Clarissa reports in....

Hi Chris,

Just wanted to check in with you now that a few weeks have gone by. Clarissa is progressing along quite well. She is picking up going to the bathroom quite side at a steady rate and is about to about 85-90% no accidents in the house (although we had one today after a pretty good streak). Her visit to the vet last week went great and she has her next shots scheduled for this Friday. She is still sleeping through the night with no problem. The biggest hurdle is trying to tire her out during the day as she is so excitable and never wants to have "quiet time." :) While she loves to destroy newspaper and the floor mats we bought for her playpen, she is all around less destructive than I thought she'd be. I showed her the website photos of her brother Milo and told her what a princess she was, as she got to live in the warm indoors while he looks like he is out in the fields. She is such a wimp outside, particularly when it's cold and windy. :)Here are some photos from the past week.Catch up with you soon,

Chris

More Nemo pictures from Kelowna BC

Milo's new brother and sister...

hi chris,
how was your holiday?
everything is great here.
milo is a phenomenal little puppy.
he's training really well.
he LOVES to play and if always choc full of energy.
he loves nemo's jolly ball.
every dog i've ever had loves those horse toys!
he's also very big on being outside.
his new thing is hunting rodents.
he runs around with his nose in the thatched grass and he wags/digs whenever he finds something.
he also loves to play with (torment) nemo and yoda.
nemo is tolerating him beautifully and actually likes to play with him a bit outside.
here are some photos.




jody pihl

Ayer's family walk...

JIM TRYING TO GET GOING FOR A WALK!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ALL FOUR OF THEM---CRAZY!!!!---BUT THE “BABIES”, WE CALL THEM, LOVE IT!!!

Madison and her last daughter Gracie reunited...

Hi Chris, Sorry for the delay and these pictures are from this summer. I will get you more up to date ones—soon—I promise! All the dogs romp through the garden and it is very hard to keep them clean for very long!!!! Let’s see, Maddie is used to going back and forth between my home and Patty’s. Patty is sooo busy all week so we decided to keep Maddie here Monday –Friday. Patty loves her and gives Maddie a bath each weekend for me. Maddie is such a sweet dog and the doctor says she is wonderful and such great bone structure!!!!!!! She is deffinitely part of the family now—THANKS!!! Gracie is a different dog!!!! I adore her but she still rules the house!!! Gracie is sooo darn cute but is a rascal! I had Gracie spayed Sept. fifth and she did very well, but I felt soo sorry for her. She just wanted to be in my lap and follow me around, as she always does anyway!! We kept her in the bedroom with her own soft crate for a week and carried her to go out or stay with us down stairs. The doctor thought it best to keep her away from her siblings for a while!! Gracie loves to go for either a walk or ride in the car, but really loves coming with me in the car. She sure knows what leash means!!!! Gracie is thirteen and a half pounds now and I wonder how much bigger she will get. I kind of like her small---it is just Gracie!!! The two of them look a lot alike, but Maddie is bigger and is more sedate!!!! The two dogs are TV addicts and are crazy about Animal Planet! Grooming coming up tomorrow! It is quite something to take them all and people think they are so cute. The rest of us are well and hope that you are too. How is business? Fill me in and what do you do for Thanksgiving? Hugs from us all, Pat

Cassie's 2009 Halloween on the Oregon Coast.

From Cassie,

Hi again Uncle Chris- Boy was it a hot time in Florance yesterday! The old town merchants had a wonderful Halloween party and I was able to participate. Everyone was dressed in there finest costumes and giving out treats up and down Bay St. Many places even had treats for me.. WOW!!!

You know that I am really not a little devil but my costume certainly did make folks smile and point. I don't think any other 9 month olds had as much fun as I did.

A Canadian Halloween celebration for Lexi n Family

Not knowing so I had to ask... Do you celebrate Halloween in Canada? Well it turns out they do as you will see here.

Lexi and the entire family was in costume, check out the Canadian "custom made" Sponge Bob Costume, there is some artistry there!

I will be making a return visit to Kelowna this coming week to deliver a half sister of Lexi's to his new family. Jody and her family are very excited!!