Just Another Day in Paradise!

10:oo pm/ Pottstown PA

Tuesday September 30th 2008

Its raining, its pouring, the old man's throwing bolts of lightening at us this evening followed by bellows of thunder. Welcome to Pennsylvania! Until today the weather has been wonderful. Hopefully this is the worst of it.

We spent the day at Kimberton, nice to have us and the dogs out of our boxes for a change. Rachel put a new title on Sammy today "Open Agility Jumpers" or OAJ! Congrats to Sammy the wondergirl! She not only got her title today but came in second!

The All Terrier Agility Trails are held on the Kimberton Fire Department and Fair grounds. Odd combo! Capt. Bill Wolfe said they have 2 paid men on duty from 8 to 5 and the rest of the crew is volunteer. It seems they may not have fires in the evening? who knows! It is a very nice place. Strange when a call comes for the Fire Department, the road they use is the same that we use so the trucks go right down the lane to the exit past the campers, then the vendors and the rings. STRANGE! The reader board in the front also read that it was donut Tuesday! We never saw any so we bought our own at Wawa! Yes Betsy it is still here. It is like a gas and convience store for those of you who haven't been to the East coast.

We found a vendor at the site that is going to make us a t-shirt with all the dogs on it! It is going to be too cute. All the dogs are doing fine. Vicki did loads of grooming today and everyone looks great. A bit more pulling and they will be ready for the ring on Friday and Saturday.

Vicki had some phone trouble today and ended up in AT&T tonight seeing what was wrong with it. Besides the fact that her bill was high, her phone did indeed die. The nice man at AT&T took off a large amount off her bill and set her up with a new phone. It all worked out great in the end, sometimes these things happen for a reason.

We are off to the site tomorrow. Both Vicki and Rachel are entered. The dogs will be spending time playing and romping with each other. Willow and Jimmy had a great time digging around today! Love those cairns with the dirt noses!

Time for bed!

Good night everyone!

Dena and a portion of the Wolfe pack!

We made it!

We are safely tucked into the "Comf" Inn (should be Comfort Inn, but the lights are burned out and the hotel is renovating, so I guess the lights aren't a huge priority.) We are on the 4th floor, so I am going to sleep in the van with the dogs...(yes I am that big a worry wart!) The van is quite cozy and I will sleep better than upstairs worrying about the dogs. The GPS SAVED OUR LIVES!!! THANK YOU SOOOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH LOREN AND SCOTT. I love this area and would love to come and explore with Greg. Dena said the same thing. Tomorrow begins the adventures in Kimberton. I will update with pictures tomorrow.

PAWS in Indiana

Vicki called tonight to say that they are all well, would be in Indiana tonight and will reach Pennsylvania tomorrow. Hopefully they will be able to send news directly soon.

NW PAWS HEARD FROM...

Vicki called this evening to let us know that the group was approaching the Nebraska border and that all are well!

Update from The Homefront

While waiting to hear from The NW PAWS Gang, here is an update from Zoe, Nanny and Bill.

Mary and Marty have been successfully kept apart for nearly 24 hours, while 13 year old, neutered Sycamore has developed a new lease on life as he follows Mary around the yard. 

We have heard from Jimmy's family, Sharon and Ed, who are taking in the sights of NYC and Washington DC before joining the PAWS in Philadelphia/Montgomery next week.

Home, but Not Alone!

The NW PAWS Clan left for Montgomery this evening, leaving Tad to keep Willow's Mom company and Mary and Marty with Zoe, Sycamore and Nanny Cindi. This would be a great arrangement were not Mary in season...the reason she is not on the trip, although she attempted to stow away at the last moment. Needless to say, Marty is quite interested in pursuing a romance. However Vicki has nixed this idea, so Nanny and patient husband Bill are on constant alert to keep Romeo and Juliet from going out on the balcony...or anywhere else...together. This could be a LONG visit!

Gettin Ready to Roll!

Northwest Paws Across America is about to be on the road again! Dena, Vicki and I are taking off Friday morning, heading due east! Four days to Pennsylvania. First stop Brigham City, Utah. Well, actually, tomorrow night the first stop is The Dalles, Oregon to load up Dena and her gear! Hopefully we can blog as we roll. At any rate, we will let you know how things go at our preformance and conformation events. This year we may get to do some site seeing as well. Watch for news!

The Crofters gang

Since everyone now has their forever names, I thought I would do a bit of an update.

Left to right:

Bug is now Tage. She is much too pretty to be Bug anymore..(I didn't ask Pat, just thought it fit...hope she keeps it.) Tage will leave this week and live on Bainbridge Island.

Zin is now Lou. After Lou Pinella the baseball coach. His new family (Janice and Bill) has two Cairns, Teddy and BoSox, get the pattern? He gets to go home this coming Friday.

Caly is now Ivy. Heidi has a friend that she does agility with who has a dog named Caly. She gets to go to Pennsylvania with Merl and Padme in a couple of weeks and then to California with her new family.

Merl is still Merl. What more can I say than it fits? He will stay here until he is a grown up, then go to my daughter and her family. They don't "do" puppy!

New Canadian Earthdog title for Kona

Ch. Cairngorm Coffee, Tea or Me RA,ME and now CANADIAN SE!!

Way to go Kona and Greg in Canada this weekend.

Hattie is with them and working on her skills for a Junior title. Maybe she will qualify tomorrow. If not, hopefully we can go to Turner, OR next weekend and try again there.

Happy & Oz, still loving life

Just a quick update on the "boyz". They are still enjoying each other as brothers should. Playing, eating and sleeping well and learning the ropes of Betsy. Oz has passed up Happy in height, still about the same weight (youth gangley legs). The picture o Oz raiding the toy box is over a month old, he doesn't fit so good now.

Oz is getting ready for his first real show on Sunday in Eugene. He will also join Happy at the Rally ring (Happy will be doing Advanced and OB novice). Oz is pretty sure he will ace both rings, Pub isn't REALLY cuter :) Update on those results later :)

I must share the terrible experience Tom (Happy & Oz's kitty) had last weekend. Holly & DJ are moving out of my home to Salem. Tom is technically DJ's kitty, he picked him out from a shelter, paid for him with his own money and even paid for his "operation" when it came time. Holly and DJ loaded Tom into the kitty carrier Saturday and drove the moving van to their cute little new home in Salem. Maggie was loaded in a carrier too. Maggie was a very sweet cat that Holly rescued from an uncertain future at a vet's office. That's another story in itseldf. When the cat carrier was opened in their new home Holly said Tom ran into the covered litter box and wouldn't come out for anyone or anything.

I drove down Sunday to see their new digs.. What a cute a house!! It's close to Holly's new job, walking distance to everything. It has a nice big yard and DJ has the entire basement to himself for his computer games and all. When I arrived Tom was crounched way back in the litter box and with a small amount of coaxing from me and Happy he came to me. Poor thing, he stunk like a cat box... (not really dirty one but still..). If I left the room he ran back into the cat box. Along with her concern about the cat box living, Holly was concerned about Tom being an outside cat on such busy street they now live on so it was decided that Tom would travel home with Happy and I where he, evidently, feels he belongs. The forst couple days home in Beaverton Tom clung to us.. going for walks, sleeping together and watching TV... Now, after almost a week, he's back to his independent self.. coming and going as a cat should.

We are very sad we won't be joining the other Paws for their pilgramage to Pennsylvania. We know that those who are going will have fun and keep us updated on their antics.