Olympic fever

Steffi and her bro Andre are still here, and each day brings them closer to being ready for their respective Forever homes. Today they were busy waking from their nap. The waiting list to adopt them is up to 29 people!!! Once Blogspot has the technology, I'll need to add an adoption stock ticker at the bottom of this page.

Magic, a 1-year old black Lab mix, was the clear choice for the first walk of the day. This was mainly because he's brand new here (from the Santa Barbara shelter), he doesn't have roommates yet, and therefore it was easy to get him leashed without it being a big production or bumper-car rally. Magic is also an Academy dog, and if he ever was an untrained puppy at one time, you wouldn't know it now! His powers of obedience and excellent behavior are uncanny. And magical. BTW, so are his powers of posing for the camera. He's got the same look on his face here as the yearbook photo of that really eager kid who was student council president...except Magic is cool!


Following Magic was Turk. In the spirit of the Olympics, Turk wanted to give our walk 110%. So we sprinted down the Florida street hill and back. There was no stopping to smell (or wizz on) the roses; it was nothing but cardio all the way. The closest parallel Olympic event would be either bobsledding (same breakneck speeds down a narrow track) or perhaps swimming, for the way my eyes were stinging and my nose was running afterwards (It was a chilly day). If you are in better shape than me--which shouldn't be too difficult at the moment, thanks to my recent academic constraints--and can handle a sprinter like Turk, please come in and meet him!

For this picture I had to turn on the wind machine in order to get his tongue blowing in the breeze just right. America's Next Top Model, Canine edition, here we come!

You gotta love a dog with smile lines around his mouth. Now that's Olympic spirit:

As of 8/8/08:

Magic...AVAILABLE FOR ADOPTION upon Academy graduation; AVAILABLE to be met.

Turk...AVAILABLE FOR ADOPTION.