Goodbye Mr. Weiners

Ouvre (isn't that French for goodbye, Spencer?) Wesley Weiners. We've loved having you in our home and sharing in our fun times.
For those of you who don't know the story, Wesley Weiners is a $1,200 Puggle (pug, beagle mix) that my sister's roommate, Xochie, bought at the beginning of last school year. They live out in an apartment near Cal State Fullerton, and never really got around to paying their pet deposit for him. He destroyed their carpet with pee and poop, and Xochie was told it was them or the dog. Rosie, my sis, came in February and asked Scott and I if we would take him until the end of the school year when Xochie could take him home to Northern Cali to live with her parents. We said yes (of course) and he arrived the next week.

His real name is just Wesley, but everyone calls him Mr. Weiners because of the movie Mean Girls. You know the scene where Cady is planning to get to Gretchen so she has some candy cane grams delivered to herself? As the Santa is passing out the candy canes, he's sayin who they're for and when he gets to Gretchen Weiners, he says "And none for Gretchen Weiners, bye" Well, Wesley used to be (and still is if you aren't looking) a food stealer. He'll take it from your hand, plate, table, etc. So Rosie and Xochie used to push him away from their food and say "And none for Wesley Weiners, bye" thus the name was born.

In his 3 month stay with us, he has managed to destroy 4 shoes, pee on numerous household items, and cause a ruckus with all of his barking nonstop. He loves to sniff faces (Scott hates that) and steal any type of paper product that he can chew.

BUT....we have loved the friend and playmate that he has been for our Sammy dog and the never ending entertainment that their playfights have provided. He leaves tomorrow afternoon to go back to Fullerton with Xochie, who heads home on Friday. I know everyone else in my family is happy, and I can't say that I'm not, because he is a handful, but I will miss him terribly.
He'll have fun in Norhtern Cali and have more room to move about, but I hope that he an Sammy won't be too down that they are being split up. He's a goofball and slightly deranged, but he became part of our family and I am sad to see him leave. Adios and good luck Mr. Weiners.
BFF

High Desert Adventure

So Saturday we went up to Adelanto for a motorcycle stunt show and safety fair. It was at the High Desert Mavericks stadium parking lot. We got there a little late so we missed the safety fair, but the stunt show was pretty cool. Rome and Randie, a tandem stunt team, were there showcasing all of the cool stunts that they do. We took a picture with them, though Randie apparently didn't have a shirt with her, just her bikini, so I'm not putting that picture on here :)

Our tickets to the stunt show also got us into the Mavericks game that night at 7:05, unfortunately, the show ended at about 1:50 so we had a lot of time to kill. We went to the mall in Victorville and walked around for a while. We decided to see a movie and chose X-Men Origins: Wolverine. It was neat, though I wanted to see more cool mutant powers :)
Our friends, Ian and Jenn came up to the game and brought their new baby girl, McKenna. She is only a week and a half old but is sooooo cute. They just moved back here from Iowa and this is the first time that we've gotten to see them since they've been back. It was a good game, they were down by 5 in the 8th inning and came back to only lose by 1 in the 9th. We had a great time spending the day in the desert!

That's us with new baby McKenna!

Angel's Game

Thursday, May 7

We went to the Angel's game and had a blast. They played the Toronto Blue Jays. It was free hat night, also 80's night, so it was a lot of fun. We sat on the 1st base side, which was neat because we got a different perspective on the field since last time we sat on the 3rd base side. Plus, it was prime foul ball territory. There were 3 home runs, which meant fireworks each time.

There were beach balls being hit around the stadium, and there was a Blue Jays fan (see above photo) a few rows in front of us. He got one of the balls and hit it straight onto the field. Everyone booed him because they had to stop the game, plus it was a jerk thing to do. He stood up and bowed and made a fool of himself. People started throwing food at him, peanuts, popcorn, etc. He didn't seem to mind that much until some guy threw a mostly empty, but still wet, drink at him. Then security had to come, the drunk guy who threw the drink had to be escorted away, and that was the end of it. Overall, it was an exciting game and we had a great time.

Snake in the backyard

There's a snake in my boots!!!!
Not really, though there was a baby rattlesnake in our backyard last week. I got home from work and saw Russell and his friend Joe in the side yard looking into the backyard. I asked what they were doing and they said that there had been rattlesnake in the backyard. My immediate reaction was "Oh my gosh, are the dogs back there?"
Russell said that Scott had put them inside while he caught it. Now my next reaction "Oh my gosh, is Scott still alive?" I rushed inside and found Scott sitting on the couch. He was fine and the snake was in a bucket in the backyard (yes, there was a lid on it, as I later discovered).
Russell and Joe had discovered the snake curled up against the pool, with all of the dogs barking at it. I'm not sure how long that had been going on, but luckily none of them were hurt. Especially lucky for Wesley Weiners because when he feels threatened, he'll lunge and bark at things (the vaccuum, the hair dryer, other loud things). I double checked that none of them had been bitten by giving them extra long baths that night and running checks over every inch of them (they were not happy with the baths).

Scott tried calling animal control that evening, but they were already closed, so he had to call the next day. They sent a lady right away. She grabbed it out of the bucket with a grabber, took it to the front yard and chopped its head off. And that was that. For a couple of days I checked for snakes before I let the dogs into the backyard, but still haven't discovered any.

Found Dogs - Pink and Brown

So....we found some more dogs. Well, I found some more dogs, Scott helped me after. I came home from work and they were in our cul-de-sac just wandering. I called to them and they immediately came over to me. I was so excited because I didn't even have to get food to bring them in, they just followed me. They both had collars, but no tags (if you are reading this and your dogs don't have tags, feel ashamed and go get them tags) so we couldn't take them to their owners that night because we had no idea who they were.

They were both girls and were very well behaved. We named them Brown and Pink for the color of their collars. We could tell that someone cared for them because Brown looked like she had just had surgery and been spayed. We let Sammy come in to play with them. He's the least aggressive and best with nervous dogs. They had a good time, though Brown was a little standoffish. Brown and Pink spent the night in the backyard (we weren't sure if they were house trained so we didn't want to risk it).
Frederico was scheduled to go to the vet the next day to have a tooth pulled so Scott took the dogs with him to see if they were micro-chipped. The vet found the microchips and called the owners, who live nearby us, though we're not sure where. We left the dogs at the vet because the owner couldn't get there right away so we missed out on our chance to tell them to get tags, but oh well.