Bella Had Her Puppies Lastnight!

Bella had her puppies in the early morning hours of 9/30. The first one being born at about 2am and the last at about 7am. There are 8 puppies. 3 Tri-colored males, 2 Chocolate Females and 3 Chocolate Males.


Bella with her first puppy, chocolate female.

This is also puppy #1, she is the smallest weighing in at 6oz.

The first 4 puppies.

The whole litter nursing on momma.

The Final Week

We took Bella in to have X Rays taken to see how many puppies there are and to make sure they will be small enough to fit through her pelvis. She is getting really big. She is due to whelp them on Friday 10/2 but could go as late as Sunday.

Can you count how many puppies? Click on the image to enlarge it.

Okay how many did you count? Well the Vet is not totally sure either but we counted 10 skulls. Two are hiding behind other pups. We will keep you updated once the puppies are born.

This Broke My Heart

Last night I took the dogs to the dog park. While we were there a guy that I have seen before comes in with his two adult dogs and his 6 month old Pit Bull puppy. The puppy was dragging her hind leg behind her. I approached the owner to ask what happened. As I got closer noticed she had fresh bleeding wounds all over her body. The owner said they were on their way to the dog and she put her paw on the window control and rolled the window down then fell out, while he was driving 45 miles per hour!!! He said he looked in his mirror and saw her bouncing down the road. I told him he needed to get her to the vet. He said he called his vet but they were closed so he had to wait until the morning. By this time more dog owners has gathered to see the puppy. She was so lethargic already, she wanted to close her eyes and sleep (in the middle of the dog park)! I gave him the number to our emergency vet and another person with Internet on her phone looked up directions for him. He asked me how much is it going to cost him? Who cares! Is there another option? He cant just let her be in pain. He was such an Idiot! I can't believe he continued to drive to the park and then walk her in. I would have scooped up my dog off the road and went immediately to the emergency vet. Well, once he had directions and all the dog owners were telling him over and over that his dog is deteriorating in front of our eyes, he headed to the car. With 3 dogs he tried to make the poor puppy walk. He pulled on the leash, she would not budge. His other two adult Pit Bulls needed to be leashed and taken too so I told him I would carry the puppy. I opened her mouth before I picked up her broken little body, there was foamy blood, probably internal bleeding from a punctured lung. I held her in a baby position and walked to his car, she continually licked my face and neck. This poor little girl just broke my heart. I do hope he actually took her. This is what she looked like only a little older and chunkier.

Summer Vacation 2009

Last year we did not get to take a vacation because we were buying our house this time last year (Wow it has already been a whole year!) So this year we were able to take off for 10 days and go to Glacier National Park and Yellowstone. We took the dogs with us and all had a great time.


Riley had so much fun hanging his head out the window and watching the country side go by. He loved watching out for cows, bison, or elk. He never barked even once at any of them.


Once we made it to Glacier we drove the main road through the park and came across this Big Horn Sheep close to the road. We got out of the car and took some photos. There were about 25 people gathered to see him.

This is the only glacier that can be seen from the road. Jackson Glacier


Just a beautiful view. Mid way up the mountain you can see the road we drove.


We hiked up above Logan Pass 1.5 miles and came across these mountain goats. There was a mom and dad and 3 kids. Logan Pass sits right on the continental divide.


The very next day it snowed in the area we were at here.


It was pretty cold in glacier and though very beautiful, I was ready to go to Yellowstone and find some warmer weather.

When we drove too fast for Riley to hand his head out the window he spent some time on Darle's shoulder.



As soon as we got into Yellowstone we found Elk. This was on the Mammoth Hot Springs lawns. there were probably 75 elk in the area.

The hot spring behind us were slightly sulfur smelling, not as bad as some of the other springs. All of the flat areas are little pools.
There were many bison sighting at Yellowstone. We found these two baby bison with mama. Right around this area were 7 or 8 male bison too.

We spotted Coyotes two times. This is one of them.

It was just a short hike to this point to see the beautiful Lower Falls. The picture does not do the actual sight justice.

On of the deep deep very hot -hot spring.

Classic Old Faithful.

This picture is for the Dudley side of the family. We found this huge exposed gear clock in the Old Faithful Lodge. The building is over a century old. Not sure the age of the clock.

In all we had a wonderful 10 day vacation. We saw a Big Horn Sheep, Mountain Goats, Bison, Elk, and Coyotes. We got to spend 10 days together, mostly cell phone and computer free. The Dogs has a wonderful time with us. Bella really grew a big belly in 10 days. By the end we were ready to go home. Even the dogs were ready to get back home and play in their back yard.