Jaya and Jazzy's 4 Month Birthday

Saturday was Jaya and Jazzy's 4 month birthday.  It is the age at which the pups begin to go many places they couldn't before, so for the big celebration we took the pups to Bearlake.  

It is easy to tell these pups are sisters, they are alike in so many ways; Ryan and I had to look at their tags to see which dog we had.  While they played it seemed that they did not know who was who either.  Jaya was chewing on her own foot at one time and Jazzy really liked to lick Jaya's ears. Yuck! 

When we began driving to Bearlake Jazzy and Jaya were already tired and slept all the way.  For the last half of the drive Jazzy and Jaya lay intertwined on the passenger's seat floor.  They were sleeping with paws crossed over and each one had their paw on the other's face. 

Once we arrived the puppies were so excited to get out on the beach and explore.  We headed straight toward the water, but Jazzy and Jaya were not sure what to think of all this water, and all the sand that looked so tasty to them.

They played tug and wrestle in the water, but neither of them really liked getting splashed and they could not figure out how to stop that.  While walking in and out Jaya would lift her feet high up in the air everytime as if she were trying not to hurt the sand underneath.  They liked to sneak up on each other and then pounce towards each other.  They started crouching down...

Then...pounced, splashed, and tackled!

Ryan and I had fun with them too.  I took each of them out deep enough where they could barely touch the bottom so that they could try swimming.  Jazzy did NOT like it.  Jaya was not sure what to think, but she swam around a few times before deciding it was not great.

This is Jaya swimming....

After a lot of play in the water AND the sand, it was definitely time for a nap.  Jaya chose the nice comfy and clean, previous to her getting on, blanket.  (Not really, it already had sand all over it). 

While Jaya was taking a nice afternoon nap I caught Jazzy being a curious pup.  I am not sure what she was looking for, but soon she had her head in the sand and her back end barreling up in the air.

.....Result..............................

They played one last game in the water and then we headed home with two very tired puppies, Ryan was pretty tired too.

After we arrived home we had to get all of that sand out of their fur, so we gave them a bath, TOGETHER!  They did not like it, but hopefully it helped that the other pup was in the tub with them.

They had a GREAT time playing together!

Jazzy and Willy's weekend

Willy and Jazzy had a fun filled weekend.  We took them to a fenced area and let them play together outside.  The two crazy puppies somehow got stuck playing tug around a tree.  I think the tree was winning.

They loved to play tug together, and usually with the least attractive and most slobbery tug toy.  Their favorite toys to steal from each other was the long straight white one and the sterilized bone, but it really just depended on which one the other puppy wanted.  Jazzy was not a very good attacker so she was usually on the bottom.  When she did attack, she would sneak up really slowly and then leap onto Willey, but only to land like a floating feather.  Willy didn't really even pay attention.

Since it was the weekend we all slept out on the floor in the living room.  Willy on one side of the room on a doggy bed and jazzy on the other side of the room in her bed.  And I was stuck in the middle.  At one time in the middle of the night I recall both dogs breathing into my opposing ears.  But they were so good.  We had a fun time. 

On Sunday we took them to the river walk and let Willy play around in the water.  He loved swimming!  Afterward he came inside ready for some more playing, but Jazzy went straight to napping.

Canine Carnival

All the puppies had a great time at the Canine Carnival.   They almost out numbered the people so some us had to handle two or three at a time.  It was quite tricky, but the puppies sure loved playing together.

Jazzy, Jaya, and Nigella had a great time playing in the puppy pen.  While Jazzy and Jaya played Nigella would often navigate herself into the opposite corner to pose for pictures.  She really is quite the diva.  In order to pose perfectly for the camera she had to steer clear of the crazy black puppies.

After playing and receiving a lot of attention they all decided it was time to take a nap together.

While the three small puppies took a nap Jakota was playing musical hula hoops.  It's a good thing she didn't win because the prize was dog icecream.

The "Big Boys", Fallon and Willy were left sleeping by the tent.  Fallon woke up for a minute and he must have been slobbering because when he sat up there were pine needles stuck to the side of his face.

After the agility dogs finished their competitions, the guide puppies went to play on the equipment.  Although not all the puppies thought it was fun.

We got a couple of the pups to go through the tunnels and two almost right together.  Once Jazzy began speeding through the tunnel, Willy decided it didn't look so bad, so he followed her through.  Somehow, I caught a picture of Jazzy running through the tunnel and Fallon leaping out the end.

The next mission for the day was to get all the puppies together for pictures, but without people. 

It wasn't going really well so many of the leads were hooked to Fallon.  He did a pretty good job of keeping them together, but I don't know if he enjoyed it. 

We gave the puppies some water in Willy's small bowl to get them together.  It definitely drew all of their attention, but they had quite the time trying to drink at the same time.  

And those were the best group puppy pictures out of  several!!!  That is what you expect of dogs though, especially six of them together.

The two sisters sure were cute together.   

Unlike Nigella, Jazzy doesn't really like to pose, but she sure did hold still well for this photo:

  It had been a long day for all of the puppies.  After we arrived back home Willy thought it would be fun to cool off in the pool.

Willy and Jazzy's Napping Time

One of the things Ryan likes the very most about puppies is when they nap together.  Early  Sunday afternoon Ryan said that the only way that Jazzy and Willy would nap together was if Willy was lying down and tired and Jazzy went and curled up next to him (because that is what she likes to do with us, she LOVES to snuggle up close when she sleeps, she likes to lay on top of us and press her body up against ours).  Just about an hour later, Ryan left the room for a minute and it happened.  Both of the puppies were lightly napping and then Jazzy slowly got up and moved over towards Willy.  Then she went close and sat right next to him, sitting in his lap.  After just a second, Jazzy slowly pushed herself into a tight curl against Willy.  She then straightened her head out over his arms and then Willy laid his head over her neck.  It was super cute.  They just laid there; I wish I had had my camera.  After just a minute Ryan opened the door to return to the room and they jumped up, so he didn’t get to see anything.  He was so disappointed. 

It really was super cute how Jazzy slowly maneuvered herself into a curl in Willy’s lap; she made each move slowly to make sure that it was going to be ok with Willy.  Then when she finally curled up next to him he not only accepted it, but I think he liked snuggling too.  Ryan wanted to recreate it.  I told him there was no way he could recreate that, but he tried anyway.  The closest he got was them lying next to each other, but not napping or curled up close.   I did get a picture of when Ryan tried to recreate it.

He is still trying to get then to nap together right now!

Jazzy and her Grandparents

Jazzy loves to spend time with her grandmas and grandpas. She loves Grandma Karen and Grandpa Bruce! And… Grandma Kaylene and Grandpa Marvin (Audrey’s parents).

Over Labor Day Jazzy stayed at Karen and Bruce’s house and had so much fun. She got to run around in the yard, play with Chad, and of course snuggle. Karen took Jazzy out one morning and Jazzy even picked up the newspaper for them.

 Jazzy likes to pick things up and carry them with her. One of the things she likes to carry around the most is her leash. We often have a drag line on her and sometimes when she is going from one place to another she likes to pick up the end of the leash and take it with her. It’s as if she was thinking “Well, if you are going to keep following me I guess I will just pick you up and take you with me”. She will also go and get a leash and bring it to me, Ryan, or directy to the door.  Then she looks at us as if to say "alright let's go".

Jazzy at Grandpa Marvin, Grandma Kaylene, and Daisy's house.  They love it when she comes to visit. They love to play tug with her, snuggle with her, and even let her lick them.

Nose to nose with Daisy

A good lick in the face

Enter Nigella!

She entered with a bang (that was on the head!)

We believe that she is named after Nigella Lawson, a British food critic whose name was taken from the combination of her father's name, Nigel, and her mother's name, Vanessa. Check out of the Food Network channel on TV for the real deal. With a British sire like Guidewell Tetley, our little ball of fluff is certain to act royally.  She came with a goose egg on top of her head that slowly resided.  She really "stirs the pot" with the old gray hair dogs that reside at this house. For right now we are just trying to adjust to the name and not call her "Jelly", "Anjelly", "Nano", or "Puppppppy", etc.

Jazzy's pool play before bedtime.

Jazzy loves the pool, even without any water.  She was running in those fast crazy circles and ended up diving in the pool with all of her toys. 

So this is what happened once she got to the pool............

First she sticks her end in the air and hovers her head towards her toys.....

Then....Backs up to sit on a very unbalanced side of the pool.

(actually she was mostly sitting in the air with slight support from the side of the pool).....

Then....the obvious happens!  She falls in, the pool flips up, and the toys go everywhere. 

Afterward she looked a bit shaken up and grass was stuck to her wet nose.

Then it was time to get ready for bed.