Past and Present

Happy Sunday everyone! It's a calm morning, not too cold and the sun might make an appearance later on. We had a snow event on Wednesday but it wasn't as bad as it was predicted, at least where we live. Our boys were happy with the fresh coat of snow. Sherlock's new thing is to burrow his face deep in the snow as if he's hunting for truffles. Crazy puppy!

Other than being snowy and cold, we had a good week. It ended with having friends over for lunch on Friday. We had a great time and shared some good laughs. Merlot & Sherlock were exceptionally excited to see them LOL!

The boys and I continue to enjoy the various activities of the Fun Fit Advent Calendar. They are becoming quite good at thinking for themselves without any luring or verbal cues from me.  I include two small clips of the "go from bowl to bowl while going around the cones" activity (the blog only supports 10-12 second videos, the reason for such short clips). The possibilities to increase the complexity of this game are endless. I see loads of fun on the horizon!

I am truly grateful for these new mental activities as I was starting to run out of ideas.  I bought small liver treats that I cut in 6 pieces so the reward might be tiny but it is tasty and that's all the boys need to get motivated. I say this because I have this thing about keeping their weight in check....I always look forward to their "Monday morning weigh in" LOL!

Russell is doing good. We were reflecting that a year ago, he was recovering from his second knee replacement surgery. He has recovered very well and gets his many thousand steps in every day. 

I leave you with some photos taken last week. We call the main photo Past & Present. It is of Cooper & Spicy's tree ornaments collected over the years and a new tree that we started last year with the arrival of Merlot & Sherlock. Our most precious Christmas decorations 💕 

Have a great week everyone! 

The tree of life links Christmas ornaments
carefully selected for Cooper and Spicy and
now for Merlot and Sherlock.

Fresh snow means new discoveries buried under
the snow...these two love to sniff for
hidden treasure.

Merlot and Sherlock at their posts
on watch...not much escapes their
attention - silently too, no barking!

Paws up comfort keeping me
company on the living room sofa.

Sitting calmly at their 'place' 
waiting for 'bowl to bowl' to
begin.

This thoughtful ornament came yesterday,
a surprise gift from our Havanese friend
Tinker and her human mommy Valerie, 
thank you!

A precious moment from
a Christmas passed, Spicy and 
Cooper - December 10th, 2022.