For the 100 sled dogs killed in BC

They ran and ran and the tourists smiled
they ran on, for many a mile
They did not whine, but ran with joy
and you could see the smiles on girls and boys
A good days work, the dogs gave it all,
to what reward , not a toy or ball
Just the joy of being a working breed
they did not know, it was really for mans greed .
Would they have given their hearts and worked so hard
if they knew of the grave behind the yard.
And would they still, at sight of man, give a joyous bay
if they knew, in a pit they would end their day.

by Sharon Medforth of Island West Mastiffs

The BOY will be looking after us for the next 2 weeks- starting Friday??

So, my parents are going away. For 2 weeks to Florida in 3 days and they are leaving me and Teddy at home with the BOY!
THIS could go two ways.
Now, either we will have the run of the house for 2 weeks and get to sleep on all the furniture and mud wrestle and chase the kitty and eat chips and junk food
OR
The BOY will let us out on Friday night and forget about us until Sunday morning!!!!!

Mom is thinking the first scenario will happen, but is a little worried about scenario #2! So worried, in fact that she has asked Grandma to come to the house and spy on us! Oh AND to take us to the doggy park a couple of times a week too!
WOOOOOFY WOOOOOF
I LOVE going to the doggy park with people who are not my parents! So fun! I get to run around the parking lot and no obey! woo hoooooo! BOL!

I will let you all know how it turns out!
Hey, go and read Teddy's diary about Flea Treatment night. He is such a weirdo! BOL!

Woof soon,
Jake!

Merry Christmas Jake - Love Mommy

My silly Jakey boy. what a goof ball you are!

My boy.....my ball crazy twit. My dog park bully. My sweet love.

You came into my life when I needed you most.
4 years ago I was still crying over Ben passing away and you came to the family and kissed my tears away with your precious little puppy licks. And I knew then that I would love again.
You are a show off, and a very smart boy. You love tennis balls....I have NEVER had, or seen a dog as obsessed with balls as you are! I swear you would choose balls over food.

I want to thank you for showing me so much love and giving me those slobbery kisses! I love you so much. I also want to thank you for letting Teddy move in with us without too much damage. (Don't be so jealous, Jake it is not necessary) You KNOW we love you too!

Merry Christmas to beautiful Jake!

And if you check your stocking on Christmas Morning, you may just find a new ball or too......

Love Mommy and Daddy

Happy Halloween....from Jake

Teddy is scared of the neighbours lawn decorations!

BOL!!!!

What a wimp! I can't believe it.
There is something else I can't believe:
I cant believe that on Wednesday November 4th it will actually be 3 years that Teddy has come to live with us...

3 years. Wow.

Where does the time go?

On another note I cannot WAIT for Halloween tomorrow night!!!

ARRRROOOOOOOOOOOOOFFFF

I am planning to greeting every single child who comes to our house with JOY and GLEE!!! I will even give them all a taste of the ole happy tail. I am getting my tail all ready tonight so that i will be in tip top shape tomorrow, for the greeting action!!!!!
waggity wag wag!
Teddy, on the other hand, is planning to bark like mad and eat everyone who comes to the door.


I love visitors. Who cares if the visitors are dressed funny and want to eat our candy? A visitor IS a visitor after all.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Woof Soon, Jake!

My Happy Tail

Yes I ate the card and pic that Teddy is mad at me over.

Everyone seems to be mad at me a lot lately.

Mom is especially getting annoyed with my Happy Tail. You know, the Happy Tail we all have. The tail that only the BIG dogs get yelled at for wagging. ppphhhbbbttt. Little dogs never get in trouble for having a Happy Tail.
Here is an example.
This weekend in the same day within minutes of each other , I cleared a full cup of tea off the table and emptied it on the floor and soaked the rug and ruined some papers and almost the cordless phone. (Happy Tail),
THEN I knocked a picture off the table and broke the stand and Dad had to fix it (Happy Tail)
THEN I Happy tailed Dad right in the eye that night when he was laying on the couch watching TV........

What do they all have against my happy tail????
I keep hearing Mom say I am gonna cut that tail off !
I think it is a figure of speech, just like when they say "JAKE PUT THAT NOSE AWAY"
Like, what does that MEAN?
How can you put your nose away?
And where do you put it anyway?

A CAMPING WE WILL GO!!!!!!!!! BRING IT ON!

oh ya oh ya......I saw the cooler....oh ya, oh ya... saw mom and dad pack clothes today!!!!!!!

That could only mean one thing WE ARE GONNA GO TO THE LAKE AND GO TO CAMP!!!!!!!!!!!!!

woot woot....I saw mommy pack her bag tonight and I stood in the bedroom doing my butt boogie....wiggly bum excited dance!!!!!!!!!!!

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!! LAKE! CAMPING! SWIMMING AFTER MY BALL! GETTING SOAKED AND SITTING ON MY GRANDPA!!!!!!!!!

OH YES! woot woot!

OH the fun we will have..........................
Mom says we are gonna run amok for a whole week and not come home until next Friday afternoon!!!!!!!!! oh ya!!!

heh heh heh - running amok indeed.......the fun we will have.

hee heeee

Woof soon.....:)

Jake.

What a nice van person! - the dog park

So today we went to the doggy park and as usual I played and chased balls and as usual Teddy tried to race me to the ball and LOST - oh ya oh ya who's the boss????!!!


I had such a good time today until TEDDY flipped over our water bowl and played in it...........GRRRRRR no water left for me.....

When we went to go home from the park today, we noticed that the gate was open. We exited the park without our leashes because Mom and Dad did not have enough time to leash us up.
Luckily for Mom and Dad, I was too tired from playing at the park to take full advantage of the open gate....(Running rampant through the parking lot etc)

BUT I did find a cool family...in a nice air conditioned van!

Dad had put Teddy in the big honking truck to go home and then he could not figure out where I was.

Meanwhile, Mom came out a few seconds later to the parking lot...and saw a "Golden retriever 5 or 6 cars down, siting in a van, with the door open, getting petted by strangers and being given cookies"

Mommy told me immediately,"JACOB! GET IN THE TRUCK RIGHT NOW MISTER!" While Dad was still trying to figure out where I was!!!!!!

The people in the van wanted to keep me....

Mommy keeps saying, she maybe made a mistake....and should have let them keep me.....

MOMMY!

BOL????

Woof soon,
Jake!

crappy new year.ppphhhbbbttt

Ok so this really stinks. My dad took me to the smelly vet this morning because my paws are still bothering me and my eyes were goopy and runny. Mom stayed home with Teddy.

When we got home Daddy told Mom what the vet said. And it stinks!
First of all I have an eye infection. I got eye drops for that..yucky..Mom has to chase me all around the house to give them to me.
Second of all the smelly vet found that I also have a bad ear infection and my ear is congested maybe from the eye thing. Mom had no idea I had an ear infection because I was not showing signs, but she trusts this vet.
THEN they moved on to my feet problem. For years I have bad front feet. My pad bleeds. NOT the paw/on the foot pad, but you know the round pad thing further up the leg like where our wrist would be? Well THAT thing....has caused me trouble for ever. Last year mom and dad had me wearing socks all winter and spring. For a week now I have been walking around with one paw in the air and off the ground. The vet said it is because when I am running and playing and chasing a ball I stop on my wrists kind of, and then tear up the pad thing.

Guess what? Wednesday I have to go for a "procedure" where the vet will glue my pads shut or something like that. I tore one in half. I will be under because he is also going to flush out my ears! I have to go to the hospital.

AAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHH!!!!

I HATE THE SMELLY VET!
Crappy New Year to all and to all a good night


...I need a beer. ppphhhbbbttt

Woof Soon
sigh,
Jake!

Ornaments and dumb Christmas pics and stuff.....

So Mommy was on the hunt the other night for our tree ornaments and Christmas stockings. Daddy was not home and when she told him she had searched everywhere for the stuff, he said "Well...its all in the attic, don't you remember?" BOL!!! Mom said something about her having Alzheimers or something like that.

So she made him go up and get the stuff and NOW we have our stockings!!!!
YES!!!!! Now Santa will have a place to put all of my new toys and treats! ;)

And the tree now has shiny balls and things on it that the cat keeps looking at!

But at least we have everything we need for Santa now. :D

Did you see our new "Christmas pics"
They are so BAD. BOL! Mom had a terrible time with them. :) There is not one where we are smiling until the very last one. The last one she took she told me, ok Jake, one more and we are all done....so I smiled. (Thank you mommy) and she posted that one on our Crazy Canucks page.

Where are our stockings?

Christmas time is coming again!

Today mom tried to find the tree ornaments and our Christmas stockings. She was in THE ROOM OF DOOM in the basement. We keep ALOT of thingies in there.
She had been trying to find the ornamanets and Christmas stockings all day and gave up.
For a while-
Then later she got a flashlight....There is no lightbulb in THE ROOM OF DOOM- and dug through all the boxes and bags, mom calls it c-r-a-p.

She never found them...I wonder if we will get Christmas gifts this year without our stockings?
Mom says she is done hunting yet!

Teddy is gonna continue our story now on his diary.....

Woof soon,
Jake!