tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-205250162011-07-28T09:45:03.764-07:00Life and adventures of an American Cocker Spaniel... straight from the dog's mouth... for all those who were raised or owned by a Cocker, or had the privilege of knowing one...Blue Elvishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08321116766634954155noreply@blogger.comBlogger71100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20525016.post-82239591336195311922010-10-10T23:56:00.000-07:002010-10-11T00:08:40.804-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LDw49CTHfzM/TLK3f4LaVoI/AAAAAAAAAB4/Bfc8ajgztSk/s1600/Elvis_puppy_avatar.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 120px; height: 106px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LDw49CTHfzM/TLK3f4LaVoI/AAAAAAAAAB4/Bfc8ajgztSk/s400/Elvis_puppy_avatar.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526681451021096578" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Hey,<br />Thanks for stopping by!<br />I have my own website now, where I blog about my adventures.<br /><a href="http://www.blueelvis.com">www.BlueElvis.com</a><br />Come on over! Woof!<br />~ Blue Elvis<br />The Blogging Cocker<br /></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20525016-8223959133619531192?l=blueelvis.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Blue Elvishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08321116766634954155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20525016.post-67995077467657432522008-11-28T22:06:00.000-08:002008-11-29T18:40:55.390-08:00<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LDw49CTHfzM/STDrvp6WmOI/AAAAAAAAAAw/G-oHu4caino/s1600-h/backyard+-+9-25-05.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 273px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LDw49CTHfzM/STDrvp6WmOI/AAAAAAAAAAw/G-oHu4caino/s320/backyard+-+9-25-05.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273974367587834082" /></a><br />Okay, I am back online with my second day report from LA. Glad my sis and bros made it home safely and are having a great time!...Hate to brag, but I am so proud of myself! I haven't had a single potty accident, and I am using the doggie door on my own. Learned it on the third try - took me less than 2 minutes! <br />Mama says I am very smart, and that I got a great headstart at the Zims.<br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LDw49CTHfzM/STDsMSNEt0I/AAAAAAAAAA4/f_iDXmH1lN4/s1600-h/Papa_Myron2-9-25-05.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LDw49CTHfzM/STDsMSNEt0I/AAAAAAAAAA4/f_iDXmH1lN4/s320/Papa_Myron2-9-25-05.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273974859440109378" /></a><br /><br><br /><br /><br><br><br><br><br />Papa says I am a very kind and gentle boy.<br /><br /><br><br><br><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_LDw49CTHfzM/STDsunWg1LI/AAAAAAAAABA/9P6gnYu7atE/s1600-h/Resting+-+9-25-05.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_LDw49CTHfzM/STDsunWg1LI/AAAAAAAAABA/9P6gnYu7atE/s320/Resting+-+9-25-05.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273975449232397490" /></a><br />And they all agree I am handsome.<br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LDw49CTHfzM/STDs7netwVI/AAAAAAAAABI/Q7gEXQqZoAU/s1600-h/Wally-Red-400x300.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LDw49CTHfzM/STDs7netwVI/AAAAAAAAABI/Q7gEXQqZoAU/s320/Wally-Red-400x300.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273975672605098322" /></a><br /> Kellyn and Jim predict I am going to look like Cousin Wally. What do you think?<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LDw49CTHfzM/STDt-YonsII/AAAAAAAAABQ/tKGt05Tz6oA/s1600-h/Blue_Elvis_Toys-9-25-05.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 303px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LDw49CTHfzM/STDt-YonsII/AAAAAAAAABQ/tKGt05Tz6oA/s320/Blue_Elvis_Toys-9-25-05.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273976819671347330" /></a><br /><br />The second day I played and played...<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_LDw49CTHfzM/STDuQC2agkI/AAAAAAAAABY/qjDR4EaoDxA/s1600-h/dumbell2-9-25-05.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 216px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_LDw49CTHfzM/STDuQC2agkI/AAAAAAAAABY/qjDR4EaoDxA/s320/dumbell2-9-25-05.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273977123061269058" /></a><br /><br><br><br><br /><br />...had a ball!<br /><br><br><br><br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_LDw49CTHfzM/STDvp9WjDrI/AAAAAAAAABg/w8omny1-pk0/s1600-h/Blue+Elvis+-+9-25-05.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 274px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_LDw49CTHfzM/STDvp9WjDrI/AAAAAAAAABg/w8omny1-pk0/s320/Blue+Elvis+-+9-25-05.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273978667773660850" /></a><br /><br />Oh, did I mention that Mama believes in good manners and early education? So tomorrow I have an admission interview for Puppy School. They want to see if I am suitable... ???!!!... Well, a dog has to do what a dog has to do...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20525016-6799507746765743252?l=blueelvis.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Blue Elvishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08321116766634954155noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20525016.post-1137714374167133342006-01-19T15:30:00.000-08:002008-11-28T23:08:37.311-08:00<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 is 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 my new bed 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><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 />Of course, the day would have been incomplete without a tug-of-war with Irina's pajamas... <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 />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><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20525016-113771437416713334?l=blueelvis.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Blue Elvishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08321116766634954155noreply@blogger.com2tag: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)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20525016-113764532572470598?l=blueelvis.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Blue Elvishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08321116766634954155noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20525016.post-1137645216575926782006-01-18T20:33:00.000-08:002008-11-28T22:42:46.958-08:00<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. <br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LDw49CTHfzM/STDhzW4kWFI/AAAAAAAAAAY/Ma8pwfPnVRA/s1600-h/p1010098__2__571.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LDw49CTHfzM/STDhzW4kWFI/AAAAAAAAAAY/Ma8pwfPnVRA/s320/p1010098__2__571.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273963436083271762" /></a><br /><br />There were new things to explore and to taste... <a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LDw49CTHfzM/STDivp6tmtI/AAAAAAAAAAg/cX4d4KH995U/s1600-h/p1010091__2__166.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LDw49CTHfzM/STDivp6tmtI/AAAAAAAAAAg/cX4d4KH995U/s320/p1010091__2__166.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273964471984691922" /></a><br />There was plenty of food to go around.<br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LDw49CTHfzM/STDjmvtxBMI/AAAAAAAAAAo/J1FVRAIvVrk/s1600-h/p1010123__2__132.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LDw49CTHfzM/STDjmvtxBMI/AAAAAAAAAAo/J1FVRAIvVrk/s320/p1010123__2__132.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273965418433807554" /></a><br />And we even put on a show for the visitors. In case you didn't guess, this is our attempt at a Z formation in honor of the Zims. If you look long enough, you'll start to see it.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20525016-113764521657592678?l=blueelvis.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Blue Elvishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08321116766634954155noreply@blogger.com0tag: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><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20525016-113764512916053065?l=blueelvis.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Blue Elvishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08321116766634954155noreply@blogger.com1tag: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><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20525016-113641330663178380?l=blueelvis.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Blue Elvishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08321116766634954155noreply@blogger.com2