Huckleberry's Dog Blog

This is such a Gus-Gus pose, all nose.  This is his New Year's Party pic.  He is just hanging out and being himself and always very interested in the camera.

The picture says it all. 

Gus-Gus is not just dressing up for the fun of it.  He has skin allergies and will not stop scratching himself.  The socks keep his claws from scratching his skin.  This also keeps his feet off of the lawn.  And I find it terribly cute.  We bought a bunch of baby socks and have to wash them all the time.

A day at the beach with Gus-Gus; Dory decided to sit on the bench at lunch time instead of the ground.  I got one picture while she was on the bench of the ocean behind her. 

Every now and then the dogs just want to pose for a good nose shot, assuming the flash is off.  They are all half hound and their noses are a big part of life.

We were out yesterday and I got a pic of Gus-gus licking his nose and then another today with Farley licking his nose.  Gus-gus is so cute.

The other night we came and found Dory upside down on the couch with a blanket just sleeping.  Every now and then we catch either Dory or Farley upside down on the couch. 

Spring break should be spent at the beach.  Dory and Gus-Gus had several days of fun in the sun.  Digging, sniffing, sun bathing, romping in the water, and then sacked out in the car. 

Farley still thinks he is little and a lap dog.  This just shows his issues.  Once again he is trying to fit in the small dogs bed rather unsuccessfully.  He may not be the brightest bulb but he sure is cute.

They do this a lot, especially when they want food.  They know not to bark for food and begging is done with the eyes.  Basset hound mixes tend to have this puppy eye thing down.

This is a paved trail that goes for several miles along the cliffs of Santa Cruz.  We stopped at one of the lookouts to watch the surfers down below in the water.  Dory was not too sure about this but stopped to sniff the ground cover and watch for a minute.

Dory just loves stairs.  We took her to a friends house awhile ago and she spent about 10 minutes running up and down the stairs.  She loves having people sit at the top and bottom of the stairway and play "come Dory."  She went straight for the stairs at the beach in these pictures and usually easily beats us to the top.  She has an A frame for agility and she likes it too, and we find her out in the backyard just standing at the top of it some days.  She is quite the climber.

Gus-Gus and Dory do their destructive thing.  They rip and tear at their toys, shred paper and anything they can get their paws on.  Gus-Gus likes to shred paper, water bottles, and generally anything plastic.  Dory prefers paper goods and cardboard to shred and cloth.  They also play a lot of tug with their toys; Dory likes to lay down and Gus-Gus drags her around the room on her belly.  She does the same thing when we play tug with her; she just loves to be dragged.

This is Gus-Gus sitting on Dory and they are both falling asleep.  They love being on the couch and together but this is a little too close I would think for comfort. But it makes for a great picture.

With the tongue and paw, this has got to be the cutest Gus-Gus pic ever. Taken weeks after our parents got him.

Dory lives with two other dogs that are both Basset Hound mixes.  She is the only one that can jump high and she tends to get up on anything she can.  But she really can't play ping-pong.

Dory came to us from a rescue and was completely crate trained.  She just loves her crate and knows it as "Dory's House."  We now just leave the door open since she is completely potty trained and nightly she will go put herself to bed.  After she puts herself to bed she gets mad at us for not going to bed early enough and leaving the light on too late and will just stare at us.   I think she feels safe in her crate, we try to keep it her safe spot and actually have it behind a chair.  I lined the bottom with kitty litter to absorb odor and also so it is softer

Dory is nuts; as she is half terrier.  I should have many more pics in this category but I am usually too busy chasing her or trying to keep her out of trouble when she gets in her crazy mood.  At least once a day the monster dog comes out to play.  Lately it has included many laps around the yard with Gus-Gus or lots of rough and tumble play. 

Dory always finds the sunniest spot to stretch out where ever she is.  This day she happens to be the RV up on the main bed just enjoying the warmth. 

The dogs take over the bed, as usual.