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we always enjoy when we get to babysit for our friends' animals... this past weekend we sat for a little rat terrier/chihuahua mix puppy... her name is dakota... she is a happy go lucky dog... very sweet and very cuddly!

the funny thing was we're not used to small dogs... she was basically the same size as prada and of course kolohe was huge compared to her... so it was also funny that the cats were trying to hide from her all weekend... or stared down at her, perched high above for safety... a few times prada got brave and even chased her around the house... i guess she can handle dogs her size more than big dogs...

another thing we weren't used to was having a puppy.... she chewed on everything! she found things i didn't even knew existed and chewed on them! she totally demolished a pencil.... and found some tie straps that she started chomping on... she even tried to chew the "do not remove" tag off of a blanket! and she also chewed apart her harness! while it was on her! i thought she had caught her teeth on it... but no... she was chewing on it! she wasn't quite house trained either but that was ok... we have cats that cough up hair balls... same kind of clean up...

we took her to the dog park and she had a blast out there... she is quite the people person.... she would just go up to people and randomly jump into their laps... it was kind of embarrassing.... good thing most animal owners are friendly and thought it was cute...

oh... i also forgot to mention that she slipped under our fence while in the backyard and ended up in our neighbor's yard... it was sort of a dilemma because it was early in the morning and we didn't want to disturb the neighbors.... luckily they were awake and we went back there to get her...

yes, it was quite a weekend with such a tiny dog! but she was very sweet... it was hard to stay mad at her=o)

the box kitty...

prada really loves boxes and any small space that she can get into and hide... my son makes tents for her all the time and she actually sleeps in them... she'll even go as far as to protect her sanctuaries from big brother kolohe.... she'll swat at him when he comes to check out her property...

before we get to the box pictures, prada has been her usual self... on the counter, finding crumbs... we were letting her into our bedroom for a while until i kept catching her claw the corner of our bed! i discovered a time where she can be a decent kitty... seems to be that her best mood is in the morning... then she sleeps most of the day... then when daddy gets home, she acts up.... and he laughs and thinks it's cute as i am fuming over the trouble she is making...

the following box pictures aren't of her in the box, but shows her oral fixation that she has.... the first picture shows a nice punture of the two canines... vampire prada...



then here is a picture of how she just chewed down the edge of the box.... she was a busy kitty...

wow... a month went by?

my apologies for not keeping up to date... of course i was on vacation... and then my vacation got somewhat extended because since we were flying stand- by, we kept getting bumped off flights... of course i had no arguments... but it was a waste of half a day and tiring to keep going back and forth to the airport...

then upon returning home, i hurt my left shoulder... went to the doctor and he said it seemed that i had shoulder tendinitis... so i was out of commission for a while... and actually, it still kind of hurts=o(...

let's see... prada is still the same... she's one year and one month old... and still a ball of fire... kolohe has been more sneaky... he lost some weight while i was gone so he's more agile now... which is a good thing i guess...

we were debating on getting a cat tree... but since my parents moved to hawaii, we inherited furniture and the cats have been having fun jumping on that...

they are also still trying to sneak outside...

here are some pics sent via phone while i was still in hawaii...