Project 52: Doxie Edition

Week 1: In The Kitchen
Fifty-two weeks, of dachshunds? Can y'all handle the cuteness? :)

Texas stares me down, trying to figure out if the treat jar I'm using as a camera stand, will start popping out treats soon.

Bubbles doing what she does best. Complain, complain, complain.

I love Bubbles to death, but good Lord this dog can whine like no bodies business. Here lately if I'm doing anything other than pay attention to her, she's whining. And trust me, she can whine for .... at least 15 minutes straight. My patience is throughly shattered, and I'm giving her what I think she wants.

However, I'm done. I've been making the "she's 13, she deserves to do exactly she wants" excuse and its no longer cool. I've realized, just as with puppies, older dogs can develop bad habits if you let them.

 As of yesterday I've come up with a new plan. Bubbles starts whining and I KNOW she's had all she NEEDS... aka frequent potty breaks, water, and food. She's going to her time-out chair. Even at 13 years old, we're practicing some tough love. So far tonight we've been outside at least four times, she's had dinner (and some snacks) and has a full bowl of clean water. Other than wanting attention/thinking I'm eating from the table I'm typing at... I know she's good. :)

So to the chair (a comfy arm chair) we go!

And off she came, and the whining started again.

So back we went.

And despite the mournful stare she's giving she's staying.

Now that's she's good, I'm off to snuggle with her.

:)

 

Didya Miss Me?

Please excuse the dust as mom tries to get this blog thingy set back up here Mmk!?

Texas - Sitting on a black and white bed

Wordless Wednesday

Rob - 7 weeks old - Looks up at the camera from the porch

The End.

Did you know, since I came in 2008 I has helped mom raise and train about ....um.....9 service dogs/puppies in training? Pompei stayed the longest than all the others ones, so I think they should defiantly put my name down as a "co-raiser" of him. 

Me teachin him da fine arts of runnin at top speed

Me showin him da pool was not so scary...

He made fun of my scarf! What can I say!?

He wouldn't have even been as great if hadn't showed him the ropes. The house is super duper quiet now that he's not around, and I hates ta even say this butt...........


I think I might  miss him.


Me and Bubbles rode in the car with Mom and Pompei, on Saturday so we could go meet the people who was driving him up to New York. Mom was driving super fast, cause she got her times mixed up and didn't realize she had an hour more of traveling than the people meeting her, so she had the pedal to the metal. 


And she also made me ride on the car seat, which was completely not right, cause I can't even get as warm as I could sitting in her lap, but she was not even changing her mind, so I crowded on the seat with Bubbles. 

Let me tell you. That girl hogs up a whole locka space. And she didn't even move over so I could lay nicely. So I went back and slept in the back seat with Pompei. 


Then all of the sudden we was there, and mom was getting Pompei out of the car and walking him over to another lady in a van. I had ta scream for a little bit cause SHE FORGOT I WAS IN THE CAR!?! ...


....but she didn't even come back 'til the lady put Pompei in the car. Then she came and let me and Bubbles go potty, as the vans were leavin, we could see Pompei's head pop into the window, cause I think he was wonderin' why we wasn't comin with him....


That made mom all kinds of sad, so she then she thought I'd make a good cuddle toy.. 


NOT!


Then she did that crying thing, and had to use up the box of tissues the lady gave her. Sigh. Humans. 


After that she got herself some food, and didn't even share ANY with me. Not even a CRUMB. I thought that was highly unfair, and sat in the back of the car and barked at people while they walked by. 


Then FINALLY we drove away back to our home place. 


Anddd its been really borin around here. I tried ta get Bubbles to play wit me and she only plays for like 5 seconds and then she goes to lay down. 


Mom says I got four weeks until I get another play mate....


I don't know if I can wait dat long....


Anyone wanta play?

Dumb Moms

Me, laying on da bed while mom pets me, and almosts drops her phone on me. 

Hello bloggy peoples. You wanna know what my mom did today!? Well I tells you wether you wanna know or knots. SHE DELETED A BUNCH OF BLOGS I WAS READIN!!?!?  Wasn't even payin attention ta what she was doin and 'stead of clickin "MARK ALL AS READ" on her google reader thingy she clicked "UNSUBSCRIBE FROM ALL in SMALL DOG BLOGS folder". (I has to separate them so I don't read pompei's boring SD stuff)  I couldn't even believe it! Now all i has in my google reader is...Service dog blogs (eh) and BIG dog blogs. grrr. So now I gots to go back and finds all does blog dogs! GRR. 
Dis is NOT a happy Monday.

Tug of War..the Lazy version

Ok, so we all knows how to play tug-of-war wit our brotthers, sisters moms, dads whatevers. I persoably thinks that is a lot of wasted energies, so only play it wit those I can beats. Like not mom. 
Butt anyway I'm here to tell you about the all new patented 
LAZY TUG!!!

Pompei and me play "real" tug

. Ok the first step in lazy tug, is a long toy, like dis rope toy.

Next step is to find a nice comfy spot toy lay down and holds the toy firmly in your teeth. 

Den you just kinda chews on it with your teeths...and only pull if pulled. 

You can also use your growly voice if your other 'pponent is pullin to hard. 

That works wit POmpei....

Sometimes.... 

Sometimes you has to stand up to get a better grip. 
Also notice how i has Pompei strateegagickly positioned under the coffe table? He can't even go no where and pull.
Genius I knows. 

I am in charge of the toy!

You guys shoul try dis sometime it is very theraputik and makes you has more energy to play when your peoples get tired!! 

Can I haz a treat pleaseeee???

 

I have been a REAAAALLL GOOOD BOY!!

Mom's Little Helper

So Pompei gets a lots of attention cause he's some big shot helper dog fur people. Or that's what mom tells everybody. I know'd da truths! Butt mom said I couldn't even say nuttin on dis blog..but i can sneaks and tell you it has somtin ta do wit her camera and somebodies teeths. ooooooooooohooohooohoooo!!!

Intyways since I can't even go into stores and stuff like Pompei does, I do help mom out all the time at home cause I'm good like dat. Like here I ams helping her bringing da groceries. I knowed dat looks like a big bag but don't even worry I gots it in alright. 

with some help from mom.

Den I had to helps her when she put alla foodss in the plastic ben thingys cause we gots mice too in our house and we don't like sharing da food wit dems. This is da most important job cause mom always makes a mess when she is pouring da bag thingy so I has to make sure to clean up every.little.peice.of kibbles so dat the mousies don't get it. umm... Pompei and Bubbles help doin' dat too sometimes...

Texas snoozing on "mom's lap

 Then I gots to help mom do her homework. Lemme tell you dat is a tough job cause I mean she has a lotta words to write an sometimes I just run plumb outta them. So then I have to take a nape to get my brain juices flowin again. Most of da time I'm just getting to a good dream when mom duMPS me outta her laps sayin sometin about "being cramped up or sleeping legs" or somethin.

So you can see dat even thou I don't go places like pompei does I'm still a big helper to my mom. 

P.S. - Mom says that she doesn't think that our HOUSE has fleas which is good, cause I ain't never had a flea and Pompei says its not fun at all. So dat is good. Mom also says dat she wishes she could treat da outside buuttt when you has 4-5 acres dats kinda ..well impossible. Oh well.

Wordless Wednesday

Today I tried to look into mom's camera too see what was da big deal wit her using it allda time.

"Sorry Pompei I don't see no treats in here." 

"Hello?Anyone at home??" 

"OMD! THERE's an EYE IN HERE!" 

I always did wonder where my other eye went off too!? 

Now all I gots to figure out is how ta gets it outta there! 

IGNORE PREVIOUS POST

So here I am mindin my own busyness and I come to my blog and WHAT DO I SEE?? My very own DOGMA has posted all kinds of rubbish lies stuff about me. Seriously mom? Me!? Head of Home Security, AFRAID OF PEOPLE?!?!? 


I know you guys don't believe a word she said, which is good cause. NONE OF THAT IS TRUE. I laugh at the thought of ME being AFRAID of a human. BOL!


Well...cept for that one lady i was just WALKIN BY Mindin my OWN BUSYNESS when all of the sudden she starts SCREAMING and hITTING at me with her BOOK!? So yeah i didn't even know what she as doin and decided to try and scare her off a little but den mom picked me up so she couldn't even get me any more. So then I had ta tell her off..butt mom cut that short and took me inside. Meanie.


You wanna know if i did bite somebodies? Uh............i have no rekolection of any thing like that. Oh and I plead tha fifth. (whatever that means)


All I gots to say is. Don't believe everything you read. 


Oh and in other news. K so I know you all thinks Pompei some wonderful little angel dog cause mom likes to put up tha GOOD stuffs about him. but I gots evidence that says otherwise!!!!!!


*DUN DUN DUN*


See dis?

Andd Dis>>

and look at dIs! 

I know. I've hopefully completely destroyed your faith and trust in the goodness of Pompei. And restored my good name as well. 
its tough I know. But someone had to do it. And dats what I'm here for. 

A Sing-A-Long

Theeeeeeerrrre ain't no bugs on meeeee...........

Theeeeeeerrrre ain't no bugs on meeeee...........

There may be bugs .....

On some of you mugs......

BUTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT

There ain't no bugs on ME!!!

Anymore! 

Yah I had some bugs on me. let me tell you THEY HURT! I had to scratch and itch and bit and they wouldn't even leave me alone!! I only got them when I went to stay with my Aunt Libby in NC, while mom was gone away. And she didn't like dat at ALL and gave me and my bed, and her dogs, and the floors and the couch and her car a LOTTA BATHS, so day would go away. I even had that stinky FrontDoor   Frontline stuff, but it didn't even work! Den mom came and took me back to TN and there were no more bugs ...untillllll..mom took me wit her and my other Aunties on a boat trip, cept I couldn't go on so mom had too stay with me, but she said that's cause she weren't going to go rafting anyway. Butt anywooofs, the boat places was in the NC place so gues WHAT!?! When I got home I has a lotta of bug dirt allover my butt.  

So mom had a freak out and gave me ANOTER BATH!?!?! Butt.. it wasn't too to bad cause then there weren't no more bug dirt on me. Mom guessed dat my frontline stuff was working cause she didn't find any allive bugs. Mom now says dat I can't go to NC for a couple months till all the bugs all die off. 

I'm ok with dat. 

PEES. My mom probably shoulda used the Advantage stuffs! I'm just sayin.

                                 

All Together Again

Yeah... we've missed this face. :)

Wordless Wednesday - Attack!

Zooommmiees!

I finally broke down and realized I just need to go ahead and clear out my memory card. Its a complicated process. Believe me. Anyway I came across these photos of Pompei running around the yard. He's about four months old here. I've also discovered, over the last 3 months I've taken over 300 photos of Pompei...and 86 of Bubbles and Texas. Hmmm.....

Zoomies

{A perfect example of the labby tuck}

{Texas is not impressed at all.}

{But can be persuaded to join in the fun if barked at enough}

{Weeeeeee!!}