This is the kitten bathroom, where Mini Cooper eats (safely away from the other animals).
The last person there actually left the magazine on that page.
She got bored because I forget to let her out for about an hour after dinner.
My bad!
This is a Wordless Wednesday Blog Hop. Thanks to BlogPaws for the hop. Head over there and see what they are blogging about.
Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤ 
Sofie can just about see over the kitchen window on her tippy toes, to watch me get in the car. BOL!
Got a good caption anyone?
This is a Wordless Wednesday Blog Hop. Thanks to BlogPaws for the hop. Head over there and see what they are blogging about.
Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤
This thing is so cool.
Look what I can do with it!
Thanks, Mom!
I love it!
Happy Wednesday.
This is a Wordless Wednesday Blog Hop. Thanks to BlogPaws for the hop. Head over there and see what they are blogging about.
Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤
This is a Wordless Wednesday Blog Hop. Thanks to BlogPaws for the hop. Head over there and see what they are blogging about.
Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤
Lulu loves water bottles. You know the kind that you buy spring water in that make that really crunchy noise when you smash them. I take the caps off when I am finished, so that no one swallows small parts (I try to drink about 4 bottles a day), and give the bottle to Lulu so she can run around with it and go, “crunch crunch crunch crunch.” She loves that.
Sofie makes like she wants the bottle but I have actually never seen her play with one. She was teasing Lulu though yesterday, “Come on, Lu, I want the bottle, give me the bottle, I’m going to take it, yes I am.”
When Sofie enlisted Mojo Raising to help with the bottle rescue all levels of doggie mayhem ensued. It was a fun afternoon.
It still amazes me how there can be 40 million toys in the yard, but every dog wants the one that the other dog has.
Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤
"Oh, Lulu, I have the new toy ring. Come and get it!"
One of the greatest joys of having multiple animals, is watching them play. Play with me, play by themselves, and especially, play with each other. I love to see the silly games that they invent, and how they challenge each other in creative ways. For example. Louise is really really fast (she is a hound/lab and sometimes I think that may be grayhound), so she loves to run circles around things, again and again and again. Now Sofie being smaller and shorter legged, will run for a while but tires much easier. So Sofie has learned that after about the 3rd lap around the yard with Lulu, she lies in wait behind the deck rail or a tree and jumps out at Lulu as she passes. This to me is hilarious (I know I am easily amused, I guess).
Louise’s jaw power is probably about 20X that of Sofie. I have seen Lulu hold on to things with her 55 lbs of strength against dogs 2X her weight. If she really wanted to, she could pull things out of Sofie’s mouth in a second. But she doesn’t usually, because, I think she understands that it is all in the play. Lil’ Sofie actually walks around with Lulu’s toys trying to get her attention and Lu will ignore her, I think on purpose, as Lu’s game of, ‘When I am good and ready, little sister.”
In the end, it is all for fun. At the end of a hard day of work, or life, watching the goofies roll and tumble is a calming and joyful gift.
"I am going to lie here and see if Louise notices I have her new ring toy..."
"Where is she & why isn't she coming to get the toy?"
"Lulu , you see I have your new toy, right? You don't like when I take your toys"
"Sofie, Don't think you can have that ring, it's mine!!"
"Mommy - Sofie has my ring!"
"Got it !!!!"
Just another DogDaz morning at our house ❤ 
My toy
I think I am noticing a pattern with Louise. She likes to sleep on her toys,
This is mine!
She seems to always have her paw on something or it is under her, Sometimes, multiple toys are under her at the same time, Is this a ‘This is mine so leave it alone’ thing, or is it just that she feels secure touching something when she goes to sleep. I never had a dog that actually lied on the toys this way. I originally thought that it was to keep Sofie away from them (which it could be), but, as you can see in the first shot, she even likes to just stretch out and touch a toy and then fall asleep.
My Toy - Do Not Touch
This week Louise was really in love with this frog that I got at the grocery store for St. Patrick’s Day, but tonight Sofie got it from her and they ripped it in half. The usual stuffing everywhere, quick find the squeaker before they swallow it,,,, you know the drill kind of toy. Well it did last almost 3 days, which is kind of a record around here. It was funny because Lulu was squeaking the frog during business calls this week and I had to apologize to people because I did not want to stop her she was having so much fun. We did not even have him long enough for me to get him in a picture.
Mine, mine, mine
I do think that animals like to cuddle with their toys like we humans do (well some of us). Sofie always carries around Beaver (her lovey), so maybe, Lulu finds comfort in knowing that one of her many play things is near by.
Sofie with toys
Toys. Dogs love toys. My dogs have so many toys that I have given them a toy box. I read that you are suppose to rotate toys, that way there are always some new toys for them to play with. I find that each dog has different favorites but they both always want the same toy at the same time. It is silly to buy two of the same thing, since they only want to play with one at a time. We have a lot of shredded soft toys. In our house a ‘Bobo’ stuffed dog toy usually lasts about 2 minutes before it is decapitated. It is funny but you will find many a disembodied cloth toy around our house (except Beaver, who is sacred and is not allowed to be shared). I am always looking for that ultimate dog toy. The toy that will keep them busy for a long time (like a rawhide) but does not disappear in one sitting (like a rawhide).
Lulu lying on her toys
We have tons of Kongs with varies size openings which I stuff with peanut butter or cookies or (don’t yell at me) low fat whipped cream. Those treats last about 10 or 15 minutes if I am lucky. Also, my wonderdog Sofie, is very adept at pulling the stitching out of toys. She has figured out the secret to even make indestructible toys fall apart. Nothing holds up well when the center stitching is removed.
Bobo's head hanging by my desk
A lot of people have told me that they buy their dogs toys at places like the Dollar store, but I worry about what is actually in the cloth or the ball, and I do not find them to hold up very well to a 2 dog team. I thought that the ‘fire hose’ material toys were going to last, until Sofie removed the stitches. And then there are the balls. We have tennis balls everywhere. My dogs can eat cheap balls apart in a matter of minutes, but good, old fashion, yellow tennis balls, now those hold up really well. They can not even skin them unless they were left outside in the rain and snow for a month or so. Ahhhh, dog toys. What is your dog’s favorite? Which one do you find lasts forever (and is played with a lot)? Just another DogDaz morning at our house ❤
DogDaz Zoo 