Spirit is 4 weeks Old

Little Cool Spirit turned 4 weeks old yesterday. She is a very busy girl...could it be in the genes?

RATS!

Kona killed a rat in the yard on Monday (my day from ___...a story for another day) and he was so funny. He WOULD NOT let any of the other dogs anywhere near it. He laid about 2 feet from it and just hung out guarding it. GROSS!!!!! I thought I was going to be so tough and deal with it myself. Gathered a huge plastic bag and a rake to pick it up. Walked right over to it with purpose and determintion....LOOKED AT IT....and threw the bag over the top, laid the rake on that to keep it from blowing away, turned and walked away feeling like a real failure! Kona just looked at me like "What?". I was sure to praise him, but I am sure he read my body language. As soon as I was back on the deck, he lifted the edge of the bag, dragged the little gross body out and took it about 2 feet away, dropped it and went back on guard duty. This happened about 4 times and I finally gave up and closed off the lower yard. Poor Kona...I spoiled all of his fun!

Driving Miss Betsy

Well, what a wonderful trip we had this weekend. I drove down to The Dalles Thursday night so we could leave for Walla Walla at a decent hour. I was up bright and early to check on Happy and Oz who spent the night in the car. Happy found the pond in Bill & Dena's front yard alot of fun, he barked at the dead fish and dug for... whatever. Oz had a good time GENTLY running in the yard.. he had pulled something in his hind rear leg and was not to do too much so as not to aggravate the injury.

With Dena at the helm we drove and chatted as we always do. Unfortunately that means we weren't paying attention to the exits either. We stopped at a rest stop just past Umatilla exit. Dena asked an ODOT guy if we missed the exit and he confirmed what we thought. He said no problem, just continue east and take the Hwy 11 exit that runs past Wild Horse Casino.. CASINO?? I hadn't gambled in a long time... the thought of dumping money into a machine, never to be seen again always kind of turned me inside out. But I had some "extra" money from a large tax return so... silently I thought that would be kinda fun. I casually worked it into our conversation that it would be fun and VOI LA... we decided to stop. COME ON DADDY, DOGGIE NEEDS A NEW COLLAR!!

I tried several machines before I gave up hope. I found Dena and sat at the slot machine next to her. I plunked in some money and it kept giving me money back.. What a concept.. How fun!! From inserting maybe $80 I took home over $300!! The picture shows one happy woman and hard earned winnings with the lovely Pendleton landscape and Wild Horse Casino behind her!

On we traveled to Walla Walla. I can't remember what time we got there but it was early yet and still light so we set up camp quickly. We were perfectly set next to bathrooms (I have issues with toilets in motorhomes :)), close to the entrance and pretty close to the ring we were scheduled to show in both days. The picture is our "camp".. and another of the view from our "veranda".

Points for Oz & Alex, Rally Excellent leg for Happy, Fun with Susan, Vicky M and Marie, Good Food, Good Friends Lots of Luck.. I'm a lucky, Lucky woman. I love you all!

Another point for Lady Kinloch of Wolfpit JE!!!

Alex was awarded another point toward her AKC Championship today in Walla Walla. It was a truely great weekend for Dena. I am so happy for her, she really needed this! Oz tood reserve. Our friend Marie (from the Portland area) took Best of Breed with her dog Bouy. (pronounced Boo-E)
Congratulations everyone!

Rally Excellent 89 points for Happy!

Betsy just called to report Happy scored an 89 on his Rally excellent run today! Next up...Oz in Novice! What a wonderful day for them....

NEWS FROM WALLA WALLA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Lady Kinloch of Wolfpit (aka Alex) Took Best of Winners today in Walla Walla. Betsy's puppy Oz took Winners Dog. Congratulations to both! Points for the Northwest Paws gang!

Spirit is 3 Weeks Old!

Little Spirit is 3 weeks old. She is playing with her friend, Baby.