Agility Practice

This beautiful Sunday morning, Prinnie and Digby begged to go outside and practice on their agility skills with the new course given to them by Siku Marie. Both were excited and cooperative (of course, the pouch full of treats helped!), and did really, really well. After about an hour, we, the parents, were tired and in need of a rest, but the furry duo would have none of that. They ran and jumped (most times just in mid air and no where near the hurdles) and hurriedly ran to us for a treat. Once the pouch was depleted of their motivator, they lay together on the grass, looking proud and accomplished.

We have a long way to go, but they are doing so well that we are considering offering our yard to our neighborhood canines for a weekly round of agility training.

Kids and Clouds

Today was a BEAUTIFUL day; bright with sunshine, big puffy clouds and two spunky babies wanting to play outside.

Mommy played ball with Prinnie and Digby, Prinnie looked for her spaceships, and the two fur babies played "chase" while we mowed the lawn, tidied up the palm trees and swept off the patio.

Here are some pictures that were just too cute not to post....

Christmas in September

Today was like Christmas in September for the "kids", thanks to a blogger friend, Caboval. She posted some great pictures a while back of her pups receiving a package of goodies from an on-line pet store. Unfortunately, Digby and Prinnie read that post. Afterward, they barked, jumped, yelped and howled, pleading with us that if we were GOOD parents, we would let the man in the brown suit deliver some toys to them too. Being reasonable, we suggested they put their requests on their Santa list and see if he might honor their wishes at Christmas. We thought all was well and done...until today. The doorbell rang, and the kids, as if knowing EXACTLY who it was, barked once and immediately went to the living room to "park it" as we opened the door. We were just in time to see the brown-suited man walk away. Hmmm....a package, but for who? Suddenly, Digby and Prinnie lept on the box as if it were the only thing in the world at that moment. It was apparent the package was for them. After opening the box, they both grabbed a mouth full of toys and headed off to rooms far away. The shipping receipt fell to the floor. On it, we saw the following:

Ship To: Digby and Prinnie
Cost of Shipping: About the value of Merrill Lynch
Billed To: Mommy's Credit Card
Value of seeing mommy's face when she sees this? ..... Priceless!

Frolic and Play

The "kids", for some reason, were having a ball playing "rolly rolly" in the grass today, and then took a little siesta. We had just enough time to grab the camera and capture a few pictures before they were bounding off in another direction, looking for the next thing to get in trouble over...