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"Ernie on the car ride to his furever home. He has a ridge of reversed fur running down his nose like a Rhodesian Ridgeback's back!" |
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"BEFORE: A pic on FB of Ernie (aka Macho) taken at his old "home" in snowy Milwaukee, WI." |
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"AFTER: Only a truly content dog, confident in his safety, sleeps on his back. Chicago, IL." |
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"Sleeping in the back of the Jeep during the long car ride home from Dr. M's in Indiana..." |
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"...the sound of the camera woke me up! Hey, what 'cha doin'..." |
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"Ernie fixates on smells, or on things he THINKS he smells..." |
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"...following the smell behind the exercise bike... only to find..." |
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"Ernie drawn to something he smells under the couch. He "found" a glow ball of Lucy's and a chew toy that I swear on a stack of Bibles I had thrown out..." |
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"but now nothing is under there. We've vacuumed, dusted with the Swiffer wet, sprayed, but Ernie still thinks there's something under there." |
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"Day 5: Ernie chose... Ernie! out of the toybox. Check out the video..." |
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"Day 5: Ernie and Burt check out the toybox... Burt keeps taking toys out of the box back into the bedroom. Every time the Mom turns around to pick up a toy Ernie takes another out." |
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"Day 4: Ernie puts his own spin on Honey's classic move - sitting on her opponent - by adding GAS!" |
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"Day 5: Burt trying to sit on top of Ernie, and Ernie grabs Burt's tail." |
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"Day 4: Tired from playing, Ernie shows the classic tongue-hanging-out-side-of-mouth Golden smile." |
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"Day 5: An overflowing toybox, toys new and old" |
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"Day 4: Ernie channels Dixie, Burt & WINston sheltering under the Mom's rocker during the first T-Storm of the day." |
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"Day 5: Burt takes Ernie's stuffy, so Ernie takes Burt's... everyone's smilin'" |
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"Day 4: Ernie, aka Mountain Goat, climbs up to check out a reflection & the cat tree" |
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"Ernie & Burt relaxing together at the end of Day 4, before the evening T-Storms." |
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"Day 1: Ernie & Mom & some Toys in the backyard. We brought out some of the Chicago Crew's toys today--looks like a toybox exploded all over the patio!" |
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"Day 1: Ernie gets some scritches while Dad sits on the swing in the backyard." |
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"One last pic of Ernie at the shelter... enjoying a chew on his "duck". Yup, Ernie has a duck... not rubber, but a duck all the same." |
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"Ernie gave Burt kissed, then went in for another kiss and Burt turned into a Velociraptor! Aw, why Mom, why?" |
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"Ernie strolling around during his Meet n' Greet. We brought him another of Lucy's balls which seemed to calm him down a bit." |
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"Ernie wants to give kisses--he can't understand why he can't." |
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"Ernie with his duck going to catch his ride to Chicago!" |
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"Ernie brought his duck home with him, along with the ball we gave him last week." |
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"Burt at HSCA for the big Meet n' Greet!" |
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"Ernie has left the building." |
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"We all behaved a bit better once we started walking around." |
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"The "first" picture of Burt & Ernie in our home... thanks S&S Mom!" |
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