15 Minutes of Fame

Well, we got to be on the front page of the Grand Island Independent newspaper today. Hastings opened a 55 acre dog park last weekend. It has been a blast taking the dogs out there and letting them play their little hearts out. Yesterday when we arrived there was a reporter and a photographer there waiting for someone to show up with dogs so that they could do their story. (I was disappointed they chose the one they did of Rocky, he appears to be a vicious devil dog in the photo and he's not like that at all, he's just a big sweet goofball that loves everybody!!) Anyway, here are the photos they ran.

Sampson, Aunt Kiera, Tommy & Babies

I posted this photo for a little background info. This one was taken back in June when the puppies were just a couple weeks old. Rocky is the only one I can identify, he's the grey lump. Tommy is holding on to Sampson (the dad) because at this point we don't know if he knows they are his kids or he thinks they're snacks. Kiera, the shepherd on the right is another one of our dogs, she's queen of the group and puts the smack down on everyone quite often. This pic was taken in my sisters backyard, her dog, Kara is the mom of this "little" group. I took them over when they were about 5 weeks. They got too big for mom to deal with.

Zoe at Five Months

This is Zoe, she's 100% angel, love them all but she's probably the sweetest of the bunch. She's also the smallest of the three puppies at about 60 pounds now.

Sadie - Five Months

Here's Sadie on her make shift perch. She's had some bad luck with families who have wanted her. She was with the first family for three weeks and they had problems and couldn't keep her so I took her back and kept her for a few weeks before finding her another home then same thing happened again. She's a very good girl so I know it's not her fault. She's been back with us for about a month now again. I question our sanity but we'll probably keep her also.

Rocky 80 Pounds and Still Growing

This is Rocky now at 5 1/2 mos. & eighty pounds. He's a big goofball/clown. He's developing a pretty wonderful disposition. He has his moments though when he's as stubborn as a mule, I hear that is the Great Dane in him. It's fairly common to see our furniture covered with sleeping dogs and us sitting on the floor. They LOVE movie night.