 A Glorious Afternoon
To sit with a dog on a hillside,
on a glorious afternoon,
is to be back in Eden,
where doing nothing was not boring-
it was peace.
– Milan Kundera.
Peanut made me this little picture and quote 3 summers ago, when Squash was in his last summer and Louise in her first. Squashy was totally blind by then and sat wherever I placed him (hence why he is backwards). He had his summer scissor cut. This is such a true statement. There seems to be no greater peace sometimes but to be out in nature, quiet, and serene.
Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤
7.17.12 Nikki and Peanut
This was Nikki; my absolutely gorgeous buff Cocker Spaniel, after my daughter, who was about 7 years old at the time, did her hair. That dog would allow Peanut to do anything to her. Nikki (D&L’s Nikkolette) was actually my first child. She was the first dog that I raised from an 8 week old puppy to the good age of 18 years. In her puppy days I lived in an apartment and had to carry the little thing down 2 flights of stairs several times a night. I was younger then. Her crate was at the foot of my bed and the little thing would cry and wake me up, and half asleep, I would stumble down the stairs so that she could relieve herself. I worked really hard training Nikki. She and I went to many training classes and even had a private trainer. I did not have much understanding of what I was doing, or suppose to be doing, with a dog in those days, and she was so easy. Then, when she was about 3, I gave birth to Peanut. Nikki loved the baby so much. I remember introducing the animals (in those days it was Nikki dog and the cats, Alice and Gertrude) to the bassinet, even before I went to the hospital, and letting them sniff new smells before the baby came home. I love to watch the interaction between children and animals. Children and animals, for me, they are just perfect together.
Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤
7.16.12 Can Dogs Skype?
I only just got home from the family vacation last weekend and Friday I have to hop a plane to Australia for 10 days which I think really impacts the animals . (I like going to Australia but I don’t think the family or the zoo likes me that far away (1/2 way around the world).) The dogs were crazy when they saw me after 6 days of them being at Sonya’s house (they do not have any concept of where I was except not with them and that they were not home, so explaining vacation would be futile). They are very used to being with me all day since I work from home. When I travel for work, they are still home, and all they know is that the alpha ‘feeder, walker, cuddler’ is not with them for X amount of cycles (day/night). They are stuck with the beta ‘feeder, go out in the yard, yell at us for barking to much’ humans when Mommy is gone. So in these 4 days before I leave again I better pack in lots of walks and cuddles and play time. This should hold me, but will it hold them? I wonder what the dogs or cats would think if they saw me over Skype? Could they even see that it was me without my smell? I think they would recognize the voice. Would it only frustrate them because they could not physically be near me? I know they respond to an occassional bark on the TV, but do they see the images? The cats definitely see the stuff on my computer monitor, because they swat at things that move and chase them,
Well after this trip they will get me for a whole 4 weeks before I leave again. I never worried much about this with other dogs, but Lulu and Sofie are very clingy (they are still babies – 1 1/2 and 2 1/2 years old). Maybe I will bring them back a Joey (baby kangaroo) that they can play with?
Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤
7.15.12 Animal Addiction
When I am away from home, I miss my goofy furry companions. I travel often for business, but it is very rare that I take vacation, and even rarer that the animals are somewhere other than their home. I set it up so that they are all well taken care of, but when I am not with them, it is as if I am missing something. Now I know that must sound crazy. I don’t miss them in the same way that I miss my humans, but I do miss them. I think about them and I talk about them. I think I am addicted to them. Is there such a thing?
Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤
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