special delivery . . .

camino is a gorgeous, spotted ("rocky road ice cream" colored) xolo who was rescued from a shelter in florida by "bald is beautiful hairless and small breed rescue"...made his way to south carolina for a couple of weeks...and will now be fostered in philadelphia. 
i was his chauffeur for a good part of the day! transporting him from south hill, va to just outside of baltimore, md to meet his new foster moms. demi rode along too...she didn't know what to think of camino...so she ignored him...and me, for the most part! ;o) actually, they were both awesome travelers. 

the trip was going super smoothly until i hit traffic on 95N just outside of richmond...from that point on...and then ALL the way home (95S AND 64E)...it was absolutely brutal...
never have experienced anything like it. a four hour trip home took almost seven!!
yes...virginia 'welcomes you'...and four million other drivers....

b&w . . . & fuzzy

calendar available!

"he is your friend, your partner, your defender, your dog. you are his life, his love, his leader. he will be yours, faithful and true, to the last beat of his heart. you owe it to him to be worthy of such devotion. " author: unknown











my recent visit to micki and lamar's house, in south carolina, was something i will never forget. not only did i meet two very generous, loving, patient people but i was able to literally sit on the ground
in their backyard and leisurely snap about 150 shots of over a dozen dogs!! some personal pets–the majority rescued–and some still adoptable...but ALL individual, adorable characters...and every single one, so hugely entertaining. 








which brings me to...what better way to raise money for "bald is beautiful hairless & small breed rescue" than to compile a collection of these shots (along with additional, random pictures of the dogs they have rescued, placed and still have available) and put them into a 2011 bald is beautiful wall calendar---available to you, for sale!


the money this organization makes from the sales of these calendars will help vet, feed, transport and basically take care of the dogs, in need, within this organization.


so...please go to cafépress, preview the calendar and order one (or more!) for yourself and/or the dog lover in your family! it would make a nice christmas gift! the dog quotes on each month are quite endearing...and the faces are magnetic.


thank you.
http://www.cafepress.com/BiBhsbr

last leg of adventure #1

delivered tayja ray and jayne to pocomoke, md where they switched cars and will be transported to new jersey. 

it's amazing how 'attached' i get to these dogs in such a short period of time...but i know they will be well taken care of and living the good life!!

so...until next time...

i'm home...

safe and sound.

and here are a couple photos from this morning (greenville, sc)!

since a few people have been asking about braden...he is a xoloitzcuintli

and not a chinese crested. i am so excited i met him. 

he loves to run around the yard and be chased by all the little ones!!

i brought two of the chinese crested rescue girls home with me to transport to their foster moms tomorrow. bald is beautiful dog rescue is handling them.

this is tayja ray

and this is jayne

they were AWESOME travelers...

and i am so happy i made the trip...

it's good to be home though too!

pocomoke, md tomorrow afternoon.

a real privilege...

after 10 hours of (smooth) driving, kramer, demi and i FINALLY made it to greenville, checked in real quick and then headed back out to lamar & micki's home about ten minutes away.

what a privilege it is to meet these two wonderful people AND the whole gang! 

here are some pics of just a few of the sweet faces... and forgive me if i get some of the names wrong...gonna give it a shot though.

i will be back there in the morning to take more pictures and also take some of the ones i missed tonight. tayja ray and jane will be riding back with me so i can transport them to their new moms on tuesday.

 tayja ray (tj)

 oakley

 diana and nora

 lily (i'm determined to get a picture of her smiling tomorrow)

 chance 

rona (and braden)

btw: rona "won" my name...and she seemed to be thanking me all evening! what a sweetie!!!

razzle

silly silly zoey...(she was "hanging" her nose on the cage!)

and then, of course, there's braden...

what a character!!!

can't wait to see them all again tomorrow...and attempt a group shot.

micki and i are up for the challenge.

oh btw, lamar, thanks for the sub! it hit the spot!

fun stuff on saturday!!

from soccer "school" to leggo towers; pumpkin faces to animal "peppermints" and baths to night night time! it was a wonderful day.

and yes. this is taken in tampa this morning!!!

coats, hats and hands in pockets to keep warm!!!!

silly harper...

the tallest tower in the world!!!

the animal "peppermint" (he couldn't remember the word "pyramid"! ;o)

1012 miles since i left my house...and now ready to add to the total!

next destination: greenville, sc! will be getting up and driving out as early as possible to pick up two of the "ark 7" chinese cresteds and transport them to maryland on tuesday. looking forward to meeting the wonderful couple who rescued them!!

fort de soto

kudos to la quinta inn tampa for allowing dogs...with no pet fee...

BUT there is no area or grass or virtually anywhere for them to go potty!!!

so i decided to take them to the fort de soto dog park and let them stretch, romp, play, pee, poop and run free!!! they've been such great travelers, they deserved it.

http://www.fortdesoto.com/pawplayground.php

it was super windy and cool but lovely. and we were the only ones in the small dog section. they had a blast. 

i truly believe a dog park like this would be super popular in york county!!! oh how i wish!!! 

demi flying:

can't resist taking some florida fowl shots..

looks like someone may be training for the olympics (!?) all the guy in 

the back needs is a whistle around his neck.

 this guy looked rather pissed off about the chilly windy weather

 

kramer, demi and i will be spending this evening with the doherty clan! :oD