Big Brave Bear

Hello! Sunshine here, it's been such a long time since our last update here. I am doing awesome! Still having the occasional potty accidents, but I promise I am trying really hard! I went o my very fist Meet and Greet last weekend all by myself. Mom kept telling me we had a very important job to do so we could help other houndies get a super home like Rainy and I.

It was very scary! All these strangers wanted to pet me and all these new dogs shoved into a tiny pen.  I was a good pupper and didn't even try to jump out once! The strangers were outside the pen so DUH no way was I jumping out. Some little girl fed me a cookie and later that day I even let her pet me real quick. I was much less scared when people snuck a pet in on my butt. What I didn't see coming wasn't too scary. Mom forgot her camera and her phone broke so she could take any pictures of my braveness. The nice scary people invited us back so I will remind her to bring the camera next time.

Rainy hurt her foot and is limping around. Sometimes she forgets that it hurt and jumps around on it. Everyone yells at her for doing that. But not me since I'm a good girl now. She's gets this medicine squirted into her mouth and I want some so badly! Not fair if we don't both get some...

I started liking to chew bones! Before I would take a frozen bone from Mom and Dad take it to my crate then come back asking for a super yummy pig ear. Not anymore. I've been chomping on venison bones, beef necks, etc. My teefers are really sharp and pearly white now. A vicious puppy who should be feared!

I'm not getting yelled at as much about barking at the strange noises outside the door.  The neighbors keep commenting that I'm a guard dog. Ops guess I'm a little too loud.

Daddy said we could change my color to pink! I look so much cuter in pink! bye bye blue! Now we are waiting for the new collars to come in the mail. I'm getting a pink one with my name in sparkles.

Well I have to go finish chewing my beef neckbone.

Me being silly

Brave dog park run today

We rushed to the dog park right before it got dark hoping no one else would be there... Everyone else had the same idea!

We almost went into the empty small dog park but decided to see how they would be with the current dogs in the large area. *Our* dogs were the best behaved of course. They pretty much stuck to themselves chasing balls/Frisbees. No other dog was interested in running with them. Our only two incidents were when Rainy started bullying Sunshine and a shepard husky mix decided to join in and gang up on the shy one.  At one point I was straddling Sunshine and shoving the other dog away since he wouldn't leave her alone! Kept coming in to bite at her! After 4-5 verbal and physical corrections from he his owner got a clue. Stupid dog park people... Then a black lab came in and I told Chris "watch that dog! He's going to be an issue. I think he's going to mount the other dogs and it probably won't be Rainy since she will kick his ass"  20 minutes later the dog tried to mount Sunshine who let out the GSOD.

Other than that we had a pretty successful trip to the dog park. We left asap when we saw a dog totally out of control walking up form the parking lot. The owner tried to do a Caesar Milan touch move with his leg and the dog totally ignored him LOL Yup time to leave...

Both girls are exhausted!


Sunshine couldn't even make it all the way into the crate.



The new chewey backstrap from Cowtown went untouched


Earlier in the day Rainy got very brave

Hope Sunshine doesn't feel gassy...


Tonight for the supper the pups had
Rainy: 1lb of tripe, 3/4 lb ground chicken necks
Sunshine: 1/2 lb tripe, 1/2lb whole chicken necks

Nothing much to report

Life has been pretty normal here lately. We got our Xmas tree and both pups were bored with it after inhaling a few needles.

Here are a few pics of their new recent love of the couch




























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Look at Sunshine's cute lil pink spot on her lip!



The pups waiting for the elevator to stop and open



Hope this works... Here is a video of How to Dremel a dogs nail


I've had some interest about the raw feeding lately so I'm going to try and post what the pups eat each day


Last night Rainy had; Some liver, ground chicken necks, tripe, left over spaghetti and meatballs plus a left over burger (it was clean the fridge out day) Sunshine had the same only whole chicken necks since she will happily chomp on them. :)

A Greyhound's Christmas Wish

Dear Santa to you I make my wish,
This could be my very last Christmas list.
No time to be frivolous, I must hurry you see,
I'm no longer the best, they no longer want me.

I've heard of places where there are soft beds,
Sofas and pillows to lay your head,
Plenty of food and toys for play,
People who hug you night and day.

I've heard of the warmth the hugs can bring,
And car rides to get you wonderful things,
Large spaces to roam when you feel the need,
A place they will love me for being just me.

My wish, Dear Santa, I clearly state,
My hope as I sit closed tight in this crate,
To ask for myself I know is not right,
But please bring a family to love me tonight.

Copyright (C) 1995 Robin Krautbauer

More Sucess!

We really do have the best people as friends! We finally have accepted that Sunshine will have to sleep in a crate for the next few years... So we had to move some heavy furniture around, get rid of some other stuff, etc. With Daddy's torn SLAPs he can't do much heavy lifting all by himself. So we requested help from a friend with muscles who has little to no interest in our furry menagerie. Sunshine even stayed in the bedroom on the bed while the stranger came in and moved furniture around! I pointed out that she was being such a brave girl and got "Oh is that the other one?" LOL It takes a special person to come move heavy stuff after working hard all day just so our unknown little puppy can sleep in her big crate and be comfy. She does love her big crate being there now!

After being so brave Tuesday night, Wednesday we decided to go visit Grandparents on Daddy's side. Sunshine was a superstar! No potty accidents and she didn't shake too much.  This is our first home visit with her so we weren't sure what to expect. Rainy started screeching when we turn onto their street and after getting lovings from everyone she laid on her bed and slept. I turned Sunshine loose while we ate dinner and she paced around watching everyone and eating the noodles/meatballs I was smuggling to her from the table. They have to have some bad manners right? Eventually Sunshine settled enough to take some noodles from Grandpa. She likes the Grandpas better they are quieter after being henpecked for 30+ years. Her first introduction to these people went really well. She even settled enough to lay down for about 5 minutes. And even gave Grandmom a few cute photo ops. We are going to try to get up there every other week.  They are always amazed how Rainy just gets there, flops, and sleeps. Sunshine even got along with the old, grumpy, blind, deaf, little fluffy white dog that they have.

When we went to leave Daddy wanted to see if Sunshine would pee since she kept drinking lots of water.  She peed.... after she rolled in FOX PEE!  Talk about a smelly car ride home.


Those Sham Wow's made good pillows


I like helping Mom with laundry "ah a fresh towel from the drier"


Finally settled at Grandparents after 2 hours of pacing, this is much too stressful

 
Drying off on the big bed after my 9pm fox pee bath!


Rainy, trying to figure out why the hell Sunshine is racing around like a crazed wet pup! Works better than a hair drier


OK I'm tired of running. Time to lick myself dry


Sorry for the bad pics! Hard to catch that pup on cell phone when she starts darting around!