Yappy Hour

Tonight was Yappy Hour at Paragon in Portland. The 2-hour happy hour is an adoption event for the Oregon Humane Society. Kendall had a great time meeting lots of dogs and people. It wasn't as crowded as other months. The weather tonight was absolutely beautiful - low 70's and sunny. It doesn't get much better than this in the northwest.

It was so nice to see one of the dogs that came for the adoption event adopted by a family tonight. There were also a lot of rescue dogs there with their new families. What a nice way to spend an evening.

We had dinner at Paragon, since I got home from work pretty late. I had one of the best corned beef sandwiches ever! We'll definitely be back next month. For those of you in Portland, it happens the last Wednesday of every month at Paragon, located at 13th and Hoyth. 6-8 pm

A Spaniel Planter

This is one of the few things we bought at the Packwood Swap Meet. I couldn't pass it by. It's now sitting on our back deck smiling at the house.

Camping Season is Here!

It's Memorial Day weekend, which means it's time for Spring Fling 2009. Every year we join the Teardrops of Oregon and Washington (TOW) for a gathering of teardrop and vintage trailers near Packwood, WA. Usually it pours down rain, but we lucked out this year with beautiful weather in the 70's.




This year the gathering was moved to the property of one of the TOW members because the campground we were scheduled to visit was damaged by all the snow we had back in December 2008.




We drove in to Packwood, WA on Saturday to visit their swap meet. The entire town turns into one gigantic swap meet with vendors in every parking lot and field. There's lots of shopping to be done. We weren't looking for anything in particular this year, but it's always fun to walk around and see what kind of stuff the vendors have. Kendall met lots and lots of dogs and even more people. It was great for her. We're really trying to get her used to meeting people without jumping up on them. It's hard when people come at her with arms extended, excited kissy faces, and they're bending down to her level. She's getting better as she meets more and more people.

That's Mount Rainier in the background.




There was a chainsaw artist there that was just starting to carve a huge log.




It got really dewey (is that a word?) at night. Kendall did not like getting wet in the morning one bit!

I've got lots of pictures of trailers and other fun stuff from the weekend that I'll post later this week.

Vacation and Lots To Do

Kendall got to go on vacation while Clyde and I traveled on our annual trip to the Florida Keys. She went to stay with Jen from Puparazzi for the week. Jen has a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel as well as another dog (I can't remember what kind right now) and her roomate has a couple of dogs. Kendall was there for over a week and I don't think she missed us a bit. It's so nice to have somewhere for Kendall to stay when we go away on extended trips.

I haven't posted in a while because I was sick when I got home from vacation, I'm having trouble with my camera, and we've been tied up with house projects. I know... Excuses, excuses.

Kendall is headed out on a camping trip coming up soon, so I'll be sure to take lots of picutres and post when we get back.

All ready for spring

Kendall usually comes home from the groomer with bows in her hair. This time she came home with nice springy bows.

Sunshine

The sun came out last week just enough to break out the patio chairs and cushions. No sooner had I put out the cushions when Kendall jumped in the chair and claimed it as hers.


Here she is after a nice glass of wine. Just kidding.


Once I kicked her out of the chair she moved to the porch for some sun bathing.

Puzzle class

We took Kendall to the Puzzles for Canine Brainiacs class today at the Oregon Humane Society. It was a class that was geared to teach you how to stimulate your dog's mental side. Dogs need both physical and mental exercise. We were doing great on the physical exercise but had run out of games/tricks to teach Kendall. She's too smart for her own good. We picked up some good ideas today, and Kendall had a great time.

She was one tired dog when we got home. She had been to small dog play hour this morning, ran a bunch of errands with us in the afternoon, and then attended the class.

You'd think she'd be sleeping now, but she's currently playing with the ball I got her that dispenses food as she rolls it around on the floor.




She found a toy she liked. Unfortunately, it was a bit big for her and she got scared by it once it rolled around.


This was a smaller ball, but we couldn't even get a treat out of it. A bit too hard.