life and pretty paper

this guy..

 

I normally never get pictures like this of him, he never looks at the camera.  Maybe it's because I had just finished playing with him for a good 20 min. and this was my reward for being a good human.  What makes me smile about this picture is that he's guarding the toy from me.  He will not let me get near any of his beloved toys but this I think is actually he's favorite.  You can tell because it has been well "loved".  That's what we play, keep away, he tries to keep the toy from me and I try and get it from him.  He has even been known to sit on the toy so I can't get to it.  

He is still an untrainable spoiled rotten dog who most of the time get's what he wants.  Goes nuts when it's time to walk, barks at any thing real or imagined that comes near the house, and wants to be loved 24/7.  That's Buster.  

total suckers...

for animals.  and that's why this little cutie has made it's way into the house.

In all fairness, it was a bit of a rescue.  It was being cared for in the most basic of ways but the cat lived in the persons garage and didn't get any human contact.  I'm pretty sure it's a girl, the previous owner didn't even know.  She's still not happy with the other animals in the house and tends to hiss and growl whenever they come near.  The other cats kind of keep their distance but still try and keep her in eye sight.  And Buster is beyond happy to have another fur ball in the house that he can grab by the neck and drag across the room.  Not that he's been able to get close enough to do that yet.

She has no name yet but I'm a little partial to Chloe.

And speaking of Buster the wonder dog, a picture of him from Halloween.

first day of school

Today was Busters first day of dog training, so of course I was an excited/worried mother.  The trainer came to the house and we sat and talked about his very bad behavior and how he's been running the house.  It was mostly just sitting and talking about how the training is going to go and then we practiced a little bit.  But she gave us a long list of things to work on until the next training session.  One thing I think might be a problem is he does not like the clicker that we use for training, going to have to find one that's not so loud and that he'll respond to.

We have a long road ahead of us.

this about sums it up...

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