Cuddle Buddies

I'm sure each and every one of you canine captivators out there have had to say on many occasions "GET OFF OF THE COUCH". Well, i know I have--part of the daily routine, really. But as much as the sight of a wiry furball on the couch evokes a streak of anger you just cannot stand up to them when you wake up in the morning to the beautiful placid sight of your dog, curled up on your already-ruffled covers. Melts me away sometimes.

Have You Ever Tried...

..letting your dog take you for a walk?

If you give in to it, you'll notice how refreshing it is.  You have to get past the fact that it isn't a simple exercise routine and realize how your dog perceives it.

It's a frolic through the city of scents, an adventure through lands where many like dogs have tread and marked their own spot and a devious opportunity to say "off with their piss!" and lay down a nice stream of karma.

It's slow, but once you get used to it you might not want to go back to being ignorant and hasty.

If you've ever read Plato's 'The Cave'...yes, exactly like that.

So go ahead, please, let your domestications relish in the way they could only be naturally selected towards.  You might even find yourself relishing as well, with a little ketchup, some onions and peppers and some good old Dijon mustard, too.

There Will Be Much Mindless Gnashing Of Teeth

I have just returned from a walk with my brother.  We take care of one of our neighborly--elderly couple's dog (Boo) twice a week and give them a long walk, on which I brought our little Labrador bitch alongside.  I noticed a few things, which I will put into delicious list style.

1)  Halfway through, I finally realized what Maddie was doing--she would always try to run ahead of us to get to the fresh smells first.

2)  Being ahead, she would sometimes get so caught up in her world that when she finally snapped to reality (a.k.a. realized there were three beings behind her) she would immediately pounce towards Boo, attempt to gnaw violently on one of her front paws, and then launch back towards the front of the pack.  And I mean LAUNCH.

3)  Whenever we would have an encounter with another neighborhood dog I would have to yank and pull Maddie until she knew that we didn't need her fooling around anymore.  Once she hurriedly groveled alongside us she would look up at us, longingly perhaps, asking us in her head "you still love me guys, right?".  Regardless of any acknowledgement she would set her gaze again towards the front of the pack.


Do you read your dog's mind?  Feel free to comment, I'd love to know I'm not the only one.

The One Time I Wish Dogs DID Suck

No, no, no; it isn't like it sounds.  It just grinds my gears, roasts my bottom sometimes.  It's fine when the dogs jump and roll and eat each other on the carpet--I can deal.  But when I just did the vacuuming for the day and Kara brings over her poop-headed pooch unexpectedly and MESSES UP the same carpet I had literally vacuumed one minute before she came over...sigh.  I just need mother nature to evolve those canines a built-in vacuum before I raise hell.

It's A Blog Eat Blog World Out There...

Welcome.  

As an introduction I will announce that this is my third blog I have ever made.  Devoted to (you guessed it!) me and my friend's dogs.  

They are idiots.  But they are our idiots, so you can't have them.

We were walking them just now and I had the stupendous idea to record their antics and stupidity in yet another blog.  It's full of suspense, slapstick, pointless barking, embarrassing photos, and even a little bit of undeveloped romance...

I hope you enjoy as we travel through the eyes of the most tortured (ahem, i mean domesticated) animals we could get our hands on.  Thank you and good morning.