Some Old Friends and Some New Friends

I went to the beach on Saturday and came home Sunday morning. I had a great time "seeing" all my friends like Wally, Gwen, Jeff and Jill and going to Odysea http://odyseabeach.com/ and saying hi to Rick. While we were walking down the street a voice from above on a restaurant deck asked "does that dog have a prosthetic eye". When AP looked up to answer she saw it was Dr. Wiegt my opthomologist. She takes really good care of my eyes and it is always so nice to "see" her.

When I got home my friends Patty, Ed and Buttercup stopped by with Helen and Raja from the blog http://www.traveldogbooks.com/.  Helen and Raja also wrote a book called the Journey of the Shih Tzu that is all about the breed and its history. AP and I were guest bloggers a while back and Helen and Raja have been really supportive to AP during my heart problems.

Since Raja and Buttercup are a bit smaller than me so I tried to be really careful not to step on one of them. I ended up laying down but not before I gave Helen lots of kisses. It was really great to finally meet them. 

 

Saying Cheese for Ed

 

Hi Raja



You have my full attention!




Happy Crew

 

A Look Back

AP here.
Tonka has been very busy traveling quite a bit this summer. You can read all about traveling with your dog and get some great tips from our friend Raja's blog at http://www.traveldogbooks.com/
Raja was even nice enough to let us tell Tonka's story on his blog to perhaps help others dealing with canine blindness.

Thanks to all of you that are voting to help us win money for the rescue that Tonka came from. They are such a wonderful organization with truely awesome volunteers. If you need a daily reminder you can email me at bigdog@myatuk.info and I will send you a daily email and if you need a quick shortcut to the page to vote it can be found here: http://www.petfinder.com/best-pet-parent-contest/gallery/finalists?entry_index=13&offset=16&limit=16

It has been a great 2 1/2 years with the Tonk Man and here are some of my favorite pictures from when he was just a little guy.

Master of the Doggie Door - thanks to Cathy with the chicken strip in her back pocket crawling in and out repeatedly.

Master of the Stairs - thanks to Cathy cheering the little guy on everytime he attempted and completed a step down.

Master of the Rodeo!