San Francisco Eskie Tourists

In July, my friends Takoda and Nuuk took a car ride from Quebec to California. Casper suggested we take them to San Francisco to play Eskie Tourists. I stayed at my grandparents' home since there wasn't a lot of room in the car, but my Mom showed me all the photos taken during the tour.

This is Nuuk, Takoda, and Casper D Dog.

Here they are at the famous Palace of Fine Arts/Legion of Honor:

"Hi, my name is Casper D Dog. What's your name? Wanna play ball?"

Cute eskie pawprints:

Tako and Nuuk with the Oakland-San Francisco Bay Bridge and Financial District in the background:

Takoda and Nuuk with Alcatraz in the background:

Casper at Union Square:

This is the Crookedest Street (Lombard Street):

The Pawpawrazzi could not be stopped from following the famous eskies around. See the 3 photographers? Fans wanted to have their pictures taken with my friends!!! This happened continuously. Well, I guess that's what a tour is all about!


Taking a break at an outdoor restaurant on Pier 39. See the sign "Supersize"? It's ironic that Nuuk and Takoda are such tiny eskies. They can barely see what's on the table. I bet they were saying "Supersize me" so that they could get the food off the table.

"Casper, you want to order this for lunch?"

Casper's little legs were tired, so his Mom put him in his stroller. My Mom says you should have seen the 4 humans try to figure out how to open the stroller. "It was difficult!" she says. They almost gave up to search for a human Mom to help them out!

At Pier 39, when they sat down to watch the sea lions, that gave the pawpawrazzi immediate access to photo taking. Here is a munchkin striking up a conversation with Nuuk:

More photos of the outing can be found at Casper D Dog's blog.

9th Annual Family Reunion

On Sunday we had our family reunion. I think there were 19 eskies there, plus one Great Pyrenees! Here is our family photo. There were 2 puppies missing in this photo since they were sleeping in their crate. Can you tell which eskie is me in the photo?

click on photo to enlarge - 17 eskies in the photo - can you find them all?

I was acting a bit strange at the party. When my Grandma Ruth came to pet me, I cowered in a corner. Later I wanted to sit under the chair, which is something I hardly ever do. I guess I am getting cranky in my old age. You see, I was the oldest eskie at the reunion. I am only 8.5 years old which is young for an eskie. Ok, I guess I was just moody and wanted some peace and quiet. I wasn't even paying attention to my Mom... that upset her a bit... I was her disobedient child and wouldn't do anything she said.



Here are three 8 week old puppies. Ender is the uncle of these puppies.




This is also a puppy from the same litter as above. Right now this girl's name is No Name. She is Schmoopy's new sister!!!


Are you wondering who Schmoopy is? He has a dog blog, and he is my nephew and Ender's half-brother. His family flew all the way from Virginia to pick up Schmoopy's new little sister!!! It was very nice meeting Schmoopy. Schmoopy is a pretty cool dude, very laid back. I think I like my nephew.

This is me, Schmoopy, and No Name:


This fellow is Teddy. His Mom made him a pretty nifty name tag! Maybe next year I'll be so lucky to get a name tag!


One lady gave a demo on conformation showing. Here is Schmoopy giving it a try:


And who is this? This is Brix. Maybe not an Eskie, but she fit in pretty well. She is only 5 months old! Holy Moly, she is big for 5 months old! She is only one month older than those puppies.


Here is Schmoopy taking a snoozer. Must be the jet lag. Why would anydog want to sleep at the event of the year????? Schmoopy???? Inquiring minds want to know.


Here is a cute video of Schmoopy singing a tune. I think he'd do well on American Idol! Four paws up, I say!