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I have had my birthday now, so it is time for our little Smudge to grow up too! Smudgie just turned one year old this week-end and now she is very excited because she thinks she is all grown up. I didn't tell her that she still had a lot to do before that happens.
Smudgie got some great presents, but frankly nothing nearly so wonderful as my Blue Flying Monkey.
She got to experience her first real snow too and I don't think any of us are too happy about that! Except, perhaps for our friend, Nigel, who has been praying for snow since the Fourth of July. 
Here he is, eating snow...... like he grazing or something. Yuck.
So besides the snow and the fact that it is very slippy and icy outside right now, and Smudgie having her birthday, and me having my birthday, I also have new pictures of our little Shorkie (who still is missing a name, by the way)
She is 6-weeks old now and before we know it she will have a name and come to live with her new Mom, Ms. Jo.
So now that I have brought you all up to date on what has been happening around here, I have decided that this is a good day to go back to bed. Mom is very grumpy because she has to go out and walk dogs for a few hours. I told her if she was good and didn't complain she could play with my Flying Monkey when she gets home.
Somehow that didn't seem to impress her.
Oh well.
Love and Licks,
Bob
Happy Birthday to Me
And guess what I got? A FLYING MONKEY !!!!!!!!! And I love him!
My sister Lydia had a hard time trying to take my picture, cause that Monkey can really fly. All I have to do is throw him up into the air and arms and legs go everywhere and then I catch him!!!!!!
This is going to be my Best Birthday EVER!!!!!!
Love and Licks,
Bob
The Big Day
I will be five years old. Can you believe it? Me, Bob. Yipes. My Mom said if I am very good perhaps The Birthday Beagle will bring me something special.
I hope the beagle is strong cause there is a LOT of stuff I am needing. Ha.
Anyway, I just wanted to let everyone know in case you need to send me something.
Love and Licks,
Bob
A Sad Day for All
I am not going to really blog today, in support of many of the websites that my Mouse Person uses on a regular basis to help me with my blogging.
You may have already noticed this if you wanted to use Google or Wikipedia, two of my favorites.
Google said: Tell Congress: Please don't censor the web!
If you want to learn more about what is going on in cyberspace today, you can go to https://www.google.com/landing/takeaction/ or http://mashable.com/2012/01/17/sopa-companies-dark-list/
Thanks,
Bob
Worry, Worry, Worry
I have so many things I have to worry about, and now I have yet another.
It seems that a fox has taken up residency in our back yard..... probably under our garden shed, and from the sounds that are coming from that area in the middle of the night, it would appear that the fox is ----- how shall I say this? ---- having sex.
I'm not at all sure what having sex is all about and Mom says that is one thing I DO NOT need to worry about, and if it involves all the screaming and yelping coming from our yard, I can tell you I am just fine not knowing all the details.
I found my Mouse Person and we flew over to visit The Virginia Dept. of Game and Inland Fisheries and this is what we discovered about the Virginia Red Fox:
The red fox is the size of a small dog, with a total length of 39-41 inches and a weight of 9-12 pounds. It has prominent, erect ears, a pointed nose, and a long, bushy tail with white tip. The fur is long, soft, with the upper part reddish-yellow, black-tipped on the shoulders. The breeding season is from December to February, with a peak in late January. A litter of 4-7 pups is born in a den in late March or early April. The male may bring food to the den until the female can leave the pups a short time, then they both hunt. They remain with the pups until dispersal. . They are generally nocturnal and non-migratory, and usually use the same area for life. The fox is known as sly because it has many sophisticated tricks for losing predators like backtracking and running on fence poles to confuse or eliminate tracks. Longevity is about 5 years.
I'd say that pretty much fits with what is going on in our yard. So now I have a Black Bear to worry about, a Red Fox and of course The Flying Monkeys.
Frankly, I am not sure which is worse, but I can tell you, I am not going near the back yard area ---- or the trash can area ---- AND I am keeping my eyes open for those darn monkeys.
Bob
The Feline Foundation
Here is a great idea if you are shopping for a nice birthday gift for someone, or perhaps because Valentine's Day is in February, you might be needing a gift for that occasion.
This is Purcy and his Mom just happens to be one of our wonderful pet sitters here at Everything & The Dog Purcy was adopted by his Mom through The Feline Foundation of Greater Washington, Inc. and so now he has a wonderful forever home.
So one day Purcy's Mom, who is named Chris, and her friend, Janalyn Hill (who is a representative for Thirty One Gifts) put their heads together to come up with a fund raising idea for FFGW.
If you can find your Mouse Person, you can ask him to fly you over to the FFGW web-site and learn all about The Thermal Tote Fundraiser that Chris and Janalyn put together.
Basically, here is how it works..... straight from the source at FFGW:
During the month of January, Thirty One Gifts has the totes on sale before tax and shipping for $10 for the original tote and $15 for the Cinch-it-Up style. But if you pay the regular price, Janalyn will donate the difference between the sale price and retail price to FFGW. Tax and s/h will also be rounded up to the nearest dollar and any overage will be donated to FFGW, too!
Here is what the totes look like, but you can pick from lots of different colors and patterns. The totes are thermally lined (non-mercury liner!) to keep food warm or cold and they have sturdy handles with front pockets for napkins, utensils, or notes (or kitty treats!).
So here are the steps that you can take to make this all happen, and The Feline Foundation of Greater Washington, Inc. will then get lots of money and be able to care for kitties even better than they do now.
TO ORDER:
(1) select your preferred style (original zipper closure of cinch-top)
(2) choose your pattern &/or embroidery style & thread colors and
(3) contact Janalyn Hill, Independent Director
Phone: 540-597-5058,
Website: http://www.mythirtyone.com/Janalyn/
Email: MyThirtyOneJanalyn@gmail.com
See. Isn't that easy! You have done some shopping and you have done a good thing for FFGW.
Love and Licks,
Bob
Boy Bloginator & Pit Bull Reporter Extra Ordinary
----- and cat lover too!
Updates and Etc.
Since I posted the photo of my friends Nigel and Saffron in their new SnowSuits, I have received a couple of e-mails letting me know that some of my other friends also received new clothing for Christmas. Just to make it clear. I DID NOT get a new sweater.
I think I should have one. HA.
So here is my friend JeanLuc in his Christmas Coat:
I will have to ask JeanLuc if his Mom knitted his sweater all by herself, because, as you might remember, his Mom is the creator of My Squeaky Ball and she does some very fine knitting. If you don't have a Squeaky Ball of your very own, you should be sure to ask for one at the very first opportunity.
Here is Moose (who is JeanLuc's big brother) keeping myself warm with his collection.
I also want to update everyone on the Name the Baby "contest" so that we can help to find a wonderful name for our new little Shorkie
Her new Mom, Ms. Jo, reports that Little One was the first of her litter to try out her legs and remains the first to jump up and run over to play or say , "Hi!" I asked Ms. Jo to be sure and send us some new pictures as soon as she has one.
Meanwhile.... here is the list of name choices that we have come up with so far, and if you have a name to tell us about, please let me know.
XiuXiu
Pequena
Aponi
Lomasi
Buttercup
Skoshi
Chicklette
Cosette
Rosetta
So that's it for recent updates......... it's the Week-End so Mom and I have lots of things to keep us busy and we have so many exciting things to Blog about.
Oh -------------------- and of course ---- let us not forget January 20th. MY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!
I will be 5 full years old and Mom says now I am a grown up so I need to act accordingly. Oh poo. What does she know? She will soon be a LOT older than that and she still doesn't "act accordingly".
Love and Licks,
Bob
Whew, missed it again!
Mom came home yesterday and told me it was supposed to snow. I immediately had to pray to the "NO SNOW" fairies so that it wouldn't happen, and fortunately, I was successful.
It isn't that I don't understand that we need to have some snow some of the time. I just want to limit the snow days to one or two a year. I have very delicate toes and I just do not appreciate wading thru a bunch of white, cold, nasty snow in order to go potty. I guess I could be like my brother Rusty (the dascshund) and just absolutely refuse to go outside and have a potty pad imported, but that isn't really my style either (and furthermore I think he is the worlds biggest wuss and is disgusting).
My friend Nigel, the Shar-Pei, LOVES the snow. He got a new snow suit for Christmas and now that is all he talks about.
Nigel and his new suit!
Nigel's sister, Saffron, also got a snow suit, but she is like me and spends most of her day praying to the snow fairies to stay away. I admit she does look rather fetching in her new outfit, but still....... suit or no suit, I just want this winter to be gone so we can have spring and watch our daffodils again.
Love and Licks,
Bob
----- pray for sunshine, please
The Sloths Need You!
Anyway, one of the "apps" that Lydia has is Cute Overload and I am convinced that we all need more cuteness in our lives (especially in the morning), so I like this a lot. Fortunately, we can also go and visit this place on our computer, but if we had an I-Pad Thingy, we wouldn't have to be just in one place to catch up on our daily cuteness.
My Uncle, Marshall, who lives in Colorado (I wonder if he is snowed under yet?) has a very strong liking for Sloths. I never knew what a Sloth was, but now that we have some cuteness in our lives, I can see what they look like and read all about them. After I got over my initial reaction, which was that they have very BIG eyes, I find that I like them.
In addition to learning about Cuteness, I was also able to find my Mouse Person and fly to Costa Rica and visit The Sloth Sanctuary and that is how I know that the Sloths Need Your Help.
The Sloths even have a BLOG ---- but I'm betting that one of them is not doing the blogging because it is very hard work and takes up a lot of time. I have learned that Sloths move very, very slowly too..... and if you were blogging at a slow speed it might take up even MORE of your time.
It appears that late in December, last year, a story about the Sloth Sanctuary was on Animal Planet and then an article was in our Washington Post, and so now people are learning about the Sloths and all of the things we could do to help them.
So find your Mouse, pour another cup of coffee, and go and learn all about the Sloths and what you might be able to do to help them, as obviously --- from the photo above ----- they are needing a lot of stuff! HA. No. Seriously. Help a Sloth, it would be a good thing.
Love and Licks,
Bob
Our Friend Barkley
One of our wonderful Everything & The Dog clients is named Barkley and his pet sitter is my German Grammy, who is called "Omi". Omi spoils Barkley rotten, if you ask me, but then I must admit that what good is it to have a grammy if you can't get spoiled by her? HA.
So in any event, after Christmas, Omi went to do overnights with Barkley and she brought him a after-Christmas gift. As you can see, Barkley didn't like his present one little bit. HA.
Love and Licks,
Bob
----- don't forget, BTW, only 11 more shopping days until my Birthday!
And also..... just so you know, Barkley is a Coton de Tulear, and this is what he would look like (in general) when he isn't sound asleep and clutching a stuffed animal:
If you would like to learn more about this breed, which is very sweet and wonderful, find your Mouse Person and ask him to fly you away to visit Wikipedia so you can