2014 - Happy New Year!

She's kinda special...

From all of us at "How Sam Sees It"...

We wish all of our friends a wonderful New Year!

Monty, Harlow, Aaron and Christine

Our Christmas - in photos...

 

 

 

Merry Christmas!

Getting ready for Santa...

Since I have a full week off, I decided to give our poor carpets some loving.  Keeping them clean with two overly active Golden's can be quite a chore...

First you have to move all the furniture...

Whadya mean dis couch heavier with me on it?

...and then clean the carpets...

Dis so boring....  (...and I have no idea what is on her nose.)

...and then wait for them to dry...

You can leave da couches here, Mom.  We can guard door in comfort...

Of course, this would all go faster if I didn't have a certain pair of doggy helpers...

Wordless Wednesday - A lesson in perspective...

Yup, it feels like a Monday...

Anyone want to fill in for me today?

...and now for something a little different...

If you find blue kibble baggies in your pups toy box, we know where it came from...

Wordless Wednesday - Harlow Edition

Holiday Pet Festival

Yesterday we decided to take Monty and Harlow to the Holiday Pet Festival held at WestWorld in Scottsdale.  We loaded up the pups...

(I will apologize in advance for the poor picture quality.  I used my cell phone since it is easier to carry when pups are on leash.)

I want a puppacino...

Looking for sun beams...

Note:  Monty wears a Halti due to his re-activeness to other dogs.  We can control his head better.  He only really acts up if a dog jumps in his face, but with so many dogs there we wanted to make sure he stayed a good boy.  Our plan was to use use Harlow as a buffer in groups of dogs while still letting Monty visit with people.  We didn't plan to stay long and we got there early to avoid the large crowd. 

The best part of the whole day was seeing all the dogs and rescues.  Every table was either selling or giving things away, but we were there to look at pups!

Giant Schnauzer

OMD was he handsome!  He was with the Arizona St. Bernard Rescue.

Pretty in Pink!

There were two Weimaraner rescues there.  I think the photo above is the Tickled Pink Weimaraner Rescue.  The other one was Arizona Weimaranar Rescue.  Click on their link for a very silly Weim photo!  I thought of Sagira's mom...  :)

We thought these labs were mighty handsome.

We really liked this big guy and tried to get a size comparison with Harlow...

...and Aaron really liked this little girl.  Her name was Foxy.  She was born with part of her rear paw missing.  Even though her leash says "Adopt Me", Aaron had the distinct impression that the guy holding her leash didn't want her to leave.  Hehe...  foster failure in full swing.

I has a home, thank you!

While we were there we stopped by AZGRC's booth.

Where Harlow got some kisses from Auntie April:

April is one of Harlow's favorite people!

Monty was mesmerized by this jingly pup...

Note the jingles bracelets...

I wonder what he was thinking?

Ruh-oh...  dis gonna give Mom ideas...

On our way out we saw the cutest Minnie Mouse in a Santa suit ever...

All in all it was a wonderful trip out with the pups.  We left with happy pups:

Monty is still searching for sunbeams...

Which leads to tired pups....

ZZZZZZZ....

Which leads to one happy Monty because he gets some peace and quiet.

Shhhh... don't wake Harlow up!

In which we get cards... (Or, a conversation with Harlow...)

Me:  Look, Harlow, you and Monty have received a Christmas Card.

Wats dat?  Can I eat it?

Me:  People send you cards to let you know they are thinking of you and wishing you joy and happiness at Christmas.

It'd make me happy to eat it.

Me:  We hang them on the wall so that we can see them during the Holidays.

...and den I can eat it?

Me:  They add to the festivity of the season.

When can I eat it?

Me:  Harlow, aren't you listening?

No.  Can I eat it now?

Please help me.... Iz like this all day.

Wordless Wednesday - The photo that won't be on our Christmas card this year...

NaNoWriMo, the Dunes, and other updates...

November has been a very busy month for all of us!  I decided that this year I would successfully complete the NaNoWriMo challenge and I did!  50,000 words completed!  Woot!

 It wasn't easy.  I traveled for a week to work at Grand Teton National Park, which put me behind on my writing.

So very cold...

Plus, tried to enjoy the cooler weather and get some riding in...

Dusty boots=A happy girl!

 Plus, we needed to make sure the pups had some adventures!  Like going to the dunes for the first time...

I iz going on adventure!

Me too!

Harlow made a new friend...

This is Cinch - he is a McNabb.  No puppies were damaged in the making of this picture...

...and worked on her tan...

Hey!  Where my sun go?

Monty worked on begging for treats...

I iz starving and weak.  Any crumbs for me?

Aaron got to play in the sand...

All smiles!

...and so did I!

Those are other rails at the bottom - it was a long way down!

The pups were safe and sound back at camp - away from all the noise and cars.

I'm starting to catch up on blogs now and cleaning the house, but I did my usual mistake and marked all of them as read in Feedly...  sigh...  It is too easy to do that!