I'll Be Home Soon!

Palmer's been suffering from separation anxiety since we've adopted him and though he's improved significantly, I always have this little pain in my heart knowing how crazy he can get when he's left home alone. Pre-baby gate, we kept him in the cold, lonely bathroom while we were gone. Poor kid would panic the moment we left and ended up clawing, chewing, and slobbering away the bottom half of the bathroom door. It was so heart-wrenching to come home to his big sad brown eyes and wood chips scattered all over the bathroom floor. After we got the baby gate, his anxiety was directed towards where the baby gate met the door frame but at least we saw some improvement there. Since last September, he's caused enough damage to the house and now we are ready to put our foot down. Enough is enough! We patched up the area with spackle and paint and even replaced the bathroom door and are dead set on helping the Palmerpie cope with his doggie disorder.

We turned to our obedience school instructor, Penny, for some advice and she recommended we contact Janine from J9's K9s for help. She gave us a few pointers over the phone but we definitely plan to bring her in for a private lesson with our little monster. She also recommended we pick up the following book for guidance:

Doesn't that doggie have the saddest little face ever? Waah! Anyway -- I'll keep everyone updated on Palmer's progress! Wish us luck!

On a happier note, we brought the Palmerpie in for another grooming this past weekend and he came out looking more like a puppy than ever. He's squeaky clean and sweet smelling and its really tempting to cuddle with him to sleep.

Bringing it back...

I was browsing old files and ended up watching this clip over and over again. For those that haven't seen this clip, I caught Palmer trying to reach for his rawhide that was just out of his reach on the bathroom counter. Watch the silly dog in action!

Nana & Xabi

Palmer has just been set up. He has a blind play date with Lina & Ryo's 2 doggies, Nana and Xabi. I don't have any pictures of them but stay tuned, Lina is hopefully sending some my way. They are absolutely cute, trained obedience school grads, and are well-behaved around other dogs. I hope some of their good behavior rubs off onto Palmer so he can finally learn to interact with other doggies.

Disneyland

My mom and brother were kind enough to babysit Palmer while Johnny and I ran around Disneyland like kids yesterday. Here's a pic from the Buzz Lightyear Astro Blaster ride... I was killing Johnny through most of the ride but at the last minute, Johnny caught up and beat my score! We thought we did pretty good until we saw that the high score for the day was over 1,000,000. We also went on Space Mountain for the first time since it reopened and Johnny saw Fantasmic for the first time, ever. We love Disneyland!

Pool dog

This past weekend was a scorcher so Johnny and I decided to break HOA rules and lay poolside with the Palmerpie (our neighbors were way too busy fawning over his cute face that no one even noticed).

Anyway, we pushed the limits of our doggie freedom by testing to see if Palmer knew how to swim! We tried to lure him into the water by holding his beloved tennis ball just out of his poor doggie reach. He was teetering at the edge of the pool trying to paw for the ball when he lost his balance and fell right in! It was THE cutest thing ever. Swimming seemed to come effortlessly but he still doggie paddled back to the wall with a panicked look on his face. We felt bad for the pup and took him out of the water right away.

I'm sad to report that it was another Kodak moment missed and I have no photos to share. For those with limited imaginations, he looked like this... except much much cuter!

Yager & Stoli

Just as a mother wants a playmate for her first-born, I've recently had this urge to adopt another doggie for Palmer's sanity. Poor kid is bored out of his mind at home while I'm at work, I just know it! Anyway, I know its not the BEST time to adopt considering we're flat out of space in the condo but don't you think these doggie brothers would get along so well with Palmer? They even share his love for tennis balls!

Meet Yager and Stoli!

Yes, sleeping again!

Now, I do realize ALL my posts and pictures have been of Palmer sleeping but I can't help it... he is just so darn cute when he's sleeping and he's sleeping all the time! Anyway, it's late afternoon on a Saturday and as I was working on the wedding on my computer, the two loves of my life fell asleep on the couch:Palmer is so wonderful to cuddle with. I hope all you doggie parents out there give your doggies some lovin' like we do Palmer!