Mommy! Mommy!

I miss bossing Batman around. Moe and Ziggy are not as fun to be around. And I have to be with mommy a lot now. It is lonely without Batty. I need to sit on Mom's lap and eat all her food and snuffle all around her. I also need to steal magnets off the fridge, go into the closet to get shoes and poop on the floor. I can't help it. I need extra attention! Mommy!

Summmmmmmertime

I have been having such a good time forcing Yia Yis to feed me, tunbling around with my human neices and nephews. Just when I thought it couldn't get any better these two crazy chicks keep running up to my door! Sure I like to play with Batman sometimes - but he is just a bit insane and I usually end up having to put him in his place. And let's face it - that is a little humiliating for a cattle dog twice my size.

So I'm very pleased that Tootsie and Jasmine keep coming over here to play, I've posted a picture of them. they really are a lot of fun!

Almost too hot for feasting

Mommy is pretty easy to train, as I have noted before. She is really good about taking me out to pee and bringing me right back in. I just don't want to hang outside... It is too hot even for me to go visit my boyfriend Beetle. Um, I mean my friend Beetle. Beetle is a very shy Mastiff who lives nearby. Moe, my chihuahua roommate and lover, gets jealous if i call Beetle 'my boyfriend.'

Anyway, mommy put a fan right on me. So I get to lounge on my sofa in the breeze. Batman is driving me a little crazy. That cattle dog really is nuts. He wants to be outside and keeps pacing and talking about playing ball. I keep trying to tell him to relax and enjoy being cool.
I wish he could literally take a chill pill.

More later.

xoxoxo
Piggens

Back to the Blog

Wow! I have been so crazy bizzy for so long! My face has turned white since I last wrote. I am cuter than ever, according to mommy and everyone else.
Finally I can chilllax, taking in the fresh country breezes on my summer estate...
Things are much more relaxed here:
for example, I can bark and howl and do all my tricks and Yia Yia will feed me treats.
There is nothing like a grandmom in the country, i tell you.

Summertime in the Catskills

This is almost as exciting as summer in the city. And not as blazing hot. Sure I make my ugly hot face up here...I pant...I squint...

But it is so nice to sit on the porch and to walk in the shade of trees. I really enjoy sitting on cushions OUTSIDE. Of course I already knew that lounging on comfy furniture was one of my all time favorite activites. But I had no idea that one could recline in comfort while being outside. It is great! I can eat bugs while swinging in a padded chair with my mom right next to me.

Imagine that.

Springtime in the Mountains

Have any of you ever had a chance to sample deer poop? It is an aquired taste but a delicacy. My mommy prevents me from eating it as I snirt around the yard.

Yes, we have a yard now. I didn't mind living in the city at all. Up here in the Catskills people don't stop me in the steet to take pictures and get my autograph. but I still get a lot of attention, so it is ok.

And I can go for long walks in the woods, hopping over logs and heeding the call of the wild. I love it. I can't wait till it is warm enough for me to examine the river. I wish the parents would let me off my leash outside. My 3 roommates, Moe, Batman and Ziggy are all allowed off leash. But mom keeps saying she needs to teach me to come when called. We'll see about that.

Large and in Charge

Mommy took me to the vet's last week. I do not enjoy going there very much, but I can handle it as long as they all hug me in between all that icky stuff.

Anyway, the vet told my mom that I had gained almost 6 pounds this year! So mind control technique is reaping real results. Daddy gives me bread, tomatoes, rice, apples, bananas, bagels, pizza...everything! It is all due to my sit and stare method. I use all my mental energy to silently force him to feed me. He can't resist it. Mommy told him to ignore me when I do this. He cannot resist my powers, however. I got him to give me a big piece of sanwhich yesterday.

My powerful mind control methods are causing my parents to argue. O well. A girl's gotta eat!

Alas, the Dreary Hudson Chills my Bones

It is so chilly and damp today I cannot bear to unclench my muscles enough to eliminate outdoors. It would be so much more pleasant to lounge in my room and take a relaxing pee in the corner. Again, my Mommy thwarts my every attempt to find comfort. She won't let me come back inside until I have submitted to this crappy NYC weather and given up and pooped outside.

She really has a hang up about my "going" inside. Even if it is snowing she expects me to "go"outside!
She never gives up. I try to be patient with her and explain "i am holding it until we go back inside." She just waits me out. She is so stubborn and slow. When it gets really cold she dresses me in these ridiculous little suits that are great for pajamas and lougewear.

But she bundles me all up and takes me outside to poop when I wear these outfits! She is crazy. It is as if she actually thinks it will be easier for me to endure the horrors of relieiving myself outside in the snow if I am wearing a very restrictive costume. I walk with stiff legs in these clothes... like a goat
or somthing. It is embarrassing.

So every time she dresses me I run into my crate or onto my bed and go limp - Batman and I refer to this as "Civil Disobedience." I think if I keep this up all fall and winter eventually she will realize these clothes are nice for warm naps. And I should be allowed to use the toliet just like she does during the winter. I know she wouldn't want to be forced to pee outside!

I say YOU WILL GIVE ME THE TOMATO

Last night Mommy was making a salad and I approached her very politely in the kitchen. I sat and telepathically ordered her to slice me some of that big juicy red thing. She did. She kept slicing off little pieces for me and handing them to me.
So I tried the exact same mind control technique on Daddy when he came into the kitchen and washed an apple.
He ended up eating about 1/4 of the apple himself and I got the rest. This mind control technique is the best way to make sure you get your daily fruit and veggie rations.
Listen up dog friends: just sit quietly and look at them. Don't stare, and don't sit too close to them. If you do they will accuse you of begging and shoo you away.
Just sit quietly and think "YOU WILL GIVE ME THE TOMATO."
It works.

A Cool Day, Aug 23

Today was the first cool day in forever. My mom won't let me linger in the plaza and hang out with all my friends who are taking lunch breaks. It is really annoying because this is the first day in weeks that it hasn't been so hot. She knows if I just plant my feet and stand on the sidewalk looking up at everyone wagging someone will pet me. And usually someone will give me a piece of their bagel if I sit or lie down for them.

Sure, it is fun to hang out and lounge on my couch with Batman while mommy "works" in her "home office". But I think it wouldn't killl her to sit outside with me for an hour or so so I can hang out with all my neighbors. She probably isn't even really working. I bet she is just wasting time online.

I'm trying to hold my ground on walks. I put on the breaks and refuse to move when she wants to go home. I won't even budge if she offers me a treat. So she ends up picking me up and taking me home. Would it kill her to let me stay outside a little longer? Soon it will be too cold.

I've got to try something else. She's really difficult.

xo
Piggy