ALASKA BOW-WOW ANYONE???

Dee Dee and Hallie · July 19, 2007, 11:36:18 PM

OMG Patty, it was years ago you were talking about building your new house so you'd have room for a bow wow (and a lot of rescue doxies if I remember right LOL). And here it is! You are in your new house and offering to host a bow wow. How cool.

Hallie and I would love to come but we are very travel challenged and will have to stay home and majorly pout!! :(

Teresa · July 20, 2007, 06:57:35 AM

How tempting this would be. My only problem is Randy and I can only afford one trip to Alaska in our lifetime, and I don't think he will really want to include Schatzi! I'll have to talk to him and see what he thinks. We had talked about the driving around part, etc., so who knows.
I was thinking, Patty, that you just might end up with another doxie during the bow-wow. Lots of people coming to Alaska would be a great transport for DRNA!!

Doxherding Karen · July 20, 2007, 07:25:47 AM

Oh. Well! Excuse us, Mr. and Mrs. Randy! Maybe, Schatzi doesn't want to include YOU guys! :thinik:

Hmpf!

Dr. Leaky, Insulted Dachshund

("Now, Beau, take it easy! She didn't mean anything by it! We hoomans all love Schatzi! Don't get your knickers in a knot!")
("It's lederhosen, not knickers, thank you very much!")

Teresa · July 20, 2007, 08:35:24 AM

noooo, Schatzi would always want to include US!!! We have food and warm bodies for snuggling!! As I said, I have to discuss this with him and see exactly when it is he thinks we will finally make this trip we have talked about forever (it was going to have been this summer since our 25th anniversary was last November). Also, have to think about the logistics and flying or flying to a certain point and then driving and how much time off work if we do that since, even though I have 3 weeks vacation, when my boss is off, I'm off, so I have to remember that all those weeks aren't really mine. BUT, I have two years to possibly plan and will think seriously about this. It would be lots of fun. In the meantime, a Maryland Bow-Wow would be an awesome trial run and I could get Meghan to go with me. That I can do in a weekend from S.C.

Roberta · July 20, 2007, 06:20:36 PM

Love to come but we could not get pp for monsters and when we looke into going ealier this year the costs were to high as we had tofly via LA transfer to mid USA then getthe flight to Alaska, so we like Ms H and Dee Dee will wait for the photo's.
Secret on another site for Bow Bow in the following weeks................
Roberta

PattyInAK · July 21, 2007, 11:08:47 PM

Quote from: Dee Dee and Hallie on July 19, 2007, 11:36:18 PM
OMG Patty, it was years ago you were talking about building your new house so you'd have room for a bow wow (and a lot of rescue doxies if I remember right LOL). And here it is! You are in your new house and offering to host a bow wow. How cool.

Hallie and I would love to come but we are very travel challenged and will have to stay home and majorly pout!! :(

I'm bummed out that you and Hallie cannot come..............the guest room was always yours....first and foremost. Now we will have to auction it off. Come on...you are only three hours away! OK....I do understand....I hate to travel, and it will only get worse the older I get, but I will always welcome visitors!!! I enjoy taking time off from work and staying home, with my pets. so I really do understand. BUT, I hope you realize that when Dan and I go down to Seattle to visit his sister....you are going to have to see us and whatever!!!

Doxherding Karen · July 22, 2007, 10:08:44 AM

No HALLIE??? How will we manage??? Even if it's in 2009???? Can't you get unchallenged by then? Boo-Hoo!!

Hope we can meet one day - I got room on my smoochie schedule just for you, Miz Hallie Girl!

Roscoe, The Handsome One

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Brekkesmom · July 22, 2007, 01:37:59 PM

Auntie DD, inquiring minds want to know - are you passenger-challenged? If you do not overcome your travel challenges by summer of '09, maybe someone coming up the West Coast can squeeze you and HBB in...

Doxherding Karen · July 22, 2007, 02:38:35 PM

By golly Auntie DD, y'all kin ride wid my hooman "n" da rest of Da Herd!

YEE-HAA!

:walk2:

Dr. Hop-Along Cassidy Leaky

(That goes dito for me - Karen

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DeeanDave · July 22, 2007, 04:48:13 PM

Quote from: Brekkesmom on July 22, 2007, 01:37:59 PM
Auntie DD, inquiring minds want to know - are you passenger-challenged? If you do not overcome your travel challenges by summer of '09, maybe someone coming up the West Coast can squeeze you and HBB in...

So very true, Julia!!

David C. · July 22, 2007, 07:45:38 PM

Maybe a bunch of us could meet up in Seattle and use that as our jump-off point for a weiner caravan to Alaska?

Dee Dee and Hallie · July 22, 2007, 11:18:26 PM

Well that's true, who knows what 2009 may bring!

My major problems are, I can't fly because Hallie is scared enough in the car, I know she would really flip out in a plane. So that would leave driving so I'd have to be gone what, a couple of weeks? And I can't even afford to take a full day off of work, I have to average 10 hrs per day 7 days a week to make ends meet. (but we are working like this so we can do better and not have to so again who knows what 2009 might bring!). Also Hallie will be NINE in 2009 and I already am seeing old dog changes in her that scare me to death. She will be 7 in a couple of weeks. :(

Tempting on the caravans! That would be sooo fun!!!!!

I HAD THE BEDROOM??? :thumb: :thumb: :thumb: OK better not auction it off yet LOL I'll stew on it! Me and Hallie and all the camera gear might make it just yet. Beautiful dachshund and horse shots in Alaska...doesn't get better than that!

Brekkesmom · July 23, 2007, 08:37:01 AM

Not to mention, the Dahl sheep, the flocks of eagles, and maybe even a whale sighting or two...just call it a, uh, working vacation, huh? (And besides, wouldn't Hallie be fine if she was on your lap, or next to you in a seat belt or some such?)

Doxherding Karen · July 23, 2007, 09:00:03 AM

C'mon, Miz DeeDee, pleez, pleez, PLEEZ don't say no rite away, o.k.??

You can sit up fron wid my hooman, Auntie Karen, da whole way to Alaska!

Merlin the Magician

(Where is Alaska? Can I get ther if I run away from home? Could someone pleez open da door?)

Teresa · July 23, 2007, 04:19:03 PM

Merlin, I would think you would be on your best behavior and not even thinking about running away. You know you get to RIDE to Chattanooga in a few weeks. If I were you, I'd quit complaining about not having an escape route anymore and be happy that Karen is allowing you to go anywhere at all. You are one lucky pupper and you almost gave your human heart failure. Just try to be happy with going where your human goes, okay??

Doxherding Karen · July 23, 2007, 05:24:17 PM

O.K., O.K., I'm sorry already! Geez, can't a guy dream of the open road?

Auntie Karen's really lookin' forward to the trip to Tennessee. She told us a story:

Many years ago, Louis Armstrong, Satchmo himself, was traveling from club to club playing jazz. While he was in Chicago one day, he went and bought himself a new outfit - suit, tie, shirt, shoes, the works. He felt like a million bucks. The next day he traveled to Memphis, where Ringling Brothers was in town. That night he put his shoes out to be shined. While he was sleeping, one of the lions from the circus got loose and was chased into his hotel. People were scared out of their minds. Satchmo slpet through it all. The next morning he got up and found his new shoes in the hallway, torn to shreds - nothing left but a few pieces. A belhop happened by and told him about the escaped lion the night before. Satchmo thought for a moment and then caledl after the bellhop, "Pardon me boy, is that a cat that ate my new shoes?"

;^)

Merlin the Magician

Teresa · July 23, 2007, 08:07:20 PM

I love that story. I'll have to share it with Randy when we are on the road. We are actually going to Chattanooga for a science fiction meeting on Friday. Randy reads a lot of the books. I read one or two. This is one of the smaller meetings and David Weber and John Ringo will be there, two authors he loves. While Randy listens to the authors and does some of his other stuff, I plan to stroll along the riverfront, see their new penguin exhibit at the aquarium and take lots of pictures. We went to the Chattanooga Choo Choo hotel right before we left last year, but I plan to go back this year and have a little more time to wander around there.
You'll have to get your mom to take you to Look Out Mountain. You can see 4 states from there!!
I'll post some pictures for you next week. I'll try to find some dogs there havng fun and take there pictures, too!

MyLittleBoo · July 24, 2007, 01:08:23 PM

Wow... That would be awesome... And, we were planning on taking our hookids to Alaska for vacation in a couple of years.... What great timing Patty.... I am sure that the "Pwincess" would love to attend.... Just give the time and I am sure we can make it... And, reading all of the posts on this, I couldn't help but giggle.... We are fortunately in the perfect time zone for this...

Right in the middle of the Rockies.... We could go either way.... :meme: :meme: I am looking forward to a Bow-Wow.... It will be our first..... YEAHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!