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Jbean
Member
01-05-2002
| Wednesday, August 10, 2005 - 5:29 pm
little lola is home! she's sore and resting (snuggling under HER tweety bird blankie). she's tired and hungry..oh and her breath smells like ASS! (probably from anesthesia) i can tell she's sore because she's taking it very easy and not her usual hyper, spazzy self. she's tried to jump on the couch a few times, but forgets she's in pain and stops. that's hard for me to see. anyway, she was so happy to see me when i went to get her. she came to me and wagged her whole body (like usual) and gave me a good licking. the vet assistants were like "she won't even look at us" lol. you'd think she had been left there for years. so she's resting/recovering. they told me not to let her eat/drink much...she licked her small waterdish and small amount of food clean! and then scavenged for any crumbs around here. poor baby. she's left the wound/stitches alone...at the vet and here, too. it is probably pretty sore. she's doing ok, but it'll probably be a few days before she's back to herself. thanks for thinking of her! we go back to get the stitches out in a week to 10 days. thanks everyone for your support! 
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Saxywildcat
Member
05-30-2005
| Wednesday, August 10, 2005 - 5:34 pm
Alrighty... My little bundles of joy have been mischievious today! Actually, mostly just Mocha. During dinner, I see her digging outside.. No big deal, except that mom informs me that she is watering in that area. I go out after dinner and mocha is a HORRID mess! (don't worry, i got photos). So, I decided, okay, it's bath night. After their first bath, I decided that I'd have to don my swimming suit and just get in the tub with them so I would have arms as well as legs to hold them down. They don't like baths at all! Anywho.. I changed and went back out and poor little mocha got the hose. SHe was that bad, I had to hose her down before I brought her in. Let me just say, She'll never be put on the chain that can reach that part of the yard again! Anywho.... So, I unhooked sandy and mocha, I carried mocha into the house, I already had bath water running. I had mom bring sandy into the bathroom so I had them both in there. Mocha at first wiggled and squealed bloody murder, but then she calmed down. I got her all soaped up and rinsed and then toweled her off. Sandy was the worst one of the two. The only time she didn't squirm was when the water wasn't running and I was soaping her up. When I was done with those two, I stripped off my swimming suit and showered myself. I have battle scars.. I have scratches on my arms and legs.. LOL OH well, I love my puppies and even I couldn't be mad at mocha for long.. Even when she was muddy, she was cute! Here are a couple of photos to share of the muddy mocha, the clean sandy and the bathed pups together, playing.

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Supergranny
Member
02-03-2005
| Wednesday, August 10, 2005 - 6:04 pm
The fun has just begun with these two! LOL
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Jbean
Member
01-05-2002
| Wednesday, August 10, 2005 - 6:18 pm
do you see who i see? my recovering baby:

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Supergranny
Member
02-03-2005
| Wednesday, August 10, 2005 - 6:19 pm
Ohhhh...poor baby! We have to get Lucee spayed and I just dread it!
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Sillycalimomma
Member
11-13-2003
| Wednesday, August 10, 2005 - 6:27 pm
Saxy-too funny! That just brought me back! We were going through potty training with Buddy during winter. I can't tell you how many times I went through an almost exact account of that you just posted! Puppies! Jbean-awww..Lola looks tired and worn out! Poor thing! What a cutie though! I bet her momma is spoiling her rotten right now!-I like how the bone next to her hasn't even been touched-thats when you know they don't feel good!
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Wednesday, August 10, 2005 - 7:06 pm
LOL.. Labs are so easy!! I think they have a fair amount of subcutaneous fat.. a nice layer because they were originally cold water dogs.. so they handle anesthetic fairly well, and as for beths the biggest problem with them is that they have very dense undercoats and it is harder than heck to get them wet and soapy and then rinsed down to the skin.. and many of them like the water so well that they keep wagging their wet tails during a bath.. Cute bath pics and Awwwww.. for Lolita!!
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Buttercup
Member
07-16-2005
| Wednesday, August 10, 2005 - 7:22 pm
Awww...poor lil' LolaBean 
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Saxywildcat
Member
05-30-2005
| Wednesday, August 10, 2005 - 7:53 pm
Awwww, Lola is SO adorable. You will have to share pics once she is up and running again. She's been in my thoughts as well. I'm glad she is doing ok.
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Kstme
Member
08-14-2000
| Wednesday, August 10, 2005 - 8:51 pm
Jbean, I'm so glad Lola is doing well. She's such a sweetie!
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Supergranny
Member
02-03-2005
| Thursday, August 11, 2005 - 10:35 am
there is a crocheted "Martha's Best Friend" Poncho pattern at www.lionbrand.com/patterns/chs-dogPoncho.html there is a knitted version too. So cute...I have to get one made for Lucee!
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Supergranny
Member
02-03-2005
| Thursday, August 11, 2005 - 10:41 am
I did that url wrong, sorry but I did not understand the message. Leave off the (...there) at the end please. My apologies, got a computer illiterate here at my end!
I'll help you look literate, Supergranny! You had 99% of it right, just that the final } bracket needed to be at the end of html and not after there. ½
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Kittyab
Member
07-16-2005
| Sunday, August 14, 2005 - 7:38 pm
Here is a picture of my spoiled Shelties....
The larger one is Ginger, the little guy with the frisbee is Bandit.
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Saxywildcat
Member
05-30-2005
| Sunday, August 14, 2005 - 8:23 pm
Kittyab: Beautiful dogs! Okay.. What's the best way to train dogs to not jump up? The pups are eventually gonna be big enough that they'll be able to reach the kitchen table. I push them down and say no, but they don't listen. Any special tips?
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Supergranny
Member
02-03-2005
| Sunday, August 14, 2005 - 9:47 pm
Kittyab...what gorgeous shelties. That breed always look so happy to me! Saxy, you need to get a growl in your voice when you tell them no. If you aren't close enough to immediately push them down firmly and repeat "NO" in this gruff growly voice, then you can spray them with the water bottle while you say "NO". The most important thing is to be consistent.
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Kstme
Member
08-14-2000
| Monday, August 15, 2005 - 6:34 am
Kittyab, your dogs are gorgeous! Shelties always appear so regal and refined...yours are no exception! 
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Monday, August 15, 2005 - 7:45 am
Ginger looks a lot like my Charo who went to the rainbow bridge about 30 years ago.
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Lumbele
Member
07-12-2002
| Monday, August 15, 2005 - 8:00 am
Beautiful shelties, Kitty! Jbean, how's Lola doing? Full of spit and vinegar again?
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Monday, August 15, 2005 - 10:33 pm
Kittyab, beautiful dogs!
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Tuesday, August 16, 2005 - 3:24 am
Cute doggies, Kitty!!
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Wednesday, August 17, 2005 - 10:50 am
Lookeee!! 
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Sillycalimomma
Member
11-13-2003
| Wednesday, August 17, 2005 - 11:23 am
Awwww they are beautiful! I just wanna tackle them to the ground and give em a big squeezy hug! Fluffballs! Too cute!
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Saxywildcat
Member
05-30-2005
| Wednesday, August 17, 2005 - 9:42 pm
Well, it's been a few days since i've shared photos of my babies, so here I am now. They have got a new way to stay outside now. Mom and Dad decided that they don't want them inside all the time. With the pen, they won't get tangled up in their chains. Anywho, mom and I went to Lowe's yesterday and got it, along with a sunblock cover, which we'll put on tomorrow and a dogloo. They really enjoyed their time spent outside today. Tomorrow I plan to go get a water bowl with a jug that i can fill and attach to it so if we're gone an extended period of time during the day, they'll have plenty of water. Anywho.. Photos of my pups now. The Pen
Mocha
Sandy

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Whoami
Member
08-03-2001
| Wednesday, August 17, 2005 - 10:04 pm
My goodness, those girls are growing so fast!
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Saxywildcat
Member
05-30-2005
| Thursday, August 18, 2005 - 4:48 am
Aren't they? It is so hard to believe! I've decided that I think they are both going to be beautiful grown up dogs, as long as I can figure out how to train them properly. I have a book that my vet suggested now, called Family Dog, by Richard Wolters. It's written so someone could actually guide their 6 yr old to train the family dog. It states though that you can do this too even if you are getting the dog for yourself. LOL I just gotta get to reading the book. The girls and I worked on sit last night. each had separate sessions. Both did well, Mocha did the best.. I think that maybe Sandy got bored with it.. LOL We'll see how it goes today. 
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