Recent content by Charlie'sMom

Hi! I used to be active on here, but kind of fell off a few years ago when we had kids, but we are having an issue now that I need some suggestions. We have a senior Newf (10 years) who all of a sudden started getting an eczema like skin reaction along with goopy eyes and ears. The vet thought...

Hello everyone! I know it has been a long time again since I posted, life has been so busy between work and chasing a toddler all day! Last time I posted I was having some issues between Charlie and my little boy Sawyer, but I am happy to say, that with persistence, they have mended their...

Hi guys, I just wanted to pop back on and update. I was never able to find someone willing to come to where I live, but I got some good help from a few people through email. Charlie and Sawyer have come a long way in their relationship. Sawyer is learning to be gentle with his pets, and has...

Hello all, I know I have been absent for a while, life with baby and pets has been busy, but everyone is well. We have started running into an issue however. Up until now Charlie (6 1/2 year old Newf) has been a bit standoffish with the baby (Sawyer) he will come over and give him a bit of a...

Hey, I haven't been posting much lately, I still lurk around and read things, but have spending more time on trying to conceive and then pregnancy boards. After a 13 month struggle to conceive, me and Troy have finally gotten lucky (without fertility treatment - YAY) and I am 9 weeks pregnant...

I know I haven't been around as much lately, life has gotten super busy for us, but Charlie needs your collective expertise ... A couple of times before, when he has overdone it playing he has had trouble getting up from a laying position, and going up stairs, it usually lasts for a day or 2...

I am so excited for my sister ... It is like a right of passage in my family to get your own dog. She is 25, has been on her own for a few years, and decided to add a new dog to her little family (she already has a cat). She LOVES Charlie, but wants to have a different breed of dog than the...

Me and Troy were sitting on the couch, watching the news, when Charlie starts barking at something outside - we think we *might* have heard a soft knock at the door, so we checked, and there is a toddler standing at our door, by himself. The kid was wearing a jacket, and shoes, but no hat and...

Hi all, Poor Charlie is feeling cruddy and pukey tonight, this morning he ate fine, then when I got home from work he started puking, it is clear mucousy puke, and he appears fine otherwise (gums nice and pink, tummy is soft and non-tender, passing gas and normal poops) he is a bit lethargic as...

I bought Charlie a bunch of new toys for his birthday a few weeks ago, and in the past few days we have noticed something really odd. Whenever he plays with his alligator tuffy toy he whines. He chews like crazy on the rope toy ... no whining. He carries and tosses around the stuffed duck and...

As I had posted before, this summer, me and Charlie's Dad got married, July 17th of this year - My photographer has blogged our teaser pictures and I thought I would share: http://madchenstudios.com/blog/?p=1904 I hope some of you will comment on the blog (we get print credits for each comment).

I know I haven't been posting as much - the last year has been insane, with buying a house, moving to a new city, starting a new job, and planning a wedding (which was way more work than I had ever anticipated). We are working on our landscaping, and we are in a pretty dry place in Alberta - so...

Hey everyone! I haven't been spending much time posting here, I have been lurking, and responding now and again, but life has been so busy the last 6 months. As I posted about this summer, we bought a new house in June, moved to a city 3 hours away from our hometown in July, started a new job...

Part of our wedding photography package is to do 1-2 "engagement picture" sessions. We wanted one in the winter time in the snow with Charlie ... not all of the pictures have Charlie (he was in about 1/3 of them - they he couldn't concentrate at all and we left him in the car while we finished)...

Sigh ... Me and Troy have discussed (and I agreed) that we shouldn't get a puppy until next fall, after we get married. But I have puppy fever. We just spent the week since Charlie got neutered at my parents place, their puppy (Hailey - the german wire-haired pointer) is 5 months old now, and...