It’s Earth Day!

It is hot here already! (I have no clue why that is still such a surprise to me…) Yep, getting hotter every day. It must be time for more fencing… All the fur has been shed for the season. Dharma is now being referred to as a Mexican Hairless Wolf. Very “wirey” hair & not much of it. Tank (almost 7mo. old now) is still in a full coat of baby fur.

We handed out some toys for Earth Day (mine’s still in the fridge. I’m not sharing either). Tank was the most persistent & ate most of two whole watermelons. Dharma & Kodiak played keep away with the leftovers.

Idaho?

I just got back from a road trip with my sister, to Washington & northern Idaho to look at property. Someday I hope to live in one of those cooler climates out there somewhere. Well, anywhere. It was very pretty & I got to hang out with my sister, my wolf women friends (Kim, Patti, Beth, Ellen, Blair - wolf (wo)man in training) & even some family on the way.

The train that runs through Sandpoint ID…

This is one of my new Idaho peeps. He guards the road. Something like Monty Python’s rabbit I think.

Kenai, Patti’s beautiful boy & Kodiak’s old playmate. He’s one of those creatures with a magic aura all around him. Sweet, happy, a perpetual innocent, charmed. I got to stay with Patti a couple of times on the trip. We stayed up all night & drank tea. She & Beth did a killer howl session with her pack. I started practicing on the way home.

Happy Valentines Day!!

 

V & N
BL & KBFW
B & T
(Val & Noel, Bunny-Lips & Kodiak-Bear-Fish-Wolf, Bug & Tank)

 

Winter in the desert…

“Digging is my new favorite thing!”

Dharma discovers the “Puppy Handle” December 15th 2007

The Other “BARF” Diet December 10th 2007

TOO CUTE!! December 6th 2007

It takes a lot of energy to be the Model AND the Assistant!

Oh no you didn’t!!

Owooooo!!

Seriously, we did.

Long story short, I ended up to be the courier from Minneapolis MN, of two wolf dog rescue puppies, one we kept & an additional one that was adopted by another family.

Very last minute plane tickets, one canceled flight, 4 hours of standing in line at customer service, a shuttle to Ontario at 2am, an unscheduled plane change, two 3 hour delays, a security breach in Arizona, one ”You absolutely cannot bring those two screaming howler monkeys on this flight”, & 2 days of no sleep & little food - later… We got our new baby WD. I guess US Airways is the new “Southwest” to hate. I just kept trying to breathe, remember I had no control over anything & it is the journey, not the destination. I am seriously glad to be home & I will never, ever do that again (voluntarily).

So meanwhile, until things settle a bit, I will just keep taking quick snapshots when I can (to post later). And, really, there is no such thing as a bad puppy picture, so I may not even have to be awake for it. I’m pretty sure they’re crossed with cat though! They have little sharp cat teeth, & scratchy little cat claws that shred your arms & legs. Some say it’s part piranha. Maybe that’s why they like the water so much.

Ever have one of those Vet visits?

Hello out there BARF people… Ever have one of those Vet visits?

Noel & I had a real Twilight Zone experience with our vet recently that I thought I would share so that others who had the same experience would know, “you are not crazy & you are not alone!”

End of Summer (almost)!

September & still hot! With October right around the corner there is at least, a light at the end of the tunnel.

Kodiak-Bear-Fish-Wolf & Bunny Lips, hibernate most of the day in the shade… under the porch… in a hole… so I only get a few pictures early in the morning (less time for them to get into much trouble too).

Pictures are getting difficult anyway with my camera acting up on a regular basis now, so I am shopping for a new one at the moment. I am so happy my friend Howard does all the hard work for me. He is a photographer & an obsessive researcher of technical tools & gadgets all related to the biz. So as soon as I can find a good deal on what Howard has, I’ll be back in business. For real. Thanks Howard!

When they are sweet…

When they are sweet, they are very sweet.

When they are bad monkeys…

 

We have just finished un-thawing & packaging 160 lbs of slimy, gross, chicken necks for the “BARF (Bones And Raw Food) Diet” & I need about 6 showers now!! I don’t know if I will ever be able to do this part without getting the creeps! Noel, again, trudges through anything without a problem. He passes the time showing me each “extra” piece that we get with the frozen necks. A liver, a tongue, whatever. Freak! I just barely keep my balance trying not to breathe through my nose, yet keep my mouth shut so something doesn’t splash in.

Just thought I’d share the wealth.

Kodiak

Last weekend we drove up near Sacramento to pick up Kodiak (our newest adoption) & we are happy to say that he is fitting right in with the girls. Dharma & Bug were ganging up on him a bit at first but then it all evened out pretty fast. He is very shy with people & gets spooked easily, much more “sensitive” than Dharma, but seems to really like the attention when you can get a hold of him. Kodiak has had a rough start as most rescues do, & nearly lost his life to injury & illness inflicted by people, so it may be a while before he feels truly comfortable with us.

Kodiak’s first days here are also a good “yard-stick” to see how far we have come with Dharma. Some things are like a flash back of when she arrived & reminds us that the rough moments pass pretty quickly as he learns our routine & we learn his. One of the first things we found out was that he is definitely a water dog! And as you can see, we need to get something a little larger than the tractor bucket. He barely fits.

Kodiak will not go anywhere without Dharma & always looks to her for direction on what to do next. When he gets insecure or doesn’t know what to do he sits directly on top of her. She puts up with it for a minute or two & then lets him know when she has had enough. Then one of us will do as a substitute instead (I have a feeling we are going to have two big lap monkeys). They are still sorting out some food issues (snooze you lose), but he is getting the idea (& a few treats on the sly).

Thanks again to Patti, Kim & Mike for all the help (some way above & beyond the call of duty) getting us all together! Thanks to Beth too, for taking good care of Kodiak while we got the fence ready.