Visitor 2

Sadie is visiting us right now while her family hikes in Acadia National Park. Since Pilot and Sadie are not best of friends, she comes with me to work (yay for working for a dog friendly company). Going to work is much fun for Sadie, since she gets SO much attention from my co-workers.

Dog sitting is definitely an adventure. One time we watched a dog that lived just a few blocks away. He managed to sneak out our front door and ran back to his house.

Do you have any wacky dog sitting stories to share?

Visitor 1

Daisy and The Pilot

Daisy visited us for a few days at the end of July. This was one of the only times they weren't rolling around wrestling and up to no good.

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Pilot O'Dog wishes everyone a happy and safe St. Patty's Day.

Happy Halloween!

Pilot was all business today.

Hi.

Pilot and Daisy - August 6, 2010

I took a bit of a blogging break because we've been busy with preparing for houseguests, dog sitting, doggie play dates, and stuff...bleh.

Hope to get back into the swing of things! I still need to pick a new rug and a new coffee table (more on that later).

Oh, and why is this summer so stupidly hot?

Carpet Karma

Last Monday the dog got sick. Really sick. On my jute carpet.

So instead of a natural fiber carpet for the family room, I'm now looking at Indoor/Outdoor carpet options.


Sawgrass Mills - Explosion, Aqua


Sawgrass Mills - Tribeca, Spruce


Sawgrass Mills - Watermark, Spruce


Sawgrass Mills - Peacock, Aqua

What I like about Sawgrass Mills rugs - they are similar to cotton and are a little more plush compared to other outdoor rugs.

Also, there are the lovely Dash and Albert rugs to consider too.


Dash and Albert - Diamond Light Blue/Ivory Indoor/Outdoor


Dash and Albert - Diamond Khaki/White Indoor/Outdoor

Do you have any rug favorites or dogs vs. carpet advice?

Moving right along

We are back into "finishing the upstairs" mode and the Dude spent most of the weekend painting the molding and starting on the touch up painting. I spent that time trying to entertain the dog like some sort of clown entertainer, so he wouldn't whine when he knew he couldn't be with the Dude (they have some sort of special male bond that I will never have with Pilot) and to keep him from trying to get upstairs and ending up with a paint streak down his side.

Last night, I ordered a bicycle leash to wear this pup out and a dog bed for him to crash when not in the crate. These dogs and their accessories really add up!


Dog bed by Molly Mutt (Mr. Roboto)


Walky Dog Bicycle Leash (I hope this works!)

Finding things and toys to keep Pilot busy seems to be difficult since he's an "aggressive" chewer. The other day he "aggressively" chewed my door stop.


I also need to start shopping for a stair runner and a larger rug for the family room since Pilot is a bit of a spazz on the hardwood floors.

He is starting to loose his new dog smell!

A bunch of thanks!

I'm back from my little blogging break with two new announcements!

1. We have a name for the dog. He will be known as The Pilot. The Dude thought it would be funny to have "the" in front of his name. So far, Pilot has not complained about his new name (it was Oreo before).

Thanks to everyone that suggested names through faceplace, twitter and email. It took us quite some time to pick a name because of all of the great suggestions. One day, I'll try to get a post together of the name suggestions to help anyone else trying to name a pet (or kid).

Pilot's neck heart

2. Today is Just Over The River's first anniversary! Hope you've enjoyed following me on my little adventures, because I've enjoyed sharing them. Thanks to Lauren and Elizabeth for encouraging me to start blogging.

I've been really lucky to have been able to "meet" some great bloggers along the way and reconnect to old friends. This year, I hope to be able to share more house projects (once we are out of the triple digit temps), inspiration and other fun stuff.

A bunch of thanks!!

A new addition

A new team member joined us last night!

He has had quite a journey over the past few weeks ... from Georgia to New Jersey.

We are still in search of a name (suggestions are welcome).

Now time to find a doggie tool belt and to teach him to stay for photo ops.