Dog Park

There are many dog parks in Bend and one of the joys of sharing my life with the curly girly is experiencing the mix of primate and canine interaction.  Here she's running full speed with a friendly doberman pinscher she met at the Riverbend Off Leash area in December.

 In the picture above, Birdy is looking absolutely gorgeous with her blue hairdo.  Her stance and intelligent gaze show that she is a true daughter of champions, even though her life is pretty much that of a regular dog.  In the picture below is her small Westie playmate, Gracie, a dog belonging to my friend Kathy.

Pet Parade Movie

Very shaky camera movement (recorded with a Flip Video while walking).  Best to watch it small size.

Patriotic Pooch

For this I got a white poodle!  Here she is at the Bend Pet Parade.  All red, white and blue.  She was a star.  Will and I walked her on the left side of the route and people applauded and oo'ed and awe'd.  Little kids said stuff like, "Look at the pretty doggy," and "can I pet her?"  Many people took pictures of her.  She was very calm and seemed quite happy to be among all those dogs and people and thinking that she was the "center of attention." 

It took me about four hours, total, to color her with Top Performance Hair Dye Gel (made just for pets), rinse it, dry her off with towel and sun, shave in the stripes and stars, and brush out her top knot.  We'll keep her colorful the rest of today and then I'll finish her summer cut tomorrow morning.

She's all red, white, and poodle.