waiting for permission

Earl doesn't take a toy away from Princess.
He waits for permission. She has taught him
to be a good dog.

"Earl, have you been in the trash can..?"

walk for CCFA

.....................................................................................We participated in a walk around Greenfield Lake to raise awareness to the little known inflammatory bowel diseases of Ulcerative Colitis and Crohn's. Go to CCFA to learn more. OR click on the title above.

Mamaw boards a boat to Masonboro Island

Right as we got to the pier to board the boat, Ella ran down the gangplank and stopped on the edge of the dock! Everyone said "Whew, thought she was going in the water..!" And then she - Jumped off the dock into the water and sank like a rock! Keith yanked her into the boat and she obediently sat still for the rest of the ride over to the island!








Ella dragged Mamaw to the surf...







Earl "fished" most of the time, while Ella attempted to swim out to some surfers.

They named me Earl

a little video made in 2009, when Earl was 2 months old....

Happy Tails

Hurricane Irene

When we are under a hurricane warning, we head to Pappy and Mamaw's house on the other side of the waterway.
























And after the storm passes, we do some debris clean-up....

too hot to go outside

Ella and Pappy

Hoops From Helen

This spring Hank helped
organize Hoops From Helen,
a basketball tourny
that raises funds for a local charity, "Hope From Helen".
http://www.hopefromhelen.com
Families facing expenses
incurred due to an illness, are the receipients.
If you would like more info,
please click on the title for this blog
entry and find out more!

the Mastiff puppy

At six months she is almost as big as Earl. He weighs more now, but she may be 30 pounds more that he when full grown. She is a Neopolitan Mastiff, and she is a sweet girl.

new girl friend

Sydney is the new puppy on the block. She's 6 months old, and this was her first boat ride. I showed her how to eat jelly fish and run in the water.

Training update

Hank has been training me to retrieve. After he showed me how -
I did in fact retrieve a duck.