Puppy Love

"Dogs are our link to paradise. They don't know evil or jealousy or discontent.

To sit with a dog on a hillside on a glorious afternoon is to be back in Eden, where doing nothing was not boring--it was peace."
- Milan Kundera

Hi, this is Cooper :) On the last post, Shirley asked how I was doing and that was so sweet of her , so mom said go ahead and tell her. I am doing great thank you, I am almost 1 1/2 years old now, and I think I have stopped growing at 15lbs. I love mom and dad so much, but I just love all people really. I like my routine, and I like to snuggle up on the couch with mom while she is on her computer. I do miss being in mom's studio, but she says we have to keep it tidy because our house is for sale. What? I like this house.......
My favorite thing is my blankie, I like it better than balls and my rubber bone. Mom said dad has spoiled me because he always gives me something in with my plain boring old dog food, tee hee. Got them good there :) If he doesn't, then I just don't eat it.
This photo of me was taken last week and mom really likes it, she sent it to everyone because she just loves me so much, and is always telling me so.
Think I will go take a nap, I like doing that too while mom is on the computer and this blogging thing is a bit hard on me because I have paws not fingers.

Bye for now,
Love Cooper

I can't believe she did this......

Hi, this is Cooper again. I can't believe what mom did, just look at me......

Purple? Orange? What the heck? Is this normal?

Mom left me alone while she went to run some errands and I always sniff the bags to see if she brought me anything when she get's back. She usually does *snicker*... well, I did not expect this.

So she puts this thing on me and it just fits, takes me outside, and it's like 23c plus humidity, then she pesters me to sit still. I think she lost her marbles while she was out.

I told her, I just want to play with my ball, but she kept following me and snapping photos.

I finally said "Look mom, I will sit still but hurry up", and here I am talking and complaining...

Then if that wasn't enough, she asked me to be scary, like, be a scary dog.
Who me? LMBO......
Well I tried, and I must say I do look some vicious , crazy dog don't you think?

Well, relief, she gave up after that, said she was too hot. Well duhhhhhh, what about me? She really was just having fun, please don't go reporting her due to my complaints.

She showed this coat, as she calls it, to my dad when he got home and he said she was crazy *giggle* I had to laugh, I thought so too.
"Oh but I couldn't resist" she said," it was only $1 at Dollarama, how could I not, just for fun?", then she said, "At least I didn't buy the matching booties"...waaaahhhhhh heaven forbid.

Hey, I am thinking maybe if I gain some weight before Halloween it won't fit and then she can't send me out in it with all the kids on my street that I play with :)

Happy Birthday Cooper

Happy 1st birthday to our precious Cooper :) Look how tiny he was when we brought him home last October 26th, at only 2lbs 6oz. The vet gave him a scarf for Halloween, but he didn't keep it on very long.We had just lost our dear sweet Andy an 85lb Golden Retriever in the summer and I knew he could never be replaced but this little guy just won my heart right from the start. I wanted a small dog and one that didn't shed like Andy did, so I looked for a mixed breed. Cooper is part Maltese and part Yorkie.


Wasn't long before he started growing, and growing and growing..........

He was only supposed to grow to 6lbs... yeah right, he just kept on growing........ You never know when you have a mixed breed do you?
If you click on the photo below you can see his first missing teeth, I tried so hard to get this shot of him showing inside his mouth LOL. We never did find those tiny teeth.

By Christmas he was getting even bigger.......

He is now 15lbs , full of energy and just the sweetest little guy, he reminds me a lot of Andy, they have the same temperament. He loves everyone, even likes cats , loves to play with children, yet he is also very relaxed and allows me time to create. He knows now when we go in mom's room it's quiet time, and I just love having him with me.

I'm all grown up now Mom :)
I hope so Cooper, Happy Birthday, we love you :)
Happy September too, can you believe it? Where did the summer go to?

Puppy Love

Here is my baby last week playing outside with his quite large soccer ball :) He would not keep still for me or look at me while I was trying to take his picture, little monkey. I wanted to see his face but he wouldn't, just wouldn't!

He is sooooooo hard to take pictures of because he is so black so I took the opportunity to at least try on a sunny day last week. As you can see, the grass is still not green here yet, but probably soon :) Spring comes late here in my part of Ontario.

for those who have never met him, this is Cooper, he is part Maltese and part Yorkie, and he is now 7 months old. I just love him to death :)

My Soulmate

Just look at this sweet, sweet digital art of my fur baby. He is now a butterfly fur fairy :)
Anitra at Cute Art World commented on how cute little Cooper is and asked if she could use him to make a fairy. I said of course, and sent her this photo, and look at what she sent me. I am going to print the original copy and frame it :) Thank you sooooooooo much Anitra, this was so kind of you , I will treasure it always.

Hope you are all having a great Saturday, I have spent the best part of my day, or should say all of my day trying to organise my studio.

Creativity put on hold

I suddenly decided I needed more work and less sleep. Well not exactly but here is why :) I would like you to meet Cooper our new fur baby. He is 8 1/2 weeks old and has been with us for 3 days now and made himself quite at home already. He is a Morkie, which is a mixture of a Yorkie and a Maltese.

Of course my husband had to give him a soccer ball, since soccer has been a passion and still is all his life.

He is napping quite often but not for long periods, so it's the only time I can do anything right now and I mean "anything"

He is only 2lbs at the moment and will be quite small when full grown but he has big paws so I am thinking around 10lbs. I have picked up my knitting needles and started on a little sweater for him, he needs it if we go out :) I just love him to bits and he loves us to bits, I just forgot how much work it was having a new puppy after having Andy our Golden Retriever for 12 years.

I plan to have him in my studio when he is sleeping starting tomorrow, I have to puppy safe it first because I have lots of things in baskets etc on the ground. Wish me luck :)