Short Legs and Sneezes

Sadie sneezes a lot. Most of the time, they are not brought on by anything but annoyance haha. If she gets mad at me, she gets all worked up and starts barking and then sneezing. It's rather amusing. Then when I start laughing at her, she gets more mad and sneezes more hahahaha. It's a good time.

Lately, her sneezes have been pretty powerful! And because she is so close to the ground (short corgi legs!), she tends to slam her nose onto the ground as she is sneezing. It sounds SO painful. Does your corgi do this? It's good when she is on the carpet, but most of our house is hardwood floors, and that just can't be good for her lol. I don't have a video of her sneezing and slamming he nose on the floor, but I have a video of her sneezing when she gets annoyed at me so that will have to suffice for now!



Does your corgi's nose hit the floor when he/she sneezes??

More Boston Pics

Just wanted to share some photos I took in Boston...Enjoy :)

 The Hancock Tower

 It's beginning to look a lot like Spring...

 Reflection on the Hancock Tower

 I used to work here. From a certain angle (as you can see), this building looks 2-dimensional. 

It's crazy!

Outside my friend's house

Boston Trip Continued

On our way home from Boston, we stopped to see our friend Natasha and her dog, Pazzo, from Breathing and Butter. I hadn't seen them in far too long, so it was good to get to spend some time with them. I used to live with Tash, Pazzo, and her other dog Max (who you may remember passed away recently).

At first, Sadie was all excited to meet a new friend, but that seemed to wear off pretty quickly when she saw me giving attention to her new friend lol. Another confirmation that she will never let me have another dog...I am wondering how she will feel about my boyfriend though! Oy. Could be interesting.

Anyway, we had a good time, and Tash took some videos of the dogs with her flipcam. But as you'll see, they did not understand that they were actually supposed to interact when we filmed them hahahaha. The videos are still cute though :) Enjoy!

A Life Less Ordinary

As you can probably guess, we've been very busy lately. The school semester is quickly coming to an end, and I have lots of papers to work on before it's over. Then of course there's work which takes up way too much time haha. Other than that, we've had a lot of other things happening lately...

Last weekend, we took up trip up to Boston to see some of my friends. Sadie came with me! We stayed with my good friend Nicole, and Sadie slept during the whole drive on the passenger seat. She is a great travel companion.

When we arrived in Boston, we went to Nicole's place to settle in a bit, and then headed back out to grab some drinks with friends I used to work with. It was a lot of fun! Then the next day, we went to Nicole's second wedding dress fitting. I've never been to one, so that was a lot of fun. I was honored she asked me to go with her! :) The rest of the day was spent relaxing, catching up, and laughing. It was really a great weekend; I didn't want it to end! I need to get up there more often. I miss those girls a lot.

"Ma, I drives home, ok?"

Other than that, I have some other news...If you're friends with me on Facebook you probably already know, but I am now officially "in a relationship." I wasn't sure I was ready for anything right now, but things have been going really well, and it just feels right. So I'm trying to savor all the good things in life right now. I've been feeling happier and better overall, and it's a good feeling. It's just still so foreign to me, so it seems unreal sometimes. Hopefully I start getting used to it :)

I took some pictures in Boston that I will post when I finally upload them. I just wanted to give everyone an update, so you knew why it's been a little quiet here on our blog. We hope you're all doing well! My life finally seems to be falling into place...something I never really thought would happen!

Our Giveaway Recipients!

So we sent off our super special giveaway prize to Rachel, Bender, and Bones over at Bender's Adventure Dog Blog, and they posted about all the goodies! I sent over a few of Sadie's favorite things. We are so happy Bender and Bones enjoyed the loot :) Hope to do another giveaway sometime, because it's always fun to share the love!

Take a look at what we sent Rachel, Bender, and Bones...

We hope you all had a nice weekend :)

I Wish I Were a Little Bit Taller

Sometimes I don't think Sadie realizes how small she is, like when she barks her head off at giant dogs that could literally eat her if they tried. She thinks she's incredibly tough and can take them. I do not think she can. Or maybe she is just a punk/bully lol.

But other times, I think she realizes she is short and wants to be taller. For instance, one of our neighbors has a stone ledge/wall on one side of their house that progressively steps down in height. You can see it in this picture:

Right now, since nothing has bloomed yet, the wall is pretty bare. Oftentimes, we walk back home passing this wall, and every time we do, Sadie jumps up on the highest part and walks the rest of the way on the wall. It always cracks me up, because she seems to happy and walks all proud when she is up there. Like, "look at me ma, I'm tall!!!" I wish I had pictures of this. But for now you'll just have to imagine it :)

That little girl never ceases to make me smile.

Food > Mama

So for the second time now, I have come home after a long day at work only to be completely ignored by Sadie. No, she's not asleep somewhere and not aware that I am home. She is in the kitchen (which I walk into from the garage), and she sees me walk in the door. She glances quickly over at me, and then focuses her attention on what is clearly more important than her own mother...FOOD. She is sitting at my uncle's feet, watching him eat, hoping for a morsel of his yummy food. More times than not, she gets some of his food, which is why her focus cannot be broken, not even to greet her mother!

The first time she did this, I was so upset. I look forward to her jumping up and down when I get home, showing her overwhelming excitement for my arrival. But even when I called her name, she wouldn't move. She would quickly glance at me and then focus her eyes right back on the food. Now when it happens, it's pretty amusing. She wouldn't leave her place until all his food was consumed. Then I heard her walking to the bedroom to finally say hello to me. What a punk!! I see how it is...Food is clearly more important than I am!

Something We Love

I wanted to share this product with you all, because I am a big fan of it. When I first adopted Sadie, I got her a basic tag to hang on her collar. But when I put the tag on her collar, she froze. She wouldn't move when the metal tag hit the metal of her collar. Well, this was obviously a problem!! I didn't know what to do. I tried those plastic things that fit around the perimeter of the tag to help silence it. They didn't really work...I also found this little thing that attaches to the collar and holds the tags, but it was kind of clunky and I didn't like it. Then, I bought a collar from L.L. Bean with her name and my number embroidered on it. I do actually recommend these collars, because it is pretty cool! But I also like to change Sadie's collar too much because I get bored lol, so that one only solved the problem temporarily.

When I was at my friend's house, I noticed her aunt's dogs had these awesome tags that slid onto the collar. It was perfect! I needed to know where she got them. So she got me the information and I ordered one right away. It's called a CollarTag from Boomerang Tags. They come in different sizes and different types. We have the CollarTag for Adjustable Nylon Collars in size Medium. I am in love with this tag!! It was inexpensive, and it seriously does not fall off of any collar! I have also never had a problem getting it on any of Sadie's collars.

You can put whatever you want on the tag...Ours has Sadie's name, my name, and my phone number. I've had this one for several years and it has held up exceptionally well. I'll have to get a new one soon, only because my phone number is going to change!

Here are some pictures of Sadie with her CollarTag!

P.S. I am in no way associated with Boomerang, or have been asked to post about these tags. I just love them and wanted to tell you all about them! :) Oh, and they're on Facebook, too!

And the Winner Is...

I counted up all the comments and random.org helped randomly select our winner, and it is:

Rachel, Bender and Bones at Bender's Adventure Dog Blog!

YAY! Congrats! Please email us your mailing address, and we will get your super secret surprise package out to you soon! (Our email is listed on the right sidebar under our picture.) I am sure everyone will be excited to see what you receive, so be sure to post about it once you receive the package!

Don't Forget! Giveaway Ends Sunday!!!

In case you missed the post, or just forgot to enter, I wanted to give everyone a little reminder about our super special giveaway! You have until Sunday to post a comment on this post to enter to win. I will pick the winner that night and announce it on Monday :) Good luck to all! I will have a lot of fun sending the winner some of Sadie's favorite goodies!