Henry Arrived Yesterday About Noon

Did Blogger read my post last night? This morning the photos loaded in the correct order using the same process I always use but I also see this morning when I hit the 'return' key for the next paragraph ... it sends my cursor to the bottom of the page. Henry left his ranch around 10:30am yesterday standing at the truck window howling and barking. It was to be expected and I could understand the reasons why. I had warned Walter, Heidi and Stella they were getting a new puppy this week ... I wonder how much they believed me?

We had just barely turned onto I-10 after 6 miles of dirt road where he found the most comfortable place to sleep for the drive home. He would move to different positions on his blanket during the ride but slept most of the way. He reminded me a lot of Winston at this same age, when we did the 5 hour drive home in my 1963 VW Panel van back in 2004. 

He walked from the truck through the open front door when we arrived. Heidi was the only hound to meet him since Stella and Walter were in their crates. Once Heidi saw him, she turned and trotted to the back bedroom where the other hounds were. She was not interested in the "meet and greet" for the new puppy. Henry slowly walked to the center of the room and let out a small basset hound puppy howl, then a bark. I guess he was letting the others know that I was telling the truth.

 

I didn't think it would be a problem with Walter or Stella. They both like other dogs. I was curious though what Walter's reaction would be. I think it was love at first sight because almost 24 hours later, he has not left Henry's side except the time they are sleeping. Stella was happy, wagged her tailed and did a playful hop back as if she wanted the pup to chase her.

 

Of course Walter was going to show Henry the 'rank and file' of the house, that he was the new owner. He never got aggressive with Henry but made a point of standing over him just to let him know that he made the rules of the house. It wasn't long that Stella realized she could get back to her normal routine and there was a good chance the bottom of her ears could heal now after Walter had chewed them so much.

 

Heidi wasn't so sure though. Anytime the pup ran at her, she would trot away. She didn't have any interest in meeting the new fella.

 

Once I saw that Walter was going to be okay with the new puppy I went to fix myself some lunch and let all the hounds, do what they wanted around the house. I did keep an eye out for Henry to catch him before he had any accidents inside the house. He was trained to use a doggie door at his kennel but I don't have one of those but the back door is usually open for them to go out when they need too.

 

While I was sitting at the computer answering some texts and emails I heard that puppy bark again. As I turned I could see he had decided to chase Heidi and was attempting to either grab her tail or bite the back of her ankles, whichever he could reach. She grumbled and went to hide in the bedroom.

 

I could tell that Stella was enjoying her new found freedom.

 

Henry had not even been here 3 hours when I heard him bark and then 'attack' Walter. Walter was so shocked with the offensive move and actually jumped a few inches vertically. That led into playing for over an hour. Walter was panting for air so much I thought he was going to have problems but he wouldn't rest.

 

It wasn't long before they both started slowing down and needing to rest. Walter knew where the coolest place in the house was. Would Henry?

 

After a short nap they were back at it. You'll see Walter gasping for air. Bulldogs don't have the same size of cooling parts inside their sinuses as other dogs. It doesn't take much for them to start panting.

 

For the second day in a row, Henry has decided the coldest place in the house is the marble ledge to the walk-in shower. His blanket is out of view behind him but he has laid in that spot a few times for me to know that he likes it.

 

By Wednesday night all the hounds were sleeping. Stella was not approached by Walter one time to play after Henry arrived. She caught up on a lot of missed sleep yesterday and last night.

 

This morning Henry fell into the normal routine of the others. He trotted beside all the dogs was we walked down the hallway to start the day. The sun had barely come up over the horizon from the direction of Tombstone. He walked out into the backyard with Walter and did what all puppies do when they first wake up. His breakfast was served away from the other three in the kitchen. 

As I finish this post around 10:15am, all four are sleeping. Henry is sleeping next to the bone he took over from Walter. Walter is snoring in the cool hallway while Heidi and Stella are in their corners of the computer room. It's pretty easy taking care of the 'army' of dogs.

It was a good day in the "Wild West".

What Is Blogger Doing??

I had some major news for tonight's blog but after the 3rd attempt of trying to just 'start' the post and getting the same results trying to post photos ... I gave up. I'll be back when Blogger decides to work without frustrating issues.

• Loaded photos in the order you want them .. Blogger posts them in reverse order
• Click photos in blogger in reverse order hoping to get them in right order .. Blogger puts them in reverse order
• Decide to do it the long way, one photo at a time .. Blogger sends me to Google Photos when I clicked "Blogger" for the 22 photos I just uploaded. Google Photos did not have the most recent photos I had just uploaded.
  

I am not trying it a forth time. Wordpress will take about 5 minutes to do what I wanted to do. Forget it, that didn't work either.

Time Pass We Do Nothing - Lots Of Photos

Time is flying and I cannot believe it's been five days since my last post here or on the new Wordpress Blog. That is an entirely different blog than here, no stories, rants or losing it ... just a paragraph of content and some photos. I might do that here tonight because honestly there has not been much going on. I went out to the Brown Canyon Ranch house but got no further than the trailhead parking lot because the road leading there was gated. Enjoy the photos.

 No worries, all is well in the "Wild West".

Blogger Is So Frustrating

I can't say that things have changed much in the past three days. I haven't found the urge to crawl out of this funk I have been in lately where every day is the same and no desire to do anything to change it. Maybe it's just old fashion laziness. It is still raining most afternoons although not every afternoon. Tucson tv weather tells me they are setting records for all time highs and temperatures this summer have been 10° warmer than normal. As I write this at 4:16pm, it just dropped below 101°. Consequently the hounds have fallen in love with cold air conditioned air as much as I have.

I see blogger is acting up again as I hit the enter key and fly to the bottom of these photos that I loaded all at once, as I always do. Normally I'll hit the enter key and go to the next line but not today. I hate these new blogger designs. Yes I can go back to the old dashboard style and do it the way it works but why put off the suffering starting permanently on September 1st ... unless the move that date again.

 

Walter and Stella will follow me from room to room most of the time and are back asleep within seconds. Heidi is good and will spend most of the day back on her dog bed not bothered by me changing rooms, walking to the bathroom or the refrigerator. She just sleeps until woken up for lunch. She assumes this same position when I take an afternoon siesta.

What the hell is blogger doing??? Very very very frustrating trying to put a post together when it sends me to the bottom of the page each time I am starting a new paragraph under a photo or hit return to go to the next line. Like now.

Now back to the seat gripping story of our days. If I were to decide to head to the bedroom for a full siesta any time of day, those two sleeping giants will wake up in the living room or computer room and fall right back to sleep next to my bed and blocking the doorway. In fact that is the same place they spend the night. Luckily I have a bathroom I can use to the right of this photo, for my nightly trip(s). I'll see you, I am now clicking the 'return' key and will end up at the bottom of the page. I have zero patience for crap like this.

 

I forgot to mention whenever you see Walter sleeping in any photo you can add the loudest snoring imaginable. I mean he could rattle my windows by the volume he snores.

By late afternoon Heidi has barely moved. She will wake up though if she hears any king of food being prepared or opened in the kitchen. I think she has a hard time hearing most of the time except when it comes to food.

I apologize ... I can't do this anymore today .... I'll make the photos a little bigger but that is all I can do from here on out. Maybe these kind of issues is a reason I have not blogged as often. Every time I try to blog on Blogger there is something new that doesn't work. You can check out my new blog on the sidebar though or just click here. Old photos, different format ... you know that when I get bored or frustrated I start making new blogs.  LOL

Also the photos are not going to be evenly spaced today either because blogger will not let me delete that extra line space it is adding when I hit the 'enter' key.

 

Between Blogger doing it's own thing and Wordpress no longer lets you load multiple photos in a single file all at once, I wonder at times why I even try to blog ... just to frustrating, especially when you cannot contact support or get an answer. I hate bots, blog support, and a bunch of other things right now but I'll keep my mouth shut. Eating has been my stress release lately and that is never a good thing.

Thunder and lightning right now here in the 'Wild West'.