Portrait of a French Man

At the end of July, the place where Arthur goes to daycare (Spaw Boutique) had mini photo sessions with East Lake Photo (site is currently under construction.  I'll post the link again when the site is up and running).

Arthur had a mini photo shoot and I'm beyond thrilled with the results...he's such a handsome dude.  Madi from East Lake Photo is one talented lady!

This next one combines my favourite photo from the shoot with one of my favourite 80's/90's photo effects.

So majestic!

Well, thanks for stopping by and taking a look at these lovely photos of my little man.  When you have a chance please go check out East Lake Photo's instagram, especially if you like looking at cutie dog photos. 

Alex & Arthur

Taking Care of Business

So, I stole this picture from Arthur's daycare's Facebook page.  The daycare (Spaw Boutique) is now carrying a line by Keyka of doggy bowties and ties.  They had a dress up day yesterday and some of the puppies were able to model the merchandise.

Here's my little business man.  I'm always looking for ways to bring Arthur to work with me -- maybe I can disguise him as an executive.

Alex & Business Arthur

February Catch Up!

I have a blog??  Ha. Seriously, it's been like a month since I've posted anything.  I've been extremely busy at work and I ended up getting a really bad cold/laryngitis.  If it seems like I'm always sick, I'm really not but when I end up with a cold it hits my worse than others in my life and it takes forever to get rid of due to an autoimmune disorder that I have.

Since I haven't posted in a month, I'm going to do a little recap of what's happened over the last month via images.  (I also have a new boss/doing some different things at work but there are no pictures for that).

We watched puppy bowl as a family.  Arthur had a special football shaped doggie treat and Dan and I ate chilli and vegan skillet cornbread that I made using this recipe.

I baked Arthur some homemade doggie treats.  Most of them I used Star Wars cookie cutters and there were a few freehand Adventure Time ones.

I got sick but Arthur made sure I took medicine to get better.  (Yes, that is a picture of Freddie Mercury taped to the wall in the background.  It used to be on the wall at Dan's work desk but one of his coworkers thought it was Hitler so he brought it home.)

We went to a French Bulldog meetup where the theme was Valentines.  This is Arthur and his Valentine Rocky.

Like Brittany Snow's character in the movie Pitch Perfect, I have nodes....well one node.  I had to have an ultrasound biopsy to make sure there's nothing suspicious about it.  Basically they freeze your neck, jam a needle into your thyroid and remove some cells.  My neck didn’t take to the freezing and once the needle is in your neck you can’t swallow or talk so unfortunately I had to wait until it was over to say, “JESUS CHRIST I CAN FEEL THAT!”  Also, they didn’t get enough cells so I have to have it done again.

We went to my parents house for Family Day and Arthur got to play with their dogs -- they have four labs.  The one pictured is Hannah.

I got Simpson's Tapped Out for my iPhone and made Mr. Burns walk the hounds.  He he he.

I saw the band Sparta and they were awesome --  I used to have a super big crush on Jim Ward.

Arthur continued to be a super cute cuddle monster.

*UPDATE*

I can't believe I forgot to post these pictures! It's Arthur and his girlfriend Gertie celebrating Valentines at Spaw Boutique. 

Have a great Monday!

Alex & Arthur

Arthur at Spaw #3

A few more photos of Arthur and his friends at Spaw Boutique.

Gertie and Arthur

Arthur and Deion

I'm so jealous of his weekdays.  I wish I could sleep and play with my friends all day.

Alex & Arthur

Daycare Post #2

Just a quick post of Arthur at Spaw Boutique Daycare  

It's a brindle French Bulldog party!

It's Arthur, Tank and Miss Pepper

Alex & Arthur

Arthur's Daycare Adventures

I just wanted to share a couple of photos of Arthur at his daycare Spaw, which I got from their Facebook and Instagram.  But first, how awesome is today's Google banner?  I miss you Mr. Dressup <3

On to the photos...

Arthur the elf!

Going for a walk with his pals

Total Frenchie Fest

He's at daycare today so I know he'll come home happy and tired.

Alex & Arthur

Arthur's Day at the Spaw

This week the company that's responsible for maintaining the fire alarms in my condo is doing individual tests in each unit.  I scheduled ours for yesterday so that we could ensure that Arthur was not home.  Strangers + loud noise, could = a scared puppy.  He's normally not afraid of the alarm but I didn't want to take any chances.


So Arthur got to go to one of his favourite places, Spaw Boutique daycare.  Everytime we walk by this place (which is often since it's a block away) he tries to drag me in.  


Here's a picture of the outside:

One on the inside that I found on the internet:

I grabbed the picture below from their facebook page.  It's Arthur on one of the walks he gets to take throughout the day.  I love Arthur to pieces but he's seriously annoying on walks.  He's stubborn and loves people so half the walk he spends crawling on his stomach as protest or rolling around on his back to get attention.  The fact that Spaw staff have taken him on a walk AND said that he's allowed to come back means they have a lot of patience :)

 The staff are extremely nice and accomodating and Arthur just loves going there.  The best part is that he comes home exhausted and all he wants to do is cuddle.

If you're in the King West neighbour I recommend this place!

Does anyone else take their doggies to daycare?

Alex & Arthur