santa came!!!

olive enjoying a moment at christmas

layla luvs uncle nate

layla has gotten to stay at uncle nates the past 2 weekends and luvs his furry white rug. sorry uncle nate for all the hair!

layla is just so serious

image from lake murray in south carolina during thanks giving. parents have the best yard for pic ops.

rain sadness

yet another rainy day in the atl.

sunset thanksgiving

feeble attempt to take christmas card photo

layla's booster seat

on the way to thanks giving layla gets creative on how to see better out the window.

taking a break

girls took a break from our 4 mile walk on sunday to enjoy the chandler park festival









wait, is that a squirrel collecting nuts!...........

images from splish splash doggie bash

we had fun!

olive stayed in water chasing everyones balls and then sinking them for an hour straight. layla of course was ever being the diva and was more interested in sun bathing than frolicking with the dogs in the pool.

hoping for no rain

girls got their swimsuits and are ready to strut around.

Piedmont Park Conservancy invites Atlanta’s four legged citizens to an end of season pool party – our 1st Annual Splish Splash Doggie Bash. Let your pooches cool off in the newly renovated pool at Piedmont Park on September 26, 2009 from 11:00am to 2:00pm.

We will have live music, dog-related vendors, goody bags, raffle prizes and more! Proceeds from this event will benefit the off-leash area and general maintenance of the Park as it relates to visitors with pets.

how does she sit like that???

like what happened to her tail? it's fascinating...

just cute

morning girls

they patiently await mom to hurry up and get ready! woof

doggie walking journal

recent posts:

8/18:
new walker, janice. hello janice. layla and olive decided to show me subdivision and then we went on squirrel patrol.

8/19:
well our walk was going along nicely when it decided to drizzle rain :-( layla decided she wasn't going to walk any farther, until i started to jog and then she decided she would jog a little with us.

8/21:
i took the girls to the park today and we had a great time!! they are wore out. layla was in a great mood and took charge of our walk and olive was happy to let her.

8/28:
i took the girls to the park and we had a blast. i have a tennis ball i keep in the car (i should have warned her) and i think olive is wore out from playing. layla played too but she thought the chipmunks were more exciting!!

9/2:
we had a laugh today- olive was sniffing a bush when all of the sudden she jumped back when a cat ran out!!

9/4:
from original og walker Patty...what an unexpected treat! so fun to see the girls this evening and it was perfect to watch the beautiful sunset. we decided to take the long way through the neighborhood...

9/8:
the girls were on a mission today- heads down noses twitching not sure if they were looking for squirrels, chipmunks or cats (janice all of the above :-)

grazing and yellow jackets!

poor olie suffered several yellow jacket bites on sunday during afternoon walk. did you know yellow jackets get stuck in fur and are hard to get out. ice pack and belly rub made her all better.

layla is as smart as my neice-research proves it!

"they can also understand more than 150 words and intentionally deceive other dogs and people to get treats, according to psychologist and leading canine researcher stanley coren, PhD, of the university of british columbia. he spoke saturday on the topic "how dogs think" at the american psychological association's 117th annual convention."

according to several behavioral measures, coren says dogs' mental abilities are close to a human child age 2 to 2.5 years.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090810025241.htm

layla and olive-featured as top dogs

http://www.celebritydogwatcher.com/page/3/

we swim like fish and love fetch

wrong way layla

if u eat a hole in ball it will sink

seriously mom, where is the ball???

lounging by the lake

i may or may not get up to get that stick.

weekend fun at lake murray

lounging by the pool

blog wordle

these are fun. www.wordle.net

olive chillin

blanket all set up so she could sit on chair and enjoy movie night. those big great dane feet are half the size of her head..:-)

layla coolin off

layla loved sitting in her new pool saturday to help bet the 88 degree weather. she needed no coaxing at all. olive was not so interested.

tug-a-war

layla looks scary, but in the end she always lets olive win.  olives torn and tied together animals are like her security blankets.

dog walking journal

tuesday:

we had a great walk! girls were excited to get out and chase some squirrels!

thursday:

they enjoyed the river in the afternoon and were tuckered out, but slept really badly... (side note: girls were with dog sitter for past 6 days and girls really wanted to sleep with sitter.  olive won out by next evening :-)  she needs her cuddle time.

sunday:

woof. woof. pee-poop. snacks. drinks. dinner. movies. walk (side note: my friend sat with girls last night I was on vacation)

monday:

woof. woof. long time to poo. breakfast. cold h2O. chillin.

tuesday:

it was a great day for a run! no humidity and not too hot (girls might disagree). the crazys were out in full force... (i think this means the few strange people wandering the street in my neighborhood?)

dreaming of cooler days

image from a cool sunset at nana's during the christmas holidays.

dog walking journal

monday:

HOT TAMALES! the sun was ablaze! I think we all got a tan.

tuesday afternoon:

we had a good steamy run this afternoon & they didn't have the energy to chase after even one squirrel!

thursday:

the girls we so excited at our walk/run today.  we ran half today. boy were they happy to get back to their a/c!

friday afternoon:

we really enjoyed the sunny day today! all sorts of adventures trying to keep under the shade... we even went into bushes!

frolicking in freedom park

images from a late saturday afternoon frolicking in freedom park. aside from someone being stung by huge bee, it was a lovely afternoon.

discovering other dogs to chase


















finding a ball to eat happily









classic scene of layla eating grass and olive eating ball

dog walking journal

on monday: 

yippe, yay, hooray!! it's a red letter day....! get to have a turn with the girly girls. elizabeth (dog walker) will be out of town for 2 weeks, so aunt patty will be back with her girls. great walk today...

on tuesday:

oh yeah! a dip in the pool would feel good right now! thank goodness for the breeze...helped cool our hot bodies. terrific walk-layla took care of all her biz-olive just seems so busy with everything around her...

on wednesday:

hey elizabeth, did i mention how great it is to see the girls again? nice walk this am but warming up quickly. we love the acoustic station on your tv today. layla is laid back in the zone. pm walk. the girls were dragging tail on our way back. now they are both flopped on the floor loving the coolness (it has been hot in the atl this week).

day at the river

the girls enjoying some sun, sand, and water at a great park in atlanta on saturday. layla really, really loves the sand and still has sand in her eyes hours later. and yes, olive even found a ball in the woods. tried to upload video and cannot get it to load so here are some snapshots.