My sister came yesterday and where Juli goes, Jesse James goes, so we were excited to have friends to play with! Juli met me at home (I worked in the morning) and from there we went to a nearby town for their community garage sales. OMG! We didn't even get there until after 2:00 on Friday(garage sales usually start at 8AM) so we weren't even sure if any of the sales would be still going. Turns out that they were! We hit about 30 sales before finally deciding that we had had enough. We had such a good time, with Beeker and Jesse James in the back, patiently waiting to see if we had anything good for them. We found the best chew item possible, given to us by a man who uses antlers to make knives handles. Brad and I discovered antlers for dog chews at our feed store, and have given them to Max and Beeks for about a month now. The dogs love to chew them and they are very dense and hard so they keep Beeks(an extremely heavy chewer) occupied. Sometimes Beeker gets so absorbed in chewing he will almost get to the point of obsessed. Back to the story, anyway, we made the comment that we had recently discovered antlers for dogs and the man said that he gives them to a friend's dog. Then he went into the back of his garage and brought out three antlers for us! We were excited, the dogs were excited and he asked me for my phone number and said that when he gets more he will call me and bring us some more! What a gift! The antlers kept the dogs occupado for the rest of the time we were forging. Beeks displayed his bad behavior for his cousin, by going into a frenzy when we passed a Labrador being walked across the street. Beeks barked and growled so fierce that it make Jesse and Juli take note. I'm going to have to rethink a strategy for Beeker in the car. He isn't getting it that he isn't suppose to bark when he is behind the window of the car. A couple of times, he also barked at people who walked too close to the car for his liking. I just can't let this get any worse. My yelling and grabbing for him just reinforces his belief that we are working together to get excited at people and dogs. He may have gotten it in his head that the car is to be protected and he needs to defend it. I need to think about this. I will let you know, but if you have any ideas let me know. (I hear you Brad...a shock collar!)
We got home to Brad finishing up mowing the lawn and then he cooked us a fabulous dinner of grilled portabella mushrooms and his speciality~ Cesar Salad! He makes THE BEST Cesar Salad in the world. Often times we just have that for dinner, but he has also been grilling portabella mushrooms, topped with onions, green pepper, tomatoes and mozzarella cheese. Mmmmmm! The smokey flavor of the Worcestershire is wonderful!
Today has been rainy and overcast but Juli and I still ran errands with the dogs. They were happy going along because they had their antlers to chew and we always stop at some new park for them to run. now that we are back home and have eaten a chicken sandwich and Maytag blue cheese, Juli is taking a nap and I'm writing. Its quiet time in the dog house. The Dogs are "CD". Cashed Dogs. They run, rumble and relax. They are having a great time together. Max is happy just being with Brad, who is working on a home project. Its that kind of a Saturday
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