Daddy Does Music Class

So, I was able to drag Todd away from remodeling the house for an hour to attend Samantha's weekly music class. Todd was a good sport dancing around with all the ladies :)

Here are some photos:

Doesn't it look like he is having a good time?! hee hee

Beach Day in January

Where's Your?

Don't Mess With Lollipop's Blankey

Floors

They are not done yet but here is a sneak peak:

Happy New Year

What better way to start 2009 than with cute photos of Samantha:

Hooray for Lollipop

Lollipop made the window at Loose Pooch Social Club this month. Here she is all dressed up like a reindeer for Christmas:

A few important things to note about Lollipop:

#1 She has STOPPED barking

When we first got Lollipop she never barked. The very day we brought Samantha home, things changed. She adored Samantha from the start however she took on the role of protector and anyone or anything that made noise set her off into a barking tangent. And then to make matters worse, she began to bark at Todd and I for both attention and food. Since I didn't want her to wake up the baby, I would give in and feed her thus rewarding her bad behavior. I resorted to a collar that made a high pitch beep when she barked. I used it once and it cured her barking.

#2 She has lost weight

Without bribing her with food to stop barking, she has dropped a few pounds. At her highest weight, she tipped the scales at 13 lbs which I wouldn't say is morbidly obese but definitely overweight for an Italian Greyhound. She began to look a little basset houndish from behind. Family and friends were commenting on her weight gain which I guess is socially acceptable when it's an animal.....

At her last vet visit she weighed in at a svelte 11 lbs. Our goal is to get her down to 10 lbs and we are thinking with the new yard she will meet this goal.

Our next obstacle to deal with - Begging!! But we are taking it one day at a time.

Hooray for Lollipop!