NOT ONE BUT TWO WINNERS!

Well Darby and Buddy have really smart PA's.  They both guessed right away that it was our dad, Rocco.  Wasn't he a handsome pup, kind of like me! (see previous post for addition of current photo)

I wonder if I can make this contest harder, hmm, let me see--I think this one will be hard but see if you can guess. 

um, um good

This one is really hard I guess--hint--This puppy is someone's momma.

NAME THAT PUPPY

Not much happening around here.  PA has been busy bringing her classes up to speed.  She is getting frustrated with the lack of initiative and inability to follow simple directions that her students exhibit.  She is beginning to think that cardigans are much smarter than the average student today.

Since there isn't much going on and I am bored, I decided to have a CONTEST!  I call it "name that puppy"  See if you can guess the name of the puppy pictured below.  The first to guess it right wins an all expense paid trip to (wait I don't have any money and no way to earn it)--well the first person to guess gets to know that they are really, really, smart :-).  Hint:  a close relative.

This is then.

This is now.



BRRRRRRRR!

It is really cold here.  My PA is totally disgusted.  She used to live in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan which gets 300 inches of snow each year and average temperatures below zero.  When she moved here (before she became a Cardigan mom), she thought winters would be mild and no more snow and freezing temperatures.  Ha! was she wrong about that.   So much for global warming. 

The one good thing about the cold weather is we all get to come in the house at night cause our PA doesn't want to go tromping out to the kennel in the cold.   We all were good, no barking, no mistakes in the house, and played nice with each other.  Maybe we will get to come in again tonight since it's going to be 6 degrees.

I sure hope it warms up soon, the cold is hard on my feet :-(.

THE START OF A NEW (AND HOPEFULLY BETTER) NEW YEAR

I bet you all thought I wouldn't back.  But like Jack Nickelson in "The Shining"---I'm Backkkkkk!!!!!.

It has been a very difficult time for my poor PA--between problems with the online platform for her classes, her father breaking his hip and emergency gall bladder surgery (involving six weeks in the hospital and then passing away in November at the age of 95), her computer totally crashing and losing a lot of valuable info, taking care of us, miserable weather for Arkansas, and taking care of her 90 year old mother--she just didn't have time to keep Dad's or my blog up-to-date.  She has been following Brother Buddy, Sister Darby, and Cousin Pumpkin's antics though.

Now it is the new semester and day one was called off because of snow and day two has a delayed start which means her classes don't meet.  Now she is two days behind already!

We did have a nice holiday--not many treats but we got to stay in the house on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Year's Eve and New Year's Day. 

Happy New Year from the Coedwig Cardigans

Here we all are, 8 of us stuffed on the love seat, the rest spilling over on the floor :-)   Hopefully, everyone had a good holiday, full of happiness and cheer.  Here's to my PA keeping my blog current.

PA's Office

As you know, my PA is always working, working, working.  I thought I would show you some pictures of her office.  Do you see a recurring theme in her decor?  Do you see my Dad's picture on her computer?

I guess she likes Cardigans :-)

OH! OH!

Pumpkin and Bailey got into trouble today.  The little rascals figured out how to undo the latch on the pen.  The gates are blocked from opening out, but they figured out how to get the door to open in and out they popped. Well, I shouldn't say they, because it was probably Pumpkin, since girls are much smarter than boys (or so they say).   My PA got home from work and found them running around having a good time.  They didn't do too much damage, just one lamp cord (the lamp wasn't plugged in) and some shoes and stuff scattered about.  Guess they will have to go in their crates when no one is home.  

What little devils!

County Fair

As you may have heard on my Dad's blog, I went to the County Fair last night with Pumpkin, Bailey, and Mystique.  Mystique went to do an agility demo, the puppies went just for the fun of it, and I went so that some of the kids could experience a dog show and showing a dog in the ring.   I think they all had fun.  You can go to Darby's blog,  www.darbysdaily.blogspot.com/, to see pictures of us at the Fair.

What was the Fair like--oink, oink, grunt grunt-- we were right next to the pigs.  You could smell all the food cooking, fried this and fried that (of course, we didn't get any), and people, people, people.  All in all, though, it was a lot of fun.

DAD'S BLOG IS GONE

Hi all,

Dad's blog is gone temporarily.  It seems the blogosphere didn't like us both being on the the same email address, so everything about Dad showed up on my blog and me on his.   Now, there are all kinds of technical difficulties trying to get a new blog up for Dad.  So bear with my human for a while until she figures out all the glitches that are now occurring.

It's Raining, Raining, Raining

Well I said it was going to rain and I guess it is.  It was raining so hard this morning, most of us didn't want to go out--but out we went.  It was kind of like taking an early morning shower.   Of course that means more work for my human since we came in all wet and dirty.  It is supposed to rain all day and all night, so the mop will be staying out for a while :-).

Hey, I beat my dad to the blog today!!!!

Another Day, Another Milk Bone

Well it's back to the old grind for all of us.  I have to stay out in the kennel with Sandie and all the other Cardigans (except for the oldest, Abbey, Glacier, and Fancy who have house privileges) until my human gets back from work.  Sometimes it is a short stay, other times it is a long day because she has meetings and appointments.  But at least I get to come in at night to play and sleep.  I am one lucky guy because every time I have to go rest in my crate I get a Milk Bone (I think my human has stock in the Milk Bone company).  It is supposed to, maybe, perhaps, could rain today.  I think we need rain as I haven't had any mud to get dirty in for a long time.

Hope y'all have a nice day (I'm a southern boy just like my Dad, hee hee)