Took Finn for a little walk yesterday morning before work. So much to sniff!
Saturday, May 14, 2011
Friday, May 13, 2011
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Recovery
Thank you to everyone who thought about us yesterday! I loved your kind words. Finn is doing great...well...as great as can be. I imagine we will be doing a lot of this the next couple of days...
Have a great week!
Monday, May 9, 2011
Spay Day
This morning at 8am, I will be dropping Finn off at the Levittown Animal Hospital for her spaying. Keep your fingers crossed for a safe surgery and quick recovery!
Friday, May 6, 2011
Thursday, May 5, 2011
Flat George
Flat George visits Oyster Bay, NY!! Oyster Bay sits on the north shore of Long Island, a suburb of New York City. Oyster Bay was settled by the Dutch in the late 1600's, was a thriving fishing and oyster town, played a pivotal role in the Revolutionary War, and has been the home to Billy Joel and John McEnroe!
Theodore Roosevelt made Oyster Bay his summer home! He came to visit Oyster Bay for the first time in 1874, and his home, Sagamore Hill, is now a National Historic Site. This equestrian sculpture of him sits at the crossroads of town, and was dedicated in 2005.
Robert Moses, king of all Long Island's parkways and parks, proposed a bridge be built which linked Oyster Bay with either Westchester or Connecticut in the 1950s. The Oyster Bay townsfolk really put up a fight and the proposal was denied. Here's the view from Oyster Bay and the Long Island sound.
Raynham Hall is a twenty-two room historic house that interprets the life and times of the Townsend Family, from the Revolutionary War through Oyster Bay's affluent Victorian period in the 1870's.
Check them out here.
Planting Fields, once the home of William Robertson Coe, was built between 1918-1921. This sixty-five room mansion, now called Coe Hall, is a former Gold Coast estate sitting on over 409 acres. Here's the mansion and the front lawn. Check out Planting Fields here.
Well, as you can see, Flat George definitely had a nice time running around with me. Finn, however, was not interested.
We hope you'll download Flat George and take him with you one day too . . .
Theodore Roosevelt made Oyster Bay his summer home! He came to visit Oyster Bay for the first time in 1874, and his home, Sagamore Hill, is now a National Historic Site. This equestrian sculpture of him sits at the crossroads of town, and was dedicated in 2005.
Robert Moses, king of all Long Island's parkways and parks, proposed a bridge be built which linked Oyster Bay with either Westchester or Connecticut in the 1950s. The Oyster Bay townsfolk really put up a fight and the proposal was denied. Here's the view from Oyster Bay and the Long Island sound.
Raynham Hall is a twenty-two room historic house that interprets the life and times of the Townsend Family, from the Revolutionary War through Oyster Bay's affluent Victorian period in the 1870's.
Check them out here.
Planting Fields, once the home of William Robertson Coe, was built between 1918-1921. This sixty-five room mansion, now called Coe Hall, is a former Gold Coast estate sitting on over 409 acres. Here's the mansion and the front lawn. Check out Planting Fields here.
Well, as you can see, Flat George definitely had a nice time running around with me. Finn, however, was not interested.
We hope you'll download Flat George and take him with you one day too . . .
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Smile, Part 2
Well, I must have been talking about trying to get Finn to smile on command pretty often, because one of my volunteers bought me a copy of 97 Ways to Make a Dog Smile. I decided to give it a try one night. (I apologize for some of these blurry pictures, but a moving animal put my photo-taking skills to the test!)
#55 - Top Notch Massage - basically rub the bump on the doggie's head...
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| Partial smile achieved! |
#79 - I've Got Your Nose - grab the muzzle (gently of course) and make a little popping sound as you move away...
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| First try - Finn thinks, "What is Mommy doing?" |
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| Second try - Finn thinks, "Hmm, Mommy's hand looks like dinner for tonight..." |
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| "What are doing to me?" |
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| Third try, Finn is running away from me... |
Number 96- Patty-Cakes - really more of a hand-over-paw game ...
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| No reaction. |
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| None. |
I'd say the camera was distracting her a bit, but she's clearly not even looking at me or the camera.
So, in the end, what made Finnie the most happy???
She loves that bully stick! She can go through an 18-incher in a day! Maybe I should focus less on making her smile on command and just trying to make the puppy happy!
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