Thursday, December 31, 2009

WOW -- 100TH POST & CHICA

Mom & Dad took us for another ride yesterday. Next thing we knew we were meeting this little thing. Sasha loves little ones & went right up to her sniffing & stuff. I stood back and kinda just looked her over. She wasn't too bad. Then next thing we knew SHE gets put in our car along with lots of food and crate and stuff. M & D decided to call her Chica which means Little Girl in Spanish. She is only 1 year old and is crate trained but not leash trained. Kinda potty trained. She is a work in progress as some would say. She found our water dish and drank a lot. She sure has a little tongue.
As you can see Mom was focused on pretty much taking pics of her. For a little one she sure has lots of energy. But after awhile she just crashed. Took a break from playing. Resting up. A face shot. She is a cuddler and likes to sit in laps. We were VERY nice and let her play with our toys. She has a bit of trouble squeaking them sometimes. She found she could step on them and make them squeak. After all she weighs 10 lbs. Since she is from California she gets cold easily. Mom is going to make her a coat or maybe buy her one.
A quick video clip of of all of us eating our first meal together. Mom says we did good.
Thanks for visiting. We will be visiting everybuddy soon. We are getting used to each other. Mom is looking forward to when we will all play together.
Sasha & Ernie & even Chica

Monday, December 28, 2009

A Little Bit of Everything

Hello everybuddy, Hope all had a great Christmas. We did. The Grand bipeds and their Dad came to visit. We got to play with them and watch them play with new toys. Then we went to visit Murphy & his pawrents. That was fun, especially for Sasha. Sasha using her Lab nose to check out the bipeds presents. Sasha & I got a box of Milkbones. Didn't take us long to get into them.
Notice Sasha & I chilling while they start opening presents. They sure had fun and were very thankful for all they got.
New shoes!!! Just one of the things they wanted. Can't see it but the girl sneakers are PINK & sparkly. He is HAPPY with his new green ones. Pretty COOL!!!
These are good & crunchy. We even got to open them ourselves.
This is part of the squirrel freeway. He is there but kind of blends into the branches.
There he goes. Too bad he is up so high. Couldn't chase him. We see them all the time using their own special freeway system.
After a day of playing with Murphy and the kids who were visiting. A little time out for rest so we could start over.
How's this face. Murphy kept her busy going up & down the stairs ( and there were a lot of them)
Two happy Labs. They sure play and cuddle . Not sure why he held her down. She wasn't going anywhere.
Murphy resting up for the next go round. It had been a long day for all of us playing together and for playing with all the kids visiting his house.
Sasha is in heaven ---- all that ear cleaning. Think Murphy loves her and also has an ear fetish.
Three tired puppies. Please note -- Murphy actually came up and laid down by me. This was a visit with lots of firsts. Mainly with me and Murphy. We got along MUCH better and had fun together. Murphy likes to fetch and I like to chase. Think we're working it all out.
Here is another pic of me and Murphy. Usually when Murphy & Sasha are together, they don't have time for me. This was fun. Much different. Murphy actually laid down near me and was ALMOST touching hairs with me.
Me & Sasha having fun. Sorry for the TV being so loud in the background. Dad was trying to watch the news and we were making lots of growly noises so he had to turn the volume up.
Well, looks like the little girl will be coming to our house tomorrow sometime. We are going to go pick her up when the let us know. She still doesn't have a name and we might have to name her. Some ideas---- Chica = little girl; Amora = love; Sara or Sarita= Princess; Manda or Mandi = love, worthy of love, precious thing. Mom was kind of looking up Spanish girl names.
Not sure if she is done looking yet. LG still needs to be spayed so that is going to be done after
we get her.
Happy New Year
Wags
Ernie & Sasha

Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Our friend Remy

We received an email from our friend Remy's Mom.  Please keep good thoughts & paws crossed for him as he goes into surgery.

Remy is not getting better from his torn ACL's and his Mom & Dad decided they needed to pursue ACL reconstruction surgery for him. He is going in for surgery tomorrow. There is approximately a 10 week recovery period and then they will take him back for surgery again for his other hind leg. That means he will be out of commission for approximately 20 weeks. We are going to miss him and he won't  be able to go for a walk with us. He is a very  important member of his family and they want to help him all they can.   He is starting to get arthritis, which is something the doctor did not tell them. Anyway, please send him your good thoughts for a speedy recovery.  He is a sweetie and we really like him & have fun with
him.


Love you Remy friend.
Paws crossed for him.
Ernie & Sasha


Mom saw this quote the other day & it stuck with her.  Something to think about.
If all the beasts were gone, men would die from a great loneliness of spirit, for whatever happens to the beasts also happens to the man. All things are connected. Whatever befalls the Earth befalls the sons of the Earth. ~Chief Seattle of the Suquamish Tribe, letter to President Franklin Pierce

Sunday, December 20, 2009

Little No Name Yet

This is the little girl that is coming to live with us until someone  decides they want her for their very own forever friend.  She is about a year old.  Still needs to be spayed. Don't know yet whether she will be spayed up here or in California where she is coming from. What a cute face.  How could someone not want her???????
We won't get to see her until the end of the month.  One of the other volunteers/adopters  is going to California for Christmas and volunteered to pick up and bring her & 2 other pups back up here.  All have foster parents set up to take care of them.  Mom thinks all the people with the rescue group are very nice and they do love the pups.  This rescue group is where M&D found me (Ernie).  How cool is that??
We are kinda excited & looking forward to meeting her and giving her love and finding her a special place of her own.  She deserves it.  Mom says as we find out more and get her here with us, you can expect to see pics of me, Sasha, & little no name yet.   Also we'll talk about her and her "antics" as we all get to know each other and play together.
Later ---- Ernie & Sasha & Mom

Saturday, December 19, 2009

Rumors... Can you believe it??

Hi Everybuddy,
We heard Mom talking on the phone yesterday.   She was talking about pups.  Rumor is... we may have a stranger living with us for awhile.... Anyhow, we are going to be fostering a little girl Chihuahua we think.  Some Chihuahuas are coming up from California and we get to pick one to take care of.  We have had other dogs stay with us but for visits and they lived/belonged with friends of ours.  Mom is excited, nervous all at the same time.   Probably will not have the little one here  until the end of the month.  Mom has stuff to read and learn more and the people at the rescue are very nice. 


 Sasha wasn't sure she wanted to hear about it.  She has her paws full keeping up with me.

This is her "You've got to be kidding" face. 


She decided she was  ok with it.  Actually she loves other dogs & people.  Especially little ones.  Sasha looks pretty in red too.


Mom made us get dressed up in a red scarf so she could take our pictures.   I think I look pretty handsome in red.  I'm not sure about this newby coming to our house.  Right now I think I am top dog.  Wonder what the little one will be like.  Hope she realized I am the man of the dogs.

Even though I cooperated & stayed still while she made me pose, I was getting a bit tired of it.  I had my mind busy thinking about how things would change.  Might be good. 

Here we are still in awe and surprised with the whole thing.  We'll find out in about a week & a half. 
Hope you all have a wonderful Christmas and a special New Year.
Thanks for visiting us.
Ernie & Sasha

Monday, December 14, 2009

Dog Collar Bandanas


Mom has had people interested in the scarves she makes for us.  They are pretty simple to make.  If you would like to try them, here are the instructions.  If any questions, just let us know(or let Mom know)

1. Depending on size of pet - cut out a piece of material that will fit the size of the pet. I figured about half way around the collar or a bit less.   I used a triangle shape. At the top square off the points and make sure they are deep enough so that when it is folded down there is room for the collar to go through. I squared off about 4 inches at the top.To make it reversible use 2 different materials.





2. Fold in the sides of the squared off ends about 3/8 inch and top stitch so they won't ravel.



3.  Then fold down the top squared off part so the squared off ends are even. Sew both sides and then across the bottom of the folded down piece. Do this with both pieces of material.




4.  Pin right sides together and sew about 1/4 inch in from the 2 sides of the triangle shape.

Then turn right sides out and edge stitch the triangle part.



6. .Stitch along the very top of the scarf to join front to back. Then stitch along the bottom of the turned over piece. This will create the tube for the collar to slide into. Need to make sure enough space is allowed so the width of the collar can slip thru. This is figured at the beginning of the process.  Depth
depends on how wide the collar is.

This shows both sides of the finished scarf.

All the sewing & waiting around for Mom to finish the scarf just made Sasha tired.  Actually she is
conserving her energy because Mom was going to take us for a walk when she finished it.



Here I am modeling my Christmas puppy scarf.  There are lots of different doggie pics on the scarf, Labs, Cockers, Doxies, etc but NO Schnoodles.  What is with that?? Don't we count??

Anyhow, we like our scarves & Mom enjoys making things.  Sometimes she even sells stuff.

PS this is Mom----These collar bandanas are pretty simple.  I have seen others at Craft Fairs that have 2 colors on each side.  The collar band is made from the material used on the reverse side.  I saw those on the internet. 

Thanks for visiting.
Tailwags
 Ernie & Sasha

Friday, December 11, 2009

BRRRRR! Whiskey Woods Again...

Hi Everybuddy,
We went for another long walk and ended up in Whiskey Woods again.  It's a great place.  Mucho peemail and running space.

Sasha stopped to read a book or large peemail and had to run to catch up.  It was an uphill run and she did great!!!!




There it is.... the creek.  She loves that place.  As cold as it was she was right in the middle of it.


Sammy and his Mom in a tug of war with a stick.  He loves his sticks.  He has jaws of iron and can really hang on to them.  Mom missed the pic where his feets were waaaay off the ground.  Still he hung on. We think he likes that game.

Don't know if you can see it well but the creek is freezing over. 

What is that thing????  Is that an alien Ernie look alike????



Nope,  it's just me and I sure like to run free when I can.  I am so happy.


Back to the big sniff parade.  Sometimes all 3 of us try to sniff the same thing at the same time.  Then when we try to leave peemail.  It is a close call.  We have to watch our heads - especially Sasha becuz of me and Sammy.  Sasha has learned to pull her head out of the way.

Sammy & I were wearing our coats.  Sasha didn't think she needed hers yet. Also Mom has to finish hers.  The one she has worn belonged to the greyhound they used to have and it is a bit snug on her --- but it works & isn't too tight.

An interesting tree.  With all the leaves off we could see how it had twisted and grown around, up, and between the other trees.


After our long walk, we got to have ice cream..  We like that!!  Dad gave us some off a spoon.  I am learning to get it off the spoon.  They have to hold on to the spoon.  I reallllly bite off the icecream.

Sasha has a very gentle way of getting the ice cream off a spoon.  She is very gentle and careful.




Hope you all have a fun and happy weekend.  Thanks for stopping by to visit.
Ernie & Sasha