Bring Home Beau!

Ao4's First Mission of '08

Let's find Beau!!

The Dogs of Jackman Avenue reporting for duty! We're a little late but that's better than never, right??

I've got my Diva Camo bandana on...


And Opy's Dad fitted us up with the proper helmets to head into battle!

Let's make 2008 the year Beau comes home!

I think we should recruit my new buddy Mango! He is large & in charge...and recent addition to DWBs. He'd make the perfect soldier!

Durango needs prayers!

This adorable little guy is Durango...he's the newest member of the Brat Pack & he's feeling really icky! Please send him some prayers or well wishes or good vibes...and lots of positive thoughts for a full recovery!!

We're pulling for ya, little buddy!

We lost but got awards!

You guys probably heard the bad news from Joe Stains...the Steelers lost. I have been moping around the house for two days.





Luckily, Echo knew I'd be depressed and gave me this award! Echo, you made MY day!

I'm passing it on to the dude that aways makes me smile, my BFF Mr. Corgador. And my best girl, Dot-Spot. And my sweet young Diva, miss Stella Bean Latifah

The Canine Kids also recognized us as Bloggers of the World!

This is a super cool & special award! One of the greatest things about being part of DWBs is "meeting" other Dogs from all over the world. We may be global, but it still feels like one happy little family. So we're passing this onto some of our favorite international blogging buddies:

Pippa in Spain

Momo & Pinot in Canada

The Wigglebutts in Norway

Marvin in Scotland

Amber in Malaysia

Harry & Cassidy in England

Hammer & Crew in Oz

Lorenza in Mexico

and Huskee in Singapore

Speaking of Huskee...you guys may recall he has a little wedding coming up in the near future. He has accepted my offer to help plan the bachelor pawty and let me tell you...it's gonna be a blow out! Stan, do you think you could sweet talk Ruby into letting us borrow the jet to fly to Singapaw? I'm thinking cigars, poker, chickenbacks & bully sticks...and I'm gonna try to get some hotties from the PlayDog Mansion to come & provide the entertainment. Hubba Hubba! All DWB boyz are invited.



January 26th...be there or be square!!!

It's Playoff Time!!!

W00t! Our Pittsburgh Steelers are playing the Jacksonville kitty-cats in the first round of the playoffs tonight! I'm geared up & ready to go!

The game is on late tonight (8:00 p.m. Mom & I are usually getting ready to go to sleep by then!). I'm taking a little nap so I'm fresh & rested & ready to cheer on our Black & Gold.

Mom has this special picture taken a couple of years ago of our Boys. It's called Our Father and was taken by a great local photographer Mom met last year at work. He takes pretty pictures. We all gave it a good luck lick tonight...hope we don't need it!

HERE WE GO STEELERS, HERE WE GO!!!!!!

(pee ess...to the creepy weirdo that left the anonymous comment about the Patriots...it's been deleted as you're a big fat loser. If you want to trash talk, email us. Otherwise, keep your punk ass, cowardly comments to yourself. Thanks, tough guy.)

Sherman tried to kill me!!!

He bit me in the ears & tried to rip them off!! See the bloody tips!!


Just kidding...Shermie's actually been kinda nice to me lately. He only grumped at me 1,652 times today. And he let me lick him in the mouth twice. And he only stole my stuffie once. And he didn't slam me to the floor when I jumped on him. I see this as progress.

But I do have ouchy ears. I still sleep in my jail at night and I've been waking up & shaking my head real hard because my ears are itchy. They flop on the bars of my jail & now I have big bloody dots all over my head. Looks pretty bad, huh?

Mom is giving me medicine in my ears (which I do NOT like at all!) and it's making them less itchy. And I've gotten to sleep outside my jail a few nights while they heal. I think this should be a permanent arrangement but Mom says I'm a bed hog so I'll probably be a jail bird for a while.

Has this ever happened to any other pup's floppy ears????

Welcome 2008!!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

2007 was pretty darn great!! We met so many new pups (and their people) and made so many great friends. But we're guessing 2008 is gonna be pretty great too!!

I've made some New Years Resolutions:

1. Take Mom for more walks...we're both on a weight loss plan this year.

2. Donate some of my stuffies to the animal shelter.

3. Be nicer to Penny & Lola...Mom promised I will get one extra chicken back per week if I can try not to be so grouchy.

4. Become more organized. This is big one for both Mom & I.

We have a very weird house with TWO kitchens. Mom has been using our upstairs kitchen as "storage unit" (i.e. if she doesn't know what to do with something, it goes in the kitchen). And let me tell you...it was pretty darn nasty. Even for me. And I'm a dog. So I convinced Mom that she should clean it out and make it a DOG KITCHEN!!!

So she said "OK...good idea Sherm" and spent 4 hours today cleaning it out for us. Here it is!!!




There are no "Before" pics b/c Mom said it was REALLY yucky and she'd be too embarrassed to showYes, I'm sitting on a pink flowery rug. I've heard pink is the new black. I refuse to let Mom dye me pink...so this is a nice compromise.

Here are the name plates from Huskee! Notice who is on the top...yep, ME!

The oven doesn't work but thats OK. Mom can still do all of her cookie making in her kitchen. There is plenty of counter space for food prep.

She now has an organized place for all her Bark Magazines & Whole Dog Journals. And she can leave out our food killing machine. Mom & Dad bought their own food killer b/c she says killing liver has made their first one yucky. Yucky for whom??

We have a nice organized space now for our our canned meatables, tripeables and fishables.

We have our own fridge for storing our yogurt, eggies and cottage cheese, as well as thawing meatables.

Mom keeps the meatables in a big plastic bin so the juice doesn't get all over the fridge. I have always offered to clean up any mess by hand (or in my case, tongue) but she's says "No Shermie, that's OK. Thanks though".

Here are our thawing chicken backables, gizzardables, turkey neckables and a big fat beef heart. MMMMMMmmmmmmm!

I have agreed to let Mom & Dad store their brown fuzzy water in MY fridge on one condition...they've gotta keep my brew in there too.

So that's our new & improved Dog Kitchen! I'm pretty psyched about it and Mom is happy because it's not a giant eye sore anymore. And if Mom is happy...Sherman's happy.

We wish all of our doggie, hamster, kitty and hooman friends a Super Duper 2008 filled with happiness, good health and all the bully sticks you can eat!!!

Keeping up with my resolution to be nicer to my sisters, I'll post this picture of Lola for you guys. Mom says she looks cute in it. Whatever...I'd like my extra chicken back now please.

Next week I'll be nice to Penny.

Christmas!

Well, we sort of got the shaft on Christmas Day. Mom & Dad went to visit family and we had to stay home! Bah Humbug.

And what's worse, I found out Mom was hanging out with my cousin Shamis. He's a Golden Retreiver (and he's single Amber Mae!). We weren't allowed to go play with him because there were lots of humans at our Aunt Katie & Uncle Kevin's house and we play kinda rough. And Sherman likes to hump Shamis.


He's eating one of my Moo Tubes!!!! Looks like he's enjoying himself.

Anyway, we got to open our first presents tonight. We got so many, we get a couple each day for the rest of the week!! Lola & I got a big honking hedgehog. We always share presents.

Because we have so much fun wrasslin' with them.

Somehow, I always end up on the bottom of the pile.

Sherman got a bunny rabbit! It looks freakishly like the real thing. He prefers to play by himself as he can be a giant grouch about his toys.

But he's OK with that. Obviously.

Christmas is Pawesome!!

We hope everypup (and hamster and kitty) had a fantastic Christmas filled with all of their favorite things!

Waiting for Santa Paws

We are ready for Santa Paws to come to Town!! The tree is decorated and all the presents have been wrapped.

We had a special Xmas Eve dinner...beef & bones & broccoli. Doesn't it look festive!

We put out our favorite liver brownies for Santa with a special holiday brew.

He'll have to wait till he gets back to the North Pole to try it...No drinking & Sleighing!

And finally we lit a special Holiday candle for all of our DWB friends. We are so blessed to be part of the most wonderful and supportive community in the whole wide Internet. We truly cherish all of the friendships we've made...both canine, feline, hamsterrier and hooman. We hope each & every one of you have the bestest holiday ever.

Now how many hours till we get to open Pressies???

Enuf with the Pawties!!

Christmas is definitely one of my favorite times of year. First of all, it was when I came to live with my family 2 years ago. And we get lots of presents and visitors. And Mom bakes special Xmas cookies for all of our doggie friends. And Mom and Dad spend extra time at home hanging out with us.

It's that last part I'm taking a bit of an issue with. I've noticed on other blogs that all the pawrents have been going to lots of pawties without their favorite 4 legged friends. Mitchy even got so fed up with his pawrents gallivanting all over the place without him, that he ripped up his favorite bed!

I have also noticed that Mom & Dad have been spending a lot of time with their friends...eating delicious foodables, mind you...WITHOUT US!

Evidence found on Mom's camera. There's my Dad...at a special dinner...with lots of my human friends. Where am I in this picture? Where is Sherman? Where is Penny? We're at home!!

This is my Auntie J.Law. and my Auntie Rachel. Auntie J. Law has TWO puppies growing in her belly!! And they are both boy puppies. I'm trying to convince her to name them Sherman and Tadpole after my brother and my BFF...but she said she already knows one Sherman so that would be weird. Taddy, there's still hope for you! Auntie Rachel is the one with the pretty yellow hair. I like her a lot because she's kind of a Diva too.

She likes Sherman the most though because he's old and chubby and doesn't jump on her. That is how I say I LOVE YOU...by jumping on you and kissing you on the face!

But guess who Auntie Kristen likes the best. Yep, ME! She's is the bestest snuggler...next to Mom & Dad, of course.

So, in a nutshell...I'm sick of all of these stupid pawties that I don't get to attend. I haven't destroyed anything, YET, but if Mom & Dad keep this up...they better hid their shoes!

On a side note, our new friends Rosie & Abby over at The Dog Log are looking for stories of rescued dogs to publish on their site. Sherman submitted his story yesterday...go on over & read all about it!

Cards, cards, cards!

You may wonder why I'm smiling even though I am wearing the ridiculous outfit. Well, let me tell you...

Just look at all of the cards we've received!! Our DWBs Xmas Card door is almost filled up!! This has been so much fun and we're so glad we participated this year!

We are so much more popular than our pawrents.

Goodbye Thrawn

With a heavy heart, we report that Thrawn has crossed the Bridge. Thrawn was a member of our dear friends over at the Brat Pack. He is in a place where it always snows and there is no such thing as seizures or arthritis.

Maryann, our thoughts and prayers are with you today. We have made a donation to MaPaw in his honor.

Tag Lag

We are SOOOO behind on our Tags and Mom says she's very, very sorry. We love being tagged...we've just gotten a little behind. But...first things first.

The Barking Loud gang gave us the Bestest Friends Award!!

The award says: "Life is like Hell without FRIENDS. It's ‘World Best Friend Week’. Send this to your best friends to let them know you appreciate them. Please take this award, and place it on your blog if you wish.

Right back at you guys!!

There are so many Doggies (and Hammies) we could pass this on to, but it's only fitting that we send it to Charlie & Opy. 'Cuz without them...we wouldn't have met any of you!


I'll start off with Harry & Cassidy's tag. When tagged, you must link to the person who tagged you. Then post these rules, and list 8 things that make you happy. At the end of your list, you must tag and link to 8 other people.



1. Mom

2. Dad

3. Food

4. Tennis Balls





5. Wrasslin' with Penny

6. Walkies

7. Camp Bow Wow

8. Snuggling in the big bed with Mom & Penny



We were also tagged by our new Boxer buddy, Kaiser. If you haven't stopped to see him...GO! Be prepared to say Awwwwwww. Anyway - The Rules:- link to your Tagger and post these rules….1. list eight (8) random facts about yourself2. tag eight people at the end of your post & list their names (linking to them)3. let them know they’ve been tagged by leaving them a comment on their blogs.



I'll take this one...

1. I came to live at Jackman Ave when I was 7 months old.

2. I was attacked at the Dog Park when I was a year & a 1/2 old leaving a 6 inch scar on my side...and an even bigger scar in my temperment.

3. I love puppies! I was the bestest puppy raiser for Lola.

4. I can run reeeeeeeally fast.

5. My muzzle started turning white when I was 2.

6. I have the very important responsibility of waking up Dad on the weekends. I give him very gentle kisses and snort in his face...and most times I don't even step on him "where it counts".

7. I take my job of guarding the house very seriously and will rush downstairs...hackles up, barking mad...if I hear a strange sound outside. Sherman stays at the top of the steps & waits for me to check things out.

8. Speaking of Sherman, I sometimes miss when it was just me & him. We never play anymore, but we used to. At least I have Lola.





I'm very sorry, but I can't remember who tagged us for this one but I'm supposed to list seven things that annoy me. Well...there are way more than just 7 things that annoy me but I'll try to limit myself.

1. When Lola turns into a spaz & licks me in my mouth & jumps on me.

2. When Mom & Dad make me get off the big bed at night & sleep on the floor.

3. When I try to play with my stuffies at 3:00 in the morning & no one will wake up to tug with me.

4. The mailman.

5. Having to sit & wait to eat my food....it's in my bowl, on the floor, ready to go. What's the point in waiting????

6. The Furminator

7. Sharing my house with Penny & Lola

OK...that's it for now. Sorry it took us so long to do our Tags. I know we're supposed to Tag other pups but I think most other dogs have been Tagged. But just in case...I'll hit our new friends Tatum Tot, Peanuthead & Snoop Dog. Pick a Tag..any Tag!