Nope.

Yesterday was a big packing day. Sammy is started to get uncomfortable and unsure. He got very upset when Charlie (our stuffed corgi we got from my mom for Easter) went into a box. Sammy will no longer allow me to be out of eyesight from him. Even still being with Erik, he still gets a little whiney. Charlie is again on the couch. Sammy took a nap with him.
Hopefully he will do ok today while Erik & I are both gone at work. There is an overlap where Sammy will be alone for 5 hours. We are crossing our fingers. We get the keys on Wednesday and I work every day until Thursday, and Erik has class Monday and Tuesday, and has to be at work for 2 hours on Wednesday. I am really crossing my fingers Sammy doesn't get to worried about the situation. Last year when he got concerned, he had some accidents, and I am really hoping to skip that whole step and get him settled into our new home by next Saturday!!




"I'm com-fit-table here. No needs to move."

"Ahhhhhh Ahhhhhhh Ahhhhhhh"

We are getting the keys to our new apartment in just a few short days. It is quite complicated. We aren't moving everything all in one day like we did moving into this place. And, we are making it about as complicated as possible. What I mean by that is, our current living room tv and tv stand is being sold and money going towards a nice tv stand for our nice tv that is in the bedroom currently. We are getting rid of the broken couch we have now and getting a new one with the money we are saving with our months free rent for October. We are getting hand me down bookshelves from Erik's parents as well as a dining room table (we've been using a card table for years). We are getting my bed stuff (matresses, frame, headboard and nightstand) from my home and putting it into our new second bedroom with our current bedding and getting new bedding for our bed. Erik is deciding on his aquariums, but the way it looks now, the giant one might be getting sold and getting a new tall (still giant, but less space) one to fit better into our living room. I broke another dish, so we just ordered the dishes from my Christmas list! Our ever growing book and dvd/blu ray (& cd, but less noticable) collection is taking a re-vamp. I made us go through EVERYTHING and we gave away what people wanted, and taking the rest to a used bookstore to sell (for those we want more!), and still we need more dvd shelves and bookshelves! Sammy is overall, unphased by this. I thought this would be awful for him. When we moved into our current residence, he didn't like it at all, and we had some potty accidents. I have kept the packing til absolutely the last minute so we wouldn't stress him too much. Or my OCD. But now we live in an apartment of stacks. Giveaways, sell, and goodwill with boxes in the background. Drives me nuts! But Sammy is a-ok. It's as though it's just new obstacles to FRAP around. I'm quite proud of him. And crossing my fingers it will stay throughout the move. We have 2 major days for moving. That is, two days we are both off, so one day we are gonna move lots of boxes and such, and the other Erik's parents are bringing their big truck with trailer to move the big stuff. Hopefully everything will just work those two days. Anyway, my mom is getting the Sammy duty for that day. She had him last year, too. She said he would really calm down when it was just the two of them, but when people were in and out with heavy things, he was just unsure and very restless. That is why we have her booked! We took Sammy to Petsmart (next to JCPenny, where I ordered my beautiful dishes!) so Erik could look at fish stuff, and more importantly I could find some stuff to keep Sammy calm and entertained easily for my mom. There were bones on sale, so Sammy has 2 Busy Bones. He loves them, however they won't keep him busy for long. Since they are more than our normal rawhides, he doesn't get them but for special treats, so he will be really excited and actually chomp on it those days. They also had Kong stuff on sale, so Sammy got a package of 3 squeaky tennis balls, because he can just squeak away for hours! But....to get to these cheap and happy solutions, I had to walk past the Halloween stuff!! Holiday stuff is like crack to me. I looooove decorating for the holidays, just hate how much it costs and space it takes up in storage the rest of the year. Sammy gets to share in my holiday delight. They had such a cool toy right on the endcap. It was a Martha Stweart toy, and I had no idea she made them! It's a little skeletone that has a wobbly head, but when it's slammed into the ground or hit, it screams! Not just a simple squeaker for this toy! Sammy carried it through the whole store (til he saw me grab the Kong balls) and spent the whole night playing with it til it broke (uh..hmmm....he broke it!). **pardon our packing mess! :(
My entire night was filled by the screams.... here is a short glimpse into our 4 hours before bed.
He just loved it. And I would recommend it to anyone. I don't know how he got it to the point where he could make it scream as though it was a squeaker, just chomping on it. But eventually he had it to the point where I picked it up and turned it over and it started screaming!! I knew he was Mr. Muscle Jaw, but I had no idea his jaw was this strong! Crazy doggie! No need to worry though, Mr. Skeleton didn't last long. Came home from work to find him passed out in the bedroom and the skeleton all sad in the living room. Of which he promptly acted as though nothing was weird. "What? This heres, the way it came. You boughts it, don't ya remember, Ma?" When I tried to pick it up, he grabbed it right out of my hand and protected it from me. I think to say, "I'm not done with that yet!" And since our apartment is already such a mess, why not! So now the question is, how long will our stuffing-less skeleton be with us?? Check it out: http://www.petsmart.com/product/index.jsp?productId=4270840&ab=hp_r3a082410Hween

July!

Kelly, Gibson's Mom, from Corgi Butts (corgibutts.com or corgibutts.blogspot.com) makes lots of really cool things. Including a Corgi's with Blogs Calendar. She takes, what I can only imagine to be tons and tons of entries and gets it down to just 12. This year she picked 30 finalists and left it to the public to vote it down to 12 (smart move)! I sumbitted waaaaay too many into her contest and we were lucky enough to be one of the finalists. We got the good news that Sammy will be Mr. July 2011! Sammy got a nice Frosty Paws for his success, but he didn't seem to understand, just enjoyed his yum-yums!
We are just so proud! Ok, so I'm super proud, Sammy is looking at me like I'm crazier than usual and is wondering if that means food or adventures for him, and Erik is just happy that I'm happy! All the other people that get to hear from me on at least a weekly basis have all heard as well!
The rest of the calendar is FANTASTIC! 2011 is going to be a hard year to beat! You can see the future calendar at: http://corgibutts.blogspot.com/2010/09/corgis-with-blogs-2011-calendar-winners.html
Some of our "close bloggy buddies" include:
Mr. February: Dozer from "Our Life: Dozer and Coop" http://dozerandcoop.blogspot.com/
Mr. May: Bailey from "Bailey the Corgi" http://baileythecorgi.blogspot.com/
Mr. August: Gibson from "Corgi Butts" http://corgibutts.blogspot.com
Miss. November: Finley from "The Corgi Chronicles" http://thecorgichronicles.blogspot.com/

So everyone should get a copy!! And pay special close attention to July!!


And thanks Kelly for making these neat calendars!

I'm a Little Husker Puppy, Short and Stout

Sammy got to go to his first Husker Football party of the season! He might have been distracted by his new doggie friends!
Labor Day brought family into town at my grandparents house. They have a great big house and a great big yard. The big yard extends down into a wooded, kinda forest-y type area, and behind their yard is more of that type of setting. My grandparents built in some walkways and a firepit in their portion of that wooded area. Sammy had more space than he was able to deal with. He never found the fence!
My dad was there giving Sammy lots of yummy treats. My aunt and uncle from Minnesota were there with their two basset hounds, Lola and Ralphie. My other uncle was there with his friend and mom, also with his and my aunt's retriever, Sabre. More than enough dogs to entertain Sammy to his heart's content!
From the moment we walked in the door, Sammy was right at home. Ralphie had a rough beginning to his life, and becomes very nervous when travelling or around new people or places. He was given some medicine from the vet for this, so after meeting Sammy, he just chilled by himself where he could zone out. Lola is a fairly new addition to the family, and was given up by a family who kept her in the house a LOT! She was unsocialized and even didn't go on many walks. She found Sammy irritating because he just kept coming around trying to get her to play. She was full of energy, just didn't want to play with Sammy. So everytime he would come around, she would growl and show her teeth. That only stopped him the first couple times, but eventually, she had to bark and jump towards him to get him to back off. Of which would only last a couple minutes. We tried to keep him away from Lola since she seemed annoyed, but what do ya know, she followed him to see where he was going. From then on we just let them do their thing. Mostly Sammy followed her and she seemed to enjoy seeing him run when she lunged at him. She tried to do that to him while he was on my lap getting attention from me, and that was the one time he wouldn't take it. He snarled back at her and she ran for her parents!! Too bad they couldn't spend more time together.
Sammy also got mad at Ralphie for getting attention from me. While Sammy was off playing with Lola, Ralphie came over to get some petting from me, I used to just sit for longs periods of time with him on my lap and I would pet him and pet him trying to keep him calm, and maybe he remembered. Sammy saw this interaction, left Lola and came behind me, through my legs and snarled at Ralphie! What a stinker.
Ralphie and Sammy got along just swimmingly when it was pregame, dinner time! They used each other's strengths in begging to win themselves some treats! Sammy's little puppy-ness, and great big smile, Ralphie's big droopy basset eyes...they were a power team! They both got too much. Sammy does get people treats alot, probably more than he should, but this was probably hitting his limit. He was able to try a little bit of BBQ ribs, I let him try my grilled pineapple, which he loved (weirdo!!) and who knows what else was given to him! He was quite lathargic the next day, but that also could have been from all the activity while we were there.
Preparing for gametime, Sammy had to put on his husker jersey!!

(older picture, day we got it...sammy was not cooperative with getting pictures taken)
About gametime, my other uncle came with his entourage, including pup, Sabre. Sabre has done many competions with my aunt who is very active in that kind of stuff. Sabre is getting older, now about 12, so he was happy to meet Sammy, but not run around like a crazy puppy (like Sammy!). Sammy took an instant liking to Sabre. Sabre got a scratch on his face, which became infected and the vet had to shave his face and clean it out, and Sammy kept trying to lick it and take care of it, just as he does everytime I scratch or cut myself (or my recent spider bite!!). Sabre did, however, just want some attention from people. And food. Sammy learned to follow Sabre, and Sabre's nose, to find extra treats. Then Sammy would snarl and grab the snacks out of Sabre's mouth. It was not a fun thing to try to correct and stop! Nearing the end of the game, all dogs ended up inside all seeking comfy cozy spots, with lots of petting! First, Sammy and Ralphie found a common goal, taking most of the couch, just the two of them!

"Overs here, Ralphs!"


Ralphie got uncomfortable with all the commotion (Nebraska fans aren't quite or calm!) and took his leave. Sammy followed, then tried to intice Lola.


"Sammy, I'm with MY momma now."

Since he was running out of options, his exhaustion was catching up with him. So he came over and put his body on my lap and his head on Erik's lap. Getting pet by both of us!! Until....Sabre saw this and wanted to get some attention, too! Sammy had to be a stinker face, again! As Sabre came closer to get petting, Sammy snarled and showed his teeth. Sammy became quite dissatisfied when I pulled him over to one leg and held him by the collar and smacked him on the nose (not hard, just to get his attention and put away his teeth) every time he started up when one of us gave Sabre attention. He calmed down, but didn't become comfortable with it. Darn stinkerpants!
Eventually they both got tired of it and Sammy jumped down and gave Sabre lots of kisses and was very sweet to him to say, "no hard feelings. I really like you, it's just that those are MY parents. And I don't wanna share them, ok? Are we cool again?"


"Hmmm....are you hungry Sabs? Let's go ands find some mores foodies!"

All in all, Sammy had a fantastic time. He loved playing in the woods and with other dogs. Sammy loved getting treats and lots of people attention, too! Nebraska won, and the new quarterback definately has lots of potential, so that was exciting! Sammy will make a great husker puppy this season! I'm just waiting for the call from Coach Pelini or Osbourne that he is needed at Memorial Stadium to pump up the crowd!
Like I said, the next day, he was very lathargic. Pretty much out like a light. He found comfort in crazy positions.