Although I've been a member of the family for a few weeks now, Mom has been cautious about introducing me to the pack. On Saturday I was able to meet Xander. He's the biggest of the pack, a Siberian rescued from Southern Siberian. He has enjoyed a lot of play time with Deuce in the past and this morning Deuce was upset that he didn't have a soccer playmate, but as you can see, Xander and I became fast friends.

Dad celebrated his birthday and part of that included bringing another feline (that's cat). Her name is Mink. I have yet to see her but I can smell her scent. She's tucked in under mom and dad's bed. I'm sure mom will introduce us some time :)

Hope you have a great day, and I'll be chatting with you again soon.

Chilly - Bean!

Chanel's birthday

The whole family was here on Monday night to celebrate Chanel's birthday. They had a party and big dinner and Chilly and I were able to visit with our cousin, Tonka. This was the first time Chilly had a chance to meet Tonka! We had a blast. Here I am chasing her.
Deuce

To the Rescue

This is Nala. Mom and Dad took my big brother Lucas on a short road trip to do a home check on Saturday morning. (Home check for those non-rescue folks is just a small part of the adoption process. The rescue clubs want to suit the best parents with the dogs/cats, so we do a check of the home to be sure it's a good fit). Well Lucas charmed Meredith and Billy the humans in the pack, and Lady Bug just loved having a high spirited companion in the house, so mom and dad gave a huge thumbs up, and Billy and Meredith went to Raleigh to pick up Nala and give her a real home and family.

Nala was rescued from a Denver, NC puppymill. Remember I said a Puppy mill is not where you want to be. I was the puppymill breeder dog, making puppies, Nala here she was a puppy born in a warehouse filled with dogs.! Thanks to rescues like Southern Siberian Rescue, she found her forever home. Congrats to you Nala. And you live close enough that we may meet personally some day. My cousin Tonka looks like your new sister, Lady Bug. happy kibbles to you. I am lovin' my new forever home and I think you'll be very spoiled where you're at.

Chilly Bean

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Read about my homecoming

For those of you that enjoy a great story, read my Adopted message on Frenchbulldogrescue.org
You'll love it. Just find my picture and name and click. The story will appear like magic.

While you're there give the group a small donation. They have a lot of Frenchies coming in and they're raising some new born pups.

Love you all.
Chilly Bean

Note from Mom

Here is my attempt at a photo of Earl (dad), Joyce (mom), Deuce and Chilly hanging out on a Saturday night.

By Dawn's Early Light

It's a rare occassion when mom is up before sunrise. That's something she and Chilly have in common, so this morning when she couldn't sleep, Chilly and I enjoyed some private play time! See how well we share toys.

Hope you have a great day!!!

We'll talk soon.

Deuce

First bath

Mom had to give me a bath last night after work. Embarrassed to admit I had a small accident in the house and sat in it....oops. Anyway, mom is amazed that I'm such a wet noodle. I sat in the sink for my bath and didn't move or make a noise. She just lathered me up and I just sat, all pretty!!!! I didn't shake all over her like Deuce either. Cuz I'm a lady, I waited for her to towel me off and I shook all over the front porch when I was done!!!

Lovin' life in NC....
Chilly Bean

Riding in the car with boys

It's been a interesting time since I last saw you on Friday. Living the life of a princess isn't bad at all.

Here's Deuce taking off with me in mom's car. The other man in my life, Dad, he spoils me like crazy. He learned that I love treats and bones so he makes sure the grocery cart has them every week.

Deuce learned that I like them too, but if Deuce tries to take them away from me I just nudge his little head and he lets me be.
We're actually getting along well these days. Mom likes having us both in her lap while she reads and Deuce and I are okay with that.

I had some human visitors this week too. Mistie and Brandon came over to visit. Mistie likes to hold me like a doll with my head up next to her neck and she rubs my back while I snort in her ear...it's pure heaven...Brandon keeps Deuce entertained so I don't have to share Mistie's attention. It's awesome.

Dad layin' back on Friday

Dad doesn't agree to a picture being taken very often but I charmed him into it. Look at me on this beautiful Friday evening in the warmth of a North Carolina afternoon. This is the life.

Chilly

These guys are the other resident siberians. Max, the one closes to you in the picture moved with his mom when she got married, Nakita, she's the red and white in the middle, she's our big sister and she keeps watch over all of us. Xander is the big guy on the end. Dad and mom adopted him from Southern Siberian Rescue (like Maxx and Lucas) after they fostered him for a day or two. He's Alex's dog. Nakita was the start of the Siberian craze. Dad and mom were into "cold weather dogs" when they lived in Albany, GA. Really cold there guys, right...Ha~ Actually sibes were out of the norm in the population there and they wanted to be different.

So now you met the kanines. There's a feline in the pack too. Her name is Lilly. She'll have pictures too, I'm sure. Mom stays pretty busy with that camera.

Nice chatting with you,

Chilly and Deuce

This is Lucas. He's dad's siberian. He joined the Hutchins as a "foster" in November. Dad fell in love with him so he became a member of the family in March. In this picture he's taken my toy to enjoy but trust me he didn't have it for long.

Chilly

We help with chores

Mom came home from work early on Thursday and we thought we'd help her make the bed. That's us, laying on the bed while she's doing chores. Stay tuned for more pictures cuz we want to introduce you to the rest of the pack....

I really do have a voice

I surprised dad yesterday afternoon. He came home early from work, mom hadn't arrived yet. I listened to the big dogs and thought I'll try this out too, and I began to bark, and I liked it, so I barked some more. The big dogs seem to quit barking when dad came through the door and said hello so I quited down too....
I heard dad get on the phone can call mom at work. He was so proud of me. He said, "Does Chilly do this when you come home?" Of course Mom said no cuz I've never let her hear my voice.
Mom got her surprise though when the door bell rang...I did it again....Hey for me, I'm fittin' right in.

And those sunglasses I mentioned earlier....mom tried to put a pair on my beautiful face and I didn't want anything to do with it!!! I'll just enjoy the rays as they are. Nice and bright, just like my future.

You guys don't over the do the barking, but do at the appropriate times and the humans will love you too.
Have a good day,
Chilly Bean Princess Pepper....

New Photos

So mom was trying to take photos of the siberians after work, and she had dad taking some awesome pictures of me and Chilly hangin' out but what happened to 80 photos, mom deleted them....off the camera and before download was complete to the computer.

She says we have to start over....the siberians didn't cooperate the first time, you think they want to do this again :( LOL

C ya soon,
Deuce

I'm Chilly. Mom calls me Chilly Princess Pepper, Dad calls me Chilly Bean, and Deuce he just snorts to call me, but I answer to all of those. My name is cuz I don't like the cold. Much like my mom, I moved south, not just for the winter but for always.

So grab a cup of joe, or soda or better yet, have a glass of wine, sit back with your glasses on and catch a glimpse of the good life. That's what I'm livin' now that I have a new forever home and friends like ya'll. See, I can talk like they do down south too.

If you haven't already heard (and word has it mom talks a lot) I'm the newest member of the Hutchins pack in New Bern, NC. I've been a bit of a traveler, starting my life in a mill (short for puppy mill, a place you want to stay away from) in Oklahoma. Then when I was done havin' babies I was livin' a spoiled life in Canada, but someone forgot to mention it gets down right cold up there in the north. Not cold, but snow too....just not the most pleasant surroundings for a princess. My good luck lead me to a group called French Bulldog Rescue and I was having a fun time back in the southern state of Tenessee (I understand mom has a bit of a crush on some Elephants there in Knoxville, but that's another story). Anyway, while I was baskin' in the sun and thawing out from the cold, I landed a forever home [so I thought] with a family in Raleigh, NC. Well things with the family English (you know they're bigger than I am) didn't work out to anyone's liking so FBRN brought me back.

I met my mom at a Cracker Barrel in Smithfield, NC and thought I better make a good impression so I went potty for her while on the leash, then when she attempted to pick me up, I went right on to my back and let her rub my tummy. After a minute she picked me up and I put my big kiss on her cheek. I think that's when she fell head over heals for me. She packed up my belongings and put me in her car and we headed to the "foster" home that I was determined to make my own. Mom says that Sandy knows where she can get one of those nice car seats that I was transported in, so next time I can look out the window. For this ride, I just slept like a baby.

Well, we got home and I immediately went potty outside again. I hear this is a good thing, and I was still working on my good impression. When I looked up on the porch there was the biggest human I'd seen. Hairless too....oh no, I hope he likes me, I thought. And he fell in love at first site. This guy is just a big ol' cuddly bear! He picked me up and carried me inside and let me roam the house and i thought what a cool castle. This is nice.

I met my brother Deuce in the morning. I don't think he liked me at first but I turned on the charm. It took about a week but he realized I wasn't backin' down. I was tired of moving and the sun of NC was shining and I wanted to stay and darn it, I was gonna. Mom gave me the good news on Saturday that her application for me was approved.

So guys, there you have my history...stay tuned for my future, cuz I think I'll need sun glasses, it's lookin' so bright.

I'm Deuce. I came to my mom via a great airline from Oklahoma. My mom had a cousin of mine, Andre', and liked him so well that when she recovered from the loss she sent for me. I arrived at the Raleigh airport in a bag that looked like luggage, and silly woman, she walked right by me. The big guy carrying me had to page mom on the overhead speaker. Embarrassing!!!
Then it was a car ride to our home in New Bern where I've been happily content with anywhere from 3 -4 big brothers and sisters, Siberians named Nakita, Maxx, Xander and Lucas. I was the love of my mom's heart though. SPOILED rotten, and her favorite.
Then one evening she get this call....can you foster a frenchie. Mom gets all excited, not wiggling her tail end like I do but you know, her laugh and excitement..>Well I didn't know what to think.
So about a week ago she tells me "I'm bringing home a little girl and you have to be nice". I'm thinkin' yeah, right. Worried mom couldn't share her lap or her heart I gave this new "foster" quite a hassle at first, but now Chilly and I are friends. Someone who snorts like I do. And she's my size. Hey this isn't so bad after all. Good thing, cuz mom tells me we have Chilly for keeps now.

Welcome to the Deuce and Chilly Blog

I've been writing so many tales of the adventures of my newly adopted Frenchie, I thought I should start a blog. The mother of my former foster Frenchie, Coco, introduced me to this site so I'm giving a shot and hopefully I'll figure out how to use this.

Check in regularly for new photos and stories.