I'm missing you!

 

I am missing all of you and thought of you today when I got this cute photo in an email.

 

I hope all of you are having a wonderful Spring.  Give all your furry friends a warm hug from me!

MY MISTAYA AND HER NEW FAMILY

I received this photo from Mistaya's new family so I wanted to share it with all of you.  Of course Mistaya has taken charge of training the new Shepard pup so she is already the Queen of the pair.

She does look good. I am so grateful for photos of my girl.

CONGRATULATIONS TO MITCH AND MOLLY!!!!

I happened to notice that today Mistaya and Maggie had their 13,000th visitor today on their website!!  And that visitor was Mitch and Molly!!!

Congratulations to the two of you!  We have loved having you stop by our site and leaving wonderful comments for us.  I am not sure what is going to happen to this site at this time.  Seeing the photos of the two dogs is still heart wrenching for me  I suppose it always will be.  I will give myself some time and then make the plan for the future.

Again...thank you Mitch and Molly for stopping by today!!!!

Well friends, our life without our 2 precious girls has begun.  I knew it would be emotional but not this hard. It is amazing how much pain the heart can endure and some how it just keeps on beating.

We are so blessed that both of these amazing dogs have the perfect home. Maggie is so well loved by her new people.  She is now allowed to sleep on the couch and even in their bed. What a lucky girl she is. She seems to adore them too. Thank you God for this special home for my dear little Maggie.

And Mistaya has settled in at her new home...seems like it happened very quickly.  But she has known this family for almost 3 years and has loved them that long.  She is living in a area that is very like the area she grew up in Montana.  Lot's of forest and and even a river to visit. She has also accepted the extended family too. They are all so kind to  her that she is destined to love them all. 

Mistaya and Maggie have both been blessed by the Puppy Angels and so have we.  We are all so lucky.

I hope you all understand how hard this has been for us and it has been the most difficult choice of our lives.  But we are both grateful that we too, are now safe and secure in our new surroundings and ready to enjoy this new life.  Thank you for understanding.

I love you Maggie and Mistaya and don't forget to wait for me at the Rainbow Bridge.

CHRISTMAS AT THE SEA!

We took Mistaya for a fun Christmas Day on the beach.

I was curious to see if the Giant Kelp had washed back out to sea during our recent King Tide.

And it had.

But in place of the Giant Kelp we found a lot of the 6 foot variety.

It look as if it fought very hard not to go back out to sea as it had wrapped itself around any stick or log it could.  What a twisted mess!

Mistaya and I want to wish all of you a very Happy New Year and and that wish comes directly from my heart!

We ventured back to the sea

We recently ventured back to the sea because a very strong storm had blown through the day before and we thought we could find some treasures on the beach.

Well....we did!

What we found was a very large mass of Giant Sea Kelp that had washed in during the storm. Each of these Kelp has a large root that attaches it to rocks on the ocean floor. Apparently the tide and the storm was so strong it tore this mass of Kelp loose and when is reached this bay, the bay is so shallow that it rolled and rolled the mass of Kelp until it reached the shore.

The Kelp grows up to 40 feet in length and we had no doubt that these giants were easily that long.

Who knows what else is tangled up in this twisted mass of sea life.

Amazing sight to see!

I wonder how long it will take this Kelp to wash back out to sea.  It would need another strong storm I am sure.

There is always something of interest to find when we visit the sea.  My favorite place to be..and as you can see, Mistaya loves to be here too.  She did well this time without Maggie at her side. I think she is spending less time looking for Maggie which is making it easier on all of us too.

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Hi from Mistaya and M.O.M.

Hi everyone in DogBlog Land!  Maggie is doing extrermely well in her forever home.  I will always miss my Maggie but I could never find a more loving home than the one she now has. It does help the heart to know that.

Mistaya is still with us and we go to the beach as often as we can, walk the train trestle path when it isn't raining elephants and horses out there!!  And the strong winds make it a bit difficult to stand up straight!!

But things are going well for us and we are enjoying this time we are getting with Mistaya.

I found this on the internet and knew your dogs would enjoy it too!

Have a great weekend!!

 farmer had some puppies he needed to sell. He painted a sign advertising the 4 pups and set about nailing it to a post on the edge of his yard. As he was driving the last nail into the post, he felt a tug on his overalls. He looked down into the eyes of a little boy.

"Mister," he said, "I want to buy one of your puppies."

"Well," said the farmer, as he rubbed the sweat off the back of his neck, "These puppies come from fine parents and cost a good deal of money."

The boy dropped his head for a moment. Then reaching deep into his pocket, he pulled out a handful of change and held it up to the farmer.

"I've got thirty-nine cents. Is that enough to take a look?"

"Sure," said the farmer. And with that he let out a whistle. "Here, Dolly!" he called.

Out from the doghouse and down the ramp ran Dolly followed by four little balls of fur. The little boy pressed his face against the chain link fence. His eyes danced with delight. As the dogs made their way to the fence, the little boy noticed something else stirring inside the doghouse.

Slowly another little ball appeared, this one noticeably smaller. Down the ramp it slid. Then in a somewhat awkward manner, the little pup began hobbling toward the others, doing its best to catch up...

"I want that one," the little boy said, pointing to the runt.

The farmer knelt down at the boy's side and said, "Son, you don't want that puppy. He will never be able to run and play with you like these other dogs would."

With that the little boy stepped back from the fence, reached down, and began rolling up one leg of his trousers. In doing so he revealed a steel brace running down both sides of his leg attaching itself to a specially made shoe. Looking back up at the farmer, he said, "You see sir, I don't run too well myself, and he will need someone who understands."

With tears in his eyes, the farmer reached down and picked up the little pup. Holding it carefully he handed it to the little boy.

"How much?" asked the little boy...

"No charge," answered the farmer, "There's no charge for love."

~ Author Unknown

MAGGIE'S LATEST UPDATE

MAGGIE UPDATE.....We just talked with Maggie's new MOM (Maggie's Other Mom) and Maggie is settling in

 real well.  She slept all night in her own bed at the foot of their bed. She has been enjoying the walks they 

have been taking her on through out the neighborhood and a lot of friends and family have stopped by to see 

her.  Yes, I think she has certainly found the perfect forever home.  Amazing animal lovers just like all of us.

The Cowpuppy

Our little "CowPuppy" has found a new forever home.

We went with Maggie to her new forever home today.  The people are so nice with a beautiful home and a wonderful fenced yard for Maggie to call her own.

The couple instantly sensed our broken hearts and even shed a few tears themselves.  Maggie seemed fairly comfortable but was eagerly looking for Mistaya.  We hope she will settle in well. We did tell the couple to call us if they have any questions and that she does come with  a "No fault" return policy.  But my guess is that she is in this home for the rest of her days.  We feel they are the perfect couple for our little Angel.

Of course the trip home was a very difficult one and Mistaya knowing we came home without Maggie was hard also.  I pray time will heal all of us and Maggie's Angels will hold her close and remind her as the days go by just how much we love her still.

I want to thank all our kind friends in blog land for all your kind words and encouraging comments.  One day the pain of our separation with Maggie may lessen but our love will not.

Thank God for a safe loving home for our beautiful cowpuppy Maggie. I love you Maggie

MY SWEET MAGGIE

Today is a difficult day for me. Tomorrow our little Maggie is going to make a visit to a possible Forever Home. The heaviness in my heart is almost unbearable. But this home sounds like it has been found by the Puppy Angels in Heaven that are helping us find Maggie a home.

It is a older couple and the husband has had a difficult work related injury so he is spending his days at home while his wife works. He does have a cat that likes to sleep in his lap but he really wants a companion dog. Doesn't that just fit Maggie?! They have a fenced yard for her to spend her outside time in so she will be safe.

Of course this will be up to the couple to see if they think she will fit into their family. So we are anxious to meet them.

What's harder...making the decision or going through with the decision...I wonder.  I guess I will know the answer to that soon enough.

We will let you know how this all works out for Maggie.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN EVERYONE IN BLOG LAND!!

We tried to dress the girls up for Halloween again this year but had no cooperation from either of them!

Maggie's look told us that she really didn't want to play this game again so please remove this thing!!! I am sooo embarrased!!"

Mistaya said..."Get this junk off my head or I will never speak to either of you again!!!  "And don't forget to take this hangman's noose off my neck either!!"

So we decided that this year the girls would go as 2 happy, well loved puppies.

But I am not sure they are that any more...

They are now out in the backyard...apparently mad...and not even speaking to each other!!

Maybe we should have mentioned that there were treats involved!

Puppies

I know I have run this before but I want to share it again....it still is a "feel good" post.


anielle keeps repeating it over and over again. We have been back to this 
animal shelter at least five times. "It has been weeks now since we started all of this," the mother told the volunteer.
'What is it she keeps asking for?' the volunteer asked. 'Puppy size!' replied the mother. 'Well, we have plenty of puppies, if that's what she's looking for.' 'I know.... we have seen most of them, ' the mom said in frustration.
Just then Danielle came walking back into the office. 'Well, did you find one?' asked her mom. 'No, not this time,' Danielle said with sadness in her voice. 'Can we come back on the weekend?'
The women looked at each other, shook their heads and laughed. You never know when we will get more dogs. "Unfortunately there is always a supply", the volunteer said. Danielle took her mother by the hand and headed toward the door. "Don't worry, I will find one this weekend" she said.
Over the next few days Mom and Dad had long conversations with her. They both felt she was being to particular. "It's this weekend or we are not looking anymore," Dad finally said in frustration. "We don't want to hear anything more about this puppy size either," mom added.
Sure enough, they were the first ones in the shelter on Saturday morning. By now Danielle knew her way around so she ran right for the section that housed the smaller dogs. Tired of the routine mom sat in the waiting room near the first row of cages. There was an observation window so you could see the animals during times when visitors weren't permitted.

Danielle walked slowly from cage to cage kneeling periodically to take a closer look. One by one the dogs were brought out and she held each one of them. One by one she search for the perfect pup. The volunteer opened another cage door and the child carefully picked up the little puppy and held it closely. This time she held it a little longer.

" Mom, this is it, I found the right puppy!" "He's the one, I know it!", she screamed with joy. "It's the puppy size!"

"But it's the same size as all the other puppies you have held over the last few weeks," Mom said. "No, not the size...the sighs...when I held him in my arms he sighed!,' Danielle said. "Don't you remember one day when I asked you what love is you told me how love depends on the sighs of your heart. The more you love the bigger the sigh."

The two women looked at each other for a moment. Mom didn't know whether to laugh or cry. When she stooped down to hug the child she did a little of both.

"Mom, every time you hold me I sigh. When you and daddy come home from work and you hug each other you both sigh. I knew I would find the right puppy if it sighed when I held it in my arms."

Then, holding the puppy up close to her face, she said "Mom, he loves me, I heard the sighs of his heart."

Close your eyes for a moment and think about the love that makes you sigh. I not only find it in the arms of my loved ones but in the caress of a sunset, the kiss of the moonlight and the gentle brush of a cool breeze on a hot day.

They are the sighs of God. Take the time to stop and listen, you will be surprised by what you hear.

HOW TO GIVE A CAT A PILL

How to Give a Cat a Pill

1. Pick up cat and cradle it in the crook of your left arm as if holding a baby. Position right forefinger and thumb on either side of cat's mouth and gently apply pressure to cheeks while holding pill in right hand. As cat opens mouth, pop pill into mouth. Allow cat to close mouth and swallow.

2. Retrieve pill from floor and cat from behind sofa. Cradle cat in left arm and repeat process.

3. Retrieve cat from bedroom, and throw soggy pill away.

4. Take new pill from foil wrap, cradle cat in left arm, holding rear paws tightly with left hand. Force jaws open and push pill to back of mouth with right forefinger. Hold mouth shut for a count of ten.

5. Retrieve pill from goldfish bowl and cat from top of wardrobe. Call spouse from garden.

6. Kneel on floor with cat wedged firmly between knees, hold front and rear paws. Ignore low growls emitted by cat.. Get spouse to hold head firmly with one hand while forcing wooden ruler into mouth. Drop pill down ruler and rub cat's throat vigorously.
7. Retrieve cat from curtain rail, get another pill from foil wrap. Make note to buy new ruler and repair curtains.Carefully sweep shattered figurines and vases from hearth and set to one side for gluing later.

8. Wrap cat in large towel and get spouse to lie on cat with head just visible from below armpit. Put pill in end of drinking straw, force mouth open with pencil and blow down drinking straw.
9. Check label to make sure pill not harmful to humans, drink 1beer to take taste away.Apply Band-Aid to spouse's forearm and remove blood from carpet with cold water and soap.

10. Retrieve cat from neighbor's shed. Get another pill. Open another beer. Place cat in cupboard, and close door onto neck, to leave head showing. Force mouth open with dessert spoon. Flick pill down throat with elastic band.

11. Fetch screwdriver from garage and put cupboard door back on hinges. Drink beer. Fetch bottle of scotch. Pour shot, drink. Apply cold compress to cheek and check records for date of last tetanus shot. Apply whiskey compress to cheek to disinfect. Toss back another shot. Throw Tee shirt away and fetch new one from bedroom.

12.. Call fire department to retrieve the damn cat from across the road. Apologize to neighbor who crashed into fence while swerving to avoid cat. Take last pill from foil wrap.

13. Tie the little bastard's front paws to rear paws with garden twine and bind tightly to leg of dining table, find heavy-duty pruning gloves from shed. Push pill into mouth followed by large piece of fillet steak. Be rough about it. Hold head vertically and pour 2 pints of water down throat to wash pill down.
14. Consume remainder of scotch. Get spouse to drive you to the emergency room, sit quietly while doctor stitches fingers and forearm and removes pill remnants from right eye. Call furniture shop on way home to order new table.

15. Arrange for SPCA to collect mutant cat from hell and call local pet shop to see if they have any hamsters.

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How To Give A Dog A Pill

1. Wrap it in bacon.

2. Toss it in the dogs mouth.

Hi We are back!!!

We have been away for awhile spending time with the pups.

We have spent some time at the beach...

 We have spent some time camping by the beach with the pups....

Taking a lot of walks in the park with the pups...

more playing at the beach..

and  a lot of time laying around napping and cuddling with the pups.

Maggie has not yet found her forever home and as you can see, Mistaya is always looking out the window to see if her new family is coming back down the road. She truly loves them already.

We and the pups drove to Mistaya's future house in the forest to visit her new mom.  Mistaya and Maggie ran like the wind through the trees, thru the meadows and down to the river.  I believe Mistaya thought she was back in her home in Montana with all the forest around her again.

It is such a beautiful place with room to run, a 14 year old girl to love on and she has acres and acres of forest to call her own.

Mistaya will probably be going to her new home in the next month or two. The young girl has asked if Mistaya can come for a sleep over some time soon and I said yes!

I hope to be able to spend some alone time with Maggie after Mistaya is gone. Maggie has never been on her own and I would like to help her make that transition easier for her before she moves on.

Please let me know if any of you have any ideas of someone who would love to share their life with a loving, joyful pup in need of her forever home.  I have a full history workup on Maggie and would gladly email it to anyone who may be interested.

Only God knows how difficult this life change is going to be on me.

Two of the most beautiful dogs in the world.

I love you Mistaya and Maggie.

Thank you both for coming into my life and sharing your incredible love with me.

Mistaya's home has been secured and Maggie is going to spend more time with us. We are going to spend time with Maggie while Mistaya stays home.  She needs to learn she can be without Mistaya and still have fun and be safe.

A WARNING FROM M.O.M.!!

M.O.M. wanted us to let her share an important warning she just received

WARNING TO US ALL!!!

 

Don't wash your hair in the shower!

 

 It's so good to finally get a health warning that is useful!!!

 

 INVOLVES THE SHAMPOO WHEN IT RUNS DOWN YOUR BODY WHEN YOU SHOWER WITH IT!!!!

 

Shampoo Warning!

I don't know WHY I didn't figure this out sooner!  I use shampoo in the shower!  When I wash my hair, the shampoo runs down my whole body, and Printed very clearly on the shampoo label is this warning....

 "FOR EXTRA BODY AND VOLUME."

 

 No wonder I have been gaining weight!

 

Well, I have gotten rid of that shampoo and I am going to start showering with Dawn dish soap instead. Its label reads,

"DISSOLVES FAT THAT IS OTHERWISE DIFFICULT TO REMOVE.

 

"Problem solved!

 

If I don't answer the phone I'll be in the shower!