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| Covered for some comfort and warmth. |
Friday, May 25, 2012
Poor boy!
I've been sitting with Truffles since twelve this afternoon - it is now seven o'clock. He has gone in for his neutering this morning and they removed his dew-claws as well. He is moving, though slowly and not verry willingly. Mostly he is lying down or sleeping.
It is very cold and he has been shivering, so we follow truffles everywhere he moves to lie down and cover him with his blankie.
On a more positive note: when we went to pick up Truffles, the Vet, nurse and some other lady were raving about how he has such a great nature and how he is so cute and what a beautiful dog he is. I'm one proud doggie mommy.
Still checking up on Truffles. Poor doggie!
Thursday, May 17, 2012
Changes coming
It has been quite a while since the last time I shared about the goings on in our household concerning Truffles...Well since March our family has been thrown into some turmoil, as I had a few stays in hospitals with ill health and a few scares afterwards. Needles to say, walkies and playtime with Truffles was put on the back burner for a little while. Poor Truffles. With my first stay in hospital, he was pining and walking in the backyard softly yelping. Great was the excitement when I came home, but because I was operated on, he wasn't really allowed near me, as jumps up to greet. After the second stay in hospital that lasted a week, I came home and immediately went to my room. As Truffles is not allowed in there, he was howling and yelping in the corridor to greet me. It got worse as the kids tried to comfort him. So, I met him at the door, where, sure enough he was way too happy to see me!
Well, with all of this going on (and so much more) dear Truffles gained some weight! Luckily he is down a few hundred grams since we weighed him in the beginning of the month. And slowly, things are returning back to normal.Our dear, sweet Truffles is now almost 8 months old. With everything going on we have neglected not only walks, but also one very important little thing. The result is a doggie that needs to mark everything upright thing and also is very dominant in his behaviour and he is beginning to looove the ladies... Also, because of all of this he is now trying to dig a tunnel under the vibracrete wall to our next door neighbours, who has four Huskies, one of which - I believe - might be Truffles' girlfriend. Although, I do believe, the relationship is more like online dating. I've now dumped a few old bricks into the hole he has been digging, hoping it would curb the behaviour a little bit. We shall see.
So, come the 25th (payday) we will take him to the vet to - as my hubby puts it - make him a soprano!
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| Enjoying the winter afternoon sun in the dining room. |
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| Truffles with his new haircut. Today. |
Truffles has not yet grown accustomed to grooming. Bathing, drying and brushing involves a lot of coaxing - although he looks adorable and feels so soft and silky afterwards.
Today was his third stint at the parlour. The previous time after going to the parlour, he refused to get into the car and howled all the way to the store! He was not happy and I think he remembered where he was taken when I was in hospital.
Winter is a time of cuddling and snoozing. Truffles enjoyes his time in the sun - indoors and out.
We are teaching Truffles some new tricks and as soon as he has mastered one of them, I will post a little video clip of him here.
So, watch this space ...
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| Beautiful boy! |
NOW FOR THE BIG NEWS!!!!!
Truffles is getting a SISTER!!
Long, long ago there was decided that when Truffles gets a sister, her name would be LILY.
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| One of these two will be our Lily |
We are getting her from Trywell breeders somewhere between Carnarvon and Victoria West in the Northern Cape. We are all super excited about it and cannot wait untill we have our Lily in our arms.
She will be KUSA regestered and seeing that there is already a Lily we cannot only register her by that name. We have only 15 spaces to fill in a name on the form, so we are in the process of choosing a second name for her. Here are a few of the contenders:
Lily Grace - Lily Rose - Lily Lee - Lily Love - Lily Lane
You may help us choose, if you wish, by casting your vote in the comment section.
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| Lily's Mom ( or aunty- I'm not sure) |
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| Mom or Aunty :-) |
So that is it for now. Will let you know as soon as Lily is in our arms. Around the 6th of June!!
And then the blog's name will also change.
Talk to you again in a few weeks. Until then.... LOVE YOUR DOGGIES!!
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Before and after
Our beloved Truffles is 19 weeks old, tomorrow. He is a joy to have in our home. Everyone has found their own relationship with him.
He follows his "Dad" around everywhere - even when he works late at night and have to move between the outside office building and our house, Truffles gets up in his sleepy state and follows drowsily behind. They can also play rough and tumble, like non of us dare to - those little teeth are sharp and the Schnauz has no idea how hard he can bite down!
As for the "Big brother", there is an aloofness that you can only understand when you see it. Of course there are times they play together, and there is great fondness between them, but there is a little distance necessary at times.
With the "little miss" Truffles gets a little grumpy at times - only because she adores him so much and have warmed up to him in such a way, that she is now persistent to pick him up and cuddle him anytime she passes him. Truffles does not think he is the baby anymore well, not when it comes to the "little miss", so he will warn her off if her affection is not at the right place and the right time. - Right now, she is in his sleeping-house with him, singing him lullabies!!
I believe when we have been away from home for a little while and comes back, Truffles (though exploding with joy at our arrival) is happiest to see me. *wink*
He has shown this on many occasions and in many ways. The least pleasant of these are making a puddle on the floor as soon as he sees me! A few times I have just-just manage to save my shoes from the joy.. He also dances around me, jumps up and licks and nibbles my hands right up to my arms. It seems he gets in such a frenzy he has no idea how to show his appreciation at our return. Of course, I then sit down with him and calm him down, mostly by letting him focus on doing some tricks and rewarding him with treats. Hmmm, wonder if it is me he is happy to see or those yummy treats?
Currently he is in Puppy socialization classes every Saturday. Most of the things they teach, we already know and he can already do, but he loves playing with the other dogs and tries to show his dominance whenever another dog is around. He isn't getting away with it though, as some of the puppies are twice, even 3 times his size and he gets the runaround from them.
The real reason you are here, is because we have pictures to share!
Today Truffles has transformed into a real Schnauzer!! (so to speak) He went for his first real Schnauzer cut and came out looking so different from the dog I got used to, I started tearing up when I saw him and took him into my arms!
Firstly: The before pictures, taken in January - look at my woolly teddy bear.
He follows his "Dad" around everywhere - even when he works late at night and have to move between the outside office building and our house, Truffles gets up in his sleepy state and follows drowsily behind. They can also play rough and tumble, like non of us dare to - those little teeth are sharp and the Schnauz has no idea how hard he can bite down!
As for the "Big brother", there is an aloofness that you can only understand when you see it. Of course there are times they play together, and there is great fondness between them, but there is a little distance necessary at times.
With the "little miss" Truffles gets a little grumpy at times - only because she adores him so much and have warmed up to him in such a way, that she is now persistent to pick him up and cuddle him anytime she passes him. Truffles does not think he is the baby anymore well, not when it comes to the "little miss", so he will warn her off if her affection is not at the right place and the right time. - Right now, she is in his sleeping-house with him, singing him lullabies!!I believe when we have been away from home for a little while and comes back, Truffles (though exploding with joy at our arrival) is happiest to see me. *wink*
He has shown this on many occasions and in many ways. The least pleasant of these are making a puddle on the floor as soon as he sees me! A few times I have just-just manage to save my shoes from the joy.. He also dances around me, jumps up and licks and nibbles my hands right up to my arms. It seems he gets in such a frenzy he has no idea how to show his appreciation at our return. Of course, I then sit down with him and calm him down, mostly by letting him focus on doing some tricks and rewarding him with treats. Hmmm, wonder if it is me he is happy to see or those yummy treats?
Currently he is in Puppy socialization classes every Saturday. Most of the things they teach, we already know and he can already do, but he loves playing with the other dogs and tries to show his dominance whenever another dog is around. He isn't getting away with it though, as some of the puppies are twice, even 3 times his size and he gets the runaround from them.
The real reason you are here, is because we have pictures to share!
Today Truffles has transformed into a real Schnauzer!! (so to speak) He went for his first real Schnauzer cut and came out looking so different from the dog I got used to, I started tearing up when I saw him and took him into my arms!
Firstly: The before pictures, taken in January - look at my woolly teddy bear.
Now, for the reveal!!
Well, before I do that, I must say it was his first cut he had since having one at around 6 weeks. He is a lot heavier and far less docile, so, they had a tough time doing the cut. For all of the experts, I do know there is a lot that is not perfect or even close to right, but I'm sure as he gets more used to the idea of going to the parlour, they will do a stellar job.
Enough said.
Here he is!
Such a handsome boy!!
Saturday, December 3, 2011
Introduction
If it is not in the Scrapbook, it didn't really happen....
Well this happened! A whirlwind of searching and finding our four legged companion - such a welcome addition to our family.
We started out going to shelters, but through the heartbreak could not find a suitable dog for us. Then my search began on the internet for a breed that would meet certain criteria: - a smallish dog - non-shedding(at least almost) - good with children.
Our decision came to a Miniature Schnauzer and the search began. Every person I phoned wanted more for their pedigree dog than the next. I knew I was going to pay through the nose, but this was getting ridiculous. We did not want a show dog, we wanted a family pet. So, with many phonecalls behind me and almost giving up, I went onto Gumtree. I was skittish to say the least, because I have encountered a fraudster on the internet just the previous week - luckily google is my friend :) (lets just leave it at that) I went through every add and eventually came upon one that offered a Male dog in a town not to far from us and close to where my father-in-law is staying. Only problem is, we wanted a little girly. Decisions, decisions...... We wrote the e-mail. We made the calls. Suddenly there were excitement in the air! The only one left of a litter of 5 that was not chosen. All the girls were taken. We saw a picture of the mother as a pup and she was just gorgeous. So, on the spur of the moment, we organized a meeting for the very next day. Just to take a look.
The following day, we took the kids out of school and started our drive. We were met with police barriers because of an accident on the road we were to go on, and almost turned back, but then decided to reroute. After a almost 2 hour drive, we arrived together with the breeder at her house.
We were met with great excitement from the Mommy and pups alike. They were the cutest little bundles!! Their Mommy was gorgeous, friendly and so clever. We were shown our potential pup and he was so sweet.
As a bonus to all of this cuteness, the breeder is a Vetenarian(how lucky are we), also the dog is a family pet and she only have a litter once a year. While the last was good, it also meant that if we wanted a bitch, then we would have to wait until December of 2012 for one. And everyone was already so riled up about getting a puppy, that it was just not an option.
When we left there, we were choosing a name already - the excitement was huge! But we had to wait for a few weeks before they were old enough to leave their mom.
Luckily that was also enough time to prepare for the pup's arrival. Lots of time were spend in Pet stores and a trip to the vet to get food, treats and chew stuffs. Even more time were spend on the internet buying books on Miniature Schnauzers, reading anything and everything on training dogs and watching loads of dog training videos (zacgeorge21).
A week ahead of the meeting, I phoned the breeder to ask if she would buy our pup a blanket and put it in with his mother and sisters, so that he can still have their smell with him when he sleeps in his crate the first night.
FINALLY the day arrived! It was a terribly windy day in Cape Town. With excitement and trepidation, we drove to the meeting place and waited. Then we got the call - they were there! We rushed there and then we rushed back into the car, because the wind was blowing us all away and both kids and dog were scared and upset.
The breeder were emotional and so were we. They said that he turned out to be the one with the sweetest demeanor and that they will miss him much.
I wrapped Truffles up in his soft baby blue blanket and held him against my chest on the way home.
The first two days Truffles had to be coaxed in eating his food and drinking water. For almost the first week he didn't want to eat alone, so my husband and son made turns to sit with him while he was eating and made sure he didn't wander away while he was still busy chowing. Swiching the water with a finger so that it made a lapping sound was also the order of the day. - Gosh! Things one will do!!
Truffles is now quite content in his new home. He has a sleep pattern you can set your watch to at night. He loves to play and chew. Car rides are now enjoyable (although he sleeps through it mostly now, instead of the yelping in the beginning)
He has met many people already - including a whole preschool and even attended the school concert!
He needs to get his second shot before we can go around meeting other doggies, and have a stroll around the block or at the seaside and we are all looking forward to it.
Might I just add here: I never thought we will own a dog - not at least until my daughter is a teenager and less afraid of them. I never thought I will post pictures of a pet, let alone go about blogging about one. But, alas! here I am doing all those things and more. Hmmmm, well, certain things are still in place - like not sleeping in the bed. Not allowing him in the kids bedrooms(safety reasons) and no getting on the furniture. So far so good.
Still - we just adore him, with all his cuteness and stubbornness combined :D
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| Yeay! A new addition to our family. Truffles stepped into our lives and hearts on the 26th of November 2011 as part of our household. He was a bit scared and very tired, but soon with a lot of cuddles and coaxing to eat, he started to feel at home! He was only 7 and a half weeks old and for a few days missed his 4 sisters, mommy and family. Now,10 days later, it feels like he belonged here all along. He is a cheerful little chap, full of mischief and heaps of love. How lucky we are to have him in our lives! xoxo (click on image for larger view) |
Well this happened! A whirlwind of searching and finding our four legged companion - such a welcome addition to our family.
We started out going to shelters, but through the heartbreak could not find a suitable dog for us. Then my search began on the internet for a breed that would meet certain criteria: - a smallish dog - non-shedding(at least almost) - good with children.
Our decision came to a Miniature Schnauzer and the search began. Every person I phoned wanted more for their pedigree dog than the next. I knew I was going to pay through the nose, but this was getting ridiculous. We did not want a show dog, we wanted a family pet. So, with many phonecalls behind me and almost giving up, I went onto Gumtree. I was skittish to say the least, because I have encountered a fraudster on the internet just the previous week - luckily google is my friend :) (lets just leave it at that) I went through every add and eventually came upon one that offered a Male dog in a town not to far from us and close to where my father-in-law is staying. Only problem is, we wanted a little girly. Decisions, decisions...... We wrote the e-mail. We made the calls. Suddenly there were excitement in the air! The only one left of a litter of 5 that was not chosen. All the girls were taken. We saw a picture of the mother as a pup and she was just gorgeous. So, on the spur of the moment, we organized a meeting for the very next day. Just to take a look.
The following day, we took the kids out of school and started our drive. We were met with police barriers because of an accident on the road we were to go on, and almost turned back, but then decided to reroute. After a almost 2 hour drive, we arrived together with the breeder at her house.
We were met with great excitement from the Mommy and pups alike. They were the cutest little bundles!! Their Mommy was gorgeous, friendly and so clever. We were shown our potential pup and he was so sweet.
As a bonus to all of this cuteness, the breeder is a Vetenarian(how lucky are we), also the dog is a family pet and she only have a litter once a year. While the last was good, it also meant that if we wanted a bitch, then we would have to wait until December of 2012 for one. And everyone was already so riled up about getting a puppy, that it was just not an option.
When we left there, we were choosing a name already - the excitement was huge! But we had to wait for a few weeks before they were old enough to leave their mom.
Luckily that was also enough time to prepare for the pup's arrival. Lots of time were spend in Pet stores and a trip to the vet to get food, treats and chew stuffs. Even more time were spend on the internet buying books on Miniature Schnauzers, reading anything and everything on training dogs and watching loads of dog training videos (zacgeorge21).
A week ahead of the meeting, I phoned the breeder to ask if she would buy our pup a blanket and put it in with his mother and sisters, so that he can still have their smell with him when he sleeps in his crate the first night.
FINALLY the day arrived! It was a terribly windy day in Cape Town. With excitement and trepidation, we drove to the meeting place and waited. Then we got the call - they were there! We rushed there and then we rushed back into the car, because the wind was blowing us all away and both kids and dog were scared and upset.
The breeder were emotional and so were we. They said that he turned out to be the one with the sweetest demeanor and that they will miss him much.
I wrapped Truffles up in his soft baby blue blanket and held him against my chest on the way home.
The first two days Truffles had to be coaxed in eating his food and drinking water. For almost the first week he didn't want to eat alone, so my husband and son made turns to sit with him while he was eating and made sure he didn't wander away while he was still busy chowing. Swiching the water with a finger so that it made a lapping sound was also the order of the day. - Gosh! Things one will do!!
Truffles is now quite content in his new home. He has a sleep pattern you can set your watch to at night. He loves to play and chew. Car rides are now enjoyable (although he sleeps through it mostly now, instead of the yelping in the beginning)
He has met many people already - including a whole preschool and even attended the school concert!
He needs to get his second shot before we can go around meeting other doggies, and have a stroll around the block or at the seaside and we are all looking forward to it.
Might I just add here: I never thought we will own a dog - not at least until my daughter is a teenager and less afraid of them. I never thought I will post pictures of a pet, let alone go about blogging about one. But, alas! here I am doing all those things and more. Hmmmm, well, certain things are still in place - like not sleeping in the bed. Not allowing him in the kids bedrooms(safety reasons) and no getting on the furniture. So far so good.
Still - we just adore him, with all his cuteness and stubbornness combined :D
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