the dogs honest truth

October 17, 2013 was my last day with Ella.  She had pretty severe bone cancer in her leg and was unable to get herself up anymore with out ...

WOW, just going through the pictures I wanted to include has left me a blubbering idiot, but when you lose a dear friend and family member, ...

you know it's cold when your dog is standing in front of you looking like she's smoking because you can see her breath... and you...

I missed posting for louie's birthday (nov. 2)!  boy am I a bad mom.  louie is now 8 too and I didn't make a meatloaf cake for him e...

I was just thinking back to last year at this time, when I cooked a turkey and had given the dogs all the dark meat.  not all at one time, b...

today my baby girl turns 8! last night was a rough one, she didn't want to settle down and was up and down all night, which means in tu...

when the sprinklers go off, so does ella!  she'll plow through anything to get as far away as possible.  never mind that it's probab...