Its been a LONG boring winter with way too much snow. We’ve spent many weekends trapped inside with no where to hike. We finally made it out this weekend. Saturday we went hiking at Oswagatchie, then went to Paw Print Pantry to meet the Easter Bunny.

On Sunday we went to a geocache event in Rhode Island. They had a snowman piñata that the kids broke up for prizes and then they burned it in a ritual to end winter. I hope it works.

Zora wants to know if there are any cookies for this?

Mom? Doesn’t she know how to use a bridge?

Meeting the Easter Bunny for the first time, Zora loved this. Then she got to pick out treats at Paw Print Pantry.

Geocaching on Sunday: We went with Annie to watch them burn the Snowman.

We got over TWO feet of snow dumped on us by Blizzard Juno. Its still falling and our neighborhood hasn’t been cleared yet. We managed to get out of the house and play in the snow. I dug out the back door and the heat pump. 🙂

We went to Maine last weekend for a Puggle Party! This was Zora’s first trip to Maine. We met at our friend Linda’s house, with Buddy Puggle and were joined by Angela and her puggles Micah and Zoey. Then we went on a geocaching adventure to find the oldest geocache in Maine. All the puggles had fun hiking together.

Here is Zora with the oldest cache in Maine!

Later, we were joined by three more puggles, Sam, Cheeta and Rusty. We went to a big fenced in park where everyone could hike off leash.

After all this fun, the whole group went back to Linda’s for dinner. Zora really likes Angela.

And later, a Puggle Ugly Christmas Sweater photo shoot. What could be cuter than four puggles in silly sweaters?

And don’t forget morning after cuddling between Zora and Zoey. The Z girls have to stick together!

Zora had a very fun Christmas Morning. I finally let her open her giant bear. She had been checking him out under the tree for several days.

I think this was her favorite gift.

She even cuddles with him on the couch at night.

Yesterday mommy took me on a car ride to the store. She said we were gonna meet Santa! I didn’t know who that was, but it sounded fun!

When we got in line there were chickens talking to the guys mommy called Santa. She said I couldn’t chase them.

Then it was my turn! I gave Santa a kiss and was really really good. I sat on his lap and smiled for pictures.

When we checked out, I got cookies and told everyone about meeting Santa!

Mommy took me to a second store to see another Santa. I didn’t know there were more than one. I was really good there too.

My visit with Santa.

I would like to thank everyone who donated to Bark for Life for Zora and I! we have some really amazing friends!

Despite the rainy weather, we had a great day and showed everyone how awesome Dog Scouts are.

Zora Puggle Minion got a prize in the costume contest for most original costume.

Zora and Jag got to hang out!

Zora says she does not like rain.

Zora and I planted out 15th geocache today. We’ve been working on a series a Oswagatchie Hills in Niantic. We have 8 caches in the series. Each one represents a different Dog Scout badge that she’s earned. This one was for the Geocache 3 badge. At our event we were given several travel bugs.

So this is a travel bug hotel. The idea is that there should always be a few travel bugs left in it before someone takes one to travel with them.

The Zora Report:

Mom said we were going on a grand adventure today. She packed lots of stuff in the car, but not as much as Dog Scout Camp. Today we went to Girl Scout Camp!

This place doesn’t smell like Dog Scout Camp at all. I think I’m the first dog to walk these trails, ever! Mom said I couldn’t go in the water, but it smelled so good.

Mom found some friends at the Dining Hall. She said I wasn’t allowed in there. I don’t know why, I’m a really good girl. Its ok, because mom’s friend took our special stamp inside and brought some out for us. That was really nice.

I stood guard puggle and pretended to be stealthy while mom stamped into our book. Then she gave the stamps back.

We went hiking with our new friends, mom said they are Girl Scouts. Of course they are. They can’t be Dog Scouts. They were really good at scratching my ears. My new friend Ainsley was the best at finding my itchy spots. Her book has my special stamp in it.

Mom helped the girls find letterboxes. This is the frog that they found and put on mom’s pack. I was really good and waited while they found all the boxes.

I showed my new friends the correct trail to take. I was really good at sniffing out the right way to go.

These are all my new friends.

Mom said we had to find one more box before we went home. I told her to continue on without me. I’m too tired for one more box.

When we said goodbye to all my friends, mom gave them my special puggle stamp. Ainsley put a cootie on my pack. Mom put it on my harness and said it was a great gift and we were taking it home.

My new patch! Thanks for letting us letterbox at Girl Scout Camp!

I have finally approved the blueprint for Zora’s first pathtag!

What is a pathtag?

A pathtag is a small metal tag, about the size of a quarter for trading. They are individually designed and have tracking numbers on the back so that you can log them as part of your collection. Yes, they are collectables. You never have to give them up.

Zora’s first tag is based on an adorable picture of her in her bikini at Dog Scout Camp. I drew the original design submitted for the pathtag. The back of the tag has the Dog Scouts logo and is a “give-back” which means that money from every set of tags that I purchase is donated to Dog Scouts of America.

This is Zora sporting her bikini at Dog Scout Camp July 2013.

This is my original drawing.

This is the artwork that I submitted for the pathtag.

This is the blueprint for the pathtag that I approved! In a month or two, the actual tags should be here!

Zora and I are participating in American Cancer Society’s Bark For Life, a Canine Event to Fight Cancer on Saturday October 4th in Harkness Park, Waterford CT. Please support us and donate to our page.

http://main.acsevents.org/site/TR?px=38114928&pg=personal&fr_id=63253

There are way too many people in our world who are affected by cancer. Zora Puggle and I are participating in Bark For Life this Year in honor of Zora’s cousin Casper who passed away on July 4th 2014. Casper was my Sister’s best friend. We bark, wiggle and walk in honor of Casper.

Why we love Casper:

If you can’t donate, please join us at the event and walk with us.

Thank you.