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MANNERHEIM'S
'MEN' OF PEACE
Am/Can Ch. Mannerheim's Don Giovanni
x Can
Ch. Montwood's Classical Jazz, NA, NAJ
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Week
11
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Bodhi's goes to
his forever home in Cleveland... Now we are six.
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Aug 21 Day
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Wednesday: the boys
are ten weeks old today and so begins week 11. We did a second
worming today and continued to work their ears with Polysporin,
pushing the tips of the ears up and forward to minimize the
curl during healing. The tip will curl naturally in most cases
but working the tips with the Polysporin minimizes the curl.
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Aug 22 Day
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Thursday:
today is Bodhi's (green) last day with us and with his mum so
we gave Bodhi and Jazz some private time together in the yard
away from the other boys both in the morning and the afternoon
and we took some pictures of the two of them together. Then
for some real fun I got some of those kiddie "bubbles in
a bottle" that you blow in the air. The puppies had a blast
chasing them, pouncing on the ones that landed on the ground
and watching others float up to the sky. A great way to get
a dog accustomed to looking up. So we'll give Bodhi our last
hugs tonight and in the morning we head off to Vancouver via
ferry where Bodhi will depart for Toronto and be met by his
new mom, Nancy, for the final leg of his trip home to Cleveland. |
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It's almost
lunch time and the boys are *hungry*!
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But first, we play a little
game with treats on the table. Unable to reach the
treats from the top of the table, Gandhi contemplates
squeezing through the hole from underneath.
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Aug 23 Day
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Friday: today was
Bodhi's big day. Bodhi had an early breakfast and then we caught
the 9 a.m. ferry to Vancouver. He cried for a few minutes when
he first got in the crate, probably because he was in there
by himself. But he soon attached himself to his new teddy, they
quickly became best friends, and then he fell asleep for the
rest of the ride. When we got on the ferry I took him out of
his crate to walk around awhile and he met lots of new people.
He had no problem with the big hulking boat crew but the kids
gave him a bit of a scare even though they were quiet and very
gentle with him. When we arrived at Air Canada Cargo-Vancouver
he was a real pro - like he'd been around planes all his life,
and he took all the strange and very loud noises in stride.
He also got to try out his leash for the first time and with
a little coaxing he followed me around for quite a while. I
stayed with him until the very last minute and they gave me
an extra half hour with him before he was loaded. And after
confirming that he was listed on the pilot's duty log I left
for home and got back at 5:30. Still two more hours until Bodhi
arrived in Toronto. So I waited patiently and eventually tracked
his arrival and delivery on the web, and shortly thereafter
Nancy called to say he was safely in her hands - but not before
he took what Nancy said was the longest pee of his life!!! |
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Finally the food
arrives!
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| White guy teaches yellow
some table manners. |
Navy licks his
lips
in anticipation.
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Chow time!
Mass chaos.
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Where'd it go?
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Yellow, Gandhi and
the White
Guy relaxing.
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Aug 24 Day
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Saturday:
Spoke with Nancy briefly this morning and she said all was well
and they had a good first night at the hotel. I had attached
a little Canadian flag to the front of Bodhi's cap and evidently
everybody at the hotel thought he'd been in some kind of competition!!!
We took out the base stitches on a couple of the boys - who
all missed Bodhi, until it came to meal time when they were
more than happy to polish off his portion of dinner. Late in
the evening Bodhi emailed me to tell me about his new digs and
a special big red cushion in front of the fireplace which he
has adopted as his own. And even later last night - right after
last potty call, I caught that cute little White guy chomping
away on Yellow's left ear. Somehow he'd even managed to detach
it from his cap. A little Skin Bond to the rescue and everything
was fine and we'll replace Yellow's cap tomorrow. |
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An afternoon romp
with mom.
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Yellow, white, navy.
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Valentine, white
guy, and navy.
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Gandhi, Mantis,
Valentine, Yellow.
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Aug 25 Day
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Sunday:
today we removed the base stitches from the last four dogs and
Gandhi and Yellow got brand new caps. The boys were much more
settled today - perhaps having made the adjustment to the new
pack order, now minus Bodhi who is thoroughly enjoying his new
digs in Cleveland. And we decided that since Bodhi managed to
hold his potty for the flight from Vancouver to Toronto, it
was about time the rest of his brothers did the same, so we
did our usual mass cleanup in the nursery, removed all the newspapers,
and put two to a crate for the night. We gave them a practice
run after dinner for an hour. But after the 10 p.m. potty call,
they were crated for the night. And all was fine until Jazz
decided she wanted to potty at 2 a.m. and of course, the boys
had to follow. But I expected that the first night. |
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The-Cute-Little-White
Guy will soon be heading off to his forever home in
New Hampshire.
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Aug 26 Day
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Monday: What a pleasure to wake
up to a potty call instead of a potty mess this morning. Well,
at least it was a pleasure for Scott who let me sleep in this
morning. Again! Mantis (light blue) and Mr. Valentine got their
new caps today. The boys' ears are almost totally healed now
and from here on the posting will be much easier. The boys were
a bit crazed tonight after dinner with their new pigs' hooves
that I got them. That smell is something else! But they loved
them. And now they've settled for the night in their crates. |
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Valentine gets
kisses from dad.
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Gandhi
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Aug 27 Day
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Tuesday: A pretty routine day
today. The weather is hot and the boys spent the best part of
the day playing in the back yard and when they get too hot they
come in to cool down in the breeze of the fan. Everybody had
their nails clipped today. Gandhi and the Nave thought I was
surely trying to mame them. The rest of the boys cooperated
for the most part. Yesterday was Yellow's turn to be Bully-of-the-Day
but today he passed the mantle on to Mr. Valentine who went
from one brother to the next, picking a fight with each one
to show how fierce he is. |
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Jazz and Navy
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White and Navy
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