Pics of the fur children (and Papa)

Its been quite hot here the last week or so, and Babe loves to sit and soak up the sun. She loves to be invited to sit on the park bench, although at over 100 lbs, if we sit with her we can hear the bench start to complain at the weight.



Prince doesn't care much for the bench. I think he's afraid he'll fall through the cracks. He'd much rather sit on the ground, though he trusts me enough to tolerate whatever I ask him to do.


Spook is still at that "everything is new and exciting" stage and doesn't care much what she's asked to do as long as someone tells her she's a good girl. She's come a long way since I brought her home on July 20th. At that time she was suffering the effects of a serious case of some very dangerous intestinal parasites. She only weighed seven pounds, you could count her ribs and her hip bones stuck up as if she'd been starved. She now weighs 22 pounds, and has energy to burn. I've started training her on the treadmill so that she'll have adequate exercise when its too cold to spend much time outside. She's not taking to it with the same enthusiasm that Prince has, but we'll get there eventually.

The three of them are happiest when Papa is home to play with them. Prince won't go on the road with him, but Babe is never happier than when Papa takes her in the truck with him. Prince is a bit of a Mama's boy, and has been from the start. Spook, we don't know about yet. She doesn't have a problem with the kennel, and she doesn't get travel sick, but I don't know how she'd feel about a long trip without Mom.