Oh Brother
First, I apologize for the crappy colours in these pictures. I looked down at my camera while shooting and went “Huh, I bet those settings aren’t quite right,” but instead of fixing it I just kept shooting. Derp. So in order to make them not quite so washed out they are now semi-neon LOL.
First of all… ohhhhh Payton.
Auggie: seriously?
Auggie: I mean really. These are what our family photos look like.
Auggie: This puppy is an embarrassment.
Payton: Oh. I sowwee.
I don’t know why Auggie looks so disgruntled in these photos. Oh wait. Yes I do. PAYTON.
I think this is the best one that turned out… unfortunately Auggie looks irritated and the colours are all wrong. Meh.
Y’know, Payton really does look lovely when he’s not chewing leaves.
So annoyed with myself for not fixing my camera settings. And for stupid Auggie looking so annoyed with his brother LOL.
Auggie turns six.
And so we celebrated Auggie’s sixth birthday with a photo of Payton.
Just kidding. Auggie was off eating grass like normal so I took a few pics of Payton first.
Then I took some Auggie photos too.
OH MAH GAH THIS LEAF IS AS BIG AS MAH HEAD
Payton has been quite delighted with all of the enourmous leaves that are falling off the tree in the back of our yard.
And I don’t mind handing him one as big as his head because he looks about like how children look when they come downstairs on Christmas and see a bike in their living room…
Back to Auggie.
Snork. Slopping around some remaining grass bits in his mouth.
That’s my boy.
kinda wonky focus but whatever.
then later…. “it’s MY birthday??”
Payton froze immediately once I put the hat on his head. LOL poor Payton…
Even Georgie wore a hat!
“Why you put things on my head Mommy? I hates it.”
I’m pretty sure Payton did not move his head from the previous photo to this one…
then Georgie had a birthday hat malfunction…
They all got some of Auggie’s birthday cake (no pics because we were juggling dogs and cake) and then Auggie got his presents! I got him this nice squeaky tuggy skull ball and also yet another Kong squeaky tennis ball – I found a “happy birthday” one in the toy box at the most recent trial we were at so I snagged it as our entry prize and saved it for his birthday.
The end!! Happy birthday, my bestest Auggie.
Group photos with Pepper!
The winner winner chicken dinner!
This one came close but I liked Payton’s expression in the other better.
My boys. <3 LOL Auggie looks a little pissed. Like "remember when I was an only dog? Yeah? And all the cookies went to ME? Yeah? Remember that? Yeah."
Hahaha this would be cute but Auggie’s SadFaec ruined it. “Now I have to share my cookies… boo hoo…”
LOL boys. Pepper is being good. Payton seems to be seriously considering running off to eat leaves. Auggie is still upset about sharing cookies. And OMG I just could not get them to be close to each other… it was like they all thought the other dog had cooties… I could only get two next to each other at a time and the third was floating off elsewhere.
Derp!
I love how the ONLY dog looking at me in this one is Auggie… because he’s the only one I can say his name to and doesn’t think that means “IMMEDIATELY BREAK YOUR STAY AND COME RUNNING!!” Don’t get me wrong, I love that I can just say “Payton” and he gives me whiplash turns and runs at top speed to me, but the release from stay is “okay…” not the name…
Guess who’s here for a visit?
Hurray!!! The Peppy girl has come for a stay so I can take her along with me to our appointment for a Christmas photo shoot!
hahahahaha <3
Then Payton came over all HAAAAY GUUUUURL and she wanted nothing to do with him.
But as usual Payton thought today’s photos should be all about him… ready for this?
Glamour…
glamour…
gllllamour.
But he’s secretly a hick with leaves in his mouth all the time.
Then Pepper got to be PRETTY. This was Georgie’s costume actually but she is way too small for it right now (part of why it was so funny to buy it for Georgie.) HOWEVER. It fits Pepper!!! Pink fairy wings and a tutu hahaha.
it’s a wonder she loves me LOL.
Photoshoot this weekend
Princess Georgie is so nice and so cute and so
HALP
No, Mom, seriously. Help me.
Where is Payton…?
AHHHHH
There are mice in the garden this time of year. Auggie would like to eat them plz. He stuck his head through the rabbit fencing to try and get a snackie. Auggie cannot get the snackies.
Then we started doing some posed shots. Princess!
Attempt at all three dogs. The idea was to make stair steps. Our mistake was thinking that Payton had not grown again over night – he is now officially bigger than Auggie. Incorrect Stair Steps.
This would have been nice but Georgie spoiled it by laying down. In her defense, we had like a billion other nice photos but PAYTON spoiled it, so it’s not really fair to blame her. It’s really all Payton’s fault.
Uhh… okay well this one was her fault.
Baby with Uncle Auggie!
Uncle Auggie doesn’t care much for her honestly. Not that he doesn’t like her, but he doesn’t really want to play with her. She is not quite his speed and I think that’s the problem. He has no interest in slowing down and playing nice the way Payton will for her. =P
Auggie was the rock star once again and keeps his butt where I tell him to leave it, even though the babies were continually bouncing around and getting up and moving. These are out of order but this was actually one of the last ones we did. After like 20 minutes and Payton moving AGAIN, he was finally like “Seriously… I am done.” LOL. Poor Aug.
Payton: TAAA-DAAAAA
Payton: What do you mean this photo shoot isn’t all about me??
LOL at the other two dogs and then Auggie…
Then we got this out. I bought this at a garage sale for $2 for the express purpose of THIS. Thanks Aug.
I tried to do photos in the car with Payton when he was younger but he was having None. Of. That. This time he was all BEEP BEEP MM-BEEP BEEP, YEAH!!
Well, the headliner is a little busted, but I think I can fix that…
Haaaaay gurl.
This door is also kinda busted, but since it was only $2, I guess that’s okay…
They see me rollin’… they hatin’… tryin’ to catch me ridin’ durty…
The princess also got in the car.
Yaaaay~
I am too young to drive. Where is my chauffeur? Oh Payton…
We tried to take some better lit shots in the sunlight but HOLY BLOWN WHITES BATMAN.
More Brothers Antics
They really DO love each other, I swear, but things like this happen at least once a day and it’s so freaking funny.
Payton: GIMME THE BALL GIMME THE BALL GIMME THE BALL
Payton: GIMME GIMME GIMME GIMME GIMME GIMME
Auggie: OMG. Take it and SHUT UP. *ptoo*
Payton: !!!
Payton: MA MA LOOK WHAT I HAS
Auggie: stupid puppy.
my stupid puppy.
Pumpkin photo shoot!
So I was planning on doing this anyway. And I had a crazy idea that we would be able to get all three dogs (Auggie, Payton, and my mom’s Georgie) in one photo.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Anyway.
I started with Auggie because he is a) good and b) generally obedient and c) a photo whore.
I have photos from the other side but I am trying to hide his still butchered looking leg from when he had surgery… so this is his “good side” for now LOL.
Next my baby boy…
…who thinks standing still is a terrible idea…
…but will do it if you ask nicely…
…BUT
only for a second.
Wait? Wha?
CANNOT WAITS
Whoop!
DERP DERP
Auggie was mildly annoyed and kept doing his “hit your brother” trick except I wasn’t actually cuing “hit your brother.” It was totally offered behaviour. Like “DUDE, just STAY PUT. REALLY.”
He tried to protest looking in the same direction as his brother because of this annoyance.
this is as close as we got.
OMG hahahahahaha
Payton started to lay down and I wanted him to stay sitting so I said “WAIT” and he froze. Like this. *facepalm*
WHAT IS WAIT MOM
YOU HAS COOKIES?
Stupid dogs.
So then the little baby bitch came out to play and to show them boys how it’s done.
But she is so LITTLE!
LOL chewing a treat.
She looks like she’s about to fall asleep but she was just chewing, hahaha.
Look, Payton… even the baby can do it…
AND she stays put long enough to even get a few different expressions off…
Oh no wait – my mistake –
It’s only because she wants to try and eat the hay, LOL.
I just happened to click the shutter at EXACTLY the right second for this one – she was about to jump down. I was like “OMG I REALLY hope that one was in focus…” Oh yeah. <3
Mom’s hand is in this one but look at her little face! So cute!
AHHHH THE CUTENESS AHHHHHH
Aaaaand this was the last one we got before my battery died. Close! But only two dogs, LOL. We tried many times with my P&S to get all three to sit still but with Payton and Georgie together it became chaos, hahaha. Oh well… Payton then had to endure Remedial Sit-Stays for his dinner and acted like a perfect little angel. Brat.
My mom’s puppy
My mom also has a new puppy! We have a crazy household at the moment with Payton, who has officially entered his Holy Terror stage, and now a brand new baby. The boys are being kept apart from the little baby girl for the most part except for a few very short and VERY supervised play periods.
This baby puppy is Auggie’s niece (his brother is her dad), as well as Pepper’s niece (her sister is her mom) – and Payton’s half-niece, being that he is Pepper’s half-brother.
That bed was on clearance for like $3. We had to get it, LOL. It’s a GIANT LOOFAH DOG BED… c’mon!!
Yesterday we re-did Payton’s ears with moleskin and string… the string came undone. This was the puppy’s new fave toy.
Actually Payton is kind of her new fave toy LOL. She loves him. Auggie actually has very little interest in her for some reason, but she is playing with Payton, and as long as I watch Payton and stop him before he gets out of hand, they are doing well together!
Little Princess. I keep calling her Pretty Pretty Princess and I want soooo badly to put the Pretty Pretty Princess crown on her head. I do actually own that game so I may have to open it up and get the crown out for some photos…
She is SO flippin’ cute!
Boys in the leaves
AKA snacks for Payton fall from the sky.
THIS IS THE BESTEST SEASON EVARRRRR
I can’t fit them all in my mouth!!! (but I can sure try!)
punchdrunk on leaves?
Oh God so happy
happy happy
joy joy
omg. I realize this would be so much cuter if his ears were set proper right now but <3 <3
oh lol auggie.
Auggie is like “What? Pose? Kay.”
What Payton was doing while I was asking Auggie to be pretty.
I don’t know why he’s so handsome but he sure is.
this amuses the Auggie.
I’m like foaming at the mouth over Auggie being photogenic by this point.
Ohhhhhh Payton
the snackies rain from the sky!!
I wants to catch it.
hahahaha all the leaf crumbs in his mouth…
Auggie photos!!
and a Payton or two snuck in there.
Auggie of course still lives here – he’s just usually off doing something else while I chase Payton around… so I made a special point of taking Auggie photos today.
These two are big because I love them. <3
Ahhhh Auggie stop being so cute <3
I wish Payton’s face were also in focus in this one!! It would be perfect!
Trying to hunt squirrels… I can’t wait until all that belly hair grows back in…
I was trying to show how close in size they are now but they wouldn’t both pose about the same. =P Payton is close but still a bit shorter. I’m thinking (hoping!) one more growth spurt and then he’ll be done and will come to rest just a little bit taller.
ohgod <3 <3
Family portrait? Nnnnnno.
Paytonfaec. That ear…
OMG the whiskers. They are driving me insane. I want to chop them off and clean up his profile SO BAD but Auggie’s breeder told me to leave it alone a bit longer. CAN’T STAND THE CURLY WHISKERS
Happy Auggie!
“Dude, seriously. You’re ruining my shot.” Little brothers ruin everything.
Payton + Frisbee
This is a plastic frisbee I bought at Old Navy years ago, and it’s all warped and stuff from being outside all the time. I probably should just throw it away. NO PROBLEM says Payton. I PLAY WITH IT ANYWAY.
<3 <3 <3
Hahahahaha I don’t know what he’s doing.
He looks tiny here for some reason!
chompa chompa
Just a few family pics
My auto-focus doesn’t seem to be doing a great job. I would do manual focus for posed shots like these, but my eyes don’t seem to do a great job either. ;P I took some shots on manual the other night that I thought were clear and in focus, took the card out and pulled them up in Photoshop… blurry. Bleh.
You can see Auggie’s butchered coat… I don’t know WHAT they did at the vet. They shaved off the patch for his IV, okay, but there’s a HUGE chunk missing out of his feathering on the side too. It’s like the newbie was in there with the clippers and started going nuts and Doc was like “no, no, the FRONT of the leg.”
If you look close you can also see poor Payton’s owie head… he must have gotten his ears REALLY good with an itchy-scratchy and ripped out a chunk of hair. So his ears are wild and free for a while until things heal, and then we are going to try something else to prevent this from happening again. Probably do the moleskin on the inside of the ears and tie the moleskin together again. Poor Paypay! It doesn’t seem to hurt him at all though, so that’s the good news.
Almost a nice family shot and I didn’t pose this one either.
In November we are getting pro photos done and I’m hoping to have Pepper brought in for them! Then I can have a family photo even if we aren’t all in the same house yet… plus I really want more photos of me and Pepper together.
Puppies in a washtub
The big dog actually got in the tub second but he was SOOOO CUTE.
I love my big baby dog. <3
Auggie was ruining the photos LOL. I had to put him in a sit-stay behind me because every time I said “Auggie come here” the puppy came running.
So I had to crop Auggie out!
The baby puppy is so cute too <3 <3
I dunno if I like this…
IIIIII’M OUTTA HERE
Payton got mail!
Payton got a package in the mail from Fetching Tags with his brand new tag inside!!
But first…
Big boy collar??? NO!!
i hates it.
mommy why do I jingle.
please to be taking this off me?
Then we played with his football and he forgot all about it.
Why Kid Flash? Well, Auggie’s registered name is The Flash… and The Flash’s sidekick is Kid Flash… and Payton is Auggie’s sidekick… so it made sense.
Also Kid Flash got the nickname “Impulse” – not by way of a compliment, actually, but by way of warning that he tended to act first and think later. And this is very suitable for Payton, haha! So Kid Flash he is.
Just a few pics…
New fave. <3 <3
Wouldn’t you know it – we went to breeder’s house so she could glue down his one ear and the other ear came up less than two hours after we got home that night. =P She told me how to glue it down so I’m going to give it a shot, probably tonight. She thinks they are tipping really nicely so far though.
And a very happy Auggie!
One Ear Up
One of the ears came almost entirely unglued and was being twisted some, so I took the unglued ear out. The other ear is still glued so I left it. The result is… kinda funny, haha!
I got a few of Auggie today, but they ended up blurry. =< He's busy just poking around while I chase Payton all over the yard removing grass and sticks and leaves and cicadas from his mouth…
Chomping leaves brings out the anime happy eyes??
His biggest love. Payton needs no toys… only leaves. (and we have an expressive ear!)
Rolling around on the grass. I keep trying to get a photo of him upside down but it’s not going so well!
Action shots of Payton
Finally switched modes on my camera, so I got some good shots of the puppy in motion today!
The basketball is obviously Auggie’s, but Payton loves this toy. I need to go get him a football one… I’m pretty sure they make one that’s identical but a football instead of a basketball.
One of his ears has come partially undone, I dunno if you can tell in the photos.
It’s funny because the toy is almost as big as he is, LOL. It drags on the ground unless he holds it just right.
And Auggie with his strawberry. He usually has limited interest in the plastic toys. Today he was obsessed with his plastic toys because I’ve been giving them to Payton to play with, and of course he wanted them because Payton had them. (I’m not actually complaining, I would like him to play with these more. They were slightly expensive even though I bought the majority on sale at 50% off.)
Auggie loves strawberries so it’s appropriate.
And Pay inside with the artichoke. The artichoke was the first one I bought because it was just too funny!
More of the nameless baby
Still kicking names around. Every time I think I come up with one, it ends up rejected because it sounds too much like another dog’s name, or I know a dog with that name, or or or…
But first, Auggie being adorable!! (overexposed, boo =<)
Shark doooog, shaaaark dooog…
Stupid sunlight screwing up what would otherwise be a REALLY lovely photo…
I need to switch my lenses and switch my settings, because just about everything is coming out blurry, LOL. So far Auggie likes his little brother, except sometimes he is really annoying. I am secretly enjoying the fact that Auggie is annoyed by the puppy, since I told him for a long time that I was going to unleash an annoying puppy on him as payback. On the other hand, whenever Auggie decides he REALLY wants to play, sometimes the puppy is in turn like “OMG TOOOOOO MUUUUUCH” because clearly Auggie can still be really obnoxious with the best of them. But they are getting along well on the whole and the puppy just loooooves his big brother. He follows him all over the place. If Auggie is looking at something, the puppy has to be looking at it, too. This is actually kind of helpful because the puppy is learning quite a bit just from poking around after Auggie.
The Newcomer
An as-yet-unnamed monster brat has joined your party!
A match made in heaven…? Or just two little brats plotting together?
Sock Monkey
Auggie has some kind of infection going on with his foot right now… there’s a nice big swollen bump between two toes on one paw pad. First I coned him. He could still reach his paw even coned. So then I got out a sock and socked him. This worked (although he continued messing with the sock) but my socks are HUGE and he is tiny. We tried one of my mom’s socks and even that was rather large.
So I bought him some toddler socks from Target.
They even match his blue vet wrap that I’m using to keep the sock on.
Also Auggie thinks vet wrap is delicious. He has ripped it off, chewed it into a tiny little ball, and eaten it three times, and was unhappy that I made him throw it up all three times.
Me & Pepper
love this one.
she likes to put her head back and try to slobber kisses all over whatever she can reach – usually your eyes and/or nose.
her face in this one hahahaha
and just to prove she can ruin a perfectly good shot… stupid tongue!
LOLOLOLOL
I wish Auggie weren’t in the background ruining this one… this is the Pepper I wish the world could see. This is how I see her. She is so funny when she’s not busy being afraid of things. I feel like I’m the only one who sees her for how she really is right now.
Playing with her bro – he went after a squirrel (almost caught it, too, because it nearly fell off the fence and right into his open mouth.) and she ran after him, then they bounced around for a while.
little peppy girl.
Success with the wait command, and family photo attempts
Hurray!! I have started pushing “wait” with Pepper the last week or so (they have to wait before they get released to their bowls) and it looks like it’s starting to pay off! She is still very new to it, I can’t make much noise or anything or she’ll get up and come to me, but she at least has the general idea now. Unfortunately this means I can’t do much to get her to focus on me (she hates the camera and thinks it’s evil) or try to make her look a bit more excited, LOL.
Testing… testing… how far back do I dare go?
I’m maybe ten feet away and kneeling. HURRAY!
Except she’s eating grass.
Grass chew… wait for it…
graceful CHOMP
“Pepper stop eating the gr- crap.”
Okay, so I called Auggie over. He was having NONE of this.
“At least try to look like you like each other,” I said. “No,” said Auggie.
*facepalm*
Pepper is losing interest… Auggie still loathes me for ever bringing this bitch home…
Pepper got up so now it’s Auggie’s turn for solo portraits.
Except he hates me. Hates. me. from the bottom of his soul. (This one cracks me up.)
Sigh…
Grudgingly looks at me…
One nice shot, aaaand-
now he’s done.
Try #2 with them both. Uhhh…
“Pepper don’t eat the-
– crap!!!”
Auggie then took pity on me, or decided to show off. I’m not sure which.
Lookin’ at the flower…
Obviously weighing in his mind how much he hates me versus how much he loves me.
Oh, be still my heart. He can be a handsome little monster when he wants to be.
Or a big cutie!
And then I had to ruin it all by bringing Pepper over.
Ummm… can we both look in the same direction?
oh LOL Auggie and your stinkeye.
Then Pepper had to blink, apparently.
Semi-nice… the focus is not very sharp but it’s close…
aaaand then Pepper makes a ridiculous face that looks like somebody drew on her with marker…
Aaaaaand Pepper’s outta here! Game over.
Good boy Auggie sat there until I said “good boy, come here.” He’s a very good little monster who will hopefully not kill me in my sleep.
Moar Panties
Baaaahahahahaha…
Playin’ in panties…
Auggie does not want the panties.
Pepper likee. Apparently she thinks Auggie is sexy in his panties. Flirt flirt!
Here she goes again. Dang it all Pepper STOP FLIRTING.
They were playing in the other room and I hear “Auggie… Auggie you can’t hump her… AUGGIE… ….ummmm…”
So I go in there and there’s PEE on the floor. But Pepper is wearing her diaper, so it HAD to have been Auggie. I thought this might have happened last time but it made more sense to have been Pepper, but now I know for sure. Auggie is trying to hump her and then pee on her like he used to do with his puppy bed. That all stopped after he was neutered but now that Pepper is around with all her girly hormones going, I guess we’re back to square one.
Freaking. hornball.
More photos from today (sans derpy Pepper)
Auggie and his RIDICULOUS coat that I still can’t figure out where it came from.
Seriously, WTF. Apparently Pepper gets the testosterone rolling for Auggie even though he has no balls and then this happened? That’s all I can think.
Pepper thinks it’s hilaaaarious.
This is the look she usually gives me.
Squintyfaec.
Lookin’ in the garden. Some of my co-workers told me they can’t tell the difference between Auggie and Pepper. How can you NOT tell the difference?! LOL. They are almost literally like night and day…
