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2010 has been great so far. Its been very different lifestyle wise. I went from working 6 days a week to actually having spare time to sleep, watch tv, cuddles and QT with the puppies and work on the new puppy jones web site! It feels good but also makes me a bit ansy. But in general I'm excited about 2010.

A few years ago we stopped doing the traditional new year's resolutions and instead decided to create a 'theme' each year with the intent that each new theme would bring related experiences. These are a few examples of themes we've had over the years: 'just do it',  'feel the fear and do it anyway', 'situation critical'....This year its 'we're living the dream'. Let's see what that will bring :)

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I've never had a dog that was soooo into his routine. If he is off his schedule he goes crazy. Without his routine he gets very uncomfortable, whiney, paws at me, starts chewing whatever he can get his mouth on and rings his bell constantly (we trained him to ring the bell when he has to pee but uses it for other communication purposes). What a control freak! Here are a few examples:

- Since Hampton joined our family a year ago he has not let me sleep in past 7am. By the
  way I am not a morning person.

- He must must must have his breakfast at 6am and dinner at 6pm.

- He must go for his walks at the same time each day and after his walks he picks up one of
  his favourite toys and runs up and down the hall way with it non-stop for 5 to 10 minutes.

- After dinner he must have quality time with mummy on the couch (which 50% of the time
  includes mummy holding one end of a chew toy while he chews the other end).

- Just recently I discovered he has a favourite blanket which he must nap with. He refuses to
  cuddle and nap with any other. Btw his naps are very important especially when I am
  working from home so I can have some peace.

Again, what a control freak!  But a very cute one so I can't help but enable his behavior.  LOL! As I write this he is ringing his 'bell' alerting me to the fact that its almost 6pm - dinner time. He's so silly!!

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In the middle of the night I was gently woken up by a wet nose on my toes. At first I thought I was dreaming. Then I turned on my night light and there was "Starbuck" by the side of my bed. I screamed! Daddy was not impressed. It turned out "Starbuck" was actually little Ham. He somehow broke through the baby gate we have up on our bedroom doorway and was trying to get into bed to have a snuggle with me. I'm just not used to seeing Hampton in our room. Starbuck's bed was right beside me so Hampton really caught me off guard. The little bugger! It is amazing though how much Hampton does remind us of Sb sometimes. Still missing Sb lots. xoxo.

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Hello friends!
We are getting really close to re-launching our new web site. I'm so excited! Its been a really long time and I can't believe we are finally going to have an updated web site that we did all on our own! Its not perfect and there is still a lot to do but the first release still makes me very happy. We will have to release the shop and a few other fun things at a later date but we are definitely working on it. I am a bit nervous about our new site for many different reasons but I hope you will like it too!

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Hello! I haven't been able to keep up with this blog as regularly as I'd like to. Time just goes by faster and faster each year. Here is a quick update:

Hampton is doing well, I can't believe he's already almost 9 months now. He's the most expensive pup we've had so far - in terms of things he's destroyed around the house. To name a few examples, he took a chunk out of our living room couch (the one my parents don't even sit on because they didn't want to ruin it), he ate the leather straps off my mother in law's watch she gave me and he's eaten bits and pieces of our baseboards which we will have to replace eventually.

ZuZu continues to be our angel and a little tattletale. She will come over and sit at our feet or paw at our legs when Hampton is up to no good. She turned 8 back in June but is still going strong, loving life and jumping for balls.

We still think of Starbuck everyday. He is still so much a part of our life. We see so much of him in Hampton.

Here is a pic I quickly made from photoshop of our three bb's being silly together.

xo

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Li'l Hampton Monroe is getting snipped tomorrow and feeling nervous about it. I hope he will be ok, safe and have a fast recovery! I hope he forgives me. Starbuck never did. This time I'm forcing Mummy to drop him off and pick him up!