One of the things we did was fill up a baby pool and then dump in 10 lbs of cubed ice. They all loved it!

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Once all the ice was gone, Bob decided it was time to play in the pool.

We also will bring out an old bag of cubed ice that has frozen solid.

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Of course, Bob likes the old fashion type of backyard fun, playing in the sprinkler…or in this case, the water wiggle!

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As I’m talking, Ruthanna squeals, “what the…, I gotta get a picture of this!” and in the background I can hear all sorts of weird noises as well as Ruthanna giggling away.

After what seemed like an eternity of listening to all this, Ruthanna finally came back on the phone to tell me that she was sending me a picture or two. Here is what she sent -

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It seems that Mr. Bob has now realized that he has grown and not only can he see where and how those other dogs are getting water, but he can also reach up and get in, thus creating his own private Waterpark.

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This week Bob had his first puppy training class which went better than expected. Not the best one in the class but he didn’t do too bad.

When it comes to doing something for treats, Bob is Johnny-On-The Spot, literally. He can’t plant his butt fast enough for a sit if it means treats. He also did exceptionally well learning how to touch.

His weak point? Well that would be off leash following. That just isn’t going to happen at this stage of the game. You can see the thought process when this exercise starts -
Ruthanna – “Come Bob!”
Bob – “Is she nuts?! I’m not trotting after her. Heck, it’s not the bigest room, she’ll be back around in a moment if I just lay down here. Hey, you know, while I’m waiting,  those other people in here had treats too…and they’re closer so I don’t have to hardly walk at all. Let’s go say Hi.”

The other nice thing about training class? Bob is wiped out for most of the afternoon!

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Bob out like a light

The bad thing about training? Bob wakes back up with a vengeance!

Now as for training at home, the other three, Ursa, Piper and even Sadie, couldn’t be happier. They are overjoyed with giddiness at the prospect of getting treats as well. In fact for three dogs that at times act like they’ve never been trained, it’s amazing how quickly all the commands come rushing back.

This week’s Bob weigh-in and height:

Bob grew about an inch this past week and added on 5 more pounds!

So now we have a nightly game of chase and then a couch fight to see who’s going to be king of the couch. The fact that Bob can’t get up on the couch (and won’t be allowed up for many months) is irrelevant to both.

On Sunday we did our weekly weigh-in and even though for two days he hardly ate anything due to the new surroundings, he still grew 1/2 inch (now 15 1/2″ tall at the shoulders) and added 5lbs to his weight. So now at 9 weeks old, he’s 24lbs and growing.

Some of the things Bob learned this first week of being in our house,
1. Do not mess with that black cat, Uku.
2. Don’t bother the big dogs when they are chewing on a bone.
3. Don’t mess with that black cat.
4. Don’t bite or pull on the big dogs Blockedl.
5. Don’t mess with that black cat.
6. If you sit when Mom tells you to, you get a yummy treat.
7. Don’t mess with that black cat.
8. That cold hard stuff that comes out of the refrigerator door is fun to play with and eat.
9. Don’t mess with that black cat, especially after she’s told you four times not to mess with her. Those things on her feet are sharp!
10. If quick enough, you can sneak under the gate in the laundry room and snack on the cat food cause those goofy cats will leave perfectly good food just lying around in a bowl.

Overall, Bob did exceptionally well learning the ropes this first week and it became quite obvious that this is one smart little puppy. Hopefully the rest of his training will go equally as well as the weeks roll on.

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whew, all this fun wears a puppy out!

You think in your head, "puppy, no problem. We've had puppies before". Then you have one in the house and all those memories start to come back…the real ones. Not the "He's so cute" memories. 

We did have some fun times with Bob yesterday, when he was sleeping. Just kidding…ok, maybe not. No, really we did. Like when he was playing in his new wading pool.

While it did get a bit tiring running around making sure he kept those land shark teeth off of the furniture, we're not sending him back at all!

Ruthanna Holding Bob

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Since then we've grieved and have decided to move forward. We've also done some extensive research and have decided that there is a particular English Mastiff that's now two months old that we are going to bring into the fold.

His name is Bob

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We're heading out Memorial Day Weekend to pick him up, so we'll have to get active again on the website and keep everyone up to date on his progress with growing up and fitting in with three older (but not larger for too long) female dogs, Ursa, Piper and Sadie.

Our little cat, Uku has recently decided that the TV is a pretty interesting thing. She seems to really like sports. I guess it's because of the fast moving action across the screen that catches her eye, or something like that.

Here's a picture of what really got her interested inTV, the Olympics.

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Her favorite seems to be Bobsleding and Ice Hockey. Although most anything that has a lot of movement will get her attention.

Anyone else have a pet that like to watch TV?

Just the other day after a couple of months of work, we finally sent our first app to Apple for approval. The app is called Rescue Cleaner and it should be live in the Apple App Store around the 28th of September. Here is the promo write up that will be on the apps Apple webpage -

Is your iPhone/iTouch screen dirty? Then Rescue Cleaner is the app for you!
Rescue Cleaner has lots of dogs just waiting to help clean your screen. You can have Fargo the Landseer Newfoundland, Tina the Golden Retriever, Woody the Greyhound or any of the other dogs clean your screen. Just select one and watch them go to work cleaning your screen.
Best of all, while you watch one of Rescue Cleaner’s dogs clean your iPhone/iTouch screen, you can feel good knowing that you just helped an animal find a new home! A portion of the proceeds from Rescue Cleaner are sent to animal rescue groups, helping them find animals new loving homes.
Features:
> Benefits Animal Rescue.
> Real drool used by the dogs to help clean the screen.
> Choose from 6 different dogs:
        Fargo – Landseer Newfoundland
        Claribelle – Springer Spaniel
        Woody – Greyhound
        Hyde – Newfoundland
        Ursa – Great Pyrenees
       Tina – Golden Retriever
> Looks cool!

Note: No animal was harmed in any way during the making of this application. The animals are not actually touching your screen and the drool used in production of the videos will not cause water damage to your device.

Here’s a clip of a couple of cleaners working together (which are Fargo and Ursa) -

As noted, a portion of all proceeds go to help various animal rescue groups, so please be sure to let all your friends know to keep a look out in the Apple App Store around September 28th.

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Hi,

Wanted to let you know that the Bobcat is back on Citation Dr. again. It is feeding under my birdfeeder again, and has been seen by the corner of Whirlaway and Harwich.

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And as most of you are thinking, so what you guys live in the country. There are probably Bobcats all over the place. And you would be right, except this email came from my mother who lives here -

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Dang near in the middle of Dallas Texas. Just goes to show you that nature will adapt to whatever enviroment they have to to live.