Mugsy to the rescue!

So Tucker is a little lonely without his brother. He really likes laying by Mugsy, but Mugsy is not always sure about this. The night time has been going great because Mugsy likes his taxi and is allowing Tucker to lay with him! I am so glad. The true test was when Duane was off and was home to sleep at night because Mugsy really likes him and must always sleep with him. The nights went really well because Mugsy was fine with being in the taxi. I think I have my bed back. No dogs slept wih us, now lets see how long this last. I think Duane had some withdrawls though. hahaha

The other day I put Tucker in his pen so that I could get some things done and he began to cry, howl, bark anything to get out. It wasn't long and Mugsy came over and gave me a little bark. I thought he wanted to go outside but he wouldn't. Then he did it again and walked over to the pen where Tucker was. I let him in and he gave a big sigh and layed down with Tucker. It was as if he was resigned to the fact that he had to help Tucker. They layed down and took a nice long nap. I got quite a bit done before they got up.

Having a new puppy is a lot of work and you sure need a lot of patience.

Poor Tucker

I think this is going to be along night. Poor Tucker is lonely. Barney went to his new home today and Tucker sure does miss him. Tucker cries and Mugsy barks and howles because Tucker is crying. Oh my! So I think I will see if Mugsy will lay with Tucker. Hmmmmmmmmmmm, I hope it works!

An hour later.....Well it is a little better. Tucker is crying less an Mugsy is quiet. How long will this last????? I better get some sleep while I can!! Good Night Everyone, shhhhhhhhhhhh

Well first night went better then I thought it would, thanks to Mugsy. Tucker only barked a few times. Mugsy was happy to be in his taxi. Maybe I will get Mugsy out of our bed!!! I am not found of a dog in our bed, but our oldest daughter taught him that. When she was gone he moved into our bed. We'll see how it goes. Hope you have a great day.

So another day and we are closer to training Tucker but Barney just hates the cold. He did pretty good at first but now he likes to go outside and stand there and shake, I think he so cold he doesn't even think about going to the bathroom. I bought some vecroe today so will have to get a jacket made so he is not so cold. I will post a new picture of the jackets I am makeing out of fleece. If anyone has some good ideas on potty training puppies please feel to share with me!! Have a great evening!

PAPA MURPHY CARDS

My son is raising money for a 4H trip to Washington D.C. He is selling Papa Murphy cards for $5 they are worth $50. They are good at any Papa Murphy Stores. They have no expiration dates. It is a great deal. If you are interested in buying a card let me know!!

Frecklebox Review

I have a good friend that was telling me about all the prizes that she was winning. It sounded so exciting so I thought I would give it a try. I started out by following her blog. I entered one of her giveaways and I was randomly picked!!! I won a great book. More about that later.

Then I started entering the Holiday Gift Giveaway Hop! That was so exciting. I kept my fingers crossed and guess what I recived this email You won a prize from Life with 5 monkies!  Thanks Life with 5 monkies!  My prize was from Frecklebox.com .

I was told to customize an item of my choice. So I checked out the site. There are a lot of great things on this site.  I chose to get my daughter a clipboard. She didn't have one and I figured she would have many uses for it. I chose the one with horse shoes on it and added her name. I knew she would like it. She loves horses and anything with her name on it!! I was excited to give it to her for Christmas.

I ordered it and quickly received a confirmation email saying that they received my order and it was in the process. They shipped my order a couple days later and I had it in a week.

My daughter loved her gift. She uses it for everything. She wants to take it with to the alpaca farm so she can keep her notes in order.

So hop on over to check out Frecklebox.com .  I bet your kids, grandkids neices and nephews would love to see their name on a notebook, book, folder or even a poster. So go ahead and personalize a gift for that special kid in your life.

Tucker's new friend!

So Tucker has found a new friend, this friend is his reflection in our stove. We have a black front on the stove and when Tucker walks by he see his reflection. Sometimes it suprises him and he has to bark at it. Other times he goes to find his friend and then he is so excited and does a dance on his hind legs. It is so funny to watch him. Hope your having a great evening!

The puppies have names!!

We had Duane's Aunt and Uncle over for supper. They are so excited about the new puppy! Aunt Linda named her puppy Barney and the kids named ours Tucker. The puppy on the left is our puppy.

We seem to be making progress in the potty training department. They each only had one accident in the house today, yeah. They seem to be pretty smart. They like to roam the whole house. They have not seen the upstairs and we don't want them up there until they are trained. Rose has been doing a great job of taking the puppies outside.

They were never really outside before and are having fun in the snow. The kids said they like it for a little while and then they get cold. We are in the process of making them a little fleece jacket, that should help so they don't get so cold.

Our 3 year old cat doesn't know what to think about the new puppies and the new kittens. She is pretty crabby. Our 6 year old dog is trying very hard to ignore the new puppies. He has the policy of if you stay away from me and my balls I'll be ok with you.

So the kids are having a great time with all the animals in our house.

1st Day

Well day 1 of the new puppies has been very interesting. My son took the puppies out of the taxi to go outside and then he let them into the foyer which we thought we had puppy proofed. THANKS DANNY. I woke up to them playing and being quite active this morning. I checked on them a couple of times and they were having a great time but when my husband came home they had a huge mess. They had gone on a higher shelf in the foyer and taken a book and ripped off the front cover and pages. They shredded that. They had gotten down their food and it was every where. They had taken out every dog toy and had pulled a rug into the area. It was quite a sight. My husband was glad to be going to bed. So we cleaned that up well mostly my daughter did, THANKS ROSE!! My daughter has been great about taking them out. I sure hope that continues. You know how new things are for kids and I know it will get old but maybe they will be trained by then. She has done a fabulous job. AGAIN THANKS ROSE!!! KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!!!! They are very smart, they have already figured out how to open the gate and get out. So I taped the gate to the wall and they figured out how to peel the tape off so they can be by us. It was funny how they would wait until we settled in to do some homework and then they would gentlely peel the tape off. So I had to use stronger tape. They are really cute though. Well I will post more later hope your having a great day!

New Pets

Well what a day! We were on the road early to head to my sisters so that we could get another dog. We picked my mom and dad up on the way and arrived at my sisters house to pick out our new puppy. Well she had two left and we ended up getting both we are not sure which one we will keep. We ARE giving one as a birthday present to my husband's aunt (shhhhhhhh don't tell auntie). So we plan to house train them (hmmm oh no) and get them fixed before we give the dog to her. I sure hope that they house train quickly. So we dropped off mom and dad and headed to our next stop at the other sisters house to pick up two cats. We are in need of a couple barn cats for in the shed. We have a nice warm cat house they won't get to cold. It's even carpeted and insulated. So our children are very excited and are trying to figure out a name for all these new pets. Oh what crazy names they're coming up with, it may take a while to come up with the right names. The picture above shows the kids holding the two new puppies and the pug that is trying to ignore them is our dog Mugsy!! He is not quite sure what to think of them! Well wish me luck, I said I would never do the puppy thing again and here I am. Oh well such is life with kids!