Sleeping on the Job...

This weekend Jeremiah and I went to Portland. It's my dad's birthday next weekend, so we went down to meet up with him, and my brother Jeremy. We had a great weekend, drank lots of beer and had enjoyed all that Portland has to offer!

I went over to pick up Hank this afternoon from his weekend at day camp. He usually sleeps a LOT when he gets home from a weekend at day camp, and today is not unlike that. However, when I was waiting for them to get Hank from day camp, one of the girls at the front desk mentioned, that today during day camp, Hank came over, curled up next to her on the floor, and fell asleep...how cute is that! Then, a golden retriever, came up to Hank, curled up on the floor, and laid his head on Hank's butt. She was very sad to not have a camera, but it sure sounds cute! Hank got an exit bath today, and a new bandanna to go along with it.

He's home now, laying on the floor next to me sleeping. He keeps mozing between us, me up stairs watching TV and Jeremiah downstairs watching sports. He's so dang cute! And the pawgress report came too...

Oh what a Beautiful Morning...

My friend Kelleen and I have had a heck of a time getting together lately. So this morning we were able to connect with our dogs and head over to St. Edwards State Park. I was pretty sure St. Edwards was only used for beer festivals since that's the only time I've ever been. But there are a RIDICULOUS amount of trails out there, and it leads right down to Lake Washington. So, since Kelleen takes her dog Gracie there often, we decided to go check it out. It's an on-leash dog park, but the trails are great, and we have good dogs, so it was an off leash trail for us.

You go STRAIGHT down the side of the "hill" and then you hit the water, which Hank loved. Since Marymoor has had the stupid salmon spawning going on, Hank hasn't swam in months. And then we hiked back UP a different trail. It was an AWESOME hike today, and Hank and Gracie (and Kelleen & I) had a BLAST! It is a beautiful fall Saturday in the Puget Sound. Sunshine, blue skies, 40 degrees...it's great! Lattes in hand, we were good to go. The dogs ran up and down and up and down, and wow was it fun!

Now that Hank is all exhausted, it's time for the annual vet exam this afternoon. I can't believe we've had him for a year already! What a great dog!

Hank loved Gracie, and hopefully the wagging tail bruises on Kelleen's leg heal soon enough...

What A Happy Puppy!

First let me apologize for not posting in a few weeks. It's been kind of a zoo lately, but Hank is doing GREAT, he's keeping busy at day camp, and had a fun weekend with Rudy, and then Uncle Jeremy & Aunt Cassie. BUT, the highlight of September was this weekend...

Last weekend Jeremiah and I went to the Fremont Oktoberfest with our good friends Mike & Grace. They mentioned that they were heading down to their beach house this weekend and invited us to come along and bring Hank. So, Friday after work, we loaded up the car, and all of Hank's stuff, and headed down to Shelton, WA for the weekend. Mike & Grace have a great beach house on south Hood Canal that's so much fun to relax, read, drink, hangout in the hot tub and RELAX. We love it there, and haven't been in a year we realized! The cool thing for Hank about their house is they have a BIG back yard that goes up to the Canal. So, Hank did a ton of running around, barking, sniffing things out, and then sleeping. Having four people around to play with is more fun than two! Every time he was up, someone was taking him out to throw the ball around. He was so happy, and loved every minute of it. He's now recuperating, and will be VERY excited at day camp tomorrow when he gets a BATH. I think Hank has a new favorite place, he kept asking when he could go back...

Stand up Straight!

Hank is not a small dog by any description. We learned that especially with Lucy here visiting a few weeks ago. But, since he's so TALL, we notice that he struggles to bend over and eat his food sometimes. Jeremiah decided a while ago that he wanted to build Hank a food dish. So, with some extra vacation time at hand, he took Thursday and Friday off this past week and built Hank something closer to his size. Hank LOVES it, and isn't straining over as much to eat. Now we'll just have to build a travel one for treks to the grandparents...

What a Sad Puppy...

My dad and Rudy were here visiting this weekend. We had a great time, and Hank and Rudy are the BEST of friends. In fact, on Friday night/Saturday morning, I got next to no sleep, because Hank was up all night, he was DESPERATE to see Rudy and play with her. Ridiculous...

So, they had fun running around, barking at people and dogs, and Hank wouldn't let Rudy sniff out ANYTHING without checking it out himself, it was very cute. So, now Rudy has left and Hank's been laying around all day moping, he's just so sad that Rudy left...