Let's see...what all happened today.

Two of Duchess' puppies went to Jill's school for a short visit this morning. They sat in my lap on the way there then rode in the crate in the back on the way back home. One of them cried all the way home. Good thing he isn't too loud yet.

Mera came over this morning. She is spending the day with us. I like her.

A family came to look at Mera's puppies. They are going to get Doc. I think he is a great match for them. He is the one that especially likes water. He digs in the water dish every chance he gets. He is also the biggest puppy. They have a lake very near their house and they plan on teaching him to swim and to fetch in the water. He will also get to go boating with them. Man, boating is one of my very favorite activities but I rarely get to go. This puppy is going to have more fun than me. Oh well, that is what I strive for with my puppies and my children. Anyway, this family is on vacation right now so couldn't take Doc with them. I gave them all the paperwork and stuff and will ship Doc to them on Sunday.

I finished taking Duchess' puppies pictures and updated the website. Here is the girl we are not keeping. Her name is Petula Clark. Remember her? She sang "Downtown". I love that song.

This puppy is really cute. She is Bryony and Jill's favorite in this litter. I don't know. She is cute and all...but she looks like a tiny adult dog instead of a cute little puppy.

Another family came over this evening to look at the puppies. The puppies performed perfectly and the people seemed impressed with them. However, they left with these parting words: "we'll be in touch". Uh huh...I'll never hear from them again.

Mera is going to go ahead and spend the night tonight. She and Kori are having a terrific time together. They are playing and romping and Kori is dragging Mera around by her collar. I had to take the collar off for fear that Kori was going to ruin it.

Rick and I are having a terrible time getting this stupid blog figured out. It is a terrible pain updating it. Since I am hosting it on my own website and not on the blogger website it is a pain to get to publish. It is over my head.
I started a new medication this evening. It will keep the headaches away. I took it before several years ago. It does a terrific job keeping the headaches away, but it makes me stupid. Not really, it exacerbates my expressive aphasia. I have that to an extent anyway, but this medication makes it worse. What that means is sometimes I have a difficult time talking. I can't think of the words I want to say, or I get the words mixed up. Sometimes when I talk, I talk slowly or jumbled and it sounds like I'm on drugs. Really, I don't do drugs, don't drink on the job, and I'm not stupid. Sometimes it just sounds like all the above. That is why I like email so much.

O.k., now to try to get this entry on the website.

Duchess' puppies got temporary names today! They are Loius Armstrong, Frankie Valli, Buddy Holly, Little Richard and Petula Clark. The ones that are going in guardian homes are Princessa and The King. They also got their micro chips. They had baths and some of them got their pictures taken. It was a very big day for them. I was going to take all their pictures and update the website but I kept getting interrupted and ran out of daylight before I could get 'er done. Here is a picture of Jill and Buddy Holly.

Aren't they just cute as can be?

Shawny got a new guardian family. He is moving Saturday. He is joining a family who met and fell in love with him at the last Doodle Romp. They were so excited to be getting him. The mom came over this evening.

Francie came over this evening. She is getting so big. She weighs 33 pounds. She is also retaining her true red color. That is so exciting. She is old enough now to have her health testing done. Too bad I'm too broke to have it done. She is very friendly and confident and um, outgoing. She will do very well with the job of having puppies and all that it entails.

Well I better go get busy. A family is coming tomorrow to look at Mera's puppies.

This is a foreign land. Where is the thingie for pictures? and the title thingie? I don't like change. My website is here


This is Gilligan. He is one of Mera's puppies. He was being like a buff playdog centerfold. I had to cover him with the hat. He has no sense of modesty. He and his littermates got baths and their pictures taken today. I updated the "available puppies" page. I need to work on marketing them. I might end up keeping Lovey and putting her in a guardian home. I have leads on about three guardian homes. I haven't contacted them yet because that would entail me making a phone call. The phone bites me. It doesn't bite when someone else calls me, only when I make an outgoing call.

Duchess is leaky. She is working on weaning her puppies so that means she is getting engorged you-know-whats and leaking milk when she assumes a prone position (how is that Mother?) on the floor. Her puppies are getting teeth and extra sharp claws.

My sister is sitting here helping me with this newfangled diary blog format thingie. She is watching every word I type with utter fascination. Not really, I had to get her attention to have her help me think of a better word for fascination but she wasn't paying any attention.

So there you have it. The first entry in this format. Now I need to figure out how to link it to my site.