Doggie Heaven Hotel

All-Girl, All-Tiny-Dog Weekend

Shadow, Sadie and Princess Sparkles

On a typical day at Doggie Heaven Hotel, you’ll meet a crew of big dogs.  Not for any reason in particular, it just tends to be the regular clientele.

But one recent summer weekend, I ended up with only three dogs (besides my own), all of which were female, and all of which were the same size…tiny! 

I felt kind of like Gulliver, or Dorothy in the Wizard of Doz (get it?)
 It turns out I LOVE tiny dogs. You can walk a whole gaggle of them at a time, and you barely feel it when they pull!  

At play, they become cartoon characters tearing around in fast-motion.  You can’t help but laugh hysterically while watching them. And the rest of the time, they are outrageously cute and cuddly,

But they also kind of freak me out, because I am constantly worried I might accidentally sit on or step on one of them.  Now I know why people stuff them in their purses: they are easier to keep track of there.

Technically, dogs aren’t allowed on the furniture at Doggie Heaven Hotel, (a.k.a. my house), but really, how can I not let those cute little furry critters on the bed at night? 

I just hope I don’t wake up one day all tied up by Doggieputians….

 

Dog Quotes and Airstream Trailers

It is no secret that I love Airstream trailers.   I have always wanted one to gut and restore, and then to travel all around the U.S. in it with my dog and my journal. 

So I am constantly on Craigslist or other internet sites perusing the RV section.  Yesterday I came across this quote:

                    

                    He is your friend, your partner, your defender, your dog. You are his life, his love, his                     leader. He will be yours, faithful and true, to the last beat of his heart. You owe it to him                     to be worthy of such devotion...

Dog lovers are everywhere, even on RV Airstream informational sites about models with rear bedrooms.

Good-Bye Sweet Kayla

Kayla May 19th 2000 - April 28th 2012

I learned the other day that a dear guest of Doggie Heaven Hotel died a few months ago.  I was so sad to hear this news.  Kayla was a wonderful dog with a huge loving heart.  She truly was one of the sweetest dogs I have ever had the privilege to care for.  She had been rescued by her family later in her life; I’m sure they wish they could have met her sooner.  They gave Kayla a loving home for sure. 

With the passing of Kayla, I have to share my favorite dog quotation.  It is not the first time I have used it, nor will it be the last.  It is just so true:

    "I have sometimes thought of the final cause of dogs having such short lives
    and I am quite satisfied it is in compassion to the human race;
    for if we suffer so much in losing a dog after an acquaintance of ten or twelve years,
    what would it be if they were to live double that time?"

–Sir Walter Scott

I am glad to have known this sweet, gentle, lovely dog.