Taking a short break from party prep to say hellllllooooooo ;) I have officially gone mad –
If you are getting ready for the party, I hope your Halloween party prep is going wonderfully. I am behind in everything under the sun, except shipping out orders (I take that very seriously, tape and all).
For today, I want to tell you a little story. It has to do with my new furry baby. You see, when we brought him home Mister Lovee was very worried because Matty was, in a way, reactionless. He didn't cry, he didn't bark, he didn't act scared. He was just still and quiet.
I went on line, reading all sorts of puppy advice.
Most people wrote tips about how puppies take a while to creep out of their shells, and that they are mostly confused and scared.
So, I went with that.
2 days after having Matty he was running around playing, taunting Baby and having a ball.
The other day, I was about to catch a cold (I have not had one for 3 years, and averted this one too, yay!) and was attempting to take everything out of my gallery (boxes stacked to the ceiling) to use the space for my party prep.
While I was sneezing and working like a mad woman, I heard a loud splash and crash. I thought, what is Baby (big dog) up to? I walked over and it wasn't Baby, it was Matty. He was swimming in the big dog pool! He was jumping all around and being crazy as can be. He was wet and filthy, and happy.
He is officially out of his shell. Cracked wide open.
The timid little creature he once was…
Don't be fooled by that face (and heartbreak hotel eyebrows) friends.
It.
Was.
All.
An.
Act.
"Haaaa haaaaa, I fooled them!"
I am just waiting for him to take out a couple of Cuban cigars and have his other pals from the neighborhood over to play cards.
Actually, in all honesty, he is a lot of fun, not tooooo bratty, and still not a barker. He listens, he goes out for potty, he walks himself to bed every night. He is smarter than smart.
But, he has his own 100% full fledged personality, and it's his way or…
"Let me out of here, I want to go swimming again……."
And it is hilarious!
But, I dare say, he seems too smart to be a puppy. What's up with that?
"Grrrrrrrr, I ain't afraid of nuthin' "
He acts tough until he hears the coyotes and then he leaps in my arms like a proper furry baby.
"I love you Mommy, will you pick me up now?"
This is funny, this puppy world. I had no idea. (my Mom thinks I have fallen over the edge, into puppy love insanity)
"I am so done with this photo shoot…"
And he is off…
With that, I must be off too, and back to my party prep. Thank you for hanging in there with me while I have been so busy!! I hope we have a blast this weekend with the party visits!
🖤 ,V
Hi Vanessa,
Glad he is coming out of his shell! He is just too cute! When we first had our cats(both strays) one of them-Lily-spent the first week under the chest of drawers in the spare room. She would rub her face on your hand if you put it under there but would not dare to come out. I love the fact that animals grow to love ant trust us just like people do. There is not too much distinction in my mind!
Looking forward to the party! Get some rest though!
Sarah x
I love Matty. I love Baby. I love this blog. You just have no idea… thanks much for everything! And say, while you give Mister a thumbs up from the Classic City here, give yourself a pat on the back, Sweetie.
Candace in Athens.
Unbelievable how you capture his “coming out” personality! What a charming little wagger he is! Cute, cute, cute!
Doogan wants to come play in the pool!
Your little Matty makes me look forward to the day when we will add a puppy to our home. Why wait, you say? Well, because our old dog is a loner and would not accept a newbie. Little Matty has that Dingo look to him; cagey, capable, tough. Such a lucky boy to have found a home at the Gypsy Camp.
What precious photos! I am so excited about the party! Can’t wait to come…hope it’s not too scary! heehee!
What a doll he is V!! I can see his silly personality shine through these photos…oh I’d just squeeze his cheeks if I could, tee hee 😉 We are in total party prep mode over here on the East coast for sure! Gave a little sneak peek on the blog today, yay!! See ya Saturday….wheeeeeeee….
Jamie 🙂
Toooooooo adorable! How can you get anything done? I can testify to how serious you take your taping!!!
**blows kisses** Deb
He’s a charmer! Do you remember that human/dog post you did? Makes you wonder sometimes when they do certain things. I’m all set with my post for Saturday ~ I’m a little nervous, since this will be my first foray into this type of post, but hey ~ you only live once, right.
aaarrrroooooo!! thats dog speak for ‘cutie patootie’
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Matty is so cute, and you and Mr Lovee are the best parents…I don’t have a blog but I will come to the parties anyway if that is OK?
Wow is that little guy cute!!!! It’s so great you’re documenting his babyhood – those photos will be so fun to look at later when he is full grown.
Can’t wait to see everyone’s parties! Good luck to all!!!
He is so so so so SO Cute!
How adorable! I can see he will be alot of fun.
uh oh!! the partys are this weekend??? eiy yie yie! me oh my!! I better get busy! OH dear! gotta go!
hugs
vivian
He is so sweet! I love the eyebrows. My dog has them and they can tell so much of what the dog is thinking. I know sounds strange! I too love your blog and look forward to every new post. Hugs, Bobbi Jo
He’s so cute! You caught him in some great poses. My Grandson (age 11) is here and I was showing him the pics. All he could say was “aaahhhhhh”
Too cute! The latest addition to my pack is a lab mix named Blue (actually the brother of the little furry girl I adopted from the same litter). He had a rough start and was with the wrong people who didn’t treat him well…. By the time I got him, it was me, or the pound (yikes).
Like Matty, Blue was not a barker, didn’t really do much of anything at first. But he bonded quickly and got along famously with my other dogs. So much so that when I took him to the vet -at this point, I’d had him about a week- the Doc said…”You’ve had him how long? I don’t believe it-it’s like he’s been in the family all along!”
Blue really is a super-fabulous dog. He does bark a little now, but only when he’s on “patrol”.
I’m so glad Matty’s found a home with you and Mister (and Baby), he looks like a bundle of fun! 🙂
Matty is adorable. I’m glad he broke out of his shell. When i got my Mabel, she was so shy and hid under the bed the first night or two. Before I knew it, she was sleeping up next to me and waking me with her paws to wake me up.
I’m still in halloween party mode..i still have a lot to do. I know it will all come together.
Oh my!!!! He is such a darling! It’s a good darn thing I don’t have a puppy, I would be doing photo shoots too. haha
Matty is adjusting perfectly, I think!!
He is adorable!
BTW. I don’t want to bother you, but how does the party work? I am sure we start here, but do we comeback to go to the next on a list? or do we link the next person to our blog.
I’m sorry. I am a newbie!!! and very excited!!
danielle
Matty is a perfect pooch!!! What a face. Welcome to dog ownership, your life will change. He is really a person, masquerading as a dog. You’ll soon see!!!
He is cute V! xo
So adorable. Glad the shell has opened up. 🙂
kiss..kissand hello darling girl from across the ocean…your new baby is so over the top divine…..
Nothing is better than puppies! NOTHING!
Okay.
almost!
lol…. so caute!
hahahaha…totally made me chuckle, as I sit here on my couch that is falling apart, about to fall asleep!!
ANd yes, I hear you on being behind on the party prep. I just finished writing a short PRE party post to go out tomorrow morning. I am so glad I found your blog…this is fun. I have placed your icon on my side bar and I linked your blog to mine in my invitation I posted on Wednesday. I hope this brings your more peeps to your blog, as it is a great one!! 🙂
Good night! Yawwnnnnn!!
I am so in love with your puppy! Looking forward to the party tomorrow!!
Hi Vanessa,
You are completely crackers!! and I LOVE it, LOVE it! I’ve been following your blog for almost a year now, and you make me giggle – you’re just so busy busy all the time doing so many things, yet still find time to be super creative – I am in awe!!
Your home is a ‘million miles’ from where I live here in the UK – but I feel I know it so well. Keep it up!!!!!
Kym
x
Good Morning from the howling wind and sea! Perfect Halloween weather ha! Your pup is so cute! Can I jump in the puppy pool too?! Is he a cattle,shep breed? I had a shep that was hilarious he was so intelligent and spiritual.When I would look into his eyes I knew immediately he was a spiritual master.I use to live in a tiny loft across from the Glastenbury Abbey (Hingham) where monks resided and were my playmates when they were not doing the serious monk thing.ManRay was like the mascot of the Abbey.When he crossed over the monks said I could bury him there on the grounds.Since then somebody built a labernyth over his burial site because it is like an energy vortex!
I love your blog journey so uplifting in dreary..oops spooky New England now! I know what you mean about puppy love!
Popping in to wish you a VONDERFUL weekend.
PS: Looking forward to the BIG Partay tommorrow!
Chris (-:
XOXO
I can’t wait, can’t wait, can’t wait, to see all of the Halloween fun this weekend. What a wonderful little guy in a furry suit you have!! He does have Elvis eyes doesn’t he? He MUST be reincarnated ELVIS!!!! (Loud organ chord crescendo) Have fun this weekend and thanks for putting this together so that WE can have fun, also! – Kathy in Chicago
oh!!! The cutest little puppy ever, I think!! tee hee! Swimming in the pool! tee hee! I love it! 🙂
Happy Parteee Prep, Miss Witchling, Dearest! cackle! off I go to stir the cauldron!
I have dangled out the invitation for the dear ones who visit my little world and am sooo excited dear Vanessa! Thanks for doing this lovely event!!! Bless your little baby! Would you email me about the cold avoidance technique sometime when you are not as busy dear friend? I have gone a very long time without being sick until this Fall and my house can’t seem to kick it. I have four, count them four sick little ones and my own nose has been stuffy and miserable for 6 weeks!!!!! This is just not our norm. Would love Doc V to give us the edge we need to get back to the bliss of health! Thanks dear dear one and blessings and efficiency I send for your lovely prep!!! It will be magic. Know this.
Neither of my puppies barked either. My husband has a theory that they don’t bark because they don’t want to alert predators to their presence. I don’t know about that, but neither of my dogs barked much until after 9 months. Also, I said the same thing you’re saying about my akita/lab puppy. She was very subdued when we brought her home, I think because she was still young, perhaps a bit malnourished and scared, but she grew into her personality and ended up being an overly energetic dog. Our Wheaten didn’t bark until after he was neutered, but man did he caterwaul at first. It was pathetic and all I could think all the way home from picking him up…all 7 and a half hours of it..was that I hoped that we hadn’t made a HUGE mistake. But he calmed down.
Erin 🙂
Ps. I am now scrambling on my Halloween post as I’ve already seen my idea used elsewhere and I have to come up with something new. I will let you know if I can’t come through and you can take me off the list. Right now I am still hoping to pull something off.
“I am just waiting for him to take out a couple of Cuban cigars and have his other pals from the neighborhood over to play cards.”
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
I cant wait for THAT post!
XOXOXOXOXOOX
Rhonda Roo
Aww! Those puppy dog eyes are just the cutest 🙂 Definitely melts your heart! 🙂 Watch out, they soon learn that they can use those eyes to get treats from you 😉 hee hee hee!
OMG tooo cute!! Lucky you!! I am having so very much fun with this!! Thanks for all of your hard work!! Whoo hoo..off on my broom to Let FLy with a bit of magic..see ya tomorrow!! Sarah
That is the funniest story! They are so unpredictable… you never quite know what you are going to get! He looks like such a sweetie! I love how you tell stories, pictures and all! XO
Teri
awww….
i love him, 2,
already.
🙂
He is so adorable, especially the eyebrows.
I´m looking foreward to the party ;0)
V~
Oh my!! Big hugs to Matty and Baby. They are as cute as can be (especially in the Hi Grandpa photo..love those ears)
Can’t wait for the parteeeehhh!!
Have a great Friday!!
I agree! Nothing is better than a puppy…well maybe babies as long as they go home when you have cuddled them. HA! My party is ready and I am all aflutter!!!! Can’t wait.
Hugging you
SueAnn
Ps. Boo to you too!!!
Hello Vanessa,
I’m mostly a “catwoman’ ( six cats in our house..) and since my daughter was bitten by a dog, although is was a very very sweet dog, I’m not so fond of dogs anymore ( but my husband is…).
But my heart melts when I see your Matty…His expressions are so nice to see.
I think the most important thing for a dog is having a good education and it seems Matty is having a good home…
IF one day we would have a dog in the house ( when we are retired and more at home…) I would choose a big dog, a “real” dog. I’m not a “chichuahua” lover or lover of a dog with a bow in his hair…..
I guess your Matty is a German shephardsdog ? Thà t’s a real dog or a dog like a husky…
Anyway, cats rule our house for the moment !
Decoration is on, my guests have arrived, photos are taken, now I only have to make collages in photoshop and write my blog….
Maybe this evening or tomorrow afternoon I let you know the link to my blog.
Enjoy your preparations !
greets from belgium
Inge
OH! I am so in love. What a darling little guy. Reminds me bunches of puppy Tug next door who was rescued not quite a month after Sweet Daughter (and me) rescued Cody, yellow/white lab mix. They love each other.
The picture with his big sis is sooooo charming. Lucky pup, lucky & blessed family.
Donna
Matty is too cute! And don’t wish for a barker, one of my dogs is and he drives me nuts sometimes. 🙂 Can’t wait for the party tomorrow! Take care, Martha
hOLAAAAA!!!Que adorable cachorro!!! es un encanto!!!
mañana es la gran fiesta!!!woooo hoooo!!!
see you then!!
xoxox
I’m just about ready for the party. Matty is adorable, it always takes a few days for a dog to settle into a new home. See you tomorrow.
Super excited for your brilliant party Vanessa.
xoxox
You cute your little puppy love story! Getting ready for the festivities, can hardly wait! I’ll see you and all your friends tomorrow, where we will party like a rock star! Sweet Dreams!
I am cracking up! That snarling pic is great! The last two are hysterical!
Looking forward to your party tomorrow, Vanessa!
Michelle 🙂
I can’t believe how he’s grown in just a few weeks! I’d chat more, about pets coming out of their shells, I’ve got stories, but I’m tearing my hair out at a dead end for party ideas. ARGH!!! So I’ve got to go back to the hair loss and teeth gnashing in hopes of having a light bulb appear over my head. Do we still do light bulbs now, in this eco conscious world? Or should I have a candle go off above my head? Sigh. I’m procrastinating. I’m clueless.
What a silly little beast indeed! I am so pleased he’s figuring out his place with you guys…he is a lucky baby indeed. I am up to my eyeballs with party preparations around Foolsewoode and I will see you back here bright and early with my best party frock on and my link in my hand!!
Hello Vanessa,
I’m ready !!!
You can find my halloweenblogpost at
http://web.me.com/pinkepinke/pinkepinke/Blog/Artikelen/2009/10/16_ahalloweenparty….html
I’m going to look for a special pair of … for your party in my ….collection…
till tomorrow !
Inge from belgium
PS : I left my tricycle home this time and came through another door…
Awww! What an amazing little puppy! And with such a personality!
Can’t wait for the party tomorrow!
Oh he is just too cute for words!!! I’m sure he is causing lots of ooh’s and ahh’s to be heard, what a sweetie.
I can’t wait for your party, I can’t believe it’s time already! I’m misbehaving and posting early (different time zones and all). Hope you have time to stop by!
P.S. I have a gift for you…I’ll email you about it soon if I haven’t already. 🙂
Oh, he is tooo cute! I have been planning and prepping all week, and am just about ready! I may have to stay up until the witching hour, but no fear; I have my broom, my hat, and a pot full of coffee!
See you tomorrow!
Kristen
Adorable puppy! He has such expressive eyes.
Im wrapping up party prep right now. See you tomorrow!!
Your little puppy is so cute – he really really reminds me of my Fox at that age except he had floppy ears and a little curly tail. I’ll have to post a pic sometime. Actually his fur was so bristly and short I thought he was kinda ugly at first (I’m a cat person – soft fur and all that cuteness), but that little puppy grew big and extra furry and sheds pounds more fur than all three cats combined so I must now declare myself a cat and (sometime) dog lover now. LOL
As for the Halloween Party – as you probably know from my blog I’ve been OUT of it in the hospital and at home in pain and looped out on painkillers, but don’t count me out!! I don’t see the Halloween party post so I dunno where to sign up there so hopefully this is okay. Don’t forget me!! I got something I’m cooking up that will be cute and I’ll have to bake something yummy so can you tell me the date??? I’m afraid it must be very soon…I’ll have to rush when I can. Just when I get really going craftwise my pills kick in and my eyes droop and I have to lay down so well not much getting done. I decided I’m waaaay behind enough that after my few little Halloween things get done I’m working on xmas stuff – actually at the same time. Hopefully Santa won’t end up with a witch’s hat on somewhere. 🙂 Missed ya! I got a lot of back posts on your blog to read I’m hopelessly behind everywhere. I’m only JUST now starting to feel a bit like myself. Now if only I could take a hot bubble bath I’d be soooo happy, unfortunately there’s no way in the forseeable future. I must sit on a shower chair for now and use up all the hot water imagining my bath. I’m rambling…the pills talking?? Hmmm… Anyway Halloween is almost here – YIPPPEEE!! I must weedle someone into putting up the lights and decorations outside this year somehow.
Nik
58Cherries
How could you not have a smile on your face every minute of the day, that puppy is so cute,
He has love in his eyes for you, and will grow up to be the best protector
See you Sat. I’m still having trouble finding my broom, might have to use fairy dust to blog party hop! Gotta go tend to my green mouse stew Yum Yum
Kaerie Faerie
Hi Vanessa!!!
He is feeling secure and happy for sure!!!
Can’t wait to party tomorrow…didn’t see my name on the list though…so don’t forget me!!! I’ll be there…
Betzie :))
Good evening Vanessa… just came by to let you know that my “Halloween Party” post is up… I’m a little early, but hope that’s OK with you…. I’ll try to stop by tomorrow to see all the magical things you have in store for us…. may you be blesed!
cielo
Matty is so adorable. Love the sad looking face. And then to see him playing in the pool – that must have been a lot of fun for him and quite amusing for you to see 🙂
He sure knows how to brighten one’s day 🙂
Li
Matty is so adorable. Love the sad looking face. And then to see him playing in the pool – that must have been a lot of fun for him and quite amusing for you to see 🙂
He sure knows how to brighten one’s day 🙂
Li
Vanessa, Here is the link to my party post. I won’t be able to post on Saturday morning. Please add me to the list.
http://debsvintagesoul.blogspot.com/2009/10/pink-saturday.html
I love puppy stories. Gorgeous Halloween images too!
I cant wait for Halloween, Im slowly getting ready.
I have a bone to pick with you Ms. Vanessa
lol. Thanks to you have a new puppy. I have been severly depressed the last two weeks,I should go to the DR,,but nawwww.I had a 2 year relationship just end also. I told my daughter I would get along better with a dog. She went out of town and got me puppy. I have been looking for the last few months for the perfect dog. I know puppies are alots of hard work,,but this is just what I needed.Im usually the older dog type myself,, good luck with your new fur baby My puppy Karma,is Lhapso Aphso/Cocker Spaniel(mom) LAb or Beagle (Dad)
oh what a sweet face:) Puppy love and puppy breath! lol
What a cutie pie Vanessa!
Off to see the tea party:)))
Hugs,
kayellen
He is adorable!
Your fur babies are adorable, Matty is a real love! I have 9 fur babies too. They are my children…
Blessings Be Bright, Lyndy
Bless him! I think little Matty might be the cutest puppy I’ve ever seen :o)
your puppy is a DARLING. i love him and wish i could scoop him upppp!!!! i hope your halloween party was amazingly fun.. saw the pics in the other post and loved how you created a whole new world in your gallery. wish i could have participated but i’ve been running around like a crazy person these past few months.
the puppy is beyond cute though.
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