we have a new addition to the castro clan and his name is hoyt. this little fellow is drop dead adorable, just picture a pound puppy and you've got hoyt. we had been wanting to get another dog for a while and decided that summertime would be best. so, you can just imagine my surprise when tony decided to let me know he was ready for a new pup now. as for myself, i'll take a dog any day, so of course i jumped on the chance before tony could change his mind and later that afternoon we we're standing there at the
humane society looking for our new pup. we had two in mind that we saw on the society's online web page. one was already adopted when we arrived and the other one, our hoyt, was in a room being looked at by potential doggy parents. immediately, we tensed up and asked a worker if we could be next in line to see him if it turned out the couple didn't want him. she agreed and let us in on some inside info: the couple had been in the room for quite a while and that wasn't a good sign. so all we could do was hope and wait. when the couple made their decision and began walking out of the room, we both held our breath and strained to hear their decision from a distance. to our luck, and the couple's future one-day-doggy, they decided the time wasn't right for them. as for us, it couldn't have been more perfect. and the rest is history...
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| hoyt, catahoula leopard |
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| the tok is happy |
it's fiesta time in san antonio! because dignowity hill is located so close to downtown, we were able to walk to the battle of flowers parade and mom castro joined in on the adventure. everyone was decked out in their colorful fiesta gear and it reminded me of when i used to go to the parade with my whole family and really make a day of it. the sounds were mixed with toy hoots and the laughter of the old and young. the smells, oh boy, the smells teased with hints of juicy turkey legs and greasy tripa tacos. yum. viva fiesta!
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| us with our head gear, ready to walk to the parade |
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| street lined fiesta-ers on a perfect day |
my bff, melissa, has started her own business with what she loves best, jewelry. since summertime is just around the corner, it will soon be time to start flaunting my bad self in summer dresses and melissa has some of the prettiest jewels to compliment my floral, carefree, and colorful summer style. her business is called hey gorgeous, which i love, and her website can be found
here. Visit her to see the wide range of styles and colors that she offers for gorgeous you! my order just came in and i'm in love with the colors, but boy are my little owlets killer adorable!
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| owls, not only wise but stylish |
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| my recent hey gorgeous stash |
Hoyt is adorable. I saw his photo on Pinterest and followed the link to here. I also have a Catahoula, named Maizey. Her coloring is very similar to Hoyt's. Do you have any recent pictures of him now that he is grown?
ReplyDeleteHere is a blog post from when we first brought her home: http://myeclecticmess.com/blog/2009/05/shes-home/
She was 4-6 months old then so we never got to see her when she was as little as Hoyt.
Wow! I just saw a picture of Maizey and their coloring are very similar. I'm sure Maizey looked a lot like Hoyt's puppy picture. Here's a few photos of Hoyt older
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We have a Catahoula as well, Teddy. He just turned 1 year. He is such a wonderful part of our family. He is tan with a white tummy but recently has spots on his tummy! Catahoulas only get better with age :)
ReplyDeleteHoyt is absolutely precious!! We had a Catahoula that passed away in July from Encephalitis... He was 4 years old and our baby. I was heart broken. After, I had been scouring PetFinder for weeks looking at Catahoula's (hog dog's) and I found our Zeus. He is super cute - all black, gray and white and one side of his face is completely black and the other side gray and black polka dots. I think he may have a smidge of blue in his left eye but we can't tell yet as he is only 10 weeks old. He sure is fun. Thank you for sharing such a great picture of your little one!! :)
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