Unravelings

A note from Eli and Peyton

Hi Folks!

We just wanted you to know we are home from Jackson Hole, Wyoming. We were visiting with Char and Arazi. It sure is pretty there and cool, not like the 100 degrees here at home.

We had a good time but as you can see they put us to work at Sears selling appliances. Boy, we cleaned up. Hope to see you soon. Eli and Peyton

New cast and knee cruiser

This morning I had my post-surgical splint and bandages replaced by a cast. Since I have never had a cast before (which is amazing considering all the sports I have played and how banged up I have gotten) I decided to go bright and bold. Lime green and purple...slightly reminiscent of Mardi Gras. I just need to hang some beads from the top!

Since I am allowed NO weight bearing on the fractured foot for 3 (yes, three!) months I ditched the walker and crutches for this Kneal cruiser, also in bright green. It is so much better than the walker and crutches. I have gotten blisters on my palms after 3 days so I can imagine what I'd be like after 3 months! I have a little bag on the handlebars so I can carry things around the house. Arazi the Wonder Dog is not quite sure about it yet, but I think the Kneal is going to be a Very Good Thing.

Jackson Hole Ski patrol rescues dogs!

A special boy, a special dog (a Vizsla!)

Dominic Wiederin has been to the hospital about a hundred times with severe food allergies that didn’t develop until a year and a half ago. Jobe, the Hungarian Vizsla stray Dominic had found and taken in, senses when the teen is in distress and always alerts the family. Photo by Alyssa Schukar/The World-Herald

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A dog's life

I just got this from Peyton and Eli, my Mom's two 11 month old Vizslas:

Dear Char:

We are sorry we haven't written to you for a long time. But we have been very, very busy.

First we had to get over Peyton being attacked by that big Pit Bull. He had to have a lot of stitches and had to wear that funny thing on his head for weeks.

Then we went to Training class for 8 weeeks. The teacher said we were the smartest and most handsome ones in the class. That was really exciting until we looked around the room. There were only 6 of us in the class. One was a Jack Russell that had a real dumb owner. The teacher gave him a bag of treats to teach Jack to "leave it" and instead of taking the treats out of the bag and making him "leave it", he threw the whole unopened bag on the floor and said "leave it" Duh. Then we had Sadie, a pit bull-lab cross that had never been out of her yard except when she escaped. Then there was Max, we don't know what he was except dumb and ugly. There was the little one that had to lay on a soft pad and keep saying Si Senor. So we guess we were the smartest and most handsome. Anyway we got our certificate and we were happy that was over, except we heard Mom say we will be back for another class. Oh boy, but a dog has to do what a dog has to do.

Char, do you remember we had a tree with orange balls on it. Well, guess what, all the orange balls are gone and now it has little green balls on it. It sure is fun to bark at them and jump and try to pull them off. Dad yells at us when we bark a lot though. We just laugh at him. Love and sloppy kisses,

Peyton and Eli

World's best psychiatrist

“There is no psychiatrist in the world like a puppy licking your face.”

---Ben Williams

Happy Birthday, Arazi!

Arazi is 5 today. I can't believe it. It seems just a few months ago he came home in a little carrier under the airline seat. Now he'd want a first class seat all to himself!

What a dog! Mr. Peabody in action.

One more, can't resist

 

Another shot of Arazi Ron took yesterday.

Arazi the elegant dog

 

Now that I have made fun of Arazi and the sticker on his nose, here is a shot Ron took yesterday. Pretty handsome, isn't he? (both Ron, who you can't see, and Arazi, who you can)