My visiting daughter is in love with Julie and Trundy’s dog, Bentley, who is a Yorkie mix that I’m dogsitting this week. I think Bentley reminds Alexandra of our beloved Montague. Foster Dolly is getting a little jealous of Bentley, but Bentley was not having it when I held her, making sure to kiss me to prove that she was in a superior position to Dolly. Girls, girls! Stop fighting over me!
This beautiful kitty in the driveway today let me pick her up. She was so sweet and a little skinny. I had to run to another event, but I hope to see her again. She knows she can trust me now. I also noticed her tests were engorged, so she might have a litter somewhere, and maybe she was just hungry. No clipped ear and no collar, of course.
Pictures from others who were there:
I love it when my communities/worlds collide. Mei organized this major dog walk on Mare Island which crossed paths with a major picnic that the Vallejo Gay Network has every year. I brought our two fosters who got a lot of serious attention with their “Adopt Me” vests. It was a little stressful with the four dogs, but we had a wonderful time.
More pictures we took at the picnic:
Pictures others took:
I left old popcorn out for the birds and squirrels, but apparently that was still more delicious than the dry and wet food that I served for breakfast that morning. Moppy stealing popcorn:
So this is what goes on when I’m away for a meeting. Oh Penny:
Jonah comes back as a foster, while we have Penny, too.
Penny and Jonah are now besties and even play wrestling even a bit with Snoopy, so all good with the new foster makeup and our dogs. Penny and Jonah are available for adoption!
Snoopy chillaxing outside after a long (loud) night of chasing raccoons. He’s really clever at picking out his own burrs and not really keen on me taking them out for him. Unfortunately, there are a lot of them throughout the hillside/incline in the rental backyard, which frustrates me. I was hoping to be back home by this time of year. This will be the last summer with this pain, though, as those kinds of harmful plants don’t flourish in my dense garden.
Doppelganger for Snoopy is Penny, a little girl foster who came to me painfully shy.
Bonnie and Snoopy still in love more than a year later:
Bonnie, Snoopy and visitor Bentley (salt and pepper, who I sat for one night. Bryce is also in one photo with Bonnie.
Bridget and Denise from Vermont are visiting Greg and Steve. We brought five dogs (as of this afternoon) with us. It was a great evening, especially for three dogs who had never been to the pool before. Penny dove in for quite a shock. She was just trying to get close to me. I immediately picked her up and held her inside the pool. She didn’t make that mistake again. Moppy leaned over to taste the salty water several times, but we made sure she saw the fresh dog water bowl nearby. All the dogs got plenty of exercise and will sleep well tonight.
First emergency grooming of the day for HSNB yesterday was for an elderly male Pomeranian mix. “Pommy” was sweet and patient, but hopefully he’ll be a great candidate for Muttville. He meets the age requirements and he gets along very well with other dogs. Shea graciously agreed to wash him as that’s his department. I’m the one that clips and puts the dog hair into compost. Here are the before and after pictures:
When we returned “Pommy” to HSNB they said, “we have another one for ya.” We met “Moppy” who was in even worse shape than the first one today. This female Maltipoo was very scared in her crate, having arrived just hours earlier. However, she was very patient with Shea’s thorough bath and my long trim. She wasn’t super fond of the buzzer, so I mostly clipped her manually with scissors. The difference in her appearance is really profound with this one. Like Pommy she had hundreds of burrs (it’s the season). She’s a fraction of the size she appeared to be with all the matted fur. She was so dirty, matted and covered in burrs that she was probably out on the streets for a while. I sure hope she is claimed by someone. Otherwise, she’ll hopefully eventually be adopted. She’s got quite a bubbly personality when she’s not in a kennel.
I had to move the Spanish Moss to my treasured fire-surviving globe. I will distribute it more evenly, but I like the way it looks, particularly when it rotates from the solar-powered spinner. For those who did not see the relevant earlier video, the thieving squirrels in this backyard were stealing a lot of it for nesting material. So far, they have not been able to reach the moss in this location. Meanwhile, Snoopy, Bonnie, and foster dog Penny are with me on a lovely, sunny morning.