Saturday, August 18, 2012

Our Trip to Cinemark Movie Theatre



Another experience I wanted Helper to have was a trip to the movie theatre so today we headed over to Cinemark.  I brought a bone, ice chips and her blanket to keep her occupied.  Much to my surprise when Helper began crunching on the ice chips and then her bone the noise seemed to be amplified in the quiet theatre!  After I took those items away from her I picked her up (all 45 pounds of her!) to hold her in hopes of getting her settled.  At the quietest point in the movie she let out the biggest yawn ever!  Some people laughed but others were not so amused, so I packed up and we left the theatre.  This pic  was taken in the lobby on our way out of the building.  She would not look at me for the picture and I honestly believe she felt bad because we had not completed our task at the theatre.  We will try again in the near future and this time I will not bring anything that crunches!

Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Bad Mommy...


As a first time puppy raiser I did not think I had made any big mistakes until today...
Helper was in my study while I was working at my desk.  She got a hold of a binder clip and when I realized what she had in her mouth I told her to "drop" it.  Instead of dropping the clip she ran around the corner. When I got to her to check her mouth for the clip it was gone.  I automatically grabbed the hydrogen peroxide and squirted it in Helpers mouth to make her vomit.  Oh boy does that work to get things up!  Much to my surprise...no binder clip in the vomit.  So now I was convinced that I needed to take her to the Lazy Paw Animal Hospital ASAP.  As I was rushing around to get my purse, keys etc. and get her out the door I found the binder clip!  Poor Helper...all that bad tasting hydrogen peroxide for nothing.  Here she is after all the excitement.  I felt terrible!!!!  Needless to say she got extra treats after things settled down.

Sunday, August 5, 2012

Happy Birthday Helper...7 months old today!


Helper is 7 months old today!  She is so proud of herself when she can pick up two toys at the same time as in this picture.