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

It's Pawlicious!

Hey Hey, it's Maebe Baebe!

The humans are perplexed by my behavior sometimes.  They gives me stuffy toys, nylabones, paper to shred, and more, but sometimes I prefer to chew the thing closest to me.

Mmmmmm.... I loves me some feety feet!

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

I Have Been Furminated

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

My Prescription Has Arrived!

Hey Hey, it's Maebe Baebe!

Recently, Dr. Steve gave me a prescription to help me overcome my chewiness problem. This is the prescription he gave me:

I showed this to my huMom so she could fill it right away. She started by buying a couple of bananas. But it was apparently too much trouble for her to follow Kat's easy banana bone recipe so the bananas turned to mush. HuMom then said that we might get a turkey drumstick at Thanksgiving, and there are no squirrels around. I was furry upset at her inability to get my prescription filled in a timely manner.

At last, she ordered us some Happy Hearts cookies and their huMom came to the rescue! She sent us lots of squirrels!! My prescription got filled at last. Here I am waiting patiently for my first squirrel: huMom thought it would be nice if Kayla got one too. I didn't think that it was appropriate or safe for my prescription to be shared, but Kayla got mad when I tried to take my squirrel back.

Finally, I got to enjoy my squirrel. I licked it a few times first, then I gobbled it down. What a delicious prescription!

I think Happy Hearts are awesome. We got some of the new watermelon flavor to try. We were reminded of Dave at AO4, since he loves watermelons so much. We also got our very own personalized cookies, which are now on our sidebar. YUMMI YUMMI YUMMI!!! And thank woo Dr. Steve for caring enough to diagnose me and provide an appropriate prescription.

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

Missing Sibe in Reno Area

Hey Roo!

This is Donner, and he is missing:

Donner's been missing for a few days. He escaped from the yard. He is a very leggy, short coated Siberian Husky with VERY tall ears. He is black and white and bi-eyed. Please contact Barbara Schaefer with ANY INFORMATION - 530-277-7749 cell; 530-273-4894 home. More info is here.

We hope this handsome boy gets home soon.

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

Our Crazy Coupl'r

Hey Hey, it's Maebe Baebe!

The OP Pack asked if our huMom remembers where she bought our coupler. Of course she doesn't, so I went and checked myself and at least I found the name of the brand on the tag on the coupler:

http://www.crazycouplr.com/

huMom is not very happy with the coupler again. Kayla managed to yank her way free last night on our walk. Fortunately huMom grabbed Kayla before she realized she was free... huMom is also mad she can't find any instructions anywhere on the internet about how to use the coupler properly. Now she's convinced herself that the nylon part wasn't meant to go over our heads, but if it doesn't it's way too long.

Oh, and AO4, coupler or no coupler, I mark on Kayla's head every now and then. She needs to be reminded who's boss, and if she's not bright enough to get her head out of the way when I do my business... am I doing anything wrong?


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!

Exciting Stuff!

Hey Hey, it's Maebe Baebe!

We had a very exciting day today. We now have our very own e-mail account! If woo ever want to paw us a message, we are at kaylamaebe at gmail dot com.

Also, we have our very own profile on Blogger. So when we sign your blog, woo will see our own names!!

Finally, we have joined the Tweeting universe. @kaylamaebe

Kayla's been hogging the blog lately, so it's my turn for awhile. I also need to get back at her for telling Dr. Steve about my little problem. That was a huge mistake, because I have some dirt on Kayla too!

Now for the not so exciting stuff. We both got baths today, followed by pedicures...

Here I'm giving my huMom "the look"

And Kayla is not looking one bit disturbed by the whole thing:

We got our baths outside because it was really warm. That didn't make it feel any better.

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

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

Soaking up the Sunshine

Hey Hey, it's Maebe Baebe!

It's been sunny and warm here, even by Vegas wintertime standards. It was almost 60 degrees today. HuMom kept the back door open for several hours so we could come and go as we pleased. Not as good as the snow some of woo have been getting, but not too bad all the same.

My paw is almost all healed up. The v-e-t will take one more look at it in a couple weeks. HuMom says we need to go and get our s-h-o-t-s anyways.

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

(PS Steve and Kat: yes our Grandmaw lives in Seattle. We have never been there but if we ever get to go we will definitely set a play date!! The Big Man abandoned us this weekend to go skiing at Stevens Pass with his buddies.)