Vivian | Change Is Hard

May 24, 2025
by dawnkinster 15 Comments

Sarah and gang

Hey there, it’s me, Penny!

Once again I’m jumping online late at night while my mom snores over there on the sofa. She says if I want to write I should go get my own blog, but I say why do that when she’s already done all the groundwork?

*This is mom’s garden. It might be the reason she’s snoring on the sofa.*

Hey! Did you guys know I have a niece? I sure do! Her name is Sarah and she lives with my Mama S, the lady that delivered me and my four sisters two and a half years ago. My dog mom, Vivian, and her best friend Olivia live there too.

*That’s me on the left, Sarah standing in back, my dog mom Vivian next and then Olivia.*

She’s almost one year old and I love her so much. Last month my mom and dad took me up to Mama S’s house for a playdate with Sarah who is a bundle of energy.

*Sarah loves to chase me, but I’m FAST! She’ll never catch me, no siree!*

All four of us dogs and the three adult people went into the big fenced in back yard to play. Mama S had a bright orange tennis ball that Vivian and Olivia get very excited over.

She’d fling that ball toward the back of the yard and all four of us would chase after it, a few of us (not me) barking wildly the entire time.

I never once got the ball, it was mostly Olivia who did the ball handling, but sometimes one of the other two would get a chance to take it back to Mama S so she’d throw it again.

And then we’d be off again!

My mom and dad laughed at us a lot. Mom was busy taking pictures too of course.

Mostly Sarah and I just ran and ran and ran. She loves to chase me and between you and me I could beat her but I let her get close once in awhile.

Then when she gets almost to my tail I take off again.

*Nope, Sarah, you’re not going to get me!*

We were both worn out when my folks said it was time to go home, but man, what a wonderful time we all had!

I’m just the luckiest sheltie girl in the whole world! I hope you enjoyed the pictures as much as we all enjoyed playing!

Signing off now to dream of running in a big yard, your athlete girl Penny.

January 4, 2025
by dawnkinster 15 Comments

Happy New Year!

Penny here.

As you can see it’s already January 4th and mom hasn’t posted since Christmas! When I decided to adopt my parents I didn’t realize that I’d have to do everything around here!

Anyway, I didn’t want you all to think we aren’t thinking about you, and reading your blogs and stuff, so I hopped on here to bring you up to date. (OK. I just hopped on here cause I like the attention. I really have no idea what’s going on!)

My *dog mom, me, and* *my dog mom’s bff*.

All I know is that mom and dad had some stuff to do and they asked my breeder if I could go live with her for a few days and she (of course, cause she loves me) said yes!

In fact she said she would be more than happy to have me visit because she has a new puppy named Sarah, who is my niece, and she thought we might like to play together. And maybe then Sarah would quit bugging her mom to play all day.

*This is my niece Sarah. She’s 6 months old* *and she’s a pistol!*

Well! I am nothing if not willing to play all day!

And so, my breeder tells my mom, we did. All day, every day, for three whole days. It was sooooooo fun! That little Sarah is in high gear all the time! Sometimes even I had to jump up on the sofa and tell her to settle down.

But mostly we played.

*Me and my dog mom on the sofa avoiding the puppy and checking if anyone had treats for us.*

And when mom finally came and took me back home I fell asleep on my sofa next to my dad right away. And I slept all night too.

Yep…I don’t know what’s going on around here, but I hope they send me to visit Sarah again soon! I have great expectations for lots of fun in 2025! I think Sarah and I will be good friends. Even if I have to tell her off once in awhile.

I hope you have a wonderful 2025 too.

Meanwhile I’ll try to get mom to take her blog responsibilities more serious. She says she’s still struggling with all the new stuff but she’ll try. I have less than high hopes that she’ll figure it all out.

*My breeder trimmed my ears too, don’t I look GOOD?!*

Well, I guess I’ll talk to you all later, I gotta go supervise the birds at my feeders. I don’t know what they did when I wasn’t here,

Your Auntie – girl, Penny.

June 17, 2024
by dawnkinster 28 Comments

Another version of lucky to play

Hey everybody, it’s me, Penny!

*Nothing going on in my yard today. Sigh.*

I’ve been hanging around ~~our~~ my house a lot. I’m sort of bored, so I bug mom and dad by poking them in the knee. If mom’s on her stupid phone I jump up next to her and knock it out of her hand. That’s her cue to take me to a park.

It usually works.

But this past week while we were at a park I asked mom if we could please do something more fun. Like with friends and stuff. Because, not to be rude, but walking around in the trees with my mom all the time gets sort of…well…repetitive.

And you know what she did? She took me with her to visit my dog mom, Vivian, and her bestie, Oliva!

*Olivia has the ball and Vivian is just full of joy to be running!*

And even better we got to play in their yard, all three of us together! At first I wasn’t sure about the rules and I hung back on the deck observing the craziness below.

*Olivia seems to be the owner of the ball.*

But then I figured it out. The rules are that there ARE NO RULES! So game on!

It was a warm day so we didn’t run too long, but while we were running, we were running hard!

And let me tell you, three excited shelties chasing a ball on a beautiful late spring day sure make a lot of noise! Mom was hoping the neighbors were all at work.

We went back inside after a few races around the yard, to cool off and settle down.

*This is my mom, Vivian. Isn’t she beautiful?*

Well…maybe just to cool off. Three shelties don’t settle down all at once you know.

*This is Olivia, the keeper of the ball. She’s beautiful too.*

Then after our cooling break we went out one more time to have some more fun. I was an active participant from the start, cause I knew just what this game was about.

I had so much fun running free without being tethered to one of my folks. Not that I don’t love my walks with them…but seriously, I doubt they’d be able to keep up.

We were just flying around that yard!

I got close to the ball a few times, but I never did get it away from Olivia. I figure that’s OK, it was her yard, her rules, you know?

*You’re a really good ball keeper, Olivia!*

I’m just glad I got to play in a big backyard with a tree where we could rest in the shade in between bouts of running.

*We posed together like good girls…cause mom had treats!*

But mostly we just played and played and played.

*My hind end wanted to fly away a lot that afternoon.*

It was nonstop mayhem!

*Hey, maybe we can cut her off at the pass, Vivian!*

In the end I didn’t really need the ball, I was just loving the chase. Vivian and Olivia were real nice hosts and let me play with them until it got too warm and we all decided to go inside again.

*Hey mom, can you open this door for us?*

And then it was time to say goodbye. I had a wonderful time, and I’m so glad I get to stay in contact with my dog mom, Vivian and her bestie Olivia and of course my Mama S.

*A girl can only run so far* *in one day.*

I’m a lucky girl.

And I know it too.

*There were a lot of sheltie smiles that afternoon!*

Signing off, all these pictures of us running have tired me out. Time for a little nap.

Your exhausted girl, Lucky Penny.

May 24, 2024
by dawnkinster 20 Comments

Hey! What about me?

Penny here. Geeze people, here I am having all sorts of adventures and mom and my aunt take off camping for a couple days and get to post about it for years. Ok. For days.

*This is my studious look. I think it works.*

But my point is, do I get to post? No I do not. I have not been given access. Until now, when mom finally gave into my pressure. I told her I won’t sleep in her stinking tent until she posts about all the fun stuff I’ve already done this month!

*We went to Katie’s park for our annual photo shoot.*

I know my friends have been wondering what I’ve been up to and let me tell you I’ve been really busy! And most of what I’ve been into isn’t going to get me into trouble either! Win-win!

*Mom likes a good head tilt, and I try to oblige.*

First off, as most of you know, my sister Angel Katie always had a spring yellow flower photo shoot with mom. Well, she told me all about it and I demanded equal yellow flower opportunity. I’m pretty sure it’s in my contract with my folks. So mom took me over to Katie’s park one day early this month.

Mom says I did really good. I thought it took way too long.

Then when my Aunt Beth was here we stopped near some other yellow flowers and mom grabbed a few pictures. By then I was an expert at being a model, so it didn’t take long at all.

*I think the sun was in my eyes that day.*

My Aunt Beth and mom and I also went on quite a few walks in different parks. We all had the best time with beautiful blue skies and hardly any bugs!

I got to show Aunt Beth several of my own personal parks and especially how well I can sit for the camera. As long as there were treats available, of course.

She was very impressed.

And THEN, the most exciting thing! I got to go on a walk with my Aunt Beth and my Mama S and my mom and even my doggy mom Vivian and her roommate Oliva!

*Mom asked them to walk up this trail to set us up for a photo.*

It was amazing! Three shelties all going for a walk together. I tell you what, we caused lots of heads to turn when we all walked by!

*It wasn’t easy to get the three of us lined up.*

OK, so sometimes I was a little rambunctious, and Mama S had to tell me to straighten up. After all, I’m still a baby…right? Oh…what….no? Not so much?

*Sometimes a girl’s just got to leap for joy.*

Well, I guess I’ll start acting more adult tomorrow, but that day I had so much fun! I got to share one of my favorite parks with my three moms and my aunt!

*Yep we had a great time walking together.*

I’m so grateful that Mama S brought her girls along on this walk! I promised her we’d do it again soon!

*That’s my mom, Vivian next to me (I’m in the center) and her bestie Olivia on the right.*

And then, still in the month of May, I got to go on a play day with my friend Lance! I can’t even begin to figure out how mom and dad managed to get this much fun stuffed into one month!

*My friend Lance on the left, me on the right.*

I think I better rest up for June!

Talk later,

Your playful pup, Penny.

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