New toys!!

So mom likes to get me new toys and recently gave me a new replacement Kong red rubber bone as she threw my old one out. I also got this Kong double ended tennis ball bone looking toy that squeaks! And she replaced my green froggy squeak toy that dad ran over last year with the lawn mower.

Boy oh boy was I happy to get these toys! Mom "accidentally" threw one of my old tennis balls over to the neighbor dogs. I'm sad to report that they don't seem to have out door toys :( Mom always feels a bit of guilt that when she plays with me outside, the two other dogs get all jealous and run down their deck to see me get play time. Their owners are nice, but they don't seem to spend much "fun" time with them; left outside a lot :(

They were very happy to get my toy!

Painting of... Moi?

Yes, it's true!! Mom received the last two paintings from fellow Catster member Jill Jones today.

What's nice is that some of the pictures (ok, many) of me are dark 'cause I'm very dark black!! So my features often get blurred funny. Like my main picture for example! So Jill was able to combine a few of my pictures and make a fantastic one showing off my handsome self.

We're all on the wall behind the headboard in my pawrents' room so when they wake up, the're not only greeted with us in the flesh but on the wall!

First it's hot, now it's rainy!!

So we live up high near the mountains and that often results in us not getting rain for long periods of time. Amazing how the weather can change after moving an hour west of where you used to live (or where my parents did 2 years ago, I've only been 'here').

Being I have a dark black coat, the hot VA sun can sure make it SUPER DUPER hot!!! When it's hot out, I mope and pout and want INDOORS. Mom says I need to make up my mind during these hot days as I'm "in-out-in-out".

But now it's supposed to rain all week, a rare thing for the Winchester area. Mom misses living in Fairfax as the weather was more "normal". Rain once a week, still hot of course, but she misses the rain.

I think she just hates how our water bill is our highest bill! Water out here is expensive and mom said our gas/electric bill combined are less than our water bill. No wonder she loves rain! (But note, I don't 'cause I don't like being wet much).

RIP Toby :(

I just saw that my friend Toby made his journey to rainbow bridge today, a day after his 13th Birthday.

Please stop by if you can and honor a great friend, id: 481609

Yesterday he celebrated his 13th Birthday and I know how much that meant to his family. You will be missed :(

Hired a new Easter Bunny!

Yes, we're still giving mom a guilt trip about always forgetting to give us Easter Baskets on Easter. I keep hearing about this elusive Easter Bunny but I don't think I've seen him.

BUT!! As luck would have it, we got a surprise box of goodies from our friends: Cats Albus, Skittles, Harry, and Dogs Toby and Daisy!

I got a cool tug rope toy and it gives me MINTY breath!! The short puppies got 2 bags of catnip/toy filled Easter Eggs! They're driving me NUTS!! They keep batting them everywhere and under things! Geeze, living with cats is tough!

Thank you guys so much!!! Pics to follow soon :)

Cats are the BEST pillows!!

Wow! Can you believe this?!?! My kitty brother, Hondo, let me sleep on his bum!! I think he's the nicest cat of my cat siblings. Porkers doesn't like it when I chase him but Hondo seems to not mind me too much...

I'm going to post a new picture of me sleeping on him!! MWHAHAHAHAHA!!

Hope all my friends have a great Easter!! NO chocolate though!! Promise???

Groomed!!!

So yesterday I got my first bath... EVER!!! I was not stinky when I came to live with my family a year and a half ago, and mom is thankful I never got that stinky "dog smell". You know, the one smell some dogs have?

I didn't get one last year 'cause at the time I didn't know how to use stairs well, let alone the 3 stories in my house. Since the weather has been nice all week (80!!!) they decided to give me a bath in the downstairs bathroom. I did good!!! Mom kept telling me how I was a GOOD boy.

I didn't shake like most dogs do too once they're wet. After I was dried down with soft towels and then went outside to play! I was so proud to walk around our block after too :)

Then today I went to the VET to get my nails cut while my cat sibling had a followup vet visit.

Glad to be home!!

Turning 2 is great!

Thanks for the birthday wishes and pawmails :) I even got goodies from a few CATS!!! *eyes get big*

My cat siblings always tease me and say that my present will always be my fence, but they didn't know what my pawrents got me!! Mom surprised me today with a new ceramic water dish for outside since the one I had previously used is now inside. It's all spiffy and brown/blue/white and has paw prints on it!

I got extra table nom noms 'cause it's MY day :) I also didn't get yelled at for eating the cat's moist food as they weren't quiet done... My bad :)

WOOF!!

Happy 2nd Birthday to meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!

2382 dogs and I share a birthday today on Dogster!!! We really don't know my exact birthday but I was adopted October 3 and was thought to be 6-7 months old (not 3 like the organization thought I was), so mom did the math and said it'll be March 3!!!

My cat brothers still joke that my Birthday and Christmas gift will always be my fence BOL! But I did get a few toys a couple weeks ago. All I really need is love, food, friends and my family including the sometimes evil cat siblings of mine :)

Hope everyone has a great weekend like me!

DDP!!!

Wow, always a great feeling to see I'm a DDP!! Thanks for the pretty blue ribbon Pepper CGC (who by the way, has some amazing ribbons adorning her cute self!!!) and thanks for all the pawmails and comments on my winning diary!

Today is super windy!! But that didn't stop mom from buying me some bones to chew on (this was before she knew I was a DDP!!).

Hope all my friends have a great weekend and be sure to enjoy the nice weather!! I am a bit sad we didn't get a snow storm (LOVE snow) but hopefully we'll get more next year to make up for the lack this year :)