Gearing up for Ori's 5th Birthday!

Ori turns 5 on Saturday!  My little tripod is growing up!  We ordered a leash and collar from PB & J World and it came in a few weeks ago now.  (I still need to post pics!)  It's adorable on her and we've been using them for therapy class and when we travel.  I love having a stylish and matching leash/collar set for her!

Yesterday after class, Ori I visited the wall of toys and we picked out 2 new birthday toys for her.  She picked out a cow with 5 little squeakies and I picked a monkey toy made by kong for her.  I'm going to be kind of mean though first with the toys.  Before she gets to play with them and make them "hers" we need to work on "leave it" with a high value toy if we're ever going to have a prayer of passing the delta pet therapy test.  Leave it and the stay are our 2 biggest issues.  So we gotta dig in and work hard so we can pass this test!  I think she's going to visiting with people and we already have a nursing home lined up to go in and visit!  (thank you Christina!) 

Ori loves wubba like whoa. Wubba 2.0 unfortunately is on it's last leg and has been holding on for dear life for several weeks now.  It seems only fitting that O be allowed to destroy it however she wants to on her birthday!  We'll do our best to capture some of that fun footage!

Ori seems to be adjusting well to being the only dog.  She also continues to remind us of another very special little girl with her well timed sighs, Joan Rivers bark, and fantastic snuggling skills.  Ori truly knows how to make our hearts smile in her own right.  She loves life with a fabulous energy and vigor and I never tire of watching her explore and try new things.  (although I would be ok with her refraining from putting foreign objects in her mouth as fast as possible!)  She's a powerhouse when she plays, but we love playing and letting her blow off some steam chasing balls and playing fetch!

The weather was beautiful today and we were outside talking with neighbors for a little bit this evening.  Ori was chewing on a stick and then went into a sneezing frenzy.  Poor little thing had something stuck!  She eventually got it out, but she looked so panicked.  Not that it will keep her from doing it again though....

O's been loving the 3 day weekends she's been getting.  With me working some weekends, I've been getting Mondays off.  O gets the best deal.  I'm not complaining though.  I get a fabulous snuggle buddy who lets me sleep in til 9 or so on Monday mornings!

Our little adventure continues each and every day.... now with pretty little Ori and our family once again of 3....

Happy Birthday & Snuggly Pics

HAPPY 11TH BIRTHDAY MISS MOLLY! Here are some snuggle pictures to celebrate!


Tink & Molly were clearly hard at work while I was busy at class today. Here are some pics of them sharing a bed...ahem, almost snuggling over at Matt & Amanda's while they were visiting today! Pictures courtesy of Nick!

Awwwww

2 sleepy peas in a pod

Mollly hogging the bed (Hey, it's her b-day, right?)

Tink, can you really sleep like that?

This little girls are so good together... apparently Molly doesn't like other dogs very much (I apologize Alie and Plato!) I'm hoping in time we can work through some of those issues.... but one step at a time.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOLLY!!!

HAPPY GOTCHA DAY!!!

Ok, so yesterday marked our 3 year anniversary with the one and only Tinker! 3 years of love, fun and adventure! She received a gift card to petsmart from her generous friends Plato and Allie for Christmas... we may have to go shopping this weekend with her!!!

Funny and cute story about the little one in honor of her special day:
Yesterday evening after she had her last snack of the night (yummy raw treats!), we went back to bed as usual. Nick and I spent some time scratching and rubbing her little body and after we were done she boogied back down the hall. Of course we followed to see what the hurry was. Sure enough she went back to her bowl and rang it as she is accustomed to doing so when she wants a snack. We laughed and well knowing what I was reinforcing I gave her a little biscuit for being so cute and persistent. No sooner had she swallowed her treat when she boogied back down the hall to her bed. She knows what she wants and how to get it that's for sure!

We didn't have any cake or parties this year to celebrate, but we're learning that each day is a celebration in and of itself. A celebration of life, love, and family and of a cute little Boston name Tinker---my heart dog.

Happy Gotcha day and 12th Birthday Little One. Here's to many many more happy and healthy years to come!

Let her eat Cake!

We forgot the icecream... but we have more cake for tomorrow : )

Tinker's birthday cake, carob with peanutbutter icing

wait just a minute...

mmmm, tats gwood mmmmy

Let me help clean that up mum

Lick it clean!

I think she enjoyed it : )

Happy Gotcha/Rebirthday Tinker!!!!

We've had Tinker 1 year from today!!!! She started her Day by sleeping in bed with us (Nick said that when its really cold out she should sleep in bed so she doesn't get cold at night--he's come a long way too, but thats for another post : )
Breafast was kibble with some Nutro healthy dessert- Apple Torte variety.

Here are Tink's gifts we got her... we'll do cake and icecream later : )

What are we doing Mum?

Ooo, a photoshoot... not too sure about this

Her new rainbow collar

Here new reflective collar.
It's silver with a black snowflake design on the center...
you'll have to take my word for it : )

A handy dandy contraption to move her tags from collar to collar easily

Tinker's very own cookie ball!!! She's been playing with it on occasion all week ; )

The carob cake and cupcakes are ready along with peanut butter icing and some peanut butter ripple icecream for the party girl later on : ) I'm so glad she's ours!

We're also using today to celebrate her 10th birthday! Happy Gotcha Day! Happy Rebirthday!!! (I love that phrase Charli!) and Happy Birthday Little One!