First walk on the Dike of 2011....

These are benches before the mouth of the tunnel below. I love the pretty way that they deter skateboarders! The darn skateboarders will tear everything up, and they dont care.

Of course Max was nervous and had to "do his business" LOL You can see one of the benches beside Meghan.

Mt Hood, in all her glory. Still covered in snow! The snow level is supposed to be down around 3500', that would be the hills in the fore of the mtn. Is Spring ever going to come? Oh and above the first red tank from the left in the Vista House in Oregon, a really cool place to visit on a non windy day!! LOL A beautiful overlook of the Columbia Gorge, great gift shop and the architecture is wonderful, there are memorials and history from WW11, it is a fun place to visit.

We seen a bunny!

zoom! it ran away!

Max watching the bunny.

This view is East up the Columbia river.

Exterior wood Inc. Hubby worked there for 15 years, his brother still works there.

Some wildflowers are trying to show their happy faces!!

I put the kids in the boat and made them pose! LOL

I cropped this, but it made it blurry.

Then we walked down the hill to the river. More boats, they are all made of cement.

This one even has fish in it!

Max checking out the water.

Dublin jumped in at first and surprised himself!! LOL No you can not walk on water Dublin!

Dublin loves to run in the sand, but he wasnt so sure about the water after his initial splash.

Dublin being a goof! LOL

She did get him back in the water!

The trail back up to the Dike. We walked about 2 1/2 miles, the Dike has 1/4 mile markers all along it.

A barge on the river, and you can see a helicopter on the right side. The helo was picking up water with a fire bag and dumping it somewhere over there, dont know if they were just practicing or?? There was no smoke.

We decided to go to the dog park, so we could let the boys run loose. Dublin and Max had fun playing with those three Pugs! LOL They all were chasing Dublin at one point! Max did very well and showed no aggression towards the other dogs at all! I was very happy with him. Meghan got yelled at by a lady that came in later, because we had Dublin on the small dog side. She said "I am going to call the people on you!" What people LOL The rest of the people around us told us not to worry about it.  We seen the sign that told the wieght restrictions on the ground when we went out. Dublin wouldnt hurt a fly, her poodles where way more aggressive than him, growling and threatening, they made me worry about Max a little, but he just ignored them. The guy that had the Pugs he was so nice and funny! LOL Despite the lady we had fun. We went into the small dog side because the wire fence mesh is 2x4inches, in the large dog side it is 6inch squares, I think Max could get through. It would be a real pain to have to take one on one side and one on the other. So we left soon after that.

It was 70+ degrees and no wind, so nice!!! Then it went back to rain rain rain. Maybe someday we will get Spring!!! Before summer! Doesnt Summer start in June???? We are going to go from 50 degree weather, straight to 80 again!!! I hope it dries out before the first of June, or I wont be able to have a garden again!!! The ground is just to wet and sticky to till ((sigh)).

Again!!! And the Companion Fair 2011

My poor mares are getting used to this! Again!!! Hiding under the Sequoia tree from the lastest downpour/hail storm while there is blue sky on both sides of us!

Poor girls, it was really coming down.

The Companion Pet Fair, the puppy club has a booth there again this year. Our clubs day to volunteer was Saturday.

Here is Dub with Pueblo behind him. Dublin is so good, he needed a few little reminders of his manners, but he is such a good boy!

We had pretty good traffic at the booth, quite a few people interested in puppy raising.

Or course everyone wants to pet the dogs. The girls were petting two of the sweetest little Corgies here.

The Newfies were there again this year! They look like bears! LOL

The 12 to 2pm crew, we had a lot of pups there. Our club is always really good about doing volunteer work. Dublin is so good, I tell him to stay and drop his leash and walk away to take a picture and he doesnt move!

We met another group of service dog owner/trainers. They raise their own dogs. They use shelter and or rescue dogs. The only problem with that is like this ladys Poodle was growling and snapping at any other dog that came close. Its really hard when you have to have them out in public. They are training them as fetching, companion, and hearing dogs. Guide Dogs for the Blind, has an exemplary breeding and training program. The Labradors, Lab/Golden crosses that they breed are bred for temperament and soundness of body. The smallest medical problem or aggression, or in the reverse, timidity, will get them career changed to a pet or something more suitable to the temperament. I.E. Dublins littermate, Doug, is now in Idaho and is being trained as a wheelchair pulling dog, they also can be chosen as a canine companion for children who are blind and will need a service dog in the future. In my opinion when you use rescue dogs for service animals, you have no idea of thier breeding background and temperament.  Dublin wouldnt hurt a fly, his aggression has been bred out of him, he wont even chase a ball! LOL Well he will but he doesnt bring it back! If another dog is aggressive towards him he will just look at them. The hunting instinct is pretty much bred out of these bloodlines. They are people dogs and do really bond to people, which is what is needed. They all have a job, none are left without homes and all are taken care of until the day they pass on.

Seen quite a few St Bernards today. Lots of Chahuahuas, a few Dachshunds, Blue Heelers, French Bulldogs, Great Danes, German Shepards, Rat Terriers, Labradors, Golden Retrievers, Pugs, Pomeranians, Schiperkes, Australian Shepards, Mini Aussies,  lots of breeds I didnt recognize, if you love all kinds of dogs this was the place to go! There were ferrets, guinea pigs, the reptile show was there, yikes!! 

The information table. They did raffles for the cute little stuffed Guide Dogs.  The black screen tent behind the guy on the left had cats for adoption.

I believe this dog is a Shia Shepard. Boy are they huge! This one is smaller than the other one they had in the booth, but a lot prettier!

I tried to get a better pic of this HUGE Dane! He is probably the tallest dog I seen.

It was a good day, the  show was a lot smaller than last year, someone said it is a new company putting on the show this year.

Bunny and Killdeer and horses....

Our Cottontail bunny that I chase back and forth from the house to the barn every morning and evening. It lets me get pretty darn close.

I zoomed out, I was about 20 feet away here, it is below those t posts, which I pulled out of the garden so I could drag it and Hubby mowed it, now it just has to dry out so we can till it, maybe we will get a garden this year??? We didnt last year it was just to wet. Easy is headed up for her dinner.

Who can resist cute bunny pics!! Love the mole hill behind it, thats what we deal with up here, moles. Oh and the shrews that eat my garden. I may have to fence this little bunny out of the garden this year.

He he he or cute Appy pics! She has brown circles around her eyes this year, but isnt to much whiter than last year.

DVMs Wife found a nest of eggs that I think are Killdeer eggs, a few other people too, I wanted to try to get a pic of our Killdeers. Darn things wont let you within 100 feet of them! LOL There is one right in the center of the pic.

Easy eating her mash. She get warm mash am and pm, I spoil her. She deserves to be spoiled at 26 years old!!

And Mickey....

They have to clean up all the alfalfa first!! I am only giving them a handful right now.

Miss Emma, spotty pony.

She thinks she hears something outside!!! The neighbors have been doing something out there, to her left is the back of the property. All I could see was the neighbor throwing trash out of a truck, gaaahhh.

OK I wasnt going to use this pic LOL but the perspective was so funny I decided to share!!! LOL Great big body and little tiny head!

Back to the alfalfa!!!

On the way back to the house the bunny let me get quite a lot closer! Only about 8 feet from it. I suspect it is a female, they usually hide their nests in the field and around the barn. Alas sometimes I have mowed the nests in late Spring.

The other Killdeer, I dont have a telephoto, so this is as close as I could get. It is right between the two posts.

This would be a horsey hair angel!! LOL Kinda like snow angels! But in a field of green!! LOL LOL You can always tell where Emma has lain in the field.

Well thats all for today! I am hoping to get better pics of the Killdeer, and hopefully the babies too!

We got him!!!!

Its been almost 10 years!!! The US finally got Osama Bin Ladin!!!
Way to go US Military!!! Its been a long haul!!!!

Max and Dublin

Isnt he just the cutest thing! LOL LOL 70 and sunny today! Rain back tomorrow. Then a few more dry days, then rain. Its getting better!! The weather that is! LOL

Brushed out the horses last night, they are still shedding!! Easy more that the other two!! My arms got tired, LOL. They are already getting tortured by biting flies too! I put fly spray on them last night because they were stomping at them!  Under the neck, bellies and ears. I think its going to be a bad year for flies!
I like to use Tri-tec 14, what do some of you like? 

It hasnt been real entertaining around here. Still not doing much. It is starting to dry out some so I need to go get my Dahlias I bought last fall and get them growing.  I want to try to get a picture of the Kildeer that are harassing me every time I walk out to the barn! They have a nest somewhere close. They do the whole broken wing act!

The dogs pretty much sum up what its all been about around here!  A long cold wet wet Spring!! We are all still hibernating! And seeking out what sun spots we can!

Pups and pony pot!

Dublin is such a goof, I think he plays as much upside down and right side up, LOL

Lisa over at, Laughing Orca Ranch , wanted to know how Dublin is doing. He is still his goofy self, doesnt cause problems and loves his treats!

Silly boy!

Until he notices the camera and then he is all serious, LOL LOL

Little Max, he is doing great too. He is getting bossy! He tells me now when he wants to go outside, whether it be to potty or just to go out and play!! The weather has been so much better! So he thinks he needs to go outside. I have been taking him out with my to let the horses out at mid day. Funny he isnt the least bit scared of the horses.

Max is so tiny! He is all of 10 lbs but, he seems smaller! That toy is about 12 inches long.

He is also a goofy little dude! LOL Our living room looks like a two year old lives here! With all the toys!!

Meghan gave me this planter for my birthday!!! (Yes I had a birthday this month!) LOL

It is so cute I dont want to put it outside! The poor mums though, may have to go out!

I love the horse shoe feet it has! Its head moves too! Like a bobble head! Its just too cute!!

The weather is starting to improve!!! We are getting a few dry days and maybe even over 60F,

Woo Hoo!!!

OMG this is soooo soooo funny, I have to share!!!

This blog makes me laugh!!! I hope it gives you all a good laught too!!!!

Hyperbole and a half

I have posted this blog before, this is her newest "Simple Dog" Post! Enjoy!!

This is so cool!!!

http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/1DPspQ/news.discovery.com/animals/wild-horses-respond-to-native-american-drumming.html

Wild horses respond to Native American Drumming! I wish they could have taped it!!!

Visit

Meghan visited last night to play with her puppies! LOL They adore her.

This is Max trying to look cute and get another "Chicken in a biscuit" cracker!

So pathetic LOL Just for the record, it worked LOL LOL

Mr Dublin, he is doing great, he is such a mellow dog. He is now devoted to my husband, and follows him everywhere and watches out the windows for him to get home from work.

In other news, our baby Meghan turned 20! last weekend!! Wow how time flies!!! I cant believe she is 20!!

Still here!!

I have been visiting all my blogger friends, but I havnt had anything to post!! The weather here has been wet wet wet!!! I havnt been doing much except feeding and cleaning stalls and taking the pupps outside, wiping wet paws when we come in!!!
Here is a pic from warmer times!!!!

 

OH to have dry non-muddy horses again!!!!!

The weather person said yesterday that we have only had 4 dry days in the last 2 months! and over 8 inches of rain!!!!!! Sheesh!!!! No wonder everyone in this area is so fed up with the weather!! LOL

There has been way to much of this!!!!

Starting to feel a smidge like Spring!!

It is warming up around here some. More rain though, it is so wet!!!! I de-muddified the girls yesterday and trimmed Mickeys feet, she was way overdue. Also shaved her legs, bridle path and ears and under her chin! She looks like a horse now, instead of a Yak!!! LOL. Emma is next, she is getting long again. Put some MTG on Emmas lower legs today, after letting her dry out overnight, she wasnt happy about being locked in the stall. I usually let her come in and out as she pleases. She has a little bit of mud scald, I shaved the hair and put the MTG on, hopefully that helps, will do it a couple times a week. I just wish it would dry out!!!
  Mickey and Easy seem to be fine, no fungus or problems with them.
Shaving the hair on the legs helps, they dry out faster. MTG is an oil so it will help repel the mud somewhat too. Next is a good scrubbing with betadine shampoo. I was out in the barn until 8PM last night!!! Nice! and it was still light! All of the girls got to come out and eat some green grass too, they love that! Hosed them all off and they all stayed in last night, so were nice and dry this morning.
For as wet as it has been none of them have any thrush!!! amazing! They are in every night on bedding pellets so that drys the feet some.
  I so want some nice weather so I can work Emma, I think I am going to have to take her to an arena to get started! Such a pain. But such is living in the NW!!! Emma needs a lot of ground work before I ride her, some refreshers! She tends to be a pushy in your space horse. Parelli work helps a lot with that. But for now its even to wet to bring them out onto the grass in the yard, there would just end up a muddy pock marked mess, which Hubby wouldnt be happy with when we mow, me neither for that matter LOL. For now the grass is up to 12" tall or more and its to wet to mow! Hopefully we can this weekend its supposed to be nice and dry over the weekend!
  The Hummingbirds are really active and all over the place right now!! The little zingers!!! I am filling both feeders now that its not going to freeze. I just learned that some of them dont go south for the
Winter, we have Anna's and Rufus, I havnt identified any others yet.
  Just waiting waiting waiting for Spring!!!! And some dry days!!!