Bingo and the Saturday Farmers Market

Our little foster dog Bingo is in a trial placement with a very nice couple who have a Mini Aussie about the same age.  They seem to get on well together.  If that continues Bingo may have found his furever home. 

We will miss that little scamp but the cats here are celebrating his exit.  The farmer's market was the ticket!  We made him a vest that said "Adopt me" and handed out cards...wow, what great responses we got.

We expect many phone calls and hope to have some other homes to fall back on just in case this one does not work out.  And we know there is a 6 year old Mini Aussie listed on Craigslist so we can direct folks to that dog as well.

We love going to the local farmers market for so many reasons...

Not only is it a great place to find a home for Bingo, it is a fun place to meet other dogs.

Shop for wonderful home made goodies...
This vendor makes creams and lotions from local honey.

Here is our favorite jam and jelly maker, her fruit combinations are Delicious!

Fresh organic vegetables are just coming in, more and more each week.




Plenty of pretty flowers and plants for sale.

 

Good stuff to eat, I especially like to cruise the ground for droppings!

Salmon Burgers and Reindeer dogs are the best!!!

Mama likes the Taco Truck!























And wine tasting today!  What a treat for mama, I myself am not really fond of spirits.

Fresh caught seafood, Yummy!!!

And locally grown meats free of hormones, antibiotics and grass fed.  If you're gonna eat meat, this is the good stuff.  We are gonna have a pork roast tonight.

They even have live music!  Ryker approved!

This is just a sampling of all the fun things at the market on Saturday close to our house.  Each week it just gets bigger and better!

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Foster Family

Hey, we are an offical foster family.  Mama recused the cutest little mini Aussie today from the pound.  She has given him a good bath and groomed his front half...tomorrow the back half .
His new name is Bingo!  This is his pound photo.

He is settleing in well and has fairly good manners. Very loving little guy.

He is smaller than me, about 33 pounds and about 2 years 9 months of age.

The really sad thing is that this was his 4th adoption.  The last family got rid of him because the lady of the house got pregnant.  Makes us want to puke!  At least he was neutered and chipped.

Anyhoo, mama has been cleaning Bingo up, working with him and trying to find him the perfect forever home.  It is fun being a foster big brother, we get along real well.  I have so many things to teach him.  Can you believe he doesn't know how to fetch or catch a Frisbee?   Poor little guy!  But he is an Aussie so he is learning fast.



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FRIENDS

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Cool Clear Water!

We took a road trip to gather...water.  Moms Naturalistic Doctor gets his water directly from Mother Nature.  So we headed down the road to see what all the fuss was about.

It was a beautiful drive along the Seward Highway to mile 109.

When we got there other folks had the same idea.  I was told sometimes the line is thirteen people long!  A couple there said they use it for all there canning.

The water was coming right out of the rocky mountain.  It was ice cold and delicious!!!

We filedl up our jugs and headed out to explore the area afterwards.

We stopped at Beluga Point and hiked around a bit.  No Belugas spotted today but it was still fun to run around.

The tide was in and it covered up most of that silty mud.

Mom was enjoying all the wild flowers.

I was looking for sticks.  Gotta have sticks here for mama to throw!

We found our way down to the waters edge.

And I had my first experience with salt water and waves!  I bit those salty waves and played in the mud.  It was really cool!  Mama said I was on my own and she didn't want to get all muddy.  I brought some back for her to check out and deposited it all over her pants.  How could she not love mud?

We stopped again on the drive home when we spotted some waterfalls along the highway.

So when our 14 gallons of water is gone we get to do this all again....drink up!!!!




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They should have a snow-cone eating challenge in the Pet Olympics!  I will compete in the Frisbee and stick competitions for sure.  Not sure what other events I will participate in yet, too many good choices!










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Wordless Wednesday

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In the Summertime, when the weather is fine...

What's a dog to do?

Yup, lets go swimming!  And it is even more fun with a new friend!

Gotta shake it like you mean it!

Even though it doesn't look like it, I did share my ball with her, some of the time  : )

The weather was great today, in the high 70's.   Mama took me to cool off in Jewel Lake.

Mama says the water has not warmed up enough for her to swim yet but she will soon.  She swims like a fish.  She told me she swam just like me in this lake when she was a puppy.





Important Information

Pets in vehicles Every year, hundreds of pets die from heat exhaustion because they are left in parked vehicles. We've heard the excuses: "Oh, it will just be a few minutes while I go into the store," or "But I cracked the windows..." These excuses don't amount to much if your pet becomes seriously ill or dies from being left in a vehicle. The temperature inside your vehicle can rise almost 20º F in just 10 minutes. In 20 minutes, it can rise almost 30º F...and the longer you wait, the higher it goes. At 60 minutes, the temperature in your vehicle can be more than 40 degrees higher than the outside temperature. Even on a 70-degree day, that's 110 degrees inside your vehicle! Your vehicle can quickly reach a temperature that puts your pet at risk of serious illness and even death, even on a day that doesn't seem hot to you. And cracking the windows makes no difference. Want numbers? An independent study showed that the interior temperature of vehicles parked in outside temperatures ranging from 72 to 96º F rose steadily as time increased. Estimated Vehicle Interior Air Temperature v. Elapsed Time Elapsed time Outside Air Temperature (F) 70 75 80 85 90 95 0 minutes 70 75 80 85 90 95 10 minutes 89 94 99 104 109 114 20 minutes 99 104 109 114 119 124 30 minutes 104 109 114 119 124 129 40 minutes 108 113 118 123 128 133 50 minutes 111 116 121 126 131 136 60 minutes 113 118 123 128 133 138 > 1 hour 115 120 125 130 135 140 Courtesy Jan Null, CCM; Department of Geosciences, San Francisco State University

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY

My daddy loves me.  How can I tell?  Every time he goes out he brings me back a treat.          I can smell him coming!

He usually brings me a beef stick, mama squawks and says they aren't healthy but daddy knows I love them and brings them anyhow.

Oh so yummy, and he gives me a whole one to boot!

Thanks Daddy,   Happy  Fathers  Day!     I LOVE YOU!

The puppies are 6 weeks old and oh so cute.  Jamie does such a wonderful job on this clip, love the pups and the music too!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2zPvxU1fEk&feature=relmfu






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