Wordless Wednesday

Our little secret

In our failure to blog recently, we have also failed to make a proper introduction... let's remedy that: meet Duncan! He's our latest little addition! He's a little border collie mix who has been living with us for just over a month now. His family lost their home and ended up at a no-pets homeless shelter. They tried to hide Duncan in a little crate outside, but the poor guy had no food or water--or room to move around. When he was discovered by animal control, the officers took him to the shelter for care.

Unfortunately, Duncan was very fearful at the shelter. He scared people with his intense border collie eyes and growling. When the shelter folks realized he couldn't be adopted out directly, our human brought him home. We were dubious at first--especially Theo--but we've come around to accepting him. Still, we're just helping along until he goes to his forever home. Prospective adopters can inquire about him through the Delaware SPCA.

Duncan's done a great job learning house rules, and he totally fits in now. He's even become better about meeting new people and other dogs. He can still be kinda scary, but only because he's very vocal. He talks big, but we know he's really an okay guy. He's also really fast and has springy feet! The human thinks he'd be a great agility dog for someone!
Look at us, we're the Collie Crew!!

Here comes the sun

Anybody still visiting our blog?? If you are, THANKS!!! Yet again, we can place the blame solely on our human. Granted, he has actually been busy, but c'mon, is he our boy or not?! We've been kinda busy, too. Narra and Tuchuck are fully immersed in agility training again, and Theo just graduated from his beginning obedience class. And now he's going to start agility, too! Some of you know that we also have a dirty, little secret named Duncan who's been taking up space in the house (and bed and lap...).

Anyway, we find time to have fun, too. Narra got some quality one-on-one time with the human in celebration of spring's arrival--and snow's departure. We all need a little more quality time, not just training, okay? And some extended warm, sunny, DRY weather would be welcome, too!

Wordless (sort of) Wednesday

Always our bestest bud--we'll miss you, Wally

We've had a sad and tearful morning--we said goodbye to the biggest hearted guy we'll ever know. Our best bud Wally had to find some place bigger for that heart of his, that mortal frame just couldn't contain it anymore. He's free to spread his love now, but we'll miss his big head, his big personality and his big sense of humor. One more razzie for the road, dude? Or not. :) Watch out, our human's sending you a big, big hug!

If want to drop a note to Wally's apes, we bet they'd appreciate it. Stop by Wally's blog.

We love you, Wally.

Wordless Wednesday, part 2

Wordless Wednesday

Rocky Mountain High (on the East Coast)

BIG SNOW!! from 4dogart on Vimeo.

On a freshly fallen silent shroud of snow

Two feet of snow is pretty fun, not to mention a great photo op! :)

Lookin out our front door...
Here's a couple oldies, but goodies
And random play--the best kind!

Wordless Wednesday

Precious Angel

We love our sistah Angel. She's a tough old gal who's gonna enjoy life no matter what. We had a health scare with her a little while ago, but she's fine and tough as ever. But toughness doesn't mean you can't enjoy a big, fluffy bed and some luxurious napping.

Wordless Wednesday

We got the beat!

January's been dreary and kinda boring. Our human's off this time of year, and we usually do something fun--so how come we just hangin at home? (More to the point, how come the human's not been keeping up with our blog?? Or visiting all our bloggin buddies?!) Well, we've been content to play in our yard. You can see all the (chewed up) balls strewn about; we're not usually lacking for toys, that's for sure.Once in a while, though, a dog needs a little more mental stimulation, especially at dusk, when we're primed for the hunt, ready to HOWL. You might notice an odd, yellow thingy there with all the balls--that was Tuchuck's way of stimulating our minds... and primordial selves. What object serves such purposes, you ask? ... YES! Tuchuck raided the human's library, and now we're inspired to roll! Load up the van, boy, let's get the flock outta here! Road trip!!! ARROOOOOOO!!!!! Well, in our dreams--or the summer, whichever comes first.

Ticket to ride

Our human's gonna be sad,
We think it's today, yeah.
The dog that's drivin us mad
Is going away.

Actually, it was yesterday (but that's another song)... Yup, foster bro Tristan went to his forever (we hope) home in Maine. YAY! But the human was very sad. We don't understand how he could've liked such an uncouth, ill-mannered, and bossy guy. Whatevs. Anyway, they had their quality time: human drove Tristan over half way to Maine!

Seriously, we wish Tristan all the best. You'll do great, brah! Have an awesome life!!

What is normal?

Ah, goodbye 2009--glad to see you go. We've lost friends, and friends of friends, both human and canine. Others certainly had it worse than we did, but the year wasn't great regardless. What does 2010 have in store? We hope it's lotsa good stuff. Now that the holidays have passed, as things get back to "normal," we're wondering if the holiday season portended anything for the coming decade?

We (Jacks, Narra, Tuchuck, and Theo) spent Christmas day with Kidlat at his house. We still had snow, so romping was definitely in order. We hope for more snow in 2010--just enough to be fun--and some crazy romping, without a doubt.

That same day, however, when the humans had their Christmas party, we were sequestered downstairs. We certainly hope--nay, we demand--this practice not become a habit.

New Year's Eve was just for us, at home, together. Uneventful but relaxing and way fun just bein about us. Even though we covet each other's stuff, we know we each have ours, as it should be.

We finally got a fire built, too. So nice and warm. It also reminded us of Montana and the mountains. We look forward to being there again this year. Nothing quite like exploring mountain trails by day and snuggling by a fire at night. Road trip!!!


Is it true that how you ring in the new year is how you'll spend it? If so, our evening was about being together, a crackling fire, a pint of Guinness, and watching Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. Hm, what does that portend...???

Seventh Heaven!

It's official: we complete us!!! Tanner and Theo are home--no longer foster dogs, they are forever part of the pack! WOOHOO!!! (Not like we didn't know it all along!)

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!! We already love 2010!!!!!!

Jingle Funbells!

Rousseau and the Sheps overflowing with holiday spirit!

Send your own ElfYourself eCards

EyeWatch Friday: Happy Holidays!

Angel and Theo play reindeer games! Happy Christmas, friends!

Wordless Wednesday: Miscommunication edition

Happy Holidays!

We hope everyone has a wonderful holiday season! Be well and happy!!!

Cheers!
Jackson, Narra, Tuchuck, Rousseau, Tanner, Angel, Theo, and even Tristan

Joy! from 4dogart on Vimeo.