How on earth do you get him to do those exercises?!!? Must have taken quite a bit of training, they don't look intuitive!

Annnndddd...the rain coat? Does it cover his abdomen, too? What brand is it. I've never been one for coats on a husky but Mr. Sponge drags in the Pacific Ocean after a rain and I am getting tired of mopping floors, washing an infinity of towels and having to change the bed when he gets up because "someone" forgot to close the bedroom door.

I love his costume...AND his tag!

Nice pics - he looks so regal in his hole

CUTE! I love that that was a human costume. You're giving me ideas for next year...

I also really like the rain coat too- we can't seem to find good ones this year... Mia got one two years ago that's really nice but when we've looked for Luka the ones we order are either really flimsy or too small (apparently cocker spaniel size are "large"?!?!?!).

Awesome pictures Ronin, I love his Halloween bandana! I'm with Amy, how did you get Leo to do those exercises?!!! costume is cute...and Leo's expression! Hahaha.

"drags in the Pacific Ocean"
i got him a Hurtta Torrent Coat, this one works with harnesses and it has a belly cover that clips around his waist. i found it on amazon, if they are in between sizes i would size up. Leo wears a 28 inch which is mastiff size   , cause he is 28 inches long. his tag is red dingo brand they have nice enamel designs and the engraving is still legible so far.

thanks, it took about 2 weeks of doing simple exercises and lots of patience and even more laughing then exercise(and some chicken jerky as motivation ). thank goodness that i tough him the "touch" command when he was a puppy, never thought i would actually use it. i started him with 1 exercise a every other day until he was comfortable with the first one and then i added one more.  it took about 5 months to get him where his is now the yoga ball doggie squats is new i add it to make it harder. thoughts are just two exercises that he dose. i have he also have him walk between the rungs of a ladder(i use laundry baskets with pvc pipe across them), i just did get a good pic of him doing it. he loves to do them every Wednesday morning. he dose 15-20 min of hid leg awareness exercises with mini brakes in between.

How are Leo's hind legs doing now? He looks great playing in the dog park pics.

Where do you get your bandanas Ronin?

he looks so much better now, they don't seem to bother him too much. i still have to get him re x-rayed to make sure its cleared up, i just want to wait a bit longer before have him x-rayed again. i was going to have it done when he turns 3 years.

its and etsy shop called PawsClawsCorner i got most of them form there. the bandana with the spiderweb i got from walmart hehe.

he turns 2 years and 6 months old today.

Awww, so pretty. Leo would make a great model next to Coca Cola in an advertisement!

hehe, i didn't notice that was there. until after i took the picture.

the we took him to the dog park and he had so much fun playing with Maggie, he was falling asleep on the way home.


my mom and Leo waited for me in the van wail i got the news paper after we walked about a mile and a half. he did have a small scratch on his forehead, not sure form were. i put some neosporin on it for a few days and its heal up.


got some coconut ice cream.   someone was very persuasive.


so i shared my ice cream with him .


i started to let him trot wail i jog be hind him on our way to the kids school, he is loving this new activity   . then  we went out to run some errands.


he was watching some of the neighbors and a cat.


got him a good picture of him on veteran's day.


he was very tired after our brisk walk. he started to fall asleep.

enjoyed a nice trip to the dog park and i got this goofy pic of him with his tongue sticking out.


after a long Sunday walk we got ice cream on the way home; we shared it a gave him a little bit too.

then it was time for a long over do bath  

my nephew helped with holding the door closed and the over head pics.




then nice and rinsed and ready for blow drying.


then we blow dried him for a wail, Leo was actually enjoying it .


after all the drying he was ready for a nap.


a few days latter gopher madness returns  


he stayed relatively clean

I love the first pic with his tongue out! Hahaha...it's really a pretty pic of Leo, his coloring is beautiful.

Ugh, mine need a bath too...Leo really does look like he enjoyed the blow dry, hahaha, his look is like "hey! Why'd you stop?!!!"

Love his Veterans Day pics and bandana

thanks, he really seamed to enjoy the blow dryer. found that bandana at Walmart hehe and couldn't resist.

he loved his thanks giving dinner; with turkey meat balls, his addiction rice and his usually thanksgiving dinner that i make him. hope every enjoyed there holiday.


found him lounging by the electric heater in the other living room.


after some readjusting of his hole and some morning zoomies.


then he just hung out in his hole until he got to cold.


then he insisted on helping thaw the turkey     .


took him an a short walk around the neighborhood, it was about 39 degrees and creditably fogy.


then he played catch with a balloon with me, he like to bounce it off his noise.


and one more time before he got tired.


Leo checking on the chocolate chip cookies i was making.


then it was time for round two of the bean bag match   .


then it was nap time under grandma's chair.

took him to the dog park but one was there, so we went walking on the levee trail by the park.

he was very interested in the water.


i think he heard a fish or something in the water.


then we had to head home cause it was starting to rain.

These are some really cute, pretty pics Ronin, I love his hole pics, its deep!!! LOLOL mine dont lay in their holes, they just dig a million of them

I like your fireplace heater...Leo looks content there

Looks like you guys had a great Thanksgiving!

thanks, it was fun making food for 4 and 2 legged member of the family.


he was mopping around cause i got rid of this old bed and he didn't have a bed to sleep in   .


he tried to get this huge stick into the van   . i did brake it into a smaller pace that he could have.


i brought down the bean bag chair, and he decided to wrestle with it.


a day latter i found his this nice bed and he decided to Christensen it  by wrestling with it for a wail.


he was so happy to have a bed again,  he got his early Christmas present.


got him to wear his Christmas bandana with a polar bear wearing a Santa hat and some snow flakes on it.


when on a trip to the pet store for some grass for the rabbit and some aquarium sand.


to day he turns 2 years and 7 months old.

due to the rain we didn't get to go to the dog park so we took longer walk in the rain.

got him to play a round of fetch with me with his toy spider tentacles.


then found him napping on his bed, .


he also did some zummies, i was so happy to see cause he hadn't done them in a wail. then he made his hole hold bigger .


then he tried to barry his sugarcane peace in the bean bag .


he we found some nice colored leafs on our way to get the news paper.


then we waited for my mom but he was starting to fall asleep.

He looks so pretty in the colored leaves he really likes his new bed doesn't he!! If I did the bean bag, i just foresee one day a room full of beans...they don't tear stuff up, but they dig in things, I've already found my room full of down feathers from Mishka digging in a comforter, lol.

I have Christmas bandanas for my two! From the jbealer collection, I have to take pics soon!

thanks, I'm crossing my fingers that when it happens i can catch him before he has time to eat any of them hahaha.

he was excited to go walking.


we stopped by the bank and he decided to jump up on the grassy area were the tree was. which he has never done haha.


then someone wanted some coconut ice cream..


i couldn't resists that face; so we shared.


he was lounging in the back of the van wail we waited for my mom.


Sunday was our fist frost. some thought it was too cold outside.


then after a 40ish minute run a muck at the dog park, he nested in the back set on the way home.


Leo also renovated his hole and made it a little bit bigger .

he found himself a ball at the dog park and he brought it home.


 i thought his bandana had polar bears with Santa hats, but nope just polar bars wearing beanies and scarfs an a red bird with trees and snowflakes. we when out to run some errands.


he also found some old gopher holes to dig up. i just hope my brother doesn't see them before i cover them up.


he dug a long trench and...


eventually his head fit in the hole   .


then it was a good day at the dog park we 3 other dogs that he got to play with and runaround for 40ish mins nonstop. some one need a nap on the way home.


we had a few more frosty mornings he found some frozen water and decided eat the ice.

Christmas Morning

this year he got the hang of opening presents without eating too much of the warping paper.


then he opened a present form grandma.


she got him a huge penguin that he wanted when we when to the store a wail back ago.


he got a cookie in the shape of a bone, which he got a peace as a snack.


we got him a spar collar for when i wash is normal one.


then he opened a few more presents.


he started checking out everyone's present to see if they need some help opening them.


also helped my brother with his last present.


then after playing and opened all the present it was nap time.

hope every had a wonderful Holiday

Looks like Leo had a great Christmas, I love his penguin! It's huge! He looks so handsome in his New year photo. Happy New Year!

thanks, we had so much fun watching him open his presents.