Christmas dog!

Brother Archer

Penny gets along with Archer pretty well... Maybe a little jealous,
But, for the most part, she is considerate around him. We miss our dog walker
Nicole--since she doesn't get her daily walks with Nicole, Penny has
gained weight, lost her girly figure, and has claws like Howard Hughes!

Pumkin Penny

Halloween was over 2 weeks ago, but here's Ms P looking good in her
pumkin attire.

Lady Gaga

Penny's Halloween costme (yes, she did this hereself, and yes, she can
breathe just fine).

Morning nap

At the Batteries

Penny could stave off the invaders... so long as they are crows! Dare
I say a murder of crows, hmmm?

Fort Funston Fog

Penny is contemplating chasing after crows. Too bad it's a shear cliff!

See that speck in the cliff edge?

That's Penny, looking for the crows that were there a moment before. She ran up the cliff wall to get them!

View from the office

Our morning outing at Bernal

Napping

Naptime... AGAIN!

Napping...

Penny kissing Camille

Morning walk

Mabel!

Mabel is David & Chelsea's little dog. They had us over last night for a terrific dinner of home made vegetarian lasagna, a tasty salad (with very cool & kitschy whale salad utensils!) and home made berries, cake and whipped cream dessert goodness! Sadly, Penny really doesn't get on with Mabel, but Mabel is so sweet--just look at what a cute little Ewok she is!!!

Rufus in Hawaii

Rufusat his new home with Richard's parents. We visited them on our last trip to Hawaii in March. Wouldn't it be better if I actually posted immediately after the event and not 3 months later?

Penny's Home Movies

Home movies

Akila, Penny's other frenemy

Akila is our neighbor's dog--Penny loves her, Akila hates Penny. Friends+enemies=frenemies. Watch 30 Rock.

Farewell Richard

Richard's gone to a better place. Rufus, just to Hawaii.

Penny's Frenemy Nala

Penny and Nala... Nala looks so much like Penny in this pic. Penny is Nala's evil mini-me!

Penny's Friends

Lucy, R.I.P.


Jenny













Rufus, gone to Hawaii.













Frenemy Nala

Penny's Chihuahua brothers and sisters on The Dog Whisperer

Penny was like this--she'd snap if you got your feet near her, if you touched her tail, or if you got your face too close to her--she would start with a little curl to her lip, an evil look in her eye, the "snap!", she'd be snarl, growl , bare her teeth and snap at you! After working with her for 3 years, she's pretty darn good nowadays. I can still get her to curl her lips and snarl, but I should be given a time out for that! Bad Bill, no!
Thanks to Ethen for the link.

Penny's Temperment Evaluation

FAIL. Well, partially anyway. We want to increase her socialization in preperation for our baby, so we brought her to a doggy day care, K9 Klub Playcenter near my work. It's a really nice boarding facility, and pretty reasonably priced--if she had passed the temperment evaluation. Well, they will accept her for 1/2 days and slowly introduce her to other dogs. We'll see how she does with that!
K9 Klub Playcenter, Sunnyvale:
www.k9klubplaycenter.com
Check out the web cams!

Lounging on the bump

Mom's preggers! Penny's listening in.

Penny enjoys sleeping on the laundry

Penny's friend Ivy!

Zen Pen

Penny meditating in the morning...

because it's hard out there for a dog!

Tree climber

Penny's getting pretty good at climbing trees! She looks kinda tiny. But she's way up there in the tree!