The Visitor

Last week Grandma's cats went to their new home. They lived with us for over a year. I miss them. Mostly I miss their food bowls that I got to lick when they were done eating. I look in the room where they stayed after every meal, but still, nothing. I went to the vet last week and I only weigh 58 pounds! My human says "Good." I say "FEED ME!!!! I'm starving!"

Today I went for a long walk. I went to Parkview Pet Supplies and had a thumper. MMMMMMM! Thumpers!! Then we came home and guess who was outside? Knuckles. Huh? We just got rid of three cats and I'm thinking we could stand to lose a couple more and now we're adding a dog? He's just here for a little while, right? Like an hour? Two? Why does he need a bed? Here's a picture of me and Knuckles in the kitchen.
We are so hungry! After his humans left we went for a walk. Then a couple hours later we went for another walk. Hey! I don't need to walk this often and I'm pretty sure he's faking it just to go outside. He was still here at dinner time. Here's a picture of me and Knuckles and the cats in the kitchen waiting for dinner.

Well, most of us are waiting; Shadow is on the counter trying to self serve some dog food. I like having Knuckles around for dinner because he never finishes his food and I get to eat what he leaves behind. Except he eats really slow and my human makes me wait until he's done. You can eat more than one piece of kibble at a time! Here, let me show you. I wasn't allowed to show. Mmmmmmmore, please! Extra dinner was good, but I'm not going out again tonight no matter what!

Any Press is Good Press!

Oh boy, I'm on Tails Magazine's website! It's an article about how my humans rescued me called "Bringin' Home A Grizzly." You can read it here. Do I get treats for that? Why not??

NOT My Idea of Winter!

Huh? Where's my snow? Why is it warm again? WHAT HAPPENED TO WINTER???!!! I was so happy last week in the snow! Here's a picture of me playing tug of war with my friend Roethke.


We could have played outside all day! We weren't allowed. The next day all the snow was gone. I should have been allowed!! Now I'm stuck in the house and it's hot and boring. Here's a picture of me stuck in the house.

It's blurry. See how hot and bored I look? Hmph!

Winter...Maybe...Yes!

Last week it snowed! At first it just snowed a little bit. But still...SNOW!! Here's a picture of me in the little bit of snow.

Feels. So. Good!! Here's a close up of me in the snowy park.

It looks like I'm snarling, but I'm not - I'm eating snow! MMMMMMM!!!!!! I walked to Starbuck's. It snowed the whole way there and stuck to my fur. So nice and cool! Here's a picture of me outside of Starbuck's in my snow coat.

I'm hoping my human has whipped cream for me. He didn't. Why not? I was promised whipped cream! We went to the beach instead. Here's a picture of me on the beach.

Oh boy! I'm the only dog there! I got to lie on the beach for a while. When I got home, I wanted to lie in the front yard. Here's a picture of me lying in the front yard.

You can keep saying "Grizzly, come!" all you want - I'm not moving! They made me move. I didn't want to go inside - I was afraid the snow would melt. But it didn't melt - it just kept snowing!!

The next day I went out and met my friend Roethke in the park. We played for a long time. Here are some pictures of us playing in the snowy park.



I got really tired. Here's a picture of me resting with my wool ball.

It's hard to see my ball in the snow...which is why it got lost in the park. So if anyone finds my purple wool ball in the park, please give it back. I'd like to find my ball, but I hope the snow doesn't melt for a really, really long time!

Christmas 2011!

Is it Christmas already? Oh boy! What did I get?! What did I get?! I got beef liver treats, mmmmmmmm and thumpers MMMMMMMMMMMM and chicken sausage treats MMmmngghhhmmmmm!!!! More please!! I didn't get more. After all the presents were open I got to go to the beach! Here's a picture of me on the beach on Christmas.

See how nice and cool the water looks? I was just getting comfortable when my humans said it was time to go. Huh? We just got here! Here's a picture of me asking to stay.

Please???? How could anyone say no? They didn't! Here's a picture of me napping on the beach with my human.

Hey! I'm not furniture! Then my humans said we really had to go. I went to the end of the beach. It's called a compromise. Here's a picture of me compromising.

My humans made me get up. But it's CHRISTMAS! When we got to the street, I put my paws down. Actually, I put all of me down. I'M. NOT. LEAVING! Here's a picture of me NOT leaving.

As long as there's sand, it's still the beach! My humans made me get up - again. Hmph! I better get some more of my presents when we get home! (I did! MMMMMMMMMMMMM!!!!!)

Back to Prairie Wolf Dog Park!

A couple of weeks ago I went back to Prairie Wolf Dog Park. There was snow on the ground! I went with a whole pack of dogs. Here's a picture of the whole pack.

It's me, Chyna, who usually growls at me, but we got along just fine, (yeah, not so tough without the leash holding you back, huh?), Kayla, Dude and Bailey. There was so much to smell! Here's a picture of me and Dude smelling stuff.

I moved before he peed on my head. (Only my friend Roethke gets to do that!) We all got separated in the brush trying to avoid the big mud swamp - well, the humans were trying to avoid it, I was trying to get in the middle of it - and look what I found, a new pack! Here's a picture of me coming out of the brush with my new pack.
It was really crowded at the dog park. Here's a picture of me and some of my new pack and a whole bunch of other dogs.

There were lots of bushy tails there, but mine was the bushiest!

The Power of Prayer and Practicing My New Tricks!

Last week at my tricks class I started learning to pray. You know what I prayed for??? SNOW!!!! And it worked!!! Here's a picture of me learning to pray in my tricks class.
And here's a picture of me yesterday in the SNOW!

It's not a picture of what I'm doing, it's a picture of what I'm NOT doing - I'm NOT going inside! I wanted to stay out all day! I wasn't allowed. I'm so excited about this praying thing! Know what I'm praying for next?? BACON! And rabbits! Fat, juicy whole rabbits!! And more snow!!!!! I can't wait!

Last night my humans had a party. There was so much food! It smelled so good! It was a perfect time to practice my new paws up trick! Here's a picture that Yvette took of me next to the food table.

This is after I used my paws up trick to eat half a plate of salami and half a wheel of brie. MMMMMMMMMore please! I kept waiting for the humans to leave the room so I could get some more, but they didn't. My human said I couldn't have any more food, but I think she was really proud of me for using my new trick. Later they had a Gladiator Gift Exchange. Hey, where's mine? I didn't get a gift, but when everyone was distracted, I used my paws up trick to lick some blue cheese dip off a plate! I guess they weren't that distracted because here's a picture of me licking the plate.

See how my paws are up on the coffee table? My human must be so proud!