It's December-- oh my!!

On my dogness, it are December already!! Where duz the time fly? I's been makin' Momma write my entries over on my Dogster diary, but she has been woefully inadequate when it comes to maintainin' my blog.... I think I just might have to fire her but she works so cheap I don't know who I could get to take her place... Know anybody willin' to work for Westie kissies??

'Round here, no Christmas decor ever goes up until after Whitley's Momma's birthday on the 26th of November, and usually not until December. I heard talk of the tree going up tomorrow or Monday. That means an all day affair as my peeps are kinda insano about Christmas ornaments and have an eleventy-kajillion of dose things... Last year, the daughters (Whitley's momma and her sister) were livin' in Austin, and they put up a tree. Just their ornaments loaded that thing down. Momma has so many you couldn't even tell that the girls' eleventy bajillion were down in Austin. Da tree is gonna be groanin wid all of dose things on it this year...bol!

Whit's Momma and my Momma are gonna get to work on their cards tomorrow-- they make their own and it's a very involved process... my job are to guard Momma's feet by lying on them...it are a very important duty, she might get bored, get some food, and drop some and I has to be there to clean it up...

In udder news, Momma & Daddy's bathroom are gonna get torn apart and put back together right after New Year's-- Momma is tryin' to make decisions about whut dey put in-- Daddy are no help but maybe dat are a good thing-- that way she gets what she wants.

I have always found it to work out best when I get what I want and I bet Momma feels da same way.

Well, bark ya later, gators!

Limericks....

This past week has been purty good... me and Whitley gots lots of walks and some in the daytime due to da cooler temps! Hooray for daytime walkies... it saves the embarrassment of stalkin' a pile of leaves or a rock that ya coulda sworn fur sure wuz a bunny rabbit!! Boy, do the Mommas laff their fannies off then!!

In honor of our walkies-- where we goes a couple of miles at least!!-- I wrote dis here limerick...

Walkies

Finley she sure likes her walks
Although sometimes she sniffs and she balks
She has odors to smell
Oh, the stories they tell
And then there’s those bunnies she stalks!

Bark ya later, gators!!

A new pup on Blogger

There's a new pup to Blogger-- name of Ziggy. Pups, go check out his blog, he needs some more followers!

Just click on the following link to get to his page....

Ziggy the Westie

Fiesta Pooch Parade 2012!!

Well, pups, let me tells ya all about the Fiesta Pooch Parade! On Friday, Momma and me packed our bags and headed for Austin. We picked up Whitley and her Momma and we kepts goin' south-- down San Antonio way. That night Whit and me guarded the hotel room while Momma and Whit's Momma went to NIOSA (that means Night in Ole San Antonio-- which is one huge party packed with people downtown at La Villita and then they went to eat at a restaurant on the River Walk.
Bright and early the next mornin', we headed over the the Fiesta Pooch Parade. Momma wuz amazed cuz I wuz so excited about the Parade and all the pups that I didn't scratch myself even once for hours and hours... and Whitley, well, pups, you's gonna find this hard to believe.... "SHE SHUT HER YAPPER!!" Yeah, I know, shockin!!! We gots out of the car and Whit is all "BARK, BARK, BARK" all the way up the hill till we got to where all da pups wuz. Well, there wuz hundreds of pooches, and fer sum reason, dat made Whitley be quiet.
We looked and looked for our Dogster pals, Ebby and Ceeley but there wuz lots of dachsunds and we wuz thinkin' we wouldn't spot them. So's we headed back to the starting line and Momma spotted Ebby!!
There is no mistakin' that grin of Miss Ebby's! And Miss Ceeley-- I don't know what this bad press about grumpiness wuz cuz she wuz as nice as could be wid us! We sniffed noses and everyone wuz relieved we all liked each other! Well, duh, Mommas, we's Dogster buddies!! We also met Ceeley's brother who got to ride for the entire parade route! Lucky dog!

Well, some pups started the parade 'fore the "official start" so we's decided to head out. As we passed a policeman, he spoke into his radio "The dogs are on the move!!! The parade has unofficially started!!" BOL! BOL!

Almost right away, people were lining the parade route to gaze at our magnificence! And bestow treats upon us! They had set up watering stations all along the route and tossed goodies our way. I swear pups, the streets of San Antonio are paved in dog treats of so many kinds it boggled my lil pup mind! And lil kids wuz running out to pet us and admire us and give us more goodies! I thought I wuz dreamin' and never wanted to wake up!

One lady even let us choose from her basket of perfectly arranged goodies-- she wuz the Martha Stewart of the dog treat peeps with her artfully arranged treats!! Oh my dog!!

I gots to figger out how to get Momma to carry me up the steepest hill... Ceeley and Ebby have figgered how to work that angle and that carryin' looked pretty good!

After the parade, Momma and Whit's momma went to EZ's to get a lil lunch before headin' back to Austin. They had the patio all set up for pooches and gave us treatses and water and the Mommas got free sodas if ya had a dog with ya!

I tells ya, that San Antonio place sure likes us pups!!

Here's some pics....

Ceeley and Ebby's Momma

Miss Ceeley

Ceeley's brother

Whitley and me, paradin' down the street

Miss Ebby and her famous smile

A Pooch Parade Float


Bark ya later, gators!!

Easter and Invasion of the Pool Snatchers!!

Well, pups, I had a travelin' Easter weekend. Daddy went to Arizona to see his Dad, so me and Momma went down to Austin to see Whitley, her Momma, Ally, and Maurice the cat.

We wuz leavin' on Friday, backin' out of the driveway, when 2 mallards flew overhead and landed in our

backyard pool.... then 2 more!! Momma pulled back into the garage, fished me out of my crate, and we went into the backyard to get rid of the pool invaders! Momma got these shots before I busted up that pool party! I did my job, rushin' the pool a'barkin', and those boy ducks took that pool party elsewheres!! Momma likes ducks but not the mess they would leave behind!!

Well, we eventually got on the road and made it down to Austin-- me and Whitley got some walks around her neighborhood, some fun playing with the bunnies we gots for Easter, and just had a good time. Maurice did the funniest thing... he started to jump down and swat me then realized it wuz ME and not Whitley, who puts up with his foolishness... and he twisted in midair and jumped up to the back of the couch instead! It looked bizarro!!

Me and Momma came home Monday and Daddy Tueday... all wuz fine... and some new flowers were blooming...

Bark ya later, gators!!

Not a good day....

Today were not a good day. It started out purdy good. It were sunny and warm and I gots to spend time in both the front and back gardens. But then, when Daddy came home from Half Price books, he told Momma I greeted him limpin'... and yep, I wuz... limpin...
(Daddy goes to Half Price books to buy CDs fer a buck-- it's kinda an addiction with him, Momma sez... and then she sighs...)

Anyhow, they checked me over but couldn't figger out why I's limping. It got a little better by afternoon, but then Momma gave me an allergy shot. C'mon Momma, I's hurt already and you's got to stick me wid a needle???

Oh well... tomorrow are anudder day, to quote that Scarlett O'Hara gal....

I'll leave ya with some more flowers from Momma's garden...

Bark ya later, gators!

Happy Spring..... still itchin'....

Well puppers, Momma was feeling a little better today. She hurt her back trimmin' hedges and then weed whackin' everything the next day... so she's kinda grumpy. She says she is fine in the horizontal or vertical positions, it's just all the ones in between those that ouch! She got out in the backyard and did some stuff which I enjoyed cuz I gets to snoopervise while she works... I'm very good at snoopervising from the chaise lounge...BOL!!

I'm still here, one month after being on the holistic routine, still itchin' the same as always. For some reason, Momma don't like it when I scratch my neck till it bleeds or chew my leg bloody. She is frustermatated that I'm not any better at all... and that the only thing that seems to help me not itch so much is steroids... she doesn't want me on them all the time cuz they can mess a pup up. Plus, it is getting so warm down here that with all these clothes on I has to stay in the air conditioning all the time. She wishes I could run around all nekkid like a pup should.... The only time I gets to be nekkid is when I go fer a walk and then she has to keep me movin'- and then I comes home and gets a bath right away...

Whitley and her Momma came to see me last weekend... we had lotz of fun playing and doin' the Westie Party... but then she had to go back to Austin with her Momma.


I went back to the  holistic vet today... he told Momma to change up my notions and potions some... and added in a new one. Plus, Momma had him do a thyroid panel to rule out any thyroid problems... none of my vets has done one on me before. So I got stuck with a needle... but no big deal to me, I get stuck lots when I get my allergy therapy shots. Tomorrow Momma is going to go back and pick up a doggie antihistamine for me since the human ones don't seem to help me much.

Thought I'd show y'all some flowers from Momma's garden...

Bark ya later, gators!

Notions and Potions and Baths, Oh My!!

Well, Momma took me yesterday to see a new vet, Dr. Shawn Messonnier-- he's a holistic vet and pretty famous what with having a newspaper column and books and all... We's still battling my itchies and Momma wants me to be able to go nekkid, seeing as how summer is coming and will be here before ya knows it. Full body armor don't really work in summer, especially in the Texas heat!!

He told Momma to wash me every day-- that's right, pups, every single day-- with aloe and oatmeal organic shampoo. Plus I gots some stuff to detoxify me, and some supplements for dis, some supplements for dat. The whole goal is to get me less itchy.... but since there are all kinds of herbs for that, we might have to tinker with what and how much in order to hit on the right combo of things....

I liked Dr. Shawn... in fact, I went and pulled a Whitley and barked a big dog I saw outside the glass of his office. Momma didn't know what came over me, I doesn't usually bark the big dogs, dat's Whitley's modus operandi. I's still gettin' my allergy shots, cuz they do seems to be helpin' some, fer instance, I no longer gets ear infections. I got them a lot before my shots.

So today I woke up, got a bunch of pills and potions, then after lunch we took a walk, I got a bath, an allergy shot, and then a nap. It was a wunnerful day fer a walk, warm and breezy!!

More pills and potions tonight.


Thanks to Eddie the Westie over on Dogster for pushing Momma to get me to Dr. Shawn... we jest hope he helps me as much as he helped Eddie.

Bark ya later, gators!!

Laissez les bons temps rouler!

It's Fat Tuesday, every pup!! Mardi Gras!! Put on some Boozoo Chavis or Terrance Simien and get your party on!

   

Momma is gonna go to the store and get the fixins to make some Seafood Dirty Rice.... maybe she will slip me a little treat tonight, too... I sure hopes so! I luvs getting a lagniappe!


Since it's Mardi Gras, thought I'd share a few Cajun words and their meanings...


Meeno............cat
Tooloulou......fiddler crab
tree...............three
Ain................What did you say?
Bahbin...........facial pout expression
Coo-yôn.........foolish
Drawz............under wear
Freesôns........goosebumps
Hose pipe.......garden hose
Haunt.............embarrassed
Nuttin.............nothing
Passe'.............go away
Peeshwank.....runt, little person
Pod nah........partner, good friend
Udder............other
Vay-yay........spend time talking (from the French veiller)
Lagniappe.....something extra


So, laissez les bons temps rouler!! May your folks give you a lagniappe with your dinner tonight!! It's Mardi Gras!!  


 Bark ya later, gators!

It's a Blog Hop!

I'm participating in a Blog Hop today. It's a way to meet new pups and see some new blogs. At first, when Momma mentioned hopping, I thought she might be referring to bunnies, which I loves to try to chase, but alas, that are not the kind of hopping she are referrin' to...
There are 3 easy to follow rules for this Blog Hop...
__ Use the Linky tool provided to sign up. Note: if your blog is not pet-related it will be removed from the list.
__Follow the three hosts at the top of the list (and while you're at it, follow us-we'd appreciate it!)
__ Peruse these fabulous blogs and follow and comment as you desire.

20 Questions.... and Answers

Happy Belated Valentine's Day, everypup!! Momma got back in town yesterday so I got her to work on my blog... she's been slacking in her duties lately....


I saw on Dogster where some pups were answering questions and I thought I'd give it a shot...


1. WHAT COLOR COLLAR ARE YOU WEARING?

Pink with flowers cuz I's a girl (although some dummies see me and still call me "he"-- whut's up with dat?)

2. DOES YOUR LEASH MATCH YOUR COLLAR?

Yep, all my leashes are pink--fer the reason, see answer #1.

3. WHAT’S WORSE? An EVIL NEMESIS SQUIRREL bouncing around in the trees or across the fence, a Crow strutting around in your yard or Neighbor People outside talking?

Squirrels drive me da nuttiest. Dey taunts me from da safety of da trees.. come down here and we'll see if ya keep talkin' smack, squirrelie....

4. DO YOU HAVE A FAVORITE SNACK?

Hmmm.... dat's hard. I luvs whutever I can con da hoomans out of-- bits of steak, bacon, eggie weggies, cheese, pizza crusts, Texas Toothpicks, Halley Hound peanut butter treats and der Ginger Stars, too, and Purina Select Choice chicken slices (usta call them Carvers, I think). I killed a couple of rats... they wuz kinda tastee...

5. WHERE WAS YOUR LAST CAR RIDE?

I went down to Austin in January... I gots to see my BFF Whitley and had to listen to Maurice da cat meow the whole way down dere... unless they played Britney Spears on da car stereo. Apparently, he's a fan.

6. DO YOU STICK YOUR HEAD OUT THE WINDOW ON CAR RIDES?

No way, Jose... Momma wouldn't let me do dat.

7. DO YOU HAVE A FAVORITE TOY?

I luv da toys-- all of dem-- but probably my favorite is my tennis ball bone. I think I's on my third or fourth one of dose. The first one quit squeakin' when Momma stuck a needle thru its squeaker. Guess I shoulda lissened when she said she I wuz makin' her head hurt. I chews 'em and squeaks 'em until the tennis ball fuzz wears off and they look gross and then Momma tosses 'em and I get a new one. Right now I have a loopy armadillo I's enjoyin' tearing the loops off of...

8. DO YOU HAVE A BOYFURIEND OR GIRLFURIEND?

I has several admirers, but I likes to play the field.

9. DO YOU HAVE A FAVORITE WALK?

Any walk is a good walk-- I loves my walks!!

10. DO YOU GO TO DOG PARKS?

Nope. I's kinda got some terriertude... kinda like that Johnny Cash song "I won't back down"... hee hee....

11. WHERE DO YOU SLEEP AT NIGHT?

I sleep on Daddy's feet mostly, cuz his side of da bed is near the door. Once he gets up (wid da roosters, Momma sez), I move myself up the bed and sleep wid my head on his pillow. Nice of him to warm it up fer up me...

12. DO YOU SNORE?

I's been told I do, but considerin' the sources, dey ain't got room to talk, know whut I mean?

13. DO YOU SLEEP UNDER THE COVERS?

Only if it's really, really, cold or if I just feel like confusin' the folks.

14. DO YOU HAVE TO WEAR CLOTHES?

Yep, cuz of my allergies, I has to wear clothes to keep me from chewin' myself. But I luvs clothes!! I dances fer 'em-- dresses, bandanas, tshirts, jumpsuits, vests, hoodies... I never met any clothes I didn't like. I luvs it when Momma makes me sumthin' new to wear!

15. ARE YOU THE FAVORITE DOG?

I'm da only dog 'cept when Whitley's home, so I guess I wins by default. De fault of da parents fer not havin' more dogs..

16. WHERE IS YOUR FAVORITE SPOT TO SLEEP IN THE HOUSE?

On Momma's ottoman right between Momma's feet though I also likes to nap on da back of the couch... great view from up dere.

17. WHAT’S THE BEST HUMAN FOOD YOU’VE EVER BEEN FED?

Hmmm, I luvs me beef jerky made by Momma! ( And her barbeque, steak, ribz... anything I can snag from the grill.)

18. DO YOU GO TO A DOG GROOMER?

No, my Momma enjoys torturin' me herself.

19. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF BATHS?

It ain't fer polite company....

20. WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOU ARE BORED?

Get a toy and....
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(dat's how my first tennis ball bone lost its squeaker)


Mardi Gras is just around the corner, so here's a pic of me in my Mardi Gras dress Momma made for me...