It's almost that time of year!

The girls need to start looking for costumes... we have ruled one of them out. Isabelle is the type of dog that was made for clothing and shopping. Anyone who has met Belle knows she loves to dress up and she seriously loves dog bags! She runs and jumps in them and you have to drag her out.... well I put this on her and she wouldn't come near me for 2 hours afterwards. All you have to do is pick the up the costume and she runs under the bed... apparently she didn't want to be a lobster for Halloween!

Glamour shot time!

Hey it is this exciting when you go from no furniture to a couch and tv!

New Dog Bed?

Well someone thinks she had to help Daddy put together the new dog bed!

New California Friends!

Our first moments in CA were a bit overwhelming. We arrive to the new house at 4pm with nothing but our personal belongings and an air mattress. We go and get some dinner and some groceries. It is 111F outside too! Not quite as high in the mountain but you get the deal- also no a/c! So we go to buy some fans, and they are all sold out everywhere! So the entire family shares a crate fan. Dora is not sleeping at all- we can't figure out why but think it has to deal with the new home. I get up turn on the lights and see at least a thousand ants in the dog food dish and a trail of them following in from the backyard. Dora had to think we moved to quite the neighborhood!

Well I post this on the Havanese Forum where a great friend comes to the rescue! That morning Leslie and her husband Richard come over and save us and our girls from the heat with some powerful fans and some ant spray and a giant LA map! If that wasn't enough to make us feel like this can be home, we join them and their family for a labor day barbeque! Even after Belle busts out of her crate since she can't be trusted when there is food (is there such thing as a maltese proof crate?) we still felt very welcomed! Dogs are powerful creatures in making great friends too!

Belle and Dora also made their first furry friend. An adorable silky Pekingese named Rascal!

Watch out-they are dangerous!

I have officially raised the world's biggest sissies!

Back to School!

Belle & Dora visit Daddy's new school!

Belle & Dora have a new home officially!

HOT HOT HOT!

We arrived in Southern California and stopped to get lunch to go. It was 111F! Lets just say Belle & Dora didn't even step off the shadded sidewalk to potty and wanted back inside already! We were able to snap a quick photo with the world's biggest thermometer!

Arches National Park is not dog friendly!

We saw that this park had the little dog on the leash icon. We got there and paid our $10 entry fee and then were given a brochure about pets. As we were driving thru, I read that dogs are only allowed in the parking lot! It was 100F at the park so no way were my girls going to just stand on the parking lot. We took a few photos in front of the drive up to arches. I stayed in the car with the girls while Jim hiked up to a few for photos but we left pretty quickly. I totally understand some trails are not good for dogs but some of these arches were only 300 yards back! And just enforce the clean up rule! But definetly not dog friendly especially if your dogs get bored walking in circles around parking lots!

All this travel can be exhausting!

Dora had so much fun everytime we stopped some where! She forgot all her obedience training and dragged Belle to many new sniffs. When we arrived at each hotel the girls ran around like crazy and quickly found their bed!

Colorado River

We drove along this at several spots during our trip and we finally found a spot to park and visit. Dora decided it was time to go swimming while Isabelle wanted nothing to do with 95 degree weather and muddy water! Too bad the river had a lot of flow and I couldn't let Dora truly swim! I think she would have given the chance though!

The Journey Continues.... Thumbs up to Rifle Falls

We found an excellent friendly park for little dogs in Colorado... if you are ever in the area make sure to visit Rifle Falls. Dora acted like this park was a giant agility course and forgot every obedience command she has been taught but Belle was good. She wanted to keep going and if Jim stopped too long for pictures she got upset! She also was a bit spooked out by the caves but Dora wanted to drag her into them of course. It had a bit of stairs but the girls had no problem racing thru them... mind you they had been in a crate for a few days while in the car!