tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-205250162007-05-05T01:12:27.148-07:00Blue Elvishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08321116766634954155noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20525016.post-1137714374167133342006-01-19T15:30:00.000-08:002006-01-30T21:44:57.486-08:00<p><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5533/2059/1600/Blue_Irina-9-24-05.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5533/2059/320/Blue_Irina-9-24-05.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /> My new home was BIG, too big for a walking tour, so I opted for a double-decker ride... <br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5533/2059/1600/Elvis%20%20Pigy%20ride%209-24-05.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5533/2059/320/Elvis%20%20Pigy%20ride%209-24-05.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />And I thought I'd lived in a Palace before!<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5533/2059/1600/Elvis%20on%20his%20new%20bed%201%209-24-05.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5533/2059/320/Elvis%20on%20his%20new%20bed%201%209-24-05.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />It did not take me long to figure out that <a href="http://www.shareasale.com/m-pr.cfm?merchantID=4809&userID=154519&productID=453570974" target="_blank">my new bed </a> was portable... <br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5533/2059/1600/Blue_portable_bed9-24-05.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5533/2059/320/Blue_portable_bed9-24-05.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />So I quickly moved it to my liking - right in the middle of the traffic... <br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5533/2059/1600/Elvis%20bed.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5533/2059/320/Elvis%20bed.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />Can you tell it's really cozy? <br /><br /><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br /> <a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5533/2059/1600/BlueIrinapajamas%201%209-24-05.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5533/2059/320/BlueIrinapajamas%201%209-24-05.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />Of course, the day would have been incomplete without a tug-of-war with Irina's pajamas... <br /><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5533/2059/1600/BlueIrinapajamas%203%209-24-05.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5533/2059/320/BlueIrinapajamas%203%209-24-05.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5533/2059/1600/Blue_tug_of_war_Irinas_pajamas-9-24-05.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5533/2059/320/Blue_tug_of_war_Irinas_pajamas-9-24-05.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5533/2059/1600/BlueIrinapajamas%202%209-24-05.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5533/2059/320/BlueIrinapajamas%202%209-24-05.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />Who is Irina?.. My new two-legged sis... she is so-o-o cool!!!<br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5533/2059/1600/Blue_asleep%202%209-24-05.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5533/2059/320/Blue_asleep%202%209-24-05.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />I promise to write more upon hearing from you, bros and sis... after I catch a few Z-Z-Z... <br /><br /><br /><br /><p>Blue Elvishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08321116766634954155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20525016.post-1137645325724705982006-01-18T20:34:00.000-08:002006-01-19T15:27:02.886-08:00<p><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5533/2059/1600/Send-off%20party%20-%20Fenway%209-24-05.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5533/2059/320/Send-off%20party%20-%20Fenway%209-24-05.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />After a quick send-off party I am ready to pack and take my first car trip to the new home. <br /><br><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5533/2059/1600/Blue_car_trip_home2.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5533/2059/320/Blue_car_trip_home2.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />I am traveling light, with two most treasured possessions - my registration papers (I am official now!) and a plush toy with the Puppy Palace smell and memories... (to be continued)Blue Elvishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08321116766634954155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20525016.post-1137645216575926782006-01-18T20:33:00.000-08:002006-01-19T15:02:45.540-08:00<p><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5533/2059/1600/img_0008_825.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5533/2059/320/img_0008_825.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />At 7 weeks old we didn't get to go to Pupapalooza... so Pupapalooza came to us. More about it later.Blue Elvishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08321116766634954155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20525016.post-1137645129160530652006-01-18T20:20:00.000-08:002006-01-31T04:39:09.890-08:00<p><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5533/2059/1600/lyova_natasha_185.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5533/2059/320/lyova_natasha_185.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />This is a story of how two families came dangerously close to making a <strong><em>big</em></strong> mistake, how 8 pups conspired to correct it, and how all this resulted in a news-breaking <em><strong>switcheroo</strong></em>. This chapter is still being written. <p><br /><br><br><br><br><br><br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5533/2059/1600/lyova-_4_weeks_old_190.0.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5533/2059/320/lyova-_4_weeks_old_190.0.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><p><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5533/2059/1600/lyova_and_blue_squishing_sophie_140.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5533/2059/320/lyova_and_blue_squishing_sophie_140.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5533/2059/1600/puppy%20council%208-29-05.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5533/2059/320/puppy%20council%208-29-05.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><p><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5533/2059/1600/taking%20off%20pink%20collar%202.png"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5533/2059/320/taking%20off%20pink%20collar%202.png" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5533/2059/1600/pink%20collar%20off%20pups%20sleeping%202.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5533/2059/320/pink%20collar%20off%20pups%20sleeping%202.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5533/2059/1600/pink%20collar%20off%20pups%20sleeping.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5533/2059/320/pink%20collar%20off%20pups%20sleeping.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5533/2059/1600/pink%20collar%20off.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5533/2059/320/pink%20collar%20off.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5533/2059/1600/pink%20collar%20off%20pups%20sleeping%203.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5533/2059/320/pink%20collar%20off%20pups%20sleeping%203.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>Blue Elvishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08321116766634954155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20525016.post-1136413306631783802006-01-04T14:20:00.000-08:002006-01-09T21:11:35.176-08:00<p><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5533/2059/1600/ElvisCloseUp10-12-05%20copy.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5533/2059/320/ElvisCloseUp10-12-05%20copy.jpg" border="0" alt="Blue Elvis 10-12-05" /></a><br />On the day I was born, they did not expect me. I came as a complete surprise, a bonus, if you wish, 45 minutes after the last of my seven siblings, to the cheers of the World Cocker Community that watched our arrival on live webcam at <a href="http://www.zimfamilycockers.com">the Zims</a>. <br /><br>So what if I was the smallest of the litter... good things often come in small packages - think of iPod!</p><br /><p> <a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5533/2059/1600/fivedaysold-siblings.0.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5533/2059/320/fivedaysold-siblings.0.jpg" border="0" alt="Blue Elvis with littermates 5 days old" /></a> <br />There we were – a sister and seven brothers. To tell apart the six red and white males, they color-coded us, and, much to my delight, I became Blue… <br>Lovely collar, don’t you think?</p><br /><p></p>Blue Elvishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08321116766634954155noreply@blogger.com