Home Made Doggie Treats! They're yummy!

Hey, Everydoggie! Look what I gots! It's some kind of dehydrater thingy that my mom bought for ME! She bought it at a garage sale and it is brand new! Unfortunately, she didn't get the box or the owner's manual so she's winging it! She already made me a batch of sweet potato (yam) strips.

This is the second batch all ready to have the power turned on!

And here's the TASTE TESTER! ME! I approved of the first batch so now we are on to the second one! Mom bought 3 sweet taters and she will have to do 3 batches. We only have 2 racks, so the batches are not huge. That's okay, though...it was CHEAP!

My mom and Aunt Wendy will be very busy this week getting stuffs ready for the big dog and pony show on Saturday. It's not REALLY a dog and pony show...it's a horse show and family fun day! Peeps ARE allow to bring their doggies as long as they are on a leash. We don't want anyone to be steping on doggies. It looks like there will be lots of peeps, doggies and horsies! The horsies are having a costume contest so my mom is taking stuffs like halloween wigs and feather boas. You have never seen any of my mom's costumes because I refuse to be dressed up! I can take the clothes OFF faster than my mom can put them ON. Heeheeeeee! I wish I could go, but Mom says she will be too busy to watch me and she doesn't want to walk around, all day, with me leashed to her leggies!


Our weather, here, has turned very warm...TOO warm for US! Everything is blooming early and I'm pretty sure we are going directly into Summer without much of a spring. It will go to 85 degrees today and only into the 60's at night. It will be this way for the next 5 days, at least. Last night, after my mom and I went to bed, I heard her in the living room, mumbling something as she turned on the aire conditioning for the first time this year! I'm pretty sure it wasn't meant for my tender little ears!

Well, everydoggie, I'm going back to my guard duty! Since Mom insists on FEEDING the stoopid skwerrels, I have to stay on patrol at all times! You just never know when one of them will slip up and I will nail his floofy tail!

Aire-hugs,
Patches

My mom and I are still around!

This is a very short post to let you know that we are still around. We could use some of your prayers, good vibes and whatever kind of zen you have. I can't go into details, right now, but don't worry...it isn't life threatening.

It's also kind of a sad time for us since it is February. Some of you may remember, it was 2 years ago on the 12th that my dad had to go to heaven and today is 2 years since Poppy joined him. We are trying not to focus on painful stuffs, but sometimes we just can't help it.

On a more pleasant note, the barn where my mom and Aunt Wendy ride those really BIG dogs, is having a horse show and family fun day in March. (By the way, my mom says those really BIG dogs are actually horses). Anyway, my mom is helping with some of the stuffs for the big day. Some of the peoples are bringing their doggies, but Mom says I can't go because I am too much of a hooligan and she will be too busy to watch me constantly. I do, however, get to snoopervise the cookie making. Yep, they're making cookies in the shapes of horses! PEOPLE cookies, not HORSE cookies! Hey, maybe they could make some horse cookies too! Just an idea, Mom!

Well, everydoggie, I'm on a mission to catch one of those skwerrels that are trying to take over my back yard. I always seem to miss them by an inch or two. My mom says I'm fast, but THEY are faster!

Aire-hugs,
Patches

Farewell, Miss Maggie! Run like the wind!

As I'm sure most of you already know, Miss Maggie of Maggie and Mitch has gone to the Rainbow Bridge. Her pawrents and her "brother" Mitch have given Maggie the best life that anydog could hope for. That doesn't make it any easier for her family. Believe me...we KNOW!

Run free and painless, Maggie! The whole Dogs with Blogs community will take care of your parents and Mitchy Boy! Have a safe journey to the bridge and say Hi to all of our friends who went before you...especially Poppy and Penny. They can take you to my dad and he will watch over you.

We love you, Miss Maggie and we will ALWAYS miss you!

Sad (((((Aire-hugs))))),
Patches (and Lana)

We hope everydoggie is having a great January!

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!

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!

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!

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