Sleeping together!

These dogs just kill me. They are so much like human siblings. One minute they are snipping at each other and the next they are loving each other. As you know I had a time with them concerning FOOD! I started separating them when we are not at home. That has worked out great. Winston has been so happy to have his own quarters. Eating well again and seems to be so content. Well, I came in over the weekend and they came running out of our son's (who is away in college) room together all rumpled and sleepy looking. I went in there and you could see where the two of them were laid up wallowing and sleeping away together on the big bed. I am assuming Winston got lonely back there in his suite and decided to spend some time with his house sister Cody. I guess he is like the rest of us. He wants the best of both worlds. His alone time and his social time. ALL on his terms. Does that sound familiar? Still working on BINGO pictures so I can tell you that story!

Winston gets terrorized!

Cody, our 10 year old Austrailian cattle dog is a very bossy gal and she seems to always be hungry! Well, for a while Winston had been acting very withdrawn in the evenings when we got home. He hid under the bed and did not come out to sit with us after dinner like he always did before. He was also not eating very well. I knew that Cody would lay in front of Winston's bowl and not allow him to eat unless I scolded her and sat right there with Winston while he ate. This problem just got worse and I caught Cody running him back to the bedroom away from me several times. Cody is definitely MY dog and is very protective over me and follows me everywhere. Sometimes if I turn around too fast I fall over here. Well, I seemed to be able to control this situation if I sat with Winston when he ate but last week he just would not eat. Even if I let Cody out he would go to his bowl and act like he was going to eat and then he would look around like he was looking for Cody to come and terrorize him, and poof, he would be off running to our bedroom under the bed. Well, I said, enough of this s _ _ t! I will fix this problem. So I built a chair and ottoman gate between our bedroom and the rest of the house to keep Cody out of our bedroom during the day when we are not home. Winston came come and go but fat girl cannot get to him. I moved his food and water bowl into the connecting bathroom and now he has his own private suite. After a day or two when he figured it all out he has been a very happy boy and back to playing and jumping around energetically. He loves his OWN room and knows now that the hungry dog Cody will not be terrorizing him anymore. Good boy Winston! Mommy made it all better, huh? I can tell by the way he looks at me he is saying, "THANKS MOM! LET"S PLAY BINGO" and Bingo is another story for another day!

Winston's first snow!

I am a new blogger! I decided to write this blog about our West Highland terrier, Winston. His antics can have us in stitches one minute and pulling our hair out the next. I thought blogging would be a way for me to share his antics with the world. He is quite the character and I will be posting pictures and stories about him soon! Stay tuned..........