Oso in his prime...

Just because there are only pix of my handsom boy when he is old...I thought you all should see my boy in his prime - he is 9 in this photo.

Kat on her Throne

I've lost my chair!!! Yup Kat has claimed my chair as her own, she's very polite and waits until I get up or leave for work before taking over her throne!

This photo was actually taken at the end of a very trying day for us all. There was a death in our family and as is custom many people returned to our home after the arrangements. Kat spent the afternoon tucked nicely under the kitchen table with Monty, Dennis's dog, watching the whole affair. I wish I could have joined her.

Her sweet and gentle nature was a comfort and she visited a few people with no fear just sweet sweet concern. She is a true member of this family!

I was very proud of her behaviour. We had people there that had never actually met an Akita, but were a little fussed by their sheer size. Oso and Kat were absolutely perfect, and showed, yet again, that Akitas are a true treasure.

Birthday Girl

Well Kat has officially turned 1 year old and as you can see she is quite full of herself. All the fear issues have gone. She is proud confident, sweet and the queen of all that she beholds. We are very humbled by the fact that she allows us in her presence! She is still quite a nut bag and believes that snow as invented just for her!

Kat has passed puppy obedience, basic obedience and is scheduled for intermediate obedience and a tricks class. Yes I know tricks! Lets see if she will stoop to doing tricks, I think she might be a little too, shall we say - umm - snooty!

Our little charmer has won the hearts of everyone she meets!

Happy Birthday Katsie!

My Handsome Boy

" My belly is cold!"

Back in July when Kat came to visit we discovered a potential time bomb hiding in our handsome boy's belly. A mass they said - God - I just could not believe that we were looking at a death sentence so soon after loosing our girl Niki. My first reaction was to jump right on the vet's recommendation to take him to the University for ultrasound and a diagnosis. But then I started thinking about all that Niki had gone through - a year of poking, prodding, pain and suffering trying to determine what was wrong and how to fix it. Well, she took all this with grace and in the end we could not fix it...

Do you see where I was going with this? I started this post a few days before the appointment for the ultrasound. Kind of trying to get my head around the possibility of...It was supposed to be a poignant missive about perhaps loosing our boy.

We take our trip to Tufts Foster Hospital for Small animals (like a second home for us) and have the ultra sound. (By the by, Kat came along and was very good - fearless and loved by all.)

Okay now for the mental sound effects - ya know that sound like a record being stopped in the middle of a song - okay imagine that. Scre-e-e-ech...
The mass is no mass - there was nothing, zip, zero, nada - bumpkiss.

I can tell you this it was worth every penny to find out that Oso is fine, generally very healthy and they LOVED him. He was quite the gentleman - even when they shaved his belly. He's not too pleased with the being naked, but he'll get over it - I think.

It amazes me when people are surprized at how gentle my akitas are - or any akita for that matter. I think a lot of people are still falling for the the old myths. An akita is as good as it's owner - nuff said!

Kiss Me Kat

So our girl is pretty free with her affections - she seems to be in a kissy stage! She met our little pal Monty - M's son's dog. And, yes Monty is full grown - ain't he cute?!?!?

Anyway, they had quite a kiss fest - Oso thought it was rather disgusting, but he was happy to have a few moments of peace while Kat and Monty ran around like crazy things!




Kat even thinks Penny is worth kissing - they are quite good friends!

Krazy Kat

So, Kat found a rope toy - affectionately called Ropey - that used to belong to Niki out in the yard - I think she like's it!

"And she thinks I'm crazy!!"

Good Clean Fun

Well, Miss Kat has been with us for 6 weeks now and she is just a doll. She is quite the character now, although still a little fearful, - but hey it's only been 6 weeks right. She has no fear in the house and she is starting to enjoy the open spaces of our yard with out an escort.

Kat absolutely loves to watch TV (the louder the noise the better) - action adventure is her current fave - although she is still pretty partial to cop shows. Ya, I know, I'm teaching her bad habits - TV watchin' and all...Next she'll be eatin' bonbons and wearing fluffy pink slippers with a curler in her tail!

Her other passion is water - not too long ago she discovered that our water system drains onto the front lawn - well much splashing and mud ensued! Here are a few photos of her having a bit of fun!!!