My Critters are Back!

It's been a long time since we've seen my furry (and slimy) friends, that I really thought they had all flown the coop.  Skedaddled.  Vamoosed.  Gave us the slip.  (This is fun.  I could go on all day like this, but oops, I digressed again.)  Anyway, it looked like they were all gone.

Then last week, we were just walking down our neighborhood path, and we saw a little snake.  Not a rattlesnake, I don't think.  This was just your run of the mill desert snake.  (In Scottsdale, we have Desert Snakes, not Garden Snakes, like most people I know.)

And while we were watching the snake, someone pointed up ahead and there was my friend Coyote!  He was just trotting across our path like he'd never been gone.  I tried to go say hello, but Dad wouldn't let me.  So we just ambled on. 

And Boy! was I glad we did.  'Cuz guess who we ran into next?  Bob Katt!  He was sitting by the tennis court  waiting till the courts cleared.  He asked if I wanted to play, but I didn't have my tennis racquet.  I've heard that Bob Katt has a mean backhand.  (Or maybe that was the green squirrel on the television commercial.  I forget.)

Anyway, I told Bob I'd be back with my tennis racquet and we could play later sometime.  I told him it was really good to see him.  He said he had been hiding in the shadows while it was so hot.  That's why we hadn't seen much of him.

But it's getting cooler now.  So maybe my javelina buddies will be out soon.  I think they like the cooler weather too. 

I'm glad my friends are back.  Especially now that we're back in Scottsdale for good. (We sold our place in Missouri).  So now I'm a real Desert Rat.  No, not a rat.  I'm a Desert Dog.  That's what I am.  Kinda sounds like a baseball team.  Maybe I could start my own team.  Me and Bob Katt and Coyote and Snake and Javelina.  We could all be on one team and play -- what?  Tennis?  Maybe not.

Hope your friends are all around you.

Love, G

 

Kicked off the island again!

Dad went to play golf this morning.  I don't like when Dad leaves usually, but sometimes when he does, Mom and I get to do stuff.  So Mom took me to the Dog Park again.  I love, love, love, my Dog Park.

And there were a ton of dogs there.  Little ones.  Big Ones.  Pretty ones. 

There was one little pup who really liked me.  His name was Mason.  He was fun, but just a little overbearing.  If you know what I mean.

But it wasn't so much that Mason wouldn't leave me alone.  Do you see the big black head in the picture?  That's Grim.  Grim didn't like that Mason liked me better than him.  He got very, very jealous.  He came over and Butt-checked me!  Shoved his big rear right into my hindquarters.  That didn't deter Mason, however.  He just kept on.  But I didn't like it much.  And then....Grim came at me growling.  So I jumped away and tried real hard to get rid of Mason, but it wasn't happenin'.

Mom decided then that we should maybe go get breakfast.  (I was happy to see that Grim's mom decided to take him out too.  'Cuz I don't think I should be punished just because Mason likes me best!)  So we all left.  And nobody got mad or anything.

Then, as a treat, Mom took us to "The Place" for breakfast.  I like The Place.  Gloria, my special waitress comes and gives me water in my own bowl.  She talks to me and we're real good friends now.  

I sit very quietly near the table and I don't wander around like I used to when I was just a little tyke and didn't now any better.

MMM, those eggs smell really good from here, Mom.  Think you could drop a piece or two?

Yeah, nothin' like a spot right under the table to enjoy Mom's breakfast with her!

Hope you don't get voted off the Island and if you do, that you have a great place for breakfast instead!

Love, G

Ooops!

Two of my followers informed me that they haven't been getting my blogs.  And I've been blogging all along.  So I had Mom check and sure enough, she had deactivated all the addresses so she could make some changes, and then she forgot to reactivate them.  So now they're all reactivated, and you should be getting your blogs again.

If you want to go see the ones you missed, just click on this "Guinness's Blog" , and it will take you to my Blog Spot where you can see all of my blogs.  Don't worry, we don't let any advertisers on my blog spot, so it's OK to go to.

If it doesn't work to get you to my blog spot, just send me an email (you can just reply to this email even tho' it says you can't) and I'll send you the ones you missed.

Sorry about that!  But I'm a little worried.  Only two people noticed my blogs were missing.  Aren't the rest of you reading my blogs?

I'll be resuming my regular blogs again with all your addresses activated on Sunday!  See you then.

Love G

Back to the Old Dog Park!

Mom took me back to our Scottsdale dog park.  They did a lot of work on it over the summer.  It's lots nicer.  Plenty of green grass.  And I especially liked the new guys I met this time.

This is Champ and Charlie.  Charlie is a girl.  She's something between a Pit Bull and a Beagle.  So she's really cute, and she has a ton of spunk.  She likes to play with the "Boys".  That's Champ and me. 

Champ is fun.  We had a good time with Charlie.  We kinda ganged up on her, 'cuz she liked to play tough.  

But it was all in fun.  I was really interested in why Charlie is the way she is.  So when we all stopped fooling around for awhile, we talked.

Charlie told us that she had been a stray puppy for a long, long time.  She had to fend for herself.  Find food and water.  Find a place to sleep.  It was rough.  Then one day, a human tried to capture her.  He tempted her with food.  Really good food!  But she wasn't having anything to do with it.  See, she was afraid.  She didn't know what would happen to her.  But one day, when she wasn't paying a lot of attention, she got tricked and the next thing she knew, she was in a truck and whisked away.

It turned out OK, though.  'Cuz she got lots of food and water and lots of pets and cuddles, till she decided maybe this wasn't so bad.  And then the man who was at the park picked her out of all the other puppies and took her home.  She really likes him and thinks life is pretty good now.

I guess I had it pretty lucky.  I went from my doggie mom to a foster home before I even knew I was lost.  And from there I went to Mom and Dad and life has always been good and easy for me.  I never had to find food or water.  (Although, sometimes someone forgets to fill my water bowl, but all I have to do is sit next to it and stare at Mom or Dad!  Then it gets filled.)

We all three played hard that day.  I finally found a cool mud spot and sat down.  But I'm glad to be back to my Scottsdale dog park with fun new friends.

Hope you're having an easy and fun life.  

Love, G

On the Road Again

'Member a couple of weeks ago, I asked if we might be moving again?  Little did I know how right I was!  But it wasn't the usual packing by any means.  One day my favorite couch was gone.  Two days later, MY BED was gone!  I had to sleep all night with Mom and Dad.  THEN, Mom and Dad's bed was gone.

Where were we going to sleep now?  There isn't anything left except these boxes and the carpet.  

Well, I should have known, but Mom had it all planned out.  We went to a hotel.  In the city where I live!  Who woulda thought to go to a hotel where you live?  I always go to hotels in  Amarillo and places like that far far away from where I live.  So this was exciting.  We stayed at the Clayton Plaza and I got to open the magic door by glaring at it.  It was sooooo  cool.

Then we took off before the sun came up.  And I was back in my little cubical in the back seat of the new car.  I had to check out every angle.

(Mostly, I like looking where we've been.)

Then when I was done with that, Dad needed help with directions.  So I whispered good directions so Mom didn't know I was helping.

 Course, sometimes, I just had to get right in their faces so they would not make mistakes.

Finally, I was pretty sure they were on the right track.  (After all, its' 44 to 40 and then south to Home.  How hard can it be?)  So I took a break.

Guess we're in for a new kind of adventure in Arizona.  When we go back to visit St. Louis now, we can stay in fun hotels and stuff.  That'll be neat.  But till then, I'm just along for the ride.

Have some good adventures this week.

Love, G

Creatures in the back yard!

Mom decided to weed out the back yard.  It got kinda messy while we were away for 8 months.  Lots and lots of big weeds.  They were "Uuuge".  (Hee, hee, I heard that word on the news.)

Anyway, apparently some little animal had thought we weren't ever coming back, so it thought it could homestead in my garden.  The nerve.  I ran out and tried to scare him away.  It wasn't easy.  

  I know he's in here somewhere!

oops, he escaped.

I think he went in here.

No, maybe he's over here.

Drat, he's got a home under the wood pile.

How long can he stay hidden, do ya think?

Longer than I want to wait.  That's for sure.  Wonder what it was?

Hope you can catch your creatures better'n me!

Love, G

Are we leaving again?

Mom & Dad are packing again.  Only this time, it's really serious.  EVERYTHING, and I mean EVERYTHING is going out the door.  I'm a little afraid I might be next.  There are two piles of boxes in the living room.  That's where my favorite couch is.  I've been trying to hide so I won't get boxed up!

Look at all those boxes!  The ones on the right are going home with us (and the piano).  I'm kinda glad the piano is coming home with us.  I like listening when Mom plays.  It puts me to sleep.  The other pile is going to the Missouri Botannical Garden.  Mom says they have a Little Shop Around the Corner.  But I've been in all of our corners here, and I've never seen their Little Shop.  Whatever, I don't really need baskets and lampshades.  They can have them.  

I've decided I better find a spot where no one will see me.  So I don't end up in the Shop Around the Corner.

What do you think:  On the couch?

Or in this little space between the couch and the chair?  

I'm thinking, I could sneak up on the couch and fall asleep on it and no one would know the difference.  That is, unless the couch goes?  Would they take my favorite couch?  No I'm sure they wouldn't do that.

Hope your favorite couch is safe!

Love, G