Ice Cream!!!

Hey Hey, it's Maebe Baebe!

We are helping our friends celebrate their achievement of Certified Good Boy (Steve) and Certified Good Girl (Kat) be eating ice cream cones!!

Our huMom got it all on video. She won't win any academy awards, but here it is all the same.


They were delicious, although I think Kayla got a little brain freeze.  Right after we got our ice cream we went on a hike. We will write about that in our next post.

So that's my story, woo a'tcha later! Maebe

Cross-training

Hey Hey, it's Maebe Baebe!

We have been hard at work training huMom for her running. We have got her up to 10 miles.  That's pretty far for a human, so we think it is time for incorporating some cross-training to keep things fresh and interesting.

For today's workout, we had huMom load us all up in the HUV and drive up to Red Rock Canyon for some hiking!! We decided to attempt the trail called Calico Tanks. The trail is only 1.2 miles long, but it included some rock climbing and scrambling.  It was furry tricky to get all 3 of us climbing at the same time in the same direction.  We had to turn around when the climb involved a big log, and we were not properly equipped to handle that. huMom says next time we will have to wear our harnesses and each have our own leash. 

Here's a nice butt shot of us navigating near the sandstone quarry.

Resting for a Red Rock Photo Op

There were also some spots where there was standing water so we had some fun sloshing through the mud. We did our best to lead huMom through the muddy way instead of the rocky way.  Wet feety feets are good for training! 

We met a few other doggies on the trail, and of course other humans who wanted to pet us and get some husky kisses.

So that's my story, woo a'tcha later! Maebe

Merry Christmas!!! ....and.... 100th Post!!!

Hey Roo!
We wish woo a Merry Christmas,
We wish woo a Merry Christmas,
We wish woo a Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year!!!


We have missed all our blogging friends! We are at our 100th post, and we had a really bad case of writer's block. We have no idea how to celebrate. I guess this will be just one big update post to let woo all know what we've been up to.


First of all, it is of course Christmas and we got some good swag. Here we are enjoying our favorites.
 
On Christmas Eve, huMom tried to dress us up.  Why doesn't she understand how much we hate dressing up? Pictures with the bandannas...

And then the dang reindeer antlers... (Maebe thought it was a toy and kept trying to bite them off of me)

As woo can see, we are not thrilled with the whole "dress woo up for pictures" thing.


This fall, our huMom was training for a 1/2 marathon, and we helped her train on her shorter runs. She is pretty slow, really it was just a medium-paced trot for us. Maebe helped her train more, since I am more of a daytime running pup and there's not enough daylight in the wintertime. She ran the race on December 6th and survived. While she could not take any actual pics of us running together, here's a pic of us all tuckered out after a 3-mile run.

 

And here we are while she is trying to get ready to go for a long run, exchanging kissy-woos.

This is from mid-November, when the big man made Maebe into a Maebe sandwich.

WOO may remember that earlier this year we got tested to be doggie blood donors. Unfortunately Maebe didn't qualify (and as woo may remember, I made sure I didn't qualify).  

Finally, it was our birthday in September. Here we are with our personalized Happy Heart cookies! Thank woo nice Happy Heart human lady!

We hope woo get lots of walkies, hugs, love, and treats this year!!

See ya later! Woooo woo rar rar rar... Kayla

Grandmaw is here!!!

Hey Roo!

We are so excited!!! Our Grandmaw has come to visit us for a few days. We gave her our special greeting reserved for only the closest of friends and family. We jumped all over her, kissed her feet, kissed her face, gave her a good sniff, and tried to eat the goodies in her bag.
Then they got the bed set up. Here is Maebe making sure it is comfy.

We have her trained well. She is to give us lots of pets all the time.

Notice my paw placement.  How can she refuse?

PS: we know we are behind on blogging and we hope to catch up soon...

See ya later! Woooo woo rar rar rar... Kayla

5 Five 5 FIVE 5 Five 5 FIVE 5 Five!!!!!

Hey Hey, it's Maebe Baebe!

Today is our birthday! We are five years old today. The humans had to work today, but we got some extra special stuff tonight! First huMom tried to vacuum (whatever for?) but the Dyson decided to honor our birthday by not working! Yay Dyson! Next, our huMom gave us a greenie for our teethies, they we got to go to the dog park. While I was there, I decided to hump both of the huskies that were there. The owner of the girl I humped was an unspayed female and her owner got mad at me, but when huMom explained that I am a girl she started to laugh. Silly humans don't understand my domineering moves! After that, we got some nice new nylabones. Here we are chewing them:




We didn't get a cake this year, but we did get a whole bunch of Happy Hearts treats today. We also got a cool new toy that we will show woo a pic of tomorrow.

So that's my story, woo a'tcha later! Maebe

I Got My Walk!

TwitPic was supposed to upload it yesterday... oh well.
See ya later! Woooo woo rar rar rar... Kayla

Let's Go for a Walk...

...NOW!!!
See ya later! Woooo woo rar rar rar... Kayla

The Screening Process

Hey Roo!

We had quite a busy morning today. huMom said she wanted us to work off some excess energy first, so we went to the DOG PARK!!

Yes, we have picked up a few tips from SZK!

huMom tried to take pics of us together but wasn't too happy our pawsitioning... she said this pic was the best one. Haroooo!! There weren't very many doggies there, but we did meet a nice girl named Roxy.

Let's hang out in the shade for awhile. ***pant pant pant***

After we got back in the HUV, huMom took a left instead of a right... where are we going? When we got out of the HUV, she took us somewhere we have never been before.

Hmmmm... this is kind of like the v*e*t, but it's NOT the v*e*t...

They took Maebe back first (huMom says she is the braver one, hmmmmph), then she explained to me why we were here. She says we are here for blood donor screening. This place is called the Las Vegas Veterinary Referral Center, and they have an animal blood bank. So if doggies or kitties get hurt, the blood they get from here can save their life. If we pass the screening, we may be able to give the gift of life.

That wasn't so bad!

We don't have any pics of what they did to us (let's just say it involved needles, yuck!) but we did get sent home with a big bag of treats each. The doctor had to get my sample from my leg, I just wasn't into pokey things in my neck. I snarled at her a little. She said if I did become a donor I would probably have to be sedated, but due to my temperament I may not be a suitable donor. I want to help other doggies and all, but I REALLY don't like pokey things. If we pass the basic screening and have the universal blood type, then Maebe will go back again (I will if I HAVE to).

As if that wasn't enough excitement for one day, we went to another place after we were done with the screening. Yes, the v*e*t... we got our butts squeezed and our nails clipped.

I want to go home.

huMom was happy to hear that we were pretty empty back there. So we won't have to go again for a really long time, right???

See ya later! Woooo woo rar rar rar... Kayla

A Little Privacy Here?!?!?!

Hey Hey, it's Maebe Baebe!

Kayla and I have a little ritual some times, and we engaged in it the other day after dinner. Our huMom had to intrude with her camera. Sheesh...


So that's my story, woo a'tcha later! Maebe

Bunny!

Hey Roo!


We found this blog post in our draft folder... Oops!

What we wanted to show woo was the bunnies that hang out in our neighborhood.  We usually can't get close enough to get a good picture of these guys, but maybe if woo click on it to blow this first pic up woo can see him.

We went on the grass to find him, but he hopped away.

Maebe looked across the street, but he was gone.
Oh well, off we go again... maybe we will see another one later!


See ya later! Woooo woo rar rar rar... Kayla

Raft Training

Hey Hey, it's Maebe Baebe!

The humans thought it would be a good day for some raft training. They would like to take us camping at Bowman Lake at Glacier National Park next year, and the humans think one of the best parts of the trip is rafting on the lake. Here are a couple pics of our predecessors, Rex and Sheena, on the raft:

And here is Sheena on the raft on Bowman Lake. It doesn't look too exciting to us. In fact, she is looking bored to DEATH.

Kayla's training came first. She really didn't like being in the raft. She was quite tense and was looking for a way out.

Get me out of here!!

HuMom was a little late starting this video, but woo know how much Kayla and I dislike swimming in the pool. Check this out:


Kayla hates the raft even more than she hates swimming. She is so strange.

My training came next. I wasn't quite sure what to do with my back feet. So I gave the Big Man a kiss, then huMom came along and pushed me in.

This isn't so bad!

Eventually, I decided I had enough of the raft.


How did woo like that? I found a way out and only got my feety-feets wet! Pretty smart of me, wouldn't woo say?

So that's my story, woo a'tcha later! Maebe

Walkin' on the Weekend

Hey Roo! We have some videos to share today. Our huMom bought this new coupler for us a couple years ago, but didn't like it so she put it away to sell on eBay some day. Well... you might not be surprised to hear that it was still sitting in a box. She decided to pull it out and try it again. She put it on us and it was hanging on the ground. She had an idea - maybe she could clip the extra length to our collars! The results are as so:


Don't those extra loops look silly hanging by our heads? As we were walking along, a light bulb went off in huMom's head: "Maybe those extra loops are supposed to go on OVER THEIR HEADS!" So she slipped the loops over our heads and this is the result:



Doesn't that look better? Our huMom is happy that we aren't yanking on her so much. She would much rather we yank each other around.



See ya later! Woooo woo rar rar rar... Kayla

Video of Crazy Spaz Kayla!

Hey Hey, it's Maebe Baebe!

As promised, I have let Dr. Steve in on a little secret about Kayla. I can't wait to see his prescription!!

We have a little video that was taken after our b*a*t*h last weekend. The video starts with a nice shot of me, but you can see what a crazy spaz Kayla is after she gets a bath. Come to think of it, she gets that way whenever she gets wet.

So that's my story, woo a'tcha later! Maebe

Oh yeah?

Hey Roo!

Maebe claims I've been hogging the blog. Well Maebe, take this!

See ya later! Woooo woo rar rar rar... Kayla

PS: we are rooting for our new friend Sinatra, who was a stray, got hit by a car, then had the additional misfortune of contracting Parvo. Fortunately, a really nice human rescued her and got her the help she needs. Sinatra has a new blog and is scheduled for surgery soon. Wish her well and if woo haven't already, paw over a few bucks because her vet bills are so big!! We hope she makes a full recovery and goes on to earn her HULA membership!

My Ordeal - Part 2

Hey Roo!

Thanks to woo who left the kind comments yesterday. I could have really used them when I was feeling crappy. My huMom needs a good clawing for waiting so long to transcribe my ordeal. At least she kept taking pics. I am doing fine now and my fur is growing back nicely in that area. In this post, I'll describe more about what it was like to wear that stupid lampshade.

So after a whole day of doing very little other than sleeping, I was feeling a little more chipper. This is the first time I've had to wear a cone, and it took me awhile to figure out how to maneuver while wearing this stupid thing. Every time I would go to sniff something it would drag on the ground and I couldn't figure out how to make it stop. When I went to the back yard, I tried to stay close to the house to be safe, but that cone would just drag alongside the house and make a horrible sound. I hated to walk anywhere. HuMom was patient though, and took me out for walks and walked very slowly until I got the hang of sniffing with the cone, and seeing with the cone, and walking with the cone.

Here, I was so happy because I finally figured out how to work the bone with this thing on my head:

Here is a close-up. This wasn't easy but I got the hang of it! Take notes in case woo ever have to wear one of these:

I will write more soon.

See ya later! Woooo woo rar rar rar... Kayla

A Trip to the V*E*T

Hey Hey, it's Maebe Baebe! Our huMom took us both for a ride last night! We were so excited, it has been a long time since she took us both for a ride in the Siberian Utility Vehicle. Unfortunately, we ended up at the v*e*t.

As woo can see in this pic, Kayla isn't the least bit happy with this turn of events.

Just kidding, she yawned and her mouth looked all funny afterwards when this pic was taken!! We got our regular shots and rabies shots (I nipped the v*e*t for sticking me in the butt! But then huMom put me in a headlock and the v*e*t got the rest of it in...). Kayla is such a chicken. She cowered and started to tremble when the v*e*t looked in her ears and checked her out. He was being so gentle, I don't know what her problem is. And when the v*e*t took her to the back to get a heartworm test, she had to be practically dragged out of the room! Here I am laughing at her after she left:


The v*e*t was furry happy to see that my footy-foot is fine now. No more meds!
So that's my story, woo a'tcha later! Maebe

Family Photo

Hey Roo! HuMom went to visit GrandMaw and stole this pic off her hard drive.


See ya later! Woooo woo rar rar rar... Kayla and Maebe

Hidden Gems

Hey Roo!

The Big Man was going through some old files and found these hidden gems. What are they? PUPPY PICS!!

I really liked my toys!!

Time to rest

Workin' the bone!

The Big Man Showing Us Off!

Maebe in a box (12.3 pounds!!)

See ya later! Woooo woo rar rar rar... Kayla

Get Fit

Hey Roo!

We haven't been keeping up with everybody's blogs as much as we like because there is a new toy in our house. And of course, we have to help our humans learn how to use it properly and that has taken a lot of our time over the last few days.

Some of you may have one in your house. It is called a "Wii", and it has a friend called "balance board". Our huMom got it for the Big Man for Christmas, but she uses it more than he does. As you might not be surprised to hear, our assistance has been required on several occassions.

First, we had to make sure that the yoga mat was properly haired prior to use.

Next, I had to demonstrate how to properly stand on the balance board for maximum efficiency (ahem... Maebe's tail got in the way of a great shot).

We don't have a pic of this, but our huMom had a lot of trouble with the "Down Dog" yoga pose. We don't understand how this could be so difficult. But to get our huMom in the correct pawsition, we both had to lick her face constantly throughout the entire pose until it was over. We got confirmation from the Wii that our help was very successful, since it ranked huMom's performance "Yoga Master". What would she do without us?

See ya later! Woooo woo rar rar rar... Kayla

Some of our Christmas Loot

Hey Hey, it's Maebe Baebe!
We got some great stuff for Christmas.

First, I got this great hibiscus squeaky dog. Kayla tried to steal it from me...

But of course, I emerged victorious.
Kayla got this great gift from "Granma" and Nell:

And the Big Man got this little helicopter that Kayla tried to destroy (it's filmed sideways...blame the stoopid human):

So that's my story, woo a'tcha later! Maebe