The great Pee-Mail Competition

What is this you ask?
We are looking for photos of all the cool places where you stop to check the pee-mail to see who has passed by lately. It can be a hydrant, a letter box, a telephone pole, a tree, a street sign, a favorite rock ....you know......that place you just have to plant all fours in a dead stop and refuse to move until you have had a really good sniff and checked out the latest pee-mail messages.

Please remember pups and others - if you join in the challenge and everyone is welcome....please do post a message to let me know otherwise I won't know to include you in the drawing for the cool prizes.

Here are some of the entries so far.......

Mason Dixie

Mason Dixie has been hot on the Pee-mail trail......and found a super red hydrant, a favorite pee mail tree, a grate that had some interesting messages and then just so Maggie and Mitch wouldn't feel like the only caught 'leaving' pee-mail messages, Mason joined in too. Great finds Mason and thank you for joining in the challenge.





Josh and Jess
Josh and Jess found a great electrical box that is the their neighborhood pee-mail center. Here is what Josh had to say about it......... What does it say here? "Standard Poodle, female, looking for...." Oh là là !!! (*Josh blushes, Mama pulls on leash, Jessie groans*) It looks like we had better sign Josh up for Scoobies Dating Service - the boy is growing up!!!!




Essex and Deacon
Essex and Deacon found two great hydrants, a bright red one (which reminded the mom of the ones she was to use to seeing back home in Australia) and one painted with a yacht and sunshine








on it. Mom wondered if the firemen had trouble finding that one so easily. We also wondered what kind of messages Floridian doggies had left there?

Maggie and Mitch
And now don't blush everyone.....but those characters Maggie and Mitch kind of, maybe, sort of interpreted my challenge differently.....and their photos show them leaving pee-mail not checking pee-mail !!! My mom laughed and laughed and said they must think I am one crazy kind of dog to want to see them pee!!!!! - We were wanting to see where you CHECK the pee-mail messages NOT you actually LEAVING pee-mail messages BOL My mom hopes no-one was watching your mom when she was taking the photos....they would probably be thinking "what is that crazy lady doing taking pictures of her doggies peeing". They were still funny photos though :)

Ludo
Ludo found a big red something to check out for his pee-mail spot and he says this is a very special place for him as this is where he left his first big dog lift the leg pee-mail which as we doggies know is always a special occasion. Way to go Ludo - you are just growing up so fast!

So where was I going??

I know some of you are probably wondering where I was going yesterday, especially when I looked so happy. Well this will probably confirm to many of you what a strange dog I am.....I was going to the V.E.T.s. It was time for the second of my leptospirosis shots and although I am not fond of actually getting the shots I do love to see my Dr Boyer - she just adores me and says I am her most favorite dog because I never squirm or whinge or cry. I just stand there calmly and let her do what ever she needs to do. Here I am at the Animal Hospital where my Dr Boyer works and see, I am just as happy inside there too. She also says I have beautiful white teeth with no tarter on them, my ears are all nice and clean, my eyes are bright and shiny and my heart and lungs are good and strong. She says I am a very healthy boy.....(oh mommmmmmm do I have to tell them).......okay she did call me a bit of a "chunky monkey" and says I need to loose some of my "winter padding" and suggested more walks!!!!!!!!!!!! Dog oh dog......was I happy to hear that!!! Mom says we can set up our agility coarse outside again now the spring weather is here to stay and that is a good way to burn up some of that chunky monkeyiness. Personally I think there are just some little of those little chunky monkey things hiding in my fur.....maybe if I have a good shake they will fall out.

Wordless Wednesday

Another Great Day

We have just had the best weekend. The weather has been wonderful and we have been able to get out and enjoy every moment. On today's list was a visit to my favorite lead free park where I got to run and sniff and sniff and run....and you guessed it, run and sniff some more. It was totally pawsome. I was a bit disappointed there was no doggies there to say hello too, but there was also no killer ducks hiding in the grass either as the grass is all trampled down now! Here I am looking adoringly towards my dad and then running back when I noticed mom and dad had stopped walking.....I wasn't scared that I was by myself or anything because I am a BIG dog......but you know how they worry if they can't see you........so I came scurrying back so THEY wouldn't worry. After that I helped dad fix his car.....it had got a bit of rust on it from all that icky salt stuff they put on the roads during winter. So we sanded it back, then put a rust prima on it and then repainted it. I supervised from a safe distance as dad said paint is not good for doggies. Then we took mom's (I mean MY) car to the car wash and got it washed, then dad I gave it a good coat of wax and made it all shiny. Bad mom cleaned all my snootles off the windows though and I had worked so hard to put them there. Dad says I am VERY good at sitting on the grass and supervising the work. Then we had to do some more work on dad's car when we found it had a leaky coolant hose. We went to auto place and got a new hose and then I supervised again while dad fixed that. I also went to visit Franklin - his mom hasn't been feeling to well so we went to check on her and now I am all tired out and ready for a nice long nap on my cold vent. Hope you great weekend too.

What a super day !!!!!!!!!

Wow, I have been so busy today and had so much fun. First, the mom dad and I went down to the river for a walk.....and it was so pretty. I couldn't make up my mind which way I wanted to go....left or right.....so we went forward instead. As we were walking along - mom looked down into the river and you never guess what she what she saw - it was a beaver - a real beaver just swimming along. Of coarse she got all excited and started to run down down the bank to get a photo....the beaver must of heard her....because it gave a mighty 'twack" of its tail, there was a huge splash and it was gone. Dad says they do that as a warning. He said it is really odd to see a beaver in the river here as this is a really fast flowing river and not the normal area a beaver would like. Maybe he was looking for a new home. Anyway, we continued walking and every now and again we would see the beaver pop up again but always just too far away to get a picture of. We also stopped by a monument that was built to honor the peoples (Lewis and Clark) that first found this area. Over by the marina there was also some Canadian geese and they honked and hissed loudly as we went by. Mom said they were a pair and probably were getting ready to nest.








Now as if going for a nice walk along the river wasn't enough, we then went to over to the Air Force Base where they were having an "Dog Adoption Day" but also lots of good things for doggies to do and lots of giveaways and competitions. Here I am meeting another much BIGGER cowspotdog called Angus (his mom called him that because he acts like a "big silly moo" she said. He certainly was a big fellow and looked a lot like me in coloring. His buddy, a big great dane was called Brutus. The photos below show me with some of the other doggies and then there I am at home with my goodie bag of treasures that I got. There was treats, and toys, and pens and other neat things. You can click on any of the pictures if you want to see them bigger. I am so tired now, I going to just snooze of my cool vent for a awhile.

Heading home

As much as I love a good walk, there is always something so nice about getting on that last little bit of the path home, when you can see your gate in the distance and you know that big bowl of cool water is just waiting for you. Our grass has turned a lovely shade of green now and the trees are finally starting to get some leaves....they seemed to take a long time to wake up this year. We even have a pair of doves nest making in the tree near our back door which I am not too happy about, they coo and make funny noises all the time. Mom thinks they are cute!!!

I forgot to mention - there is no rush if anyone wants to take part in my photo challenge.....I will leave it open for a couple of weeks as it's still not that warm in some places and I know our peoples don't always like to go out when it is cold or raining. I will put up some reminders every now and again.

Hmmmm No Fire Hydrants - Well How About....

Okay - I am seeing a theme here about some of you poochies not having any fire hydrants, (personally I think this is outrageous and you should take it up with your city councils - I mean to bark - what's a dog to do without a fire hydrant?????) Anyway.... there must be a regular 'thing' along your walk where you check the pee-mail messages??? A mail box, an electrical box, an electric pole, a favorite tree, the neighbors car tires ...... come on guys......I know you are creative, there has to be something you can find. You do go for walkies don't you???? Just out of curiosity I went on my favorite cowspot Moogle and did a search and look what we found.....fire hydrants you can buy for your own!!! - how woofitty is that...your very own hydrant. Make a note for Crispmas everyone. Okay, so no more excuses.....cameras, leads and noses at the ready - off you go!

Who is up for a challenge?

Okay, it's not difficult, and it will get them hoomans off the couch and out for walk - and what could be better then that? The challenge is - show us your fire hydrants !!!! Now of coarse we poochies KNOW where every single one is in our neighborhoods - for don't we all stop and check and sniff the pee-mail to see who has been there....but them hoomans, they walk past them and don't even notice half the time. So out with the camera and leads....and off you go!!! Here are two we found...actually we found 5 in our neighborhood....most had red tops tops but we did find one with a green top. Well - what are you waiting for.........get out there and start looking! Oh, did we mention that there will be a prize for the best photo - no...well there will!!

With such sadness

Is is with such sadness that we share the news that Charlie (Carlie Cewe) has passed away. She really was an amazing little gal, having lived on three continents and spending her final years in my moms home country of Australia. Even more amazing is Charlie passed away on ANZAC day (Australia New Zealand Army Corps). This is a very special day in Australia as it day to remember fallen heroes (much like Memorial Day in the USA) Charlie was certainly a hero and gave 15 years of unconditional love and devotion to her family. Please visit her website to see the beautiful tribute her mom has posted. We know Charlie is running and playing and forever young again on the other side of the rainbow bridge and that she will wait patiently for many many years to see her family again but our hearts still ache and we will still miss our little buddy and on ANZAC day - we will all remember this little hero. Dog Bless Charlie.

THANK YOU LUDO AND DEE!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh wow - I don't think I have ever been so excited!!!! I got this big parcel and it was addressed to me (okay and to mom too - BUT mainly to me!!) and it came all the way from England. Mom says that is a very long way away. Mom has been there and even lived there for awhile but she says I haven't. Anyway, I gave the parcel a real good sniffing all over and that I scratched at it with my paw. Mom thought it might be a good idea if she helped me open it....and look what was inside. There was a letter from Ludo and his mom Dee and there was a stuffy cow for me and guess what ?????? it moos!!!!!! It scared me a little when I first heard it, but now I love it.

And look what Ludo's mom Dee made........it is a miniature me!!! Is this totally amazing or what!!! My mom absolutely loves it and can't wait to show my dad when he get home tonight. It is so perfect, it has my markings and my patches. Mom says she wasn't sure if this is how I was originally sat on the block as I had come unglued and the little lead had broke but mom glued it back together so it might not be quite the same as when when Dee made it. Mom says this is going to have pride of place on our mantle as it's not every day we get our very own personalised figurine. Oh...did you notice the little ball too....isn't that cute. Thank you so much Ludo and Dee, you made our day very special :)

It's me

Yes, it is me - well who else did you think it would be? We have been having some simply wonderful weather which means it has been warm enough for us to go for walkies each morning and what could be better than that? Well yes, to go walkies each evening too, and car rides, and trips to the pet store and trips to the park....oh right, we do all of that! What can I say, my mom spoils me :)

Silly mom also forgot to show to show you the wonderful cup that the dad found at Wisconsin Dells when he went there recently. This is actually a ceramic travel mug not one of those metal ones and of coarse it has a sheltie on it, so what could be better. It sort of ....kind of.....okay if you squint a lot....looks like me :) And look at that neat paw print on the back of the cup. Mom loves her cups of tea but has a bad habit of forgetting to drink them so dad thought this would help to to keep them warm. Talking of Dad - he is in a place called Phoenix - Arizona at the moment and he says I would not like it there at all as it is very hot - 99 degrees there. He says mom would like it though as they have planted lots of Australian gums trees there and he said the air smells of eucalyptus. I have no idea what he is talking about....I just heard the word hot and that was enough for me not to like it.

Leptospirosis

I went to see my lady vet yesterday to have the first of my leptospirosis shots. This is a bacteria that is found in most animals including livestock and wildlife and is passed via the urine into the water sources and can live in the soil for many years. It is especially recommended for dogs that are living in an area that was once farm land (where I live it was a dairy farm just 5 years ago) and it also recommended for dogs that go to State parks where there is wildlife - something I also do a lot. This is a contagious disease that can be passed from one dog to another and to humans too and as there has been quite a few cases around here lately mom decided it would be better to be "safe then sorry". I had my shot and then we had to wait half an hour to make sure I didn't haven't any any reaction to it.....I didn't and everything was fine. I have to go back in two weeks and have the second shot and then I will be covered. I am also one happy dog today, the temperature has shot up and mom had to put the air conditioning on - which meant I got to lay on my nice cool vent - oh how I have missed my cool vent - sigh!

The convergence

It was such a nice sunny afternoon that we decided to go for a drive. We had no idea where we we going, we were just "following the road to see where it takes us" is what the mom said. Where it took us was this really cool place called the Convergence. It is where the Missouri River on the right of the picture meets the Platt River on the left. When they combine they become the Mighty Missouri. Mom was quite fascinated by what looked like the remain of old docks - that once would of been quite impressive as they appeared to of been quite long. They were on both sides of the river. The river must of been much deeper then it is now for there are a lot of sand bars and it looks quite shallow even so it water runs very fast. We followed the road along the side of river and I was so busy sniffing I didn't see how far mom and dad had got ahead of me, when I noticed I came running as fast as my little legs would go....mom said I was worried where they were but really I knew they were worried where I was - you know what parents are like - they ALWAYS worry.

We kept on walking and eventually came to this area where there was a river beach. I have never been to a beach before, there was lots of sand and it felt a bit funny under my feet, but it was great fun to run on and felt very cool. As you can see it was also pretty windy but I didn't mind at all - I was having to much fun. Mom was just telling me that she was checking this river out on Google Earth Maps and this sub branch of the river where I am ..... isn't there on the maps and she thinks this probably happened as a result of the winter flooding. That is a very big wide area the water cut away and there is not a lot of water left now. We also saw a lot of people doing something called 'fishing' at the river - it looked to me like they were just sitting there with a stick in their hands.

On the way back I heard something rustling in the bushes and had to check out what it was - of coarse silly mom had to poke that camera thing close by and it scared what ever it was away. It certainly sounded very interesting though. Did I mention that there was some amazing smells on this walk - things I had never smelt before. The one bad thing was there was also some big prickle things - they looked like little footballs but covered in spines and they stuck to moms coat and mine. Luckily mom had a comb with her so when we got back to the car she check me all over and combed all those nasty things out. On the way home we drove through the small town of Plattsmouth and mom just had to stop and get a photo of the court house. I don't know why as it was just a building but she seemed to like if for some reason. You can click on any of the photos here if you would like to see them bigger. I am definitely off to have a snooze now and dream about things hiding in the bushes.

My Own Herd

Well no-one guessed what my little herd is that mom got me so I will just tell you or show you. I have a herd of wabbits. I know - they are not as much fun as Ludo's rabbit-dogs, they don't jump around or even twitch their noses but real wabbits cost $200 here and the mom couldn't afford that so we got the 'other' kind of wabbits. The little black one has already left my herd though - and no I didn't eat him. He decided he wanted to be the only black and white thing in the herd so he moved in with "she who lives here but is rarely seen -dads human daughter". Hope everyone has had a great weekend.

Pawwwttty

Wow.....I went to Ludo birthday bash and it was totally pawsome !!! Here we are are the local village pub I must admit I don't remember a lot of what happended after that - I think someone slipped something into my pina-cokibble drink or maybe it happened after I hit my head on the wall while chasing a a red light. After the pub we went down to the beach and played some games and I even got to join in the conga line.....how cool was that - dang I wish I could remember it though.

If you want to see more of Ludo's Birthday bash - check out his blog for even more amazing pawwwty pictures. It makes me wonder how he is going to surpass this for his next birthday....but I am sure he will. Maybe we should start suggesting places for the next one. Where would be a really cool place for Ludo's next birthday pawwwty?