Visitors

Sailor loves greeting visitors who come by.  Sometimes they even come more to see him than us!  Here he is with Anita (look how big he is!) under the umbrella on our beach.   He is also being visited by Nic's friends, Kevin and Lisa from Charlotte.  Their daughter, Karis is the first one to ride Sailor!

Sailor loves Summer

Summer has been great for Sailor learning how to swim.  He loves this "extended" tennis ball on a rope and loves to run in the water and get it.  At first he would just go in up to his belly and not swim, but now he swims out to the dock.  He still won't go much further, but that's cool with Todd and I as we don't want him swimming out too far.  We love watching him run in and play.  It's so sweet!    He looks a little like the Loch Ness Monster too when he's in the wa                                           

Cesar

This is Cesar the Mastiff who belongs to Tanya Dreesen and her family. When Tanya told me the story about Cesar and the present he brought home, I knew I had to put it on the blog. Apparently, he brought this deer leg home as a gift when he found the carcass in the woods. When she heard Cesar scratch at the door, she was so shocked to discover what he had in his mouth, the look on her face must have been priceless! Not the reaction he was expecting her to have that's for sure which shows in his face. She had the foresight to grab a camera (great job!) and got this shot. Tanya later found out that a deer had actually died behind their neighbors property so Cesar had nothing to do with anything except wanting to bring her a present.

Friends at Day Care

Todd and I stopped by Sailor's day care last week Friday (we had off for the 4th of July weekend) to watch him play and swim. It was a riot watching him in action. He is sweet and kind of hangs back and is definitely not an aggressive dog. He hangs out with a few specific dogs like Bella the Golden Doodle (pictured in the pool) and Noah the year-old Newfie (pictured). In fact the day we stopped by, it was Noah's birthday and he was turning one year-old (Sailor is 9 1/2 months). The hilarious thing is that he is not fixed and was trying to mount all the girl dogs and the day care folks kept having to break it up every 2 minutes. Noah was trying to be very subtle about it too but it wasn't working - we could see what he was up to! Todd told him they should let him get it on since it was his 1 year birthday! In the attached picture, Noah is the one with the white on his chest (and the bigger head).

Attached are some cute pics of them all tugging on a a rope. Daisy is the lighter colored Doodle in the groups shots and another friend of Sailor's. She doesn't mess around either - she will take a tennis right out of Sailor's mouth.

Sick Dog

Sailor came home from Day Care on Tuesday and right away had diarrhea, ate and then threw it all up. We were worried all night cause he kept running outside to go potty and it was really runny like water - I know too much information! We debated taking him to the emergency vet, but then he went into the bathroom, stretched out and fell asleep so we didn't want to wake him. We didn't really sleep much though as we were worried every time we heard him move around that he had to run outside and go. He did have an accident in the bathroom and Todd - bless him - cleaned it up or I prob would have thrown up! Osa was scheduled for her dental cleaning the next morning and to get checked for her urinary track infection that she had just taken antibiotics for, so we took Sailor in with her.
The result is that they think he has colitis, so they gave him some pills to take. He seemed much better last night. Also, poor Osa had a tooth extracted as it was cracked and probably causing her some pain. We felt bad last night as she was whining although we tried to comfort her.

Getting Big

Someone is outgrowing his bed!

Peek-a-Boo

Sailor was playing peek-a-boo over the outdoor deck couch with me. He thought it was funny that he could hide and them jump up. Just like a kid.

Albino Squirrel

Hello friends. I have not posted in over a week as my job changed (still at the Vikings) moved to a new office and took on some new duties. I work for an entirely new person (who's great) but have to learn a new job although I will still do a lot of what I was doing before. Needless to say, that has kept me from posting for a couple of weeks.

Over the last couple of years on Minnewashta Parkway which is a 2- lane road that leads around our lake, we have off and on spotted a white/albino squirrel!. When Todd first told me about it, I thought he was nuts (ha), but then I actually saw him too a few months later. We know he lived over the winter as we saw him last year too (or so we thought as we also thought there was only one of them). Then one morning last week, there he was! He came to visit us in our yard at our bird feeder. I tried to take the best snaps I could without running him off. You have to look at him close up, but he has red eyes too and is completely white. He's so cool lookin and have never seen such a squirrel before! Enjoy the photos as you may never see one live, ever!

Toys

Sailor has a toy box and I literally have to put his toys and bones away every night, like a kid. This is what he does - he piles them all around him while he's laying on one of his beds. It's so sweet!

Sailor Seal

Sailor has been having a great time at Day Care swimming and playing all day. When he gets home at night he's kind of pooped and lays on the deck to relax after his dinner. I thought he looked kind of like a seal in these photos with the lake in the background. He is now 8 1/2 months old and 98 lbs! Todd wants him to break 100 (which I am sure he will in another week).