Dogs in Texas

[4 Dog Mother]

Carl and I drove to Texas to spend Christmas with our daughter, granddaughter and son-in-law. We took Taggert, Pippi and Snoopy with us. Christy is Dakota's mommy and has Dakota, Destiny and Sierra.

The dogs were great going out. It took us two days to drive out. Snoopy went to Texas with us two years ago but this was Taggert's and Pippi's first long road trip. I wasn't sure what to expect. But they were excellent! We didn't have to make any extra stops for them. When we stopped for gas, I walked them and when we stopped to eat, we walked them and got them a snack. They were great at the motel too!

Here is some pictures on the way out
Taggert and Pippi halfway on Carl's lap
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid153/pc2b91273e3151acab9f2ee4c6f9880dc/f5994ea5.jpg
Snoopy in the back seat

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid153/p3beaae2bf86ad42f3cfee1c17fd305a8/f5994e87.jpg
Pippi chewing rawhide on my lap, Snoopy laying head on armrest.

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid153/p63c365bf7db29749fb42b6cf4fddc658/f5994e26.jpg

[4 Dog Mother]

Dakota(the dane), Destiny (the dalmation), Sierra (the small black dog), Pippi, and taggert.
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid153/p66fedb22eb0bb905da723a87c6e59ff6/f5994cb4.jpg
Dakota, Pippi and Destiny
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid153/pa52367878731503e093c7a286d864601/f5994c14.jpg
Me, Dakota, Pippi and Snoopy
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid153/pd4bab3197e8f987c2f1dd9d79a9aff95/f5994b6e.jpg

[4 Dog Mother]

Carl with all the dogs
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The spotted dogs
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid153/pe81b6fb3f36a8742c9f1b4b7f2c7b3a7/f5994693.jpg
Dakota
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid153/pe5c1e1a9011afbe026f7cca25e04630b/f5994550.jpg

[4 Dog Mother]

Pippi and Dakota
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid153/pdd61c1ddc31e35ac730d525f60e1b205/f59941e6.jpg
Dakota
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid153/p66eea0e9fcdfefa76853a294c086ce83/f5994166.jpg
Pippi didn't get that she was not big enough to challenge Dakota
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid153/pdcd1bdf3589370da4915439aea25d572/f59940e1.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid153/pb2a9536a3e147b65aafb13e64f83b41c/f59937c9.jpg

[4 Dog Mother]

Snoopy, Pippi and Destiny
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid153/pceadb249407240b7546a740410e817cd/f5993cd3.jpg
Dogs at play - can you see that Dakota and Pippi have a tug rope. Guess who won?
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid153/pcc80c5078d2cebe266a5a8191a9814f1/f5993af4.jpg
Sierra in hot pursuit of Pippi
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid153/pdf8c998b8395f9739939baf491985479/f59939ab.jpg

[4 Dog Mother]

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid153/p001c89aaf969ac8c681c8b459c76e5e9/f5993833.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid153/pfd92a8ae760b4458de87438e0676d24c/f599381f.jpg
Destiny and Sierra
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid153/pbd360b3c6887e354110bda6e55297847/f5993740.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid153/p85e9dd44cdbd7c96da366155c195ec1a/f59936a5.jpg

[sammy101]

omg theyre almost all black & white!:D, lol,looks like they had lots of fun!your dogs are so cute! and Dakota is beautiful!:D

[4 Dog Mother]

Bookends, Destiny and Dakota
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid153/pbaf582520b9cf9135036976170ce941c/f5993625.jpg
Brothers, Snoopy and Taggert
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid153/pc2a5de12bfdc366fc5adbce5d0cd25ea/f5993bf8.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid153/p649b33f71cb66b7920eb6961ab4003b2/f59935f4.jpg
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[4 Dog Mother]

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid153/p558af5f633fb3bab2c98b446c49ac071/f5993276.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid153/pc95dcfffacba1eb9f22b34105ef730f6/f599322d.jpg
The trip home
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid153/p92cbea84b6e41301c84c8987fab7edb9/f5992e72.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid153/pb27cc6ce4a62115ab920df009df65ddb/f5992e58.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid153/p561ac95bfc8f31b9f0b8fd68605fe47c/f5992e3e.jpg

The rest of the pictures are here. (http://www.imagestation.com/album/pictures.html?id=2132711549)

[cocker_luva]

i love em!

[shais_mom]

glad they all got along - great pics!!
Looks like you had some POOPED dogs on the way home!!!:)

[vinjashira]

they're having so much fun :)
I like dogs all colour but that picture with just black and white dogs is great!

[chocolatepuppy]

Wow look at all those spots! Looks like a good time was had by all! :)

[pitc9]

Wow... *rubs eyes* I'm still seeing spots!!:p

Great pictures!! Sure looks like one BIG happy family!
Glad the trip went well for all of you!

[GraciesMommy]

Great pics!
How did you like TX? What part did you go to?
I am in Houston

[delidog]

So Many Spots...So Little Time!!!!! ;)

[anna_66]

Look at all the spot:D

How much fun are they all having together! It's so great they can all get along so well! It looks like they had tons of fun:D

[Miranda_Rae]

Great pictures!! Looks like they had a blast, and were tired on the way home. :) Gorgeous doggies. I think there is a black and white pattern going. ;)

[4 Dog Mother]

How did you like TX? What part did you go to?

Brian is in the Army and stationed at Ft. Hood. The weather was a little cold when we got there but it warmed up and didn't rain so it was very nice.

[shutterbug0303]

*melting into one big puddle of love over Dakota*

What adorable furkids!!! That looks like a blast with all of the pups plays like that! :D

[Cincy'sMom]

I told them they should take Spot and leave Taggert with us to complete the Spotted Six pack (We'll give Sierra a few honoary spots ;) ), but since he was Jasmine's favorite I guess it is a good thing they didn't (that and Spot goes NUTS without his sisters!)

Great pictures!! We need to get Crhisty here, so we can get all 12 together!!

[pipersmom]

What gorgous pups! I love them all but I'd like to steal Pippi from you! ;-)

GraciesMommy-I used to live at the Lion's Head apartments in Sugarland! It was lonnng ago in 1987-1988.

[Cinder & Smoke]

W:cool:W!!

SPOTS * SPOTS * SPOTS
and
More * SPOTS *!

Looks like the Texas Tribe rolled out the Welcome Mat for
all the Northern Invaders! :D

HOW did you ever get everyone to **SETTLE** for the night?

Only thing missing was a KAT to liven things up! ;)

[4 Dog Mother]

Weeeelll, since you asked, night times were a little interesting. Military housing is a little on the small side. Their house has two bedrooms - one for Jasmine and one for mom and dad. There is one small bathroom that has a door into their room and into the small hallway between the bedrooms.

Then there is the living room and dining room and the small kitchen. Since they have so much dog stuff and baby stuff, they do not have a dining room table anymore. The dining room had the kennels in them and the computer desk but with Christmas and the tree and presents the kennels got stacked in the front door entrance. After the tree was taken down, Jasmine's new toys got the kennel space and I think the kennels are still stacked in the entranceway which they do not use anyway.

In the small living room, is a large couch, a foton and an oversized chair with huge ottoman. Carl slept on the couch with Taggert at his feet, I slept on the foton with Snoopy and Pippi. Dakota and Destiny shared to oversized chair and ottoman and Sierra likes her kennel to sleep in. Of course, it rarely stayed that way all night. Destiny laid next to me on the very edge of the foton sometimes and Pippi slept with Carl. Dakiota would try to steal Taggert's spot. Some nights when Jasmine was fussy with her teeth, Pippi had to stay in the top kennel because she did like the baby moving around at night.

As far as settling down, they ran so much outside during the day (thank God for no rain while we were there) that when lights went out, so did they. Don't know that I would want to do that for much more than the 9 nights but it wasn't so bad - after all the perk of seeing Jasmine was worth just about anything!

[Cinder & Smoke]

Originally posted by 4 Dog Mother

Weeeelll, since you asked,
night times were a little interesting.
Military housing is a little on the small side...
Since they have so much dog stuff and baby stuff ...

OMG!! :D

PLACES, Everyone!

Ready to ROLL?
On the Count of 3 - EVERYone Rolls Right ...

1... 2... 3... ROLL! :D

What the heck - Cozey is Comfey! ;)

[RobiLee]

OMG..they all looked like they got along so well! Great pics. I'm so glad you were able to visit with Christy and the family.

Robin :)