Warm Wishes for the Holidays

It is Christmas Eve and I do hope that everyone is settling in for Santa to come. At my house we are patiently waiting and we even have some christmas snow!

I was so happy to recieve all of the cards you sent and have displayed them all over the house

The dogs had a great time sniffing the cards and everyone here enjoyed seeing where all the cards were from and what they looked like. It has been pretty busy here but we hope to have some new features to the blog in the new year.

We were saddened to hear about the loss at The Pittie Pack and I send best wishes to them during this time. The pittie pack lost 5 members during an awful fire and blogville has been wonderful in helping them. It is truly amazing what people will do in a time of need and the spirit of giving will help them I'm sure.

On behalf of the crew and myself we wish everyone a merry christmas and a happy new year

Not too late for wordless wednesday are we?

Oh Sophie

We have always let Sophie get away with more things than Koda. Mostly because she is so much smaller and doesn't shed that she usually gets run of the house. Its funny though because she then takes the initiaive to break many more rules that are in place for both of them, like cruising the table top, barking, biting, and running away when off leash. Of course these are all rules that have never ever changed for her.

You all know that we finally were sick of her behaviour and decided to enroll her in Petsmart training classes which were great......when we were there. At home she thought that listening was only when she wanted to. This all changed when Iwent away for 5 weeks and for those of you who don't believe in Alpha dog this will convince you. I am top dog..always never changes but when I'm not around Sophie takes over. She ended up attacking my Mom when she would wake my sister up in the mornings. So things needed to change and fast!

I made the following new rules for her;

1. Sleep in crate at night

2. Stay in crate when everyone is gone from the house

3. Tied up when outside ALWAYS

4. Must sit before going outside, coming inside, playing, snuggling, eating...anything she wanted to do

To be honest she was slightly confused at first like why do I have to do this, but once she understood that she needed to give in order to get, she was on a roll. I still have to ask her to sit but sometimes she does it on her own. I know she hates being in her crate so much so I make sure that she has a bone, toy and some hidden treats in there during the day. Most of all we are ALL consistent on the rules so it is being reinforced all the time. Its working slowly but surely maybe by christmas Santa will be able to bring her gifts for being good.

We have also been working hard on all the season greeting cards we have for the card exchange. I am really enjoying seeing where all the bloggers are from and a few are just hours away from me. It is really and truely a great way to get to know other bloggers. I should be mailing them out next week! We recieved our very first card from Minnie and Mack and the entire family was excited to see where the card was from and who it was from. We can't wait to recieve all the others!

EEEEEEKKK SNOW!

We got our first dusting of snow last week but it didn't stay long. It was a nice reminder of the wonderful snow to come. I just love snow at christmas time it makes everything seem less dull and cold. We also put up the christmas lights on the house, I will get a picture soon. My 13 year old brother climbed up on the roof to do it and was very proud until he realized that he forgot to check the last set of lights before putting them up and half of them didn't work. So back on the roof he went. The christmas spirit is starting, I am loving Micheal Buble's christmas album and have heard some good things about Justin Bieber/Usher's christmas album. It will soon be time to get out the house decorations but I think we will start with the snowmen to encourage more snow to come for us to play in!

I finished my first placement for school last week and will miss all the little ones. I was happy to come back to my job for sure since I missed all the kids there too. It was nice to have new songs and games to play with them. The semester will be all wrapped up within the next threee weeks and it will be nice to have some time before the next semester without any homework to do.

I am still working at Petsmart and loving it. I really enjoy meeting all the customers and their pets as well as helping them find products that work for them. Of course I am not above sending them elsewhere if we do not carry what they are looking for. My cashier skills are getting better too and hopefully they will continue to grow. I am looking forward to getting my dog training in the new year as well. Overall it seems like one of the best part-time jobs I have ever had.

Sorry the crew and I have not been around much to comment but we have been reading and keeping up with everyone's blogs. We also joined the Christmas Card exchange so you can send a card to Blair or to Jack, Sophie, Koda, Indy and myself or all of us together. We look forward to sending out our cards as well. A big thanks to everyone who helped put it together, it is a wonderful way for bloggers to connect.

A Little Bit of Everything

I hope that everyone had a great halloween! I dressed up to handout candy and of course dressed up Indy too. We waited ever so patiently all night but only had 20 trick or treaters.

I am amazed at how fast time is going, only one more week and a half left of my placement. I will certainly miss the kids but I will be happy to get back to my daycare! I am almost completed all of my assignments and am not feeling too rushed. I am keeping up with all my other classes and keeping my grades up which is a wonderful feeling. I am even looking forward to signing up for next semesters classes and a sign language class. I am just loving the idea of signing and eventually being able to sign fluently enough to get a job within a deaf school. That is my new goal!

Work at petsmart is still going good although I swear that I make as much as I spend! After cleaning up after the kitties I have finally coming to the realization that I am indeed ALLERGIC TO KITTIES! I know I'm shocked too! I have always just written off the itchy eyes and nose to the cats shedding and having them up in my face but on sunday I had all 10 cats out of their cages at the same time and eventually had to open a window in order to breathe. So this writes off any cat hoarding I had planned in my life but it certainly will not stop me from owning cats that is for sure.

Full Post Friday

Wow it has been an amazing last two weeks, I couldn't believe how fast they have gone. I started my placement within a daycare located in a high school. I am in a junior preschool classroom so the children are about 2-3 years old and boy are they cute. I am loving the emergent curriculum yet still miss theme. It is very neat to see it put into practice compared to just reading the theories. Of course all the children are excited for Halloween and the costume ideas are too funny. They range from witch ballerinas to super-bunnies and pirate spider man. I have also been laughing lots as these guys have the funniest things to say like;

"I'm not cross no more"

(upon being asked why he was sad)

"What can I do for you"

(after hearing name called)

My favorite being "dip" after the child

reached his fork and meatball into the

sauce on my plate instead of their own!

The work load is a lot but I am handling it so far, I will be happy to be completed placement in a few weeks just for that. Otherwise I am perfectly content doing my placement.

Wordless Wednesday

"Rope, Koda get your rope"

Poor guy just looked at me with this sad quizzical look on his face as if to say

"my rope, what rope, my rope is gone"

Luckily we got the replacement last spring, didn't think that rope toys could last seven years

but I guess if you love them enough they will