Even though we were getting wet, we had a really great walk. Until, that is, it was time to be back and we had no idea where we were. An hour and a half later we decided to give up and call for help. Mike came in the car and rescued us. (I still haven't heard the end of that!) It sure was nice to get back to a warm dry home complete with homemade coffee cake fresh out of the oven.
After breakfast we packed up and headed back down to Phoenix. It poured the whole way down. We got all set up but due to the extremely stormy conditions we couldn't get the satellite to work. OH NO!! That means no TV or internet - what are we going to do!
Phoenix isn't used to much rain. The amount of rain that was coming down was even heavy by Seattle standards. It rained all day Friday and Saturday. During a ten hour period we got a quarter inch an hour - getting over five inches. I don't know what the total rainfall for the two days was but I know that the dogs were really tired of being stuck inside for two days!
We were so disappointed that it chose these two days to rain. The whole reason we were coming back down to Phoenix was that there was a Fun Day that was being held on Saturday. There was going to be lure coursing, a barn hunt, agility, herding, and pictures with Santa. And the best thing....it was open to ALL breeds. We were really looking forward to seeing how each dog did with the barn hunt. But due to the rain the event was cancelled.
In fact, there was so much rain here that they were telling people to stay home. Roads were flooded, electricity was out, parks were flooded....in fact an ASCA trial and a USDAA trial were both cancelled.
As best we can remember, this weekend was Boogie's first time to see rain. He found it quite mystifying. Normally when he gets wet (like if he gets splashed or goes swimming) he just shakes off and all is well. But he was so funny - he'd shake off but kept getting wet. So he was trying to walk and shake the entire time. It was the funniest thing.
Sunday morning brought clear sunny skies - along with TV and internet. Thank goodness!
We had made arrangements to meet a friend at a park to practice Rally with Boogie and his half brother, Klev'r. Parts of the park were still pretty soggy but we were able to find enough room that was dry enough for our purposes.
For only having a few days experience, Boogie was doing very nicely. He even did very nicely at the end when we did a long sit stay.
You know how dogs learn their nicknames very quickly? As an example, early on we started calling Sparkie "Sparkie Doodle" which soon became Doodle and then Dood (pronounced Dude). She answers to all those name - as well as some more. Among others, Wazzu's nicknames are Dizzy, Diz, Oz, Zu, Sweater Beater, and Beater. Slugger is Bumpkin, Baby and Bug.
Oddly enough, we don't have any nicknames for Boogie. Since we don't call him anything else, he only answers to Boogie. However, he is just like a two year old. He puts anything and everything in his mouth. If he is awake there is something in his mouth. So we are constantly saying "What are you eating now!"
This afternoon Boogie was up in the front of the RV with his back to Mike. Mike noticed that it looked like Boogie was chewing on something - so he automatically said "What are you eating now." As soon as Mike said that Boogie turned right around. You've got to be kidding me! He thinks this is his name! We tested it and sure enough, he reacts to that as well as he does to his name. Well that's sure a handy nickname. I guess you can sure tell how often we say "What are you eating now!"
Debbie
11/30-12/2/07
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