a pair of tri's

Life is extremely busy right now! So much so, that I haven't even updated about the beagle meetup last weekend! Vada's party was excellent - SO many dogs came out to Urban Dog!! We all had a blast...especially little Vada who was running around like a puppy and enjoying every second. Plus we raised $1,500 to assist with Vada's medical costs...and THAT was the best part!

We took it easy this past weekend. There wasn't much of a choice for us since 30 cm of snow dumped down on us over Friday and Saturday! Yesterday's walk was very funny...three beagles trying to burrow under the snow piles, and me trying not to fall down!

But this was the best part...snuggling on the couch...look at the cute beagles boys!!

look! beagles are today's daily puppy!!

saturday morning

The beagles sure now how to kick back and relax! Albert has been laying like this for over 2 hours! They are getting all of their rest in today, because tomorrow is the beagle meetup at Urban Dog in honour of our lovely rescue girl Vada!! Vada is making a special appearance, and from what I understand, there will be a whole whack of beagles in attendance. I'm very happy that this meetup is inside...it's been FREEZING here this week.

Someone asked me how Albert's house training has been coming along (those of you who've been reading the blog for awhile will remember that he was completely untrained...including house training!)

The answer is that he's doing fantastic! He's at about 98% reliability...and actually, I can't remember the last time he pee'd in the house. He's the kind of guy that has to go when he has to go...but he does let us know and has started to run towards the back door to let us know. We've really tuned into his signals, so that helps.

How did we do it? Consistency and patience. After Albert had his dental surgery (remember? 7 teeth removed!!) his training really turned around for him. We think his teeth were causing him a lot of distress, and once they were fixed he was very focused and eager to learn. Arthur and Stella help out a lot too...Albert's really picked up on their signals.

And to think this poor guy was on death row! A little time and energy and he's pretty close to the perfect dog!