Sad Nooz --> Happee Nooz!

We seez dis on mommee and daddee'z bed today:


It mayks us furry sad cuz it meenz mommee and daddee be gowing away:

But den we goes downstayrz and seez dis!


YES!!!! It meenz we iz gowing, too! Arr furst roadtrip!! We don't know where we iz gowing, but we iz happee to go! Mommee--get off da compyootur--we iz reddee to go!!

Swimming, Swimming, Swimming!

Yesturday wuz sooo nice owtside, dat mommee tuk us SWIMMING!! We WUV to swim! Mommee tuk sum piktures and some videeo of us fur woo to see.

Waldo iz not so grayssful in da watur. He swimz up and down so he splashiz a lots. Mommee laffs at him a lotz, too:


As woo can see (and heer), Gus iz furry grayssful. He hardlee mayks a sownd in da watur:



In dis piktur, we iz saying, "Mommee! Hurree up and throw da bonez!"
Aaaaah, much bettur.

Hot Days Need Cooling Off

Dog CSI

The crime scene:


The victim:
5-year old female, black and brown hair, brown eyes, approx. 34" in height.
Victim claims accosting by tall woman with brown hair. Victim left stranded in foreign yard, stripped of dignity and significant weight.

The witnesses:
3-year old male, golden red hair, brown eyes, approx. 34" in height
1-year old male, salt-and-pepper hair, black eyes, approx. 42" in height
Witnesses saw female being accosted by a tall, two-legged female. Weapon yellow in color, approx 3" in width, 5" in length. When authorities reached the scene, no weapon could be found. Police believe the perpetrator escaped with the weapon. When police asked witnesses why they did not stop the perpetrator, witnesses claim helplessness due to strategic rump rubbing by the perp. One witness overheard saying "she needed it".

Anyone with any information regarding this case, please comment. Police would like to ascertain the specifics of the case, and demand justice should it be required.

Patrolling the Yard

In our computer room, there is a window that leads to the side yard. Often, our neighbors will sit in their backyard that borders our property, and Gus and Waldo often go and greet them.

It is not a surprise to find Waldo in this position:


After several days of him at his sentry post, I began to wonder why he was so fixated on the neighbors! He would often stand there and whine or bark--an irritating habit I could not understand. Until one day I took a glance outside and saw for myself what was irritating Waldo. Take a look for yourself:




Poor guy! That tree used to be in our backyard, squirrel-free. But my husband moved our fence (the dogs also used to play chase around it, and there was no grass left), and now he is unable to defend his territory from the eeevil invaders!

Wordless Wednesday/Happy Birthday!

Today is Aunt Ashley's birthday!! Go to Stella's site and wish her mommee a very special day!

Dogfest 2009

I took Waldo to the West Chester DogFest on Saturday. As mentioned in my previous post, I didn't take Gus because his scars had opened up on Friday, and I didn't want him to get an infection or anything. I was sad to leave him at home! He gave me a look like, "I know you're going to have fun without me."

Waldo enjoyed the 45-minute car ride down. The whole backseat of my Mazda for himself!


This is my first trip to the DogFest, and WOW! Was it ever BIG! The events here in our hometown usually have 10-20 vendors. The DogFest had over 100 vendors! Lots of rescue groups and pet hotels, foodables for the humans, and games for the kids. There were agility runs and frisbee competitions, and a main stage where there were human/dog competitions (but more about that in a minute).

One of our favorite booths was for the local Boston Terrier rescue. Norwood showed us that he participated in this booth at his Dogfest--so did we, Norwood!

There were lots of big friends like Waldo to meet. This was 9-month old Azul, who was the same size as Waldo already. She's going to be a big girl!

Waldo and I participated in the Biggest Dog competition. There were lots of big dogs! From L to R: a Newfoundland (didn't catch the name), a Mango Mastiff named Brewsky, a St. Bernard named Bill (awesome name!), a Great Dane named Shrek, a Greyhound (didn't catch the name), a second St. Bernard (didn't catch the name), an Alaskan Malamute named Knut (he wasn't picture friendly), and Waldo.


Waldo certainly wasn't the biggest dog there, but we had FLAIR. All the other dogs just walked across the stage. We walked to the middle and then did a model-like spin. :) In the end, Waldo got 2nd place! Not too bad! We got a bandanna, a squeaky toy, and a $5 gift certificate to a local pet store. What is fun is that the other Great Dane came in 1st! I said, "It's a great day for Great Danes!" Here's a picture of Shrek and Waldo:


By the end of our 2-hour stay, Waldo was HOT. Every booth we'd go to he'd find the shade and sit or lay down in it. I poured a couple of bottles of water on him, and he drank a whole bottle of water, but he still panted the whole way home! Mommee was a little worried that he had some heat sickness, but after 10 minutes of all the air-conditioners in the car blowing cold air on him, he calmed down. We're glad we went early when it first opened--there were some doggies getting there at 1:00, when it was the hottest part of the day. We felt sorry for those doggies!


When we got home, Waldo was nice and gave the squeaky toy he had won to Gus. Gus loves it! It is a NASCAR Kasey Kahne bone. Nick said, "Does that make it a Kahne-9 toy?" Get it? canine? :)