Oh Yes I Did

Now don't freak out, okay?

I remember what happened when Tibby got her hair cut for the first time - oh the hate mail!  Ouch strangers that I will hopefully never meet!

So yeah I cut Dhali's hair. 

At least Tibby got a professional groom and looked half way decent.  Dhali looks cRaZy.  I will not be taking up grooming dogs as a 2nd profession.  

I tried and tried to get him in to be groomed, but no luck.  They both have appts. for the very end of March and that was the earliest appt. they could get.  Hopefully it will have grown a little bit by then and the groomer can even it all out.

Ok and this is only 1/2 done, so yeah I will be getting it evened out some too and doing his feet.

I'm leaving the head and tail long.  Cause I like it that way!

I really like the dogs shaved down - ow! Stop throwing things at me!

Seriously, they are snuggly and soft and they like it when I can scratch their backs/bellies/chins without all the hair in the way.  

I kind of like the boots too, but they will be leaving soon.  He reminds me of a 60's dancer - dancing the boogaloo! 

He looks so skinny and tall now.

Still adorable!  Even with a horrible hair cut - now that's talent.

Oh *@#(%

We did not have a very good class tonight.  Dhali ran off twice in class.  Once he jumped the ring gate and the next time he jumped through the gate.  You know those white plastic folding ring gates?  Yeah, he can jump through one of the holes.  Skillz.

So he had a bad night for whatever reason.  Maybe I was acting weird, he didn't like the slip lead, he was thirsty, he's a 7 month old male with bity balls, he didn't feel like doing agility.  Whatever the reason, it should be fine, one bad night, but....that little voice in my head starts saying, "Oh, *%#@#.  Wow, now you've screwed up 2 dogs.  Great job with that."

He wasn't doing zoomies or acting stressed.  No yawning, panting, ect.  He would play with me - hand wrestling stuff.  But he REALLY wanted to go out of the ring and see the other dogs.  No he did not want to do the tunnel.  No he did not want to do the chute.  Yes, ok he would do the teeter a few times and then run off to do it again just for fun.  No he really did not want to run around and go through tunnels.  No thank you.  He ate treats and did tricks, but if we went close to the gate he was checked out.

I had a nice long drive home to think about it.  Stupid little voice - SHUT UP!  

So I was very sad, like why am I screwing this up yet again?  Am I just wasting my time?

Then we stopped at Runnings and Dhali was happy, confident, cocky little bad a**.  He rubbed himself, like a cat, over everything he thought was awesome.  Leather gloves and treats and a random toy on the ground. You know how cats rub up against stuff?  That's what Dhali does.  It's very cute.  We saw a guy on a motorized scooter and Dhali was like - "Wow!  Amazing!  I need to see that up close!"  

He's not scared of anything, so at least I got that right.

It was just one bad night.

Never Leave Again

I was away from home for a few days and I had a pet sitter (Zoe's Mom) stay in my house and watch the dogs, and cat and bunnies...

The report I got back was: Ellie was easy, Bunnies were easy, Catty was easy.....and Tibby was VERY HIGH maintenance!!!

The first night Tibby slept with Zoe's Mom and was a good girl.  Things went down hill from there.   Zoe's Mom only got one hour of sleep last night and only a few hours the night before. 

Zoe's Mom was pretty offended that Tibby (and even Catty) didn't want her.  They kept looking for me.  She said, "Do you know what it feels like when an animal is disappointed to see you?!?"

Uh, sorry?

I got a BIG welcome home from Tibby.  When I walked in the house, she was just happy to see me - as if I was just anyone off the street, but when she realized it was MOMMY!!! she was crazy happy to see me.  :D  I think she will be attached to me (literally laying on me) for a while. 

Don't worry flufferbum, I missed you too!  I'm not going anywhere for a long time.

Hint? Hint?

Which is worse?

1. Tibby did this.
2. I let Tibby do this.
3. I took pictures of it.
4. I let Tibby do it many times so I could get pictures of it.

My Mom said maybe we should just get Tibby a high chair, so she can sit with us at the table.

Interesting that she only does it to my Mom.  Maybe it has something to do with my Mom giving her food when she is jumping up on her?

*sigh* All my hard work of raising my girl ruined by one Subway.

"I'm not getting any, am I."