Busy Weekend

Whiskey has had busy weekend this weekend. There was a cold front that rolled through south FL on Friday and since then Whiskey has been bouncing off the apartment walls. Yesterday we took her over the my parents' house to run around the backyard. My dad was out there building something for new addition they are getting....CHICKENS! I am completely amused by this, my mom has kind of thrown her hands up and given up but still grumpy about it, and I think my dad is pretty excited. My boyfriend helped my dad with the rest of the fence while Whiskey and I supervised. I had to stay outside with them because the side gates in the backyard were open and I didn't need her to go running. It was a beautiful day and Whiskey had a blast running and rolling!! Here are some pictures from yesterday.

Helping my dad, she was all about getting in the way to check things out

Today was also a busy day. I have started taking a Zumba class for a while and they had a family fun day at a local park with a zumba "demonstration". We took Whiskey, who did OK. She did try to growl and take after 1 dog, but other than that incident she did well. While I was on stage "performing" Whiskey was going bonkers barking on the side lines. If we ever rough house or dance in the apartment she is always in the middle of it, playing with us. So she wanted to get on stage with me :-). After that was done there were a few activities we tried. There was a rock climbing wall and those silly ladders that tip and throw you off. When we were done exploring and my white dog was now gray we walked over the part of the park with a pond and Whiskey did some swimming which she LOVED. Josh and I found a nice cozy spot in the grass and just relaxed, which was awesome!! We need to get our friends together and have a BBQ and fun one day.
Anyways Whiskey is now completely pooped out and fast asleep on the sofa.

Happy weekend!!!!

Update on Thundershirt and Kong ball

A few of you had asked about the thundershirt. It does well. Its not a miracle worker, but she has calmed down a little when she wears it. The biggest change I saw was when I was vacuuming and she walked away from it and lied down somewhere else. Normally she would stand barking at it. It hasn't exactly been ideal for the cats, she still chasing them weather she's wearing the shirt or not. We do have other dogs that bark in the building (a beagle hound) and when she's wearing the shirt it takes her longer to answer the other dog back with her own barking. The "real" test has not occurred yet, Josh playing his guitar....she HATES it. But hopefully we will cross the hurdle soon.


The Kong ball has been doing well, not quite as well as the Kong "classic" originators, but still doing surprising well for corgi jaws as we all know. It still squeaks (barely), and where the seams are on the ball have started to come apart. However she has not eaten any pieces off of it yet and still enjoys chasing its rouge bounces all over the apartment.

On yet another note I have been using my crockpot lately and I am LOVING it!!! When I make a recipe I put it up on my other blog The Irish Chef, gotta check those out! :-) I am also know on pintrest and having a lot of fun pinning (recipes-mainly) and still trying to master it.

Merry Chirstmas (late) & End of 2011

Well, I've been reading every one's Christmas post and it seems like everyone had a good one. I noticed all our critters got spoiled. This year Whiskey and couldn't participate in the secret Santa, but it looks like everyone had a good time. Whiskey was no exception to the spoiled list. Here are some pictures from Christmas.

Sitting nicely by my parents' Christmas tree

Right after the "nice" picture was taken, she dove under the tree and pulled out a gift- and it was hers.

It was a Kong stuff fabric squeaker. She LOVES it.

This year for Christmas she was really into the unwrapping of gifts. She helped everyone unwrap gifts.

Josh and I got each other a panther jerseys!! :)

She got more spoiled from her Auntie Steph E and Sha'ire with the petsmart long dog.

She also got a Thundershirt from "Grammie" but we got a medium. Didn't quite fit so we went to PetCo today and got a large. It fits MUCH better. She's only had it on for an hour or so, but she seems to be doing well. It does not hinder her doing anything around the house. She has been a little calmer since I put it on, less growling at the cats. I guess we will really test it when I vacuum and/or Josh plays the guitar.

While we were at the pet store she got a new toy. Its a Kong Squezz. Really cool. Its a soft rubbery plastic with the squeaker inside the ball, so she can not pull it out and it seems less likey to die as quickly as others. Check it out here on the kong website for a better picture and you can see a section through the middle of the ball with the squeaker. I will write an updated post about it and its progress of dying or Whiskey's ability of destroying it.

Holiday Chaos

Well, hello fellow bloggers.

The Holiday season is well upon us now, and I know everyone is scrambling. (join the club). There has been some major "holiday" chaos here in our new apartment in FL. The other night Josh and i were in the living room watching tv, with the cats and dog wandering around. Whiskey went into the bed and moments later we hear chaos! We are not sure what happened or who started it but Mackie (our smallest kitten) was pinned against the wall and the dresser with Whiskey going after her. Talk about trauma (and I'm talking about me). I quickly grabbed Whiskey and put her in the spare room with the door closes screaming at Josh to find Mackie and make sure she was ok. Well she wans't (or not really at least). This is what our poor baby looked like:

She got beat up pretty good. She managed to do some of her own damage though, Whiskey had a nice cut wound above her eye from a claw. I was freaking out(!!!!) I do NOT do well with any type of blood, unless its my own. I was an absolute mess. We called my mom and all she made out from my frantic call was "Whiskey" and "blood". She came right over, gave Mackie a once over and said she looked fine. We gave her a bowl of water and wet food on the porch and she chowed down. After everything calmed down we checked on Whiskey and cleaned up her little scratch. Yesterday I noticed Mackie's right side of her face (cheek) was swollen. Just for safe measure we took her to the vet this morning and she checked out well, got a little bit of pain and antibiotics meds. Needless to say Whiskey has a muzzle coming in the mail, its a perfectly humane one and will only be on when we are home and the gate is open and all critters are wandering. It is a plastic basket muzzle where she will be allowed to pant and drink from. Hopefully it will be just temporary. Also my mom bought her the thunder shirt for Christmas and I hope that will help as well.

On a happy note, if I didn't have to take her to the vet (by my mom's house). We would not have checked out a few garage sale and I wouldn't have found (to me) my new dining room table for $15!

I hope everyone is having a slightly less chaotic holiday season.

Hello All! & Updates

Hello everyone!
I feel like a little bit of a failure, I haven't posted anything in a very long time. Even 2 of our fellow bloggers have new newborn babies and are able to post a few times. We didn't finally get cable and Internet in the house so I can finally use the computer. So this is going to be a bit of a random post filled with a lot of things that have happened. As I said in my last post Josh and I finally got settled into the new apartment. It defiantly is a bit of an adjustment, especially with all the critters, and being so close to other people Whiskey is hearing every little noise and barking. There was a actually a day that I had a meltdown and was crying to Josh that we had to down size the critters and that Whiskey would have to live with my mom. We got through that little bump, and I'm happy to say we still have all of our critters under one roof. We have met a few neighbors and one that is very nice.. because of course they have a corgi too. :-) Her name is Lady, or more formally, Lady Vader. Shes a sweet little tan and white pemmie girl, smaller than Whiskey, but I honestly think she is bigger than the average corgi anyways. She's about 7 years old, and the poor little thing was part of a small percentage that is allergic to the rabies vaccine and had a reaction, the fur on her ears it a little patchy and they are a little tender to the touch. Lady and Whiskey sure have similar personalities, both are very alpha, both strong personalities, and have little bit of a personal space/jealousy issues. I am hoping to get a picture of the 2 of them soon.

Now onto some pictures which I know we all enjoy :-) The first few pictures are from Halloween:

My friend David and my Pumpkin (a mask face and a CORGI)

Josh had to carry on the nerdy tradition of Star Wars took him a long time to carve this one

Now this picture we had a fudge a little. Josh was suppose to be out of work in time to go out with us on Halloween, but he ended up staying later so we took these after taking our Christmas photos.

This was taken the night we went out. I would have taken her trick or treating but there was a hockey game that night, so she spent the night at Grammies (my moms)

Next was Thanksgiving, and we have a tradition of photos of Josh holding out famous pumpkin cheesecake and making the first slice.

Our Christmas card this year. My original plan for the photo got squashed so this was the back up. I'm please with how they turned out.

Josh and I got our first Christmas tree together

I'm not a fan of a tree full of those "kitchy" ornaments, but we had to have a few and the starter ones are Star Wars.

I hope to post more often now that I have the access. How are your holiday plans coming along?
Also, I have read and seen a lot of things about pinterest.com but I cant really figure it out, it looks like you have to be invited to join....? If anyone has full access or hs firgured it out otherwise can you let me know. Thanks!!

Post full of updates

So it seems a lot of us bloggers have taken an unplanned mini blog hiatus. Real life gets in the ways sometime.
So this post is a lot of updates and ramblings and some thought I'd love to get input on.
First off: my boyfriend and I found am apartment and the past 2 weeks we have been moving things in and trying to settle. This is will the first time in 4 years we are living together so heres hoping all goes well-it seems to be good so far. We have his 3 kitties and whiskey coming with us. The cats are already at the apartment. With whiskey we are waiting a little while to get more settled before bring her over. We are renting a condo from the owner and the association has a weight limit on dogs. 25 pounds- whiskey is a tad bit more. However it makes me feel a little better that there are other corgis living in other building cause at least they know the breed a little. Another thing I am worried about it she barks. At everything. A leaf scraps the sidewalk 2 blocks way and she can hear it and will bark her little head off. Does any one have a solution to the obsessive barking? We've tried ignoring it we tried saying quite and treat. And nothing seems to stick. At some times I have to hold her mouth closed. Treats obviously work the best but when you give it to her she's quiet for a few seconds then starts up again. She does this when we home obviously but what about when are not. Is she just going to bark all day long? I have to stay at my parents hose for a few days to watch my mom's cats and my dog while she is visiting her sister. My boyfriend and I have decided that when mom gets back that's when we'll take whiskey to the apartment and get her groomed down a little- grooming her looks like she loses 10 pounds. I have already had a few melt downs about leaving her at my parents and going to our new home without her the past few weeks. I miss my stinker.
In other news: it's that time of year again for thinking of holiday pictures. I have the idea of what I want Josh and I to do-now just to execute. This year is going to have to be a little different however because whiskey will not/cannot be in the picture with us because of the location. I don't want to give too much away so you'll just have to wait for the uploads. Our critters will be on the cards though don't worry. Now here comes a question: I really enjoyed doing a card swap with many of you and I would love to participate again this year. Let me know if you are interested as well.
Also I am already making my Christmas list for my mom and everything blog/corgi related is on that list!! :-) I am so excited to get the calendars (that my little stinker is in all 3). And Paige I am in love with your corgi hats! Way to go being creative. I think that is all my updates/ramblings for the day. Please comments below about the barking and Xmas card exchange love to hear from your guys.

My Car is Corgi-ed Out!

Putting my cafe press stuff on my car was the first thing I did when I got home, cause I got my car back today!! I love the way everything looks, with a few minor details.

My best friends birthday gift to me, which may be my favorite part!

My dirty window bumper sticker. Now I don't know if i mentioned this in the post when I got them. I don't really like adhering stickers to my car so I went out and bought some magnet sheets to put the sticker on then put on my car. I originally wanted both of my "stickers" to go on the tail....but to my finding out, that part is plastic! Arg! I might see how well this works out and if I don't like it I'm going to reorder them and just suck it up and stick it! And use the magnet ones as refrigerator magnets.

And finally my Corgi Pals sticker that fits perfectly on my gas tank door. :-)

And for a side comment: I LOVE LOVE LOVE the mouse pad I got from Cafe Press with Kelly's design. I'd order one if I were you Kelly. :-)