Dogs & Ladders

Ladder down the backside of Saddleback or Basin. I can't remember which.



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CAT!

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Mmmmm Yummy!

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Remember Yoshi?

Remember late last winter we started hiking with Sean, his kids and his new dog Yoshi?

Yoshi was full of boundless Australian Cattle dog energy, but a little light on the side of manners or training.

All that changed (except the energy) within a few hikes. Quickly she became a well behaved trail dog running and playing with the pack as expected.

She got so good on the trail she graduated to trail running with not only Sean on his bike, but with a group of bikes too.

Things were really going great until this weekend. Saturday night Yoshi got hit and drug by a car. Needless to say, She was hurt pretty bad - mostly road rash, but no broken bones.

Recovery is expected to take two months.

Hopefully she'll be ready for hikes again come fall, and we can help get her back in shape.

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Outdoor Dog

Gretchen did pretty well while we played on the rocks all weekend. Sunday got a little rowdy when two other dogs showed up, but at least they had fun while we had fun.

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Morning Routine

Gretchen pre-run-ready.

Gretchen post-run-rinse.


After each run/ride it's into the lake to rinse off the gunk. A couple of stick fetches from the lake usually do the trick, then it's time to towel dry, load up and head home for coffee - for us, not her.

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Ouch!

Remember Badu and Nali -- I said I was going to post more about them this week?

This isn't exactly the post I intended, but this is certainly interesting.

When we got back to the house in Julian Saturday night (12:30am) after a long day of climbing and dining, we went to let the dogs (Nali, Badu, and Gretchen) out. Without any notice, Nali and Badu bolted into the night. Luckily I got Gretchen to go back with me into the house.

Mike called and called, but Nali and Badu were gone. Too tired, annoyed and helpless to chase them into the night, we decided to go to bed and let them be.

Throughout the night I could hear Badu barking (way) off into the distance. Around 4:30am the barking got closer, so I woke up Mike to get them back in.

They didn't make it back in, but he did get them. Besides a little skunkiness, here's why they stayed chained up outside the rest of the night.

See the two in Badu's nostril? Ouch!!

What's worse is this is the second time in a week Nali did this!

That's $750 worth of porcupine quill removal in one week!

Good news is both are recovering.

Whether either of them learned anything, we'll just have to wait and see.

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Gretchen the Destroyer

It's probably anxiety, but we left Gretchen for only 30 minutes the other day.

When we got back, we found this.

(blogger's rotating my pictures wrong again!)

It was a cassette tape.

Oh well.

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Meet Badu

At least that's how I think you spell her name. She's a genuine sled dog. You'd never believe it just looking at her, but it's true.

Hopefully I'll have more on Badu and her "sister" Nali (you can sort of see her off to the side) next week.

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Raining Dogs & Dogs

It rained hard all day in West Virginia on Sunday July 5th, and this is about all we did.

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Stinker at Daycare

I won't deny it. She's a spoiled rotten stinker.

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