Wheelie Wednesday!

Hi everybody! It's me, PorkChop! I got to go outside, today to check on the birdie's food. Their water bowl looks okay, but there are no meal worms in this container. It could be because Mason and Mena are such hoggie birds!

They ate the wormies all up and Dad won't put anymore out until the sun isn't shining on the table anymore. That will be about 5 p.m. or so. If he puts them out too soon, the birdies don't eat them fast enough and the wormies die. They must be yucky, once they die because then Mason and Mena won't eat them.

Poppy's got her sad face on, today, because she knows that Mom and Dad will be gone most of the day. Our dad is having surgery at 7 a.m. and they won't be home until some time in the afternoon. He's having a spinal cord stimulator implanted to stop the pain in his legs. We are all really hoping it works! He's had a lot of pain for a really long time and if this works, he will have to go back to the hospital and have a battery pack surgically implanted in his lower back. He has to wear the stimulator for one week and then they will know if it is going to work.

While I was out checking the birdie food, I also decided to check in on the tomato plants. These two red ones look great! One of them even has 3 tiny yellow blossoms! Woohoo! We know that we get a tomato for every blossom.

These yellow ones look good too. They are a little smaller than the red ones because it took an extra week or two for Mom and Dad to find them. It's a good thing those real doggies only eat the tomatoes and not the vines. The vines are poisonous to doggies! Fortunately, Poppy and Penny are old enough to not put EVERYTHING into their huge 'dale jaws!

This is the video that Mom tried to upload the other day, but blogger ate it. She was able to retrieve it. Sorry it's kind of dark and hard to see. The camera was set up on a tripod, in the living room and everytime Mom went to turn it on, the Bluebirds flew away. She was finally able to sneak up on them and push the "on" button, but she forgot to push the button to make it closer. That blond hair must be shrinking her brain!

This is PorkChop signing off until next Wheelie Wednesday!

PeeEss: I barked this to Mom on Tuesday so she could post it very early on Wednesday!

Aire-hugs,

PorkChop

Scary eye contest, Atlanta drivers & Bluebirds!

Hi everybody! It's me, Poppy! We wanted to remind everyone to go over to Deetz's bloggy and vote in the scary eye contest. His blog is http://deetz-scaryeyecontest.blogspot.com in case you don't know where to find him!

I'm a little purturbed with Mom, today, since she keeps calling me an Atlanta driver! I follow her everywhere she goes and she says that I always pull out in front of her and go very slowly...just like an Atlanta driver! Poppy's mom here: Poppy, you know, you could just follow me instead of being in the lead. When I'm on my way through the house, I usually have a purpose for going where I'm going and it makes it kind of difficult when a hairy Aire-girl steps in front of me and moves at a snail's pace. Poppy here: But, Mom, I'm just trying to keep you from going so fast that you hurt yourself! And what's up with calling me an Atlanta driver?

Mom here: Atlanta drivers are famous for pulling out in front of me and driving about 5 miles per hour when the speed limit is 55 mph. Then they weave all over the road so I can't pass them...just like you do! Of course, if I run into YOU, it isn't as big of a deal as if I ran into a real Atlanta driver. Now...do you understand why I call you that? Poppy: Well, no, but whatever! Let's talk about the birdies!

These next two pictures are of our Bluebirds, Mason and Mena, when they come to the table to eat meal worms. Sorry they are kind of dark...Mom took the pictures from inside the house and it was early evening so they aren't very bright.

When Dad takes the meal worms out to the birdies, he claps his hands and calls the birds and about 2 seconds later, they come to eat. He's got them trained! Mom took a video of the birdies eating, but stoopid blogger ate it. She will try again, later, to upload it. We still think the birdies have eggies in their house because Mena spends a lot of time in there. Sometimes, when she's in the house, Mason delivers worms for her to eat!

We can't figure out what is going on in the Chickadee's house...we see the mama and papa bird coming and going, but we don't hear any baby birdies peeping! Maybe it just hasn't been long enough. We can't remember exactly when they started building the nest. Dumb Mom forgot to write it on the calendar!

Aire-hugs,

Poppy & Penny

Wheelie Wednesday! And Poppy's new boots!

Hi everydog, kittie, hammie, bear and hooman! Today is Wheely Wednesday and I, Peaches get to do the posting because I staged a protest. It's just not fair that I never get to post just because I don't have any wheels! I guess I need to get Dad to build me some.

Today, I'm going to show you what happens when you put boots on a dog! Our crazy mom bought these dog boots at a yard sale. Her only purpose, in buying them, was to torment Poppy and humiliate her on our bloggy.

She even put them on ME so Poppy could see what they are supposed to look like. I don't think she was paying attention! Mom was only able to get two of them on Poppy's front feets. She almost had them on Penny, but Penny's feets are a little too big for them. I could hear Penny snickering when Mom decided they didn't fit!

Once Mom got the new boots on Poppy, she was doing the "high step". It was toooooo funny! Before Mom got the boots on, Poppy took off with one of them and got it all slobbery. She and Penny played "keep away" with it until Mom finally nabbed Poppy and extricated it from her jaws of death.

Mom decided that she hadn't humiliated Poppy quite enough, so she decided to video the incident. Boy, I tell ya, some peeple will go to any lengths for entertainment! We always knew that Poppy and Penny provided a lot of entertainment for our peeple, but we think Mom might have gone a little too far, this time! She is really going to have a hard time getting the boots on Poppy's BACK legs!

Since this is Mom's first attempt at putting a video on our bloggy, we sure hope it works! I think my next protest might be against torturing the real doggies!

Aire-hugs,

Peaches (and Poppy & Penny)

Scary Eye Photos for Deetz

Penny's scary eyes!

Poppy's scary eyes!

These are our scary eye photos for our buddy, Deetz. He's having a contest to see whose eyes are the scariest. Since MOST of our photos have scary eyes, we just picked one of each of us. I guess it would be scarier if our moufs were open and we were showing our really big and scary Aire-teefies, but these will have to do.

Aire-hugs,

Poppy & Penny

We were abandoned TWICE!

Hello to all our furry and not-so-furry friends! It's Wheely Wednesday so I, PorkChop get to do the post today! I've been pretty busy, lately, watching the Blue Birds and Chickadees from my spot in the china cabinet. We think both mama birdies are sitting on eggs now.

I've also been spending a lot of time snickering at those REAL dogs! They got all bent out of shape on Sunday when Mom went with Aunt Wendy and they went away for the whole afternoon. They went to another city to visit some hoomans who want to adopt an Airedale so they could see if those hoomans would make good Aire-parents. Ezzy Rider and Jagger got to go with them and they took a long walk around a bootiful lake, but Poppy and Penny stayed home with Dad. Mom came home smelling exactly like Ezzy and Jag. None of us thought that was very amusing! They did report to Airedale Rescue, though, that those hoomans would make very good Aire-pawrents!

Then, yesterday, Mom and Dad BOTH left us alone for 7 hours. Dad had to go see a doctor in Atlanta and Aunt Wendy drove them there. Of course, they went to Ezzy and Jag's house first and played with them! So not fair! That's twice that we've been abandoned and twice that they came home smelling like Ezzy and Jag! Poppy and Penny napped all day while our pawrents were gone, but my buddies and I got a rare day of terrorizing the china cabinet during the daylight time! We usually only do it at night when everydog else is sleeping! This time it was much easier to avoid all the china and crystal since we could actually see where we were going. We had a really pawsome time!

Poppy has gotten Clifford the big red dog all slobbery and Penny has been attacking the new green frog. On Monday, when Mom came home from that work place, she found out that Poppy's cow had 'sploded. At least that's what Poppy told her! Look at that poor cow! One of it's horns and one of it's ears are on the floor and it's brains are 'sploding out of the top of it's head! Poppy says she can't figure out how it happened since she was no where near it. You believe that, don't you? Probably about as much as Mom believes it! Something really weird happened to that cow when Poppy and Penny were outside...it just disappeared! Poof! It was gone. Poppy looked all over, for it, when she came inside, but she couldn't find that cow anywhere! Since I was inside watching from my china cabinet, I know exactly where it went. Mom put it in the trash barrel, but I'm not telling Poppy.
Poor Miss Cow went to the place that so many other toys have gone! I'm sure glad I don't get in trouble for destroying toys. I'm one of the few GOOD dogs in this house! I just sit in the china cabinet and watch the world go by. At least that's what Mom and Dad think...we won't tell them about our nightly escapades terrorizing the crystal dog and that Earnhardt bear!

This is PorkChop signing off until next Wednesday!

Aire-hugs to everybody,

PorkChop

New stuffies and other important stuffs!

Hello to all our furry and not-so-furry friends! Here's a picture of a nice juicy Aire-snooter for you! I, Poppy wasn't cooperating too well so Mom had to hold my head to get a good picture. I just get sooooo excited when someone gets the camera out!

Yesterday, Mom went to some yard sales and she brought us home two new stuffies. Mine is Clifford the big red dog. I had one of these, once before, but I killed him! He was the one that Dad took the voice box from and made it into a doorbell for our basement door. The rest of him just disappeared, one day, while we were outside! Penny got a new green froggie! He doesn't have a name, yet and believe it or not...both of our new toys still have their eyes! We are pretty sure that will change soon!

Here's a close-up of my right eye so you can see how good of a job my eye drops are doing. All the gunky white stuff is gone now. Mom ran out of the medicine last night, and boy am I glad! I hated it when she came at me with that tiny bottle! I don't think she was too excited about it either, since she had to force it on me three times a day. The tiny white spot you see, in the corner of my eye, is just a reflection from the camera flash. Woohoo...I'm all better now!

This is our toy pile. Many years ago, it started out with just that plastic bucket that you see on the floor. Over the years, the pile has grown quite tall and this isn't ALL of our toys. Some of them like Mr. Tiger, Wubba, my trusty white Mr. Bear and various others are scattered around the house. Unfortunately for our mom and dad, we haven't quite mastered the art of returning them to the pile when we are done playing with them. I guess it's one of those things like when we come in from outside...we can open the door to come in, but we haven't learned to close it behind us.

Here's a rare picture of Penny. She heard Mom turn the camera on and she started looking for a place to hide. She ran around the island, in the kitchen and headed for her bed. For some reason, she turned around and was headed back into the kitchen when Mom snapped her picture. See how tight she has her tail tucked? What a chicken!

Our Blue Birds are still here! Dad has named them Mason and Mena. Mason likes to sit on the dog crate, out on the deck, and watch TV through the window. That wouldn't be so bad, except that he flies at the window and pecks at the glass. Yesterday, Dad taped a piece of printer paper over the glass, right where he pecks it. Too bad, Mason, not you can't see the TV! He also pecks the glass in the living room window and Mom thinks he is pecking at his own reflection. Maybe he thinks it's another male Blue Bird! Mena has been very busy gathering materials for their nest so she should be laying eggs soon, if she hasn't already. Mom went and got them 1000 meal worms and the man at the bird store says they should last about a week. Mom says she and Dad will be in the poor house by the end of nesting season! We think she should just spend the meal worm money on treats for us. It would go farther, anyway! After all, one human dollar equals seven dollars in dog money, doesn't it?

Aire-hugs,

Poppy & Penny

Hi everyone! It's me, Petey! Since I am a wheelie and it's wheely Wednesday, I get to do my first post! The Blue Birds are still here and I went outside to check out the feeding station that our pawrents made for them.

They have a nice water dish for drinking or bathing in. They also have a tray of food. It has raisins, peanut butter, pieces of cashews and some corn meal. Yesterday, Mom and Dad tried to find some meal worms for them, but the store they went to was sold out. They won't have any more until tomorrow, so they came home and made this tray with stuff that Blue Birds really like.

The tray of food is on the back corner of this table because Penny and Poppy would really like to have a taste of that peanut butter and our pawrents don't want to take a chance on them getting into the raisins! After the vet bill that they paid yesterday, they sure don't want any sick doggies! It seems that the tray of food is attracting more than just the Blue Birds. A female Cardinal came for a little taste and then an evil squirrel showed up. That crazy squirrel was right on our deck! We didn't get any pictures of him, because Mom was too busy running him off the deck to save him from the jaws of death. Poppy and Penny told her they would take care of him, but I guess she didn't want to see blood, guts and fur all over the deck. Those large 'dale jaws could do a real number on that evil squirrel!

Well, this is Petey signing off and I'm turning the bloggy over to Poppy so she can tell you about the real dogses trip to the vet. Hi everyone! It's me, Poppy! As you know, Penny and I had to go to see Dr. Hardee, yesterday, for our yearly check-up and shots. Mom was a little embarrassed to go there since she fell down in their parking lot that last time she was there. She got over it, though, and took us anyway. Once we got in there, the first thing they did was weigh us. It was not a pretty sight! We have both gained weight and Dr. Hardee says I need to lose 4 1/2 pounds and Penny has to lose 6 to 8 pounds. That is going to put a serious dent in our treat schedule!

Once we got into the exam room, they took our pictures for the little plastic cards they send to our pawrents. They didn't have a problem getting a picture of me, but Penny was another story. She hid behind Dad and wouldn't turn her face to the camera at all! Finally, Mom and the Vet Tech managed to get her from a side view! It isn't a great picture, but it will have to do.

Next, they cut my toe nails and gave me a couple of treats. Then they did all the nasty stuff like taking my temperature and stealing some of my poopies right out of my fuzzy butt! I hate that part! Then, Dr. Hardee came in and gave me all my shots. Since he needed to look at my leggie that I have been limping on, he had to put me up on the table. I hate it when that happens! You would think they would put something soft up there for me to lay on, but nooooo! It's just a cold, hard table and it wasn't very comfortable. He moved my leggie all around and says nothing is torn and nothing is out of place. He thinks, that since I am almost 8 years old, I probably have some Arthur-itis. The next thing he did was look in my eyes. Remember when Captain High Pockets slammed my head into the coffee table? Ever since that happened, my eyes have been oozing some gunky white stuff. Mom has been using sterile eye-wipes and they were doing a good job, but she wanted Dr. Hardee to look at them. Now, I have to have 2 drops of medicine in each eye 3 times a day for 5 to 7 days. Yuck! The first time they did it, they sneaked up on me and I let them do it with no problem. Mom has done it to me 3 more times, now, and I don't make it easy for her! I know what's coming, now!

Penny got a very good report card from Dr. Hardee! For about 2 years, now, she has had a problem with drinking huge amounts of water and she has to go outside, a lot, in the middle of the night. Well, about a month ago, Dr. Hardee told Mom and Dad to put her on a senior dog food. They did it and it's working! Woohoo! She still drinks quite a bit of water, but hardly any at night and she hasn't asked to go out, in the night, for a long time! He also says the senior food should help my Arthur-itis and it should help both of us lose some weight. We sure hope so because we are totally against giving up any of our treats!

Aire-hugs,

Poppy, Penny & Petey!