you're busted!!

mr. zackers got caught while we were outside checking out the baby turtle daddio rescued from the pool skimmer.  cleaning up the kiddos' lunch leftovers.

the turtle has yet to have a name from gracie, but i'm sure that's coming.  & so are our pictures & memories from st. simons!!

doggone crazy

yesterday & today, we had the fun of not only having our zakky dog stay with us, but damaw's doggies, reggie & sophie.  & oh what fun it was! 

gracie & i went to pick them up yesterday & zak and reggie got into a fight.  pretty typical.  reggie's now old, grouchy & wants to be left alone.  zak enjoys picking on him i think at opportune times.  bad dog!

we managed the hour drive with zak on his leash in the front seat with me & sophie with her "babies" and reggie in the back, with sophie crying the entire ride. 

ok, sophie.  she's a mess. poor girl.  hormones.   i feel so sorry for her because she is the sweetest dog in the world.  but, every couple of months she goes through a phase where she thinks she had puppies & must tend to them at all times.  the other dogs aren't allowed near her, or she will really try to bite their heads off. (don't worry though, all these doggies are great with our kids, thank god!)

well, right now her "babies" are:

the squeaky cheesburger toy,

a teddy bear blanket

& the pair of gracie's soft fluffy pretty pink socks that were taken off at damaw's . 

when we got everyone & thing to our home, all was ok as long as the doggies left poor sophie alone (who was hiding under gracie's bed with her "babies."  the 2 male dogs were following me around mainly, hoping i had food.

bedtime was quite an event.  reggie  has been known to attack men if they get up at night.  so, we planned to have the kiddos sleep with me & the 2 male dogs in 1 room with the door closed to avoid in morning drama between justin & reggie. 

the plan didn't go quite as expected.  once i got the kiddos to sleep, i had to tend to poor sophie.  she was shaking & crying, a total mess.  i understood her though.  so, i covered her & the "babies" up & pet & held her until she calmed down.  then zak would come in the room & so she'd try to attack him.  it was like this for hours last night.  i gave her some homeopathic stuff to calm her down.  it seemed to help a bit.  enough so that she could be on 1 side of the bed, zak on the bed & reggie on the other side of the bed on the floor the rest of the night.  when morning came & one of the dogs went to leave the room, sophie was on guard.  situation was diffused & all was ok.  we decided to take the 2 dogs back to damaw's where they are happiest.

this morning, i'd thought i'd take some pictures of our lovely mutts.

sophie, the biggest yorkie-poo i've ever seen.  the breeders lied!

when i pointed the camera at reggie, he turned around & gave me this.  what a terd

& our beloved zak with gracie.

at damaw's sophie was much happier to be in her nest.   

reggie would even pose for me. 

sooo glad damaw's home!!! ben did ask if sophie could stay all night again for a slumber party as long as she wasn't mean to the other doggies.

of course, i have to have a picture of mr. ben in my post.  he had a haircut this week. 

here it is in all it's morning bed head beautifulness!

damaw's boy

i think zaky really likes damaw the best. he was so happy to see her after being stuck at home for 2 whole weeks. can you see how happy that dog is??



needless to say, when we all were getting ready to leave papaw's today, he jumped in damaw's car to go home with her!

sophie bear

we had a houseguest last week. the kiddos really enjoyed sophie's visit with us. for me, 2 dogs & being sick were almost too much, but we survived. poor sophie wasn't used to the nonstop excitement of the kiddos & she was ready to go home. sophie is the sweetest, most loveable doggie i know. unlike our dog zaky, who is 8 pounds of rotten.
while the dogs were here, i was letting them out to potty in our fenced in backyard. they escaped by walking across the frozen lake. thank goodness i was able to catch them & no pup ended up in the water. all i could think about was the dog biscuit i had seen on the news.
mom, sophie's welcome here anytime!
see ya soon sophie bear!

zaky

zaky, as beano calls him, is our puppy dog. he is a silky terrier & was our first "baby". his real name is zacheus, from the sunday school song zacheus was a wee little man. zaky doesn't get along with many other dogs or people. when we attended pet classes at petsmart, it was so bad we didn't get to play with the other dogs during "recess". we were concerned when we were pregnant with beano, but zaky has been good as gold with the kids. & he puts up with a lot!

zaky & beano have become pretty good buddies. zaky has been doing his tricks (turning around, sitting, staying, giving a 5) for beano before many could understand what beano was even saying. beano (& cecee too)is very good about making sure zaky gets plenty of treats, especially at dinner time.

cecee is still learning how to be gentle with the dog. she loves to pet him & try to give him hugs & kisses. zaky sits there and takes it, but you can tell he wants to go hide. when we go outside, she thinks she MUST have the leash. don't you love her outfit? totally stylin!

poor zaky, i think he is depressed. he is missing his damaw, sophie & reggie. he likes to go up to my mom's house & get a break from the kiddos. he also likes the homemade dog food & all the attention. we'll probably be up soon for a visit!