Been a long time coming...UPDATE!

Rachel Ray sends her very best to everyone that has kept up with her blog ;) Rachel had a very frightening time last night as nasty thunderstorms and lightning rattle the house last night. Rachel doesn't really like the thunder and it makes her nervous at times. Although, once we gave her permission to hop on the bed she curled right up to us and laid with her head on my chest and didn't move for the rest of the night. I think she just wanted to know that someone was there to protect her.....that's really all these rescue dogs want.....some love and a little bit of attention.

We also need to clear up some confusion as to Rachel Rays age. The first shelter that had Rachel estimated that she was 7 years old. It turns out that the last two vets that we took her to for shots stated that there was NO WAY that she was older than 5 years in their opinion, maybe even slightly younger. I know that this is a question that we get constantly about Rachel Ray and Jasper so we wanted to clear that up once and for all.

Rachel is doing very well and actually comes when you call her even when she is out in the yard with no leash. This has taken some training as she is a very quick and evergetic dog. She is really looking forward to finding a forever home!!!! She want to point butterflies and honebees in someone else's yard ! :)

Winter, Winter, Winter never ends in Iowa!!

Rachel has been a little restless as of late. She has been playing tug of war with a rope relentlessly with her brothers Jasper and Scout. The rope is almost to the point of no return and is basically a ball of loose strands....but they still LOVE to pull each other around with it. The majority of the time she is laying on one of the pillows next to Olley or Scout and cuddles up to them to stay a little bit warmer. But when she wants to play around in the house or the snow...the rope comes out and "SMACK". Rachel will run up to Scout and tosses the other end of the rope on top of his head or on his nose like she's saying "come on, lets play tug-the-chump!" She definately is a cutey!