Haylee & Tater, and Griffon

Recent guests Haley and Tater are happy to have their photos taken. Can you guess which is Haylee and which is Tater???





Then I also have some adorable pictures of Griffon, taken last month. She's obviously sleeping, and sleeping dogs make me happy -- especially when I imagine how much fun they had to exhaust themselves enough to sleep so soundly while their pictures are being taken. (I can't imagine my own dog doing that, as light a sleeper as he is.)







For those that have seen that the availability calendar hasn't been reliable -- it's now working for reserved dates. It's not back to working order for tentatively reserved dates (the yellow, in this figure). When in doubt, email me for availability!

Sadie has her weekend, in August

Presenting Sadie!

Sadie had her Paws & Reflect weekend in early-mid August, which some might think it just too hot a time to take a dog on vacation. But at Paws & Reflect, it's actually a really, really pleasant time to be there.

Here's Sadie lounging on this huge rock -- not quite a boulder but a big flat rock. I love pictures of canine guests on or in front of this rock

Sadie is on the "DogIrondack Chair" on the front deck. It's real cute, and a clever design with the water bowls on the arms. (You can only see one here.) The only annoyance for me is that there is actually a dog flat bed that should go between Sadie and the chair, but it can't sit outside on the chair between guests, and there's no place to store it where guests always know just what it's for. So, the dogs never have it as comfy there on the dogirondack chair as they should.

Ah, the Critter Chouch. By far the most common setting for pictures of Paws & Reflect guests! Understandable, doggies love their little sofa!

Kobey and Kelby

It's very rare for me to recieve photos of guests dogs that I'm not excited to get, and today when I opened my email to these wonderful pictures was no exception to that rule.

Last week, shelties Kobey and Kelby graced Paws & Reflect with their presence. I actually don't know which is which but they are both so beautiful.

Their dad tells me that they weren't terribly interested in the electronic doggie door, which is sometimes the case, sometimes not. Some dogs go nuts over the doggie door. And the predictions are often wrong too. Sometimes a guest will tell me that there's no way their dog will do the doggie door, and I know that they just might take to it immediately.

Dog door usage or none, I'm happy to have given these beautiful canine companions a place to vacation with their family.

Jose Ole & Rosalinda

Well, again I've let a lot of time slip between blog entries -- been on a couple of vacations of my own. But I'm back now, and am happy to share the cute photos I got from recent guests Denise and Steve -- of Jose Ole and Rosalinda. Yep, you guessed it, they are chihuahuas.

Here's a couple of pictures of them both -- the first is on the Critter Couch . . .

and this one has each of them claiming their spot on either the sofa or the loveseat:

I didn't find out which one this is but since I think sugar and spice and everything nice when I see this cutie pie's picture, I'm thinking this might be Rosie!

Denise wrote this to me -

Nancy: I just wanted to send you a few pictures, and let you know how much our two kids enjoyed the cabin! These are some shots of the chis relaxing, especially on the ultrasuede pillows; now I will need to look around to find a few for them. They also tried out the dog couch in the great room. Especially liked was the fact we could open both sets of French doors, and they could wander in and out feeling like they were outdoors. We tried the videos and music, and I liked the set-up. So many nice things for the doggies instead of be careful, don't go there. Thank You for thinking of our whole family in your rental.


It's my pleasure, Denise! Check Bed, Bath & Beyond for those pillows. Took me forever to find loveseat pillows I like, and that's where they finally turned up.

July 4th Weekend - Now Available

This is unusual -- I've had a cancellation. The July 4th weekend has been reserved for quite a while, but now I've heard from the guests, and they can't go after all. You know I hate to see the cabin be wasted on a three day weekend -- especially that one. I always try to go away for that holiday to a secluded place where there won't be fireworks to scare my own dog who's really terrified of them. But I've got something else going on, so it won't be me. Are you interested???

May Guests Tsavo & Akela

I've got more pictures to share - from recent guests Tsavo and Akela

These girls don't look like they have kind of sibling rivalry going on!

Tsavo and Akela enjoyed an action packed weekend that included back to back hikes -- with a nice photo to prove it. I think they're pretty serious hikers.

But the poor girls did suffer from a common problem with hiking -- ticks! There's a tick remover at the cabin, but their ticks lasted beyond their stay. Here's something cute that the girls' mom told me in an email after their stay: "Funniest thing.. our older dog keeps finding them on our younger dog. (she is a year old today) Twice I’ve notice Akela sniffing and biting on a particular spot on Tsavo and when I investigate sure enough it was a tick each time. What a good big sister she is!!"

Great Danes Apollo & Phoebe

So I spent a little time at the cabin this weekend, doing some owner TLC. Would love to occaisionally relax while there like my guests do, but it's not in the cards. Gotta be happy living vicariously through my guests. I'll take it!

I love to read guest book entries like one from a couple and their 9 year old lab, Mason, that stayed at the cabin since my last OTLC weekend. It said that although Mason is up there in years, he kind of came to life at Paws & Reflect, and was excited to check the whole place out. It warms my heart to think about dogs happy at my cabin!

From another of my recent guests, I received a bunch of photos of their great danes, Apollo and Phoebe. Check 'em out -- there are some photos of the scenery too.



The original caption said Phoebe was a bad dog. I just see a BIG dog.


Want to guage if the dog door is big enough for your dog? This is Phoebe, standing outside the dog door.



What a nut Apollo is - determined to hang on the Critter Couch even though it's way too small!