We're Famous!!!!!

One of our best friends is a cartoonist and satirist. He is published in the local paper and has also produced a couple of books of his work. Although his cartoons are political in nature, mostly local politics, occasionally he strays from this area and a few weeks ago this was one of those times. The small black dog is his schnauzer, Hamish and the larger dog is my Beardie, Brittany. The name on the dog bowl is his tribute to our Hav, Lola.

His cartoon the following week was this one after he visited our newest addition to the family, Downsy!!! I have to thank him for taking a few pounds off me!!! LOL!!

Company's here!!!

What an exciting week!!
We have company and the Havs are fascinated by the big dogs. Every time one of them enter the room, it's alert!! alert!! bark, bark, bark!!! You would think that after living with Brittany all their lives they would be used to two more Beardies? But no, these aren't the brown/white Beardie that they have always seen, these are slate/white Beardies. Obviously to the discerning eye of the Havanese, this makes a major difference!!

And to make matter worse (oh, the humanity!!) they dare to sleep in the Havanese beds!!! Don't they know that they'll stretch these beds out of Havie shape???















And we won't even mention the space they take up in Mommy & Daddy's bed, hogging all the pillows, boy, some company they are!!!!!














Well, they are a lot of fun and we all enjoy having them here. I think they will be missed next weekend!

Where's The Fence?

Daddy Alex built this magnificent fence and then mother nature took hold and it disappeared.

Here's a photo of Flora and 2 visitors, Miss Fiona (she's a Chicadoro pup) and Miss Abigail hanging out next to that HUGE fence that this human built.

Be sure to click on the photo to get a larger view.

Crazy Havanese Socialization

Maggie Says:

My human parents took me to this crazy dawg house where I could visit my Havanese mommy and my daughter.

One of my Havanese kids who hasn't yet left the nest and thinks she can take over the bed - the couch - the everything - came along for this crazy trip too.

She's a real pistol (dark sable) much like her sister.

The light sable one is her sister that left the nest to live at this crazy dawg house we visited.

I sauntered into the house and suddenly I found I was back to mothering her again. A mother's work is never done - you know. The pups just thought - well they are pups and full of life and woah do they know how to have fun. What can I say?

The pup that is a dark sable - gorgeous beauty - may be available to the right home - send mail if interested. If you want to see what she looks like, check her out in this video.

Yvonne's Pups: Visiting Day

Yvonne's pups went for their baer tests (all passed) and then came to vist the Talemaker crew. Yvonne's Fiona remained and the rest of the crew went home till they go to their forever homes. Here's some of the photos from this fun day! Two pups are still available to only the best homes!

Chicadoro Puppies & Visitors

Yvonne was kind enough to share her pups with us. Here are a few of the photos from this event. The host is giving me fits so soon more will be added - as allowed and I figure which I already uploaded - which isn't as easy as you think.

I am also working on a video that I will upload. Yvonne can elaborate but there are a few puppies left to go to the 'right' homes.

Maggie's Beautiful Pups 7 Slideshow

Check out Maggie's pups at 7 weeks. I was delighted that Yvonne put up with our visit ooohing and ahing over her delicious ones. Here's a photo of her crew. You can click on it to get a better view or click here and see a slideshow of her crew.

Don't foget to check out the video below. You will be glad you did.

These pups are Boooo-ti-fulllllll!

My 1st Video

Well, I finally did it!!! Move over Spielberg, Coppola & Lucas....
Yvonne is here!!!!

Darlah has been gently prodding me to create a video of the pups. Feeling somewhat intimidated, I decided that I needed no furthing nudging and here are my results. Not bad for a first-timer if I do say so myself!!

Maggie's Pups at Four Weeks Old

Watch Maggie's pups at 4 weeks old ring in the New Year by playing hide & seek with Alex's feet, getting some crate conditioning, playing with the older guys and plain and simple - having a great time.

So much excitement!!! (part 1)

LOLA here!! Mommy Y says she's too pooped to write so I'm gonna give you the whole lowdown on what's happenin' here at Casa Poole. And seein' as how I've gots the keyboardie thing all to myself, I thought everyone would like to see me when I was a little girl in Cuba.

Gosh, I was sooooooo purty!!! Oh, yeah, were was I????

Well, we've had so much excitement here for the past 6 weeks that I don't know where to begin.

Last week Mommy Y started brushin' me and complainin' bought how I had more sticks and leaves in my coat than there were in the 'tire yard??? I don't know where she gots that idea from as we's gots 5 whole acres and that's a whole lots of leaves. Anyway when she was finished she popped me in the sink and cleaned me up reallllll good. Boy, she don't 'ppreciate how long it takes a girl to get the smell of that perfumey stuff out of her hair. Must be why Mommy Y calls me her "junkyard dawg"?

Well, where to begin??? I guess the most 'portant news is that all my babies are now in their forever'n'ever homes. I was so sad to see them go but it was time for them to leave the nest and for me to get my girlish figure back,bg!!!

Lavender went to live with Iris & Michael in a beautifool coop?condo?partyment?(sounds like a henhouse to me??) but MommyY says that's a very nice place. Here they are on the day my baby left home on her new adventure! She's changed her name! Guess she wants to be a big city girl!!!

And this picture is of Rylie Lavender enjoying her new toy & blankie. MMMM? new toys?? new blankie??? Maybe I should go for a little visit, MMM???? Wonder if the food is good there??

Oh, where was I??? oh yeah, the past 6 weeks.........

Well, first off, my baby sis, Maggie (aka the "diva") had found out she was preggers too............

Havanese Maggie Ultrasound News

Well, Wasabi's been sitting at home awaiting news about her friend Mags. Now what did that dear old vet see on that ultrasound and how much hair did they shave off?

We are all waiting and now we have to go to sleep without the news - tsk tsk.

So much to do and so little time.

Do bark it out...no secrets aloud!

Yvonne's Chicadoro Pups Visit

Wasabi just wants to say, we look forward to the pups visiting us tomorrow and we hope Risa's baby - Yvonne's Maggie is preggie too. Then we get to play with even more Havanese puppies - Fun!

And now we are 4!

Well, it finally happened.... One of my babies has gone to her new home. Jasmine left on Saturday to live with Dave & Holly. Momma Yvonne says that she will be very happy in her new home as she has her very own Beardie, just like us!!!

I have to admit it is a little easier to look after four but I miss my little tri-colour girl.

And now I'm told another one of my girls is leaving on Saturday to live the big city life at Yonge & Eligible, oops Eglinton. Lavender is really looking forward to moving into a loft with Iris & Michael. She fell in love with them last week and they with her!!! How can you keep a girl in the country after she's seen the bright lights? I hope she'll still come to visit.

The morning after.....

Well, it's the morning after our big adventure in the city. We forgot to bring the camera to Dr. Cochrane's appointment and so we have no pictures of our big trip. 5 puppies in a crate and not a peep for 2 hours on the road. Dr. Cochrane was very impressed by how calm we all were for the test. We all passed with flying colours she said.

Here's a picture of us this morning letting off a little steam with mummy in the garden.
After we're done in the garden, we sleep for hours. Mummy and Yvonne think this is just great! Something to do with sleep????

Lola's Puppy Visit

Wasabi wants to say it was great seeing your puppies, Lola. They are so cute and a courageous crew indeed. They just plowed up and down the stairs without any hesitation. You are doing a great job, Lola - so did Mommy Yvonne and Daddy Alex. You are so lucky.

Me, I am just waiting till my pups come and it seems like forever. Mommy keeps checking my temperature and it's not all that comfie. How did you put up with it?

Wasabi's Visit

So much fun here yesterday!!! Wasabi came to visit and to tell me that she's having 6!!! count em 6, puppies. Boy, is she is for a big surprise. Lola only had 5 and let me tell you it was "WORK" with a capital WWWWW......

I, of course, did my part in helping with the babies and lawdy, lawdy, Miz Scarlet, was I tired. So much runnin', jumpin' & just plain workin'!!!

As you can see, here I am observing the little ones from my perch in Daddy's garage.

Goodness knows, I can't be having those little hooligans, oops, Darlin's, messing up a girl's hair!

Well, all I can say is good luck to my best girlfriend. Hope you can find someone like me to assist you. Course, you could always get Risa & Shoshi to help out!!!

Maggie's Roadtrip!!

Well, we're back and what an adventure!!! 2,500 miles (not kms) in 5 days and 4 nights!!!!

I know that it was that far cause I heard mummy & Auntie Rita say it was so. My mummy drove the whole way and wouldn't let anyone else take the wheel. She tol' me that I was her responsibility & cause of that she had to do all the driving. Poor Auntie Rita had to sit and talk to mummy all the way there and back!

Now, normally I am not too fond of the car but I settled in real quick and just watched my big sister Lola. She's been on a couple of big trips and she told me that I just had to relax and enjoy the scenery. She also explained that we would get lots of nice treats just for being good and not barking too much. And you know what! she was right!!!! We gots chicken from some chalet place and licks of something cold and sweet and lots & lots of treaties.

We crossed over a big bridge and went to a different country called the USofA. I don't understand what's a different country cause everyone & thing looked the same as the old country. Some big scary man asked mummy lots of questions and wanted to know why we wanted to go to the different country. Mummy said we were visiting friends but I know that we were going to visit a "special" friend for me.

We finally got to Minnie Apples on Friday nite and went to visit an old friend of Rita's called Nona. She was a really, really nice lady and gave me hugs and snuggles and told me what a pretty girl I was. Then she took us to another place to visit another nice lady named Cassie.

Now this is where the story gets interesting!!!

Mummy, Auntie Rita & Nona took me in to visit a boy doggie named Rowdy. He was kinda' cute but he sure lived up to his name!!! All he wanted to do was jump all over me. I'm very delicate you know and I'm also a lady!!! No one jumps on me (unless it's my sister bg) and I told him that in no uncertain terms. But there was something about this boy that was really attractive. I don't know what it was but he was the type that kinda grew on ya.

I let him court me for a while and that was nice but then he started jumping on me again. Mummy & Cassie made me stand still and then..........................! Oh, the horror!!!!! I can't repeat what happened but I thought I might like it to happen again. And you know what, it did, again and again.......

Something tells me that Lola won't be the only one with puppies soon?? Mummy said that if we timed it right that I'm gonna have my very own babies!!!! Yay, I love puppies!!!!!

Well friends, that's all for now. My paws are still tired from our long trip and a girl has to catch up on her beauty sleep.

Bark at ya'all later!!

Maggie

(I'm a big girl now!!)