Valentine's Day Party!!!!!!

Rivet and all her friends from the dog park had a blast in Cliff's backyard!!

Rivet's Christmas Morning!!!

Rivet just loves her presents from my parents! Note the hand-crocheted dog sweater from Mom!!!

Tunnel Tennis!!!!!

Look how much fun can be had with 1 Ikea play tunnel, 3 mini tennis balls, 1 plush squeaky ball!

Loofa Dog Toy Brings on the Zooms!

Rivet just loves this little toy - as you can see!



Oh and by the way, Rivet finished totally updating her Amazon Store for glam little dogs.

A Morning Swim...

Its been WAY TOO HOT around here, and I can only imagine how uncomfortable it must be for Rivet who has all of that gorgeous poofy fur. Last Saturday, on my way to the warehouse (normally I don't go on Saturday, but whatever) Rivet and I stopped in at Petsmart to buy treats for her and an ice cold soda for me. Then we both noticed the cute little wading pools, and I figured it was worth the $9 to see if she would like to cool off in one. Given the fact that I grew up in a "behaviorist household" I am prone to do experiments finding the most effective ways to train, and how to instill happy doggie associations with things. This was a prime opportunity. I knew that other papillons seem to enjoy water, and I wanted to make sure there were no associations with the dreaded "bath time". There is a rule, Rivet never gets in the pool unless its because she wants to - I have never placed her in there, if she is in the pool, its because she's jumped in. Now, that being said, at first I had to build up some nice associations with being in the pool - I lured her in with a favorite treat - after that happened a few times, I noticed she wanted to go out on the patio more and more to hop in the pool and just walk around, chase a ball in there, or "dig" in the water for fun or to cool off. This morning, she has asked to "swim" about 3 times - I guess she likes it now!!! Have you ever seen someone have so much fun in 1" of water in the bottom of a plastic wading pool??

Extra long video today - food time!!!!

Rivet loves her bowl of Royal Canin Mini Special 30 (for "picky little dogs" as it says in the package). She does have a discriminating pallet to say the least...

Doggie playground!!!!!!

This is Rivet's favorite doggie playground - watch her go!!!

Paper BAG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What's more fun than a paper bag that has treats and your favorite toy inside????

You've been so patient!!!!

Sorry for the huge delay, but I have 2 bits of great news:
1. Today's video is extra long and adorable
2. We have been recording tons of new material for this site, so keep checking back as it will be added each week!!!

After all the hundreds of dollars we've spent on so many toys, what is Rivet's current favorite? A mini tennis ball with a piece of stretchy fabric tied onto it... go figure!

Just hanging around

Just a short video of what Rivet likes to do on a regular basis:

Happy Birthday, Rivet!!!!

This past Saturday, Rivet turned 2. She had so much fun the first half of Saturday that she slept the rest of the day away, but it was her birthday and that's what she wanted. It all started at 9:30am when her playgroup met at a local dog park and she hung around with 20 of her friends and made some new ones too. Then we went to a local dog bakery and let her pick out some treats. After coming home and eating, she then fell in a heap and slept and slept and slept.

Today she is doing her best to keep me from studying - while atop her birthday afghan made by my Mom - Rivet just LOVES anything soft and pink.

Busy Buddy... yummy yummy fun!

Typical Day.....

Just a typical day for Rivet:

I am spoiled, hear me roar! (I mean, watch me chew)

This is my favorite blanket, on my favorite corner of my favorite couch on top of my favorite pillow while chewing my favorite toy. In case you haven't guessed, my life is probably way better than yours. Observe:

Rivet's playdate!

Delayed because of technical difficulties, but FINALLY here! Rivet and her Chorkie (or Yorchi chihuahua/yorkie mix) friend, Murphy have a lot of fun running and playing together:

Dog Party Recap!

I went to 2 dog parties in one day! One at a dog park, and the other at my veterinarian's office. I had so much fun that I fell asleep in the car all the way home - and then some. The dog park party had a crazy costume contest as you can see, and my vet's party had some fun agility stuff laying around. I'd never seen this sort of thing before and ran all over it just to get at some seriously tasty treats. Isn't my outfit totally fabulous? Not only can I jump hurdles, I can jump hurdles while wearing my little kimono from NYC....