Dog in MY Backyard!!

On Thanksgiving Day, there was a D O G in MY BACKYARD!!! He came back the day after Thanksgiving, too, and my Mom was able to get proof of the DOG lurking in our yard!!! He lives two doors down from us and our gate is locked and there isn't anything for him to climb up on to jump over our gate. We think he went through our neighbor's backyard and then dug underneath the fence on our little hillside. Because he seemed to show up unannounced, my Mom would take me outside to do business, on a leash.

Mr. Chewie is generally a nice dog. His owners do not take care of him too well though. I don't know how he happens to have a good disposition despite his uncaring family. His female owner is a BBBBB keeper and they keep BBBBs on their property. Ouch!!! He barks and barks and barks and they don't care.

When it is windy and his owners are not home, he always manages to get out of his backyard. Guess where he goes? He goes to our other neighbor's house and scratches their door! He even got to the door frame's insulation TWICE! He goes to the neighbor's house because they were nice to him before, bringing him goodies when his owners left him all alone when they went out of town. Because of this, we can't be too nice to him else he will come visit us and scratch OUR door! His owners will leave him in the backyard all by himself when they go on vacation for days on end. Many neighbors have called the city about this, but seems the dog keeps barking and keeps getting out. We don't call because we are afraid the dog will be put in the pound and then who knows what will happen.

Poor Chewie. He is a nice dog, but his owners stink.

Question for Cooks

My mom has a question to ask you about cooking. On Thanksgiving Day, my parents and visitors ate turkey. My mom had cut the turkey for the visitors and then saved the bones to make a broth later. For the broth, all she added was the turkey bones and filled the pot up with water and boiled it. She did not purposely add in any of the turkey sauce or drippings. After refrigerating it, she skimmed off the fat. Well, under the fat, the broth was really thick. It was like gelatin or jello. This was the first time her broth turned to gelatin. It is still okay to drink and use, right?

Speechless....

I'm speechless and embarrassed to be posting this. Take a look at the pictures. Need I say more?





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Thanksgiving and Present from Luckie!!!

How was your Thanksgiving Day? Mine had mixed results. While Mom wasn't looking, I snuck into the garbage can and pulled out turkey bones and skin. Well, what am I supposed to do if they aren't serving me turkey? I thought for myself, that's what!! Mom caught me and I got scolded by both my Mom and Dad, then I got sent upstairs to be alone and to ponder over my actions. Hmphf! After my parents forgave me, I got to come downstairs to see all my guests. I didn't get any food other than the food I stole, so good thing I stole it, don't you think?

Mom FINALLY let me open the pressie Luckie Girl sent me. She had said before that the camera was full of pictures and she needed to download them before taking more pics. What a slowpoke she is. Who wants to trade Moms? I'll send you my Mom if you send me yours!

Soooo, without further ado, here are pictures of the wonderful Christmas pressies from Luckie! Luckie, you are the bestest friend!!

Woo hoo!! I lucked out!!! Luckie sent me a PINK FLAMINGO, SALMON TREATS, and she even wrote me a letter!!

My dad read the letter to me. This is what he read:

"Dear Hana,
I know it's a little early for Christmas but I couldn't resist getting this PINK Flamingo for you cos I know how much you love PINK. Have lots of fun with your new toy!
P.S. I LOVE YOU LIKE SALMON....
Your buddy,
Luckie Girl XXX"

Huh? I love you like salmon?? Dad misread the note!! It actually said "I hope you like salmon..." My dad is so silly sometimes.

Here I am trying to open the treats by myself.

Mom said she would help me out. As soon as she had the package opened, I stuck my snout in! I couldn't wait! The salmon smelled SOOOOO good!!!

Here I am humoring my Mom. I know what's expected of me. I don't have to be asked anymore. I'm on automatic pilot when it comes to performing for treats!

I want you all to know this is the BESTEST toy ever!! Why you ask? Here's why!!

1. The toy is pink. Is that not the bestest color? Indeed, I think it is!
2. The flamingo is a stuffie. Sorry you can't see it too well in the pics, but his mid-section is stuffed.
3. Not only is the flamingo stuffed, but he has a squeaky in his tummy!
4. He is a multitasking flamingo -- his legs are made of rope, so he is a rope toy as well!

Pink, stuffie, squeaky, and rope toy, all rolled into ONE! How cool is that??? Way cool, if ya ask me!!

Luckie, thank you for the wonderful presents!!! You're the BESTEST!!!

Crunch crunch....

Chewie's Excellent Dogventures

There is a dog named Chewie who lives 2 doors down from me. Today he snuck through my neighbor's backyard and into MY backyard. I am guessing he wanted to wish me a Happy Thanksgiving, but when we went outside into my backyard, he suddenly disappeared!!! I will never know why my guest was sneaking around in my backyard.

Every year in early November my parents say "Hana, we gotta fatten you up for Thanksgiving!!!" Then they chuckle and say "Nahhhh, we're just joking, Hana...." Does any dog know what that means?

The mailman left me a package yesterday afternoon. It's from one of my best friends, Luckie Girl!!! I am soooo excited to be opening a package for ME... I haven't gotten anything exciting in the mail recently, so it'll be dogfun to check out the package. I am sure the contents will smell like Luckie. But my Mom took it away from me and said that I can open it only AFTER she has emptied our camera of pictures. Mom!!! Hurry up and empty our camera so we can take pictures of me opening my present!!!! I desperately want to see what's inside! Luckie, thank you for the present!!! Woo hoooooo!

Ducks, Eskies, Mattresses, Dolly and More

My life is still a bit boring, but I have a couple of things to blog about today.

For instance, why is my ducky taking a swim in my water bowl? Duckies must have wings because I thought I was playing with him when he suddenly decided to fly into the water bowl. Do you think he is trying to take a bath?

Do you remember this picture? It's an eye twister. I asked you all how many eskies do you see. Many dogs guessed 2, one said there was one mutant teenage eskie, one said they saw 7 legs and 1 tail, and one pair said 3. The correct answer is THREE! BLU and Comet guessed THREE! Blue is on the left with his back to you, Nemesis is on the right with her back end across Cronus' back and Blue's tail in her mouth, and Cronus is in the middle with Blue's tail and Nemesis' head in his mouth. Hee hee!!! Who woulda known!?

Now, what is going on here in these next photos?

The photos above are of a new bed for ME!! Oh, it was so comfy, so cushy, perfect for my little body. I LOVED IT!!! But my parents ended up returning it. No fair! It was a Costco memory foam mattress topper and they said it was way too soft without any support! PLUS it never poofed up all the way like it was supposed to! They said it was horrible! How could we have such differences in opinion? I look pretty comfy, don't I? Well, it was very sad that my new bed went back on a car ride to Costco. Bye bye mattress, good bye.

The last 2 photos are of my Raggedy Ann dolly. My Mommy sewed her when she was 11 years old. She is the oldest stuffie in this house!! I'm not gonna say how old Raggedy Ann is else I will get into trouble because it will give my Mom's age away. Mom would be very upset with me, as today is her Barkday and she's not too happy since it is some kind of significant age. Anyhoo, Miss Raggedy Ann is still holding up well, however she has stains on her from over the (many) years.

Sorry my post is not too exciting, but I am not having an exciting week.

What a Horrible Mess!!!

I have some sad animal news to report. A couple days ago a cargo vessel collided with one of our local bridges, the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge. When this happened, the news reported only 140 gallons of bunker fuel spilled from the ship when it struck the support tower of the bridge. Later, we learned it was not only 140 gallons of oil, but instead it was 58,000 gallons!! I know I cannot count that well, but even I would know the difference between 140 vs 58,000 gallons!! Anyhow, the fuel that spilled is a really thick messy sludge. Picture tar that you just cannot get off your paws, then multiply that by 100!

The poor local birds have been affected. And, thousands of migratory birds are flying along the Pacific during this time of year. The birds are covered in oil. They are breathing it, they are drinking it, their wings and bodies are soaked in it. But, efforts are underway by various groups to try to help the birds.

This is a very sad week.



*pictures from sfgate.com

How Many...

How many eskies do YOU see?

*picture is of "Island American Eskimos" of Camano Island, WA

Mish Mash

Hi Everydog and GirlGirl! It's me, Hana! You haven't forgotten about me I hope. Sorry I haven't been blogging because life is boring and I don't have much to blog about. Mom didn't get me a costume for Halloween and we didn't go trick-or-treating. Borrrring. She says she *might* take me to see my niece tomorrow, but she doesn't really want to drive 30 miles to do that. Sigh...

So, I am going to show you pictures of me being bored.

Can you find me in this picture?

I think I look sexy in this picture below that was taken at Grandma's house. There's my full figured fuzzy butt and my sexy slender legs. Don't you just want to play footsies with me? I know you do. Don't be shy.

OK, there is one exciting thing that happened last weekend. My mom got the carpet eater out in the family room and she stuck it where the curtain meets the floor. Lazy Mom didn't move the curtain aside. Suddenly, this "thing" was flaying around on the family room floor!!! Yikes!! What is it????? It scared the begeebees outta me! Whatever it was, half of it got sucked into the carpet eater while the other half was wiggling around on the floor. I am glad it was this half that was on the family room floor rather than the OTHER HALF! Mom got a paper plate and flicked this "thing" out the patio door.

Do you think this is half of a baby snake? It didn't look like a wormy to me.






OK, one last thing. My friend submitted a video to a contest and I am asking if you can vote for Prayer Bear's video by "throwing a bone." It's really cool. It's a lot of fun to watch and you will wish you were in the video too! At least just watch the first 20 seconds. You will really enjoy it! If Prayer Bear wins the $50 in coupons, they will donate them to the shelter. That's for a very good cause, so click on the pictures below and VOTE FOR PRAYER BEAR!