Independence Day

It's the end of a long day and the first time I've ever blogged three times in one day. It's been an exciting time here at Invictus ...


First off the biggest news:

Invictus Nightmare Before Xmas today became Halo's first American Champion! Go Zero go Zero go Zero! Halo celebrated by stealing puppy poop(again) but I think I'll stick to champagne. Big thanks to Erin and Juliet for showing off this handsome man - I'm sure a lot of his competition on the circuit are now happy he's done!

Rio's mom Nikki came to help me take puppies to the vet to get them microchipped. The ordeal is always transporting the puppies from house to truck, truck to vet - my apologies once again to Nikki for trying to shut the truck hatch on her head ...

Speaking of Lady Jazz Hands(more on that another day), she too had to get a microchip because the Avid that she'd been chipped with in the US is not accepted by the CKC. Leeloo is pretty much game for anything most days and today she wandered around the exam room amusing herself until I grabbed her collar, held her head and allowed the vet to inject the microchip. Leeloo's expression went from innocent curiosity to total indignance that some *woman* just stabbed her in the back of the neck. After that Leeloo wanted to LEAVE and NOW and that woman was not allowed to come anywhere near her. The vet fed her a treat and Leeloo(never one to turn down food) ate it with an expression that said "I'll eat your damn cookie but I'm not going to like it."



And thus everyone is now permanently identified. We arrived back home after stopping to pick up some medication for Rio who seemed to have developed a minor bladder infection the past couple days. Once again Amoxocillin to the rescue and she will be right as rain in no time. Will the antibiotics ever end? So Rio headed off with her new mom and a 10 month old German Shepard was going to get a big surprise today.



I put all the puppies to bed and turned around with Missy to head to the airport to ship her off to Yellowknife. She should have just landed and her people will be getting their first look at little Missy in living color. She was thrust into the care of Canadian North Cargo and I headed back again home to a mere 5 puppies.



Bridget left just a short while ago on a long road trip to Kitimat BC. She will be at the exact opposite coast from me and I hear tell there are already plans in the works to get her a lifejacket and go crab fishing or plucking or whatever it is you do to get crabs - the kind you make into crab cakes I mean.



And tomorrow is another big day. Odie, Hunter and Elsa make their way into the world with some great families who are probably not going to sleep tonight. The puppies don't know any different but if they could count they would be currently figuring out subtraction.