Hairy Harry has a new friend!

Here is Marlie (3) enjoying some time with Harry. She loved his long hair and after she started brushing him she had a new friend for life. Marlie is the first child Harry has ever met. He was very calm and sweet with her. I think they are in love!

Pepe' finally gets a Squirrel!

My gift today was a squirrel - complements of Pepe'. I looked out the kitchen window just as he was prancing through the yard with the carnage. At the same time Willow spotted him and wanted in on the action and proceeded to try to rip the thing in half. I had to go out there and take the prize away from them. I put it in a trash bag and threw it away - for lack of any other way to dispose of it. I just hope the garbage man does not notice that I have been throwing away animal parts!

Willow strikes again!

I went for a run the other night without the dogs. It was dark and raining, just not the night to take the dogs out. So I left them behind, but I forgot to LOCK the gate that Willow knows how to open. I left warm banana bread cooling on the stove top. I did have a slice before going on my run. So glad I did because this is what I found when I got home...at least I did not have to scrub the pan! The rest of the dogs were in my bed and never even barked at me when I came home. Great watch dogs!

Winter Running

My best night time "nerd" running attire...

I know I have not talked much about training on my blog in a long time. I guess that is because most of my training has been going on in the freezing cold and dark. Some nights it is fun but others it is just cold and miserable. Last night was cold but there was not a lot of wind and the sky was clear. It was a peaceful run. I went down to meet the "Tryon Running Club" only to find out that I was the club for the night. In all fairness there was another gentleman there but he was just getting back into running and wanted to stay on the track so that he could walk/jog.

I am getting ready for the Myrtle Beach Marathon on Feb 14th and then I will do the Black Mountain Marathon on Feb 28th. It will be the first time I have done 2 marathons that close together. I have done 2 Ironman races in one month so I guess that would count as well?

Happy Ending for another rescued Weim!

Here is another picture of Cosmo (renamed Amos) after putting on some weight and receiving lots of love and affection. Here is the note I received about his adoption:

Amos found a fab home today with a family on a farm near St. Stephens, SC. He left in the back seat of a big 4 door truck with 2 little boys, their mom and grandmom in the front seat. They had lost their old Weim recently and were delighted with him. He will have a rescue Greyhound as his friend as well. When I let him out to meet them, he ran directly to them and acted as if he were saying "this is my family!!!" Everyone who met him loved him immediately and he loved everyone he met. He will be a great ambassador for our breed. Thanks so much for helping this really, sweet boy!

Bad Butter Eating Weimaraner!

Those are teeth marks in the stick of butter. The crazy looking dog is Willow trying to beg for butter! For the past 2 months she has had a fetish for the stuff. Never a dull moment.

General Consensus - It is a Fox Tail

This is what Harry gave me the other morning...it appears to be a tail. A tail from what I do not know? Althought at this point I have heard from many that it is a sliver fox tail - so I will go with that. If you have any other interesting ideas please let me know. Harry was very proud of himself. I have imagined some poor animal running around without a tail or maybe it was already dead. I just hope Harry does not bring me the rest of the body. Life is never boring with 5 dogs.

Happy New Year!

Maria (my cousin and amazing artist) and I taking a break on a park bench in Charleston. Maria went to dinner with us and lunch and shopping.

Tiffany and I before hitting the town for the night!

I started out New Year's with friends and I have to admit that it was by far the best New Years celebration I have had in the last 10 years. Maybe that is not saying much since I think for the last 7 years I have been long asleep when the ball dropped - but not this year! Thanks to an invitation from Tiffany and David I got to spend the New Years in style. Tiff made reservation for a late dinner (to help keep us awake) and a little Jazz as well but the fun conversation was really entertaining enough. It was simple and fun and spent with friends just the way it should be. I can't thank Tiffany and Dave enough for helping me start the New Year off on the right foot!

Another Weim finds safety

This is a picture of Cosmo who has now been renamed Amos. He came to me on Dec 22nd. I did not write about him before Christmas because his story was too sad. A friend's husband picked Cosmo up and brought him to me on a freezing cold Monday night. We met in the BI-LO parking lot. He had warned me that the dog looked bad but nothing could have prepared me for the rack of bones that got out of his car. Quickly I put Cosmo in the back of my car where he tore into anything that resembled food. The poor guy was hungry. From what I can gather the people who owned him had taken care of him for about 7 years but then when they got a new car last year they did not want to mess with the dog anymore. He needed to go to the vet because he was Heartworm positive but instead they tied him to a tree and waited for him to die. If it had not been for Heath poor Cosmo would not have made it much longer.

Cosmo stayed with me for a little over a week, first getting a bath, some de-wormer, eating 5x a day, playing a little ball and getting all the love he could handle. He was sweet, gentle and affectionate. He is now staying with Elena who is the coordinator for Weim Rescue in SC. She will be fostering him until his new forever family steps forward. He is 7 years old and has lots of love and life left to give. He deserves a good life.

Cosmo was the 8th dog I helped to save in 2008. It was a busy year!