August 1, 2015

I can't see!

It's always good to start reading even before you can!

Evidently I make a great bedtime story.

Or wakin'-up-in-the-morning story.

Or midday snack.

 

July 29, 2015

Perchance to dream...

I'm telling you.  It's been really hot here lately.

Too hot to do much of anything.

Fortunately, the tall guy insists that

we have conditioned air.

I do not know what is the difference between

conditioned air and regular air,

but I know that it feels a lot better when we come

inside after our walks.

The tall guy finally got his car back from being

fixed at the car place.

I hope they didn't fix it the same way

I was fixed when I was  little!

BUT, I haven't gotten to ride in it yet,

as the tall guy says he'd like to have just a FEW days

of car without being covered in dog fuzz again.

And after all the other stuff, he decided to buy

new tires AND a new battery.

I hope he still has enough money left to buy

my treats!

I'm not so sure he needed to get a battery anyway.

He's got lots of batteries in the flashlights we have.

He could've used one of those.

Oh well.  I better not complain

or he'll make me go outside in the hot!

Stay cool!

 

July 17, 2015

It's SO hot! 

How hot is it? 

I don't know.

But I do know that it's not as hot as it was in Arizona.

Remember to drink lots of water.

And stay in the shade when you go on your walk.

Even if something does smell really good

on the other side of the road!

We haven't been to the park in a few days

because someone hit the tall guy when he was driving home

and he had to borrow a car from the car place

and they won't let me ride in it.

Something about all the fuzz that's coming off my butt 

because it's so hot.

But it's ok,

we still gots lots of places to walk around here.

Stay cool!!

 

July 9, 2015

Why did the cowboy get a pet dachshund?

Cause he wanted to

get a long little doggy!

And with that in mind, welcome to the

BLOGVILLE RODEO

TRICK RIDING EVENT!

We have a LOT of riders for your enjoyment today! 

We'll start with Oreo and Addy.

Such style, such grace.

And Addy can even balance a ball while she rides.

WOO-HOO!!

 

 Next, we have Ziggy

doing the always dangerous

"Hanging off the horse's nose" trick!

 REMARKABLE!!

And now, all the way from across the ocean

is Blogville's own 

Princess Leah.

 

Very stylish in her matching cowboy boots and hat!

Next up,

we have Sarge

who shows us that the downward dog pose

is not only for dogs any more!

Way to go Sarge!!

Now we have a special treat.

Not only is Sweet William the Scot

trick riding, but also trick roping as well.

 4 paws up for you, William!

Here comes Murphy and Stanley!

Stanley's brought along his friend Taffy!

 Now that's some fine riding' we got there.

Way to go guys!

Next up, we got Easy Rider

who is certainly living up to the name.

Such grace,

such poise,

such balance,

such a strange horse!!

That's some fine showmanship there ER!

Now we've got a special treat.

Here's Frankie and Ernie showing us

that you don't need to be in a ring to do trick riding.

Them sure are some rootin'-tootin' ridin' skills 

you got going on there!

We can't forget our feline friends.

Here's our own Diva Madi showing us 

how the other half does it!

Oops, it looks like she may have lost her hat.

That's ok.  I think she brought along her spare tiara 

just in case!

Now we go to the group ridin' doggies.

First up, is Lassie and Benji.

 

Doing the ever popular "Grab the cookies" trick.

Good job!!

And now for a special treat,

we've got the entire Dory's Backyard gang performing for us.

Let's hear it for Bilbo, Dory, Arty AND Jakey.

Showing us HOW IT'S DONE!

AND NOW,

for a VERY SPECIAL TREAT,

just for all the Blogville friends,

we've got

CHESTER from Winnipeg

doing his very special riding trick:

There you go.

It's the amazing 

"Curled up in a ball on the floor of the car"

riding trick!

AMAZING!!!!

How does he do it?

Kids, don't try that at home!

How about a really big hand for all of our riders!

 (Well, I'm not so sure about THAT!)

Thanks to everyone who took part in the trick riding.

Make sure you check out all the other events for the 
Blogville Rodeo blog hop by going here:
http://www.oztheterrier.com/p/blogville-tours.html

There's LOTS of events at the rodeo.
Don't miss any of them.
Hope you have a GREAT time!
 

July 3, 2015

Don't forget about the Blogville Rodeo

coming up on July 9th!

Maybe there will be a prize for the fastest toy de-stuffer!

Or "The most happy smile after pulling out the fuzz from a brand new toy" trophy.

Or the "Most stuff left on the lawn for the tall guy to have to pick up before he can mow the grass" award.

Or a "Just bypass the store and give me a $10 bill to chew up instead" ribbon.

No?

How about a "Let's find out what is REALLY inside a pink unicorn" medal?

Come on.  I gotta win something!

June 18, 2015

Who turned off the air conditioning?

 

For some reason, it turned VERY hot here a few days ago.  It got so hot that I don't even want to go on a long walk.  I'd rather go on a short walk and find somewhere in the shade to sit and take in the smells.

So, whoever it was that turned off the coolness,

would you please turn it back on?  I will tell the tall guy to send you some money to help pay your electrisical bill!

PS:  Don't forget about the Blogville Rodeo.

You still have time to send your pictures to the tall guy for the trick riding.  You can get the 4-1-1 here:

 http://dailydoseofjack.blogspot.com/2015/06/june-10-2015.html

 

June 10, 2015

I smell something exciting!

(which is much better than when the tall guy says I smell frightening.)

Blogville is having a RODEO!!

 

And look-ee there!!

The tall guy and I have been put in charge of the trick writing.

So if you can do any special kind of writing, 

heck, even if you can write at all,

please send your ...

what?

Are you sure?

I've just been informed by the tall guy that it's not trick WRITING,

it's trick RIDING!

Oh, well that makes more sense then.

So if you think you'd like to do this:

 

or this:

 

or even this:

make sure you get your pictures to the tall guy

by July 2, 2015

so you can be part of the trick RIDING event

at the Blogville Rodeo!

The tall guy said you can send your pictures to

jacksdad2011@gmail.com

and please put

"TRICK RIDING" as the subject of the email.

PS.  Maybe we can do the trick writing at the NEXT rodeo!!

 

May 30, 2015

I just wanted to help!

The plumb-er came to fix the drippy sink.  I think it has been drippy for like 3 months now, but for some reason the tall guy decided he needed to get it fixed TODAY!  So, he called the plumb-er.  I don't know why he didn't call the drip-er, but anyway.

I was all excited because I thought I was going to get to help and look what happened.  I got stuck outside.  For like 201 hours while the plumb-er was fixing the drip.  Actually it was like 10 minutes, but I COULD'VE been stuck outside if the plumb-er had taken a long time.
 I was going to hand him all the renches and screwdrivers and stuff, but no.  I was being a new-sense, so I had to go outside.  I could've come back inside through my dog window, but I know that when the tall guy gives me that LOOK, that it was better for me to stay outside for a while.

So now we have no drippy faucets, which is good so that we won't waste water.  Now if we can just get someone to come clean out all the leafs from the gutters, the tall guy will be happy!

 

May 27, 2015

 

He said he'd be back in a minute, and look...

HE GOT DONUTS!!!

May 17, 2015

I think we've played enough now!

I told the tall guy that he probably should change the name of my blog to

"Not so Daily Dose of Jack", because he has gotten very bad about telling you about my adventures on here.  I remember when he used to write whole BOOKS
just about me.  But it's ok.  That just means that there is more time for us to go on walks and to play outside.  Especially now that the weather is so nice.
It hasn't even been really hot yet, except for a few days, so it means that we can stay outside more often.

We have had some loud thunderstorms, but those are usually at 3AM.  The tall guy LOVES getting up at 3AM and sitting with me until the storms go past.  He's pretty good about doing that and he doesn't even fuss.

Oh and another good thing is that I get to eat a new kind of foods.  The tall guy said that we both need to lose a few libbies.  I do not know what these LBS are, but evidently you aren't supposed to have too many of them.  So, the tall guy is eating more salats (BOO! - but sometimes he puts chicken on them - YAY Chicken!) and I'm eating food that is supposed to help me lose my weights.  So, if you find any weights when you are out walking, they might be mine, but that's ok, you can keep them.

I think all this got started when the tall guy went to his human vet and the vet was happy that he had lost 10 lbs (the tall guy - not the vet.  We don't know if the human vet lost any lbs).  But as long as I still get to eat 3 times a day, I guess I'll be ok.

Other than that, we are doing goods, even though the tall guy is sad that The Amazing Race is over for a while.  I am not allowed to talk during The Amazing Race.  I don't know why it's called Amazing as the people don't even have any dogs with them!  They should have to race around the world with their dog.  Now THAT would be AMAZING! :)

 

May 4, 2015

WHAT?

I didn't know you needed that bowl.  

You should have said something!

Take me on a walk!

These trees are very beautifuls.

I'm sorry I eated your bowl.

Well, I really didn't eat it,

as much as deconstructed it.

Can we go back to the trees?

 

April 22, 2015

We are still here!

We did not get blowed away by the thunders or the lightnings or the tornado warnings or all the rains (but we did have to go hide in the closet for a couple of nights at 3AM because of the storms.  For some reason the tall guy is not a very pleasant person when I wake him up at 3AM to tell him that it is storming outside).

On the other hand,  the tall guy did find a brand new trail for us to walk on.  There were lots and lots of brand new smells for us to smell,

although, to be quite honest, I don't think the tall guy's nose is working very well.  He just walks by some of the best smells

and keeps on going.

He even went today and rode his bicycles on the new trail.  He said you can go for a long way on the path before it becomes too bumpy for the bicycles.  For some reason, I do not get to ride the bicycles.

I do not even HAVE a bicycles. 

Or any kind of cycles.

The tall guy said he would take me back on the trail sometime this week.  I hope so, because except for the rains and thunders and lightnings and tornados, it has been most beautific outside.

I even like to go sleep outside so I can catch some rays!

So, until the next thunderstorm,

I remain,

your friend Jack!

 

April 6, 2015

Forget roses...
 

... sometimes you just have to stop and smell the mailbox!

March 30, 2015

That's the BIGGEST bone I've ever seen! 

Hey, wait a minute...

That's not a bone!

It's ok.  I'll eat it anyway!

March 15, 2015

Rain, rain... 
and more rain.
 

Well, all the snows disappeared but now we have a bunch of rains.  It has been raining every day.  You can see how much rain we got in the pictures.  The first one was taken before the rain started and the second one was taken two days later!  (I am not in the 2nd picture, just in case you were wondering if I was covered up with the water!)

Some days, it stops raining long enough for us to run around the neighborhood on what may be 'generously' called a walk.  It seems that the tall guy doesn't like going on our normal 3 1/2 walk when he's getting wet.  I try to tell him that all the smells will get washed away, but somehow that doesn't seem to matter to him.  Maybe his nose is still stuffed up from the cold he had.

It is supposed to stop raining for a few days, but then start again later in the week.  I looked at the weather apple on the tall guy's phone and that's what it said.  So, I guess we'll be inside where it's nice and warm.  Now if we could only find the remote for the teevees.

Stay dry!

March 4, 2015

Snows, snows, snows...

We finally got a bunch of snows.  It was snow-tastic.  We had a great time playing in the snow until...
the tall guy decided to get a cold.  And I don't mean the kind of cold you get when you're outside playing in the snow and the wind is blowing and you have to hurry up and get back inside.  I mean the kind of cold where you get REALLY grumpy and don't want to play and just want to lay around the house all day and not do anything but you still have to go to the store and buy a bunch of -Quils and pills.

But, fortunately, he is getting better now.  Thank goodness.  I was afraid I was going to have to take him to the vegetarian.


 

February 26, 2015

Puppies roasting by an open fire... 

Well, I'm not actually roasting.

And it's not really an open fire.

And I'm not exactly a puppy.

But,' Jack feeling pretty good sitting in front of the fireplace which is protected by both a fireplace screen and a metal curtain' doesn't sound quite as good.

Stay warm!

February 19, 2015

SNOWS!!

We finally got some snows, although we did not get a lot.  I think we got about 10 snows, but it was still fun to walk in and see your feets prints.  The tall guy was a bit unhappy when I started running, because he said he really did not feel like falling down and breaking his neck, so I had to slow down because I did not want him to fall down and break anything, because he gets really really grumpy when he breaks things.

It was rainy and cold yesterday.  Last night, we had a commotion.  There were a bunch of police cars and fire cars with all their lights and sirens behind the house.  I don't even mind when the sirens come because that's just how I roll.

Anyway, it seems that someone missed the curve in the road behind our house last night and ran off the road and then, when all the polices came, they could not find the person who had been driving the car.  (The only reason I know all of this is that the tall guy was nosy and asked the polices behind the house what was going on.)  So, if you see anyone looking for their car, please tell them that the polices have it and they would most certainly like to have a talk with them!

February 11, 2015

Someone had better be glad... 

that I don't know how to take pictures.  You should see how HE looks when he first wakes up in the morning!

Let me tell you.  It's not a pretty sight.