My Funny Valentines

It's been quite a busy weekend! On Friday, the 12th, I turned 30. Because of Snowpacolypse I was still off work (which was nice that day!) and had dinner plans with Greg, Mom and Joe at the Tasting Room. While we were out at dinner, a bunch of my wonderful friends were at my house waiting to surprise me when I got home! And I was shocked- had no idea that this was going on!

It was such an awesome night, and one of the best things was that everyone got to finally meet the boys! They were definitely the life of the party, and the little guys slept like rocks that night. We generally get up 2-3 times per night to let them out (they bark to wake us up when they need to go potty), but that night, they slept 6+ hours! Guess we need to tire them out like that every night!
On Saturday we got a crate for the car. Up until yesterday, we've put them in a box, which has not been working well. Jackson does great riding in the car, but Lance is a nut. He won't sit still and is just a nervous wreck. We took them out to run a few errands, and the first stop was to get a crate at the evil Petsmart. Since you can bring dogs in there, we did- and it was sensory overload! They went crazy over the other dogs and sights and smells and had a great time. We immediately assembled the crate in Greg's SUV and put them in- and it worked like a charm! It must be the familiar environment- Lance was actually calm and fell right asleep! (And of course, Jackson was great.) We made sure to exhaust them again before bedtime that night, and got almost 7 hours of uninterrupted sleep! I really hope this trend continues...
Today is Valentines day, and i couldn't ask for two better Valentines than Jackson and Lance. And Greg too, of course. :) We went to Central Dawgma, which is this awesome holistic/natural pet supply store off Patrick Street, to get some dog food and supplies. While we were there, we figured we'd also take advantage of the self-serve dog wash. For $8, we got to wash the boys, and had a great selection of organic shampoos, ear and eye cleaner, etc. and had a lot of laughs. To say that Jackson hated the bath would be an understatement. Lance was a little bit better, but both were terrified of the dryer. The boys looked so clean and fluffy after and smelled so much better- it was totally worth it!

The staff at Central Dawgma were great- very knowledgeable and helpful and gave a lot of great information. They didn't have Nature's Logic in stock, but could special order it (or pretty much anything) for us. They had a great selection of raw food, but we are pretty well stocked on that. We like to alternate between that and dry food- so we decided to buy something different. We settled on Origen- which seemed to be the best option, and is pretty close to what they are used to eating. So we'll see how they like it! We also got a new water dish-
Lance and Jackson have a habit of knocking over the water bowl and carrying it into one of the crates. The one we got can't be tipped over and has a round edge, so they can't pick it up with their mouths. We had a good laugh tonight watching them trying to figure out how to pick it up. Obviously, they couldn't. :)