crissy friends

Last week Friday on Papa's day off from work, Papa and Dash took a trip to Crissy Field.  While I was busy at a client meeting the boys were having fun in the great outdoors.

Here are a couple of "friends" Dash made at the beach.  Papa says our mini Aussie had dug a hole to hide his ball in, and these bullies kept pinning him down in it.  He had it on video, but I asked him to edit out the fight scenes and just keep the happy moments.  :)

Just when Papa was about to leave, he came across our mini Aussie friend Geordie.  We can never remember his owner's name (sorry!) but we've met him a few times now.  Dash and Geordie had a quick romp before it was really time to head home.

I love how Geordie has a really full, round head and a very substantial looking build.  From the first time I met him I thought he looked just like a full sized Aussie... but mini.  Dash definitely has more of a petite frame.

I couldn't help but laugh when I saw this picture.  On our computer it is saved as "bootylicious.jpg".  Those darn wigglebutts are just so irresistible.  Speaking of butts, Geordie's owner is actually the one who suggested I give Dash a puppy clip at the groomer to keep that crazy Aussie fur in check.  (He does it regularly and swears by it.)  As you know, I opted for the DIY version.

 Last time I saw Geordie's owner he told me he was getting a pretty little red merle girl to be Geordie's little sister.  Papa said she had stayed home during this particular outing, but hopefully we will get to meet her soon.  If she's anything like her big brother she will certainly be a head turner!

butt hair

I've been searching online photos for a picture of a dog with long butt hair, like an Aussie or a Sheltie, but apparently people don't usually photograph the hair on their dog's butts.  (Imagine that!)  I wanted to demonstrate the exceptionally long fur that was growing from Dash's hind legs and butt area.  It was sort of like this:

I don't know about everyone else, but this long butt hair was a real nuisance in the hygiene area.  Every time there was something or other stuck and it was never a pleasant discovery.  So, for the last few months I've been trimming Dash's behind with a pair of regular scissors.  We don't take pictures of our dog's butt either, but this one was by chance:

I trim his stubby tail area then go down each of his hind legs, holding the hair between my fingers as a guide like my stylist does.  The first time he was pretty squirmy, but I did it for the third time last night and he was totally calm about it.  It's not a super short clip, but it's enough to keep things neat and clean.  Does anyone else do this?

hair hair everywhere

There is fur EVERYWHERE.  All the time.  EVERYWHERE.  I don't know how other dog owners can deal with this.  We sweep every other day and lint roller the couch just as often.  There is a layer of fur on our blankets at all times and gigantic fur/dust bunnies rolling around no matter how vigilant we are.  Really.  I'm very big on keeping a clean house and this is liable to drive me insane.

We thought brushing him more often would help, but this is what we get every time...  A FULL brush of hair.  Brush after brush after brush without end.  It baffles me how it can grow and shed so quickly!!!

This is no joke.  Even when we do our laundry we can't get rid of the fur because it's all mixed into the load and sticks onto everything.  It doesn't help that before Dash my favorite clothing color was black and his long white hair stands out like crazy.  In fact, one of my New Year's resolutions was never to buy black clothes again.  It's actually the only resolution of five that I've kept so far.

This weekend our friend stayed over and had so much fur on his clothes he said he would take it home and grow his own mini Aussie puppy!  It's no wonder why they have non-shedding breeds like poodles and schnauzers.  Seriously.  How do other people deal with this?