The Unnamed Take the First Steps Outside

No one was hurt and they enjoyed exploring the back yard. They walked around, nibbled on the grass, sat, swam, snuggled into the dirt while I started digging part of their "pool."

The Saratoga Animal Shelter Welcomes Its Latest Arrivals

Because Evan and Peggy didn't talk me out of it.

Emmah Snickerdoodle

The Snickerdoodle is "enjoying" her two night stay at the Saratoga Animal Shelter. I have discovered these things about Emmah Snickerdoodle:

1) She does not like loud music to be played in the truck and it causes her to shake.
2) She doesn't like air conditioning to be too high or it causes her to shake.
3) If she shakes enough she will start to drool a puddle.
4) Emmah also does not enjoy the drive-thru at KFC; it too causes the shakes.
5) She does not know or refuses to say where my dad hides his quarters.
6) My mom boobey-trapped her food to see if I was feeding her as per her instructions.

Tomorrow the Snickerdoodle will be returning to her house and this edition of Snickerdoodle Slumber Party will be over.

Caught On Film

My sleek photographic skills allowed me to capture the moment when I tell someone I have four dogs. Pretty much everyone has this same look.

Just Another Day At the Saratoga Animal Shelter

Randi and Earl complete their moat by knocking the hose out of the pool:
Sarah walks around with a sticky on her butt:

Mutiny at the Saratoga Animal Shelter

Today I decided that I would try to fill in part of the moat that Randi and Earl are working on. Not that I don't appreciate their hard work or the fact that they had finished nearly 2/3 of the moat, but I was beginning to get concerned that the pool could slide into the moat and that would be quite the catastrophe. So I got my shovel and started to move dirt. I don't particularly like moving dirt. It's dirty, it's hard work and it is so pointless. Randi the Environmentalist decided to protest by standing in the moat. I didn't want her to think that this would stall my moat filling so I kept shoveling dirt in. Pretty soon she was covered up to her feet in dirt. She wasn't going to move. She was like one of those people who live in the trees as they're cutting them down. Then she laid down in the moat. I continued to shovel dirt and pretty soon her tail was covered. Earl of course just looked on. As soon as I walked away she started to remake the moat. But I'm too kick for her and I used some of my reclaimed cement to cover up the previous moat.

The Incorrigible Art of Randi and Earl

On exhibit indefinitely at the Saratoga Animal Shelter

Moat

Moat

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