Some New Pics.

Wash and Muffin at the beach....

These are from last week, with a dead computer it makes it a bit hard for me to post pics. I actually have another set of early morning play(read:snarly face) pics I want to put up.

Wash says, "BALL BALL BALL, Iz gets the BALL!" Muffin sneaks in....

Muahahahaha, Iz haz ball nao!
No! Give it back! Iz eats your ear off!

I think I repel technology

So today was the day I found out if my computer could be fixed. The short answer is yes, it can. The long answer is that it costs about the same amount to fix it as it would to buy a new one.... making it more or less pointless to fix.

My laptop is 6 years old... at it's time it was the best of the best... now the cheapest MacBook blows it out of the water.

Today is also the day my 3 week old iphone decided to just stop working... and of course it decided to stop working after I left the apple store... so now I have to make another appointment to see someone... and since I happen to be going away this weekend, I'm not 100% sure how that is going to work out for me. Arg.

Now, I'm not blaming apple... because my almost 1 yr old D90 is also making funny sounds...

well, at least my TV still works.

Today I beat Wash with stave!

Ok, no not really. But I really really really wanted to this morning.

So, since Wash is still only 7 months I've been doing a lot more walks than I normally do with Muffin. They still get the regular long walks, but I've been throwing in 10 minute ones every couple of hours so that Wash can go pee outside instead of on my couch.

Well, anyway, late last night (about an hour after a walk... in which he took a huge poop, I might add) Wash decided he needed to go poop again. He, however, didn't tell me this, and proceeded to go on INSIDE my snowboots. Yes, that's right. INSIDE MY BOOTS. Yeah, I know, that's quite a feat considering they're about as tall as he is. (btw, I am blaming the extra pooping on the training treats I used that day because Muffin didn't seem to like them either... so this is not the part that makes me want to beat Wash. I just don't get why he had to go inside my boots... couldn't he have scooted his butt over 2 inches to the trash? That's the same height as my boots and right next to it?)

So, I take Wash outside to continue going potty and I clean my boots up. As I said, it's late..... and I was really tired. So I put Wash in his crate and turned in. Well at around 5am Wash is crying, so I get up to let him out. I had to get up early to make my computer appointment, so instead of putting Wash back in the crate I let him stay out(ok, now we're getting close to the reason I want to beat him with a stave). Being that it is now 5:20am ,which is still such an ungodly hour, I just sort of "fell" on my bed for a second.... I hear the dogs barking at each and chasing each other around the bedroom. I think how nice it is when you have two dogs because they can entertain themselves.

Then I smell this horrible horrible smell. I think, "oh god PLEASE don't tell me hr pooped in my boots again!" So I get up, and in so doing push a blanket over and hear, "squisssshhhhhh." My head pretty much drops.... and I'm like "really? IN my bed? REALLY?"

no, no, no.... Wash didn't poop in the bed, don't worry. Instead he pulled the paper towel I used to clean up his poop earlier out of the trash can.... dragged it across my carpet, and into my bed. Yes, I really wanted to beat Wash with a stave this morning.

Luckily for him he's cute.

On a more positive note, he's picking up commands pretty easily. We start privates soon and I can't wait. I think me and him are going to have a blast! :-)

:leSigh:

So my laptop died the other day..... :leSigh: I was incredibly attached to that computer... I've had it for like 6 yrs.... it's done everything I've wanted it to and more.... and now it's dead. I'm bringing it to the applestore on Thursday to see what can be done. If it's too much to fix, I guess I'll be downgraded to a cheapo laptop from BestBuy until I can buy something better.

So, I took Wash and Muffin to the beach yesterday, I have about 100 pics of them running around... but I can't post them until I get a computer I can upload them to.... What I can post is this crappy cell phone pic. My phone has an awesome camera.... when there's LOTS of light... which there is not any of in my bedroom at 6am. LOL.

Wash says, "mmmmmmmm..... nommmy bully stick!" Muffin says, "Why exactly did you bring it home again?"

New little brother is home.....

First he says, "I'll hide under deh bed."

Then when that wasn't working he said, "maybe if I close my eyes and count to 10 I'll be back home when I open them..."
"No, you're still here!"
".............. well, I guess you're not sooooo bad."
"Hoooman, why is he still sniffings me?"
Muffin says, "yayz, I haz little brother!"

Isn't he a cutie!!!

Just some pictures from the hotel

We're staying at the Red Roof Inn.... waiting for a certain surprise to meet us today! *does the happy dance*

Anyway... These are just some pictures I took of Muffin. They're my first time using my new speed light....

I need a P&S camera....

I'm making my trip a week early(leaving in 2 days!!!).

I really need to buy a P&S camera so I can take some quick pics! The DSLR is just a little too bulky for general picture taking.

From Jack Russell Terriers for Dummies

We're switching to raw...

I know the last post I had made talking about food indicated I was feeding Kirkland brand. Well since then we've tried a few different foods. Recently, he's been getting Orijen Fish with some canned pumpkin mixed in(he really really likes pumpkin and it helped him eat his food).

Well, I was talking to a guy in one of my classes and he told me about a place that sell ground raw meat(with bone & veggies) for dogs. Now, I *love* the raw diet, but the cost around here is just insane.... and I don't have the space in any means to "stock up" when I find stuff on sale.... so it just wasn't an option. I figured the place he was talking about would probably be the same, but I checked it out anyway.

It turns out I can get chicken for $1.20/lb and lamb, beef, duck, & turkey for $1.50/lb. Ground beef organs are $2.50/lb. They come in 2lb tubes and 5lb tubes. Now this is something I can do! it's a low steady price and I can buy it in sizes that I can store. The other good thing, is that Muffin isn't a big fan of really chewing on bones... he chews on them yes, but he doesn't really really chew on them.... this the ground ensures that he gets calcium.

I bought a 2lb duck last week, and Muffin is in love. So, I bought chicken, duck, and lamb today. I also bought 1lb of the ground organs. I chopped the meat mixtures up into 1/2lb sizes and put them in their own bags. I chopped the organ meat into 1/8lb sizes and put them in with the meat pieces that came out a little on the small side.

I think what I'll be doing is soaking some kibble in goat's milk and feeding that as breakfast(if he doesn't go for this than breakfast will be kibble and pumpkin and the milk will go with dinner), and then giving him the raw as dinner. Once he gets up to an ideal weight(he's almost there, only a pound or two more needed), I'll cut out the kibble and maybe keep the goat's milk or maybe cut that out too. Then I will just need to try to figure out how much he needs of raw daily to maintain his weight...

Wash has been eating raw his entire life, so for him the biggest thing will prob be going from having bones he has to crunch on every meal to only having bones when I buy him unground chicken. I'll prob also be picking up chicken, turkey, & duck necks as they sell at the place I got the raw meat from...

I'm very excited about this as I absolutely LOVE the raw diet! It was just very unpractical for me before.

Getting ready for our Canada trip....

Or maybe Mommy really is the worst person in the world.

He's fallen down twice crying because of snow in his pads.... so I decided to try these.... they're a little too big so I guess I"ll be going back to see what else is avail... but it's still worth a laugh!

I don't like these...

Why did you put these stooooopid things on me?!?!?!

I'm soooo sad!

*sniffles*