Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Weekend activities and lots of updates!

Hi all! Dobby and I had a fantastic weekend. I have been bad lately about taking pictures of him, but hopefully I'll be getting a new camera for Christmas and will get better about that. (My current camera is about 8 years old; it still works fine but it is so big and heavy that I never take it anywhere with us!)

On Saturday, Dobby and I went to All Pets Considered (I think of the Munchkins going to Harry Winston every time I go there now!) APC is a privately owned pet shop that has high quality kibbles, exciting chewies like moo tubes (trachea), bully sticks (...you know), and Dobby's new favorite: Texas toothpicks! Texas toothpicks are sheep tails, I think. They look really kind of gross when he's chewing them, like he has bitten off someone's finger! Since I don't have any pictures of our trip to APC, here are some pictures of Dob with a Texas toothpick.




Anyway, we went to the store to get him some new kibble and, after much deliberation, came home with Wellness Core original. I also looked at car seats and will maybe buy one soon. Dobby had a good time smelling all the smells and looking at some of the new outfits they had, but all we took home was the food.

After the pet store, we went to pick out pumpkins!! Dobby has gone with me to pick out pumpkins at a local church every year he has been with me (this was his third time). He always gets lots of attention, and loves being somewhere completely out of his ordinary routine. We picked out 3 great pumpkins and 2 adorable gourds to put around the house as decorations. Pictures to come soon!

Sunday, Dobby and I went to a little dog get-together at a park north of town (the same park where we got lost in the woods). There weren't as many people or dogs there as I had hoped, but there were tables set up for local vets, pet-sitters, and other dog related goodies. There was even an agility course set up! Dobby has never done agility before, but I've always thought he would be good at it. He was too distracted to try much, but I got him to jump over a little pole several times. One of the people running the thing took video of it, and as soon as I know if it's posted online somewhere, I'll put up a link! It was adorable! After meeting lots of new dogs and sniffing around for a while, we went home happy and tired.

It was a great weekend. Today is also a special day- Today is Dobby's gotcha day! I've had Dobby for 2 whole years now. Here is his adoption story. He also just turned 3 years old last month- I was so busy I forgot to post it that day, so I figured I would wait and post it today with his gotcha day post. Happy gotcha day, Dobby! I love you!


-Sharon

10 comments:

Sketching with Dogs said...

Happy Gotcha Day Dobby :) Bet you're glad you got such a nice home.
Those treats sound delicious, our mum is a veggie so she was grimicing and pulling all kinds of faces as she was reading about them, BOL.
Sounds like you had a fun day on Sunday - wow, we are poets.
Wags and kisses, Dinah and Bridget xx

Lizzy said...

Dobby!

HAPPY GOTCHA DAY to you! You must be so incredibly happy to live with your humans now! I hope you have a grrrrEAT celebration today!

Sparky

Coco Bean - The Princess said...

Awww. Happy Gotcha Day my beautiful little Prince.

Tail Wiggles & Puppy Kisses,

Coco The Princess

Tiffany and the Munchkins said...

Happy Gotcha Day Dobby! It sounds like you had a great weekend going to APC and the dog park and all. Those Texas toothpicks look mighty tasty! Also, we encourage you and the Momma to buy that carseat! Our Mommy says the price is totally worth it, ya know, since we're priceless and all.

Chihuahua kisses,
The Munchkins

Bijou said...

CoNgRaTuLaTiOnS on your Gotcha Day Dobby! And Happy 3rd Birthday too.

These Texas toothpicks look interesting. I will have mom see if she can get us some.

Waggles,
Bijou

Coco Bean - The Princess said...

Coco and i dont care what part of some farm animal Dobby is chewing on...HE'S JUST TOO CUTE AND PERFECT!

Love Always,

Coco & LeeTal

Lorenza said...

Happy Gotcha Day, Dobby!
I can see you have been busy with your Mom and enjoying yummy treats!
Kisses and hugs
Lorenza

happypitbull said...

Happy Gotcha Day, Dobby!

I had the same issue with our old camera. It wasn't even that old, but it is big and awkward and the battery dies after about three photos. I finally bit the bullet and bought a new one last month, and I'm soooo glad I did. I'm finally back in the habit of taking nice photos (I was using my cell phone, ha ha).

Cheryl, Indiana, Shingo and Molly said...

Awww!! It sounds like Dobby had a great weekend!! Hope that he had a great Gotcha Day too! Woofs and Kisses!!

Jemma Chihuahua said...

Happy Gotcha Day, Dobby! Sounds like you had a really fun weekend :)