A Day of Rest!

This is Sunday and that is the day we often rest a great deal. Usually, My Lady and Gentle Sir go to church and then out for lunch, so we are left home to listen to TV and take it easy. They go shopping afterward for groceries if they have not been able to do a big shopping on Saturday. Then they come home and put all the things away in time to watch football games. We even like the games and especially the fact that My Lady and Gentle Sir get so excited about who wins and loses. My Lady always likes the Packers because she is from Wisconsin originally, and the whole family were Packer Backers, but now with Farve playing for the Jets, she is very interested in the way they do, too. Of course, since we moved to St. Louis, she is getting used to St. Louis's team and feels very much like she should be rooting for them. I don't understand all these ideas, but I love having them home and sitting with us all day. Love from Kheldar, the Yorkie.

Good Natured Gabriel!

Here is quiet, good natured Gabriel, the Chinese Crested Puff. Of course, he is the oldest of the three of us, and is very content to sit on Gentle Sir's knee. He rarely barks, unless we have someone knock on the door, and usually he minds his own business. He is the gentle one to go along with Gentle Sir. Now I, on the other hand, am a little firebrand, much like My Lady, who adores me. I have spunk, which she appreciates, and love to lie on her lap or in bed right next to her head, cuddling under the blankets. She is a "mover and a shaker," always working to get things done, and I am very much like that too. I guess you could say I am dynamite in a small package. Don't upset me, take my very own toys, or try to get my carrots. If you do, I will snap and fly off the handle. I guess I am like My Lady in that, too. We are a pair. Great Lady and Great Sir are the older ones who have slowed down now. They are working on the book and are almost ready to say, "Publish it!" Whee! Love from Kheldar, the Yorkie.

The Barker!

Guess who was out on the veranda yesterday, and was barking up a storm when some people with a dog passed by on the sidewalk below? Yes, the veranda is on the second floor, and Dragon Hawke, the Papillion, was out there in the nice weather and when people walked by, he barked and barked and had to be scolded. My Lady, when the barking is for nothing and is very annoying, she will pick up her water gun and usually that is all it takes. Dragon Hawke never even gets wet, but just seeing it makes him behave and bow his head in apology. He then looks up at you with those big eyes and long eye lashes and gets your sympathy. He does, however, stop barking. It is one thing if he is protecting the house and some one bangs on the door, but when people are far off and not bothering anyone, he needs to stop the barking immediately when told. My Lady is a very good disciplinarian, you know. I had a bit of disciplining yesterday, too. I did not want to go out for our walk, so I sat at the top of the steps and would not go. My Lady called me several times, but I didn't go. Well, when they came in, I did not get my cookie, and I got NO CARROTS! I hated that. I went out today right away and things were much better. Love from Kheldar, the Yorkie.

What an Uproar!

We look so docile here as we are on a walk, but we three can really get rowdy! Yesterday Great Lady was talking to My Lady on the phone when a man came to the door to deliver a package. He rang the bell and oh my gosh! What a racket we caused. Great Lady yelled on the phone, "What is going on?" She was sure My Lady was being attacked. The barking and snarling was awful. I must say that we caused a real scene. My Lady, still with phone in hand, opened the door a crack, keeping her foot at the bottom to keep the door from opening and so we could not get outside. "What do you want?" she asked. The man, a bit shaken, said he had a package. My Lady was suspicious because she had expected nothing. Come to find out, when he read the address loudly over our uproar, because we were still barking and carrying on, it was the wrong apartment complex totally. The man turned around and ran down the hall and scooted down the stairs so fast it was amazing. He was glad he did not have to face us. Great Lady, when she heard what happened, just roared herself laughing. "I wonder if he could tell how big you were. You sure sounded like bull mastiffs or pit bulls." I guess he won't come back again ever. Hope that if My Lady does get a package delivered, they will send someone else. Well, everything settled down as quickly as it began. My Lady and Great Lady then had a big conversation as they usually do. More tomorrow. Love from Kheldar, the Yorkie.

Things Are Back to Normal!

As you can see, Dragon Hawke, the Papillion, is back chewing on a toy from the blue basket. I guess all the excitement about elections is gone and we are back to normal now.We can go on about our business as usual. I am still busy with the books; therefore, I don't have time today for toys. The proof copy is coming for Hear What Your Dog Says! and I will be busy reading it for errors. That is a big job. It is a neat book about dogs. My Lady, Great Lady, and Great Sir have produced a really fine book about the first dogs My Lady and her brother had when they were very young. My Lady had a darling dog she got from the pound, and her brother had an AKC registered Wire Haired Fox Terrier and what wonderful adventures they had. As soon as the book is ready and on the market, I will tell you more about it. You may want to get it from Amazon.com. If you like dogs and good family stories, you will love it. Well, got to get back to work. Love from Kheldar, the Yorkie.

At Attention!

I am waiting for the election results. What a time this is. My Lady and Gentle Sir will vote today, but, of course, Great Lady and Great Sir voted as early as possible. They go to the government building in Florida on one of the first days, get their voting done in a nice orderly way, and then they go in and get the car license taken care of for the year because both are done in the same place. Everyone is so nice and Great Lady can sit down and vote. They study all the amendments and are ready when they go in to vote. Now we just have to wait and see. Hope you all get out and vote, too. I love President Bush's Scottys in the White House. They are so cute, and terriers, you know. I wonder if the new president will have dogs. We will have to check that out later. Will write more tomorrow. Love from Kheldar, the Yorkie.

PS. It was nice to get a comment from Commander Cody. He likes my blog. I hope to have more dogs visiting me on my post, too.

Things Are Better Today!

Well, things are better today! We received word that the proof copy of our book has been shipped, so it should be here in a few days. I can hardly wait! If it is good, we will get it published very soon. I may try to change my url address because people have a very hard time finding my blog. I guess the hyphens create a problem, but I hate to change it for the ones who do know where I am. What an enigma! My life seems to be a series of problems to figure out all the time. Should I change the title or not? If so, to what do I change it? I used to have it Kheldar's Yorkie Blog, but that was a problem, too. Who could stumble onto Kheldar? Well, we made it http://yorkshire-terrier-blog/. However, as I said, who knows to look things up on the web using hyphens? It is a dilemma. Got any ideas? I have some good ideas about sharing some of our book with you so you can see if you might like it, but want to get the blog out to more people first, if I can. Write a comment and let me know. Well, got to get back to work now. Love from Kheldar, the Yorkie.