Joanna, Zoe & Bender's Blog (5)

This blog is dedicated to all the loving foster parents out there!  I really have so much respect for you and the patience, dedication, and love you have for all your fosters.  I really do not know how you are able to open up your hearts and lives to these precious creatures and then have to say good bye.

Last week, we brought home a dog that was in a horrible situation in hopes to find him a better home.  He was not a stray but a puppy we once knew and his life has just…

Hi All,

Friday was unofficially Benders FIRST birthday! I say unofficial because he was born Feb 29, 2012 and there was no 29th day on the calendar for February this year.

DH and I love him SO much and can't believe he's already a ONE YEAR OLD! He has grown so much in one year.…

Since we moved into our home 2 years ago, there has been a BIG pit of sand in our yard.  The previous owners had an above ground pool that we asked them to remove.  For some reason I thought there would be fresh, green grass below it.  haha

Since two years ago, I've been constantly asking my husband to 1. dig up the sand, 2. lay fertilizer, 3. lay…

What does your doodle do when they are most excited or happy?

Zoe does a happy dance.  It's a cross between a dance and a skip with a beat.  left, left...right, right...left, left... right,  right...all while skipping towards you.  She also has her mouth open with her tongue slightly out...looks like she's smiling =)

Bender yaps!  it's like a bark but a "YAP YAP YAP"!  It's kind of annoying but he can't help it!  haha

He also leaps.  Leaps from the second or…

In celebration of our one year wedding anniversary/DH's birthday/Labor Day weekend we decided to take a mini-trip to Pismo Beach, Ca.  It's about a 3 hour drive from Los Angeles.  

I couldn't decide what to do with Zoe & Ben.  

-Board them at a day care?  Ben seems too young and needs to be socialized more before I can let him on his own.  And it seems like it's too many days he might freak out.

-Board them with our vet?  But they are only let out 3 times a day and…