Lovable Furballs

With all the posts lately about nuisance dogs, I thought maybe we could share a bit about the dogs we know & love. 

Examples A, B, & C: Tucker Half-Ear, Juan Snow, & Bailey - all rescue dogs and all awesome. The first two we found starving and beaten on the side of a road far from anything in northern MN. Couldn't ask for nicer, more well- behaved critters. Adopted Bailey from my folks (who'd adopted her from the streets of Kona) once she got to be too much for them. She has the biggest heart of anyone I've ever met, human or dog alike.

Example D: Sophie, a purebred wack-a-doodle. Seriously the most awesomely ridiculous dog in the history of dogs. Sophie, may she rest in peace, was best-known for doing a flying superdog leap with belly landing at every mud puddle and a huge ol' grin on her face. My kid & I found her starving in a wash at Red Rocks, NV, a common area to dump dogs.

I'd love to hear your lovable furball stories! Bonus points for pics. 

Not a crag dog!!! it makes him anxious, and so he stays at home

Love the three black lab (?) mixes in a line, and the great expression on the little white pup. 

Here is a picture of my Mothers dachshund Max.  He's so light anf fluffy...a feather duster of love. 

Based on the number of likes on these post versus the “ban all crag dogs” posts. It clear we should ban all crag dogs.

Circa 2013 I rapped a short bit on the approach into pumphouse with lulu attached to a pack gear loop

lulu is 12 now and loving life  but when I posted this the interwebz lit me up pretty good

some comments were truly hilarious so I thought we could relive this together

disclaimers: lulu was fine, I don’t do this, you must not do this, etc

literally no one loves or even likes your ass licking furball as much as you do... 

 Hugi the cat

Bernie the wonder dog.

Need a spot ???

Louie! 

He had the quite the fan club at the Gunks back when we lived in NY. But he is older now, deaf and has no teeth.  Plus, very few people leash their "well behaved" dogs here in Vegas and poor leashed Louie gets pestered. At 15, he does not enjoy that anymore. So, we leave him at home (being able to have a doggie door in Las Vegas also helps). 

But he still loves hiking. Here he is over 11,000 feet; a 10 mile, 3400 foot hike. At 15! All under his own poodle power.