Party in Pink

Guess who turned FIVE years old today? Hint: she's the only girl in our house! :) Yup, Little Miss Too-Good-for-You is getting up there in dog years... Dont' tell her we said this, but she doesn't show it--she's as crazy as ever. Anyway, we love birthdays because we all get stuff! Narra got a special pink wubba (just for girls), but we all got to share a fresh bag of our favorite duck treats. We also had a special dinner: our favorite beef heart! PLUS, we got bully sticks for dessert! It's been a long time!!! We always knew she was the favorite.
Narra still doesn't know how to share.
But bully for us!PS
Our no-name buddy at the SPCA was rescued by his breeder. Long story, but the breeder, Lyloak German Shepherds, found out about the dog and came to get him. Hooray!

Cheatin' heart

As many of our friends know, our human occasionally trollops around with Wally's humans. Well, for the most part, we're able to ignore the hours away, the smells, even the sharing of our treats. BUT we draw the line when actual trolloping reaches our doorstep. Okay, okay, it hasn't actually crossed that threshold yet, but we know what the human's thinking... !!!

Meet another no-name orphan at the Delaware SPCA. This skinny guy was left tied to the gate of another shelter who couldn't take him in. We hear this guy's friendly, in spite of his hard luck. He still has his manbits, so will not be available for adoption until they're removed next week. If you know anyone who might be interested, this goofy, sweet, 8-month old GSD will be available for adoption by Wednesday, September 2.

Runnin' with the big dogs

Uncle Kidlat didn't get to go on the roadtrip, but we partied at his place when we got back! In fact, it was the first time he got to hang with all of us--it was even his first time to meet Rousseau. He thinks he's a big dog! :)

On the road--and back--again

We're back! And we finally got the human blogging again (at least for the moment!)... We think his mind is still up in the mountains somewhere. If there are two places he feels most at home, they are the solitude of the forest and the comfort of the past. We had plenty of both on our recent roadtrip. We even came as close to mountains as the eastern US offers: the Adirondacks. Plus, we squeezed in the Berkshires and Finger Lakes (actually just Cayuga Lake).
Rousseau did awesome with the crowded campgrounds (better than the human!) and even enjoyed a leisurely walk across a bucolic campus. We all survived a skunk scare--a neighbor dog was not so lucky--and a visit from a hungry bear cub (good thing his mama wasn't around). And although it rained a lot, we made the most of it: meatables!!! Yes, we finally got to celebrate Jacks's birthday with "cake"!

Catching up (cramming!)

The past week was kinda eventful--though not all the events included us! Still, lots going on, just not blogging. As you may have noticed, our human isn't too good about staying on top of things. In fact, he usually waits til the last minute. And although we don't really have a deadline staring us down, we're leaving on a roadtrip in the morning (WOO HOO!), so we told our boy he better blog now or be even more ridiculously behind...

Anyway, the human started the week by going to a herding trial. Again, we must note: we didn't get to go along! Sure looks like fun, doesn't it? Well, we're promised that we'll be doing some herding very soon. Narra needs to continue her training, and Tuchuck needs to start. Rousseau needs to be tested; we don't know if he'll like it or not. But brother Jackson is ready to watch!

Here's a cardi herding--but it's not our Uncle Kidlat

And an Aussie herding--but it's not Rousseau...
The other big event this week was a first-time play date for Tuchuck and Kidlat! Wow, they had a blast. Tuchuck even showed some restraint playing with the baby. We guess there's always a first time for everything. If you want to see more, the human made a little video (and it's really fun!).


Thanks for visiting our blog! We'll be back in about a week!

Birthday love for Big Head

We don't know why or how, but the human has dubbed July 31 Jackson's birthday. We're pretty sure it's not his real birthday--and it may not even be his actual Gotcha Day--but, for whatever reason, today's his day! Also, we don't know his real age, but (again for reasons unknown) the human says Jacks is about 10 years old. He's a wise old man!

What we want to know is where's the cake??? The human says we have to wait because Jacks has been experiencing some stomach trouble these past couple days. We won't subject you to the gory details, but big bro has been feeling rather poorly. In fact, for the first time in the history of the world, Jacks passed up his dinner yesterday. He seemed better today as he ate all his food, but we still have to wait for our, er, his cake. We understand it will take the form of some meatables... Mmmm...

What if Tuchuck were a pretty, little girl?

Whaddyathink? This super pretty little girl is Ginger--and she's Uncle Kidlat's new girlfriend!!! Can you believe it?! Kidlat hasn't even met Tuchuck yet--watch out when they do! Kidlat started school today and met Ginger as well as a bunch of other new friends. He had an amazing time.

All we have to say is thanks a lot--read severe sarcasm. Not only did the human abandon us for a good part of the day, but he did so to take the puppy to school?! Well, Wally, you're right: looks like if you're not around, we're totally abandoned. Hence the lack of blogging, as our friends may have noticed. Bad human, bad!

Livin' Large!

Hey, are those Leona Helmsley's dogs?! No, that's our foster brother Boone and his new sister Sadie! :) We just got pictures of Boone from his new family. Our boy's doing great--he's well loved and fitting in just fine. In fact, we hear he's become quite the social butterfly; everyone loves him! We're so happy for you, Boone. (But is it okay if we still miss you a little bit?)

Poor Olive the Octopus

To prepare for our play date, Tuchuck and Rousseau played tug-of-war--at the expense of poor Miss Olive. She's got eight legs, anyway...

Encore!!

WOOHOO!!! We had an encore of last week's playdate! Bonus: Wally, Ethel, and Oscar brought a pool!!! (Thanks for the meatables and fruitables, too, guys!)


We chased balls in the yard, too: chase balls, cool in the pool, chase balls, cool in the pool, chase balls, ...
Of course, "some of us" didn't do anything.
There was something dirty lurking in the grass...
Um, we wonder who was the wettest and dirtiest???
Summer daze, drunk on love? Luv ya, Oscar!!

Super Play Date!

We had a super play date last Sunday! Our friends Wally, Ethel, and Oscar came over. Our human even took video (which we thought he'd never get around to editing), so now we can re-live the fun over and over!
PS
We wanted to mention that Sadie, the "damsel" at the SPCA (from a previous post), has been adopted! Her name is now Sophie--though she's no La Brador, says Wally--and she joined us at the dog park the other day. Unfortunately, she's not a dog park kinda gal, not yet anyway. We're sure she'll do better once she's settled in to the security of her new family and home. Also, our orphan friend Zip from Missoula was adopted, too!

Say "uncle"!

Here's our new "uncle"! His name is Kidlat (means "lightning"--HAHAHAHAHA!), and he's a Cardigan Welsh Corgi. Our human's parental units brought him home from the breeder on Sunday, and the little guy had his first vet visit yesterday. Clean bill of health!

Our human has been spending a lot of time at Kidlat's house helping the new puppy. We don't know why, because the kid doesn't seem to do much other than lie around.


Anyway, we haven't even met him yet--except Narra, of course. If he's gonna come to our house, he better learn how to run on those little legs!

You go, Rousseau!

We previously alluded to Rousseau's anxiety over meeting new people, specifically, and new situations, in general. We've been working hard to help him get over his fears, and he's making amazing progress. We had a super play date this past weekend with Wally, Ethel, and Oscar (and their humans), followed by a visit from our human's parental units. Rousseau did great meeting all the new people and even seems to have enjoyed himself! He goes to training class, too (we go along for moral support but stay in the van), and he was awesome last night. And guess what? We went to a dog park after Rousseau's class!! Rousseau and Jacks didn't get to interact with other people or dogs, but they got to meet them through a chain link fence. The old guys did pretty good--there may be hope yet. :)

We are four--and a half?!

What's that little thing crawling in the grass by Narra??? Whew, thank doG it's not ours! Actually, our human did help pick it, its breeder, etc. The little one belongs to our human's parental units! We expect we'll be seeing him around quite a bit.

What do you think his relationship is to us??? Do we have to call him "uncle"?! :)

Damsel in distress

This young lady was left tied to the gate of the Delaware SPCA. Our human went to see her today and took these pictures. They say she's only 2-years old (we think she's a little younger), and she loves to play! Too bad our house if full! Apparently, she's even had some training, as she responds well to basic commands. As far as we know, she's good with dogs, but we're not sure about cats and kids. :) She's already spayed.

If you'd like more info, you can call the Delaware SPCA directly: 302.998.2281. Tell them you're interested in Sadie!!!

Feelin' right at home

New bro Rousseau is fitting in just fine. He even went to his first training class already--and hung out in the van to go visiting friends. He's still learning how to meet strangers, but he'll be just fine.

Puppy teeth and puppy love!

On our way home from Montana, we visited our friends Glorie and Mookie in Colorado. Tuchuck and Glorie were meeting for the first time--and it was love at first sight! They never stopped playing! Narra and Mookie were quite happy to be left out of the festivities because those young ones sure have young, sharp teeth!

You can see their video here.

We are four!!!!

The human always says our number is "four"--so we are now complete! Meet our new brudder, er, brother, ROUSSEAU! He's a four-year old Australian Shepherd mix who is bi-coastal. :) Rousseau's human was moving to San Francisco and, for a number of reasons, couldn't take Rousseau with him. Our human and Rousseau's had become good friends, so we said we'd be happy to have Rousseau be part of our family.

If the situation allows, Rousseau could move to California in the future, but he's in his East Coast home now. And, of course, this will always be his home. Welcome, bro!

We'll miss you, sister Sparkle

We arrived home to some terrible news: Narra's sister Sparkle (Charmbrook's Dancing Sparkle UDX HT OA OAJ ASCA UD) was killed by a car on Sunday, June 29. Sparkle was an amazingly smart, beautiful, and truly awesome dog. Besides being a talented working dog with so many titles before the age of 5, she was the loving and loyal companion to our friend and trainer Nancy. We feel for you, Nancy--and we'll miss you, Sparkle.

Here are Narra, Sparkle, and their brothers at 3 1/2 weeks old
And Sparkle competing in AKC Utility

Adopt Zip!

As much as he tried to fight it, the human couldn't help but visit the Humane Society of Western Montana before we left Missoula. Here is our orphan of the summer, Border Collie Zip:Zip is a five-month old, neutered male. He's still learning that life can be good and will probably be a happily wild child in the right home. He'll need a little patience, but our human found him to be really smart and responsive to human guidance. Did we mention that he's super cute?!