Hi Everyone

It is nice meeting new friends on Twitter and I love to talk to everyone I am meeting.   My Mom is pretty generous with her timing, cause I know we are super busy in our office place, but she lets me Tweet between waiting for other things to happen.   Good thing Tweeting is QUICK!      (Like my sis, Scarlett, the Rat T, who just raced down the road to have an adventure.... oh well.   She will be back)

                               So.  Where was I?

One of my Tweeting Friends is @DogArtist2 and I love the things that she creates, but I was noticing that she did not have any PitBull portraits and I told her she was missing out, cause I was available.     And so!   This was my present:
                                      
     

Is this not just the most wonderful thing you have ever seen?  Except of course for me in person?   And she even got the inside of my ears pink, (and around my nose).   When I am embarrased or sometimes if I am afraid of something, then my ears and my lips turn bright pink inside.   That in itself is very, very embarassing as I am a PitBull for goodness sake.     It must be all my kindness coming through.   HA.

BTW - Scarlett is home.     She is such a sneaky thing and loves to have adventures.   But one thing.   She chases OFF all of the darn squirrels when she is outside running freely.   This is a good thing.  Our squirrels have become something of an issue in our garden and home.

So, back to my friend who is named, BTW,  Angie.         This is what Angie wrote to us:

"I had it in my mind for awhile to do this, since awhile back when you tweeted me about the world needing more pitbull art  Bob was the perfect candidate! His expressions are priceless in the many wonderful photos and descriptions on your blog, which made it much fun~I enjoyed reading and will be back to your blog to read more. "


If you want to wake up your lazy Mouse Person who has probably been asleep for hours by now, then you can ask it to take you for a wonderful cyberspace ride and land you at Art by Angie   and you can have fun for a long time checking out all the great pictures.   Somehow or another Miss Angie just seems to get it right, doesn't she?

         And this is fun.... see how my Mom was smart enough to figure out how to put this in here so it entertains us?     It takes my Mom a long, long time to learn stuff, but afterward she gets things straight.    


Angie was on my friend Moira's Blogging which is called Dog Art Today and you can go and visit that Blog by asking your mouse nicely to make another short trip to Dog Art Today  so you can check it out and subscribe to this amazing Blog which comes in our mailbox all of the time. 

Maybe Ms. Moira will talk about Ms. Angie and me and how wonderful PitBulls are and so mis-understood but that Ms. Angie has captured  what our real personalities  are like.    Sometimes the artist can see things that even the camera cannot.    Mom says it is like looking into a dog's soul.

So thank you, thank you, thank you, Ms. Angie and I am hoping that many, many of my friends will come to visit you and maybe get their special portrait done.     

Love and LIcks,

Bob
...............famous artist's model
.....................  pink ears too!



Oh and by the way.... Ms. Angie does kitties, and horses, and all other pets and their people too!   WOW!

I have heard from my friend Erich with 2Dogs2000Miles  and we have a lot of working to do to make this years CANCER CAN'T KEEP A GOOD DOG DOWN CALENDAR as good as it was last year, or hey.   What the heck.   Let's make it better.

So I told my friend that I would do some blogging about the calendar  (you know my "sis" Daisy was last years cover girl and raised a lot of money.... but don't worry, she won't be "running" this year, so YOU can win)    But to be in the calendar, first you just have to send in a submission and even though it is summertime and everyone is really busy, I know you can do this.

I asked Mr. Erich (and of course the Big Dog, Mr. Luke) if I could just copy some words from their Blogging and they said Sure.... Go Ahead..... Cut and Paste your little paw off.     They are such jokers, those two.   So here is what they wrote about:


Last year we published our first Cancer Can’t Keep A Good Dog Down Calendar. We received 82 submissions and because of its success, we were able to donate $1,100 to the Morris Animal Foundation (MAF) in support of their Canine Cancer Campaign. MAF is one of the leaders in funding comparative oncological studies.

Going forward, we want to recognize other institutions and individuals who work tirelessly for the advancement of companion pet cancer research and this year, we've designated two that have played an important part in 2 Dogs 2000 Miles:

Tufts Veterinary School Harrington Oncology Program. Not long after Malcolm was diagnosed with osteosarcoma I spent months trying to understand canine cancer. I met two pivotal people at Tufts, Shelly Rodman and Dr. John Berg who not only provided me with the latest research articles, they gave me insight into how I could one day help.

You did remember that I, Bob, am collecting postcards, didn't you? 
                 If you have forgotten, can you please remember now?
                  If you never knew about this, then can you send me a postcard just as fast as possible?

I think that in addition to being the World's Only Blogging PitBull Reporter Extra Ordinary,  that collecting postcards is something that most dogs just don't do.   I don't know why they don't do it, cause let me tell you it is so much fun to walk to the mailbox at the end of our dirt road and jump up and stick one's nose into the warm mailbox and yipeeeee..... a card for me.   Bob.

Today I got a whole package full of cards AND some bookmarks AND my very own magnet, all from my friend Alice, who lives with my other friend, Anne.  Actually, I am in love with Alice and I really want to meet her, but looking at her beautiful picture is the next best thing, I guess.

                                                 

This is Alice and that is her ART PICTURE that her Mom, Anne has made of her.    That's the little face that is on my Magnet and is in a lot of Anne's Art.     The next time you are in Chicago, you really need to go to their studio and meet everyone there.  And of course, tell them that BOB sent you.

                                Does this not look like a wonderful place to visit and spend a lot of time doing it?        

Sometimes I wish that my Mom was more artistic.    She is very wordy, but not so great with the painting brush.    She can cook, sometimes when she really wants to, and she can garden, if she feels like it.    And she used to make pretty blanket tops out of scraps of cloth which is called Piecing a Quilt Top.    Unfortunately she never got beyond the piecing the top part and so we have a lot of tops with no insides or backs on them. 

But I am grateful that Mom can put some words on paper like she does because that is almost art --- in a way.  

Alice is happy because her Mom not only paints all the surfaces everywhere with her happy, happy colors and designs, but she can make little Alice dolls too!   Wow!  



   


  I will have to ask Ms. Anne if she could make a Bob Doll.     What color do you suppose I would be if I was a Bob Doll?   We'll have to do some serious thinking on that one, won't we?  
              I think I should be red and purple.  I looked around in my picture books to find a photo of me that made me look like I was posing for Ms. Anne and I liked this one in front of our garden shed door because it is a very arty door and makes me look like a serious artist-dog-model.   
                                             


What do you think Ms. Annie?  Would I not make a nice model for your art working? 
                               Let me know and I'll be happy to pose whenever you want.

And BTW, if you want to learn a lot more about Ms. Anne and Alice and Alice's other friends, then you can ask your MousePerson to wake up and take you away to Chicago to see Alice


But, I am forgetting where I started and that is with the Postcard Sending.  I have over 35 post cards in my collection right now and they have been coming from ALL OVER THE WORLD.   Isn't that amazing?   I especially have a lot of friends in The United Kingdom, or the UK as we say in TwitterLand.     

So.   Can you send me a PostCard as soon as possible?  It does not have to be exotic, just because it has come from you will make it wonderful.      To send me a card, first just send my Mom an e-mailing to her address at pbest@everythingandthedog.com and she will send you our SNAIL MAIL address.    We try to keep as many snails away from the mailing box as possible, but sometimes they do wander down there and on those days, I am very, very careful where I am stepping.   I am rather afriad of them, frankly.

Love and Licks,

Bob
.............. Post Card Collector & Art Lover
........................   waiting by the mailbox every day

It seems like ages and ages since I have been allowed Blogging Privileges.   Not that I have been BAD, you understand.    I try never to be bad because it just isn't worth it.    But sometimes when we are coming up on a busy time of the year - and all the Family Holidays are important when you are us, Everything & The Dog........... and then my Mom gets caught up in working like a crazy woman and I get shoved to the back of the burning stove.    Or burners on the back.  Or whatever it is called when you are not the most important thing in the world.

I try and try to explain to my Mom that I have important work to do.   I am a very important Reporting PitBull Extra Ordinary and Boy Bloginator and I have people waiting to hear important things that come from my brain.     I work very, very hard at thinking up things to Blog about that are not silliness and I have a lot of friends.   So it doesn't seem fair, does it, when I am trying so hard to do a good job and no one cares to help me with my working.     

It would be very nice if you sent some comments so that my Mom and my Sister would understand a little better that I am a critical cog in the wheel around here.   Thanks.

So.  

Today is Father's Day, and I want to wish all of my 2-leg friends who are FATHERS a happy, happy day.   And of course, to all of my 4-legged friends who are Father's too.     I may have told you that our WillowBee is the daughter of our neighbor, Willie, The Black Lab, and so since Willie is right next door, she wandered down the road this morning and took her Dad a very nice Chewie and a card too.    It is doubtful that Willie will be able to read the card without help from his own 2-legged Dad, but I am certain he has absolutely no doubt as to what to do with the Chewie.     
Here is the Bee, with her own chew toy...... no Dad could be prouder of a daughter who looked like this, now could they?

                                  

You will remember that on Mother's Day, I had my Mouse Person take me out to my friends at Wikipedia and found out some interesting facts about Mom's Day.   Therefore, it seems only fair that I enlighten all of us about Dad's Day.

Per Wikipedia, this is what I learned:

Father's Day is a day honoring fathers, celebrated on the third Sunday of June in 52 of the world's countries and on other days elsewhere. It complements Mother's Day, the celebration honoring mothers.

Fortunately for all of us, there was much more, because if this was all that Wikipedia had to say about Father's Day, I would be terribly disappointed, since all of those facts, I could have figured out on my own.   HA.    But there is more.

Father's Day is a celebration inaugurated in the early twentieth century to complement Mother's Day in celebrating fatherhood and male parenting, and to honour and commemorate fathers and forefathers. Father's Day is celebrated on a variety of dates worldwide and typically involves gift-giving, special dinners to fathers, and family-oriented activities.

The first observance of Father's Day is believed to have been held on July 5, 1908 in a church located in Fairmont, West Virginia, by Dr. Robert Webb of West Virginia at the Williams Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church South of Fairmont.^{[1] [2]} The church still exists under the name of Central United Methodist Church.

Isn't it interesting about West Virginia?   I think I remember that West Virginia had something to do with Mother's Day observing too, so I guess that means that being a parent in West Virginia is an important thing.  But here is something interesting that I think is really unfair:

It took many years to make the holiday official. In spite of support from the YWCA, the YMCA and churches, it ran the risk of disappearing from the calendar.^[4] Where Mother's Day was met with enthusiasm, Father's Day was met with laughter.^[4] The holiday was gathering attention slowly, but for the wrong reasons. It was the target of much satire, parody and derision, including jokes from the local newspaper Spokesman-Review.^[4] Many people saw it as just the first step in filling the calendar with mindless promotions like "Grandparents' Day", "Professional Secretaries' Day", etc., all the way down to "National Clean Your Desk Day."^[4]

A bill was introduced in 1913,^[5] US President Calvin Coolidge supported the idea in 1924,and a national committee was formed in the 1930s by trade groups in order to legitimize the holiday.^[6] It was made a federal holiday when President Lyndon Johnson issued a proclamation in 1966.

That is just so unfair don't you think?   Not cause I'm a boy, but just because it is.    Father's are certainly as important as Mom's in many respects because there would be no babies (2 or 4-legged) without both of the parents.  I'm certainly happy for all the Father's in the world today who we can celebrate and thank for being around.

My own Dad, Oalie, passed away not too long after I was born and that makes me very, very sad.  I never really got to know him, cause I moved away to come and live in Virginia instead of Maine where I was born.   That's why I am so happy for our WillowBee that she will be able to really get to know Willie.     It has been noted around our home that WillowBee is the spitting image of Willie, in looks and in personality.      All of Bee's other siblings (3 girls and a boy) seem to take after their Mom, Abby.   Mr. Jim who is Willie's 2-leg Dad is thankful that Willow did not move far away and that he can see her whenever he wants to.     

Please tell all of the important father's in your life that you are Happy That  They are Who They Are, make them a special dinner (if you have 2-legs and thumbs)  and give them lots of Love and Licks otherwise.

BOB

...........  thinking about my own Dad on this Special Day



                                    
              
                                                                                                                                                                                                    
            

As some of my Twitter Friends know, I am about to give up on Isaboo Ray as a love interest. 

              I must admit, deep in my soul, that I had always doubted that Isaboo would ever write back to  me.      I figured that Isaboo would be kissing me at about the same point in time that Ellen DeGeneris would be dancing on stage with Hudson (of @HudsonandMurphy fame - you know 2Dogs2000miles 

If the truth needs to come out (and it does, I know); then I suspect that Hudson has a darn good chance of waltzing with Ellen while I have absolutely slim to none when it even comes to getting within a paw-print away from Isaboo.   That's just Life you know.   

And then there was my quest a few week-end's ago to meet Roxie (from the Viva Vienna Festival).    Since I do not know where Roxie lives, nor do I know her last name, or anything at all about her, then I think Roxie may have to be pawed off the list as well.

But here is one I think I might have a small chance with.    Not only do I know where Jaime lives, but I know her prior Foster Mom Before She Got a Forever Home Mom.   

Amanda was Jaime's Foster  AND since I am a Tweeting Friend of said Mom-Amanda and said Mom-Amanda seems to really like me, Maybe, just Maybe I will get lucky.   All I want is one small kiss.      THIS IS JAIMIE:


             



This is what Amanada had to say when we asked her about her rescue working:
"I have been fostering dogs since 2006, mostly pit bulls and pit bull mixes.  My black pit bull Rosco (my baby) came from a shelter in Ohio where they euthanize pits on arrival because they are illegal to own in that particular jurisdiction.  Someone at Animal Control saw the soul in his beautiful brown eyes and sneaked him out of there into rescue, where he became my foster dog.  It didn't take long for me to figure out he was never leaving.

Tomorrow is Saturday.   But I bet you knew that already, did you not?   And the next day is Sunday.    As everyone knows those two days are called The Week-End because it is the end of the week.     I think it should be called the Fun-Start, because a lot of people get to take those days off from their working and do some fun stuff.

And that is what I have found for you for tomorrow and for Sunday.



It's FAMILY FUN DAY, with the Proceeds bennefit the LOUDOUN COUNTY ANIMAL SHELTER.
SATURDAY, (TOMORROW) JUNE 13 FROM 10AM (that would be in the morning) until 2pm

AND GUESS WHAT?   There will be Hamburgers & Hot Dogs from Big Mike's Bar-B-Que.... oh yummmmmmmmm
                 That's even better than Fractured Prune Donuts  --- well almost.

This is a free event as TLC celebrates their SECOND ANNIVERSARY  and there will be a MOON BOUNCE (whatever in the heck that is....... can someone explain that one to me, please?) and Pet Vendors and Kid Games and you can visit with Mid-Atlantic D.O.G.S (Search and Rescue)

AND..... get this - pet drawing by local artist Anthony Barham --- Quick!  Wake up your MousePerson and have him take you to check Mr. Anthony out in his studio

                 AND, AND, AND  so much more.  

So this is how you will be spending your Saturday afternoon, correct?

Now for Sunday!  Let's go to THE SECOND ANNUAL POOCH PARADE sponsored by The Ashburn Volunteer Fire & Rescue Department.  This is what the wonderful organizers of the event have to say for us:

 "This day is dedicated to celebrating the special relationship between humans and their furry best friends ---- dogs (of course).  The event is sure to offer fun fo anyone who loves dogs.  There will be door prizes, ambulance and fire truck tours and FOOD AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE   (oh, yummmmmmmmmmmmmmmm again)   This is the second year of this great event. Last year was a HUGE success with many, many wonderful pooches, large and small.  We hope to see you back again this year.

When: June 14, 2009
       Registration Deadline: June 14, 2009

Schedule:
Registration: 10:45 am – 11:45 am
          Pooch Parade: Noon
                     Judging and Awards: 12:15 pm – 2:00 pm
                                          Working Dog Demonstrations: 2:15pm

Ambulance and Fire truck tours: Noon – 4:00 pm
              Food Sales: 11:30 – 3:00 pm
                          Cost: $10.00 1st category and $2.00 for each additional category.
                                       Categories: Best Trick, Best Costume, Best in Show.
                                              Spectator Fee: No Charge

Parade Registration:      Download and complete the registration form by June 14, 2009 and mail to:

AVFRD
Attn: Pooch Parade Committee
20688 Ashburn Road
Ashburn, VA 20147

Download Registation Form

Dogs will be Judged and Awarded as follows:

• Cutest: 6 – 12 months Ribbons for 1st, 2nd, 3rd
• Cutest: 13 – 18 months Ribbons for 1st, 2nd, 3rd
• Cutest: Over 18 months Ribbons for 1st, 2nd, 3rd
• Best Trick: Ribbons for 1st, 2nd, 3rd
• Best Costume: Ribbons for 1st, 2nd, 3rd
• Most Obedient: Ribbons for 1st, 2nd, 3rd

Rules for Dog Owners

• At time of registration owners must provide a copy of their dog’s rabies certificate.
• All dogs must be leashed and have dog license and rabies vaccine tag on collar.
• Dogs must be with owner at all times.
• We request that no dog attend if they are in heat.
• Each person who registers their dog(s) will be provided with an armband for the category their dog is registered for.  The armband will have a number, category, and time they are to be at ringside.  The judges award the ribbons and rosettes by armband number.
  
  
  

AND THIS IS THE PART I WANT TO SEE.    I'm wanting to take a ride in a fire truck!     I need to be a FireHouse Dog, perhaps?   But do you think it would be a dangerous job?   I'm not really into danger.    After all, I am afraid of the lawn mowing tractor, but please don't tell anyone.

so............... I have worked out your entire week-end of fun-ness for you.     Isn't that convenient.

Please be sure to stop at our Booth at both events, cause we will be donating some very wonderful GIFT CERTIFICATES worth a LOT of cash-o-la.

Love and Licks,

Bob
............... waiting to check out the firetruck
........................ wanting to show the fireman my jumping trick

                                                       

I am so excited to make this announcement.    Remember Last Year?  2009.  Oh wait.   That's this year.   Sorry.   But still.   Do you remember Cancer Can't Keep a Good Dog Down and the calender for 2009?  Of course you do.  But just in case, you can go to see our friends at 2Dogs2000Miles  and catch up on the most amazing adventure in the entire world and it is GOING ON RIGHT NOW.

 My sister, Daisy, who I dearly loved and is now living away from us at The Bridge, was ON THE COVER for the very first calendar in 2009.     See this!



              


And this is what Daisy wrote about having Cancer:

"It appears tht The Princess has severe right-sided cardiac enlargement, which is caused by a very large tumor on the top of my heart.  It is squeezing my poor aortic valve and so has caused right-side congestive heart failure.  Wow.  That is a long list of things wrong with one little heart, isn't it?  And so my friends, that is the story of my heart problems and the sadness that currently flies around in our home.  I just want you all to know that we are allowing ourselves to be sad only until  tomorrow, and then we are going to start again to be happy and to live life to it's very fullest, one wonderful day at a time.
  And in case you were wondering, don't forget that The Princess is presently accepting gifts and treats.  Pink is my favortie color, of course, and since treats are presently the only food product I care to eat, it really doesn't matter which kind you send me.  I like Wagatha's the best, but any old treat will do."

Daisy lost her battle on August 18, 2008.  But she never lost her spirit and this photo (by Bev Hollis) shows exactly how she felt about Cancer.  Humor was Daisy's way of life and she taught us all that without love and laughter neither people nor dogs would be able to fight the brave fight.   We miss her every single day.

SO NOW IT WILL BE TIME TO ELECT THE DOGS FOR THE 2010 CALENDAR!       We are so excited, and here is what our friend Erich tells us:

2010 "Cancer Can't Keep A Good Dog Down" Calendar Submissions Begin – After the great response and success of last year's FIRST EVER 2Dogs "Cancer Can't Keep A Good Dog Down" Calendar, we're doing it again! Submissions for the 2010 calendar begin NOW and continue through July 15^th.

So, what is this calendar and how do you get involved? Last year we put together a beautiful calendar full of pictures of our dogs (and our delightful token cat-dog) who have either passed from cancer or are still fighting the disease. The response was overwhelming, and we were flooded with photos and stories of amazing animals and their heroic battles. After all photos and stories were submitted, they were posted to our web site and people voted for their favorite K9 Heroes. After the votes* were tallied, winners were announced and 13 dogs were selected through the number of votes* they gathered, and their photos and stories were featured on our first calendar.

But – and this is the really cool part (well, I think so anyway) … every photo that was submitted was printed in the calendar. Everyone was a winner! Every beautiful face was there! The dogs who didn't win a month still won a place on the calendar and in our hearts.

So, how does this work? Well, here are the instructions below. (For those of you who were with us for last year's calendar, the instructions are basically the same. Only the dates have been changed and I've clarified the requirements for the digital photo submissions.)

If you or someone you know has had or currently has a dog with cancer, you are invited to submit your dog's photo and brief story to 2 Dogs. We ask you to please limit your submission to one digital picture per dog, and limit your story to 1 to 2 paragraphs per dog. So, if you currently have or have had a dog with cancer, here is your opportunity to honor him or her in the calendar. If you have had more than one dog with cancer, yes, you may definitely submit EACH dog's photo and brief story. Please submit your dog's photo and story to: calendar@2dogs2000miles.org . And, of course, give us not only your dog's name, but your name and contact email as well. 

When does this start? Right now. The deadline for photo and story submission is July 15, 2009 which gives you plenty of time to get those photos and stories submitted. You will receive an email notification of receipt of your photo and story. All photos  and stories will be available for viewing and voting on at our web site sometime after the July 15th deadline. After then voting will begin.

How will we decide which dog represents each month? Well, here's where you come in again. EVERYONE gets to decide -- whether or not you've had a dog with cancer. Everyone gets to vote, so please pass the word to friends, family, and co-workers. 

Here's how voting will work. Sometime after the last dog's photo and story have been submitted and all photos are up on our web site, voting begins. With a small donation of $1.00 per vote*, everyone gets to vote for his or her favorite dog(s). For example, if you want to vote 10 times for your best friend Speckles, you would donate $10.00 for Speckles and he would then get 10 votes. Or you can split your votes. If you like several dogs, you would donate X number of dollars for each dog you like and each dog would get that number of votes. Even better -- you can vote as many times as you want. This means you can vote multiple times for one dog, or one time for many dogs, or any variation thereof, and come back throughout the voting period to keep your pick in the running by casting more $1.00 votes. Voting will be open until the deadline. It's really very simple: $1.00 per vote and you can vote as many times as you want for as many dogs as you want.

 Now here's the other great news. No dog loses! While there will be only 12 dogs on the main calendar and one dog featured on the cover, each dog not chosen will still have his or her photo published in the back of the calendar. Every dog's photo submitted for the calendar will be published.

OK, here's a summary:

(1) Submit one photo and one story (1 to 2 paragraphs) per canine cancer patient – submission of photos and stories is FREE and should be sent to: calendar@2dogs2000miles.org. Photos should be at least 1 meg in size. What does this mean? Set your digital camera on the highest resolution possible. This assures the best quality photo. But what if your dog has already passed and you only have old photos? Then you can scan the photo at the scanner's highest resolution and submit that. 

(2) If you have sadly had more than one dog stricken with cancer, you may submit each dog's photo and story. Photos may be of dogs who have passed or dogs who are still here fighting their cancer.

(3) Please be sure to submit a story with your one photo. 1 to 2 paragraph limit, please. We limit this because there is only so much room on the calendar for the stories. (For those of you who would like to post more photos and longer stories about your dogs, please remember we have the puppy up! blog for just such submissions. Check out the puppy up! blog here: http://puppyup.blogspot.com/ and please consider submitting your dog's story and photos. If you'd like help doing so, simply email me at: erich@2dogs2000miles.org and I'll be happy to help!)

(4) Submissions begin immediately and continue through July 15th, ending at midnight EDT.

(5) Photos of all dogs will be posted on our web site shortly after the July 15^th deadline, and voting begins at our web site as soon as the last photo is put up. (I will announce when voting begins.)
(6) Each $1.00 donation = 1 vote. You may vote (and thus donate) multiple times! Please do! Please invite family and friends to vote as well! Votes will be cast at our website.  
Remember, each calendar will spread the important news about canine cancer, so please consider giving them as gifts to vet clinics, colleagues, groomers, your own favorite vet, as well as family and friends.

ALL photos will be published in the calendar. While only thirteen dogs will be chosen (to represent the 12 months of the year and the cover), based on the number of $1.00 votes each dog receives, EVERY photo submitted will be published in the calendar. Pictures not included in the body of the calendar will be published in the back pages, so every dog's picture will appear.

This calendar will not only help get the word out about the seriousness and prevalence of canine cancer, but will also be a lasting tribute to those beautiful dogs who struggled with and are still struggling against this disease.

We hope you will be part of this effort. Send in your photos and stories to calendar@2dogs2000miles.org , and please pass the word to family and friends.

 Well that is a lot of words from Erich, but he has a BIG job to get all the news out.  If you have a question, just ask me, BOB, and I'll help you if I can.


Just wanted to tell you that our Princess Daisy raised over $2000 from her voting friends and we want everyone to try to exceed that amount of votes this year.     It can be done.   Every single dog or kitty who has this awful disease or lost their battle needs to "REPRESENT"   as I understand is said in some circles.      I like that!   REPRESENT!   it's almost as good as PUPPY UP!

And BTW  (another thing I love is those initial thingies)........ LUKE AND HUDSON AND MURPHY ARE COMING TO LEESBURG, VIRIGINA (our town) in September.   Around the first of that month.     We are so excited.   We could just pee.  (outside, please WillowBee!).   I'll be BLOGGING a LOT MORE about that soon.   We are having a BIG EVENT that will no doubt include a evening CandleLight Memorial so we can all remember all of our lost ones.

          So get those photos and stories submitted.   Do it Now.   Don't Wait.    Now.   

Love and LIcks,

Bob
.........small brother of the most amazing BullDog Princess the World has ever known and loved
..................... taught me all I know about Blogging and life
........................... and I forgive her for saying I was dumb as a stump

My sis, Lydia, has an I-Phone.    I don't have one.  I think I need one if I am to continue my career as Boy Blogger and Reporter Extra Ordinary.   I think this is a totally reasonable request and I hope you will send me lots of comments so I can tell my Mom that I need one of these wonderful objects.

So this is what else.    My step-sister, who lives in San Diego, is named Jeanette and she has invented an application for the I-Phone.  Those things are called Apps and they are very handy.

The one from our Jeanette is called Vision Builder and it helps you make yourself a Vision Board.

Do you know what a Vision Board is?  I do, cause Mom explained it.     It when your imagination takes hold of you and you visualize what you might want or need or think you want or think you need to make you happy or healthy or wise or be in love or anything.

Here is what I am putting up as my first picture:

                


It isn't Rachel that I'm interested in, but I guess you can figure that one out.    I am totally and completely in love with Isaboo.   I wish I could find a good photo of just her for my Vision Board, but this is the best I can do right now.

I know Isaboo is famous and many of my friends told me to just forget about it.   Isaboo would never in a million years write to me, send me a postcard or much less, meet me in person.    But I don't think that is true.  I think if Isaboo (and her Mom), knew how much I am in love, they would come and save me.    Or at least send me a photo.   Or a snack.

So this is what a Vision Board is all about.    I will post things from time to time so that you know what I am Vision Questing for.   Until I get my I-Phone.    Then I can really get creative.

Love and LIcks,

Bob
.......... if you know Isaboo, could you tell her I love her?
.......................thanks


And By the Way (BTW)..... my "sis" Jeanette sent this helpful information so all of our friends can support her new APP

Support the Vision:
Please pass along the url below to your network of iphone friends. It would be great if you can tweet, post, blog, write a review or any other form of communication to get the word out. Definitely would appreciate any and all word of mouth you can do. Grass root marketing at its best.
 
Here is a direct URL:
http://itunes.com/apps/visionbuilder
 
Brief Description:
VisionBuilder is an iPhone App to visually focus on one’s goals and dreams, while keeping them within hands reach. It’s a collection of images with goals and affirmations. It is used to identify what one wants for their self, business, and/or relationships. VisionBuilder is functional to use, visually effective and with you at all times (well, almost!).
 
Twitter RT:
Check out the new #iPhone App. Build your vision and stay focus on your dreams with VisionBuilder: http://itunes.com/apps/visionbuilder
 
Thanks for your support! 

 
Dream and live like tomorrow is today! 
 

Well, little WillowBee has done it again.    Captured and killed a snake, although this one, she declined eating.  The first time she brought her kill into the living room, but there wasn't too much left of it.   This time, she left it on the front porch.  Perhaps she needs to meet Anthony Bourdain, isn't he the one that eats all the bizarre things while he travels the world?   Yuck.    Let me tell you.  Kibble is just fine with me.

So it would appear to me that Willow has been practicing her kill technique by using object she finds in the yard.   Just see:
                                           

And after she is done:





Needless to say the photos are compliments of our wonderful friend and photo taker Extra Ordinary, Bev Hollis

In the next few days, I'll blog several more of the photos she took at a session not to long ago.     She took all these photos in our yard and so Willow had plenty of places to "pose" although as you can tell, Bev's specialty is the CANDID shot.      There is no one better if you want to have the very best photos of your pets.   Honest.    Truth.    Trust Me.

Love and LIcks,

Bob
---------- wouldn't go near a snake on a bet
-------------   loves Ms. Bev

Attention Friends (both 2-leg and 4-legs)

Tomorrow is the second annual Paws For Your Heart 5K Dog Walk to benefit the Loudoun County Animal Shelter and Douglass Community Center for Children's Programs.   Last year this event was pretty much a "sell out crowd"  (Mom says that meant that a LOT of people and their dogs came and had fun), so this year we expect an even bigger event.   This event is sponsored by Dr. Strickland and his wonderful vets and staff at Leesburg Vet and it is Free, Free, Free to come and have fun.

Registration for the walk starts at 8:00 AM and the actual 5K Run starts at 10:00 AM.    

Do you know what that means?   5K?   I didn't know cause my Mom said it was a big secret and I was better off not knowing.   She thinks she is a real smarty pants every now and then and makes me guess stuff, but this time, I was just in the middle of having a nice cup of tea with my MP (Mouse Person), so HA!    We went to Google and looked it all up.   See here!

Answer :   5 km is about 3 miles. OR  To be exact, 5 kilometers = 3.10685596 miles 


So now we have all learned something new for our brain.   Or, if you thought you knew the answer before then now you know that you were right and anyone who says different was wrong.    Isn't the Power of Knowledge a wonderful thing?    

I don't want to get distracted off of the original topic of today's Blogging, but I did want to say that while I was out looking for the 5K answer, I also discovered a really cool place to travel to called dogtipper.com 
                                              
I love to find new stuff, especially when I am not really looking to find it.    I haven't had a long time to study and report on this yet, but I think this place, dogtipper.com is going to be very useful to all of us.    This week-end on my day off (HA!) I will spend a lot of time with my Mouse Person and we will check out dogtipper.com and let you know our exhalted opinion of them, but initially, I think I might be impressed.

              So Back to Tomorrow and Paws for Your Heart!  
My Sister and my Mom will be there with a table full of information, and maybe if she is really good, little WillowBee will be able to join them.    Mom says if it is really hot, then bringing us all out to help might not be the best idea in the world, but that Bee is small and easy to transport so she might be able to go along.   This, as always sounds like just another excuse to leave Bob at home, but we'll see.   I have had a very, very busy week taking care of all of my invalids around here, so a morning of sleeping quietly in my crate doesn't sound all that bad to me right now.

Hot News!   Guess who will be there tomorrow?  Ms. Phoebe from    MY SQUEAKY BALL       

If you have not yet met Ms. Phoebe or seen her wonderful toys, then you must make sure that you go to see her tomorrow and tell her that your friend BOB, the World's Only (perhaps) Blogging PitBull, Post Card Collector and Reporter Extra Ordinary, has sent you to see her and told you all about how wonderful the Squeaky Ball is and how he loves his own Squeaky Ball so much that he cannot go to sleep at night unless he gets to squeak it for at least 30 minutes before he nods off.   Whew!      But don't worry, tell your Mom and Dad that the squeaks are not annoying.


                                                                     This is my friend, Moose, with some of his collection in his mouth.    I could as many balls as Moose does, but I prefer to concentrate my Squeaking on only the one that is my personal favorite at this time.  It's turquoise blue and brown and very, very, very soft.    I love it.   Next to Isaboo Ray, I can't think of anything I would rather sleep next to.

AND GUESS WHAT ELSE.   Fractured Prune DoNuts will be there!   Oh, my, oh, my.  You KNOW how I love Fractured Prune and my Mom better for darn sure bring me home a piece of one or she will be in big trouble.  Mom says you probably have to run a whole 26 mile Marathon to work off all the calories that are in Fractured Prunes, but who cares.    I think I can eat then run, eat then run, eat, etc. etc.     Jumping is always good too, and you know how high I can jump!  Right?

                                            I bet I can go 5K straight up in the air.

So there will be so much to do and see and fun to be had tomorrow and Misunderstood Pit Bull Rescue People may be there, and of course, you know I support them, 100%, and our friends at Top Dog Salon, and TLC The LifeCentre, and Pony & Pooch (therapeutic massage) and  Chase Your Tail Bakery and BAZILLIONS OF OTHER PLACES who are helping with money, or support, or having an exhibit.

Needless to say.   Everyone who is anyone will be there.   Don't miss it.   Be sure to come.  Don't oversleep.   If there is rain, wear a jacket.   If it is sunny, wear a sun hat and shades!  HA.

AND GET THIS.......... DO YOU KNOW WHO WILL BE GIVING A DEMONSTRATION?

   Yea if you recognized her.  It's "Jimmy" The Arson Detective K-9 from the Fire Marshall's Office.     Jimmy began her young career with Guiding Eyes for the Blind, a New York-based nonprofit guide dog school. From there she went to Puppies Behind Bars, a program in which prison inmates in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut are assigned to raise puppies that will later work for law enforcement agencies or as service dogs for people with disabilities.

Then she was acquired by the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, which, in turn, offered her to Loudoun.     

I'm excited to hear all about Jimmy because this is obviously a skill I could learn and then in addition to everything else I already do, maybe I can be a FireMan Dog too.  

So --- have fun tomorrow and send me lots of e-mails and comments and tell me all about your day.

Love and Licks,

Bob
.........    PitBull Reporter Extra Ordinary
.................... lover of Fractured Prune Donuts
............................ working on being a fire-dog