Mr Chewy loves me!

I was so excited when Mr Chewy gave me a special offer to review his store! Of course since it sells food I love it but since Momma buys EVERYTHING online I guess she is a little more discerning!

She is always looking for the best price on my food because I eat ALOT but also because my food is expensive. Right now I eat Honest Kitchen Embark along with chickens and fishes but the only pet store in our little town doesn't sell it. So Momma was excited to see that not only does Mr Chewy sell it but he has a better price than she could find before! 

She is also really impatient and wants things NOW so was really happy that not only was shipping free but we ordered on the night of the 21st and it shipped the next day and the brown box man delivered it on the 24th! As usual I got to open it to make sure everything was right!

Yep TWO boxes of powdered turkeys! Perfect! Its suppertime right? No? Surely she bought some snacks? No? Pooh! I totally checked the website and it says they have 275 different kind of snacks! I would like to suggest to Mr Chewy that he should put a small sample of snacks in the boxes for us doggies whose momma's did not buy snacks. I smelled food but got none very disappointing!

Also momma is forever scooping out the last bit of food before it occurs to her to get more so I was thrilled that Mr Chewy has scheduled deliveries and we got an even better price on the first order because we scheduled the next delivery. There is no special deal for the later deliveries which we would like to see so maybe they will add that soon. 

As you probably can tell from the steady stream of homeless doggies that come through the mooselodge we really like to help homeless doggies (I was once homeless!) so we really love that Mr Chewy donates money to them through the referral program but the really good news is that my pals who go there to shop can get 10% off their first order if they use this sooper sekrit code: DEWD6904 Ok its not really secret- tell anyone and everyone and they get 10% off and some homeless doggies get $10!

So thanks Mr Chewy! I can't wait for my next box!

MangoMinster 2012 entry: Bad Sports Dog

Last year I won the Bad Sports category at MangoMinster then won 2nd runner up in Best in Show! Well this year I am back to defend my title! 

Last year's win was mainly because I went on a drug binge right before the show! I ate a whole bunch a pills and had to go to the vet.
Well this year I am back to defend my title! Since last year I have a consistent track record of stealing things from the pantry and the counter.

Like the day I pulled the fishes out of the sink where they were thawing.














One day I even had a can of soup for lunch!

 I think my stuffie gutting habit really helped me win too. The bigger the stuffie the faster I gut it!

 I do share the moose lodge with the occasional homeless doggie which some people think disqualifies me from the bad sports category. Well let me tell you, while they are here I make sure they know that this is MY house! I steal stuffies from them, take kongs from them and generally don't tolerate any non-sense. See in this photo momma tried to give us each a stuffy

... but then the second pic is a mere seconds later and I have them both while the hapless foster pal is sitting like and angel!

In some cases I try to train them in the ways of a Bad Sports dog. When they prove to be unwavering in their goodness I try to blame my bad things on them In this photo who do you think is the guilty doggie? Not me! ;-)

I also love to hog mommas spot in bed even though i am not exaggerating when I say that I have SEVEN beds of my own and she only has one!

Plus when I am bored I make a game out of seeing how many of her shoes I can sneak outside before she notices.

If I get so many out that she has to come out barefoot to get them then I win!

So, I maintain I am still the baddest dog in the whole d@mn town and hope that the judge Maggie Mae has the wisdom that Judge Fiona showed last year in recognizing my badness!

Help! Duffy is eating all my snacks!

First things first: I am almost out of snacks cuz my foster pal Duffy is eating them all! I entered a photo contest because they are giving away FIFTY bucks worth of snacks so I really need your help! If you are on Facebook can you go here and click 'Like' under the photo of the most handsome of the 6 hounds? (Hint it is the tall dark and handsome one!). You don't have to fill out a bunch of forms you just have to click here and then click once more to vote. You can only vote once for every account and there is no cheating so every vote really counts!

So I have not blogged in TWO Months! It is terrible! Momma is very busy and has had a terrible flare up of whatcha call 'attention deficit disorder' so she is all scatterbrained and what not.












In my last post you met Duffy who was sick with heartworms- well he is all better now and ready for his furever home! He is possibly the dorkiest labradork there ever was though! Momma is always giving him snacks for doing dorky things which is how I am nearly snackless!

As for me there is not a whole lot that is new. There have been the usual string of countersurfing episodes...

....new toys bought and gutted.... 

... special deliveries... 

...noms...

and naps. Lots of naps!

You know... the usual! I am gonna try to get Momma to let me blog more so paws crossed that it will not be another 2 months til I get to blog again. I bet if I win a big pile of snacks momma will let me on here so please go vote for me!

My 4th Moosiversary!

Yesterday marked 4 years since I rescued my momma from a dogless existence. Can you believe she used to have to borrow dogs from friends? There was no fur in her house, no slobber splatter on the walls and worse yet there was no waggle dance everytime she returned home! Can you imagine?
Of course that means it is also our 4 year blogger anniversary. There is really not much to celebrate there though since I can hardly get her to post any of my exciting adventures!

Still, it was a day to celebrate, and in recognition of my 4 years of service, I got a pizza and ice cream party! I know some of you are thinking I must have an upset tummy but I have eaten whole pizzas before so one slice is no problem! The ice cream was of course doggie icecream but that is my favorite anyway.

I gobbled the pizza so fast that there is only this one photo of me enjoying it! Yummers!

Then on to desert! I have not had Frosty paws in ages!

I did get a slight case of crazy eye! Who can blame me though?

Some of you may be wondering where Duffy is in all of these photos. Well momma delayed the party until he was having breakfast in his crate so that I could enjoy my treats in peace. He gets beside himself excited for plain old kibbles anyway so I don't think he was too worried about what I was eating. AS you can see from his suppertime dance, he is a very bouncy boy!

On Squatters

As my pals know, the Mooselodge occasionally allows homeless labbies to squat here temporarily. Feebee was our last squatter who has moved on to a happy new home. Now we have Duffy squatting here. It seems he will be here for at least 2 months while he is getting rid of some heartworms. Momma assures me that they are everybit as gross as they sound but luckily they aren't catching and he is not so sick with him that he acts sick and miserable. He did not even know he had them! He is a bouncy happy boy and sorta fun except that momma keeps yelling 'SettleDown' at him whenever we get any good games started. Apparently he is not allowed to play crazy because of the worms.

So now on to the other kind of squatters... Squatter bunnies! Any faithful reader knows that Squatter Stuffies are a Mooselodge favorite! They are nothing fancy but they are the perfect size for carrying around and squeaking and they can be destuffed pretty quickly too. So you can imagine how distraught I was to find that momma could not get them at the local squatter store anymore! So she ordered me some online! Hee hee! A whole box of bunnies for me!

Me and Duffy went crazy unpacking them! In fact we went so crazy that momma gave up yelling 'settledown' and had to put them away! But she did let us each have one to play with. Of course Duffy wanted mine and I had to get all big dog boss on the noob and momma put together a little slideshow to show how that went down. There are captions but most of my pals will understand perfectly without them...

WTF Wednesday: Weed Eater edition

WTF? Momma is growing me a salad! I love eating grass but there is not a lot of grass around the Mooselodge. 

Two years ago My first foster pal TeddyNo and I decided to rip into a bag of grass seed and even though momma tried to clean it all up a little patch of grass sprouted up in the gravel! You can see it behind the handsome boy in the photo! Because she loves me she has left the grass there even though she is always pulling weeds up. 

Sooo she decided to grow some grass just for me! But before she starts plowing the back 40 she wanted to make sure I liked it so she bought a sample size. 

I think it is not done growing yet but she let me sniff it and oh boy I went nuts!

Since it is not done growing I only got to eat 2 pieces but I totally got 'crazy eye' while I was eating them! 

I guess that is what a bag of weed will do to you! Heh heh heh! I think we're gonna need a bigger bag! 

p.s. update on FeeBee- She got adopted ! She is not too far away and she sometimes sends me emails about her new adventures. Apparently she has started up a lizard extermination business. 

When she is off the clock she is some kinda flying/swimming dare devil doggie! She is a happy girl...and she likes coconuts too!

Round 2: Feebee's house hunting again

Look who came back to the Mooselodge yesterday! It is feebee! I'm not sure where she disappeared to but she mast have been at tugging school because when she got here we played an awesome round of tug with my giant sheeps which has since gone to the intensive care ward (paws crossed for a speedy recovery sheeps!).

Wow! She never played with me like that before so she must have graduated from tugging school at the top of her class! On the other hand she came with a basket load of stuff, her bed, bowls, leashes, toys, shampoos, kibbles, snacks and more so maybe she was out shopping for the last month!

While all her stuff was being carted into the Moose lodge we were busy having loads of fun but then her ride left without her! She was so upset that it made me kinda sad for the little girl! She ran around pretty frantically for awhile checking all the doors and windows to see if her ride realized she got left behind and came back for her. No such luck!

Now momma made me promise not to tell feebee but her family is not coming back for her. They said they ran out of money already and that she has to find another place to stay. Since they had enough money 25 days ago I guess that feebee must have ate a big wallet full of cash while she was there. She does not seem like the type to do that so it is pretty hard for me to understand but how else can you explain being able to afford something one day then realizing that you can't three weeks later. We are very sad for poor pheebs but glad they brought her back to us at least!

Whatever happened she is back here and in the market for a new family. I was not crazy about her before since she was kinda boring but she likes to play more now so guess it could be fun having her here. She agreed to share some of her snacks and not to pee on my bed again so that is cool!

You know how your people are always leaving and they can't understand why you are so upset about it since they are coming right back? You know how they don't get why we are so worried when we see bags being packed... Well this is why, people! My ride left me and all my stuff behind once. Sure I ended up in an ok place but moving sucks! You always lose stuff. I felt so bad for poor feebee but I also can't help but worry, what if it happens to me again? Momma said she would never leave me but I bet feebee's people told her that too. On the other hand momma says she would die without me and I have to say I think that is true so hopefully I am safe.








But really... who could leave a face like this behind?

Fire Safety... Seriously

Gainesville firefighters pet a dog rescued from a house
fire Monday morning. (Courtesy of Gainesville Fire Rescue)
from Ocala Star-Banner 3/21/11

We got an email from LRRoF that one of our foster parents Chris (who fosters ALOT of dogs) lost his home and car and one of his foster dogs Mowgli (RIP) in a terrible fire but he and his room mate and some brave firefighters managed to save the other 7 doggies. The pups were unconscious from the smoke and had to be carried out and revived with oxygen by the Gainesville Fire Department. Momma was doubly impressed that they had special oxygen masks made for doggies donated by a community member. You can read the news paper article here.
Momma & I have not met him but we know what it is like fostering one dog and to have 6 in addition to your own must mean he is an awesome dude.  We feel terrible for the foster parent and donated a little of my bone monies to a fund to help him get on his feet again. I know money is tight for lots of folks right now but if you would like to donate even a couple of bucks, the fund is here.

Fire Momma! Help! Put it out!

This tragedy has made us think a lot about what we can do to make things safer because frankly I am pretty scared of fire. I mean, one time my snack was on fire (see pic) and I had to yell and scream for momma to put it out! So I thought we would share the safety tips we came up with.
1. Check your smoke detectors often! Personally, as a chicken hound who gets very 'alarmed' by the sound, I have asked momma to test it while I am outside but she told me to suck it up because she is pretty forgetful and better just do it while she is thinking about it.
2. Have an escape plan for all of your family members and a meeting place outside. Momma is worried she won't have a leash and I will bolt because I am scared so she is thinking on a plan for that (what can I say, she is a worrier!).

3. Fire extinguishers! Of course you should always call 911 and if it is more than a small contained fire, just get out. Also, they only help if they are immediately accessible and you know how and when to use them. When in doubt, get out!
 4. You can get these free stickers from ASPCA that let the firefighters know there are doggies in the house. Momma got one ages ago but never put it up until today! So lazy!
5. Does your local fire department have pet oxygen masks? Some communities have them through donations. Momma is gonna find out if our fire fighters have them and if not she is gonna try to get some neighbors to pitch in for them. You should ask your local fire department too. If they need them, then maybe you can help get some for use by your local department (link opens pdf).
If you have any other helpful tips as far as keeping us dogs safe in the event of fire please share!

Wordless Wednesday: A boy and his Bunny edition