We got him from an acquaintance who had two other dogs and was just fostering him. We got him before he had to go to the pound. He is half basset hound and half golden retriever. He has been a lot of fun since he swims in the pool with us. He likes to swim for cucumbers and eats them as a treat. He sheds a ton.
He loves his pink bunny and he was very possess of Gus-Gus "his" puppy when we adopted Gussy.
The Reed Street park is one of our favorite dog parks and is run by the city of Santa Clara and was developed and opened in 2006. It took forever to gain county approval, conduct the soil samples and build the facility, but it is one of the areas best with its grassy hills and walking track.
The Brookdale Park was relocated to Reed Street, in our Santa Clara, CA area. We use to visit this park often; it was 100% track gravel and pretty much useable year round. The neighbors complained about the dogs barking too early on Saturday mornings. This is good lesson how community support can hurt or help dog park efforts in a local area.
Our family's first dog, a Cockapoo named Muffin lived for 15 years and was a rescue. Her mama had gotten out and had pups by several different fathers. Muf was a good family dog and did not shed at all. This was before digital cameras, so we don't have a picture of her.
For this Christmas, 2007 Gus-gus got red and green dots and then some blue and kind of looked like a Christmas tree (or a cupcake with sprinkles depending on how you looked at him). Either way, he was ready for presents.
One of our favorite places in Santa Cruz, California, Lighthouse Field and Beach were just repossessed
by the State and are no longer allowing off leash dogs. The county is in discussions to have these areas re-opened to the dog loving public.
We try and get a picture every year with all the dogs in it for Christmas. It is hard to get multiple dogs to sit still close together. This year was the easiest time we had to get them all to stay. We had some trouble keeping Gus-Gus from yawning since I got the camera out around 11pm. It also helped that the two young dogs had gone to puppy boot camp this year and know commands like sit and stay and will do anything for dog cookies. Farley is older and will sit and stay anytime for us. They like the camera since it gives them cookies.
He was a rescue of a different sort. He is half basset and half lhasa apso. He came from a basset breeder who also had a house pet lhasa apso. She obviously was not spayed in time. Gus does not shed much due to the lhasa mix. He was named after the mouse in Cinderella because he was so fat as a pup and well he lacks intelligence. He was a very hard puppy to potty train and learned his sit command very slowly. But he is the sweetest dog we have ever had; not a mean bone in him and a complete push over to all other dogs. He is 35lb and thinks he
Dory thinks she is hiding from us. Sometimes when she is tired she will sleep under the bed, and other times when we either are leaving or want her to take a pill, she will try to hide. Many times this is a good as it gets, making it not too difficult to find her.
All three dogs love to swim. Farley started it all. We had two previous dogs that hated water. Farley is half golden retriever and we could barely keep him out of the water. He loves to have his ball thrown in the water and jump in after it. Any kids that come over take him swimming; if no one will throw the ball he will drop the ball in the pool for himself.
