Hey there everyone!  Long time no update.  Sorry about that.  The weather here has been so nice that I have been running around and helping FM plant her flowers.  My favorite is the lavender.  I could stick my nose in it and smell it all day long.  Sometimes I even go and lay in it!  Speaking of noses...My foster family keeps me busy around here with their noses.  These poor people have dry noses all the time.  Well, we all know that a wet nose is a healthy nose, so I do my best to help them out with this.  Every morning I jump up on the beds and check everyone's nose.  If it is dry (which it always is) I give it a good licking.  Anytime I can get to my foster's noses I make sure to give them a thorough licking.  I'm really quite worried about them.  Their noses never seem to stay wet.  Maybe they should go to the vet and get a shot for that!

Did I mention what a great helper I am around the house?  FM is always cooking in the kitchen.  She is quite the messy cook!  For someone who cooks/bakes all the time you would think she could be neater.  I do a great job of cleaning up whatever hits the floor.  The floor is nice and shiny by the time I'm done cleaning up the mess FM made.  I keep telling her that I would be more than happy to pre rinse the dishes before they go in the dishwasher (I've been known to try to get to dishes in the dishwasher while it is being loaded), but FM still won't let me.  Oh, FM and FD got a new picnic table a few weeks ago.  It was a really windy day when they put it together.  I helped them out by laying on top of the table top so that it couldn't fly off.  How is that for pitching in and helping?  FM says she got a picture of me napping on the table top.

Thank you Tilly for your part of the update, now it is my turn. Sorry we haven't put up an update in 2 weeks. Things around here have been pretty busy.

There is some wonderful news I wanted to share with everyone in RAGOM Land....Tilly just lost her last baby tooth!!!!  For all of you out there who foster or have owned puppies, you know how sharp those little puppy teeth are.  I did a little happy dance when the last tooth came out.  The tooth fairy slipped some special doggie treats under Tilly's bed at night.

Tilly is still growing like a weed!  I tried to weigh her on our scale in the bathroom.  It showed that she weighed about 10 pounds more than she could possibly weigh.  I knew that scale wasn't giving me the right weight when I got on it in the morning!  I now have an excuse to pitch it out in the trash.  My guess is that Tilly weighs somewhere around 39-41 pounds.

Things are still pretty active around here with our family and Tilly (being a very high energy puppy) loves being in the mix with the action.  However, Tilly likes to get a little too into the action.  She now likes to jump up on everyone to get attention.  We have not encouraged this, and we tell her "down" and then place her front paws on the ground.  Now that Tilly is bigger she can throw her weight around a lot more too.  For this reason Tilly should not go to a house with children under 5 years old.  Unless you have a dog savvy 3-4 year old who knows how to stand their ground with a dog. 

Tilly still likes to get a bit nippy at times.  When this happens we make her sit in front of us.  Then, we then give her itches on her shoulders.  After this, we bend over and give Tilly the command "kisses."  She will then lick your face.  This really seems to work when she gets hipper/nippy.  Of course we sometimes have to repeat this 5 more times before she will calm down.

We still go on our daily walks when it is not raining.  Tilly still does great!  Sometimes she wants to pick up a stick (or 5) along the way to bring home with her.  She gets quite miffed at me for not letting her.  For a puppy, she can give some dirty looks when she wants to. 

I hope everyone had a great Memorial Day weekend!

Well, it is raining buckets and buckets outside, so I thought I would put a new update in for y'all (foster mom has been nagging me to do it).  With all this rain I've been stuck inside.  Of course, Hank and I got fed up with it and decided we were going to play in 50 mph winds and a downpour last evening.  Foster mom thought we were nuts...after being cooped up for days can you blame us?  She ended up going outside with us for a bit too.  Foster mom wanted to show her son how strong the winds were, so she threw a tennis ball into the wind and if flew right back to her.  Well, I thought that was pretty neat, so I grabbed my squirrel frisbee to try it myself.  I threw it into the air, and sure enough it flew right back at me and hit me in the face.  That was not so neat.  I don't think I'll be playing with my frisbee for awhile now.  Things are pretty normal.  We did have some nice hot days at the beginning of the week.  I have learned that I don't like temps above 70 degrees.  It is just too dang hot when it is in the 80s.  I would go outside with the whole family to play, and then after 15 minutes I had to go in for a drink and lay down to cool off.  Everyone else stayed outside and enjoyed sweating.  They are nuts!  Foster mom reminded me that they are all from Florida, so 80 degree temps are wonderful.

Foster dad shot a turkey and brought it home.  He hung it up in a tree while he was cleaning his truck.  Well, I thought this big bird was a new toy and tried to play with it.  Foster dad got a good picture of me trying to play with the turkey hanging from the tree.  I wish we could have played fetch with that turkey...boy would that have been fun!  Did I mention that I love to play fetch?  I'm really good at it too.  I'll bring whatever toy you throw right back to you and drop it in your had when you give me the "drop" command.  Really, I could play fetch all day!

I'm gonna let foster mom give you some more updates on me and my needs now.  Hope ya all are enjoying playing in the rain as much as I am!

Tilly is still a super special girl and we love fostering her.  Right now Tilly is picking up on training really well...except for "come."  She is a stubborn little bugger when it comes to learning that command.  Honestly, I think she knows it and just chooses to ignore us when we work with her learning "come."  Tilly would thrive in an obedience class.  We would also like to see Tilly go to a home with another furbutt in it.  She loves having another dog to play with and learn from.  Tilly is doing so well with learning to walk on a leash.  She and I no longer argue with each other about her having the leash in her mouth for the whole walk.  Instead, I only have to tell her "no" the first few times she tries to grab on to the leash.  After that she just walks right by your side and enjoys the scenery and smells.  The most amazing thing about Tilly is that she has only had one "accident" in our house and that was my fault.  Whenever she has to "go do her business" she will go to the door and sit down.  This has caused me to lecture our other two dogs and question them as to why they were not house trained from the beginning.  Like I keep saying, Tilly is a super special little girl.

I should let you all know that we have allowed Tilly to curl up on the furniture and bed with us.  She is a little love bug that just wants to curl up with you when she is tired.  I must admit that I love it when she curls up next to me on the couch while I'm reading. 

Sorry there are not more pictures with this update.  Anytime I have the camera Tilly stops whatever she was doing and starts running right at me.  I'm going to have to be more stealthy in the future when it comes to picture taking.

Hey there ya all!  I'm having such a good time here at my fosters, but I would really love to find my furever family.  I'm still a growing puppy, so I'm learning more about myself everyday.  With all the nice weather we have been having I have been able to go outside with the resident dogs to play a lot.  I've discovered the joys of doing zoomies around the yard with resident dog Hank.  Hank also showed me how to roll in the grass just the right way.  Boy is that fun!  I also learned that I love to jump in a pile of leaves and then chase the leaves as they start to fly off.  FM was kind enough to keep raking leaves into a pile for me to jump into.  She said I was just too cute.  FM also brought out more dog toys for us to play with.  I love to fetch tennis balls and this flying squirrel frisbee thing.  Of course, if I find a stick that will do too.  As for playing inside, I love all toys and dogs to play with.  When I'm ready to relax I look for one of my fosters to curl up with.  I love cuddle time!

Oh, I forgot to tell you...I went to the vet again.  Boy am I getting sick of going to the vet.  There is always a needle involved.  However, I'm still a really good girl, so I sit nice and still for the vet while he gives me another shot.  FM says that all doggies have to have these shots so that we won't get really sick.  I also got my microchip while I was there too.  The vet weighed me while we were there and I'm just about 18 lbs! 

FM says that I'm doing well with my training...whatever that means.  I know sit, because I always have to sit while FM or FD feed us doggies.  Boy do I park my butt on that floor as fast as I can when it is time for a meal!  FM has also been taking me for walks on a leash.  She says I do a great job sticking by her side.  Although, sometimes I like to stop and sniff something.  Did I mention I'm doing a great job with the house training.  I've only had one accident and that was all FM's fault.  She was busy giving one of the resident dogs a bath, because he found some cat poop to roll in (I told him not to do it).  Well, she couldn't see me at the door or hear me over the noise of the bath and the lecture she was giving Hank about not rolling in poop (I already swore to her that I would never roll in poop).  I felt really bad about it.  FM said that it wasn't my fault and took me outside to see if I had to go some more.  

Well, it is going to be nice and warm again today.  Time for me to grab my buddy Hank and head outside for some playtime and grass rolling!

FM here!  Tilly is doing wonderfully in our home.  As much as we love her she needs to find her "furever" home, so that family can bond and enjoy her puppy cuddles and kisses.  As Tilly told you she is enjoying the great outdoors.  We have been outside a lot and have taken her hiking and to the golf course.  She loved collecting the golf balls!  Tilly would do great in a home with a fence or being on a tie-out.  She is starting to get braver and wants to check out what surrounds our yard.  We have also had quite a few visitors in the past few weeks (ages 4 and up) and Tilly did wonderfully with them all.  Not once did she try to knock any of the little kids down.  While at the vet Tilly came into contact with a cat and completely ignored it, so I'm guessing that cats would not be an issue for her.  The vet said that Tilly is in great shape and is healthy as can be.  We have been working on teaching Tilly basic commands (sit, come, stay).  She is very food motivated and is picking up on her training quickly.