Wordless Wednesday

Don't forget!!

Tonight is the night we 'spring forward'! Don't forget to change your clocks when you go to bed tonight...so excited for the extra light out in the evening! Mom's not so happy though...she's got a half marathon in the morning and its gonna feel awfully early when she gets up! BOL!

Photoshoot peek

Back in February, I won a contest on FB and the prize was a 2 hour photoshoot with Alisha and Holland from Some Like it Shot Photography.

Here are a few of the pictures from that afternoon

Friday with Fergie

Little Miss Fergie is the diva of the house.

A Persian/Maine Coon blend, she really lets the Persian show in her cattitude.

She always wants to look her best, and is a fastidious groomer. As a result, she is constantly leaving Mom hacked up hairballs around the house. It drives Mom crazy!

She's got a motor on her that shakes the house, and often will wake Mom up at night cuz she is rubbin against me on my bed & purring away.

She's as sweet as she is feisty though, and of the two kitTONs...she's the one who is always putting our fosters in their place. She even likes to boss me around...always smackin my bum and makin me jump when I walk by her scratching post!

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!!