Hi everybody!

Merry Christmas! I'm so sorry I have been so delinquent in posting here. I hope all of you are well and happy. We've had a good year, mostly. I may have told some of you, really can't remember, but my dad had a stroke back in March, then a second one in May. He is home, where he will stay, but he needs someone with him all the time. He is not paralyzed, but it affected his thinking and speech. He seems to be confused and lost a lot of the time, though--the thing he does NOT forget… Continue

Wow I didn't realize it had been that long since I've posted an update...sorry guys! Well a lot has been going on so time has flown by last few months. Kodabear & I have had a major life change. Sadly Koda's daddy & I have since split up and divorced. But fortunately for me, I kept custody of Kodabear....there's no way I could give up my kid. I'm lucky enough to have such wonderful loving parents who love Kodabear just as much as I do, so she is having the time of her life living at thei… Continue

Poor Jake ,,, seems to have all the bad luck with the gene pool!

He had a small lump on his nose that we thought was some sort of animal bite (angry chipmunk etc) then we found another one on his side ... off to the vet who was concerned enought to order needle aspiration followed by surgery. The good news was that after 4 nail biting days the pathologist came back with good news - lumps were benign and nothing to worry about .... the bad news was the vet carved out huge margins just incase the… Continue

Callie had her annual visit today. She's 86.5 pounds! She's very proud to be catching up to her sibs. She and Daisy are both very happy and healthy and ready for fall. How is everybody?

Hi there! I have been doing some web searching to find out a bit more on Miss Zoe, whom I adopted from Ernest back in April. He had told me a bit about her history and how she found her way to the great northwest, but it wasn't until I came across the blogs that I am fully realizing what an amazing family she is from.

She is an absolute gem. Sweet and kind and with the more patience than I could ask for. She absolutely loves people, dogs and cats without discretion. I have found her curled up w… Continue