Showing posts with label Gibbs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Gibbs. Show all posts

Sunday, June 2, 2013

Gibbs and Pea Soup

If you own an in-ground pool, when you take off your mesh cover for the season you often get pool water that looks like this (pretty disappointing).

Gibbs thought is looked like heaven.


(Pretty pantone emerald green: color of the year?)

It will take a week and several hundred dollars worth of chemicals to get it clear and swimmable.
We know Gibbs loves to drink water and play in the hose, but we did not know how he would react to the opening of the pool.

No biggie, we just let him out in the back yard as usual and we'll give him a big NO at the steps and watch him like a hawk; turned our backs for ONE HOT MINUTE, and bam, he was swimming in the pool.

One smelly dog later and a bath in coconut pet shampoo, the wet dog emerges in the evening, too chilly in the air conditioning for him to dry indoors so we sit outside for hours (with glasses of wine) to let him air dry. 

It's a good thing he's cute, and an innocent puppy, cause after this episode, he will have to lay some smack down on him about pool rules.
Check back to see if that works.


I didn't get a photo of him out of the pool, so let your imaginations and your sense of smell run wild.
Anyway, god love the little boy, cause this week he goes to the vet to get neutered! It's true what they say about pups 6-9 months; they are rowdy teenagers, full of themselves and hormones, and defiant.

Have a great Sunday friends, and let's see if Gibbs got the message last night about no swimming in the pool. (We will teach him only to come in when invited.)
Check back to see if that works.


Sunday, May 12, 2013

Happy Mother's Day

To our wonderful friends...
 these are for you.



Happy Mother's Day!



                                                                  (6 month old Gibbs )





P.S.Thank you all for the wonderful birthday wishes.  Bethany gave me a grand surprise party last night! Friends and family came out to help me celebrate the big 60!  It sure made me feel special and I can't thank you all enough for your beautiful sentiments. I hope each of you gets spoiled on Mother's Day!

Sunday, April 14, 2013

weekend puppy update

Gibbs is 5 months old! He has legs down to my shins when I try to pick him up.  That's not gonna happen too much longer.  Did I mention we have a growth chart on my son's door frame where I used to mark the kids? (This is what empty nesters do when the kids are gone..hahaha.)  He grew and inch and 1/2 this week! I can't get him on a scale to weigh him, even when I try to hold him with me, he's just too wiggly. We carry 50 lb. feed bags for the horses, so my best guess is he weighs the same as a bag of horse feed!









Getting a little ridiculous, but he's still so puppy-ish and sweet and goofy and all legs! His legs look like a jack rabbit!

Hope you all are having a wonderful Sunday.  We are working in the yard again and soaking up this great weather.

Nancy


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Sunday, March 24, 2013

Weekend puppy update

"Sir Gibbs" we registered him as (with the American Kennel Club) this week.  His father is Sir Mack Dodd, so we followed suit.  We had snow on Monday last week and he was more thrilled than I.




 I came in the kitchen one day and there he sat, right in the window. I had to laugh and grab my camera before I beat his cute little arse...



He thinks he's a cat.

His coat is getting longer and more curly. He is 17 weeks old.



Our yard is full of half-chewed sticks now. He is giving new meaning to Spring Cleanup. I'm going to have to sacrifice our pool yard to puppyhood this spring and summer. He has pulled landscape fabric out from under the mulch and been digging. :(  He is very interested in birds and planes and is always looking up!


He loves to play ball with Michael.






I hope you're getting your puppy fix cause Im getting mine everyday! As much as he is growing so tall and filling out, he is as goofy and clumsy as can be right now.  Have a lovely FUN Sunday.

Nancy









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Sunday, March 17, 2013

Weekend Puppy Update-

A week in the life of a golden retriever puppy.  It's been alternating rain, wind and sunshine. As I mentioned he loves to bounce on the pool cover to get wet..


Mort, the cat, is looking on saying "what the heck are you doing?"



And at 16 weeks he is starting to lose his baby teeth. I'm excited those little needles will be gone.


A highlight Saturday was his nose to nose introduction to "Thomas" my 11 hand, 13 year old Welsh pony. Bethany rescued him when she was a vet tech for our horse vet 10 years ago. She nursed him back to health for 3 months and brought him home to me Christmas eve. What a surprise, I had NO idea!  The trailer ride was horrendous and another story for another time!  I was so proud of my animal kingdom today when a 400 lb. pony and a 40 lb. puppy were as gentle as two little babies as they explored each other.



This is the shot! (Wish it wasn't so ugly out there..can't wait for spring!)


Here is Bethany's  handsome 18 yr. old Thoroughbred named "Willie":


Gibbs learning barn etiquette.





Thomas is saying "Have a nice Sunday"  "give me some treats!"

Nancy


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Sunday, March 10, 2013

Weekend puppy update- 4 months old

Gibbs went to the vet this week for his last puppy shot and rabies shot. He is 16 weeks  and 36 pounds according to the vet scale. Mine said 40 last week, SO DOES THIS MEAN MY SCALE IS WRONG--I AM 5 POUNDS THINNER than I thought??? I doubt that. Maybe he had just eaten or something last time.

Remember him on Nicky's window bench in my office a month ago?



He kept falling off of it this week and was barely able to stay up there. Nicky will be happy when he gets his bench back.



He outgrew his 14" collar and is into a bigger size...He was crazy happy playing in the snow this week. All the melted snow made our pool level rise, so he has been sitting in the middle of the pool cover, just knowing we couldn't get to him... oh boy.



Bethany and I love to do things with the pups on Sundays, so more pictures later today... Seamus is getting ready for his first puppy dog show next week! We canNOt wait to see how he does. He is a very shy momma's boy. 



We have some loyal golden retriever followers like Pam and Shelley-- thanks guys, I know I can count on you to check in! Love your Rio and Rosie.....Go check out their blogs!

Hope you're having a relaxing Sunday. It is 63 degrees here, and heavenly.

Nancy

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Sunday, February 24, 2013

Weekend Puppy Update

Gibbs is 13 weeks and another inch and 1/2 taller and 5 pounds heavier.  Take a look at this week! He loves to pose for the camera.




He and cousin Seamus just like to bite and wrestle.




 I did a drawing of Gibbs to add to my living room gallery wall of animal drawings.


Here he is getting a bath this week.  One thing for sure puppies love rain and mud. Me, not so much. At least the muddy horses and the mess down at our barn don't come in our house, but the dogs do, so it's tough, isn't it? Have you been dealing with muddy paws?



Still absolutely worth it.  Hope you're having a nice weekend friends! Thanks for stopping by.

Nancy

Sunday, February 3, 2013

Weekend Puppy Update

This marks week 10 for Gibbs, our handsome golden retriever puppy. At his vet check this week for his puppy shot, he weighed in at 20 lbs.  Remember last week he was 12 lbs? Yep! He was very enthusiastic about eating this week, I knew he was 'spurting'! He grew 2 1/2 inches!!! Ive been marking it on the door in our hallway.   Seamus went for his vet check and weighs 35 lbs at 5 months. The vet said he was a beautiful specimen of a bulldog!  We knew that !


Nicky is getting a little closer in proximity this week; they are almost playing together. This gives me hope.  I feel like one day they will be friends.  Gibbs is breaking Nicky down.


This week Gibbs went for walks on the leash successfully- however gangly and goofy he may be.  






 He loves to go outside, even in the bitter cold.  He especially loves to romp in the snow.





Nicky is asleep on the sofa while Gibbs plays in the family room. This old leather sofa and wall to wall may have to get replaced when puppy raising is done.. oh darn!



I hope you all are having a good weekend and that if you or your loved ones have been sick, as I hear many of you are, I pray you feel better soon and that your households are purged of this horrible flu going around!

Enjoy your Sunday.
Nancy

Saturday, January 26, 2013

Weekend Puppy Update

The Powell Brower zoo has 2 puppies I will keep you abreast of. Seamus, Bethany's 5 month old Bulldog puppy, now 35 lbs., is growing in leaps and bounds, and is as big now as his 4 year old "sister" Wilma.
Here's Seamus when she got him, and here he is now:








 I'm minding the crib over here with our new puppy Gibbs, who is 9 weeks old, and grew 2" taller this week! It was snowing out today and he sat out on the middle of the pool cover just looking up at the sky and catching snow flakes.  He has been a dream and is getting more rambunctious now that he is getting a little more confident. We really can't take our eyes off him, unless he is in the crate, cause he is exploring and starting to chew cords, shoes, etc.  Time to lay the smack down!  Here are this week's pictures.  Enjoy a little puppy love.










( too tuckered out to function, so he fell asleep over the arm of the couch onto the end table..)

Enjoy your weekend friends, and I hope you get a chance to savor your down time and relax.

xo Nancy

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