Jail? Me? I Didn't Know!

Last night, we were so excited when Daddy walked in the door.  He had been gone for six full hours.  We missed him so much.  He had kind of become a permanent fixture in his recliner this week.  We greeted him like he had been gone for six months instead of six hours.  Unfortunately, I got a little too excited and now I could be going to jail!  Daddy, said so!  What did I do?   I did this!

I was so excited that I tore off the this tag from my bed.   Daddy said it is against the law to remove tags from beds.  I didn't know!   I'm just a greyhound from the farm.  We didn't have beds with tags on them. :::sigh:::

Joey
The Greyhound Who Might Be Trading His Spots For Stripes - Yikes!

Returning To Semi-Normal

It has been a strange week here.  Mama is finally feeling better.  She still is not showering at the normal time, but at least she is showering.  Daddy is still not feeling well, but we think he is going to work later today.  He is dressed, but he taking his time about leaving.  Scout said that Daddy rarely misses work and two and half days in a row has never happened before.

Last night, I finally had the living room to myself.  It's been a slumber party all week long and the first two nights, I just left and went to the office.  Who can sleep with the humans making all sorts of noises? 

Mama said she is going to disinfect the house today.  I'm not sure if it does any good since they have both been sick, but it makes her feel better. 

We hope we have some more interesting posts in the near future.  Mama said giving details about this week would just be giving out way too much information and might turn off a number of our readers.  LOL

Joey,
The Greyhound Who Is Happy That His Mama Is Off The Couch

The Folks Are Sick

Mama and Daddy both have the stomach flu.  Mama got sick Sunday at 3 a.m.   I got really scared with her throwing up.  She said not to go into detail, but she was sick like that for 15 hours. I wouldn't go near her.  Daddy took care of us and her. He then came home sick yesterday afternoon.  Luckily, she is well enough to feed us and let us outside. She showered this morning, so she smells better and I'm not so scared of her now.  Daddy seems to not have it as bad as Mama, so that's good.  Mama is really tired today.  She said she will probably be better tomorrow. We hope so.  It's not fun living in a sick house.

We wanted to have a fun time watching the Super Bowl, but it just didn't happen this year.  We are going to try and catch up on our blog reading later today.

Joey
The Greyhound Who Wouldn't Get Near Mama For Two Days

Rainy Day

It's a rainy day here.  We had a wonderful week of weather.  It was sunny and warm.  I made good use of the deck. 

On the last day of January, I had an encounter with a bee.  Can you believe that?  I'm scared of bees when I'm outside, but he followed me inside the house.  Well, he was in my territory so the battle was on.  Mama heard me dancing around in the kitchen and she saw me chasing a bee.  She said "No, Joey!" and that's when I snapped at the bee and into my mouth he went.  I then spit him out and Mama stepped on him.  No more bee.  Mama was concerned that I was stung.  She checked the bee and the stinger was still on it..  She checked my mouth and all was fine. Thank goodness I was not stung.

Well, the next day, another bee chased me.  I ran into the house and hid.  I stayed in for a while after that.  I can't believe bees are already out.  Mama said if bees are out, snakes could be out.  Yikes!

Mama found out some surprising news yesterday.  As you may know, Mama works from home. She has worked from home for 16 years.  The first ten years she had a great paying job and she even had her own business for 14 years.  The past six years have been tough. The great paying job went away and the economy caused her business to close.  Six years ago she started working for company "A".  She worked for them for a little over a year and they sent the job to India.  She immediately started working for company "B".  It's the exact same job except the pay is not good.  Mama loves the work though and the hours are very flexible. Well, she found out yesterday that company "A" has purchased company "B".  ::::sigh:::  That can't be good.  She figures it's just a matter of time before her job ends.  Remember back in November, she had three jobs.  Well, one job ended and they are still processing her paperwork on the other one.  Maybe the other one will start when her current one ends?  Mama says life is full of changes and we just need to go with it.  At least she will be not loosing a big salary this time. 

Mama was happy to hear that other people have seen the type of collar that she made Scout.  She made me one and Daddy said it definitely pulls tighter on me when I pull.  He said that's a good thing.  I'm not so sure about that.  She purchased more hardware, so it looks like more collars are headed our way.

Joey
The Greyhound Who Won The Battle With A Bee

My February Collar

Mama likes to make us collars for the holidays.  Last night, she made me my February collar. I look nervous, don't I?

If you notice, this collar is made differently than my other collars.  Mama ordered hardware for our collars last week and discovered this new piece that is being used on martingale collars.  She was excited to try it, but also nervous.  She showed it to Daddy to see if he thought it would be safe and he said he thinks it's safer than the old style. We are still being very cautious as we test it out.

The chain takes the place of the material that is normally used that draws together to keep us from backing out of our collars. All the metal that you see comes welded together.  Mama and Daddy both think the chain pulls tighter and quicker than the material does.  Mama's biggest concern was that the chain might break, but Daddy says it won't.  Joey is a puller and some of his collars have been replaced because he wears through the material.  This may be a good option for him.   It took Mama a while to figure out how to make the collar, but once she did, she said it's so much easier than the old style. 

(Yes, I do have a leash on.  It's just not showing up in these photos.)  

If you are interested in making your own collars, here is the place that Mama orders her hardware from. Martingale Collars  You can order a kit to get you started.  That's what Mama did.  Mama doesn't get a commission or anything if you order.  She just thought some of you would be interested in making your own collars. 

Scout
The Greyhound Who Is Ready For February