A Wonderful Story!

Last week was very sad for many of us Dogsters having lost Nari, Joey and Jake. So, to cheer all of our pup pals up - she found and posted a video of committment, loyalty and just plain LOVE!!

Take a peek at this You Tube video. We think you'll see the beauty, too!

Cooper - An inspiration

What a Day!

We had a wonderfur day today.

We heard Mom on the phone this morning telling someone she wouldn't be able to make it to the office because she's sick. Hmmm, we knew she was under the weather but not THAT sick...... When Mom hung up the phone - she sang those magical words "Who wants to go to the beach?"!! I'd seen her checking the tidal heights. (We only go when the tide's low - Mom's afraid we may run over the breaker wall if we're too far from the shoreline.) We couldn't believe our ears - the beach - it's our absolute favorite place to run and play!!! We were sooo excited, we could barely eat our breakfasts!!

Mom had to do a few things, and all four of us followed her around; trying to urge her to go a bit faster so we could go to THE BEACH! Before we knew it - we were off.

We know from the driving route that the beach is our eventual destination - we pant wildly and push our heads out the windows with huge smiles while the wind blows our lips - and sometimes our lips make silly, slapping sounds :) The anticipation is always intense.

We finally arrived, and the beach was amazing! Tucker, Max and Vayla chased the seagulls - Tucker swam A LOT against a fairly aggressive surf. He's amazing against the surf - nothing can prevent him from chasing those birdies. We all participated in the multitude of birdie chases.

As wonderful as it was, it became even that much more .... WE SAW DUCKS! Could this be? We're not in the woods today - we've NEVER seen ducks in the ocean before - DUCKS - here - in the ocean - Yes, indeedy - and lots of em'!! Mom tried to take pictures of us but we were so fast and soooo far beyond Mom ..... we'll see how they come out.

It was amazing - grey sky, low tide, fog slowly rolling in and about 50 degrees. We stayed for over two hours and walked the three miles, each way - well; Mom walked - we ran with cheek-splitting smiles on each of our faces!

We are all so very sleepy now, resting comfortably next to our Mom. We had a wonderful day today - and our dreams tonight will be that much fuller.

Today's My Birthday!!

Today I turned 10 years-old!!

Being 10 is wonderful, because there are a lot of days in all those years; and since being adopted by my family, all those days have been joyful and happy. So many days full of smiles, chasing my wonderful brothers, crazy times, ear rubs, kisses, comfort, squirrel chases, eating yummmies, making new friends and seeing old ones. But most of all, each and every one of those days, I've given all my love to my family and friends; and they have given all their love to me :) Mom always says... "Vayla loves love".

So, today I'm 10. My eyebrows and muzzle are getting greyer, my run isn't as fast as it once was, and I get little bumps over my body with age. Each and everyday, I awake with a smile on my face, awaiting the adventures to be with a trot to my walk. After all, age is just a number :) Which is why I can't understand why Mom sometimes call's me - her "old bird dog". I prefer the nickname "Mamalina"!

A Winter Wonderland

Me and my family had a lot of fun in the woods tonight! We ran and played like crazy pups - well, I'm a little older than my brothers, so I can't run as fast as they. But I love the soft feeling of the fluffy snow under my paws. And the best part was after we hiked, we came home, ate our dinner and had frozen marrow bones - Those are our favorite thing in the world - YUMMY!

We are all so very sleepy and cozy, resting on our big comfy bed and dreaming about tomorrow.

We Found Peppy LePew!

My furbrother, Joey, wrote the below regarding his encounter yesterday with a skunk.

Ode to Peppy LePew, by Joey
While running yesterday at the park,
I cornered Peppy and at him I barked.
As the HOUR went by, unrelenting was I;
So he sprayed me til I left after dark!


Note from Mom:
..... The smell was nauseating, but the happy ending is Max and Vayla were left unscathed. Joey and Tucker had a deskunking bath after FINALLY getting home and smell like their beautiful selves today:)