Snowball Fight!!

While we were visiting my parents over the holiday weekend I had fun spending some time with Jake and Rudy. Jake loves the snow and Rudy, well, he tolerates it! But they both like playing with snowballs. Jake gets so excited and practically knocks me down before I can even get a snowball made so it was pretty tricky getting pictures of him catching snowballs...I was lucky he didn't send me and the camera flying! In the picture above I love how Rudy is looking at the camera and Jake is more interested in the snowball I had in my hand! Here they are having some winter fun in the snow!

Handsome Jake strikes a pose for the camera...

He caught every snowball and loved jumping off the picnic table to get them!

Rudy missed a few times and was giving
me the "why don't you just give me the snowball please" look...

...then he caught one and had to look all rough and tough doing it!

Turkey Day 2007

There was food...mmmm...lots of food...

There was family, friends...




and some fun...



...ok, lots of fun!



and at the end of the day we were all dog-tired!

Jake thinks he's a fire engine...

So, this video is definitely not the best quality...I'm a bit crazy with the camera angles and for most of the video Jake and Rudy are sideways (sorry!!), but I think it's cute. The video shows how goofy Jake is every time a siren sounds in the town of Tolland. He loves to howl along with the sirens. He's done this since he was a pup and Rudy tries sooo hard to copy his cool brother...but he just can't pull it off. Sorry Rudy!

The dog days of summer...

Well, we are one week into September and it's still very hot outside. Not just kinda hot...real hot. I think it was close to 90 degrees in Manchester today, yikes! I love summer, but I'm starting to get excited about fall. Apple picking, cool nights, pumpkins and beautiful fall foliage here we come! After all, it's right around the corner. I think Jake and Rudy are sick of the heat too. We saw them last weekend for Labor Day and they were both pretty lethargic. I guess nothings worse than being a 145 lb. black dog sitting outside in the blaring sun. Jake was sitting by the gate when I took this picture of him. He looked like he was staring off into space... probably dreaming about bunnies in the yard...or trying to figure out how he was going to get the teriyaki steak off the grill and into his mouth. Rudy on the other hand was posing for me in the yard. He was sitting in the grass by my dad's beautiful flower garden just asking to have his picture taken. He's a lot more patient with the camera than Jake. Anyways, hope everyone is having a good week! Enjoy the warm weather!

Man's best friend...

Jake saying goodbye to Erik on Labor Day

Jake, one of my parent's dogs, LOVES Erik. It's cool to watch them interact. Jake follows either Erik or my Dad around all the time. He's a true guy's dog.

Happy Birthday Jake & Rudy!

This Friday is Jake and Rudy's 2nd birthday. Time has sure flown by! It seems like yesterday they were just tiny little puppies you could fit in the palm of your hand. I have decided to post a few pictures of them from the past two years to help celebrate!



Today Mom and Dad loaded them up into the car to take them for their two-year check-up at Dr. Bach's. They are doing great!


At the last weigh in the fall, Jake was 135lbs. and Rudy was 130lbs. Dad called to let me know about their appointment and when he told me to "sit down" before he told me the news about the big weigh-in, I knew I was in for a surprise. For those of you who don't know, Jake and Rudy are giant dogs. They aren't your average German Shepard/Lab Mix. As of today, Jake & Rudy now weigh the same...a whopping 143lbs. (EACH!!) Yikes! Jake is so tall and strong, and Rudy...well, he is just Rudy. Anyways, Happy Birthday to the best "Dog-Boys" in the world!