Live like a Rockstar

Guess who's back - Back again!

2009-04-15T07:15:00.000-06:00

Hello everybody!!! It's been so long where do I begin? Man, it has been a hectic few months here at the casa and I've neglected my poor blog into oblivion. But no more! I'm back and ready to start updating you about Team RK once again.

Well what have we been up to since January?

We've had some snow days-

We've had some sunny with snow days-

We had some fun at the lake days!

Which led to some relaxing on the bed time....

Then we had some more snow days. Jeff and my brother took the dogs up when they went backcountry skiing and snowboarding, so they needed their packs and coats! It was coooooold that day. (You can see the blowing snow in the picture.) Brrrrrrrrr.

And that led to some uber relaxation on the couch.

Roxy knows how to relax in style!

And we had some more sunny days. This was taken up at the Evergreen dog park, which is the new dp we discovered doing a home visit for the rescue. They love it here. It's mountainous, huge, and had lots of new smells! What more could you want in a dog park? Well-maybe a lake too...

And that day led to more sleepy dogs. Are they not the cutest?

I will be keeping up with my blog much more often now that it's light outside when I get home and we are almost done wedding planning!! Woot! So please stop by often and say hello. We love to have you here!

Tagged!! 40 things about me

2009-01-27T07:26:00.004-07:00

Ok, so I have to post a recent picture of me and my dogs and then list 40 things about me... This is the most recent, but it's from August 08.

1. I'm planning my wedding which will happen September 12th of this year!!! (Which is why I haven't had as much time to update my blog.)

2. When I was growing up I wanted to be a 911 dispatcher.

3. I buy at least one new swimsuit every summer and hardly ever go swimming.

4. I was probably one of the shyest children ever. And now I'm pretty much the opposite.

5. I don't like chocolate. I'm not really into sweets at all. Well, except cheesecake! YUM!

6. I loooove cooking. And I'm finally starting to get decent at it.

7. My brother is one of my best friends. And we didn't even really start liking each other until we were out of high school.

8. I'm tall. 5'11 and 3/4" tall. And I love to wear heels.

9. I am addicted to the internet. I probably spend about 5 hours a day on it.

10. Rockstar is my heart dog. She is my first border collie and means more to me than most people could ever imagine. It's hard to wrap your head around how much that little dog means to me.

11. Patience is something I wish I had more of. And definitely something I need to work on.

12. Pinot Noir is my absolute favorite wine.

13. I probably own over 30 pairs of jeans.

14. I hate getting up super early for work but I love getting out at 3:30!

15. I use reusable shopping bags every time I go to the grocery store and try to remember when I go to other stores as well.

16. Some of my pet peeves are slow drivers, people who ask questions all the time and never take the time to retain any of the info you previously gave them, people who complain about something but never do anything about fixing the problem.

17. I ride motorcycles and own a Kawasaki 636.

18. One of my nicknames is #46

19. I can pretty much fall asleep in any movie. No matter how good it is.

20. 2 of my favorite foods are chicken and rice. I could eat these 2 things every. single. day.

21. My dogs crate themselves in the morning when it's cold out so they don't have to stay outside that day.

22. I've been at my same job for 9 years.

23. I drink at least 2 cups of coffee every morning, except the weekends.

24. I was born in the Year of the Dog in the Chinese Zodiac....appropriate-no?

25. I started college when I was 17.

26. I am the youngest of 3. An older sister, then an older bro, then me!

27. My favorite color is pink.

28. I have a collection of sunglasses....13 pairs last time I counted.

29. I've been trying to work out lately and I hope it starts to show soon.

30. It freaks me out that people refer to Save-The-Date reminders for weddings as STD reminders.

31. I adore creative people. I lack in the creativity/artistic department.

32. I had more allergies than you can count when I was younger. Dust, grass, perfumes, metals, plastics, adhesives (think bandaids-nope-couldn't wear those!), couldn't wear disposable diapers, no meat but lamb, no dairy, no legumes, no wheat, no soy, no yeast, no seafood, no citrus, no corn (which is in everything, btw!), no eating out-EVER! My mom had to cook 2 meals at every meal. One for me, and one for the rest of my family.

33. I've been to Costa Rica.

34. I've never broken a bone. *Knocks on wood*

35. As a kid I've played soccer, swimming, Tae-Kwon-Do, volleyball, basketball, skied, snowboarded, I was a pretty active little person.

36. I have WAY more guy friends than girlfriends.

37. I wish I could sing.

38. I write everything I do daily in a planner.

39. I'm always hungry. Even if I just ate 30 minutes before.

40. I always wanted braces when I was a kid but never needed them. I just liked that you could get them in all sorts of different colors!

The sweetest face

2009-01-16T14:18:00.004-07:00

I love when Kipp is calm. It doesn't happen often, but when it does it results in his 'sweet face' where he just looks at me with love. I think he is the most adorable, handsome, sweet, silly boy on the planet and I'm so glad he came into our lives.

Flippy Flopper Fun!

2009-01-10T16:50:00.000-07:00

Kipp would like to invite all of you to experience his one true love. Playing Frisbee.

We decided to take a little trip to the park because I've been dying to use my new Canon Rebel that I got for Christmas!! And as long as we were going, I might as well try my hand at some action shots and bring the Flippy Flopper Frisbees. I've never had much luck taking action shots with old camera because they would always turn out blurry. Let's see what we can do...

Kipp always makes it look easy.

I don't know if he will ever wait for a frisbee to get closer to the ground to catch...he always jumps to catch them.

And makes it look so smoooooth.

Boing and chomp!

This is as close as he gets to the ground, but still all 4 feet off the floor.

Roxy says, 'HEY! What about me? I catch Frisbee's too!!! Sometimes I try to catch them with my hands even.'

And this my friends, is why we could never have named her Grace.

Rockstar has a tendency to run too fast so then she has to turn around to catch the Frisbee before it hits the ground. And this is what is looks like when captured in a freeze frame.

'Mom, I got it!!! LOOOOOOK!'

Trying to take lessons from her little brother...she attempts to jump like a real dog with all 4 feet off the ground, and aiming just her face at the Frisbee. Hmmmm, not working so well, is it Roo?

Getting closer Rockstar-you can do it!!!

Doh, back to her old antics. But hey-at least she caught it! Good girl Rockstar.

Oh no, she didn't!! Look at her go! A textbook catch by my little Roo!!

And can I even tell you how much I LOVE my new camera?! Love, love, love, love, love, love, love, LOVE!!!

Rockstar is a present pro!

2008-12-26T13:13:00.001-07:00

Roxy loves to open presents. Especially when there are fans of hers cheering her on!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1D-yvITsR8

Oh, and btw, this is big news over here. I received a brand new Canon Rebel XSi for Christmas!!!! So you all better watch out. Who knows where it will take me, but you can bet that will mean I will be taking even more pictures than normal (I use that term loosly because my DF thinks there is nothing normal about the amount of photos I take). I didn't think that would be possible but I can't wait to get home and do my first photo shoot!

Merry Christmas from Team RK

2008-12-24T07:43:00.004-07:00

Happy Holidays!

Rockstar and Kipp would like to wish all their furry and non-furry friends that read this blog a happy and healthy holiday season. Whatever you may or may not celebrate, we wish you the best of love, peace and happiness.

Merry Christmas!! Happy Kwanzaa! Happy Hanukkah! Or as Jeff likes to say, Merry Christmahanukwanzakkah!! :) And Happy New Year to you all!

Tag, I'm it!!

2008-12-17T11:15:00.001-07:00

The lovely Laura with Craig and Taz (who is now in Canada working on his sheepdoggin skills! Go Tazzy!) tagged me with a simple and fun game! I'm excited to see what everyone that I tag posts! :)

So, here is the deal. She was tagged first, and now I'm next. The rules are simple: go to your photo archives on your computer and go into the 6th folder and count up to the 6th picture and post it on your blog, along with the story that goes with it.

Warning-semi graphic image up ahead if you don't like blood.

This is the 6th picture in my 6th folder. Camping up in Buena Vista the night before a disc dog competition. It was dark out, this was a dog approved camp ground.....with a barb wire fence running straight through the campsite!! I was SO pissed. So while we were setting up the tent and getting things out of the car Kipp walks over to me....blood dripping everywhere. Scared the crap out of me.

This was taken after we cleaned the cut, but you can see that the cut goes from right under his armpit, all the way down to his paw. (It looks like a white line all the way down his leg-you can view it larger if you double click the picture.)

So, we wrapped him up, and my poor baby had to hang out in his crate for the rest of the evening so he wasn't running around on his hurt leg.

And to make the trip worse, my DF accidently wrapped his vetwrap too tight and Kipp's foot was swollen the next morning...

My little Dipper just layed in the tent and licked at his foot the entire morning.

But he cheered on his sister at the competition the next day and for her first time ever she won a gold medal and placed first in the novice division!! It was cute, Kipp walked over to the field with us when it was Rockstar's turn to go and he watched her compete and actually looked happy that she was doing so good. He would nudge her when she got back to the sidelines as if to say 'Good job sis, you kicked ass!'

Now it's my turn to start tagging!!! 6 victims.... Muah ah ah ahhhhh. I choose:

Park Bench fun

2008-12-15T12:29:00.000-07:00

I, for some odd reason, like to make my dogs pose on things that they would rather not. Like this fun green park bench at our local park.

Roxy nicely got up on the bench and sat down, as if to say 'Let's just get this over with lady' and Kipp would not, I mean NOT sit down. Whatever Kipp-you big baby. Good enough for me.

Then we found this other nice green park bench on the top of the hill at the park. Like she knew I was going to ask her to hop up, she did it for me and awaited the picture taking.

I think this is her favorite view. This is her park.

It's actually quite the place. There is a huge area to just run around, and a nice big flat area for practicing discin'.

Kipp doesn't always quite 'get' what I'm asking him. That or he doesn't get why I would want him to do such silly things. He always takes longer to convince that this is fun! But he will usually comply with my wishes for a short time.

Kipp the Lemur. The ears, the eyes, the tail. He totally looks like a Lemur to me here.

And then there is my fox dog. Roxy ends up looking rather fox-ish in many of her pics. Hmmm, Halloween ideas for next year are popping into my head right now...

Mr. Handsome. Still wondering why his mom is crazy. I love you Buddy-thanks for being such a good boy! You can get off now.

I think he got used to being on the bench. Because he didn't really want to get down even after I told him it was ok. He sat, taking in the cold, then hopped off to hang with his sis.

Enjoying each other's company.

And my favorite picture of the trip. The moon in the blue sky, and my 2 pups seeming to relax and just enjoy the view.

The Park + Snow = Fun!!!

2008-12-10T07:25:00.002-07:00

I decided that since the pups had to be in their crates all day because it was FREEZING out yesterday (talking less than 10 degrees when I left the house in the am and it never made it past 25 degrees all day. It was around 10-15 with the windchill......brrrrrrrrrrr!)

So we packed up out brand spankin' new Camo Wubba and off to the park we went! What does Rockstar do when we first get to the park? Lay down right in the middle of the shady snow. Aren't these dogs supposed to be one of the smartest breeds? Hmmmmm.....

Ahhhh, maybe Kipp is the smart one. At least he layed where there was some sunshine! Which is good because Kipp can't seem to 'shake' like a normal dog and he can never get all the wet off him properly. Thus, he ends up freezing his little booty off by the time we go back inside.

Wubba Time!!! Kipp would love it if someone would PLEASE throw his new Wubba!! (Wow, I should get paid for all this free Wubba advertising I'm doing right now!)

Roxy likes to carry the Wubba by the strands for some reason...so the hard part hits her in the face as she's running....again, smartest breed???

I love her gate as she's running. And look at that smile on her face! She was LOVING the snow!

Kipp is funny. He really didn't know what to do at the park with no Frisbee to chase (or Wubba once I put it away) so he just chased Roxy around. I think he would've just layed down and hung out by me if she wasn't there....waiting for some toy stimulation. Weirdo.

They liked sticking their noses in the snow and then licking it off their faces. That was pretty cute. Roxy would do it as she was running. Like a seagull scooping up a fish out of the water-she would just open her mouth and scoop the top layer of snow off the ground and just keep running.

And then they ran some more!

Eventually I made them stop and rest a little. Hmmm, I wonder what they're looking at? (If you look closely at Kipp's belly -just above his muzzle- you can see how red it is. It was COLD out!!)

Hi mom!!!!

Why does Kipp ALWAYS seem to have a snowy face?

Oh yeah, because Roxy kicks up snow dust onto him when she's running! See?

Examining the park from the top of the hill. Making sure everything is kosher. It seems to be. So I guess we can go home now. :)

Rockstar's snowy face

2008-12-08T14:35:00.001-07:00

Rockstar's snowy face
Originally uploaded by number 46

And Roxy runs so fast that she usually ends up slipping in the snow and that's how HER face gets to looking like this. :)

Kipp's snowy face

2008-12-08T14:33:00.001-07:00

Kipp's snowy face
Originally uploaded by number 46

Sometimes Kipp will miss the frisbee and must dig into the snow to find it again. He usually comes up looking something like this!

Snow bunnies

2008-12-08T14:29:00.001-07:00

snow bunnies
Originally uploaded by number 46

Rockstar and Kipp absolutely LURVE the snow so we took the opportunity last weekend to take some time and enjoy it together.

A little DP trip

2008-11-25T18:30:00.001-07:00

I love the dog park. You get to hang out with other people who (for the most part) are doing the right thing with their dogs. Exercising them, socializing them, letting them be dogs, some are even -gasp- training them!

I think this is one of Rockstar's favorite places in the entire world. Chatfield State Park has a DP that is HUGE! It has 2 lakes for swimming and a nice stream to play in as well. Obviously under normal Colorado weather these would've been off limits right now but it's been SO nice here the water wasn't too cold and Team RK was frolicking and swimming away!

Waiting for Jeff to throw their ball back in the lake!

Here is Rockstar and her weird lip.

And then we head to land to dry off!! Anyone else notice the only thing in focus is her nose??

And Roxy trying to avoid Kipp's shakeoff water and focus on the task at hand....the BALL!

And this is Kipp's innocent face. 'I didn't shake water off on Roxy, honest!'

We even met some other BC's there too - and another Kipp imposter at that! This one is a girl and her name is Nell. She actually herds real sheep normally...

BUT you better watch out though if you're a white fluffy dog in a pack of bc's....they might just mistake you for a sheep!! Good thing there is a Chuck-It around keeping their interest!

And here is the smooth-coated crew...all ball obsessed. Weird-I know!

Kipp would like to just inform everyone that there is only ONE Kipp! And look how handsome he is.

But he would like to know this one thing.....WHY?????

I dunno buddy. I can't explain that one.

Moving on....

Let's make the dogs pose on a tree trunk!

And we'll finish off this trip with a little more fetch!

Sister Kimberly sends presents!

2008-11-20T08:50:00.001-07:00

Ok, so they weren't for Rockstar's birthday, but since I hadn't given them to the dogs yet I thought I was an appropriate time to finally do it. (I actually received them back at the beginning of September!) But my camera wasn't working at the time so I waited, because I figured it would make a good blog! :)

Oooooo, presents!

I'll just snap a pic really quickly before Roxy or Kipp realizes what they are or who they are for.

(They always seem to be able to sniff out dog toys like nobody's business!)

See what I mean, Roxy is already figuring out that something awesome could be hiding inside the bag.

And before you know it, she grabs one out. I should've never let her unwrap her Christmas presents for the past 2 years, now she just digs in when she knows it's for her! Lol.

And before they get completely destroyed I thought I'd show you guys what they got. 2 rope toys, which happen to be Roxy's favorite thing, but she ends up shredding them all over the living room and I end up picking up strings for days, so mommy doesn't buy her those anymore. This is a special treat! And also 2 on-the-go doggy bowls! They're great. They compact into tiny little flat squares and fit in the tiniest space. Perfect since we take the dogs everywhere with us!

Notice Rockstar trying to be sneaky and steal a toy mid-picture. I couldn't get her out of the pic!

So I had her jump up and take a picture with the fun stuff....but where'd her front legs go? She looks like a cross between a fox and a deer to me for some reason.

You know they're both thinking:

'So seriously, are you gonna put that camera down and throw our new toys? Because this isn't fun for us right now....'

Now THESE are the happy faces I wanted to see!

Kipp found me the toys (like I didn't know where they were!) and in true Kipp fashion, presented them to me with a bow.

Kipp: C'mon Mom, here, I'll even hand it right to you!

Kipp: Oh, I love it, I love it, I love it. Chase, chase, chase. It's all mine.

Kipp: Hey, did you not hear me? I said-It's all mine! Don't you go trying to steal my toy.

Roxy: It's my birthday though, and I am a tugging ninja!! I don't know if you want to try and compete!

Roxy: Neener neener neener. I win, I win. Here mom, here's the toy.

Roxy: Don't you want to take it? Do I need to get it closer? Here, here, HERE!!

So what does Kipp do? He just goes and gets the other toy....and now Rockstar wants that one too. She's SUCH a girl!

And there she goes, just taking what she wants...

Well, attempting to anyway!

He doesn't look too broken up that she took his toy does he?

And here is what she did with it. Less than 5 minutes later and she's already chewed through it! She absolutely loves to chew rope toys. No wonder her teeth are so pearly white!

Thanks Sister Kimberly!! You're the best doggy Aunty EVA!

Happy Birthday Rockstar!!

2008-11-16T19:20:00.001-07:00

Yesterday was Rockstar's 3rd birthday!! So, in proper dog lover fashion we gave her some awesome presents. To start, she got a nice new collar and Kipp did too. (Although they were supposed to be for Christmas, I just couldn't wait that long.)

And fancy new dog tags to go with them! They're little dog paws!

And I didn't think that was enough so I had to go back and order them matching leashes so they can be extra-fancy!!

Once I have a chance I'll try and take some outside pictures with them on. Indoor pictures are boring and not well lit, IMO. Well, at least all mine are.

Rockstar got a HUGE busy bone instead of a cake which I think she was pretty darn happy about. And she also got a duck, one of her favorite toys ever. And a pink sqeaky bone. She was a happy little girl. And we also went to the dog park today so I will be posting those pictures later in the week. It was a great weekend.

Except on Saturday when we spent the entire day at a flyball tournament. The Western Border Collie Rescue was there trying to adopt some dogs out, and I was there to help out. And I couldn't leave Roxy at home on her birthday so she and Kipp came along. They don't look too happy to be stuck on this blanket all day, do they?

But when she got home it was all Roxy playtime with her dad!

Which toy will she choose? Yep, her favorite duck.

Her and Jeff like to tug together. And he doesn't use his hands....this is way more fun!! (Oooo, you can see her pretty new collar here.)

I wonder who will win this war? (You have to click this picture to enlarge it-and look at Rockstar's face. It's hilarious!!!)

And eventually Kipp joined in too. Once Rockstar got to break her duck in properly. :)

Happy Birthday little girl!! We love you!

Do you smell that?

2008-11-14T15:30:00.000-07:00

Uh oh, what is that?

Do you smell that??? Where is it coming from? Over there maybe...

Oh my god, it's coming from ANOTHER HOSE MONSTER!!!

I WILL get you this time. You will not get the best of me!

Don't make me bust out my best grizzly bear moves!!

C'mon Kipp!! Help me out here. Last time you just ran away-we can take it down. Together! Power in numbers!!

Fine, you big sissy. Go back inside. I'll take care of this myself!

Ugh, this is SO not working.... Hmmm. I have to think. I have to come up with a better plan. Think, Rockstar, think!

La la la la laaaaaaa, I'm just gonna walk over here for no reason at all, Mr. Hose Monster. De de deee, walking, walking, walking.

And I'll come at you from this side! ATTAAAAAAACK!!!!!!! Kipp, wrong way buddy!!! Come on!

Wait, how'd you get behind me so fast?

Alright, it's head on time. Coming at you from the side obviously isn't working. Here we go!

Yep, that did it. The hose monster is gone and did I mention he tasted delicious?!

Yeah, I'm getting some love from my dad for a job well done. I'm SUCH a GREAT guard dog!

Ha ha ha ha ha ha....Kipp is NOT! See, this is what all his pictures looked like-big baby!

Here I am shaking it off, when that stupid hose monster tried to come attack me again. Mom told me that we were 'done'. I hate when she says that because it usually means no more fun. And today was no different.

So, I sat in my yard with my new grass and made sure it didn't try anything sneaky.

You best listen, hose monster. Or this face will be the last thing you see!!

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Seriously, who knew that getting grass would be so much fun. Roxy looooves the grass and chasing the hose. I've never seen her do that before now but it's hilarious! Watering the grass has never been more entertaining!

Hose Monster!!!

2008-11-12T12:38:00.003-07:00

Rockstar is doing her duty of keeping an eye out for hose monsters. I think she has spotted one.... There is no mistaking that face!

And she's off!! That hose monster has no idea what's coming. This little girl is fierce. This little girl is determined. This little girl is fast and you stand no chance!

She WILL eat you! And woof you. See example below:

And this is her after. Although one might think that she lost this battle with the hose monster- but this is the face of a winner! In my mind anyway. That's how moms are right?

My little winner.

And here is my little weiner! He stayed CLEAR of any water and nonsense that was happening in the yard. And he likes to swim, so who knew the reasoning behind his not wanting to let any hose water touch him. Reminded him a little too much of getting a bath, perhaps? :)

He was not amused by the hose monster and was even less amused when it turned on him for no reason and sprayed him. He ran in the house so fast and waited in the doorway like 'Hah dad, try and spray me now!! Mom will SO kick your ass if you spray that hose in the house. And you know it.'

Smartass.

Daylight savings ending- you are our Nemesis!!

2008-11-05T09:26:00.000-07:00

I hate that it gets dark so dang early now! Evil, evil winter months. I can barely get home from work and load the dogs up to take them to the park, none-the-less try and get a good session in before dark. I'm going to have to start going to the dog park more and give up the frisbees for a while I guess.

It was 4pm when I took these pics yesterday. And look at how dark it is getting already! Oy. This is our park, btw. Isn't it nice?! It's big and in a fairly quiet little neighborhood with hardly no other dogs there, ever. I love it!

Some JERK decided it would be fun to do donuts in the grass, right after the sprinklers were on one night. And now this is what the grass looks like. Thanks, a**hole. Now our beautiful, nice, well-taken care of park looks like crap.

But no more whining-it's time to play!!!! This is what it looks like when we arrive at the park. I get out of the Xterra, open the back hatch, Rockstar and Kipp jump out and run to the middle of the grass to wait for me to grab the frisbees and their water. And then they stare.

Kipp has his stare down to a science. There is no denying what this boy wants!!

I like to drop all the discs right in front of them and then take my time putting my cell phone, truck keys, camera, and whatever else I've got, in one nice pile on the ground....just to torture them a little. :) He he he-mean mommy!

And eventually Kipp won't be able to stand it any longer and he'll grab a disc and bring it to me. He's just too damn cute!

Then we have a little session. Here is me and Rockstar attemping to do some freestyle. We're still new at this so it's nothing very exciting. Yet.

She is such a good dog though! She has come a long way in just the little amount of time we've been working on her 'tricks.' Maybe everyone's dogs are just as smart, and learn just as quickly, but I think it's incredible how well she is doing!

And we must not forget about the Dipper! He was sooooo tired, but still wouldn't drink any water. He hates to drink when there is something better to do, like chase a friz! No matter how close we put the water bowl to him, he says 'NO!'

See, now wasn't it nice of him to sit and stare at these for me in case I didn't see them before?! What a good boy you are, Mr. Kipper!

He likes to put ideas in my cute little Roxy's head and before I knew it she was begging for the same thing.

So we played some more, and decided it was time to go. Rockstar was reluctant, but eventually she started heading back to the truck. Kipp will finally drink water at the end of the session because he knows there will be no more disc and heads toward the truck too.

And that, my friends, is a day at the park with Rockstar and Kipp!

Camo Obsession?

2008-11-03T12:21:00.005-07:00

What is with me liking to dress up my dogs? And I've also been noticing a slight trend lately. Dressing them up........and camo. Eh, what do you do? Take pictures!!! :)

I must have a weird fetish with camo, I think. Rockstar has a pink camo bandana:

And Kipp has a green camo collar......

And a blue camo bandana....

I don't know about you but I think it makes them jump higher and run faster!

And here is my proof! :) We call this "The Wall."

These are all the awards that my 2 little furballs have won this season. (Besides the bags of dog food, treats, toys, carpet spot-cleaner, t-shirts, and yummy/fun stuff that we already gave them. Heck-we even won a gigantic candle at one event! Weird, I know.) Pretty darn good if you ask me!

Yes, this is the way I justify dressing up my dogs. :P Ok, not really. But they don't seem to mind and I think they are adorable so there ya go!

Imposter!!!!

2008-10-31T07:46:00.005-06:00

There is a Kipp imposter at WBCR:

Maybe he is just being Kipp for Halloween???? Because we all know there can only be one Kipper-Dipper!!

Is that not crazy? He looks just like him. Short hair, on the smaller side for a male, same markings (a few less spots than my boy but you get what I'm sayin') and GET THIS: His name is Tripp. Kipp and Tripp. Matching dogs, matching names.

Isn't he handsome?! I think so, but I guess I'm partial..... :) I'm going to meet him tomorrow and I can't wait! I just love the smooth coated little ones.

Jeff will kill me if I bring him home. Jeff will kill me if I bring him home. Jeff will kill me if I bring him home. Jeff will kill me if I bring him home. Jeff will kill me if I bring him home. Jeff will kill me if I bring him home. Jeff will kill me if I bring him home. Jeff will kill me if I bring him home.

I think I should repeat that all morning tomorrow. Because I just LOVE this little guy.

Trick or Treat!

2008-10-29T21:17:00.000-06:00

Rockstar and Kipp did a test run last night with their costumes on to see how they'd do in them. All in all, I think it went pretty well. Rockstar is a champ and has already been through 2 Halloweens and had to dress up for one of them. Kipp was not too thrilled when I first put his costume on him. He wouldn't move.

Nope, not gonna do it. Not even for that delicious treat in your hand!

Wait, did you say you have my favorite snausages??

How's this?

Yummmmmmm, Kipp ate more doggie treats last night than he's had since the entire time he's been here. BUT-my plan worked. He was posing for pictures left and right!!

See?!!

What good doggies I've got. Happy Howloween everybody!!!

I hope you all have a safe and happy Halloween.

And PLEASE remember-Keep that candy up and out-of-reach of your pooches!

Devi goes home

2008-10-14T07:39:00.002-06:00

Devi found her new home last night with a wonderful couple in Eagle, CO.

BYE MOM!!! I've got a new mom now!

We went to the park and she played with Devi for a while. She fell in love with her silly antics and slight uncoordination. I was sad to see Devi go, but I know she will get way more love and attention from them than she could ever need!!

Devi at the park

2008-10-03T07:34:00.003-06:00

Ok, is this dog not the cutest tubby dog you've ever seen??

She looooves to play fetch!

Throw it again Aunty!!!

All tuckered out after about 10 throws. This little girl loves to play but I doubt has ever been exercised.

I feel bad for the poor little sausage. She has HUGE potential to be a killer sports dog. She can catch a frisbee like Kipp, and is almost able to keep up with Rockstar in the speed department, it's just that no one ever played with her. Now she will find a family that will do all the things for her that she has been missing out on. You can't keep her away from the toys in our house and she will steal toys from Roxy and Kipp like she's afraid she will never get it back. No need to worry about that here little girl. You can play with all the toys your little heart desires.

Rookie of the Year!

2008-09-22T08:12:00.004-06:00

Here is my Kipper Dipper....Flying his way toward Rookie of the Year!

***Photo taken by Russ Green (rgreenphotography.com)****

We're pretty sure that Kipp has locked in Rookie of the Year. Our last competition was Saturday (where Kipp and the fiance took 9th overall, btw!!!) and the way it looks is that Kipp and I have the most Rookie points! :) How cool is that? My little one year old boy, a rescue, that we've only had since January (which is when we started fostering Mr. Dipper-we adopted him at the end of Feb. and he had been in rescue since he was just a baby!) is the man! You go boy!

And not to leave Miss Rockstar out-she came in second with me!! Right behind us....Kipp came in 3rd with fiance Jeff. And our good friend Mike came in 4th with his red dog Maggey!

It was a really fun season and I'm super happy we found this to do with our dogs. It keeps me way more active than I was before, and my lazy butt needed that! Especially now because I need to lose some weight for my wedding! :)

Fostering Again

2008-09-19T11:30:00.005-06:00

Meet Devi:

Devi is a singe, black & white female, looking for love. She loves toys, long walks, a run from time to time, and snuggling is by far her favorite! Road trips? She loves the wind in her fur and to be right by your side! C'mon-who doesn't want a fun loving woman who is adventurous and up for anything?! She loves to meet new people!!

Devi is somewhere around 3-4 years old we're thinking. She's just giving us a head shot because she's a little embarrassed by her weight right now. She could stand to lose a few!! You cannot feel her ribs, even if you try, so we need to slim her down and find that special someone for her to fall in love with!

She is the sweetest thing. She's already housebroken (Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!!) and is working on her crate training. She can be a little barky at first but calms down after a few minutes. She is working on her manners, as being in the shelter for almost a month and who knows where before that, didn't help her much in that department. I can't wait to see how she is after she has had a chance to calm down and get settled in at our house. She is going to make someone a fantastic family member.