The very best of friends.

I've been going through a pretty hard and stressful time lately, the scariest and most stressful moments I've probably had to deal with at the point in my life, decisions and ultimations constantly being thrown at me and I have been struggling to cope. 

What do you do when the person you love is treating you like the enemy? And you either retaliate or you lie down and do what they ask but live a life unhappy and being taken advantage of. 

Well... I'm a bit of both really! I can definitely bite back but when does it get to the point where you can't go on in that situation anymore?

This post has a point, I promise! 

For the past 14 months I have put this person I love as my number one priority! When we rowed, I would be so down that I didn't have the energy to walk my precious girls. Said person would come number one when we getting along and not getting along. And they knew that!

Not anymore! It has took a long, exhausting road for me to figure out where my priority should always be. My girls need me, for food, for walkies, for playtime, for the good of their health... in so many ways, they are my children! They cannot do it themselves! What happens when you are with someone who is jealous of the time and energy I give my girls... and that is when I'm not doing half as much as I would like to do with them! 

My girls - my number 1 priority, now and always! 

throwback on Molly's teenage years

Well... I know our pups aren't 'teenagers' for years ha ha but Molly well and truly went through that phase. The times when her legs are waaaay too big for her body and her ears don't yet fit her face (who am I kidding, that's still now! ha ha) and also the time when they decide they no longer want to listen to their human/mum!

Molly was the best behaved puppy out of Jess's 4. She was the quietest and to be honest, she just loved cuddling and having people fuss over, very different to Scooby and Millie who were complete rebels from the moment they could walk. But when Molly hit about 6 months she decided she would turn in to the most stubborn little thing around, maybe it's the border in her? she was very difficult throughout a few months so I now always refer to it as the teenage ages, we went to doggie school and I think she tested the teacher too ha ha!

It's well and truly a phase that is gone now, as she listens to me more than Jess now and is very in tune to me but I'll never forget her rebellious in-betweener stage :-)

just a pretty girl

Jess is such a girly girl 95% of the time. She loves her beauty sleep, doesn't like the cold, would never dream of sleeping in a dog bed, doesn't like getting wet and is the most delicate Staffie cross I've ever come across. Not even kidding I could put her in my pocket :-) I think this could be why her nickname is Princess ha ha

a quick puppy throwback

I'm just sorting all my pictures on to Cd's to keep them safe and came across hundreds (and hundreds) of puppy pictures, I'm always upset that I didn't have my big camera when I had the puppies but these still hit the spot in giving me a big smile. I strained myself to not post them all ha ha. 

I miss those fat little bellies & milk feeding them from a baby's bottle (Jess got very sore mastitis and from about 3 weeks couldn't breastfeed as they started bleeding and scabbed over). They literally took over my life for 8 weeks, woke me continuously throughout the night as they were done with sleepy time, they weed and pooped more than I ever thought was possible, they vomited all over each other after there first night on solids, was bathed together and ran havoc in the garden during play time.... and you know what, I can't help but look back on that time with complete fondness!! I will never breed my dog or any dog in the future as I'm so passionate about rescues, but I'm definitely swaying to fostering in need puppies to get this crazy faze again. 

Sharing :-)

J&M have recently started sharing the bean bag haha. No dog bed for Jess as she has never liked them and Molly has recently took a liking to the mighty bean bag Jess is so obsessed with. Molly had already claimed it here but nothing stops jess from jumping on, so mummy and baby have to share :-)

Blogging and Dentastix

I've been searching through my blog today looking for a few particular things and it makes me so thankful that in the rush and craziness of life, I have stopped and wrote and documented small things about my dogs lives. To other people they may just be a something... but they're such a huge part of me. I've sometimes felt I neglected this little blog, I stopped writing here for about 6 months once, but I always came back because my 2 little pups are my biggest muse and inspiration in everything I do. I've spent 20 minutes or so looking into the archives of small posts of 'the tale of two mad dogs' and have made my own vow to keep on going. This is the diary of my pups, their photo album and I'm so grateful for it.

In other news, here is a short clip to start your weekend off. I come home from work for my lunch everyday and before heading back to the office my girls get a dentastix to clean their teeth in return of a quick trick. They love them... but for some reason, if I don't make them work for them they're never too interested. As you can see, if they do work for them, they're like diamonds haha

Tongue attack

Yep the tongue attack is here! Molly is a huge licker. She licks everything from humans, to bedding to leather to wallpaper. She's a strange pup! It's her 4th birthday on Halloween and I've bought some exciting treats that ill post about as soon as I receive them from the post man! :-)

Ps sorry about all the iPhone posts, they're easy to do on the go but I do have a few proper posts on the way :-D

The tale of the bean bag thief

We have a thief in the house!

This evening the family was all settling down to watch Downton Abbey (a firm favourite!), I was all settled and cozy on the bean bag and little Miss Jess sat on the coach constantly doing a very slight whimper. She does this a lot if no one is paying her attention so my dad gave her a stroke and we thought that would be the end of it. But nope, the whimpering got louder and louder, Jess moved from one coach to the other and she still whimpered and was staring at me to fix what was bothering her. I put her outside for wee-wees and nothing was solved. Then when I opened the door to let her back in the little madam headed straight for the bean bag, climbed on it, got cosy and lay there staring at me as if to say "move your feet, lose your seat!" :-P

windows to mac

I must apologise for my lack of good posts/blogging lately. I've just transferred from my trusty Windows Laptop to the famous Apple Mac and Oh My Goodness, I never thought they could be so different haha. I'm still trying to figure out where I save pictures from and so many other things, however I'm definitely improving! Has anyone else got a Mac with a few tips to share to a newbie?? haha.


Anywho's, a blog post wouldn't be much without talking about Jess and Molly so here's a little update on the cuties -

Jess got training with a little cat today, I'm actually thinking she'd be really good at co-existing with a kitty as she doesn't seem fazed by them at all. Although that could be different if it was in her house.

We're still working on the car stuff, we now have a game where she's in the car and I'm sat outside throwing treats in and she will look in the car for it, it seems to make her relax more there and I'm hoping things like that + the thunder shirt are going to make her a little less stressed/vocal when we're driving!

Molly saw a JRT today in her training, she kind of freaked out a little (this is the breed of dog that bady attacked her in January and she can be very on edge when they're around). She was fine after a few minutes and would listen to my commands, but she never took her eye of that little dog! We're going to work on that, I hate seeing her stressed but I can't take her out in the hope we don't see a certain breed of dog so we need to work on it.

We've also started on a new type of food. I'm not sure I've ever mentioned it here but one of my biggest fears are my girls developing bloat (this is what can kill your dogs in less than 6 hours and knowing the symptoms is life & death). You can probably call me paranoid about it and yes, I have symptoms files saved on my old laptop (crackers I know). The one thing that was really interesting that I heard was it saying that a dog on a high protein diet very rarely gets it, I wasn't happy with standard dog food tins so found a 100% mince meat in various flavours (beef, chicken etc) all I have to do is add other bits to make it a meal, yesterday they had mince with spinach, and it gives recommendations of things to add, such as apples, rice etc.
I'm hoping with the new diet I don't have to worry about them not have a more meaty diet. It's fairly cheap too (I can't remember the brand but will find it for another post).

Last part of my ramble, I've noticed a few of my favourite doggie bloggers do a wordless Wednesday post, I'm thinking of doing the same starting next week to make me a more consistent blogger (& we all know I take too many pictures of J&M haha).

Sorry for the no picture post today... I'm reading up on the Mac as we speak so shouldn't be too long before I figure out what I'm doing!

walkies

we went on a gorgeous walk recently, it was just as the sun was going down and both pups got a great workout. I'm definitely happiest when they are well exercised that's for sure!

I also nipped to Scarborough on the weekend for a small break. My hotel overlooked a very quiet beach that seemed to be used mainly for dog walks, I loved it and wished SO much I had my girls with me so we could also explore sea shells and the English Channel :-) Definitely next time!

I have pictures to upload of Molly in her swimming pool :-) we had a really fun heatwave!

The girls had fun in holiday camp whilst I went to my brothers wedding. They was very well behaved but the excitement when I went to pick them up was crazy - they almost dragged the woman walking them to the floor when I shouted their names haha. 

Molly came home with a cut on her foot which I assume she did whilst being crazy and running - I would wonder about that however Molly hurts herself on almost every walk we take her on in some way or another so I can't complain. 

Jess and me have recently started jogging together, she's fab! I see it as our bonding time. She's also improving in the car as she will sit next to me and let me stroke her, so no more crazy dog running in circles on the back seats haha. 

the office pup

Today at work a 4 month old pup was almost ran over by some collougees.

He was a staffie X and the sweetest, playfulest most gorgeos pup and I can't explain how much I wanted to walk home with him right there and then.

Of course with my dogs at the moment, and the training we need to undertake it just wasn't possible so I stopped my actual work and called a no kill dogs home to see if they had a spot available... and they did!

He wasn't microchipped and had no collar but seemed to come from a pretty good home (he could sit and give both paws on command which is really good for such a hyper active baby)

He was in the office for almost 4 hours and they came to take him away, I swear I was close to tears when the dog warden put him in his van and he even said "I'll sign him over to you right now if you want him?"

Of course I couldn't but everything in me wanted to keep him and I just have to pray his adopted to a great home that will love and spoil him!

Is it bad that I want one more pup?