Meet Arlana & say Good-Bye!

Meet Arlana. She is our newest foster and came to stay with us yesterday afternoon. Me & Mom picked her up from the rescue around 4pm.

Arlana came to the rescue from Mexico. She lived with a family there, but didn't get much love or attention. She lived most of her life in the backyard...without much socialization with either people or other dogs.

Last week, the rescue got a call from her owner. The girls father decided he didn't want to pick up dog poop anymore, and told his daughter to get rid of her before he got home that day. If Second Chance Dog Rescue couldn't take her, she was going to be kicked out on the streets to fend for herself.

Luckily, the rescue found a foster on short notice and they were able to take her in.

Then Mom got an email on Friday asking if we could take her in. The original foster had an older Cocker Spaniel who wasn't adjusting well to having a young pup in the house. Mom said 'sure!' so we went to pick her up yesterday afternoon.

The poor little girl was terrified of me at first. If I got anywhere close to her she'd start yelping and squealing like I was killing her. Mom was super proud of me though...I just went quietly and laid on my bed so she would know I was an ok guy.

By this morning we were starting to become friends. She was still nervous if I moved too fast...but would no longer freak out like she did the night before.

Then, Mom got an email with an application from a family who had another spaniel mix who was about 2.5 years old. She took her over to meet the family & other dog this afternoon at about 1pm, and Arlana got a new home!

It was our quickest foster yet, and  hopefully things will work out with her new family. Me & Mom wish her all the luck, she deserves to be somewhere where she is getting love and attention for the rest of her life!

Feline Furriday

Phoebe kitTON is in love with her scratching post at the moment...its funny, cuz she goes in spurts, sometimes not using it for months and then all of a sudden its like she remembers its there and goes crazy on it.

This is one of those times. She loves to lie on the 3rd level...rolling and batting at the little hangy thing.

Feisty and frisky, taunting me to come play with her.

She's a crazy, silly kitTON

I think I'll keep her around!! BOL!

Snow Day!

Ok, so it really wasn't a whole day...more like a snow morning, but it was still fun!!

Not to rub it in to my blogger furriends who live in some of the colder areas of the country, but it sure is super cool to live here in Sandy Eggo.

We get gorgeous weather the majority of the time, and then even when our weather is cruddy its still only slightly cruddy.

Last week was one of those cruddy weather weeks. It rained on Monday and Wednesday so I didn't get to go for my run with Mom on either day. Tuesday she ditches me for her own workout class, and Thursday...we were suppose to go to obedience class but she ditched me again for dinner with a friend who was only in town for one day.

To make up for it she promised me an awesome weekend. It started yesterday with the fun hike at Lake Hodges. Today, me & a bunch of my furriends went up to Mount Laguna for a romp in the snow. I had no idea snow could be so fun!!

We drove about an hour and 15 minutes in people time up to Mount Laguna. To the same place we do our annual camping trip with Leash Your Fitness. Its a gorgeous location with lots of good hiking trails

Campground Host KitTON

There was a lot of snow up here earlier in the week, but we are back to sunny days so a lot of it had melted. It was still pretty though and gave all of us an opportunity to check it out. Only Hannah and Mira had ever been to the snow before so it was a first time experience for me, Dhani, Gigi & Ginger.

Mom still doesn't let me off leash too much, cuz of that back-end problem I had last year where we were worried I had the dreaded "W" word...but Dhani, Mira and Ginger had a blast running around in the snow!

Hannah is a gorgeous 15 month old Blue Great Dane who is going thru a little bit of the teenage stage. Her Mom says she can be totally fine with other dogs, and then all of a sudden gets snarky...so she had to stay on leash too. Mom actually thought she did much better than she expected! She thinks with a little more training, and a lot more daily exercise, Hannah would soon remember her manners and behave like the sweet girl we know she can be.

Ginger LOVED romping in the snow!

Hannah, making snow angels

Gigi's getting big, but at 15 weeks is a insane cracker dog terrier!

Poor little Gigi didn't have enough fur or body fat to keep her warm and soon was trembling and shivering from the cold. Good thing she's still small enough to fit inside her Mom's coat! I tried to get my Mom to do that with me, but she wouldn't even try!

Of course, Mom had to make us all pose for the group pictures. Gigi and Mira kept facing the wrong way cuz their Mom was lying down behind the big log hanging on to Gigi's leash so she wouldn't make a quick break for it!

I can't wait to go back some time to do some more hiking in the snow...but I'm sure glad we don't live where it snows all the time! My tootsies were COLD by the time we left!!

Saturday afternoon hike

Went for a short hike with one of my bffs, Ginger this afternoon.

Its been a cold, rainy week and I hardly got to go anywhere so we decided to take advantage of the gorgeous weather.

There were bunnies galore, but Mom was mean and wouldn't let me chase them.

A nice little stream to cool my feet. Mom kept getting mad when she was crossing on some stones cuz she said I was gonna pull her in. Geez, the water felt good...I'm not sure why she was gettin so mad at me!

Mom made me & Ginger stop for some photos.

Half way thru the hike I got a little sick to my stomach. I puked up a bunch of bile right in the middle of the trail. Mom was kind of grossed out and a little worried about me cuz that's the 2nd time I've puked this week...and I'm not a normally pukey dog. So we turned around early and headed back to the car. Hopefully none of the mountain bikers we saw crashed when they hit my puke pile!!

There were TONS of birds along the edge of the lake...all chirping and singing. It was quite pretty!

 

such a gorgeous afternoon. Hard to imagine the forecast calls for rain again tomorrow!

Puppy Love Run

The Puppy Love run was held in the north end of Del Mar, CA...right before you go into Solana Beach. Its a super pretty area of the northern area of Sandy Eggo, about 25 minutes north of down town.

it was a cold and gloomy morning! Perfect for running, but Mom was chilly while we waited!

We had a big team again! 25 walkers and runners, representing our Leash Your Fitness family. It was so much fun!

We even had a celebrity amongst us! Our own Scooter Bailey won a local contest and got his picture on some treat bags. He was super nice to share them with all of us!

This was me & Mom's 2nd 5K together. The last one was about a month ago and we had a ton of fun. This one supported Helen Woodward Animal Center which holds a special place in our heart cuz that's where cousin Dhani came from!

I got to see my beautiful furriend Cleo! I haven't seen her and her Mom in such a long time, I had to give her lots of leans!

We ran the whole 3.1 miles. Mom hasn't found our race results yet so I don't know how fast I was, but I do know Mom was totally draggin me down the whole time.

Hazel Rose came out again...she loves the social aspect of these races, but is definitely not a 'runner' so her Mom pushes her along in a stroller. Lucky dog!

I got lots of attention from everyone. Good thing I don't mind havin my picture taken!

My Grandpaw & Grandmaw were visiting, so Mom had someone to take lots of pictures of us. Usually she's the one with the camera so there aren't very many of the two of us together!

Mom, Denise & Cathy were stylin with their running skirts and compression socks. I personally thought she looked kinda funny.

Cousin Dhani and her Mom ran with Megan and Hazel Rose. She was so excited to see me at the finish line! You'd have thought we hadn't seen eachother in months...but it had only been about 30 minutes! BOL!

There weren't many Danes at the event. I think I might be the only 'racer' in all of Sandy Eggo! Prolly cuz Mom makes me work out with her 2-3 times a week...its important to work up distance in doggies, just like it is in humans. And...us Danes should never go running before we are full grown! Mom didn't start takin me out til I was almost 2!!

Some body even brought a pig to the event! Don't tell anyone, but I was totally freaked out by it. It made lots of weird noises. Mom kept laughing at me, calling me the mighty boar hunter. I did NOT find it funny. Not one bit.

more adoring fans

There was a costume contest so some of the people dressed up quite silly