That time of year

We wanna go for a walk mom!


It's that time of year. Ya gotta wear your Christmas bandanas.

You look so cute!


Ok, were wearing them. Can we go for our walk now?


Back from the walk. Throw the toy please!


Toys, toys every where.


Common, lets play!


I don't wanna.


YEAH! Mom is throwing the ball!


Come on. Throw it again!

Waiting for frozen raw chicken necks

Usually every day about noon the dogs get frozen chicken necks for a snack. I feed these outside for obvious reasons. Sunshine had some black on his teeth when he came to us and now he's got pearly whites. I would give the dogs more raw whole food if I could but it often comes frozen in large blocks which are too heavy to handle while defrosting. As a result we stick with the prepackaged individually frozen.

Blossom waiting on the deck for her snack.


Sunshine waiting for his.


Still waiting...


And more waiting...


Ah, there they are!


Sunshine always does the cutest little dance for his chicken snack but I haven't gotten it on camera yet. He stands on his hind legs and waves his paws in the air.

Children on the playground / DAP again???

I'm wondering whether to attribute today's progress to DAP. Sunshine does not like playground equipment, trash cans, children running amok, strollers etc. Mostly he has reacted to just about everything including the wind blowing and making noise in the trees. Over the last year he had improved dramatically with the things we see on our daily walks. However today we had an amazing bit of progress. We were walking by a local playground that had 2 parents and 2 kids. The minute the 2 kids saw the dogs they jumped off the equipment and were running right at us. I immediately called out that the dogs were not friendly and made a hard turn to the left away from the kids. The parents got the kids back and we continued by the playground. The amazing thing is that Sunshine did not try to bolt, didn't flatten himself to the ground and didn't even look worried. Once the kids were under control we continued by the playground and he had his tail up the entire time!

Happiness is a walk

Sunshine darted in and out of the bushes, followed up on every possible trail, stopped to sniff everything interesting and in general behaved just like Blossom on today's dog walk.

Sunshine's very favorite thing, besides eating, is walking. He is excellent on the leash and eagerly looks forward to his twice per day walk. However he is sometimes concerned or a little stiff. Generally his tail is up and he is having a ball. Today however he behaved just like a normal dog and darted this way and that, exploring every nook and cranny he could get to while still on leash.

I think his progress may be attributed to DAP. I started using it again about a week ago when he started to regress and not want to walk with my husband. DAP is really an amazing substance.