Zembwa

Little Zembwa isn't so little anymore - 90 Pounds at 13 months old and very strong. She is a wonderful girl, curious and eager to please. A rare moment in our house when Arnie & Zembwa are quiet long enough to take a picture of them together.

Hugs for Dogs!

Analise loves her boys Duke (top) and Clifford (bottom)!

Zuri has a broken toe

Too much fun running in the woods over logs, across the creek chasing lions (deer) Zuri has ended up with a broken toe and has to have her foot in a cast for 3 weeks. Needless to say, she is very frustrated but the first week is almost over and she seems to be adapting well to the life of a couch potato.

Our boy, Caine

Hello all,

I feel that it is long overdue that I give you an update on Caine, who we adopted in September of 2007.  He came from Rockford, IL, which happens to be my hometown. 

What a great dog!!  We can not believe how lucky we are to have him in our family.  My husband Patrick and I live in Chicago with our 3 Bengal cats, Tejas, Hank and Hana.  Caine has become friends with all the cats, but especially with Hank, the only boy.  It is so great to see them in the morning together. Hank walks around Caine, purring and rubbing on him. Caine is quite calm and seems to enjoy the attention.

Caine is a special dog.  He is so very sweet.  Everyone comments on his sweet demeanor.  He is quite attached to me and likes nothing better than to be wherever I am.  I get so many comments from fellow dog owners about how great he is.  He has been called 'the gentleman of the park' by one dog owner. He plays sometimes, but always watches the other dogs to make sure there is no funny business. If things get out of hand, he stands near the 'offending' dogs until they start behaving.  

He LOVES to ride in the car.  He will settle down and go to sleep if it's a longer ride.  

The only dogs he doesn't seem to like are the unfixed males. Can't blame him for that, and luckily there are not very many in our neighborhood.

I can't believe how lucky we are to have him!

thanks to RRUS!

xo,

Julia

ps. I will post some photos soon

Turn Off the Alarm

Roadie reacts to the morning sun just like we do. He buries his head under the pillow to hide from the light.He finally comes out from hiding to greet the day- which for him means climbing downstairs and taking his place on the couch. Yeah I know- tough life!!

Amanda

TJ hugging Don

TJ is so sensitive and caring. Anytime Don 'hurts' for any reason - the latest is a blown knee, it is TJ to the rescue. And my goodness, if I raise my voice to Don, TJ is right there to hug him. He is the first dog I've ever had that hugs as well as kisses and he is very serious about it. He is the sweetest, kindest dog ever. Taylor has become more able to show affection because of his example. They continue to share the same crate and bed and always seem to need to touch. They mouth wrestle and TJ often goes on his back to give Taylorsue the advantage. The only thing at all negative about our beloved TJ is his pulling on leash. I have tried so many special harnesses and the halti thing for the nose, which I hated. One day we had to quickly put them in a crate and take off for about 30 minutes. When we returned TJs harness was in pieces. I'm sure he asked Taylor to bite it off for him as no way could have have gotten it off himself. These RRs are something with so many similar traits of touching, sharing and so on. I've seen no couch potato traits yet - although they do take good naps, for which we are grateful. They still play gently with the bunny - more they just show a little interest and leave him alone.

Bruno at his new home

After adopting Bruno back in Dec. of last year we've enjoyed every day of having him with us.

He's quickly adapted to his "older Sister" and the little people running around the house.
Despite a brief disagreement between She-La and Bruno over who got what bed from Santa Claus... they seem to like each other fine. Bruno still inhales his food at breakfast and dinner, while She-La waits till he's done and then after a growl at him if he gets too close, she eats as slowly as possible to tease him....... or maybe it's just her trying to teach him some manners?
He does tend to lay about like a teenager, I think our 11 year old She-La has more energy than big 6 year old Bruno, but maybe he was just confined to a kennel growing up and never got to go out and run very much. He doesn't seem to have any prey drive, I've seen a squirrel walk 20 feet in front of him with no interest.
He's a loveable lunk and fits right in to our neck of the woods!
Thanks to everyone who helped get him to us!!