Little House in Chatham: Puppyface, A Very Daisy Christmas

Facebook: a conversation December 2011

Nicole Motika to Sierra: Miss you.

December 10 at 10:54am near Santa Clara, CA ·

looked at the blog...Emma was mccrackin me up. I don't know which day you come home exactly...but I know it's less than two weeks! yayyy :) board games and card games and food...that's what I'm thinking.

MERRY CHRISTMAS! December 10 at 1:05pm

Nicole Motika Yes! And we'll build a tent out of sheets! December 10 at 3:38pm · UnlikeLike · 2

Jamie Perez i have a question... are you guys going to be okay with a screaming puppy for around 2 nights? apparently they cry for more than one night. :( Sunday at 8:40 pm

Sierra Hollopeter absolutely not. this isn't gonna work. Sunday at 11:01am

Jamie Perez i can't tell if you're joking but if not, let me know b/c we will have to revise our time in ohio. Sunday at 6:55pm

Toni Hollopeter Puppyface won't cry if he's cuddled! We'll hold him or Digsy Bear will snuggle him. All will be well! Can't wait to see all of you and Babypups Perez, too! Sunday at 6:59pm

Jamie Perez He can't be cuddled, that's the problem! Crate training doesn't allow for cuddling. Sunday at 7:06pm

Jamie Perez (she) Sunday at 7:06pm

Sierra Hollopeter OF COURSE I WAS KIDDING! Sunday at 7:08pm

Sierra Hollopeter and what....i can't cuddle the puppy?! Sunday at 7:08pm

Jamie Perez no, you can cuddle it, but you can't run to its aid when it's crying in a crate at night. Sunday at 7:13pm

Jamie Perez maybe we can wear her out during the day so she passes straight out at night Sunday at 7:19pm

Toni Hollopeter uh-oh, crate training goes against every fiber in my being. Puppyface will learn soon enough the cold, distant, detached self-coping skills. Does she have to learn it during the birth of Baby Jesus? Sunday at 7:19pm · LikeUnlike · 2

Jamie Perez lolololololololo omggggggg i am dying! Sunday at 7:20pm

Toni Hollopeter I'm totally serious! and laughing too Sunday at 7:21pm
Toni Hollopeter but, really, need cuddle Puppyface! Sunday at 7:21pm

Jamie Perez i know you're serious. i just told matt how this would be foreign to you. Sunday at 7:21pm

Toni Hollopeter Ever since my babies left for college, I have been "crate" training and not so much a fan Sunday at 7:22pm

Nicole Motika Hahaha. I am cracking up-this is super funny. We crate trained Emma-it was really hard at night. Eventually we just had to move her to a room where we couldn't hear her (which happened to be the workout room in the basement) Sunday at 7:31pm

Jamie Perez that's another funny thing about the hollopeter house... does a soundproof room exist where she won't freeze? maybe the downstairs bathroom Sunday at 7:32pm

Sierra Hollopeter i'd say the garage would work
Sunday at 7:34pm

Sierra Hollopeter ‎(kidding again) :) Sunday at 7:34pm

Toni Hollopeter We have a fan that sounds like an air craft carrier we could place in the hallway with the crate. Maybe it will soothe Puppyface, lull her to sleep Sunday at 7:35pm

Toni Hollopeter oh and it shakes the floor, even on the low setting. Sunday at 7:36pm

Jamie Perez i know that fan. you offered it to us once when it was hot upstairs. we chose to be hot instead of use the fan. i think puppy face - whose official name is now daisy belle - would be traumatized. Sunday at 7:38pm

Nicole Motika I am super excited to have a puppy for a few days so I certainly don't mind at all :). I only wish Emma could come too Sunday at 7:39pm

Nicole Motika Yay daisy! Sunday at 7:39pm · LikeUnlike · 1

Toni Hollopeter Daisy Belle! Oh, goodie gum drops! We could play an audio of puppy snuggling sounds, so she feels safe and familiar. Sunday at 7:43pm

Toni Hollopeter Wish Emmapeter was coming here, too, with her one-way ticket. Sunday at 7:43pm · LikeUnlike · 1

Sierra Hollopeter hey playing puppy audio is a wonderful idea...i learned that in my Canine 101 class Sunday at 7:47pm · UnlikeLike · 1

Jamie Perez me too b/c i feel like daisy and emma would like each other! Sunday at 7:47pm

Nicole Motika I know! If she were smaller we could carry her on in the cozy cabin for a nominal fee. But since she's such a tank it costs 250 each way for us to throw he under the plane with the luggage. Sunday at 7:58pm

Jamie Perez omg! i thought she WAS small enough. that's funny. daisy belle is a big girl too. she is the biggest of her litter. she kind of waddles. Sunday at 8:13pm

Michael Hollopeter Si- wait until canine 574- fundamentals of advanced puppy audio concurrent with cuddling, I think I still have the book. I'll bring it back for you Sunday at 11:29pm · UnlikeLike · 2

Sierra Hollopeter oh thank god. it's like $215 from Miami's bookstore. plus I've been dying to get an early start on reading it. Monday at 12:37am · UnlikeLike · 1

Toni Hollopeter Now that's what I'm talkin' about. (Mike, I didn't know that class made an impact. Thought the prof didn't speak English and you really struggled that quarter.) Monday at 6:17am Michael Hollopeter No, that was C573. The next quarter I learned to speak woof. It's complicated, but it basically consists of various combinations of "bark", "arooroos", and "woophs" Monday at 11:57pm

Daisy and Diego and "the" dog language