Puppy classes.

 

Three puppies. All close in age.  Weird there were two chocolate labs there.  The other one is Penny Poppins, she is two weeks younger.  The collie is Taco.  

Mabel's skill set was higher.  She learned new concepts in seconds.  She was the most distracted of the three and the only one to pee.  She did ask to go out and then peed by the door.  So it went good in some ways, not in others.  

Eric was not delighted.  Too much pressure.  Too many people.  Too many voices.  Confusing for him and Mabel.  Fei agrees.  So next week will be just me and Mabel.

Theses two couldn't play.  Cleared by vets to play next week.  

Phew.  That was exhausting.

The jowels dropping open kill me.  

Mabel at the Vet

 

Wellness check, vaccines and kennel cough.  One more booster in 10 days.  No feets on common ground for 10 more days.  We're getting there.

Mabel says this place isn't so bad.  She got a lick mat during the butt examination and vaccine part.  She was pretty excited about that.  I promptly came home and ordered one from Amazon.

Missy is VERY healthy. 

She wasn't too concerned about it all.

Even took time for a wee siesta while we chatted.

She was a perfect angel.

Love our vet.  He was pleased for us that she isn't a rescue :)  Deemed her very alert and very clever. He is partial to labs. 

20 lbs.

Not spaying until three months after her 1st heat.

It's all good in Mabel's world.

I told the ladies at the desk that Mabel has a TikTok.  One of them doesn't have that app so asked me to show her.  I showed her one that has 6500 views and another one that is super funny.  They told the Dr before he came in because he thought she should focus on her classes and future possible service dog status instead of being a TikTok star.  Lol.  Fei says why not both?

If anyone wants to see or follow she is mabelthechocolate

Fei has lots of ideas but limited time available.

I may have laughed WAY too hard at the digging video.  

Storm Damage

 

Branch.

Lost a tree and it flattened my little Maple.  Sigh.  We have so few trees.

Lili and I blissfully missed it all.

Thankful the house is ok and we still have power.

Pentatonix

 

Have I mentioned on here yet where Miss Lili works now?

She is a Jr Accountant at Hullo.

A fabulous step up in her career and it comes with fabulous perks.

We have been enjoying lots of Vancouver trips.  Lili heads over almost every weekend :)

Our plan for dinner was Between 2 Buns for renowned burgers.  However, our Uber dropped us right in front of the New Town Bakery.  So, Lemon chicken, goyza and steamed buns it was.  Haha.

Lili has been a fan since her early teens.  This was her Shawn Cassidy.  They did not disappoint.  Fabulous show.  Fabulous talent.

There was a lot of audience participation.  We all made a TikTok together.  That was fun.  Waiting to see it online.

The waters were calm.  Boats weren't cancelled.  We made it on the 9 this morning.  We didn't see any sign of storms over here.

When Lili and I left, Missy was a beast.  Chasing us, untying our shoes, refusing to let go of pants and laces.  Leaping and lunging at our faces when we reached down to save clothing.  I yelled up to Fei that we were leaving.  She sent me this picture right after we left.  Yup, again, the crazy pup was tired.  

I was excited to be leaving her behind.

Fei took her for a play date with Momo.  The puppies played hard for two hours.

She crashed on the way home.  Awe.

Then she napped in her kennel for 2 and 1/2 hours!  Unheard of.

Eric just sent me this picture this morning.  Awe.  Now I miss her.

13 weeks

 

13 weeks today and 19lbs.

A wee nap while we wait for Luk.

There he is!  My boy.

Waiting for the boys.  Kai is out at 2:45 and Luk at 3:20.

Kai won 2nd place in the Connect 4 tournament at his after school social group.

Kennel sleeping is getting better.

The Chihuahuas had hair cuts, toes and baths.  Mabel just had toes done.  She watched with mild interest.  Fei was feeding treats throughout.

New routine.  She gets the puzzle and I get six minutes to eat my lunch in peace.

Hillarious.

Progress.

Squeaky ball.

She has been squeaking for 10 minutes.  It's annoying but way better than being pounced on and bit.

Stormy day.  Power out this morning.  Lili and I are supposed to go to Vancouver tomorrow.  Fingers crossed.  It's not looking good right now.

Lili found Disney Ducks on sale.  We video chatted while I picked some out. What am I collecting them for?  I have no clue.  So far they're all in a box.  

I made a plan for the family xmas photo.  Trying to get all of us in the same room to take the photo is the tricky part.  

Postpartum?

 

Enjoying her snack - Jia's homework.

Mabel says "No, you may not have it back."  We don't know the trick for 'release'.  I ran to get cookies for a trade.

It is cute AND exhausting.

More cuteness.

Later in the day she tried to join Sassy on her little bed by just pounding up and laying on her.  I choose to believe she was attempting a cuddle.

I don't typically lose things.  I had the Commander key on Saturday.  It has the house key attached.  I couldn't lock the door yesterday.  Lost them.  I had a frustrating day with one of the kids, super frustrating time with Mabel and then searched for way too long for the very expensive key.  So yesterday brought about an ugly, sobbing cry session.   Eric found them in my vest pocket. I forgot about the vest and only checked my coat. Sigh.

She tormented me all day.  Nipping, biting, pouncing, hanging on my clothing and then repeat 40 more times.  Then all cute for Fei.

I think she hates me.  Or loves me most.  Who knows.  I clearly don't speak her language.

We clearly spend too much time together.  Poor Coco has moved upstairs.  We gave up and put food and water up there for her.  Coco requires a stable dog.  Mabel is no where near calm and stable.  Mabel has targeted Coco big time.  Actually she has targeted me, Kai and Coco.

My crying melt down included me demanding the family toughen up and endure her crying in the crate.  It is getting better.  She only screams for 10 minutes and then sleeps about half an hour.  So many short naps.  She is such a light sleeper.  At night she still wakes up 3 times a night.

This nap was only 15 minutes.

This puzzle bought me about six minutes of peace.  Then she took the whole thing to Jia in the kitchen.

She loves it outside but she just eats the whole time.  Sticks, rocks, dirt, leaves and roots.

Jia says I have postpartum.  Haha.  Maybe.  Eric, Fei and Jia are convinced there is a good dog in there.  I'm in the trenches and I'm losing the war.

She gets her 2nd vaccination on Monday.  Getting her out and about more will tire her brain.  She gets plenty of zoomie and yard time at home.  She is all lab and WAY more interested in people.  There aren't many people in the yard.

I completely forgot how awful big puppy energy is.

Anyone want to dog sit?

In other news, we ordered Squirrel some led headlights and a WINCH.  I did not see the day that I would be excited about a winch. We also ordered some bitter apple spray to deter Mabel.  Right now she is relentlessly after the heating water pipes, the brick hearth, the metal bathtub, the wiring for the electronics on Eric's chair and the hinge on one of the baby gates.

I get to go away on Saturday.  Lili and I are going to see Pentatonics in Vancouver.  A wee escape.  I'll probably end up missing the fur baby.  Right now I'm picking up the boys and want to get back to see if she napped in the crate.