Dalmation Danger

Hi everybody,

Sorry it’s been so long since I posted here. I’ve been really busy – eating, walking, sleeping, playing, eating, sleeping, eating – you know how it is.

This message is for your humans so I hope you have them read this too.

The other night we were out walking and a Dalmatian was out without a leash. She was having a great time; running through yards, chasing things, barking at everything. Lots of fun! Her owner made several attempts to get her but there was no way this human was going to catch this young Dalmatian.

She came over near me but sensing that my boy would try and bring her back home, she didn’t get too close. She followed us on our walk for awhile.

All of a sudden she darted into the street and a van was coming! My owner yelled and she just missed the back end of the van – she had to jump up at the last second to avoid hitting it. We were both scared.

So even though we love to get loose and run free it can be very dangerous out there with those big metal things that humans drive speeding by. Especially when it’s dark and they can’t see us or the weather is bad and they can’t stop fast.

So please be careful out there and remind your owners to keep you on the leash except for trips to the dog park or a fenced in yard.

That was just too close with that young Dalmatian. She was lucky.

What's Up Doc?

I am going to have to speak to the humans running ClevelandPets.com.

I was browsing the site and saw that their featured pet this week is a rabbit!!!

After all the work me and my friends have done to keep those furry pests from our yards. It's bad enough that squirrels are everywhere gathering nuts and acorns. And they somehow know exactly how long our leashes are.

But a rabbit? As featured pet? Take a look at the critter.
They might as well start putting cats up there too.

Woof

Back to School

My friend Bonnie is ready to go off to school to learn to be a real therapy dog.

Her human only got to keep her for a year and then has to say goodbye. This is really sad for both of them, but once Bonnie is working and helping people they'll both appreciate what a great thing they did.

I can't wait to meet the new puppy that comes in to be trained for a year in Bonnie's place.

Good luck Bonnie! Write to me!

Guide Dog Nicky - a real Hogan's Hero

I admit that sometimes I think of Poodles as being kind of fussy and pampered.

But then I heard about Nicholas who is a poodle and also a Guide Dog.

He is really helping out a lady who can't see. He is a true Hogan's Hero.

Here are some photos of Nicky with the nice lady who trained him for a year and of his new human - the one who can't see. What a great group!

We are proud of you Nicky and I won't say bad things about poodles anymore.

Water, water everywhere

This rain has been getting to me. Well, not to me. I love the water and if I find a puddle I will play in it. But it seems like my humans are reluctant to take me out to play in the rain. And we haven’t been to the dog park or to Hub and Luke’s house or Roger’s yard for a loooong time.

I think all the other humans feel the same way though. When it does stop raining for awhile I see a whole bunch of my friends out walking with their humans. Then if it starts to rain, they all scurry back inside.

Don’t they know that water is fun?

Hub and Luke

Hi everybody,

2 of my best friends in the world are Hub and Luke. They are Bernese Mountain Dogs and every so often (not often enough!) our people let us play together in their fenced in yard.

Hub and I used to play and then Luke came along too. What fun! Luke is now bigger than Hub.

There are some great pictures of Hub and Luke here.

I was on TV!

Hi everybody,

Guess where I was today? I was on TV! Do you recognize this set? (Set is a TV term I learned today - it means the place where they point the cameras.)

It's from the Good Company set on Channel 3. While I was waiting to be on TV, I snuck over to their set.

I will tell you all about it and post more pictures soon. But keep the morning of August 12th available. That's when I will be on the Golden Opportunities Show on Channel 3.

Woof!