Summer's Over

The summer went by way too quickly. Kids are in school. People back in the malls shopping for clothes & school supplies. Traffic!

We had a busy summer. We just got back from a wonderful vacation to Vancouver, BC & Alaska. It is such a beautiful place!

Higgins is coming up on one year next month already! My how does time fly by so quickly?!! My little baby puppy will no longer be a baby.

Both boys are doing great! Huey's still chasing the lizards and keeping an eye out for the birds. Higgins had his show debut this past weekend. He behaved very well in the ring, considering it was his first time in the ring. He just needs to mature a little more. I will have a post up soon with show pictures!

I missed all of my Blogger friends. And sorry for not posting in such a VERY LONG time!

Here are a few pictures of the boys....

Higgins resting his head on his friend, Hunter, while in the car

Huey doing what he does best...chillin

Higgins fell asleep with a ball in his mouth!

And our humane society kitty, Mr. Bigglesworth

Flying Ears

Huey has the silliest ears - they fly out to the sides.  Today I caught a funny picture of him while he was sunning outside.

10 months

Higgins is 10 months old this month.  His show debut will be in August.  They grow up way too fast!!

Diving & Dolphins is Devine

Today my post is totally not dog related, but wanted to share with those who do not get to experience the beauty of an entirely different world, underwater.  

My husband and I, along with our friends, go SCUBA diving every weekend.  The beauty of the sea is indescribable. We see many creatures here in Hawaii including, White Tip sharks, Eels, Octopus, Honu (tutrles), and many colorful fish.  

from left to right:

Eric, John, Pete, me, Jennifer, & Steve 

We like being out on the water too - not just under it!  Our friends, Pete & Sandy, have a 36' sailboat that we got to take a ride out on.

Pete, Mark & John

me at the helm

We anchor the boat at a popular dive spot to cool off and jump into the water.  We then see a pod of Spinner Dolphins come toward us.  They come into more shallow water with a sandy bottom to be safe from predators.  In Hawaii Spinner Dolphins are called Nai'a.  The native Hawaiians work cooperatively with them to fish to this day.

Here is some more information about Spinner Dolphins from the

Wild Dolphin Foundation.

Air Sniffers

I find it quite amusing that Huey & Higgins like to 'sniff' the air.  They will just be standing outside and raise their noses into the air and just sniff.  

I looked up some info about the dog's sniffer - and found that a dogs sense of smell is 1000 times more sensitive than a humans!  Dogs have over 220 million olfactory receptors, whereas us humans only have 5 million!  With this keen sense of smell, dogs are able to locate everything from drugs, to cadavers, to even bed bugs; like our Beagle-friend here in Hawaii!  

Huey & Higgins breeder at Anadane Kennels, Susan, now is doing scent detection work with a rescue Beagle named Scout.  They go to the local hotels here in Hawaii and scope out the bedbugs.  Scout is a real cutie!  Here is a link featuring Scout and his handler Susan.