Pupdate!

Hi everybody! Yesterday, we got to enjoy Penny's birfday treats as soon as Aunt Wendy got here! She played with us for a little while and then she and Mom set off on their journey to see an Aire-boy named Winston. When they arrived, they met him and took him for a walk and gave him treats. Yes, OUR treats! Mom wanted to bring him home right away, but she decided to see the other Aire-boy first that will be in our area on Sunday. Winston seems to be a very sweet boy, but they have given him a very bad Aire-cut and he has a few hot spots. His saddle is somewhat gray instead of black, but we think that is because this is his very first Aire-cut. He is very skinny and if we bring him home, Mom will take great pleasure in fattening him up! We also think he may be older than the 2 1/2 years that they say he is. We may still end up with him as our new little brother, but we won't know for sure until Mom meets the other Aire-boy! We are hoping it will be either Sunday or Tuesday. We will let you all know what she decides! The picture, at the top is Winston, the cutie!

Thank you, again to all of you doggies that sent me, Penny birfday wishes! It was a pawsome day with all the good treats we got! I'm kind of wishing EVERYDAY was my birfday, but then I guess I would get too old too fast! I guess I will settle for only two per year. At least we will get three per year once we get that new brother! That will be pawsome!

Aire-hugs,

Poppy & Penny

Penny's barkday & possible new brother!

Happy Birfday to me, Penny! We finally get to see what was in the bag that Mom brought home on Sunday. We each get a peanut butter cup covered with carob and a doggie shaped cookie. We are sooooo excited! There's only one problem...we can't have them until Aunt Wendy gets here! She's Ezzy Rider's and Jag's mom, but they won't be coming with her AGAIN! It seems that she and our mom are going way far away to see an Aire-boy that could possibly become our new little brother. The Aire-boy is 2 to 3 years old and knows lots of tricks, but he has some issues with other dogs. We are hoping it's just an issue with other BOY dogs, but we don't know yet. There is another Aire-boy coming to a place near us on Sunday, but Mom won't be able to see him until Tuesday or Thursday of next week. He has some "other dog" issues too, but they think that it is because his foster mother is in a wheelchair and she has a five year old Aire-boy guarding her all the time. They want to see how he is when somedog isn't guarding his person.

We would like to thank Asta, the WFT from New York City for this pawsome birfday card! It was the first thing Mom saw when she started up the 'puter this morning! And thanks for all the birfday wishes that some of you doggies have left on our blog! Before we started this bloggy thing, the only birfday wishes we got were from Mom and Dad. Now, we get them from all over the world. How cool is that?

This picture is Poppy watching Mom take pictures of our doggie treats. She can't wait! For just a minute, I thought it was not fair for her to get treats too, but then I remembered that I get treats when it is HER birfday! That is in October so it will be a long wait!

We are going to have a nap now so the time will go faster for Aunt Wendy to get here and we can have our birfday treats!

Aire-hugs,

Penny the Birfday girl & Poppy

SO not fair! We are outraged!

Hi everydog, cat, hammie and hooman! These are our sad faces! We are outraged, today, because our mom left us with Dad all day, yesterday! She went to lunch and shopping with Ezzy Rider and Jagger's mom. She also played with them before and after the shopping! Soooooo not fair! When she came home, we sniffed her all over and she smelled soooooo good! We thought maybe Ezzy and Jag were WITH her. No such luck! She only brought their smells home. Also, we detected the smell of a Black Lab named Zach. She petted him in a parking lot when his parents were getting him out of a car. We sure wish we could have met him! We had a meeting and decided to go ahead and let Mom into the house because she was carrying a bag and that usually means something for US! There WAS something in the bag, for us, but we can't have it until Thursday on Penny's barkday. It is some kind of fancy treats. Mom put the bag on top of a basket on the island in our kitchen...well out of reach of us countersurfers. Whatever it is, it smells yummylicious, but Mom says we have to wait. What a buzz-kill! We hope the time goes really fast for Thursday to get here!

Our mom got a pee-mail from Airedale Rescue, but she is still waiting on the phone call. It seems that some of the people who rescue the 'dales have the flu. We sure hope they get better soon so we can find out whether we are getting a new brother or sister. We are soooo excited!

Aire-hugs,

Poppy & Penny

Feeding stations, Penny's Birthday, Animal Rescue Site

Hello to all our furry and not-so-furry friends! Some of you have asked about our feeding stations so we are posting pictures of them. The one on the top is Penny's and you can see the water puddle on the towel right under her water bowl. The one on the bottom is mine (Poppy's). Notice there is no water under mine...I have been drinking out of Penny's. The stands are wrought iron and the bowls are ceramic. We have other plastic bowls that our people put our food in and then they put that bowl inside the ceramic bowls on the left sides. The only reason for this is that our mom is like 406 years old and she has some arf-ritis in her hands so she has a tendency to drop the big ceramic bowls. It's safer for all of us, this way!

Next week will be a really exciting week, for us! Penny will be 9 years old on Feb. 28. When one of us has a barkday, we both get presents! We can hardly wait. We are also hoping for lots of treats and maybe, some cake! Woo hoo!

Some of you may have noticed the pink button on the right hand side of our blog. Mom has discovered that there is an Animal Rescue Site that has a button to click to donate dog and cat food. It is free to click on because the sponsors at the site donate money for food everytime someone clicks on the button. Each click donates approximately 1/6 of a bowl of food and you can click it once everyday. Mom has been clicking from home and then from work too since the clicks come from 2 different computers. If you would like to donate, click on the link below the pink button. We don't get anything for clicking except the knowledge that we are helping other animals.

We are hoping the rain stops soon so we can play outside. We desperately need the rain, but does it have to come all at one time? We are really tired of having to wipe our feet every time we come in and Mom is really tired of all the red mud that we are dragging in.

Aire-hugs,

Poppy & Penny

Cleaning up the yard and wasting water

Today, Mom got the bright idea to clean up our back yard. It's about 50 degrees and the sun is shining so it seemed like a good idea at the time. She put on her rubber shoes, gloves and old clothes. She got out the 300 feet of extension cords and the 150 mph blower. She was READY! What she didn't realize is that the wind is blowing so hard that it blows our poopies right back at her! She wasn't exactly having fun, but she did manage to get it done. Of course, now she has a headache from the wind whistling through her ears. We asked her to clean up our poopies so our yard will be nice and clean if we get a new brother or sister. We want to make a good impression on him or her. No, we haven't heard anything, yet, from Airedale Rescue, but everyone says it takes two or three weeks. We still have our paws crossed.

These are two pictures of me, Poppy on the left and Penny on the right. We are making a quick get away because we just wasted about two gallons of water. We can't help it if our beards are so long that they sop up so much water! See that purple towel on the floor? That is a gigantic towel called a bathsheet that Mom puts under Penny's feeding station so Mom doesn't bust her butt everytime she goes into the dog feeding room. She has slid in the water more than a few times so she finally got smart and put towels down for us. There is a freezer full of meatables in our dog feeding room along with an extra refrigerator and our parents are going to have to move them to the garage if we get a new Aire-kid. Right now, there is only enough extra room in there for our two feeding stations so we will need a little more room. We will probably need a bigger toy box too, but that won't be a problem... we'll just have Dad build us one!

Aire-hugs,

Poppy & Penny (the only Aire-kids in town with a poopie-free yard...until the next time we go out!!!!)

We're blowing our coats...and other important stuff

Hi everydog, kitty and hammie! Oh, yeah, and hoomans too! This morning, Mom has discovered that we are blowing our coats. Her first clue was the slippers she was wearing. She noticed they were covered with hair so she used a lint brush to get it all off. Then she walked from the living room to the kitchen and the hair was already back! We blow our coats twice a year...in the spring and in the fall. Mom thinks it's kind of early this year, but it's probably because we have been having some pretty warm days. She has swept the kitchen and foyer floors twice, this morning and once last night. She got enough Aire-hair to make a couple more dogs. When she brushed our hair, she got enough to make 5 or 6 more! We don't mind being brushed, but we aren't too thrilled with the fact that the Roomba is running almost constantly. We have to keep moving out of it's way or it might just suck us up! It is one EVIL machine!

The picture on the left is the back of Penny's head and my tail. See how fluffy they are? Mom has let our hairs grow for the winter. She says we need Aire-cuts right now, but thinks we will wait a couple more weeks until it gets a little warmer. We had a meeting and decided that we don't want to freeze when we go out to do our potties in the cold mornings. The picture on the right is me, Poppy thinking about attacking that bunny rabbit on the floor in front of me.

We have heard a rumor that we might be getting a new brother or sister. Our mom has made an application with Airedale rescue to get one for us. They have two that Mom and Dad are interested in. One is a male and the other is a female. We aren't particular as to which one we get as long as he or she will play with us! When Mom woke up on Thursday morning, she had no intention of getting another dog, but when she saw the ones that Airedale rescue has, she couldn't help herself! She is addicted to 'dales! She talked it over with our personal servant (Dad) and he told her to fill out the application. Woo hoo! We haven't been approved yet, but our paws are crossed. Mom and Dad were approved about 10 years ago, but ended up getting Pockets from a breeder instead. Our silly parents already have an extra dog bed and a feeding station. We hope they aren't counting their chickens before they are hatched!

Mom and dad are mixing concrete, this morning, to pour a slab by the basement door so we are on our way to help! Have a great weekend, everybody!

Aire-hugs,

Poppy & Penny & Maybe a soon to be brother or sister!

Destructomania and we got our first Valentine's Card!

Woo Hoo! We got our first Valentine's Day card! It's from Ezzy Rider and Jagger, our two best pals! We love younger boys! The card is a little soggy because I, Poppy carried it around in my mouth, for a while. I couldn't hold still long enough for Mom to get a picture of that. I was too busy absorbing the wonderful smells of our buddys! They are such sweet boys!

The picture in the center, above is my latest act of destructomania. I have had this Nemo fish for a long, long time and I finally decided to gut him. He is one of my favorite toys because he is just the right size for humping. That's right...girl dogs hump their stuffies too! Our mom learned, a long time ago, that it has nothing to do with male or female. It's all about dominance and I am the alpha in this house! Penny won't let me hump her so I had to resort to humping all my large stuffies. I used to have a bear that was 3 feet tall and believe me, HE knew who was the boss! He finally had to go to stuffie heaven because his fur was still and filthy and he wouldn't fit in the washing machine. Oh, well, he was loads of fun before I humped him to death! It was so fun to make Mom laugh so hard she almost cried. I get so engrossed in my humping that I almost fall on my face and Mom just can't stop laughing!

Happy Valentine's Day to everyone!

Aire-hugs,

Poppy & Penny