Merry Christmas From the Pups
Merry Christmas from Pixel and Bailey!
We have one year to try to teach Pixel to sit still before next year’s Christmas photos! Wish us luck, we’ll need it!
Category: The Zoo
Dec 27, 2009 | 5 comments | View Post
First Snow of 2009
Yesterday is snowed in the Netherlands and I woke up and squealed like a crazy person. Thankfully I was home alone as it was one of the few days this month that my husband was called in to work. I thought about going out to take photos but it was so dark and dreary that [...]
Dec 18, 2009 | 3 comments | View Post
Love Opera?
So does Bailey!
… or maybe he doesn’t, it’s kind of hard to tell.
He also does this with choir music, fire engines and the monthly Monday at 12pm city alarm. Xander took this video last night while I was watching the end of Becoming Jane during a scene at the Opera. We’ve tried so many [...]
Nov 16, 2009 | 6 comments | View Post
Another Great Thing About Autumn
According to Bailey… it’s Chestnuts!!
Sep 27, 2009 | 9 comments | View Post
Have I Mentioned That I Love Autumn?
Hrmm I think I may have… perhaps once or twice.
Yeah, I definitely have! LOADS!
Yesterday was the first day of Autumn here in the Netherlands and what a great summer we’ve had! Normally, I spend my autumn posts talking about what I love about the autumn but I’m pretty sure I’ve done that to death and [...]
Sep 23, 2009 | 7 comments | View Post
My Bad Luck With Pets
This has been a bad few weeks for me pet wise and anyone who knows me or reads my blog knows that I love my pets and it breaks my heart when anything happens to them.
First there was Bailey’s attack by a pit bull, which frightened the life out of me and has [...]
Jul 14, 2009 | 7 comments | View Post
Why You Should Leash Your Dogs!
Bailey in his Medical Pet Shirt, so much nicer than a big ugly cone!
Sunday night Xander and I went out with the dogs at about 10pm. As we were walking along Xander was telling me how he met up with a guy a few nights ago with two big Staffordshire’s off their leashes, and when [...]
Jun 23, 2009 | 34 comments | View Post
Pixel The Olympic Jumper
Ok two things first:
1) Ignore the mess in my house, it was when I was all sleep deprived, so there was no cleaning happening.
2) Ignore me and my doggy talk, it had to be done.
So yeah, those two things aside… you can see that Pixel is still as spazzy as ever. When she was a [...]
May 28, 2009 | 10 comments | View Post
Chip and Sydney – Two Years Later
Someone reminded me lately that I haven’t posted about any of my turtles in a while. Fear not, they are all going strong! I took a few photos of my little ones to share. I’ve had them over a year now, almost 2 years actually, and they are doing really well. They are growing, although [...]
May 23, 2009 | 3 comments | View Post
A Truce for Sun
People often ask me how our pets get along together, and there is no real way to answer that as it all depends on each of their moods. Spencer generally avoids the dogs, and the dogs love to chase him every chance they get. Bailey, at 6 years old still is very playful, but at [...]
May 14, 2009 | 4 comments | View Post
I Know I’ll Laugh Tomorrow
… but for today, I’m all about the grrrrr.
Another amusing, yet frustrating, addition to the Stupid Spats section of my site.
Honden Niet Uitlaten
This morning my husband was going out with the dogs for their morning walk. He asked me if I wanted to join him and I decided this would be a good chance for [...]
Apr 30, 2009 | 5 comments | View Post
Two Dogs + One Camera = Back Agony
If you have two dogs, and you use those extension leads with the big plastic handles… don’t do like I did today and think you can hold both of them and your camera at the same time. Whatever is out there can wait. Otherwise, you will just end up deciding it’s a good idea to [...]
Apr 18, 2009 | 5 comments | View Post
Pixel – 11 Months
Well, Pixel is almost a year old now and has been with us for 9 months. It’s been a bit of a roller coaster of pee and poo but we’ve finally gotten it all under control *knocks wood*. She is so cute it’s hard to stay angry with her when she does things like, oh [...]
Mar 17, 2009 | 5 comments | View Post
New Years Eve and Fireworks – A Need For Change in NL?
If you are a friend of mine on Facebook or have followed me on Twitter, you’re fully aware that my anxiety levels were through the roof this year during the holidays. Mainly between Christmas and New Years.
Why? – Because of the firecrackers, bangers, fireworks and everything else that went off causing my dogs to spin [...]
Jan 09, 2009 | 13 comments | View Post
Catzilla!
It was just a few days ago I was telling Xander how happy I was that I could actually have things around without cats knocking them down or breaking them. Spencer has been so good since he’s been here without Salem and I’ve noticed he’s a lot more careful about walking around things for some [...]
Dec 29, 2008 | 7 comments | View Post
Princess Pixel
Pixel is slowly coming around to her old self. She can now jump onto the sofa, run around looking for treats and torment Bailey now and then. We do try to stop the playing though as her incision has not fully healed yet.
She spent the first two days acting like a little drama queen, and [...]
Nov 06, 2008 | 4 comments | View Post
Awww… Zielig!
Well today was the big day for Pixel. Now six months old it was time to have her sterilized. The poor little thing! It was so heartbreaking for me to have this done to her now but I know it is the best thing for her. We learned our lesson by putting it off too [...]
Nov 03, 2008 | 6 comments | View Post
Poor Pixel
Even though I’m feeling like crap at the moment I am giving all my well wishing vibes to Pixel. Somehow she managed to scratch her eye, which has caused some swelling and irritation.
The vet said that she has a scratch on her cornea and gave us cream to put in her eye 4 times a [...]
Oct 07, 2008 | 9 comments | View Post
Cheap Pedicure
Who needs a pedicurist when you have dogs like this?!
Bailey was always a seriously licky dog, and he’s passed the habit on to Pixel. If there is an inch of bare skin, they want to be licking it. They’ll stop if you tell them no… sternly … err, and repeatedly. Shouting it helps. They’ll usually [...]
Oct 03, 2008 | 6 comments | View Post
Three Musketeers
Did you ever get the feeling you are being watched?
Can you tell it’s dinner time? I was getting the stare down by the three of them wondering when they were getting fed. Xander doesn’t usually do it but I think he figured if it works for the dogs…
Pixel turned five months old today. She’s growing [...]
Sep 18, 2008 | 4 comments | View Post
