Sasha & Rebecca!

Saturday morning, Linda T. arrived at five minutes past ten o’clock! She gave Tony and I a tin, filled with her homemade cookies, along with a card! Then Ken, Rebecca, Jack and Sasha, Austin’s finest dog-walking team, arrived! Everyone was ready to start walking our dogs! “Y’all” I said. “Kinky really wants to meet y’all, so why don’t we go over to the Lodge first, to visit with Kinky, and then walk our dogs.”

Everyone was gung-ho, so we climbed into Ken’s and Rebecca’s van, and went over the river and through the woods. The Friedmans, greeted us, as we emptied out of the van, and then Kinky came outside to meet everyone! After introductions and handshakes, Kinky invited everyone into the Lodge for some coffee!

During the ‘coffee break,’ Kinky gave a tour of the Lodge, and then the conversations flowed! They discussed so many topics with Kinky, and I really enjoyed seeing everyone having so much fun! When the coffee pot was empty— their fun and exciting discussions—moved from inside—to outside, so Kinky could throw some toys for Mr. Magoo to retrieve.

Before returning to the rescue ranch, Kinky posed for pictures with all of them! Then after handshakes and hugs—we loaded up and returned to the rescue ranch. Tony was ready to go, so he began leashing up everyone with a dog, but not me, because my knee was aching, and I needed to make a few phone calls!

The first group of lucky dogs to go walking were Ruth Buzzi, Chuck Berry, Randy Travis, Mandy and Moe Bandy! Then when they returned those dogs, they walked Chase, L.G.., Nash, Blue Bell, Harley, Lulu, Buffalo Girl, Opie, Honey, Kahlua, Blackie, Max, Muffy, Lucy, Ashley Judd, Bob Dylan and Lexie! That’s twenty-two dogs! That’s a record for us! I loved seeing our dogs so happy!

Wanting to take some pictures, I joined Linda T. and Sasha on one of their walks—with Buffalo Girl and Lulu! It was so much fun for me to watch Lulu stop, every so often, turn around, and look up at me, with her tail wagging, as if saying, I am having so much fun, and then she would come up to Sasha, look up and give her that same look—thanking her! I really wish that all of y’all could walk our dogs, and feel the joy those dogs give us! It is totally awesome!

When it was time for Team Austin to leave, I thanked them, and told them how much we loved them walking our dogs, and how great it was for our dogs! They told me not to thank them, because they loved walking our dogs, and it made them feel so good! Before driving off, they told me that they are going to try to come out, at least once a month—to walk our dogs! Kinky, Tony and I are thrilled, but not as much as our wonderful muttigrees will be! Thank you Rebecca, Sasha, Ken and Jack!

After they drove away, Linda T. told me, that she is going to try to come down every Saturday to walk our dogs! That blew me away! She lives three and a half hours away! I love these people!

Tony, Linda and I decided to eat a late lunch, so Linda grabbed her apple and banana, from her car and we went to the trailer. While we ate, I opened the tin can, of Linda’s baked goodies and then I read her cute holiday card—it made me laugh out loud, and was so appropriate, since I had told her, earlier, about my tooth fairy incident! The front of the card has a cute English Bulldog saying, “Forget my two front teeth...all I want for Christmas is my %$#@@ back.”

Linda T. left around two-thirty, and she promised to return next Saturday! We can’t wait! Here are a few pictures of Saturday’s dog walking:




This is the busiest time of the year for me and Tony, so this morning, I spent a few hours doing paperwork—it is a never-ending task! Just before noon, a dear friend of ours called, needing some help. His mother, had died suddenly from a heart attack, a week ago, Sunday, and he had just returned to town, and asked if we could please take his two small, six month old dogs, because they were just too much for him, and he felt badly because they were too much, with all that was going on in his life. I told him that we would.

Tony and I went to Kerrville to check out a photography contest showing. While we were admiring the beautiful photographs, “Hi Tony and Nancy! I saw Trigger, and I just wanted to stop by and say —hi.” It was Sandy Wolfmueller!

We visited with Sandy for a few minutes, and then she left to go home, and so did we. On our way out of town, I phoned our friend, and he told us that he would meet us at the last Mini-Mart, before leaving Kerrville—to give us his two sweet dogs.

When we pulled into the convenience store’s parking lot, so did our dear friend. We had a short visit, and then we put his two, small, adorable dogs into a crate, and then we drove home. As soon as we pulled into the rescue ranch, we put the precious little girls into our puppy pen. We played with them for a few minutes, and then we went to get them food, water and toys. As we watched them devour their canned dog food, Tony suggested that we name them Sasha and Rebecca! I loved his suggested, so here are some pictures of them. The first dog below is Sasha:



P.S. We plan to name our next female dog—Linda, after Linda T.! And, our next two male dogs—Ken and Jack! Tomorrow, I will blog about Tony’s and my late adventure today. Y’all have a great evening!