Hilton Spa Day :)

It''s been another busy week, feels like most of it was devoted to grooming (read as; pampering) the girls though...

They were all bathed and brushed, had their coat conditioner on, had their eyes cleaned, nails cut, feet/pads/ears/etc trimmed and teeth cleaned! Phew!

They're looking all the more lovely for it too :)

After brushing them (with the furminator, their normal brush is for detangling really) we took this picture;

L-R; Lily, Monroe, Rafferty and Buffy.

It constantly surprises me how much comes off them when they're shedding!
(Keep in mind they're brushed weekly with the furminator)

It was a week yesterday since Lily's second jab, so she can officially be walked now! About time too, it's taken forever to get it all sorted >.<
We'll take her for a stroll later and try and get some nice pictures of her first walkies :) 
If we manage it then we'll post them later/tomorrow ^^

That's all the 'news' we have really, so seeing as it feels like it's been ages since we posted a nice picture of Rafferty, we'll do so and leave you with that!

Au revoir!
Love & licks as ever,
Rio, Jonny, Buffy, Rafferty, Monroe and Lily.
xo

P.S We hit over 1,000 unique views on here the other day, so thank you to anyone/everyone who takes a sneak peak into the goings on in the Hilton Hotel for Chihuahuas ;)

News, updates and pictures of Alfie too!

How rude Rafferty! 

 Just kidding, she was asking for a lick of some nummy food no doubt! ;D

We've been neglecting our posting a little the past few days, had some things on with Lily finally getting her 2nd jab, Rafferty getting her booster shot, sorting for Monroe and Lily to get micro chipped in a week or 2 plus seeing people and all the usual!

The rainbow rubber ring finally came! Aaaand none of them like it -.-

Not even Buffy... Typical we know. 

They're all in love with Mr. Octopus, the headless kong zebra, and their various rope tug toys right now, but we'll see in a few weeks when we're planning to order some more things!

Also, there's been talk of another addition after it didn't work out with Rae, this time we will be sticking by our breed, our girls just don't handle bigger pups! 

It's a shame, but they have to come first and we love our 4 Hilton chi's :)

We'll do a blog post once we know more, all we can really say is we are looking at one but she's only about 10 days old now, so our details are limited, one thing we can say is she'll be Monroe and Lily's half sister (Sugar is their daddy)... 

But we'll post more about her as time goes by!

We snatched a few pics of Alfie as promised, he (and ofc Lily) are coming up 5 months old now! 

We can hardly believe how time has flown...

Incredible how much he's changed, we still think he's a cutie, although we might be a little bit biased ;)

That's all for now blogspot-ees,
We'll be back soon!

Love & licks as ever,
Rio, Jonny, Buffy, Rafferty, Monroe and Lily.
xo

Lily... Or a rare breed of rope trunk elephant?

Rare breed of elephant....

 Lily...

You decide!

Coming soon to a dvd player near you...

Buffy's such a...

Classy dog. Gimp.

 

.../facepalm.

Sleepover in style at the Hiltons!

A while ago we ordered 2 pairs of PJs from the fabulous Tinkerbells Closet, which arrived yesterday!

Here's Lily and Monroe modelling them :)

We'll be ordering another 2 (different) pairs soon no doubt ^^

In other news, the rainbow gummy ring still hasn't arrived :(
We'll do a blog/picture post as soon as it does though!

'Grandad' and 'Mamma Angie' visited last night and brought Alfie!
We can't believe how much he's changed :O

We'll try and take some pictures of him next time, could be a challenge though, he's like a little whirlwind :)
After the initial sniff fest and a few grumbles the girls seemed pleased to see their 'new' brother and had a blast playing together!

Lily's coming up 4½ months old now and as she's had her jabs, it won't be long before she gets her 'big girl' harness ready for walkies...  
(Which have been neglected as of late, seeing as she couldn't come with us!)

We're looking at the Puppia range and have decided to get the other girls matching ones...

Buffy will of course have the pink, Monroe the brown/beige (not sure yet) and we're thinking of getting the green one for Lily but we can't decide what colour to get poor Rafferty :(
There are a few patterned ones we like so she made end up with one of those!

We'll be getting the thick fleece lined zebra ones for winter walks, it's so much colder up here and if the snow is the same next year they'll sure need them!

I think that's all the news we have so we'll be on our way,
Love & licks as ever,
Rio, Jonny, Buffy, Rafferty, Monroe and Lily.
xo

Toy Inventory!

So the last of the girls toys arrived this morning (minus the rainbow gummy ring, which is due any day) so we thought we'd show you everything they have :)

At the current count (including the gummy ring, but not including multiples, i.e the 4 furry balls will be counted as 1) they have a grand total of 26 toys!

Here's a picture of them all;
(Minus the awaited gummy ring, the pink poodle and the red fluffy ball, both of which are awaiting 'surgery'!)

 Toy mug shots anyone?

 Lily proving chihuahuas aren't wimpy handbag accessories!

A shot of our beautiful baby Hilton chihuahua to finish :)

As with our other inventories, we don't doubt there'll be more to come! >.<
We're already eyeing up the Trixie Gambling Tower and some of the Nina Ottosson interactive toys...

Love & licks as ever,
Rio, Jonny, Buffy, Rafferty, Monroe and Lily.
xo

Lily Lumpkin!

Little Lily is growing up so fast :')

She's 4 months old now and it really seems like only a week ago I was bottle feeding her every 2 hours day and night...

Here's a few pictures of her, we think she looks so grown up! ♥

 She looks like a little baby fox  ^^

We're so proud to look at her now and remember her being born and those first first days when we didn't know how things would turn out...

She's our baby, in more ways than one! :)

♥

Rae.

So Rae has gone, as a few people will know.

Her breeder told us she was very well socialised with small dogs, turns out she wasn't.
There was no aggression on her part, she just could not understand the need for her to play gently and the girls became very frightened of her, which resulted in them refusing to eat, which, as anyone with chihuahuas knows, is extremely dangerous because of their small size and heightened metabolisms.

We're all devastated at her leaving, she was a very sweet girl who only wanted to play and we wish she could've fitted into our pack better, but Buffy, Rafferty, Monroe and Lily had to come first and we had to do what was right for all of them.
They couldn't be afraid in their own home and she couldn't be rejected or shut away because of it.

Here are the few pictures we took of our beautiful Rae in her short time with us;

:¨·.·¨:
`·.Rae 'Woof' Hilton.

 Modelling her collar.

 <3

 With Monroe, just after she first came.

 Cuddling with daddy (Jonny)

 And again...

 Such a beautiful girl.

 Playing :)

 Hogging the baby toy.

Inquisitive Rae.

As you can see, her time with us was precious and will stay in our hearts forever.

She is back at her breeders place and he will rehome her accordingly.
We know she'll be much loved and appreiciated wherever she goes, she's too nice of a pup to not be.

Rae, we wish you well and miss you an incredible amount, you were such a love bun. ♥