Aurora went to the marsh yesterday….considering that she’s probably(definitely) spent all of her 8 years chained in someone’s backyard with a giant tumor hanging out of her behind before Jf got her out of North Central Shelter , I think she really enjoyed herself!!

(and yes I know Lane’s pants are falling down,  i’ll let him know he has to go a few notches tighter on that belt)

We’ve been packing our crap up all week. A few days ago we found this stuffed monkey that was dressed in motorcycle gear in the laundry room. We took the cap off the monkey and had a good laugh trying it on all the dogs. So when I saw Arthur on Today’s Arthur
modeling a sombrero- I had to get a photo of Piglet in the cap.

I’ve been busy getting ready to move back to L.A so i’ve not been able to update in a long while. This update is especially for Terrah because she wonders if i’ve gone missing and I know she faithfully checks my blog.

I had a really fun week visiting Los Angeles.

I had so much fun with all my friends-who are all super talented ladies

Jenny http://abelraisescain.com/

Hannah http://madewithlovebyhannah.com/

Rosey http://www.roseymusic.com/

Jill http://jillsimonsen.com/

Nancy http://www.nancywaltersphotography.com/
Most of the photos I took in L.A were of Mutt Scouts dogs
Jf & I visited Sonya in her home and Lisel & Birdie in their home
I’ll be updating The Mutt Scouts blog with photos http://themuttscouts.wordpress.com/
and here’s Aurora and Johan

Aurora is currently vacationing in South Lake Tahoe and will be taking her first trip to the Truckee Marsh tomorrow.

and Johan

And then it was back to SLT and out to the Truckee Marsh- I’m spending every free moment there with the dogs before we have to go back to the concrete jungle. Tomorrow we’re hoping to get a little boat to take down the river. FUN!

We took the most amazing bike ride to the lake yesterday. I had to share some of the photos I took along the way.

I had to take a written exam for a job I applied for. It’s in Shasta County so we loaded the dogs up in the car and hit the road.

I did really well on the written exam. Unfortunately there were about 50 other people taking the same exam for ONE postition. I’m not holding my breath.

After the exam we set out to look for a campsite. We found a site called the Beehive where we were the opnly ones there and the dogs could run wild.

The next morning we went exploring all the old mountain towns. Our favorite was Dunmuir CA.

Have you ever wondered what the most beautiful, wonderful, smartest, most amazing dog in the whole universe looks like?

Here is my definition…

When I met her in 2001 at South LA Shelter- she was A568382 - 6 years of age, Staffordshire/mix, Brown and Tan Dog

now she’s Loni Donegan, most beautiful, wonderful, smartest, most amazing.

If you go to the shelter and adopt a dog you could get your very own most beautiful, wonderful, smartest, most amazing dog too.

ok, these other knuckleheads ain’t too shabby either

and yes, that is slobber on Pony’s face

I was wondering what the dogs do all day now that I have to work full time..

I got my answer today when I was going through the photos on my camera.

Apparently they dress up in funny hats and take photos with my camera as I did not take this photo!!

They think they are so clever!!

Rare creature discovered in the Sierras…

Seems to enjoy gnawing on sticks

in other news-

Little dog goes bezerk

and crazy lady is seen on the streets

I photographed this alien looking puppy at South LA Shelter to network just like I’ve photographed hundreds of dogs. When I got home I showed the picture on my camera to Lane saying “Look at this weird looking puppy that is at the shelter right now” Lane took one look at the photo of this weird skinny dirty puppy and said, “it’s a Baby Shambles”

Later that week when I was at the shelter again and I saw all the total creeps that were looking at Baby Shambles - I decided to rescue her. I could find that alien puppy a home no problem so I thought.

She went into boarding and soon she was vomiting and having diarrhea all over the place.

The vet came out to tell me, “She has Distemper, it is best if you have her euthanized because even if you spend hundreds of dollars on her and she survives she will never be normal and she’ll have weird twiches and brain damage but most likely she won’t survive.

I told him ok we’ll have to euthanize her.

The decision I made in the next few moments I THANK THE HEAVENS I DID!!

I went outside to think about it. I called another vet that told me I should get another opinion.

I decided not to give up on her I went back into the vet’s office and took Baby Shambles home.

That night Baby Shambles had blood shooting out both ends. She had her first seizure that night.

I did a ton of research on the internet and found a miracle drug that had cured Distemper dogs- this one vet giving this happened to be in Lancaster Ca. What a miracle! I made an appointment the next day and we were off to get the miracle shot.

Baby Shambles received two of the Anti-distemper shots as well as alot of forced feeding and intensive at home care. This vet said the same thing that Baby Shambles may have brain damage and that I should not adopt her out. At the time I thought ‘oh shit I can’t keep this dog”

finally eating on her own.

*Feeling better!!*

over the next few months I saw alot of dogs being returned to the shelter with Distemper- I tried to tell them about “the man in Lancaster” but they all just stared blankly at me.

There was an article about this serum- which is pretty controversial. All I know is that is saved my dog and for very little money. I don’t want to get into all the shelter politics but I know the serum works…and I’ve seen alot of dogs at the shelter die from Distemper
http://www.nokillnow.com/Boks180ShelterFundsDistemper.htm

*First camping trip with the Shams.*

And that is how Baby Shambles became Baby Shambles, moustache man, farter, bed hogger, Pit Bull of my Dreams.

She’s not the sharpest tool in the shed but she ain’t twitching!!

*camping Colorado*

In this town the Wild Mule Deer must outnumber the human residents 10 to 1. It’s a cute tiny little town. Really old- it has the oldest bar in Nevada which has been serving since 1853. Every time we drive through we are amazed at the number of deer mulling about. It’s really surreal. Today I finally got to photograph them, though only for a minute.

I’ll surely go back next time with my Hasselblad.

Deer are such beautiful gentle creatures. I can’t believe people would want to kill them and drive home with them DEAD on the top of their car. It’s just gross.

I read an article a while back about a woman who on opening day of hunting season this year shot and killed an albino deer. “She said it was thrilling to see the rare animal, but 100 times more exciting to be able to actually take it home.” What a bitch. Have you ever seen what an albino deer looks like??! They are straight out of a fairy tale. How could you kill that??

and a few other dorks…