Lady's passing

Lady went over the Rainbow bridge October 1st. She became so frail, lost her sight, hearing and most of her mind. She fell a lot and ran into the doors and walls all the time. Daddy said she wasn't really in there. We miss her, but we know that she is happy now, running free, playing in a field with Oscar Airdale and others who have crossed over.
Daddy was remembering when Lady adopted him. She showed up at his house about 16 years ago and just wouldn't leave. He had no choice but to let her stay. He knew he was her chosen one. They were pretty tight buds all those years.

Daddy's eyes have been leaky, but we've been helping lick up the drips. Bella is an extra good snuggler, and she has been putting in lots of overtime doing snuggle therapy.

Sorry we've been gone so long. Momma has been busy. Our Grandma moved in with us. Momma and Poppa built a room for her. She has her own mini kitchen and bathroom and everything. Its cool. Every now and then we get to go to her place, but mostly Momma sez no, that we should leave her alone. Of course, our cousin Buddy, Grandma's dog, moved with her, so she is here, too. Its been busy. We're all trying to figure out how we fit together with this new arrangement.

We're trying to figure out how to get Grandma to give us jerky treats more. Tee Hee!
Whoofs & Baroos to all you pooches. Love each other.
Eddie, Bella & Peaches

Scooter dog Eddie

I have taken up a new hobby! Mom and Dad got Maxi-Scooters. Not those little ones like the college kids ride around campus, but big ones. They asked me if I wanted to try riding. I said sure, but go slow. So, they tried with me in the drive way. That was okay, so we went around the block, and again, then down the parkway, then to Grandma's.
Last weekend we took a BIG ride 300 miles from home! Wow! It was great. When we got there, we met another scooter dog named Tipper. Tipper is a Yorkie and he rides in a pouch on his Momma's front.
I ride in a basket that's bungee'd onto the back seat. Momma got me Doggles which are okay, but I like them off just as soon as I get off the scooter.
Its way great fun. Its like the ultimate car window!
Barooooooooooooooo!
Eddie

Vacation is done fur now.

We're back from our long vacation. It was great. We hiked and napped and Poppa grilled food outside that smelled mmmmm good! When Momma gets time after unpacking she says she will load some pictures so we can post them.

Hey, does anydog know Beanie the Beagle? They signed our guestbook We'd sure like to baroo at them but dont' know how to contact them.

Whoofs to ya'll.
Peaches

Happy Independence Day!

We've been camping since last Friday! We came home so Momma and Poppa could do some laundry and restock the camper fridge.
Unfortunately, this year the Missouri State Parks folks won't let more than 2 dogs camp at a campsite unless they are like service dogs or something, or have their CGC (Canine Good Citizenship) certificate from the AKC. So, next week, we are meeting with Bella's teacher to have a pre-evaluation and see where we all stand. She is going to tell Mom what all we need work on. Then when Momma thinks we're ready, we will have to take a test.

I HOPE Eddie can find his glasses by then! I think he packed them away with the Christmas cards. That's about the only time he uses them, but he will prolly need them for the test.
Anyway, since only 2 doggies can go, Eddie has stayed at Gramma's. Lady, because she is so old a decrepittated is staying home and a dog-sitter comes by to take care of her a couple times a day. Gramma was a fraid to have her over in case something happened.
So, Me (Peaches) and Bella got to go camping. I sneaked up into Momma and Poppa's bed when they weren't looking! Tee hee!
Here's our Grandpeoples. They came and camped with us for part of our trip. We all took walks. They like to walk us. We like it, too. We'r glad they came camping with us. By the way, Bella says to tell you that she was NOT pulling that child along. He was just going too slow and she was trying to get him to go faster.
So, we're going back to camping soon. See ya'll later.
Peaches! Barrooooo!

7 Things

Our friend Abby asked us to post 7 interesting or strange things about our dogselves. We will try...
1. Eddie and Bella love the cold and the outdoors. Lady and Peaches are weather wimps and stay in as much as possible.
2. Lady gets special dog food from a can because she has bad kidneys. Eddie gets the spoon that Momma uses to scoop the special food out with. He will not eat his dinner till he gets the spoon! Now is that a spoiled brat or what!
3. Eddie is half beagle. His Momma was a real, whole, tricolor beagle just like Peaches and Bella. Eddie is white and fluffy, and wirey. The dogter thinks his Poppa must've been a Westie. We will never know.

4. Peaches likes lettuce.

5. Bella is never in a bad mood. She is happy and chipper from the minute she gets up in the morning till she goes to bed at night. Momma says she is pure, unrefined JOY.
6. Lady sleeps 23.9 hours a day. Okay, maybe that's an exaggeration, but you rarely see pictures of her on the blog, do you? That's because she's always sleeping somewhere. Momma says that's because she's 17 years old. Momma says she's entitled to sleep as much as she wants.
7. We love camping and sure do wish it would turn into summer soon. Remember summer: Green grass; bugs to chase; Warm sunshine on our bellies when we lay in the grass; Camping!

We would tag someone, but I think most have been tagged. If we haven't heard from you, please DO tell us your 7 things.

Hope that helps you learn a little about us, Abby and everydog and GG.
Whoofs & Baroos,
Eddie, Peaches, Bella, and (when she wakes up) Lady

What's that Noise?

Daddy says he was whistling, but, Uhhhh, I don't know bout that!
Signed, Confused, okay, Peaches

Baby Casey Update

Casey's Poppa sent this picture of her to our Momma. As you can see, Casey is doing a great job getting comfy on the sofa. We hear that she loves her little people siblings and is doing well. She's still having a little trouble with the potty thing, there's an accident every now and then, and she chews on stuff and mostly she likes to 'share' the little peoples' snacks with them.

She is loved, and we're sure she is giving lots of love, too.

Pooches Smooches,
Eddie, Peaches, Bella & Lady

Happy Birthday to Meeee!

It was my barkday Thursday. I am TWO years old. We had a little barkday treat that Momma gave me. It was pepperoni flavored Woofy Pop Popcorn. Mmmm. Doesn't it look yummy all warm and smellin' good right out of the cooker box. (I think they call it a maker-wave or something.)Momma passed out tidbits to us. I was a good girl and shared with my siblings. Mmmmmm. I am in my Terrible, I mean Terrific Twos. I'm feeling very reflective in my adulthood. This is me and Sissy Bella gazing out the window, waiting for squirrels or cats to visit. Butchy & Snickers gave us this award. They are such good buddies. We would like to award it to all the DWB'ers for being such good blogger friends!
Be good to each other everydog and Hampsterriers and Cats.
Pooches Smooches,
Peaches

All Dressed Up

The snow started melting off today. Our yard has turned to mush. Momma and Poppa took down the outdoor Christmas decorations finally. They couldn't do it before because the decorations were stuck in a foot of snow and ice. While they did that, we got to play outside. It was way fun. We ran and ran and chased squirrels and barked at the neighbor doggies. Look how dirty Eddie is! Wow. What fun!

Then, Momma called us in one by one and stuck us in the bath. After that we were all shivery so Momma got us all warmed up in our doggie warm-up outfits. Don't we all look spiffy.I think she washed Eddie's eyes out. Where are they?????

And my sissie Bella is so spiffy in her sweats. I think she's an autumn, though. She might look good in a nice rich burgundy. Lady wouldn't have anything to do with getting dressed up. Bah Humbug!

Here's me in my Baby Blue sweats getting warmed up. I don't like the flash on the camera so I shut my eyes. But I am cute, aren't I?

Pooches Smooches to you all!
Peaches

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas to you all.

This is what to do if you eat too much Christmas dinner.

Whoofs & Baroos,
Eddie, Peaches, Bella and Lady

Vacationers

Mom and Dad are back from Florida. We couldn't go. I, Eddie, and Lady stayed at Gramma's. Peaches and Bella stayed at doggie camp where they made new friends. Apparently, Bella has a boyfren named Mike! Hah!Bella has a boyfren. Bella has a boyfren. Tee Hee!

Anyway, here are some pictures Momma and Poppa took. They said we couldn't go, but, huh, there are pictures of DAWGS on the BEACH! Uh. Momma's got some splainin' to do!

We can't complain too bad cuz they did bring us back yummy cookies. They found this neat shop called Island Paws and went in there and bought new clothes and yummies and lots of fun stuff. The cookies they got are reeeeeeally goooood! Mmmm. Okay, we'll forgive them for leaving us back in Missouri with the ice and snow! This is Liza, from the shop and the resident k-9 in charge and chief greeter, Nutmeg. Speaking of ice and snow, here are some of our icey pictures from before vacation time...
Bella loooooves the snow. Look at her go. The rest of us couldn't keep up with her!Now Peaches, it took her a long time to decide to go out into the snow.
This branch fell into the roadway in front of our yard. Nobody could drive by because it blocked the whole road.
Later a bulldozer came and pushed it off the road and then these people came with a loud saw that went "Bzzzzz, Rrrrrrrr, Bzrrrrrrzzzzrrrrr" and cut it all up and took the parts away in their truck.

Hope you all are doing good.
Whoofs & Barroos,
and Merry Christmas to all,
Eddie, Peaches, Bella and Lady, too.

We've Been Iced

Hi, All! We're at Grammy and Grampa's today. Our house is iced in and we have not had electricity for 5 days. So, we could not blog.

We wanted to let you all know we're okay. Grammy is letting me blog from her computer. Thank you Grammy. Plus, we're soaking up some of her heat and watching her t.v. We don't have any of those things at home.

There are branches down everywhere. Our maple trees are shredded. One of our two dogwood trees has 2 big branches down.

Pictures forthcoming when we have electricity.

Momma and Poppa are going on vacation to Florida on Monday so we may not get to blog till they get back cuz Grammy doesn't do blogging so she can't help us.

Talk to you all when we can.
Whoofs,
Eddie

Cards

My eyes are getting tired from all this card writing. But, I must get it done so we can get our cards in the mail to our doggie buddies.
Let's see. Whose next on the list?

Okay. I need more return address labels. Mom....
Hmmm... Who is this? Hmmm. Okay. Okay.

I think I might have to break for a snackie and a beverage. I'm getting parched.


Okay, back to work. Peaches, Bella, come on. Let's get it done. Momma says she will put our cards out in the mail Monday if we finish this weekend. We can do it! Its been so fun getting cards from our DWB friends. Pawfectly good fun!
Whoofs,
Eddie

Howl-O-Ween

Okay, we know its late to do this, but Momma did dress Bella and Peaches up for the howl-o-ween photo contest at work. I, Eddie, refused! It was simply beneath me! What kind of self-respecting Beastie (Beagle x Westie) would be caught dressing up for howl-o-ween! I mean!Fairy PeachesCountry Hound aka: Farmer Dog

Anyway, Neither of them won the contest. A little chihuahua from work (who signed our guestbook) won it dressed up as a little devil.

Clothes should be functional! Not just to make us look silly! Right?
Eddie