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Showing posts with label photo. Show all posts

Tuesday, November 03, 2015

sugarspay


our favorite little dumptruck went under the knife yesterday.

she went through one heat in august, and that was plenty. there are no sugarpuppies in our future.


sugar spay

she did great in her surgery, and was doing okay once we came home, though she was pacing around whimpering until she settled in this spot to watch the game with her dad.

recovering from spay

she is expected to make a full recovery, and will have stitches for the next two weeks, during which time she is to be kept dry and calm. all we can do is try on that one!

way to go sugarsnickers!

Saturday, June 06, 2015

happy birthday, sugarhoney!


sugarhoney tot


today is the day our little sugarsnickers turns 1. it's also the day nachodoggy would have turned 12.

we were kind of hoping for a mini-nacho, and she has kind of delivered.

she does a couple things that nacho did, that the other dogs do not do.

she runs right down to the river and swims in circles in the exact same spot nacho used to do it. 

sugarhoney swim in circles


(see nacho swim in circles)

the other dogs wait on the bank until we throw something. nacho and sugar really seem to enjoy swimming, and get in for the joy of swimming.

if she is too hot on a hike, she lies down.

sugar cooling her underside


(nacho did the same thing)

of course, she is her own dog. she is so round, it's like she's made out of beach balls. i don't know if it's a female dog thing, but to me she is the shape of the olympic rings.

sugarhoney round

she is in love with pouncey. she follows him everywhere. she is constantly thinking of new and creative ways to vie for his attention. 

who bit my tail


she gets herself uphill from him and lets loose.

heeeey pouncey

she is not afraid to jump on the couch for a snuggle.

snugs


she is calm and gentle, she wags her tail when she meets new dogs and people, and she will come, sit, and lie down when she feels like it.

mainly she is just a little skunk who fits in riiiiight there.

three happy dogs

happy birthday, sugarchunks! today you will celebrate with a meatball! 

Saturday, April 04, 2015

eli is eleven!


happy 11th birthday to eli! aka scoobs, brownie brown brown, and fats brownino.

a more dignified animal you'd be hard-pressed to find.

eli is eleven

he will be having sauceless meatballs to celebrate. 

eli slap in the face pouncey tail

happy birthday you lovable knucklehead!

Thursday, February 26, 2015

SNOWDAY!

They called for 5 inches, and we got 5 inches.  The dogs love it!



This is a different kinda snowball.

 
Sunrise on the snowy Swannanoa river.

 
I always dreamed of becoming a white lab.

 
Pouncey will get the ball, no matter what. 

 
Sugarhoney will stalk him on the bank, no matter what. 

 
Something on your nose, E.

 
Snow pounce!


Sugar heart tongue. 


Stay warm, amigos!

Monday, February 16, 2015

addicted to power

once again this year, we gleefully celebrated valentine's day with arby's. 

bag of arbys

power went out during a wild windstorm saturday at 830 pm, and it was restored at 5pm on sunday. generally i spent the outage railing against humanity, researching generators, calling duke power for updates every 15 minutes, scampering through neighbors' yards looking for signs of progress, rage-cleaning the stovetop, and going to creekside taphouse for many dranks.

sugarhoney spent the outage sitting like a human.

yoga sugarhoney

i hope everybody stays safe, snuggly, and warm during the forecasted ice storm!

all 3 on the couch

Friday, January 23, 2015

pinwheel of labradors


pinwheel of labradors

plus, tennis ball

plus, sugarchunks

Friday, January 02, 2015

widespread puppy


if you ever want to be popular, walk a puppy through the lobby of a westin hotel at 1 AM on new years eve.

we went to charlotte for widepsread panic on wednesday and sugarhoney came with us. she was the star of the city.


tongue out tuesday


while walking her past the nascar hall of fame, a cop drove by, leaned her full torso out the window, gave a thumbs up, and yelled "that is the best dog ever!"

kevin carried her on the elevator to avoid her scaring people in their fancy clothes.  a cop in the lobby saw this and said, "uh oh, is that dog too drunk to walk?"

dozens of people passing by stopped, turned around, and squealed "PUPPY!!!" to each other, asking to pet her. she just wagged her tail, cool as a cucumber.

one kind young man flyyyiiiiiing high on new years spirit on the full elevator grabbed her ears (lovingly), got nose to nose with her and yelled "YOU ARE JUST THE CUTEST LITTLE FUCKER!!!!!!"

the show was excellent, the band sounded great, the setlist was thoughtful, uplifting, and everybody was having a good time...



it was an awesome way to ring in the new year. 

best wishes for a healthy and happy 2015 to all! 

Friday, December 19, 2014

dogs at play


fully spring loaded

pouncey spring loaded

post swimming puppy frenzy!

sugarfangs

whirlwind of dog

couch frenzy

sugarfangs

rabid sugarhoney

action

puppy whirlwind

and scene.

dogbed puppy puzzle

Sunday, December 14, 2014

easy like sunday morning


levitating eli

 eli ball

levitating sugarhoney (tongue out as far as it goes)

as far out as sugarhoney's tongue gets

and then there's pouncey

pouncey ball
 

take this sunday and grab it by the ballz!

Saturday, December 06, 2014

daily sugarhoney: happy 6 month birthday!

sugarhoney turns 6 months old today.

she weighs 42 lbs. these pictures were taken this morning.

she gets frisky on occasion.


sugarpounce

and she forms the keystone in our rainbow of labradors.

rainbow of sleeping labrador


happy birthday snugglechunks!

Sunday, November 30, 2014

daily sugarhoney: sugarturkey



frosty grass

frosty early walking.

and a sugarshadow.


eli made it to the top of the world

eli on top of the world
the snuggliest.

sugarhoney pillow


it was a lovely thanksgiving, complete with delicious turkey.

Saturday, November 01, 2014

daily sugarhoney: sugarsnow


2 days ago it was 80 degrees.

this morning it's 30 with 5 inches of snow.

sugarhoney says that's okay!

sugarsnowflakes

she has already peed on the deck and learned how to make snowballs.


sugarsnowball

Thursday, October 30, 2014

good night, henry


a little spark of joy in this world was snuffed yesterday as my parents had to say goodbye to their almost 9 year old cavalier king charles spaniel, Henry.

sweet lovebucket

henry was my fluffy little brother.

he loved to ride in the car.

henry at the wheel

he loved to eat cookies.

henry want a cookie?

he loved to sit on laps.

kevin dad henry

he loved to prewash dishes.

prewash

he came to visit asheville and had a ball strolling down kimberly ave.

panting pup

he loved going to the bank.

henry at the bank

mostly he loved sitting around looking regal and sweet.

henry

he was a happy go lucky puppy and we will all miss him.

thirsty henry