HAPPY BIRTHDAY PEGGY

Today is my sisters birthday!

Is that a fuzzy naval she's drinking?

Hope you have the best Birthday ever!

For the best sister ever!



Lab heaven





Hi everyone!

Ron here!  Hope everyone had a nice weekend.!  It’s been a while since I have posted.

Kacey sent Sage a flea mail telling Sage how Hurricane Isaac missed Pensacola so my parents and sister were happy about that.  They had huge waves at the beach and some of the roads on the beach were damaged but it could have been worse.  Sage flea mailed her back and told her Isaac tried to make it up here but pretty much missed us too.

Sage and I went over to the Little League complex to let her run.  I tossed a Frisbee for her until she was on tuckered out puppy.  She enjoyed sniffing around and investigating some new areas.  I found a water bottle that had not been opened and she drank water right out of the bottle.  Sage is shedding allot right now.  I need to get a better brush one that removes loose hair.  As much as she is shedding I don’t know why she isn’t bald. 

Earlier tonight Sage and I ware invited over to Mikes parents house for a birthday party for Mikes sister Laura.  Mikes parents enjoy seeing Sage and she was just soaking up all the attention.  Laura’s dog Gatlin was not as happy to see Sage.  Gatlin is a small dog and he was not sure about this big black dog running around.  Sage just wanted to play but Gatlin was not willing.  So Sage made this into a game.  Gatlin was sitting on Laura’s lap so Sage would go under the table and come out right under Gatlin.  This would upset Gatlin and she would bark at Sage.  So Sage would come out and lap around, go under the table and come out under Gatlin again.  Which would set Gatlin off again.  Sage must of done this six times before she got bored with this game.

Well time for bed!  Talk to you later!

BARNARD

BARNARD

Hi everyone!  Ron & Sage here!

Ron:  My Sister Peggy and my Parents are having to deal with the first real threat of a hurricane since they moved down to Pensacola.  Isaac is slowly moving across the gulf and may hit Pensacola.  Being up here we kind of felt left out and we had our own front heading toward us. 

Sage:  So we named it Barnard.

Ron: Barnard came in around mid afternoon.

Sage: Yes and when it started raining it came down in drops.  Big wet ones!

Ron;  I think the worst part came in around 8:00 because it really got dark.

Sage: And it stayed that way all night!  Tell them what happened when we went out at 10:00.

Ron:  I will!  Well we went out so Sage could make a deposit

Sage:  It had stopped raining. I think it was the eye of Barnard.

 Ron: Anyway a couple of yards away there was a big flash and loud bang.

Sage:  And the whole other side of our block was without power.

Sage:  I did what any big brave black lab would do.

Ron:  Yep she ran for the house and wanted back in.  What happened in Barnard's furry a large branch had fallen and taken out the power lines.

Sage:  I heard the storm surge on Lake George was indescribable.

Ron :  That's a good way of putting it.

Ron:  Now that Barnard has pretty much passed we are just waiting to see how Isaac pans out down south.  They have their windows covered and all the yard decorations moved inside.  Now they are waiting to see if they need to get out of there or can they stay and ride out the storm.  It all depends on what category the storm is going to be and where it is going to hit.  It looks as if right now it is going West of Pensacola.  We will keep you updated on any new info on Isaac or Barnard as we can!

Sage: Till next time!

Ron here!
Hi everyone! Thanks for all the birthday wishes. I had a very nice birthday. At lunch Kathy, Tammy ( aka the stalker) and Kathy's son Keven and his wife Kris took me out for Mexican. We had a great time. They were wondering why Kathy did not decorate my shop for my birthday. We informed them that her birthday is in 5 days and I would get even if she did. It was nice Tammy came along specially since she and Kathy bought my lunch. We will have to take her along more often. Well Sage was so excited to see me when I got home. As you can see by the picture below.

But Rick and Pat next door sent some cake over for my birthday and Mike stopped by and we went down town Hobart for more Mexican food.  It was a Mexican birthday.  Sage is Mikes buddy and all I had to do is say Mike is coming to see you and she was at the window looking for him.  Mike spent some time in the back yard throwing a toy for Sage to chase.  Sage was happy to humor him.  My Sister Peggy and my parents sent a package to me so I would have something to open on my birthday.  They sent some tropical place marts for the kitchen table.  They are very nice that's Mom, Dad and Peggy!

Speaking of Peggy she was trying to teach Sage to sit up in the chair in the living room when she was here.  But Sage is too good of a dogie for that.  But she has taken to taking naps in the guest bedroom.  Oh is that Peggy's new pillow she sleeping on?  Hope she doesn't drull.

See you later!

Sage & Ron Here.
Sage:   Hey everyone big day here !
Ron:  Sage you promised!
Sage:  I know! But I lied.  Ron turns 50 today!!
Ron:   No big deal.
Sage:  You know how old you are in dog years?
Ron :  You want to be locked in the laundry room?
Sage:  Ok we will pass on that one,  here is a little clip for your birthday.
Ron: Ok thanks that was nice.
 Sage: You get any presents?
Ron: Yes we celebrated my Birthday back while my sister was visiting. I got a pelican statue for my porch. Sage: well I left something for you on the carpet in the bedroom. And here is another clip!

Ron: Ok that was a little bazar!
Sage: He use to play for Three Dog Night.
Ron: Yeah Right.
Sage: 350
Ron: 350 what?
Sage: 350 dog years! Thought you should know. Heres a clip!



Sage: I liked that one.
Ron: Did you get me a birthday present?
Sage: Thats kind of rude to ask. But yes, I got you a large rawhide bone.
 Ron: And ???? where is it??
Sage: Well It was really good.
Ron: thanks anyway.

Till next time!

Sage here!

Now that I'm 8 months old I thought it would be a good time to again go over some of the things I've learned.

You can get away with waking Ron up once on a weekend morning to go outside.  The second time gets you locked up in the laundry room.

If your human is taking a nap on the couch and you want him up, just put a ball covered in slobber in his face.  That will get him moving.

Ice cubes are great!

You can always find a stick to chew on.   It's as if they grow on tree's.

The Vet does not use an oral thermometer.

Ron will not warn you about the Vet not using an oral thermometer.

It is very hard to catch the little red light from a laser pointer.  But I'll keep trying.

Sprinklers do not warn you before they spray you. 

Water taste great out of the garden hose.

Toads can hop when you least expect it.

Car rides are fun but if you put your head out the window watch out for a bug up your nose.

Don't turn your back on a human with a garden hose.

Belly rubs are the best!

Humans don't like a wet nose in their ear.

Best time to roll in the grass is right after a bath.

Best place to sit when your human is putting on his shoes is right between his feet.  This way you don't miss a thing.

It is  a dogs job to lay in a spot that your human will have to step over you to get to where he is going.  A nice touch is to move just as he is stepping over you.

That's all for now!
Till next time!

Hi everyone!

I'm glad to say Sage is doing much better.  You might say she is one pleased pooping pup.  But we have had a couple of side effects from her stoppage.  She has had some accidents inside the house with her wetting.  But she is getting better.  She has also decided to pee on the concrete instead of the grass.  While this may stop the dead spots in the grass I don't want her wetting on the walk.  She for some reason she is not sure she wants to go into the grass.  I wonder if she go stung or bit by a bug and is nervis about the grass now.  They said at the dog class that a dog only remembers things for a few seconds.  I can tell you Sage has a great memory.  Last night she was checking out a toad in the driveway.  Later that night she when we came out you could tell she was looking for the toad.  She clearly remembered it. 

  My sister Peggy left early Saturday morning to go back to Pensacola.  And now it is time to retrain Sage.  My sister thought it would be funny to teach Sage to be a lap dog.  But the only person Sage would sit on was my sister.  The first time it happened Peggy just called Sage and she jumped up in her lap.  45 pounds of happy, squirmy puppy.  Lets just say my sister had her hands full ( and her lap).  Friday night Mike and his sister Laura and Peggy and myself had an early birthday party for me.  My parents sent a great big pelican to go on my front porch.  Here is a picture of the pelican, Sage, and Moose together.  I think they were getting ready to play twister.

Time for me to go.  See you soon!