Is anyone there???

We have had some devastating losses in the past few months and have been very distracted. If anyone is still interested we will continue blogging. Please tell all your friends about us and don't forget to "Follow" us so you'll never mid out on our adventures and mishaps.

Well we're back. Sorry ya'll, we've sure had a bunch of things going on. Dad sailed a boat across the Gulf of Mexico. He had to stop in Tampa to wait out a big norther. Well, waiting out the storm held him up so long that he was gonna miss his hotel reservations in Key West which was the intended destination. So, he and Izzy's Momma met in Tampa at the airport and flew to Key West. I sure wish I could've gone but dadwas probably right when he told me that 8 days on a sail boat was too much for my first time. He did say I could post some picture though. Then when they got home Jaxons Mom was sick and had been in bed for 7 days so they took her to the hospital. She's been between the hospital and the nursing home for therapy for over a month now. In fact about a week ago she went back to the hospital because nobody could get her to wake up. Dad says it got pretty scary. They thought that they were gonna lose her for a while but it seems that she is improving now.

Now, on a lighter note... Grandma brought her canine kids over to spend the weekend. We had a big time. It was good to get to see em. I'll introduce them to ya in the pictures below. As you can tell things have been nuts lately but we'll do better about keeping the blog up. Ya'll have a good one and we'll bark to ya soon.

Isn't that beautiful?

St. Petersburg, Fl

Key West International Airport 

Ha Ha, I snuck one in of Dad. I'm not supposed to but you cant see him well.

 Dad met this singer at a restaraunt. She was on that show "American Idol". I think he said it was season 8. He and Mom went and watched her in a little place on Duvall St. They really liked her. Ya'll should check her out. Heres her website: http://www.kmacarmy.com/HOME.html

Ok, now lets make some introductions. This is Matilda. 

And Mortimer Edison (Morty)

Ha Ha Ha, They got a bath.

And finally, Ruthie Fay. She is the matriarch. She's been around for a loooong time.

Ok folks, Until next time, remember....

Ok, ok, ok,... So I know that we haven't updated the blog in a while. We have had some unfortunate things going on lately. My Mom has been in the hospital or in a nursing home for rehab for the past month. It got really bad and I thought I was going to lose her. Jack and Izzy's Mom and Dad have been taking care of things so as you can imagine, stress levels have been running high. On top of that Jack and Izzy's Mom and Dad went on vacation and all of this happened the day after thier return. Now for the good news. My Mom is doing much better. She's not quite out of the woods completely, but she is doing better now. I got to go and see her the other day so I am really excited. Well, I know that Jack and Izzy probably want to post also so I'm gonna run. Bye now.

Happy Valentines Day!

Ok I hope everyone remembers Valentines Day. I'm not really sure what it's all about but my mom bought me an awesome heart necklace. I think she really loves me. I put it on and of course she starts snapping pictures. Jaxson tried to fight me for it but I chased him out of the room. He's such a girly Fido. Jack just looked at us like we were crazy. He's not into fashion like I am. As for Jaxson, well you can decide for yourself as you scroll through the pictures. He could probably use some serious therapy.

Jack and I were talking last night and came up with a great idea. We would like to see the Fido's and Fidettes who are following our blog. I think Jack just wants to see the female pictures. I heard him talking to his dad about using his iPad for a few days. I'm sure he will be drooling the whole time. He's quite good at that. As for me I challenge everyone to post a picture so that we can share it on our blog. Mom said maybe we will have a contest and vote for the best picture. I promise I will make sure Jack judges properly. So come on y'all start sending your pictures. Make sure to put your name, breed and humans name. Please do not put your phone number. Jack will be up all night dialing while drooling. BOL (barking out loud).

XOXOXO
Princess Izzy
I heart u!

To Izzy with love....

From Jack and Jaxon....

Fidettes versus Fidos

Hello to all my beautiful blog fans. Yes I am posting twice in 1 day. Last night while mom was sleeping I borrowed her iPad. I saw an app called Safari and thought maybe I could go on a hunting trip. BOL. That didn't quite work out but I did find some interesting stuff. Did you know that female canines are smarter than the boy dogs? I always knew that but they actually have scientific studies. You see some people don't think I'm very smart but between us I'm just playing like I'm dumb. This way I can get more attention and can do things at my own pace. :-)
I found this paragraph to be my favorite:::::: :-)
Female dogs might have a leg up on males when it comes to detecting the unexpected. In an experiment designed to mess with their furry heads, Fidettes took note of a surprising outcome while Fidos apparently remained oblivious.
OBLIVIOUS..............BoL

You can read more at:
http://news.discovery.com/animals/female-dogs-intelligence-110427.html

It's an awesome article. I'll post another one that you may also enjoy reading.
Here's to Jack and Jaxson - sorry guys but I still rule the roost!
Btw - this post is not intended to harm, upset, disrespect or hurt any Fido's. It's purely published for educational purposes and to inform our human caretakers that the next time you search for a dog.... Well Fidettes RULE!!!!!

Signing off now with Frenchy Kisses and a snort snort "Princess Isabella"

Good morning friends.....

Well hello there my Doggie Kaos friends. Sorry I haven't been blogging lately but as you can see someone has been hogging the spotlight as usual. I thought I would post my favorite pic of the beautiful French bulldog breed so everyone can admire the beauty of my breed. It's a girl thing and guys don't understand. Btw .... between us mom got me something for Valentines Day! I'm not suppose to say anything because I did not see anything for Jack or Jaxson. Oh well I am the princess and a beautiful princess so my mommy says. I hope y'all have a great day and stay tune if you want to see my valentine gift. Hope you enjoy my pic.

Oh feel free to leave comments. It really makes the guys grumpy. :-)

We like hanging out with Dad!

Mom gets jealous sometimes.

ARE YOU READY FOR SOME PUPPY???!!!

Aren't we pretty and well behaved?

I told you Izzy Snores

This is a quiet night. It gets A LOT worse!!

Training Week 3

Ok, so we've all been working really hard this week on our training and things are going really well. I have a bit of a leg up because I've been through this before and am basically doing some refresher work and learning new skills. Dad is changing some of my commands to make it a little easier for me to help Izzy and Jaxon. I really like this training. It helps us understand what our humans expect from us and it eases stress levels around the house. Izzy is really stubborn but she is starting to come around really well. Jaxon is a nut. All he wanted to do this week was eat his leash but tonight he did really well. Dad says that part of this is human training also. Just as we learn about our humans, they also learn more about what makes us tick and improves the all around communications between us. Dad has been working with all three of us but Mom says she's gonna help more now. She gets a little frustrated with Izzy but that's not hard to do sometimes. Don't get me wrong, I love Izzy but she can be a bit intense at times. One of the best parts about it is that we are able to be more confident and less confused in what our humans want us to do. It also makes our humans more confident in their ability to take us into the public without fear of us getting into trouble. See its not that we are bad dogs, it's just that we each have our own personality issues that not everyone understands as much as our humans do. For example, being a hound dog I LOOOOOVE to smell everything. Well, Dad says that isn't always polite when we're in public. Izzy and Jaxon simply want to do their own thing which makes it difficult for our humans to take them places because they have to concentrate so much on keeping them out of trouble that they can't do the things that they went out to do in the first place. Our trainer is great. He is teaching us to keep our attention on our humans. This is really important as the world can be a dangerouse and scary place sometimes. Since we can't read signs and things we have to trust them to keep us safe and healthy. It sure made it easier for Dad to do that when I did my training before. Izzy is doing a lot better with her "come" and "sit" commands. (Now if we could just train her to not snore!" Jaxon is learning that the leash is not a killer monster snake that is trying to eat him all the time and is doing a great job at sitting and waiting till he is called to move again. All in all this is an exciting and fun time. I'm really enjoying fine tuning my skills and I'm extremely proud of the progress that Izzy and Jaxon are making. Just do t tell them I said so. Well I'm hitting the sack folks we'll be back in touch soon. I'll post some pics later.

Training Week #2

Ok last week we were just kinda getting to know each other but now it's time to get it on. We all worked hard tonight, even Jaxon.

Ok, Ok So it looked more like this:

And this:

I told you he was special.

Izzy wouldn't let me take any pictures of her training so I took some of the aftermath. Enjoy folks, I'm whooped and going to bed. Goodnight. 

Training Time!!

Hey folks, sorry it's been so long since we've updated the blog. Izzy keeps barking about "That is my blog and I don't want you hogging it up! ARRF ARRF". Well, she gets busy sometimes and doesn't have time to update it so I'll just have to beg for forgiveness rather than ask for permission. Ok, so we have started our training. Actually we started last week. Personally, I'm having a blast. This is a piece of cake. As for the others, HA! not so much. I laugh so hard watching Izzy being DRAAAAGGGGEEED across the yard. She just doesn't get it. If ya just go with the flow, everyone's stress level will go way down. She IS stubborn though. We're taking it easy at first with Jaxon. He's special! Well the training company is called "Sit Means Sit". They're out of Houston. I really like our trainer. He is a very nice guy. He is always petting me and telling me how good I am. Lol, I keep telling Izzy and Jaxon that they'll get there eventually. Right off the bat, we got goodies from the trainer. We got these nifty beds that are raised off of the ground.

My Dad had one of these before. He liked them because when we went to the beach I could lay on it and not in the sand. I like it because when there are a lot of people over I have a "Special Place" I can go to and not be bothered. We also got new collars and leashes. Now I have had these collars before but Izzy and Jaxon didn't know a thing about them. Dad says that they are "E" collars because they are electric. OK PEOPLE, don't get excited, I have had one for most of my life and they're not bad. In fact they help me to understand better what Dad wants me to do. He doesn't speak good Dog so this helps with translation. Let's face it there are lots of smells and sounds that will draw a dogs attention off of his human and since humans run the earth, they are aware of dangers that we may not understand. Case in point, I got to chasing a rabbit one time and all I had on my mind was getting that rabbit. Well, I didn't realize it at the time but that dumb rabbit was headed straight out across a busy road. If my Dad hadn't got my attention with that collar I would have chased that rabbit out into that road and there ya go, SQISH LIKE GRAPE.

Note the smaller contacts on the collar on the right for smaller dogs.

Really though, when used correctly these collars are no different than someone poking you on the shoulder to get your attention. My Dad says that sometimes they get a bad rap cause people buy them and don't know the proper way to use them. Well, the trainers here so I gotta run but I'll let y'all know how it goes tonight. Take care y'all.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!

Hey y'all, good to see ya again. We have been really busy lately. We had a great Christmas and we are getting the New year started now. So, what did y'all get for Christmas? I got a couple of nice bones, some new toys, and all three of us were enrolled in a training class. This is gonna be great!! Ha ha ha, the thing is I've been there and done the whole training thing but Jaxon and Izzy don't have a clue what they are getting into. Dad keeps making it out to be this magical process but I know better. It was really tough for me at first but it soon got a lot easier and I began to not only succeed in it but excell. They will too but if they knew what was about to happen they'd probably run and hide. It's like anything else though if you work for it you will reap the benefits. I have slacked off some, so even I will do some refresher training and who knows, maybe even learn a few new things. Ya know, things sure got a whole lot more fun once I was trained. Dad trusted me a lot more. I learned to potty outside so dad could stop leaving me in that cage while he was gone. I learned that chewing on the wrong things was BAAAAAD! I was taught a bunch of things that gave me better manners too. When Dad sits down to eat, I go lay down because begging for food is not cool at all. Besides, people food isn't always good for us dogs. Let's face it, as intellegent as we are, our humans job is to know more and to protect us in there way much as we would protect them. It's important to listen to what your human tells you especially out in public. Humans are really complex and you never know what kinda goofy rules that they have put in place in different ares. I rely on Dad to let me know what I can and can't do in a particular area so that we don't get in trouble. Once I learned to do that, Dad learned that he could take me with him to a lot more places. Like I said Jaxon and Izzy are NOT gonna like this training thing at first but I'm confident that they will soon realize how much they have gained from all their work. Ok well I'm gonna leave y'all with a few pictures from Christmas. Hey y'all feel free to leave some pictures of your own. We'd love to see what y'all got for Christmas too. Catch ya later.

Uh...Is this thing on?

Hello, I'm Jaxon. Izzy has been bullying me about writing on here, so here goes. For the record may I just say that I'm not real sure about this whole "Blogging" thing. It requires me to crawl out from under of the cozy comfort of my Mama's bed sheets. People say that Mama spoils me too much but hey, I'm not complaining. Ok back to the point. My Mama and I came to live with Izzy and Jack a few months ago. It's a lot different from where I used to live. There are many similarities too though. I mean, I still have a bunch of toys (although toys seem to be a lot more communal here), Jack and Izzy's Mom and Dad make sure that I have good food to eat. (more on hat subject later), and I can play whenever I want to. The problem is that there is a new concept that I just can't seem to wrap my head around. Maybe you have heard of these things called uh - wait - OH YEAH - rules, that's it rules. It's strange but I guess I'll have to accept it the way Jack and Izzy have. Jack says that his Dad (I just love that guy) has always been good to him as long as he abided by these uh - oh, what's the word, oh, Rules. He just gets upset with Jack sometimes because as much as we have learned from him, Jack has learned some things from me and Izzy too. (And he doesnt seem to like it much!)Izzy on the other hand is fairly new to this too although she has a pretty good head start on me. She tells me about how weird it was getting used to these ruuuulllleees at first. (I shiver at the mere mention of the word.) I guess the good thing is that when we do as expected, the house is a much nicer, and relaxing place to live. It's a lot of work on my part though and it's tough to remember all the new things I am supposed to do and more so, what not to do. However, Jacks dad keeps talking about a program that is about to start that is going to help us all to live in harmony with eachother and our humans. He says that everyone will be much happier and our house will fill with love. It's something called "training". Ever hear of it? Evidently, the Guru comes and teaches us things and POOF, like magic everybody is happy. Well we'll see how this goes. I'm sure that we'll all have something to say about it in the weeks to come. I can't wait, sounds like fun. Ok, enough blogging for today. It is January in Texas, about 70 degrees so I have to go warm up under my Mama's covers again. Later