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Likes: Love from my people, chasing cats, digging for mice, going on runs, taking my kids to school in the morning, being on vacation in Croatia, when dad comes home from work, laying on my back for belly rubs, warming up in the sun, seeing Uncle Mike!
Pet-Peeves: Being left behind, when Caleb doesn't give me treats, bee stings after pouncing on bees in the yard
Favorite Toy: My stuffed horse, soccer ball, my kids, my stuffed "Lassie" dog
Favorite Food: TURKEY!!! Soup, Cheerios, popcorn, waffles, peanut butter, toothpaste, Czech pastries - YUM!
Favorite Walk: Anywhere out in the farmlands near my house, but especially down to the creek! But any walk is good as long as my family members are with me!
Best Tricks: "WAIT!", "What do you want?" (I barks for it), "Sit", "Lay", "Paw", "Stand", "Roll Over" (my latest trick!)
Arrival Story: For several years we talked about getting a dog but since we were living in an apartment we told our kids it wasn't possible until we moved into a house. In April 2004 we moved into a new house but still were not planning to get a dog at least until the summer. But one day in May I was flipping through a dog magazine to see if they had the black and tan Cavalier's here in Czech, when all of a sudden I saw an ad for one! That evening, my husband called the breeder to inquire about her, and when we heard about this sweet, beautiful 8 week old puppy, we realized we wanted her NOW! Our kids put together all the money they'd been saving, and I emptied the change container that I'd been saving coins in for ten years - it was a great family moment to come up with what we needed to buy her. The very next day we went to Brno to get her! Driving home with this precious little bundle that evening was one of the greatest moments for us all!
Bio: Lily was the only girl born in her litter here in Czech - she had 4 brothers (who went to live in Denmark, Croatia and 2 to the US!) who were all bigger and more active than she was. Her mom is a ruby Cavalier show dog, and her dad is a black and tan. Lily is a beautiful black and tan, but when she's out in the sunshine, you can see the ruby highlights she got from her mom! Lily is incredibly lovable, sweet, and super adoring of our kids. She is a very responsive, adorable, happy, cuddly, and an all around loving dog! She is definitely an inseparable part of our family now!
Forums Motto: Hug me, love me, adore me!!
The Groups I'm In: !!!***Flower Pets***!!!, • DOGGIE CONNECTION • , Santa's Paws North Pole, Black & Tan King Charles, Cavaliers4eva, CKCS, TINY PAWS CRUISE LINE II AND FURIENDS!, Wigglebutts are sooooooooo cute!!!
Best Friends: My kids--Tyler, Caleb and Claire, mommy and daddy, Grandma and Bapa, Uncle Mike, Katka, Katka's mom and dad (my doggy sitters), Klara and her family (my other best doggy sitters!) and of course all my doggy friends! Emma, Scout, George, Tracey, Una and ALL my great Dogster friends! You're the best!!
Countries I've been to: Czech Republic, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Hungary, Slovakia, Croatia, Slovenia, Austria
Favorite Sleeping spots: Mommy and daddy's bed, next to the computer when mom is there, Caleb's lap, on the couch, by my food on my little rug, in the sunshine, in front of the fireplace in the winter, at the bottom of the stairs in the summer
Favorite things that mommy makes: Oatmeal apple muffins, banana muffins, homemade pizza, grilled burgers and chicken (what dog DOESN'T love those?!), brownies (but I only get crumbs...sad face), tuna noodle casserole, fried eggs ( sometimes it makes my tummy sick..but I never turn them down!)
It just doesn't seem possible...could it really be my fifth birthday today??!! Yep, mommy assures me it's true. I was born five years ago this very day.
I don't remember much about that day but mommy tells me I was the only girl in a litter of five puppies, and that I was born last after all my brothers had been born.
The breeder was a very nice lady who took good care of our mommy and all of us puppies. She really liked me and wasn't sure she wanted to let me go, even though she put an ad in a magazine about us five puppies.
When my family called to ask about us, all the boy puppies had been spoken for and it was just me that was left. GOOD THING!! Otherwise maybe I wouldn't be with my family! When the breeder decided that I could be adopted by them, it changed the course of my life...and I'm SOOOOOOOO glad!
My family came the very next day to pick me up, even though all my brothers were all still there (they were being shipped to far away places like Denmark, the USA and Croatia). So I was the first one to leave our mama. I was pretty shy and not sure about it all at first.
But then my new furless brothers and sister started hugging me and cuddling with me and everything changed!
Oh...and then there was my new furless mommy!!! She was SOOO good to me and just looked into my eyes and said, "Lily, you belong to us now"! Well that did it. I just knew life was going to be good with this family who loved me so much right from the beginning!
It was a two hour drive home, which I spent cuddled up on somebody's lap at all times...ahh, that was bliss! Then all of a sudden, we were stopping and I was being taken into somewhere new...the place that would be my furever HOME!!
I met my furless daddy then and knew right away...he was going to be the alpha dog I'd always wanted! So strong...so loving...so firm...just what I wanted!!! He made me feel safe and secure.
So that's how life for me REALLY started! I live with the best furever family in the whole world! I'm a lucky little girl and so happy that I've already had five great years with them! I hope for LOTS more!!!
You can't believe what it looks like outside my house right now!! There is SOOOO much snow! Mommy says we haven't had snow like this since I was just a puppy. I don't remember much about it then, and have only had a few inches here and there to enjoy in the past years.
But it's a different day now! There's like 10 feet out there! Okay...maybe not that much, but from my perspective on the ground, it does look like an pawful much! BOL!
Mommy says there's about two feet of snow that has fallen, but the wind has been howling so it's drifted to about four feet in some places. She and Caleb can barely keep up with the shoveling and snow-blowing!
To go out in in, mommy makes me wear my little blue snow coat. I'm not all that fond of it...it takes way too long to put on (note from mommy: all of about one minute!). Hey...I'm used to just having the door opened and going out!
I haven't decided if I really like this deep stuff or not...I can't go all over the yard like I usually do, but only in the paths that mommy and Caleb have made.
Yesterday I saw something out in the yard (maybe a deer?) and I wanted to go out after it SOOO bad! Mommy put my coat on and I went bounding out in the snow...forgetting that it was so deep. I just sunk right down into it. Shame on mommy for laughing at me. I had snow all over my face when I came out so I guess that's what she was laughing at.
So mostly I just sit at the window and gaze out at it, then go and lay back down by the fire. That's my idea of the perfect day!
Oh my...it's been WAAAYYYY too long since I updated! Mommy says you're not supposed to say that...who really cares how long it's been? You're just supposed to get going and write your little paws off!
But only I know that it's been a great disappointment to my furless uncle Mike that I've taken a hiatus from writing and I just HATE to disappoint him! So...here I am, paws on the keyboard ready to write an update just for him on what's been happening in my fascinating life!
The most interesting thing that has happened to me recently was that I got caught out on the fence one night and nobody remembered I was outside. BOOOOOO! BRRRRRR!
I was freezing my little tail off and felt so sad when it happened. Mommy had been gone so the kids were (supposed to be) taking care of me. Claire let me out and told Tyler to let me back in...but when I didn't scratch to come back in like I usually do, nobody thought to check on me.
Thankfully mommy got home after I'd only been outside for about a half hour (though it felt like I was out there for hours on end...I really don't know how long it was. It just felt LOOONNNGGG). When I didn't come rushing in to greet her, she immediately asked the kids where I was.
She called to me from the back and front door, but I was just too pooped to even make a sound so she didn't know where I was.
Luckily she sent Caleb out with the flashlight to find me...he's her "go to" man when she needs help (and when dad isn't here)!
I was a sad, pitiful sight with my beautiful red, sparkly collar somehow caught on the fence in the backyard under the fir trees. I don't know how I did that!! But thankfully Caleb got me loose right away and I ran all the way across the yard to get inside!
Mommy was SOOOO happy to see me and I was happy to see her...and all the kids felt really bad that they hadn't paid attention to what happened to me.
Good thing it all worked out in the end!
Keep checking back Uncle Mike...I might have some more stories to tell soon!!
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