Raya is our kleptomaniac and our obsessive hoarder. To date everything she has taken and obsessed over has been food. That changed three days ago when she started taking my grandsons little baby board books out to her bed on the deck. As one neighbor said "perhaps her clock is ticking" Or my daughter suggested she would like me to read to her. Whatever her reason Raya continues to baffle and amuse!

Meet my Three Dogs. Schoki, Raya and Maetli. They are a constant source of entertainment. So much so I am sure others will enjoy thier daily antics as well. Bear with me as this is my first blog.

Schoki is a heeler-chow mix we adopted from the animal shelter in Las Vegas 10 years ago. He was three months old at the time. His name was Chocolate so we changed it to Schoki which is Swiss German for Chocolate. He has been and still is a perfect dog.

Then two years ago a little black and white mix puppy showed up on our door step scared and abused. She never left. We tried to find her a home and although there were many willing people, none seemed good enough. So we kept her and named her Maelti...Swiss German for "little girl" We have nicknamed her "the fun police" as she is so serious and does not allow any fun to take place.

Two months later our purebred Siberian husky was found in the middle of a busy street. Her microchip was still registered to the Kennel in Kansas where she had been born 3 years earlier. I was able to trace the first 17 months of her life. Pet store, 3 owners and back to the animal shelter 3 times. The rest of her life is a mystery. Again many wanted her but her story broke my heart, she was like an unwanted foster child. So we kept her too. We named her Raya which is "relaxed" in Russia as she is the most chill dog around. Raya has turned our lives upside down.