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!