Valentine Week Special: Walley's First Valentine's day with us!!

This is the last article of my Valentine Special Edition blogging and I am glad that I saved the best for last!! This year Valentine's day was all about Walley! Both Elwyn and I wanted to make Walley's first Valentine's day with us very special and memorable for the three of us, so we began the planning and preparations a few weeks ahead.

We wanted to get something unique for V-day to surprise Walley and so we ordered the Dog Whisperer, Cesar Millan's collection of food and water bowls, non-skid bowl-mat and treat jars as Walley's Valentine's day gift this year. On the morning of V-day, we presented to him a nice gift box wrapped in red, which he enjoyed opening as always. He was so happy to see all the good stuff!! Since then, he has been eating and drinking from his new bowls. Cesar Millan has a great collection of toys, feeding bowls, treat jars, beds and everything you might need for a pet; all of which are available in your local PETCO store so you might want to check them out if you have not done so already. We love watching Cesar Millan's show on National Geographic and off late, Walley has been enjoying his show too. Hence, we thought of this idea for his gift!

What can be a better Valentine's day gift for your dog than treating him to a relaxing Spa?? So we booked Walley for an Oatmeal Bath and Blueberry Facial ( one that he enjoyed over Thanksgiving as well). We took him to Unleashed Spa in the afternoon of V-day for a refreshing Spa treatment and then Kim took care of the rest for us! Kim at Unleashed Spa is amazing and she did a fabulous job with Walley. When we went to pick up our munchkin from the Spa, he looked awesome!! Kim had tied a beautiful red bandana around Walley's collar ( special for V-Day!). He looked just perfectly ready for what he was going to be treated to next!!

With the idea of making Walley's V-day really special, we wanted to give him the best we could. So we arranged a Playdate for him at the New York Dog Hotel and Spa. This was going to be his first Playdate!! We arranged for Walley's playdate weeks in advance so we were lucky to find a perfect match for him: a one year old black Labrador named Buddha! So after Walley enjoyed himself at Unleashed spa, we took him to the New York dog Hotel where Buddha was waiting for him. When we entered the Play Room, we were welcomed by Buddha who was a really cheerful boy and it was so nice to meet him! Labradors are very similar to Golden Retrievers in terms of temperament so they really get along well. At first, Walley and Buddha took some time to get to know each other. But once they got to know each other well, it was just "play and play" till the end! Buddha initiated the play as he was very excited or rather annoyed to see Walley's red bandana and wanted to really take it off. So we helped him a little. We took off Walley's bandana so they could both play more comfortably. Sometimes the play would get a little rough with Buddha getting a little overbearing for Walley ( considering Walley is the younger of the two) so we had to give both of them time-outs till they calmed down. They would sit in opposite directions during the time-out:-) It was quite a funny thing to watch! Then they would begin playing again with their toys. They were both really good with sharing toys and food. There was no fight over toys or treats at anytime during the play. That's the adorable nature of the two breeds! Buddha's Mommy (who was the only other person in the room apart from myself and Elwyn) also enjoyed the two puppies playing together as much as we did. We were glad to have found a perfect Playdate for Walley and could not have asked for a better one. Walley enjoyed himself thoroughly with Buddha and at end of the playtime, the two puppies were so tired, they decided to snooze for while. They both looked so cute together and we're so happy we captured all of their play moments in our camera.

Here are pictures of Walley's first Valentine's day:




















































































We can never be thankful enough for having Walley in our lives. He's such a cutie-pie!! He's our bundle of joy as you can see in all the pictures and he's our puppy Valentine!

I will be back to the regular blogging from tomorrow. Thank you all for reading the Valentine posts!!

It's only Monday and I can't wait for the weekend already! Sigh!!