A Little Late

So I wanted to update daily on how it's going with our little house guest. Yesterday was just nutty and I started my day off with out a good nights sleep (and that was following 2 nights that I worked graveyard shift). So needless to say I was beat all day and didn't get around to blogging. Miss Maribelle & I headed out bright & early with my mom & her Golden Retriever Holly. It was a spa day for Holly-Holl. We dropped her off at Pawz & headed back to grab a coffee & visit with a friend. Knowing that Maribelle has been getting increasingly more prone to car sickness I had a small garbage bag opened & ready "just in case". She did great except for a little water spit up on our friends couch. We spent a lot of time in the road so I thought she was doing well. The second we leave my moms house in MY vehicle - she proceeds to vomit THREE TIMES! Poor Mari! I guess she was waiting until she got back into the comfort of her own car before letting loose. LOL

So after getting home we began to set up a few new "items" for the doggy play area. I scrubbed out the girls old sandbox & the puppy pool (with the help of my darling Ivy), and got them all set up in preparation of our second round of socialization - the dog meet up group I've organized. The hubster & Ivy had gone shopping yesterday & got some bones to burry in the sand along with a Halti for our big dog. I don't want him to miss out on the socialization since he loves to play & walk yet he is a puller. Being as I was planning on walking 5 or 6 dogs I just couldn't deal with the pulling & the head harness works WONDERS for pulling...

So 2pm rolls around & the majority of the folks who I'd expected didn't show up. Being as it was a yucky morning (and had JUST started to clear off) I wasn't surprised but between the 6 dogs I had, my mom & her Golden & my step mom & her Basset Hound - we had quite a gang! It, as it always is, was a noisey start. But my crew quickly got into their traveling mode & blended right into the rest of the pack just fine. They have only seen Holly a couple times so to them, she was a new dog which really is the most important thing. And Sadie - while they see (and bark at) her every day - they aren't generally in a "pack" with her. So I think we accomplished something!

After walking 2 miles (and passing 1 strange dog with out *too* much trouble I may add!) we came home to a little play time in the new sand box & poll. I didn't get any photos from our "meet up" but I did take a bit of a video of the pups playing in their makeshift beach. ;o)

Oh & I will add - ZERO aggressive "confrontations" between Milo & Lacie. WHOOP WHOOP!! Actually, Milo was the first to initiate play with Lacie. He was unsuccessful as Lacie still doesn't go there but at least there is peace between them all & I can breath easy.