Author Archives: Margret Abbott

Fun at Grandma and Grandpa’s

Hi my name is Dexter! I am My Margret and My Greg’s 10 week old grandpuppy. Grandma says I am little but I don’t know it and I have shark teeth and baby alligator jaws just like my cousin Bessie Pup had.

I got to go stay with them for a few days.

I met my cousin pups.

And played a lot with my cousin kitty, Linus. My Margret said he liked playing with me as much as I liked playing with him.

I went on lots of walks. There was lots to explore!

Played with toys

And took lots and lots of naps.

While I had a lot of fun at Grandma and Grandpa’s I sure was happy to see my family when they came home, they were happy to see me too! ❤️

~this is Dexter “the I had fun at Grandma and Grandpa’s” grandpuppy for the pups and kitties.

Uniquely Her Own, Bonnie Pup

This girl is our princess.

She loves…

Loves…

Loves being comfy and has the knack of making even the floor look as comfortable as a feather bed.

She’s our “Hmm let me think about it, oh you meant me!” girl.

She always seems to know when someone needs special attention and will quietly go stand by them. Even if it’s to cheer on their winning hand.

She’s the calmest of our 3 pups and is the one our little people get to pet and love on first.

She loves her baths so much that she usually jumps in the tub for seconds and thirds while her sisters are deciding if they want their first.

She is unique this Bonnie Pup of ours.

~this is Bonnie Pup’s My Margret for the pups and kitties.

Uniquely Her Own, Belle Pup

This girl is our dog, cat, person retrieving taker carer pup.

She has the ability to silently communicate with others and they obey her. (It’s mine this time, Bessie, all mine!) She understands when I ask her to go get whomever I need and again they obey her.

She taught Linus Kitty all he knows about being a golden retriever.

She was squeaker challenged but has proudly mastered the art of tennis ball squeaking…loudly and repeatedly!

While she’s gentle and doesn’t get pushy she doesn’t hesitate to come and let me know what she wants. Whether it be playing fetch with her tennis ball. Three throws and fetches then she tucks it in close by her side. Or asking for a massage complete with tummy rubs. Or letting you know she has a couple of drops of water on her fur and needs to be dried off NOW. She lets you know.

She is unique this Belle Pup of ours.

~this is Belle Pup’s My Margret for the pups and kitties.

Uniquely Her Own, Bessie Pup

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After doing a bit of reorganizing we are keeping the doors open to our front room so the pups have a bit more room to spread out, although they are never too far away, literally mere feet unless they are in our laps, from where we are.  Bessie now has an additional 4 windows in which she can survey her kingdom and tell us about it.
 
This morning at 4:45, (yes it is Saturday and I need to learn to sleep in, it’s on the list!) Bessie started to bark, I went out to the far end of the front room and stood beside my pup who was keeping watch. Clearly not seeing what she was telling me about I put my arm around her and said “Bess, do we see a bunny, a dog, a kitty or an imaginarywhatchamacallit?” She just looked at me with her big brown eyes and said “yes!”   
I gently ruffled her fur and said “good job, carry on!” and left the room. She stopped barking and shortly followed me because she had told me all she needed to say and she knew by me acknowledging her that she had done her job.
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The bond this bouncy girl and I have is amazing to me. She says so much with her imploring eyes, gentle nudges and hurry up barks that I am never left in doubt, at least for long, as to what she is telling me.  She is unique this Bessie Pup of ours.
~this is Bessie’s My Margret for the Pups and Kitties

We’re So Excited

Yes the picture is from Christmas but we told our My Margret that it shows perfectly how excited we are that….

Our My Greg is home every day with us. We don’t quite understand why although Linus Kitty says it has something to do with the balloons and the sign with streamers that says Happy Retirement! Linus notices things like that.

All I know is that after I get up early with My Margret I can go back upstairs to see My Greg and get some extra cuddles ~Bessie Pup

All I know is that My Greg cooks really good smelling things and if I turn up the cute and sit on his foot I sometimes (not often) get a nibble. . ~Bonnie Pup

All I know is besides the extra love and cuddles we get to be inside more which means I can play with my tennis ball much more. ~Belle Pup

Bottom line we are so excited that we get to spend even more time with our My Greg!

~this is Bonnie, Belle and Bessie “the we’re so excited” Pups for the pups and kitties.

Extra Treats!

My Margret and My Greg’s big and little people all came for a visit this past weekend. Because of COVID-19 they hadn’t all been together since last Christmas, which for this group was a long time to not be together.

Katie, my new treat giver…I mean trainer gave me a refresher course in sit.

My pesky brother Linus Kitty got to visit too. He loves attention and would let us know loudly that he wanted to be with everyone when My Margret decided he needed to have some quiet time with Lucy Kitty.

~this is Bonnie “I love extra treats, cuddles, attention…” Pup for the pups and kitties.

My Sister the Snitch!

My Sister Pup Belle is a snitch!

So what if I like to hide beneath this table so the family won’t see me at bedtime and then I can sleep upstairs with them. I mean who wants to watch over the house for them at night anyway!

So what if I didn’t answer yesterday when My Margret came home from work and called me a million billion trillion times and was worried.

Is that any reason why Belle Pup without being asked ran up the stairs to the landing and poked her head under the tablecloth then ran back down the stairs to My Margret looked at her. Then ran back up the stairs and did it again so My Margret would follow her!

So what if My Margret lifted the table cloth and when she saw me said “Linus! I was worried why didn’t you come when I called you?” (The dog part of me does do that.)

Then she was all over Belle telling her over and over again that she was such a good girl to find me. She was excited that Belle understood that I was lost and My Margret was worried. Buh humbug I wasn’t lost! I knew right where I was and Belle shouldn’t have told her!

~this is Linus “the my sister pup is a snitch” Kitty for the rest of the pups and kitties

My Own Cheese Now

I saw Dr. Bols today and guess what! I get my own cheese now like Belle does. Dr. B thinks I have some arthritis in my lower spine which is causing me to plop down all of a sudden and have trouble climbing up the stairs, up on the couch things like that. So I get my own cheese for the next few weeks and if I don’t feel better then the next step is to check my spinal discs whatever they are. It doesn’t matter because I get cheese!!!!

~this is Bonnie “the I get my own cheese now” Pup for the pups and kitties.

More Please

So awhile ago My Margret got something new for us. 

They are called LickiMats and we really liked them.

Bonnie Pup supervised the spreading of the peanut butter then we got to try them out.

(Make sure that your volume is turned up) My Margret said the living room was alive with the sound of slurping.

As you can see we really like them.

In fact long after my sisters were done with theirs I was making sure not even a small bit was left.

Can I have more?

~ this is Bessie Pup “the more please” Pup for the pups and kitties.

Us Time

My Margret told me today that she and I were going to have daily “us time” and it started today.

She told me that because I’m a couch potato I’ve lost my tummy tuck and we need to find it again so we are going to go on “us time” walks!

I will admit that I like laying on the couch but I’m certainly not a potato!

Anyway she put on my harness and off we went on our walk.

After awhile I decided that I wanted to go back in the house so I took her right up the steps and waited for her to open the door.

After we went in My Margret took my harness off, ruffled my ears and then she headed back outside. I decided that I wanted to go back out and trotted right along behind her. My Margret laughed and went to get my harness again and off we went …again.

I can’t wait for tomorrow’s walk!

~this is Bonnie “the us time” Pup for the pups and kitties