Winston's Christmas...

Hi Chris:


Happy Holidays and Happy New Year! We hope you and the gang are well. Winston and Augie are doing great and continue to be the best of friends. I thought you'd enjoy some of the photos from Winston enjoying his presents on Christmas morning. He continues to LOVE toys like no dog I have ever met. It is a constant playfest around here. We've moved to a bigger house (and bigger yard) recently which the boys love and they are on constant squirrel and bird patrol outside. Itching has almost completely been resolved with the help of homeopathic medicine and supplement support, combined with no more vaccines and a simple raw diet. Winston eats mostly ground raw rabbit and bones or ground turkey and bones, with some additional vitamins and minerals for balance. He remains a bit on the small side (about 15-16lbs) but is fit as a fiddle and we're happy his skin no longer bothers him. Give our best to Peanut and the kids.


Cheers,
Amy

Pepper's Christmas

Hi Chris

Merry Christmas.

Here are a few photos showing Pepper helping us out at Christmas.

She is right at home and enjoyed opening her present, a new squeak toy, unfortunately she worked at it steady till it no longer squeaks.

Have to get her a little tougher version I guess.

Have a great New Year.

Lloyd

Clarissa's Christmas...

Merry Christmas Chris,

Wanted to just quickly check in and let you know that Clarissa is doing great. She is a total troublemaker, but such are terriers. :) We are having lots of fun over here in Greenlake. I wish she would show a greater appreciation in some of her toys, as she seems just as content destroying a paper towel roll than one of her 10+ plush toys. She is not doing herself any favors in getting more stuff!Here are some photos from the last few weeks. My parents sent her a bag of Ceasar dog treats for Christmas, so I thought these pictures were particularly appropriate.Heading out to a get together now, but hope all is well in Eastern Washington and will talk to you soon,

Chris

Westie Rescue!

You may not think there would be any
Westies in any canine rescue program but there
are... Karin Parish runs Westie and Scottie
Rescue working with Seattle pure bred rescue.

The stories and pictures of these dogs
just kill me but as a dog owner and
breeder I feel it my responsibility
to take part in rescue. The
best part is watching them
recover and find wonderful
new homes... To date, I have
only physically rescued one Westie and it went
well with him finding a wonderful new
Home but there are more in need of
our time and money to help them
in there recovery.

Annually I make a donation to Westie
Rescue and am Corey's lead Guardian
Angel. As you see this little guy needs
alot of help but is coming along well.

If your interested in following Karin and her efforts please click on this link for pictures and information http://www.picturetrail.com/spdr

Thank you for your attention and I wish all of you a Very Merry Christmas!!!!

Wonder why I need new slippers annually?

It seems ALL Terriers love slippers and I have had to "pretty much" sacrifice a pair of slippers annually to one puppy who decides they cannot live without them.

Here is the M.O. .. (my girl Sara, pictured here) They start very young by biting toes and then move to socks as they get a little bit older. After they have become about 5 weeks old they are looking to teeth on something and I have started to protect my feet as the teeth are razor sharp by wearing slippers. Naturally when the laces become untied they feel the cat like reflexes to chace and chew on the leather laces.. At a point they get bored and start in on the slipper... There you go, a sacrificial slipper which usually goes home with a puppy when there new owners arrive to take them home... As you can imagine I don't purchase the high dollar slippers any longer and expect to go through atleast a pair a year.

Sara and her mother Haley wrestling on the patio

Sorry I was not holding the phone correctly while taking this video but I am still trying to learn and this was a "one take" video as it could not be repeated. Please enjoy it as much as I enjoy showing it to my friends. There is little to no audio in this video clip. You may have to lean your head to the side and watch...

Sara video...

This is my first attempt at posting video from my cel phone on the blog. I know its a little fuzzy but the camera phone is only 2 megapixel resolution. It was fun taking it and you get the idea...

Sara is my keeper from Sandy Davis' Dino and my girl Haley. Is she not cute?

If you look vlosely you can see Peanut laying on he couch in the background...