Bodie and Ernie have opened the floodgates! We've managed company coming to visit us for 30 years and until Webb and Anna's pups christened our place our house guests were always the human sort.
I think their cute little beagles put a spell on the property. Suddenly all our visitors happen to have dogs!
Perhaps Ernie and Bodie are advertising: The Knudsen Hotel has this weird lady who claims she isn't a 'dog person' but her bark is much bigger than her bite! Plus, it's a dog's disneyland here on Alpine Avenue: cats to terrorize to the north and south, room to roam, and weather to frolic in the sunshine (at least when it isn't raining!).
Or maybe Ernie and Bodie lobby our visitors to bring along their dogs to train and condition the proprietors to better accommodate canine guests. Then by the next time Ernie and Bodie come to town our Zagat's dog ratings will have soared.
It was never my goal in life to own and operate a 5 star pet property but I have to admit that every dog guest so far has exceeded my expectations (although the bar was pretty low). Our newest dog addition, Halle, pitched up yesterday with Bo and Kira McNally. Halle (think actress Halle Berry) rhymes with McNally (rhyming: cute with a dog, not with a child - in my humble opinion) and looks like a mash-up of Bodie & Ernie.
I'll need to get our camera out because Halle is an adorable 4 year old Beagle (and Bo & Kira are adorable newlyweds). The math doesn't compute (4 year-old dog, 7 months married but I guess Halle and Kira were a package deal for Bo).
The McNally's are moving from New York to Palo Alto and staying with us while they find a place to rent. Gosh, if they find an apartment that won't accept dogs maybe Halle will have to stay with us indefinitely. Halle moves in with the empty nesters... stranger things have happened!
