Made it back home a bit ago… it’s sure nice to be back with my pups and kitty.

I took about a zillion pictures at the Grand Canyon… will post those and write up some impressions of the trip tomorrow.
It was a very nice trip, but it’s also good to be home.

ok, this will be the last photo post I will flood people with. Sorry for slacking and doing them all at once to catch up.

I went up to Almost Home for Hounds yesterday to meet the greyhound puppies.
They are all super duper cute. Very pretty and seem very happy. I took Kurt and Merlin up to meet them as well.
We met two of the puppies in a yard with just Kurt and Merlin and then I went and hung out in the yard that has all 5 puppies in it for a while.

Kurt was (as expected) pretty uncaring about the puppies. They were fine to sniff him and be sniffed, but no real issues.
Nash the puppy bugged Merlin to play and Merlin did the silent snarl thing he does and the puppy totally backed off.

Find the puppy:

All this playing with the big dogs is tiring:

After meeting all the puppies and playing with them, I definitely like Nash the best.
He seems outgoing, but not bossy, seems to get along ok with Kurt and Merlin and is just cute as can be.

I am going to think on it over the weekend, but I might be starting fostering him come tuesday.

I also got to see Fancy again. She’s the foster I had for a few days last week. She’s a totally diffrent dog being back where she’s comfortable now. She did zooms around the yard, come over for attention and was just generally very happy. I could easily foster her again and see how her personality comes out after a few days here.

Last weekend Kurt and Merlin and I went down to near Santa Fe for T and J’s wedding. A nice time was had by all. Here’s a few selected pictures from the trip:

Is it just me, or is Colorado Springs always under construction?

Kurt and Merlin cuddled up for the trip:

Would hate to get in an accident with this guy (in Santa Fe):

The Courtyard and door to our room:

Merlin finds the couch:

Some folks helping me take a picture of C.

The wedding Ceremony:

In an effort to catch back up on pictures before I leave town again, here’s some pictures from the weekend of the 15th and 16th out at faire.
It was hot. Hot hot hot. We were doing ok on donations, then someone came and dropped 2 c-notes in the jar. That was a very good day.

Another lap dog was out:

Some relaxing pups. Merlin got the good spot in the corner again:

Nice ears Mr Byron:

Do I have to wear this silly collar to walk in the parade?

Merlin says: “Yeah, they insist on these silly things when we walk in the parade”

Cool coat to the rescue:

This is an ok pillow:

Ah, the perfect place for my paw:

A cute resting Dazzle:

Guinevere, don’t look up, I’m above you with a kilt.

Dazzle decides to go thru someone again:

I’m not usually one to link to people’s posts, but this one from Bronxelf is spot on:

Introverts vs Extroverts on the net

I’m such an Introvert.

Well, it was a lovely weekend. Friday’s trip south was pretty uneventfull. We got checked in at 10k waves just fine. They were all very very nice folks there, it was a lovely spot. There were celing fans to terrify kurt, but he handled them better than he has in the past. After getting all checked in and unloaded we decided to make someone deliver food to us and had a nice late mexican food dinner.
Saturday we loafed around and killed time until the wedding. The wedding was at hyde park lodge and was lovely. It did start to rain, but there was enough cover than everyone could stay out of it. Lots and lots of yummy things to drink at the fully stocked bar. Very yummy dinner as well. It was really nice to see some folks that I haven’t seen in many years and catch up. I helped break down the bar and we wandered back to the room to hang out the rest of the night.
Sunday was packing up and a brunch in santa fe before heading back north. The place we went let us sit outside and have the dogs there with us, which was nice. The trip back was long, but not nearly as bad as if it had been all the way from Cruces.

Will try and catch up on my picture post backlog in the next few days…

This week is gonna be busy too:

• Tonight: GURPS game
• Tomorrow or Wed night: going up to Nutt to see puppies and see who I am going to foster next
• Sometime: meet with my dog/cat/house sitter to get her a key and all setup
• Thursday: fly to phx to visit my friend C and then go on our family vacation to the grand canyon
• Friday: hang out with C
• Saturday: go to my sisters house and then up to Williams, AZ
• Sunday: Grand Canyon train trip and back to Williams for the night
• Monday: fly home.

Well, I think I am mostly packed up to head out to Santa Fe and ready to hit the road.
It used to be that I would be very anal and make up a detailed list of everything I should take on a trip and check them off, and so forth, but now I find myself more and more just thinking before I leave what I need and tossing it into the back of the vehicle. Hopefully it will all work out. Kurt and Merlin seem both very eager to hit the road. They love riding in the car.

I might do some posting from there depending on if I can find wireless, we will see.
Have a good weekend everyone…

I still haven’t uploaded pictures from last weekend at the ren faire.

My temp foster Fancy went back up north on wed. She was super easy to deal with, she mostly just slept. On the wed morning I think she just started to open up a bit and realize it was ok to play and have fun here. Just in time to head out. Oh well. Perhaps I will foster her again soon…

Tomorrow I head down to Santa Fe for T and J’s wedding gathering. Should be an excellent time. I don’t really have to be there any particular time tomorrow, so I am going to try and take it easy and stop and take the pups for walks and such on the way. Saturday is the gathering itself and then sunday is heading back home. Should be a nice whirlwind trip.

The folks returning fancy showed up about 5:45 (early from when they said…).

She’s been totally easy. She picked up stairs in about 5minutes watching the other dogs. She totally ignored the cat. She crates well. She ate most of her dinner (and some of kurts). She pottied outside nicely. She took her meds with no fuss. She’s been sleeping for the last hour or so… very mellow for a 3yr old. She’s going to be super easy.

Well, the puppies are going to be quarentened for another 7-10 days to make sure they are all healthy before fostering.
Thats just fine with me… fits in much better with my travel plans.

However, there was a returned greyhound today that I am gonna foster until I head out of town this weekend. She’s been here about an hour and is doing wonderfully. She learned stairs in about 5minutes. crates fine. Minds fine. Is outgoing and very pretty. Still pending is the meeting between her and the cat, but I imagine that will happen soon.