Fun At 5 Today
The Purina Dog Challenge on NBC.
Welcome Neville & Luna. And here they are:
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8:35 am on January 12th, 2013
Good morning. Luna, you have a namesake up there! Wonder which one she is.
9:33 am on January 12th, 2013
Luna is probably the Chihuahua.
Bear will be pleased to know that a Malinois won the diving competition with over 32 feet.
Spence must be in Florida by now.
Have to go back and read late posts to see if there are updates on YSAS.
9:34 am on January 12th, 2013
Hmm, I notice they don’t have the following categories:
Couch Potato
Length of Drool
Furthest thrown drool
Time of longest pee
Timed obstacle course of escaping into barn, opening the bungee cord trash can full of full
9:38 am on January 12th, 2013
YSAS and SO are at her apartment. I have not heard anything since they got back there. He is drinking gatorade for the electrolytes, eating jello and yogurt and had promised me he would call if he got worse. I haven’t gotten a call nor a text.
I am hopeful.
9:41 am on January 12th, 2013
Read last night’as posts. Rio, how could the pizza be fattening when it was thin crust and had chicken and veggies on it? Barb says it was diet pizza.
Keyboards – on the news they reported that your keyboard has more germs than your toilet seat!
9:51 am on January 12th, 2013
I think my keyboard has less germs on it than most.
Mine has a lot of dog drool on it and you know that dogs’ mouths have less germs.
Very cloudy here. Rain and 34 degrees. “Suppose” to get up to 44 with some sun. We shall see.
The stockade is a wash with water over ice over snow. I had to wear my yak trax yesterday and will today.
10:07 am on January 12th, 2013
It is very cloudy and dank here today. It is supposed to get warm, and actually is already mild. But it is not nice out. Mom wore her rubber boots to put the horses out.
We eat pizza every Friday night. Ours has spicy pepperoni, which the rents don’t let us eat. Mom and Pop have red wine with their pizza, which makes it very healthy and not at all fattening. So there.
10:08 am on January 12th, 2013
Bella, please check your SDD.
10:11 am on January 12th, 2013
Barb is going atone for her pizza splurge by having a soft boiled egg on whole grain toast for breakfast. Egg is from free range organic chickens. So there!
10:17 am on January 12th, 2013
Now I don’t want to touch my keyboard….
Good morning all.
10:18 am on January 12th, 2013
So what’s the big deal about being fattening. Eat what you want and them just chase each other around the house. Extra credit for jumping over dog gates, kicking scatter rugs into piles and leaping over sleeping dogs.
10:30 am on January 12th, 2013
I’d love to see the bedazzled ambulance.
10:31 am on January 12th, 2013
Last night during pizza and wine (and more wine), it was decided to hike up Monocacy Hill today. We never do that one because it is so steep and all rocks, but it was the very first hike they took with Sasha.
Now we are hearing all kinds of excuses why today it is not such a good idea (chests are congested, too damp out, yada yada yada).
10:36 am on January 12th, 2013
Gotta clean the barn (another excuse)
10:50 am on January 12th, 2013
Hey Sibes – use the Kat excuse – “don’t wanna, can’t make me.”
10:55 am on January 12th, 2013
Barb is heading out to buy essentials, like food for me, me, me.
Weather is going down hill fast. Cold front coming in with rain, sleet and snow later. Wintery mix will make dangerous driving conditions, and Barb is a whimp.
10:55 am on January 12th, 2013
Stover!…Check your SDD before you take another sip of cawfee!…snort!
11:01 am on January 12th, 2013
Sighted outside SO’s apartment . .
11:02 am on January 12th, 2013
Hmmm, I’ve finished my coco, sigh, it’s time to get the yak traxs on and head to the stockade.
Shiver
11:13 am on January 12th, 2013
Melanie: I love it! (I’m laughing so hard that it makes typing difficult.)
Rio: Checked and responded.
Oley Howler’s Pop: I would say that that is a perfectly good “reason” not an excuse.
11:25 am on January 12th, 2013
*****************ANNOUNCEMENT******************
Ahem!…cough!….Attention everybody! As you all know the Last Big Race is right around the corner. Rebecca and AJ have lots of work and preparation to do to get ready. One major element we have not yet addressed in our fund raising efforts has been the 17 Drop-Bags that need to be filled with food and supplies for The Giant and the A-Team. Needless to say these drop-bags are vital to the success of the team. …wheeze! …I know we are all down to lint and a few pennies in our pockets because everyone has been so overwhelmingly generous this season…snort!….I want to thank you so much for all you have done so far and give each and every one of you a big sloppy wet pug kiss-a-roo!….wooooo!… I know for a fact the Giants are very grateful for our support, friendship and financial help….chuffle!
Kickoff!…. With that being said, I would like to officially kick-off the Feed The Giant campaign. We hope to raise $1000.00 or more to help Rebecca stock the 17 drop-bags….snort!snort!…. Bee Stover, my friend and I, Rio, have collaborated on four special prizes to be awarded throughout this fund raiser….grunt!
Rules!…. We have selected 4 Magical Numbers because we have four prizes…heh!… During the course of the fund raiser when someone’s donation matches or pushes the total dollars donated over one of the magical numbers, that donor will win a prize….snort!….So for example if the first magic number is 275 and our donation total is at 250 and someone donates 25.00. This donation brings the total to 275, which is the first magical number, that donor wins the first prize offered…..wheeze!….Then the next prize will be up for grabs. At that time I will announce the first winner and post a photo of the second prize….chuffle!
Strategy!…. Here is an example of the strategy I would use if I were able to participate in this contest/fund raiser….heh!… Say I have 100.00 lying around that I want to donate to the Feed The Giant campaign. Instead of donating it all in one clump sum, I would send in an email saying I want to donate 10.00 to the Giant fund….snort!….Then a little later I would send another email saying I want to donate 15.00 to the fund….sniff!…I would do this till I have reached my 100.00 limit because this gives me several chances to win the prize, not just one….grunt!
Tracking!….I will be entering each donation I receive via SDD into a spreadsheet as I get them….sniff!….Each time a donation is received I will add up the total and compare it to the magic numbers….grufff!…So timing is everything, just like in the Auctions…heh!heh!
Email!…. Send all donation amounts to my email: riotheevilpug@yahoo.com and help FEED THE GIANT!!!…..Woooooo!
Photo!…Of prize #1 will follow…wheeze!
11:27 am on January 12th, 2013
Prize!…Number One!…snort!…A Poem written by Bee Stover and the Quilling is by my friend…chuffle!
11:39 am on January 12th, 2013
Very cold…No snow…Sun shining.
Time for My Breakfast & Your Lunch.
Good Morning to All.
11:43 am on January 12th, 2013
First Prize! A Most Beautiful Winter Poem & Art by Rio’s Friend!
12:05 pm on January 12th, 2013
Wow That is a neat first prize. It is beautiful.
I am not allowed to use pay pal. I will figure this out.
If there are more germs on a keyboard than a toilet, the good news is they are all my germs on the keyboard.
We love the bling the Smoochers put on the ambulance.
12:09 pm on January 12th, 2013
Magic!…You guys never know, the first number might be 5…heh!…Or not!
12:09 pm on January 12th, 2013
Herbs, I have overused that excuse.
12:10 pm on January 12th, 2013
SiberH!…Dig deep pal! A Winter poem is just what you need hanging over your bed…snort!
12:12 pm on January 12th, 2013
One of us Sibes should be the one to win the Winter poem.
12:13 pm on January 12th, 2013
Rio, lol Great canine minds think alike.
12:14 pm on January 12th, 2013
YEEP! Late start to the day today!
Hope YSAS does not need the ambulance, but the Smoochers have excellent taste. It is befitting of the star that YSAS is becoming!
Rio! I am relieved your friend made it home in one piece. I worry about your friend every time you have snow. That is a most beautiful prize being offered. A lovely poem by B, and the delicate quilling of your friend.
My stomach has not been the greatest this week, either . I guess good genes have kept me from splorting , it’s the other end that has been getting a work-out!
12:16 pm on January 12th, 2013
Rose!…Way too much information….gah!
12:28 pm on January 12th, 2013
When was Melanie down here taking a picture of our amblingulance?
Herb Kats, youse don’t get it. Sibes always want to go (and go and go and go). It is the rents who make excuses.
12:50 pm on January 12th, 2013
Lunch!…A treat today! Someone is going to make her home-made pizza!….Woooo!….This is for Beau in honor of the Broncos playing a really big play-off game this afternoon…snort!…He is super-duper excited and pizza will send him right over the edge…heh!heh!…At least this is what I am hoping.
12:51 pm on January 12th, 2013
Donations!….Keep those donations rolling in while I am away watching the pizza being made…Wooooo!
12:55 pm on January 12th, 2013
A Plunderer lurkering in the night taking photos of our fabulous Blingleance? Gah. Our cover is blown.
12:56 pm on January 12th, 2013
Love the poem and the quilling.
I feel like I’m “leaning like an old sentry”. The stockade now has 8 inches of slush in it. It is not easy to walk in slush and there is still some ice in spots. My ice cane would go down the entire 8 inches while I struggled about sinking up to 3 inches. The poop is cleaned up.
Oh, slush is heavy.
12:57 pm on January 12th, 2013
Masquers, don’t worry . . it wasn’t me! I found that picture in the New York Woofer Times.
12:57 pm on January 12th, 2013
That would be amblingulance…sorry, Kat.
12:59 pm on January 12th, 2013
Be careful, Melanie, it’s slippery out there!
1:42 pm on January 12th, 2013
Pizza for lunch! That’s the ticket.
2:25 pm on January 12th, 2013
Hmmmm.
Rio: How were the magical numbers picked?
2:36 pm on January 12th, 2013
Dawson!….Magically, of course….snort!…Leprechauns!
2:46 pm on January 12th, 2013
Oh brother!
2:57 pm on January 12th, 2013
This is merely a test.
2:59 pm on January 12th, 2013
Rio: What is the code for the angry, red emoticon?
2:59 pm on January 12th, 2013
Dawson!…There are 4 real numbers picked out…sniff!….The only other person who knows these numbers (besides the Leprechaun) is Stover!….snort!…She will be checking my addition and making sure each winner is really a winner…grunt!…No hanky panky going believe you me!…wheeze!
3:07 pm on January 12th, 2013
Angry!…Hmmm, I guess the angy icon is still on my other computer..grump!…I can’t find it anywhere.
3:10 pm on January 12th, 2013
testing!
3:11 pm on January 12th, 2013
Snort!….Here is a monster one for you Stover!…heheh!
3:12 pm on January 12th, 2013
I’m laughing at Frankenstein’s monster.
3:14 pm on January 12th, 2013
Assimilated!….Here is one for Melanie!….wheeze!
3:15 pm on January 12th, 2013
Yeep!
3:25 pm on January 12th, 2013
Stover!….Here is one for you when you are mad as hell!…heh!
3:25 pm on January 12th, 2013
I found one for rage but I don’t know if it’s a universal code. Another test.
>8C
3:26 pm on January 12th, 2013
Rio: I love it! However, I don’t know how to make it.
3:37 pm on January 12th, 2013
Uh oh – Bee is peeved with someone.
DUCK!!!
3:52 pm on January 12th, 2013
Now I’m laughing at Basil and Sage.
4:08 pm on January 12th, 2013
Quiet afternoon here, so we are going to curl up and watch a movie. We have The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, which I am hoping we like better than Rio did.
4:09 pm on January 12th, 2013
I hope B. Stover was testing an emoticon, and not getting ready to give us a pop quiz. I don’t like slush, nor do I like the weather.
I did just remember at 5 they are showing the dog athletics. That is good.
4:33 pm on January 12th, 2013
I was testing an emoticon. A friend of mine is in Florida and he keeps using the emoticon smiley face wearing sunglasses. I suppose I should use the emoticon smiley face sticking its tongue out.
4:39 pm on January 12th, 2013
We just took the Sibaru to our favorite car wash. They love our guys there, and we each got a cookie before, and then we each got an even bigger one on the way out. Even better, this car wash exits right into the DQ drive-thru! So we each had ice cream. Are we living the life or what.
4:43 pm on January 12th, 2013
Sneeze!…Da Broncos are kicking butt and da game just started…gasp!sputter!…Dey already scored a touchdown an extra pointy….sneeze!wheeze!…Everyone is twirling!
4:43 pm on January 12th, 2013
Howlers – Mama says she would happily wear a dog suit and walk around on her paws if she could be one of your Mom’s Sibes. Youse guys do have the life!
4:44 pm on January 12th, 2013
By the way, Quigley is still patiently awaiting $100 to complete his full sponsorship.
4:54 pm on January 12th, 2013
Gasp!…Oh no! Da Ravens have scored two touchdowns…sneeze!…Dey must really be pissed off…wheeze!sputter!
4:56 pm on January 12th, 2013
For some entertaining time wasting, go to DOGSHAMING.COM. The first few are rescues but then the family dogs get into th act.
4:59 pm on January 12th, 2013
5:01 pm on January 12th, 2013
Heh, heh, Macy, those are great!
5:08 pm on January 12th, 2013
Wow!…sneeze!…What a Game! Da score is tied at 14 ta 14 in da first quarter….Wooooooo!sneeze!
5:18 pm on January 12th, 2013
Herbs, we aren’t the ones who get to go to the beach with the rents
5:31 pm on January 12th, 2013
GO BRONCOS!!!
5:38 pm on January 12th, 2013
SiberH!…Are you watching the game with us…snort!snort!…It is very exciting! Beau can hardly sit still…heh!
Touchdown!….Wooooo!…Now the Broncos are ahead agian!…wheeze!…Uh-oh there is a damned flag…grunt!
5:41 pm on January 12th, 2013
Touchdown!…No foul called!…Wooooo!
5:42 pm on January 12th, 2013
Oh dear – Mama has gone crazy. She is twirling and dancing and laughing.
Seems she got an ipod thingie for Christmas, but the instructions for working it with the computer don’t match the #$%$^&*( 8 program. The instructions were to load CD’s and a certain command window would just show up.
She has been trying to figure this out for days….and days and days and days and days.
Today, she went thru a backdoor in the computer, told it to quit screwing around with her and accept the dam commands.
And the computer DID IT!
And she loaded all her CD’s, and created playlists, and synched the pod thingie and it all works.
Sheesh – whats the big deal – kids know how to do this stuff and do it all the time!
You would think she just reinvented the wheel.
5:46 pm on January 12th, 2013
Golinka!…What backdoor would that be?…sniff!…Just in case I need to use it one day…heh!
5:46 pm on January 12th, 2013
Fell asleep for the last ten minutes of a mystery. Now I’m going to watch it again.
I did wake up in time to watch some of the Incredible Dog program. I can safely say thay none of the Newfs will be in that show.
But here are three of the six watching my every move. I was eating pizza.
5:48 pm on January 12th, 2013
Pizza!…heh!snort!heh!…Melanie that’s funny…snorkel!
5:57 pm on January 12th, 2013
32 + feet! Veobe makes the wold record in Dock Diving. My thought? Do not get between this dog and her bumper.
5:58 pm on January 12th, 2013
Molly’s Mom is here now. She picked me up for huggies and she asked why I smell like French fries. Tee hee.
6:00 pm on January 12th, 2013
Coach!….Oooooeeeee!…The Ravens coach is fighting mad right now…heh!heh!heh!…chorkel!
6:01 pm on January 12th, 2013
Rio, I am not watching the game, but I am cheering for the Broncos. I am depending on Beau’s game reports.
T&G As far as I am concerned, your mom just did reinvent the wheel.
Those are 3 very alert Newfs.
6:06 pm on January 12th, 2013
Crap!…Dose damned Ravens have scored a touchdown and now dey are tied with the Broncos…sneeze!…again!….Dis is going to be a very close game me thinks…wheeze!
6:15 pm on January 12th, 2013
Half-time!….Whew!…What a game!…snort!…I thought the Ravens would roll over and die, but they are really fighting back…wheeze!…This could get very scary…gasp!
6:24 pm on January 12th, 2013
Barb&Magpie: Let us know what you think of The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel. We here thought it was okay, but not the greatest…although Judi Dench and Maggie Smith were, as usual, superb.
It reminded us of a Bollywood movie…probably because of the setting.
6:25 pm on January 12th, 2013
OMDAWG!…Half-time over and the first play our smallest guy on defense makes a touchdown!…WOOOOOOOOooooOOOOOOOOO!…Unbelievable. Beau is doing his crazy cartwheels!…heh!heh!
6:26 pm on January 12th, 2013
OHs: Quigley is fully sponsored! I will be sending a check out to Rebecca tomorrow, along with Junior’s sponsorship fee.
6:36 pm on January 12th, 2013
Rose!…Are you feeling better this afternoon?…snort!…If you want to feel really good turn on the football game…chuffle!
7:07 pm on January 12th, 2013
Tipper and Gilly, you give your mom lots of head bumps and licks. She has done the impossible.
At 9:30 pm the song of the people sing out around here. The neighbors let their dogs out for their last out time and we have the Pitch Dark Bark.
Tomorrow, Gracie is getting a spa day. I am going up now.
TTFN
7:13 pm on January 12th, 2013
Touchdown!…grunt!…Not ours though…sniff!…Now the game is tied again!…snort!…The score at the end of the 3rd quarter is 28 ta 28…wheeze!
7:17 pm on January 12th, 2013
Pitch Dark Bark! Good One, Melanie, Heh.
7:20 pm on January 12th, 2013
Wose: Wooo! Good News for Quig.
7:24 pm on January 12th, 2013
Quig!…He will get to run with his tail right behind him….snort!snort!…Rose is amazingly generous!…sniff!…Even if she is sick right now…wuffle!
7:28 pm on January 12th, 2013
Sick!…I have a feeling our Rebecca is sick too…grunt!…We have not heard from her all day long… wuffle!sniff!sneeze!
7:29 pm on January 12th, 2013
Hooray for Quigley! We never did find out if he was named after Joe Quigley, the prospector.
7:36 pm on January 12th, 2013
Wooo!…cough!sneeze!…Da Broncos are ahead again! Dey just scored another touchdown to make it 35 ta 28…honk!sniff!…Dey are wearing me out.
7:36 pm on January 12th, 2013
Melanie, Did you say something earlier about 6 Newfs? We thought you had 9?
Bear, We agree that the movie was OK, not our fav for sure. Would rate it maybe a 6 or 7 at tops.
8:01 pm on January 12th, 2013
NOOOOOOOOOO!…gasp!wheeze!…NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!WOOOOOOOOOO!….Da game is tied again! The Broncos had it in da bag and then dey let the Ravens score with 35 seconds on that damned clock…Noooooooo!
8:08 pm on January 12th, 2013
I just watched a movie on Showtime: “From Time to Time.” Maggie Smith and Hugh Bonneville are in it. Very good.
8:19 pm on January 12th, 2013
Close!….We are both chewing on couch covers right now…wheeze!…It’s over-time and anything can happen…gasp!
8:31 pm on January 12th, 2013
B: Yes! Showtime is Free this weekend. Last night we unfortunately checked Starz in error and missed out on the first showings. But it turned out okay as we had already seen The Iron Lady. Tonight’s feature is the Twilight Saga. Hmmm…I don’t think so.
Barb&Magpie: The rating here was the same.
8:31 pm on January 12th, 2013
I am hoping at any minute now Rio wil post that the Broncos have won.
8:35 pm on January 12th, 2013
Chatter!….My teeth are chattering…snort!…Which is impossible because my teeth don’t come together…wheeze!…Oh, it is my friends teeth that are chattering…yeep!…This is getting way too scary!
8:39 pm on January 12th, 2013
Time!..Just over 2 minutes to play in the first over-time…wheeze!…The Broncos have the ball!…yeeep!
8:42 pm on January 12th, 2013
DAWG!…Intercepted by the Ravens with 51 seconds on the damned clock…grumbl!spit!
8:44 pm on January 12th, 2013
Over-time!….We are going to a Second Over-time…gurgle!…Beau is on his back with all four paws straight up in the air…wheeze!
8:47 pm on January 12th, 2013
Gasp!…NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!….sob!sob!sob!
8:48 pm on January 12th, 2013
This is really nerve-wracking, and I am just reading the blog.
8:49 pm on January 12th, 2013
no, Rio, no…they didn’t
9:02 pm on January 12th, 2013
Heh heh
Hi Rio…snicker
9:05 pm on January 12th, 2013
Rio: I am here! I am feeling better than I was yesterday. I’m not sure if my stomach problems were a result of a migraine or if they were separate. I took some feeling-good-in-no-time pills for my migraine last night and they knocked me out! I did a fair bit of cleaning today and then planned to go into town to do our grocery shopping before the freezing rain in the forecast hit. I timed it wrong and spent the afternoon slipping and sliding from my car to the store and back again. I know my limitations when it comes to my lack of coordination. Slick!
9:06 pm on January 12th, 2013
Well, that was anticlimatic! I thought sure that those horses could beat birds, but after all they ARE Ravens. Next year Beau, next year.
9:08 pm on January 12th, 2013
Riö and Abbie sitting on the couch
K I S S ing . . . Ooo, La La!
9:17 pm on January 12th, 2013
This is a judgement free zone. Sometimes you find love in unexpected places.
9:40 pm on January 12th, 2013
Rio! I am still fighting off a stomach thing. I am sorry your team did not win! Poor Beau must be devastated.
The prof and I just finished watching one of the greats….SAVING PRIVATE RYAN. It is the first time we have seen the movie since it was first released. I cried a lot.
9:53 pm on January 12th, 2013
Wose: Thank you for making sure all of me is able to get to the starting line. My mama and I are concerned that you are going to spend all your fun money on Snowhook and not have money for souvenirs for your trip. I thank you just the same. And, to show my gratitude, I am happy to give you one Belle Starr for your very own. Free of charge. She stole my chicken skin last night and I can’t find it in my tail to forgive her.
10:08 pm on January 12th, 2013
Have any of you seen the movie Gunless? It is on CBC right now. I love this movie because it makes me laugh and laugh. Paul Gross stars in this Western/Comedy. Y’all should see it.
11:28 pm on January 12th, 2013
Such misery! I just came in from doing dog chores in freezing rain. My arctic gear is the only thing that is somewhat waterproof, but it is way to warm for the 30 degrees temps. Gah!
AJ left early this morning for a training run complete with Junior on the team. I’m waiting for them to return home. AJ planned on doing 80 to 100 miles. I bet they’ve turned in to 80 to 100 wet, miserable miles. Double gah!
4:47 am on May 4th, 2017
It’s hard leaving a puppy full of energy at home all day but these are great tips for surviving the ordeal. Your best bet is to get rid of as much energy as possible. I love making my dog do puppy pushups to tire him out. Getting him to sit and then lay down over and over again.