Mom's special stick place -According to Bud

Another windy, raining day. No beach again. Bummer Mom just reading a book after breakfast. I stand up and give her my sad look. She still in her night gown and the day is not compete with out my play time. Good she is finally getting dressed. Mom lets hurry up please. I stand by her and she puts my collar on. Yes great. I bark and bark as we go out to the garage to get to her scooter. It's wet but not to wet.
Mom says. We go to the commentary way for more of your sticks. I walk next to her scotter all the way to the stick place. I sniff and sniff and sniff the ground has different smells from my beach. More wild critters. Mom stops the scotter and says okay Bud some very good stick fell on the tree in the storm. We stop and mom starts picking up stick and putting them in the basket on scooter. Mom tosses me a stick. Then she find a long one and she can't break to put in the basket. So she tosses it to me. I love big sticks. This stick is long but not big around. I love it. Mom throws and throws the long stick then she can't get it her basket to bring home.The rain is coming down harder and mom is getting all wet. We start for home with carrying the stick in my teeth. My favorite stick. We come home and Mom's helper comes out to garage with laundry. Mom asks her to please help to let Bud in the house. Bud says i'm bring my stick in the house.

I go to my bed with my stick. Then mom's helper takes it away. Bummer. Oh well tomorrow is another day. I have more sticks than ever. Thanks to smart mom knowing the special stick place.

Living With My Huge Pup, Marley

Every day my house is filled with sounds of dogs playing. Bud moans alot and the sound of teeth biting the air is loud. It is very cute........Bud loves it. They usually lay on one dog bed. They are so comfortable together. Marley takes thing off the counter top, like garlic powder, a bottle drink if i leave the room. She has taken the TV remote outside and the phone and any thing she wants if left out. She is not trusted around food, or in the garage alone. She was in the garage with me this morning when i saw her stand up like a human checking out some smelling stuff in bottles to kill white fly in my garden. She is tall enough to take things out of my tray in my walker or in my kitchen sink!
Marley is busy, busy,busy. We train most every morning. And  times during our days.She is fabulous on the job.I hope this will get better when she is not a puppy. One thing she does now is when my driver picks me up 4 times a week she cries like a baby....Loud too, My poor neighbors! shown her is pics of her that i think are cute.

As you see Marley's trainer kept her busy with many dogs many training times. Marley was 5 months old when Kelly got her and Marley has flown in planes, many stores and people to see and visit. My simple life is boring compared to her life with her pack of dogs. One thing Marley wanted was to bond to her person for life. I make sure that Marley has many play friends at the beach and my special attention. She loves being brushed and pampered. Our training sessions are every day and she love the work. Bud gets in there too. He gets treats too....Marley has made Bud young again. ............its something wonderful to see. I am blessed. Thank you God.

Dog Parties Are Too Much Fun

I say that parties are fun especially my dog parties because you just don not know what dogs do until they do it. The have no plan just act in the moment. That's what about them. The party favors are doggy treats that the people brought were yummy. The meatloaf cupcakes are always a hit.
Bud was so good as he always is, Marley was very good too. Bud got toys and 2 his is favorite frizbees. One that Marley the first ate one third of. But Bud got a special frizbee that I keep out of the baby's reach. Marley is smart enough to stand on her hind legs to reach food in the tall cupboards Who wanted a smart pup?
Marley played with her new friend young Golden, Clinger and Molly another herding dog mix. Lucy, Dave's little dog was up on the sofa with Gracie my little recused who is now Mark and Jackie's baby. We sat and enjoyed watching the dogs play and the people cake was good too. Let them eat cake.

Big Bud JR Is 12 Years Young

My Buddy came in my bed this am for his favorite rubs. He was relaxed and I was loving rubbing my handsome dog. After breakfast  I gave him a couple of Marley's training treats. He loves them. Then he got a brushing and then off we go to the beach with his big stick. He dug and and dug and i watched him stop the walkers to thrown the stick for him. First a gal in her 20's then a boy in his teens. As they moved on he found others. He walked up to them and drops his big stick right in front of them. And he stands back and wags is tail and looks at them hopefully and of course they melt. He has always done this from day one. He knows he is a  special boy. On returning home after shower games he got a raw bone. Later when i was in my office he brought it in the house. I draw the line at raw bones in the house. More birthday on the 4th about his party.

New Pack Menber

Marley my new year old pup, service dog is awesome. She is so smart, and she loves Bud. They play all day and they cuddle on his  dog nest. I am so pleased that Bud loves her. I have been training her for months now and am amazed at how well she is doing. She is picking up whatever I ask her to. And sometimes she picks things up on her own. The phone is one of the first items she learned to bring me. Last week she was outside for awhile and I thought that was just too quiet. I walked outside to find the phone on the ground in the dirt. And the TV remote disappears from the night stand if I don't put it in the drawer. Last week I was in my shower and then I could not find my mirror ...............yes Marley. I treasure these moments because she would be a puppy forever. She is my clown dog.  She is perfect in every puppy way.
Her lessons are easy peasy she is very wanting to work. And Bud love us training often thru the day because he gets treats for easy stuff and my girl has to do the hard stuff. My days are busy but I am at my happy place with my dogs. Her book will be out one day and so far I like the title Good Marley My Clown Dog. But I have to finish Wrong Way Bud.

More About Marley

Marley has Cattle Dog in her DNA. That breed is nuts when they are herding cattle the dogs bite the cattle to move and the video I watched was very interesting the dogs work as teams and they are very smart. I thought I thought I would never have a dog other than a Lab. I found out with my rescue girl Gracie that could love and promise a new dog that I would be with her until her last day. Gracie found a perfect family for her self. It killed me a little to let her go but Gracie was much better off with them and I am so happy with this change. I knew that my next pup would need my attention and time. Gracie turned out so well. I let God be in charge.
Marley is my surprise  dog, but she is the sweetest dog and she is in our lives and Bud likes her. Bud likes training with her because he gets treats. At some point in the session Bud has to go to the other room. Otherwise he gets in the way. ( We don't tell him that! )
Now I pray to meet my new lessons with Marley and to handle the things i think  need to do. Its all about my dogs and counting my many blessings.

New Pup For Me -- Marley

My new service pup, Marley  in training turned out to be a dog that God wanted me to have a pup I would have never picked but my new dog trainer, Kelly found her. As it turned out so far, she wants the job of taking care of each other.

Kelly has worked with Marley for months now with many situations and Marley shows many good quia

ltires. She is very smart, she figured out how to break in the the dog -proffe   food contantier in the garage and she ate a large bag of senior dog food. We meet twice a week for bonding and training and just hanging out with me and Bud. Marley bites his head, bites his legs and the they roll around the floor biting each other until senior Bud tells her, " Okay  I have enough of your puppy play Leave Me Alone." She does. When then when we work on the command, "Get the phone." Bud gets the phone too. Of course he gets his treat for helping.
I am watching another miracle of the special bond Marley will have with me. She is a sweet girl. love cuddling in bed. I am still learning about about her mixed breed. We think Lab-Ketta dog- now Husky because of her big blue eyes. And who know what else. Kette Dog work on ranches and Husky are built to run for days on end. Labs of course are a devoted breed of children and disabilted folks.
I will share with you when my rehearse is done. For now we know she is playful and wants to have a job with me. I told you how smart she is. My dogs have a blessed life. I am the lucky one.
She just turned one. I make sure that her life with me and Bud will be fun as well as work, with me mostly fun and lots of love and every thing she need to be a well happy dog. She loves to run next to my scotter!

A New Dog In Our Pack- Gracie

Her name is Gracie and she was adopted from the pound. She is a Boxer -Shepeard  mix she is two years old and one lucky girl to find her new home with friends Elisa and Phil. She is so good and her and Bud play like pups.  I thinks that there is nothing sweeter than watching dogs play.

Gracie's Chose

Three years ago A small anry 15 pound of a mess. I found soon that she was a biter had been for awhile her gums were so bad that she was misig . I knew that she was in pain. I tried to help . I paid for her teeth to be cleaned and the vet was shocked seven more teeth just fell out when he cleaned her teeth.

Ginger Goes To Heaven

I first encountered David and Ginger on the beach.  His dog Ginger was  always in motion never stopped to visit but I could see the love and devotion between them. She was his dog of a lifetime. I meet the couple seven years ago while going to the beach down their street, we stopped to chat the way all dog lovers do and along came walking down the street and man walking with three dogs. One  small  yappy dog and two Blood Hounds a male and female. The dogs always tried to scare Bud by trying to get away from the man to get to Bud. Last time I was in my driveway with Bud and I told the guy to control his dogs and I told him the dogs were not socialized and the dogs should never be left in a tiny back yard all day.
As we were standing in front of their house, the dogs were trying to hurt Bud. Bud can take care of himself but not two at a time. As they came close Ginger charged them and Dave got her back. Ever since the dogs were the best of friends. Ginger always found us sitting on the beach through summer fog and bad weather. She could find us. Bud and Ginger were best friends at play time at our local beach. Ginger jumped high for the Frisbee and Bud ran as fast as he could to catch the ball that Dave threw.
One day  Dave told me that Ginger suffered with Canine Lupus. I did a blog on it. Ginger loved sleeping in the sun. Those days were over. But Dave took great care of her and our dogs got plenty of play time.  Every time I saw Ginger she gave me the soft sweet kiss, She was a Boxer -Pit Mix but Dave said they never told her  about being a pit bull.  Ginger would give Dave "That Look" and he would melt. She trained him well.
The day she died she was with her man and she stumbled a little and fell in to Dave's loving arms, looked at him and died.  When you are given a gift from God like a dog you promise the dog that you will forever take  care of them, Letting go when you don't want to but the dog needs not to suffer. I made a promise to Jetta and Buddy and little Gracie. To be the one to help them go if needed. Somehow Ginger knew that would break David.  She died in his loving arms and looking at him, the look of love.
I never got to say my last goodbye.  It's not good when they go before you are ready for it.  Dave loved her enough to give her what he gave her. She charged around the house and ran so fast at the beach that she ran into big boulders. One time she slipped into a tide pool and Dave saved her. She was built like a tank and was very athletic.  I called  them"The Dave  and Ginger Show".  I miss her terribly!

Ginger The Best Dog

I met Ginger and Dave on our local beach seven years ago. She was a tank in montion
She chrged thriug life with joy and sweetnes like no ofter dog i have the privlive of loving. She found me on the beach while I played with Bud. She  pulled Dave, her favoite person with her becasuse so storng. Ginger trained Dave well it was aobuson to anyone watchuing the "Ginger Dave show." I never got to kiss her my last goobye,Ginger kissed me ever time she saw me and got to see the day or two before she sundeing died on the way back from their frequent walks, she have a little cought and then fell into David's arms she was happy aways and David was there for her one last time.
I will never forget our first time meeting her when she was not in motion. She was protetying Bud agaisnt two blood hounds ever since Bud loved her and I fell in love sweets boxer -Pit Bull kisses .
Dave was her favote persion ever. He threw the frixzzee ever day, twuce a Ginger was a natrual ahlete of a dog. She ran so fast that on sel;eral ocasion she could not stop in time and she ran in the big rock on the beach. On another ocallion she ran into a tide pool and her guy Dave jumped in to save her. Ginger made me laugth much with her jest for life.  I miss her.