SammieS

Hi Guys! I saw ladies with red shirts today - with black spots on them - was that you? It was crazy this morning and was getting hot! The last 3 years they had 'water' stations which there wasn't any this year, which was disaapointing when Asti gets so hot easily (its a squish faced dog thing)... I hope someone took photos of you and your doggies, would love to see them! Sammie & Asti

Sorry to read your story AnnieK Katalilly - You've inspired me to do a macro shot next week! I haven't done one of those in ages! Your pic is gorgeous! Week 19/52 of Asti 2011 by sammie, on Flickr

I hope I see you guys there! I'll be looking out for the red shirts! Asti and her mate Ella will be there... keep an eye out for us!

p.s. I love the jammies TLC - I've ordered some for Asti... watch this space!

I'll start week 18 - this is my scary guard dog (especially when she uses her big dog bark )... Week 18/52 of Asti 2011 by sammies, on Flickr

I use Biozet!

Hi Lindainfa - I'm not sure if you saw my FB post, but this is exactly what Asti had about 6 weeks ago and the vet suspected that it was a dodgy batch of BARF. We don't feed barf anymore as I don't want to go through that again... I'm glad he's on the mend.

I have a couple of people that I'll be walking with, so if you see a heap of Frenchies including Asti... I'd love to say hi to you all!

I have a Canon 430ex and I love it!

Week 17 of 52 "Hmmm Bunny - you smell nice!" "Lucky I can't eat you!"

Happy Easter! Week 17/52 of Asti 2011 by sammies, on Flickr

Asti and her Linde Easter Bunny - more to come later *crappy quality due to photo from an iPhone

Week 16/52 of Asti 2011 by samanthasallaway, on Flickr P.S. (in reverse order) Loving Moo and her waggly tail! PooCow - you could've started something... we could have a whole week of bum photos Weibritty - Marlo looks so happy! helen - I love the facial expression: "Who me? Not me!" RallyValley - Does toby have a yellow bow on? MTD - I hope Maggie feels better! Kickss - Is that a dirty paw...? i love it! Naomi - Archie is gorgeous! It'll be great to see him grow up... Katalily0709 - I love the before bath and after bath - Asti looks the same.. its great having a black dog, she doesn't look dirty! tlc - snoozing on the bed is cute! its too dark in our room to take photos... zenith - I love the colouring, the blue skye and green grass! Binx - its another bum shot... after easter, I'm going to post one too! Piper - the looks you get when you bathe the dogs... not so impressed! anniek - Asti is jealous that cowboy went to the beach, she's not allowed to go due to the floods causing outbreaks of parvo and disease at our local beach... so sorry if I missed anyone

Party packs are great... Asti had a party in January and her cake was made of mince and decorated with pumpkin and potato - the lady who made it said that one portion was equal to one meal, her party bags had biscuits and chewable treats (rawhide ones, next time I'll make them myself and include balls and maybe a party hat)! If humans can have parties why can't dogs?!

I'm loving everyone's photos and I can see how the challenge is improving everyone's photos! Here's week 15... Week 15/52 of Asti 2011 by samanthasallaway, on Flickr

Zenith - I love week 10! What breed is Poppie?

nice new signature dandybrush! Very handsome dog Diesel&Ryder!

Sometimes Asti looks like Batman! Week 14/52 of Asti 2011 by samanthasallaway, on Flickr

Pugs shed alot!!! but are really laid back (especially the boys)

Frenchies don't need a lot of exercise and dont really shed They do need to learn to be by themselves from the beginning though and as an owner you have to be aware that they have are sensitive to heat and can't swim very well.

Cuuuute puppy pics of Pepper! Thanks everyone for their support, its really sad, and we were hoping that Fysher would be the perfect fit - he was in temperment just not right for being left alone (with or without Asti). Asti has perked up a bit this morning and wanted to have a game with Fysher so she must be starting to feel better, although I'm trying to keep the play at a minimum for her.

Happy Birthday Pepper and Congrats on everyone's passing of the obedience! Well I'm feeling mega tired and slightly deflated tonight, we had another after hours emergency visit last night, (we had one 3.5 weeks ago when Asti got kennel cough), well last night we went again as she had blood in her diarrhea! So we packed Asti up and went off to the emergency vet leaving one very tired Fysher at home safely tucked into his new donut bed. It turned out that Asti had Hemorrhagic GastroEnteritis (HGE) which is something I've never heard of before but I knew the diarrhea was bad and going to make her dehydrated - the blood was also very concerning!!! So Asti stayed in over night (I left the surgery in tears, I don't think I've been so worried about her ever before ), then we returned home to find that where we had left Fysher he wasn't there and the baby gate had been smashed apart... he'd freaked out being alone by himself and smashed his way upstairs to find us. There wasn't any damage but he was very upset and breathing heavily. This morning we went to get Asti to take her to our vet and she was a little perkier but had a really sad look in her eyes, broke my heart :D and then we returned home to find the extra barracade we setup to stop Fysher going upstairs didn't work either! So Asti spent the day at our vet and we were lucky that my parents could supervise Fysher at their house because he was getting too stressed to be left alone becusae we both had some work meetings to attend and I had already had 3 days of sick at the start of the week. I feel like a very bad doggy parent, but with our lifestyle and his high level of separation anxiety, we've decided that he is not suited to our household and he would enjoy a better life with someone (like a pensioner) who is home all day and can give him the chance to roam around as he pleases. I feel sad, he's such a beautiful boy and would make his new owner proud, he's such a clean and tidy dog and his nature is something all dog owners would wish for! Asti and I will be giving Fysher big hugs tomorrow when we return him to the big pack of frenchies he came from where he can spend lots of time with other dogs... I have also learnt today that BARF may not be all its cracked up to be and that it could be some of the reason why Asti was sick last night. We had opened a new packet of BARF and Fysher had a gurgly stomach but Asti had effects much worse. The theory is that the BARF could have been left out of the freezer on transit and while I bought it frozen, somewhere else it might not have been ;) So we're going to try Asti on some sensitive stomach biscuits and hills science tinned food to get her belly back to normal... What does everyone else feed their dogs? (I know we've had this conversation before but I can't remember - it could be tiredness or the stress headache kicking in) Sorry for the long post Sammie. P.S. I still wish you all the best with your new addition Dandybrush - our next dog will be a pup so that it isn't in a routine and learns to be by himself as opposed to being used to one on one human contact that he would have got training for the show ring

Minxy, You're certainly welcome to come visit a Frenchie meetup - I'll probably organise one for the end of April as it won't be so hot anymore. Check out our FB page, they're usually at New Farm offleash dog park. EDITED: to say that New Farm dog park has parvo see here, we'll have it somewhere else...

ha! I didn't think Asti was a velcro dog... but she seems to have got more sticky since Fysher has come along

thanks ktb and wuffles, i love this corner of dol...