This is so much better, says Sunshine.
Blossom, says don't forget me. I'm cute too!
Yes siree, I am!
Saturday, December 10, 2011
Gave up on the antler ears and decided to go with fancy neckwear
This is so much better, says Sunshine.
Blossom, says don't forget me. I'm cute too!
Yes siree, I am!
Trying to get a good one with Sunshine and the antler ears
Friday, December 9, 2011
Monday, December 5, 2011
Saturday, December 3, 2011
Christmas pics for the dogs
Every year we try to get at least one fabulous Christmas picture of the dogs. This year here are the out takes.
Blossom starts out the day happy on the deck. She loves laying in the snow.
She's still happy with a ribbon attached to her collar. See how cute I am she says.
Sunshine is less enthused about the ribbon attached to his collar. He is suspicious!
Your not getting me to wear that thing he says.
Blossom shows off her hat.
I'm a good looking gal she says.
But I draw the line at these silly antler ears!
Well, maybe if I get a treat...
This is so not my style says Sunshine.
Now this hat has gone too far says Blossom.
Blossom starts out the day happy on the deck. She loves laying in the snow.
She's still happy with a ribbon attached to her collar. See how cute I am she says.
Sunshine is less enthused about the ribbon attached to his collar. He is suspicious!
Your not getting me to wear that thing he says.
Blossom shows off her hat.
I'm a good looking gal she says.
But I draw the line at these silly antler ears!
Well, maybe if I get a treat...
This is so not my style says Sunshine.
Now this hat has gone too far says Blossom.
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Goes out the dog door
A couple of days ago Sunshine went out the dog door all on his own. And then he did it again today. This was enough of a milestone that I had to post about it. :-)
Friday, July 29, 2011
Post Grand Canyon RV trip progress
We cannot believe the change in Sunshine after our latest RV trip. He confidently comes in and out of the house on his own. When I call him to come in he usually does unless he is passed out under a bush. One day he had a strange regression where he wouldn't come into the house but then he seemed to get passed it.
Sunday, May 8, 2011
More cute pics of the dogs
Sunshine has really come out of his shell. He is practically a normal dog. The foster dogs have really helped with this. I think he feels the competition for attention so asserts himself more.
Sunday, May 1, 2011
Some cute pics of the dogs
We've been fostering dogs so that Sunshine can get more confident around the house and it has worked wonderfully.
Sunday, April 10, 2011
Carter Lake - hiking and scoping out camp spots
We had another nice Sat. so decided to check out Carter Lake about 40 min. from our house.
We decided to start with a hike. The trail was very nice. Hardly anyone on it and it had very nice views.
Sunshine loves a good hike.
Blossom likes to hike also.
Blossom loves to swim. She only went in deep a few times. I think it was pretty cold water.
Sunshine prefers the rocks.
Blossom is always interested in a good rock pile.
Maybe a critter went here?
Poor Blossom wants to go out deeper but Max didn't want to get wet.
Sunshine pauses to admire the view.
Blossom and Max took a different route along the rocks.
Everyone is back together again.
It was a very pretty day. After the hike we went to check on some camp sites.
They were pretty nice. A bit more crowded than we would like but still acceptable. I think we will do our first camping of the season at Carter Lake.
Quite a few had views of the water.
We also drove into the National Forest and found one boondocking location but I don't think I want to take the RV over the road to get there.
We decided to start with a hike. The trail was very nice. Hardly anyone on it and it had very nice views.
Sunshine loves a good hike.
Blossom likes to hike also.
Blossom loves to swim. She only went in deep a few times. I think it was pretty cold water.
Sunshine prefers the rocks.
Blossom is always interested in a good rock pile.
Maybe a critter went here?
Poor Blossom wants to go out deeper but Max didn't want to get wet.
Sunshine pauses to admire the view.
Blossom and Max took a different route along the rocks.
Everyone is back together again.
It was a very pretty day. After the hike we went to check on some camp sites.
They were pretty nice. A bit more crowded than we would like but still acceptable. I think we will do our first camping of the season at Carter Lake.
Quite a few had views of the water.
We also drove into the National Forest and found one boondocking location but I don't think I want to take the RV over the road to get there.
Saturday, April 2, 2011
Estes Park Hermit Park Campground
Sunshine is not too fond of riding in the car and he doesn't like new experiences or hiking in new place or places with real wildlife like bears or with other people around. So today we took our dogs, Sunshine and Blossom, to a camp ground near Estes Park to scope out sites to go with our RV.
He salivated all the way up and I really regretted not giving him some ginger for motion sickness. I knew just how he felt since I was getting motion sick also. Then the poor boy did not want to get out at the three campgrounds. Then sometimes he didn't want to get back in. Taking Sunshine any place requires alot of patience and an upbeat attitude.
Once we extracted Sunshine from the car he seemed to relax a bit or at least show an interest. However he was still pretty frightened.
He's still not thrilled to be here.
Sunshine: This is more my style. Lets get away from the road and go through the forest.
Sunshine: Back to the roads again, I guess I have to make the best of it.
Sunshine: I love the rocks!
Sunshine: Ok, we'll keep moving.
Now this is more like it says Sunshine. He likes exploring rocks and natural areas. He just doesn't want to see anybody else or anything man made like roads, cars, picnic tables or fire rings.
Sunshine: Yep, could do this all day.
Sunshine: Mom says we have to look at camp sites. Bah humbug.
This one looks promising says Sunshine.
Sunshine: Or this one.
The dogs: We both like this one.
Max marks one with a level parking area and a good view on the GPS so we can find it later.
Sunshine says, I'd rather explore.
Blossom just loves it all!
Blossom runs and runs until her tongue is dragging.
This is a good one!
Not sure on this one, but I'm going to jump in that snow says Miss Blossom.
This one looks good too.
Sunshine says a wild critter went by here.
Sunshine: Ohh, ohh, I wanna go down this trail but Mom won't let me!
They are all starting to all look pretty similar say the dogs.
Sunshine: But we keep looking.
He seemed to enjoy exploring a bit but he really wanted to go off in the wilderness and not follow the roads to look at the spots. All the campgrounds we looked at are still closed so we parked outside and walked the roads to take photos of ones we thought we'd like. I'm not sure how far we walked but the dogs were exhausted afterward.
We try to make any outing fun for Sunshine by stopping at McDonalds and getting him a burger with no bun or sauce and this always seems to perk him up.
It was hard not to think how much our two recent foster dogs would have loved this outing. Thankfully I think they both went to couples who will take them hiking and camping so they should be getting their own outings. I hope Sunshine starts to enjoy these more since it is difficult to force him to go along when he doesn't really seem to like it.
He salivated all the way up and I really regretted not giving him some ginger for motion sickness. I knew just how he felt since I was getting motion sick also. Then the poor boy did not want to get out at the three campgrounds. Then sometimes he didn't want to get back in. Taking Sunshine any place requires alot of patience and an upbeat attitude.
Once we extracted Sunshine from the car he seemed to relax a bit or at least show an interest. However he was still pretty frightened.
He's still not thrilled to be here.
Sunshine: This is more my style. Lets get away from the road and go through the forest.
Sunshine: Back to the roads again, I guess I have to make the best of it.
Sunshine: I love the rocks!
Sunshine: Ok, we'll keep moving.
Now this is more like it says Sunshine. He likes exploring rocks and natural areas. He just doesn't want to see anybody else or anything man made like roads, cars, picnic tables or fire rings.
Sunshine: Yep, could do this all day.
Sunshine: Mom says we have to look at camp sites. Bah humbug.
This one looks promising says Sunshine.
Sunshine: Or this one.
The dogs: We both like this one.
Max marks one with a level parking area and a good view on the GPS so we can find it later.
Sunshine says, I'd rather explore.
Blossom just loves it all!
Blossom runs and runs until her tongue is dragging.
This is a good one!
Not sure on this one, but I'm going to jump in that snow says Miss Blossom.
This one looks good too.
Sunshine says a wild critter went by here.
Sunshine: Ohh, ohh, I wanna go down this trail but Mom won't let me!
They are all starting to all look pretty similar say the dogs.
Sunshine: But we keep looking.
He seemed to enjoy exploring a bit but he really wanted to go off in the wilderness and not follow the roads to look at the spots. All the campgrounds we looked at are still closed so we parked outside and walked the roads to take photos of ones we thought we'd like. I'm not sure how far we walked but the dogs were exhausted afterward.
We try to make any outing fun for Sunshine by stopping at McDonalds and getting him a burger with no bun or sauce and this always seems to perk him up.
It was hard not to think how much our two recent foster dogs would have loved this outing. Thankfully I think they both went to couples who will take them hiking and camping so they should be getting their own outings. I hope Sunshine starts to enjoy these more since it is difficult to force him to go along when he doesn't really seem to like it.
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