obedience shmeedience

Well its been awhile since I could sneak on moms puter but here I am hehehe. I went with my running mate Kima to the shelter where mom volunteers at. There is a doggie there mama really likes and feels bad for because nobody even looks at her.

See she is a black dog and black dogs for some reason don't stand out and she is a pit bull and for the life of me I just don't get why people are afraid of us, we are so cute and loving. Ask mama I give her kisses all the time, Kima too.

Anyway she took us there so she could let us meet this maybe new sister, maybe we are going to be her foster family for awhile. Her name is Ariel and she is very shy, way more shy than me, but hey I am getting lots better.

She also wanted her friend that works there to see me and kinda show me off I think, so we get there and out comes Ariel. She is a pretty Pibble girl, all black except a white star thingy on her chest and a little white stripe up her nose. A real cutie I am thinking.

She passed the Kima test, but Kima loves everyone and more important she passed the Patch test because I can get picky sometimes. Now the good part, she wants to show me off but wow there was so many smells there!

My nose almost flew off my face, um um good smells too, I didn't hear her calling my name....sit....down....stay....sit pretty..nope nothing registered at all. I completely forgot everything, including walking on my leash, I was pulling with all my might to get to some of those new smells. I could tell mama was not happy with me.

Who is Patch...she kept calling for Patch uh oh..then I remember thats me...as I came out of my nose coma she put me back in the truck. I could hear the laughter and something about money well spent.hmmmmmm I also heard her tell me on the way home that I get to have more training. Oh great, can't a guy ever get a break. But I love mama and she loves me so I will do my sit pretty for her. Works every time. She melts because she thinks I look so cute Little does she know that this dog knows some tricks of his own but ssssshhhhh don't tell mama....

yet another bath!

I got another bath the other day, because I was really dirty. I went to the woods with dad and dug holes, ran thru the brush and played in the water. I was kinda brown colored. Sooooooo mom took one look at me as I was headed to jump on the bed for a snooze and said oh no you dont, you gonna get a bath! Yeeks bath,,,no likey bath, I remember last time, I dont like that sprayer thing.

But this time mom filled the tub with warm water and she got in there with me. It was way better. I got my special soap and I really enjoyed it this time. Mom kept telling me what a good boy I was. I got lots of treats too.

After I got toweled dried and felt sooooooo good. Then I got to get up on the bed feeling clean and smelling good. I guess baths are ok, but mom has to get in there to!

My Bath or water water everywhere

April 4 2009

Today mom deceided to give me a bath using my new soap from the lady that trains me (haha but thats another story) When mom and dad first rescued me they bathed me alot because I was a stinky dog (I had mange really bad and it makes you stink bad) Since I was new I let them bath me without a fuss, but I never really enjoy it.

Now I have been in my forever home now for 1 year and feel very good about myself also I dont stink anymore. Mom thought I looked hmmm what did she say ....oh I know dingy! What ever that is. So I watch her go get some really big bath towels and get the room ready (that means putting the shower curtain up, toilet seat down and anything that could get wet up on the counter)

She calls me,,yeah like I am going to come, she calls again no Patch so she comes and picks me up and puts me in the tub. Ok so far. The she turns the shower hand thingy on. I am not liking this at all. Water on my body, its nice and warm but i just don't like it. I stiffen all my legs and try really hard to get out of the tub but mom had a good hold on me.

She turns the water off and starts rubbing my new soap on me. ohhhh I like this, it feels good and it smells good. Yesssssssss up a little on the left shoulder mom ok right there ! So she is done with the soap and the water comes back on. I give it a good heave ho and yipeee I am out of the tub!

Mom is trying to get me back in but I am too much for her so I hear this " Vinnie!! Vinnie!!" thats my dad, no Vinnie so now she calls again only really loud!! Finally he comes in and says this "what?" Mom looks at him with that look! Then Dad says what are you doing? Even I know at this point thats a dumb question. Big big sigh from mom. Mom says can you help me ....So Dad picks me up,,,heheheh I am a slippery little devil by now, and puts me back in the tub. He is holding me really tight and mom is rinsing me really fast.

OK now I am rinsed and ready to get dried. I notice that the dry towels that mom got me are now all wet. Thats cuz the water went everywhere when I jumped out of the tub. Remember that hand held sprayer nozzle? Well when I jumped out of the tub, the sprayer was on its own. Thats how the bathroom got all wet, and my dry towels got all wet and oh yeah mom and dad got all wet too! I thought is was really funny. Mom did not......So she gets me more dry towels and rubs me down..Oh now I am dry and smelling good and looking good. Mom and dad are all wet and look pretty funny. I bet it will be along time before they bath me again...teeeeheeee heeee

toy time

well today I finally made Mom happy, I played with a toy! She has been hovering over me trying to get me to play with all these stupid toys. Balls, stuffed furry things, you know. Anyway today she actually had one of those stuffed toys, the ones with the squeaker in them, in her mouth. She was pretending that this was the toy of all toys. I just looked at her and thought gee she looks kinda silly. But she laid out all these rope tug toys and I got curious. So me and Bella (thats my best doggie friend) started to play tug of war. Bella kept winning. Then i gave it a good tug and I got the rope. I was so happy. I seen Mom looking at me, so proud so of course I stopped playing. Me and Bella will play tug more but not when Moms looking...She is so nosey sometimes.

a toy for me

Hi ya. well mom has been trying to get me to play with toys..I know most of you know how to play with these things but i tried to tell mom I have never had toys before....what the heck are these things. You see the people that had me before treated me awful and toys I guess was not on their list. Thank God Mom and Dad rescued me. they really love me alot. But mom made me a toy out of a old red bandana. I love ripping cloth and my bed so she thought maybe I would play with it...Well I did, mom tied knots in it so i get to chew it and play tug with Bella. That was fun. I am a lucky dog doncha think? woof woof woooffffff

A muddy day for me

HI...it was raining today and I was out playing, mom called me back inside but I was having too much fun with Bella. I got all muddy. Thick yucky mud between my toes..ouch! When i deceided to come in Mom made me wash my feet. She got a big pan out with nice warm water and in my feet went one by one..She washed all the mud out and wiped them dry with a towel. It was either that or a bath. Actually I like baths everything and everybody gets wet. Oh did I mention I like to play in the water??? Ane what about Bella you ask, I dont know how that dog does it, but she stayed clean! Go figure ..dalmation.

Training me!

Oh no...I heard mom talking about something called clicker training. hmmmmm I wonder how I will like that! Bella told me Ill get treats, I dont know how she knows, she's never been clickered before. but she is a dalmation and they know everything! Hahahahah. Today I found a big raw hide chew bone in my toy basket..I was really surprised and happy.

my first vacation

I was rescued back in late March of 2008. I have a new home where they love me! just me. I get to sleep on the bed (I have my own dog bed, but i like to snuggle with mom) I have dog friends too. this January I got to go on my first vacation. I got to go to the beach and boy was it fun. We stayed in this really cool place where they like dogs. I had my own welcome basket and I got to take one of my friends with me. I got to take Peanut. Peanut is older and is my mentor. Dont let the name fool ya..he is big,,,very big but very happy..
I got to see the ocean, At first it was scarey but then I would chase the waves. I chased birds they call sea gulls...those birds are fast. I met alot of new people. Mom and Dad were kinda worried because I am very shy. I tend to run from strangers, but I didnt. I wagged my tail and people thought I was cute..yeah thats what they said cute. No body was afaird of me and thats good. Sometimes I think because I am a Pit Bull people think I am dangerous..how stupid. I loved riding in the car and we stopped a few times so I could go for a little run. I hope I get to go back real soon. Mom and Dad said something about renting a house for a week so we can take all us dogs..oh boy!