1 Year Anniversary!

Pancho and Lizzie

 Today, September 7th, the Schnauzer pups are 1 year old.

Yesterday, up on the mountain, a coyote was in hot pursuit

probably of Lizzie, the smallest and slowest of the pack.

Eric managed to return his Schnauzers safe inside his car.

The coyote had followed them,

while the Schnauzers stayed blissfully unaware 

of the danger they had just survived.

Pancho and Lizzie

Los Banditos

The Gang: Flashy, Lizzie, Vasco, Isabella, Sumo, Pancho - Ellie is amiss.

Vasco, the patriarch of the Schnauzers, the Daddy, suffered a knee injury,  a torn Meniscus, maybe worse, before he got rescued by Eric. Recently he started to limp and received Prolotherapy.  Only 2 weeks later the wiggle in Vasco's knee came down from 34% to 15%, impressive! Soon those two athletes will be back to running their 12 miles, usually every other day. It has been hard on both.

But for a little while longer Eric will carry Vasco up and down hills and restrict Vasco's activity to short walks on lead 

to which high energy Vasco adjusted surprisingly well.

Isabella will allow the puppies only so much play with Sumo

before she asserts her claim on her boy-toy.

The Terrible Terriers take over the God Park.

There is power in numbers, watch out!

Los Banditos

Isabella, Vasco, Pancho, Ellie, Sumo

Upon return from the God Park

Isabella and Vasco, the Patriarch

Pretty Lizzie-Girl, Princess of the Gang

7 Terriers in 1 Car with 1 Guy

Land of Enchantment

Vista from an almost ordinary Spring morning,

 as I walked my Isabella-girl

 while the other 6 pups ran along side Eric the bicyclist,

for 12 miles!

Winners!

Vasco and Eric, two very athletic guys made 2. place 

at our annual Paws for a Cause
fund raising event for the shelter,
hooray!

Cochiti Trail with 8 Dogs

Eric on bike on Cochiti trail 

with 8, yes, eight dogs

 running 12 miles.

Our Sumo-boy way up front in the lead.

Vasco, the patriarch of Eric's pack, the father of 5 pups,

chose the role of protector of me and Isabella, on his own. 

While quiet the athlete, he took it on himself to stay behind.

He will do the same when Eric's wife comes along on outings.

But Vasco barely knows me, and I must say, 

I felt safer with him near.

Ecstatic reunion between Eric and Vasco

as the 7 of them catch up with us 3.

Interestingly once Sumo decided to hang back with us,

Vasco felt free to run off. They traded places. Amazing.

The sight of dogs off lead, 

able to follow their noses

with their tails up high

is such a happy sight.

Along Aspen Trail as the clouds started to disperse 

and the colors started to emerge.

 Finding color and texture in a wintry landscape

 Ah, those Aspen trunks against striated rock.

Eric cuddles Ellie, the bitch that gave him 5 pups.

Rescued, she has come a long ways.

Eric takes my pups along with his on long,

12 mile runs which makes us all very happy.