News and Updates! (with pictures and videos)

It's been ages since we've done an update/picture type post! We've been so busy with PAW and our reviews and things around the house/garden...

We've had a lot on lately anyway, but we managed to put some time aside to play with the girls :) We had a blast playing with Lily's birthday toys, the Aikiou and the Dogit.

This is how they did the very first day we got the toys -

 And this is them now, 2 weeks later, this is roughly the 4th time they've used them :) -





I love how excited they get when we get the new toys out, even if it is only Lily and Lola who seem to have mastered them :')

To give Monroe some credit after 2 weeks of not seeming to even notice the new toys, she did this -



It makes me laugh that she didn't even bother to take the treat after, she just wandered off with a satisfied look on her face. We call it her 'I did it!' face :')

And look what Buffy learnt to do!



Still got a bit of work to do on her 'crawl', she's supposed to do like an army crawl, but she gets over excited and just skitters about :')

We also had some work done in the garden! A few months ago our area was flooded with dog thefts and we almost had our girls taken. Our garden only has very low wall, about 4 foot and to cut a long story short they were out to pee late one night and a guy came over our wall and tried to grab them. Luckily we interrupted him and he ran. Since then we never let the girls out into the garden alone, even during the day. We've been thinking about sorting some fencing since that happened but never got around to it.

Everything was quiet for a while anyway and then a few days ago we had our gate unbolted in the the night (it had a heavy pad bolt on the inside, but was low enough for someone to easily lean over) and we were worried about the girls getting out if it happened again. So, we decided to have some fencing panels put up on top of our existing wall, making it about 7 foot and a new taller gate put on with a padlock. My dad and Jonny did it Thursday morning and we all feel more at ease :) We're looking at moving again in a few months, hopefully we'll get a nicer garden, until then our new fence is exactly what we needed!

This is our new fence! You can see just how low our wall really was :(

We'll be back in a few days with some training updates/videos of Lola, plus we're hoping to do some more baking, so we'll have more pupcake info and pictures soon, but until then...

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

'Haul' aboard!

Today has been a lovely super sunny day so far, so we decided to get some pictures and videos of the girls with their new toys! :)
We ordered them some peach flavoured (pet safe) 'Incredibubbles', a 'giggle' ball, a Starkmark bob-a-lot treat dispenser, all 4 'flavours' of the Walkies crisps by Sharples N Grant and a pink Zig a Zag motorised ball... Phew.
Everything has arrived, aside from the Zig a Zag ball, which we're expecting tomorrow or Friday :)

Here's our haul;

A few pictures of the girls enjoying their new things;

And to finish, some videos of them in action;







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

Doggy deliveries...

It's been about 2 weeks since our last post, so we thought it was high time to share some pictures and what not :)

Not much has really been going on, although by the name of the post you may have guessed we ordered some more things... ;)

We just ordered a few bits and bobs over the weekend, a giant (51cm tall) giraffe that squeaks and rattles, another tub of Coachies (as we were running low), some dried duck fillet pieces, some dried liver pieces, a slipper toy, a fleece tug rope, a twisty nylon chew toy, several Nylabones and Marrowbones in various flavours, (bacon, jerky and chicken I think) and our pièce de résistance, a huge batch of dried beef knuckles!

As hilarious as it seems to some people, that my 'wimpy handbag dogs' might be able to tackle these huge cuts of bone, they absolutely adore them and we'd recommend them to any dog owner, whether your pooch is big or small! ^^

A few pictures of the bits that have already arrived;

The giraffe... 

They love rugby tackling this, although Monroe spends most of her time trying to get it onto the sofa...

The fleece tug rope. 

(Yes, they are in the basket feasting on the beef knuckles, they were so distracted by them that the new toy didn't even register!)

Buffy trying to fit the entire bone in her mouth by the looks of things...

Buffy and Monroe :)

Buffy and Monroe again.

Lily joining them! 

(They're actually sharing them surprisingly well, mind you, the bones are so big I don't think they notice each other chewing it!)

Deliveries aside, we've been sifting through some junk on the pc and found some old pictures and videos* of Buffy and a few of Rafferty too.
We'll sort through them and we'll do a past times type post sometime this week, along with updates as the rest of our things arrive :)

Ciao for now!
Love & licks,
Rio, Jonny, Buffy, Rafferty, Monroe & Lily.
xo

 *Taster video of Buffy...

P.S As ever, if anyone wants to know where we got anything we've ordered, feel free to drop us a line via the links in the side bar! >>>

Order up!

A few days ago we were all bored and had a few spare pennies, so we decided to add to the girls ever expanding toy collection!
(Which is now standing at 34 toys!)
(The rainbow ring arrived as you may remember and the pink rope sheep was resurrected!)

So this time round, we got them the Kong Wubba fox, a rope scruffer toy, a Hartz dental ring and a small Choo Chum chocolate flavour chewy ring...
Then, the crowning jewel of our shop, we fiiinally ordered the Trixie Gambling Tower! :D

I think we're more excited than they are...

Here's what we got in pictures anyway;

 

We'll have to upload some pictures of them enjoying their new toys in our next post :)

Back soon!
Love & licks,
Rio, Jonny, Buffy, Rafferty, Monroe & Lily.
xo

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

Rare breed of elephant....

 Lily...

You decide!

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

Christmas List Extension... (Dear Santa Paws 2)

A few days ago we did a post showing everything we've ordered (or in the case of Lily, will be ordering) for Christmas 2010 :)

Now, everything was ordered and that was that, but... we started having a nosey on some sites and well, things just, snowballed? o.o

We snuck the 'orbee snowball' into the original 'Santa Paws' post a day or two ago, but our newest purchases might just be a bit too noticable ;)

So, here's what's been added;

 The 'Hunter Snack Cage'

 The 'Hunter Snack Bottle'

An 'xxl' rope dumbell (this is about as big as Buffy)

'Pet Care Plush Cube'

'Kong Stuff'n Paste' (x2) (1 Peanut Butter & 1 Liver flavour)*

'Healthy Hounds Tasty Treats' (x2) (Beef & Veg)

And a few grooming items...

 'Furminator Shampoo and Conditioner Solutions'

 'Furminator DeLuxe' (Dog, Toy, Long)

'Microfibre Pet Towel' (x2)

Now that is absolutely it, no more presents! Eesh!

We're thinking of doing a toys inventory once everything has arrived...

That's all for now, but we'll be back soon with a christmas tree post hopefully!

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

xo 

*The 'Kong Stuff'n' is for our existing 'Kong' toys :)

As ever, if anyone wants to know where something in our post/on our blog was from, please use one of the contact links in the sidebar, we're more than happy to pass on links/sites/sellers etc!