Here, too! 
And boy do the girls love them.
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I had one that wouldn’t touch a fresher poop ball, but in the winter, those frozen ones were right tasty to her. Fortunately she wasn’t much of a kisser.
Ziva, English Cocker pup who turns 1 year old in 4 days, still has her puppy coat to go with her puppy brain. She will be showing once she’s a little more mentally mature so clipping is out.
Grooming happens in 10 minute blocks, because that’s about as long as she’ll stand still for. Initially I was worried that she has the same sensitive skin as our other girl, Zoe, who is a maternal half sister to Ziva’s mum. Zoe tolerates clipping and trimming but despises being brushed, so we keep her short. Happily Ziva seems to be made of sturdier stuff - she’s just still a baby.
I’m about to flamethrower every pine tree in the neighborhood, though. If it’s not the needles that all three Engies bring in, it’s Ziva and her obsession with stripping pine cones. Nothing like stepping on one of those damn things with bare feet.
Pine cones better than pine sap on a show dog. Ask me how I know.
(Lost a pine tree in my fenced yard so my handyman cut it at the base (ground level). My dogs laid on the freshly cut stump because there was a rabbit nest just on the other side of the fence. Their chest hair was stuck to their skin for weeks.)
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The CC pin brush and Ice on Ice arrived this week.
The Ice on Ice is… ok. For the price, I’m not sure it’s markedly better than anything else.
The pin brush is a no go. She hates it. It looks like the comb and rake with wiggly pins are still the best.
Although doofy puppy landed herself in the hospital for the weekend and could use some jingles. Partial obstruction, looks like a piece of a plastic bag on x-ray. 
OMG yikes! Hopefully it will pass unassisted! Keep us posted.
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Please keep us posted. I’ve been reading through this because I was smitten with her picture. Wishing her a quick recovery.
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She’s still at the hospital. Good news is they did more rads and the object is moving in the right direction. Bad news is she is still obstructed. They started conservatively refeeding her to see if a) she can hold it down and b) it helps speed up moving the object out. There’s a chance she might be discharged tonight (in the middle of a snowstorm) or they might need to keep her another day.
The cats are loving her absence.
This was her right before I left yesterday.
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Sending rapid plastic pooping vibes your pups way.
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She’s home! Still feeling puny. But hopefully on the mend with no complications.
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Poor baby!
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Hope she’s feeling a little brighter now.
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She is! This morning she was back to her spunky self.
I still haven’t recovered the foreign body but she’s eating, drinking, and pooping. So… 
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Oh my! So scary. I am SO glad she’s feeling better.
That’s one of my main fears with my little one, she’s a hoover for any bits she finds on the ground, and DH is not very good at picking up whatever he drops ( such as, bits of plastic when opening packages…).
Gah.
I’m kind of stumped because she never passed any foreign bodies that I saw.
Seeing as how she’s a farm dog, as soon as she was feeling better it was hard to keep her leashed or contained and maintain both of our sanities. So I know I haven’t seen every poop pile. But I have diligently inspected what I have seen and nothing. She’s back to normal feces, no worse for wear.
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