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

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 

Second-hand dog discovers we have a baby!

Second-hand dog discovers we have a baby!

Louie, our big Shi-Tzu, noticed we had a baby a few months ago and seems to have taken on the role of Baby’s Guard Dog without much hesitation.  Dash is a bit of a ‘special’ dog and likes to take his time with things.  He 

Daily Look | Afternoon Sloth

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.

We have four dogs | Meet Louie

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 

We Have Four Dogs | Meet Molly the Border Collie

We Have Four Dogs | Meet Molly the Border Collie

  Molly is our Big Girl.  The one female in the unruly pack of four.  She lived her puppy days on Mum and Dad’s 5 acre block chasing motorbikes and woofing at generators – actually she woofs at any pump, power tool, lawnmower, weed-eater, can 

Welcome home!

Welcome home!

Nothings says “I’m happy your home” more than a Shi-Tzu with a face full of mud. Dashy got a wee bit carried away with his treat this afternoon and decided to bury it.  With his face.  What concerns me is that he has been showered 

Denver & Depression

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 

Awww Sunday…..

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 

Oh Dash

Oh Dash

Lately I have said over and over, “how could anyone give you away {while thinking: and charge me $250 for you}, or keep you in a bathroom everyday with a CAT”?  I feel so lucky that Dave found you on Trade Me and you became 

“That word that has -ex on the end”

“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