We would have taken him back

David and I both thought the same thing when we read that Mopes had been returned: we would take him back. Thankfully he already has a new home. It was so good to hear about him. I wonder if he really did have medical problems. I'm just glad he's okay now.

Update from Kris on Moped aka Duke

Here's what Kris had to say:

"Thought I'd bring you up to date on Moped.

He got returned a week ago this past Saturday from the family that we had placed him with in Castle Rock. They were all teary eyed . They said that he has a medical problem that causes him to lose weight and have constant diarrhea. Well, when they brought him here, his weight was just fine and his stool appeared totally normal. I guess we'll never know the real reason they returned him - our clause in the contract says that we'll take the dog back - no questions asked, so I guess that part will remain a mystery.

Moped looked wonderful! He is a very bouncy, happy boy. His appearance hasn't changed much - he's just a bigger model than before. Very well mannered, loved playing with all the youngsters we have here and was delightful to have visit - yep visit, he got adopted the very next day. This all happened so quickly that I didn't even get a picture taken of him to post to the website. An absolutely wonderful family that lives up in the mountains nearby Aspen adopted him. They recently lost their 6-year old GSP to cancer and now were ready to add another GSP to their life. The family consists of mom and dad, daughter age 11, and son age 17. All dog crazy and a very active family. They own a monstrous home with about 35 acres of mountainside. Only 5 acres of that is fenced with the invisible fencing and Moped is learning to respect the boundaries. I've gotten a couple of updates on his progresses, but still no picture. When I receive one, I will send it on to you.

Moped is safe, he's in good hands and he has turned out to be a wonderful young dog. I never heard him bark or anything. Such a good boy.

So there's an update on at least one of your baby boys."

I'm so glad to know that he was adopted out right away. Otherwise I'd want to go get him. :-)

Berries

I picked up the girls. They smell like berries. They were able to clip their nails pretty short. I am very happy with the job they did. It cost $70. I saved $10 in coupons. I am very happy and so are they. They feel so soft and smell so good. They really deserved this and so did we. They are too excited for me to get a picture of them. I'll take one tomorrow when it's light out. I'm so glad we have the money to get them groomed. It's worth every penny.

Grooming was on sale today!

I brought the dogs over to PetCo. They seemed to enjoy the ride over. When I tried to walk them in they wouldn't go in. There was an animal rescue place outside the door and they had cats. Yikes! At one point Blitz got out of her collar and ran. Thankfully she came back when I called her. I was terrified. I saw that there was a door inside the double doors to get into the grooming place. I brought them in that way so if they got off the lead they would at least be in the store. I got them to go into the grooming place. They also had a hard time going back into the kennel area. I couldn't believe they were acting like that. I told the girl to call me if she had any trouble with them. She hasn't called. They were having a deal on the works today so I got everything done for only $70 (plus tax I think). I saved about $20. Woohoo! And I'll have sweet smelling babies when I pick them up. Which should be any time now. It's 6pm and they've been there for about 2 hours now.

The phone just rang. It was PetCo. I have to go pick up the girls.

'The Works'

I'll be taking the girls, in about a half an hour, to get groomed, nails clipped and teeth brushed. They will be gorgeous and smell delicious when they are done. It'll cost a bit more than I was planning on spending to get 'the works' but it needs to be done and I'd rather just do it now instead of going multiple times. I'm sure they will enjoy it. They'll love getting out, I know that. I'll take pictures of them once I get them home. They are napping with David right now. Lazy dogs.

Peed on the carpet AGAIN!!

One of the girls peed on the carpet in the living room today. We're not sure which one of them did it because we didn't actually see either of them do it. Thankfully it cleaned up okay. I can't believe that one of them did that right in front (well, okay not in front) of us. I was busy going through the paper and I'm not sure what David was doing. I've already given the girls their medicine for the night. They are outside right now. BRB.

I had to let the girls in. Minnie was on my lap while they were out. She almost always comes out when they are out. She loves to get in my lap and lick her belly while purring.

Okay, they are ready for bed, so it must be bedtime. lol

Funny faces

Yikes! It's been a while since I updated the Dog Blog. I've been spending a lot of time looking for a part-time job. I had my first interview yesterday. I think it went well. The only problem I could have if offered the job is the dogs. I can't leave them for more than four hours at a time. I thought about installing a doggy door for them. I'd have to block off the kitty door so the cats wouldn't get out while I was gone. I'm not sure how much the doggy door and installation would cost. I'll have to look into that. It would be nice to have a doggy door anyway so I wouldn't have to spend so much time letting the dogs in and out. Of course, I'd have to worry about them getting under the fence while I was gone. Hmmm? Hopefully the hours won't be an issue. I've also applied for a job with savingdinner.com to be an at home Customer Support Representative. That would be a great job because I wouldn't have to leave the dogs at all. The hours would be from 6am to 10am though. I could do that if I needed to do it. I also applied for a job that looks like it has evening and weekend hours. David would be home to take care of the dogs in that case. I'll just have to see what happens with these positions. It will either work out that I can go back to work or it won't work out. I'd like the extra money but we can live without it if we have to. Anyway, the dogs haven't done a whole lot of anything lately. They still sleep a lot. Blitz is in bed already and Huxley is sleeping on the couch. I'm still giving them the Benadryl. They do really well with taking the Benadryl - hardly any licking at all. It really does help their allergies.

David heard from Dyrk that Olie and Genesis have Lyme's Disease. Olie had a seizure tonight. I hope they both will be okay. They are on medication for the LD. Skooter's mom died from complications of a tick bite, so I worry about Olie and Genesis. Speaking of Skooter, I still miss him tremendously. And I miss Moped too. I still think that I made the right choice to give them up, but it doesn't keep me from missing them. Pretty much every night when I get up the pictures of Skooter with his new owner pops up on the laptop. And there's always a cute pic of Moped too. Once in a while I think about changing the screen saver so that it's not Skooter and Moped's pictures reminding me that they are gone. But I just can't change the screen saver.

I do love having Huxley and Blitz here. I don't think I would be happy if they were not here. I enjoy having them steal the covers and hog the bed at night. lol I know David has grown fond of them. He's always calling them into the bedroom when he goes in to take a nap.

We got to visit with Woody last night. He is so well behaved. He didn't do too bad at all with kids ringing the doorbell all night (Halloween).

Here's a picture of Blitz making faces. Isn't it cute? Huxley is trying to hide under David's blanket. They are so goofy.