The Bees

We got to go for a long walk today and I got to see lots of neat things. We visited my mom's human parents house and saw ALOT of buzzing, flying things in their back yard. Mom told me to leave the Bees alone, but do you think I listened? As soon as she was out of sight I started snapping them up. I love to catch bugs, mom says it's not a lady like thing to do, but who says I want to be a lady? I'll leave that to Josie. I caught and ate several of them before one of them BIT me! It hurt but do you think that means I stopped catching those nasty buggers? No, of course not, what do you take me for, a quitter? I got 2 stings on my lips (one on the inside of my mouth, one on the outside) but that didn't slow me down much. Then something happened that made me leave the bees alone. Those bees got mad and stung me on my eye lid!! Now, that wasn't called for. Mom came outside to check on me and freaked when she say my lips swollen a bit and my left eye swollen shut! She soon figured out what had gotten me when I got sick and those bees came right back up, but because mom doesn't know if I've ever been stung by a bee before and didn't know if I was allergic, and she was worried that they might have scratched my eye, she took me to the vet. I love the vet. They pay so much attention to me, give me treats, and after I go there mom always spoils me rotten. I didn't think I need to go to the vet, but you know how moms are, worry warts. The vet put a neat chemical in my eye and shone a special light on my eye to make sure there weren't any scratches (there weren't) poked and pulled at my lips to make sure there weren't stingers still in it, then they made me wear a VERY irritating thing, an E collar. I hate that thing and keep checking on the edges although mom can't figure out how I'm doing that. I run it into a wall hard untill it bends than grab the edge with my front teeth. I want that thing off now! I have to wear it so I don't scratch at my eye, especially after mom puts some gunky cream in it. You would probably think I will leave those nasty bees alone after all this, but I have a score to settle now. They made it so I have to look like a satellite dish is on my neck so I have to make them PAY! Just you wait bees, just you wait. Your time is coming.

Doogie's rescuer needs our help

Isabella the poodle's blog tells about a woman who needs our help. This woman saved a dog from dying cold and alone and gave him something every dog needs and deserves, dignity.Every dog, no matter where, what breed or who owned them has the right to have water, healthy food, love and dignity, and the people who stand in the way of that should be punished, not the people who try to help the helpless animals. Please read about Doogie and the woman who helped him and do what you can to help her.

Tagged plus a new dog sister

My buddy Buster tagged me which means that I have to list 5 things which make a true doggie friend. There are SO many its hard to narrow it down to just five! But here goes...

1. When mom is having a bad or stressfull day I lay my head on her lap and make her worries go away.

2. Even though I hate having my ears plucked (us poodle have to have this done) I sit still and take it like the tough girl I am.

3. I play ball like a maniac. I fall all over myself (literally) trying to get the ball and will even jump over dogs if they get in the way.

4. I clean the dishes 1st so it is easier for mom to wash them. (I clean Dartagnan, my 1yr old human brother too, but sometimes mom doesn't like that, especially when he is asleep.)

5. I make sure mom doesn't miss one of my favorite things in the world, thunderstorms. If it storms while she is asleep I bark with my booming voice till she wakes up to enjoy it.

I have now tagged 5 great dogs. Lucy the Golden Retriever, Poseidon the Siberian Husky , the Cybersibes the Siberian Husky pack , Althea the Siberian Husky, and Skippy the Portuguese Water Dog who has a great yard and beautiful photos of flowers.



I have some news also, not just the info about why I'm great. I have a new dog sister. Her name is Tian-Shi. She is a pekingese rescue who will be staying with us for a while until she is ready to go to her forever home. I heard her talking to Chen Po earlier today and she says she wants to stay with us indefinitely, but I don't know about that. If she was a standard poodle like me that would be great, but I already have to put up with Chen Po, the most arrogant pekingese in the world, and I don't know if I could handle another one. She doesn't seem stuck up yet, infact she is quite timid, but you never know, she could just be pretending and really has a giant attitude like Chen Po. I do feel sorry for her though, she is so scared of EVERYTHING. She isn't afraid of us big poodles, but just about everything else, even grass! Who is afraid of grass? It is one of my many favorite things to nibble on, to roll in, lay one etc. What's not to like?

I got to go for a walk this morning since it was finally NOT raining. I would love to take a walk in the rain or do just about anything in the rain, but mom says no. We walked down to a great little restaurant downtown and ate breakfast. It is the only restaurant in town that lets us canines be on the patio. We can't go inside, which is crazy, but at least they let us be on the patio. Why can't we go into restraunts? Don't they know the floors and the plates would be SO much cleaner if we dogs were allowed inside. They wouldn't even have to waste $ on a vacuum because we would vacuum for them. Oh well, it's their loss. Anyway, the nice waitress even brought me my own batter bowl and dog cookies. I stayed under mom's chair (at least as much of me would fit under it) and was SO good that the lady even brought me my own bowl of ice cream. That is something I usually never get because mom worries it will upset my tummy. Doesn't she know that us silver poodles are made of steel? Even our tummies. I sure showed her because I didn't even get a belly ach. Maybe that means I will get to have ice cream more often... I sure hope so.

Tian-Shi is the strangest looking dog. Chen Po looks strange too, but at least he has more snout that she does. Mom has lots of pekingese books (but even more poodle books) and she says Chen Po's nose is too long according to the breed standard in the books, plus he has an underbite (just a little one) , but she looks like she ran into a wall or something. Mom likes it, but Tian-Shi doesn't even look like a dog, even less than Chen Po does and I thought HE was odd looking. Oh well, she seems nice and doesn't take my toys or anything, so I guess she's alright. She just stays on her bed and watches everything so doesn't bother me, but that could always change. Both Chen Po and Odette like her a lot so I guess she is alright with me.

Haircut

Well, mom finally broke down and gave me a haircut. She didn't even believe I am the same dog, especially since I look so silver now. However, I drooled on her just to make sure she knows I am still me. I love to drool on her after I drink. Mom says I look like a supermodel. She wants me to try and stay this way, but I'll show her, I'm going to find the 1st mud puddle I can and jump right in.

Vote please

Hi, Chen Po and I are in a photo contest at the Skeeter Foundation, it is about how animals make people happy. Please vote for Chen Po and I, we would appreciate it.

It is raining again today and that makes me SO happy. I wish it rained everyday, then I wouldn't have to try to get myself wet all the time. Mom thinks she is going to give me a shorter hair cut. Mom's odd. All summer I have had fairly long hair, but now that it's cooling off she is going to give me shorter hair. Such an odd human. Mom says she has her reasons though. During the winter she has an even harder time keeping me (and the other poodles) from bringing muck into the house. All the snow, mud etc. sticks to our fur and we need a bath almost daily. I've never had short hair, mom loves me wooly like a giant bear, so she is nervous to shave it off, but gee mom, its only hair and It will always grow back. She always hates giving me a haircut worse than the other poodles because everytime she does I change colors. I keep getting lighter and lighter. What did she expect when she got a silver poodle? We are always changing color. Of course, everytime I change colors mom decides she thinks I am more and more beautiful. Silly human.

Mud baths

I found a new very fun game that drives mom nuts. Its great. Mom has a big tub/bucket outside that she fills with water for us to drink, but do you know what I have learned to do? I jump in it, well I try to anyway. Only my front half fits in it though. I have always done that (even though we have our own wading pool) but the new thing I have learned is to flip the tub over ald all that glorious water pours out. I have learned how to make my own mud bath!! After the water spills on the ground I prance around in it, and 2 of my sisters and I slide and roll around in it until we are all close to the same color as Justice. Neither Aspasia or Schopenhauer will join us, but it's their loss. Josie, whose feet are finally better, looks the best covered in mud. She is white so you can really see it. Mom liked to dye her different colors sometimes, so we figure we are just helping her out and Josie turns chocolate colored just like Justice (although Justice was born that way). After we are a beautiful brown we like to ask to come i9n, and then when mom starts to open the door I slam myself through the opening and redecorate our house so it matches Josie, Justice, and I. What a treat for mom, she always complains about wanting to redecorate, so we are nice enough to do it for her. Mom says she is going to have to attach the water tub to the fence so we can't dump it, but what fun would that be? Even if she does, we will find a way. Mom says the other poodles acted much more refined until I came along, it sure has been fun corrupting them :)