Pictures of Yellowstone Roadtrip

Wallis at the north entrance to the park.

Just inside the park there is a pullout with this sign.

Of course, Old Faithful. It hadn't gone yet, but fortunately, had to wait about 20 minutes.

Additions

She LOVES to play in the hose (especially splashing on the grass) and she super loves to play with ice cubes.

Tom's thoughts from July 21:
Having a puppy is tiring and awesome. I've forgotten how cool it is.

Stampy and Luna are fine as long as we are home with them. I left Stampy and Luna in the backyard while I started mowing the front lawn, and when I went back to check she was sitting on the chair (!) by herself, waiting for me to come back. I have no idea how she got up there.

She loves cream cheese, and wants to learn how to type.

I tried mowing the back, but she is afraid of the mower. I need you there to reassure her that it's OK. She runs in the house and goes under the bed. She'll come right out, and does this crawling thing to get out, and even when she is out from under the bed, she keeps crawling. Really funny.

She's starting to show some signs of nervousness, but I think it's because there are areas where she is comfortable now (in the bedroom, in the backyard.) I think this is normal puppy confidence.

Highlights of Luna's first three weeks

She grew from 13 pounds to 18 pounds.
At my last horse show, she and Wallis pulled on Tom at exactly the wrong moment, making him touch dog doo-doo. Fortunately, I had wet wipes in the horse trailer, but I refused to touch Tom for hours and hours.
She gets the puppy crazies to try to stay awake and runs and runs and runs. She also bites when she is trying to stay awake.
She likes to go through the cat door. Because she can.
She also likes to chase cats who stupidly run away.
She really, really, really likes treats.
Her naps are shorter and less frequent in week 3 than in week 1.
She is a bit saucy, and when she's gotten in trouble and doesn't feel like being contrite, talks back.
She likes to dig. Especially the plant in the house right now.
She is not housebroken yet, even though she has been basically coddled with attention from day 1. This seems odd, since she seems pretty smart.
She likes to play tug of war.
She already understands "sit".
She had an excellent time playing with Janis's dog Carley, who is a year old retriever.
She sleeps well in her crate.
She likes going on walks, but doesn't walk so great on the leash.
She is scared of Stampy barking.
She is sort of scared, but sort of oblivious to, Willig.
She likes to chew on shoes. Especially Tom's.
She is very, very cute.

Stampy has a low thyroid

For the love of god.

Luna gets the crazies

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijspUT58lUQ

Luna at 8 weeks old

LunaTic

http://gallery.me.com/thomasjohnson#100110/Luna

Luna (the puppy formerly known as Miss Pink)

She is coming from Laughing Mountain Chinooks.

Stampy

With our month away (http://wademcdade.com/) from Stampy, we noticed some oddities when we returned, that I am suspicious are one of these:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canine_degenerative_myelopathy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wobbler_disease

Stampy's vet visit

Although Stampy's eye was considerably less swollen this morning (and the proud flesh had also gotten smaller) we took him to the vet, where he got Cephalexin for about 2 weeks (antibiotics) which will be an incredible 12 pills a day because he's so big, and one week of ointment on the gross part and in his eye 3x a day.
The vet said it could either be a puncture, a cyst, or an abscess; the cyst will come back but the other two won't. So we'll see.

One shot of left eye and one of right, for comparison

Stamps' right eye got really big last night

There is something under the top eyelid that looks like proud flesh. The other eye looks like it is swelling now too.

Stamps' right eye

Has a tiny bit of swelling in his upper eyelid.

Collective Cat Amnesia

At 4 am, it appears that all cats appear to forgot everything they know, except for the drive to go outside. With the cat door installed, and two cats successfully using it (Kappa is on the short bus), they still come in, meow, wake me up, and then walk over so I can shove them through. It is really, really, really obnoxious.

Me and Stampy at Odin's rock

Tom giving Cesar Millan a run for his money

Odin's rock

Yard - during

This was 2 yards. We have 2 more to do, we think, to finish the front.

Yard - before

The new cat tower

As I suspected, Kappa loves it (he likes being up high - and high, on catnip).
Stampy and I jogged past it at a yard sale this morning, and I set in my head $20, and Tom got it for $15.

Poppy attacking Stampy's tail

This was hilarious.
http://vimeo.com/6426499

We're squirrely

Wet Stampy at Burfoot Park

It was hot again (about 90) so we went to the "beach" at one of the local parks. (The real beach, the ocean, was only about 53 degrees.)

Some of the Odie memorials

Crazy Stampy & Cats love Tom

Catnip and Dogwood

We got two catnip plants at the farmer's market. The first one was squashed, and that was apparently from a cat butt sitting on it. The second one was protected in a tomato stake, but Kappa has been sleeping curled up next to it, guarding it, and eating it.
This photo is what Kappa does after eating too much catnip (eats dog food).

Also, horrifyingly, I almost killed Odin's dogwood already. Tom noticed the soil looked wet, and I hadn't put holes in the barrel, and when he made them, water poured out for like half an hour (albeit, through three nail sized holes, but I was mortified). I have never cared as much about keeping something alive as that tree, and I was so worried about it not getting enough water that I was drowning it.

It's been hot out

Apparently, increasing surface area exposed to air helps cats cool off. (Hot = 85)

Photos switching

I'm going to use Picasa Web Albums for when I have a lot of pictures. Our camping trip in Colonel Bob Wilderness will be there. I am new to it, so I think you have to sign in to see them.
http://picasaweb.google.com/martha.wehling/ColonelBobCampingJuly342009?locked=true&feat=email#

Ode's Dogwood

Last night camping (pictures coming soon) I couldn't sleep, so I thought all the way through his life. He had a good one.
Here is his dogwood - which took much more effort than I expected. It's in that pot so we can move it when we move.
I plan to eventually write about his euthanasia and the story of his life and how I feel now, but I haven't been able to yet. I can't even read. I just sit and stare at magazine pages. I miss him more than I expected, and I am crying a lot still.
Stampy actually seems to enjoy being an only dog.
Dr. W and her staff sent a very nice card and donated to the cardiology unit at WSU, which was really thoughtful.