Saturday Snuggles

We're so excited to be hosting Jen, and her dog Jenks, of Brown Dog Designs at our house this weekend! I met Jen and Jenks at BlogPaws in Denver, and then met up again with Jen at BlogPaws in Virginia last year. They recently moved much closer to us and we can't wait to see them today!

It will also be the first time another dog is staying in the house with Toby, so this, should be interesting. I'm sure we'll have a fun blog post tomorrow or Monday about it.

In the meantime, all Toby wanted to do was snuggle this morning. He's feeling a while lot better, even though he can't put his full weight on the leg.

Wordless Wednesday: I'm Not Coming Out of Here

Not so "wordless" :

After a 20 hour work day yesterday, I was so excited to come home to Toby. But, what I wasn't happy to see was that he was still limping and refused to come out of his crate. He was, however jumping around in his crate and pawing at me through it.

Should Uggie Have Been Nominated for an Oscar?

Major news outlets are covering the story, and Reuters even headlined their story, "Oscar's big snub." So, we want to know, should Uggie, from the hit movie, "The Artist," have received an Oscar nomination?

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Better, But Not Healed

So much for getting better at this!

Last night at about 7 p.m. I started to go into full freak-out mode about the leg Toby injured yesterday playing in the snow. His eyes looked "glassy" to me, he seemed kind of dazed and he would yelp when you tried to pick him up.

I immediately set up a crate with a plush dog bed covered in two fleece blankets and put him in there so he couldn't run around and would just rest. 

He curled right in, and didn't put up any fuss, which for Toby is odd. I mean he loves his crate, but just for traveling. If someone is home, he usually wants to be in their lap.

Let's Go Giants!

A Snowy Limp

Toby loves to play in the snow, and today was no different. Even when he woke me up at 5:40 a.m. this morning to go out, he couldn't wait to romp around in the fluffy, white powder. I let him play for a few minutes, but then we went back inside to catch a little more sleep.

We went out two more times for him to "go" until I finally got myself out of bed to fully help my Dad clean everything and not just sweep away a little area for Toby to do his business. Once we had everything cleaned up, I took Toby outside so he could play for a little bit. He even wore a sweater!

I threw the toy his Aunt Irene got him for Christmas several times.

Nevada May Ban "Street Pets" From Las Vegas Strip

You might remember my article about what I called "street pets" a few months back. It's one of those issues that really upsets me, and leaves me torn because there are so many various sides and reasons for it. But now, Nevada might be taking up the cause, too -- and banning them from the famous Las Vegas Strip.

The new measure being considered by a committee tasked to look at problems on the strip, may ban animals from the street that are not vaccinated and neutered or spayed, according to the Las Vegas Sun.  Animals with guests at animal-friendly resorts or residents of the Strip are exempt.

Sparked by a California man who was recently bit by a dog on the Las Vegas Strip, the Sun reports that the committee wants to move fast on this proposal which would ban panhandlers from taking their pets on the Strip.

Wordless Wednesday: Nemo, Is That You?

Snapped by my friend Vikki of her cat. Figment. 

I'm ... Getting ..... Tired ...

How about a Wordless Sunday?

I just love sleepy dog photos. :)

Not Every Toy Is for the Dog

I was unpacking the car earlier and put all the bags on the floor in the house. I came back in from being outside talking with the neighbor and I couldn't find Toby. I yelled a few times, but he didn't come.

My first instinct was to get paranoid that he slipped out the door, but had he done that I'm sure he would have followed me, because I was playing with the neighbor's newish puppy. Not on the couch, not in the kitchen, not on my bed.

Then, I went into the spare bedroom and there was Toby on the other side of the bed, and this is what I found: