Airedale Heaven

We hope everydoggie is having a great January!

2012-01-18T10:43:00.000-05:00

Hey, everydoggie! It's me, Patches! Who ELSE would it be? I am the only doggie who lives here! We don't have a whole lot of news, but around here, that's a GOOD thing!

One day it's hot and the next day, it's cold! It's a wonder we don't all have pneumonia! (Ha! I bet you thought I couldn't spell pneumonia!) Most of our trees have buds, which is WAY wrong for January! I'm pretty sure they will end up getting frozen.

My mom has been putting lots of stuffs on that eBay place. I'm watching to make sure she doesn't try to sell any of my stuffies! I have been keeping busy moving from the cold kitchen floor to the warm carpet, depending upon what kind of day it is. Sometimes I have to be on the carpet in the morning and then move to the kitchen floor in the afternoon. It's furry confusing...Mom never knows where I will be next.

That's all the news that IS the news from Airedale Heaven! We hope you are all having a great January whether you have snow or warm temperatures!

Aire-hugs,
Patches

Happy New Year to all our doggie and human friends!

2012-01-02T09:36:00.000-05:00

Now that all our Christmas decorations are put away, maybe things can get back to normal around here. As you can see, from these photos, I had a pretty darned good Christmas. I got a new lion and a new horsie! I also got 3 kinds of new treats, but my mom grabbed them as fast as I could open them! I'm still not sure WHY!

Our weather has turned pretty awful, here in Georgia. Yesterday, it was 65 degrees F and today, the high is supposed to be in the 40's. Right now, it's so windy, that it feels REALLY cold. Tomorrow is supposed to be even worse...highs in the 30's! I thought this was supposed to be the SOUTH!

I guess we shouldn't really complain. It's still better than last year when we were trapped in the house for four days! We haven't had any snow flakes yet, so THAT'S a good thing!

We wish all of our friends a happy, healthy and prosperous New Year! OMD! I almost forgot...today is our 4th blogaversary! It was four years ago, today when Aunt Wendy came over and helped my mom start this bloggy! I wasn't even HERE yet! Coming up, in May, it will be my 3rd Gotcha Day and a few days later, it will be my 9th barkday! Woohoo!

Stay warm, everybuddy!

Aire-hugs,
Patches

Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, or whatever you celebrate!

2011-12-21T07:44:00.000-05:00

Hey, everybuddy! It's me, Patches! We want to say Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah or Happy Whatever you Celebrate! Here at Airedale Heaven, I will be having a Merry Christmas! I know Santa Claws is bringing me some really good stuffs!

I also, want to show everydoggie our new Christmas ornament. It is a stocking with an Airedale on it! It's from Maggie, Mitch and their very talented mom! It is so special that my mom hung it from the very top of our tree! It looks beautimous up there, Mom, but I can't reach it. I think that might have been her plan since sometimes I grab a Christmas ball from the lower branches! But that was an accident. Really, Mom. My toys sometimes hit an ornament and then I get caught in the process of putting it back! Somehow, I don't think she's buying that!

We hope all of you have a very happy and SAFE holiday season!

Aire-hugs,
Patches

Hey, hey, hey every buddy!

2011-12-08T09:12:00.001-05:00

Hi! It's me, Patches! Well, my mom really did it! She put up a 6 foot tall Christmas tree. I really like playing with the colored balls that are on the tree, but they don't break easily. Darn! Sometimes, I get a little carried away playing with my toys and they accidentally knock a ball or two off the tree. Oops!

When one of my toys sticks on the tree, I try to bark it off, but that doesn't usually work. I end up having to go and get my mom and then run in the living room while barking at the tree! She takes the hint and gives me back my toy. I guess she would rather I do that than just just climbing the tree to get it myself!

We had a nice Thanksgiving and I got to have my own special treat. Aunt Wendy put the turkey-holding tray on the floor and let me "go to it"! Yummy, yummy! This is the first time I got to clean it up all by myself!

Aunt Wendy even let my mom take a picture of us together right before I dove on the turkey-holder.

I cleaned up that plate so well that I thought my mom could just put it back in the cabinet, but for some strange reason, she said she had to sterilize it!

Well, every buddy...that's it for today! I'm off to find a register vent to sleep on. It's cold outside and that warm aire sure feels good on my fuzzy belly!

Aire-hugs,
Patches

HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL OF OUR AMERICAN FRIENDS!

2011-11-23T06:54:00.000-05:00

Hi, everybuddy. It's me, Patches! I know, I know! My mom hasn't let me blog in a whole MONTH! As usual, she says she's busy and I say she's lazy! Although, I do have to admit that she's been spending a lot of time outside and a lot of time in front of 'puter doing stuff besides blogging!

Mom says she's going to put up a Christmas tree, this year, for the first time since 1981! It won't be real, but it WILL be 6 feet tall. Whoa...Mom! From a 1 foot tall ceramic tree to a 6 foot fake tree? Well, baby steps...I guess! Unfortunately, for ME, she bought all shatter-proof ornaments! I was looking forward to breaking the glass balls!

We want to wish a Happy Thanksgiving to all of our American friends and anyone else who celebrates it!

Aire-hugs,
Patches (who can hardly wait for some TURKEY!)

I have decided to forgive my mom and I had a playdate with Lucia!

2011-10-24T15:42:00.002-04:00

Hi, everybuddy! I had a most excellent visit and playdate with Lucia the Aire-girl! After some butt sniffing and getting to know each other through the gate, our moms finally let us "have AT" each other! Lucia had a blast sniffing all the smells in my house and I was having a really good time sniffing LUCIA!

I even let her drink from MY water bowl! I was very nice to her once I told her that I am the alpha around here! She just said, "Whatever". I guess she wasn't impressed that I am the alpha!

I have no idea what happened to THIS picture! We really aren't all faded out like this picture shows. At least we are both IN the picture. Mom took lots of pictures where all you see is a tail...thanks to that stoopid delay thingy on the flashy box!

Lucia and her la mia ragazza(mom)brought me loads of foodables (treats) and two toys! The tennis ball has already been confiscated because I tried to skin it! The other toy is a pink doggie and my sick, sick mom calls it my "crack baby". It has a plastic bottle inside so it crackles when I put my big gnashers on it! I also have some kind of treat that looks like a summer sausage. My mom calls THAT "doggie crack"! I guess it's because I almost jump in her face every time she gets it out of the coolerator to give me a bite. That woman just isn't "right"! Or as my dad used to say, "She isn't wrapped too tight"!

Okay, everybuddy, here's why I have decided to forgive my mom for the torture she put me through last Tuesday. I have my very own Pink Panther! My mom think his eyes follow her when she walks through the living room. I think she's been watching too many Ghost Hunters shows! Mr. Pink came to me from a yard sale. The lady GAVE it to my mom FREE! Woohoo! No green papers changed hands! I loooooove my new pink doggie and my new
pink panther!

My hot spot from hell, on my tail, is doing much better now. I still have lots of ant-eye-buy-oticks to take, but I'm feeling much, much better!

We lost a very good friend, last Friday. Claudette Hudson passed away after a looooong and painful battle with cancer. Her Dogs with Blogs family (which includes US)will really miss her! We could always count on Claudette to let us know the most recent and impawtant news from our great DWB community. Rest in peace, Claudette! We will all make sure Rocky, Bear and Floyd are taken care of!

Aire-hugs,
Patches

My mom has betrayed me and I plan to get even!

2011-10-18T12:25:00.001-04:00

Hey, everydoggie! I am registering a complaint! My mom has betrayed me in the worst kind of way! Yesterday morning, she refused to give me my breakfast and then when I asked for water, she said no to that too.

I had to watch as she ate HER breakfast, but did I even get one little taste? Noooooo! She kept telling me she was sorry, but I wasn't buying that! Finally, she put my prong collar and leash on and I realized I was going somewhere! Woohoo!...or so I THOUGHT! We went on a loooong car ride in my Aire-mobile and I met some new peoples that I had never seen before. Now, at first I was kind of excited about all of this, but then they started stealing my bloods and shaving various parts of my furry body! Ok, they made me go to sleep before the shaving and the stealing of the bloods, but don't worry, I knew what they were up to!

When I woke up, I had a poodle leggie and big bare spot on my tail...not to mention...my teefies are all sparkling white! I bet if I went into a room with a black light, they would glow in the dark!

It seems that I have a hot spot from hell on the side of my tail! It was so bad that my fuzzy body was producing white blood cells to fight with it! I hadn't told my mom about it until yesterday morning when she saw me gnawing on my tail like an ear of corn! I hadn't yet chewed the hair off so my mom didn't think it was a hot spot. Some dog detective SHE is!

Well, now I am on ant-eye-bye-oticks and some allergy medicine. Can you believe it...my mom wanted to steal my allergy medicine! It's the same stuff she takes...even the same dosage! The dogtor told her that it's very impawtant for me to take it! So take THAT, Mom!

Yep, she really betrayed me, but I am getting even! About every hour, last nignt while she was sleeping, I was whining! Every time I did it, she got up and held me for a few minutes. I've been doing it all day today, too! She went to the store, this morning, and when she came home, I REALLY got even with her! She knows that as soon as she opens the door from the garage to the kitchen, the first thing she sees is my big, black marshmellow nose! Well, this time, I wasn't there! I almost heard her heart fall to her feet! Actually, I was fine and I just wanted to see the look on her face when I didn't show up to greet her! I might have to "milk" this thing for a while!

Oh, yeah and I have to wear the cone of shame! Actually, I am wearing the COLLAR of shame. It's foam rubber covered with some fabric. My dad used to wear it sometimes and I inherited it! Thanks a lot, Dad! Today, I am wishing my dad a happy birthday! I hope he can hear me from heaven!

Well, everybuddy, I have to get back to planning my revenge. Stay tuned!

Aire-hugs,
Patches

Thank you, everydoggie!

2011-10-16T06:25:00.000-04:00

Hi! It's me, Patches again! We just want to thank everydoggie who left us comments about finding a service doggie! Thank you to Mango Momma for reminding us about Clive in Ireland and thank you to Clive for giving us some information about trainers here, in the Atlanta area!

My mom contacted Tenkiller Airedales and they are going to help! We are turning over all the information, so they can deal directly with the family of the little boy. We think that's better than relying on 3rd or 4th hand information from my mom. We sure hope everything works out for all the parties involved and we send a huge THANK YOU to Sherry from Tenkiller Airedales!

Aire-hugs,
Patches

We need somedoggie's help!

2011-10-15T07:42:00.001-04:00

Hey, everydoggie, kitty, hamsterrier and hooman! It's me, Patches! My mom and Aunt Wendy are wondering if anyone out there knows of an assistance dog for autism that is in the Atlanta area or could COME to the Atlanta area. There is a little boy, here, who is in desparate need of an "autism" doggie. He's on some sort of list to get a dog, but he's somewhere around number 1000. We're hoping to find him a doggie that isn't on the "list", but has had the training.

We don't know much about these things, but since we have friends from all over the world, we thought that maybe someone could help...or at least point us in the right direction!

Pupdate: This family is desperate since the boy ran away from home and was found hanging from a pool cover. He was one very lucky little boy THIS TIME! A couple of other children, in the Atlanta area, were not so lucky. There have been some deaths of autistic children in recent weeks! It was told to us, that these dogs will actually lie down on the back of the child to prevent them from running away. (We don't know if this is accurate, we just know what we were told). Thanks to those of you who have left us comments!

Aire-hugs,
Patches

Wordless Wednesday!

2011-10-12T15:04:00.000-04:00

Aire-hugs,
Patches the Princess

I have picked up some new (bad) habits since I am the only doggie around here, now!

2011-09-14T15:09:00.001-04:00

Hi, everybuddy! It's me, Patches. My mom says I am starting some bad habits since I am the only doggie around here, now! As soon as my mom goes out the door, I howl like a coyote howling at the moon. I can see her out in the front yard, but I can't get to her, so I howl. I never did that when there were three of us or even two of us! Maybe I'm just lonely!

I know these pictures are screwed up again, but I will tell you what they are! The first one is Poppy, Penny and Dad's final resting place (ok it isn't really FINAL, because eventually, we will all to go a vault in Ohio. We are hoping that will be a loooooong time from now.

The second picture is a gorgeous candle holder with a candle that my mom got from the Airedale Rescue Group in honor of Penny. The Airedale Rescue Group is where I came from...well, sort of! My mom and Aunt Wendy were volunteering for them on that wonderful day that I was set free and then came here to Airedale Heaven! We send a big "Thank You"! to all our friends in the Airedale Rescue Group!

This last picture is ME! I'm getting very close to needing my furs cut, but Mom wants to wait as long as possible because I don't get fur cuts in the winter time. Yeah, I know this is Georgia, but we do get some really cold weather in the wintertime!

Until next time,
Aire-hugs,
Patches!

Okay, here's what happened with Penny...

2011-09-04T15:03:00.000-04:00

Hey, everybody, it's me, Lana. I know a lot of you are wondering exactly what happpened with Penny, so I am going to tell you.

You all know from previous posts that she was having trouble getting up and down the steps. Well, I had her convinced, finally, that we should go out through the garage. I had it down to a fine science...I asked Patches if she wanted to go outside through the back door and then as soon as she went through the door, I shut it and told Penny to come with me. It took a while, but she finally got used to the routine. After several times of going out front, she became afraid of my security light. It doesn't come on immediately when you go out in the driveway...it has to detect body heat first. When it came on after we were already out there, she bolted for the house with me in tow.

She was having a very hard time getting up from a sitting position, even on the carpet. Her sight and hearing got really bad and she was doing poopies in the house during the night. Up until last Wednesday morning, the biggest problem was her breathing. She was panting constantly and by last Tuesday, I could tell that she was wheezing with every breath and it was a struggle for her.

On Wednesday morning, she insisted on going down the back steps, so I held onto her harness and helped her all the way down. I went back up the stairs so I could see her better. She always took a tour of the perimeter of the fence and I watched her go most of the way around and then she disappeared. It wasn't quite light outside yet, so I couldn't see her once she went into the woods, but I should have been able to hear her walking in the leaves. I couldn't hear the leaves nor could I hear her breathing. I ran in the house and got a flashlight so I could find her in the woods. I located her and when she saw the flashlight, she headed for me, but I could tell something was wrong. Her back legs, one at a time, would fly out behind her and then she would drag each foot through the dirt. I watched her do that all the way to the house and I could tell it was involuntary. When I finally got her to the steps, I put my hands under her and lifted her up each step. Fortunately, she was still in control of her front legs and she helped me the best she could.

Once she was on the wood floor in the kitchen, her legs just didn't work at all. She would try to get up and then just do the splits with her back legs and she kept looking at me like she was saying, "HELP ME, Mom!" The first thing I did was call Wendy and she said it didn't sound good and I needed to get to the vet right away. Well, there was no way I could get her into my Tahoe alone, so I called my neighbor and he came over and put her in there for me.

When we got to the vet's office, one of the girls at the desk carried her into a room for me. Once the vet came in, he took one look at her and said, "I'm soooooo sorry". He said she was in heart failure and probably wouldn't last anymore than a day or two. At that time, I made that dreaded decision that none of us want to make. I just couldn't let her suffer anymore. I also decided that I was going to stay with her to the end. I had never done that before...I had always said my "goodbyes" and left before he did what he had to do. He gave her a sedative first and I was kind of wishing he'd give ME one! Without going into the sad details, my Penny just went to sleep while I petted her head and the vet talked to her constantly. It was a very sad and yet peaceful experience. Even as hard as it was, I'm very glad I stayed with her.

Now, it's very strange only having one dog in the house. Patches just isn't herself yet, either. She's sleeping a lot and not playing with her toys at all. She sleeps part of the night in Penny's bed and part of the night in the living room. She's free-feeding for the first time since she came to live with us. I put her food in her bowl and it might take her several hours before she eats all of it. I'm used to seeing it devoured in less than 30 seconds. I guess she is grieving too!

Thank you to all of you who have sent your condolences to us! I want to get around to each one of you and thank you personally, but I'm just not sure I can do that at this time. Between my profile and all the groups I belong to on Facebook and my blog, I think there have been about 200 peeps and pups that have commented and I really appreciate every single one of you! Somehow, it helps to know that others care! That's why I am so glad I belong to Dogs with Blogs and about 99% of my Facebook "friends" are "dog people". Thanks to all of you for your support! And a huge thank you to Wendy! I don't know what I would do without you and I hope I never have to find out!

Aire-hugs,
Lana (and Patches too)

RIP, my sweet Penny girl!

2011-08-31T11:07:00.000-04:00

Hi, everybody. It's Lana. I am very sad to tell you that Penny went to the Rainbow Bridge at about 10:00 this morning. I will have to tell you about it later. I just can't do it right now!

Pupdate on Penny. Sorry we are a couple days late!

2011-08-07T09:30:00.001-04:00

Hi, every buddy! It's me, Penny! My mom promised you a pupdate a few days ago, but she has been spending most of her time taking care of me. It seems that I have an enlarged heart which causes me to pant constantly. I also have a thyroid problem so I will be on medicine for the rest of my life. My kidneys are doing something weird...my BUN is off the charts, but my Creatinine is at high normal. My liver enzymes are elevated and so is my Potassium. Oh, yeah, and with my right eye, I can still see a little bit of light, but not much else. My left eye is a little better, but not much. It is getting harder and harder for me to get up and down the steps even with my mom's help. I will GO out the front door, now, but I won't do my bidness on a leash. Sorry, that's just the way it is! Sometimes, when I sit down on the kitchen floor (which is wood), I can't get back up without my mom's help. I think I already told you that I have skin cancer. Right now, all I have is one lump on my back and it doesn't bother me at all. Mom leaves my hairs a little longer so no one gets grossed out.

A week ago today, my mom took me to see a new v-e-t. It seemed to take us a looooong time to get there. Lately, it seems like our regular v-e-t is trying to pay off his new building by charging us way too much. Aunt Wendy told us about a v-e-t who is just getting started in our area, so off we went. He was very nice and even though he stole my blood, he seemed to really care about me. We were planning to have my toothers cleaned, but he said it would be an extremely high risk to put me out. He gave me 3 different medicines and we went back home. I am still interested in my foodables and once I get down the steps, I can move pretty darn fast. I'm not having any accidents in the house. Mom talked to the dogtor about accupuncture for my leggies, but he said that with all my other problems, he is not sure he would recommend it right now. We will be going back to see him again in 40 days from last Saturday. He will re-evaluate my situation then. In the mean time, I am just doing what I normally do...eat, sleep, pee and poop. Oh yeah, I beg for foodables whenever Mom eats something!

And now, Princess Patches wants to tell you how she was humiliated yesterday. Hi, it's me, Patches. We already told you that our vet charges an arm and a leg, so Aunt Wendy told us about a place that gives affordable pet vaccinations. I was due for mine at the end of June, but my mom didn't have an extra three or four hundred dollars laying around! Yesterday, my mom loaded me in the Aire-mobile and we drove about 15 miles to a pet store. Nope, NOT a vet's office...it was a pet store where they sell stuffs for pets! The dogtor and vet techs only do the vaccines from 4 to 5 p.m. We got there at 3:30 so we were only about 4th or 5th in line. Thank doGness, my mom is ALWAYS early. There were about 50 peeps there and about 30 doggies and kitties. We met a cute little Italian Greyhound named Dash. Boy, could he jump! He jumped almost as high as his mom's head! I was pretty sure he had springs in his leggies!

The peeps started giving the vaccines right at 4 p.m., so we were out of there by 5:05 p.m. Woohoo! I gots all my shots and even a heartworm test! Mom bought a 6-pack of my anti-heartworm pills and our whole bill came to about a third or fourth of what it usually is. Woohoo!

Well, everydoggie, that's about it for today. Sorry it isn't happier news, but somehow, we will get through it! We hope everydoggie has a great August!

Aire-hugs,
Penny & Patches

We interrupt this bloggy for a public service announcement (aka advertisement)!

2011-08-03T09:19:00.007-04:00

Hi, everydoggie! It's me, Patches! I get to do the posting today because I am a toy HOG! We have been asked by the nice peeps at the Kong Company to test out one of their new doggie toys. It is called Kong Squiggles and boy, is it FUN!

They each have a stuffie head with a squeaker inside and and a teeny tiny bit of stuffing (so we make less of a mess once we do surgery on them. The butt (or bottom end) has a squeaker inside, too for twice as much fun! The middle has some kind of twisted squiggly thing and when you shake it, it's kind of like playing tug-of-war with YOURSELF! It's a good thing too, 'cause Penny thinks she is too dignified to play tug with me!

Aunt Wendy happened to be at my house when the Kong Squiggles arrived. She grabbed one and made me chase her to get it. She let me jump on the big peepol bed! (Normally, I am not supposed to be up there. Shhhhhhhh...don't tell my mom!)

I have been having loads of fun with our new Kong Squiggles! And our mom is looking forward to a much smaller mess when I go all "ninja" on it. I haven't done it YET, but believe me, the time WILL come!

Penny (who is usually the squeaker queen)has even played with hers a few times! That's when I LET her! She might be the squeaker queen, but I am the keeper of ALL the TOYS in this house. We give the Kong Squiggles 8 paws UP!

We know a lot of you are wondering about Penny. We will be back in a couple of days with a PUPdate! (She's doing okay, for now)!

Aire-hugs,
Patches (and Penny too)

Please send us the power of the paw, Aire-zen, Wiry-zen or whatever you have!

2011-07-21T14:43:00.000-04:00

Hi, every buddy! It's me, Penny! Mom let me do the post today to ask all of you for a BIG favor. Lately, I am having trouble getting up and down the steps and I HAVE to get down there to do my bidness. When I am coming back up, I do pretty well until the top step. Mom has been helping me! She goes down the steps with me every time I go and she's right behind me when I come back up...just in case I need some help. Most of the time, I need at least a LITTLE help! Mom has been trying to get me to go out the FRONT door because there are only 2 steps there. It's not likely that I will go out that way any time soon! For the more than 11 years that I have lived here, I have always known that I wasn't allowed out the front door. And NOW she WANTS me to go out there! What is WRONG with that woman?

I would really appreciate it if you could all send me some Aire-zen, Wirey-zen or whatever kind of zen you have! I know that the Power of the Paw works and I could sure use some right now!

Yes, I am almost 12 1/2 years old, so this is no big surprise, but it would sure be nice if I could have some more time to go up and down the stairs by myself. Two days ago, I made it to the top step, but then I couldn't stand all the way up to walk into the house. My mom REALLY freaked out then! Once she got me settled and I was stretched out on the carpet, she jumped into the Aire-mobile and went to the health food store. She got me some soft chewy peanut better thingys that are glucosomine and condroiten. They are suppose to help strengthen my back leggies...at least that's what the man at the store said.

Mom went to the v-e-t and got me some pills for pain. I only have one week's worth because they want to SEE me! (Of course they do, they can't charge my mom for an office visit if they don't actually see my beautimous face!) Other than the issue with steps, I'm doing pretty well! I am still snarfing my food down really fast and Aire-snapping at Mom and Patches. Yesterday, I even had a bath and toenail trim. My mom took me in the shower and we BOTH got clean! That wasn't exactly how it was supposed to go, but that's how it worked out! I laid down and let my mom cut my toenails! All 20 of them! Mom thought it was a miracle! Too bad she can't do that to Patches! Not even with a muzzle! I don't need no stinking muzzle, because I'm a gooooood girl!

Well, every buddy, my pain pill is making me kind of sleepy zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.

Aire-hugs and big thank yous to everyone who sends me healing thoughts!

Penny (and of course, Patches)

We still need a new dog-secretary!

2011-07-16T09:24:00.000-04:00

Hey, everybuddy! It's me, Patches! Yep, we're still here and still in need of a new secretary that speaks and understands Airedale-ese! We have our own language, ya know! It's not bad enough that our mom won't post for us, but 2 days ago, she disappeared for almost ALL day! First, she and Aunt Wendy came home smelling like a ginormous Japanese or Chinese Mastiff. (Can't remember which!) He was only 7 months old and and already weighs well over 200 lbs. He is going to be a biiiiiiig boy!

If that wasn't bad enough, later they came back smelling like a bunch of horses! Mom said she trimmed Aunt Wendy's horsie's mane and tail. Tipper was a good girl and stood pretty still while Mom trimmed her hairs! Normally, our mom is kind of scared of horsies because they are sooooo big and with her dental implants, she is always afraid that a big horsie could break her jaw. She wasn't afraid of Tipper at all...Tipper is so gentle and doesn't make any sudden movements. She's in a barn with lots of other therapy horsies and we sure wish we could meet them!

Well, once again, since our mom doesn't know which picture loaded first, we'll just tell you...the cake is one that our mom made with pineapple and raspberries. She force-fed it to Aunt Wendy and Unkle Bill! The other two pictures are me and Penny! I'm keeping an eye on my new stuffie leopard. He has a tendency to roll over on me when I perform my secret ritual on him! And he's sooooo big that he makes ME look small! Usually, I don't let Penny get anywhere near him, but last night, my mom told me that Penny was sleeping with her head resting on him! The NERVE of that doggie! It's a good thing I didn't see it!

Last Saturday, another huge piece of a Bradford Pear tree came down between our house and our neighbor's house. This time, we were lucky...it missed our fence and our house by about 6 inches. It did crush our Gardenia bush, but we think it will be okay. This time, our neighbor (who owns the trees) has decided to have all 3 Bradfords cut down. Normally, our mom is always against taking down healthy trees, but this time, she has to take the risk into consideration. It's just a matter of time until one of the trees damages our house or fence. We still haven't figured out why they ALWAYS fall towards OUR house instead of the owner's! We are very lucky that the tree owner is willing to cut up and haul off the broken limbs because the law says that if your neighbor's tree damages YOUR property, it's YOUR responsibility to cut up and haul-off the broken tree! (Unless the tree is dead and you have warned the owner to take it down.) We would like to bite THOSE law-makers in the butt!

Well, everybuddy, I think the rain has stopped so we need to go outside and make sure there are no skwerrels in our yard!

Aire-hugs,
Patches (and Penny too)

Before and after the Aire-cut!

2011-06-01T10:38:00.001-04:00

Hi, everybuddy! It's me, Princess Patches. I wanted to show you my before and after pictures, but for some reason, the AFTER pictures loaded first. I think it's my mom's fault! Anyway, yesterday, Aunt Wendy and Mom lured me down to the basement and gave me a serious Aire-cut!

And if that wasn't bad enough...this morning I got a bath! Mom tricked me into the bathroom and then shut the door. She knows that I always show up whenever she sits on that porcelain thingy. It's almost like there is a string tied to my body. EVERY time she sits down, here I come! Anyway, she sat down like she always does, but this time, she grabbed my collar as soon as I made my appearance! Soooooo NOT fair! Penny didn't have to get an Aire-cut OR a b-a-t-h. Mom says her turn is coming!

In my BEFORE pictures, I kind looked like a wooly bear! And that was AFTER Aunt Wendy trimmed my face so I could see again!

Sorry it took so long for us to post. It's been way over a month and our mom has used every excuse in the book on us...it's too hot. It's too dry. I have too much to do!...the list goes on and on. Well, Penny and I aren't buying ANY of it! We know she spent a lot of time making devilled eggies and macaroni salad when she could have been posting for US. And did we get any? Nope, not a single bite!

Mom is almost always in front of the 'puter or weed eating or mowing grass. And when she's in front of the 'puter, it's always for the wrong reasons. We need to get her in front of it more to post for US! She KNOWS we need to keep up on what's going on with everydoggie! We were very sad to learn that the famous (or infamous) Joe Stains made his journey to the rainbow bridge yesterday. Run free, Joey and torment all the other doggies!

Aire-hugs,
Patches (and Penny too)

Good news! Happy Passover and Happy Easter!

2011-04-20T10:11:00.001-04:00

Hey everydoggie! It's me, Penny! Again! Can you believe it? The doggie in the picture is ME! I'm a little hard of hearing now, so my mom was able to sneak up on me with the camera. Actually, she didn't sneak...she had the camera on the table next to her chair so she was ready whenever she could see my beautimous face!

I have some good news to share! It looks like I had an infection instead of kidney disease! Woohoo! Mom is still thinking about putting me on some kind of kidney diet, but it's kind of tricky since I have skin cancer. It seems that some kidney diets can actually aggrevate skin cancer. Mom will be doing lots of research before she changes my diet.

The second picture, above, is our guest bedroom. Do you think any guests would want to stay in there? I don't think so! It seems that our mom's eBay activities have spread out from the garage and the computer room to the guest bedroom! In fact, it's worse now, than it was when she took this picture! Unfortunately, right now, she's buying more than she's selling. I don't think it's supposed to work that way! We're hoping that changes soon!

We would like to say Happy Passover to all of our friends who celebrate it and Happy Easter to everyone who celebrates Easter! All you doggies...stay away from the chocolate bunnies and eggs! Uh oh! Now my mom has an overwhelming urge to go to the grocery store! I guess I'll let her go, but she better come home with something good for US!

Patches says, "Hi". She's totally jealous that I have done the last two posts! Neener, neener, neener! Besides, our mom says that anydoggie who barks at the birdies chirping, doesn't deserve to do any posts! Ha!

Aire-hugs,
Penny (& Patches too)

We need some advice!

2011-04-05T12:05:00.000-04:00

Hi, everydoggie! It's me, Penny! Yeah, I know...I hardley ever get to post, thanks to that "other" dog! Today, we are looking for some advice. A couple weeks ago, I had all my yearly shots and the v-e-t removed a mass from the tip of one of my ears. It kind of looked like a raisin but it kept bleeding. Yep, it was skin cancer. I had one sort of like it, a few years ago, on the same ear and didn't come back until now. The problem is that he didn't get all of it, so we are SURE it will come back (or go somewhare else!) This isn't our biggest concern, though!

Mom let the v-e-t do all the blood tests on me since I am 12 years old now. One of the results has our mom really concerned. My BUN is elevated, but my Creatinine(sp?)is okay. He says I also have very dilute urine with blood and lots of protein in it. Right now, I am on a course of high powered antibiotics and 7 days from now, when I finish them, Mom has to chase me around the backyard and catch my pee in a paper dish! (I can't WAIT to see THIS!)

For now, my mom is trying not to freak out from the possibility that I may be going into kidney failure! She's probably going to put me on a gluten free diet whether I have it or not. We just don't know what kind to get. Some peeps don't like the KD, for some reason and we got a $5 off coupon for Nutro's new grain free. Anybody got any ideas?

If you could see how I act, you wouldn't know that I had anything wrong. I can still make it to the gate in 3.2 seconds and since I have been on the antibiotics, I'm woofing down my food like I used to! I am getting a little hard of hearing, though. Mom says that may be a GOOD thing since I don't bark so much at the thunder. Hey, I don't need to bark...Patches does enough barking for BOTH of us! (That's why our mom is kind of cranky today...it thundered most of the night last night!"

So...if anydoggie has any ideas about foodables or treats, we would really appreciate the advice! I need to go back outside, now, so I can bring in some more red clay. Lots of rain overnight = nice gooshey mud between our toes! Good times!

Aire-hugs,
Penny

NOW HIRING...NEW DOG SECRETARY. MUST UNDERSTAND AIREDALES!

2011-03-15T12:28:00.000-04:00

Hello to all our furry and not-so-furry friends! It's me, Patches! We are looking for a new secretary to type our blog for us. You know, it's hard for us to do it because our paws are so ginormous and we don't have thumbs. We would like to fire our current secretary because she just isn't doing a good job of keeping everydoggie informed on what we are up to!

First, we have a winner on which of us gets the new bed. It's ME (of course)! I'm the alpha around here since Poppy left us and I claimed the bed so now my old one is in the garage and the new one is in it's place. No, we aren't throwing the old one away...just waiting for warmer weather so it can be washed outside.

Actually, it has been pretty warm, here, for a while, but our mom (aka secretary) is just busy, busy, busy all the time! She keeps telling us that is a GOOD thing, but we aren't so sure! Our neighbor has a new Golden Retriever puppy and we haven't met him snooter to snooter yet! And then there's the Puggy guy's new hooman pups. They are almost 5 months old and we haven't even had a good sniff of them yet! Yes, our mom is still feeding them too. The adult hoomans...not the Puggies. Even though they have help with the pups, they work all day and then have to come home and cook dinner when they could be playing with the hooman pups!

We're sorry we haven't been around to your bloggies lately...you can blame it on our current secretary who's on thin ice! She says she's BUSY! WE say she needs to spend more time AT HOME!

We are keeping our paws crossed for the all the peeps, pups and kitties of Japan. We just can't imagine such devastation! We are also keeping our paws crossed for Joe Stains and his family! And we're hoping Butchy and Mango Major don't have anymore seizures!

Well, everydoggie, I need to go outside now so I can track in some more red Georgia clay! Our mom shampooed the carpet, this morning, so those red paw prints show up really well on the teal green carpet! I'm pretty sure our next carpet will be a rust color!

Aire-hugs,
Penny & Patches

It's here! It's here! Our new Lilly and Abbie dogbed has arrived!

2011-02-23T09:13:00.006-05:00

Hey, every buddy! It's me, Patches! We told you, way back in January, that we had won a Lilly and Abbie custom dog bed! Well, it arrived late yesterday afternoon! We are soooooo excited!

We got to pick our own 3 fabrics for the WASHABLE cover! Okay, our mom picked them, but we think she did a great job!

As soon as our mom put the cover on, she put the new bed on the living room floor. We are going to leave it there until Mom figures out which one of us is going to "claim" it. So far, I'm in the lead!

Penny has sniffed it, but she hasn't gotten on it yet. That COULD be because I chase her away if she gets too close! Yeah, I'm the alpha! So Penny can't get on the bed until I say so!

This bed is soooooo cool! It is plenty big enough for either one of us (mainly ME) and it sure is comfy!

We would like to thank Neil, Nigel, Sola, Truffles and everyone over at Life With Dogs for the opportunity to enter this cool contest! We are very LUCKY to have won this! (We don't often win ANYthing, especially anything as great as THIS!

If you would like to buy a dog bed of your very own, head on over to: http://www.lillyandabbiedogbeds.com They have a really great selection of fabrics and the quality of the beds can't be beat! The workmanship is amazing! (Sorry, stupid Vista won't let us put in a link).

Now, on to other stuffs. This has been a pretty hard month on all of us. On Feb. 12, we made it through a whole year since our dad passed away and then on the 21st, it was one year since Poppy went to the Rainbow Bridge! Yes, we know they are together, but that doesn't make it any easier for US! We still miss them both a LOT! Our mom says she has made it through her year of "firsts" (first birthday, first anniversary, first EVERYTHING!) She's pretty proud of the way she has handled everything and would like to thank every doggie and every hooman who prayed for us. We KNOW that's why we have come as far as we have!

Uh oh! I hear Penny moving around in the living room while I'm in here barking instructions on what to type to Mom! Gotta go chase her off MY new bed!

Aire-hugs,
Patches & Penny

Like everydoggie else, we're sick of winter!

2011-02-04T09:59:00.002-05:00

Hi, every buddy! It's me, Patches! This is the worst winter the Atlanta area has had since 1925 (or so the weather fools say). We are totally sick of rain and snow and rain and ice and wind and rain! Our back yard looks like a lake and our kitchen floor looks like how our backyard is supposed to look! (Just red clay mud everywhere)! Our mom is not amused, one little bit! Every time she washes the floor, it rains AGAIN!...or snows or sleets!

It isn't bad enough that we are tracking mud into the kitchen, but some of it ends up on the carpet in the living room or we rub ourselves on the sides of the big bed. Now, Mom is yelling at us (OK, mostly ME) to not rub up against her bed. She got a new comforter set and we aren't allowed to touch the bed! Hmmmmmmf! Where does she expect us to dry ourselves off when we come in from outside? Besides, I sleep up there when Mom isn't home. Shhhhh...don't tell her. I'm sure she doesn't know!

We have a new morning routine in our house. Of course, SOME of us are more thrilled with it than SOMEbody else! We have started body slamming the sides of our mom's bed at 4:00 in the morning. Once we have made her just about jump to the ceiling, we start barking, so there is no way she can ignore us! She drags herself out of the bed to potty us and feed us and then SHE GOES BACK TO BED! This is soooooo not fair! It makes us have to do the whole routine AGAIN around 6 or 6:30...only on the second performance, we don't get fed! That really sucks! According to us furkids, our mom getting out of bed = food for us! She says it doesn't always work that way! And while we're on the subject of food...what's up with her telling us we're going to eat when we're outside, with no intentions of coming in! We have a tendency to stay out too long and then our mom calls us in (ya know, we might be digging a trench under the fence or something). When we still don't show up, she yells, "Let's eat, girls"! That gets us EVERY time, but she never comes through with the food! You would think we would LEARN that the food isn't always forthcoming as promised, but NOPE, she tricks us EVERY time!

We hope everydoggie is safe from the cold, snow, ice or rain that we all seem to be getting! We think we should just take a nap until about April! That's it for now, everydoggie. I'm off to find a nice aire-vent to sleep on as the hot aire pours out!

Aire-hugs,
Patches (and Penny too)

We're getting Safe Paw and one of us is getting a new bed!

2011-01-21T10:55:00.003-05:00

Hello to all our furry and not-so-furry friends! It's me, Patches! Our mom has had a couple of phone conversations and e-mails from the nice man at Gaia Enterprises. (You know...the man from Safe Paw who left a comment on our bloggy a couple of weeks ago)! He gave our mom a couple of places where we might be able to get Safe Paw. In the mean time, our mom's sister is going to get us some from Sam's Club in O-hi-O and ship it to us. Between now and next winter, our mom is going to be a thorn in the side of the peeps at PetSmart and PetCo and some other local places that we think should stock Safe Paw. We CAN'T be the only dog people who need this product! We have found a couple of products that claim to be pet friendly, but when you read the bag, it says it is harmless unless ingested! Yeah, I know, most of us wouldn't actually EAT the stuff, but some of us do lick our paws! (Or in Penny's case...bite our toenails)! We will let you know how it goes with Mom bugging the peeps at the stores!

Now...on to OTHER impawtant news! We are the proud winners of the Life With Dogs contest for a new doggie bed! This isn't just ANY old doggie bed...it is custom made by Lilly & Abbie Dog Beds! We picked out our fabrics from their website and now, we are just waiting for our new bed to be delivered! You should really go check out http://www.lilly&abbiedogbeds.com. They have lots of sizes and fabrics to choose from. We are sooooo excited to be getting a new bed. Since we have only two beds and two furkids, it's very difficult for us to get our beds washed. You see, my bed is 48 inches in diameter and Penny's is 52 inches in diameter. They won't fit into our washing machine! Mom has tried taking them to a laundromat, but she would really prefer to remain alive, so she gave up that idea. She also called a bunch of dry cleaning companies and they said, "No way!" Okay, with the new bed, we are getting, somedoggie will get to sleep on the new bed while our old one is being washed. Yep, our mom takes them (one at a time) out to our deck. She sprays a pet friendly cleaner on the bed and then blasts it with the hose. The problem is that we can't exatcly put the beds in the dryer, so it takes about a week for one bed to get dry. We will be sure to let you know when our new bed gets here!

After all the snow we had, last week, our back yard is one ginormous mud hole! Yep, the snow is all gone and there is just a whole lot of red clay mud in it's place! Our mom put an old towel down by the back door and just inside the living room on the carpet. She thinks maybe it will help to keep some of the red mud off the throw rug and the carpet. We don't think it will work, but at least she tries!

Well, everydoggie, that's it for today! I'm headed out to bark at the peeps next door. They are doing something to their basement and we can't figure out what it is. Mom says they are "finishing" it, whatever that means! If it wasn't "finished", how could it hold up the house? I'm just askin'....

Aire-hugs,
Patches (and Penny the toe-nail biter)

We have a winter wonderland! Khyra should be HERE!

2011-01-10T10:25:00.003-05:00

Hi, every buddy! It's me, Patches! We have loads of snow today! Khyra should be HERE...unless, of course, she has her OWN! This is only the second major snow storm since our pawrents moved to Georgia 18 years ago. The last one was in March of 1993 and it was over TEN inches! They had only been here for 4 months and Mom was wondering what in the h-e-double hockey sticks Dad had done to her! They moved here from Arizbona where you have to look at a calendar to remember what season it is!

Oh, yeah...I forgot to tell you...it was raining right before they got here and it rained for the next 3 months and then dumped the 10 inches of snow on them! Our mom was NOT amused!

Of course, the TV channels have been talking about this snow coming for DAYS! Usually, when they do that, we only get a few drops of rain or snowflakes. But, THIS time, it was different! We went to bed last night, around 10:30 and it wasn't doing anything outside! Well, when we demanded to be fed at 4:30 this morning, we had already had about 5 inches of snow.

Our mom was worried about the OLD dog (Penny) going up and down the steps, so a little while ago, she (Mom...not Penny) went out and cleaned off all the steps and put some sea salt on them. She wasn't sure sea salt would work, but it does!

Mom ordered us some pet safe ice melter from Ace Hardware, but it won't be here until tomorrow! That will, pretty much, guarantee that we won't have any more snow for THIS year! She has been trying to find some stuffs called Safe Paw Ice Melter, but the closest store that sells it, is in Kentucky! Yeah, she could buy it online, but the shipping charges are almost twice as much as the actual ice melter!

We both had a major case of snowface, this morning, but our mom wasn't fast enough with the camera! That Penny plows through the snow like a snow plow! Face first! I, however, am a little more careful. I don't plow through it, but I get plenty of snowballs stuck to my furs! Then, when I come inside, I sit on the rug in front of the back door and whine for Mom to remove my snowballs. She just calls me a drama queen and goes back to whatever she was doing! The NERVE of that woman! I thought she KNEW that I am a princess!

Well, every buddy, our personal secretary is off to make some beef stew, now and we will be sitting in the kitchen staring at her until she gives us a bite!

Aire-hugs,
Patches (and Penny too)

Happy New Year to YOU and Happy Bloggaversary to US!

2010-12-31T15:07:00.001-05:00

Hello to all our furry and not-so-furry friends! It's us, Patches and Penny! We sneaked the picture above when our mom was down in the basement in our dad's workshop! He always said he could tell when she was down there! She never has figured out HOW he knew, but he DID!

On Christmas Day, we had the first White Christmas in 125 years! Even our mom had to agree that it was beautimous! That's only because she didn't have to drive in it! In the afternoon, she went to our neighbor's with the Puggy guys and the 2 new hooman pups. (They have doubled their weight since birth). She ate dinner with them and then went across the street for dessert with our other neighbors. We thought it was really nice of all of them to invite our mom! Unfortunately, no one invited US! I guess that's okay 'cause we had loads of presents to unwrap and play with on Christmas morning! We had so much fun that we slept all afternoon!

Our other neighbors came home last night, so our mom is done taking care of their animals. They even moved the froggies back to their own home! We sniffed them, but we couldn't get near them at all!

Sunday will be our 3rd Bloggaversary! Woohoo! Three whole years since we started our blog! And we're still a loooong way from 300 posts! You can blame that on our lame personal secretary! For some strange reason, she seems to think that blogging isn't the MOST impawtant thing to do! How are we supposed to keep up with all our buddies?

Happy New Year to everyone! We know a lot of our pals have already celebrated the new year, and a lot of us will be celebrating later tonight. Let's all stay safe and don't shoot off any fireworks! I'm just sayin'....

Aire-hugs,
Penny & Patches (and Lana too)

Merry Christmas!

2010-12-22T12:42:00.003-05:00

Hey, every buddy! It's me, Patches! I managed to get my personal secretary to sit at the computer long enough to translate what I am barking. We want to wish a very Merry Christmas to all our pals who celebrate it! Oh, and a Merry or Happy Whatever else you might celebrate!

Our mom taking care of a kitteh and a bunny rabbit that live across the street from us! She goes over there twice a day! She puts the kitteh in a crate about 6 p.m. so she can be nice and warm in the garage. Then she goes back at about 7 a.m. to let the kitteh out and feed her and the bunny. There are 2 froggies that she is feeding too, but they have moved over to OUR house! We told our mom that she could just move the kitteh and bunny to our house too, but for some strange reason, she's not going for that! Gee, I wonder WHY!

Well, I guess that's it for today! Whatever you are celebrating, we hope it's very happy and FUN!!! Thank you to everydoggie that send us Christmas cards even though we didn't sign up for the exchange. Our mom got the cards out of the closet, but that's as far as she went this year. Maybe NEXT year!

Aire-hugs,
Patches (and Penny and Lana too)

Look what WE got!

2010-12-13T10:51:00.005-05:00

Hey, every buddy! It's me, Patches! I just couldn't wait to show you what our mom bought for us! Okay, he's not REALLY for US! His name is Digger Dog and he's very talented! When you press a button, he barks, wags his tail, kicks one back foot and then he farts up a storm! It is just tooooo funny! Sorry there's no video, but our mom's 32 bit camera won't upload to our 6 bit computer! What a rip off! It's probably a good thing she can't do a video because all you pooches out there would probably try to tear the speakers out of your pawrent's 'puters! We go absolutely nutso when she presses that white button!

Mom bought Digger from a lady at a yardsale. The lady was from Ukrain and she told Mom that she and her husband bought Digger in some other country. They actually bought 2 of them and when they brought them through customs, the customs peeps didn't want to let them go. Not because the Diggers were suspicious or anything. They were just having too much fun playin' with them! Our mom promised not to list him until Aunt Wendy gets to see him.

I sure hope the rest of you are having better weather than we are! Right now, it's up to a whopping 21 degrees with a wind chill factor of 3! Mom wants to go out for a little while, but I don't think she's gonna make it! We have snow flurries in the aire and we feel like hibernating!
And THAT'S not even the worst of it! Tonight, it is supposed to go down to 13 degrees F! I thought this was supposed to be the SOUTH!!!!!! Even those of us wearing fur coats don't want to go outside for very long! Mom is talking about buying me a coat or sweater or something. I just had my latest Aire-cut last week, so although I am very beautimous and aire-o-dynamic, I come in shivering every time we go out! I might get that coat and keep it on all the time! Due to the shock that our mom got from our last gas bill, she has dropped the thermostat down one more degree! I know it doesn't seem like much, but we have a pretty big house so she's doin' whatever she can to keep the bills lower than the national debt! Holy moly, it's only 66 degrees in here! We can't even have a fire in the fireplace 'cause our mom had the fireplace replaced by a big box window. Hey, maybe we can start a fire in the window!...or NOT!

Well, every buddy, that's it for today. I'm going to go snooze with my nose covered up!
PUPDATE: DIGGER DIDN'T SELL IN THE ONE-DAY AUCTION, SO MOM LISTED HIM IN HER EBAY STORE AND SOLD HIM ABOUT 2 HOURS AFTER HE WAS LISTED. HE'S GOING TO A NEW HOME IN CALIFORNIA!
Aire-hugs,
Patches (and Penny who has a lot more hair to keep warm!)

There's a lady looking for an Aire-girl to adopt!

2010-12-01T09:40:00.002-05:00

Hi, every buddy! It's me, Patches. There is a lady, in Florida, who is desperately looking for a female Airedale to adopt. She is willing to travel to pick up the doggie! If anyone knows of a female 'dale around 2 to 4 years old that needs a home, please e-mail me (or leave a comment on our bloggy).

Now, back to my regularly (or NOT so regularly) scheduled posting! Yesterday, I spent the day at the spa and I think I got every treatment they offer! It poured down rain all day, especially when Mom was dropping me off and picking me up! What an ugly day! The rain is all gone now, but we are still running through mud in the back yard. Good times! Our mom doesn't think it's very funny! Today, it's really windy and the high for today is only supposed to be 43 degrees F. Tonight, it is going down into the 20's so I might have to borrow mom's winter coat!

Well, everybuddy, that's it for today! Don't forget...contact us if you know of any 2 to 4 year old Aire-girls that are looking for a home!

Aire-hugs,
Patches (and Penny too)

Happy Thanksgiving, Everydoggie and Everyhuman!

2010-11-25T05:40:00.004-05:00

Hi, every buddy! It's me, Patches! We just wanted to say Happy Thanksgiving to all of you. I know, I know, it's been almost a month since our personal secretary has posted anything for us! I would have done it myself, but my extra large paws make it really difficult to find the right keys. My typing usually looks like this: hfihsfdcuijer8erj!

We just wanted to let you know that we are still here. We haven't been around to your bloggies much and we haven't even been of Facebook very much. We are having some 'puter problems, but thank doG, this morning, they seem to be okay! Yippee!

Our mom's sales on that Ebay kennel have really taken off, over the last couple of weeks, so she stays busy all day long! It's the first Christmas season that she's had to handle everything by herself, so it takes up even more time than usual. Fortunately, for us, it is making enough green papers to pay our bills and buy lots of yummy treats and foodables!

Our puggie friends next door told us, through the fence, that their pawrents are really overwhelmed with the 2 new hooman pups! So, our mom is making foodables for them whenever she can. On Monday, Mom took them some stuffed peppers and it reminded her of why she doesn't make them very often. There's a whole LOT of work involved!

We hope all of you have a really great Turkey Day! Our mom is going out to dinner with Aunt Wendy, Unkle Bill and Aunt Wendy's mom! Then she might go over to visit the puggie's pawrents and hooman pups. It will be a strange holiday, for her, but she's trying to stay positive and not feel sorry for herself!

Aire-hugs,
Patches (and Penny too)

The leaves are falling! The pine straw is falling!

2010-10-26T12:27:00.002-04:00

Hey, everydoggie! It's me, Patches! Once again, our mom can't remember which picture is first! Geez Mom, there are only TWO of them! Anyway, one is a picture of my weiner dog right after I did surgery on him! The other one is just ME!

Our mom has been spending a lot of time selling on that Ebay kennel so she can feed us and buy us treats! Good job, Mom, now keep it up! She has also been spending a lot of time out in the yard with the leaf blower. It looks like all our trees have reached their peak of color and the leaves are falling. That isn't ALL that's falling! In Georgia, at this time of year, the pine needles turn brown and fall too...just like the leaves! Peeps around here even pay green papers for the pine straw to use as mulch. Not us, though! We NEVER have to give any green papers 'cause we get plenty of our own pine straw! The trees don't lose ALL their needles, but they lose ENOUGH!

Our mom is also dawg sitting for the little Puggie guys again! Their hooman mom had two hooman pups last week and they are in the NICU in Atlanta since they were bornded a couple weeks early. The mom and dad got a motel room right by the hospital so someone has to check on the Puggies! Mom says it's pretty easy. All she has to do is stop by the mailbox and steal their mails, then she goes to make sure the doggies have plenty of water and foodables. Of course, the puggies jump on her, so when she gets home, we have a great time sniffing her knees. Yep, they are really short doggies!

Well, everydoggie, we have to let our personal secretary get back to the Ebay kennel, now! We hope everyone has a great week!

Aire-hugs,
Patches (and Penny too)

Happy Birthday, Dad!

2010-10-18T07:28:00.003-04:00

Today would have been our dad's birthday! Instead of celebrating with him, we are just very sad because he can't be here with us!

Our mom is doing pretty well except for days like today! It is 248 days since he went to heaven and we still miss him every single day!

Dad, we hope you and Poppy, Pockets, Wayne, Midnight and Daisy have a really great day together! Oh, and sorry about the picture! We know it was taken outside with the sun shining in your eyes and it makes your hair look red. We know your hair was really brown!

To all the peeps and pups who read our bloggy: sorry about the sad post, but it's just how we feel today!

Aire-hugs,
Penny & Patches

Happy Birthday, Angel Poppy!

2010-10-10T15:03:00.003-04:00

Hey, everybuddy! It's me, Penny! I wanted to be blogging doggie, today, because it is Angel Poppy's birthday. We were the bestest of friends for a long, long time! We protected each other from the evil squirrels, in the back yard and we played bitey face almost constantly when we were younger.

Patches really misses you, too. She tries to play with me, but usually, I'm too dignified for such silliness. Once in a while, we have a good game of bitey face or bitey leggie, but not like you and Patches did! You two were unmerciful with each other!

And we think our mom misses you most of all! After all, you were HER doggie like I was always DAD'S doggie! We hope you are celebrating your barkday at the Rainbow Bridge with all of our pals who are there with you! And we hope you take Dad for a really long walk today! Okay, now Mom is getting tears in her eyes, so we are going to have to let her quit typing!

Aire-hugs,
Penny & Patches (who really, really, really misses you!)

I was a VERY bad Aire-girl!

2010-09-24T13:36:00.002-04:00

Hey, everydoggie, kitty, hammie, bear and hooman! It's me, Patches! See these glasses? They almost made me a homeless doggie, this morning!

These are the glasses that our mom wears ALL the time! The last thing she does, at night before putting her head on her pillow, is take off these glasses and she puts them on the night stand right beside her bed! The very first thing she does BEFORE she gets up, is put the glasses on!

Well, we woke our mom up before she was ready, this morning, so she was a little bumfuzzled when she got up! She forgot the glasses and went into the bathroom. Now, you all know that I NEVER miss the opportunity to go in the bathroom with my mom, but for some strange reason, I let her go by herself! By the time she came out, she was more awake and reached for her glasses on the night stand, but they weren't there. The first thing she did was check her face, but they weren't there either and she couldn't see very well at all! You should hear the thoughts that were running through her head and the HBO words that were coming out of her mouth!

Boy, I got some new names, this morning, and none of them were GOOD! I just wanted to know how she knew it was ME! There are TWO Aire-girls in this house! Mom turned on the light in the living room and found her glasses on the floor, right beside my weiner doggie. I think he sneaked into the bedroom and took her glasses so he could "frame" me! Hahahahaha! Get it?..."frame" me? Sometimes I crack myself up! But I digress! Mom found the glasses and put them on, but she couldn't see much better than before she found them. They were covered in Aire-art and slobber! Also, she can't see a thing with the glasses off, so she had to feel around to see if there were any teeth marks. Fortunately, for me, she hasn't found any!

I guess I just narrowly escaped being a homeless doggie! On her way to the living room, Mom was seeing dollar signs and hoping she didn't have to shell out another $800! Yep, she paid a little over $800 for those tacky red glasses. (Patches' mom: I know they were expensive, but I had been in pretty much every store in the Atlanta area and couldn't find any frames that I liked. I accidentally ran into a Versace salesperson in my own eye doctor's office when I went in to tell him I hadn't found the right frames yet. I told her what I was looking for and she went out to her car and brought these in. Sold! So the fact that they are Versace (who cares?), they have Swarovski crystals at the corners (who cares again?) and they are Varilux lenses, make them cost over $800.)

My mom says that if she had to buy them today, she would have to get a much, much cheaper pair...like maybe some from WalMart's pharmacy department that cost around $20 a pair. Well, it all turned out okay since I didn't leave any chomper marks and my mom has finally quit calling me names! I knew she couldn't stay mad at me for very long!

Have a great weekend, everybuddy!

Aire-hugs,
Patches (and Penny who NEVER steals Mom's glasses...or anything else either!)

What a weekend!

2010-09-14T14:48:00.004-04:00

Hi, every buddy! It's me, Patches! Look at this ginormous tree that fell on our house! Once again, our mom can't remember in what order she loaded the pictures so we don't know which one you are seeing first.

Anyhoo, this tree used to be a beautimous Bradford Pear, but more than half of it came down, in a storm, we had on Saturday night. Our mom thinks she heard it creaking as it came down, but it was so dark outside that she couldn't see. She thinks it came down about 8 p.m. Either that, or there were unexplained noises coming from our kitchen! (Which is always a pawsibility!)

Ya know, the law states that if your neighbor's tree falls on YOUR house, YOUR insurance has to cover it. That is, unless the tree is dead and you have notified the owner to remove it and he/she has not done so. Well, this is the second time this has happened in a few months, but the first one missed the house by about 2 feet. This one hit the house with branches to spare! It scraped the siding, but didn't tear any of it off. Sorry, I got off track! The tree belongs to our neighbors (the Puggy dog people) and as soon as the man saw it, he came right over and told our mom not to mess with it. He said he would take care of it on Monday. Well, I'll be darned! He actually showed up, when he said, along with a chain saw!

Mom called the neighbor on the other side of us and asked if he wanted some free firewood. He said yes, but he won't be able to get it out of our yard until the weekend. He has some kind of a policy of not doing any physical labor on weekdays! I think he might be joking, but I'm not sure. Anyway, this morning, our mom threw some of the smaller pieces into our wheelbarrow. If the neighbor doesn't show up to haul it away this weekend, our mom will take the wheel barrow over there and dump it down his driveway! Do you think I'm kidding? Well, I'm not! She's done it before when he asked if he could have a couple of downed trees. After what seemed like months and he still hadn't taken the wood away, our mom and dad loaded it up in our wheel barrow and Mom took it over and dumped it down his driveway. (His driveway is all down hill!) Hahahahahaha!!!!!!! We sure hope that taught him not to mess with our mom!

One of these pictures is Penny again. Our mom had her beautimous face all lined up, but thanks to the stoopid delay, on the camera, all she got was Penny's tail as she was running away. I think the last one is me with my smiley face on! Mom and I are playing a new game, these days. Ya know, I HAVE to go into the bathroom everytime Mom goes in there, but now I have learned to sit as soon as I get through the door (as opposed to giving Mom the big pawslaps on her arms and legs). Now, as soon as I sit, Mom whispers to me and I talk back with a very low, quiet growly noise. Mom is trying to get me to say, "I love you, Mom", but so far my words don't actually make sense.

When our mom still lived with her mom and dad, they had a Miniature Schnauzer named Chipper and our mom taught him how to talk. He could say, "I love you", "it's a frog" and "I don't know". So far, she hasn't had much luck teaching ME how to talk. It usually ends with me getting so excited that I start barking and then the game is over!

Well, every buddy, my personal secretary is starting to make too many mistakes, so I'm letting her off for right now. She has been pitch forking and blowing pine straw most of the day, so she's very tired! See you all next time!

Our mom just did the post and then looked at it! Stoopid blogger put the pictures in backwards from how our mom loaded them! Anyway, obviously the last picture is NOT my smiling face! We think you can figure out which one is which!

Aire-hugs,
Patches (and the back end of Penny)

We're still here! Our secretary has just been too busy to post for us!

2010-09-04T14:59:00.002-04:00

Hey, everydoggie, kitty, hammie, bear and hooman! It's me, Patches. I know...it's been 2 whole weeks and a day since we got our personal secretary to sit down at the 'puter and type what we're barkin'! We think she's lazy, but she says she's busy. Whatever!

About a week ago, Aunt Wendy's house was stinky because some painters were using an oil based paint, so she loaded up both doggies and came to see US! We had a blast! First Ezzy Rider and Jagger chased us, then we chased them! Then they chased us! You get the idea! We were pooped pups when they went home! We think Penny was trying to turn into a cougar 'cause she kept following Jagger around! He's about 8 years younger than you, ya big dummy! Sorry there are no pictures of our great adventure. Our mom talked about getting the camera, but talking about it doesn't get it done! She gave us some kind of lame excuse like the camera was in the 'puter room and that meant she had to climb over a doggie gate and she would have to figure out a way to keep us all outside while she got the camera. Yeah, yeah, yeah...we've heard all those excuses before!

Our weather has finally cooled off a little, so Mom has been raking and leaf blowing in our woods! Yep, it only took her a week to make lots of big piles of pine straw and leaves! Today, she washed our Aire-mobile AND pitched 3 piles of pine straw over the fence! Woohoo! She keeps saying she's too old for this s**t! Whatever THAT means! Our dad always wanted her to leave the woods alone, but she says she wants to see it, if there are any snakes back there! She says you can't see snakes if the ground is all covered in pine straw and leaves! Besides THAT, it took her almost 2 years to clear it all out and she's not going to let it get like that again!

I guess that's all our big news, for now! We wish all our A Merry Can pals and their peeps a happy Labor Day! Oh, and a safe one too! We're hoping for no fireworks!

Aire-hugs,
Penny & Patches

We got a new ramp for the Aire-mobile! Woohoo!

2010-08-20T14:34:00.003-04:00

Hey, everydoggie! It's me, Patches! Wait till you see what our mom bought for us, today! It's a doggie ramp for our Aire-mobile! Last week, when our mom took Penny to the groomer's, she had an awful time getting Penny to step up and down on the upside down mail tub. It isn't the most stable thing for an Aire-pup to step on! And our mom knows that it will only get worse as Penny gets older. She's already 11 1/2 and I just turned 7, so I'm not that far away from being a senior citizen too!

For some unknown reason, last night, Mom started thinking of how she could get us (especially Penny) into and out of the Tahoe without having to help us. There was the possibility of trading in the Tahoe on something lower to the ground, but our mom nixed that option so fast it wasn't even funny! She LOVES our Tahoe! She started researching doggie ramps and found like 8,984,900 different models! She measured how long and how wide it needed to be and today, she set out for the pet stores in our area. She wanted to actually SEE them in person before she bought one! Sometimes she's just funny that way!

Okay, so her first stop was a place where she used to buy our foodables, but they only had doggie steps...no ramps. On her second stop, she found exactly what she was looking for, but the price was waaaaaaay too high! After she looked at what they had, she was walking around the store looking for some other kind and maybe looking a little confused. A nice man asked if he could help her and she asked if those were the only ramps they had. He told her they were the only ones, but they are really good ramps. Yeah, well our mom was feeling cheap and didn't really want to invest $140 in a dog ramp!

She told the nice man that she was very concerned about the weight of a ramp because she has to be able to use it with just one hand, while holding a wild child by the leash in the other hand! He took that ramp out to her Tahoe and showed her how easy it is to use and how easy it is to put away. He almost HAD her until she heard the price. Now, this ramp has obviously been demonstrated once or twice since it had doggie toenail prints on it, so Mom asked if he could come down any on the price. Guess what! He gave her a $50 discount! They didn't even take the ramp back into the store for Mom to pay! They just took the box and left the ramp right in the middle of the back of our Aire-mobile!

And guess what else! Mom CAN actually pull it out and put it back with just one hand! Woohoo for you, Mom! This is going to relieve a lot of stress, on our mom, whenever one of us has to go to the v-e-t or the groomer! She always starts worrying about it the night before! Well, NO MORE, Mom! You will have to find something ELSE to worry about from now on! (And she WILL)! I'm sure she is the world's biggest worrier (is that a word?)! After all this typing, we had to make our mom come back and tell you that the ramp is telescoping! The top slides back to make the whole thing only take up 39 inches from front to back! That still leaves lots of room for the stuffs that our mom buys to re-sell! Woohoo again!

Have a great weekend, everydoggie!

Aire-hugs,
Patches & Penny (who won't be stepping on mail containers anymore!)

We are both beautimous at the same time!

2010-08-16T13:59:00.002-04:00

Hi every buddy! It's me, Patches! Well, our spa days are over with for now. Penny had hers last Tuesday and I had mine on Thursday. It rarely happens that we are both clean and smelling good at the same time, but somehow, our mom managed to pull it off this time!

There isn't much going on at Airedale Heaven these days. It's just too hot to do much of anything! Our mom is still trying to figure out what is "normal" for her after losing our dad and Poppy. Last week, it was 6 months since we lost Dad and this Saturday, it will be 6 months for Poppy. Mom is doing okay, but sometimes she wishes she could turn the clock back a few years! She just can't believe how fast time goes by! Last week, our mom's youngest aunt died after a 3 year battle with cancer. Mom has been on the phone with her uncle telling him what he can expect in the next 6 months. I guess she thinks these last 6 months have made her an expert or something!

One of these pictures is Penny from the back. You have to click on the picture to biggify it and you can see her tail with the arrow in the center of it. We don't know how the arrow got there. We think maybe she was in a fight with her littermates when she was a puppy.

If it EVER cools off, here, our mom is thinking about having a fundraiser for the Airedale Rescue Group. Yep, right here at OUR house! Of course, Aunt Wendy will help her. We're thinking about maybe some time in November. We have lots of room for the pups to run around in our fenced backyard and all the peeps can be in the kitchen or on the deck.

I still haven't named my new best friend and believe it or not, he has only lost about a 1 inch piece of stuffing! I'm pretty sure he is a life-sized Border Collie 'cause he keeps trying to herd me around the living room!

Well, every buddy, I have to go bark at the mailman now!

Aire-hugs,
Patches and Penny too!

My new best friend...by Patches

2010-08-10T11:23:00.003-04:00

Hey, everydoggie, everykitty, bear, hamsterrier and hooman! It's me, Patches! Since I have not yet destroyed my weiner doggie, Mom brought me home ANOTHER doggie.

He's pretty big, so I can perform my secret ritual on him without any fear of falling on my fuzzy face!

My mom brought him home last Friday, but she just gave him to me this morning. That's because Penny is at the spa today so I won't have to try to keep her away from my new best friend. Woohoo!

Some of you have asked if our mom has given up on the idea of grooming us herself. Well, sort of! She can't do it alone and it's hard to find someone to help her whenever she feels like working on one of us. She hasn't sold the clippers yet, so there's still a chance that she will try it again.

I get my spa day on Thursday, so we will both be beautimous at the same time! That doesn't happen too often. Our mom can't handle taking both of us at the same time. What a wimp! She freaks out when I get all cracker dog, on her, while she's trying to hold me still and help Penny to get out of the Aire-mobile. It's better for her blood pressure if we go on separate days.

Well, everybuddy, I'm off to find an aire-conditioning vent again. It's still really hot, here right now. I feel sorry for all the hooman pups who went back to school yesterday. The buses are not aire-conditioned and they sit outside, in the sun, all day! What is wrong with these people that think it's okay to put kids back in school in AUGUST? Okay, don't get our mom started on this! When she went to school (like 24,343 years ago), they didn't go back to school until after Labor Day in SEPTEMBER! Of course, she didn't live in the SOUTH!

Aire-hugs,
Patches (and Penny the spa girl)

Too sad to blog...almost!

2010-08-05T11:40:00.004-04:00

Hi, every buddy! It's me, Patches We are very sad today because of what happened to Doctor Dre! We still don't know all the details, but we think it never should have happened! We're also sad that Kodiak went to the bridge, yesterday, but we are glad he had such a wonderful life. Once again, we're sorry, stoopid Vista won't let us put in links! We are crossing our paws for all their peeps!

I heard our mom, on the phone, yesterday, making an appointment for somedoggie to get groomed! I was relieved when I heard her say Penny's name, but then she informed me that Penny goes on Tuesday and I go on Thursday! That just sucks! I was pretty sure I was going to escape it this time, but NO! She actually made MY appointment a long time ago!

Well, I guess I AM getting kind of woolie and I would like to cool off a little. It is soooooo hot that our mom keeps our garage door up about a foot or two during the day. She says there are cans of gas in there, gas in two mowers and gas in the Aire-mobile and a pressure washer. We haven't heard any reports of peoples garages blowing up, but she's not taking any chances!

She's also only doing laundry once a week and very early in the morning. Our washer and dryer are in the garage and it's just too hot to be out there for very long! She doesn't know what she was thinking when she had the washer and dryer moved to the garage! It seemed like a good idea, at the time, but in the summer and winter...not such a great idea!

Well, everydoggie, I need to go outside now...just for a second! You wouldn't believe how fast two Aire-girls can run down the steps, do our bidness and get back into the Aire-conditioning!

Aire-hugs,
Patches (and Penny too)

We had very impawtant visitors!

2010-07-26T12:17:00.003-04:00

Hey, every buddy! It's me, Patches! As some of you may know, we had some very impawtant visitors on Saturday! The two special wires (aka Jake and Fergi) were traveling through Georgia with their moma and their girl, Nina. They stopped to spend some time with us! We were so excited that we also invited Sally Ann and her mommy (Lisa) and Ezzy Rider with his mom and dad (aka Aunt Wendy and Unkle Bill). This first picture (above) was supposed to be last, but as usual, Vista screwed it up. Anyway, it is some of the cool stuffs they brought for us! Our mom also got a gorgeous tote bag that is handmade by the moma of the two special wires. She is guarding it with her life to make sure nodoggie gets their teefies on it!

This is Sally Ann sitting on her mommy's lap while Jake takes in the view from our big box window in the kitchen.

This is them again with Nina girl on the left. We were all eating foodables that our mom cheated on. It was so hot that she didn't want to start up the oven, so she bought frozen raviolis and garlic bread and a Pepperidge Farm frozen cake for desert. Sally Ann brought a Key Lime Mango pie, so some of the peeps ate that too. Sally Ann and Lisa also brought a flatsie toy for everydoggie! Thanks, Sally Ann! Penny has been squeeking hers a LOT!

Here's Miss Fergie running around the kitchen. We thought she was going to play with that toy, but it was just being dragged around by her leash. She is such a sweetie pie! Maybe, someday, she'll figure out how much fun the toys are!

Here's me getting some lovin' from Jake and Fergie's moma. I think she wanted to dognap me, but my mom wouldn't let her have me. (At least not THAT day...SOME days, she might consider it!

This is Ezzy Rider! As usual, he was right in the middle of everything that went on. He and I had quite a few play sessions! And he was very nice to the LITTLE doggies, just like we were.

As each new doggie arrived, Penny and I were penned in the living room so we could meet everydoggie snooter to snooter with a gate between us. Once we all got settled down, our mom let us loose and boy did we have fun! Jake was kind of sticking close to Penny when he wasn't in the window. Maybe he thought it was good to stick close to a more mature doggie. Fergie explored the whole house even though she is still kind of shy. Unfortunately, just as everyone arrived, we were having major thunder boomers! They didn't last toooo long and once they were over, we all went outside for a potty break. We didn't stay out too long because of all the fresh mud.

What a great time we had! We just love meeting and spending time with Dogs with Blogs peeps and pups!

Aire-hugs,
Patches & Penny (who managed to not show up in any of our pictures)

A public service announcement for Skinneeez stuffing-free dog toys!

2010-07-21T11:47:00.004-04:00

Hey, everydoggie! Remember our PSA about the Kong Wobbler? Well, those same peeps asked us to do a review of the Skinneeez stuffing-free dog toy. The one they sent to us is a Forest Series Fox and I have to say: he's mighty tasty!

As usual, I (Patches) wouldn't let Penny come near Mr. Foxy! He might not have any stuffing, but he does have a squeeker in his tail and that spells FUN! Okay, maybe not so fun for Mom since I have been squeeking him non-stop since she gave him to me.

I found out, really quickly, that I can't even de-eye this critter! His eyes are embroidered on or something so I can't get my teefies under the eyes and pop them out like I usually do!
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We have heard some stories, lately, about a doggie who ate stuffing out of a child's plush toy and got really, really sick and eventually went to the Rainbox Bridge! Now, our mom has always bought our stuffies at yard sales, so they aren't really meant for doggies...just for kids (who, hopefully) are smart enough to NOT eat the stuffing! My favorite way to enjoy my stuffies is (1) remove the eyes, no matter how long it takes. (2) pull lots of stuffing out through the eye-hole and (3) remove as many limbs as possible (assuming the stuffie is an animal of some sort). Oh, and I almost forgot: (4) if the stuffie is large enough, I HAVE to perform my secret ritual on said stuffie! Now, Mr. Skinneeez Foxy isn't large enough to perform my secret ritual because I would fall flat on my snooter, but he sure is fun to shake like crazy...just like we would do with real prey and he's totally harmless since there is no stuffing! Not to mention that he will last much longer than our usual stuffies. In this house, one of our usual stuffies starts to lose stuffing within 1.3 seconds after entering our jaws of death!

So, let's see...no stuffing to make a mess that our peeps have to clean up or that we eat and get really, really sick (or worse), no plastic eyes for us to rip out and that squeeker in the tail makes it the pawfect dog toy! We give it 8 paws up!

Sorry, everybuddy, I gotta run! While I have been in here barking stuffs for Mom to type, Penny is in the living room squeeking Mr. Foxy and I HAVE to stop her! NOW!

Aire-hugs,
Penny & Patches

It's just plain HOT in HOTlanta!

2010-07-11T14:17:00.003-04:00

Hello, everydoggie, everykittie, bear and hooman! It's me, Patches! I just checked the thermo...thermet...termt...um, that thing that tells us how hot it is outside! It says 95.1 degrees! No wonder we don't want to stay out there for very long! I guess that's why they call this HOTlanta! We are actually about 30 miles north of Atlanta, but it gets just as hot HERE!

Last week, our mom watched our neighbor's Puggie doggies while they were on vac...vata..va...um, out of town! She went over there to make sure they had lots of cool water and foodables. The little Puggies are brother and sister (actual littermates). The black one is a little girl and the buff colored one is a larger male. The male doggie scared the "you know what" out of our mom, the first time she went over there. He just stayed in his crate and wouldn't even come out! So, from then until the next time she went over, she was a nervous wreck! She didn't want to have to call the neighbor when he was away, to tell him that his dog was sick...or worse! Well, the next time she went over, both Puggies were bouncing all over the place and they put their hairs ALL over OUR mom! We had to sniff every inch of her when she came home!

Now, our mom is feeding and watering the other neighbor's animals. They have 2 totally aquatic froggies and Mom just has to drop some foods into a little hole at the top of their "house". It's a good thing that's all she has to do, because she sure isn't going to touch the froggies! They have a bunny that has her very own hutch in the woods behind the neighbor's house. Mom got to pet her when she went over to get feeding instructions, but now, when our mom shows up, the bunny runs to the other end of her house and hides. Do you think she might smell Aire-heads on our mom? The only other animal that mom has to take care of is the c-a-t! Yes, I said C-A-T! Domino is a pretty cool cat, but our mom won't let us go near her! (Someday, we'll make her tell you why!) She likes to come over to our house and lounge on our front step. The NERVE! We can smell her through the door, so we know she's there and we try to bark her away, but I guess she knows we can't get to her 'cause our barking doesn't scare her one bit!

Somewhere, in all these pictures, is a rare photo of Penny. Since our mom is old, senile, and a whack job, she can't remember in what order she loaded the pictures! (And stoopid Vista won't show them to her before the post is published). Oh yeah, and she's on ant-eye-bye-oticks again for yet ANOTHER sinus infection. She's also using something called a Neti Pot, for her sinuses. She pours it into one nostril and then the other. The first time she used it, she felt like she was drowning, but once she got past that feeling, the neti pot is like a miracle for the sinuses! She says even though she's using the neti pot, she still feels like 10 pounds of crap in a 5 pound bag...whatever THAT means! I guess it's because of the infection, but it can't be all THAT bad...she's still feeding us and she ran away with Aunt Wendy, yesterday, for the WHOLE day! They left to go yard sale-ing at about 7:30 in the morning and didn't come home until almost 4:00! Oh, Mom says I have to tell you that they did come home for a few minutes around noon. They had to unload the car and let us out to potty! I also heard a rumor that they went out to breakfast AND lunch! And guess what they brought US! NOTHING! How could they be so cruel?

Well, everybuddy, I'm going to go lay on an aire-conditioning vent! Try to stay cool wherever YOU are!

Aire-hugs,
Patches (and Penny too)

Our mom is a whack job!

2010-07-01T11:53:00.002-04:00

Hey there, pups and kitties! It's me, Penny! We found out, a couple days ago, that our mom is a total whack job! She called the v-e-t to get a grooming appointment for Patches and they told her that Patches was over due for her yearly vaccinations. Mom told the lady that that was wrong...Patches already had her shots. Sooooo, the lady asked Mom to bring a copy of the receipt. Mom told her that they (the v-e-t-s office) already had the records since that's where Patches got her shots. The vet lady said they had no record of it, so Mom dug through all her doggie records and guess what! That lady was right!

I guess our whack job of a mom thought it was already done since she spent like a bazillion dollars and kept taking both of us to see the v-e-t or the groomer! Well, haha on Patches! She had to go YESTERDAY! I'm going to turn the bloggy over to her now, so she can bark you all about it!

Hi peeps and pups! It's me, Princess Patches! Let me tell you, I wasn't feeling too much like a Princess, yesterday morning. First, my mom tried to put the power steering collar on me (that's the one with all the hurty prongs). She said it was like trying to put a collar on a piranha. It also didn't help that Penny wanted the collar on HER! Finally, we got the collar on and then Mom had to distract Penny so she could get me out to the Aire-mobile by myself! This is no easy trick since Penny is quite the escape artist when she knows that somedoggie is going in the Aire-mobile without HER! We finally arrived and found out that I have lost 3 pounds since I had my toofies cleaned! Mom says, "Woohoo" and I say, "ppppffffffttttttttt!". It is sooooo not fair that Penny's treats are always bigger than mine. ALWAYS!

Well, I got all my shotses and they stole my blood! I let them take my temperature (even though I HATED it), but I was sure hoping they wouldn't have to steal any of my poop! I'm pretty sure that was in their evil plan to torture me, but I fooled them! On our way to the front door, I left them a nice, big deposit! Whew, I dodged THAT bullet! Somehow, Mom wasn't nearly as excited when they handed her a glass bottle with a swabber in it and told her to go get a little "sample". Sorry, Mom, but that's what you get for taking me there in the first place! Hahahahahaha!

The v-e-t says I'm very healthy and he'll see me in 6 months. What? He says now that I'm 7 years old, I really should see him every 6 months. Well, we'll SEE about that! Unless we win the lottery, I don't think Mom can afford to do this TWICE a year!

We would like to say Happy Canada Day to Sunshade, Jaffa, Chef and all our other buddies in Canada. We would also like to say Happy 4th of July to all of our pals in the USA and don't forget to salute our troops! Freedom isn't FREE, ya know!

Aire-hugs,
Penny & Patches

The re-arrangement of the weiner dog's face.

2010-06-27T14:38:00.002-04:00

Hey, all you pups and kitties! (Oh, and hoomans too!) It's me, Patches. Those of you who know me well, just HAD to know that it wouldn't be long before I rearranged my weiner doggie's face! Yep, a few days ago, my mom caught me eating something when no food or treats had been given to me. Uh oh! I was caught de-eyeing my brand new weiner doggie! For a while, my mom was afraid I had actually swallowed the ginormous plastic eye, but then she saw me prancing around her bed like I had won the lottery! That always means I have something I SHOULDN'T! This time, it was the very large eye! I, accidentally, dropped it on the floor and Mom snatched it before I could get it. Foiled again! At least, my mom could rest a little easier knowing that I wouldn't be needing emergency surgery to de-eye my insides! And she wouldn't have to dig deep into her wallet to pay the v-e-t bill!

Having discovered said "eye", our mom let me go about playing with my weiner doggie! Mom took a picture of the destuffing to send to Airedale Armeggedon on Facebook and look who showed up! The guilty pawty! Yeah, it's me...Princess Patches! Unfortunately, as soon as Mom took the pictures, she cleaned up the stuffing, so I will have to start all over again! I was having sooooo much fun pulling the stuffing out of his eye-hole! Now, my weiner doggie is 1/2 blind so soon, he will match my blind froggie. Yeah, the froggie is still here! Woohoo! My mom just can't bring herself to send him to the big trash can in the sky because he was the first stuffie that I really fell in love with. Oh, Mom says that trash can is actually outside of our garage...not in the sky! Anyhoo, the leggies are almost detached from my froggie and as soon as one of them comes off, my mom says it's "adios" Mr. froggie, even if he IS my favorite toy!

Well, everydoggie and everykitty, that's it for today. I have to go lay on an aire-conditioning vent and soak up all the cool aire! It's 96 degrees, here, today and the humidity is about 1000 percent! We would KILL for some thunderstorms...or at least a little rain! (Our mom had a lot of nerve writing that part about the thunderstorms...I did NOT bark that to her!)

Aire-hugs,
Patches (and Penny too)

A public service announcement for the Kong Wobbler!

2010-06-24T08:56:00.004-04:00

Hello to all our furry and not-so-furry friends! It's me, Patches! A few weeks ago, we were asked, by the Kong Company, to test and write a review for their Kong Wobbler. Our package arrived a few days ago and it even included some IQ Salmon treats! Our mom says the treats are very stinky, but hey, we say, "The stinkier, the better!" They are just the right kind of stinky to get our attention when they are inside the the Kong Wobbler!

I gotta tell ya, this Kong Wobbler is the greatest! The first time I tried it, Mom hadn't put enough treats in it and I had a really hard time with it. She shook it until a treat fell out and of course, I pounced on it right away. Then I kept looking on the carpet, for another treat. Our mom finally put more treats in it and then it got my attention!

After a few minutes, I figured out that if I stick my snooter in the hole, I can smell the yummy salmon treats! I tried biting the hole, but that didn't work. I finally got so frustrated that I put the big paw smackdown on the Kong and then a treat fell out of the hole! Woohoo...jackpot! Now, being the smart Aire-girl that I am, I figured that if one smackdown gave me one treat, then several smackdowns should give me lots of treats! It worked!

We only had two problems with our Kong Wobbler. I growled at Penny when she came near it and it doesn't give me nearly enough treats! Mom says that those problems are not the fault of the Kong...it will only give out however many treats are put IN!

If you want to have some real fun, you need to get one of these cool toys! Remember, though, they are only for dogs over 25 pounds. The bottom is weighted so it can't really fall over, but a small doggie might get whapped on the head when it pops back up after the smackdown!

We have to give the Kong Wobbler 8 paws up! We would give the IQ salmon treats 50 paws up, if we HAD 50 paws. They are the ultimate in yumminess AND they are all natural! The ingredients are as follows: Salmon. Yep, that's it...just salmon. No grain or fillers or anything else. Just salmon!

We hope you've enjoyed our Kong Wobbler review. Now, go GET one! You will love it! And what a fun way to get foodables!

Aire-hugs,
Patches (and Penny, who has to play with the Kong Wobbler when I'm outside alone)!

My Barkday present!

2010-06-14T14:13:00.003-04:00

Hi, every buddy! It's me, Patches! Remember my 7th barkday from May 27th? Well, I didn't think my mom was going to get me any presents because she says we have too many toys already. She surprised me with this weiner doggie! Kind of looks like Lorenza, doesn't it? Except that it's about 4 times as big as Lorenza and a different color.

Our mom started throwing away all our stuffies that were made for kids instead of doggies. She heard that somedoggie ate the stuffings and got sick and died. Poor doggie! Well, our mom has changed her mind, now, because we never actually EAT the stuffings. Yeah, I rip them out, but I just leave them all over the house and don't actually eat any of it. I do, however, like to munch on their eyeballs. I haven't been able to de-eye my weiner doggie YET 'cause Mom catches me EVERYtime and yells at me. Her reason for getting me a weiner doggie is that I need a new stuffie to help me perform my secret ritual. My blind froggie has always been my favorite for humping...I mean performing my secret ritual...but my mom says he has definitely seen better days and needs to go in the t-r-a-s-h! Oh, my, doG! What will I do without my blind froggie? I can't help it if he stinks! Mom hasn't thrown him out quite yet...she's waiting to catch me doing the secret ritual on the weiner doggie. As soon as she sees me do it, the froggie is outta here!

Well, everydoggie, that's it for today! I just barked at the mails man and now I'm off to bark at the peeps that are putting new windows in our neighbor's house! It is sooooo much fun to bark at those guys. We like to sneak up on them and bark really loud and watch them jump about 6 feet in the aire! Toooooo funny!

Aire-hugs,
Patches (and Penny too)

A new collar and a new niece!

2010-06-10T08:07:00.003-04:00

Hi everybuddy! It's me, Patches! About a week or so ago, we won a contest on Maggie and Mitch's bloggy. We are soooooo excited! Our prize is this gorgeous handcrafted leather collar. It was made by Tim, an Amish man that Maggie and Mitch know. He is a great craftsman! His work is magnificent!

It actually fits both of us so whichever one of us is going out in public gets to wear the collar! Isn't it great? It's black leather with turquoise stones and we think it looks really nice against our black and tan furs! We think we made a great choice of colors!

It looks even better on Penny 'cause her saddle is blacker than mine, but of course, there is no picture. She's still a chicken when it comes to the flashy box!

Now, we want you all to meet our newest family member! Please meet our niece, Skeeter! She's a Beagle/Blue Tick/Shepherd mix and what a cutie! She will do a lot of travelling with her mommy and daddy and she already has her own suitcase. Her mom, Debi, is our mom's step-daughter. They live in Oh-HI-Oh, but they travel all over the country. We hope we get to meet Skeeter in dogson someday soon. If you would like to visit Skeeter, you can go to http://www.skeetersbigadventures.blogspot.com. Sorry, stoopid Vista still won't let us put in links. We tried to put one in for M & M's bloggy and it put it way down at the bottom of the page! Stoopid!

Well, that's it for today, guys. Our personal secretary has a boo-boo on her right wrist so she is typing with her left hand and only a couple of fingers on the right hand. It makes for lots of mistakes. It seems that this is a self-inflicted injury. Yep, she over-does EVERYthing! She trimmed ALL the bushes in our front and side yards and then proceeded to wax our Aire-mobile. It hadn't been waxed in a loooong time and used to stay outside all the time, so waxing it was no picnic. We finally got a bunch of stuffs out of our garage, so now Chuck the Truck can have his own home INSIDE the garage. Mom even bought a flashing "stop" sign so she knows just how far to pull into the garage without going through the wall. When she drives in, once the bumper touches it, it flashes bright red. Now, that might sound funny to you all, but one time, our dad drove his car right through the drywall! Since our mom can't see so well, she isn't taking any chances! Oh, and now that "Chuck" sleeps inside, our neighbors were freaking out. One lady was really worried because she didn't see a vehicle in our driveway for 2 whole days. She thought our mom ran away! She was really worried about US because she saw us out in our backyard, but couldn't figure out how we were getting in or out. I wonder why she didn't just call or pee-mail our mom!

Aire-hugs,
Patches (and Penny)

Today is my 7th barkday!

2010-05-27T07:09:00.002-04:00

Hi every buddy! It's me, Patches! Today is my 7th birthday! I haven't got any presents yet, but I got some special stuffs on top of my breakfast and then I helped Mom eat HER breakfast. She says her and I will go on a special walkie later!

Monday was my second Gotcha Day too! Yep, it has been two whole years since Mom and Aunt Wendy rescued me from that lady who didn't feed me enough. I certainly don't have THAT problem anymore. Mom says I get TOO much to eat, now. I didn't get any presents for my Gotcha Day either, but I got to spend some quality alone time outside with my mom. Our neighbor is replacing his deck so there are peoples over there all day and Penny can't stop barking at them, so she had to go inside. Not ME, though! I was a good girl so Mom let me stay out and watch her trim bushes.

Remember last week when we were barking at the TV installers? Well, this is the "before" picture of what was going on. Our dad's 64 inch TV quit working on the day before Thanksgiving and it was going to cost way too much to fix it, so our mom had the hospice peoples move a TV from the 'puter room to the kitchen so our dad could have a TV to watch.

This is what it looks like NOW! A new TV that isn't quite as big and even with the TV stand under it, it takes up lots less space. We can actually see the wall again! The TV guys actually had to come twice because our mom noticed scratches all over the top of the stand when they left. She went back to the store and picked out a different stand so they came back on Tuesday to swap them out. Last Friday would have been our pawrents' 30th anniversary, so the TV is a present from our mom to herself. I wonder if she'll let me go get my own barkday present! I hear that it's a sure way of getting what you actually WANT!

Well, every buddy, I have to go and try to get Penny to come in, now. Any minute, now, the peeps will be coming to work next door and I'm pretty sure they would prefer to work without all the barking!

Happy Memorial Day to all our buddies in the U.S. Don't forget to thank our military peoples for keeping us safe!

Aire-hugs,
Patches (and Penny the barker too)

Our memory bear!

2010-05-19T08:59:00.002-04:00

Hi, everybuddy! It's me, Stanley the memory bear! The wonderful peeps at hospice had me made from Penny and Patches' dad's jammies. They even named me after him. Yep, his name was Stanley, but everyone called him Stan. I have my very own home, now, on top of the dresser where I can watch over Penny, Patches and their mom while they sleep. The real Stan thought it was really funny when he found out there are two DWB doggies with his name! I'm going to turn the blog back over to Penny now and go back to my guard duty.

Hi, everydoggie! It's me, Penny. As some of you may know, I had surgery a few weeks ago. I was due for my Spring Airecut right around the time of my surgeries, so Mom decided to wait until I was all healed. Well, the time has come. The first two pictures are before my spa day.

And now, for your viewing pleasure, here are a couple of me with my new Spring Aire-do. Yeah, Mom had to sneak up on me since I'm still scared of the flashy box!

I sure do feel a lot cooler now! And I smell really good too! My poodle leggie is all gone. I still have what looks like a zipper on my back, but it's fading fast.
By my next Aire-cut, you won't be able to see it at all.

Well, everybuddy, I gotta go help my mom get ready for the TV installers. I gotta tune up my "barker" 'cause they will be here for about 3 hours and Patches and I will have to bark at them everytime they go out the door and come back in. It's just what we DO! We will get our mom to take some pictures so you can see the "before" and "after".

Aire-hugs,
Penny (and Patches too)

200th Post!

2010-05-16T14:00:00.003-04:00

Hello to all our furry and not-so-furry friends! It's me, Patches! We've been bloggin' for over 2 years and we just now got to our 200th post. That's pretty lame, Mom! Lots of our blogging buddies post nearly everyday, and it took US over two years to get to #200! That's pretty sad!

Our lazy (SHE says "busy") mom finally got some pictures of the Peonies that are on one side of our driveway. Since stoopid Vista won't show them to us anymore and our old mom doesn't have that great of a memory, we'll just show them to you!

I hope you enjoyed the Peonies. Some of them are looking kind of sad, now, because we had really, really, really heavy rain last night. At least it waited until our mom got home! Penny and I would have been really freaked if Mom hadn't been home when the thunders started! Penny taught me to bark at the thunder because it makes it go away. Okay, it only goes away for a few seconds, but hey, it WORKS! We keep barking and it keeps stopping! For some strange reason, our mom just doesn't "get" it. She yells at us and squirts us with a water bottle, but it doesn't stop us!

Yesterday, the hospice that took care of our dad, had a Celebration of Life service and our mom went to it. It took her a loooong time to get there and a looooong time to get home, but she said it was very nice. Kind of sad, at times, but still nice. They gave our mom a teddy bear made out of a pair of our dad's pajamas. She knew they were making the bear because they asked her for the PJ's, but she thought it was going to be a very small bear. She was wrong! This bear is about 2 feet tall! We'll have to show it to you later because Mom forgot to take a picture. Now, the bear is sitting on what used to be Dad's dresser so he can watch over us as we sleep!

Penny is going to the groomer on Tuesday! Heeheehee! It's her turn to get the whole works! The place on her back is almost all healed up now and the test results say it is nothing to worry about. Her nipple that was swollen is a different matter, however. It had some melanoma cells, so we have to keep a close watch on Penny to make sure she doesn't have any problems breathing and doesn't have any unexplained weight loss. Our v-e-t says he thinks he removed it before it could spread, but he just wants our mom to be aware. He says it's kind of common in older doggies and right now, Penny is acting younger than she has in a long time, so unless there is some kind of change, we aren't going to worry about it.

Well, everybuddy, I have to go and get psyched up for the thunder boomers that we are supposed to get AGAIN this afternoon and evening! Our mom sure hopes it stops before it's time for us to go to bed. I guess she thinks it's hard to sleep with 2 barking dogs! While Penny and I get psyched, our mom will be watching the Nascar race. Yep, she's a closet redneck! She never paid any attention to Nascar races until she moved to Georgia and pretty much everybody talked about the races on Monday. She figured she needed to know what everyone was talking about so she started watching the races. She's not such a fanatic about it anymore since Dale Earnhardt was killed in the Daytona 500 in 2001, but she watches just enough to know who wrecked and who won the race. I guess that makes her only a partial redneck!

Aire-hugs,
Patches (and the soon-to-be pretty Penny)

Our teefies are all clean!

2010-05-06T09:39:00.003-04:00

Hi,everybuddy! It's me, Patches! Penny and I both have really clean teefies now. See my pearly whites? On Tuesday, Penny got all her staples out and it's a good thing she had a v-e-t appointment because she was having a problem with one of her feetses. When she was only about a year old, our pawrents were putting the wood floor in our kitchen. The old floor had been removed exposing only the wood sub-floor. Well, there were some gaps in it and Penny got a toenail stuck. She pulled so hard, to get free, that the whole toenail came off. Because of that unfortunate incident, that toenail has never grown back correctly. It either turns to the side, or it disappears completely.

On Monday night, Mom noticed that Penny was limping so she set out to find out why. Well, her toe was all red and hairless! The vet shaved off the rest of her furs on that toe and cut the toenail back to nothing. She's on ant-eye-bioticks and she has to have some spray put on her foot three times a day. It's already looking much better and she isn't even going to have to wear the cone of shame because she's leaving it alone. Yay for Penny!

This is a picture that Aunt Wendy took of one of our mom's Peonies. Isn't it pretty? It's called Parfait "something or other". Aunt Wendy was here for our dad's memorial.

Not a lot of people came, on Saturday, but that's okay. It was very nice anyway and some very impawtant peeps in our lives did come. We saw Aunt Wendy and Unkle Bill, Mack and Sally Ann's mommy and our dad's best friend and his wife. It meant a whole lot to our mom to have these peeps come and see us. We also got some beautiful flowers from Scruffy, Lacie, Stanley and Mumsie. Sorry we don't have a picture...our mom just plain forgot to take one. We also got some pretty flowers from the Airedale Rescue Group. Again, sorry there's no picture. We really need to get our mom back with the program!

Well, everybuddy, I guess that's about it for today. Penny and I will be home alone for a while 'cause our mom is running away with Aunt Wendy again. She says they won't be gone a really long time. We'll SEE about that! I guess it's okay as long as she comes home before it's time for us to EAT!

Aire-hugs,
Patches and Penny

No breakfast AGAIN!

2010-04-27T09:48:00.003-04:00

Hi, every buddy! It's me, Penny. Yeah, I know...the pictures are of Patches. I'm still camera shy and I especially don't want anydoggie to see the big empty patch on my back. I am doing just fine, but I have to wait until next Tuesday to get my staples out. Mom says it hurts to look at them. I guess it's better to hurt HER than ME! The tumor they removed was way larger than we thought and my vet had to really stretch my skin to close up the hole. I know that sounds pretty disgusting, but it wasn't so bad. All the peeps at the vet's office petted me and took really good care of me!

My mom tried to give me sort of a partial Aire-cut because I look pretty silly right now. Actually, I was due for my spring hAire-cut, but I had surgery instead. Now I'm going to have to look kind of silly when all the peeps come, on Saturday, for my dad's memorial. I guess I'll have to wait a couple of weeks to get groomed since I'm not allow to have a b-a-t-h! Heeheehee!

Back to why I started this post in the first place! We got NO breakfast AGAIN this morning! I was NOT amused! That little whippersnapper, aka Patches, went to get her teefies cleaned so that meant NODOGGIE got breakfast! Okay, I actually did get my breakfast, but I had to wait until Mom came home from dropping off the wild child. NOW, I suppose my dindin will be late too! Patches can't come home until after 4:00 and I'm used to eating by at least 3:00. Mom says it won't kill me, but I'm not so sure! I've already lost 16 pounds! Yeah, it took a whole year, but my arfritis is better and I can almost beat Patches to the neighbor's fence! Almost! I'm usually too dignified to run like a puppy, but I do have my moments! My v-e-t says I'm doing really well for an 11 year old Aire-girl.

Our mom has started to get stuffs ready for Saturday and she's supposed to be cleaning the house, but right now I think we're going to nap. Mom's been on ant-eye-bio-ticks for 13 days for a major sinus infection and she keeps saying she feels like crap. I don't know what crap feels like, but I'm pretty sure it is really, really tired. Mom's only got one more day of those awful pills and I sure hope she stops feeling like crap pretty soon!

Well, everydoggie, we're off to have that nap and I'm going to enjoy my day of being the only dog! (Not really, but I do have to keep up my reputation of being the only dignified doggie in da house.)

Aire-hugs,
Penny (and the whippersnapper with clean teefies too)

Penny's out of surgery!

2010-04-20T14:47:00.003-04:00

Hi, everybuddy! It's me, Patches. Our mom just talked to the vet's office and they told her that Penny is out of surgery and doing fine! She's holding her head up and will come home after 4 p.m. today! Woohoo!

I, for one, will be really glad when she gets home! I didn't get my breakfast until after 9:00 this morning and now, Mom says I can't eat my afternoon meal until Penny comes home. Why do I have to suffer when I'm not the one having surgery? My mom says I should quit complaining 'cause she didn't eat breakfast until after 9 a.m. too.

Penny was one pissed pup, this morning! Our morning ritual goes like this: I jump on Mom's head, she gets up and goes into the bathroom. We can't figure out what she's doing in there, so we bark at her...especially Penny. It's an ear-piercing bark and Mom keeps yelling at us to stop it! Of course, we DON'T. Finally, she lets us outside. We hit the bottom of the steps, squat and fly back up the steps to eat breakfast. Normally, our mom has our food bowls in our feeding stands within a couple seconds of our arrival. Well...not this morning! She walked around the kitchen doing other stuffs and not paying any attention to us starving pups! WTF? We followed our mom all over the house and wouldn't get more than 2 inches away from her. We had to stay close, ya know, just in case she decided to give us our food. Well, no such luck! I sure hope we go back to our regular feeding schedule tomorrow! Today's schedule (or lack thereof) just sucks!

We'll keep you posted on how Penny's doing after she comes home!

PUPDATE: Penny is home and we just had our dinner. Mom took some away from Penny's dish and gave it to ME! Heeheehee! Penny's got a Poodle leggie and a ginormous shaved patch on her back. Her incision is about 7 to 8 inches long and she has lots of stitches on the inside and staples on the outside. That nasty thingy was lots bigger than what you could see on the outside. She just drank loads of water and has already been outside twice. So far, she's doing great! Oh, yeah, and I have an appointment to get my teefies cleaned next Tuesday. Penny's are all pearly white now and Mom says I have to match!
Aire-hugs,
A starving Patches

It's all about ME! By Princess Patches

2010-04-08T07:42:00.003-04:00

Hello to all our furry and not-so-furry friends! It's me, Patches! Well, I'm no longer a fuzz butt, fuzz face or fuzz anything! Yesterday, I spent the day with Cindy, my groomer and now I'm the best looking and best smelling Aire-kid around.

Yeah, I know...Mom took my cool dude suit (aka bandanananana) off as soon as I got home because it was too loose and Penny kept pulling on it. Mom was afraid I might get choked or something, so she ditched it! She's such a worry-wart!

I was hoping to have news, today, about the UGA open house, but our mom and Aunt Wendy ended up not going. They are both having back problems and didn't feel like driving all the way to Athens. What a couple of wimps! Anyway, they are hoping to go to Grace's Birthday Pawty in the fall. They have it every year, at UGA, as a fundraiser, even though Grace and her dad have both crossed the bridge. They missed it last fall because our dad was just having too many problems for Mom to be able to leave him alone all day.

Our mom has decided that we are going to have a small memorial service for our dad on Saturday, May 1st at 3 p.m. He didn't want a funeral or any announcements in the paper and Mom honored his wishes, but now, she feels like she needs to do this for US...okay, HER! But, we'll be there too! It will be at our house and she has invited family and a friend or two. They will just spend the day remembering Dad and eating some of his favorite foods. We were hoping there would be a standing rib roast, but Mom says, "No way".

On April 20th, Penny is going to have surgery. Remember the ginormous thingy, on her back, that we thought would 'splode? Well it never did and it just keeps getting bigger. She also has a problem with one of her little doggie nipples. It is swollen and has turned a dark color. Our vet is going to take care of both problems AND clean her teefies. Our mom isn't too thrilled about putting an 11 year old dog under general anesthetic, but the vet assures her it is safe. He used it on a 15 year old dog, last week, and everything was fine! In spite of that, I'm pretty sure Mom's blood pressure will be off the charts, on the 20th! Yeah, she's been having problems with that for about a month. She even ended up at an urgent care place, one day, because it went up to 214/103. Her doctor doubled the medicine and it is better now. Not great...but better!

Well, everydoggie, I need to go have another nap. A day at the groomer's just wears me out!

Aire-hugs,
Patches (and Penny too)

I am a big fuzz head...and fuzz butt...and fuzz body!

2010-03-21T11:25:00.003-04:00

Hello to all our furry and not-so-furry pals! It's me, Patches! I have been informed, recently, that I am a fuzz head, fuzz butt, fuzz body and everything else fuzzy that you can think of! Yep, I'm sportin' my winter coat. I'm also BLOWING said coat! So is Penny, so our whole house looks like one gigantic hairball!

As I told you last time, I will be going to see Cindy (our groomer) on April 7th unless she has a cancellation sooner. Oh God, PLEASE not sooner! Our mom has decided that she just doesn't have the energy to groom us herself right now. That's okay, Mom...Cindy gives me peanut butter when she cuts my toenails! Yum!

This is what is keeping our mom so busy these days. Yep, it's the wood floor again. Fortunately, since Mom was the one who installed the floor, in the first place, she definitely knows how to fix it! This picture is from when she cut out the old caulking that forms the "grout" lines and put new caulking in. She has had a major battle through the years to find exactly the right color of caulking! Since caulking is made in batches, you can't assume that the next tube you buy will be the same as the last one. It makes our mom growl!

This is what the floor looks like when she's all done trimming the caulking. She got really mad at me, last night when some nice peoples came to visit us. I got soooooo excited because the lady was petting me and I peed about 2 gallons right on a spot in the floor that Mom hasn't fixed yet. You should have seen how fast she ran to get an old towel! If the pee got into the wood, it would warp it and then Mom would probably never forgive me! The towel hit the floor so fast that there was no way any of the pee got into the wood. Yay for ME!

Last week, our mom and Aunt Wendy went to lunch with a very nice lady from the University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine (Hi, Molly!). Mom was only gone a few hours and Penny and I were totally fine. Okay, we didn't like it that she was gone, but we know she needs to get out of the house once in a while. What is it with humans? I guess they get just as excited as we do when they go bye-byes! Anyhoo, we are not so excited about where Mom is going on April 2nd! She and Aunt Wendy are going to an open house at UGA and they will be gone most of the day. Hey, that's not funny! Who will let us out to potty and who will feed us? We're on a pretty tight schedule, ya know! Mom told us not to worry about it. Okay...I guess!

Well, everybuddy, I'm off to go find some wet caulking so I can leave my pawprints! Wish me luck!

Aire-hugs,
Patches (and Penny too)

Our weather isn't so sucky anymore!

2010-03-08T09:46:00.002-05:00

Hi, everybuddy! It's me, Patches. FINALLY! Our weather has turned warm and we have no more snow. The snow lasted just long enough to turn our backyard into a major mud hole. Good for US, bad for MOM! She's been on mud patrol for a couple of weeks now. We could have had the door open, yesterday, so Penny and I could come and go at will, but our stoopid neighbor was burning stuffs in his back yard all day! The smoke was filling up our house and making it too stinky to have the door open. Well, today's another day and he had to go to work (haha on HIM), so we're thinking...maybe Mom will open the door so we can come and go as we please!

We're sorry we haven't been around to very many of your bloggys lately. Our personal secretary (aka Mom) has been really busy fixing our kitchen floor. She's about half way done. When she's all finished, she's going to have a teeny tiny memorial service for our dad. She finally brought his cremains home, on Friday and as soon as his urn arrives, he will watch over us from the china cabinet right next to Poppy. We are still very, very sad, but we are just taking it one day at a time.

Well, everybuddy, I'm going to go sit by the back door, now, and try to get our mom to leave it open! Oh, and thanks to everyone who wished Penny a happy birthday! She had a great day with lots of extra treats! Yeah, I got some too, but Penny's were bigger. SO not fair!

Aire-hugs,
Patches (and Penny too)

Happy Barkday to ME! (By Penny)

2010-02-28T09:43:00.003-05:00

Hi every buddy! It's me, Penny! Yeah, I know, you don't hear from me very often! Today is my 11th birthday! It's hard to believe that I was born in the North Georgia mountains 11 whole years ago today! I was bred to be a hunting dog, but my breeder found out that I am gun shy, so he decided to sell me as a pet. Since what my pawrents wanted was a "pet", they drove all the way to Blairsville, Georgia and brought me home with them. Now, I snicker every time I hear the weather reports saying that it's much colder in Blairsville than it is here! I also snicker at my litter mates when I sleep in my comfy, ginormous bed because they are probably all still living in the cold kennel. So...take THAT Mr. Breeder man!

Our mom wants me to show you some of the beautimous flowers that we got from our DWB friends after our dad passed away.

I hope I don't get these mixed up since stoopid blogger (or Vista) won't let me see the pictures as I do the post. It also won't let me create links. Stoopid!

These flowers are from Inky, Molly and their wonderful peeps! They are very unusual because when they came, they were all just buds! After Mom cut the stems and put them in a special water solution, they opened up a little each day until they were just gorgeous!

These are from Molly, Taffy and Monty! Aren't they pretty?

These were the first flowers we got. They are from Aunt Wendy, Unkle Bill, Ezzy Rider and Jagger!

We would like to thank all of you again for the prayers and healing zen you have been sending to us. We still miss our dad and Poppy a whole lot, but we are getting better!

Well, every buddy, I'm off to have my third or fourth nap of the day! Then, I might get up and open a can of whoopass on that young whippersnapper named Patches! DoG knows she deserves it!

Aire-hugs,
Penny (and Patches too)

We WILL be okay!

2010-02-25T09:16:00.002-05:00

Hi, everybuddy! It's me, Patches! We just want to let you all know that we are going to be okay. Okay, maybe not right away, but with all of your support and prayers, we are headed in the right direction!

Here, for your viewing pleasure, is a rare photo of Penny! Mom sneaked up on her when she was sleeping. She must have really be out because the flashy box didn't even wake her up! Maybe she was resting up for her big barkday celebration on Sunday. She will be 11 years old!

This is the last picture our mom took of Poppy. It was taken about 6 or 7 hours before she went to the bridge. We still miss her a LOT, but we are comforted by the fact that we know she's with our dad now. We are also very glad that she didn't suffer and that she showed no symptoms until about an hour before she left.

In other news from around here, our mom went to the Social Security office and found out that because she's OLD, she does qualify for some of our dad's benefits. Woohoo! That means that we get to keep our house! It sure is nice to get some GOOD news, for a change!

Our mom is trying to eat full meals again. Sometimes she succeeds and sometimes she doesn't, but that's okay. She is also sleeping all the way through the nights, unless, of course, we feel the need to pounce on her head or bark at nothing.

Thank you to all of you who have prayed for our strength. It's working, so please don't stop!

Aire-hugs,
Penny and Patches

The 3 P's are now the 2 P's. Poppy has gone to the bridge!

2010-02-21T04:17:00.002-05:00

At 2:30 this morning, Patches barked to let me know that Poppy was sick. I got up, checked on Poppy and she was standing in the hallway. I asked all 3 if they wanted to go outside. All 3 went out, but Poppy wouldn't go down the steps. When Penny and Patches came back in, Poppy came too, but was very unsteady on her paws. I tried to get her to get back in her bed, but she wanted to come into the computer room instead.

About a half hour later, I heard a noise, so I got up to check on Poppy. She was stumbling around and trying to get to the back door. I picked her up and took her down the steps, but she wouldn't do anything. At that time, I made the decision to take her to the emergency vet. I carried Poppy back up the steps and laid her down by the door to the garage while I got dressed. I, then closed the gate between the living room and kitchen so Patches and Penny wouldn't escape while I took Poppy to the Tahoe.

While I drove her to the ER, she tried to lift her head several times and I kept petting her head and telling her it would be okay. I forgot to grab my cell phone, on the way out the door, so when we got there, I beat on the door and honked my horn. Finally, I saw an after-hours call button and just laid on it until I saw a person.

When the technician came out, he took one look at Poppy and said, "I think she's dying". He immediately took her inside, but by the time we got in there, she was gone. The vet came in and checked her and said she was definitely gone and his best guess was cancer. He told me that some canine cancers never show any symptoms until it's too late.

My question, right now, is: Just how much does God think I can take? They say God only gives you as much as you can handle, but right now, I'm thinking he's pushing it a little too far!

Rest in peace and find Dad at the bridge, my sweet Poppy!

Aire-hugs,
Lana (Mom to the now 2 P's)

Day # 7

2010-02-19T08:19:00.002-05:00

It has been 7 days, now, since I lost my husband and the girls lost their dad. This entire week has just been surreal. On Monday, Wendy and I went to the funeral home and then out to lunch. I ate about 1/2 of my lunch and that was the most I had eaten since the previous Wednesday. I have no idea why, but the trip to the funeral home wasn't nearly as stressful as I though it was going to be and once it was over, I was a little calmer.

For the first time in a very long time, I have slept a full eight hours for three nights in a row. For two days, I have actually eaten 2 full meals each day along with a snack in between. I know how important it is to eat and sleep! Yes, I've had to force-feed myself, but that's okay. It's also okay that I have lost some weight this week.

Once all the medical equipment was gone, I think it was easier on the 3 P's. Okay, maybe it was just easier on ME, but either way, it was a relief to have it all out of here.

Yesterday, I spent about 2 1/2 hours with a bereavement counselor, here, in my home. He asked me a lot of questions and then just let me talk for as long as I wanted to. He will be coming at least once a week for as long as I need him.

I have an appointment with the Social Security office on Monday...assuming I have the death certificate by then. If not, I will have to reschedule. They have told me that I am eligible to receive a percentage of Stan's SS benefits. That takes a tremendous weight off my mind because although it will still be a struggle financially, it looks like I will be able to stay in my house.

The past couple of days, I haven't cried as much and I have been calmer. I attribute this to all the people who are praying for my strength. It IS working! Thank you VERY MUCH for all of your prayers, crossed paws, Aire-zen and all the other kinds of zen you have been sending! Oh, yeah...PLEASE continue to do so!

Also, I would like to send a very big thank you to Wendy, Inky and Molly and their peeps and to Molly, Taffy and Monty and their peeps for the beautiful flowers! I have taken pictures of them and will post them soon. (Sorry, stupid blogger won't let me create links!)

Thank you to ALL of our DWB family!

Aire-hugs,
Lana (and of course, the 3 P's)

This is for all the peeps and pups that are asking how we are doing.

2010-02-15T06:13:00.002-05:00

Hi, every buddy! Since we lost our dad, on Friday, we have been very, very sad. Penny goes and lays her head on his chair and Poppy, Penny and I (Patches)keep sniffing his chair and his hospital bed. We know it makes our mom even sadder, but we can't help it. We are going to turn our bloggy over to our mom now.

Hi, everyone. It's me, Lana. It hasn't yet been 3 days since I lost my husband and I am NOT okay. Yes, he was ill for a long time and I should feel some sense of relief. Well, I had about 4 hours of some relief when the ambulance took him to the hospice unit at the hospital. When they called to tell me he was gone, all the relief ended.

He actually stopped breathing at about 4:50 a.m. here, at home. I shook him, called his name and tried to sit him up. All that was in vain. I grabbed the phone and called hospice. They said a nurse would be right over. I went back to Stan and raised the head of his bed and he started breathing. The nurse arrived at 5:30 and gave him nebulizer treatments until the ambulance arrived at 10:00. She thought she was going to have to convince me to let him become an in-patient, but in light of the events of the previous day and night, I was happy to have him go to the hospital. He had turned into a 2 year old and I couldn't handle him anymore. I couldn't make him stay in the bed and somehow, he had forgotten that he was sick. He was walking all around the kitchen without his walker and I was afraid he was going to fall and hit his head on the wood floor. At 2:30 in the morning, I heard him rattling dishes in the kitchen, so I got up to find a large container of ice cream melting on the counter, pills in the refrigerator and water ALL over the floor. (At least I'm assuming it was water). I finally got him into the bed and put ABH cream on his arm. It's mixture of Ativan, Benadryl and Haldol that has a very quick calming effect. I sat in the kitchen and watched him until 3:30 and then went back to bed, once he had fallen asleep. I never went back to sleep because I was listening to him breathe through the baby monitor. At 4:45 a.m., I decided I might as well get up. The dogs always bark, like crazy, when I get up because they want to go outside and mostly, they want to EAT. When we got to the back door, Stan tried to get out of the bed and I told him to stay there and I would help him as soon as I got the dogs fed. I fed the dogs and turned around to help him and that's when I found out he wasn't breathing.

I do take some comfort in the fact that he wasn't in any pain because that was his biggest fear. He never became bed-ridden, but his mind reverted back to when he was doing a lot of woodworking. (He kept asking me for screwdrivers and such). Before that happened (a little over 24 hours before he died), he was extremely worried about ME. He knew that once he was gone, I won't get his Social Security check anymore and I, obviously, don't have a job, so I will probably lose the house eventually. Some people have given me names of agencies to contact for help, but right now, I am incapable of making those calls.

I guess the hardest part is knowing that my family is a couple thousand miles away and the only real friend I have, here, is Wendy (Ezzy Rider and Jagger's mom). I have talked to her, on the phone, about 1000 times a day and she is going to the funeral home, with me, this morning. Since Friday, I have just wanted to be alone and I have been force-feeding myself enough to keep going. Even though I knew this was coming, it has been a major shock. Just a week ago, he was doing really well for a man with his illness. I expected to have some time with him being bed-ridden and non-responsive leading up to his death and that didn't happen.

Yes, this is the hardest thing I have ever had to go through and it's the first time in my life that I have lived alone. We had been together for 32 years and I went from living with my parents to living with my husband. Now, if it wasn't for my 3 Aire-girls and Wendy, I would probably REALLY lose it! It does help to know that all of you are praying for us and thinking of us. If you pray, I would ask that you pray for me to have the strength to get through this.

Thank you all for your prayers and comments and a special THANK YOU to Lulu (Bogart Handsome Devil's mama).

Aire-hugs,
Lana (and Poppy, Penny & Patches too)

Rest in peace, Dad!

2010-02-12T15:56:00.003-05:00

Today, we lost a great man and great dog. We read that Wally the one and only Corgador has gone to the bridge. We will miss you, Wally! At approximately 2:10 p.m., this afternoon, our dad followed Wally to the bridge.

I'm sorry, but I can't see to write anymore.

Aire-hugs,
Poppy, Penny & Patches (and Lana)

Our weather just SUCKS!

2010-02-09T14:47:00.002-05:00

Hello to all our furry and not-so-furry friends! It's me, Poppy! Lately, our weather just sucks! It's either pouring down rain or freezing cold. Sometimes both at the same time! Yeah, I guess it could be worse! We went over to visit Scruffy, Lacie and BabyStan's bloggy and boy have they got it ruff! They have so much snow that only Stan can be seen running through it! They may have to wait until Spring to find Scruffy and Lacie!

We have soooo much mud on our deck and kitchen floor, that our mom has just about given up trying to keep it all clean! She says she's going to paint the deck in a color to match red Georgia clay! Great idea, Mom, we'll help you paint!

Our mom has been so busy that we had to use recycled pictures! She's still got the booth in the antique mall and she's selling Dad's tools on Ebay. In the mean time, she's torturing us with baths and she says it won't be long before we have to have Aire-cuts and toenail trimmings! Okay, so maybe our weather doesn't suck so bad after all! As long as it's cold, we get to escape the haircuts!

Well, everybuddy, gotta go. There are stuffies that are begging to be shredded!

Aire-hugs,
Poppy (and Penny & Patches too)

Two of us are clean!

2010-01-29T10:47:00.004-05:00

Hi every buddy! It's me, Poppy! Yesterday, I got the dreaded b-a-t-h! Yeah, I was pretty stinky...at least according to my mom! Now I smell really good, but I have heard a rumor that I am going to be Furminated later today! The indignities just keep piling up!

This morning, Penny had her turn in the bathtub! So, now two out of three of us are clean and smell good. The blond one (aka Patches) will get her turn tomorrow! Heeheehee! This morning, Mom told Penny and Patches that they needed to put their heads together and decide who would get their bath today. Since no one volunteered, Mom grabbed Penny and off they went...into the bathroom!

So, Mom is 2/3 of the way done with our baths, but we still need to have our toenails cut. We won't be going back to that one place since they only cut the tips, but our mom is thinking about taking us to the v-e-t! They do a good job, but it's kind of 'spensive!

We can't begin to tell you all how bad we feel for Deetz's family. His brother Sharkie left suddenly, yesterday, for the Rainbow Bridge. It was a horrible accident and we know it will take them a loooooong time to grieve. You can visit Deetzy at http://www.deetztheairdale.blogspot.com to see what happened. Our mom gets sick to her stomach every time she thinks about it! (Sorry, stoopid blogger won't let us insert a link). It also won't let us see the pictures we posted!

Well, every buddy, I'm on my way to be Furminated and I think Patches is hiding somewhere.

Pupdate: Sat. Jan. 30, 2010: It's me, Patches! I got my dreaded b-a-t-h this morning, so I have joined the ranks of 3 clean Aire-girls! Woohoo! Our mom is really glad we're all clean (for NOW), but her back may never be the same again! It's a good thing she took 3 whole days to give us our baths! She could never have done all 3 of us in one day. Oh, and it only took Mom half as long to catch me as it usually does. I must be slowing down! I was also very good once the door shut behind me in the bathroom. I even jumped in and out of the tub all by myself! Amazing!

Aire-hugs,
Poppy (and Penny & Patches too)

Just a really, really, really short post!

2010-01-21T13:01:00.004-05:00

Hi every buddy! It's me, Patches! Yeah, I know...it's been waaaaaay too long since we posted last time. You can blame that on our mom! We don't have much news, right now, except our snow is all gone and now it's RAINING! Oh, and it's warmed up a lot too. Our peeps are very happy about that.

Our mom's leggie is all better now, but she won't let Poppy get near her when she opens up the front door! Poppy had a couple days of feeling yucky, but we think it was from the ant-eye-bye-ot-icks that she was on. Anyway, she's all better now. Penny and I are fine too.

Our dad is still declining, but at least it's slow. Mom spends most of her time either dealing with hospice peoples or taking care of Dad. Oh, yeah...she still takes care of US too! We have been good girls, lately, and let them sleep until at least 5 a.m. Yeah, that's early, but it's better than 3 or 4 a.m.!

Well, every buddy, that's about it for today. I have to go watch my mom make lunch for Dad. You never know, she might drop something tasty that I have to pounce on!

Aire-hugs,
Poppy, Penny & Patches

We've got snow and we almost got eaten!

2010-01-08T08:38:00.002-05:00

Hi everybuddy! It's me, Patches! In this picture of me, I'm giving my mom the evil eye 'cause she made us come in from having fun in the snow. We located some sort of critter that must have escaped to the other side of the fence when it saw our jaws of death coming after it. Mom just let us have at it until we started digging. We would have had that critter if she hadn't made us come in. Of course, there probably would have been a huge hole under the fence too!

We got about 2 inches of snow last night! Yeah, I know...that's nothing compared to what some of you have, but it's a big deal here, in Georgia! This is me and Poppy taking our Aire-butts down the slippery steps. Poppy went first and I was so close behind her that we look like one loooong Aire-pup!

Here's Poppy (on the left) and Penny (on the right) searching out the pawfect spot to piddle.

Oops! Poppy found her pawfect spot just as the delay thingy ended on the flashy beast! Sorry, Poppy, no privacy for YOU!

Penny doesn't mind having her picture taken when she's outside! Maybe it's because the stoopid camera doesn't flash! Anyway, it is only 14 degrees right now, so we were having lots of fun, but Mom was freezing her tushie off while taking our pictures! Hahahaha! She's NOT wearing a fur coat! In fact, she wasn't wearing any coat at all!

Now, I have to tell you about our great adventure in almost being eaten! Two days ago, our mom spotted a ginormous hawk in a tree in our back yard! She watched him for a long time before she decided to let us go out. She knew that we are too big for him to be able to swoop down and carry one of us off! She kept telling us, though, that he was watching "black and tan lunch on the paw"! Actually, he stayed right there in the tree the whole time we were outside. He stayed there about 2 hours and our mom kept checking on him every time she went near the windows. He finally ate something and then flew away. Too bad...we would have liked to have had a shot at playing with him!

Yesterday was our mom's birthday and for most of the day, we were really good girls, but late in the afternoon, when our mailman came, Poppy got in huge trouble! The mailman came up to the front door to pick up a package and Mom stuck her hand out the door so he could put the mail in it. Well, Poppy tried to force her snooter out the door and she bent Mom's leg in the wrong direction! Mom heard a popping sound and then she could hardly walk for the rest of the day! She sat with a heating pad on her knee for the rest of the evening and she says it feels a little better today. At least she's only limping once in a while!

Well, that's all our news for today! Mom and Aunt Wendy are going out to play in the snow...I mean they're going to run errands and go out to lunch for Mom's birthday!

Aire-hugs,

Patches (and Poppy and Penny too)

Today is our second blogaversary!

2010-01-02T09:14:00.003-05:00

Hello to all our furry and not-so-furry friends! It's me, Patches! Our personal secretary (aka Mom) just realized that it was two years ago today that we started our bloggy! Obviously, we don't do a whole lot of posting since this is only our 183rd post. We try, but our mom is just way too busy to post every time we bark stuffs to her!

Since Poppy got her ant-eye-bye-ot-icks, she hasn't picked any fights with me or Penny. Of course, our mom is watching her very closely and if she gets that "look" in her eye, she separates us really quick! We think the "look" just means she wants to play, but Mom isn't taking any chances.

This picture is from back when I had my aeordynamic fur-cut. I'm not quite that aerodynamic now, but I'm still pretty quick! My hairs haven't grown all the way out yet, so I'm not spending much time outside today. It's only 23 degrees F this morning and our mom has to go to the grocer store. Heeheehee! Better HER than US! It's a good thing she's got that remote start thingy on our Aire-mobile. At least she can warm it up before she has to go out and freeze her tushie on those leather seats that the car dealer told her wouldn't be too hot or too cold. He LIED big time!

For those of you who have asked, our dad is stable right now. He is declining, but at least it is slowly. We see a change in him about every six or seven days. When he gets out of breath, it takes him longer to recover than it used to. He is still trying to help our mom with stuffs like setting the table and letting us doggies in and out. The nurse told him to quit that, but he just can't get that through his head. He's stubborn...just like us doggies! Speaking of us doggies, we let our peeps sleep until 6:20 this morning. They can't figure out why we did that and Mom checked the house for poopies and piddles, but she didn't find any! Of course not, Mom, WE know that we only do that outside!

Well, everybuddy, our mom has to quit typing now because she has to go freeze her tushie off. When she comes home, she's going to turn into a plumber again and replace the flapper in one of our toilets. Good luck with that, Mom!

Happy New Year, everybuddy!

Aire-hugs,

Patches (and Poppy and Penny too)

Christmas Aire-fight and Happy New Year to all!

2009-12-29T10:43:00.004-05:00

Hello and Happy New Year to all our bloggy buddies...furry and not-so-furry! It's me, Patches! Yep, once again, I have a lot to say! We 3 P's are hoooooge trouble with our mom! On Christmas Eve day, Poppy proceeded to half-way unwrap one of our toys that was under the Christmas tree. Mom heard something rustling and went to investigate. She wrestled the package away from Poppy and put it back. Then she had the nerve to put a gate up in front of the tree, so we couldn't get to the packages! The NERVE of that woman!

Well, on Christmas morning, she took the gate away and passed out presents for us to open. We were having a blast until somedoggies decided that they both wanted the same present. Okay, it wasn't "somedoggies", it was me and Poppy! We ended up in one hoooooge Aire-fight! Penny joined in and all 3 of us were flashing our gnashers at each other and landing several good bites! Mom was screaming at us and we finally stopped the madness! Somedoggie bled all over the living room floor and Mom still doesn't know which one of us did it. She checked each one of us and couldn't find out who was bleeding. The one who came out on the worst end of the fight, was the fox stuffie in the picture above. He spilled his guts and his voice box all over the place!

This morning, I walked past Poppy and for no apparent reason, she attacked me! She was biting my neck and we were growling like crazy. Then Penny joined in and they were both attacking me! I didn't do ANYTHING except walk by Poppy and look at her! Mom saw the whole thing and she told Poppy that there was absolutely no reason for the attack! Mom was screaming at us again and she hit Poppy with a paint paddle, but Poppy still wouldn't leave me alone. Mom grabbed a book and hit Poppy with it several times, but she still came right back after me. Mom ended up with a cut finger and her heart racing about a million miles per hour! She finally got me away from Poppy and put me in the kitchen with the gate closed so Poppy and Penny were in the living room. She checked me all over and couldn't find any blood, but she still wouldn't let us get together for quite a while. Our mom is really upset by Poppy's behavior lately! She can't figure out what's causing it and it is really upsetting our dad!

We would like to thank all of you who sent us Christmas cards even though we didn't sign up for the DWB card exchange this year. We hope everyone has a really great 2010! WE are just happy that our dad is still with us!

PUPDATE: Wed. Dec. 30: Hi, everybuddy! It's me, Poppy. I just got home from the v-e-t and yes, he put that nasty thermometer up my butt! My pawrents suspected I had some sort of problem, even though I seemed to be fine. I have two infected toofers and a lip fold pyoderma that is also infected. My vet says that's probably where all the blood came from after our Christmas morning fight. Anyhoo, I have ant-eye-bye-oticks to take for 2 weeks and I also got some meds for my arfritis! If this doesn't stop the fighting, Dr. Hardee wants to put me on a doggie tranquilizer! He says it might be because of all the changes in our household that have happened lately. We doggies are having a hard time adjusting to the fact that we just don't come FIRST around here anymore!

Aire-hugs,

Patches (and Penny and Poppy too)

Merry Christmas to all!!!!!!!!!!

2009-12-20T12:55:00.003-05:00

Hi, everybuddy! It's me, Patches. Yeah, I know that's Poppy in the picture! My personal secretary (aka Mom) wasn't entirely "with the program" when she loaded the pictures for this post!

She's sleep deprived! Mostly, thanks to ME! I've been waking her up everymorning around 4:00. She tried tricking me by going to bed an hour early, thinking she could get an extra hour of sleep that way. Nope! Then I wake her up at 3:00! Heeheehee! She can't fool ME! Hey, I KNOW how many hours there are supposed to be between my trips outside and my feeding times. What I can't figure out is why Mom gets so upset with us when we go back to sleep as soon as we eat our breakfast! She keeps saying, "Nodoggie better be sleeping!"

Okay, FINALLY, there's a picture of me! My furs are starting to grow back from when my mom and Aunt Wendy sheered me like a sheepie! I am getting beautimous again!

We just want to tell everybuddy to have a very Merry Christmas...or Happy Hannukah...or whatever you all celebrate! We hope you all have a safe and fun howliday!

Aire-hugs,

Patches (and Penny & Poppy too)

We had visitors! One furry and one not so much!

2009-12-09T12:40:00.004-05:00

Hi everybuddy! It's me, Poppy! I know, I know...I don't get to blog much anymore since that blond dog, aka Patches moved in with us! She's always hoggin' the 'puter! Anyway, I wanted to tell you all about our visit with Sally Ann. Yes, Sally Ann of Mack and Sally Ann! Oh, yeah, and Sally Ann's mommy came too! Well, someone had to drive! I don't think Sally Ann is old enough to get a driver's license.

Sally Ann and her mommy came to our house and gave us these really yummy dog cookies called Toggens! Oh my doG! They are soooooo yummy! They also brought each of us a toy and believe it or not, they have not yet been destroyed! We can't show you pictures of the toys, because, well...because Mom can't find any of them right now. Oh, they're still here, but they are probably under a bed or behind chairs or something. Anyway, they also brought our dad some really cool peppermint foot soak and our mom got a really cool Airedale pillow! Boy, that Sally Ann sure knows how to shop! Thank you soooooo much for all our great presents!

We sure wish they could have stayed longer, but our dad started having some problems so they had to leave. We wanted to go outside and play with Sally Ann in the back yard, but it was soooo cold, that day, and our wimpy mom didn't want to go out. Also, our mom was worried that we might think Sally Ann was some kind of prey. Well, we WERE bred to chase small furry critters! Patches and Penny were very nice to Sally Ann, but I, being the Alpha around here, kind of worried the peeps so Sally Ann stayed safely in her mommy's lap. I told them that I would be nice to her, but Mom wasn't so sure she could trust me! We sure hope they come back again someday when it's warmer!

Aire-hugs,

Poppy (and Penny and Patches too)

A little bit of nothin'!

2009-12-02T12:47:00.003-05:00

Hi everydoggie! It's me, Patches AGAIN! I guess I get to post the most because I have a lot to say. My mom and dad just wish I wouldn't say it in the middle of the night! Lately, I have been barking at Dad sometimes around 2 a.m. and again at 3 a.m. Mom has a baby moniter near Dad's bed, so my barking wakes her up too. She is NOT amused! They have been making us do our last O.S. (OutSide) as late as possible, but that still doesn't stop me from barking loooooong before my peeps want to wake up! I TOLD them that I could just do my potties on the floor, but they said NO to that too! Sheesh!

We forgot to show you the yummy stuffs that Poppy got for her 9th barkday, way back in October. Wasn't it nice of them to put an Airedale on the box of Variety Snaps? I guess that means they are just for US! Heeheehehe! I found this picture in the file and remembered that we forgot about it. The feltie in the middle, is NOT one of Poppy's presents! It's an upside down Aire-head in her own bed that went to live with a nice lady in Maryland! Thanks for shopping on Ebay, nice lady in Maryland! She also bought 2 Airedales pulling a sleigh full of presents!

We have some awards to show you from Mack and Sally Ann, Maggie & Mitch and the Rocky Creek Scotties and Java, but my personal secretary doesn't have time to copy and paste them right now. I could do it myself if I just had some THUMBS!

We sure are going to miss being in the DWB Christmas card exchange this year! Our mom is running like a mad woman from the time she gets up until she goes to bed so she just doesn't have time this year. Boo on you, mad woman!

Well, that's all for now, folks! See you next time!

Aire-hugs,

Patches (and Poppy & Penny too)

Happy Thanksgiving, everydoggie!

2009-11-24T08:44:00.003-05:00

Hello, everydoggie! It's me, Patches! We are having a pretty interesting week here, at Airedale Heaven! Some of it has been really sad...like when we found out that one of our first pals went to the Rainbow Bridge. Rest in peace, Miss Snickers, and say Hi to all our buddies who arrived there before you. We know we'll see you again one day! Run free and painless and don't worry about Butchy and your family...all of us DWBers will take care of them for you!

Yesterday, we had a visit from our step sister, Debi and her boyfriend, Terry! We were soooo excited that we just about wiggled our fuzzbutts off! Our pawrents hadn't seen Debi since before the 3 of us came to live here. That was a looooooong time ago. We were all very happy to see them! Even our dad, who doesn't say much, was really glad they came! WE were especially glad they came bacause they gave us treats and petted us non-stop. Even Penny licked Terry's hand! Whoa.....that NEVER happens! She never gets that close to anyone she doesn't know! So, they must be really special peeps!

They brought Mom and Dad this beautimous autumn bouquet of flowers. They are even prettier in real life! It has lots of tiny orange roses in it, and it made us think of Asta! We know she's on her way to Nowf Carolina, but maybe she'll see it when she gets back.

Poppy is really excited about Thanksgiving coming up on Thursday 'cause she just found out that we're having turkey! We looooooove turkey! Our turkey day dinner will be scaled back a lot, this year, but that's okay. We are still going to enjoy spending the day with our pawrents and eating yummy foods!

We interrupt this bloggy to ask all of you to cross your paws, say your prayers or whatever you do for Claudette Hudson, Rocky's mom. She got some disturbing news from the doctor this week and we are sooooo hoping everything turns out okay for her!

Happy Thanksgiving to everydoggie, kittie, hammie, hooman and bear who celebrate it!

Aire-hugs,

Poppy, Penny & Patches

The Aire Care Fair was a success!

2009-11-18T10:25:00.002-05:00

Hi, everydoggie, kittie, hamsterrier, bear and hooman! It's me, Patches. On Sunday, Mom and I went to the Aire Care Fair! The picture above is the tables where peoples could bid on Aire stuffs to benefit the Airedale Rescue Group. My mom donated 4 needle felted sculptures. Three of them were Airedales and one was a black Schnauzer on wheels. All 4 sold! Woohoo! Hollie and Janie are getting their very own Airedale wheelie!

Here's Janie! She looked soooooo pretty in her beautimous pink bow! We also got to meet her mama and Grandmama too! How cool is that?

Here's me and Sally Ann the Welsh Terrier! Isn't she just too cute? Sadly, she had to leave her big brother, Mack, at home, but we were soooooo glad to meet her and her mommy!

The Aire-kid in the back is Asta and we think it's Janie again in the foreground. There were so many Airedales there that we had a hard time keeping up with all the doggies' names.

See the blur on the left side of this picture? That's Sally Ann outrunning all the Airedales and other doggies! She's like a speeding bullett!

There were lots and lots of Airedales and we saw Dennis the Vizla, Chef the Boxer, Mango the relentlessly huge, Dexter the Labradude, a beautiful Weimeraner, a standard black Schnauzer and lots of other non-Aire-kids! Okay, so Dennis, Chef, Mango and Dexter weren't really there, but we saw doggies that looked just like them! The "Mango" doggie was just a puppy and no where near as large as the "relentlessly huge", but he will be a big boy when he grows up.

We all had a really great time running like mad fools in the off-leash area and some of us were busy playing bitey face with doggies we had never met before. The weather was pawfect, but it got a little warm in the afternoon! That was okay, we had lots of water buckets.

It was a really great day and we made loads of money for the Airedale Rescue Group!...which was the point of the whole thing in the first place! I was soooooo excited to get to meet two more of my doggie buddies from Dogs with Blogs! That meant there were 5 DWBers there! Jagger and Ezzy Rider, Janie, Sally Ann and of course, ME!

Aire-hugs,

Patches (and Poppy and Penny too) (Poppy & Penny had fun with the DAD sitter while Mom and I were gone)

Just a short post!

2009-11-10T12:18:00.003-05:00

Hi everybuddy! It's me, Patches! I don't have a whole lot of time, but I just wanted to post SOMETHING so everydoggie knows that we're still here! I'm getting all psyched up for the Aire Care Fair on Sunday. Mom was going to give me a b-a-t-h today, but since it's raining like crazy (thank you, Ida), I have to wait until tomorrow. Every time Mom gives one of us a bath, she says that the next time, she's going to PAY someone else to do it. We'll see how that turns out for her!

This is our mom's Christmas cactus. Yep, it's blooming in November AGAIN! Every year, Mom puts it outside in the spring and brings it in in the fall. It was actually starting to form buds when Mom brought it in and then it kind of 'sploded into blossoms almost as soon as it came inside.

Well, I gotta go, but wanted to let everyone know that all 3 of us doggies are doing fine!

PUPDATE by Patches (Wed. Nov. 11): I'm all clean! I had my dreaded b-a-t-h this morning! At 7 :15, Mom started chasing me to get me into the tub. Twenty minutes later, she finally caught me! See...being aerodynamic really pays off! For a WHILE! I'm all clean now and smell really good. Mom, however is not smelling so good and she got really wet! Heeheehee!

Aire-hugs,

Poppy, Penny & Patches

We are still around!

2009-10-29T14:28:00.002-04:00

Hi, everydoggie, everykitty, bear, hammie and hooman! It's me, Patches. Yes, I know...this picture was taken before I was shorn like a sheepie.

I just wanted to let everyone know that we are still around. For those of you who have asked...our dad is not doing well at all. We are trying our best to stay out of our mom's way, but sometimes it isn't easy. On hospice days, we have to stay behind the gate either in the living room or the kitchen depending on who is coming and when! We aren't too happy about that, but mom and dad say they have a hard time talking to the peoples with us putting our noses all over them and barking our disapproval of intruders coming into our home.

Our dad gets a little weaker every couple of days and now, he's in a wheelchair. You should see our mom try to push him across the carpet! It's a hoot! She's always running over our stuffies with that stoopid wheelchair thingy. On top of all the stuff our mom has to do now, she broke her foot. Yep, that's right! Broken foot! She dropped a brand new oxygen canister on it and it even flattened her toe ring! Now, she's wearing an "aire-cast". No, it doesn't have anything to do with Airedales...we just made Mom put the "e" in Aire because that is the way air SHOULD be spelled. Mom makes a really funny noise when she walks around in the cast and Dad says there's no way she could sneak up on anyone. Fortunately, it's our mom's LEFT foot that is broken, so she can still drive. You outta see her try to get out of the Aire-mobile with that ginormous foot! If she ever forgets to put the seat back before she gets out, we may have to go and pick her up off the concrete!

While Mom is waiting on the different hospice peoples to come, she is cutting out Airedales, bones and fire hydrants that will decorate the tables at the Aire-Care-Fair on November 15. We have a dog sitter coming that day. Oh, wait! Mom says it's a DAD sitter...not DOG sitter! Oh, well, I bet we are going to have fun with her anyway. They says she LOVES doggies!

We haven't had much time to read your bloggies lately, but sometimes when Mom gets a few minutes, she reads one or two to us. We really need to know what is going on with all our pals, but I guess we understand. We hope nodoggie forgets us!

Aire-hugs,
Poppy, Penny & Patches

I'm a nekkid pup!

2009-10-13T12:17:00.003-04:00

Hello to all our furry and not so furry friends! It's me, Patches! Before I show you my new Aire-cut, I wanted to show you the Black Bottom pies that our mom made for our dad's birthday. It took her a little over 3 hours to make 2 pies. She says that now she knows why she hasn't made any in about 25 years! When she was making the pies, she had the rum bottle out and we were watching her to make sure she didn't sample any of it. She didn't. YET! Our dad's birthday is Sunday, October 18, but she made the pies early because she won't have time the rest of the week. She tried to keep it a secret from him, but he found the bag of Ginger snaps that became the crust. It's also hard to keep that kind of secret since Dad spends all his time in the kitchen and that's where the pie making had to happen!

Now that you've seen the pies that we aren't allow to have, this is the new ME! Yep, I've been shorn like a sheepie. My hairs were so long and curly that Mom and Aunt Wendy shaved me. Before they did my Aire-cut, my mom held me and Aunt Wendy cut my toenails. First, Mom put a muzzle on me because they wanted to keep all their fingers. Then I went into my best drama queen act! We were in the basement and our dad could hear me all the way upstairs. He thought they were absolutely KILLING me! Well, they weren't, but I sure made it sound like they were. Mom started to get worried that the neighbors might call the ASPCA! It sounded like I was being tortured! Oh yeah, and remember that wonderful place where we went to get our toenails cut for just $5 per dog? Well, it turns out that all they cut were the TIPS! Our mom was NOT amused! At that rate, we would need toenail trims about once a WEEK!

Look how skinny I am! Okay, maybe I'm not REALLY skinny! Mom says I kind of look like a Kirby vacuum cleaner with toothpicks for leggies. I've actually lost a couple of pounds, but it's hard to tell.

Poppy is trying to get me to play bitey face, but it's hard to concentrate with those two pies on the counter right above us. Right after Mom took this picture, I showed Poppy how aerodynamic I am, now, by chasing her all over the house!

I bet you thought my 'splodin' froggie was gone. Nope! Mom let's me keep him 'cause he's my favorite stuffie. I'm concentrating really hard on growing some furs so I will be beautiful when we go to the Aire Care Fair in November. We are going to have soooooo much fun! We are hoping to get to meet Janie and Hollie and Mack and Sally Ann and their peeps. Our mom is donating some Airedale felties and they are going to have a silent auction for them. There will be lots of cool doggies things that peoples can buy or bid on. We don't know all the details yet, but we do know that ALL the money goes to the Airedale Rescue Group. We sure hope they get lots of moneys for ARG! That's where Janie and I both came from!

Poppy had a really great 9th barkday (again)! We have some pictures, but they will have to wait till another post. Aunt Wendy brought Poppy some really yummy cookies and she had to share!

Well, everydoggie, we're off to bark at the hospice person that is coming to our house any minute now!

Aire-hugs,

Patches (and Poppy & Penny too)

Aire-Care Fair

2009-10-09T15:18:00.001-04:00

Host:
Wendy Shepherd , Mary Z. McEneaney and Lana Augustus
Location:
Jo-Thor's Dog Obedience Academy12580 Crabapple RoadAlpharetta, GA 30004 US View Map
When:
Sunday, November 15, 12:30PM Add to my Outlook Calendar
Phone:
404.895.1132
Please join us for a day of fun, frolic and fundraising to benefit Airedale Rescue Group (ARG). Hosted by Jo-Thor's Dog Obedience Academy, owner/trainer Joan Lask provides a safe, fully-fenced place perfect for romping, socializing and shenanigans! In addition to recognizing all Dales, we will have fun contests.* Registration begins at 12:30; at 1:00 PM the fun begins. $10 per tail~ Additional donations welcome!
Please RSVP by Thursday, November 12. Children welcome as are all friendly dogs. For more information, call 404.895.1132 or 404.242.7731. For information on Jo-Thor's Dog Obedience Academy, go to www.thejothorway.com.
*You are responsible for your dog. If he/she is not fully socialized to interact with adults, children and other dogs, please consider leaving him/her home.

Friday is going to be my 9th barkday!

2009-10-06T08:49:00.004-04:00

Hi everydoggie, kittie, hammie, bear and hooman! It's me, Poppy! I just realized that this Friday will be my birthday. My 9th barkday! I think we may have celebrated my 9th barkday LAST year because my aire-headed mom thought I was one year older than I really am. She was so confused that she finally got my AKC papers out to look. I was born on 10-10-2000. That makes me NINE, Mom...NOT 10! I know she's got a lot on her mind, but c'mon. She says it's kind of like getting a whole year for FREE. Whatever THAT means!

Blondie (I mean Patches) is getting an Aire-cut, this week if Aunt Wendy is well enough to help our mom. Patches looks a little scruffy in the photo above, but that's nothing compared to how she looks NOW! If not for her coloring, you might think she's an Old English Sheepdog. We can't even see her eyes unless Mom pulls the hair back from her face.

Mom bought my barkday presents this morning, but she says I can't have them until Friday. What a buzz-kill! I had my snooter in the bag she brought home, but she snatched it away from me! On top of THAT, she told me that I have to share! Well, I guess I shouldn't complain too much...Penny and Patches have to share their barkday presents with ME! So, we actually get 3 barkdays a year!

Our dad will have a birthday in a couple of weeks too! Since he doesn't really need "stuff", our mom is going to make him a black bottom pie. It has crushed ginger snaps for the crust and then a layer of really dark chocolate pudding. On top of that, goes a combination of custard and meringue mixed with some rum. Our mom actually went to the liquor store the other day! She hadn't been in one in about 12 years or so. She said she felt kind of funny telling the guy that she needed 4 tablespoons of rum. She was hoping to get a couple of those tiny bottles like they serve on airplanes, but of course, the only thing they DIDN'T have in those tiny bottles was RUM! She ended up getting a little more than she needs so we are going to keep our eyes on her when she makes that pie! We don't want her getting tipsy! We sure hope she remembers how to make the pie...she hasn't made one in about 25 years!

Well, every buddy, we are off to bark at the painters that are going to fix our ceiling where we had the leak during those awful rain storms! They say they aren't afraid of dogs, but we'll SEE about that! They might change their minds when they hear the noise that the 3 of us can make!

Aire-hugs,

Poppy (and Penny & Patches too)

Two of us are beautiful and one not so much!

2009-09-26T12:55:00.003-04:00

Hi, every buddy! It's me, Poppy! Yesterday, our mom and Aunt Wendy groomed me and Penny. By the time they got done with us, they didn't have enough energy left to groom the wild child, aka Patches! However, Aunt Wendy gave all three of us baths! Last time, our mom and Aunt Wendy both gave all 3 of us baths at the same time and poor Aunt Wendy had to drive home with a wet tushie. This time, Mom stayed in the house and handed towels out the door to Aunt Wendy. And this time, we got our baths one at a time instead of all 3 together.

Even though Patches didn't get an Aire-cut, she was really sleepy from getting her bath. We all took many naps for the rest of the day and evening. Don't tell her, but Patches will be getting her Aire-cut next week.

Thank you soooooo much, Aunt Wendy! Mom couldn't have done it without YOU! Now, we have to get our toe nails cut again. Once Patches gets her Aire-cut, we will ALL be beautiful! Heeheehee! Patches is still a fuzzbutt (and fuzz face, and fuzz leggies and fuzz tail!) She looks ginormous compared to Penny and me! Sorry we don't have any new pictures of Penny, but she is still camera shy. I guess she's never going to get over that!

We are having another rainy day, today, after 3 days of dry weather. It rained for almost two weeks straight! I'm sure you all have seen the mess that a lot of people in Georgia are dealing with. Well, we consider ourselves lucky. We didn't have any flooding in our house except for a leak in our roof that sort of rained into our little bathroom. We had a new roof put on just over a year ago and they must not have put enough gunk around the flashing by one of the vents. The REALLY heavy rains came last Sunday night and on Monday morning, our mom called the roof peoples. On Monday evening, a crew came out and fixed the problem. It will probably be sometime next week when the painter comes to repaint the ceiling. Mom says it was a pain in the "you know what", but it was NOTHING compared to what a lot of peoples have had to deal with.

Well, every buddy, that's about it for today. We're going back outside, now, to see how much red Georgia clay we can track into the house.

Aire-hugs,

Poppy, Penny & Patches

We're just tired!

2009-09-17T06:31:00.002-04:00

Hi every buddy! It's me, Patches! We just wanted to catch you up on what's been going on around here. My hot spot is all but gone. Poppy had a couple of days where she wouldn't put all her weight on her back left leggie, but it seems okay now. I think she was just trying to get attention. Oh, yeah, and Penny is...well she's just Penny. She is a little ticked off though because Mom keeps putting the bark collar on her. Ever since our dad was signed up for hospice care, there have been loads of peoples coming in and out of our house and it makes us bark a lot.

A couple of the peoples that will come on a regular basis are afraid of doggies. Can you imagine? So, when those peoples are coming, Mom puts us in the living room and shuts the gate so we can't get to the peoples in the kitchen. Boo! We just want to be petted! One day, Mom turned us loose and we were very good girls, but the person we saw kept wiping his hands and arms with a napkin every time we touched him. Of course, we thought that was funny, so we touched him even MORE! Heeheehee! He's obviously not a "dog person"!

When the peoples come, Poppy and I will, eventually, stop barking, but not Penny! Nooooo! She keeps it up so the peoples can't hear each other. We're pretty sure she will get the collar on again this morning because a nurse is coming at 7 a.m. to steal some of Dad's bloods.

We aren't really sure about what's going on around here, but we do know that Mom feels like she's aged about 20 years in the last week and a half. Maybe it has something to do with us not wanting to go outside. It has been raining almost constantly since Monday and Mom has to practically SHOVE us down the steps to do our "good girl stuffs"! Poppy is the worst! Just when Mom thinks she's going down the steps, she makes a left turn past the grill and darts back into the house. She's a tricky one, but not as tricky as Mom and Dad! Now, our mom takes the "dog stick" with her when she wants us to go out. No, she's never used it on us, but we know that the threat is there!

We just want to let everyone know that we are reading your bloggies when we have a chance, but we don't usually have time to comment.

Thank you, soooooo much to all of you who have left messages and wished us well. It means a WHOLE LOT to all of us. We'll update our bloggy and visit you when we can!

Aire-hugs,

Poppy, Penny & Patches

A message from our mom.

2009-09-08T12:43:00.002-04:00

Hi everybody! I'm hijacking the girls' bloggy today to let you all know why we haven't been around as much as usual. We have mentioned, before, that the girls' dad is not well, but the time has come to tell you all what is really going on. He is entering the final stages of emphysema and is requiring more and more care.

This afternoon, we are going to be meeting with hospice. For now, he will be receiving palliative care until he gets worse. For those of you who may not know what palliative care is: it is doing whatever is necessary to make the patient comfortable without trying to cure a disease. It's very similar to hospice care, but the visits aren't quite as frequent.

I don't want to sound like I'm whining, but this has been very hard for both of us. I just wanted to let you all know why we aren't reading or commenting on your blogs as much as usual.

We will not be going to Grace's birthday party at UGA on the 20th because I don't want to leave my husband alone for that long. We hope everyone and everydog who goes has a really good time. Maybe we can go next year.

The dogs don't understand what's going on around here and I wish I didn't either. Penny is afraid to step on the oxygen tubes that are running all over the house and Poppy is constantly getting tangled in them. Patches is the only one who seems to ignore them. By the way, her hot spot is getting better, but it isn't totally gone yet.

Well, the girls and I will try to read your blogs when we can, but in the mean time, just know that we haven't fallen off the face of the earth.

Aire-hugs to all of you!

Lana (mom to the 3 P's)

Awards, Patches' bare butt and Grace's birthday pawty

2009-09-01T12:47:00.001-04:00

Hello everydoggie, everykitty, hammie, bear and hooman! It's me, Patches! My mom is making me wear this silly collar because I have a hot spot from hell! It's on my left hip or as mom says, the top of my butt!

I am definitely an unhappy camper. For about an hour after I got the collar on, I refused to lay down. Finally, I decided it wasn't so bad...except for the fact that I can't bite my hot spot any more! Mom is spraying stuffs on me every few hours and now that I have to leave it alone, maybe it will actually start healing! It isn't actually MY collar. It's my dad's from when he had surgery on his upper spine about 8 years ago. This is one of those rare times when Mom is glad Dad keeps EVERYTHING!

THIS is why I have to wear the collar. It started to heal, but I started biting it again so I will be wearing the collar for the foreseeable future. Mom says I need to heal up fast so I can get an Aire-cut before we go to Grace's birthday pawty on the campus of the University of Georgia...at least I THINK it's on the campus. It's on Sept. 20th this year. Grace was an Airedale that has gone to the Rainbow Bridge, but every year, they still have a birthday pawty for her and I think it benefits Airedale Rescue. At some time in the past year, Grace's dad went to meet her at the bridge so I'm sure they are playing together again. I can't wait to go to the pawty! Last year, there were about 300 doggies and 400 hoomans. Woohoo! Maybe we can beat that THIS year! Aunt Wendy is going with us and taking one of her Aire-kids and some other peoples and doggies will be there from the Airedale Rescue Group.

A few days ago, we got this really cool award from Nelly and Finni, two of our Aire-buddies. Thank you soooooo much!

We also got this really sweet award from our new friends Mack and Sally Ann. They live in Georgia just like we do! We hope to meet them in dogson someday, since they don't live a really long ways away from us...maybe around 30 miles.

Remember the emergency project our mom was working on? (If you don't know about it, scroll down to our last post). Well, it's ALL done now! She says it's a good thing she doesn't drink because she would probably have gotten drunk when she finished! Instead of having a drink, she had a Dove ice cream bar to celebrate. No, she didn't give us any. It was dark chocolate with vanilla ice cream. We tried to get her to eat the chocolate and save the ice cream for us, but NO. She ate every last drop and even licked the chocolate off the stick. What a meany!

Well, everybuddy, I'm off to my 423,297,539th trip outside for the day. Since we have had rain for about the last 5 days, our red clay is really squishy and it feels soooooo good under our feets! We get it all soaked up into our large furry feets and bring as much of it as possible into the house! Of course, Mom is not amused because the steps, deck and kitchen floor are ALL Georgia Clay Red! Heeheehee!

Aire-hugs,

Patches (and Poppy & Penny too!)

Why we've been MIA...

2009-08-27T10:47:00.002-04:00

Hi everybuddy! It's me, Poppy! I thought I'd get a jump start on Halloween with my scary eyes!

Patches keeps getting in trouble for interrupting our mom while she's working on an emergency project. Yesterday, Patches grabbed one of Mom's felties and was running around the living room acting like she just won the lottery. Now, our mom knows better than to chase her when she has something that doesn't belong to her. Nope, that never works. The faster Mom chases her, the faster Patches munches on whatever she has! By the time she dropped the feltie, it had lots of extra Aire-hair and loads of doggie slobber on it. Mom cleaned it up and sent it to our feltie hospital. The mini Aire-head will be good as new soon.

In the mean time, I've been hanging out in the computer room a lot. I can lay on the aire-vent AND stay out of my mom's way! Last Thursday (one whole week ago today), the ice maker line on the back of our refrigerator sprung a leak and made an hooooooge mess. I guess the leak must have started a long time ago, but last Thursday was when our mom noticed that the wood floor was all humped up behind the 'fridge. Boy, the HBO words were flying THAT day! We might have even learned a few NEW ones!

Penny is making an escape from the kitchen because Mom put this oxygen bottle, box and tools over one of the wood squares that was loose. It has been loose for a long time, but Mom decided to fix it while she had out all the wood glue and stuffs. This spot is very close to our dog feeding room so it is covered up because Mom doesn't want any toenail prints in the grout. Now, would WE do that? You betcha!

This is where our refrigerator usually sits. The flood that came from the ice maker line, ruined an area about 48 inches wide by 36 inches deep. Our mom decided to replace most of that area with tile instead of putting the wood back. She said something like, "By God, this is NEVER going to happen again". Ok, those weren't her exact words, but since this is a family bloggy, we won't repeat the HBO words that she was saying. It is finally all done except where you see the grout lines between the wood. She had to replace all that wood and the grout isn't dry yet so it isn't the right color. Once it is dry, Mom has to trim it to match the rest of the floor. I'm pretty sure there will be more bad words flying!

Mom and Dad have both been in the basement for several hours each day. They were trying to find the right sizes of wood pieces to fit in where some were ruined. Not an easy thing to do since they can't just cut new ones. If they make new ones, they would have to buy 2 gallons of finish and they say that isn't going to happen. It's a 2 part epoxy and it takes a gallon of each part. They only need about a quart of finish and can't see paying a couple hundred dollars to fix such a small amount of wood. Anyway, after a whole week, the "project" is almost finished and soon, we will be getting back to Aire-cuts for all 3 of us.

So, there you have it! Now you know why we have been missing for so long!

Aire-hugs,

Poppy, Penny & Patches

We're still here!

2009-08-16T11:39:00.003-04:00

Hi everybuddy! It's me, Patches! I just wanted to let everyone know that we are still around. Poppy was really sick, one night this week, and our mom was REALLY freaked out. She (Poppy...not Mom) kept acting like she was going to throw up, but she never did. She would NOT lie down! She just kept standing around with her head hung down. She looked sooooo pitiful! Finally, by the time we all went to bed, Poppy decided to lie down. By the next morning, she was fine so we don't know what the problem was, but we sure are glad it's gone!

She's fine now and back to playing our usual bitey face and bitey leggies!

Last week, our mom went to that new doggie place to see if she could get a job there. The owner took Mom on a tour of the place and gave her an application to fill out. There were about 20 doggies there when Mom went and not one bit of doggie smell. She said that if she hadn't seen the doggies, she would never have guessed there were any doggies there. The place was VERY clean and all the doggies were having a blast running around and getting in the doggie pools. As far as working there, Mom just isn't sure it will work for her. Right now, they only have two shifts...one starts at 6 a.m. and the other is from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. Even though she gets up really early, she doesn't think she could get there by 6 a.m. You see, our dad is not well and he needs the most care in the early morning and the evening. Our mom is going to take her application back up there in case they ever decide to put on a mid-day shift. The owner says that is a possibility. In the mean time, we get to keep her at home with us!

Well, everydoggie, that's all for today!

Aire-hugs,

Poppy, Penny & Patches

We got our toenails clipped and new bones!

2009-08-09T13:01:00.002-04:00

Hi to all our bloggy buddies! It's me, Poppy! Last Thursday, our mom and Aunt Wendy decided to torture all three of us! They took me and Penny to a new grooming place to get our toenails trimmed. Yes, they were going to do it themselves, but finally realized what a chore it would be. The grooming place only charges $5 per dog, so duh! It was waaaaaaaaaay worth it to take us there! They took me and Penny first and then came back home to get the wild child (aka Patches). They were going to take all 3 of us at one time, but ONE of us (again, Patches) was so wild that they decided to take her separately. The lady at the grooming place did our nails so fast, that Mom says it took longer to get us loaded into the Airemobile than it did to get our nails cut. Sorry there's no pictures of our torture session, but Mom can't control doggies and use the camera at the same time.

Oh, yeah, and don't tell anyone, but Patches peed on herself. Not once, but twice! She got so nervous being in a new place that she just couldn't help herself! It's a good thing the ladies, there, are used to that sort of thing! She had to get rinsed off before she could even get back into the Airemobile! What a doofus! Maybe the reason they were able to get us done so fast was because they muzzled us. Mom told them they'd HAVE to muzzle the wild child, but they decided to muzzle all 3 of us. We didn't mind one bit!

After all the torture we endured, Mom bought us each a bone! They are sooooo yummy! Patches and I chewed ours so much that we made our gums bleed. That was when our mom decided that we had enough for one day. We were only able to chew one end off each of our bones, so Mom knows they are good for keeping us busy for a looooong time. These bones are made especially for aggressive chewers. Woohoo!

Patches took hers directly to the big bed to do her chewing. Since one of the ingredients in the bones is corn starch, our mom decided the bed was not the best place for chewing. She made Patches leave the room and then she shut the door! Patches was a little upset with this turn of events, but she got over it quickly when Mom gave the bone back to her! Now, the bones have been washed and they're waiting for us up on the counter in the kitchen, right next to our treat jar. Hmmmmm. Maybe we need to do a little counter surfing when Mom leaves to go job hunting. Tomorrow, she's going to a new camp for doggies to see if she can get a job there. We hope she does, then maybe we can go to camp too! We hear that they have a pool and they give doggie massages and everything!

Well, everydoggie, that's about all our news for today.

Aire-hugs,

Poppy, Penny & Patches

Still too sad to blog!

2009-08-03T14:47:00.004-04:00

Hi everybuddy, it's me, Patches! Yeah, we know it's been a week since we've blogged! We are still too sad about our buddy, Charlie, going to the Rainbow Bridge! He has always been the #1 doggie on Dogs with Blogs, which is only fair since he and his sister Opy and their pawrents started the whole thing! We are really going to miss the big Labradoro Bionico! For any of you who didn't know Charlie, he was a big Labradude with a pacemaker. Hence the name Labradoro Bionico or bionic Labrador! We are keeping all our paws crossed for Brooke, Greg and Opy (the Gruff Puppy)! We know it takes a looooong time for the hurt to ease up, but we also know that they gave Charlie the best life a pup could ever have. Run free, sweet Charlie, until we meet again when we all get to the bridge.

Just wanted to let you all know that my mom finally finished my Aire-cut. Well, as much as she's going to do. She didn't cut me real, real short because she likes to see me kind of curly. Okay, that's what SHE said! I think it's because she doesn't have nearly as much energy as I have, so she quit. She says I look like a teddy bear! I don't know about THAT, but she keeps saying that I'm too cute for my own good. Whatever THAT means!

Poppy and Penny will be getting their turn on the grooming table sometime later in the week. Mom has to have some help from Aunt Wendy to get them up on the table. Unlike me, they don't want to go up the steps. Maybe it's because the steps look like they lead to NO WHERE! Anyway, Mom says the table is at the pawfect height for her. She's kind of short, so it works out well! She also said the clippers are really great. They didn't even get too hot even though all my wiggling made it take longer than it should have!

Aire-hugs,

Patches (and Poppy & Penny too)

What is she thinking?

2009-07-27T11:52:00.004-04:00

Hi everybuddy! It's me, Patches! All three of us doggies are wondering just what exactly our mom is thinking! Now, she's joined FaceBook! She never WILL have any time to spend with us! Just look at the look on Poppy's face! She still can't believe it!

Poor old gray haired Penny says she thinks our mom has finally lost that last screw that was loose in her head!

I, Patches just want to know when she's going to finish my Aire-cut! Okay, I'm not really in a hurry to get my furs finished, but our mom is spending waaaaaay too much time on the 'puter lately! She started my Aire-cut last Wednesday and only got part of my black saddle done. Since then, she's been too busy to finish! Between taking care of Dad, taking care of US (the most impawtant thing), trying to sell on Ebay and at the antique mall, she already doesn't have enough hours in a day!

This afternoon, there are some men coming over to get a bunch of tools that they bought from our dad. Mom says we have to stay upstairs when they go to the basement! Booooo! I really like going to the basement when I know there's no chance of Mom putting me in the "torture chamber" for more Aire-cutting. She says I can't go, though, because I know how to open the screen door and make my escape. I have no idea what the big deal is! I always head for the same house whenever I escape so surely she knows where to find me! She says she doesn't have time to go get me and bring me home. I told her that I'll come home eventually, but she isn't buying that!

Well, everybuddy, I'm off to find an aire-vent to sleep on! That way, I get to hog all the aire-conditioning!

Aire-hugs,

Patches (and Poppy & Penny too)

Wheelie Wednesday and our grooming station is READY!

2009-07-22T08:22:00.004-04:00

Hi everybuddy! It's me, PorkChop! I know, I know it's been a while since I posted anything for Wheelie Wednesday! You can blame Mom for that. She has been so busy that she doesn't know whether she's coming or going! She even put up a picture of me in my old home instead of my new one. She couldn't find the picture of my new home in a timely manner, so she just used the old one!

Mom and Dad have been spending lots of time in the basement. They are still getting Dad's tools ready to sell. A few have already been sold, but they have lots more! While Dad is going through his tools, our mom has been doing this:

Yep, the grooming station for the real doggies is all ready to go! Mom and Dad built the steps because Mom can't lift the doggies onto the table and they extended the size of the table top so nodoggie falls over the edge. They even put foam padding on the top so the doggies won't slip!

They even have a shelf with a power strip right above the grooming table. Now, if Mom just had the time to actually groom somedoggie!

Here's the first victim! Patches has no problem going to the basement, but she isn't too thrilled about going up the steps to the grooming table. I guess it's because she knows what goes on up there...especially since she doesn't have a bit of trouble going up and down the stairs outside! She can navigate THOSE stairs at warp speed!

Mom was ready to start on the first victim, this morning, but she couldn't get victim number one and victim number two (Poppy) to stop playing bitey face. She may have to do victim number 3 (Penny) during a thunderstorm. That's usually the only time Penny goes to the basement!

Since Mom can't get anydoggie to go to the basement, this morning, she's going out to do yard work. It's finally cool enough to do something outside for a change! While she's outside, Poppy and Patches will stand by the door and cry. Penny gets to go out first, with Mom and then we switch doggies. Penny comes in and Poppy and Patches go out. Ya see, all 3 doggies can't be in the back yard at the same time when Mom is out there. If Patches, Penny and Mom are out there together, Penny tries to attach Patches and take her down like a lion takes down a wildebeast! She only does it when Mom is out in the yard with them! She used to do it to Poppy when Poppy was young, but now that Poppy's old, Penny doesn't do it to her anymore. We think Penny is just trying to let everydoggie know that she is the Alpha when she's outside. When they're inside, Poppy is the Alpha. We never have been able to figure why it's that way, but it is!

Well, everybuddy, I'm going back into my new home in the curio cabinet so I can watch the comings and goings of all of us who live in this zoo!

Aire-hugs,

PorkChop (and Poppy, Penny & Patches too)

Uh oh! We're in BIG trouble!

2009-07-15T14:46:00.003-04:00

Hello to all our furry and not-so-furry friends! It's me, Poppy! All of us doggies are in ginormous trouble! Our mom went and bought a professional grooming kit so she can give us Aire-cuts without having to pay the equivalent of the national debt! Look at that box! It even has a picture of an Airedale on it!

And it gets even worse! A few weeks ago, our mom found a Pedi Paws at a yard sale. It had been used once and then that doggie left for the bridge. Mom was really excited. US...not so much! She can use it on me and Penny, but the blond dog (aka Patches) will still have to go to the groomer to have HER manicure. That is unless our mom decides to buy a muzzle! Patches does NOT like her feets touched. She wrinkles up her lips and shows her teefies when someone touches her feets! Oh, yeah, she growls too. Since Mom would prefer to keep her fingers she will take blondie to the groomer to be Dremelled!

Here's Patches' thinking about what's going to happen to all of us! Yes, our mom has groomed doggies before...just none as large as we are! For the past two days, our pawrents have been in the basement a lot and we thought they were getting dad's tools ready to sell. Well, yeah, they were, but they also took the time to build a set of steps so we can get up on the grooming table without anyone having to lift us. Woohoo for Mom! Not so woohoo for US!

I, Poppy even turned on my scary eyes when I heard about these revolting developments!

In other news, it has been one year, today, that our mom lost her job and she still hasn't found another one...hence the "home" grooming! All I can say is it sure is a good thing she sells enough on that Ebay place to still buy us doggie foods and treats!

Oh, yeah, one more thing before I go. We found out, today, that Patches has magical powers! She has been doing a lot of excess barking, lately, so our pawrents put a barking collar on her. No, the collar doesn't bark...it's supposed to prevent barking! Well, yesterday, the collar didn't appear to be working, so this morning, Mom put in a new battery. After a few barking sessions, we figured out that Patches isn't fazed one bit by that nasty collar! She's got magical powers, I tell ya! When Penny or I put it on, it shocks the "you know what" out of US!

Well, everybuddy, I'm off to hide somewhere in case our mom decides to start our Aire-cuts this afternoon! Maybe she won't do it today...we think she might be too tired after all the work she did in the basement. She even learned how to use a power saw and a nail gun...and believe it or not, she still has all 10 fingers AND both eyes! Good job, Mom and thanks for not nailing Dad to anything!

Later, everydoggie! Wish us luck!

Aire-hugs,

Poppy (and Penny and Patches too)

We got baths and eyewatch Friday for Norwood!

2009-07-10T07:11:00.006-04:00

Hi everybuddy! It's me, Princess Patches! Yesterday, our mom and Aunt Wendy got this bright idea that we should have Aire-cuts and b-a-t-h-s! Aunt Wendy brought over her grooming table and they made ME the first victim. Most of the time, they were both working on me, but my mom just HAD to take time out to go get the camera so you all could see my humiliation! The birdies are going to have lots of Aire-hair for their nests. Oh yeah, and stoopid Penny and Poppy escaped the torture because Mom and Aunt Wendy ran out of energy.

Too bad they still had enough energy, after my Aire-cut, to give all 3 of us baths! One end of our deck has a door that closes so we were held hostage, in there, until we were all done. Our mom even tried to give Aunt Wendy a bath! Heeheehee! Oh, sorry Aunt Wendy. And we're sorry you had to drive home with a wet tushie!

After our baths, we had very large Aire-naps until it was time to go to bed. Here's Poppy imitating a stuffie! She thinks that rug was put there just for HER! Ha! It was actually put there because I, Patches ate part of the carpet!

For some strange reason, Blogger is giving us problems, this morning! Stoopid blogger! The picture above is my eyewatch Friday picture for Norwood!

It wasn't bad enough that our mom had to take my picture during my humiliating experience on the grooming table, but Penny gets to be humiliated too! See her green bandage? Well, in real life, it's really bright green! Penny's cyst still hasn't 'sploded, but it's getting bigger, so Mom put some zinc oxide on it and covered it with a bandage so she can't rub it off on the carpet! The Icthammol she was using wasn't working fast enough so we switched to zinc oxide. At least it's white instead of black and it doesn't smell like tar!

Well, every buddy, I'm going outside now to see if I can get some stinky stuff on me so I can get rid of the shampoo smell. I think there must be a reason that the word shampoo ends in poo! I would much rather smell kind of "doggie"!

Aire-hugs,

Patches (and Poppy & Penny too)

Photo tag for Tula and Eye Watch Friday for Norwood!

2009-07-03T15:08:00.007-04:00

Hi every buddy! It's me, Patches! I know, I know...our stoopid secretary hasn't let us post in over a week...AGAIN! This is going to be a pretty short post because once again, she who controls the 'puter is REALLY busy!

We have been tagged by our new friend, TULA to do the phototag game:

The rules are: Open your photos folder and select the 6th folder. Then select the 6th photo in that folder.Post that photo along with the story behind it on your blog. Last, tag 5 friends.

Here's our photo! It's me performing my secret ritual on my blind froggie. He's sooooo much fun! I performed his eye-ectomy shortly after he came to live with us. He hasn't been able to see in a very long time, but that's okay. He still makes me very happy (even when Poppy's ginormous teddy bear is in my way)!

We will have to come back later to tag 5 of our buddies!

Right now, before we lose our secretary, we wanted to show you our Eye Watch Friday photos. These are especially for NORWOOD. He's such a cool doggie!...and very, very cute too! Here you go, Norwood! This first one is me, Patches!

And the one below is Poppy! We think it's very strange that our eyes always turn out the same color as our carpet.

Do you think maybe it's because teal green is our mom's favorite color? We think it's just a very strange co-ink-ee-dink!

We hope to be back again very soon! This stuff with our mom being so busy sure is getting old!

Happy 4th of July to all our furry and not-so-furry friends in the U.S. and happy weekend to everydoggie else!

Aire-hugs,

Patches (and Poppy & Penny too)!

Our personal secretary has been too busy to type what we're barkin'!

2009-06-25T12:27:00.005-04:00

Hi everybuddy! It's me, Poppy! I can't believe it's been over a week since we've posted anything new on our bloggy! Maybe that's because there ISN'T anything new! It's been too stinkin' hot to go outside and yet our mom is way too busy to blog. What's up with that? Doesn't she know that we really need to know what all our furbuddies are up to?

Mom has been dogtoring the bump on Penny's back some more. It's a sebaceous cyst and it won't go away by itself, so Dr. Mom has been using Icthammol on it. It's very yucky! It's black stuff that smells like tar and it's supposed to draw the nasty stuff out of the cyst. Patches and I are staying waaaaaay away from her until that cyst finally 'splodes!

Patches is standing guard by one of our mom's bear poles! She has heard that our mom and dad are selling lots of stuffs and she wants to be the first to know if any bears are up for grabs! Actually, Mom has tried to sell some bears, already, but no one seems to want them (or anything else, for that matter)! This economy has put a big halt to anyone buying on Ebay or in our mom's booth at the antique mall.

Some of you may know that our dad has some health issues. Well, he can no longer do much woodworking, so our pawrents are selling a lot of his tools and fishing tackle. That's what is keeping our mom so busy. She has to go to the basement with Dad so he can tell her what he wants to sell. Then they bring the stuffs upstairs, take pictures and list it on that Ebay place. They keep saying that it is all very time consuming. Whatever THAT means! All WE know is that we aren't allowed to go to the basement with them because one of us (Patches) likes to open the door to the outside and escape into the neighborhood. The first time she did it, no one could figure out how she got out. They finally decided that she knows how to open the latch on the screen door. What a doofus! Doesn't she know that we have it way too good here to be running off? Hello...there is no aire-conditioning out in the neighborhood and it's much easier to find treats right here in our own house!

Well, everybuddy, I'm going to lay on top of one of the aire-conditioning vents for a while!

Aire-hugs,

Poppy (and Penny & Patches too)

My blind froggie 'sploded AGAIN!

2009-06-16T07:55:00.002-04:00

Hi, everybuddy! It's me, Patches! This is what our mom found when she walked through the living room. My blind froggie 'sploded all over the place! He made a HOOGE mess! Bad frog!

Mom just happened to catch a doggie (Poppy) leaving the scene of the crime. Even though Poppy was looking particularly guilty, I was the perpetrator! Shhhhh! Don't tell my mom! I'm pretty sure she thinks Poppy did it. Heeheehee!

Mom keeps saying my blind frog isn't long for this world...whatever THAT means! Both of his arms are almost completely severed. That's where the stuffing keeps leaking out. My mom keeps threatening to send him to the trash can, but she knows I can't bear to part with him. He's my very favorite stuffie!

Aire-hugs,

Patches (and Poppy and Penny too)

Wheelie Wednesday and Hot, Hot, Hot!!!!!!!!!

2009-06-10T10:24:00.009-04:00

Hello, peeps and pups and kitties, hammies, bears and hoomans! It's me, PorkChop! I am reporting, today, from my new home. Some time ago, I told you that I was moving to a curio cabinet in the living room. I have a great view of the goings on in this house from my new home! Peaches even moved with me! We like it better, in here, than we did in the kitchen because we don't have to get so jealous everytime the peeps and pups are eating something!

We're really glad you could join us for Wheely Wednesday! It has been soooooo HOT here, in Georgia that those real doggies don't stay outside for very long. It seems like they run outside, do their bidness and run right back inside. Penny is the only one who spends much time out there. A few days ago, our mom saw Penny rolling in something. She made Penny come inside and she didn't go out to see what she was rolling in. Well, yesterday, Penny was chewing something in the same area where she was rolling a few days ago. Mom decided to see what it was since there is no FOOD out there! It was a dead birdie! Mom took it away from Penny and threw it into the woods very close to a tree so the doggies wouldn't roll on it anymore. Well, that didn't work because Bird Breath, aka Penny, found it again. This time, Mom threw it over the fence! Good work, Mom! What took you so long to figure that one out?

Yesterday, Patches got a face trim. Our mom says it's kind of like trying to give a haircut to a Piranha! Patches had so much hair on her face, that you couldn't see her eyes! Now, her eyebrows are shorter and Mom trimmed the hair on her nose, so you can actually see her eyes! Now, the next thing she's getting is a b-a-t-h! Shhhhh! Dont' tell her!

On Saturday, after our mom finishes her yard sale-ing, she and Patches are going to a Farmer's Market down in Roswell with Aunt Wendy and Claire-dale. They are going to be handing out flyers about the Airedale Rescue Group! We sure hope they find a lot of peeps who want to adopt some homeless 'dales!

Now that I've moved my home into the living room, I get to watch those real doggies do zoomies and play bitey face all the time! It's kind of funny, though. They almost always do it at the same time each day. The bitey face happens every time someone goes into the bathroom or one of the bedrooms and the zoomies happen every time the doggies come in from outside. They are sooooo predictable!

Patches and Poppy are snoopervising the mailing of packages of stuff that were sold on Ebay. I can't see into that room from my new home, but Patches told me what's going on. That room is where the 'puter is and Poppy likes to lay at Mom's feet and have her read everydoggie's blogs to her.

We're a little behind on reading bloggies, right now because we can't seem to keep the intersnet up an running for very long at a time. Thanks a LOT, Comcast! Yeah, the TV, phone and intersnet were all down again, this morning! This time is wasn't just us! They are having a problem in our area. We don't know what is going on, but they better get it all fixed soon! Our mom says she would switch to a satellite dish, but she's already had Dish Network and DirecTV and she doesn't like it when the signal goes out every time a mosquito flies by! So...I guess we are at the mercy of Comcast. Mom says she would rather take poison than have to call them! They advertise what great customer service they have, but they LIE! Their customer service SUCKS!

Well, everybuddy, I'm off to nap the day away in my nice aire-conditioned curio cabinet! I can nap in between the always entertaining bitey face sessions!

Aire-hugs,

PorkChop (and Poppy, Penny & Patches too)

Internet problems and our mom's trip to UGA.

2009-06-06T12:51:00.005-04:00

Hi, everypup, everycat, everyhammie, bear and hooman! It's me, Poppy! Just in case you don't recognize me, this is my deer face. See my sticky uppy ears? Mom says I look like this a lot! Patches is pacing the floor because of all the HBO words that have been flying around our house, lately! Our internet, TV and telephone were all out for THREE whole days. We felt like we were isolated from the whole world! It's a good thing our mom and dad have cell phones! Right now, they are not at all happy with stoopid Comcast! On Tuesday morning, everything went out and when our mom tried to call them, she was on "hold" like forever! She finally said some HBO words and gave up trying to call on Tuesday. She called really, really early on Wednesday and they said they would have someone out here THAT day. Yeah, right! When it got to be afternoon and they hadn't come yet, Mom called again. They couldn't promise they would be here on Wednesday. (Insert more HBO words HERE).

Patches said she just couldn't believe it! She was tired of watching Toby Keith videos everynight! Finally, on Thursday, around 5 p.m., the Comcast guy showed up. He said that some idiot had put in a new cable line for us, but he hooked it up wrong so the signal was coming to the house and then going right back to the street! Now, there were even MORE HBO words flying because no one told us they were putting in a new cable line! If they had told us, we would have known what the problem was right away! Also, our mom is really pi*sed off because they told us that if we switched to Comcast phone service, the phone wouldn't go out if the cable did. More lies! Anyway, it's all fixed now! Thank doG!

I'm sure most of you remember Patches telling you that our mom and Aunt Wendy were going to the University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine. Well, they went last Tuesday and had a really great tour and a very nice lunch with really great peoples! The vet school was a lot smaller than they expected, but UGA is hoping to get funding to build a new facility soon! They saw some peoples that were preparing to do surgery on a white rabbit and a really big cat. They didn't see the actual surgeries, just the prep! They also got to see the large animal hospital where there were lots of horsies. They even saw one miniature horsie!

Our mom said it was a really great day! They even got to see Miss Barbara and Del again since they went on the tour too. I'm sure you remember them from when Mom and Aunt Wendy went to Athens to meet up with the Airedale Rescue peoples.

On the way home, they stopped at a UGA bookstore and our mom bought lots of stuffs to sell on that Ebay place. She found lots of stuffs on sale! Woohoo! It's a good thing, 'cause she still hasn't found a real job yet!

Well, everybuddy, I'm going to watch some TV, now, since we can actually see stuff other than videos! Oh, yeah...and the HBO words have stopped!

Aire-hugs,

Poppy, Penny & Patches