Penny and the tree

Penny decided to climb a tree over the weekend. She jumped from about 5 and 1/2 feet and pulled herself up onto the branch.

Then she hopped onto the adjacent branch for better footing.

Her motivation was a squirrel.

Merry Christmas

Happy Thanksgiving

It's been a while since we've posted anything. I guess a lot of things happened in between. We went on vacation, Penny got her teeth cleaned, our family dog Lucy passed away at the age of 15 and 1/2...But yesterday was thanksgiving and we took Penny and our other family dog Jenny(she's lonely now since Lucy passed) up to the park by my parents' house. Here they are exploring. Well, here is Jenny exploring and Penny being very ladylike!

Farewell Lucy!

Lucy, rest in peace. She peacefully passed away last November 18th, surrounded by her family and friends. We'll miss her!

Vampire dog...

Penny had an abscess, that we didn't know about. It exploded last night. It kinda reminded me of a vampire bite...

Close up, it's so gross!

Penny went to the vet and is on antibiotics now. Don't know how it happened, but at least she'll be ok...

Dog Party!

Penny was invited to a dog birthday party this weekend. It was at the Marin Humane Society(really nice dog park by the way!). Here is Penny with the birthday dog Kensie (black morkie) and Louie (fellow rescue dog).

Penny, of course, was a little trouble maker, bark-y, party police, etc. But, here she is enjoying the doggie birthday cake:

Going...


Going...


Gone!


Penny had a great time and enjoyed meeting Louie. They seemed to bond...

Sphinx dog

Camouflage Dog

She matches the floor...

Worst Posture Ever!! at the beach

Penny enjoyed herself at Fort Funston last weekend.

She was pretty tired during the car ride home...

This weekend we're off to a doggie birthday party! Thanks for inviting us Jen!

Another HOT week in the city!

It has been so hot in the city this week. Poor Penny! She's a hot dog!

If it's hot tomorrow, we're heading for the beach!

Long legs!

Crazy for you

New Camera!

I got a new camera! Woo hoo! My first picture...

Of Penny of course...and her marrow bone! She gets so animal with that thing.

Downward facing dog

Yoga dog!

Reunited and it feels so good...

Penny and her boyfriend Rufus.

P.S. Penny did very well with her trainer today. And now she's pooped!

I think the Kong has backfired!!

Here's the mess she made today!

Breakthrough!

Voluntarily spending time in her crate!

Episode 4 of the Crate Saga

The door has been closed! Now if she would just stop glaring at us...

Missing her old bed

Episode 3 of the Crate Saga

The door has been reattached! She's not too happy about that!

Getting better...

Well, Penny seems to be getting better with being in her crate. Slept in it for most of the night last night. And this morning, she was a bit more sprawled out and relaxed in it. Next step, reattaching the door!

Noncommittal

I'm not sure how Penny is going to handle this whole crate situation. Our trainer wants us to feed Penny all her meals and treats in the crate so that she starts to associated 'good things' with it. But Penny is very reluctant. This is her trying to eating her dinner:

Crate purchased at Pet Food Express on Market Street in the Castro. I love going there...

Dog Park Friends

Here's all three.

Dog Park Friends

Penny met this pair last time we were at the dog park, so they had
already gotten introductions aside and went directly to play mode.

Homework

We got an extensive write up/assessment from the dog trainer yesterday. FIVE pages of homework and exercises! We worked on some more "leave it" last night. And Penny left her treat like there was a plague on it!

Interesting though, the trainer categorized her breed as an Italian greyhound mix. That's two votes now from trusted professionals (the trainer and the vet) that Penny is an Italian greyhound mix.

With those legs, perhaps she is. I think a doggie DNA test is in order!!

Hello from Hippo and Stinky

Watching the Tour and Jenny (aka Hippo) and Lucy (the very old
ficalfiliac) at the in-law's. Jenny LOVES her toy! She *never* had
any toys before!

Changes

I was bored of the old layout. It felt bland. So now we have dots!

This is one of my favorite pictures of Penny.

KONG: Suduko for dogs

Penny is now eating treats and food out of her new KONG(a suggestion from our dog trainer to keep her occupied and thinking). I fill it with her dry food, a little peanut butter and maybe a few training treats. She LOVES it.

Kong purchased at Bernal Beast on Cortland Avenue. This is the Puppy Kong Activity Ball by the way.

Learning to leave it

First day with a trainer--seems like Penny either was already trained, or she's a quick learner! That's a pile of treats in front of her--and she's "leaving it" so well. Good Penny!

When's dinner!?!

Decided to email...

because texting was too hard!

Catch!

Penny's quite good at catching food. Good eye-mouth coordination. So, I was trying to get a photo of Penny catching popcorn. Couldn't do it. Darn iPhone! Needs a faster shutter speed! P.S. My grandma makes us batches of popcorn every weekend. It's SO good!

Body pillow

Penny's been sleeping on her own in the living room lately. It's really changed her "alpha" attitude. She begins obedience training this weekend. Hopefully we'll have a well-mannered dog soon!

Tag

I really love Penny's ID tag. We got it at Black Nose Trading on Divisadero. You can pick the size, the background color and the design. So we picked "small" with a flower on a red background. The other side can be engraved with whatever you like. We got Penny's name and our phone number engraved, because we know that if anyone ever found our dog she'd be such a pain in the butt that they'd want to give her back as soon as possible.

Worst Posture Ever

This dog has THE worst posture ever!

Oh and P.S. she caught a field mouse yesterday in our backyard. Bill washed her mouth out with soap.

Penny popcorn paws

I took this picture a few weeks back and sent it to my sister while she was traveling for work. We love Penny's paws. And this may be gross, but we think they smell like popcorn!

Fingers Crossed

Penny has been reabsorbed into the small group day care. "Small group" consists of her and 2 other dogs. Let's hope this works out...

Here's a picture of Penny with her "girlfriend" Nala at McLaren Park. They get catty sometimes. And by "they" I mean just Penny.

More LOL Catz

STILL makes me laugh!

LOL

Sign posted on Cortland in Bernal Heights. If you don't know why this is funny, go here:
www.icanhascheezburger.com

Wake up call!

Happy birthday Billy!

I'm in yr yard...

Drinkin yr waterz

Penny sniffs around the yard *every* time she goes out... This cat is why.

Ok, any better captions? Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?