Saturday, November 28, 2009

Misunderstood?



Evil Monster? Or Just misunderstood?

This is the plight of the Pitbull.

Personally, I think they are a wonderful breed. You won't find a more tolerant dog with kids - especially my kids. But put this dog in the wrong hands and you have a lethal weapon. And you've seen it. The news can't wait to report on "Another Pitbull attack" but you know what? Pitbulls aren't the breed with the most dog bites.....Your pal the Golden Retriever tops the list.

WHAT?!?!?! This face? This is the face of the #1 biter?


Yup. It is. This dog will bite you more often than the dog up top. But you don't hear about those incidents because they're not *newsworthy* It's discrimination in the dog world.

Pitbulls are dog aggressive - NOT people aggressive. BIG difference.

There are rules to owning a pitbull, just like there are rules for owning other breeds. You wouldn't want to own a German Shorthaired Pointer if you are a couch potato. Or an Australian Shepherd if you are a homebody - these dogs will DESTROY your house if you don't exercise them.

Pitbulls will become news statistics if you don't obey the rules.

Rule #1 - don't ever trust your pittie not to fight with another dog. It's common sense. People ignore it. Dog fights erupt and the pit gets the short end of the stick  - shelter bound and probably not rescued.

Anyway - I think these are beautiful, misunderstood dogs - and if my homeowner's insurance allowed it, I would have one.


Friday, November 27, 2009

Cocker-doodle-doo

I have a soft spot for Cocker Spaniels - especially ones that need a new home. This poor girl looks so sad.


Her owners gave her up b/c they didn't want to fix her hernia. Give me a break! Look at that sweet moo moo face. She needs a good hair cut and some love.

Sweet thing.

I am tempted.

You know that, right?

I need to stop looking....


Tuesday, November 17, 2009

MUST STOP DREAMING OF PUPPIES!!!!

But how can you resist such cuteness?




Can you see that white ear? Do you SEE IT?!?!?  How delicious is she??? Oh my.

Smooshy booshy little puppers.

I wuf you.

I would snurfle your little schnoz and smoochie your cheeky weekies.

Puppy love.

Ain't nothin like it.


Thursday, November 12, 2009

Can you hear me now????

How can one resist ears as lovely as these?


Oh little Vera, I so want to smooch your chubby jowls.

Vera and more puppy-ness can be found at "The Daily Puppy"

I highly recommend their daily puppy-mail. Nothing makes a shitty Monday morning better than opening a pic like Vera before you start your day.


Saturday, November 7, 2009

I do not like the cone of shame.

Poor Logan went for the big *snip snip* yesterday and ended up with the lampshade on his head.....when I picked him up, the littlest Sweck was with me and as the vet tech handed him over, Darin said "I do not like the cone of shame."



I just about peed my pants laughing as it made me think of my favorite movie of 2009 - "UP"  - which by the way, is coming out on DVD Tuesday. Who will be the first in line? That would be me.

Anyhoo - a few rimadyl and $270 later, I have a non testosterone Toy Poodle. It kind of grosses me out that they just remove the testicles but leave the stupid bag. So you get your dog home and he's got this huge deflated bag hanging from where his testicles used to be. It's almost mockery. Hey, dog, we know you had a nice round set, here's a sick reminder of how things used to be. Poor bastard.

He's recovering well. I went to the market tonight and picked up some marrow bones and they are in heaven. I had to get one for the fat bastard, too. You can't get one and not the other - you try to avoid dog fights in a multi dog household and trust me, when Kramer gets a bone of any kind, he will eat anyone that comes near him.

We don't allow food/toy aggression with people but with the other animals, I let it fly. I figure, why shouldn't they protect their stuff. My kids are pros at screaming when someone takes their stuff.....the dogs are no different.


Wednesday, November 4, 2009

OH MAH GAHD....................





I might have just died and gone to puppy heaven...............

I haven't mentioned this because the blog is so new, but we recently had to put our 11 year old Beagle, Bagel to sleep on August 31, 2009. I miss him terribly and when I was searching the internet this afternoon - LOOK what I stumbled across. LOOK AT THIS SMOOSHY BEAGLE BABY! He's only 4 weeks old....

And I bet he has awesome puppy breath.

And frito smelling paws.

And I bet he wants to snuggle in bed with me, too.

*sniff sniff*

He makes me miss my Bagel something fierce.

His breeder's blog can be found HERE.

OH MAH GAHD.

Stick a fork in me. I'm ALL DONE.

The DOGS

Since this is a blog about my love for dogs and all things dogs, I thought I would start by introducing the dogs that currently allow me to share my home with them.

First off is the King of the roost. Kramer - aka - The Fat Bastard, Moo Moo, Asshole...you get the idea.


Kramer's Likes:

Ass scratches
Cookies
Naps
Sleeping

Kramer's Dislikes:
Nail trims
I think that's about it. He is the easiest dog we've ever had. I don't hestitate to say he's the BEST dog I've ever had. This dog ROCKS!

He is just a love and you can't get over his mooshy face. I freaking love it. Some days I find myself just squishing his jowels and talking all googly too him.

Kramer puts up with anything you do to him. He has been there since before Darin was born and honestly, I don't think he even realized we had a baby.....

Now that he's getting older, we're seeing some signs of aging. He is stiff in the mornings when he has to go out. That is, if you can get his fat ass off the couch to go out!

He is losing shit balls out of his ass at an alarming rate. Yes. Shit balls. Shit nuggets, whatever you want to call them, but they fall out of his ass. Kind of like a defense mechanism. He doesn't know it's happening and all of a sudden - whammo! A shit nugget on the floor! He could care less. He doesn't even turn around to acknowledge it cause he knows you'll pick it up. Awesome dog.

He is definitely a family member ~

Darin loves this flippin dog.



And let's not forget Mr. Sweck - who adores this dog, too. You know how they say animals look like their people....



So Kramer, you fat bastard - we love you. We cannot imagine life without you and your snoring, farting, drooling ways....


Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Welcome to Woof-ability

First things first.

No. The puppy in the picture is NOT MINE but he is frickin adorable, isn't he????

It was the best pic I could find since I had all my personal pix deleted from this laptop. Eventually I hope to make a nice banner for the top but since I am just learning the ropes with blog spot, this guy will have to do. I am sure you don't mind.

Personally, I want to smoosh his wrinkly face, and smell his paws. I bet they smell like fritos. Dog lovers know what I'm sayin'

Why did I start this blog?

Lots of reasons. The most important being, I love dogs. I love ALL dogs. Big dogs. Little Dogs. Fat Dogs. Skinny Dogs. Fluffy Dogs. Sleek Dogs. You get the idea.

If I had a bigger yard, I'd have more dogs. Many more. But for now, I share my space with two dogs.

My English Bulldog, Kramer who will be 7 years old next month and my Toy Poodle, Logan (aka Mr. Mankins) who just turned a year and is heading for the big *snip* on Friday. (shhhh - he doesn't know)

We also have 2 cats, who are siblings (Spidey and Montana) but this isn't about them. They may be mentioned from time to time so just be warned.

I have been obsessed with blogs lately and I just wanted a place to be creative and talk about something that makes me happy - all things DOGS!