Frenchie Tink

Hey guys, we’ve just wanted to give you guys an update on Tink & Chubs. They’re doing great and we’re sorry we haven’t posted any pictures of them lately, but here’s the scoop… Just before we got Chubs, I rented a self steam cleaner from Vons and shampooed our carpets. I’m no professional carpet cleaner, however I must admit I did a fabulous job. Our home was clean and welcoming for our little Chubba Wubbas.

Well, long story short, within months our carpets went from cream/beige to grayish/silver. Through Chuba Wubbas potty training stages, Tinks reverse potty training since Chubs arrival and our phase of letting them potty in a corner on our balcony (which only lead them to track dirt and urine into the house) our carpets became some of the dirtiest carpets around. Even our friends would comment; “dang, what happen to y’all’s carpet?!” We had a hundred excuses, but not one was good enough.

Here are a couple pictures showing how clean our carpet used to be;

Here’s some pictures we’ve taken of chubs growing up that we were too embarrassed to share because of the dirty carpet in the background.

We’re not dirty folks. We just went through a phase of pet potty training ignorance, a phase of laziness and just plain ‘ole raising little frenchies in our one bedroom condo in Pacific Beach.

We’ll start blogging again though, because there is still so much to share.

Thanks for Reading!

James

Happy Mother’s Day Moms

On hot days Chubs likes to lay flat on the kitchen tiile to cool off his belly. Once he has laid in one spot long enough and it gets warm he moves over to another spot and lays down again. When we pick him up after laying on the tile his belly is cold its the funniest thing. Heres are some pictures of chubs laying out after a long day at the park and by long day for French Bulldogs I mean twenty minutes.

Today we went for a walk with the pups and stopped by Turquoise Animal Hospital to get Tink and Chub’s nails clipped. We also decided to get Tink’s anal glads secreted, lately Tink has been scooting on her butt which is a sign that her anal glands are swollen and need to be drained. When we stopped in the vet asked if we were going to stay for he puppy training course. We asked how much it cost because although our dogs need training we decided to find the best trainer for the most reasonable price. To our surprise the training course was absolutely FREE. We decided to stay and we learned so much. First we learned how to walk with our dogs and make sure we are in control. We were taught to say “heel” every time we turned or stopped to  signal the dog to turn or stop according to our motion. Then we learned how to make a dog come when you call. The trainer had a super long leash that he tied to the dog and used to reel the dog in like a fish when he called it. Lastly we learned how to stop our dogs from jumping on people unless they are welcomed to. According to the trainer unless a dogs name is called they should not be jumping on anyone. Overall it was a great learning experience and we will definitely be going back next week for another free class.