day 354

I don't let the dogs up on the sofas. I like to keep them as hair free as possible. A few weeks ago, Hershey kept bugging me and when I asked her, "what?!" she jumped on the couch with me. She snuggled right up to my neck and, I must admit, it was pretty cute. She just came at me with that same look again so I spread out the blanket and let her come up. She sat her butt right in my lap and laid down. What a piece of work.

day 333

As I was getting the tree set up this afternoon, Hershey decided to lay down right next to it and have a little nap. It was terribly cute. She saw me coming with the camera and sat up - darn it - but the memory is captured in my head, if not on film.

day 327

I'm sitting on the couch with my feet up on the coffee table and Charlie wants some attention...

day 319

The Browns and I joined Arijana and the Black & Whites for a walk out in Otay Valley today. It is so dry out there right now but it was a beautiful, warm afternoon. The dogs love the opportunity to get out and run off the leash and we enjoyed the time to catch up with each other. That's Johnson's silhouette in the second shot.

Thanks for inviting us friend! We love you guys! :)

day 318

I've been trying to take some photos of the Browns together lately. It's tough to catch them sitting together because every time I get up to grab the camera, one of them gets up to see where I'm going. It seems like they are getting older by the minute these days. It's hard to see them hurting when they get up from the floor and to not know if the meds they are on are helping.

day 313

Charlie is the cutest. I love when he lays like this.

day 291

 Mr. Alert - watching over the neighborhood. :)

day 290

We were a bit nervous at the vet this morning. Hershey wanted to hide but there wasn't much room with Charlie in the way so she ended up with her nose to the wall, sitting on him. Too funny!

day 287

Charlie had a seizure at about 4:00 this morning. It's an awful thing to witness. He seems to be doing fine now and we have an appointment with the vet on Saturday to figure out what's going on.

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day 241

It's been SO hot lately that we decided a cool bath before our evening walk would be a good idea.

day 238

Today is my baby girl Hershey's 11th birthday. :) Her eyes are starting to show signs of cataracts and she doesn't have the energy she used to but she still loves playing fetch and riding the waves at Dog Beach. She is so incredibly loving but will rip your arm off if you try to touch her front paws. She always greets me with much excitement when I come home, no matter how late it is and I am so very grateful to have her in my life.

day 217

I had to take Hershey to the vet this morning to have a bite just below her eye looked at. She got into it with Dan's dog, Sarah on Sunday (over a bone, I think.) I have been cleaning the cut out, hoping it would heal up on its own but last night it smelled awful. Sure enough, she's got an infection. She had to have a shot and is now on antibiotics. She gets very anxious at the vet and tries to bite anyone who touches her so that's the reason for the muzzle - which I hate, by the way. I always give her a sedative to make the experience a little easier on her but between the drugs and the muzzle, she just looked so pathetic. I felt terrible for her.

Photo taken with my Palm Treo phone.

day 211

I took the Browns to Coronado this afternoon. It was absolutely beautiful out and I think it was good for all of us to get out in the sunshine for a while. Living in San Diego is pretty freakin' great!

day 192

Charlie is the cutest. He lays like this all the time but I haven't been able to capture it until today. Score one for me!

day 180

Sometimes parents mess up.

I drugged Hershey and took her to the vet today to have a tick removed from her paw. I've been trying to get it out on my own for a couple of weeks and haven't had any luck. Arijana and I even tried to scare it out with a hot match. Well... it turns out that it's not actually a tick - just a little mass, like a wart. I felt so bad for her. Even now, several hours later, she's passed out on the floor and looks so pathetic. Poor girl.

day 178

Arijana and I took the dogs down to Fiesta Island for a walk. The Browns and Johnson did a lot of swimming but Buba stayed dry on the shore, watching them.

day 176

I took the dogs with me this morning as I ran some errands. It started to heat up so when we got to Petco, I didn't feel right about leaving them in the car. They were so excited to be there and went crazy sniffing around at all the toys and bones and bags of food. Charlie was especially drawn to these rawhide bones so we brought a couple home. I tried to get some shots of him in the store but he was moving so quickly, I couldn't get a clear shot with my phone. Hershey helped me out with this shot once we got home.

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day 141

I'm taking Hershey in to have her stitches removed tomorrow. Her face is really healing up nicely! What a difference from the day she had the surgery.