Oh Deers, Gimme a Break!

Ok, sumptin happened yesfurday and I wasn't even gonna bark about it cuz it was pretty much a non-incident. But today sumptin happened that I gotta diary woof about!

Yesfurday, Ma and I went out with the intention of playin' fetch in our favfurite place. Wellwoof, there was a coupla big buck deer dudes layin' in the bushes. When they saw us comin' they both got up and ran off. Ma told them to watch out fur cars and I pretty much ignored them cause I was all set to play fetch. No big deal, Ma didn't even hafta tell me to leave it. I am not gonna mess with these strappin' young bucks! They are pretty big!

Today, we was playin' fetch in the same place mindin' our own business when all of a sudden a fawn comes outta the woods and approaches me like another dog or sumptin! Don't know if this fawn was near-sighted or suicidal or stupid! But, if you approach me like you wanna play I gotta check you out! This fawn soon learned it screwed up very seriously! I turned and gave chase, I couldn't help myself! But Ma was yellin', "LEAVE IT" like a crazy person and I didn't go very far. Ma wasn't even mad at me 'cause it really was the fawn's fault.

But get this, the fawn goes and tells its mom on us and she comes back and watches us, givin' us the stink eye all the time! What's up with that! Her fawn started it!

Ma is home on Moondays! Killer bunny?

Ma getsta be home every Moonday fur the rest of the summer! Woof-howls, 3 day weekends fur both of us! I luv weekends!

I saw another bunny yesfurday! This time he was on the same side of the street as me. I saw him furst and started a stalkin' kind of walk which made ma look around. Then I ran toward him and he ran into the bushes. Of course, I hadta go sniff around where he was sittin' and sniff the bushes where I last saw him. Ma muttered sumptin about Monty Python killin' rabbit and suggested we continue our walk. She seemed really creeped out! Silly Ma scared of a little bunny!

Summer has begun!

Wellwoof, maybe not officially accordin' to the calendar. But my boy did not hafta go to school yesfurday and I heard he is out fur the rest o' the summer. He and I hung out together yesfurday! He even took me fur a walk! At least that is his story and who am I to contradict him?!

He's got lotsa plans fur this summer. Furst he is gonna volunteer at our local library. How great is that?! He is also gonna help out the cub scouts with their week long day camp. The week after that he has his own boy scout camp to go to. Any down time he has Da has set up fur him to help out around the house. Woofs, he might be busier than durin' the school year!

Also, we have our family vacation comin' up in July. We are goin' to Mendicino in the motyhome and have a space right on the beach! It's gonna be great!!

Bunny!

Saw a bunny on my walk yesfurday! It was kinda far away, across the street, and I was on leash. He was sittin' real still and his fur blended in with the dirt, but I saw 'im! So I play bowed and growled and lunged a bit and he took a coupla bunny hops away. But he stayed in sight! Now I could see his cute little bunny tail! It was white! So I growled and lunged again and he hopped into the brush! What a big, bad dog I am! I scared a little bunny!

Go Slugs! Go!

Since the day had been slated fur goin' out to Howllister and no rains have yet arrived, we had time fur a nice long walk here in our Santa Cruz Mtns. Bein' an overcast day ma brought the camera along thinkin' there is nice light fur takin' pictures of a black labby girl, like me!

Furst we stopped at the wild azalea. This just survives all on its own on the side of the road. No one takes care of it or waters it or nuthin'. Every year it blooms so wonderfurly! Mother nature is the best gardener!

Then we saw a banana slug right there under the azalea! Ma asked me to put my paw by it so the pups can see sum perspective on this thing. They are pretty big fur slugs!

Hope we didn't gross anypup out! Ma was not exactly enchanted by this creature the furst time she saw one. She did not even know such a slug existed, so it was an unpleasant surprise. But she has grown to appreciate them over the years. We're not seein' them as much as we used to. They are our local university's mascot. Good thing they don't have a football team!

No Dock Divin' Today:(

Wellwoof, was supposta go dock divin' today! But the weather forecast was not dock divin' friendly enuf fur the ma. There's supposta be rain comin'! So we opted not to drive fur 2 hours fur a possible rained out event. I woulda been fine jumpin' in the rains but the humans are so wimpy about these things. Is you gonna melt Ma?!

Anyhowls, the rains has not come yet so we has all been out doin' a little yard work befure the storm. I got my picture taken with the monkey faced flowers. Can you see me?! I was hidin'!

So now the rain is not supposta come until 6 o' the clock tonight. Guess we coulda gone dock divin' after all and nobody woulda melted! Oh woofs!

A Visit to O'Neil

So far havin' a pretty good weekend. On Safurday, my boy and da loaded up a buncha stuff in the truck. Then we all drove down to the Goodwill to give it all up. After that, my boy needed a new shirt for his comin' up middle school graduation. Humans! Furst they give stuffs away then they turn right around and get more stuffs!

Anyhowls, ma mentioned that the O'Neil shop might have sum nice shirts to look at. So that's where we went. Turns out they was havin' a big ole parkin' lot sale! And parkin' was a mess because half of their lot was used up by the sale!

So we hadta circle around a bit. This place is kinda close to the beach. So when I got a sniff of the beach smellin' air I just assumed we was goin' to the beach! I got real excited and whiney at this point. Wellwoof, we found a spot fur the truck a coupla blocks away from O'Neil.

My boy wanted to leave me in the truck! Arghh! Ma said no to that. Normally, I am fine waitin' but if the family goes somewheres I think I should go too, then I am not so fine. I can wig out! My boy luvs me, but sumptimes he gets embarrassed that ma takes me everywhere. Not sure why! Ma says not to take it fursonally he is at an age (14) where everything his family does is embarrassing. He just wantsta fit in.

Turns out there was lotsa dogs at the O'Neil store once we got there! See? Nothin' to be embarrassed about! And my boy found a nice shirt and it was on sale!

Scroungin'!

I am ball poor right now! Last week ma brought home a coupla new balls fur me, my favorite orange, rubber Chuck-it types. Sumhow, those seem to already have gone missin' plus one of the regular fuzzy kinds. Also another fuzzy one has fallen apart. It is no longer fit fur fetchin'! So 4 balls, in one week, gone. Ma has a couple more of the orange ones I like but she's keepin' them in reserve fur supervised fetch sessions. See, the balls go missin' when I am out in the yard just messin' around by myself.

Wellwoofs, with no balls around I found a coupla a frisbees I left lyin' around from befure. I get really goofy and growly with frisbees! Ma says they are like cat-nip fur me! We might hafta video it sumptimes. It's surprisin' to see how furocious I can be with frisbees! It's funny but a little uncomfortable too. Ma doesn't like it so much!

Anyhowls, both Ma and Da says they is not gonna go broke buyin' balls fur me all the time! So what to do? Scrounge! We walked all the way down to the tennis courts today in search of regular, ole, fuzzy tennis balls. How many did we find? Unfurtunately, none, nada, zip, zero, goose egg!

So guess I'll continue to play with my frisbee and hope one or two of my lost balls reappear! And we'll walk on down to the tennis courts again to do more scroungin'!

Pals of Honor

Woof-howlz! Buddy Morris is Dog of The Day today! I am so happy fur him!

And pals Mickey and Zaidie are both Diary Picks!

Conwagulations pups!

I Got Mail!

When Da got home he threw my ball fur me fur a bit. This is our usual ritual. Then we walked down to the mail box to get the mail. There was mostly junk mail fur the humans but there was also a package and the package was fur me!

Da brought the package up to the house and Ma asked who it was for. "Pepper? Who would be sending a package to Pepper?" Wellwoof, my Dogster pals that's who! Seems Rinky, Ebby and Ceeley sent me sum treats! Yummers! What kind and generous pals I has! I'll be thinkin' of you pups each time I has a treat!

Wags,
Pepper