Gibbon Supermodel

CONGRATS to my best bud Gibbon, who is the featured dog model on the homepage of Urban Hund!! Looking good buddy...watch out, the babes will be all over you now! ;o)

This website has some really pawesome collars and dog apparel. Check it out!

Dog of the Week: Submissions Needed!

Pups, if you want to be showcased as Pop Dog of the Week (see sidebar), please send me an email with the following info:

Name
Breed
Age
Favourite food
Favourite activity
and Fun Fact about yourself!

Don't forget to send a photo of yourself too!

Children

I don't know about you pups, but I'm a bit skittish around children. They like to squeal, grab, pull and generally smother. When I'm out on walks, it's worse. They run full speed up to me, just wanting to "pet" me, but do I know that?? All I see are these little beasts coming at me! So naturally, if I'm caught off guard, I sometimes bark. Then my poor human gets the "hairy eyeball" from the little beasts parent...like I'm vicious!! Hmmpphhh!

To add to my point, yesterday during my evening walk what do I witness? Children in charge of a dog (we'll call him "Buddy"). Two small kids (human says they looked about 7 and 11 years old) were supposed to take "Buddy" for a walk. On their way, they see the playground. What's a kid to do? Be responsible and give "Buddy" his exercise? No, when we see them, "Buddy" has his leash tied to a fence post as the children are playing.

Is "Buddy" happy? Well, if you think straining at your leash to get away, yelping to the point of a loud, shrill noise is happy, I guess I've been missing out!

I know not all children are like this, even my own "human cousins" who are ages 4 and 6 are very good and patient with me! Plus, they let me chase them in the backyard!!

So pups, be careful of the small beasts they call children, while they can provide some fun, and often good table scraps, they too can be a bit scary. Always keep your eye on them!

Dream Jury for Vick

BOL!! Thanks to Liza for this!!

I'm a Lucky Dog!

I love getting mail! Today I got to go the the post office with my human to pick up a parcel. What a surprise! It was for me!!

My friend Bonnie sent me a pawesome package of my favourite treats: Lucky Dog Biscuits! Yummy! They are all natural goodness, so for you pups concerned about healthy choices, these are the cookie for you!

sniff-sniff, what's that I smell?

oh-oh it's doggie treats for me!

I'm a lucky dog! Thanks Bonnie!!

Dogs Named Simba

This Simba, a beautiful Chow, exemplifies the "lion-ness" of our name.

Punishment is over

So I decided they suffered enough, BOL, and when I woke up this morning it was business as usual! Boy was my human mom happy!

Cold Shoulder

So I've been giving my pawrents the cold shoulder. I think today will be the end of it, you pups can let me know.

Last night it rained. My pawrents were going out, without me, and wanted me to do my biz before they left.

In. The. Rain.

Needless to say, I was NOT impressed. Of course I couldn't concentrate to go when the rain was beating down on me! What were they thinking??

Anyway, they left me nonetheless and upon their return, I was not speaking to them.

They did look devastated. I almost felt sorry for them. Those sad human eyes, wondering why I wasn't coming for a snuggle on the couch. Such manipulators! They even offered up cookies, thinking that would make everything ok.

They just don't get it. So how long should I make them wait before it's all wags and kisses??

Let me know pups!

Wascally Wabbits, Canada Geese and the Joys of Running Free!

So last night during our late night walk, I encountered a rabbit! I almost didn't even notice him, since it was so dark out. But then we almost walked right into him! He took off across a church lawn...then stopped right in the middle. I guess he though he was safe. Hehe. He doesn't know me very well!

Too bad my human mom wasn't so accommodating! She wouldn't let go of my leash, but she did run with me onto the lawn to scare the bunny! I would have caught that wascally wabbit if I had the proper chance.

So this morning we got to go to Frenchman's Bay, which is a small little beach area near us, and they have these huge fields for running around. Well, I guess for humans to run around...dogs are supposed to stay on-leash. But it was early, and my human mom let me break the rules!

We played fetch with my West Paw Bow Wowza Ball and I even met a cool dog named Rain who zoomied around the field with me!

But the best part: chasing the Canada Geese!!! Ohhhh I love to chase! There were some geese at the other end of the field, and as soon as I was let off leash, I was off like a rocket! BOL! Those geese took off honking away so fast! BOL! Human mom didn't really like that so much, cause I ran so far so fast, she thought I wasn't going to come back. But I'm a good boy, and I did!

After though, Rain's human mom told us that we could have gotten a ticket for that! YIKES! Apparently, it's illegal to chase the geese...them being our national bird and all. Party poopers.

Pups, there's nothing like the freedom of running off-leash, so make sure you tell your pawrents to try to get you to an off-leash park this weekend and zoomie your little hearts out!!

What To Do When It's Raining

My buddy Pipo asked this question yesterday, as the remnants of Hurricane Dean are leaving a lot of cities with rainy weather.

Well, of course I told him to practice some new training skills, do some fun dog games...but then my human dad came home today with the BEST new toy (however frustrating it is for me)!!

Two words: Pen Light.