Pajero's Blog - Day 17

Guy and Thelma are home! I heard Dan and Allana talk about their conversation they had with Guy earlier today. Guy was pretty busy his first day home and he was in charge of the dogs as it was Ramon's day off. Guy and Thelma came home to numerous e-mails and phone messages and were trying to return all the calls and get caught up on the endless e-mails. The great news is that they were able to follow my blog while they were in Europe. They really appreciated being kept up to date on what was happening here and enjoyed all the comments posted by friends. I get to go home on Saturday and I'm very excited to see them. I've really missed home but Guy was worried I maybe got a little spoiled while here at the Hemenway’s. I don’t think I have been spoiled at all.

While reading the Hurricane Ike headlines today, I noticed that there are 400 people that are missing and are feared to be washed out to sea during the storm. That is more people than students and staff at Allana's high school. I worry for those people who do not know what has happened to their loved ones. I'm glad I have family here and at home.

Pajero's Blog - Day 16

It is hard to believe that it has been 16 days since Hurricane Ike. I've enjoyed being an evacuee here at the Hemenway's, but I'm sure many people are anxious to be back home. There are still 145,000 people without power in the Houston area, but what a difference from 2.2 million just 2 weeks ago. I think CenterPoint Energy has really done a great job on getting people back on-line with electricity. I am glad that I am not one of the 145,000 customers who are still without power though. I’m also grateful that I have a home to go home to.

Today was rather uneventful. I think I like weekends better as Dan and Allana are home more and I get to go out and do things such as picnics and mystery shrub shopping. The mystery of the shrub may be solved though! Thank goodness for a professor at Texas State University that was able to identify the sad looking stick in the picture on Thursday's Blog (Day 12). The stick may actually be an ornamental pomegranate. I hope Dan is able to bring one home soon so that Allana stops feeling sorry for the stick. Dan is trying to re-pot all the remnants of the shrub. There are cute little planter pots all over the carport. I hope it works out for him.

I’m enjoying another evening on the loveseat. It is wonderful this evening as the sable hairy mop elected to stay outside so I don’t have to share. I love comfy couches.

Pajero's Blog - Day 15

I got to go to the Sheltie Club Picnic today! It was great. Being the eldest dog there, everyone wanted to pet me. I love it when it is all about me! The weather was perfect so I was able to spend the day outside under the trees and on the front porch with all the people. The best part of the day was that the sable hairy mop stayed home and I got to go! I have to admit that things were rather “chilly” when I came home. I think I made him very jealous. I’m feeling a little guilty. The sable hairy mop would have had a good time too. I’ll try to be really nice to him tonight. I’m sure he was lonely all afternoon.

Another puppy followed us home from the picnic. The yard is starting to look like a puppy play park. All the activity outside makes me glad that I’m inside. Last night, I was able to sleep in the bedroom again. I’m so glad the Hemenway’s finally understand where I am supposed to be.

Pajero's Blog - Day 14

I had thought when Dan and Allana went out shrub shopping this morning that it was going to be a gardening type of day, but I was wrong. When they came home shrub-less the plans for the day changed. I wish the puppies would not have eaten that shrub as Allana is on a serious mission to replace it and I don’t think it is going to be an easy process. I think she may have needed something else to do and that something else involved me.
A “Day at the Spa” is how Allana referred to it. Yes, I had a bath, deep condition, teeth brushed and a pedicure. I do think I look better, but I would have preferred to just hang out instead. Allana was busy and several other shelties had to experience a “day at a spa” as well. In an effort to keep my ruff clean tonight all the chew bones have been picked up. Darn.
Guy and Thelma will be home tomorrow and I am excited to hear how their trip went. I do hope they had a wonderful trip. Tomorrow brings the San Antonio Sheltie Club picnic as well. I hope Dan and Allana pick me to go. I’d love to go and see everyone. Since I’ve been retired from the show ring, I don’t get out to see everyone as often as I’d like. I do hope I get to go.

Pajero's Blog - Day 13

It's Friday night and Allana is actually home and not at a high school football game. I do love hanging out in the family room at night. Last night I even made it past the baby gate and slept in the bedroom until Dan came to make me go back outside one more time before bedtime and then he mistakenly put me in a crate instead. I hope Allana has spoken to him about the new sleeping arrangements. I don’t do dog crates anymore.

It is hard to believe that it has been 2 weeks since Hurricane Ike. Most of my friends in Houston have power, but there are still over 400,000 people without power. Some schools have started back, but there are still schools without power that have not reopened. It is hard to imagine what so many are still dealing with as I lay here in the air conditioning watching a movie on a Friday night. I even have the hairy sable mop to keep me company. He’s turning out to be quite a nice companion. I can't believe I just said that.

Pajero's Blog - Day 12

The problem with puppies is the constant supervision they require. Allana was very angry at my grand puppies today. After she left for work this morning, the puppies had over 2 hours of beautiful unsupervised time in the backyard. To entertain themselves, they completely chewed up one of her ornamental shrubs. Allana spent the evening on the computer trying to research the type of shrub it was, but she had no success. She has the remnants of the plant soaking in root starter but it is starting to look like a Christmas tree in late January. I think Dan is in trouble for the demise of the shrub as it happened on his watch and because I heard Allana tell him that they would be visiting every plant nursery in the area this weekend. I hope I get to go shrub shopping on Saturday.


The good thing about puppies is that they are incredibly cute so even after they got in trouble for devouring the shrub, they were quickly forgiven. I even saw the puppy collars, leashes and the treats come out as the puppies went for little individual walks tonight. I guess all is forgiven. I wonder how long it would take me to be forgiven if I did chew up the baby gate.

Pajero's Blog - Day 11

I understand the safety issues of confining a pet. I appreciate having my own backyard or dog run area to keep me safe from the outside roaming critters, but I feel completely safe inside the house, so what is the deal with baby gates? From what I can tell since I've been here at the Hemenways, there are no babies, so why do they have these baby gates in their house? What could possibly hide under a grand piano that could hurt me, or do they really have monsters under the bed that I need to be protected from? I think not. From what I can tell by flipping through these pet magazines on the coffee table, the pet industry has decided to restrict our roaming rights inside the house. I guess I can understand the use for puppies as puppies will chew up anything and don't always mind their manners in the house, but please, I am way beyond that! Even the sable hairy mop doesn't seem to chew furniture so why are we barred from the hardwood floor areas in this house without supervision? I need to research my rights. I'm sure I'm being unlawfully detained or confined. Maybe I can work with the mop to figure a way to open this gate. Wish me luck!