The Recovery Stage for Bailey

 Glad to report that Bailey is better.  It will be months if not years of recovery from the Valley Fever, but now we are past the worse of it and he is on the right path.  He has added 4 pounds this week and his temperature in normal. 

 I'm very happy that science has produced the anti-fungals and the anti-inflammatory drugs that helped make this recovery go well.  He still has a cough and for now Chloe is faster than her "big brother."  According to a friend who nursed 6 dogs through Valley Fever it will always affect him a bit.

But life is good up in the hills where all three of us love to explore, run and play.

 Spring has sprung after a week of rain that ended early this week.  The poppies are starting to pop up along the trails in Briones Regional Park.

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Three Vizslas in fields of Golden Poppies

Springtime has arrived and the hills are alive

Chloe in a field of Golden Poppies

Open Spaces above busy and crowded suburban Contra Costa County



Chloe, Bailey and Penny loving the warm spring air

I love the hills as much as Bailey and Chloe

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Full Moon hike in the hills

 September 18, 2013  Full Moon.  Briones Regional Park.

 Hike started at 7:15pm. 

 Sun has gone down and moon has risen.

Carry a good flashlight and a back-up flashlight in case. 

 Plenty of light from the full moon except for under the trees.

4 miles of hiking with the dogs by moonlight and flashlight. 

The dogs and I loved it!

Picture lit just from the moonlight

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