CRAP!

Well I'm home... Started out Friday with Dad taking Mom to the hospital, she stayed for 2 nights and is better, but it's taking a long time for her to get her starch back...

Then I took off with Bindi, Jasper, Tess & Ina in the motorhome for the roadtrip... Lots of Memorial Day traffic.... but got over Tiger Mt. no problems... I heard on the radio there was a wreck on I-90 further up the mountain, so I thought I would stop for gas and groceries. I pulled off at North Bend about 2 hours (in good traffic) from home. Filled up with gas, no problems... then drove across the street to the Safeway parking lot.... no breaks! I had to stand on the break peddle to make the damn thing stop. So I got it parked, and called AAA at about 5pm and they said they were swamped... I called Tom & Pam and they brought my box truck and van from home and we loaded up the doggies and Tom & Pam went home with them and I loaded my van with what I needed for the weekend and waited for AAA. The guy showed up at about 12:30am... and got it loaded up and I was on the road by 1:30am...

I took off for Spokane and made it almost all the way, but had to stop for a nap for about 1/2 hr and got to Spokane at about 6am.

I was pretty tired for the show on Saturday, but with a good night sleep was fine by Sunday.

So now to decide if I EVER will step into that motorhome again! It has stranded me several times now. All normal, no way to anticipate problems... but still it's always something with a motorhome.... I think I'm more likely to trust Alaska Airlines at this point!

At least I'm home with the dogs and Mom is better!!

A looong road trip ahead.....

Not too much to report here... I talked to Jennifer and Phoebe is getting what we refer to a "thick" so hopefully that means puppies!

I'm off on an almost month long road trip working. This weekend in Spokane andCoeur D'Alene. Then we stay over and work the next weekend in Yakima. Then head for home for 1 1/2 days.


Then we leave for 4 days in Vallejo at Woofstock and lay over for the 4 Gridley shows the following weekend.



The Woofstock shows in Vallejo are fun. It's all about the 60's! I'll have to get my tie-dye shirt out of the mothballs! It will be a lot of work (a good thing!) but it's will be fun too, which is a nice change for shows lately. Hopefully it will not be as hot as last weekend in Vallejo, 95+ degrees...


Dad is going to drive with me for the California trip. We are going to lay over at Bodega Bay, a place we camped at when I was a kid. When we first started camping at Doran Beach it was nothing but a spit of sand. There were squatters and the fee was $1 a night. Now you have to make reservations and it's $25 a night. But it should be fun!! I'm taking the doggies with me, Mocha will stay home with Mom, but the others should enjoy the beach! Bindi, Tess & Ina have never see waves! They should LOVE it!! Pictures when we get home!!!

I'll have to dig out my old Flexi leads so my good ones don't get sand in them... nasty. Maybe time for new ones... I'll bet some of mine are 15 years old... I wonder how long they last before they get "tired"? hmmmm

Better get packing!

Well, Tess survived the dreaded Pink Foot!! But the carped did not… so it will go into the dog room, maybe that was Tess idea to start with!!!

Bindi had a good weekend in Woodland, CA. She won the Breed both days and won the Group on Sunday. It was very hot for a girl from the Northwest!!! But she showed great. Many people who have not seen Bindi show before comment on how well she shows and how pretty she is :) That was Bindi’s last show for about 6 weekends… this darn work thing….

We are now into Spring weather patterns. I love them, sunny one minute, downpour the next. The grass loves it too. Which the dog like, they eat grass like they are goats! My dogs eat grass like it’s a supplement, when Sophia ate grass it always made her sick, but not the dogs at my house.

Even when I’m traveling while doing potty walks if they come along to some “good grass” the start chomping! And when I get home they go out and start eating grass as if saying “finally good grass”! There is some kind of sticky weed they REALLY love… I checked and it seems not to be a toxic weed. They even go so far as to put their feet thru the fence to pull in in… Yep, GOATS!!

Izzy made it to China! I got a photo of her doing what Izzy does best! Looks like she made the trip fine. Now she needs to learn how to bark in Chinese!!

It's the dreaded PINK FOOT!!!!!!

No, that's not blood on Tess' foot or on the towel in the photo! It's pink ink from a pen with liquid in the barrel. I found little pink foot prints all over my house this evening.... OK who did that?? I got stuff to clean it up and found the chewed up pen...

I was not going to get mad at whom ever had ink on the bottom of their foot because they could have just stepped on it when walking by. Then Miss Tess came to see what I was doing! Tess had pink on the top of her foot and was the ONLY one that had ink on their feet at all.

GUILTY!!! She hasn't "killed" a pen in a long time. She used to kill quite a few in her younger days...

I got Tess in the tub to wash her foot off, but she will have a pink foot for a bit. I threw out the towels... No point in cleaning them, it will just make for a load of pink whatever I wash next.

That's what I get for watching a bit of TV in my room with Mocha and leaving the rest loose. Really, they never do anything bad now that are grown up. I guess we have too much rain for Tess!

Do ya think I'll get Hot Pink Poops??

Phoebe and Dylan puppies

Champion Tramac Just Want the Spotlite "Phoebe"

I have had a few phone calls about puppies and thought I would put up a photo of Phoebe and Dylan. Phoebe lives with Jennifer Meisch in St. Helens, OR jmtdals@aol.com Phoebe is due June 19th or so.

And this is Dylan, Champion Cranbrook's Special Delivery

Both Phoebe and Dylan are about 7 years old, BAER Bilateral have OFA and CERF numbers and are healthy to date.

If you go to my web site there are photos of Phoebes parents, Dustin & Mocha. My web sit is very out of date.... but you can see her parents there. http://www.tramacdal.com/

We have a new Champion!

Ina was WB and Best of Opposite yesterday to finish her Championship!Tanner was Best of Breed won a Group 4th. Ina just needed one point and it was only her 10th show. Ina finished with 3 majors won at specialties or supported Dal entries, all from Bred by.

I think we will take a pass today because Ina and Tess went out after breakfast and dug a huge new hole... so she is covered with mud, but they had a GREAT time! Our new neighbors said they put stuff on their new lawn to keep the moles out... guess they are moving over here... so the girls will be busy keeping them out of our yard "naturally" :) Hopefully they don't catch them...

Here is a photo of Ina playing in the snow this winter and a photo of Jasper in the mud a few years ago, he was sooooo proud of his new hole.... Ina did not get this muddy because my yard does not flood much any more. But it's a fun photo all the same!

A quiet week...

Well, things are rather quiet here this week. We have had a few days of lovely sunshine and the dogs love it because they get to run in the big yard!

I built a "Dog House" on the back of my house a bit ago and my brother is going to insulate it for me, so maybe I will get it done so I can use it!! Spring sure gets your juices going to get things done!!

We do have show this weekend, Bindi is not entered I just entered her daughter Ina. Ina has been shown 9 times and needs one point to finish, so hopefully she will get that one point this weekend. Not to sure what to do with Ina... She might, maybe be looking for a home after she finishes... not sure. Time will tell....