Basenjis Party Too Hard!

Last night Toni + Calvin had some wild shenanigans. New Christmas toys were played with too hard and they each ate a foot long bully!!! Even Happy did a lot of pacing indoors and exploring in the snowy yard. This morning none of the basenjis wanted to get out of bed as visions of cookie plumb fairies were still dancing in their furry heads.

Santa!!!

Santa Paws came last night and my were the dogs excited this morning! Calvin unwrapped ALL the presents (even those not for him)!!! Toni + Calvin each got 2 toys from Santa and Toni got some additional chewies and a lovely reindeer from her mommy #1 (Sondra). Happy got some "gourmet" dog food and a pint of vanilla Haagen Daas which she will be eating later this morning.

FYI: Happy + Toni have the Santa hats on, Happy is the one who is gray and longer in the face; Toni has a darker and smaller face. Calvin is the lighter basenji with the red bandanna.

Here comes Toni Claus!


Toni + her big gift from mommy #1.


"Is that for moi?"


Calvin + Toni.


Calvin the unwrapper of presents.

Toni being a goober and wanting belly rubs.

Santa Happy

Like mother, like granddaughter -- neither one wanted to take a photo with each other!

We three basenjis of African kings.

Toni yodeling up a storm!!!

The Saddest Girl in the World

There is an old song that goes "Did you happen to see the saddest girl in the world?" Well, we have been getting snow storms back to back and painfully cold weather for over a week -- which means no walks for Toni, Calvin, and Happy. Poor Toni has been taking this the hardest as she lives for her daily walks. I took this photo of Toni after she had been looking out the window at all the snow filling up her precious sidewalk. Thankfully, Toni wears her booties and we were able to do a short walk today (Calvin stayed home as he has an ear infection).

Oh, and I have no idea how that pillow got onto the back of the couch. Perhaps Toni brought it up there with her!!!

Toni's Birthday Bliss!!!

Technically, Toni's birthday isn't until tomorrow. But we decided to throw her a little party tonight. Toni got a special beef and cheese "cake" topped with a cookie. She grabbed the "cake" off of the plate before we could even sing Happy Birthday to her and ate it in 10 seconds!!!

Toni also got a present that Calvin picked out for her. It is a big silly looking dodo bird stuffed toy. She no sooner got it out of the bag that Calvin jumped up and tried to steal it from her. Toni gave him a big nasty growl and Calvin flung himself on top of the dodo bird and wouldn't let her have it! Gary consoled Miss Toni and gave her a hug and the dodo bird was long forgotten.

1 basenji birthday down, 2 more to go!

Brrr...It's Cold Outside

The days are starting to get colder here and I had to breakout the matching coats Sondra sent for Calvin and Toni. They look so darn cute! Now when they go out trying to catch the wrasscly wrabbits (or squirrels) they are the most stylish little hunting dogs.
Plus the dogs get sooooo many complements which they love!

Halloween Hound

In the true spirit of Halloween, I made the dogs do some tricks before they got their treats. And by tricks, I mean I dressed them up. Miss Toni got to wear the pumpkin hat and Calvin went as a spooky bat! Toni was a little concerned by the constant stream of trick-or-treaters (some who came by to check out the dog's costumes) so she ended up hiding out in my bed. Calvin had a blast and was soooooo excited by the trick-or-treaters he kept trying to escape to greet them. I ended up taking him out to stop by his furry friends' houses and the little devil ended up with a bag of snausages, dried chicken, and bacon strips! When we got home I made him share his loot with Happy + Toni.

PuppyPower!

Toni's "mom" sent me a BUNCH of photos of Toni when she was a wee little puppy as well as a wonderful package of Toni's toys. Toni's mom (Happy's daughter) is Simba. It is amazing how similar Happy and Simba look! Toni also had a little friend named Shelby who is the red and white basenji in some of the photos.

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Now that the mornings are cooler and the sun comes up later the dogs have turned into lazy little sleepy heads! Even Miss Happy (who is usually up before I am) has been sleeping in almost every day this week. What a life these dogs lead!

Looking Good!

I finally made Calvin and Toni new collars. Toni wanted a glamorous collar to be more like her Grandma Happy but she didn't want to look too prissy so she got a brown and blue-green bohemian collar. Because Calvin is a sneaky mischief-maker and when he growls it sounds like "Arrrrgg" he got a pirate collar! Poor Miss Happy is so neat and tidy that she did not need a new collar so she got a cookie instead.

Rooster

Toni is very vocal and here new "thing" is that in the morning she will sit in the kitchen wait oh so meekly for us to feed her. Since Toni can be a bit dominant and pushy around food, Happy gets fed first, then Calvin, and then Toni. Toni has such a hard time waiting for her turn and will usually let out a loud rooster-like crow to let us know that she is here and is HUNGRY!!! If she keeps doing this every day, our neighbors will think we got a rooster!