Wordless Wednesday

why yes, I am comfortable...thanks for asking!

As pretty as a Poppy!

This little gal came to stay with us last night. Its been 3 weeks since Cassie moved on to find her forever home, and Mom's been keepin her eye out for another girl that would fit into our household.

Since the house isn't big, we can't take on too big of a dog. Plus, I've gotten to be kind of a butthead with certain big dogs. Typically boys more so than girls, but I'm always a gentlemen with the little ladies so that's the 'profile' Mom typically looks for.

In addition, they need to get along with kitTONs. That's not always easy to tell since these are all dogs that are being pulled from high kill shelters where they have no exposure to kitTONs, but for some reason Mom can usually tell from their eyes. She looks for a dog with 'soft' eyes, no intense looks. So far that seems to be working pretty well!

Poppy is ~8 months old and is already spayed, microchipped & fully vaccinated. At first, she wasn't sure what the small fluffy things were, but she quickly got accustomed to them and learned they were pretty much "OK". Even Fergie kitTON seemed to like her!!

She'll be staying with us til she gets adopted, but Mom doesn't think that will take long. Just look at that face!

She's kinda filthy, so she'll be getting a bath tomorrow and we'll find out what her true colors are. She looks like she's kind of beige, with a few apricot spots. It will be fun to see what happens when the grime comes off!

Welcome Poppy!!

Never Forget

Sandy Eggo Sunset

The sky had lots of clouds...just the kind that make for a beautiful sunset, so Mom loaded me in the car and we headed to a park which she knew had a great view of the skyline.

Too many people there & too many off leash dogs, so after a quick change of plans we changed direction and headed toward the ocean.

Mom put the pedal to the metal cuz the sun was not gonna wait for us to set. The sky kept getting prettier and prettier...but we weren't there yet!! Finally, pulled into a spot in the bay, flew out of the car & started snappin shots.

She wanted me to tell you, these are all straight out of the camera...no editing other than some cropping.

look what was in the rocks just about 10 feet away from us!! There's a whole colony of feral cats that live in the rocks on the jetty. 80 or 90 was the last count Mom heard. This one looks a lot like Fergie kitTON and was curious about what we were doing so he(she?) came closer to see what was going on.

She was camouflaged really well by the rocks and at first I didn't even notice her....but I could smell her!!

Mom was super proud of me though, cuz even though I knew she was there somewhere, I 'stayed' the entire time she told me to.

In this shot, she's just in front of me...about 5 feet away. She'd tucked herself into some of the crevices and I still couldn't see her.

Boy, are we lucky to live in such a beautiful place! The only thing that woulda made it better was a dip in that nice ocean!

Wordless Wednesday

Mammoth Lakes Getaway

Last weekend Mom ditched me. She ditched me for a getaway to a place called Mammoth Lakes, Ca. its about 7 hours North of Sandy Eggo. There are lots of lakes and LOTs of really really big mountains. The kind of mountains that make big ole me look puny!

Anyway, I had to stay home while she went and played with some friends...she thought you might enjoy seeing the pictures. Mom will take it from here...

I drove up Thursday afternoon and mountain biked on Friday. It was so much fun, but boy did it kick my butt! Even though most of it was downhill, the little bit of pedalling we did was tough because we were at elevation of about 9000 feet. I'm used to being at sea level!!

Beatiful view on the drive up

Wooly Mammoth

Gondola ride to the top

its a long way down!

Mom with the Minarets behind her. So gorgeous!

just a portion of the group that went biking with Mom

After biking all day on Friday, I decided to spend Saturday hiking around the area. I went to the Devil's Postpile, and then hiked about 2.5 miles to a beautiful waterfall. It was pretty hot out (close to 90 degrees) and I couldn't believe all the families who were hiking without any water. There was even an older couple who had a 12 year old Akita with them...and they didn't have any water for the dog! I ended up giving her a nice cool drink from my camelbak and I think she would have rather gone home with me!

Devil's Postpile

Devil's Postpile

Devil's Postpile

Hexagon's...courtesy of Mother Nature

There were TONS of trees down along the hike. According to the ranger, last year they had a wind event in the area and for a period of several hours they sustained winds of over 100 mph. It was so sad to see all the trees that were victims of that event. Huge pine trees uprooted and lying on their sides.

We also hiked through a section that had a bad wildfire in 1992. I was really surprised at how little regrowth of the trees there were.

At the end of the hike we stopped at Rainbow Falls. It was beautiful and when we hiked to the bottom the mist was a nice way to cool off.

Rainbow Falls

There were a LOT of people at the falls, so unfortunately it wasn't very relaxing but it was still gorgeous!

Lucky for us, the Perseids Meteor show was happening while we were there. It was the perfect viewing location, nice and dark with not very many city lights. I took my camera out and got lucky enough to get a couple of pictures!

Sunday, we headed back to San Diego...but first we stopped by Twin Lakes for a short walk and some more photo ops.

It was such a fun trip! Can't wait to go back...and next time Murphy will definitely get to come with me, it was a super dog friendly area!

Sassy Cassie

Our latest foster came to stay with us last Monday. We weren't really planning on getting another foster right away, Mom likes to take a little break after each foster. She loves taking them in and saving them from certain death, but they do disrupt our schedule and Fergie kitTON is never very happy while the fosters are here. She really needs to learn to go with the flow better!

But then, our favorite neighbor Adelle emailed Mom with this little girls picture. She's only a 12 week pup so Mom didn't think we'd be able to help...she works full time and puppies need to go out often so they can be potty trained quickly!

Neighbor Adelle agreed to help out by coming over and letting her out several times a day, or even better...taking her to her house and letting her play with Adelle's crew during the day.

This has worked out fabulously cuz when Mom comes home and goes to pick her up she's exhausted! Just like Mom likes em! BOL!

She's a crazy little girl, but we get along great! The first night she stayed with us we played bitey face so much Mom wouldn't feed me dinner! She says I have to rest, relax and be mellow for at least an hour before or after my meals and since we were playin non-stop that never happened.

To be honest, I was having so much fun I didn't even notice!

Don't worry...I know I look vicious in these pictures but she sure can hold her own! Plus, Mom says I've been super good with her, playing very gently even though the pictures make it look otherwise.

One thing's for sure, this gal can play hard & then she crashes just as hard! Silly puppy!