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Photos of some of our friends

You can see on our page that mom added some photos of our friends. There are our frenchie friends Bentley and Fiona who stayed with us for four days awhile ago and Meow-Meow our cat friend who is Nacho, our shih tzu friends, cat sister. Meow-Meow is very cute and she and Nacho will be staying with us for three weeks starting over Christmass while her t heir mom goes to China. We will also have a new friend, a dog belonging to mom's co-worker, staying with us over the Christmass vacation so we will have a full house!

New tattoo

Last week I got a new dog themed tattoo in honor of my beloved dogs. Id been thinking about getting a dog tattoo for a while but didnt know what to get. A few months ago Bark magazine had an article about dog tattoos and I decided I really wanted one. I didnt want a portrait, I wanted something abstract. I got a keith haring outline of a dog to represent all dogs and five paws to represent my dgos and a heart to represent my love of dogs. Im happy with the result.

Naps

Our new page features our favorite activity, naps! Particularly naps in the bed in the afternoon with mom or dad Mom is the photographer so the naps pictured show Dad, who like us can sleep any time anywhere, but we also love naps with Mom. You can also see that Baby the cat, and though not pictured, often the other cats love to take naps as well.

The movie Up

Dad and mom saw this movie this weekend, and it was cute. What made the movie was the talking dogs, so cute! Mom knows they were drawn by somebody who really knows dogs and she loves how they said "squirell!" and turned their heads. She also loved the dogs joke about the squirel, the punch line was that it was dead. The only sligjt criticism was the bulldog was kinf of a bad guy at first though he was just mislead by a bad owner and redeemed himself at the end. Still we would have liked to see a more heroic bulldog.

Our 2 year aniversary

Today is our two year anniversary, of course two years ago there were only 4 of us. We are still a harmonious happy family proving that a big family, or if you prefer a big pack, is a great way to go. Anyone who doubts that dogs can get the right amount of attention in love in a big family needs to check our our page.

The other end of the leash

Mom is reading this dog book and she realy loves it. Its all about how non-verbal communication effects dog. It has great ideas on understanding dogs and also training your own dog. She has already tried out some of the tips with us, of course some of the things she was already doing, which may be why she likes the book so much.

Our friend Nacho's visit

Our friend Nacho came to stay for memorial day weekend. Mom had lots of fun with a puppy in the house, Nacho is only 4 and a half months old. He has a very loud bark for such a little dog and he is not a very good eater, he prefers treats to his food, but he is very good in his crate and he is very cute. At first Nacho was afraid of Bob who was the only one of us who really wanted to play with him, but by sunday evening Nacho and Bob were romping and raceing around. Nacho loves to get in small spaces we cant fit in and then bark at us! Norbert was not to fond of this or anything about Nacho but he did enjoy going to dairy queen with Nacho on saturday and splitting a vanilla ice cream with him. We also went to liberty park twice and Nacho, Ping, and Bingo went to hoboken and had hot dogs in the park.

Cookies

Mom went shopping at hte health food store in manhattan one one of her days of this week. She tends to eat just yummy stuff herself so of course her health food buys where for us. She got the elusive blackstrap molasses she wants to add to our food and the ingredients to make the recipe for peanutbutter oatmeal drop cookies in the newest issue of modern dog magazine. Unfortunately the cookies burned a little, even though mom only cooked them for half the time listed in the recipe. We still liked most of them though, thats the good thing about cooking for us we are appreciative and not too picky.

Veggie Glop

Thanks to our good friend Bo mom got to borrow the book Raw Food for dogs and she went to the pet store and supermarket to look for meats for us. So far we have bravo ground lamb mix, venison nv medallions, chicken cut up, chicken backs, ground beef, and veal kidneys. Mom also made us a recipe of veggie glop with kale, romaine lettuce, carrots, blueberries, banananas, yogurt, apple cider vinegar, and eggs. She knows to start us slow but where excited to try the new yummy food.

Vacation

Mom has a week and a half off from work and we have lots to look forward too. Mom can take us for lots of walks, and we are getting a brand spanking new fence. That way we can play in the yard without mom or dad standing right in front of our old fences gap.

Its also going to be Bob's 2nd birthday on the 16th and Bingo will be celebrating his year aniversary with us soon. Zira is getting her teeth cleaned, which is kind of scary since she needs anesthesia for it, but it should work out fine and help her out. Mom and Dad are going to take Tubby and Ping to the beach since they didnt get to go when Norbert and Bob did.

Our new friend Nacho

Mom and Dad's friend Joyce adopted an adorable shih tzu puppy from a rescue group. Nacho is just the cutest little puff ball ever! He came over to play today and we were all so nice and gentle with him mom and dad were so proud of us. He is coming to Tubby's 8th birthday party and he may stay with us in April while his mom goes on vacation. Yeah!

I was diary of the day, almost a week ago bug still!!!

Mom has been negligent in posting about how excited she is that I won diary of the day!

Ive been up to the same stuff, playing with my siblings, sleeping on the couch, getting kicked out of the bed because I take up the WHOLE bed, playing with my new eco dog toy, etc.

Mom is thinking about getting me my CGC after my brother Bob gets his. I know all the commands BUT I will have a problem with being left with a friendly stranger. I dont like mom and dad to leave my sight. ITs not easy to practice at all either since mom and dad rarely have people over. Our house has a little too much dog for most of mom and dad's friends who suprisingly, dont have dogs! A lot of mom and dads friends live in Buffalo where they went to college, and mom's best friend is deathly allergic to pet hair. Some of mom and dad's friends in the city have little kids and so many dogs are a bit overwhelming for mom's god daughter and the other kids though they love us one on one. So there are not a lot of friendly people mom can leave me with, and the ones that there are I know! Last time mom left me at pet smart I put on the breaks big time. Mom is hoping to think of a way we can practice this skill but she is coming up empty handed.

Thanksgiving Thanks

We are thankful for a lot this year. We are thankful that our brother Bingo is still with us and in appartently good health. We are also so happy that our new sister Dr. Zira is doing well despite her kidney disease.

Other great news we have is that Tonto an 8 1/2 year old pitbull at the shelter mom volunteers at finally got adopted! He was at the shelter for 7 months. Yeah for older pets!

We are also glad that Lilly the stray pit daddy found is still with the great rescue group that took her in and in a wonderful foster home. Some of her puppies have already been adopted.

We hope lots of pets get adopted over the holiday weekend

Happy Howl-O-Ween and Remember its Adopt a Shelter Dog- Month!

Well mom forgot to update our page with the good news about Lily and her pups, a rescue group took in sweet Lily and her pups and know they are living the good life in a foster home on long island. Mom and Dad are relieved.

We are pretty proud of Halloween Costumes this year, We are Cowboys and Native Americans. Mom really wanted a theme for us and she has some great ideas for upcoming halloweens: kings and queens, fairy tale, prisoners and cops, and pirates.

Rember October is Adopt a Shelter Dog Month and its a great time to look at dogs at teh local shelter!

Our friend Lily's a new mom please help her and her babies

Mom just found out that Lily the stray pitbull that Daddy found while he was walkign us gave birth to four puppies. Lily is at the liberty humane society in jersey city. She is one of the sweetest doggies mom has ever met and a beautiful little pitbull. The shelter has had parvo outbreaks and is no place for young puppies. Mom has emailed lots of rescue groups to try to help Lily but she is really hoping someone on dogster might be able to help Lily and her pups.

Fantastic news about our feline brother Ernie!

Dad dropped Ernie off at the vet today to get an ultrasound of the heart and an EKG, Ernie has a heart murmur and has been on a 1/4 tablet of altenlol for a long time. Anyway the ekg and the ultrasound basically showed that Ernie's heart was normal! Our new vet was very nice and explained it all to mom. Ernie's heart murmur may have been the result of all the trauma he experienced as a kitten what with having his leg amputated. Mom gets to take Ernie off altenlol but he has to be weaned of slowly. We are all excited to hear that Ernie might have a nice long life ahead of him.

New Sister

Mom and dad brought home a new sister for us! Her name is Dr. Zira and she is a 9 year old brussels griffon. We took to her right away, not even any growls. She is pretty quiet like our foster brother Bingo and likes to sleep a lot. She does get feisty when someone walks by the house though, and sometimes she chases the cats! Mom and Dad are trying to make her stop doing that. Zira has kidney disease and mom and dad are doing a lot to keep her well, we all hope she is with us for years to come.

Dogs are Forever!

As many of you know a stray dog followed dad home on sunday while he was walking us. She is a super sweet brindle and white pittie girl about a year old. Mom and Dad walked her all around the neighborhood on one of Tubby's leashes but nobody recognized her. It killed mom to do it but she brought her into the local humane society becuase she didnt know if the pup was healthy or not and no vets where open and mom cant let us get sick. Mom is not giving up on this dog though and even though she is a stray she has a big advocate in her corner. Mom is determined to find this girl a home! Right now she is named Lilly and she is in holding at the liberty humane society waiting to be put up for adoption. Mom visited her there on monday. The people there are trying there best but it is a sad place. Mom cried for 2 hours after seeing those dogs who had been abandoned. She just does not understand it if you cant take care of a dog and dont really want one then dont get a dog! Yes there might be some circumstances where a family loses there home, but most of the time people are just lazy and treat pets like they are possesions to be tossed out when they tire of them. Disgusting! Anyway Lilly is going to get a home we are determined! She will have a dogster page soon and flyers all over town in all the vets offices, dog runs, and pet stores, and be listed on all the rescue listings mom can get her on. Mom is going to visit her every week at the shelter and she is such a sweet girl we hope she will get adopted quickly.

Another thing thats really sad is that even on dogster a place that is supposed to be for the love of the dog people are abandoning or rehoming their dogs and often for flimsy reasons. It just makes us so sad. Dogs are for life and every dog deserves a wonderful and loving home like the one we have. If you cant provide that kind of home for a dog please dont ge tone. Dogs are not an impulse item.

A New Buddy for us From Adopt A Buddy Pug Rescue!

Mom and Dad volunteered for adopt a buddy pug rescue a while ago and yesterday after everything checked out we got our first foster. Bingo is an 11 year old fawn pug and is very very sweet. He has had a hard life and has marks on his neck probably from being tied up. The couple who were watching him short term brought him over last night and Mommy was really nervous that we would act out. We didnt do that at all. We were very well behaved and took to Bingo right away. Bob in particular really likes Bingo and the feeling is mutual they even try to play together but mommy has to make sure that Bob is gentle.
Bingo's story is very sad because he has cancer, tumors in his tummy, and is terminal. He is in no pain and the vet said he could have a month or as long as 2 years. Adopt a Buddy is going to try to find him a permanent home but with him being such a sick baby it isnt too likely. We are going to try to make his remianing time as happy as possible by making him a part of our fun loving and fantastic pack!

Bully Beach Day

Our lovely bully friends Lilly and Ringo helped organized a bully beach day at
Sandy Hook beach on Sunday. At first mommy was only going to bring Bob and Norbert, but when it was time to leave it really looked like Tubby and Ping wanted to go. We had a great time. It was really fun to see the big mob of bulldogs (two frenchies too) and of course pugs and one big mystery mix running down the beach. Everyone was really well behaved and we had a great time!

Christmas

We had a great Christmas. Mommy and Daddy have been home since Christmas Eve and are not going back to work until after new years! So they can play with us all day. We had a real tree for the first time this year, in our apartment we used to have a little silver tree, and mommy is so proud of how good we have been we haven't chewed it or broken a single ornament. We also got lots of presents of course, all together we got:
1.) A loofa dog santa
2.) A santa rope toy
3.) A squeeky teddy bear
4.) A naughty and nice snow man with a rattle and a squeeker
5.) A set of squeeky rubber Christmas toys
6.) A package of chicken jerky treats from Trader Joe's
7.) A package of pig ears
8.) A ginger bread man rope toy
9.) A mouse pull toy

Our cat brothers and sister got:
1.) A cat toy stocking from Pet smart with a bunch of toys
2.) Pounce cat treats
3.) Cat nip
4.) Trader Joe's tuna for cats

For dinner we had: ham, brussel sprouts, potatoes au gratin and apple crisp. Mommy wouldn't let us have the deviled eggs or cranberry sauce because she didnt think it would be good for us, but it was a very yummy Christmas dinner. Merry Christmas!

Thanksgiving!

We had such a nice Thanksgiving! Mommy cooked a big meal for us and daddy and our grandparents. We had Turkey, Gravy, Mushroom Stuffing, Spinach Gratin, Sweet Potatoes, Cranberry Sauce, Pecan Pie, and Pumpkin Triffle. Mommy gave us a tiny little bit of everything. Then we went for a nice long walk to brun of all the calories. We cant wait to see what we have for Christmas Dinner!

Beach Trip!

Momma and Daddy took personal days from work today (naughty hee hee) and took us all to Island beach state park. It was a hour and a half drive but we all love the car so we didn't mind. The only draw back was Bob gassing up the back seat! None of us had ever seen the ocean before, so it was pretty exciting. Ping was afraid of the waves at first and wouldnt go anywhere near them. Once she saw the birds though she had fun running at them and barking. Bob seemed to enjoy eating sand and lying down by the dunes. Norbert and Tubby where the braves and walked right up into the surf. We had fun sniffing seashells and walking in the tall grass. It was hard work walking through the sand and we were pretty tired when we got back to the car. It was fun though and we can't wait for our next adventure.

tag

We where tagged her are our 7 pawsome facts:

1.) We are all very close in age except for Bob Tubby and Norbert are a little more then a year apart and Norbert and Ping are less then a year apart.
2.) We all love to ride in the car. We get into our doggie seatbelts and we all pile in the back seat, we like to sit on top of eachother.
3.) We do almost everything together: dog park, car rides, store trips. Ping gets to go some places the rest of us cant because she is so small she fits in a carrying bag and Norbert likes to go hiking with mom and dad which is not something the rest of us are intersted in.
4.) We all snore except for Norbert (branchiocephalic breeds are big snorers) but Norbert kicks his feet and sometimes make noises like he is talking in his sleep.
5.) We all know tricks sit, stay, lie down, hi five, roll over: except for Ping who doesnt do tricks only sit.
6.) We always get dressed up for halloween and we try to have coordinated costumes. One year before Bob came we where a wizard, a dragon, and a princess. This year Bob and Norbert are going to be a cop and a prisoner and Tubby and Ping are going to be sailors.
7.) We all get along great! No pack problems here (unless there is a pig ear involved!)