Bella Boo

Flecks of dry, sunburned skin aren't my only souvenirs from a weekend with the dogs-
I finally uploaded the pictures!

3 girls. 4 dogs.

This is Bella.
Alice affectionately calls her "Bella Boo".

She's an older dog with joint and pain issues.
She didn't get to go on the sun(burning)ny hike with us
so we took her for a stroll around the hilly neighborhood.

I think we wore her out.
She quietly laid down in every store we entered,
waiting while we shopped.

Sami girl would be trying to jump into everyone's laps, sniff all the merchandise, sneeze all over things, and make that chirpy, whiny noise when she wants to leave.
I asked Jbear when Sami will settle down and he assures me it comes with age.

Bella almost didn't make it.
She laid down right on the sidewalk to take a break on our trek home.
We were devising a plan on how to carry her back uphill
(she isn't a small dog)
but lucky for us she's a trooper
and made it back without us.

Silly puppies

My baking session was interrupted by barking.

Sami is the only barker. Hiro is a whiner/howler and he only does this when Sami leaves him behind or doesn't want to play with him.

Sometimes it's a squirrel or another animals and sometimes passerbyers. I used to be scared of dogs barking behind fences. When I was a child, there was one dog behind a long stretch of fence (houses in Texas have big backyards) around the corner from my house and on the way to the park. One day I was walking with my grandpa to the park. When the dog started barking my grandpa yelled out in a big booming voice "SHUT UP!" The dog immediately ceased barking and let us walk by in silence. My grandpa used to work in railroad construction and had quite a bit of practice yelling over dynamite explosions. In that moment I thought my grandpa was the strongest, most powerful man on earth. Even the scary dog listened to him.

What could Sami be barking at?

About fifteen minutes earlier, Jbear gave each of them a busy bone. Busy bones are treats made of meat wrapped in raw hide. They seem to last longer than most dog treats. Sami's jaws are so strong she chomps, breaks it up and devours it within five minutes. Hiro takes his sweet time licking, chewing, tossing it around and can make it last for half an hour to an hour.

Hiro: Mmmm this bone is soooo delicious!

This is agony for Sami. She can smell the busy bone. She wants the busy bone. Even if its in Hiro's mouth. She has no shame (or adversity to germs).

When he's within reach she climbs all over him and tries to bite the busy bone if its sticking out of his mouth. If he's not within reach, she barks.

Sami: Give it to me!
Hiro: Try to reach me!

What a silly baby. She's greedy. If we give her a treat, she drops it in her safe spot that no one can reach then goes after whatever we are giving Hiro. We try to be fair. But she's the kid that doesn't care about fair. So she barks.

Sami: Look innocent, she's watching.

Plan B for puppies?

"I just thought you were the type of girl who knew when to say when."

-Juno

It happened. I suppose it was bound to happen with an non-neutered male and non-spayed female.

Dogs will be dogs, even if they are only puppies. It's every parent/dog owner's nightmare.

Yes, The-Puppy-Formerly-Known-As-Prince was discovered to be violating baby Sami.

He may now referred to as that dirty older dog. 

Jbear told Franz if she gets pregnant, his dog is getting kicked out.

Oh Sami, we warned you. Don't let those big blue eyes and face licks sway you.
We told you to be firm and wait until you had all your shots so we could finally get you spayed before you were allowed to even be near other dogs.

But this one? Really?

Thus far that animal hasn't proved to be the brightest bulb in the pack, but maybe he's still adjusting to his new surroundings and will grow some brains later. Let's just hope he didn't do the deed properly or his swimmers aren't the bright either and took a wrong turn or something.

Someone is so getting neutered this week.

 Getting a firm lecture from dad.

Hello from Sami

Hello! 

My name is Sami. I am a playful puppy that likes to cuddle. CMI is too tired to write lately because she has been too busy loving me. I've been busy too!

On Sunday, Dad picked me up! I was so excited to see him again! Last week he and cmi came to play and I cried when they had to go home. Now I get to play with them everyday! My mom and brother got upset at me last week and I got all scratched up. I had to leave my mom and brother and get shots all in one morning and nobody warned me! I was sad and groggy and didn't want to eat or go to the bathroom all day even when they took me out to walk 81564631 times. I took a long nap with Dad on the couch when I got home.

Dad took me to meet cmi in SF. We spent all day shopping for cool stuff. I liked my new harness so much I didn't want to take it off so the salesman could ring it up. It tastes good too! It is pink because that is my favorite color, just like grandma.

Cmi and dad gave me my first bath. I liked it so much because I get to lick the water when it runs down my face and I feel so clean afterward. Boy were cmi and dad surprised when I was clean and they found out I was actually brown and not black!

(Cmi also found out dad let me sleep on the couch and made him pinky-promise that I couldn't sleep on the bed with him... again. She bought me my own bed but I wish I could sleep on the couch all day.)

Dog days of summer

Whew! What a month!

This past week was probably my most stressful post-college. 

I can't wait to just relax. Unfortunately, I don't really know how to do that.

But I do know some dogs that do. 

I love taking pics of Jbear's dogs.

Especially the brown! He one doesn't even move. 

unless he rolls over to get his belly rubbed.

or there's food. 

or sees a squirrel.
(he loves squirrels so much he will jump out of moving vehicles to chase them.)

is that for me?

I could take pictures of this dog all day.
There are plenty more where that came from, unfortunately, iphoto is being difficult and not uploading all my 200 pictures at once. I get about 7 each upload. Maybe I'll get all of them by upload #30. Sigh. Technology frustrations.