National Dress Up Your Dog Day | Joey and Teddy

Instagram was full of fantastic doggy portraits this morning for National dress up your dog day - #nationaldressupyourdogday - and we did a quick impromptu couple of photos of Joey and Teddy. If you're a regular reader of Itty Bitty Fluffy blog you'll know that Joey doesn't mind wearing a scarf or even Christmas lights! He will pose away for a treat or two! Teddy is another story but we managed to snap him wearing a snood although he does look a little cross about it! Follow us on Intagram for more fun with me Joey and Teddy { here } ...

And we have a funny outtake too ...

. Images by Catharine Noble Photography .

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Joey & Teddy - Teddy is a Hair Ball...

Ok, so we knew when we adopted Teddy that his grooming routine would be much more involved than Joey's. It is actually quite theraputic as Teddy will happily lie there, falling asleep and he very much enjoys it! It also makes for a nice bonding time together too. So, we anticipated grooming time and extra dog hair to clean up, but what we didn't expect was just how much hair Teddy sheds!

Each day he is groomed with a special comb / brush for his longer coat and also his undercoat and we always joke about the fact that we could make mini Teddy toys from the amount of hair each grooming session accumulates. At first we put this down to him being an outside dog at the dog shelter before we adopted him, and so becoming an indoors dog again he was shedding a lot. Then we put it down to summer arriving and some rather hot weather, but after 2 months we have a new theory - Teddy is just a hair ball!

See more posts about our own 2 rescue dogs, Joey & Teddy { here }

Joey & Teddy - Becoming Forever Friends

We've now had Teddy the Japanese Spitz, 6 weeks this weekend and have really noticed some changes which show that he is settling into his new life with us! Joey is also enjoying time with Teddy more - at first Teddy was oh so bossy and a bit of a bully with Joey. Now we find them sat together in the lounge, on our bed and they even fell asleep together the other night!

When out on our walks we especially see their friendship grow - Joey & Teddy are off together on an adventure! At first we actually felt a bit left out, but we are really enjoying it and also pleased about how well it's all going as we wanted a friend for Joey.

See more posts about our rescue dogs Joey & Teddy { here }

Joey & Teddy - Teddy Tries a Spot of Gardening...

We love spending time in our garden and with a glorious week of sunny, warm, weather we decided a spot of gardening was in order. Teddy thought the same and was very keen to help! We had just bought some new plants and pots to add to our collection and set ourselves up in the garden to do some planting. 

As I knelt down filling up the plant post with soil I had Joey on one side of me licking my face - if you bend down he never misses an opportunity to kiss you! On the other side I had Teddy biting my glove!

As this mayhem calmed down I began to plant a pretty new Alpine with round clusters of flowers, only to realise Teddy was sat there looking rather pleased with himself - with one of the pretty clusters of flowers poking out of his mouth! He kindly dropped it into another plant pot for me! 

Of course I had to get the camera for this and as I returned my cheeky little gardening assistant has decided to hold one of my gardening gloves to ransom! Gardening has never been so funny!

. Images by Catharine Noble Photography .

See more posts and features with the Itty Bitty & Fluffy dogs Joey & Teddy { here }

Joey & Teddy - Sleeping Teddy

Teddy is a very busy little doggy! He rarely seems to sleep during the day unlike his big brother who goes back to bed straight after his breakfast! Even after a big two hour walk, and plenty of playing fetch - this little guy will play, keep a watchful eye on the neighborhood out of the window, pester Joey and pinch socks! It was a rare occasion to find him asleep so we rushed to get the camera! He of course woke up but the two photographs we managed to get were cute. 

See more posts about life with our rescue dogs Joey & Teddy { here }

. Images by Catharine Noble Photography .

Joey & Teddy - Introducing Teddy

We are delighted to finally introduce you to our new rescue dog Teddy the Japanese Spitz! With bad weather, lots of work and a very untrained and hyperactive Teddy, it has taken us a while to get these photos done but here they are...

We adopted Teddy 4 weeks ago this weekend and it has been hard work but full of giggles and it is so worth it! Joey and Teddy are getting along great - as you can see - but we'll save some of their stories so far for another post!

. Images by Catharine Noble Photography .

We shall soon be making some updates to the blog to accommodate Teddy's arrival, such as the 'Just Joey' category will now become 'Joey & Teddy'. There will be a new button for this in the sidebar and we will also be adding a page with Teddy's rescue story too.

See Joey the Staffador's rescue story { here }
You can also find more posts featuring adventures with our dogs { here }