Being somefing else for Halloweenie!

I don't real unnerstand what Halloweenie is for, but I love pwaying dress up!  I don't know what to be for Halloweenie vis year, here are some fings I fought might be good:

 Bicyco rider!!  I have all va gear I can borrow from dads!  Aren't I handsunness??













I even have a helmet to wear cuz safey is real 'portant!











I could be a superhero wiff vis mask!  Hmmm, what would my superhero name be, vo? 

 Vis is a funny wig from dads Shaggy costume.  Haha!!  Do I look like Shaggy from Scooby Do??














I used to fink I was a vampire.  Look how ferocious I was, and even had glowing eyes!












Vis is my winter hat so my beautiful ears don't get cold.  Not really a costume, but I real like it.  I could be a skier or somefing.  Oh, maybe I can get va snowboard out and be a snowboarder!!

 Vese are some awesome sauce 'weenie cookies we gotted from Auntie Sue yesserday.  OMGAWD vey are so nummy business!  My sisters and I are sharing vem! 

OK, if you have costume ideas, let me know!!

Love,
Hogie

Being "dangerous!"

Va monf of October is also called "Pibble Awareness Monf".  I fink everyone should focus on Pibbles every day cuz vey are real niceness and everyfing!  I have a wot of Pibble friends and cousins and vey are good, good boys and girls.  I am happy to call vem my friends and famiwy!  Moms always says vat John Q Public is too quick to judge.  I fink John is a doodlehead!!!  GAWD John, get to know vese dogs first and VEN talk about vem, OK???  Yes, some Pibbles aren't nice.  Also, some Poodles aren't nice (like va one vat jumped on my face at 'gility!!), little tiny dogs can be not nice, and everyfing.  You have to look at va owners and how vey treated va poor fings.  Blame vem, not a whole entire breed of dog!  A wot of people fink Dobermans and Rottweilers and German Shepherds are meanies, too.  Not fair!!!

Anyway, vis bwog is about some of va Pibbles I know.  Enjoy!

Vese are my cousins.  Mayo is va beeyooootiful girl on va left and Timmy is va handsome brindow boy on va right.  Auntie Wauren and Unca Steve are vere moms and dads.  Auntie Wauren said vis about vese two awesome sauce puppers:
Mayo was found limping along a road downstate with a broken leg, and Timmy was found limping around the hood on his elbows with bendy arms. They like "walks," "squirrels" and "grandpa"! They LOVE each other and cry when they are separated.
Moms has spent a wot of time wiff vem and real, real loves vem!  So do I!

Vis is my cousin, Tyr!  He is almost same color as me and everyfing!!  He is super awesome wiff his dog brovers and sisters and even wiff Frigga va cat!  Also, he has human sisters and a brover and is really a good boy!  He only has 3 legs but he doesn't let vat stop him from having fun and living va good life!!!  Here's his bio from when he was wiff my rescue group:  "Gimpy" was born with a club foot that unfortunately had to be amputated. He has adjusted well since he could never use it anyway. He has a great personality and anyone who gets to adopt this special boy will be getting a wonderful companion.He is fully crate trained and seems to be housebroken as well.  He is great with the other dogs but right now is separated due to the surgery. He was surrendered by a person who had bred her female Pit Bull. She was devastated to give him up but did a wonderful job of raising him until she turned him over to us.  She also now realizes how many homeless Pit Bulls there are out there and will be spaying the mom.
Love you, Tyr, you handsome boy, you!!

Oh my, anover beauty!  Vis is Miss Petey, my Auntie Andrea's awesome sauce Pibble girl!  Auntie says vis:  "We got her from some guy in Rockford who was trying to give her up but the local Petsmart or Petco would not take her because she is a Pit. How sad!  Anyway she found a loving home with us and is very happy, she is fantastic around everyone! She is quite the snuggler and loves to just hang out. I would love to bring her everywhere with me because she does so well in any situation. I must say she defiantly gives the Pitbull  a good name hopefully we can turn this crazy stereotype around!"  I hope we can, too, Auntie Andrea!!

Now introducing Vito & Monday!  Vey are owned by my Auntie Erin.  Auntie Er got marriaged and now I also have Unca Nickwis!!  Yay!!  Anyhow, vese are two of vere crew.   Monday is va bwue girl, and she are so prettiness!!  Hubba hubba!! Auntie Er says "she is a certified Canine Good Citizen and loves to meet new people every day. She really can't hold her licker. When at home she loves to lie in front of the window and calmly watch the world go by. She's quite the snuggler and can't fall asleep unless she's under the covers and in between your legs."  Awww, I love snugglers!!

Vito is va handsome brindow and white boy!  I'm told "the world is a scary place for Mr. Vito. He's happiest at home in his own yard where he can play chase games with his brothers. He is OBSESSED with balls and won't stop until you hide them all. He's a talker and likes to 'grumble' and 'complain' when getting let out of his crate. He also likes to be covered up and will completely cover himself up in his crate to go to sleep."  Aww, it's OK lil cousin!  Your moms and dads will keep you safe and stock full of bwankies!!

Auntie Er and Unca Nickwis also foster a wot for va rescue I vowunteer wiff, Illinois Doberman Rescue Plus.  One of vere fosters is a Pibble named Hockey!  He real looks like Monday, hahaha!  You can see him and read about him here:  http://www.ildoberescue.com/available/plus-dogs/hockey/  If you fink you want to adopt him, fill out an application, OK?  Maybe Auntie Erin will pick you!  It's a real 'portant job to be a parent for a dog vat wots of people fink is dangerousness.  It becomes your job to 'splain to vat dingdong, Mr John Q Public, how good vey can be.  Are you up for vat challenge?

So far, I've learned vis about Pibbles: vey real like to snuggler and vere moms and dads always want to be wiff vem.  Doesn't every soul deserve vat? 

Love,
Hogie

Being scared to deff!!!

So va over night, my big sister Cals like ca'lapsed and everyfing!  She were barfing during va day when moms and dads were at work and ven tried to do it again but somehow choked on it.  Fank goodness sakes moms was home ven, as she did va hindlick 'neuver on Cals and ven Cals was all betterness!  Cals got real mad cuz moms was holding her, so ven she started kickboxing moms and everyfing.  I said "Cals, stop punching moms, you jackax!"

Moms was real scared and it made me have va sadness.  I tried licking her face to make it better and everyfing.  Ven, when Cals frew up, I tried to help mom cwean it up... wiff my mouf.  Moms didn't like vat one bit!  Moms, dads, and I were talking 'bout vis hindlick 'neuver and moms says she didn't do it va right way for dogs she didn't fink.  Dads said "well, Cali is alive, so whatever you did was great!".  Ven moms started researching it more wiff me and I fought I'd post some info so peoples could make sure vey know more what to do when vere pet is sick OK?  Moms is going to edit vis some, cuz it has real 'portance!

Here are some good websites:
General info:
http://www.peteducation.com/category.cfm?c=2+1677

ASPCA:
http://www.aspca.org/Pet-care/dog-care/dog-care-emergency-care

ASPCA Poison Control:
http://www.aspca.org/Home/Pet-care/poison-control


You should real get to know more about what is common in your dog's breed (if vey are purebred), too, cuz sometimes certain breeds have real common problems.  Like, I'm a Doberman Pinscher, and we are real 'ceptible to Bwoat, Diwated Cardiomyopafy, Wobblers, Cancer, etc.  (edit: Bloat, Dilated Cardiomyopathy).  Bwoat is va only one of vose vat is emergency really.  Moms and dads keep Green Jelly Beans (edit: Gas-X) on hand at ALL times so if vey fink me or my sisters are bwoating, we get to eat one.  Moms says it can save a life by buying time to get to va 'mergency room!  A wots of dogs of over breeds can bwoat, too, not just Dobermans, ok?

Also, don't forget vat if you fink your pet was poisoned by a big huge meanie or maybe he/she ate somefing vey shouldn't have, you can all va ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center at 888-426-4435.  Vey are real nice and helpful!  My auntie Tam works vere, and she is awesome sauce!!!

One of va topics in va link above is 'bout making a first aid kit.  It is real 'portant to have some fings on hand just to do va bestest you can if trouble comes around.  I real hope trouble stays far away from you and yours, my friends.  If it does, your moms/dads will do everyfing vey can to help, I just know it!

Stop, drop, and roll!  OK, vat is really only for fire, but I'm a fire chief, 'member??  OK!

Love,
Hogie

Being real busy ness and everyfing!!

Hi everyone!  I have been real busy ness doing stuff and everyfing like vat.  I will start doing my bwog more again, but first I fought I would catch you up on my whereabouts.  In a small nutshell, here's va scoop:

My Halloweenie neckwace came and it is va bestest neckwace yet!  It has all sorts of cuteness pictures on it and also fweece lining on va inside which is real nice on my delicate fur and skin!  You can order your own neckwaces from my Auntie Cwaudia, just look at her website!  She also makes coats, snoods, and everyfing!!  http://www.etsy.com/shop/COZYHORSE

I gotted real yumminess cupcapes from Auntie Sue.  She made vem and everyfing!  OMG, SO good!  I gave one to each of my sisters, too, cuz I'm a good boy who learned to share, mom says!  Auntie made vem for her boy, Phinny, who is anover red Doberman boy and is very special.  His momma bit him in va head and everyone fought he wouldn't make it so IDR+ took him and got him betterness!  Ven he became Auntie's baby boy :-)  He's real handsome and super nice boy!

I learned vat Sarah Farah Bearah is an awien!  Hahahaha!  Look at her cuckoo eyebaws!  Speaking of eyebaws, if you're not on my Facebook page you wouldn't know vat SFB bit me in va eyebaw.  It was crazy business!  Moms says it was just accident, but I'm not so sure!

Oh, I went on a 'cation wiff moms!  We stayed at Auntie Pams house.  I had so much fun running and pwaying in her big huge ginormous yard and also seeing all my friends:  Melvin, Degas, Robin, Starbuck, Newton, Miracle, Jackie Bwackie (I'm real loving her!), Annie Banannie, and foster boy Tesla (aka Al Bino!).  Here's a pic of me and Cals wiff Newton.  Sometimes he's a little bit creepy, haha, cuz he just bulls his way wherever he wants to go!  For va record, I am NOT hiding behind Cals, I was just finking about going in va baby tiny crate.  Vat crate was totally awesome!!  I folded my legs up and climbed in!


Since I got home from a 'cation, dads has been teaching me how to pway MW3 on his EpsBops system, or somefing like vat.  It's a wot of fun and I'm awesome sauce at it! 

I have to get ready for my Big Fun Day wiff my pals His Royal Highness Va Kone and little miss Coco Von Nut.  I hope va wetness maker doesn't go on tomorrow, or else we can't go :-(

I hope you are all doing well, OK??  I real miss everyone.  Fanks for all va emails, FB notes, texts, and everyfing!

Love,
Hogie