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