To Sleep or Not To Sleep

Our Winter weather has made everyone

of us at the Day Care pretty lazy.

We do a lot of sleeping cause it has been

so cold and miserable.

Or we play with balls, chew on bones

and sleep some more.

So today I tried my "Pitiful" face and finally

convinced My Vickie that it was time

to head out to my park.  And guess what.....

 

You guessed....She fell for it.

She called up Murphy's Mom and asked

her if she and Miss Sophie wanted to meet us

there.....and guess what........THEY DID!

It was wonderful, I mean except for the fact

that Miss Sophie is really a "touchy-feely" kind of

dog and she is always in my face.  But

I can work with that.......I can work with anything

if I get to go out playing in the snow.

Miss Sophie and I played for an hour or more

in the deep snow.  My Vickie and Paulette would throw

snow balls into the air and I would catch them.

 

I am very good at it......

It was a great time and I am so glad

Miss Sophie and Paulette joined us.

It was kind of weird not having Goose and

Michelle there but My Vickie says, we will all

be walking together this Saturday.

 

I can't wait.

Now.....My Vickie is working on our Tax's

and I am Trashed.  Tired...Pooped..exhausted.

So goodnight my friends,

I hope you all had as much fun as I did today.

I am going to get my rest so I can be

ready for the

Sponsored by my buddy Sarge  I have been

practicing and can't wait.

 

See ya there.

Love

Bert

Home is where Heaven is

 

Last night we went out to watch the snow

falling.  Me and My Vickie like to catch the

snowflakes in our mouths.  It is a fun game

 

 

It was amazing how BIG the snowflakes were.

Some were as big as my nose, others

covered My Vickie's palm

 

 

Cosmo got a few that fell on his body and the

one in the picture above is JUST ONE

snowdrop.  Seriously.  They were that BIG

I mean, does it get any better than this

 

Scotsmad: Yes, we are telling

the truth and nothing but the truth, this is

a picture of just one snowflake on Cosmos head. 

Honestly, I wouldn't lie about that. 

They were the size of My Vickies Palm 

 

 

So this morning, before the sun came up

(Like we are going to see the sun) We all went

out to shovel the kennels out.

Man there was a lot of snow.

 

When our guests came outside, they were shocked

and some of them, just turned around and went

back inside.  Mornings are so great.

 

 

Abby wasn't a lot of help at shoveling

but then, now that Jamie is gone

Abby is the queen and she directs, not

helps.  It is her duty.

 

 

So last night we got another foot of snow

and today we are going to have to

spend the day shoveling the roofs off again

But it is fun.  I stand under the buildings and My

Vickie pushes tons of snow off the roof

for me to catch and play with.

 

 

Today was the day for Bassets.  James Dean

brought all the foster dogs that have stayed

with him to play.  They all have wonderful homes

now, all except Sweet Bessie, so it was a day

of rejoicing and playing with friends

he hasn't seen for months.

 

 

 

 

Dougal joined in on the fun to.

Like me, he had cut himself on our ice

last week.  It opened up the old wound from

his snake bite.  Click here to READ.

 

But it is healed pretty much now so he got to

come today.  My foot cuts and the slices in

My Vickie's leg are not healed yet, but doing ok.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Of course, Allred would have nothing to do

with the snow.  Since he re-appeared last December

he has turned into a total "House Cat"

Wonder what happened.

 

 

Well, there was too much snow to get out

of the property to day to take me to the groomer

so I dont' get to go to the Hospital and visit

my patients, but even though I will miss them all

I am having a great time at my own home in

my little slice of heaven.

 

Love

Bert

Good Luck Mid West

 

We want to start out by wishing all of you

in the Mid West who are being hit

by the ice storms that just left us.

You are in for a rough go of it and you will

be in our prayers. 

 

 

We are just barely getting out from under the dangerous

conditions where everything  you do outside

is like walking on an ice rink. 

 

Allred had enough of the cold and transported

out for a quick visit to his girl Nellie

They had a wonderful time in the warm weather.

 

Back here, even though it is

cold, icy and foggy.  We are still

"Seeing Beautiful"

We caught this moment of sweetness when

Scrappy fell asleep on Gooses back.

Tender Tender

We have a fun new pup coming

for Day Care, You gotta love

those Black Lab puppies.

Mugzie sent us a picture from

one of his hikes.  You might remember

that he was a guest of ours for several

months while we searched for the perfect

home.  As you can see, the perfect home

came along and life is good

I finally got my walk.  We had to find

a trail that no one had been on because

it is so slick that you can't walk on trails,

you have to forge your own way.

Ah I live in an incredible place

Check out my view.

My Vickie wanted to show you this ice

layer.  She took her camera and put it down

inside one of her footprints after she

crunched through the snow/ice.

Each step for her was painful because

the ice would slice her legs with each

step as her foot broke through the snow.

This is a sheet layer of the surface of the snow.

 

My paws were cut up a bit

too so our walk was cut short

I could have stayed out forever, but

I guess it wasn't too smart

 

So be careful all my friends on the east coast

and the Midwest as this nasty but beautiful

storm comes your way.  Stay safe

and stay home if you can.

 

We had many many accidents and several

deaths from this storm.  We just want you all

to be safe.  Oh, and on the cool side

 

IT IS SNOWING AGAIN AND

I LOVE LOVE LOVE IT

 

Love

Bert

Blacke and White Sunday

 

Happy Sunday My Friends

Lost in the fog,smog and ice storms

I know you haven't seen much of me the last week, and

We are pretty sure that it will be sporadic for

the next two weeks, but I told My Vickie

that we at least needed to check in and let you

know we are ok.

 

Like I said, it has been

foggy, smoggy, icy and bitterly cold

here in Northern Utah

The last few days with all the bad air,

fog and smog we have also

had the first ice storm that My Vickie

can ever remember happening.

Course Us Dog (like Dougal above and below)

still think we are in heaven, cause as you

know, we are good with water in whatever

form it should decide to show itself.

I have not been able to go for

walks or hikes for a week because

My Vickie says it is dangerous for her.

Apparently it wasn't too dangerous

for Dougal, his dad took him

for a long hike after the last storm.

 

But I did get to go and do a demonstration

about wilderness safety, Search Dogs

and Therapy Dogs

 

This was a great group of kids

and me, Tucker and Tye had a great time.

We even got to play soccer with the kids.

 

They had one of the boys climb way

up high on some stuff about 6 feet off the ground

and then they brought me in to find him.

 

Pfft....like that was hard or tricky to me.

Come on...it's me.

My Vickie would have got a picture of

me after I jumped up onto the high shelf

to find my boy but she was so surprised

that i climbed up there, she

didn't have time to grab the camera.

 

Back at the Day Care I found

my buddy Goose snoozing the day away

Check out his post to see more

about our bitter winter.

Actually, that is how most of us

have spent the last week.

Snoozing

Miss Bessie opened her eyes

for this picture, then went right

back to sleep

I guess I'll have to accept that this is

how my days are going to be for

at least a few more days,  I kind of understand

cause this morning I went out to play

and cut my foot on the ice and kept slipping

and falling.   Maybe you humans are right.

I mean, yes I have two more legs than you do

but no sense breaking one of them just

to get a little fun today.

 

I know that as soon as it is reasonable

My Vickie will take me hiking and to the river

to make up for it.

 

Stay Safe

Bert

 

Added Note:  Thanks to Murphy and Stanleys

mom we have a new de-icer for all of those

of you who live in our area.

We are going out to try it right now.

THANKS MURPHY

 

Yes it is terrible!! Mom just used a dog-safe ice melt and it worked out well so if you do not know about it:

Mix 1T rubbing alcohol and 1t of Dawn dish soap in 1/2 a gallon of water. It melts the ice and does not refreeze. We just did 17 steps off our deck and it worked great!

Keep Calm & Bark On!

Murphy & Stanley



Generations

My Dad, Me and Mom

It's Geneology Sunday

OH yeah
Allred I brought this
message back for you.

 

(PS.  My Vickie said I need to confess that the picture of me and

my dad and mom is not real.  She just photoshopped in

pictures of my mom and dad next to me to show you how we all

look like father son and mother.  Sorry if we mislead you.

Like most of you, I havn't seen either of them

since I was eight weeks old which is kinda sad.)



The Question

Well here I am, off on an adventure

in the name of Love.

 

Allred has asked me to find his

love Nellie and ask her a

very important question.

 

I have been told NOT to come

back without a Yes.

 

Now on behalf of my "Buddy" (yes I said it)

Allred, I must tell those of you who have suggested

he should do this himself, that he still

suffers from knee injury that he got

while on his month long walk-a-bout

Last year (November and December)

 

So travel at this time is a little painful and he

is hoping to be all better by

Valentines Day.

 

 

So anyway, I am off to the far reaches of

Canada and boy is it cold.

 

I am not sure I can make this trip on

my own so have asked a friend to help me out.

 

 

Check it out.....my friend Vidock from

The Poupounette's has volunteered

to take me there.  He is the fastest horse

I have ever met.  We are almost flying over

the cold snowy countryside and should be arriving

in minutes.   I sure hope Nellie is home 

 

 

Ah, we are here Vidock.  I can't believe

how smooth the ride has been.   And if I say

so myself, we look pretty good together.

 

 

 

So Nellie, What say Ye?

Will ya go.

 

Please answer soon, Vidock and I

cannot return without a YES.

 

and I am allergic to roses

and the stem has three thorns

on it that have punctured my tongue.