Flashback Friday

I ran across some more pictures of Winston as a pup - well he's still a pup, just not as itty bitty of a pup as he was! I was going to add them to my "Now and Then" post I did last week but figured I'd take a Que from a good friend of mine who blogs and do a Flashback Friday post!

It's crazy - Winston has gotten so much bigger and Dutch has gotten so much smaller thanks to her diet! She's on the Royal Canine Bulldog Formula and we've cut her portions and treats so she can get that girlish figure back! So far, so good!

This was Memorial Day of this year.

Baby Girl when we first brought her home - almost 2 years ago!

Aww! Dutchess's 1st Birthday! She had just had her eye surgery and was still healing - poor baby girl.

Puppy In Pampers!

Well I will start by saying Happy Thanksgiving to all! I got to spend my Thanksgiving surrounded by what I am most thankful for - my friends, family and of course my bullies! We got a special surprise this Thanksgiving morning. Dutchess is in her heat cycle! This is her 3rd heat cycle. I feel so bad for her! She's all mopey and depressed looking! Which may have to do a lot with the diaper and suspenders that she absolutely HATES! But I like to think that she's just plain puppy emotional. It's crazy to think of a dog going through the same symptoms that us lucky ladies get to experience on a monthly basis. But I swear - it's true. She's needy, restless, irritable, and very, very mopey.

We are going to talk to our Vet about possibly breeding in this cycle instead of waiting until her spring cycle as we originally planned! How exciting?! With me joining the vast number of unemployed individuals - also a recently new development in my world - the timing might just be right! Time will tell!

Winston is all VERY curious about this!

Sunday Morning

This sunny Sunday morning started out just as every Sunday morning should - with hot coffee and pancakes! Well, hot coffee for my husband and I, hot chocolate for Bradley! And of course NO coffee for the bullies. They did, however, share a pancake with a smear of peanut butter. Oh, how they love their peanut butter!

After everyone was stuffed with warm syrupy goodness and the morning mess was cleaned up I decided to take Dutchess on a quick walk to the end of the block for a paper. I would have loved to take both dogs but Winston has NOT learned leash manners well enough for me to be able to handle both bullies at one time on my own! I felt a horrible amount of guilt getting Dutchess all harnessed with Winston prancing beside me the entire time. This guilt only magnified by about 100x's when Dutch and I went on our way and I could hear Winston's crying from inside the house! Ugh, he's such a needy boy and has a heart wrenching whine!

How can you resist those puppy dog eyes?!

Now, I will say, Dutchess didn't seem bothered a bit about leaving baby brother crying behind and having some one on one girl time! She was in all her glory trotting to the corner paper stand. She had did her ritual sniff of every tree in passing and paused to greet a Black Lab doing laps along his fence line.

Does this face say "Care Free" to you?

I, of course, promptly took Winston on his own walk around the block when Dutch and I returned. And this walk only reinforced his need for leash training! As opposed to Dutchess's wiggly-butt, little trot - Winston would prefer to full out run the entire time! We made it around the block...but my arm was seriously wrenched from trying to keep him from pulling me around the block! Needless to say, leash training is definitely on the agenda for this week for me and little Winston!

Maybe this approach will work better:)

All is Well that Ends Well - Puppy Naps all around!

Let the snoring begin!

Saturday Somethings

Y It doesn't matter if you've been gone for hours or 15 minutes Bulldogs will greet you with the same level of ecstatic enthusiasm!

Y Winston stretched across my lap and Dutchess's head resting on my feet:)

Y I can call Dutchess from the other side of the living room and not even get a glance. I put one scoop of food into her dish in the kitchen and she bounds out of bed and barrels down the stairs. From our bedroom, upstairs on the opposite side of the house. There lies the science of the Bulldog sense of hearing.

Now and Then

It's so hard to believe that my baby girl will be 2 years old in a few months and my boy will turn 1! Where does the time go?

Now

Then

Now

Then

I wish I had a better picture of Winston - but he is still ALL puppy and spends very little time sitting still! He has so much more energy than Dutchess has ever had!