Summer Is Here!

Who needs Spring?  We've got Summer!

Awww Yeah

Awwww.  Do I have the cutest puppy or what?

Good thing he's cute!  He's digging up the yard!

"I sorwee.  The cat made me do it."

"Bwah haha!"

It's mostly weeds in that spot anyway....

"Yum!  Dirt!"

Yup, cute.

Dhali Playing With Tibby

11 week old Dhali playing with Tibby. I can't believe how quickly he is growing up!!! I feel like he was 8 weeks old just yesterday....no I feel like he was just born yesterday. Wow! The days are going by fast.

Wheee!

Dhali is so easy.  Maybe no one else would think that, but compared to Tibby he's a breeze!

Tibby has so many rules/things that she doesn't like/I can't do.  For example, she doesn't like grass or dirt or wood chips or stones or bricks to touch her feet.  This makes pottying in the backyard difficult.  Sometimes I have to either pick her up and carry her to a potty spot or hold on to her collar and walk her over to a potty spot.  1/2 the time she still won't go - even though I know she HAS to go.  She'll evade my grasp and run back to the deck.  High stepping the whole way, because the icky grass is touching her.

Then other times she will happily run around and play.  Not with me, but with another dog.

The other morning I took her out to a potty spot and she didn't go, but she ran over to the tunnel.  That's pretty normal - she likes to hide in the tunnel and it's NOT grass, so a good place to stand.

She was walking back and forth in the tunnel and before I realized that she was doing the 'looking for a good pee spot' walk - oops! she'd peed in the tunnel.  Cleaning out the tunnel at 5am in my PJs is not what I wanted to be doing.

Now the tunnel has both ends bent over onto the grass, so she can't get into it and try peeing again.  I stretch the tunnel out when the pups are playing, but otherwise the tunnel potty is close for business.

Today Dhali was running around, being crazy :) and he ran through the full tunnel (away from me!), went around the outside back to me and then did it again.  So he did 2 'real' tunnels - like a big dog would do.  He's fast and smart and nothing scares him.

Like I said EASY!  :)

Right now he thinks I'm the most amazing thing ever - I want him to think that forever!

He plays about 5% of the time with Tibby and the rest of the time with me.  Tibby's just not that interested in playing with him.  I think she might get more into it as he gets bigger.  Not sure if I want that?  I want him to like me better!

She's shown me that she would happily play with him in the house, but he always wants to run around on the icky grass and she can't handle  too much of that.

You'll notice she's inside the tunnel in almost every one of these pictures.

Is that weird? That my dog hates grass?

Did she just start this?  I can't remember if she's always done this?  I don't think so, but it's hard to tell.

Things That Go Squish

When she goes out to potty at night, these are the things that make Tibby jump.  I always used to laugh at her, but YUCK!!  She is right to jump!  I would jump too, if I stepped on one of these with my bare feet.

They are also creepy fast.  They can pull back into their burrows with lightening speed.  Ewwwww!

Oh yeah, they're mating earthworms - if you can't tell from my awesome picture :P

Who Said Summer?

Amazing day, perfect.

Lazin' in the grass.

Third time this week we have taken naps outside in the grass.

Ahhhh!  Wonderful!

The Bunny Warning

It's that time of year again.  Tansy's gotcha month. 

I love my bunny boyz, but they are NOT a good pet for everyone.  They take a lot of work and are extremely messy.

They went outside into the 'bunny yard' for the first time this week.  Yummy green grass!  Taking your bunny outside is NOT recommended, because there are a million nasty things they can get from the grass and from mosquitoes or flies.  They love it though and I'm probably a bad owner, because I also let Catty go outside.  Inside = safe, but sad.  Outside = danger, but happy.  They only get one life, so I would like them to be happy.

Tansy is the bunny that started it all.  I bought him at the feed store when he was a little itty bitty baby.  I thought he was a girl for the longest time.  Of course, when he started 'courting' me I realized he was a boy.  I already had an appointment to have him spayed, so the vet just changed it to a neuter!

Both of the boyz are neutered.  If they weren't they wouldn't be able to live together OR in my house.  Rabbits are very territorial.

They spray.  They bite.  They rip up carpet, walls and dig, dig, dig.

But when they are neutered or spayed all that territorial behavior disappears and you have the sweet bunny that everyone imagines they will have.

Well, almost.

They are still animals with attitude.

I honestly sometimes think they would make better agility candidates than Tibby!  I thought about getting into Rabbit Hopping before I got Tibby.  They have a better recall that Tibby.  They are extremely food motivated.

Tansy and Kiwi have their own room in my house.  People are always surprised at this, but in my opinion it's so much easier to keep their mess contained in one room.  When I say mess I mean - DUST from their hay and FUR from Kiwi who sheds like a maniac.

Tansy's my little golden boy and he doesn't shed - much.

They are 100% litter boxed trained.  In fact, I had them outside for 3 hours and the first thing they did, when they got back to their room,  was hop in their litter box and pee.  And pee.  And pee.  They had been holding it for a LONG time!  LOL!!  I think that is amazing.  They will NOT go potty any where other than their litter box.  Even if they are outside.

Pet rabbits are European rabbits.  They are not like the rabbits you see running around outside in the forest.  Unless you live in Europe I guess! 

Kiwi is my rescue rabbit.  I got him from the humane society.  In August.  So he was most likely a discarded Easter bunny.  Sad.  But not surprising.  People are just not prepared for the raging (scary) hormones of a mature rabbit.  Trust me they are not cuddly or sweet when they have their bits. 

I adopted Kiwi as a friend for Tansy.  They LOVE each other.  Rabbits are social creatures and they need another bunny to love.  Tansy and Kiwi cuddle together and groom each other.  They are very cute. 

90% of my boyz diet is dried hay/grass.  9% is fresh vegetables.  1% or less is alfalfa pellets.  Some people might say there should be more vegetables and less hay, but my boyz haven't had any problems with their teeth or intestinal blockages.  Which are problems that can happen if your bunny is eating the wrong food (pellets) or too much soft food (vegetables).  Their teeth grow constantly for their entire life and they need the grass/hay to grind their teeth down.  OR their teeth will grow into their jaws and cause abscesses.

So to re-cap.

Bunnies:  Cute and sweet, but a whole ton of work. 

Look another bunny!  They're multiplying!

Garden Grows

The garden is growing!  The plants are much bigger and green, green, green!

"Cheese!  No really, I better be getting cheese for this...."

Tibby was watching the fish in the pond.

I don't think she knew there were fish in the pond.

"Hello pretty flower."

Catty wants some cheese too.  This is how a cat begs.  :-)

"Dog sat here and got cheese - so where is my cheese?"

Garden Grows June

If you want to see more of the garden click here Garden Update.  Tibby is only in 50% of those pictures LOL!  She sneaks into the background when I'm not looking!

Bunn Bunns

Tuesday was beautiful.  Nice enough for the bunnies to go outside.  They had fun

Tibby had fun watching them.

Kiwi!  What are you doing?!?

"Who me?  I'm not doing anything.  This dirt?  I don't know where it came from."

"I was framed!"

Tansy.

Catty.

Bunny Chin.