New Year's Resolutions Of The Fur-babies!

Piper is up first...

Dear world that reads this blog, in the new year I hope to meow louder than ever, acquire more of my little brother's food, and have more patience to not take him out!

 Shown contemplating her little brother's fate!

Landon is up next...

Dear everyone that reads this...Nice to meet you all! I'm that crazy haired little dude my mom features on this blog all the time! Now for my resolutions: I will be set on getting more toys, more naps, more love, and enjoying every second of running from trouble. Have a pawesome New Year!

 Shown contemplating running from trouble.

 

 

Bye, bye 2018, hello 2019!

Quick Snap...Monday(I missed Sunday)

Did you say I get champagne tonight? I don't know what it is but I'm up for it. Go ahead pour me a glass!

Anyone out there have any big plans? We are staying in with our two little fur-babies. We will play games and maybe watch a movie. It's just a party of two with two furries...so technically a party of 4! Landon will stay up with us. But Piper will be asleep. She'll likely wander in at times but sleep most of the celebration away. We made the decision to keep to ourselves this year since Christmas Eve didn't go quite as good as I hoped.

Here's a big piece of advice after all guests leave your Christmas Eve event and your husband starts to blame you for the issues that occurred during the event DON'T snicker with disbelief. It doesn't help matters! I was so shocked that I was receiving the blame I couldn't help but do one of those little laughs of disbelief. Which didn't go over well...believe me! After 6 years of marriage I have learned a few things though. A big lesson I've learned is just take the blame. Even though you are 100% CERTAIN you were NOT the problem of the evening just agree that you were the problem.

"Yes honey, I was an arrogant drill sergeant."
"Yes honey, I was a control freak."
"Yes honey, I ruined Christmas Eve."
"Yes honey, I also pray everyday Landon doesn't get any of my bad habits like Cody did."

Agree! JUST AGREE!...because your husband has to feel better about things someway, somehow. So take the blame and move on! Understanding he has no one else in this house to blame and he has to get things off his chest, even if those things are misdirected.

Anyway, I look forward to a night of fun in which I do not receive any blame at the end! Let's pop some corks! ;)

Side Note, just in case Cody still has access to the blog where he's at...to Cody, I'm sorry you got dissed along with your mommy the other day. You were a champ that simply marched to the beat of your own little drummer...I wouldn't have wanted you to be any other way. Hugs and kisses big man!

Get Ready....Brr

Early this morning it was really cold in our house, the temps dropped quite a bit overnight. It's turning colder as the New Year approaches. I was in disbelief when I looked at the temp in the house earlier. We went to bed without the heater on and woke up to an extreme chill in the air. While waiting for it to warm up in here I covered Landon up on the couch but he quickly got out of the covers and came over to cuddle up on my lap. I then covered him up again. Can you say spoiled? He's on my lap and covered up.

He got a new bed for his first Christmas. Actually I should say, he got his first bed for his first Christmas. We have successfully made the switch too! He now sleeps in his own bed versus sleeping in a basket with blankets. Yep, he's been sleeping in a basket. It might sound weird but it's been a great thing. The most appealing part of the basket is...he can't get out of it. He still can't get out of it at 5 months old. It's been an ideal thing to make sure he stays in a specific area at night but yet it's not a crate. He's not actually "caged" up.

Brad is not a fan of crates. I think crates have a purpose but I'm not a big fan either. The crate we currently have was bought big enough for the pugs to share. They shared it in the SUV, transporting the two of them together was the only time it was used. So I guess that's when I think crates come in handy. I've never crated any of my dogs when I leave the house. I think it's just simply not enough room for a dog to move around. Since Cody was a baby pug I have used the section off method. Used it with both pugs and now I use it with Landon. He gets sectioned off when we leave. Enough room to play and move about yet not get into anything.

Raise your hand if you have been quite lazy the last couple of days. Although the weather hasn't helped promote a high level of activity. Yesterday was decent but Wednesday it rained all day long. I guess I should mention we are enjoying Christmas vacation like lots of other people. Brad reports back to work on the 3rd. Wednesday and Thursday were spent for us almost completely at home. Perhaps today we'll get out and about a little more. I have two Christmas gifts waiting to be returned. But those go back to the mall and isn't the mall always extra busy when kids are out of school?  Not sure that's gong to get done til late next week. :)

Oh and get ready if you are in the DFW areas. Christmas may have been beautiful but the New Year is supposed to start off quite cold. Starting today, it's already gotten colder. However, the first few days of the year...it's supposed to be super cold. On my weather app for next Wednesday and Thursday it has a picture of a thermometer with snowflakes surrounding it. Thank you weather app, message received. I will stock up on soup ingredients and other necessities before New Year's day arrives. And no walking my little dude those days. He doesn't have a heavy coat yet. Beyond the lack of coat for him though is the fact that he's a PUPPY. He has no business in any extreme temp while still in his puppy year. We'll be playing lots of fetch indoors during the extreme cold days. :) 

Christmas Pics

Just a handful of quick snaps from our Christmas morning.

 

 LOL! Does this elf look familiar at all? It's a Brad Elf! Landon completely freaked out seeing this. Piper was rather curious how daddy got into elf form.

 Piper and a new toy mouse! Which Landon loved just as much as her.

 Landon jumping at my camera and Piper getting out of the way, while Brad looks on.

 Piper contemplating taking Landon's new Christmas monkey.

 He stole something...a Santa hat!

Merry Christmas to all! Hope everyone reading this enjoys a wonderful and very merry time with family!

Hope to add another message later today with a few pics! Until then....once again:

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

Quick Snap Sunday

Landon met Santa today. As we stood in line to see Santa I wondered how it would all play out? At times Landon is a little apprehensive when meeting new people, other times he acts like the new person is his long lost friend. Santa got the long lost friend greeting. Lovebug Landon was overjoyed to meet Santa. Likely thinking with that big beard Santa is almost as hairy as he is. LOL! I think Santa kind of liked Landon too. And Santa's elves definitely liked my little lovebug. Landon was overjoyed to meet anyone and everyone during our little outing. I know Landon had a great time telling Santa all his wants and needs for Christmas but his human mommie had just as much fun.

We came home to a bit of a grumpy daddy though, he wasn't happy he missed out on the Santa outing. And now his Cowboys just lost. So yeah...he's still grumpy! LOL! It's okay though because I'm in the process of making a large batch of one of his favorite Christmas candies that I make. Brad will be happy about the candy at least.

Side Note 1: I did get a more "professional" pic of Landon with Santa, which shows the full Christmas set much better. However, for this blog I will post only a quick snap I took with my camera.

Side Note 2: The answer to yesterday's post is none other than the older one. Piper prematurely tore into a Christmas gift. I'm sure most would have assumed it was Landon, since he's the young pup. However his sister has been much more likely to bother the tree and the gifts than him.

The Opened Gift

With a puppy and a relatively young cat in our household it was bound to happen this Christmastime. A gift sitting under the Christmas tree was opened prematurely. I heard some playful behavior going on around the Christmas tree then a brief few seconds later I heard the sound of paper tearing. As I made my way to the area of where our Christmas tree stands there was one guilty pet and one innocent pet. It was obvious to me, which was which at first glance of them. The guilty one had a look of "oh no, what did I just do" on her/his face. The innocent one had already distanced themselves from the guilty one and had a look on her/his face that said, "it wasn't me".

Which is which? Who was guilty? Who was innocent? The answer will be revealed tomorrow in the Quick Snap Sunday post. 

School and Anniversary

Tomorrow is a noteworthy day for Landon and his humans. It's our anniversary...#6...the iron anniversary. It is also a noteworthy day for little Landon as he starts his next round of school. I hope the weather is better tomorrow than it's been today. It's been nasty out today: rainy, windy, and cold. Fingers-crossed for improved weather tomorrow to take Landon out in for school and for us as we go out to celebrate our anniversary.

Just in time for his next round of classes I decided to give him a haircut. His 2nd puppy haircut ever, courtesy of his mommie. I didn't cut his hair too short. I kind of like his "fluffball" look, plus it's winter, don't want him to get too cold. Truth be told he probably could have waited another 7-10 days but I'll be super busy next week and obviously Christmas week so I decided to get him trimmed up today.

I'm currently typing this on a Friday evening because Brad needed to go anniversary shopping. He's really struggling with finding an "iron" gift. I tried to help him. I gave him a short list of things to satisfy the "iron" gift part. I even sent him a pic while I was out Christmas shopping one day and happened to come across the perfect gift for yours truly. LOL! So I'm confused why he is struggling so much with this gift? He must be overthinking it. Poor guy! Keep it simple, honey, keep it simple! 

The Chick Flick

Last night my husband walked into our bedroom kind of late, later than usual, as I had been sitting in bed reading for quite some time. With a bit of a grumble he announced, "I'm mad at you?" With surprise, I questioned why? Because I've been as good as pie! :)

Brad went on to explain why..."You left that chick flick on the TV when you went to bed. Then I turned off the movie to play a game. But I quickly decided I wanted to see how the movie ended so I turned the movie back on. Then I decided I wanted some ice cream while I watched the rest. I even paused it to get me some ice cream. Then I was sitting there eating my ice cream and got cold so I covered up with your girly throw you keep on our couch. I'm so embarrassed. I think I lost my man card tonight by watching a chick flick and eating ice cream. Now I'm extra late getting to bed. It's all your fault."

Guess what my response was to all this...I laughed! I laughed and laughed and laughed. Then I asked him to earn back some of his "man card" points by going to cover up our pup-pup so he doesn't get cold during the night. LOL!

In case anyone is wondering what chick flick it was that grabbed Brad's attention and wouldn't let go: My Best Friend's Wedding with Julia Roberts and Cameron Diaz.

Menu Brainstorming

I have been brainstorming my Christmas Eve menu. Just when I think I have it figured out, I then overthink an aspect of the meal and I'm back to the start of brainstorming. I finally thought I had the menu figured out earlier today, however, Brad's response wasn't too positive. His remarks were, "too simple" and "that's not Christmas food". So you guessed it...back to brainstorming.

For me growing up in Phoenix in the desert at Christmas Eve we had food that would have been more appropriately served in Spring or Summer not Winter. Roast beef sandwiches was the star of the dinner paired with my grandma's homemade cabbage salad. That cabbage salad featured pickles and large chunks of cheese. I HATE pickles. As a kid I would get a helping of cabbage salad only to eat the large chunks of cheese leaving the rest. We also had fruit salad or sometimes cranberry Jell-O salad. It's still a mystery to me as to why that fruit salad was hailed as being so darn good in my family. Sorry to my family, for that comment! But I was never a fan of the fruit salad. As for dessert after the gift opening, it would make up for the not so great side dishes always served at Christmas Eve, dessert was an ice cream buche de Noel. No, having ice cream cake in December at Christmas Eve is not weird when you live in the desert. :)

Now my menu I came up with earlier today that Brad did not agree to was not as simple as the food I grew up with but it was a little more simpler than what I've done in the past for holidays we've hosted. Wish me luck, I have to get this menu figured out. I want to have it fully decided by Monday, no later than Tuesday.

Quick Snap Sunday

 

Where's Landon? It's just two bunched up socks somehow moving thru the house? Such a mystery.

 

Here he is...the sock stealer. Not sure how long it will take this little dude's human daddy to figure out you can't leave socks on the floor because there's a pup-pup eager to grab them and run. Landon's newest thing, two socks at one time. He does things big! Grabbing only one sock at a time is so last month for Landon. LOL!

Mall Adventure

Can we all applaud my husband...he got up at 7:50 this morning. Yes, on a Saturday, he was up early and nope it wasn't for tennis. He was focused on going with me to pick up an order at the mall.

As we walked up a hill to the mall entrance shivering the whole way, I commented, "why is it always like this every time we come out to Christmas shop?" My husband's reply was rather obvious, "Because honey, it's December. Christmas is in winter. And we don't live in Florida." To which I said, another obvious thing, "Oh yeah!"

It's been cold and rainy these last few days. There were a few snow showers even early this morning. Brr! I have nothing more to say other than that about the weather. Hope it warms up slightly in the next few days. At least to the 50's...please!

After our mall adventure we went to lunch which was really more at a brunch appropriate time. There's a huge lack of breakfast/brunch restaurant choices in our area. Anyone else have that issue? We had the same problem in the previous area we lived in before moving to Fort Worth.

As for the events of tonight?  What are we doing you ask? It's a Home Alone watching night. It's tradition! Gotta watch one of the Home Alone movies every Christmastime. Tonight is the night for Home Alone. Will we watch 1, 2 or 3? Hmm....   

Flashback Friday

 

 

Flashback Friday belongs solely to Cody this week. Today would have been his birthday! In honor of my sweet Cody-boo is one of my favorite pics of him. I miss you, Cody-man! You were my first and as it appears my last puggie! You and your bro are forever in my hall of fame. And thanks for always allowing me to "decorate" you! Kisses to my big Cody-man!

 

Laughable

Apparently there's been a little discussion about yours truly back in AZ. I do not remember ever saying this but I've been accused(although not directly) but still accused of saying at one time puppy school is a waste of money and time. I HONESTLY DO NOT REMEMBER EVER SAYING THAT! Maybe I said it, maybe I didn't, I'm completely unsure. If I did say it though it had to be a super longtime ago, at least 9 years ago. I've lived here in Texas for 9 and a half years and I've had limited conversations with my family since moving out of AZ. But hey, I guess this little issue is important enough to some to judge me or dis me about. Whatever!

I believe I did a rather decent job with the pugs despite not doing puppy school. I'll forever be proud of my puggies! However, when the pugs came into my life I was: young, dumb, still in college, and single. Life was VERY different than it is for me now.

I might still be a little dumb but otherwise none of those factors existed when Landon landed into our world. I'm older now, hopefully not as dumb any longer. I'm also no longer in college and no longer single. Landon is not just my dog, Landon is Brad's dog too. Decisions are now made with a HUSBAND. It was us together that decided puppy school was a good idea. And it was us together that has decided to continue on with level two. Judge me if you want...but lots of factors in my world are different than they were when the pugs came along.

Furthermore, it's been a LONGTIME since I've had a puppy. I've spent the last 3 years getting two pugs through their late senior citizen years. My most recent experience with dogs is in the late years not the early years. Of course, it's all coming back to me on how to deal with a pup-pup, however, it does not mean I can't seek out a little help. Pardon me if I want to do things slightly different this time around. Sorry, not sorry! Judging me and dissing me about puppy decisions?...come on...ridiculous and laughable!

But hey just in case you need more material here is my gift to you...a short list of things I'm doing different with this little dude. It's free ammo for any future dissing/judging anyone in AZ wants to do of me:

-No Banfield...I am about as anti-Banfield as one can be. Yes, the pugs went to Banfield, but only during their early years. I was stupid and paid Banfield's monthly fee times 2 for far too long. I finally got smarter and moved on from Banfield's.

-No litter box...we have been using puppy pee pads and our backyard(imagine that). Why no litter box like I used with the pugs? Because Piper would rather not share a litter box with her pipsqueak brother. 

-Harness...we are using a harness with Landon. I never used harnesses with the pugs. Harnesses came along when the pugs were entering their senior years. They were too used to a leash and collar at that point. But freely judge me for not using harnesses sooner with the pugs!

-Free feeding....oh this one is a big gift to those in AZ....judge me BIG time....I was ADAMANT about not free feeding the pugs. However, Landon's breed does better with free feeding so I have adjusted. Landon's breed is known to snack throughout the day. I have adjusted because I want to do the best for him. Although I still stand by the way I fed the pugs. Pugs are natural little overeaters. I never could have done free feeding with Simon. No way!

Landon Graduates

This post title has been changed this week from "Landon Learns" to "Landon Graduates".  Awesome job my little dude! My loving Landon graduated Monday night with honors! He passed his final exam with great expertise!

The main focus is of course on my little dude, however, I very much appreciated that my husband gave me "honorable mention". Congratulating both Landon and myself. Yep, I got some dap too. But Landon is the one with the certificate and he is the one that enjoyed cake and ice cream with the other puppy graduates. Now on to the next level. He starts his next round of classes in 2 weeks.

I believe Landon has benefited greatly from school. Which is precisely why I will continue on with him to level two. However, I do understand there are dogs out there that need schooling a lot more than Landon. Some dogs are just nuts. Choosing the right breed is hugely important. Without the school I probably could be doing a good job training Landon myself. However, taking him to class has accelerated the training process. Not to mention he's been able to be around other pups which is a benefit and the bond between him and I has grown through these many lessons too. Congrats loving Landon!

Quick Snap Sunday Bonus

I realize these pics could be soooo much better than they are. I did my best considering the darkness outside and the lack of my darn flash on my camera choosing to not work.  I took Landon outside a little while ago, as we walked around in the backyard I looked up and was instantly fixated on this creature. I wasn't sure exactly what kind of bird it was. A hawk? A falcon? A buzzard? Actually I ruled out buzzard pretty quickly. Anyway, I went back inside to get Brad. Yes, folks judge this AZ girl if you want to...I needed my husband to help me determine what kind of creature it was. LOL! Where I come from I can identify snakes, jack rabbits, and scorpions and that's about it. So Brad comes outside with Landon and I, looks up to see this creature and in 2.2 seconds tells me it's an owl. What an owl? I've never seen an owl before. Only on TV, in commercials, movies, etc. As soon as he said it was an owl though I clued into the features too: the stature, the head movements, the wings and the small ears on top of it's head. Anyway, it was cool to see although it did make both of us nervous as we protected Landon when it looked over at us. It will be a LONG time until I will relax and let Landon be in the backyard alone.  

Quick Snap Sunday

The day started somewhat early for our entire household. Brad got up early enough to head out on the walk with Landon and I. As we all stood in the kitchen Piper glanced over at Brad to notice he was suddenly wearing a hat and about to put on sunshades...she then had an epic freak out moment. She stopped eating and went speeding out of the kitchen area so fast with such reckless abandon that Landon, Landon's food and Landon's water bowl went in three different directions. What a mess!

I don't get it! I don't think I'll ever get it. How many years does she have to be on this earth before she realizes there's no need to FLIP her lid every time her daddy puts sunshades and a hat on. My oh my, cats are so weird! I mean that in the nicest way possible. :)

Anyway in other news, our tree is now fully decorated. So far so good as far as dealing with a Christmas tree and a puppy in the house. He's been as good as I could hope for. I've had to tell him "no" only 3 times regarding the tree. Told him "no" twice yesterday and only once so far today. To be honest, it's been Piper I've reprimanded more regarding the tree. Oh and in the end we didn't change things up a bit to reduce temptation for the pup-pup. The tree is on the floor not a table and it's fully decorated with lights and ornaments hanging kind of low. What can I say? I'm very confident he is going to respect the tree and not be knocking low hanging ornaments off.

Those that know me well know I LOVE collecting ornaments. There's no Christmas season that arrives without me adding an ornament or two to our collection. You can never have too many ornaments. In all seriousness though I get tired of some ornaments and some break so we always seem to need a new one or two each year. Anyway, the quick snap pic for today are the two new ornaments for this season. Of course, Landon needed his own and Piper needed a matching one! I came up with all words on the ornaments. Oh and I still think it's funny how I did the pronunciation part of Piper's name...Pi-purr! Get it? LOL!

   

Puppy In The House At Christmastime

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas in our household. This is obviously Landon's first experience with Christmas. First time seeing a tree in the house for him. It was quite funny too when we got the tree out. As we reprimanded him and told him to stay away from the tree next thing we know Piper is in the tree. She was starting to wrap her paws around the bottom and shimmy up the tree. Both of us had a good little laugh of disbelief as we watched it play out. 

Brad and I had a small difference of opinion concerning the tree this year. He wanted to stand it up on a small table so Landon can't get to it at all. I didn't like that idea! "Um, no"...was my response. I don't believe in that. What I mean is...I believe in teaching a fur-baby to not touch something/not mess with something/not go near something. I do not believe in doing things completely different just because there's a pup in the house. That being said, I understand the tree has to be decorated slightly different than usual to reduce some of the temptation for the pup-pup. But I fully believe we need to teach him now to respect the tree and leave it alone instead of not having a tree anywhere near just because we have a puppy in the house.

Anyway, we'll see how it goes. So far so good. He's investigated it and briefly sampled chewing on a branch but after being told "no" and to "leave it alone" he has respected the tree. We will decorate our tree today. We got it out of the attic last night and set it up, then decided to leave the decorating for today. Our thought process was to allow Landon to adjust to a tree in the house before the decorations are there too. Landon leaving the tree alone isn't my biggest concern with a young puppy in the house, it will be the gifts under the tree soon.

Just a little added note, Landon is the youngest puppy I've had at a Christmastime. Cody was a year old. Since he was born in December he was weaned in early February. Making him a full year before he truly "experienced" Christmas. As for Simon, he was 9 and a half months old for his first Christmas. Piper remains the youngest furry overall that we've had at a Christmastime. While Landon is now the youngest pup at a Christmastime. I look forward to it. It's going to add a little dash of zip and zing to our household's Christmas. For sure! 

Landon Learns (part 5)

Yikes it's been more than a week since I posted. Oops, life gets a little busy from time to time. Let's see what has Landon been learning lately. Puppy push-ups!!!! Oh it's so cute.

This past Monday the class was a bit small, I'm noticing pet parents and furries keep dropping out as the weeks progress. Some people honestly, wasted their money and time, because they only came to one or two classes. Two different pups were seen in the class only twice during the whole process. Anyway, with a small class this past week it meant lots of one on one time which was great. This past week was all about combining commands together. No single commands anymore. For example learning to come when called and immediately sitting down with focused attention. He did well! I'm currently spending this weekend teaching him a couple tricks.

Can you believe it...Landon graduates this Monday! Yay! My sweet little baby boy will get a little graduation cap and have a diploma to prove his hard work. His diploma will also help him get into the next level. He's moving from elementary to middle school...kind of! I guess more like kindergarten to 1st grade! LOL! He'll be starting the next level of classes in 2 weeks. 

Happy Thanksgiving!

Wait did I really do everything I needed to do and in good timing too!!! Yes, I did! Why didn't I space things out like this before? I was done with the 4 items we are taking to my in-laws for the family Turkey day by...wait for it....8:30 PM. Oh my goodness, I almost didn't know what to do with myself. I'm usually up til 1:00 AM or even 2:00 AM still working on things or waiting for items to cool so I can go to bed. I decided this year, enough is enough. I need a new way of doing things.

I did extra stuff on Monday and Tuesday, so that my Wednesday could be mostly dedicated to baking. I did my usual chores for the day, plus worked out, then got started with my baking. I had numerous setbacks too. I made one experimental pie dough which didn't work. So on to another pie dough. Then a little while later I realized I needed wax paper. Couldn't believe we didn't have wax paper in the house. Grr! Trust me I tried hard to avoid going out to get just wax paper. But the wax paper is a must. The whole time I was trying to avoid going to get wax paper and just wing it with foil, my grandmother's voice was in my ear repeatedly telling me the wax paper is a must. Without those little setbacks from failed pie dough and an extra trip to get one more item, I can imagine I would have finished at least an hour sooner if not more than that.

It's always fun having those baking days like I did yesterday but if I start to too late in the day it can get stressful real quick. Anyway, hopefully I can continue this new little plan I devised this time around. Yay me! I do still have finishing touches to add, but those need to be done right before we walk out the door.

I hope everyone out there has a great Thanksgiving day. Gobble-Gobble! We are heading to my in-laws house for an early afternoon feast. Brad's family decided to have immediate family only type of affair instead of all families gathering together. So this is slightly different for us this year. Anyway, it will be nice this way and bonus....we don't miss out on seeing Granny. I know because Granny is currently with us! May you all enjoy turkey, football, and fellowship with those dearest to you today! Go Cowboys! Let's feast!

A Hubs Story

There I was in the kitchen chopping vegetables when all of a sudden I clear away some veggies to the side of my cutting board. However, as I cleared away veggies my eyes noticed something odd. What is that, I thought? I looked at "it" closer to discover it was a worm. I immediately exclaimed, "oh gross, it's a worm". My husband comes hurrying into the kitchen to see. First he didn't believe me so he had to hurry in to see for himself.

As we both stood looking over this poor little worm. I was ready to brush him off my cutting board and into the trash but Brad had to save him. He reminded me I should be amazed by this worm. LOL! As he listed all the places he's been and survived....the produce delivery truck, the grocery store, the produce bin, the ride home to our place, and our refrigerator. After Brad gave this list I did have a wealth of empathy for the little worm. Okay not exactly, but enough empathy to let Brad save him.

Never fear folks, the worm was released into the "wild", a.k.a. our backyard. May he live a great life out there and may he not succumb to frostbite or being trampled by Landon. And yes for the record I'm still a little grossed out there was a worm in my fresh veggies.

Get Up

Early morning shenanigans in the laundry room!

Landon: "Come on, get up!"

Piper: "Leave me alone pipsqueak."

Landon: "Come on, come on!"

Piper: no words...just a few swats at the little one.

Their mommie interrupts as Piper wonders how she got stuck in this "pipsqueakville".

Quick Snap Sunday

It's sweater weather right? Well it wasn't when we went to bed last night. The weather was absolute perfection yesterday, sunny and not cold not even chilly...it was perfect! Well a lot can change overnight. Early this morning as I opened the backdoor to take Landon outside I was surprised by the ridiculous coldness. I changed my mind quickly about going out without a jacket. Apparently my weather app on my phone failed me, because I didn't expect this today. It's a stay at home, make homemade chili and watch football kind of day.

Or if you are Landon, it's a get dressed in your first ever winter sweater, play with a fuzzy snowman toy and annoy big sister kind of day. If your Piper, it's a stay in bed all day and hope the pup-pup leaves you alone kind of day. LOL!

First Haircut

Today was Landon's first haircut. He had quite the groomer too. His groomer he absolutely LOVES. His groomer is his mommie! Can you believe it? I groomed him myself. Clearly I'm no expert. I've never cut hair or used clippers before. However, for some reason I have been wanting to try to groom Landon myself. Not sure why, just simply wanted to try it. Earlier this week I bought a pet grooming kit online which arrived today. I could hardly wait to try out my new tools. The end results from his groom is not a huge difference. I wasn't going for a huge difference. I was going for noticeable yet not too extreme, after all it's the colder part of the year right now. Don't want him to be too bare! LOL!

I must say I'm a bit proud of myself. I think he looks good, considering I'm a total rookie. I'll get better as I continue to groom him. My groom kit I bought cost the amount of one professional groom. So if I continue to groom him, we will have quite the savings each 4-6 weeks.

  Before

 After

Fuzz Ball

I seriously doubt cat hair ever acts like this, at least Piper's never has. However, this little comic strip I saw reminded me of Landon this past Monday. When we arrived at Landon's school the other night I looked down at him to see him appearing much like the 3rd pic of Garfield above. He had hair sticking straight out in all directions. He was a sight! His hair had so much static electricity in it all I could do was giggle then try to comb it into place with my hands. My lame "combing" did not work. He looked like quite the fuzz ball for the entire class. If any one knows how to keep static electricity from attacking their dog's hair let me know.

Landon Learns (Part 4)

Is it January already? Did I miss Turkey day and Christmas? Because it feels like January. It doesn't even feel like December to me, it feels likes bitter cold January/February. On Monday evening I held Landon close as I carried him into school. I didn't want his paws to get too cold on the ground so I carried him. I also didn't want him to take too long. I can carry him faster than he can walk at his current stage.

When Landon's class started he was officially beginning the second half of his puppy school. This week's class featured a really long pop quiz. He did very well. He's getting more comfortable around other dogs. But still somewhat frightened if big dogs start barking too much. That's one thing about him so far, he's not much for barking. I hope that doesn't change as he gets older.  

As for the lessons taught on Monday, we added some commands while on leash. Then we had this exercise where I had to call for Landon to come to me but I wasn't allowed to use his name or a command. Yikes, a real challenge. I'm going to blame myself for our inability to achieve the exercise during class time. Not a single pup achieved the exercise successfully though. So we weren't the only ones! Afterwards I kept thinking...Why didn't I use a nickname? Only to then remind myself we've been so focused on him learning his REAL name I haven't progressed to using nicknames with him. Oh well, we'll get it down. Still though that one is on me not Landon, his mommie didn't do very well. But seriously who hasn't been put on the spot in a situation and after it's over and done you ponder what you should have said but didn't? Next week I'll get a second chance!

Quick Snap Sunday

 

 

Hey world, what's up? I got my first ever hoodie! This post should be titled "Landon in the hood"!  My first sweatshirt hoodie is super nice, double lined on the inside for extra warmth, which is a great thing since snow flurries are in the forecast this week. Wait, what did I just type? Snow flurries? What are those? I'll have to ask my mommy about that later. Anyway, my new hoodie says "cuddle bear" and the hood features bear ears. LOL! My dad thought it was lacking a little street credit but my mom thought I'd look "beary cute" in this hoodie. Get it..."beary cute" it's a "cuddle bear" hoodie? Yep, I got my mommie's sense of humor! Hee-hee!

 

 

Along with some extra pics there's a video at the bottom. Enjoy your Sunday, it's just mom, me, and my sis keeping warm and watching football. My daddy is playing tennis this afternoon. His last match of the season. He was dressed extra warm too because it's chilly here folks.

 

 

 

The Duo and The Colder Temps

I guess time got away from me. I haven't made a post since last Sunday. Let's see, what has been going on? I'm super happy to say our fur baby duo of Piper and Landon....aka Pipdon...are getting along better and better as each day passes. A very common sight in our household now is a cat chasing a puppy or a puppy chasing a cat. Both of them love the game of chase. Especially the youngest one! Watch out, don't get in their way! She also loves boxing his ears, he allows this but tries to get in a little nip here and there. He does the same no teeth nip maneuver Simon used to do.

I'll admit I was a little worried how they were going to coexist long-term if she didn't start to accept him. But Brad kept telling me, she'll warm up to him in her own time. Just this past week she's finally come around. But up until this week we've dealt with Piper biting him, batting at him(in a non playful manner), hissing at him, and spraying him. Yep, Landon's had a couple extra baths thanks to his big sis. For those that aren't familiar, cats can "spray" an odor on things, similar to a skunk spraying it's nasty scent. Typically took two back to back bath sessions to get the smell off of him. Annoying and disgusting!

Weather has turned a little chilly the last few days. The week ahead appears to be a somewhat cold one too. As of this moment we still haven't started up our heater. We're comfortable enough with the space heater. But when the temp drops to 29° come Monday evening I think we'll need the heater. Landon might need his snow coat to go to school on Monday night. Oh wait, he doesn't have a coat yet. He doesn't have anything. We will go shopping for him tonight. Because it's turned too cold too fast and nothing from the pugs fits him.

And another reason why he needs a coat...because he got his 3rd round of booster shots today...you know what that means? He'll be lethargic and a whiny baby tonight. Well, yes. That's a given. But it means something else too, it's time to start taking him for walks. I'm so excited. We've practiced a lot with the leash indoors but it's time to further leash train him outside. Look out neighborhood, Landon is coming! 

Quick Snap Sunday

She found a sunny spot! She loves to suntan, don't all pets? At least a high majority! We've had so much rain and last night we had quite the thunderstorm. The status of Brad's tennis today was a little in doubt. But as you can see from the pic above the sun is shining bright outside. Piper is soaking up as many rays as possible on her face as she waits for the sun to adjust further and hit the rest of her.

Time Change

Not my fault! Okay, kind of my fault! So Brad said last night his tennis match was at 1:00 but then he mentioned after time change happens in the middle of the night his match time is really at 12:00...noon o'clock, as I like to say! All of a sudden this morning I look up at the clock on the fireplace mantle to notice it's 10:30 already. I immediately think Brad needs to be getting up to get ready for tennis. Getting breakfast, a shower, deciding on an outfit, travel time to the match, and arriving early enough to warm-up is just barely possible if I wake him up now, a mere 90 minutes until his match time. With Landon in my arms I marched into our bedroom to wake Brad up. Seconds after I said his name to get him to wake up, it hit me...he said his match was at 1:00 which after time change is "technically noon" but duh, the match is 1:00 not noon.

I'm such a dope! For some reason though when he said noon yesterday that's the part that stuck in my head. Anyway, he rolled over and went back to sleep and is still sleeping. This time I'll wake him up by 11:30 if he hasn't already gotten up. 

Here's the key to time change...change your clocks to the appropriate time when you go to bed the night it happens. Then when you wake up in the morning don't think about what time it was yesterday. Just accept the new time the clock reads. You can't keep thinking, "oh it's 11:00 AM but  yesterday at this time it was noon." Yeah, it's a beast to adjust to if you keep thinking that way. Same goes for when time change is about to occur. Don't confuse your wife by saying, "my match is at 1:00 but technically that's noon when tomorrow arrives." LOL!

Halloween Wrap Up

On to November...spend all October anticipating Halloween, in the blink of an eye it's over and November has arrived. I think the same thing about my birthday too, not a fan of having a birthday on last day of the month.

I just bathed the "kids" of our household. Sometimes I choose to do certain tasks at certain times then midway through I think to myself, 'why did you decide to do this right now?' It's because I greatly underestimate the natural noises the fur babies make. Typically on Saturday bath day, Brad hasn't been home, he's been at tennis. This week his tennis match was switched to Sunday. Don't get him started on the fact he has to miss some football to go play tennis tomorrow! Anyway, both furries tolerate baths but both meow or whine at some point as if they are wanting me to hurry up. I'll let it be a mystery as to which one whines and which one meows. LOL! On weekend mornings trying to keep the furries quiet while Brad sleeps is an interesting task. Landon can hardly wait to make his toys squeak in the mornings plus he loves racing around and being rambunctious.

Now I'm going backwards a bit to talk about our Halloween night. We had plenty of trick or treaters. Brad went out to get more candy at one point. Brad was really into handing out the candy too. We both went to the door but he was loving handing out the candy, he wasn't relinquishing that bowl of candy to me. Lol! Landon dressed in his pumpkin costume was present for all of it too, super friendly to all. His big sister hid in the laundry room completely under her bed. Can you say scaredy-cat? In between answering the door to trick or treaters we were having our annual Halloween movie night. Both Hocus Pocus and Nightmare Before Christmas are good Halloween movie picks for future reference for anyone out there. Completely appropriate for all ages too. Nightmare Before Christmas is animated for those that aren't aware, it's about the king of Halloween town Jack Skellington(a skeleton) suddenly becoming interested in a thing called Christmas. He wants Santa's job, but a Halloween king doing Santa's job is not welcomed nor does he know how to do it as well as Santa. As for Hocus Pocus, it's not animated but has good special effects especially considering it was made 25 years ago. It centers around kids curious about an abandoned house that has a superstitious storied past involving 3 witches. Stars Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Kathy Najimy as the three witches. Two excellent choices, added bonus of Nightmare Before Christmas it kind of gave us a little jumpstart of the Christmas spirit. Someone, not mentioning any names, but someone has watched Nightmare Before Christmas again since Halloween night. Hmm, wonder who that someone is?

Bonus pics taken on Halloween night, the two guys of the house and the scaredy-cat with a brother that kept going to check on her:

Extra pics

More pics of Landon...perhaps I was having a little extra fun dressing him up in old costumes. I have a box full of dog/cat costumes a few different sizes, nothing above a medium! Why not have a little extra fun with the old costumes! 

 Hood up and costume is on.

 Hood is no longer on.

 

 He looks like he's being held up or arrested!

 

 He's out...wiggle worming his way out!  

Happy Halloween!

Somebody is celebrating his first Halloween! His head kind of blends into the chair. Oh well! Notice the head tilt! His predecessors tilted their heads with eager anticipation and glee to words like "treat", "cookie", "peanut butter". What was the trigger word for this little dude....you'll never guess....it is "daddy".  He tilts his head to the word "daddy" then looks around for his "daddy". Isn't that cute? Brad will be very happy to hear later on today that the head tilting trigger word is "daddy". LOL!

Yes, it's a recycled costume year for us. Piper originally wore the pumpkin costume Landon is sporting. As for Piper she wore the mummy costume 2 years ago, so total repeat performance for her. I wanted them to somewhat "match", my "theme" for them is classic Halloween costumes. Mummy and pumpkin are pretty classic in my opinion. I tried shopping for other costumes this past weekend but nothing was very appealing to me. I waited too long but then again I kind of had to wait because I wasn't sure how big Landon was going to be by the time Halloween arrived.

Anyway this little duo at least now has something to discuss...who wore the pumpkin costume best? LOL!

As Landon experiences his first Halloween we also are experiencing our first Halloween in a house, in an actual neighborhood! I'm curious how many trick-o-treaters will be at our door tonight. Our Halloween tradition is of course to watch a Halloween themed movie or two. Nothing too scary or nightmare inducing, yet something with a bit of a Halloween theme. This year we are going old school, we will be watching Hocus Pocus with Bette Midler and then Nightmare Before Christmas. Both are Disney movies, that was be coincidence! 

Hope everyone has a great Halloween! Don't eat too much candy. And anyone walking their dogs tomorrow morning be aware of loose pieces of candy that trick-o-treaters drop tonight.




Complete and total side note: Another reason I wanted a Havanese....they are the only Toy breed known for that ever so cute head tilt just like pugs. Only a handful of breeds are known to commonly do a head tilt and the Havanese is representing the head tilters in the toy category. LOL!

 

Landon Learns (part 3)

At the conclusion of last night's class Landon has accomplished half of his puppy schooling. Way to go little dude! Last night was blanket training and learning how to resist natural tendencies. Learning to resist some natural tendencies for a dog is a HUGE obstacle to tackle.

Imagine being a dog and having a treat waved in front of your nose all while being told to leave it alone. He did very well! Later on in the class he mastered the "wait" command on the very first try! Personally, I'm having trouble figuring out when the "wait" command would be useful inside our home. I think inside our home, it's not too useful for a small dog. Now a big dog, I can understand it better for a big dog inside the home. You don't want a big dog running in front of you when you are entering a room. For Landon though I picture using the "wait" command when getting in and out of the car, as well as waiting for traffic when walking him. Which is exactly the situations I plan on further practicing that command with him.

He did remind me of someone or two "human" somebodies at one point...when the instructor asked to borrow him for a demonstration in front of the whole class he got a big case of stage fright. Hmm, he certainly didn't get that from me(wink-wink)...reminded me of his daddy! And I won't mention the other person by name I'll just say she gave birth to me and lives in Phoenix! LOL!

Quick Snap Sunday

Landon says, "Congrats big sis, it's the anniversary of when daddy found you and brought you home for the first time." Piper says, "Get away from me pipsqueak! Life was so much simpler back then!"

Five years ago today baby Piper was discovered shivering by an A/C unit at Brad's work. Brad called me from work and asked what I thought he should do with this newborn kitten he found. I said the only logical thing I could think of..."bring it home". And in our home she has stayed. Brad couldn't bear to leave her by that A/C unit. I couldn't bear to give her up to a shelter the day after he brought her home. Rescued from a life on the streets. Look at you now, Piper, you had two big brothers and now you have a little bro to take under your wing. Lucky little girl!

Flashback Friday

Flashback to a decorated Piper! This was obviously taken in October(notice the tissue box cover), just a few years back. She looks so young in this pic. She's definitely more filled out now. Not in a bad way she's just right for her size. Around 2 years sometimes closer to 3 years cats and dogs fill out a little. They lose their "kitty-ness" or "puppy-ness", full maturity sets in. So yeah, this is a young Pipey! She had two great examples to look up to and its because of those two examples that I was able to get away with "decorating" her with some garland. I remember this moment well, she actually walked around the apartment with her decoration adorning her head. Brad complimented her profusely which is likely why she tolerated it as long as she did. LOL!

Landon Learns (Part 2)

Landon had his 2nd puppy school session on Monday. He passed his pop quiz with perfection! He better, right? Any fur-baby of mine needs to bring home straight A's! Seriously, nothing less will be tolerated...and I wish I was kidding. But I'm not. Not even a little bit!

Most of his homework for this week is all about leash training. He hates wearing a collar but he's fine with a harness. He might just be a harness loving guy and no collar. I don't know yet, I haven't completely given up on collars. However, I'm close to giving up. In reality though his tags can be placed on the harness and he's not going outside this house without a harness on. Backyard is secure, so he can go in the backyard without a collar or harness...although it does make me a little nervous. What if something happened and he got out someway, somehow with no collar on. Although I can't imagine how he would get out? Fence is secure and gate is padlocked. Unless he learns to fly or orders a jetpack from Amazon he should be safe and secure in the backyard without worry of him getting out.  

In other Landon learning news, though it isn't a specific command his school has approached yet, I've taken it upon myself to teach him a couple extra commands I feel are necessary. For example, "come", we've had a little problem with him staying in a bedroom when we want him to leave the bedroom with us. So him and I started working on that issue yesterday. By the end of the week he'll "come" on command. It's his extra credit work I have him set on achieving. See that's the kind of pupil I desire! Straight A's and does extra credit! :) 

Quick Snap Sunday

Keeping the camera handy these days is a must. This is a typical "stare down" situation. Piper relaxing in the laundry room on the bed she shared with Simon when all of a sudden a tiny mop with eyes and a mouth comes along to disturb her. The audacity of a rowdy little puppy!

Another typical example, little dude is out of focus because the camera can't catch his quick movements while the older one is wondering: who, what, when, and where..."Who thought this little guy was a good idea?" "This mop head barks funny and acts crazy, what is wrong with it?" "When is he leaving, he's leaving soon right?" "Where can I hide so he won't find me?"

Busy Saturday

It finally stopped raining! Oh my goodness, we have had more than our share of rain. We've actually had no shortage of rain filled days since the last week of August. Rain just keeps popping into the forecast. The past 2 weeks though were crazy. Loads of rain, the wash behind our house has been full. Tons of flooded streets and parking lots nearby. And Brad has had to deal with too many of his team tennis matches being rained out. Which means his tennis season is going to go longer than usual to allow time to make-up the rained out matches. This week it was cold too. I'm proud to say we made it through the cold temps with just the space heater. We have yet to turn on the heat in this house. Best news of all, Landon survived his first feel of a Texas cold snap. Boy, does my little guy need some clothes though. He made it through with plenty of blankets.

Yesterday was near perfection for the weather. It was a busy day that started early for us. We had a little family get-together at my in-laws set for the evening. Therefore I got up early to start on the desserts we were taking along. Brad got up and out the door for a tennis match. I was very productive while he was out playing tennis...I baked two desserts, bathed Landon, and then frosted/decorated the cake.

We were unfortunately not able to stay at the get-together at my in-laws for too long since Brad had to go take care of some things at his work. Which meant Landon and I were tag-alongs to Brad's office. Landon really got to see places last night. First he saw his grandparents house and met more family. Then he saw where his daddy goes off to work everyday. He was very well behaved at both locations. He's a good little rider in the car too. It's important to me to get dogs used to being in the car. Especially dogs of mine, because I like to take them places...parks, day camps, Petco, Petsmart, visiting family, etc. So glad he's already a good rider! LOL....that previous sentence makes him sound like a motorcycle rider!

Landon Learns (Part 1)

Yesterday was a big day for little Landon, he started school. Puppy school that is! I gladly gave up part of the Monday Night Football game to take my little guy to his first class.

It was a perfect amount of people with their pups. Not too large of a class yet not too small. I was concerned it might be too small of a class. But apparently others are okay starting their weekday evening's with a little puppy school. He's the 2nd youngest in the class, one other pup is a week younger than him. He did well during the class. However, he did hide a couple times under my chair. He only hid when the bigger puppies got a little too rowdy for him.

I'm looking forward to these weeks of schooling. I simply want him to be well on his way to being a well-behaved little dude with a good amount of knowledge to carry with thru. I think I do a decent job training but an extra dose of a more "professional" approach can't hurt. Plus he'll get to meet other puppies! That right there is a HUGE benefit!

Here's a short video of me trying to get him used to wearing a collar before his first day of class:

Bonus Pics

Bonus pics I'm choosing to finally post. Been meaning to post these for days now. Landon meeting some of his family members, aka "his peeps". Plus a couple pics I was trying to use to show that he's chocolate and white not black and white! That difference doesn't seem to be evident in pics, however, it is evident when you see him in person. Ways to tell he carries the true "chocolate gene" is the color of his nose and eyes. His nose is not black and his eyes are not dark brown like most dogs. All Havanese with the so-called "chocolate gene" have lighter eyes and a brown nose. His eyes I would describe as a olive green color. He's a unique little guy!  

 

Flashback Friday

This is it, my favorite Halloween pic of this particular trio...I teased this picture quite a few weeks ago when I posted a flashback pic of Cody and Simon as Bert and Ernie one year for Halloween. This Halloween pic is so Halloween! Two black cats and a little jack-o-lantern, the epitome of Halloween.

Bonus pic...I came across this one too, I can't resist posting it as well. It makes me laugh, a little blurry due to the live action the camera was capturing but it's still a cute pic in my opinion. Simon doing his best "bop and weave" like a boxer in the ring as his little sister comes at him. His eyes read, "Mom, she's trying to kiss me or bite me, I don't know which but I don't want either...HELP".

Happy Birthday Piper

Piper celebrated her 5th birthday today!

 

 

 

Quick Snap Sunday

 

Can you say bed head? He's so cute! I gave him a bath yesterday then never combed his hair. He looked like a little monster with hair going all sorts of ways. I finally got a wet cloth and used it to get him just a little damp to lay the hair down better. That way he didn't look quite so crazy. However, the pic above is his true bed head look, taken early this morning. LOL!

Not that anyone cares probably but I use Pet Head shampoos. I've tried numerous shampoos over the years with the pugs. I may venture off but always come back to Pet Head. Landon's only been bathed with Pet Head products once but I don't see myself changing things up for him. Sometimes Target has Pet Head but they do not have a big variety. I buy it on Amazon. Amazon carries the more specialty ones like: Oatmeal, Skin Soothing, White Party, and Puppy Fun. They also carry two types of conditioners, one is a leave-in. Anyway for what it's worth that's what I have used for years and years. 

Rivalry

Did you possibly think by the title I was speaking of the fur-baby duo? Just kidding they aren't rivals! Thankfully! Okay perhaps they do compete a little for their parents attention but not at the level of rivals. Anyway, it's Red River Rivalry day here in these parts...Oklahoma vs Texas facing off in Big D! As I type this, Texas is up by a touchdown, 5 minutes left in the game. I'm on my own to watch this time around, as Brad had a badly timed tennis match to play. He was heavily annoyed his match time was set for the exact same time as kickoff of the rivalry game. Imagine the look on a born and raised Texan's face when he realized his Saturday match was the same time as the kickoff for the football game. Not a pleasant look. He was not a happy camper to be missing today's game. At least though he will be excited to see the Longhorns are about to defeat the Sooners....fingers-crossed they hold on to their lead!

Last night Brad thought he was being super sly by posing this Red River Rivalry trivia question to me...What is the right way to word it, Texas vs. OU or OU vs. Texas? Trick question! Both are right because the game is played at a neutral site in Dallas. Not a home game for either school! He thinks he can trip me up? No way! LOL! :)

Possible Name Change

Little Landon has had his name for a week now. From Monday to Thursday I would look at him and almost call him something else. Landon wasn't rolling off my tongue. Then Brad confessed when his co-workers asked him the name he couldn't remember it for a few minutes. There we were late Wednesday night questioning whether or not we named him right? Is he really a Landon?

Low and behold, I finally figured out why "Landon" is not "landing" for us! It's because we've received some not so positive feedback concerning his name. However, after Brad and I talked some more we decided we need to shut out the noise and fully commit to the name we gave him. It wasn't easy for us to come up with Landon. However, with meaning we came to the conclusion to name him Landon. Sorry if others think it's weird or not good enough. Or should I say "Sorry, Not Sorry"?...like the song by Demi Lovato! As I said before, I was absolutely floored when Brad came home 2 weeks ago then swiftly handed me a carrier with this little sugar baby in it. He basically with great surprise "landed" into my arms. 

Not that I feel I have to defend my/our name choices over the many years but I will say this...I like slightly different names. I'm not adventurous enough to use some names but I do not like super common names. I like names that are familiar sounding yet a little unique. Hence the names: Cody, Simon, Piper, and now Landon! None are unheard of but none are as common as Jack or Joey or Emily. As for Brad...he gravitates towards names that originate from England. He loves anything and everything English/British. Plus his ancestry is from England. Hence, Piper and Landon the two we've named together are names straight out of London! Landon--London, nope no similarities at all! ;)

I also believe Piper and Landon sound like a good fur-baby sibset. I think for me it's a natural progression when considering Cody and Simon's names. Cody, Simon, and now Landon. There's a few letters and sounds in common between all 3 of those names. And without a doubt a similar feel between Simon and Landon. So there you have it...the name is staying....Landon Leo Vaughn!

Vids of the "Kids" (part 1)

Names and Numbers

Just because I'm currently name obsessed I thought I'd share something I stumbled across recently. It's a web site that has a way you can look up the breed of your fur-baby then check how many other dogs of the same breed have the same name. It's a great tool to give insight into popularity of certain names. Obviously the numbers in the database are based on "registered" fur-babies as well as purebreds. No mixed breeds were included in the numbers.

Here's some of the numbers for Havanese:

I listed the number then the name next to the number. For example, 60 Havanese dogs named Rocky. I only listed names with 25 or more Havanese dogs walking around with that name. Anything lower than 25 is not listed.

26 Baxter's
27 Izzy's
28 Loki's
34 Gizmo's
35 Sammy's
36 Shadow's
39 Oliver's
50 Oscar's
51 Milo's
56 Bentley's
60 Rocky's
66 Cooper's
85 Charlie's
95 Bailey's
125 Buddy's
140 Max's

Since it's breed specific, I found it extra intriguing! A great tool when it comes to naming a new furry. There's 140 registered little Havanese's with the name Max, definitely stay away, way too common. I'm not sure what people's obsession is with the name Loki? He's not exactly a good character in the Thor movies.

Just for comparison...here are the numbers for pugs:

25 Leo's
26 Winston's
26 Gunner's
27 Tyson's
36 Pepper's
38 Diesel's
53 Bear's
53 Toby's
59 Jack's
66 Harley's
69 Rocky's
113 Buddy's
128 Max's

To my husband...look honey, there are 25 pugs named Leo. So it is a "dog" appropriate name for some. He told me the name Leo wasn't appropriate for a dog only a human or cat name. LOL!


Additionally, I know some people that frequent this blog that are poodle owners, so lets look at the numbers for poodles. Toy and Miniature were grouped together on the web site!

32 Cody's
33 Oliver's
38 Riley's
44 Teddy's
45 Pepper's
48 Oscar's
47 Bear's
49 Toby's
53 Bentley's
58 Coco's
59 Cooper's
60 Harley's
63 Jack's
92 Bailey's
129 Buddy's
135 Max's

As you can see there's some similarities for 3 different breeds as well as a few names that are ranked high for only one breed. Cody is only ranked for poodles, there's 32 registered poodles named Cody. Their human's are clearly brilliant!

I told Brad the name Bentley was popular and I wanted to stay away from it. Once I got him past weird superhero names he settled on Bentley for a few days. He also mentioned Cooper, which was quickly vetoed by me based on Piper's name. Cooper and Piper...a little too similar in my opinion! I could deal with same ending like Piper and Tyler but not the exact same syllable like Piper and Cooper. Confusing!

Anyway, for what it is worth, useless or otherwise. But most likely leaning towards "useless" info on names for dogs! LOL!