A little shopping

It has become a habit that I do a little shopping on Sunday morning. The folks at the local Walgreen's know me as I am always in there working on some discount deal. A few weekends ago when I was walking to the Walgreens with my friend and KD, the cashier told me that they didn't have to stay outside. Apparently it is ok for dogs to come in the store. Well, I have walked KD over there a few times now. It is around a mile (I think) and we grab a few things and then walk on home. She likes it a lot better than staying outside, though she can be a little weary of strangers. I put her on the running leash/belt with the leash adjusted to its shortest this past Sunday. We wandered here and there in the store and then we were several minutes at the checkout because of coupons. Somehow KD's end of the leash became unclipped. She wandered under the little table behind me and I told her to come out and she came over so I could clip her again. I have to get a replacement doubleclip leash as this is the same leash where she became unclipped on a run and ran back to the house.

It was blazing hot at the shelter this weekend. I made sure to fill the pools but KD and Ringo had the pool with the hole in the side. I found 1 more pool in the shed and put it under their shade cover and they hopped right in to cool off.

Just not much to report

KD spent a few nights at the shelter these past 2 weekends as I had to drive to Houston during the day and didn't just want to leave her at home instead of at the shelter while it was open. We had Petco adoption day and I took KD and Ringo/Ryan plus Minnie/Troy. Got some interest in Minnie and Troy. I think I need to make a binder like the one we had on Hermes at the shelter to play up KD to guests. Need to do something to get her more interest.

Meanwhile, she is the same. She lays around when I am ignoring her and after she has laid around long enough, she gets bored and wants to go out back. She will grab her squeaky football and come in to entice me to come play. I bought her some pigs ears at Petsmart the other day and she is enjoying those. She grabs it and heads straight for the back door so she can run outside with it and then settles down to eat it.

At the shelter

KD got to spend the night at the shelter since I was taking Ben to Houston on Saturday and we would be leaving too early for me to drop her off. No reports of any problems, but alas, still no reports of interest. She is out there laying in her pool waiting for me to pick her up. It is another blazing Sunday here in sunny Leander and things have been really quite since I got to the shelter. I finished off all but 1 of the stencils for the curb stops. Now I just have to do "Sofie & Gwenevire". Ouch, that is a lot of cutting. I need to get with Michelle and see when we want to do the actual painting. We are going to use sponge brushes, but I was cleaning my closet today and came across my airbrush. One of those things I got and played with once and never really used / took the time to get decent at. It would be good for this type of thing, but I should just break it out and play with it with my little compressor at home and see if I can master the basics. Cutting stencils isn't difficult, just time consuming. They can be a little rough with the lettering, but for something more interesting, probably have to be painstaking to ensure it is nipped just right. Anyway, KD and I will head home soon from the shelter and she will plop down on her comforter exhausted and glad to be home.

Slumber Party 2

Well, KD came over on a slumber party with Hermes and tonight it is her turn. Tonight she has Ringo staying over. Ringo and KD share an outdoor run at the shelter when I bring her there.

She is a bully and runs him around mouthing on his neck and chasing him around the yard, but he seems to be okay. He is pretty timid (I only say pretty timid because his brother Ryan cowers and Ringo just shys away). I took the 2 of them for a walk earlier on flexi leashes and that was a mistake. They got crossed immediately and Ringo's pulled away from me. I had to chase him half a block and drop KD's leash so I could grab his. I got one of those little rope burns. After that, I got the hang of it and we walked 1.5 miles. Ringo was full of pep, but KD was lagging behind at the end, but we made it home.