Dog Park Days Returns

I am back to blogging slowly. I have adjusted to my new life in Iowa and feel ready to get back to blogging. I have missed it very much. Darwin and Salem are doing well. We lost Zebra, our other guinea pig about a year ago. She passed away quickly. Salem is getting old but you would never know it.
Darwin goes everywhere with me. He is such a great guard dog and companion.
Still ornery for being seven years old. In the photo above you see blue teeth. He enjoys finding crayons the girls drop and eats them. Yuck.
Darwin continues to love Salem, helping clean her and makes sure she is happy.
Darwin loves his girls and follows them everywhere. When they leave he wanders the house looking for them and whines. That breaks my heart but it is life now. Visitations causing children to go from house to house from divorce are not easy on anyone, pets included.
Darwin and me.
The girls love taking Darwin out for ice cream. He is spoiled.

Dog Park Days Goes on a Bloggy Break Till Spring

Oh my!

It has been way too long since I posted. Please excuse the dust. I am going to be creating a new blog.

Dog Park Days is going on an extended Bloggy Break until Spring.

I want to make a Guinea Pig Blog. I know. I know. It is silly. This will be a great winter project for Maizie and me. I will post a link to the new blog as soon as it is ready.

Meet Our New Guinea Pigs!

Meet Salem. Salem is a Guinea Pig. I know...I know...what are these Guinea pigs doing on a dog blog? Well, Maizie had been begging for a couple of guinea pigs for months. I was growing weary of finding guinea pig videos on my iPhone and endless chatter about guinea pigs. So, we "cavied" and bought her a pair. Salem is the shy one.
Darwin is in love with Zebra the black and white cavie. Zebra loves to be held for hours and seems to enjoy Darwin's intrusive attention. I think Darwin may be a tad bit jealous? Whenever the guinea pigs are out he has to be laying right there. He loves to clean them with his big ol' tongue. I don't think the cavies appreciate it but they put up with him. Maizie finds holding them very relaxing. It amazes me how lovable these little critters are. Thank goodness because they have a very long life span. They will be pals with Maizie for years to come.



It is hard to decide who is cuter! You may be wondering where Stella is. Lets just say Stella is a tad more "passionate" with the guinea pigs. She wants to herd them and make them her dinner. When the guinea pigs are out Stella has to go down for nappy time. Poor Stella.