Baby Ducks

Today me and my family went to mommoms house so we could see her baby duckies she has in her backyard! Mommom and Poppy just moved to a new house and the backyard is right on a lake. So all up and down this lake is all kinds of interesting critters! Ducks, frogs, turtles, herons just to name a few. Well, all the duckies have eggs that are hatching and that means lots of babies!! There was one mommy duck that we kept seeing all day, she had 4 little fuzzy babies trotting along after her! We also saw a huge frog at the edge of the lake. It was a beautiful day outside, so we were out there a lot, and my bruther threw lots of rocks in the lake, he thought that was cool! Then uncle Chris was teaching him how to climb trees! It was a fun day!

Happy 9th Birthday to me!!!

Today is my 9th birthday and so far it has been pawesome!!! My bruther gave me a new collar that is blue with bones on it and a matching blue leash. I also got a humongous green loofah dog!! Then we all went for a car ride to the animal shelter to drop off some donations. Then we went to the ice cream store and got a puppy cup with a bone on top. Then we went to the park and when we got out of the car what was right there in the parking lot just for me??? A whole entire chicken finger!! Before anyone could stop me I had that yummy chicken in my mouth! It was delicious! Then I had my ice cream, ran all over the park , went down the slide with my bruther and now I am taking a nappy on my warm coy bed! What a super day!

Happy 9th Birthday to me!!!

Today is my 9th birthday and so far it has been pawesome!!! My bruther gave me a new collar that is blue with bones on it and a matching blue leash. I also got a humongous green loofah dog!! Then we all went for a car ride to the animal shelter to drop off some donations. Then we went to the ice cream store and got a puppy cup with a bone on top. Then we went to the park and when we got out of the car what was right there in the parking lot just for me??? A whole entire chicken finger!! Before anyone could stop me I had that yummy chicken in my mouth! It was delicious! Then I had my ice cream, ran all over the park , went down the slide with my bruther and now I am taking a nappy on my warm cozy bed! What a super day!

Cryin At The Groomers

The other day mommy and Cole dropped me and Macy off at the groomers. Cole has come to pick us up a few times, but has never dropped us off. Well he walked right in and my super nice groomer Mary told Cole he could come back and see the doggies for a minute. So he said hi to a cute little doggie named Fergus who was on the table getting combed, and loved and petted another doggie named Eli who was there (he was one of the other groomer's dog) and then Mary said ok time to get in the crate to me and Macy. So we went in and she shut the crate door and latched it. Well, Cole didn't understand what was happening and he FREAKED!!!! He started bawling and ran to our crate and was trying to unlatch it so that we could get out!! He must have been so afraid that we were never gonna see him again or that something bad was gonna happen to us!!! It was sad that he got so upset but kind of sweet that he was so worried about us!!
Mommy knelt down and explained to him that we just had to stay there for a minute and then we were gonna get baths and haircuts just like Fergus, and then him and her would come back to get us later. And the one girl was so nice she gave Cole a little orange teddy and said "you can take him with you, and when you come back you bring back my teddy and you can take Richter and Macy home with you again!". Well he liked that idea, and he was ok after that!!
And sure enough, he brought the bear right back some hours later, and he sure was so happy to see us!! Now he keeps runnin up to us and pettin us and sayin "oh Macy feels nice, oh Richter feels nice". He certainly is a funny little kid!!

A Fall Day At The Park

My family has discovered something fun to do now that it is not raining every day and 100 degrees!! There is a nice park not far from our house that has lots of trails, big grassy fields and cool playground stuff for Cole to play on. So last Sunday and today, we all took a ride to this park!! Us pups and Cole run and race in the nice soft grass (mommy and daddy let our leashes go so we can run as much and as fast as we want!), then either mommy or daddy walks us around while the other stays with Cole while he plays on the playground, and if there is not a lot of other kids, mommy and daddy let me and Macy run up on the stuff with Cole and I slide down the slides with him! It is so much fun!!!! Last week it was a little warm, but today was nice and cool and breezy, perfect weather for the park!!

Oh, on a side note, mommy was a little cross with me last week, cuz I found some strange animal poopy and decided to roll in it. To top it off, we had no doggie shampoo so when we got home mommy had to run out and get some, then we got a bath on the deck. Macy was super mad at me cuz even though she did not roll in the poopy, mommy and daddy figured that since I was gettin a bath they might as well do her too......

EARTHQUAKE!!

You pups really aren't going to believe me now, but we had an earthquake here yesterday afternoon!

Mommy was at work, Daddy and Cole were home with me and Macy. Cole had just gone down for his nap, and daddy had just let us out so we could wait for him to get the trash to take out. Me and Macy were doing our biz when all the sudden we felt a little rumble.....then the whole ground shook for about a minute! We didn't know what to do so we just tried to run around in circles and bark til daddy came out!! Daddy said all of a sudden the plates and glasses were clinkin and clankin in the cabinets, and everything shook! When he looked out at us he saw the pool water was sloshing everywhere!! When he went to check on Cole he was sittin up in his pac-n-play and said "Daddy?", like he was askin what the heck was that!?!? But daddy told him it was ok and he laid right back down. By that time mommy was callin to see if we had felt it, cuz they had at her work, but they couldn't really talk long cuz all the cell towers were jammed up and they got disconnected!!

Luckily the damage was only minor, and we haven't heard of anyone bein hurt. But it was such a shock for us cuz earthquakes happen maybe once a century here on the East coast!!!! I'm tellin ya, it's always somethin round here!! BOL!

Ode To Snow

Oh white pretty snow, where are you???

I long to see your little flakes dancing through the air, as I happily hop up to catch you without a care. To feel the crunch of you under my paws, and your yummy taste as I catch snowballs in my jaws!! You smell fresh and crisp as you land on my nose, and feel cool, soft and fluffy underneath my toes. I wish I could feel your chilliness as I lay on my back and roll back and forth...... instead of dry grass that the heat has made course. I am sick of this heat in the 100 degrees, give me snow any day, bring on Winter please!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The Horrible Horendous Terrible Tremendous Virus!

Too Much! That is the only way to describe the past few weeks here at my house!! It all started with the horrible, horendous, terrible, tremendous stomach virus that struck!! My baby bruther kicked it off the day before Father's Day, then daddy got it the Tuesday after Father's day, and mommy started with it that following Saturday. For Cole it was one night of the unpleasantries that usually accompany a stomach virus (which by the way he actually slept through-mommy and daddy are still baffled by that one!). For mommy and daddy it was 3-4 days! Luckily they got it about 5 days apart so mommy took care of Cole while daddy had it, then the first day daddy felt good, mommy started with it so daddy took over Cole duty! Then the following week grandma and grandpa got it, then Aunt Connie and Maddie got it over 4th of Juloy weekend!! Ugh!! What a mess!

In the midst of all that, the morning of the day mommy got sick she went and got a new car! She went and test drove it and did all the paper work on it that Saturday afternoon, and was gonna pick it up that following Monday after work. Well that Saturday night mommy started with the virus, she was in bed all day Sunday and Monday. She got up Monday, showered, went and picked up her new car, drove right home, parked it and went right back in and laid down! But daddy and Cole had fun checking it all out! As for me, I like the new car very much! Since I usually ride on the floor of the backseat, I am happy to report that there is no "hump" like there was in the last car, so I can stretch out all nice and comfy! There is also an optional 3rd row seat so I can sit there too! Me and Cole feel like VIP's too cause we have tinted privacy windows!

Then this past weekend we had a lovely holiday! Friday night Cole had a pool party! We had some guests over, and mommy and daddy were both very impressed by my good behavior! Sometimes with guests I get a little too wound up and bark a lot. But I was a very very good boy! Then Saturday we went to mom-mom and poppy's house for a BBQ. Sunday we went to Aunt Kelly's for a pool party. Monday was not too good a day for me and Macy. We were pretty much stuck home all day cuz mommy, daddy and Cole all went to the 4th of July parade in the morning, then we all went in the pool, then they all went back out for fireworks that night! Me and Macy don't do well with fireworks so we stayed right here but we could still hear them so we were all nervous and upset!
And pups right now I am trying really hard to be brave and a good boy, but it is thundering and lightening here, and that really makes me nervous so I want to run in circles and bark, but Cole is napping. So mommy has me gated in with her. I hate thunderstormns!! Wish me luck cuz they are supposed to go on the rest of the afternoon and into tonight!

Daddy's Day

My weekend was super pawesome!! Let's see, first of all, I finally got into my pool!! On Friday mommy got in there and vacuumed it, and tested the water and added all the stuff she needed to add. Then yesterday afternoon mommy, Cole and Aunt Connie got it! I was so excited that I ran to the side and pawed at it. Mommy just laughed and said "Oh Richter". Obviously she was not taking my request seriously, so I decided to climb the ladder myself! I got to the last step and peeked my head over the top. Then everyone laughed and Aunt Connie helped me in! So I paddled around for a bit, but I got tired pretty quick, so aunt Connie helped me out. But guess what??? A few minutes later, there was my head peeking over the edge of the ladder again! So I got in and paddled around some more, but then I was trying to climb up on the dragon float that Cole was on, so Aunt Connie helped me out again! Then everyone got out shortly after cuz Cole pooed his swimmy diaper!
Today Cole, mommy and daddy went to a little zoo not too far from here! Cole saw lots of monkeys and giraffes and he even got to feed the giraffes!! Then we all took a nap, had supper, then all went for ice cream!! Me and Macy shared a puppy cup with dog bones on top! What a great daddy's Day!

Will It Ever End????

OMD you guys just won't believe what is going on here now! And this time it's personal! Today my entire back patio was ripped out, and I was not even allowed to go in my backyard!
Some men came here with some trucks and a somethin that looked like a mini bulldozer. They went out in my back yard, and then proceeded to destroy my patio!! The patio that had mine and Macy's pawprints in it, and Cole's awesome chalk art work. Gone. It's all gone!
Why do pawrents do all this stuff to us?? I just don't understand!!! I loved my patio just the way it was! Now the spot is all covered in this stuff that looks like a mix of black sand and tiny black rocks. I think I heard that these men will be back tomorrow to put a paver on. What is a paver???? Does any dog know?? All I know is that mommy keeps sayin Cole is not allowed to draw on it with his chalk, which is gonna make him super mad!

Mommy and daddy say this whole project was necessary because the old patio was actually sloped towards the house (one of the MANY displays of genius from the people who lived here before us). When it rained, we would have a mini lake out there, and all the water would lay right against the house, and during one of our last "home projects" daddy realized that the water was actually seeping into our crawlspace. Apparently that is not good, so the whole thing had to come out and the ground had to be re-leveled and sloped away from the house. Whatever. I liked my lake, it rinsed the mud off my toes before I came inside!

Oh, late breaking news......the cat found Fishy. Luckily grandma saved him today!! She came to babysit Cole when daddy left for work today, and Cole wanted to show fishy to her. But when they got upstairs, grandma said the cat came bolting out of Cole's room with his tail all puffed! Then he snuck back in and was sitting on the floor in front of Cole's dresser, eyeballin up fishy. So grandma locked the cat out of the room. Later mommy and Cole went to feed fishy, and sure enough, a few minutes later, there was a crash, and some of the Cole's stuff that was on his dresser was all over the floor and the cat was caught tearing from the room again. So now Fishy is locked in the bathroom, and tomorrow Mommy has to take Cole to see about a "cat proof" house for Fishy!