Bits and Peices

 So, I thought I was big, that is

until Rex came to stay with us for

a week.  They guy is a GIANT

I mean a Giant my friends

and he keeps grabbing me by

the back of my neck and shaking

me like I was a squeaky toy.

My Vickie says it is all

in fun, but jeepers,

if having a monster grab

a bunch of your hair and

muscle, then twisting it back

and forth is what she calls "FUN"

well I got news for her.......

IT'S NOT

 Allred and Josie have started

sleeping together.  It is like

having the devil and his minions

have joined together for some

evil purpose that we are

surely going to regret.

And yet, on the softer side

Allred still loves his Nellie

 Tanner is doing well.  He sleeps

a lot, but he doesn't appear to be

in any pain and often is quite playful

Trixie found a new forever home

and we miss her, but are so

happy for her.  She found a great

family with another dog named

Pepper.  They really love each other.

 I got to wear Pastor Michelle's

new Chef's hat.

Who do you think looks

better in the hat.

ME

Or Pastor Michelle?

think carefully

 My Vickie's sister Debbie gave

her a fruit of the month membership

for Christmas this year.

May is strawberries and oh boy

were they big strawberries.

And boy oh boy were they good.

Scrappy, Willa and Molly

have taken over the lazy boy

 Cheyenne is always making

funny faces (for more check out

our facebook page)

 Dougal Makes a perfect

reflection as he runs through

the great Salt Lake.

(Ya gotta love this picture)

 Dougal also wanted to warn us

all the the rattlers are out again

and in huge numbers.

Be careful my friends

And a final bit and piece.

John took this picture of the

babies in his back yard

Now I know a lot of you don't

like magpies but ya gotta

admit, the babies are pretty

cute.   And yes they are a scavenger

bird and yes, the eat other little

birdies babies, but

we like them anyway.

 

 

May 12 thru 18 2013

 I am ashamed to admit that I have 

pushed poor Bert too hard over the last

9 days.  There has been major

construction on our house which

has been very discomforting

for all the dogs, especially Mr. Bert. 

Then there were numerous

demonstrations to be done. 

Much more than we normally

do in a week.  The Therapy and the

School kids reading.

It was way too much pressure to

put on the boy.  He took it all so

well until last Friday

and then it just seemed to

reach a breaking point

for him.   Bad Human......

Bad My Vickie

 There were many highlights

in the week though, one of  the

best was Friday when we went

to Idaho Falls to do two demonstration.

On the way there we got to stop

in and meet our blogville friends.

At Idaho Pug Ranch

WE met them at a park just off

the freeway and it was very exciting.

Bailey and I still have a few

things to work out, because.....well,

he's a guy and these were his

women and I was, well you know

the gorgeous and handsome

Man of the world. 

 The lovely Gretel quickly

won my heart with her sweet

and happy spirit.  She was lots of

fun and we even got a video

of her doing her obedience to show

you, but My Vickie says we need

to wait a few days before we

post it.  You'll love it.

 Hazel was the most patient

with me.  She even came up and

gave me a kiss, well

And then, even after I was a bit

moody with Bailey, Miss Linda, who is

by the way.....a great and fun human being,

gave me my own stuffy.  She actually had

two stuffies in the bag, one for me and

one for Goose, but I got to pick.

Hope you don't mind Goose, I picked

the lion.  You'll have to wait until Monday

to see who you got. It was a wonderful time.

 

After we left my friends from the Pug

ranch we continued on to Idaho Falls

where we met up with My Vickie's

sister Debbie and her hubby John.

Then we went to a  school full of

fun kids and did a demo and another

one later in the day.

 Back to earlier in the week.

I love my groomer and you may not

be able to tell but this is a smile I

have on my face and I save it just

for her.  I don't even smile for

My Vickie, just the groomer.

 More hospital visits and one final

visit to the kids at the school, I am

going to really miss our reading time.

But My Vickie says it will start

up again in just a few months

and we are very excited because

Miss Sugar has sent us some

books to share with the kids.  I

can't wait to let them read it too me.

If you want a good read you should

check this out Sugar's Furry Friend

More demo's too.  I especially

like it when we do them outside

in parks.  Here I am modeling

"How to stay warm and dry"

 Or here I am playing the Lake

and teaching the children how

to approach water when lost.

 But it wasn't all work,

Miss Sophie and I played a

game of softball while waiting

for the kids to arrive.

I missed this one, but I

tried really hard.

 Miss Sophie and Paulette played

the outfield.  She was pretty good.

 And "YOUR OUT"

There was a trip to the Lake

but I got into a little trouble

on that one.  check out Goose's Blog

to read about it.

 Allred is in one really

bad place and has been for

months, but we will write more

about that in a few days.

Anyway, My Vickie realizes she

has put too much pressure on

me over the last few weeks

and so this Saturday and Sunday

was all about me getting LOTS

and LOTS of rest.

So now I am off to bed again

but here are a few more pics

from the last few days that

we thought you might like.

 Here's my bud Dougal who

got to go to the Pineview lake this

week and, check this out

 He then got to turn around

and spend the day at the

Great Salt Lake.  Check out

all that salt.  Not a great lake

to drink the water in, but

still  a pretty fun lake to swim in.

You know, you can't sink in it.

Really

 Bongo has been spending

some quality time with Kristi.

This week she and Kona got

to work on the treadmills.

They want to get fit and look great

for when someone is lucky enough

to adopt them.  Fingers Crossed everyone.

 Zero shows off his pearly whites.

And I experience the

"Big Red Slide"

Hopefully things will quiet

down a bit this coming week

for both of us.  I think My Vickie

is almost as tired and moody

as I have been.

Love

Bert

Berts First week of May 2013

What a crazy busy week this has been for

Bert and I.  The repairs on the house had

the contractors men in and out all

day every day.

I was a nervous wreck worrying about

all the gates and doors being safely shut while

I was home and away.

 

At the same time we had demos and therapy

visits every day as well as the running

of the kennel on one of our busiest weeks

so far this year.



The kids at Horacemann elementary were

the perfect break for Bert during the stressful

time at home.  He just found

himself a spot among

the kids and politely listened as I droned on

and on.  Miss Sophie sat patiently as well

The fun time for Bert was when he got

to play a river or lake for a child to approach

without falling.  It is one of the safety

things we teach and it can be fun.

On Tuesday we met the cutest little

boy as we were heading into the hospital.

He grabbed on to Bert and hung to him

for ten minutes, sticking his finger in Berts

eye, up his nose and in his mouth.

 

I was amazed at Bert's patience.  Not once

did Bert show signs of stress or impatience.

 

He is a wonderfully loving dog. 

After visiting the patients in the

hospital, I caught this charming photo

of Whitney and Bert walking

back to the cars.  He loves her.

With workers still tearing our little

house apart in order to rebuild, we have

spent all of our time in the kitchen or outside.

 

There is no place to sleep or rest so

when we went to the School Thursday

so the kids could read to him, both

Bert and I passed out.

 

This didn't bother the kids at all, in fact

they love to get as close to
Bert as possible, as shown in the

photo above.  I think this is

one of my all time favorite pics.

See Beautiful Wildlife Joy



A few days ago John and Trigger

came across a fox den while working

in our Northern Utah Mountains.

 

The next day John found a good spot to

wait and was rewarded with what we consider

to be a Wonderful "See Beautiful" afternoon.

 

 

In the video below, there is no need to

add music or words.  Nature presented us with

the perfect background music and the most

charming little 7 week old fox pup.

 



There were eight pups in the litter and as

the sun warmed up the day they all came

out and ran and jumped, playing in

their little world, enjoying life as all

small children and animals can only do.

 

If you didn't get enough of the "joy"

here is another compilation of

Johns photos and videos of the little

pack of wild fun on four legs.

 

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May 1 thru 5 2013

 Even though we don't get

much of a chance to

comment on our friends blogs,

Allred still wanted

to be sure that I sent

Miss Nellie this message.

 

"I still love ya girl......

Allred"

 OK, now that that is done, here is

how my week went.

 

My Vickie and I met the most wonderful

woman at the hospital this week.  She was

in the ICU and we don't know exactly what

had happened but she was in pretty

bad shape.  She was so sad too

and she was having a really hard

time because she couldn't talk or move.

But when I walked by her

room and looked in, you could just see

her face light up, so My Vickie and I

went in to visit.  She was in a special chair

so I got up on her bed so I could lay

my head next to her hands.  She couldn't

move her hands more than a few inches

because they had restraints on her and

you could tell she was very frustrated and

very scared.

Well, I just cuddled up to her

and laid my head under her hand

so she could feel my soft coat.

 

My Vickie and her spent the next

half hour smiling and laughing

as they made up a new language for

her to speak (well not speak, but

communicate)  By the time

we left, she was feeling happy and

smiling.  It was a very good

experience for My Vickie

as she got a better understanding

of how I feel when I try and tell her

something. 

 

There are lots of different ways

to share your feelings other

than by words.  Humans can

learn a lot from us dogs in that regard.

It is almost time for

school to get out for the

summer.  We only have three

more visits before all the

kids get to have vacation.

I am pretty sure My Vickie will

miss our times with the kids.

I know I will.

It will make summer seem

awfully long, except My Vickie

says that lots of the kids want

to come and take me for walks,

so I think I'll make it. 

 Our Friend Caren Quast sent

us some pictures from her new

house down in New Mexico.

She has the funnest guests come

play.  Like these two Javelina's.

Well we had never heard of Javelina's

before but now we know all about

them and they are cool.

(Nope, they are not wild boars)

The two birds are a quail up in

the top left side and a roufous-sided

Towhee on the bottom right.

Thanks Caren for Sharen.

(he he, I made a rhyme)

 And check out Oak Creek

 I just love water.

 We met up with our friends

on Saturday for our walk

and My Vickie set up a Pre-Test

for the search dog team of

Zoie and Brenda.

(Special thanks to the greatest

victim in the world.  Goose and his

human Michelle)

And Dougal got to go

on a weekend trip to areas

around the Great Salt Lake.

We thought that those of you

 

who are not from Utah might

enjoy seeing some of the variety

of terrain in Utah.

 

Of course you always see my mountains

and my moose and my rivers

and streams.  But if you want

to see another side of Utah,

check out Dougals flicker site

below.  It is amazing the difference.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jonzaremba/sets/72157633421880042/

 And for even more of a different

side of our wonderful state

I pulled up one of Shyla and KB's

post from a camping trip they

took last month.

http://romp-roll-rockies.blogspot.com/2013/04/desert-finale.html

 

Night all

Bert 

THANK YOU EVERYONE

Since we are not able to stay online much,

I just wanted to give you a a

HUGE Thank You for your

help yesterday.

 

We passed all your ideas along t

the lady who is looking for a way

to get the special needs puppy

to her and she was very greatful.

 

We will keep you posted

on the situation.

 

We l.ove you all

Bert and My Vickie

need your help

Hi My Friends.  I know you dont hear

much from me as of late

but I need a little help and I am pretty sure you guys will have the answer.

 

A friend of ours wants to adopt a

special needs pup that is now

living in Hanksville Alabama at a rescue.

 

Because of its special needs,

there is no way it can fly in the

cargo area..

 

If anyone knows of a way for us to

transport this pup other than

by a major airline, could you please

let My Vickie know.

 

Happy Wordless Wednesday to you all.

 

Love

Bert