Randy’s Blog

Found this while walking Starry at an off leash dog park.  You do have off leash dog parks where you live right?

Here’s what happens when you ask Starr questions…

So three years ago in October we got a hyper little puppy.  We think she grew some, so she might have not been a year and a half old then, but that’s what the vets say.  Anyway, we love little girl, and she makes us both crazy and happy at the same time.   Jail picture is attached.  What a cutie..

Torreys and Grays peaks.  14,267 and 14,270

Well, we made it.  And this time Starry didn’t fall down the mountain.   It was an awesome hike.    Ron and I started out a little late (7:00ish at the trailhead), and the road was a lot worse than I expected.  We ran into a bunch of people who couldn’t make the hill, then decided to walk to the actual trailhead.  Luckily Ron went back got the truck and we skipped almost 2 miles of pre-hiking.  It was nice, and we hit the trail with little clothes to take off later in the hike.   We couldn’t find the sign for Gray’s first (which at the top is so obvious) so we went to Torrey’s.  Ron was in killer shape and I knew I was holding him back.  Anyway we made Torrey’s, climbed back down the saddle, then went up Gray’s, then back down.  Not very often can you get a two for one 14′er hike.  It was VERY pretty up there, and couldn’t have asked for a better day.  Great day out…

http://blog.russos.net/randy/?page_id=128&album=TorreysAndGrays

So bad, that I made her a graphic.   The neighbor fed her something besides her regular food…

We are watching “bear”. He’s a little Jack Russell / Rat Terrier mix. He’s a good dude. Starry and him actually get along. It’s a bit of a challenge with two dogs. Sadie says we owe the charmic dog sitters, as we have had people watch Starry at least 18 days this month alone!

we got Starr’s picture with Santa today. It was kinda funny, she was not into santa at all, even though he had treats. It really felt like she was a three year old and the scene from “A Christmas Story” when Randy couldn’t deal with Santa.

So we found out something pretty funny.  The best dog toys are sold at Kohls.    They are the highest quality made animals we’ve gotten for Starry.  She’s a toy dog, all about nibbling and throwing them all over the place.  She’ll go through the Target or PetsMart ones in about 5 minutes if she wants, but she has never destroyed a Kohl’s animal.  Odd.  We just got her hippo.

http://www.kohls.com/kohlsStore/toys/kohlscaresforkids/PRD~393549/Kohls+Cares+for+Kids+Curious+George+Hippo+Plush+Toy.jsp

Starry and I ran across this guy on the way from lunch. He was cruising down the bike path. An odd place for such a big guy.  Starry wanted to go play with him, but I figured he’d latch onto her leg or something, so we left him alone.

This was Starry’s picture that was on the web site when we rescued her.   Sadie wants to get her another pink collar…

Isn’t she cute?