Happy New Year!

So, where have I been, you wonder. Well, I showed you a sneak peak of our newest. And that's exactly where I've been. Oh, and Facebook too (grumble grumble).

Oh the torture I must endure...

This is Winnie, our scared little dachshund girl from the same rescue as Dash, but with a very different story. Winnie is from a championship pedigree, but an "accidental breeding," which led to her being locked in a cage for the first year and a half of her life. So she's completely unsocialized. And unlike Dash, who'd been rehabilitated with the rescue for more than a year, Winnie was only there for about a month, so we're starting from the beginning.

She runs and hides and tinkles when she's nervous. She's tense and hesitant. But she's slowly coming around. Her spunky little personality is shining through. She romps with the dogs when no humans are in the room. She gives lots of sweet kisses. She likes to cuddle. And she LIKES bike rides!!

Don't you dare sing the wicked witch song!

Slow and steady wins the race, right? As for the SPCA kitties, I don't get there as often right now, but when I do, it's a whole new crew. Last Monday, they were going out as fast as they were coming in! I'll have an update on them and their room renovations soon, as well as the 2011 Paws in the Park. Till then!

Sunday Videos

Forgetting my camera Saturday bummed me out, so we stopped by for a bit on Sunday to love on everyone and grabbed some video. I visited Tony, and he played! No video though. But there is me brushing a cow, Smokey and more cow brushing, and Spider "showing Molly how a good cat gets brushed."

Gentlemen, start your engines! And may the best weener win!

Last weekend, the boys and I went to the Doglympics where dock dogs and frisbee dogs competed in real, national competitions. And just for fun, they held ankle biter races, and what's more fun than a weener dog race?!

I knew Dash would be a disaster, but Riley raced last year, so I thought he'd be an old pro. Boy was I wrong. Here's a video of their "senior division" race. The first minute or so is us walking around the fence, so you can skip ahead.

Even this guy thought they were a couple of doofuses!

You can see more photos and videos on my flickr stream. Kitties will be back next week!