Take your doggie to work day(s)!

The kids in the veterinary science class do dog-grooming periodically, and staff can bring in their dogs to be groomed by the kids. I planned on bringing the boys in on the same day at first, but then thought better of it- they would be a lot better behaved individually. :)
I brought Jackson with me yesterday and he hung out in my classroom for part of 1st period, and then was off to be groomed. He ran around the classroom and the kids LOVED him. He was brought back to me a few hours later, looking handsome as ever! They bathed, trimmed, clipped and pampered him. The kids did a great job and the best part is, it was free! Here are some photos of Jackson from the day:

Running around my classroom before leaving to be groomed:

Right after his grooming (not so great at posing for the "after" picture):

Completely conked out... too much fun

 

Lance came in today for his turn to be groomed. He was a little nervous about all of the people crowding the hallways and all of the attention and stayed by my side for a while. He lightened up and played with the kids and then went off  for his grooming. I was told that he did a great job and had a ball.

Here's a photo of Lance before his beauty treatment:

And after (such a handsome boy!!):

Another exhausted pup. :)



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Birthday photos

Here are some photos that I took of the boys yesterday afternoon/evening:

The boys playing in the backyard:

Patiently waiting for the birthday festivities to begin:

Sharing a new hemp bone!! (It lasted barely 20 minutes. This is why we only buy WestPaw or Kong toys.)

Lance with the new toy before the boys tore a big hole in it:

The birthday cake (from Two Paws Up). We even sang "Happy Birthday.":

Greg cut the cake in half. The boys wait eagerly for a slice:

And they dig in!

Mmmmmm.... cake.......

Lance got it all over himself.

Jackson had peanut butter all over his tounge. It was hilarious!!

Lance has peanut butter all over his face:

Can I have some more??

Happy Birthday, boys!!



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Happy Birthday to Lance and Jackson!!

I've been really horrible about keeping up with blog posts. I can blame it on nothing else but having an incredibly busy life that leaves me exhausted and not wanting to blog at the end of the day.
But, today is the boys' first birthday- and it definitely deserves a blog post!

I can't believe they are already a year old- as cliche as it sounds, it seems like only yesterday we were picking them up at just eight weeks old! They've grown SO much in that time- it's just amazing. I haven't weighed either of the boys in a while, but would guess that they are around 75 lbs. each. (They were just over 10 lbs. when we brought them home). I look back at the photos and my heart melts when I see a photo of me holding one (or both!) of them - I definitely can't do that now! (Like this photo below):

While I miss their young puppy stage and being able to pick them up and cuddle, I love where they are at now. They are definitely still puppies- they have crazy amounts of energy and still do some "bad" puppy things. But, they really have matured a great deal in the past year. Lance and Jackson still get REALLY excited when people come over, but they calm down quickly. They are able to just sit around and be calm inside most of the time and finally do not destroy everything in sight.

Here's a photo of the sleepy boys this morning right after they woke up:

Anyway, so the big news for us is that we bought a house! We still own the townhouse (and have a tenant renting it) but we are living in our new single-family home and loving it! We moved on November 13th. I need to take some new photos of the house since we moved in, but older photos can be seen here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/27484689@N05/sets/72157624924258265/ (I also posted this same link back in October- it's the same photos!)

The pups absolutely LOVE the new house. They made themselves at home right away. The best thing is the backyard- it's big and fenced in and they just love to run around and play. And we love it because it leaves them tired and exhausted at the end of the day!

I will try to take more photos today and post them later, and really hope to be better about blogging more often!

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