Kitty Pics

In my attempt to blog more regularly, here are some photos of Stoopy looking cute in his bed. :)

Photo Extravaganza

Here are a bunch of photos I've taken over the last week or so with my new little camera....

Our neighbor's weenie dog, Gertie:

Fresh strawberries:

New umbrella plant I picked up for $10 (actually much nicer than the one I had to leave behind when we moved...):

Lillies in my garden:

My front garden coming along nicely:

Our front porch:

And here's Stoopy enjoying some of my tasty yogurt (taken with my old camera and you can totally tell...):

Good thing most of the neighbors know us and like us now...

...cuz I think Mojo just went for a little jaunt around the neighborhood.

We keep the back door open pretty much all the time to keep the air circulating around the house (it's pretty stuffy in here). And since DBF just built us those handy-dandy stairs, we make sure to block those off so that the dog can't just wander off. By "block" I mean that we drag a patio chair in front of the opening. :) Who needs a gate?

Ha, well apparently we do.

So I'm sitting up in my office (which faces the back yard) and through my open window I can hear what sounds like Mojo's collar jingling. I look down, and low and behold there he is just trotting around the back yard. Um, ooooops.... we don't have a fence. I give a call, and he comes happily skipping back to the deck...up the stairs...and I watch him actually step over the planter. Ah-ha! So that's how he got past the chair! Bugger!

I go down to adjust the chair situation and realize that he's panting like a mad man. Errrrr.....panting like maybe he'd just had himself some serious activity. Ya, I'm guessing a nice little run around the street and houses and general neighborhood.

Whooooops. :)

Good Doggy!

Mojo was a very good boy today.

We've been saying for ages that we needed to get him in to get his claws clipped. We can't do it ourselves because he's usually a bit of a spaz and it takes like 2 people to hold him down, and another to do the dirty work.

I was walking him yesterday and realized he was starting to look like one of those freaky people from the Guinness Book with the world's longest fingernails. Poor guy...not sure how he was walking on them! OK, not that bad, but bad enough.

So I booked him an appointment. Of course, he thinks that a car ride is a good thing so is all stoked to get his leash on and hop into my car (and immediately start drooling and shedding of course). Little does he know that this isn't a car ride to the walking trail, but instead a ride to the evil vet office. Uh-oh.

Well, surprise of all surprises. He was sooooooooooooo good. Walked into the office, and not only were there other dogs, but there were also kids....not one bark. I couldn't believe it. He usually turns on his loud non-stop bark and scares the kids and annoys everyone else. Nope, not this time...just a lot of sniffing and letting the kids pet him. Nice!

Then we went into the little room to wait for the tech....he didn't like that very much, figured he was getting something evil done I'm sure....so there was some heavy-duty whining, but still no barking. The ladies came in to do the work and he was so good with them. I mean, a bit of squirming and obvious tension, but such a good boy!!

They gave him some treats and some good cuddles, and although they had to hold onto him tight, he really didn't put up much of a fight....just a lot of shedding. The ladies were super awesome and I made sure to tell them so. And Mojo and I promised not to wait so long to come in for his next mani/pedi.

Good dog!

Our Furry Kids

Stoopy was rolling around on my office floor yesterday chasing his own tail (I love that!) so I was trying to get his picture, but of course he stopped by the time I got the camera. So I just took these random shots for fun anyway.

Then it reminded me that I never posted the pictures of Mojo from our first big walk of the season out in the sun along the BLT Trail that is up the road.