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Eric & Nya — A Walk in The Park | Pet Pen Pals

Mom and dad went on vacation and left Roux and me at the kennel. Yeah it was a nice kennel but when we heard that they went to a park and took a walk with another dog. Now that is just wrong! Leaving your dogs for a walk with ANOTHER dog! Wrong, wrong, wrong!

OK, dad was working doing a pet portrait session but really? C’mon… we could have been of to the side just doing our own thing. Nope. Not the case. And we didn’t even get a T-Shirt from Washington, DC where they visited. They visited a good friend Eric and his dog Nya. Below is a video of the images he took while out on their walk. If you want to see the all the images, check this link.

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Eric & Nya in the park

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5 Reasons Why I Like The Country | Pet Pen Pals

Ah, smell that? Well I do. Thousands of them. I’m talking about smells of the country.

We’re spending a few days in the country getting back to our roots. No, not Roux and me. Mom and dad. Actually mostly mom. She grew up in the country and most of her family still live here. Yesterday, we spent Thanksgiving with her 92 year old grandmother and most of her immediate family.

After lunch we took a walk in the pastures. Sniff, Sniff, Sniff, Sniff, Ah, Sniff, Sniff, Sniff… that pretty much sums up the walk. Oh, except when Roux tried to roll in a cow pattie! Mom wouldn’t let Roux roll in it so we could “savor the flavor” later. She wouldn’t even let us rustle us some cattle over in the back pasture. Spoil sport she was.

After our walk we came upon some of the family playing football in the back yard. Dad was snapping pictures of the fun so we took a rest by a tree and watched. A little while later he focused the camera our way. He compiled a quick video of the pictures. Have a look. Let us know what you think. Enjoy!

Oh yeah, the 5 reasons I like the country:
1. The Smells
2. The Smells 
3. The Smells
4. The Smells
5. The Smells

If you want professional pictures of your pet, take a look over here for dad’s work. Falcon Photography — Pets

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The Beach is NOT for Basenjis

If you’ve read Boudreaux’s post (if not, scroll on down) about how “great” the beach was in Surfside, Texas, you have to realize that it is pure propaganda. The beach is not for basenjis! Basenjis are from Africa where there is heat but not all that water, especially water that smells funny. I didn’t like the icky wet sand either; not only was it hot to walk on (we are in Texas in the middle of August), it got all stuck up in my foot pads making it necessary to step in the stinky water just to get it off. Yuck! Besides that, there is no grass at the beach. I had to go potty while there and could not find a proper spot for such delicate business. I ended up pottying in some kind of dune bush that only resembled grass in that it was green.

We walked a little way down the beach and Mom kept encouraging me to get in that stinky water. I whined and whined and kept pulling to get back in the truck. Mom finally gave in and let me go back. I really do not understand why you humans like the beach. Give me my grass-filled back yard and my dry, warm snuggle ball in my air conditioned home and I’m in basenji heaven.

Ah, the feel of grass! No sand in sight!
Ah, the feel of grass! No sand in sight!

 

Even Boudreaux likes it...see him getting very sleepy?
Even Boudreaux likes it...see him getting very sleepy?
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Surfside Beach Adventure – My Side of the Story

What a girl! A scaredy cat girl. That’s how I describe my sister on her first encounter with the beach.

Mom & dad took  a day off to take us on an a new adventure. THE BEACH! We have never been to the beach, seen the ocean, or anything to do with wet sand. I think we were just so excited to be going on an adventure that we really didn’t know what to expect.

It takes about an hour and a half to get to the Surfside Beach where we decided to go. Galveston was pretty messed up from Hurricane Ike so we went west. Since we didn’t want to be on the beach at the height of the day, we left early. Like 6:15 am early! Well actually that was OK we me and my sister. I think mom & dad would have liked to sleep in.

So we leave at the crack of dawn and hit the road. Traffic was quite good on Friday. We think maybe a lot of people took off to go shopping. Some tax free thing. There were no tax free dog treats so, frankly, we didn’t care! When we reached the beach, mom woke us up to get us ready for our first experience with the beach. What? Of course we were sleeping. It is one of our top 5 favorite things to do!

Leashes on. Beach here we come… and this is where my sister became a big baby! Yeah, you heard me. She definitely did not like the beach, sand, ocean…. I don’t get it. It was a little different but hey, mom & dad drove us all the way to the beach and she wanted to get back in the car. What up with that?? Dad even captured a few pictures of our “hour” on the beach!

Here’s mom walking us on the beach.

Mom Boudreaux & Roux on Beach

Looks like Roux want to get away from the water, huh?

Boudreaux, Roux on Beach 01

Yep, I was right. Scaredy cat she is.

Roux runs Away

A boy enjoying the surf.

Boudreaux in the surf

All this walking makes me thirsty.

Boudreaux & Roux - Water Break

There you have it. My side of the beach story. You can bet Roux tells the story differently. Woof!