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The Life and Times of Jakerbee

Round One Goes to The Skunk or Sticking Your Nose Where You- Shouldn't!

I should start the story with I am a long-haired Shepherd. Mom often comments on how beautiful I look with my long golden locks.

Mom and I were taking a walk the other evening. She let me off the leash when we got to our regular exercise area. Mom was walking in a straight line but me being me was weaving here and there. On thinking about things after the fact I probably should have skipped the weaving there part!

I saw something move in the bushes and went to investigate. Ichhhh ... something squirted me. I ran back to mom shaking my head. Mom got one whiff of me and her face got all wrinkly as she mumbled a lot of things. I was trying to get the really bad taste out of my mouth by rubbing on mom but she wasn't having anything to do with that!

We finally got home and mom went to get dad to help clean me up. I heard dad say something to the effect that as the stores were closed at this hour, we would have to mix up our own solution. I just wanted the bad taste and smell off of me.

If you think nothing can smell worse than skunk "stuff", you should have smelled the stuff dad mixed up to get me smelling like my usual self. Normally I don't like to be hosed down but under the circumstances I would have put up with almost anything to get rid of "that" smell.

When the shampooing was done, dad told mom to sprinkle baking soda on me. I saw mom give dad an odd look, a kind of look that said this really wasn't a good idea. The look on mom's face made me want to break out in a doggy laugh but under the circumstances I decided to just stand quietly. They rinsed me off ... well I smelled a whole lot better but my coat felt kinda funny. Oh well this is my mom and dad - they know what they are doing!!

Well ... I have to say ... mom was right to give dad that look. My coat had dried overnight but in an odd sort of way. Mom tried to brush out my coat but she couldn't get the brush through my hair. Mom decided to cut my hair where it was matted. Dad looked at mom as if she had lost her mind. I had tufts of hair here and there and areas of really short hair. Mom got snippy with dad at this point and so they decided that I needed an all over hair cut.

To make a long story short, dad kinda looked shocked when he saw me being buzzed. People were looking at me with strange looks on their faces. I started to feel bad but wasn't sure exactly why. I was still the same Jakey as I had been the day before. I guess dad knew I needed some cheering up and so he brought me to my mom's work so we could have lunch together. Mom broke into a big smile when she saw me and gave me a big hug. She said that I was still her beautiful boy and I shouldn't let anyone tell me otherwise. I can always count on my mom!!

I guess the moral of my story is you can always count on your mom to say the right thing when the rest of the world is not being very nice. I guess I should add that it isn't very smart to go weaving in the bushes when it is getting dark, but then again I'm Jake and "The Investigator" is my middle name!

A Boy And His Babes!

I think my mom just does not understand boy dogs. I have a number of babes (stuffed animals). I am a bit rough with my babes but then I am a boy! You see I work on one area of my babe until I have made a hole then I proceed to pull the stuffing out. Mom always says to me "Jakerbee ... what am I going to do with you. You have to be nicer to your babes". I just grin at mom and she starts to chuckle, then she bends over and gives me a kiss right between my eyes! She will take the babe and do something with it to make the hole disappear. She gives me back my babe and says that I should be more gentle with it. I just look right at her as if I am in full agreement with what she is saying but all the while I am thinking about how much fun I am going to have destuffing my babe.

When you're smiling ...

When you're smiling, the whole world smiles with you ... or in my case my mom starts laughing. I have to admit that I am rather handsome when I smile!