Visit w/Santa Paws 2014

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

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....

Pinto

Pinto has been with us for 2 months now. 

He is quite interesting. He is soooo different from zen master Bella. 

While Bella was an active puppy, she also always wanted to be around us. She was very focused on what was being said to her and appeared to enjoy it when we talked to her. She always seemed to have this innate wisdom .. an understanding  about her.

Pinto?  Not so much. We call him Mr. Independent. He has no problem spending a large amount of time outside by himself doing...... only dog knows what.  

But  he can also be Mr. Leetle. This is when he rolls on his back or just seems to make himself small.  & asks for lovin's

     

 He usually prefers to not be snuggled. Too cool for that. 

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In a 7 day period, Pinto tried to climb the big oak tree out back, jumped out of a moving car window & started working on digging a trench in the back yard. 

Hard at work digging ditches

& he eats EVERYTHING. Just everything. He is like a fish that swims around with its mouth open foraging plankton and what not from the ocean floor. Pinto just sucks in ..... i don't know.... whatever. The mantra in our house has become, "Pinto! drop it! Pinto, what are you eating. Oh my god! Don't eat that! Geez Pinto! What the hell?"

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Bella also picked up on training easily and quickly. She knew how sit and down and come and was happy to do so. She worked with the zest of a border collie. 

Pinto? Well, he'll get there. He's very smart. He knows to work for food. No food? Meh. No work. 

But the good thing is that he looooves Bella. And Bella is becoming fond of him.  He is quite good for her. She has been walking smoother and appears to be getting stronger since Pinto came to town. 

And he has attached himself to my husband quite effectively.  He is a daddy's boy. 

And, I must admit that he is pretty darn cute. So, I guess he can stay for a while longer.