My First Check Up and Playing in the Snow, Again!

Yesterday I had a check up at the vet.  My new family has been trying to fatten me up since I was about 10 pounds under weight when they adopted me.  They are feeding me well here and I have gained four pounds in the past two months.  I LOVE to go out and hunt!  Hootie takes her camera and hunts too.  

Today the kids had a 2 hour delay to their start of the school day.  Hootie and I got to go out early for our big walk since she didn't have to go to school herself!  First we saw this group of deer. 

The snow last night was resting on every branch....

...and leaf.  This is a holly bush.  

Later, on our walk, I saw more deer lying in the woods.  

The streams were still flowing too.

Here's the Chief of the woods...  

...hail to the Chief!

~W

An Average Walk...

Can you identify these?  

I see lots, and the animals it belongs to, on my walks. 

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Some times I am hot on the trail of raccoons... 

...but their scent doesn't stay on one side of the stream!  

The water was a bit deeper than I expected.  

I ended up getting a bath when I got home.  

Oh well, I DID find the raccoon roost!  

~W

Last Sunday...

DH read the comics on Sunday and then told Hootie this one was all about her and me!  

For Better or Worse Comics by Lynn Johnston

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Just a week before this comic I was next door at Gma & Gpa's.  

The Girl was snuggled up on the couch so I tested the waters by climbing up with her.  

BINGO!

They all thought I was SO cute!

Grandparents are great as next door neighbors.    

Then I came home and decided to try this out again...

Hootie was asleep when I tried this, 

so the Girl and DH took my picture 

for her to see the next morning.

  

BUSTED!  

She doesn't like it when I'm on this couch.  

I even tried my puppy-dog eyes on her! 

 The good news is there's a couch downstairs I can climb on!  

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BTW, When Hootie does go out... :)

~W

My First Thanksgiving...2009

Shortly after my new clan rescued me from the animal pokie, they took a 14 hour road trip, through the night to the east coast to celebrate Thanksgiving with their extended family.  I got to go too!  The oldest teen (the boy) was at the wheel for awhile...

...while we traveled, I slept.  

DH drove through the night...we had to get off the main highway due to a rock slide and went through Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg.  There were lots of light displays, but I was a little unsure about all this so I slept some more.  

At about 6 am the next morning we arrived at the beach.  Hootie and the girl took me for a walk in the fog.  It was so different than anything I'd ever been in.  Soft on my feet, a little wet and lots of other people who would pop out of the fog.  

There were a lot of birds around.  It was so fun to watch them when I was outside...

...or inside!  

I played with the cousin and the girl.  

I rested after my numerous long walks.  

I hunted the birds...

...and hunted the birds...

...and hunted the birds!

Oooo!  More birds across the water!  

Must get the birds!!!

Time for a little swim...to get the birds!  

Oops, short leash! 

The cousin and the boy walk with me.  

Hootie takes me out to see the sunrise.  

And we find more birds!  

The little ones are so tempting!  

Hootie thought I'd like to see this porpoise below...but I didn't care about it!  

They do jump and splash, but they aren't the birds!  

More bird-watching walks with the boy.  

The worst part of this trip was that I needed a few baths.  For Hootie's first time as a bath giver, she did an okay job.  

I can't wait to go to the beach again with them!  

~W

Snow Day for the Dog!!!

Hootie took me for a walk in the snowy woods this morning.  What a blast!  :)

When my Life Changed...

Not too long ago, I had a different family.  If I could talk I could tell my current humans what my life was like, but since I can't they have to just use their imaginations.  It's kind of fun to hear their theories.

The facts they have is that I was picked up by Animal Control in a residential neighborhood just before Halloween.  I had a "hunting" collar on, which means it was an orange, plastic band, and no identification.  I was under weight by at least 10 pounds and was not neutered.  The shelter is required to hold me for 10 days before I can become adoptable.  No one came to claim me. 

Then the local newspaper ran an article about the shelter trying to match senior dogs with senior citizens.  Listen up!  Just because I'm six doesn't mean there is anything senior about me!  The truth of the matter is though, people come to a local shelter to adopt puppies...not older dogs.  I guess they might figure we are bad apples.  Well, lucky for me my picture was in the paper with that article and my new family saw that photo.  To read Hootie's account click here:  Hootie playing Rumpelstiltskin. 

Officially on November 19th I was adopted by this new clan.  They have a 17 year old boy, a 15 year old girl, two cats (one psycho and one fat...well, actually they are both fat), a hamster, fish, anoles and hermit crabs.  Oh, and the husband and wife, Hootie and her DH.  

Hootie and DH take the most care of me.  Hootie does almost all the week day and daylight walking and DH takes me on awesome night hikes before bed.  

I am pampered and this group keeps saying I am retired.  Whatever!  I like the heated bed at night and the table scraps here.  The belly rubs are pretty nice, too.  

Since I was adopted just before Thanksgiving and was not really a planned adoption, the clan took me on my first adventure just days after they had me.  I went to the beach with them!  You'll have to read about that in my next posting though.  

Nap time!!!  ~W