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A multitude of thoughts
Posted by doggonedmysteries
It seems that this year the Bull Terrier community is taking a lot of hits. We’ve lost a lot of good people so far this year and another one left us yesterday. My heartfelt condolences to all the families of the bullie people we’ve lost.
Rainy weather here has made all the leaves pop and those that had already opened grew almost visibly in one day. The Curmudgeon is grumbling that as soon as the yard is dry enough he’s going to have to mow again.
To the north and west of us I hear they are getting snow. I hope they keep it to themselves, I don’t want to share.
Nothing happening on the house yet but I am hopeful that we’ll get some good news soon. I am keeping my fingers crossed for a bidding war.
The rain might settle my allergies for a while. That would be nice, I do like breathing.
The pups are not pleased with the rain. I keep telling them that we need it but they don’t care, they want it to go away.
You all have a good one!
Posted in Misc
Tags: Author, Bones, Bull Terriers, Doggoned, Dogs, Family, Life, Multiple Sclerosis, Writer
Yes, yes they are good guard dogs
Posted by doggonedmysteries
When these two pups decide to bark at a stranger, they sound like ten dogs vying to tear the person apart. Someone working on the upcoming election had the misfortune to find this out today.
When he knocked on the door Gavin and Patty went from snoozing in chairs waiting for Mom to wake up to ‘look at us we are vicious guard dogs’ mode in one second flat.
He made a remark about what good guard dogs they were to The Curmudgeon. To which he replied, “Yes, yes they are.”
Invited guests equal overly friendly, love you, love you smoochy dogs. Whereas uninvited guests equal “Mommy, can we snack on them?”
Posted in Dog related
Tags: Author, Bull Terriers, Caregiver, Doggoned, Dogs, Multiple Sclerosis, Rescue Dogs, Writer, Writing
A walk in the park
Posted by doggonedmysteries
Yesterday, I woke early to the pain in my back. I hate beating my alarm clock up in the ‘morning’…okay, my morning. In my opinion, to beat my alarm by an hour sucks big time.
This called for coffee, anti-inflammatory drugs, and some slow moving. About an hour later, I was still sore but not horribly so. I was also up for a walk because I figured if I stopped moving I’d get stiff and it would take longer to recover from whatever I did to my back.
G never goes walking on Wednesday that’s her grocery day. Therefore it was Annie and I who were going. I asked Annie if she minded me bringing Miss Patty along. She didn’t mind a bit.
Crated Gavin and asked Patty if she wanted to go for a walk. LOL, She started bouncing off the walls she was so excited to go somewhere with Mommy.
She was surprised to be getting in the car. “I thought we was going for walkies, Mom?” She’s never gone walking at the park before.
Patty has a complex about other dogs since a pittie attacked her quite a few years ago. She does NOT like other dogs (except for her brother Gavin) and I do fear she’d attack another dog if given the slightest chance to do so.
However, she is the easier of these two dogs to handle. Gavin’s low center of gravity and heavy-duty power makes him a bit too much for me to walk when I’m injured.
This all explained to Annie had us a wise ally during the walk in the park. We only saw three dogs two of whom we did have to manage a form of warning about Patty and her attitude.
With her favorite cookies to distract her and plenty of praise for “leaving it” when she did see the other dog and go into extreme alert mode I call her first walk in the park a success.
The best part is the very tired dog who, after dinner, all she wanted was to go to bed.
Posted in Dog related
Tags: Author, Bull Terriers, Caregiver, Doggoned, Dogs, Multiple Sclerosis, Rescue Dogs, Writer, Writing
Picture day again…
Posted by doggonedmysteries
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- Mom! He’s got my ear!
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- Daddy’s girl.
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- bunk beds?
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- Where’s The Curmudgeon?
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- Snuggling my Daddy. I want some too!!!!
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- We share Daddy?
Posted in Dog related
Tags: Author, Bull Terriers, Caregiver, Doggoned, Dogs, Love, Multiple Sclerosis, Writer, Writing
Morning sound effects
Posted by doggonedmysteries
Car horn, noisy children, quiet returns and sleep deepens. Hours later, click, click, click, click, click, sniff, sniff, sniff, thump, rattle of door, and loud sigh. Click, click, click, click, click, thump, thump, thump, thump.
An hour passes then click, click, click, click, click, thump, rattle of door, soft whine.
“Okay, okay.” I open the door to a white dog wagging his tail.
The bed bouncing commences. On the bed, off the bed, on the bed, off the bed, on the bed. He stops to cuddle a few minutes, then bounces off the bed to put his paws on my dresser and stare at the dog in the mirror. A couple more bed bounces and he’s ready to go downstairs.
Morning Mom.
You all have a good one!
Posted in Dog related
Tags: Author, Bull Terriers, Caregiver, Doggoned, Dogs, Life, Love, Multiple Sclerosis, Writer
I don’t normally do this….
Posted by doggonedmysteries
…..but this is fantastic! You really need to watch this.
Posted in hobbies
Tags: Amazing, Author, Brilliant, Dog humor, Doggoned, Dogs, Humor, Multiple Sclerosis, Sheep herding
Lovely day
Posted by doggonedmysteries
What a great day for walking! Annie and I made two circuits of the park. We can’t do that on days when G walks with us. G has had a knee replaced and once around the park is all she can handle before her other knee starts to kill her. She dreads it but knows that one of these days that one too needs replacing.
We saw a wonderful sight by the second foot bridge. An elderly Lab was tootling around (doing mini laps) in a small patch of deep water. His mom was standing by keeping watch while he was thoroughly enjoying himself. Two ducks nearby were unconcerned about his company.
Posted in healthy living
Tags: Author, Dead, Disability, Doggoned, Dogs, Life, Parks and Recreation, Walking, Writer
When I don’t take my camera along…
Posted by doggonedmysteries
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Graureiher_-_Ardea_Cinerea.jpg
We saw a Grey Heron while on our walk yesterday. He was gorgeous! You might know I’d left my camera at home sitting on my desk. He wasn’t far from where we were walking and yet he didn’t move a muscle as we continued by him.
A little while later two cranes flew over us and followed the course of the river by air. I desperately wished I’d brought my camera.
Signs posted at all our city parks. “Dogs must be leashed at all times” and “clean up after your dog” seems pretty darned specific to me. Does It to you?
Three more dog walkers needed signs. One of whom I asked if he was going to clean up after his dog, we watched him watch his dog go. He and the other two had their dogs running loose too
Why do some people think the law applies to everyone but them? Those people give responsible dog owners a bad name. It’s no wonder that I don’t take my dogs to the parks to walk.
Posted in Dog related
Tags: Author, bird watching, Bull Terriers, Disability, Doggoned, Dogs, Life, Multiple Sclerosis, Writer
Here’s your sign…
Posted by doggonedmysteries
While walking in the Rose Gardens last week I had finally remembered to pocket a few dog cookies for the various dogs that we see there. Funny, we only came across three dogs this time.
However, while talking to one dog’s owner, whose dog was not on a leash may I add, I had to bite my tongue a few times. He asked me if I had dogs. I said yes and then he asked why wasn’t I walking them in the park.
“My female isn’t good with other dogs since one attacked her. My male has started to back up her attitude. I dare not walk them where people let their dogs run loose. They are not good with other dogs.”
He replied, “Yeah, I know what you mean a couple of big dogs attacked my dog and chased him home once.”
No, people, he did NOT get it!!! Here’s your sign sir.
I hope you all have a good one!
Posted in Dog related
Tags: Author, Bull Terriers, Disability, Dog humor, Doggoned, Dogs, Multiple Sclerosis, Rescue Dogs, Writer
Patty’s turn to write
Posted by doggonedmysteries
Mom said I could write today’s blog. She was too tired to think straight.
Gavin thinks I should write about food, but that’s all he ever thinks about. I want to write about all the bullies like me that someone rescues. Mom and Dad rescued me and I think that’s important.
We have many friends on Facebook that are rescues. Lil Bit and Tugg are two of them. They had a much rougher start than I did. We Bullies are made of tough stuff and more often than not we bounce back from the worst of circumstances. Those two certainly have.
I was lucky. I was what Mommy calls a dump off. Some man had imported me from Budapest Romania so he could breed Bullies. He got a boy Bullie from Oklahoma too. I didn’t like the boy Bullie much and the man decided I was too much trouble. Mom ran the Lehigh Valley Bull Terrier Club rescue at the time and he brought me to her. She says he was supposed to bring my papers and shot records and stuff but he never did come back with them.
At first I didn’t like Gavin very much, but he was nice to me except when I stole his bones. Mommy says she had planned to place me in a home but since Gavin’s Auntie Sadie died, he was lonely for another Bullie and she and Dad decided that maybe I should stay.
That was almost eight years ago and I am still happy here. I love my Mommy and Daddy and my bratty big brother Gavin.
Posted in Dog related
Tags: Author, Bull Terriers, Caregiver, Doggoned, Dogs, Love, Multiple Sclerosis, Rescue Dogs, Writer
Entered Patty and her Daddy in a contest
Posted by doggonedmysteries
http://karmacollars.offerpop.com/fb/canvas/tab/133402446705176/254553244581393/88208/entry/279057
Copy and paste the link into your browser and go vote for them! Patty needs a new collar.
Posted in Dog related
Tags: Author, Bull Terriers, Doggoned, Dogs, Family, Multiple Sclerosis, Pets, Rescue Dogs, Writer
Was that an earthquake?
Posted by doggonedmysteries
My built-in Bullie earthquakes regularly move the stuff in my curio cabinet. It’s reached the point where I have actually taken that sticky stuff you find on credit cards and things they send you in the mail and put it on the bottom of a few of my knickknacks to keep them in place.
It sort of works. However, when I go to dust I have to pull it off the bottoms so I can move the things.
The curio cabinet’s glass is also in constant danger. Have you ever seen a Bull Terrier prance about with a large bone in her moth, whipping her head from side to side in a victory dance? “Whee, I stole my brother’s bone!”
Have you ever watched a Bull Terrier hucklebutt and nearly brain himself on a glass door?
If you haven’t, you haven’t lived with one.
You all have a good one!
Posted in Dog related
Tags: Author, Bull Terriers, Doggoned, Dogs, Life, Love, Multiple Sclerosis, Pets, Writer
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