And again.

 Yeah. Wow.

Bella turned a big 8 yrs. old last January. She's quickly on her way to becoming a 9 year old.
She has a renewed energy. It's like she's in her 2nd puppy hood.

Pinto celebrated his 2nd gotcha day this past August. He is such a good little man and is to be commended for helping Bella enter her senior dog days with such vim and vigor.

I haven't posted on here since last year. Wish I could say that that was going to change and posts will become more frequent. But.... maybe if i become independently wealthy or something.

The last time the dogs were here, they had gone to have their picture taken w/Santa Paws at the Lake Humane Society. This event is happening again this weekend & is a fun way to support homeless cats & dogs.

I don't know if i will put the dogs through this again. We'll see. Most likely i will. lol

Awww ... Shelter dogs need you.

Every animal needs a home. Look at the change in these adopted sweeties. http://www.buzzfeed.com/chelseamarshall/adopt-yo-dog#.piN5EWmk9

Visit w/Santa Paws 2014

Geeeez - Hope nobody calls the ASPCA or PETA on me for dog abuse. They both look Terrified!!

Cooper Loves Ice Cream

Ha Ha. I love big dog, little dog. My dogs are hogs when it comes to ice cream, but at least they leave me a little bit. 

ice cream w. dogs

 This blog has not been updated all summer. Wish i could say that Bella, Pinto and I were busy having way too much fun to worry about writing about it. But the truth is Summer was like Winter for this hooman - only warmer.

So, explores were few & walks were pretty much limited to around the neighborhood.

But, we were able to celebrate Pinto's Gotcha Day with a nice long hike in the park, a trip to Petsmart for a new toy and a stop for ice cream.

We stopped at a place close to home called Scooters. They serve a generous doggy bowl of ice cream topped w/ a milk bone. Very exciting..... for awhile anyway....

 

Pinto noticed I had something different......

And......

Bella, never the one to be wasteful, ate all of her doggy bowl. And then....

Ha Ha

If dogs could text

Much better

Bella's knees have gotten so much better. The other day she, Pinto and I went on a walk in the park. My intention was to only walk for about 40 minutes or so.  However, my girl has an elephant memory. She remembered that if we just went a little further, we would get to that really cool place beside the river where she gets to run off leash. And i, being the pushover that i am, went with it.

Our short walk became a 2 hour hike.  We did not go to the exact place that Bella was thinking of, but halfway. She got to go into the river and she got to run off leash a bit. Her leash had gotten wedged in between the trunks of 2 fallen trees. I had to remove her leash in order to free it.

Oh my.... For her to be free and the puppy to be leashed was the coolest thing in her mind. She started doing bird dog zoomies complete with deep deep play bows to Pinto.

It was both horrifying and wonderful to see. I was calling to her to come, be careful. At the same time i was so happy to see her run so well. Her eyes were shining with joy.

The best thing is that the walk and the running did not seem to affect her poorly. I thought she would be quite sore and stiff the following day. But, she moved fine.

Letting her run like that is certainly not something i would do frequently. But, that day was a good day.

Pinto and Bella resting during their 2 hour walk. Their fur is still wet from romping in the river.