Happy Blue Heeler Day

Did somebody say "Blue Heeler"?

Countdown to GABE: 14 days! 

Twinkie!

Barn Trouble

I have noticed we have many flower lovers among us. If you are hard core and super sensitive, you may wanna skip this post. Don't tell me I didn't warn you.

AROUND 9 A.M.

Does anybody know what those beautiful flowers are called?

They're so pretty

Even Mr Horse stuck his head out to smell them

Holly, Molly, and Timone played a little game by the flowers

I just watched

They were having a blast!

Look at Holly the Bullet go

Timone is looking up to Molly

He's also waiting for his cue to get on her tail again

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AROUND 2 P.M.

I forgot

What where those flowers called again?

Check out the perps

They're laughing about this!

Now if you remember, Holly and Timone are new adoptions and Molly is the meandering visiting neighbor. Bless them all, and the flowers. 

For the record: Nobody got in any trouble. 

Updates:

Don't forget to check in with GABE

As for the earthquake, there are no reports of injuries. It was a small temblor, but it sure felt strong where we live. 

See how happy we all are? Adopt a dog!

Twink!

Animal Instinct | Earthquake

California 4:04 A.M. earthquake hits Pico Rivera, about 20 miles from my home, in the Foothills. I growled and let out a little bark. My animal instinct kicked in BOL Linguini and Frankie slept through it. M jumped up from a lying to a standing position on the bed. Our house, which is built on granite, shook a lot.

Twinkie

Dog Shelter Pup | A Whole Lotta Sniffing Going On

We may be sniffers by nature, but the sniffing escalates when there's a new pack member introduced. May I present:

Timone!

This little guy took matters into his own hands. Instead of going through the animal shelter, he wondered right into our barn. He was too skinny and scrawny for words. Needless to say, he got a home that day. It's been two weeks, he is no longer looking emaciated and nobody has claimed him. He's got it made. His new mom, a young equestrian, is taking excellent care of him. He visits the barn several times a week, but I had yet to meet him.

There, I'm glad that's out of the way

Frankie, come here!

This is Timone

The Sniff-train

Frankie gets a proper introduction too

Mr. Timone is quite pleased with his current situation. He not only got a nice home and food in his plate every day, he loves the barn and he....

... fit right in!

Welcome new furiend. We are all so very happy for you. Hopefully you'll put on a few more pounds soon so that the dog vet can neuter you and you can stop riding Molly's tail. 

Timone spent most of his day in this manner

This horse barn excursion was a rather adventurous one. M brought only two cameras and took only five hundred horse pictures. Stay tuned to find out what Linguini and the runaway horse did! 

Until then, a couple of acknowledgements: 

The gorgeous banners, were both made by Zoolatry. Zoolatry stems from the Greek words "zoo" which means animal and "latry" which means "worship" and "love". Thank you, you animal lovers! It would have been embarrassing to leave M's banner up during our GABE. 

Our Euro-trip with Mack and Sally Ann has come to an end. We had a wonderful time and learned a lot. I am exhausted from all the teleporting back and forth, but it was all worth it. Mack and Sally Ann even gave us a lovely memento:

I did! I went to Europe with Mack and Sally Ann

2010

Our wonderful trip a finis, finito, it's o-ver! Until next time.

Oh, and this Wednesday some of the barn members will be paying a little visit to the local shelter. I sniff more adoptions, how about you?

I'm excited!

Twink!

PS: Please spread the word about GABE. The more the merrier. We only have two weeks left.

A USC Horse Show Outing

We did go to the horse show yesterday! We went to watch M's girl-peanut who was competing for USC. It was a beautiful sunny day, a bit on the cold side, but so much fun.

The minute Frankie and I arrived, we became the center of attention--what's new?

We got to play in a vast, overgrown field

We made some new furiends and we invited them to GABE

They are going to ask their mothers for permission

I picked a fight, because I'm ornery

Hear me roar!

We were hanging at the edge of our seat (M) as spectators

On our way back to the car, we visited some more beautiful horses

We didn't really want to go home

But that was only because I didn't know we'd be getting juicy bones when we got back. 

Overall, a most excellent day! Thanks to M's peanut, we got to go out and enjoy ourselves for a change. Did I mention I'm on my way out the door this morning? Um, I'm going to the horse barn! BOL Have a grrreat Sunday!

Twink!

Life Can Be A Dream

A good day for Linguini is a day of hiking with dogs, with her pals, the rhodesian ridgeback dogs, Hank and Sue. While in general, the rhodesian ridgeback is too sweet and gentle, it's also an extremely powerful dog. M has decided to skip any potential drama by bringing out entire pack together, Frankie and I are too tiny, so she just takes Linguini, the dalmatian and german shorhaired pointer mix, on hikes with Hank and Sue. She deserves it!

First they go for a lovely dog hike. 

As you see, they allow Linguini to lead

Rhodesian ridgeback dogs are very polite by nature

After the hike they like to have a picnic

Then Hank negotiates the dog food and homemade dog treats

I hear he's a pawesome host

On a full tummy, they get to catch up on their zzzs

Isn't Hank an adorable pretzel?

Content Linguini

I wish I could join them, because I never like being left home alone, but I understand that Linguini needs her big-dog time. I love my older sister and how happy she comes home after her special dog hiking expeditions. Besides, I can't complain, I'm going to a new horse barn today!

Twink!

* * * Update on G.A.B.E

Chiweenie Friday (9)

Hello, dear furiends! Frankie the chiweenie here, or should I say, "the second class citizen is here"?

I'm not terribly sorry to let you know that I've had it! So what if I was adopted last? I am a superb student and a good listener. Okay, so once in a while I leave special "treats" for my mom, but that's only because she's too busy to take me outside the 22 times a day I need to. And besides, I'm not the only one discriminateded against. Linguini suffers with me.

While momma works on her tall architect's desk all day, we, Linguini and I, stay by her feet.

Like this

Or like that

We are reduced to THIS!

While, the Queen

Spends her days right next to mommy

On the desk itself

Even the cats get better treatment

(Don't look if you're already upset)

Bob is on mommy's chair

He looks so very comfortable

That ain't fair, momma

Please pick me up

I bet Tiffy, Ciara, Abby, and all the other newbies are reading this and that they are feeling my pain. 

Before I leave you, we got the badge for our Global Animal Blogging Event from Zoolatry. The badge and update can be found HERE. 

Stay not so cold! Tee hee

Frankie