Our little "angel," Pearl!

Happy Halloween!

Love,
Pearl

Leaves

From Autumn

We need more action here!

Wow.  This is crazy to not have any postings since the 4th of July.  There have been a lot of changes in the neighborhood as far as new dogs, etc.  Let's try to include more of the new kids and get some conversations going.  Django will be happy to be part of the welcoming committee. 

Flash came to the 4th of July parade, too, and posed for his picture. What a face!

A Doggy 4th

Roz brought her leis (leftover from our march with Dogs Dig It at the Gay Pride parade) to the 4th...

Roz loved it--between the hot dog leavings and all the people she met, she had a great time.

Eric & Sharon

Elephant painting

My friend Stephanie sent me this video of an elephant that has been trained to paint on canvas in Northern Thailand.

Dog friendly places

I thought it might be fun to create a list of dog friendly places in Portland. What other places are pet friendly ?

• Lucky Lab
• Tin Shed

Dog Food Question.....

Hi Gang,

What dog food{s} do you feed your doggies and why ? Lately Sim & I have been using Blue Buffalo . I know there are some local options as well as other alternatives. I'd be curious to see a running list of what people choose and why.

Chloe visits the beach!

Chloe enjoyed her first visit to the beach during President's Day weekend.

p.s. Chloe is so happy that Pearl is back!

PEARL IS HOME -- MIRACLES DO HAPPEN!

After 17 days of searching for our baby girl, Pearl is home! She was a little thinner, had some fleas and wreaked of cat food but the sparkle in her eyes has not left and we are all thrilled to be reunited. She was clearly in someone's home most (if not all) of the time but we'll never know who or why or how ... but that's really ok. Our family is whole once again and that is all we can ask for! Thanks to all of our wonderful neighbors for the support and concern throughout this ordeal.

With friendship,
Ali & Neil Solari

Pearl is still missing!

Dear Neighbors,

With a heavy heart I write to let you all know that our sweet little Pearl is still missing.  We've been searching everywhere since Wednesday morning when she jumped out of my car near SE Woodstock & 48th.

Last night we had a search & rescue dog track her scent and the good news is that (according to search dog extraordinaire, Valorie) Pearl is alive but was picked up, likely by a stranger in a car, near the corner of SE 48th & Henry.

We are hoping and praying that whomever picked her up is a good soul and will find a way to contact us or take her to a local vet for identification via her microchip.

A search party is being organized for tomorrow morning (Saturday, 2/2) at 8:30 am.  We will be mapping out areas for going door-to-door with photo-fliers. If anyone can spare a little time helping, we would be forever grateful.

We are meeting at our house: 7821 SE 36th Ave.  Neil's cell: 503-381-1994.

Thanks so much.  We miss our little girl; this is breaking our hearts!!

Ali

Scrumpy is all decked out for Snow Shoeing

We went snow shoeing with Scrumpy last weekend again. She was all decked out in her new coat. She didn't care much for the snow booties however. Happy weekend gang !

Snowshoeing

Hello all you dog lovers! I was wondering if any of you knew where might be a good place/trail to go snowshoeing with the Cider girl. Figured up toward Mt. Hood obviously, but was just curious if any of you have gone and if so, what your experiences are or have been. Hope everyone is off to a great 2008! Thanks.