CALVIN!!!! (once again)

Yesterday, Mom and Dad were working down at the pool cutting a new solar cover to size. Calvin and I were hanging out pool side enjoying ourselves when Calvin decided to go see what Dad was doing. Well, he stepped too close to the edge of the pool and splash! into the water he went. The really bad part was when Dad dropped the scissors he was using to cut the cover, right into the pool when he went to pull Calvin out! Everybody was afraid they might have cut the liner but it appears all is well. Mom immediately took Calvin in to give him a bath because she was afraid the pool water might not be good for his sensitive skin. Big Baby!

Today Calvin and I helped Mom pull all the patio furniture out of the poolhouse and rearrange everything. It looked great after we cleaned everything up. Of course, Calvin just sat on the side of the pool sunning himself while Mom and I did all the work. But I'm happy to say the pool is officially open for the summer!

Happy Trails! Teddy

New Shoes

CALVIN!!!! So, my mom went and bought a new pair of shoes. She didn't spend a lot of money on them but they were great comfy black shoes to wear when she wore dress pants. Anyhoo, she didn't quite trust Calvin so she made sure that when she took them off she would put them on a dining room chair (because she was going to wear them again when she went out later) so that he couldn't get to them. Well, he got to them. When she found them he had chewed one of the heels pretty badly. Mom was mad but figured it was her fault because she hadn't put them in the closet and ... puppies will be puppies.


Fast forward two weeks, my mom decided she really had liked the shoes so she went and bought an identical pair. This time when she took them off she put them on a stool that was higher than the dining room chair because she REALLY didn't trust Calvin this time. Well, you guessed it! He got one of the shoes and chewed the heel REALLY bad again! Mom was REALLY mad this time.


Then, mom remembered that she had kept the first pair of shoes that Calvin had chewed and she went to the closet to retrieve them. It was a miracle, he had chewed the left shoe the first time and right shoe the second time so my mom still had a pair of shoes that looked good! Miracles do happen and Calvin was saved.

However, I think that he looks like he has a bit of an attitude in the picture mom took of him after, don't you? ps. My mom keeps all of her shoes in the closet now :0)

Opening the pool

Dad took the cover off the pool yesterday and the water was a very dark emerald green. Not to worry though as in a few days it will be a nice turquoise blue. Dad wouldn't let us within the pool gate while he was working on it because, over the winter when the heavy cover was on, Calvin would bound across it, and Dad was worried that he would think it was still on and go splash! into the emerald green murkiness. Nobody wants to go in that yucky water after him and nobody wants a green Westie! I think that bounding across the cover was Calvin's way of saying that he could walk on water! Once the pool is it's normal color Dad will let us dogs back in and we can resume our Westie races where we chase each other around the outside of the pool. For some reason the family thinks this is hilearous. It's great exercise for us Westies though. See ya, Teddy. p.s. here is a picture of me on the patio last summer.

Our Mom

Here is a picture of us with our Mom. We like to help her when she is working on the computer, but we let her do the typing because it's a little hard with paws. She is a very fast typist, listens very well and gives the best hugs around. She does spend time with those crazy cats that live with us, but we won't hold that against her (because, as we mentioned earlier, she gives the best hugs around).

Hello

Welcome to our blog! We are Calvin and Teddy, the Westies. Calvin is 11 months old and Teddy is 4 years old. We both came to live with our family when we were just puppies. Our family consists of our human family: Mom, Dad and two brothers, and (much to our dismay) two cats, Stitches and Patches. Our blog is about our wonderful life and how much we are adored by one and all. Ahh... the life of a Westie.