Our Doggies love the summer

At Pampered Paws we have several little ones that come to visit and the doggies enjoy every minute of it. Joan's great neice Kennedy came to visit her and she came to work with her while she was here. Max and Bella G. got all the attention they wanted this week. She loved to stay in the room with them and spoiled them rotten. It won't be long and Emily Ogden will be back and she will be taking her time at spoiling those doggies.

Farewell Old Friend

We would like to say a final farewell to one of our regular day care doggies at Pampered Paws. Stumpy started coming to us every day and although he was blind and mostly deaf he made some very good friends at our place. He stayed in the office and would let us know when he needed to go out with his insistent bark. Sometimes he really didn't need to go out he just wanted to wander around the building for a while. I think we learned which bark was which after a while. In fact when Danny would bring him in the morning, he would bark all the way in the building like he was announcing his arrival. The bulldogs were in the room next to him and they could see him all day. And I think they wondered why he wasn't paying attention to them. Little did they know he couldn't see them. I believe Danny said Stumpy was 16 years old and I think all of the other dogs knew he was old and fragile because they were very careful around him like they could sense his seniority. Stumpy enriched all of our lives and we will miss him terribly.

Playing Ball

Elway Otto came to stay at Pampered Paws for a few days and he loves to play ball. He is one of those sweet dogs that actually brings the ball back to you and patiently waits for you to throw it again. I guess having a coach for an owner makes for a good ball player. He also has a stuffed football that he loves. I tried to get a good picture of him holding his football but everytime I got close enough he got up to see me. Sweet, sweet dog.

Gift basket winner

Our Christmas basket drawing was won by Elle and Lucy Hamilton's owner, Meredith. Abby stopped by for the basket to take to the lucky doggies. Congratulations to Lucy and Elle.

Costume Contest

Well, I am a little behind in posting pictures from the Halloween Costume Contest. I was hoping to get some better pictures than what I took but haven't gotten them yet. So, here are some that I took. I didn't get all the dogs but we had about 14 dogs enter and had devils, witches, a duck, and even a pimp daddy....lol. The winners were:

Overall winner - Becca Gentile with her hula outfit complete with a pink thong

Most beautiful - Scarlet Ricklefsen as a beautiful witch

Most handsome - Hippie Hamilton was a handsome bee and came with Momma Bee Gena Faye

Funniest - Abby Bettis was a precious little devil

Best Pair - Louie and Perry Wilcox were Batman & Superman shown by mom Supergirl Kay

Best Costume - Milly Campbell was a school bus headed to Pampered Paws

Best Trick - Fergie Aucoin the witch showed off her soccer skills.

Thank you to everyone that entered and joined in the fun.

Precious Little Devil

We have dogs that come to Pampered Paws that looks can be deceiving. Reno, the yorkie is one of those precious doggies. Just to look at him he looks like a little angel but turn the clippers on and he turns into a snarling, biting, bundle of energy. He is an older dog and suffers from arthritis and other medical issues but you wouldn't be able to tell it from his actions on the groomer table. He moves pretty fast for a little old man.....lol. Several hours and a few bite marks later we got him groomed (mostly). We couldn't get around his eyes because they are TOO close to those sharp teeth. We decided that yesterday must have been a full moon because we had a maltese that didn't want us to cut his hair either.............OH, the days in the life of a dog groomer. Where is Ceaser when we need him?

Mr. Peabody

We had a sweet little chihuhua at our shop a couple of weeks ago and he has a fun name. He was named Mr. Peabody. I remembered the name but couldn't remember where I had heard it before so I googled it. I don't think he resembles the cartoon charactor Mr. Peabody but maybe is is smart like him. He was a neat little dog. Hopefully he will come back and see us.

Pretty Weather Again

We are so glad at the doggie day care when the sun comes out again. It's hard on us and the doggies when it is raining outside. They love to go out and play when it is not raining. Well, for a little while anyway. Some of the dogs don't like the heat either so when they go out they want right back in. I can't blame them sometimes because that heat is pretty tough sometimes. Sadie Fahey and Toto Franklin were outside checking out what everyone was up to. And Lucy, Pam and Frazier were telling me to let them out....PLEASE.

Bella has a boyfriend

Our little Bella Graham stays with us at doggie day care and she gets along with most everybody. Mary Jo went on vacation and she left her dog Max with us while she was gone and he fell completely in love with Bella. He followed her around everywhere and if other dogs would get close to her he would chase them away. I don't think Bella was all that interested if the truth be known but I am sure Max hated to go home when Mary Jo got back.

Summer Help

Emily Ogden is down staying with her MeMe and Paw Paw and is helping out at doggie day care. The puppies are getting some extra special attention with her around. Especially the little doggies. She loves to play with them. Talk about being PAMPERED!