The Buzz Queen

Whenever I go ‘to town’, Mattie always gets a new toy.  (The girls constantly remind me that I should think of our poor cat Missy once in a while and look into some toys or cat trees for her!)  But anyway, some toys I bring home for Mattie are hits, some are duds.  Stuffies are […]

Mikayla and I headed to ‘the big city’ today for Mattie’s vet appointment.  (Mikayla only came because I bribed her, as I needed someone to sit in the car with Mattie (a/c running) while I ran errands afterward!  She didn’t want home theater carpet ~go figure~ but the third & fourth book in the Twilight […]

We had great weather for camping this weekend - the sun was shining and it was toasty warm! We picked a lakeside spot this time which was great.

The water was like glass! (Still freezing cold though!)
Mattie did really well again. I bought another fence so we can almost fence off our entire […]

I finally broke down and ordered a raised outdoor dog bed for Mr. Mattie. It’s called a Kuranda bed - they use them a lot in kennels as they’re very durable and easy to clean. Of course, I had to order the XXL as the 85lb one just wasn’t going to cut it […]

Yesterday was cloudy but warm, so we packed Mattie up and headed to a little picnic spot on the river.

Kristanna was sitting playing in the sand - she just looked so pretty that I had to take about 80 pictures

Look at that skin! She’s almost 13 and not a blemish in sight! […]

Before the Mountie left, he installed my new favourite purchase.
I bought the Doggie Dooley off the internet a few weeks ago. (I really should have done some market research first, as I just found it on another site for $20 cheaper! Live and learn.)
Anyway, this is what it looks like before you put it […]

… just how big my baby is!

Bad lighting / bad picture, I know, but the size of my baby is still evident.
Our Great Dane, Mattie is just 16 months old. He’s scared of balloons, scared of the garden hose, scared of hammering, scared of the toilet and scared of cute little birds. […]

Whatever you do - don’t tell Dad.

But seriously - what kind of a monster would I be if I didn’t let poor Mattie up on the couch? He’s allowed on the downstairs furniture because it’s leather and easily wiped clean. The upstairs furniture does wipe clean fairly easily (it’s micro-fiber), but it’s a lot […]

I can’t believe that this day almost ended without me wishing Mattie a Happy Birthday!
Here he is with his brother’s and sister’s at one day old:

And here he is at about 6 weeks old - still with his Mother of course:

And now he’s a big strong Mama’s boy!

He was terrified of the Mountie in his […]

I got this in an email years ago, and picked my top 13 favourites. (Although they were all funny to us!)
You know you are a Great Dane owner when:
1. your dog can hide an entire tennis […]