Away with the Flexi!

We has a deep, dark secret I has never barked about befure. Me and Ma is addicted to the flexi leash!

We only use it on my long walks here at home. It gives me sum extra flexibility to sniff and do my business.

But Ma has realized that it is keepin' me from really understandin' she wants me to walk with a loose leash. It is confusin' to me!

Actually she has known this fur a woofwhile. But it was a habit she picked up with Jamaica and has imposed onto me. Old habits, do indeed, die hard!

So we is goin' cold turkey and the flexi is goin' away fur good!

Bark in the Park!

On a fluke, me and Ma went to the Bark in the Park event in San Jose today! Ma didn't even know about it until she heard the mornin' talk show mentioning it on the radio yesfurday.

Wellwoof, we gots there earlies and walked around a bit. There was lotsa other dogs and peoples, but it was all outside and open, so there was plenty of leg room fur us all. I am loaded up with treats again. Seems I just finished the Pet Expo stuff I got in Janiaries!

So there was a Rally clinic to introduce doggies to Rally. I tried it and did pretty good fur a furst timer!

BUT, think me and the ma has fallen fur a new sport, FLY BALL! There was a Fly Ball clinic and Ma has always thought I should try my paw at it. So here was the oppfurtunity!

Furst I hadta jump over these little bitty jumps while on leash walkin' next to Ma. Ok, no problem. A coupla times I wondered what was the point and tried to go around, but fur the most part I jumped them.

Next, again on leash, I hadta run up to a little box and get a tennis ball that was velcro'd on there. OK, NO PROBLEM! That was actually pretty fun.

Finally, I got let off leash and Ma walked away with my ball while one of the clinic ladies held me back. Then Ma called me, called me, called me and showed me the ball. The lady let me go and away I came!

The ladies puttin' on the Fly Ball clinic told my ma that she HASTA get me into Fly Ball! I am a natural at yet another doggy activity. Ma says I'm a once in a lifetime doggy! What ever that means!

Plus there was little doggy wadin' pools, cause it was cool in the mornin' but warmed up pretty good later. I visited them 3 or 4 times. People laughed at how into water I am.

There was a tail waggin' contest the ma was thinkin' of enterin' me in. But after doin' the Rally and Fly Ball I was pretty tired and so was she and the contest was still a coupla hours off. So we decided to come home.

Free Gizmos!

Free Gizmos! Free Gizmos! Get your Free Gizmos right here!

Oh, I'm supposta ask HQ to free Gizmo?

Ok. Dogster HQ human persons, could you please free Gizmo so she can go and plays and romps and not gotta sit in the bright, hot Dogster spotlight no mores?

New Neighbor!

There is a new tenant movin' into Ma's office buildin'! We gotta meet him today! He seems very nice and friendly and likes doggies!

He saw us in the parkin' lot just before we were about to go up the stairs. Ma does a weird thing with my leash and makes it into a harness when she wants me to have a leash on but doesn't wanna hold it but doesn't wanna it ta drag eithers. Anyhowls, this weird set up also involves my poop bag holder which is grey/silver. Wellwoof, the new neighbor guy thought it was sum kinda electrical box and asked about it. Ma said, "Oh no, that's a poop bag holder." He seemed relieved to not hafta witness dog shockin'! Ma wasn't unhappy he asked about it, she's glad he cared enuf about me, the pup, to mention it.

So guess I'm not the most dignified dog, carryin' my own poop bag holder, but at least I'm not a zapped dog!

Super Safurday!

Woofs, fur a Safurday without allota plans it sure was excitin'! Furst there was the pawsome hike out to Eagle Rock! Then while Ma was in the garage with the laundry a coupla ladies walked up and I gotta say hello! They were nice ladies talkin' to folks about their views about God. They left Ma with a magazine to read. Ma thanked them and said she hoped they weren't startled by my barks of greetin'. They both seemed to know I was no harm and mentioned they each had pups of their own at home. We hardly evers have people we don't know in our neighborhood so this was real special and excitin' fur me!

Then I gotta go fur a trip into town cuz the folks hadta go to the hardware store. Dad needed sum stuff fur a project and Ma needed dirt to pot her mums. When we got home I supervised the mum pottin'.

Then me and Ma walked over to return a dvd to our neighbor. We stayed and visited fur a while and I got human cracker treats cuz they don't have doggy treats since they don't have a dog. Those crackers sure were yummy!

Plus I had all my usual runnin' around outdoors and fetchin'.

And that's it! But that was a lot fur a little ole pup like me!

I've Looked At Clouds From Both Sides Now

We went on a really cool hike this mornin' and practically in our own backyard! Wellwoof, we did hafta drive the car fur about 10 minutes to start our hike.

Ma and My Boy went on this hike years and years ago when he was a Webelos Cub Scout. But Dad has never gone befure. So now he finally has seen Eagle Rock. All these years and so close by! Sigh, humans!

Anywoof, when we left from home we had our typical mornin' fog. But we drove thru the fog and up to where the sun was shinin'. Then we hiked even farther up to where we could overlook all the fog clouds from above.

We're supposta be able to see our own house from Eagle Rock but not on this day. Our house hid in the fog from us.

I had the greatest time runnin' around off leash! I likes hikin' with the whole fambily! We need to do that more often!

These Paws Are Made Fur Walkin'!

And that's just what they'll do at the 2nd annual K9 Cancer Walk in Los Gatos, CA. This event is coming up on October 9th. Any Bay Area dogs infurested in pawticipatin' can go to k9cancerwalk.org fur more details. Let's walk!

Shrimpies!

Yesfurday I was havin' a grand ole time runnin' around here on the ole homestead! At about 3 o' the clock sum neighbors passed by my house. I barked a hello to them and went out in the street to greet them. I is not supposta go in the streets! They was carryin' plates o' food in their hands! Anywoof, Ma saw me in the street and called me back. Then she put me in the house and pulled out sum plates o' food o' her own.

Then the whole fambily went walkin' down the street themselves and left me home alone:( My pal, Berkley, was havin' a party at her house, wellwoof, her peoples were anyhowl.

My boy came home mid-party with an empty plate in his hands. Darn no lefties fur me! He went back to the party, again, without me:(

Later the whole fambily came home. There were a few little shrimpies left that they brought back. Ma thought there were too many fur me to eat at once. So she gave me like 3. YUMMY!

This mornin' I was whinin' at my biscuit box which I sumptimes do. But Ma just filled up my kibblies bowl insteada givin' me a biscuit! I didn't want no kibblies! I wanta biscuit! Ma put 3 more shrimpies in my kibblies! YUM! I ate them shrimpies AND my kibblies! There's still 3 more shrimpies left!

My Admirer!

Wellwoof, we didn't have our normal agreement this week. I hadta do home guard dog duty 3 days and only gotta come in fur office dog work one day. Guess what?! The UPS guy missed me! Ma said he asked about me one day and when she told him I was home, he said I was the highlight of his day! Aw shucks!

Splash in the Box!

Woof-howlz! A surprise came fur me in the mail box today! My Splash Dogs certificate fur Bronze Junior Dog arrived! We didn't even know I had earned that yet! I haven't been at a Splash Dogs event since May. Guess they take their time gettin' these things out! It's good Ma wasn't all aggravated waitin' fur this thing! Sumptimes not understandin' about stuffs like this is a good thing fur the humans! They are happier that way, I thinks!

Ma did find one more Splash event this year that's not too far away fur us to drive. This will probably be the last one fur 2011 and it's comin' up in October! Wags!