scout & dolly

This here is Doris. The black & white terrier mix on the left is Scout, one of Doris's dogs that join her on her annual trip south for the winter. Doris, Scout and Dolly (an old Shepherd mix with bad arthritis that spends most of her time in the Slumber Queen) trek from Canada (eh?) each winter down the West Coast to California to escape the subzero temps.

Doris usually spends a few weeks in SD, then heads out to Arizona for a bit, then a few more weeks here, and then she slowly heads back while enjoying the sites of CA, OR and WA. Her new favorite place (except Dog Beach, of course) is Wickenberg, AZ. Doris has a horse at home and can't wait to bring her to AZ next year.

Scout acts like he was raised here, and Doris is part of the morning crew until she leaves on 1/2. Back to shoeing horses and tending to her pups in the Great White North.

As you can tell from TempTide's stance above, Doris often has treats.

We saw Doris for a few minutes this morning, but it was a quick trip. Riptide seems to have injured his right knee, so we went home early. Tempest will be joining me solo for the next couple of days.