First Foster!

Tomorrow we are becoming foster parents

to a wonderful little female GSP!!

Can you tell I'm a little excited?

Her name is Robin, she is 9 months old and she is traveling all the way from West Virginia.

She has been spending time at a prison out there for a cell dog program (glamorous, I know.)

In an effort to home dogs that would be otherwise put to sleep and to also keep inmates from becoming too hardened while inside, programs like this get to exist!  I am told she will have basic doggy manners such as sit and lay down, but luckily she is already spayed, housebroken, and crate trained.

I can't wait to see how her and Remington will do together!  I hope she likes to swim... because I bought a pool!  After seeing Remington try to jump in my mother-in-law's fountain repeatedly, I figured it'd be a good $16.99 investment haha :)

Please check out GSP Care of Ohio for more GSP's that need loving homes! Send me a message or text or whatever if you're interested in Robin, too! :)

Here is the dog product I'm loving at the moment: Compressed Rawhides from Dog.com .  They are listed at a super reasonable price, ship quickly, and it takes Remington hours just to chew the little nubs off each side of the bone.  Another great thing is that the rawhide won't fall off in chunks like regular rawhides do.. I always worry about Remington not swallowing them right or if it could hurt his tummy!  Dog.com definitely has a TON of things to offer that you won't find in a lot of the pet stores around here, and at really good prices :) Plus they send you a bunch of coupons and frequently have sales! Right now is the Memorial Day sale...


XOXO,
KMZ.

Swimming Lessons

Wow... been a while!

Happiness project is still going well, living it more internally than externally (read: I remind myself everyday but don't always want to be on the computer blogging lol)

Last weekend we took Remington to his FIRST event at the Dearborn Mutt Strutt.  Ultimate Air Dogs had a dock diving competition and I guess I just assumed Remi would be wonderful at it.  Well, he wasn't... and I think I may have scarred him for life!

We went attempted to go swimming one time before the event, which got him excited abotu water, but not so much about being up to his neck in it.  After failing to jump in after Justine's dogs, I had to throw him into the water so he would realize what he was supposed to do... I got this instead...

Kolby, Abbey, and Remington

 Talk about feeling guilty after seeing this face!

At Mutt Strutt:

Poor baby :(

Um...really??

The same afternoon i was still really upset that he didn't love water, and it was warm enough so I put on some old clothes and ran into the water so he'd chase after and realize it's fun.  Luckily he has separation anxiety enough that he followed and realized that he actually can swim and that it really is fun!

Proud Momma :)

 Remington has been swimming four days in a row now and starts barkign and prancing when water comes into sight!  He even races down the hill and jumps in the water before I can meet him down there.  So proud of his progress!  Hopefully we do better at this weekend's dock diving event :)

XOXO

-KMZ,