On vacation

Greenlee is on vacation at Victoria's Doggie Hotel. She will be back to the bucket list soon and hopefully attending National Dog Party Day! Who knew there was such a day?

Bernardo Winery

Visit Bernardo Winery

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new vineyard

They won't sit still. The ground was too hot.

Just curious

Greenlee got invited to a birthday party! So bummed she can't go. She's spending the week at Victoria's doggie hotel while we are gone. Definitly need to add Go to a doggie birthday party to the bucket list and maybe this: National Dog Party Day!

Vet check

Greenlee went to the vet today for a recheck. She gained almost a pound and the vet was happy to see her full of life. She was so sick and skinny a few weeks ago. Makes me hopefull.

Yappy Hour

All American Yappy Hour is marked off the bucket list. Turned out to be pretty lame. La Jolla Brew House is a dog friendly  restaurant which is cool.  Yappy hour was a fundraiser for a local dog rescue. Greenlee and I were looking foward to ordering from the dog menu, wining the snug pet resort gift certificate, seeing the adoptable dogs and raising money for the rescue. Chuck and I got there with Greenlee a half hour after it started. There was one other group with a dog and no one from the rescue. After awhile three ladies showed up, wondering where to go and what they needed to do. Turns out they were from the rescue! They didn't have any dogs, never spoke to us, were totally disorganized, didn't know how to hold a raffle and spent the next hour or so trying to figure out how to hold a raffle for the amazing prizes the owner of the restaurant gave them. Not once did they approach us, thank us for coming or ask for a donation. Lame. By the time we left there were 5 dogs and still no raffle tickets to sell. Needless to say the rescue did not get a donation from us, I left without any prizes, and Greenlee never got to see the doggie menu. She did get a free dog bone though so it wasn't a total waste. And I have renewed appreciation for Sustainable Harvest International and San Diego AAZK- two organizations that know how to raise money and do amazing things!

Picnic at Bernardo Winery

Bernardo Winery is dog friendly. This is definitly going to the top of the list. It may be a few days before I can go but what a unique place to hang out with your dog and drink wine!

Hit the Beach as much as possible

It's so cold!

One of the great things about San Diego is the beach. So I decided to add "hit the beach as much as possible" to Greenlee's bucket list. Imperial Beach is my favorite place. It's always empty, plenty of parking and dogs are allowed 24/7 (Most beaches limit the times dogs are allowed on the beach). It was cloudy, breezy and hightide. Not the best beach weather and skinny minnie was shaking like crazy. We spent most of the time walking on the street right behind the beach where it wasn't so cold. Hoping to head out again soon to see the seals in La Jolla and the boardwalk at Mission Beach.



Let's go now.

Greenlee is very energetic and hungry today. She's getting her speed back and hopefully will kick butt at the Weiner dog races August 4th. 

Bucket List

Greenlee started having health problems in January. After months of vet visits, she had surgery last Friday. (Many thanks to my co-workers for taking care of the monkeys when I needed to leave early. ) The diagnosis isn't too good and it made me sad. So I decided to turn things around and enjoy time with my sweet daschund while I can. I plan on tagging along with  Greenlee on her bucket list. So far the bucket list is:
Run the Weiner dog races at Qualcomm
Go to a Padres game
Attend All American Yappy Hour
Doggie Street Fest 2012
Write San Diego Pets magazine

I'm looking for more things to do. Feel free to write a comment with suggestions.

Resting up

What's in a name?

Why Greenlee? Greenlee frequently gets misprounounced or misheard. She's called Greenie, Granlee, Greenly and even Branie and Angelina. She has several nicknames including skinny minnie and G force. When I went to get her in October I asked "What's with the name?" Greenlee was named after a soap opera star from  All My Children and use to live with a cat named  Leo.