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We love | Washbar Natural Skin and Coat Care…….for Dogs!

Congrats Eanna Geoghegan!  Please email me melissa (at) thebestnest.co.nz with your delivery address xx Obviously ‘Natural’ skin, haircare and beauty ranges are hugely popular for men, women and kids and are becoming more and more mainstream and budget friendly.  This is awesome for us but the super-cool flow on effect is that there are some savvy, sensitive businesses taking natural products …

Daily Look | Afternoon Sloth

Three dogs. On their the couch. Sometimes I have to remind myself that he who pays the mortgage controls the couch, though I don’t think these three care too much about the household division of power. Follow

We have four dogs | Meet Louie

  Oh Louie. We did everything wrong when we took Louie into our home.  We paid mega bucks for him from a cracked out women who was puppy-milling his parents and not taking care of his siblings {all of her dogs were later removed by the SPCA} but we loved him as soon as we saw him.  We even loved …

Shi Tzu Lou

Denver & Depression

This is a post that I started the other night and never finished. Feeling so sad that nothing can change your mood.  Having two sad things combine in your head into a giant mean-sad combo that takes over your being for a while. It makes you feel like your are suspended in and surrounded by the sad and you can’t see the …

Dave and Lou. A man and his Shi Tzu

Awww Sunday…..

You always come around too soon!  Luckily we crammed lots of work into this weekend, our house is looking and feeling more and more awesome by the day! Loving Friday night drinks.  I headed out for a well deserved girls dinner at one of my fave spots, Hallertau, so close I could shake a stick at it!  I was predictably …

“That word that has -ex on the end”

Louie has been beside himself with joy at moving in with Molly and Marley but the mystique of living with a female is driving Lou to distraction.  This has not escaped the notice of our observant child. Louie’s ‘hunting’ was so prolonged on Sunday his lipstick popped out and he couldn’t move! Ethan thought we were going to have to …

hedgehog

Daily Look | Oh how they barked

This rather large spiky guy bravely traversed the driveway this afternoon, well out of sight of the four dog army and their two mates next door.  They all knew he was there though and I’m pretty sure I heard Louie say “Let the wild rumpus begin!”.  They barked like the hounds of hell in other words.  {Look at his little …