Dawwwwg Tired!!

Hey everypup ~Scooter here~

Tired. Do you realize that when I go for a walk, I am also doing hip lifts which work the belly muscles as I am peeing?

Any of you girls ever think about adding that excercise to your routine?

Just saying. I can do better vertical splits than YOU can.

Sniff at ya later - like in bed ~Scooter~

Another Message to Mom from Scooter.

Hey everypup ~Scooter here~

Mom.

There is Scooter time and there is Mom time. Let's not confuse the two.

Scooter time is from when I hit the sack at night...until I "Want " to get up. Hear that? "Want".

Mom time is from when you get back from "wherever"; and sit down. Sometimes even before that in the summer. That is for me.

Your cuteness truely.

~Scooter~

PS and on that note - I snuck around am now trying to sit in front of the keyboard - so that means more Scooter time is needed.

Queen of all she surveys??? Only if her eyes are closed!!

Hey everypup ~Scooter here~

OK - let's just lay this on the line. My sister is ALLLLLLLL B-A-R-K!!! There is no so called "bite".

Setting: Dog walk in local neighborhood.

Background: Fence neighbors - the street over. Nasty mean - bark and lunge at fence dogs. Lunge at fence - occassionally is tries to scale and conquer fence. We bark at each other all the time. It's a love bark thing.

As it unfolds: Blinky light walk for the safe cul-de-sac stroll w/ Lucy kitty. Mom says we are in training for summer walks and so we need to practice "check in", "careful", and so many others we know. But night, excitement, dog hearing BOL, etc...

Most important command beside "Careful" (something we should stay still for) is "Leash" - which means back to mom and sit still for attachment.

So we are strutting around the street over and mom says "Leash" and for some reason - Misty actually obeys her. Not that she doesn't - just that it was the first time tonight w/ leashes off...

Next thing I know - Misty is squealing like a Papillion stuck in a heater vent (don't ask, I just know one does not fit down there) - and before anyone asks - the vent cover was off and I did drop my Greenie down there - but SHE stuck her head down there. Ok and since we've been here for so long on the topic - yes I did try and talk mom into turning up the heat BOL.

I digressed - so next thing I know - Misty is all squealing.... Big ol' dog from across the fence is out roaming the 'hood.

I am run bark at the big dog - cuz he is scaring my sister - but then I notice she is just having a meltdown. Mom is carrying her in her arms. I run back over to the big dog from across the fence (Mom says he was a Rottweiler) and bark at him - why do you scare my sister so much?

His humans were out there with him and they saw me bark once and then try and make friends. Do you know what that big dog did??? He ran - away from me!!! All I wanted to be was friends. Hey big dog - come back.

Then mom gave me the "Leash" command and I had to head back. And do you know what the Rottweiler's humans said? "Is your dog scaring my dog?' And I felt so proud of that I strutted even more. And mom - well mom said - we gave you warning (we were wearing our blinky light collars) and they all laughed. Then mom said - watch out for my cat. So they all had a laugh about that.

Then Lucy ran right by the big Rottweiler while they were holding it (we might want to check her eyesight - or catlives monitor) and that big ol' dog - didn't do anything but hide behind his own mom. After that, mom put the brave dog called "Misty" down. More Lip than follow thru Action.

Mom says we are out of there before temptation itself boils over. As we are walking down the hill - we hear from up the hill as we skedattle....

"Is she walking a cat too?"...

And Lucy kitty was with us the entire way.

Sniff at ya later ~Scooter~

Update from Scooter

Hey everypup ~Scooter here~

Mom has been a little under the "weather". Not sure what that really means, cuz unless you are ummm, maybe under a tidlewave how can you really be "under" the "weather"?

Mom says it's cuz she felt yucky. I know cuz when she feels yucky, me and Misty feel yucky too.

But we're on the road to recovery. Mom says since it has fooled us every single day for the last week for staying so nice at night. Fool me once, and miss a chance for a walk, and so forth. So for most nights / days' except when the "yuck" hit the house we've been cruising the hood.

I gotta run. Misty is hogging the bed and I know she is ready to talk some more.

Sniff at ya later ~Scooter~

Sniffing & Walking - it's a Scooter's Life.

Hey everypup ~Scooter here~

Mom did the bonus surprise blinky walk for us tonight. We 'naked walked' = no leash.

I sniffed anything I could find, peed on all things vertical.

I "checked in" when I had to and made sure when cars came by I was "careful". Plus mom made sure Misty was doing the same thing.

We got 2 whole streets down and back in 'naked time'. Then the LEASHES are on.

Serious walking with LEASHES on.

So now we are tired - Misty and I.

Sniff at ya later ~Scooter~

Goodbye Sunshine. It was nice of you to stop by for so- long. See ya in the summer.

Hey everypup ~Scooter here~

After the wonderful sunshine we've had over the last week, it is back to Seattle weather. Rain. Saturday more rain. Sunday maybe rain. Actually rain from here until July 5th BOL. I, Scooter, really don't like the rain. My toes get wet, my hair gets wet, my feet get muddy. I also do not like it when mom shoves me out the door in the morning while I am still yawning. We've been through this before. My waking up process is much different than Misty's. I prefer to ease into it over a few hours rather than just jumping right in without looking.

Mom says work is getting busy because it is that time of the year again. So she hasn't been able to sneak out early so we get extra mom time. Instead she is coming home later than a normal work day. This is sad. Not only do we want mom to have extra time to spoil us, but we miss her. Sometimes just chasing the cats around gets a little dull. I like the human to pester and torment as well.

I'll be back a little later - right now mom is cooking. And really, is there any better smell than food?

Sniff at ya later ~Scooter~

Trying to talk mom into....

Hey everypup ~Scooter here~

Trying to talk mom into getting rid of my sister BOL.

Why? you ask.

Because she just ran off with my Greenie I'd been saving under the blanket.

I looked at mom like what the?

And looked at my sister like you little!

Mom laughed and said oh Scooter. And I still haven't been able to sit on moms lap yet tonight.

Off to chase some kitties through the house! Somehow I have to be the boss of something.

Sniff at ya later ~Scooter~

Flea or Freckle?

Hey everypup ~Scooter here~

Does anyone else have a spot on their belly that your mom constantly does a double take on? Mine I guess, looks like a flea. Mom is always scratching at it to see if it will move - but it never does.

I told you I didn't have fleas mom. And I don't stink and need a bath either.

Sniff at ya later ~Scooter~

Running Errands is not the same as going to the Dog Park!

Hey everypup ~Scooter here~

Ran "errands" with mom today. I've decided this task is not as fun as going to visit friends or the dog park.

First off. Errands involves driving around - yea! It also involves stopping - yea! Unfortunately it also involves not letting Scooter out when the door opens. What's up with that?

The man working at the gas station while you filled the car up w/ food. He scared us. Why did he start talking to you when we didn't even know he was there? Talk about scary!

Then the grocery store run. Putting stuff in the back of the car where we can sniff the fresh bread and then leaving. How fun is that for us?

Finally on the road again. What - another stop? I can't get out? But that pizza you just put in the trunk smells so good.

Movies - you stopped to get some movies? I'd better get some serious lap time out of the fact that you are not cooking dinner - and you have movies to walk.

Sniff at ya later ~Scooter~

I sleep on clean sheets.

Hey everypup ~Scooter here~

Joy today.

Mom did the bed stuff.

I layed on warm comforter until the sheets were dry.

Then I snuggled into the fresh made bed.

Life is Scooter good!

Sniff at when I wake up ~Scooter~