Precious Update

Precious the Golden retriever continues to discover her world. She is less white as her coat has become more tan. Her urine has gotten stronger & now burns the grass. She can easily hop up onto the deck or jump off the bed. Soon she will be as big as Sweety, the PWD, and will out-grow her car carrier. She graduated from Puppy Kindegarten yesterday, will miss her class mates but is registered for Grade 1.

Here she discovers a new toy...ice cubes in a water dish! Amazing how pets can amuse themselves with the simplest things!

Sweetie & Precious Victoria Day 2011

12 week old Precious the Golden Retriever is able to climb on Muskoka chairs & drawing less blood these days!

Puppy Class

11 week old Precious at her 1st Puppy Class, playing with her classmates.
This is a flashback for us to a decade ago. She needs the schooling but so do we, as we're out of practice!

Precious May 8 & 10

Although the puppy is getting bigger, Precious still shouldn't go for walks. So she goes along for the family walk in her puppy pouch.

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In the first segment of the following video, her bed can be more interesting as a toy than any of her real ones. In the second segment, Precious gets Sweetie to rough-house with her. Sweetie can easily knock her over with a flick of her head. Thankfully, Sweetie is holding back but I sense that Precious when bigger won't be such a push-over & given that they are 2 Alpha females, we will have sparring sessions that equalled the Monty & Sweeie bouts! No one ever lost an eye though...

Sweetie & Precious

A couple of recent videos of our Golden pup Precious & our sweet PWD Sweetie.

The Precious & Sweetie Show

Precious is settling in to her new surroundings - getting into the gardens, eating rocks - all the things that puppies do! This required some chicken wire to keep her out of the forbidden areas. She's had a couple of accidents in the house, particularly on the Rec Room carpet but she would follow big sister Sweetie outside & has gradually gotten the idea to do her business always on the grass, instead of new territory indoors!
Still has problems going down the basement steps but one day recently she made it down 3 or 4 before getting stuck & crying for help! She's learning how to entice the 11 year old PWD into playing with her.

Monty & Sweetie - The Final Show

Our pets were our "Entertainment Center". And for almost 11 years Montana (Monty) our Golden Retriever was a source of joy for us. Sadly he became too weak & on January 26. 2011 we had to put him down. The 4th dog that we have had to do that. I believe that for me Monty was the best of those boys. Sadly missed by us, especially by his companion Sweetie.

Monty & Sweety - our current pooches

A series of videos highliting Monty the Golden Retriever, and Sweety the Portuguese water Dog. Our faithful companions for the past 10 years.