Our Christmas pic this year:
Not an easy feat to get both dogs and kids in a halfway decent picture. The cat kept escaping our photo shoot, so he got his own pic:
Oh, the weather outside is frightful…
Welcome to winter! We have had over a foot of snow dumped on us over the last few days! The interstate was closed between us and Des Moines for most of yesterday and, of course, the area schools were all closed.
Kizzy loves the snow (any excuse to run madly about the yard), but Skyy is more content inside. Skyy would much rather bake in the summer sun!
I took the stitches from Kizzy’s gastropexy out yesterday and the incesion looks great.
Play time – Kizzy & Greta
Sister Greta came over yesterday for a play date. It was a beautiful day – unseasonably warm for November 8th!
Kizzy’s piglet impression:
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Excitement in our yard
What has the dogs looking up?
This little guy and three of his siblings!
We discovered four baby raccoons living in the tree right off our back deck. When standing on the deck, we’re eye-to-eye with them. They’re cute and curious!
Of course, this is driving the dogs crazy!
If I sit, can I have a raccoon?
The raccoons don’t seem very fazed by the dogs. I think they’re only about three weeks old. Some of them don’t have their eyes open all the way yet.
They crawl all over the tree and “talk” to each other with a little cooing noise.
I’ve received lots of conflicting advice about these little guys. Some people I’ve spoken to think they are orphaned since I haven’t seen mom around, but most don’t. It’s likely that mom just hasn’t made herself seen by us.
Of course, lots of folks think I should have them killed or removed. I certainly don’t want to have them harmed. At this point, we’re going to give it awhile longer before resorting to having them removed. It seems that as long as we don’t give them reason to return (i.e. FOOD!), they’ll move on soon enough. I do worry about the dogs attempting interaction with an adult raccoon, so we’ll see how things go.
Play time pics
Kizzy playing with her sister, Greta…
Fun game of keep away!
Mmmm, a stick!
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Play time
Just enjoying the weekend!
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Water fun!
Enjoying some much appreciated warmer weather, we played at a local park. Kizzy’s first time in the water and she really took to it!
Kizzy loves to submerge her face!
Getting very bold! A little encouragement and I’m sure she would have been swimming. (Still too chilly for me to be out there!)
All the water fun gave her the zoomies!
Skyy perferred to stay on dry land..
Snow, snow….and more snow
What does grass look like? I think I’ve forgotten!
The dogs don’t seem to mind the snow or cold and still enjoy going out to play.
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Chilly Playdate
We had a very chilly winter play date that included four littermates (Kizzy, Bree, Greta & Reese), three other Danes (Maddie, Clay & Ethan) and a very teeny (10 lbs!) puppy named Winnie.
The dogs all had a blast running and playing..
The end result was some very tired puppies!
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