We created a Lucy Dog Show for our friend's daughter's 3rd birthday party. We even rehearsed the night before to inject a little humor too when we presented the dog tricks. Stuart was on camera duty. Check it out:
Monday, August 8, 2011
The Lucy Dog show!
Saturday, July 30, 2011
Monday, July 4, 2011
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Los Perros de Costa Rica: Part One
These were the dogs that we met during the first part of our trip to Costa Rica. They were at the Poas Volcano Lodge. The first one is Leo, whom we spent some time with and I'll do a post about him. The other two were dogs we just saw.
Sunday, April 10, 2011
Happy Birthday Lucy!!!
Today is the anniversary of Lucy's adoption! We adopted her on April 10th 2008. It's been 3 wonderful years of spending time with Lucy -- walking, hiking, playing and snuggling. A few changes over the years:
~ Lucy is now allowed on the bed. BUt this is only when she is invited and it's only for short-times.
~ We no longer crate Lucy. She is fully house-trained and she has two dog beds to choose from.
~ Lucy has gotten a little more snuggly. She likes her ears rubbed and once in a while will roll over and hint that she wants a belly rub too.
~Lucy has over the years learned lots of dog tricks beyond sitting and staying. A few dog tricks in her repetoire include:
*"Get it" -- where we place a dog treat on the floor and make her wait for a minute and then give the release command to "get it"! I never thought she'd be able to do that one!
*Roll-over
*Spin (where she turns her head and spins around in either direction)
*Waive -- where she raises one paw pretty high
*High-Five -- similar to the wave
*Weave -- where she weaves between the legs
*Up! -- where she jumps over your leg, a stick, or through a hula-hoop! This one is my personal favorite and gets the most ohhss and ahhs
~Lastly, Lucy has become part of the fabric of our lives. Feeding Lucy, snuggling with her, playing with her and walking with her are simply part of our daily routine. These activities bring us great joy.
Happy Birthday Lucy!!!
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
What? A food Lucy does NOT like?
I never thought the day would come when Lucy would turn her nose up to food. She is a healthy eater and tends to even try to munch on dust balls or pieces of stick.
But, lo and behold, it is true -- there IS a food that Lucy doesn't like.
The Grapefruit:
Last week, I was cutting into a grapefruit and taking my time to cut around each triangle of the grapefruit. Lucy was, of course, watching my every move as I was in the kitchen. I scrapped up a tiny piece of grapefruit and offered it to her. To my shock, she sniffed, make a grimmacing face, accepted the tiny piece into her mouth and immediately spit it out. Her eyes twinkled up at me and seemed to be asking me why I would ever, in a million years, want to eat such a thing.
I simply love grapefruits and oranges and other citrus fruits and have read that although they are not dangerous to dogs, they might cause indigestion. Perhaps Lucy's snout knew that the grapefruit wasn't for her.
Over the years, the only other things she's tried but she wasn't sure about were strawberries and soda (well a smell of a soda can. Maybe she doesn't like sweets?
Overall, though, she does enjoy several of my favorite snacks:
#1 - Yogurts: Lucy goes crazy if we are eating a yogurt. I think that her powerful nose could smell a yogurt a mile away.
#2 - Cheese: Cheese in general is tied for first place in Lucy's palette.
#3 - Carrots: At first, when I adopted Lucy she was only interested in cheese and the sliced up hotdogs I had used for training (until her tummy got upset). When I first presented her with carrots she wasn't so sure about that. But after a while, she came to also regard them as a treat.
Well, that's it for now from me. Til next month!
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