'TIS THE SEASON TO BE COLLIE

I TRIED TO PUT SANTA HATS ON BEN AND WILLIS BUT THEIR HEADS WERE WAY TOO BIG FOR THE STRAPS. SO I AM SETTLING FOR A COUPLE PICS IN FRONT OF THE TREE. HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO EVERYONE AND MAY YOU HAVE A REALLY MERRY CHRISTMAS.

'Tis the season to be "collie" fa la la la la la la la       laaaaaa!!!!

GOD & DOG

MANS BEST FRIEND   FAITHFUL  FORGIVING

LOVING   COMFORTING   TRUSTWORTHY

STANDS BESIDE YOU THRU GOOD TIMES AND BAD TIMES


ALWAYS EXCITED TO HEAR FROM YOU

CHEERS YOU UP WHEN YOU'RE BLUE

                             MY GOD  &  MY DOG.

SILKY SOFT DOGS

JUST PICKED THE BOYS UP

FROM A STAY AT THE DOGGY SPA, GORGEOUS AS ALWAYS!!!

NIGHT GLOW 2011

These are a few pictures from Night Glow 2011 in Albany OR . It was pretty cool to see the balloons light up at Night, there was a lazer show that followed

BATH TIME

WILLIS LOVES BATH TIME,

HE WAS FIRST, THEN ,BEN WAS GETTING IN THE TUB, AND  WILLIS THOUGHT HE SHOULD GET IN ON THE FUN AGAIN, 

 DELICIOUS  SNACKS AWAIT!!

YUMMY, YUMMY YUMMY , I GOT LOVE IN MY TUMMY

HAPPY THIRD BIRTHDAY TO BEN!

TODAY IS BEN'S THIRD BIRTHDAY. BEN AND BABY BRO WILLIS WANT TO WISH EACH PUP FROM LITTER NUMBER ONE A VERY

HAPPY DAY

SHUT THE FRONT DOOR !!!

  My alarm doesn't wake me up at the preset time of 4:00 am. I am awake ten minutes before it goes off and I get up. I am working early today. Because I am up a little earlier than I need to be I decide to do a few chores around the house before getting ready for work. Our house does not have an inside doorway into the garage, so to do laundry I have to go out the front door and then into garage thru its door. I am folding a load of towels when suddenly there is a big bang on the garage door (the big roll up door). It has been slammed by something on the outside. I freeze. Do I go outside?  Do I ignore it ? I listen and hear nothing or no one out there. My imagination. Of course not. No choice but to open the door and see whats up. So I slowly open the door, step out side and suddenly out of the shadows is WILLIS. Our black collie. He is happily dancing around as if to say ,"Look at me Mom, I am outside, yippee"! Shoo, that was scary, I give him a big hug and march him back into the house. As we are making our way to the door I ask him if he let Ben our other collie out as well, just as he turns to look down the driveway hear comes Ben prancing towards the house, all happy happy happy.

So, Willis loves Doors. Not The Doors as in Jim Morrison, but, wooden doors, glass doors, metal doors, plastic doors any kinda door that opens. Willis has figured out how to open and close doors. He recently began shutting himself into the bathroom. As a precaution so he wont have to spend the day trapped in one of the two bathrooms I have taught Ben how to open the doors when Willis is whining to get out. We made a game of me and Willis in the bathroom and Ben on the outside. We call to Ben and he has to push the door open and everyone gets rewarded. Problem solved.

This was working great. Now I wouldn't have to worry about Willis being stuck while I am away at work. One day I am reading in the living room and I hear Ben do his "inside" Bark. He does it again and again. I go to investigate only to find both my boys now shut in the bathroom. :(     So much for my rescue plan.

Funny dog. He can now open the patio door, front door , and bathroom doors. Only a couple months ago when we first got him we had to bribe him to use his doggy door. My how they grow.

WILLIS'S FIRST BEACH TRIP

THIS IS US



Willis



Ben

STAY ,STAY ...good boy

My Boys

Come on Mom , beach beach beach

scooch over guys

winner gets to ride shotgun on the way home!!

WOW , now thats a lot a water

wheres Ben?

This way Willis, come on



Taking a break



Can we go now

You go that way, and I'll go this way



Happy Happy Happy



THE END

OLD FRIENDS

     This has been a very sad week. I have lost two friends. One was my best friend from high school. Kim Grant. She died of a heart attack on May 14th. We had lost touch with each other over the years but occasionally we would hear bits and pieces of news about each other and "our gang" from school. Face book has definitely played a part in keeping us updated. Kim was a great person, she was always faithful to her friends and warm and kind to everyone. I'm so sorry she is gone.
     Friday another wonderful person died. Olimpia Ortman. She was a co-worker and friend. Her faith was unbelievably strong and I am praying that her family will find the courage in knowing that.
     I will miss both of my friends and find comfort knowing that some day we will meet again in Heaven.

SPACED OUT AND AIRHEAD

Today I left for work 10 minutes late. That's usual. It doesn't matter that I get up nearly 30 minutes earlier than I need too,  I will find something to use up every drop of every minute so that I am rushing out the door , always late. My two gorgeous dogs will take up way more than their share of my time. There's brushing, feeding, playing fetch, and plain old petting that absolutely needs to be done every single morning.

   So, with that said , this Morning I am about half way to work( about 10 miles total to get there), and I decide I  need some chap stick. I reach for my purse , only to realize my purse isn't with me. Great, so all I have is my cell phone , a coke, and car keys. Can I survive with so little supplies for eight hours. Well , I am guessing so.
  Now ,I go to lunch. No purse, only a cell phone and coke, which I am about to get out of the refrigerator in our employee lounge, when I get called away. I return and I am enjoying my coke and remember there is something I wanted to look up on my cell phone. Where in the world is my cell phone. Not in my purse , obviously. 

GREAT, I have now lost my cell phone. So I start back tracking. One of my fellow associates joins me in the lounge where I am searching and asks if I want her to call my phone in hopes that we can hear it ring. Good Idea. I am putting my coke back in the frig so I can walk around trying to find it , when low and behold there is my cell phone sitting on a shelf in the frig.  Smooth move.

  Here's to another one of those moments !!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY WILLIS 2 YEARS OLD

     Today is my 2nd Birthday. It began with breakfast in bed for two. Ben and Willis.

   Next up,  a luxurious spa treatment that included a bubble bath and a neck, back and leg massage. AAAHHHHH!!!

    A long walk to the park seems perfect. It's a little rainy, a little sunny, so this should be a lot of fun. Then settling down to be brushed by Debbie will be sooooo good, laying by the fire and chewing on one of my birthday treats will be next.
    Ben was telling me how much I would like birthdays around here and he is right. Royal treatment all around. Naps, did I mention Napping, cause there is going to be alot of that and pretty darn soon too.
     Happy Birthday to our other Brother , Emmett and everyone else from Litter #2. Hope you all enjoy this special day like me and our older brother Ben will.

TAILS OF LOVE

Side by Side 

Two Tails Of Love

***********************

Two Friends,Two Brothers

The Adventure Begins!!

BIG BROTHER BEN

Getting a second dog was a huge decision.Could I  handle two very furry creatures. Would it be twice the work , twice the barking , twice the walking , well twice everything. We have never had two dogs at one time so the only way to know for sure was to do it. So , enter Willis. Now, how would Ben react. I was a little worried that Ben might be posessive of his toys, his space, his people, his food, his everything. Turns out, Ben is an amazing Big Brother. He shares all he has with Willlis, who by the way, gladly takes it. Ben quietly sits by as Willis eats all the good toppings off of every meal before he takes a single bite.
     One night when Willis was having a slight stomach problem and I was rubbing his tummy, Ben came over and licked his nose then left the room only to return with a treat in his mouth which dropped directly in front of Willis's nose, of course it was quickly snapped up by Willis.
     Ben is extremely watchful of Willis. The other night I woke up at 3:00 am to find both dogs missing from the bedroom. I got up and went to the patio door where I found Ben sitting majestically gazing out side. I walked to the door only to find Willis sound asleep on the deck. I called him in and both dogs went back to sleep in their beds.
      Instead of being twice as hard as I was oringinally thinking, It has been twice as wonderful. Two hugs to get and give, Two times the laughter and love . They are becoming best furends and awesome roomates.
 

A TRIP FOR ONE

WILLIS' VET VISIT:

TODAY I WENT TO  VISIT THE VET. I GOT A QUICK CHECK UP AND A COUPLE SHOTS. THE DOCTOR SAID MY EYES WERE THE BRRIGHTEST , BIGGEST EYES HE HAS SEEN ON A COLLIE. HE ALSO SAID THAT I  HAVE A VERY HEALTHY COAT. YEAH!!! DEB SAID." GOOD BOY WILLIS". I WEIGHED 75.8 LBS. DEBBIE SAID SHE SHOULD HAVE PUT HER FOOT ON THE SCALE WHEN I WAS BEING WEIGHED BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT I DO TO HER EVERY TIME SHE STEPS ON THE SCALE AT HOME. IT' PRETTY FUNNY , ONCE SHE THOUGHT SHE GAINED 6 EXTRA POUNDS BECAUSE I WAS STANDING BEHIND HER WITH MY PAW ON THE SCALE. WHILE WE WERE THERE I MET TWO NEW FRIENDS. BENJI AND ELLY. ELLY WAS HAVING A CHECK UP BEFORE SHE WAS OFF TO HER NEW FOR EVER HOME. GOOD LUCK TO ELLY. I HOPE HER NEW HOME WILL BE FUN LIKE MY NEW HOME IS. 

I HAD A FUN TRIP TODAY. AFTER LEAVING THE VETS OFFICE WE WERE OFF TO KMART TO MEET SOME OF DEBBIE FRIENDS AND CO WORKERS. KMART IS COOL, I GOT A LOT OF PETTING AND EVERYONE TICKLED MY EARS. I SLEPT ALL THE HOME AFTER THAT, THE CAR WAS WARM AND I LIKED THE MUSIC THAT WAS PLAYING.

WHEN WE GOT HOME BEN WAS WAITING FOR ME . HE WAS GLAD TO SEE ME , WE PLAYED CHASE THE BALL FOR A WHILE ,THEN ATE LUNCH,(CHICKEN) YUMM, AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN I WAS SO TIRED, I TOOK A REALLY LONG NAP LYING BY THE FIRE WITH BEN NEXT TO ME AND DEBBIE RUBBING OUR EARS. OHH THAT WAS SO NICE.

NEXT TRIP I HOPE BEN WILL GO TOO,  

WHEN YOU LOVE SOMEONE.............TO RACHEL WITH lOVE

My Dear Friend Rachel,
I want you to know that I made it to my new Home just fine. We stopped at a McDogles ( one of Bens favorites) and got some water and took a little break . When we got to my new house all I did was walk around and around checking eveything out. There was alot of rooms to see, and then I went to the yard and played with Ben some more. We ran so much. Then we had Dinner, Ben doesn't mind sharing anything with me, so I just took what ever I wanted. So far. Then it was time to sleep. I was a little lonely and missed my own bed but Kim and Debbie gave me a soft fuzzy bed to lay on and put it right beside their bed. I was pretty happy with that and quickly fell asleep. I did wake up a lot though. but Kim patted me on the head and soon I was sleeping some more. When it got light outside we all went out to the deck where there is this HUGE bathtub (Debbie said it is a hot tub???) but you know how I feel about baths so hot tub or not I was not going to get to close to that monster. But turns out no one wanted me to get in. So Happy Happy Happy.
How can I ever Thank You for giving me such a good start to my Happy Life. We shared some really wonderful times together and I will not forget them. I can tell that I will be OK here. I get lots of attention and hugs and I got brushed already and Ben is , well Ben ,is my Big Bro and he is so patient with me. I heard him ,he heards me , sometimes we get stuck in place until one of us gives up. LOL, Rachel you are my girl , you are such a great person for seeing what a pup like me really needs. Debbie and Kim said you can see me any time ,ever. So, Rachel, Until then, I will think of you often as I know you will think of me,
    LOVE WILLIS

WILLIS

This is Willis. He is our new Dog. Willis is the Black Collie and Ben is the Sable Collie.He Is Ben's baby Bro. He was born 4/27/2009. That makes him 9 months younger than Ben.He is 1 year and 10 months old.  Willis and Ben have the same Mom (Bella) and Dad (Cowboy). Willis was in need of a new home and Kathe ( the breeder of both litters) thought of us. We are so glad that she did. Willis has only spent one night with us and he is such an angel. I know this is spoken prematurely, but he is so sweet, Rachel his former owner has given him so much love and taught him to be very respectful. I LOVE this dog. Looking forward to much laughter and love with him and Ben.