Awards...etc!

Hi everybuddy! It's me, Patches! Some time ago, we were given this Honest Scrap award by our Kerry Blue friends Persephone, Buster and Bailey and also Awfully Big Digsby MacFeegle. Thank you soooo much!

Here are the official Honest Scrap rules:"When accepting this auspicious award, you must write a post bragging about it, including the name of the misguided soul who thinks you deserve such acclaim, and link back to said person so everyone knows he or she is real. Choose a minimum of 7 blogs that you find brilliant in content or design. Or improvise by including bloggers who have no idea who you are because you don’t have 7 friends. Show the 7 random victims’ names and links and leave a harassing comment informing them that they were prized with “Honest Scrap" weblog. Well, there’s no prize, but they can keep the nifty icon. List at least ten honest things about yourself. Then, pass it on!"

Each of us will do 4...that actually totals 12, but it says AT LEAST 10.

I, Patches will go first:

1. I have finally given up sleeping all over the house, at night. Now, I spend most of my nights in my very own bed!

2. I am a very kissie doggie! I just looooove to give Mom kisses on her face!

3. I would escape everytime I get a chance! It's not that I don't like it, here at Airedale Heaven, I just want to experience the WHOLE world!

4. Recently, I have learned how to carry on a conversation with Mom (and ONLY Mom). She tells me to sit and then she whispers to me. I answer in very soft, quiet woofies.

Ok, now it's Poppy's turn:

1. I love my Mom more than anything! When she goes outside to work in the yard, I cry until she comes back in. (That's if I'm not out there too)

2. My favorite sleeping postion in upside down on my back.

3. Our mom can't go into the bathroom without me. Oh, she THINKS she can, but I am always right there to go with her!

4. My greatest skill is sneaking stuffies outside when no one is looking. Of course, I NEVER bring them back.

Now for Penny's turn:

1. Now that I am 10 years old, I find it undignified to play with stuffies...most of the time. I do, however, use them as pillows.

2. I am Dad's dog! I talk to him all the time. He knows whether I am asking for water, to go outside, or just to be petted.

3. I am the announcer of this house. I announce the mailman, the UPS man and any time one of our neighbors leaves their driveway.

4. It is my opinion that no person, dog, cat or other living being should be able to walk on the street in front of MY house. I let them all know about it too!

There you have it, folks! Honest facts about all 3 P's!

About a week or so ago, Penny received this really cool award from Maggie and Mitch! They gave it to her for her 10th barkday! Thank you sooooo much, M & M!

We don't remember how long ago we got this award, but we do know that it came from Samantha the beautimous Golden Retriever! Thank you so much, Samantha. And thanks for being our friend!

We know that we are supposed to pass these awards on to other bloggers, but since it took our personal secretary soooooo long to post them, we figure most of you have already received them. If you have not and would like one or all of them, please feel free to claim them. We are very sorry we took so long. Our mom has been really busy with the antique booth, selling on Ebay and job hunting! The job hunting part isn't going so well...most places won't even take her application.

That's it for today, everybuddy! I have to go and attack the wand to the vacuum cleaner, now. Mom says the Aire-hair is getting too deep again!

Aire-hugs,

Patches (and Poppy & Penny too)

We have a new playmate!

Hi everybuddy! It's me, Patches! Before I introduce you to our new playmate, I wanted to show you what we got for Penny's 10th barkday. We had some yummy Pumpkin squares from Doggielicious and a big box of bone shaped treats! They were all very tasty! Not quite as tasty as THIS guy, though!

It's Rocky the skwerrel! He's waaaaay bigger than we are! Our mom bought him, at a yard sale, this morning. She said she already got her money's worth when she saw how we attacked him when he first came in the house!

I had him by the head and Poppy had him by the tail and we dragged him into the living room. He's about as easy to move as Pokey was (may he rest in peace)! Heeheehee! Mom had to throw him over to the other side of the living room with the rest of our large stuffies. We tried to drag him there, but we were knocking over end tables and our mom got really nervous when we were shaking him right beside the curio cabinets. I guess she thought we might break the glass!

Rocky is resting, right now, with Mickey, Minnie and the ginormous bear. That's only because we wore ourselves out welcoming him to Airedale Heaven. I plan to perform my secret ritual on him, later today!

I've heard a rumor that I get to go bye-byes in the car, tomorrow, with Mom! We are going down to Aunt Wendy's house and then to a park to have our pictures taken for the K-9 walk for the cure. It takes place on Sunday, March 22, but we are going to have our pictures in the Roswell, Georgia newspaper before that. I'm sooooo excited! I get to go in the Aire-mobile all by myself. Okay, not TOTALLY by myself...Mom will have to drive it!

We have some awards to post, but our mom has been too busy and too sad to do it, so we will get to them in a few days. We hope you all understand!

Note from the 3 P's: When our mom posted this, yesterday, she said Rocky is a skwerrel. Now, we know she has cat-a-rats in both eyes, but come on, Mom! He's got a STRIPED tail! Even WE know that Rocky is really a raccoon! Sorry for our Mom's "senior moment"...or brain fart...or whatever!

Aire-hugs,

Patches (and Poppy & Penny too)

We are soooo VERY sad for Lulu and Bogart!

Hi everybuddy! It's all 3 of us P's today! Our eyes are leaking because Bogart's dad passed away yesterday. We all sent as much Aire-zen, Wiry-zen, healing thoughts and whatever else we could send, but it just wasn't enough! Sometimes, our hooman's bodies just aren't strong enough to absorb all the doggie, kitty and hammie zen that we send to them.

We are so sad that Bogart won't be able to enjoy anymore of the great meals that Klaus made for him or catch anymore sticks that Klaus always threw for him. We are also very sad that Lulu has lost the love of her life. We know that Klaus will be watching over them, now, and he will always live in their hearts. We wish there was something we could do or say that would ease the pain for Lulu and Bogart, but we know that isn't possible. We DO know that every single one of us DWBers will be there to support them whenever they need us.

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

Happy Barkday to Penny and Patches' New Aire-cut!

Hi everybuddy! It's me, Patches! Today is Penny's 10th barkday! We would like to thank everyone who has wished her a Happy Barkday and a special thanks to Asta for the bootiful card! As you can see, Penny is about to dive into that gorgeous cake! Our pawrents have some special treats for all of us, but we won't get them until later today.

Now, for my beautimous Aire-cut pictures! Yesterday, Mom and Aunt Wendy dropped me off at our new/old groomer. Her name is Cindy and she is a sweetheart! She loved on me so much, that I let her do whatever she wanted to me!

Our mom was trying to get a full-body shot of me so you can see that my skwerrel tail is gone! Heehee...Penny accidentally got into my picture when she was trying to get away from the camera. This is the first really good shot of my new collar, since it isn't buried in all my fluffy furs. See the white edging on it? Well, that stitching is actually really small, but the flash, on the camera, magnifies it so you can actually see it!

Cindy gave me lots of peanut butter so I would let her Dremel my nails. When I was all done and smelled really good, she even gave me a pink flowerdy bandananananana! She said I get a pink one because I'm so ladylike. She obviously hasn't seen me at home!

Now, I am the best looking and best smelling doggie in da house! I did get some disturbing news, though! Some of you may remember that when I first came to live here, at Airedale Heaven, I only weighed 32 pounds and all my bones were nekkid. Well, now, I weigh 56.6 pounds and Mom says I'm looking a little porky. I don't really know what that means, but she said something about a d-i-e-t! Oh horrors! Does this mean that I won't be getting as many treats? I'm hoping it means that I will still get just as many, but maybe they will be smaller...like how they hand out Poppy's treats! I think I could handle that...as long as they don't stop the treats completely. I spent way too long without enough to eat and I just LIVE for FOOD! Mom keeps telling me not to worry...that I will ALWAYS have enough foodables and treats!

We have received messages saying that several doggies have given us awards and we want you all to know that we will be by your bloggys soon to collect them. Thank you, very much! We love all of you and we are VERY glad to be a teeny tiny part of the DWB community!

Well, everybuddy, I'm off to have my first nap of the day. We figure that if we nap a lot, the time will go by faster until our pawrents give us all of Penny's barkday presents!

Aire-hugs,

Patches (and Penny & Poppy too)

Wheelie Wednesday!...and we are still praying for Bogart's dad!

Hello to all our furry and not-so-furry friends! It's me, PorkChop! Sorry we haven't posted much lately. Our personal secretary has been very busy with the antique booth and selling stuff on Ebay. Most of the stuff came from the storage unit that Mom and Aunt Wendy cleaned out. It will be a looooong time before she's completely finished, but it is going pretty well, so far!

This is a very rare picture of all three of the real doggies! Poppy has the crazy eyes as she watches the blond one (Patches) trying to help Penny escape from the camera. Patches won't be quite so blond once Friday gets here! That's the day she's going to see our new, old groomer. Boy is she going to be surprised! She still won't be quite as red as Poppy and Penny, but she'll be a little less faded out.

Saturday is Penny's 10th barkday so we all get to celebrate. We're hoping for foodables! We're also hoping for some new stuffies, but Mom says not to count on that! She says we have more than enough already. But Mom, some of them are blind! The 3 P's almost always go for the eyes first...unless, of course, there is a squeaker or talking box inside! Patches' big, green frog is looking a little worse for the wear. Both eyes are gone and his big red heart has been torn loose from one of his paws. Poor guy! Mom says she can't throw him out because Patches isn't done performing her secret ritual on him, just yet.

This is the very cool certificate that MangoMomma made for us for being the judges of the terrier group during Mango Minster 2009. It was loads of fun and we sure hope Mango and his momma have enough energy left to do it again next year. Congrats to all the winners!

Don't forget to keep on praying and crossing your paws for Bogart's dad! We are all still hoping for a miracle! Also, don't forget the miracle for Anna, Sunny and Scooters Gramma!

Well, everybuddy, I'm headed back into my china cabinet now, where I can keep an eye on the shenanigans of those real doggies!

Aire-hugs,

PorkChop (and the 3 P's too)

Please pray and cross your paws for Bogart's dad!

Hi everybuddy! It all 3 of us P's, today! We interrupt our regularly scheduled, nonsensical posts, to ask a favor from all who read our blog. Our Airedale buddy, Bogart needs our help! His dad, Klaus, is on life support, in the hospital and he is very very sick! Please pray or cross your paws, or send Aire-zen or wiry zen or whatever else you can do! At this point, they really need a miracle to bring Bogart's dad back to him, his mama and his kitty siblings!

Asta, the sweet Wire Foxy girl, has made this great picture for us to put on our bloggys to ask for everyone's help! Thank you, Asta and your mommi! If you haven't been to see Bogart yet, please click on the link above and send some love and support to him and his family! We know this is a VERY, VERY hard time for them all!

Aire-hugs,
Poppy, Penny & Patches (and their mom)

Wheelie Wednesday...and Goodbye Pokey!

Hello, all our furry and not so furry friends! It's me, PorkChop! We're very happy that you could join us for Wheelie Wednesday!

See this very furry beast? That's Patches in her current state of fluffiness. Well, next Friday, March 27th, she is going get an Aire-cut! Heeheehee! She's going to Penny and Poppy's old groomer. When the groomer raised her prices, Mom started looking for a new one. She has had the girls to a few of them, but no one seems to do it quite as well as their "old" groomer. Also, Patches is going there for a couple of reasons...one is that the other groomers don't express the anal glands and that's what got Poppy in trouble with an infection. The other reason is that this groomer won't take any s**t from Patches. The other groomers would tell Mom that Patches didn't want her face done, so they didn't do it. Or she didn't want her toenails cut, so they didn't do it. Mom knows that Cindy won't let her get away with anything! Our mom says that if she has to pay for a complete groom, by doG, she's going to GET a complete groom! No more messing around!

Now, on to other impawtent stuffs! Poppy is hanging her head in disbelief at what she's watching and Patches is just awstruck! They are standing in the doorway, to our garage, watching Mom butcher Pokey!

You do remember Pokey, don't you? He is (was) our ginormous Lion buddy. Well, Pokey wasn't just your normal, everyday stuffy...he was filled with teeny tiny styrofoam balls. Right before Christmas, he started leaking those little balls all over the living room floor. Fortunately, Mom caught him before he made a snow storm in the house. She put him in the garage where the 3 P's couldn't get their teefies on him. He stayed out there until a couple of days ago when our mom decided she could use his stuffing to pack stuff that she sells on Ebay.


She went to the garage, armed with a razor knife, to butcher Pokey! The picture, above, is all that's left of him! Three big bags of teeny tiny styrofoam balls! We feel kind of sorry for whoever gets their stuff packed in this stuff...it goes EVERYWHERE! Our garage floor and our mom's clothes were covered with it!

Goodbye, Pokey! You sure were lots of fun! Poppy spent many months performing her secret ritual on you and you took it like a man! She even tried to drag you all over the house and you never complained. You didn't get very far because of your enormous size, but still you never complained! Rest well, old friend!

We're having a nasty, rainy day, today and the 3 P's are doing a fine job of muddying up the deck and the kitchen floor. Our mom has given up on trying to clean their feets as they come in. While she's cleaning up one doggie, the other two charge right past her into the house. She put old towels down, at the top of the steps and there is a very looooooong rug right inside the kitchen door, but neither of them seem to do much good. I keep telling Mom that that's what you get when you choose to share your house with 3 big Aire-heads! Just think how clean the house would stay if you only had wheelies!

Well, everybuddy, it's time for me to go back into my china cabinet, now so I can watch the antics of the 3 P's in peace and where it's dry and NOT muddy!

Aire-hugs,

PorkChop (and Poppy, Penny & Patches too)