Guard Dogs- Back to Back

Ahhh, my boys. Such ferocious beasts guarding their yard.  Back to back to cover all angles.  Ha - they wish! This just ensures they see and bark at every. single. thing. that moves be it leaf, plane, bird or cloud.  And bark they do.  Luckily our neighbors aren't too close.  But hey, we built a dog yard for a reason...stand guard and bark on!

Wake Up Call

I love these kinds of wakeup calls on a weekend morning.  :)

Giant Dawg is Content Camping

We took a last minute camping trip over the weekend and got to try out the XPens for the dogs for the first time ( instead of having them all tangling on everything with leads ).  They worked out awesome!  As you can see, Giant Dawg was quite content with the situation...as were the other two.  The camping trip itself was interesting, to say the least, and you can read the campground review here.

Border Patrol

Giant Dawg makes his rounds several times a day around the perimeter of the yard to ensure all is in good order.  He's an inside dog, but loves his yard and makes sure all is protected. He'll chase anything out that doesn't belong ( birds, squirrels, rabbits, etc - or kill them if he catches them ), but anything that is inside that belongs he protects very well.  Even when we had the chickens he knew they were to be protected, not eaten, which is rare for a Pyrenees ( they are well known to kill chickens, even on their own turf ).  He's a good boy - stubborn, but good.

Evening Reading Buddies

I've been doing a lot of reading in the evenings while Jason plays online video games with his buddies.  While I read, I have my own buddies!  L.B. is usually in my lap and Buddy comes over every hour or so for some scritches.  Lois Lane is usually in Jason's chair next to me.  It's nice to be loved.  :)

L.B. - New Camera Model

As promised, my new Samsung NX300 arrived today.  I haven't messed with it too much, but so far so good.  The fur kids opted to model for me ( not so willingly, but they did ).  It's very fast, so fast that I can even get a photo of Lois Lane with the flash before she blinks.  That never happens!  I still have some things to figure out - it's not exactly the same as my D80, understandably.  And I definitely want to look into getting the 50 - 200mm telephoto lens.  I got the 18 - 50mm with the camera body, which will likely be my primary lens, but I still want the zoom capability for wildlife shots.  After that I'll look into the macros, but those get pricey so it just depends on how much I really want it and if I find a good deal.  Might try the macro filter rings first.  One step at a time!

Here are a few more test shots, can't leave anyone out!  More to come...you've been warned! ;)

Buddy

Lois Lane

L.B.

Today's Work View

Today the high was about 17 degrees with wind chills around zero.  We keep our house at about 64 degrees.  Which makes the basement about 58 degrees where our office is. My hands kept getting too cold to type so Jason and I decided to work from the laptops upstairs instead.  There we could settle into our comfy recliners with two blankets, our laptops and a hot mug of tea to boot - oh, and this was the general scenery from our stand-point.  I don't think they really understood what we were doing.  LOL!

The Boyz Version of P90X3

L.B. and Buddy like to share Buddy's crate when I do my workouts (their crates are in the bedroom as is our workout area).  Lois Lane prefers the bed where she can watch the birds on the feeder just out the window.  I think it's cute how the boys snuggle together - and they stay out of my way!

L.B's Grooming Service

Much to Buddy's dismay, L.B. loves to "groom" his drool pouches and remove his eye boogers.  *yuck*

Green Eyed Monster

Buddy with his giant head in my hand and his alien green glowing eyes.  Kinda makes him look  a little spooky, no?  I had posted last week about him injuring his back...I'm happy to report that after a couple of days on some anti-inflammatory meds, he is back to his old, goofy self.  :)

L.B. Knows Buddy Isn't Feeling Good

Today Jason woke me up to come look at Buddy.  He was acting strange and deciding to lay down in mid-stride, while he ate and just in odd places.  After a text to our awesome veterinarian we were instructed to make sure he didn't have a fever.  We did that and checked him all over for any signs of injury but found nothing.  Dr. Rubsch knew we likely had meds on hand from when Blue had his back issues and told us to try some of the anti-inflammatory because it sounded like back strain.  Low and behold, a few hours later he was feeling so much better and now is pretty much back to his normal, dopey self.  Thank goodness!  We're still not sure what he did - it could have been a slip on the slick steps to the yard due to the snow and ice, playing with L.B. or just plain age starting to get to him.  Hopefully it's an isolated incident.  He's way too big to be carting up and down the steps!

Lazy Buddy - 36/365

This was one of those last minute "crap I forgot my daily photo until right before I head to bed" photos. Luckily Giant Dawg is always a willing subject.  And this shows me that I need to clean the mirrored doors to the pantry ( and the rug but that's a daily chore with all the dog hair in this house ).

Lounging Buddy - 24/365

I was testing out my new SD Card and Buddy was  willing subject.

Me and Buddy - 8/365

Buddy and I went on a 2 mile hike at Creasey Mahan Nature Preserve.  It was a nice, overcast day, though humid.  I was hoping to get four miles in, but Buddy, being furry and large and not used to walking more than his yard, puttered out on me at about two miles.  Just as we were heading back to the parking lot he found a creek.  I let him get a drink and before I knew it he had plopped right down in the middle of it to cool off.  So we sat around for another 20 minutes waiting for him to quit dripping before I got him back in the car.  I think he enjoyed it though.

Giant Dawg & Chiweenie (1/365)

Today I've been going through some old blog posts and was able to re-enjoy my former attempts at my photography projects.  I've also been wanting to get back into my hobby photography since I haven't touched my poor camera in many, many months.  So, naturally I began a Project 365 again today.  ( Project 365 is a photo every day for one year )  Naturally my pups are in the limelight for a lot of my shots, so why not start off with two of them!  Buddy and L.B. graciously posed for me against the graying backdrop this evening.  Aren't they a stellar couple?  ;)

Measuring / cutting pads make good pillows

Buddy always joins me in the loft while I work on craft projects. Tonight he decided the measuring /cutting mat would make a nice, cool pillow.  As hot as it is up there in the summer I'm surprised he comes up at all, but he does tend to follow me around wherever I go.  He may like it if I decide to relocate. :)

Attack!

Our friends and their dog Chase spent the holiday weekend with us and our pups had a grand old time playing with a new friend.  Chase and L.B. are about the same size so they were joined at the hip the entire weekend, much to Giant Dawg's delight.  Now that Chase is gone, Giant Dawg is back to being bullied by L.B., usually against his will.

Giant Dawg, Chicken Whisperer

Lazy Boyz

Must be nice to sleep the day away while Jason and I work all day!

Attack the Giant Dawg!

L.B. is so funny.  He'll be sitting there doing nothing and then all of a sudden pummel Giant Dawg out of nowhere.  It's quite entertaining!