Guinness and Nadia - Play Date

On Sunday, Guinness went over to Nadia and Jack's house to play. Unfortunately, Guinness scared Jack off, so it was just Guinness and Nadia. I guess he wanted her all to himself.

Nadia wuved playin' with Guinness! "Pay wif me! Pay wif meeeee!!!"

They did everything together! Jumped on the sofa! Went lookin' for food!

Don't they make a cute couple?

Sweetie Nadia took a nap when Guinness left. Guinness fell asleep right away in the car and then slept some more at home. He's probably dreamin' about her right now.

Thanks for the wonderful play date! Guinness can't wait to see you again!

Remembering Betty

It's a sad sad day. Our beloved Betty from Smush Faces has crossed the rainbow bridge. We can only imagine what her mom must be feeling like right now. We've enjoyed following her adventures on their blog. She and Guinness had one thing in common - they both loved tootsie rolls and giving kisses.

We will miss you Betty!

Who ELSE Wears Cool Hats?

Meet Nadia and Jack! Brother and sister frenchies who joined Da Kewl Hat Club!


Bundled up and ready to go!



If you want a kewl hat, just message me. All proceeds go to FBRN.

Guinness & Cooper

Since Guinness and Basil's play date with Carmel went well, mom arranged a play date with our friend Cooper....but Basil stayed home. Mom wanted to see how Guinness was without Basil's instigating. ;)


Look how handsome he is!


Guinness seems to like to swat the other dog upon first meeting. But after they get a few minutes to sniff and jump around, Guinness is fine. When Cooper got near mom, Guinness would run him off or snap at him. Mom kept trying to get Guinness used to it by petting Cooper.


Guinness took his seat on the sofa with Cooper's mom and dad. Guinness knows Cooper's dad very well since he helped bring Guinness from Florida with dad.

Playdate with Carmel

Carmel has finally met his match in playfulness - Guinness Maximus is his name! Mom invited Carmel over to help socialize Guinness to dogs while around mom. It was a fun time!


Carmel loves the frisbee and unlike frenchies, he actually brings it back! Guinness didn't like it when Carmel would jump towards mom for the frisbee.


Here's Guinness making his point known to Carmel.


Turn your back. Just ignore him and maybe he'll stop playing with mom. Mom looks like she really wants to play though...should we honor mom with some play?


Nah, let's just go back to eating grass.

*Guinness is clearly guarding me (and anyone who gives him affection) from other dogs. He does a swat with his paws at the other dog or he'll run by and chase the other dog away. He'll jump and separate the other dog from me sending the other dog signals that say "go away". He'll even snap at the other dog. When he does, he goes to time out. I pick him up under his arms and put him in the house and shut the door separating him from the pack. Then he's allowed back out. * Any suggestions to curb this kind of behavior?

Block Party

This weekend was our block party and we got to make tye dye bandannas.

Setting up for the party.

Let's get this party started.

There were lots of other dog friends.

Dad helping dip my bandanna.

Mom made this one for Guinness.

They were all pretty cool looking.

Trying out our new bandannas.

You can't get Guinness from me now that you can't see his white spot.

Guinness liked his.

I wasn't too thrilled.

4 Frenchies and a Bassett Hound

Wow! It was a full house here! To welcome Guinness, we had a little get together.





[Back to front] Ellie Mae, Basil, Guinness, and Tego




Gus the Bassett Hound



Basil: Hey Ellie Mae! I haven't seen you in so long. I kinda missed ya!

Ellie Mae flirting with Tego

Ellie Mae, Guinn and Basil sniffing around.

Ellie Mae and Basil laying together touching paws.

City Dwellers

Hey! New friends came over for a BBQ this weekend! They are from a land far far away where there are lots of condos and no grassy yards.


Meet the bodacious Comang Hwang - 3 year old Shih tzu rescue


And the distinguished Cairn terrier-shih tzu Dante Stoltenhwang!

And don't forget us! Dazzling Baz and Giddy Guinnie

Hey, Baz. What kind of dog is this?

I don't know Guinn but this one looks more like a stuffie. Maybe I should give him a nibble?

Tandy's Tale

Check out our dog friend Tandy. She went from a puppy mill to a wonderful home! Please adopt from rescues and give more good dogs like her a chance to have a happy life like ours!

Guinn meets Carmel

Guinn met Carmel in person for the first time. He was very alert at first but soon after they played like best friends.

Guinn's alert face. It was mommy's fault for not letting them meet outside first.

Guinn: aaaahhhhhh help me!

Carmel: wanna play wit my big stick?

Then they were fine. They played better than Basil and Carmel do.

He got lots of love and some cheese from Carmel's humans too!

Guinness meets Bo

Mom took us for a walk around the neighborhood and to introduce Guinness to all our friends. Bo's mom invited us over to meet Bo.


While we waited for Bo, we played her humans.


We waited for a while for her to come outside but she was too shy.


Woohoo Hey sexy, going our way???!!!

I guess it's just you and me again Guinn.

I guess so Baz.

Fire in the hole!

Hey Carmel, what's this?


It's a hole I dug to stay cool in.


It's pretty sweet in here. You can bury a lot of bones.

Hey Basil, you better be careful in there. Wait, where did you go!?

Thank goodness you're okay Basil. Thought I lost you in there for a sec.