Marrow Bones

As Trina mentioned a few posts back, we split half a cow (over 400+ lbs) with her. Freezer is full of beef cuts. Cows have bones. Now the kids have a yummy treat.

Stella gnaws on a bone. Between this and brushing their teeth, we’re slowly working on getting rid of the tartar.
Stanley finds a comfy dog bed to work on sucking out the marrow.
Jaime works on the fleshy bits before heading for the marrow.
Parker meticulously works on every bit of the bone.
Daddy, ain’t no meat left, and I done sucked out all the marrow. Can I have another?

Somebody Play With Me

We went to Aunt Trina’s for New Years. The sun was still out when we arrived, so I thought I’d get some pics of the kids playing in the yard. Mostly, it ended up being the old man, Henry, who did all the running around. He stretches in anticipation of a good chase.

Stella, will you play with me?
Come on! Play with me!
Why won’t anyone play with me?
I guess I’ll just wait here till some comes to play with me.
Stella: Won’t someone play with Henry? How else can I be the Fun Police?
Cali takes her up on the offer, and decides to give Henry some love nibbles.
Henry decides that boys are more fun and takes a stroll with Stanley.
It doesn’t take long before they are corralled by Cali, while Stella the Fun Police looks on. The goofy boys don’t stand a chance against two alpha girls.
Henry gives up on the other hounds. Hey Uncle G, do you want to play?

New Year's RooFest

We need to practice for when they drop the ball later at midnight.

Stella resting her vocal cords.
Abby and Blue have no idea what is about to happen.

All right everyone, let’s take it from the top.

Oh, Abby!

Abby and Blue are regulars this time of year. This year we also had the Pine kids: Strut, Sandy, Jasmine, and Ava. Strut is a big boy and likes the big end of the couch.He decided to make some more room for himself by getting rid of the pillow. Poor Abby was just minding her business on the mini-couch bed.
Jaime watched the whole thing and hoped no bad luck would befall her.
Like the Couch Queen claiming the exact spot on the couch she was looking for. Whether anyone is there or not.
Sandy chose to find a quiet spot by herself on the floor away from all the craziness.
We also watched Link and Zelda for a night. Link enjoyed romping around, while Stella stood guard against any fun that might erupt in the yard.
Abby: It wasn’t me.
Ok, maybe it was me.
Why is everyone at the other end of the yard? I know they want to play with me.
Are they behind me?
Parting shot of Kris taking a cat nap on Stella’s head.

Christmas Adoption for Freia

We have our usual boarders for the Holiday Season. For a total of 10 dogs. One of them is a slow eater. Stanley, Jaime, and Parker, our resident vultures, wait for Jasmine to walk away.Narnia, now know as Freia, is not impressed that I keep following her around the yard snapping pictures.
Inside, after checking out the house, she relaxes while Strut looks on.
A ‘typical’ adoption at my house. Narnia, bottom right, relaxes while her new Dads get ready to sign on the dotted line.
With the couch mostly full, Stella, aka Couch Queen, was late to the game. Daddy, make them move.
Meanwhile, Ava loses interest in the adoption process, and decides to take a nap.
Unable to convince Jasmine to move over, Stella is forced to make do.
Freia is excited to go to her new home, and new Sheltie older brother. We heard they stopped off on the way home to load up on treats and toys at the pet store.

Charlottesville Mall Walk & Liebster Award

I think I am done adding to my lens collection for now. I don’t feel like getting a bigger camera bag. I tested the Canon ’70-200mm f/4L IS’ by stalking Stella in the yard.Stella impersonating a velociraptor with her big ol’ ostrich legs.
Stop following me. I don’t like to be watched when I’m looking for the perfect spot to do my business.
I’m just gonna stand here and close my eyes. If I can’t see you, you’re not there.
We watched Sly and Cooper, and Roadie and Sally, along with Jorja this past week. Roadie hadn’t moved in so long, Sly felt the need to check his pulse. Two toes on the carotid.
It’s been a while since we’ve been able to make it to Charlottesville for their Mall Walk. A time for dogs and people to catch up. We made plenty of stops to let people pet the dogs. But this pit stop was for the walkers. It was a chilly day, and a hot coffee was in order. Of course this drew a crowd of people for more petting.
It wasn’t long before Jaime was tired, and had to use Stanley to prop her up.
When that no longer sufficed, she just had to lay down.
Stella was staring intently at something. It turned out to be a white plastic bag. But this time, she was on to something. He actually stopped for a second from his nut-gathering to give Stella the Stinkeye.
I would like to thank BrindleHounds for the Liebster Blog Award. Pop on over to read about what Nibs and Ambam are up to.

Fredericksburg Christmas Parade & Jorja

We took the kids downtown for the annual Fredericksburg Christmas Parade. The parade committee put us fourth in line, so we didn’t have to wait too long once the parade started at 5:30pm, but we had to be at our spot by 4pm. We dressed the kids in the parking deck and headed down to stake out our spot.
Greys start trickling in. The weather cooperated with us, so we had about 30 greys show up.
We waited about an hour before others started showing up, so Stanley decided to take a little break.
We were in line close to the Renaissance Fair people all decked out in costume. One of the little girls from the group came over and squealed with delight at being surrounded by greyhounds.
I only got one practice shot before we got to the main parade route lined with about 10,000 people. While I was getting my camera settings straight, I noticed Stanley with his head down, looking uncomfortable, and slowing down. We had taken the corn off his foot, but chided ourselves for not bringing his Therapaws boot and giving him a preemptive Rimadyl. So, only a couple of blocks into the parade, I took Stanley and headed back to the car. Halfway there, he stopped, pooped, and then walked away with a spring in his step. We managed to catch up with the crew near the end of the parade route.
Parade time also means we get to watch Jorja. She is just as cute and fuzzy as last year.
After trying all the greyhound sized beds, she decided that Parker’s bed was just right.
Jorja only took a small corner of the bed. Unlike Stella who laid down diagonally with frog legs position to take up as much space as possible. Didn’t have my camera with me, so took a pic with the Blackberry.