Sunny Days Are Here...Finally!

Maizie is Doing Better! Sean and Carol Have a Baby!

I am so behind on the dog blogs! Maizie is finally doing much better. We are on day three of no throwing up. She has been diagnosed with Cyclical Vomiting Syndrome. We spent so much time in the hospital in the last twenty eight days if felt like we were going to have to move in! CVS is like having a majorly bad migraine that lasts a long time in your belly. We were surprised it is not seizures....well, at least we think she is not having seizures at this point. She was sick with this last bout of CVS for twenty eight days! Miserable. There was nothing fun about it. It is so good that we finally have a diagnosis. This will help us treat the episodes with the right medication. Hopefully it will be a while before she has another CVS episode.

Thank you for all of your prayers, e-mails and comments. I really appreciate them. We are working on catching up with the Dog Park Days blog and reading all of our doggie friends blogs.

The above photo is Maizie visiting with her doggie friend Gail. Sean and Carol who frequent the dog park with Gail and Zephyr added a new member to their family recently...little Archer. We were able to visit Carol today and I took this picture of her holding baby Archer. How cute is he? They are all doing well!

Beautiful Day, Beautiful Dogs

The weather was beautiful for the dog park today. Darwin, our German shepherd mix was so excited on the way there that he was "talking" up a storm in the car as we turned into the parking lot. In the photo above he is getting to know Nanook, the puppy shepherd on the bottom and Kotter, a beautiful standard poodle at the top.

Kotter was named after the character Kotter (Gabe Kaplan) in Welcome Back Kotter. The owners said Kotter's curly hair was their inspiration. Too cute! Kotter is also a therapy dog who works with children. Very cool.

Kotter looks like a Muppet here, I think.


Darwin must be checking Nanook for fleas or something.

The chase begins.

They quickly wear out and Nanook has to rest for a while.


Darwin and Nanook like to wrestle.



Stella works up the courage to play a bit with Kotter. She runs a bit and then hides behind Maizie and Joe's legs. That little stinker.
Wow! Look at Kotter flying.

Stella gets brave and chases Kotter a bit.

This is a close up of what Stella looks like when the big dogs are chasing her. She loves it.
Gail was one of the few dogs I saw actually playing with this red ball. Stella just jumps over it and the others just stare at it.
Gail on the run for Darwin.

Darwin was getting a little upset with Stella here. Darwin likes to be on his own at the dog park. Of course Stella wants to be with him constantly.

A Beautiful Cool Summer Day for Puppy Play!

Here is our little rascal Stella. We officially managed to wear her out today. Darwin and Stella are becoming good buddies. They like to sniff around and wrestle. We met another adorable Australian Cattle Dog named Nelson a few days ago but I did not have my camera with me. Nelson is nine months old with the exact same markings as Stella. I hope to get some pictures of Stella and Nelson playing together soon.

Sean and Carol were leaving the dog park when we arrived. They were nice enough to stay a little longer so the dogs could get to know Stella. They did very well with her. I was worried they would try and chase her down like a lil' rabbit.

Here the dogs are picking on Potato, who seems to be loving every minute of it.

Diesel was playing catch and joined in to wrestle with the others for a while.

I took this shot of Bhutan relaxing a few days ago. There won't be as many dog park pictures for a while. I will be taking some time away for a surgery. Hopefully I will be back at the dog park real soon! Joe and Maizie may take some pictures for me so keep checking back.

Pizza at the Park

Today was a beautiful day. A perfect breeze, no mosquitoes and not too hot. A perfect day to hang out at the dog park. We had planned to go for a while and then get lunch afterwards. Maizie was so enthralled in playing with the dogs that she did not want to leave. Finally, we picked up Pizza King and enjoyed a picnic lunch. Kodi was playing with Sophie above. I hope I get all of the dogs names right. There were so many coming and going and I did not have a pen to write down names. Forgive me if I mess up a name.

Here is Kodi, a gorgeous yellow lab. When I was taking pictures she would come out and sit on my feet and lean against me. So sweet.

Maizie went out to visit with Sophie's owner. I caught this picture of him kissing Sophie. Maybe this is one reason I love the dog park. Everyone seems so full of love and happy watching their dogs. I think I soak up this energy and love every minute of it.
Libby the pit bull was full of good loving today. I caught this picture of her running through the air. She is so beautiful. We had a few discussions today about the bad rap pit bulls have. After knowing Libby I have a new found love for this breed. I am saddened by the abuse and sad situations they are often bred for. Libby is proof that pit bulls can be loving and adorable dogs if they are treated with the love and respect that all dogs deserve.
Every now and then Kodi would run over to the water bowl and splash around in it. I love it when the dogs play in the water. Sean came out with the greyhounds today. Zephyr and Gail sure do love to run.

Here we are on the other side of the dog park enjoying our lunch. It drove the dogs a bit crazy smelling all the yummy pizza. Our tummy's were all satisfied and before we knew it we were back playing with the dogs.Here is a beautiful shot of Ginger. Maizie was so happy to see Ginger and Michelle. Check out Ginger's My Space page on the side bar. If anyone wants their pup's my space page or picture put on the side bar write a comment or e-mail me and I will post it for you.Here is little Roxy. Roxy loved Joe and kept giving him licker kisses. Most of the tiny dogs seem to gravitate to Joe. It is kinda weird. Okay, maybe all dogs gravitate towards Joe since every now and then Nikki seen below would leap up on Joe and cover him with wet, sloppy kisses.

At one point today a military officer stopped by after noticing Darwin playing. He said he had trained a dog that looked just like him. Darwin apparently brought back some good memories for him. He stared at Darwin in amazement. Darwin is so cool.
Maizie loves kissing Kodi. She is such a squeezable dog. I love that thick yellow lab skin. You just can't help but hug labs a lot.Above all the dogs are running around. They love to chase and run whenever a new dog comes to the park. Then, they slow down and rest for a while. I love Darwin's expression in this shot.

Maizie loved playing with this little dalmatian. I swear they look like they have the same expressions on their faces. Look at the dalmatians ears blowing in the wind. Adorable.