And Then There Were 4 (and 5 little grape sized ones)

Yesterday saw the arrival of Taavi and Jaaka - 2 males that live together in Hertfordshire that are staying with us for a couple of weeks whilst their hupeeps "do" Indonesia.  Well whoop de do hupeeps, you get to spend ages on a plane whilst the furkids have fun ;-).
The 4 have settled in superbly, Taavi is continuing his love affair with Kiva - we haven't told him that since their last meeting she has "met" another lappy - and he is contentedly licking her ear (amongst other bits) until she lets him know when enough is enough.

Despite our concerns that Jaaka might not sleep in his crate their first night passed well - Taavi (well we think it was he) did make a few "please pay attention to me" noises throughout the night but in the main I think we all slept well.  Hopefully today Taavi will understand that when is food bowl is put in front of him it means "eat your breakfast" rather than "go for an amble round the garden".

  Jaaka is gorgeous and does everything he can to get a loving stroke 
it works, could you refuse him? 

At the time of writing the dogs are all relaxed - I on the other hand am doing cartwheels (well metaphorically that is) as we have just had it confirmed that Kiva is pregnant with 5 puppies.


On Friday Mylo's 1/2 sister is coming to join us - 5 lappies should be enough for anyone however we are hoping that Kanto (Kiva's brother) might come and join us for a walk on Sunday.


Watch this space and as always, Lappy Days.

Salivating Sal

When not busy devouring the odd bone or 3 Sal is more than happy giving herself a good wash.  We know that she does so even if we aren't in the same room as her as she does like to make a meal of it - a loud meal.  At least she's clean though ;-)

She enjoyed her romps across the fields yesterday - coming back as she does when called makes for better behaved Lapphunds.

We are slowly but surely running out of "indestructible" dog toys - a labs jaws seem to be able to gnaw their way through almost anything - balls seem to be the flavour of the day today.  No matter, Sal is happy, the weather's nice (cloudy but warm) and everyone is calm.


Lappy days.

Oh Blogger!!

Things aren't what they have been at Dogs to Stay because yesterday we got a phone call from Sal's hufamily asking if she was OK as they hadn't seen a blog update.  I had written one on Friday and thought that I had uploaded it - obviously things went awry as upon checking it was no longer to be seen.

Suffice to say that all is well with Sal and she has once again made herself perfectly at home.


She has found almost every bone that Kiva and Mylo have accumulated over the years and is steadily munching her way through them (does she have a volume button?) and the lawn is scattered with them.


Walking the 3 of them can be a nightmare however Sal's behaviour is improving as we run the gauntlet - hey ho.


As I write I can hear the sound of birds singing in the garden - well I would be able to if Sal wasn't lying next to me devouring yet another bone.

Running the Gaunlet

Always an interesting time - however today we managed to complete it with nary a bark or a lunge despite the distraction of Tinkerbell (damn stupid name for a dog, sorry, rat that barks, if you ask me).  The secret, ha, all will be told upon Sal's hupeeps return.

We did off-lead in Church's field; Sally and Kiva running along together Mylo, how seems to have had a personality transplant, happy to walk along beside me.

On the way home we managed to find and take home a lost dog - Sally being most agreeable and even enjoyed a quite, yes quite, chat with Lulu and her owner.

Not much else to report - Sally sleeps, Sally eats, Sally jumps up onto the sofa - Sally sleeps, Sally roots around in the toy basket, Sally chews on a bone, LOUDLY, Sally sleeps, Sally washes herself VERY LOUDLY.

Hope all is well in the land of far-far away.

Lappy days

Sal Latest Holiday

After getting over the after effects Kanto's "I want to hump Sal" episode (Mylo had to remind Kanto that Sal if anyone was going to hump Sal it would be him)  things quickly settled down and the rest of the evening passed calmly - in fact it's been pretty calm ever since.

Walking the 4 of them was a bit of an issue on Monday (Kanto liked it here so much he wanted to stay another day) however with me taking Sal and Mylo Louise was more than able to manager brother and sister Kiva and Kanto.  Kanto went home yesterday evening and since then Sal has rediscovered the toy box, the sofa and how to make the most of the dog-flap.

Pictures, maybe even a video, will be added later, but for now rest assured that Sal is as chilled as ever - now if I can just do something about her snoring .........

Hector Gets Wet

A beautiful day here meant for an enjoyable walk.  Out of the house for 11.00 and home for 1.00 - not all walking I hasten to add as we did stop off for coffee at Nina's on the way home (Nina being the Munsterlander with whom we have been walking).

The nice weather meant that the dogs could enjoy the garden:

And the pond:

 Especially the pond:

Fortunately a hose was at hand to give Hector a good wash down before coming home.  As I write the dogs are all sleeping, Kiva and Mylo in the shade, hector in the kitchen and, hopefully, drying off.

I Kind Of Like It Here

Dogs to play with, company at night and all day, access to the garden (though I can't suss the dog flap thing out), walks with other dogs, lots of things to chew (and ruin .... tee hee) and lots to eat.

This is one of those rare occasions when I am actually lying on my bed - most of the time I'm dragging it round the lounge or the garden with Kiva chasing me.

Hector has settled in well and is a wonderfully well behaved 10 month old boy - rumour has it that he might be back with us in August - if so it can't come soon enough.