“My Guard Dogs [Photos]”
Sunday, August 1st, 2010My ever watchful dogs:

Penny on duty, will stand her ground unless you're a balloon.
And here’s Jesse falling asleep on the job!

Jesse spends most of her time sleeping by the door.
My ever watchful dogs:

Penny on duty, will stand her ground unless you're a balloon.
And here’s Jesse falling asleep on the job!

Jesse spends most of her time sleeping by the door.

Roar growl grrr!
Christmas is fast approaching and I’m quite excited. I don’t care at all about receiving gifts but I love giving presents. From wrapping paper to bows, gift tags and the element of surprise, I simply love giving my loved ones gifts on Christmas. This includes the dogs; I make sure to give them a special toy or two on Christmas.
Not that they need any. Jesse is at the age where she no longer cares much for toys, but Penny still likes to play often. They already have a ton of toys. Tim’s mom usually sends them each something for Christmas, and I buy Penny something new every so often. Penny’s favorite toy is a simple, plain tennis ball, though I’m always looking for something a bit more durable. She also loves stuffed animals but she goes through those very quickly.
I haven’t picked up anything for them yet this year. Perhaps I’ll just get something edible this time around. They’re already spoiled enough as is.
A few months ago, while walking the dogs, I noticed the Google Maps van making passes through my neighborhood. At the time, I wondered if we would be caught on camera. I forgot about it until tonight and I decided to go see if I could find myself. Check it out! Heheheeeee
My dogs looked too cute sleeping together on the couch tonight, I had to snap a few pictures. Penny was the only one actually sleeping, though she did wake up for a second.

Penny uses Jesse's rump as a pillow.

She wakes up briefly when she hears me moving around.

Jesse looks at the camera while Penny falls back asleep.

Jesse is wide awake!

Jesse gives me a bored look.

And here's my cue to stop annoying her.
I love watching my dogs sleep. They look so innocent and blissful. Here are just a few of the many (many!) snapshots I’ve taken of them napping during different times.
Penny always tries to sleep next to Jesse, and if she’s lucky, Jesse will tolerate it. This was at night so it’s a bit dark and me moving around woke Penny up.
An afternoon nap with our toss pillows. They love pillows and seem to always find one to sleep on.
A close up of Penny from the same afternoon napping session. I love how cute and pudgy she looks.
The following set is from today when I found Penny sleeping in an odd position by herself on the couch.
She wakes up and stretches for a second…
But quickly goes back to sleep in the exact same position.
She wakes up again though and stretches out then…
Rolls over…
And settles into a new position on her back.
She looks so blissful!
I realized that I don’t have nearly enough pictures of Jesse on here. It’s not that I don’t have any; it’s just that Jesse, with her black shiny fur, doesn’t take very good pictures. She ends up being too dark or reflecting all the light and losing any depth.
That being said, here are a few recent ones that came out well:

We have about a million tennis balls in various states of destruction.

I love how dazed and stumpy she looks in this one.

My poor baby is getting old...