Yard Time

Doby loves playing in the backyard with the other dogs (Lolita, Hurrican, and Canela)... he loves digging holes, running around, barking at whoever walks by (learned that from the other dogs - but he's a great guard dog now)... eating pecans from the pecan tree, tossing oranges around and chasing them... This is Canela ... she was terrified of Doby at first because he's so big compared to her .. and he's so a 50lb. puppy! Canela is much braver now and actually tries to get Doby to chase her and then she chases him ... so cute! Here, Doby was digging this hole and then found something else to chew on. Canela ran over dug in his hole, then ran off, looking back as if to say, "I touched your hole, aren't you gonna chase me?" ... then she would creep forward, dig in the hole and run off again ... she kept doing it til Doby looked up from his bone. On Friday night Obed and I went over to the church because our friends were recording a Christmas album. Outside is that spongy TX grass ... the really thick stuff. Doby had his nose plastered to the grass and was trying to catch something ... after watching him for a few minutes we figured out what he was after ... every time he moved his foot the grass would start to stand back up (very spongy grass) ... so he would stick his nose in the grass as if there was something in there pushing the grass back up ... then he'd move his other foot and to the same thing, back and forth trying to figure out how the grass was moving. He was so funny!

Doby saying goodbye to some of our MO friends

Painting update

Been working on this painting for obed's office ... when he gets one. Next year the church is doing an expansion and he has space to work right now, but after the expansion he will have his own office space ... so I have plenty of time to finish. =)

Balcony time with Doby ...

These were taken while we were still in our apartment in MO. Doby loved his balcony time, he would prop up his front paws on the ledge and watch the people and cars go by. It was so adorable!

Real dogs wear pink! ... lol... he's so cute!

still a painter at heart

This is a painting I'm working on for Obed's office. He likes to play guitar so created this picture in photoshop and am now working on a 20"x40" canvas and oil painting. This is the first photo I took, I have worked on it since this one was taken.

He's a smart dog

So we did take Doby to the beach (a few weeks ago) ... he loved it! But we ended up leaving a little later than we originally intended, so it was pretty dark already by the time we got out there ... it was beautiful with the light from the hotels all along the beach ... just didn't make great photos. Doby loved chasing the waves and seagulls ... we took him on a 30ft. leash so he could run around a bit but we could still reel him in if he took off after one of those seagulls ... his "come" command needs refining ... that is, when we're outside it doesn't work .... It was a great night, we ate What-a-burger under the stars, enjoyed the surf and spray, gave Doby a bath the next day, and still have sand in our car. =) Here's that photo of Doby snuggling in to Obed's warm spot on the bed ... after Obed left to go jogging. We recently started making Doby sleep in his crate ... with a King size bed he didn't seem to take up that much room ... however, he has grown a bit bigger since we first got him and the temporary double bed is considerably smaller. But Doby figured out his own system ... he goes willing to his crate plops down and is snoring before we even get into bed ... but when he hears Obed join him, he sneaks up onto our bed. He usually takes up a quarter of the bed ... then he wriggles around and little by little starts to stretch out ... before you know it, I feel myself being pushed to the edge of the bed ... then I reach down and ... yes, that is Doby's furry little body all curled up in the crook of my knee.