Return of the Sporty Dogs

I hope everyone has been watching Mango Minster 2010 and voting everyday for readers choice! Sporty dogs are about to enter the ring and there are a lot of them so be sure to tune in!
Since I left the sporty dogs in Key West I have been up at Mango's estate for Mango Minster judging and I have sort of taken Pee-Wee under my wing to teach him some of the things every labradog should know. Especially how to ensure you do not starve to death when you are home alone.

So many puppies languish all day needlessly while their parents are at work! I was right in the middle of the lesson when Mango calls me in.

Hope I am not in Relentlessly Huge trouble!

Oh brother! How am I ever gonna find them. I guess it won't be that hard to track down a pack of 58 sporty dogs!!
Meanwhile... back in Key West... The sporty dogs have been trolling Key West's many drinking establishments. When Sloppy Joe's would not have them they decided to try Hogs Breath Saloon since it sounded like an animal friendly place.

Unfortunately Hogs Breath took one look at them and Mr Wild Dingo Man and kicked them out but they found some fun in the parking lot at least!

So then they heard of a place called Garden of Eden and figured it was outdoorsy and would probably take doggies.

Apparently not everyone was feeling so adventurous though. Luckily they found this place instead:

Of course the service was terrible and in spite of advertising cheeseburgers there was nothin' but Milkbones! So then they moved on to the Island Dogs Bar. They were hanging out there when I finally tracked them down and ordered them to get to the show!

Fortunately Trooper was able to commandeer the Conch Train so the Sporty Dogs could get to Master chew sits! Phew!

I hope they make it on time!

UPDATE: If you have not already, please go visit Maxdog, his pack could use some comfort right now. :-(

Sporty dogs gone wild: Finale

After the Flyball tourney was over I got a most disturbing call from Murphy. Apparently the Sporty dogs ran up a huge bar tab and were kicked out out of Holiday Isle!

I told them to head south and wait for me at the seven mile bridge.

So I get there and see a bunch of Sporty dogs waiting. Phew! Glad I found them! Oh and there are some new arrivals!

Where are the rest of the sporty dogs? Where is Sassy? Did Twinkie get lost?
What? They are down on the beach? Sheesh! I guess these doggies are the patient good sports and the other sporty dogs got too restless up here by the side of the road! Wait here while I go round them up...
So I get down to the beach and Holy cow! The sporty dogs have like tripled in number since I left! And are there really three black pugs or am I seeing things?

Ok, We gotta get movin! Only 40 miles to Key West...

When we were almost to Big Pine Key we ran into a strange beast...

OMD! That is not a new sporty dog, that is an endangered Key Deer! Momma told me we might see some of them and that we should not approach them because they are endangered. If I were in danger I would definitely want someone to approach me!
So while we were in Big Pine Key we decided to go check on them and see if they were ok.

Holy cow they look just like Twinkie! Twinkie, Go stand over there next to one!

Yep... spitting image! Ok pups, we gotta keep moving! Another 20 miles to Key West!

So being the good host that I am, I took them to the tourist favorites. After the Southernmost point I thought they might like to go see the Cat Man at Mallory Square. It was almost sunset and that is when the cat circus starts!

Ok... that was starting to get a little intense so I decided we should head off for some libations at a local watering hole.
When I get there I noticed that there are 999 golden retrievers (not to be confused with 1000 Goldens our 1st place sponsor!) in the sporty dog group and they appear to be organizing. Yikes!

Sadly it was time for me to get to Master chew sits to get started on the judging. I don't know how I am ever going to pick the winners so I had better get up there and get to work!
Have fun in Key West sporty dogs! Try to stay out of trouble!

Sporty dogs head to Key West!

If you missed part one of our adventure, you can read it here. When we left off I had asked Fenris and Storm to pick a place to go....

And they picked Key West! Since the Moose mobile can barely fit 3 doggies we decided to hoof it the whole 100 miles!

In Islamorada we made a pit stop to see Betsey the Lobster. Phew! 80 miles to go!

Then we stopped at Holiday Isle for some R & R. Teal'c and some others saw a sign for parasailing and thought that would be a good way to show me how sporty they are!

We pooled our cash but only had enough for Jeannie and Shingo to go so Tank, Cody and Teal'c splashed around in the waves instead showing that they were very good sports about it all.

Meanwhile, up at the Tiki bar there was all sorts of carrying on! All of the sudden Dennis comes tearing around the corner telling me I am desperately needed back at fly ball! I am not sure what he thinks I can do about ninja hedgehogs (I guess momma didn't tell him about the time I saw that mouse...) but I don't want to leave my fellow judges hangin'!

So I told all the sporty dogs to hang out at Holiday Isle and I will be back in a few days and we will continue south. I sure hope they don't get into too much trouble!

Sporty Dogs Gone Wild (Part 1)

So I have been busy lately. I went up to Master chew sits to Mango's estate to hang with the other judges then was whisked off for a flyball tournament with Dennis. I was having a ball (ha ha) when Momma calls me home to handle an emergency. Apparently she woke up to this headline in the paper and thought I'd better be home for this.

So I get back to the Moose lodge and yep, look what I saw out the Window in the office, Sugar, Buddy, Radar, Homer and Dennis. Dennis is probably here to get me to come back to fly ball... Rut Roh!

And the window next to Momma's desk, Charlie, Tank, Lucy, Shingo, Zack, Sassy, Jeannie, Teal'c, Latte and Stella!

And out the door of the office it was Samantha, Gus, Hauwii, Cookie and a squirrel... oh wait that is Dory!

And out the side door, look! It is Fenris, Frankie, Lily, Fiona and a bunny rabbit! Oh no it's really Gracie!














And out the Kitchen window there was Jasmine (a goat dog!), Tommy, Charlie, Murphy and hoards of the hounds from Bumpass (Abby, Jubal, J.E.B., Sophie, Shelby Belle, and Jack)!

And at the front door there was Storm, Marge, Twinkie, Benny, Cody and Roy. Storm was pounding on the door he was so excited!

I told momma to hurry up and let them in but she said no way! After Mango and Dexter's visit she said that the dog capacity of the Moose Lodge is definitely less than 400lbs.





Since Jasmine is not technically a doggie I got momma to let her in to see what was going on!

So we all went down the street to re-group and figure out a plan! Twinkie decided she could use a ride so I saddled up and gave her a lift!

Fenris and Storm were put in charge of picking a place to go and it looks like Storm has made a decision... tune in for the next installment to see where we went!

Dog Pile!

I am entering Biggie Z's Dog Pile Contest! Here is my official entry photo:

I sat there while she put these 16 things on me:

1. remote control
2. leopard squeaky
3. small box
4. computer mouse
5. Red loopy dog
6. bungee bunny
7. orange lizard
8. yellow squeaker bone
9. blue lizard
10. moose squeaker
11. bah humbug wiener dog
12. tennis ball tug
13. rope bone
14. squatter bunny
15. iphone cord
16. tool time glasses
    

Momma says the tool time glasses may not count because I am wearing them which I find a shame because that was the hardest part!

She was shocked that I sat still but she was visiting some of the other entries and talkin' trash about how I would never sit still so I just had to show her! She tried to make me lay on my side but I wouldn't do it. I must admit I had a little trouble trying not to wag my tail though. Momma would giggle and I would start wagging and she giggled more and I wagged more and we had to start over a few times.

Of course, enough is enough and after the photo-op I had to check some of these things out.


So there you have it... My dog pile!
This contest is an officially sponsored event as part of Mango Minster 2010. Be sure to stop by and check out the action!

Note from Momma: Moose knows that 'wait' means to stay put so that helped a lot but also I FINALLY found a use for the 'put your beak down' command I taught him ages ago! When I give that command he will rest his head like he is sleeping. Not terribly useful until now ;-)

Double Stuffed Apple Recipe

Wow things have been busy here at the Moose lodge getting ready for Mango Minster 2010 so I have not been visiting my pals as much lately. I will try to catch up soon though. 
After Mango and Dexter left Momma had to air out the place and is still cleaning all of the Mango floogers off the walls. Some might be mine but mostly they are the Mangos!

Also I wanted to share my stuffed apple recipe. Momma got the idea to core an apple and stuff it with peanut butter from Darwin's mom who recently posted a video about of Darwin enjoying this treat. Pretty cute!
Well it would be impossible to add anything to this already awesome treat you say?

Recently my momma bought me some new snacks that are peanut butter and apple flavored. Most yummers as Mango would say!

But even better, she figured out that they fit perfectly in a cored apple!

Sakes alive this makes for a most delicious treat! Four thumbs up! So there you have it, a double stuffed apple!

Mango & Dexter Visit the Mooselodge (Part 2)

If you missed yesterday's post, Mango & Dexter are visiting and Pee Wee was trying to decide what fun he wanted to have for his belated birthday.

On the way into Key Largo Dexter noticed this sign that said 'Key Largo Dive Capital of the World' wanted to go scuba diving. Momma told him that it was not true and that it was way too cold for us south Floridians to go diving but Pee Wee would not let it go. Since his DOH totally dropped the ball on his 2nd birthday I figured the least we could do was humor him.

So I agreed to take the three of us out to the reef to go diving. This is not at all the sort of thing the Mango likes to do and there was no way I was going since it is totally freezing here. I still have my summer coat on after all! But you always have to have a buddy when you dive so I tricked mango into thinking he was just going to use the boat for meditations. Hee hee. He is very easy to trick!

When we got out there he still was not interested but Pee wee and I told him that Bully sticks grow in the ocean and he could have all he wanted... that was all it took.

 Of course, Mango being Mango.... let out one relentlessly huge fart!

I was resting on the boat when holy cow!!

After that I figured we had better high tail it back to the Moose Lodge before we got into trouble for discharging toxic substances into the ocean.

So when we got back to the Moose Lodge I wanted to show Mango some of my intellectual stimulations games but he was not into it at all.

Instead all he wanted to do was his boring meditations. Unfortunately the accommodations were not to his liking.

While he was meditating Dexter and I took a little nap of our own when I was startled awake by some crazed wookie sounds!

I went in the other room and Mango, obviously bored of meditations had ransacked my toy box!

So Momma insisted we all clean up and I tried to show them my 'pick up your toys' trick. I was not trying to show off or anything but I showed them how I can pick up TWO toys up and put them away at the same time.  I don't think they were impressed in the least though.

Mango was really getting really worried about neglecting his Mango Minster 2010 duties so decided it was time to wrap up this trip.

Mango refused to endure another long ride in the 'Mouse' mobile though so he summoned the jet to come get him and Dexter so the plane had to land out on US1.
 It was a very short visit. I don't think Mango had much fun but maybe Dexter will come back.