What Ana Does

With the world in a topsy-turvy place, here's a few puppy pictures to lighten your day. We fostered these two chocolate lab puppies for the last week. They went off to good homes over the weekend, and we kinda miss their snuggles and kisses (not their mess). They were founds in a cardboard box in a parking lot of a grocery store -- way to young to be away from their mama. We originally just went to volunteer with this organization last Sunday when this large group of 22 abandon dogs came up from Georgia, but they were short a foster family for these two. I'm not heartless, so of course I said YES. Polly and Pixie were spunky gals that even Bruce loved, and we hope they're doing well in their new homes.

Ok, we're on DAY 6 of fostering SEVEN puppies and I'm really feeling it. The garbage can is packed with gross puppy training pads and I've been cleaning up poop and pee for the last week and ... sheesh ... it's been a whole lotta work. Alice and I have dry, cracking hands from the amount of times we wash them. And there's a smell I can't describe coming from the playpen area. And it's not just me, the girls are a lot less jazzed about the pups than the were over the weekend. And the pups have pretty much had it with their small, enclosed space. They want OUT. We've picked our preferred pup (more soon) and we're just waiting out the clock until the rest of them have their adoption interviews on Saturday. They are ready to be out in the world. And I'm reading " Puppies for Dummies " and trying to start out on the right foot with our newest family member. Still don't think it's the craziest thing I've ever volunt...

All Seven Chowing Down "Did I just volunteer to babysit seven puppies?!?!?!" This is what I asked as we got back into our car after visiting puppies. See, we're in the market to adopt. And since I'm home full time for now, we're considering adopting a puppy. We've never had a baby puppy before and I thought it might be an enjoyable life experience to try ... just once. So we got word there was a new litter of small breed puppies and we all jumped in the car to meet them. As we're rolling around playing with these teeny six-week old puppies, the foster mama was saying she's on vacation next week and would be leaving all seven of them with a neighbor who, unfortunately, works full time. So the pups wouldn't be getting a lot of attention until they got back. The Set-Up, In the Family Room Maybe I had a little puppy fever, but I offered our house.  It's Spring Break and we have zero plans -- we just arrived from Paris and we h...

This week our neighbor who is fostering SEVEN newborn puppies at her house brought one to them bus stop and it was pandaemonium! Puppy love explosion! Leah With One of the Puppies Not unwarranted ... those puppies were soft and sweet and Oh SO fun to hold. But, HELLO! We're dealing with an 8-month-old puppy at home NOW. Sure, he's not little and soft but he's biting his way through half the house and certainly acting like a puppy. ANYWAY, yesterday Alice was so ticked off I wouldn't adopt one of Ms. Lydie's puppies she got on the bus without talking to me. Sigh. I was ready for another argument this morning about why three dogs in our house was completely insane (two dogs in our house is leaning towards crazy, as it is). But Alice decided this morning, in one of her ruler-mandate-sort-of-ways that our family was "perfect the way it was and I don't want anything new added." Alice Pleased With Our Current Canine Companions So fine. ...