Oliver The Toy Poodle!!!

Oliver, our current pet sit, a little toy poodle with diabetes, is just adorable. He has really warmed up to us over time. He looks forward to our visits now and he has become playfull with us recently. He likes going into the living room or the kitchen and likes when we lay on the floor with him and he nuzzles and rolls on his back and likes to do little bites of our fingers.

He has a short rope in the back yard and after we knew he trusted us, we let him off his rope and walked around the back yard with him and he came to life. He started rolling in the grass, exploring and even started to bark at the neighbors for the first time. He was totally enjoying himself and feeling his oats. He felt pretty darn good and it was so enjoyable to see the little guy happy. He is funny to watch walking through tall grass. He does kind of a march lifting his little legs up. He is just so cute.

He is usually quiet and timid and he has become a whole new little doggy. He is so much fun to visit. He really looks forward to us now. I think he might miss us a little after the pet sit is over and we will miss him until the next time.

Ole Grey and The Chief

Hey Randa! If you have internet access and happen to tune into our blog, everyone is doing fine. The fish are good, although, they gave me a scare today by plopping around. I wondered if they would jump out when I opened the lid to drop a wafer to two. I have not seen hide nor hair of Pepper. You warned me that I might not see her and I haven't. She is a good hider! Chief is not thrilled right now. He wants to go out badly. I brought him some treats today to amuse him. I also put a crack in the back door curtain so he could at least look outside. Grey is just being Grey. She is always the first one to greet me. She is a sweety. She got very sick over the past 24hours. Probably normal for you but to me it was like woaahhh...how much can a cat puke in 24 hours. I cleaned up 8 or 9 spots...all upstairs. Thank goodness I brought my bottle of Resolve with me. I did run out of paper towel but will bring a roll with me tomorrow. Poor Grey. She is a sweety but she doesn't seem to happy to be so old. Hope you are having a great trip. Here are pictures of your babies except for the hiding Pepper. Oh and Fedex tried twice to deliver something and I left them a note about delivering to me but they weren't very cooperative. I put the door tags on your kitchen table. Kim

This is soooooo funny! I know my fellow pet lovers would enjoy this as much as I did!

Even if you don't have pets, this is still pretty funny.
The following was found posted very low on a refrigerator door.

Dear Dogs and Cats: The dishes with the paw prints are yours and contain your food. The other dishes are mine and contain my food. Placing a paw print in the middle of my plate and food does not stake a claim for it becoming your food and dish, nor do I find that aesthetically pleasing in the slightest.

The stairway was not designed by NASCAR and is not a racetrack. Racing me to the bottom is not the object. Tripping me doesn't help because I fall faster than you can run.

I cannot buy anything bigger than a king sized bed. I am very sorry about this. Do not think I will continue sleeping on the couch to ensure your comfort, however. Dogs and cats can actually curl up in a ball when they sleep.. It is not necessary to sleep perpendicular to each other, stretched out to the fullest extent possible. I also know that sticking tails straight out and having tongues hanging out on the other end to maximize space is nothing but sarcasm.

For the last time, there is no secret exit from the bathroom! If, by some miracle, I beat you there and manage to get the door shut, it is not necessary to claw, whine, meow, try to turn the knob or get your paw under the edge in an attempt to open the door. I must exit through the same door I entered. Also, I have been using the bathroom for years - canine/feline attendance is not required.

The proper order for kissing is: Kiss me first, then go smell the other dog or cat's butt. I cannot stress this enough.

Finally, in fairness, dear pets, I have posted the following message on the front door:

TO ALL NON-PET OWNERS WHO VISIT AND LIKE TO COMPLAIN ABOUT OUR PETS :

(1) They live here. You don't. (2) If you don't want their hair on your clothes, stay off the furniture. That's why they call it 'fur'-niture. (3) I like my pets a lot better than I like most people.. (4) To you, they are animals. To me, they are adopted sons/daughters who are short, hairy, walk on all fours and don't speak clearly.

Remember, dogs and cats are better than kids because they (1) eat less, (2) don't ask for money all the time, (3) are easier to train, (4) normally come when called, (5) never ask to drive the car, (6) don't hang out with drug-using people; (7) don't smoke or drink, (8) don't want to wear your clothes, (9) don't have to buy the latest fashions, (10) don't need a gazillion dollars for college and (11) if they get pregnant, you can sell their children.

Embark Doggy Daycare

A Visit to emBark-The Doggy Daycare Center!

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We recently picked our son up from school and took him to visit emBark, the doggy daycare center located in Eau Claire. What a cool and fun place to go visit! Have you ever had the experience of being in the same room as 62 dogs of all shapes, sizes and colors? It is wild! It is fun and it is a hoot! Now, mind you, these are all very well behaved dogs. There is an interview process the owner of emBark, puts her clients and their pups through and if they are not totally socialized or have any issues, they are not allowed at daycare. Sort of like when your toddler is not potty trained! So, these are all happy, wagging, goofy, loveable dogs.

My son thought he was inside the movie "101 Dalmations"...He had never been around so many dogs at once and he just loved it. You can't help but smile a lot while you are there. The staff at emBark are all so wonderful and you can tell everyone that works there truly has a passion for dogs! The owner even owns three dogs of her own, who of course, go to work with her every day.

Although emBark is in the same line of work as my biz, it is quite different. emBark is daytime dog care out-of-the-home. What we provide is short term in-home pet care. We travel to your home when you are away and take care of your house, your pets, your mail, etc. And there is room in this world for both types of dog care businesses.

I will be posting some video I took at emBark soon. This will give you a better feel for how much fun this place is. But for now I will get some much deserved sleep after an 18 hour work day! ps...emBark's web page is http://www.embarkdog.com/

and our web page is http://cvhousepets.com/

God is Dog Backwards

The Twins Unleashed

Well Pico and Cloudy gave us quite the scare this morning. We are trying to keep them as indoor cats but every now and then they get out. We have gotten into the habit of opening our windows from the top down becasue our screens can fall off easily. I had a window open at the top and somehow the twins were able to jump up, knock the screen off, jump onto a roof and then the most suprising; they jumped off the roof to the ground. I think it is about 15' from the roof to the ground. Ron discovered what had happened when he got up and saw the sreen on the ground. He didn't want to wake me up and have me freak out (which I do when my babies are loose) so he he drove around and around the neighborhood in his jammies! He told Nick not to tell me but I got up and noticed his car was gone and Nick is not the greatest at keeping a secret. So, Ron has been driving around for 45 minutes at the time and I immediately got dressed, went outside and started shaking their box of treats and calling their names. They both popped out of the shrubs and came running to me. Phew. It is when we temporarily loose them that it hits home hard about how much we love them!