I love the snow!

This last weekend has been a blast. We had about 20" of snow and it was so much fun playing in it.

The only problem was I had to find places where I coudl do my business. The usual spots were too high - covered with snow. I even ended up going in the street once when I was taking my boy for a walk.

Poor Finn, the Silky Terrier next door, is only a few inches tall so he could not play in the snow. Even I had to jump from spot to spot in the snow because it was so high. What fun!

I saw my boy taking some pictures of me in the snow so you might see some here.

I hope it keeps on snowing and styas this way forever!

Beagle is best of show?

Don't get me wrong. I like beagles. Some of my best friends are beagles. But I was surprised that a beagle named Uno won the best in show at the Westminster Kennel Club this week.

I am glad because he, like us labs, is seen by some as more 'common' than some of the fancy breeds (over 169 breeds at the show) that often win these shows.

I also liked that Uno barked (a lot!) and jumped around with excitement when he won.

They said that while the beagle is consistently listed as one of the most popular breeds (thanks Snoopy!) this is the first beagle to win the big prize.

No beagle had even won the Hound Group since 1939!

Congratulations Uno and let's hope a (black) lab wins next year!

Hi Hogan. My name is Dawby - my owners are big Harry Potter fans! I'm a bunch of different kinds of dogs but I'm not too big. I think that's another reason they named me Dawby - I have big ears and I'm only about 40 pounds.

I don't get out too much right now cuz it's just too cold. I hate the cold and snow. I can't wait for summer. I saw your video in the pool, so I know you love summer too. But I also saw you playing in the snow so maybe you just like everything.

Not me - my owners say I am a very particular, picky dog. I just know what I like. Like food - I love too eat! I'm not always happy with the stuff they give me though. I can smell really good things coming off the table, but that's not what I get!

But I love my owners. I was something called a rescue dog - I think that means that if they didn't bring me home when they did I might have been killed!!!!

I think I'll go cuddle up to my owner right now. Talk to you later,

Hi Hogan, it's Bear

We met at the dog park and I've been reading your blog.

I would like to chat with you about the dog park, our humans and even squirrels.

Talk to you soon

Bear

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!