Looking for Snow

We went looking for snow in Southern California. We found a few small patches about an hour from home but not enough to go sledding or have the dogs plow through.

Day after Christmas

The boy and I took the dogs for a walk today. Out to the normal place up the wash. The boy and the collie have been working on "stay" and it's going pretty well. I'm proud of both the boy and the dog.

Small things

It's been a very nice Christmas. No huge gifts, the boy even said, "It's a small gift, with big potential." My favorite words of the day.

Grrrrr

The dogs play a lot. Jerry likes to drag Lacy around by the collar.

The Best Part of the Day

Took the dogs for a walk. My lovely wife went along too.

Cheese

Jerry came up to me begging for cheese.

Saturday Morning

I love Saturday morning at the dog park. It reminds me of living in Orange County and a lot of life hadn't happened yet.

Bark Park

Lazy Saturday and we took the dogs to the dog park. They have done a lot of work restoring the grass and making it nice again though the dogs never seemed to mind. The puppies rode in the back of the car.

At The Pool Again

Lacy loves lounging by the pool, and this is her spot.

Beer Dogs

My brother gave me a six pack of "Fred" beer for my 40th birthday, this is the last bottle. It was delicious.

I drank it today.

Tongues

It was a warm day at the bark park, the dog were running around and all had their tongues hanging out.

Out For A Walk

The dogs took me out for a walk today after lunch. They spotted a friend.

Swim Test

Every year we get the dogs in the pool and make sure they swim to the big step where it's easy to get out.

They don't really like the water much which is good, then they aren't going in just for fun. When we swim the dogs like being near us but the collie always pulls the basset hound away from the edge to make sure she is safe.

Slobber Hound

We used to call Baxter the "slobber hound" because we would find basset hound slobber 6 feet high in the hallway of our house,, well now it seems we have another.

Though at this point Lacy just seems to throw it on her own head.

Old Dog

Uncle Leo is starting to show signs of age, but he still loves the dog park.

Tongue

If Lacy doesn't trip on her ears she might just trip on her tongue.

Walkin'

A beautiful day for a walk with the dogs.

Dogs

Today I took some scouts to an open house at a veteranary school. The boys earned the Veteranary Scienc merit badge and learned a bit. We saw a police dog demonstration.

Tug-O-War

Rope makes a great toy. Even though he's taller Jerry doesn't have a weight advantage over Lacy.

Resting

There's something amazingly soothing about watching a dog rest.