Meet Otis.....

                                                                                            Otis

The first meeting. It was hard to get a picture with all the running around

                                       Morgan is finally letting Otis be near her without a grrrr

                          Watching for squirrels together 

                                            Otis is making himself at home

    He can't decide which toy to play with so he takes them all out and brings them all over the house.


After Dexter died I swore up and down that I was not getting another dog. It was just to hard to think about replacing him and I told myself that one dog was enough. I was sure Morgan would get over her loneliness.

Well a month later poor Morgan has not gotten over her loneliness and I found myself looking at rescue  sites at dogs. Let me tell you it is a big mistake to look at rescue sites unless you are planning on get a dog because it will break your heart looking at all those dogs looking for a forever home. Once I started looking I knew it was only a matter of time before I came home with a new friend for Morgan.

Right before we left for Vegas Safe Sanctuary out of Faribault put up a picture of this cute little dog

I showed him to Rick and we both agreed that he was a cute dog and that was all the further we took it. I told myself when we got back if he was still there I would take a look at him. Well when we got back he was still there and after talking about it for a few days I went to look at him.

Of course one look at him and it was love. I had to take him home. They did not know much about Otis as he was a stray. They think he is 1 to 2 years old and that he is a Yorkie Chihuahua mix. He was doing okay on his potty training and got along great with other dogs and like people. He is tiny. I always thought Morgan was tiny until we got Otis.

It is going pretty good with Morgan and Otis. Morgan was super excited when we got home and ran all over with Otis. Then it was like she realized that he was staying and stated to grrrr. It was kind of funny. Now 4 days later they are getting along pretty good. Morgan will now let him be by her and yesterday she almost let Otis play with her. I give it another week and they will be best friends.

After Dexter died Morgan spent most of the day in the kennel. If anyone came to the house she ran away and hid and she was doing her submissive peeing again. Dexter made her brave and without him she did not know what to do. She would not play fetch anymore. She was just sad and it was breaking our hearts watching her be so sad. 

The day I brought Otis home we got Morgan back. She got her braveness back! She is almost back to her old self again. She has not had any submissive peeing and playing and fetching again.

So even if it is a pain having to deal with training a new dog I am so happy we got him.

Lastly if you are looking for a dog make sure you look at SAFE  I cannot give enough credit to the people that take these dogs and cats into there homes and foster them until they find a new forever home. I don't know how they do it. Without them we may have never gotten to bring Otis into our home.

Sharon

3378.5 miles.......

                                                  The cluster in the tree is mistletoe

                     We went hiking in Valley of Fire. It was just beautiful.

                                                      I love this picture of Rick and I.

                            Rick shooting on Sunday in his new R-Strings shirt

One of my favorite sites on our way to Vegas. It is on I 90 by the 1880 town. It is always my goal every year to get a picture of it as we pass by going 80 miles an hour.  I think this years picture turned out great :)

This is on HWY 15 in Utah on our way to Vegas. Another great picture taken from the car.

This is the real reason we go to Vegas every year. It is the best chocolate cake we have ever had. The first night we got there we went right to the deli and bought it. It is a huge piece but we manged to eat it all in two days. 

On Thursday night we went to the Mirage with Connie, Larry, Jane and Eli to see The Beatles Love Cirque du Soeil. It was a great show! The picture above is of Rick while we were having a drink in the LOVE bar waiting for the show to start.

Sorry for the disorder of the pictures. For some reason they downloaded out of order and I did not feel like redoing it.

The picture above is of Colette, Andy, Rick, Hannah and Isaac when we were getting ready to go hiking at the Valley of Fire

On Thursday morning we had the honor of being the witnesses for Colette and Andy's wedding. I love Vegas weddings!

On the way back to the hotel the limo stopped at the Vegas sign so we could take pictures. This one of Colette and Andy is perfect.

                                           A picture of me at Valley of Fire.

                    A couple of picture from our way home while driving through Utah

       This was the sunrise over Wyoming on our last day on the road while going home.

               A few more pictures from Valley of Fire. Again sorry for the disorder

We had another great trip to Vegas. We drove again this year. We put a total of 3378.5 miles on the car for the whole trip. It cost us just under $300. for gas and two nights in hotels while on the road. It was such a cheap trip and way more fun then flying. I love road trips and love seeing the country as we drive. Rick and I are good traveling partners. I guess if we can sit in a car together for 16 hours it must be true love :)

Rick shot well. He was in 20 place in flight 5 out of 26 flights. And 155th place out of 809 shooters overall. He shot the more relaxed then he ever has before in Vegas and had a good time. He never thinks he did very good but when you look at the overall picture he did great! I am very proud of him.

So another Vegas trip is done. This was our 7th year of going there and I am already planing next years trip.

Later
Sharon