Lucy and Kona in The Snow

So for New Year's we all went back home to visit with my Grandmother.  Who at nearly 90 years old lives by herself in a house in the woods.  It is on a couple of acres of wooded land and is just beautiful.

Well upstate New York had had a few inches of snow right before we showed up.

Lucy and Kona have seen snow before but t had been a while.  I do not know what it is about snow and dogs(kids and I guess, well just about everyone) but they went a little nutty.  Lucy, who is 7 was running around like a puppy.  Kona at home is this lazy, lazy dog who just lays around most of the day.  We have a decent sized yard but she does not show a lot of interest.  But at my Grandmother's house, Kona's inner true dog just comes out.  She runs around like a wild dog.  We have to watch her because she just loves to go running in the woods.  It is almost like something very deep within Kona, something instinctual comes out and she turns into a very different dog.

She was fetching sticks, which she has never done before.  All sorts of things.

She would pester us like a spoiled little child to go outside and play.  We got there pretty late and she just sat by the door whimpering because she wanted to go and play.  It was really amazing to see the transformation.

I have a few photos and videos to post.  As soon as I get a hold of them I will.

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Magi The Great Dane and Beaumont and Dustane the Bassets

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Here is Revy, another one of our October Dog of The Month contestants.  Revy is a pretty amazing dog, wicked smart and quite the escape artist.  To read more about Revy check out our Facebook page. 

October Dog Of The Month Contest

At Lucy's Dog House we are running our first ever Dog of The Month Contest.  We have four contestants with great pictures and/or stories about their dogs.  Stop by the Lucy's Dog House facebook page to check them out.
We are also looking for contestants for November, so if you have a great pictures of your dog and a great story about your dog send them to us at mailto:hans@lucysdoghouse.net.

Here is a great picture of Jasper one of our contestants.

Lucy is a Cougar

So every time we take Lucy and Kona to the dog park, Lucy always gets a lot of male dog attention.  She is a beautiful Great Dane but she was fixed years ago so I am not 100 percent sure why that is. 

This last time was no difference.  This time it was a big burly Blue Great Dane that thought Lucy was pretty awesome.  Well Lucy was not having it, not even a little bit.  She tried to put him in his place pretty quick.  She never actually bit him but she can get pretty aggressive when she wants.  She up leaping around, body slamming him like I haven't seen her in years.  Pretty tough girl for being a senior Great Dane.  Needless to say I am not sure that big knucklehead got the drift.  I had to break it up before she bit him, which I think she was about to do.  But, you know he kind of deserved it.... 

Lazy Lucy and Jealous Kona

Guess who got a video camera?  That's right, this guy did.  Here is my very first video starring Lucy with a cameo from Kona.  Watch the whole video as it is funny right at the end. 

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Kona and a Boston Terrier Play Fighting

Actually it is the Bsoton Terrier Playing with Kona.  She is such a good sport about smaller dogs playing with her.  She does not tolerate aggressive dogs and neither does Lucy. 

Lucy The Farting Dog

Well we had to take Lucy into the vet to get her teeth cleaned, she really needed it and we did not want to put it off, but they had to knock her out to do it. 

We got her home and she was pretty groggy even the next day and she quickly got back to normal but one thing was that it messed up her digestive system for a couple of days.  The night after we got her back from the vet, she was snoring away and simply just laying the most noxiou gas I have ever smelt.  I had to get up a couple of times because I could not stand it.   Pretty much, could have bottled it up and sold it as tear gas, it was that bad. 

She is back to normal know but whew!!, it was a stinky couple of days.

Big Dog Great Dane Head Massage by Pug

I was looking for Great Dane videos and look what I found. A video of Honey. She is a Great Dane about Lucy's age. Her owner stops by our blog from time to time.

Isn't Honey beautiful? She is looks like a pretty happy and silly girl too.

Lucy Got Her Nails Trimmed Today

Well today we got Lucy's nails trimmed. They are too long and thick for us to do it at home so we go to the local Petsmart and they do it in their grooming section.

Lucy is not a big fan of doing it and makes every attempt to escape everytime we do. She is much better when I am right there.

I remember one time I dropped her off at the vet and the two youngish women very confidently told me that they had it all under control. On my way out I glanced back and the two young ladies are being dragged across the floor by Lucy. Lucy of course was really scared and when she is like that she drops little presents along the way. So needless to say I went aback to help out to get her where she needed to be. A roll of paper towels later everything was back to normal.

Okay back to the present, well the young ladies there at Petsmart also said confidently that they had her all under control. LOL. It was like history repeating itself. Lucy to say the least was not very cooperative and she was able to evade capture for alittle while. I let it go on for a bit, just because. LOL.

Well we eventually agreed that we would do it in the waiting area with me having a firm grip on Lucy. It calms her down and I am a pretty big fellow and able to keep her pretty much still. It was quite a workout though and by the end we had a small crowd of spectators, comprised of both humans and dogs. This little dachshund was especially interested and came up to Lucy and sniffed at her quite a bit. I think he was checking to make sure she was okay.

We really like dachshunds. Really brave and loyal dogs.

We are off to the dog park to work off some energy and say hey to all of the other dogs in the area.

All the best,

Hans

Lucy is Dreamng Right Now

So, here I am working on the store and Lucy is asleep right next to me on her dog bed. She is so funny, she must be dreaming of something that she likes because she is wagging her tail in her sleep.

I have seen dogs twitch their feet before but never wag their tail.

She does it from time to time and it always makes me happy because I am thinking that she is happily dreaming about something.

Adopt A Ball Dog Toy

So we have been really working on the store lately, adding lots of products to the store, working on marketing, etc... It has been a lot of work but it will be worth it in the end.

Here is one of the great new products that we recently bought for the store. It is pretty cool and a great way to spread a really valuable message.

Adopt A Ball

Lucy is a rescue, so we are big fans of rescues, humane societies and the like that work the majority of the adoptions out there.

If you do stop by the store and decide to buy remember to use the coupon code: friend. It will give you 15% off your entire purchase.

Bullvie The Great Dane

This is Bullvie the Great Dane. Isn't she a beautiful Great Dane. We love Great Danes.

Her owner just ordered her some saddle bags from our store www.lucysdoghouse.net. He uses them so that Bullvie can carry her own food and water to their camp site. She likes to have them as they do not chaff or rub and she feels good about helping out. Dogs need a job, they like having a job and Great Danes really enjoy making their humans happy.

Well anyway, I hope you enjoy the picture.

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Big Shrimpy Dog Beds

Here are the girls on Lucy's Big Shrimpy Original Dog Bed. She loves it and spends a lot of time on it. We really like Big Shrimpy because they offer some really large sizes and they are very well made. Lucy has been doing a test of this bed for the last six months and everything is working out great. We think she likes it because the Big Shrimpy Dog Beds are really thick and have a lot of padding.

We decided to start selling the Big Shrimpy Dog Beds in www.lucysdoghouse.net because we are a big fan of the product. Big Shrimpy Dog Beds

, they are a great dog beds. As with all orders it is free shipping for all orders above $100 and just $4.99 for orders under $100.

It Is Hot Outside

It is really hot outside. We were in the low hundreds today.

We stayed inside most of the day but went to the dog park early on. Here is a good picture of Lucy and Kona taking a quick swim in the river at the dog park in Shirleyton, VA. Well Lucy is watching Kona take a swim. Most of the time Kona forgets she is a Labrador Retriever and thinks she is human being, but not today. It is good to see the dog in her come out.

Chipmunk

Here is another picture from the vacation. This is from Crater Lake in Central Oregon. They have chipmunks there that are very used to being feed by humans. They are not very afraid at all of coming right up to you. We even saw some chipmunks eat right out of people's hands.

We are on the a dock on an island in the middle of Crater Lake. It is the purest water I have ver seen. If you ever get a chance to go, do it, you will not regret it.

Back From Vacation

Michelle and I just recently got back from our vacation to Central Oregon. Michelle and I are both avid hikers and this one of the great water falls we happened upon while we were gone.

Michelle is really getting into nature photography and getting pretty good at it.

Lucy and Kona stayed in a dog boarding facility while were gone. They seemed to really enjoy it and actually acted a little wierd when they came home. It took them a couple of days getting used to being back home.

I think it was partly because of the great care they got at http://www.royalpetkennel.com/Royal_Pet_Kennel_Home.html. The employees there are awesome and you could really tell that they love dogs. If you live in the greater DC area, specifically in the Arlington or Alexandria, check them out.