Happy Birthday everyone!!

A neat idea from North Shore Animal League

I have a new cousin: CESAR

My mom's brother got a new baby. He is a white German shepherd. His name is Cesar. I will probably never meet him nose to nose but my mom gets to go visit him in Sept. They live in Wisconsin. Isn't he beautiful? This is their 5th shepherd (they love white shepherds more than anything) They say he's a handful and have put him in puppy school.

Yeah, this is a BIG handful.

Here he is 2 months older. I can't believe those ears. And guess who my mom thinks he looks like?

HOOPS!! of Hoops & Yoyo. They're the goofy characters for Hallmark cards. Don't you think Cesar looks like Hoops? I sure hope he grows into those ears!!

Goodbye to Kelsey Ann

We had so much fun following The Kapp Pack with the Blogathon this past weekend (and won a prize)...and now just heard the sad news that they lost their Kelsey Ann. She was the sweet old matriarch of the pack. Please visit them and send them some hugs.

Scorchin' hot Sunday

We stayed up till 3 am reading the Blogathon blog entries. That was so much fun. The Kapp Pack raised a lot of money for MaPaw Siberian Rescue and we won a prize!! We won these rawhide chewies for correctly guessing the answer to a trivia question. Well, Peanut really won but he said they couldn't chew these rawhides because they were too small and I said WE CAN! WE CAN! OUR MOUTHS ARE SMALL!

So we slept in till 1pm! My mom can't believe nobody woke her up howling. But we feel really rested and refreshed. Outside it's HOTHOTHOT today. The sun is back out and the temp is climbing to the high 90s. AC is on today. Sasha cannot stand the heat so we have to think about taking care of her, of course.

The people associated with Double Dog Rescue asked my mom to create a blog page for a beautiful little labradoodle named Clint. This is a fundraising blog. Clint is 6 months old, a sweet, beautiful dog that was born with severe hip dysplasia. The operation is going to be $8-9000 to fix his hips. This is quite daunting but everyone is so in love with him that they want to do everything possible to give him a wonderful life. On our blog we are only going to ask for the money for one hip--which is about $4000. UTK vet school is giving us a discount on the operation. His surgery will be in October. The other hip will be fixed 6 months later. We will raise money for the other hip through other sources. The page isn't ready yet but when it is my mom will have me put a link on my page. My mom asked them to document in pictures everything about his life so we can see the progress and celebrate his successes.
Here is another coonhound my mom fostered. He went to Mutts4Rescue in Portsmouth, RI--he looks a lot like Booker, doesn't he?? My mom loved him and named him Dickens after a little beagle that we lost to parvo (one of Baby's babies, brother to Bitey and Beau). He did have a home but the home broke up--they loved him dearly. He went with the mom but the mom cannot keep up with the active lifestyle he needs so he was returned to the rescue. He is a sweet, gentle, good boy who is house and crate trained so if anybody up there in northeast US would like a coonhound this is your boy!! We totally vouch for him.

So, yeah, this is how we're retiring from rescue. HAHAHAHA NOT!

Our friend, Gus the Beagle, has a new brother! Welcome, OLIVER, to the world wide web of forever homes!!

Here's me. Yes, this is MY blog afterall, Mom !! First, I was chewing on a plastic cup, love those things! and then I climbed up in the freshly washed & dried blankets. There is nothing better than a blanket just out of the dryer!

Take a Beagle Break

We're resting today. It's been a hard week. Because of budget cuts at my mom's work she didn't know until this week that she would still have a job! She was not the one cut so now we can crash and relax. Next year there will be more cuts but we won't think about it today.

Today it is 82 degrees and my mom turned off the AC. It's sort of like a reverse eskimo--Eskimos think 15 degrees is HOT because they are used to much colder temps. We think 82 is COOL compared to 100 we've had lately. And it's cloudy.

We're watching movies and keeping up with the Kapp Pack on the Blogathon. It's pretty exciting! Please help them out with a donation to MaPaw Siberian rescue.

And we're celebrating another whole year with Sasha! Her health is going downhill at a very slow pace. Her tumor is growing (they cannot operate on it--she literally died (twice) from the anaethesia but the vet got her back!). It's blocking her intestine little by little but with a diet that keeps her pooping like soft ice cream she is able to be comfortable. She is bright-eyed and happy, runs around barking and has a great appetite. There is no look in her eyes that says she feels bad. In fact, when my mom thought it was time for her to go to the Bridge several months ago, the vet said, Sasha was not ready yet!! Imagine that. It was July 26 last year that we found out about the tumor--so we've had her another whole year!

An award from Charlie Daniels

Look what my friend Charlie Daniels gave me!! Isn't it awesome? My mom is so proud. There are rules that come with it and I must post them:

Add the logo of the award to my blog
Add a link to the person who awarded it to me
Nominate at least 7 other blogs
Add links to those blogs on my blog
Leave a message for my nominees on their blogs.

I've done all those on the list. Instead of 7 blogs I'm going to nominate one blog with at least 7 animals and that would be Jan's Funny Farm. She has a beautiful group of cats and dogs.

AND, please notice my new clock to the right! My friend Oorvi had this beautiful beagle clock starring ME (don't you think it looks just like me??) made by his human Mercury. Thank you, Oorvi! Mercury is a brilliant artist.

What did Petey do?

We are watching Petey through the door (the door with dog nose goop on it so it looks blurry). Petey is howling at something in a bowl. He has been howling for 15 minutes. What could it be?

We move outside so we can figure this out.

Peeeeteeeey, what did you do?

He had trapped a salamander in the bowl. Mom took it out.

Run away, slimey little lizard!

It was stunned for a minute then it disappeared in a flash under the deck.

Storm!!

Well, it started out as a normal beastly hot day here in the South--99 degrees. Then my mom came home from work and she brought this terrible thunderstorm with her! Look at how dark it was:

Thunder boomed. Lightning flashed. Bitey started freaking out and howled, Let me hide in your lap, Mom!! Now!! He's about to smash her face, look out! BAM!!

Is this a crazed beast or what??!!

Scooby and Sasha ran into the linen closet. Baby hid behind my mom's chair. Summer shrieked at everydog, Get out of my way! I'm hiding behind the couch!And I'm sitting here next to my mom's chair wondering what in hayle is wrong with all these doggies? It's just a little noise and a whole lotta rain. All ya'll are chickens. Bawkbawkbawkbawk

Unspectacular Quirks Meme

Jan's Funny Farm tagged us to do the unspectacular quirks meme. These are the rules: Link to the one who tagged you. List the rules on your blog. Tell about 6 unspectacular quirks of yours. Tag some blogger friends with links. Leave a comment on their blog to let them know they've been tagged.

Here goes with my 6 brothers:

me, River--Whenever my mom takes a shower I have to steal her socks and carry them out to the living room.

Hootie--whenever he's in a cage he licks the bars constantly

Bailey--he growls when any dog comes within 3 feet of him--in our house it means he never stops

Mousse--he will eat only Beneful

Petey--always the last to come in

Davoo--barks at the chairs in the yard

Beau--creates a cocoon with his blanket and hides

Nothing too weird here. Of course, I didn't include the girls, hahaha. For this I will tag my friends Eduardo and Tatum Tot.

Tags

I have been very slow about getting to these but finally had some time!

A NAME tag from Brandy the Great and Willow.

What is your name?
RIVER or REEver as my mom says

If you could change your name, what would it be?
Something like Savage Sam, yeah, that would scare off the bully beagles around here.

What is your pet's name (it can be a webkinz or a real pet)?
Georgia is my pet. She is crazy but I love her!

If you could change your pet's name what would it be?
call her SAVANNAH. That's hot.

What is your brother or sister's name?
brothers: Bitey, Beau, Davoo, Petey, Bailey, Mousse, Hootie & sisters: Daisy, Sasha, Belle, Baby and Summer.

If you could change their name, what would it be?
I would go with my mom's idea--a theme of some kind like music or mythology.

And I have to tag as many friends as letters in my new name, (Sam=3 letters) 3 doggies!

So, I tag Oorvi, Bolo, and Goofy & Rudolph!

Have fun!