Adventures with Yogi, Tashi, and Maggie

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Mon, 02 Nov 2009 02:32:12 -0500

These big, beautiful Bernese refused to look at me. (He was...

Mon, 01 Jun 2009 14:07:04 -0400

These big, beautiful Bernese refused to look at me. (He was spotted at Bay Street in Emeryville, where he was clearly tired of shopping.)

Despite his protests, he still makes me want one of these Swiss Sennenhunds.

Photo

Mon, 01 Jun 2009 14:05:00 -0400

Everyone’s favorite dog this weekend.

Sat, 30 May 2009 10:27:00 -0400

Everyone’s favorite dog this weekend.

"The dogs are fine. Tashi and Yogi are a pair of adventurers when Tashi feels like scouting around..."

Wed, 27 May 2009 01:00:30 -0400

“The dogs are fine.
Tashi and Yogi are a pair of adventurers when Tashi feels like scouting around with Yogi in the big fenced yard.
She does spend time near Maggie when she’s had enough of “wild” life.
Maggie has lost some weight, maybe 3 lbs or so.
One can actually see resemblance of a “waistline”. :o)
She’s taken to trotting when happy… comical but endearing.
One night she was barking to alert me of something in the circle driveway… turned out it was a turkey feather. :o)”

- Mom

"The dogs are fine. I’ll be really, really happy when Tashi finishes her coat change for the..."

Mon, 25 May 2009 15:29:18 -0400

“

The dogs are fine. I’ll be really, really happy when Tashi finishes her coat change for the year!

Let me know how you are doing.
Miss you. Best regards,
Mom :o)

”

Skylar, of Euro Style Your Life, chewing off my arm. He’s...

Sun, 24 May 2009 15:21:26 -0400

Skylar, of Euro Style Your Life, chewing off my arm. He’s three months old and gonna be a biiiig dig one day!

Sometimes I wish “family” only comprised of dogs.

Thu, 30 Apr 2009 23:10:54 -0400

Sometimes I wish “family” only comprised of dogs.

The sister’s been slobberized. (via theMaykazine)

Wed, 29 Apr 2009 19:26:04 -0400

The sister’s been slobberized. (via theMaykazine)

Yogi, don't be a hero.

Wed, 22 Apr 2009 23:56:23 -0400

Haven’t seen the puppies in a couple of weeks, but on Monday, a coyote got into our back yard and Yogi showed it what’s what. The coyote left scared. The Yogi is scratched under one eye. But apparently he got a really good grip on the back of the coyote’s neck, so our concerns about Yogi not having any sense of offense or defense were unwarranted.

A Maggie's worth.

Tue, 14 Apr 2009 03:07:30 -0400

If it wasn’t for a certain loveable old beast making her teeth bleed from tripping on the stairs, I would not have heard my mother’s apology.

Mother claims Maggie is making Tashi friendlier.

Fri, 10 Apr 2009 15:13:03 -0400

Maggie has made such a difference in Tashi.
All three are out in the BIG yard in the afternoon when I am home or teaching class… no problems getting them into the house. Maggie leads the way.
Snow White had the birds fluttering about, I’ve three dogs milling around me.
A pack of rescues… an athlete, a silent one, a big friendly giant.

This isn’t Yogi, Tashi, or Maggie, but this dog did give a...

Thu, 09 Apr 2009 21:22:09 -0400

This isn’t Yogi, Tashi, or Maggie, but this dog did give a sweet visit today. The Norwegian Elkhound only grows to about 60 pounds (What? That’s baby talk!), but they were bred to take down huge animals: Bears. Wolves. And mooses.

They can’t all be born big dogs, but cute ones are tolerable.

GPOYW

Wed, 08 Apr 2009 15:05:57 -0400

GPOYW

The Yogi Story

Tue, 07 Apr 2009 12:48:39 -0400

In 2004, our Airedale Terrier Cody Coldwater Buffalo Bill passed away. He was 14 years old in human years, which means it was really his time and he lived a good life. My mom really missed having an Airedale around, so she went online (!) to find a new canine companion.

She somehow landed on a page with a dog named Yogi. The text said Yogi was half Airedale. Just based on his photo, though, you’d have immediately known that whoever made that conclusion had never actually encountered an Airedale. His coloring was flipped, his hair was straight, his nose was that of a hound’s and not a terrier’s, and really there wasn’t an ounce of Airedale in Yogi.

His story still kept us interested, though. Yogi was this big unidentified mutt of a thing that was left at a shelter out in the sticks. His being 100 pounds meant finding him a new home would be doubly hard for the shelter.

When it came to describing Yogi’s demeanor, the caretakers discussed how scared he was. He didn’t like men, he didn’t like dark, he’d tolerate being on a leash, but he showed all the signs of having been abused in the past. Based on those context clues, we believe to this day that he was abused by men in the dark. Based on his size, he was probably used as a watchdog, but if you get to know the real Yogi like only five people in the world have, you’d know he’d rather live his missed puppy years.

So we took him in, I forced him to watch TV with me (He wouldn’t stay sitting next to me without a leash hooked to his collar.), and now he’s living his puppy years. He’s just a little big, though, so I often have to just grit my teeth when he gets excited and sits on my feet—or my chest, as he did the other day right after he knocked me on my back.

Bubble Face (via theMaykazine)

Mon, 06 Apr 2009 15:18:22 -0400

Bubble Face (via theMaykazine)

This one’s Tashi. She is wearing a cookie hat. We are BFF....

Sat, 04 Apr 2009 12:18:25 -0400

This one’s Tashi. She is wearing a cookie hat. We are BFF. She just doesn’t know it.

Video

Fri, 03 Apr 2009 00:51:00 -0400

“Oh, hello there!” (via theMaykazine) Yogi and Tashi...

Thu, 02 Apr 2009 12:11:06 -0400

“Oh, hello there!” (via theMaykazine)

Yogi and Tashi meeting for the first time. March 20, 2009.

So this is Maggie. She’s the latest adoption to our big...

Thu, 02 Apr 2009 02:08:00 -0400

So this is Maggie. She’s the latest adoption to our big dog family. Her antics in the last couple of weeks are what inspired me to start this blog. I was tweeting about her actions every day, and it just came time to celebrate how awesome big dogs are.