The no new photo saga continues with ME....

I just read Harvey's diary. How would he feel if he were me, I wanna know! I actually DID run around and play and play and play and Mom actually DID take new photos of me. Where are they, you ask??? Well, you will have to go check out spoiled brat Beanie's page in order to see MY new photos cuz, for some reason, Mom stuck all of mine on HIS page!!!
We all know, or at least surmise, Beanie is Mom's golden boy, for some reason. Maybe cuz he is a golden color??? I dunno, but I would think it would have been fairer to put SOME of my photos on my page and then she could put the rest on his. After all, he did have plenty of his own.
Well, I don't really care... I will go back out there tomorrow and run my heart out again, just because I can and I love to run! So there, Momsie, you can even leave your camera at home, for all I care. I don't need no stinkin' pictures! I KNOW I am cute and funny and athletic without having to refer to photos to prove it. So there, again!!

Happy New Year!!!

Today I went on over to work with Mom and she gave me a nice, bubble bath. She also shaved my ears and face. I have no idea why, unless it was a New Year's Eve gift? Anyway, when we got home she let us all go play in the snow. Good thing snow is clean cuz otherwise my bath would have been totally wasted!! As it is, my nice, silky locks got all curly from the wet snow. At least there is no MUD in the snow so I did stay nice and clean. Beanie and I had a pretty good run in the snow. Those two hairless wonders did their usual... sat at the top of the pen and begged to go back into the warm house. It was even really WARM outside today, there was no reason for them to be sissies! Even Ali surprised herself AND US, by racing all around the whole outside of the pen. She was even making the snow fly out behind her feet. Way to go, Ali!
Well, I gotta go rest up, Mom said we could go out again tomorrow morning with the video camera. Hope she has learned a bit more about running it, hehehe!

Mom's new video camera

Hey, I do not think my Mom is going to be producing any TV specials in the near future. She did get a video camera and we all went down to the lab pen this afternoon to try it out. Would you believe the playback made us all dizzy and seasick??? Yup, guess that is not Mom's forte!!!
She is trying to decide whether or not to keep it now. I told her those were pretty impressive stills she captured off it showing my daring, super jump over Tanner, but she said she could have probably done that with her regular camera. Nahh, she is too slow to do that!!! You can see my amazing jump up in my photo album. Check out how scared Tanner looks and how shocked Georgie was! Funny!
I guess she has decided to try some more but to use a tripod so they are not so jumpy. Maybe if I weren't running so fast it would be better, too???? She also said if she can figure out how to just use some clips off it they might be better, too. And, she also said she better not talk, either. See, Tanner got himself all caught in some bushes and he was screaming for Mom (he is a bit of a wimp, sometimes), and she was all worried and of course, was exclaiming about what was wrong and was he hurt right in the video. Of course he wasn't hurt, he was being a baby! And, then she missed Harvey, as in couldn't find him, so she looks for him THRU the video camera... 10 or 20 seconds of seeing the whole dog yard and hearing her calling to him...very exciting and very professional!!!
Like I said first... no TV producers are going to be worried about their jobs, that's for sure!!!

Peace, Joy & Happiness

Let there be peace on Earth and let it begin with us!!! Mom says that us dogs are actually more peaceful than many humans!

We want to wish everyone a most Happy, Healthy Holiday Season. May all your wishes come true, but most of all, may you enter the new year with a renewed feeling of love and compassion for all our fellow living creatures, be they human, or canine, or feline, or any. May we all do our part to conserve and protect our world so that it will be as we know it for future generations to come. May we all leave the petty and bickering behind and welcome the coming year as a new chance to put forth our best!!!

Happy Howladays from our family to yours!!!

Christmas is coming...

Hey, did you know that it is almost Christmas? We have been watching all the pretty lights in the neighborhood. We only have colored lights OUTSIDE our house this year. Mom usually has a big, real Christmas tree but she decided this year she has too many puppies running around...HEY, I hope she doesn't mean ME cuz I am a YEAR OLD now and no longer a puppy!!! Anyway, she put her little poodle Christmas tree up in her bedroom BUT, then she got Smokey and he took it down over and over and over so finally Mom gave up and put it away. She said she will get it back out for Christmas eve.
Harvey told me that we all get our presents on Christmas eve every year. That's cool, I guess, but since this is my first Christmas, it won't make any difference to me anyway. He said we get them early for TWO reasons... first is that Mom has to work on Christmas day and the kennel is full so it will take her FOREVER to clean and exercise and feed all those dogs and the other reason is that way we will have something to do while Mom is working on Christmas morning! I hope I get some bully sticks, Santa!!

Snow for us!!

This morning I discovered that Toto's wish had come true and there was snow all over everything! Actually, it was quite pretty cuz it was light and fluffy snow. I ran and ran and ran but I would have been much happier if I had been running in the lab pen or in the big yard.
Tomorrow is Mom's afternoon off, but I am pretty sure she won't take us out to play. Today was "warm" and it never got above 22 degrees. I don't know how cold it is now cuz the battery for the outside thermometer is frozen I guess and isn't working. But, Mom said everyone was late to work this morning cuz all their car doors and car locks froze last night. Mom's car is still sitting out there all covered with snow, hehehe!
Anyway, what I started to say was that it's supposed to be REALLY cold tomorrow. Like about 15 degrees and a strong, blowing wind. Sooo, it's unlikely we will be galavanting outside in the nice, brisk snow. Probably the camera wouldn't work cuz it would be way, way too cold anyway! Oh well, there will probably be lots more snow before the Winter is over.
I was a baby last Winter, but I do remember running in some snow in the Spring with Georgie. It was fun, I guess, if I remember correctly, but snow is pretty clean when compared to good ole' mud!!!

Finally, a better Christmas photo...

I don't know what Mom was thinking when she took those first Holiday photos. I suspect she was thinking she would get them all done fast and not have to worry about them again. Well, NONE of us, well, except Lola, thought too much of those photos. Lola likes hers, figures, what does she know anyway??Besides, she already HAS a new one, too!!! The older ones convinced Mom to use their older photos, but, since I just turned one last week I didn't have an older one.
This afternoon Mom came home and got me and me alone. She brushed my short hair, shaved my face and ears and gave me a nice bath. Then, she put me up on the table and started doing all kinds of things to get me to look at her. Frankly, I thought she was crazy so I did give her my quizzical look and fortunately, she has that new camera so it came out okay. Now, that is what I think is a MUCH better photo.
Then, we went off to the break room... Mom needed break, not me! On the way thru daycare I discovered Harvey and Barney were already there and they were clean and shaved, too! Next thing I knew, Mom had left me and Barney over here for the night and turned off all the lights! Must be she wants a quiet night for once? Not that I am noisy, hehehe!!!!

My very first BIRTHDAY!!!!!

When I awoke this morning I felt different. Not sure how, exactly, maybe older somehow? I was a little stiff and my knees were creaking. Then, Mom told me I was silly... I was just a year old and one day would really not make that much difference. Harrumph... maybe not to her... I suppose when you've had as many birthdays as she has they all would seem like just one more day, huh? Well, I decided to make the best of it.
It really wasn't a bad day after all. Mom gave me a great bully stick and I didn't even get to a new bully stick number of visitors! Then, she said I could go run in the field, but it was really pouring rain when she got home from work. She said she would take me on Saturday and call it my birthday! Works for me, I guess!
But, I really wanted some cake and some candles to blow out. Darn! I wonder if my sister Chantel got a birthday cake??? Guess I better ask the handler guy next time I see him.
Well, gotta go now, Harvey just tried to steal my bully stick!!!!

I am revolting...

No, wait a minute... I am not personally revolting as in nasty or something like that, I am revolting as in protesting against my short hair. I always enjoyed running thru the mud and getting totally covered in it when I had long, flowing hair. Well, since it all got cut off, it just isn't the same anymore. Today we were outside, there was a HUGE puddle in the middle of our yard, and I calmly watched as Ali and Georgie raced thru all that mud and muck. I don't think I even had any mud on my toenails, much less on my hair.
Somehow, someway, mud isn't mud unless it is all stuck in my long, flowing hair. I am sure Mom is hoping I have grown up and am not going to play in mud anymore, but... I am just waiting for my long hair to come back!!!

Happy Thanksgiving

Us pups up here in New England want to wish all of your pups a very, very happy Thanksgiving filled with lots of nice turkey. While the vets see more dogs with intestional upsets on Black Friday than any other day, Mom wants everyone to know it's not the turkey that is the villian!!! Turkey by itself is good for dogs... it is a safe, mild meat (unless you are allergic to it!!!) The problem comes with the rest of the Thanksgiving dinner. Worst of all is that great tasting fatty turkey skin. Man, is that stuff good, but, man is that stuff hard for us to digest and it really strains our pancreas. And, also a problem is the gravy and the stuffing, for the same reasons. Most of the veggies are okay, especially the sweet potatoes and the brocolli. But, watch out for the sauces on the veggies. A small piece of roll or bread won't hurt, but be light on the butter, please. As for dessert... skip that in favor of another piece of turkey!!!! And, you better stay away from the wine or you will be whining with a big headache.
Another thing to remember, watch where your parents put those turkey bones! Cooked turkey bones splinter really easily and can puncture your digestive system. Also, it is possible you could choke on them!!! If either of those things happen, you will be spending Black Friday visiting with your veterinarian and your pawrents will be angry... moms cuz they would rather spend the time and money on Black Friday specials and dads cuz they wanna watch all that football!!!
Soo, let's all go out and pawty hearty... but not too hearty!!! Happy Turkey day to everyone!