Watertime!

Here is a video of Addy and Wrigley at "water time" which always immediately follows outside time. Every dog comes in from outside and instantly wants to drink a small (desalinated) ocean of water. Also, we used to have three of these dog water bowls, but two have broken thanks mostly to Wrigley's carelessness about where he is flinging his body at any given moment. So, right now we're sharing. Everyone in my house is having "wait" heavily enforced these days because I do not like being mobbed by a virtual sea of dogs for something as simple as tap water or walking through a closed door. It is not that exciting that you can't wait a second, dogs!

The Friendliest Dog in Town

A friend turned me on to this video made by John Shipe for his song Pit Bull Blues. I love this song and have it on my ipod and it definitely reminds me of my pups. I had never seen the video before, though. Enjoy!

One Widdle Olds

Well, I am just squeaking this entry in, but HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ADDY MAE! According to the papers that came with her when she was adopted, Addy is one year old today! As a treat, yesterday I took her over to Sirius Cooks where we picked up some goodies and the kind ladies there gifted Addy some home made dog ice cream (which she loves, but has barely put a dent in). Last night, the whole pack (including the cats, but not including the humans) feasted on home made stew and I swear Addy flopped onto the floor of her crate after finishing in a blissful food coma.

I can't wait to see what this year has to offer Miss Addy Mae. Life is great. :)

The Great Prodini

Well, the Brown Dog Dad is out of town this week at San Diego Comic Con, so I am left to manage the pack on my own. No problem unless I come home to find a raging thunderstorm (it was FINE by my work, 6 miles away) and an escaped Probert. I cleaned up his mess, took 20 minutes to try to bend his crate back into shape, and decided to try out his new sedative for the remainder of the storm. I gave him the minimum dose and boy, that stuff works good. Probert walked into a wall at one point. So, I stayed on the couch with him all night to keep him quiet and still and safe.


Oh, I guess I should mention that he has a new sedative because we had a recheck with the vet on Monday. Everyone is happy with his progress and he is completely off the old sedatives (no one thought they were very effective). He has the new ones only for super scary situations and nothing during the day other than his clomipramine. So far, so good?

Woo woo-ing

A short (but typical) conversation with my friend, Wrigley Beans.

FAIL

I don't have anything to say today, so here is a picture of Wrigley from a few years ago. :)

Ahhhhhh....

This past weekend, I accomplished what feels like a major life goal when I purchased a $30 hammock off of craigslist and set it up in the backyard. The dogs are mostly confused by the hammock and Addy prefers to lay under the hammock rather than on it. My stepdad does say that gravity is stronger around a hammock and I must believe he is right because Addy and I napped for at least 2 hours yesterday.

Maizy's approach is different. She prefered to circle around and around and around and when that didn't get her into the hammock or, alternately, me out of the hammock, she chose to try gnawing on the edge. That didn't work either, it just got her told to "knock it off."

How I get into the hammock, and so troublingly far away from her may forever remain a mystery to Maizy, but she sure makes up for it by being cute.