I don’t get to see Wanda/Star very often so it was fun to get a picture of her. She’s a Patti Sue and Ruben baby from the comedians litter. Clean up continues with a dozen fans and heaters drying the floors and ceilings, feels like the house is going to take flight😳 very INCONVIENT having the bedrooms tore up. Could be worse, it isn’t the kitchen!!

Harlee didn’t have school it was 21 below, so around 2 pm she came up from her room and said the ceiling is leaking water. Sure enough it was more that a leak though a flood of hot water the family room was like a sauna. I ran upstairs to see where else there was water and my bedroom floor had an inch of water in fact it was gushing from my wall like someone had laid a hose on the floor. Tom was out on the lake so we quick called him to come home. I had no idea what to shut off that wouldn’t burn up something else. I knew being hot it was coming from the boiler. Tom shut everything off and the insurance company sent Service Master who immediately started ripping out ceilings and pulling up floors. Six guys worked 12 hours. The dogs were going crazy with strangers coming in and out but it wasn’t long before they got used to it and barely moved. Something tells me this is going to be a long process. It could have been worse the damage was really mine and Harlee’s bedrooms and the end of the family room where we keep the puppies. I had just repainted those rooms and Harlee had new floor boo hoo

23 below today! The girls are snuggling to keep warm ( their coats are being washed). They like coats and we prefer it to panting in the house because they have too much hair! They are outside a few minutes a day so they need a haircut that makes them comfortable the rest of the time indoors. We also don’t like the wooly look😳 still cold, will be until March they are saying.

Our sweet Emir/Micky enjoying his new life with his new poodle sister Minnie😍 they enjoyed the snow in Lansing! I’m really looking forward to seeing them at the spring reunion! All’s well here just cold, too cold for the park. The girls need a really good run!

lol I love these photos of dogs pouring out of a bed too small. This adorable boy is Lexie and Elliot’s TWILIGHT baby Jasper/Ozzy (RENE and Rosalie’s litter mate) I’m so excited to breed RENE and Rosalie with Dennis as we can get phantoms and sables!! We love the unique colors!!

Look who’s in a PRO PLAN COMMERCIAL!! Our DOTTIE/WALLY baby Bruce/Riley!! I don’t like kibble but I sure like to see our babies featured in an AD😀 so cold! I’m keeping busy painting coffee mugs and wine glasses😀 they are fun to do and beverages taste better in them TOO

I love my poodle scarf made by Genia Dumont and thought Patti would look cute in it. So knowing she is SO tolerant of anything you do to her I wrapped it around her and adjusted it until I could get a good picture. Genia has a couple scarfs for sale , they make great gifts I can tell you how to get in touch with her if you want one I think she has a red and cream😀 SOOOO cold here, out to pee and back in!

Our pretty girl from FRANCIS and Jack’s “BLACK” litter that was suppose to be brown😊 she is the littermate of Horrace the handsome. Woke up to -12 burrrr the dogs really want to go play but it’s so cold on their feet. WALLY and Rosalie go home today, so now we wait for signs of babies (usually 3 weeks at least). More girls starting cycles, agh I need these spread out😳

Today is a special day for me because of these two wonderful girls. In 2006 we bought them from a breeder in Ohio they were outside in a pen with 8 inches of matted fur (straw mixed in) their nails were so long they were curled into the pads of their feet and their ears had a hard ball of black goo and hair in each one. I had no idea who I was getting but it didn’t matter, they were Patti Sue, Citori and Jacks mother or Aunt. Both were nothing more than breeding stock (2 years old) but too much trouble as they needed maintenance other breeds did not. How fortunate for us. I’m so glad I was able to give them seven years of being a pampered pet, what they gave me in return was worth so much more! If you are in a position to rescue PLEASE DO!! Every dog deserves a second chance at a loving home😥 they are so very grateful to have the home they SHOULD have gotten the first time around😘

Happy SEVENTH 😭 birthday to FRANCIS Claire and Beau’s Valentine babies Amoire, Juliette/Hersey, Lovie/Cassie, Be Mine/Loki, Don Juan/Cal, Cupid/Beau, Casanova/Roman, Valentino/Mosley and Romeo/Curley. How I miss their mother 😭😭 cold and windy so no park today😥