pet walk 2013

Last weekend was the annual Hawaiian humane society pet walk.  Ollie and I have attended every year since we've been pup and fur mom....his first walk was when he was just 8 months old. I actually think that was his best year. he was still a puppy, and he was filled with excitement and he plowed through everything!

no photos mommy!

now Ollie is SUUUPER excited in the beginning, and then tires himself out before the walk actually begins! 

 

we ran into our friends and their dogs...we tried to take a group photo, and everyone behaved and sat nicely....except Ollie. butt to the camera! so shame.

"no photos mommy! i'm busy!"

ollie even made it into a clip on the news about the event!  it was his 2 seconds of fame. and i'm a proud fur-mama!!!

therapy dogs bring smiles....

the other week we took Ollie to visit my grandma again. she loves when he goes to see her.  on this visit he brought his pizzle stick and let my grandma hold it for him while he snacked on it...she was pretty amused! 

Ollie and grandma

also on this particular visit, there was a new resident in the house that had heard him barking and asked if she could see him.  we normally keep Ollie in my grandma's room because we know there is a resident that does not like dogs.

 

we were a little hesitant because sometimes there are people that Ollie does not react well to, and we never know how he will react. but the nurse was insistent that Ollie go see this new resident.

 

my mom took Ollie out to the living room and went to meet the new resident. Ollie was amazing with her. he let her pet him and he sat nicely and seemed completely at ease.  (sometimes around children, he'll let them pet him, but you can tell he doesn't enjoy it and try to run away)  the woman was so happy and said she loves dogs and that she has a small dog at her home, but no one brings it to visit her. my mom said Ollie made that lady's day. i'm so glad.

 

we also took Ollie to visit a family friend who was in hospice care. he sat on her lap and also "held hands" with her. he would put his paw on her hand. it was really sweet and so comforting to see that he brought a smile to her face.

 

:)

looks like ollie

yes, i'm one of those crazy dog ladies that has dog-shirts!  it's rare you find nice yorkie printed things. i'm constantly seeing French bulldogs, hot dog dogs, pugs....but rarely yorkies.

 

after posting this picture on instagram, a friend of mine directed me to this site: arm the animals

where they have a shirt/character called atomic dog, which is a yorkie! that is definitely going to be my next purchase!!! a cute yorkie shirt and for a good cause! :)

 

"mommy, I want no part of this. you are embarrassing me!"

Reunited

sing it with me now,

reunited and it feels so goooood.....

 

Ollie + peanut

 

after almost a whole year, Ollie and his girlfriend peanut were together again!  peanut went through a pretty lengthy "custody battle" and has finally been able to see her daddy again! and that means Ollie can now see his girlfriend again!

 

Ollie was SO excited when we brought him over, he even remembered the apartment building where peanut lives....we drove past it once looking for street parking, and he started whimpering and crying with excitement. he knew where he was going!

 

I think it has been a pretty long time, and peanut had only been "home" for a few hours so I think she was still in an adjustment period. she seemed happy to see Ollie, yet a little apprehensive. Ollie on the other hand was crazy excited! play peanut! play!

 

hopefully as peanut gets re-acclimated with her home, she will remember her first love, Ollie :)

Happy national dog day!

Happy national dog day to all you puppy friends!

Messy hair, don't care

now this is bedhead at its finest!

bed head

Naughty!

naughty! naughty!

Ollie can be quite the demanding little pup...whenever he is being a piggy (i.e. asking for more food than he should be eating) he'll nudge at his food bowl and snort until someone either refills it, or adds more chicken.  if people ignore him, he threatens to tip his water bowl over.  he'll bark or snort to get your attention, and when you look at him, he'll hold his paw over the bowl in a threatening manner. talk about manipulative!  and if you continue to ignore him, the goes to town on his water bowl :

"see what happens mommy?"