Beautiful Sunday!

 Gotta love a beautiful day in the Bay Area. Dieks and I hit up Don Edwards Bird Sanctuary Sunday for a nice walk. Dogs are only allowed in the main part, but it was enough to poop both of us out!

 No more pics mom! Walk time!

 Ground squirrels will be mine!

 Happy Doggie!

 Birds!

Goals

I decided NOT to make resolutions this year. I never keep them anyway ha! So some goals....

Make Dieks wear some cute stuff. I bought him a tie collar at the pet expo. They were super nice and helpful! I wish they had more vibrant ties, but I think Dieks wears his like a BOSS! http://www.canineties.com/

Take Dieks on more adventure trips with his new back pack. So far he is loving it!

Create new things. My friend ask me to make her son a Ninja turtle hat.

I have been drooling over pineapple stitches so I found a simple scarf pattern to try with the yarn I got from my auntie for Christmas

An Infinity scarf for my friend who lives in the cold. Tried a new technique of working between the V rather then in the top loop for single crochet.

And I FINALLY finished this damn kids sweater. I got bored with it about 6mo ago on the arms. But I finished it and will be putting a zipper on it. Awesome thing is I sold it! I'm so excited about that one lol.

So my goals for this year are....


Try new things
Make Dieks wear cute stuff
More Adventures with Dieks
Finish projects and do not let them sit!


My Current Projects
Baby Leg Warmers
Cabbage Patch hat
Guys Scarf
Shawl for me
Mittens
Fingerless Gloves

Projects and More

This Year I found a couple of hat patterns I fell in love with! Most of my friends and family received hats for the holidays :)

 Caught the boys snuggling! Say it isn't so!

 Infinity Scarf I made up on a whim one night. No Pattern just went with the flow and I love how it turned out!

 Oh to have a shaggy dog in the winter season. Dieks is getting great at staying on the towels until I can get his feet clean. On this morning I had to pull out a bucket with warm water to get him clean. Love my shaggy beast.

A little late, but Happy Holidays!

Finished Projects

Super long scarf for my friend. Tunisian crochet 

Prayer shawl for a friends sister who has breast cancer

Ballet flats for a friends little girl

Tunisian Entrelac baby blanket.

Slowly but surely a Entrelac blanket for my Brother.

Shawl for my Granma's Birthday!

I've been busy. I'm currently working on the blanket for my brother, another baby blanket and a toddler sweater. THEN i have some fingerless gloves and hats on my list. I'm having fun doing all the baby stuff. I whipped up some minnie mouse outfits but neglected to get pics before i send them to their home.

Growing up

My little boy is not so little anymore! I took him into the vet to get weighed for his heart worm meds and he is now a whopping 43lbs! It seems just like yesterday he was only 27lbs of scruff. He is only about 7mo so it should be interesting to see how big he gets :)

He is doing wonderful in most areas of training. He loves going class and learning new things and he is a dream to walk on a flat collar. Only thing he doesn't like right now is his crate. I'm thinking of moving it into the living room. He has become very anti crate and even chewed on the wires. Maybe even use the plastic one instead. Luckily he does ok being left out in the house with the bathroom doors closed, but i really want him comfortable in the crate. I have a clicker and bought a few books and watched some crate training vids. So i'll see how it goes.

Ahhh Puppy Craft...

I would call it witch craft, but it's just typical puppy behavior...or so I tell my self. Dieks has a new nickname. He is called "Hell beast." Why? well let's count the ways...

1. Counter Surfing- I have never had a dog do this, but he is being a PIA with this. I watch him and watch him then he disappears when I'm not looking and he does shit like grabs the tomato off the counter.

2. Hand Biting- He doesn't bite hard, but when he gets super riled after playing he gets very mouthy. I  know it's typical behavior for a new pup, but it does make him look psycho!

3. Poop eating- Why....why is their own poop so tasty? i get cat shit but his own? oddness. Just means the yarn is cleaned after every poop vs 1x a day.

4. Deafness- To his name that is. He knows his name, but quiet often he doesn't care to come.

5. Naughty boy tricks to granma- Last night he goes hauling ass down the hall way to my mom. Jumps up to her plate and snags the meat from it while she was eating...I don't mean to laugh, but really this is why 1. we eat at the table and 2. dogs aren't allowed on the couch if we are eating there.Note he NEVER begs from me. He lays down and sulks vs with my mom he begs as bad as her dog *sigh*

6. Mountain Goatness- Jumping on the chair, which is covered, then up on to the sewing machine to peek through the windows. This was due to granma not crating him while she went to the store. Who doesn't crate a puppy?

7. Crazy zoomies that leaves his tongue hanging out the side and me almost peeing my self with laughter.He is FAST. like cutting/barrel racing horse fast and jumps like he is a gazelle. Maybe agility? LOL

And thus explains his hell beastness. I know it's puppy behavior and we are working on it :). We start obedience class on June 6th! I really can't wait. He is a super smart dog and i think will thrive in class.

He walks great on leash and does sit stays awesomely! We do have to work on his down. He wont lay down unless i put my hand to the ground. I've been trying to raise it, but he doesn't seem to get it.

~6mo old and 37-38lbs.  I don't think he will get much bigger. Maybe max out at 45lbs or less. I'd like to see him with a few more lbs on him, but he's a grazer when it comes to eating.

Ahhhh Puppyhood....always an adventure!