Proud or Embarrassed AND Blankies

Here is a poll I am taking. I want to know which of your parents are proud (or embarrassed) about your bloggy. Are my parents the only ones who are embarrassed about having their dogchild have a dog blog?

(there should be a poll below.... if not, then it isn't working... oops)







Copper asked about the pink thing I was wrapped in my last post. The pink taco thing is a blankie my Mom made. She has made a lot of fleece blankies. They are sooo soft. Here are some close ups of the oh-so-soft blankies. Well, the winnie the pooh blankie isn't that soft, but they look nice.

This my MY blankie that I share with my Mom:




My Mom made this blankie for the girl across the street, the one that I spy on. My Mom liked the colors so much that she ended up making one for herself with the same colors!:



This is my Dad's blankie. Why he chose a blah blue for one side is beyond me! :



This was made for a human coworker for his barkday. He likes cats as you can tell. On the blankie are nursery rhymes and a cat in the hat:




This was for the other human pup across the street, another person I spy on regularly. He likes fire engines and race cars! :






This one was for a baby shower:





And these non-fleece blankies were for some newborns. Not as soft, but my Mom didn't know better at the time:





This one is sorta fleecy.... made for a newborn:



The fleece blankies are no-sew blankies. No sewing machine or thread is necessary. Just need two pieces of fleece fabrics, lay them back to back and make sure they are the same size. Then cut each corner out, about 5 or 6 inch squares. Then, cut along the edges so they make fringes (you can use a rotary cutter and a rubber mat underneath -- mom forgets the specific terms, but if you are curious, let her know and she will find out), then tie the fringes together, and voila, a fleece blankie!

8 Things About Hana the Dog

I was tagged by Luckie and Copper to tell 8 habits about myself and 7 random facts about me. Like Luckie, I'm gonna combine the two tags.

1. I am not as angelic as you all think I look. I burp a lot. But, I don't fart. Mom says it's gotta come out one way or the other.

2. I have a perch at home where I can spy on all the neighbors! I know everything that goes on in my courtyard!




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This is kinda sorta what I see from my perch... it's really skewed though. It's supposed to be an 360 degree view of my cul-de-sac but this picture doesn't really show it correctly. The street is really not that wide and the picture is not supposed to be so tiny. My house is both on the left side and on the right side of the picture, so you can see it's not accurate.

3. My leg has a mind of its own. When I am lying down and my parents come near me, my leg goes up in the air all by itself because it knows my belly is waiting for a belly rub.

4. I can open the patio screen door all by myself by pushing my nose against the screen door and sliding the door open to the right. There is nothing that can keep me from going inside. (Okay, habit number 4.5 is that I like being indoors)

5. My fur is self cleaning! Yes siree! There are oils in American Eskimo Dog fur that repels dirt. I can be rolling in the dirt or have grass stains on me, but give me 15 minutes and I will be white and clean on my own. (can't say about the carpet though...) I laugh at all you dogs who blog about having to take baths! hahahahaaaaaa! I haven't had a bath since January, and I don't stink at all and my fur still feels clean! For real! I even sleep with my parents during part of the night. My parents didn't know my fur was self cleaning before they adopted me, so they say the self cleaning feature is a bonus!

6. When I am on a car ride and just a couple miles from my dog friend's house, I will get up and start barking because I know we are almost near my friend's house!

7. I am doing research on insects. For instance, when I see ants on the ground, I will sit there and study them. I don't swat at them or lick them or pounce at them. I will just observe them as they go on their merry way.

8. I am too smart for my Mom. I always know when she is going to ask me to "play dead" and I will do it even before she says it. I'm a mind reader.

I'm gonna tag Zach and Blu and Comet!

Sunday Dogventures and Mr. Lizard

We were invited to my dad's coworker's house for a BBQ lunch on Sunday. Here I am getting ready for the party! Don't I look festive? I got my lunchbox all packed and ready to go:




We took the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge to the BBQ. Here we are driving on the bridge. The building way in the back on the right is called San Quentin Prison. My Mom said the inmates at San Quentin sure have a nice view of the water and are sitting on some prime real estate. She also said to be sure to tell all you dogs that the BBQ we were going to was NOT at San Quentin.




At the BBQ, I found what shade I could:




The shade moved, so I sat in the cool grass later.... ahhhhh....






This is my new best friend. We are snacking on cheez-its. Hello new best friend... can I have another cheez-it?




This dog lives at the BBQ place:




He's got weird toes. I think he's got an extra toe:




That extra toe way in the back flops around a lot:




Did I hear someone say canned chicken? I must inspect!




Life is not fair. Where do people get all this food? Can I have some too?



You guys are gonna laugh at my new friend, Mr. Lizard. Mr. Lizard does push ups, yeah, for real!! Check out the video!!



I wonder if Chicote knows why the lizard fellow was doing push ups.

And afterwards, ANOTHER trip to Home Depot! My parents said they are going to have their Monday holiday stolen from them because of a pipe leak in their sprinkler system. That means MY Monday will be stolen because my parents won't be spending time with me on their day off/holiday

My Sunshiny Saturday and Look Alike

As usual on the weekends, my parents took me to Home Depot. Same old, same old I thought, but today, an orange lady gave me lots of pats on the head and ear scratches and chest rubs. I really liked the orange lady. I think she liked me too.

After that, we went to the park! I had a great time hopping and skipping and sniffing and rolling around on the grass. This time though, I didn't see any poops to roll around in. Oh well. One can only hope. I still had a good time.

In the pictures that my mom took, it looks like there was no one at the park but us. But, wrongo... there were loads of big people and people pups at the park. I was really good. When I was off leash, I noticed a dog way yonder, but when my dad called me over so I wouldn't run towards the dog, I ran over to dad instead, like a good obedient child. I made my parents proud today!

Here I am running with the wind blowing through my fur:

Relaxing a bit:

I had some trouble trying to figure out which celebrity looks like me. So, I asked my parents to help. Mom told my Dad about the celebrity look alike tag game, just like Copper's Mom told Copper's Dad. Dad immediately said Burl Ives looks like me. I said "Who is Burl Ives?" Dad said Burl Ives was way before my time. He was the narrator in Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer (Sam the Snowman). And, then he showed me this picture of Burl Ives:

Is that really Burl Ives? My Dad is weird, don't you think? He didn't even pick a girl look-a-like for me!! Geez, I can't believe I got stuck with Burl Ives. Oh well... don't forget that I'm already a celebrity!

Celebrity Tag

Lorenza tagged me. I am suppose to name a celebrity I look like.

Well, first off, I AM already a celebrity!! But, I guess Lorenza doesn't already know that since she is a new dog blogger. That's okay. That's why I am mentioning it now. Anywoo, I even produced my own Fashion Show.

Second, the tagging should be: Which celebrity looks like ME?

Third, I am going to have to ponder this a bit before I can answer.

On another note, did any of you dogs see the Saturday Night Live skit this past Saturday, May 19, 2007? If you didn't see if, click on the video below to see it. (by the way, this video doesn't belong to me... I just found it on YouTube.) The real kicker is at the end of the video. Some of you might be grossed out, so beware. Don't say I didn't warn you. It's kind of a sicko video. I don't know how peepol come up with these things.



Ewww, that was sooo gross, wasn't it?! I couldn't believe they made that shaggy dog do what he did with that guy! Who knows where that guy's tongue has been?

I Wanna Know !!!

Lady Kaos tagged me earlier to show my tummy pics, so I showed the one tummy pic I had in my previous post. Well, as I was looking for my tummy pics, I remembered that I wanted to tag you all and ask you how you came to being a blogging dog. Here is my story. I hope you all will share your stories on your bloggies too.

My mom helps my Grandma Ruth by organizing the annual family eskie reunion. She sends emails to all my relatives, keeps track of who is coming and which potluck dish they are bringing, and helps with Grandma Ruth's eskie web site. Through this, we get to know some of my relatives. Well, Ender is my nephew. He is my brother's son.


Above pic is of my nephew, Ender.

Pic below is of Tango, my brother:


Ender told me he had a blog and said how my mom could post a link to his blog under our grandma's Family Links page. So, that's when I started to check out Ender's blog. Ender happened to have a post on Casper D Dog because Casper had collapsed from Evan's Syndrome and Casper needed all the well wishes and prayers possible. That was how I got to know Casper and as many of you know, Casper is my boyfriend. We have been on 3 dates so far!

I would check out Ender's and Casper's blogs regularly. They suggested that I should also have a blog because all dogs should have a blog, right?!! And then I pronounced to my mom that I decided I was gonna start a bloggy of my own!

I guess the reason I am telling this story is because I feel so honored to be a part of such a great online community of dog bloggers, plus I have gotten to know a lot of dogs from the eskie forum. I didn't really realize how wonderful it is to be part of this community until my Mom helped with the Let's Help Casper Auction! So many dogs came together to support and help out Casper! Opy published a post on her web site and made a banner for everydog to use in their posts. DWB posted the big banner on the DWB site. So many of you posted links to the auction. So many of you registered and bid on items! Even the dogs who bid but didn't win still helped greatly by helping to bid amounts up. So many of you donated items and bid! There was Asta, Freda, Hershey, Buster, Ronak, Butchy and Snickers, Boomer, Ivy, Billy Boo, Casper and friends, Zach, Five Happy Hounds, Cherokee.... oh, I know I am missing some dogs! (sorry!) Others wanted to help out too, but they missed the deadlines or were in non-Canada/US. So many helped to run the web site! We had dogs from all over the internet... those from DWB, from Eskie.net, from EskieShots, from PeskiPix, and dogs from rescue groups and individuals as well!

Everydog, even if you didn't or couldn't participate in the auction, please be proud you are part of such a great community! Pat yourselves on the head!

Sooo, that's my story.

How did YOU start blogging?

I guess I am tagging: Copper, Luckie, and Ivy! Oh, I'm gonna tag Ender too, since he was the one who was the most instrumental in starting me to blog.

Thank You and Tummy Pics

I want to thank everydog for getting the word out about the Let's Help Casper auction! With your help, the auction was a great success. We had so many DWBers involved, whether it be helping to promote the auction, to bidding, to selling (donating items), volunteering your time and services. It is really wonderful and remarkable that we have friends like you to help when somedog is in need. This is truly a great community!!! I am honored to be a part of it! Everydog, give yourself a pat on the head!

We are still tallying the information and will be sending out emails to the auction winners by the end of Friday evening. If you believe you have won something but don't receive an email by the end of Friday, please let me know. To the sellers (donors of items), we will also be contacting you with the next steps. Basically, the email to the winners will indicate the payment instructions. Once Casper's Mom receives the payment, she will notify the sellers where to send the item too.

"Thank you" image above is courtesy of www.PeskiPix.com

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Lady Kaos tagged me for the tummy game! I don't have any recent pics of my tummy, but I do have pics from when I was a wee little pup. My parents called me cowgirl... gee, I wonder why??


Today, my cow spots are gone! Whew! What a relief! I don't want to be mistaken for a cow!

Since I am going through my baby pictures, I think I will share more of them with you!

This is me on the first day I met my new parents:

This is of me on my very very first walkie. I first had a collar and leash on, but then I slipped out of the collar! Haha. Then they put my harness on and I couldn't get away. Later I learned that walkies are fun!:

Here I am with my mom's toys. I think I fit in pretty well (by the way, my mom made Raggedy Ann when she was a wee little girl):

And, this is me playing with my food bowl. I guess I have been food-oriented since I was born:

Fufu, We Will Miss You

Fufu in his Fu.F.O., Feb 2007

As most of you already know, our good hamsterrier friend, Fufu, has passed away, so young, yet so old at 2.5 years. When we heard the news, we shed many tears. Fufu drank the cup of life to its fullest. Nothing stopped him from pursuing his dreams, such as driving across the world in his Fufu Mobile. He was immediately accepted into the K9 world and even became an honorary dog. He always knew how to entertain us and we so enjoyed the blog about his hamsterrier adventures. Dogs everywhere are saddened by Fufu's passing. He was the most beloved hamsterrier around the whole wide world.

Fufu, we will miss you.

The Moon and the Mouse House

My mom has been busy hogging the computer since she got back from her vacation with my dad. Well, it's been with good reason because she has been helping a LOT with the Let's Help Casper Auction, so in light of that, I gave her my approval. By the way, today my mom posted a great donation by Asta's Mom. She donated to the highest bidder a painted portrait of their pet. Everydog, check it out! And check out her pet paintings!

So, back to my mom's vacation. While she was on vacation with my dad, *I* was on vacation at my grandparents' house! I always have fun at my grandparents' house, so it was okay that my parents did not take me with them. My grandparents and I shared lots of secrets, some of which I won't tell you, but they spoiled me with lots of human food, like canned salmon and cottage cheese. I think I gained a pound or two! They also take me on walkies, many more than the walkies I get with my parents.

The first couple nights at my grandparents' house I decided to roam around downstairs at night time. It was only later that I realized freedom isn't always that great since I was alone downstairs all by my lonesome self. So then I decided to sleep upstairs with my grandparents! Yeh!

Well, I wanted to share with you some pictures my parents took on their vacation... hope you like them!

I can't remember where this is, but I think it must be where Ivy lives because it looks like Ivy wrote it... not some guy named Tom:

My mom told me she learned that the average astronaut in the 1970's had 1 dog. I think a lot of your parents must be astronauts, too... a lot of you are only dogs, right? :

This shows my parents went to the moon. Now, how many of you can say your parents have been to the moon? I CAN! Hmmm, maybe Isabella's Linda and Mike have been to the moon, afterall, the moon lives in the same state as Isabella. Hey, I just realized my parents didn't bring me back any moon cheese!

While they were visiting the moon, a lady told them when vultures are near, it could mean there is a gas leak. She said a gas leak attracts vultures because the smell is the same smell as when vultures are in heat and mating, so they will congregate there. I don't know what that nonsense means. Whatever.




I guess my Mom got out of that vulture place quickly and went to eat. Weird the restaurant had some cats and dogs taking a nap...

My Mom said these chairs would look good on Copper's porch. Copper, do you have rocking chairs like these? If not, you could get one or two for Mother's Day.

This big place my parents went to had lots of garden decorations all over the park. My Mom says Copper's Mom would really enjoy seeing all the decorations and flowers. I don't think Copper would like the rose garden though.

Look at the size of these Pams and Kens!! I wonder if they are as big as Ivy's Pams and Kens?

I did not know Pams and Kens could live in nets! Would that somehow help Pams and Kens from rotting in wet soil or from being eaten by pests that run around on the ground?

I'd like to see Ivy's Randy and Lindsay grow some 9 pound lemons! How's that for a challenge?

Hey Copper, I know your Mom doesn't think much of ugly bushy tomatoes in wire cages, but how about a tomato tree?

Did you know watermelon can grow on trees? They can also be shaped into neato shapes! Do you see the weird looking watermelon at the top in the picture? Are watermelons supposed to be that yellow?

Hey, more Pams and Kens. And they are going to be in special shapes too! Hey Ivy, can your Randy and Lindsay make new Pams and Kens next year that are shaped like a dog?

Another tomato tree:

Hey, look at those cute sea horses!

This looks like fishies with a big giant fish leading the school! What kind of fish is that big fish?

Here is more of that garden stuff that decorated the park:

My parents ate at this restaurant. My mom was disappointed that she did not get to sit next to the window that showed all the fishies.

Well, she still enjoyed the restaurant. Look at these weirdo light fixtures!

My mom likes this doorknob. Hmmm, seems she has a thing for seahorses. Do I have anything to be worried about?

What is it? Looks strange to me! If it's an animal, I think he left some poop pellets on the ground!

Mom says people want to dress up as animals sometimes:

I don't know why she took a picture of this. She's got the real thing right here!

Can anydog spot the bunny? Zach, I bet you can sniff out a bunny really fast coz you have bunnies at home!

The bunny was trying to HOP the train!! (hee hee... like my pun?)

When they visited Germany, mom noticed this glass beer stein. She says she had gotten one from ebay one time and was surprised to see the same thing at this Germany place. By the way, it's got wolves on it.

Creepy!! Look at all those heads without bodies!!

Dog??? I don't think that looks like a DOG, do you? Well, my mom saw this in China, so maybe it is a Chinese dog.




Now ya just have to look closely at this next picture, okay? My mom was very proud she snapped this picture at just the right moment. Those silvery bowls in the air were first on the girls foot and she tossed them in the air, then they landed in a pile on her head, all while she was on a one peepol bike.

My mom says I should be very worried about this next picture. Ivy, can your Randy read what it says on the package? He went to Munich, didn't he? I think it says something about how there are cat parts you can eat. Yuck!

My mom says she would never think to put cucumbers on a tree:

OK you guys, this is a weird picture. This is a picture of some animal poopies:

And my mom got to see some vets performing a checkup on a tarantula that lost a leg!

I thought dragons weren't for real...

Ohhhh, giraffes. My mom loves giraffes! She saw this on her jungle safari!

Sometimes I hear stuff about termites. Well, these are termite mounds. If you see these near your house, then you probably have termites.

Bats in the daylight? What is this dogworld coming too?

These two bats do not like each other....

...because here you can see they are having a "bat fight" (get it??)

After her jungle safari, she saw these two weird looking dogs. Can you believe she said they were cute? I'm glad she didn't bring them home with her! I like being the only dog in the house.

Well, I hope you enjoyed my picture show of my parents' trip to the moon, Germany, China, the sea, the jungle safari... oh, am I missing anything... I bet I am! Hopefully this long post makes up for me not blogging for a while. Hope all you dogs are doing well!