LITTLE DOG SADIE

Woof everypups and everycats. Twice a week Mom goes down to Hope Animal Shelter to volunteer to help clean the kennels. About a month ago, a little white dog was brought to the shelter where she was named Sadie. Sadie is a feral dog and is really nervous most of the time. When Sadie was brought to the shelter she would constantly walk the perimeter of her kennel when she is inside and just have a distant look on her face. The lady that runs the shelter believes that Sadie has some type of neurological problems but Mom doesn't think so. Mom thinks that because Sadie was alone in the desert for so long she doesn't know how to interact with anybody. We think that Mom is right because Sadie doesn't seem to walk in circles as much as she use to and she is focusing more on her surroundings. She even has taken food from Mom's hand and will let Mom scratch her little nose. Mom asked us what we thought about Sadie coming to live with us and we thought that was a pawsome idea.

Pee Ess: Once again, thanks to Suka and K for being such great friends.

PHOTOS

This is me, Keiko. I don't get a chance to post a lot so I figured I would sneak in while the boys are outside peeing on everything. You know how boy dogs are.

This is a patio that Mom has been working on. It's not very level and Mom ran out of brick so she made rock gardens in the corners. It gives Toby and Norman something else to pee on.

Woo Woo! We have a new roof. Mom's happy with it and us dogs are just glad to have our yard back. We were cooped up for three days and couldn't go into the back yard at all.

Pee Ess: Thanks to Suka and K for cheering Mom up. We love you guys.

ALPHA DOG TOBY

Woof everypups, cats and hamsters, Toby here. Since Scuba died, Mom says that I'm now the Alpha Dog in the pack. I've never been Top Dog and I don't know if I can do a good job. Scuba was such a great Alpha and made it look easy. She tried to teach me the ways of a good Alpha Dog before she died and I hope I can remember everything. Anyway, here are some photos of our house after a big storm a couple months ago. It was really scary and Mom made us all sleep in the living room together.

CROSSING THE BRIDGE

Top dog Scuba

October 18th 1995 - April 12th 2010

Toby here, sorry it's been awhile since we've written anything and Mom has promised to try and post a couple times a week. Like a lot of folks she has had a difficult time finding steady work but she still manages to bring home doggie biscuits for us. And, to make everything worse, Scuba Crossed The Bridge on April 12th, 2010. It's been hard on Mom, but Norman, Keiko and myself are doing what we can to cheer her up. I think it's working because this morning Mom actually laughed and said that The Ghost of Scuba must have tipped over the garbage because me, Norman and Keiko have been so good lately.