Okay, while I know he's a winner all the time, but he really actually won something!!!
Check it out at Classic Hounds Blog
And, his picture is also featured on their website for the month, yeah Duke!!!
I know, two posts in one day - don't get used to it. I was just so excited to see that Duke was the Photo Contest Winner for the Month of October that I couldn't resist.
October 10, 2009
Emma and Duke
I was going through the pictures on my computer yesterday and saving them to CDs, just in case. So, of course I had to look through a few old CDs of downloaded pics, and I found some Duke puppy pictures. He was so tiny and so cute, while he still is - cute, not tiny that is. But I just had to share the below picture.
(September 2005)
That is puppy Duke and our family's Newfoundland, Emma. Emma was 9 when we brought Duke home and Duke thought Emma was just the best thing ever. She played it off like she could really care less about the little thing. He would always try to cuddle up with her and if she was awake she would stand up to make him slip off and go lay down somewhere else, but if she was sleeping he would just snuggle right in and they'd stay that way for a long time. He also really liked her fluffy tail and thought it was the best toy ever, but she tolerated him.
Emma is 13 now and Duke, 4, still worships the ground she walks on and does all he can to make her like him. To be honest, I think she just likes to give him a hard time since he tries so hard, but she pretty much acts like she wants nothing to do with him. I think this proves that she loves him though
(January 2008)
Or, maybe it's just payback?!?!
(September 2005)That is puppy Duke and our family's Newfoundland, Emma. Emma was 9 when we brought Duke home and Duke thought Emma was just the best thing ever. She played it off like she could really care less about the little thing. He would always try to cuddle up with her and if she was awake she would stand up to make him slip off and go lay down somewhere else, but if she was sleeping he would just snuggle right in and they'd stay that way for a long time. He also really liked her fluffy tail and thought it was the best toy ever, but she tolerated him.
Emma is 13 now and Duke, 4, still worships the ground she walks on and does all he can to make her like him. To be honest, I think she just likes to give him a hard time since he tries so hard, but she pretty much acts like she wants nothing to do with him. I think this proves that she loves him though
(January 2008)Or, maybe it's just payback?!?!
October 7, 2009
Ruger got a SQUIRREL!!!
We have two baby squirrels living in one of the oak trees in our back side yard. I've seen them out there before and they are on the ground eating the seeds a lot of the time. In fact, the other day the two baby squirrels were sitting on one side of the tree while Ruger was sniffing around on the other.
Today I let Ruger out and when I looked over at her there was one baby squirrel right under her nose and then she proceeded to pick it up!!! I started screaming and freaking out, it was so gross. She held it very gently, but still there was a squirrel in her mouth!!! -shudder- I ran out to the side yard where she was and made her sit and distracted her with her opossum toy that thankfully happened to be close by in the backyard. It worked! She set down the squirrel, gently actually, and I grabbed her collar and the squirrel walked away. It might have been limping a little bit, but it was hard to tell. Thank God I didn't have to remove the squirrel from her mouth, ewe! I would have really lost it! Let me just add that during my squirrel freak out the bus had just recently dropped off all of the elementary neighborhood kids.
I brought Ruger back inside and called Greg semi-freaking out and he was laughing the whole time, but had me check to see if the squirrel went back up the tree...it hadn't. So, I called animal control. They were very helpful and while I was on the phone with them the squirrel came out from between the baby pool and the fence and went back into its hole in our tree. I got a call back from the animal control office and they said that everything should be fine and that if I noticed anything wrong later on to give them a call. Being me, I also asked if I needed to worry about my dog. The officer said that she would be fine and that squirrels actually didn't carry anything - who knew?
So my little squirrel catcher didn't do any damage or harm, but she sure did freak me out!
Today I let Ruger out and when I looked over at her there was one baby squirrel right under her nose and then she proceeded to pick it up!!! I started screaming and freaking out, it was so gross. She held it very gently, but still there was a squirrel in her mouth!!! -shudder- I ran out to the side yard where she was and made her sit and distracted her with her opossum toy that thankfully happened to be close by in the backyard. It worked! She set down the squirrel, gently actually, and I grabbed her collar and the squirrel walked away. It might have been limping a little bit, but it was hard to tell. Thank God I didn't have to remove the squirrel from her mouth, ewe! I would have really lost it! Let me just add that during my squirrel freak out the bus had just recently dropped off all of the elementary neighborhood kids.
I brought Ruger back inside and called Greg semi-freaking out and he was laughing the whole time, but had me check to see if the squirrel went back up the tree...it hadn't. So, I called animal control. They were very helpful and while I was on the phone with them the squirrel came out from between the baby pool and the fence and went back into its hole in our tree. I got a call back from the animal control office and they said that everything should be fine and that if I noticed anything wrong later on to give them a call. Being me, I also asked if I needed to worry about my dog. The officer said that she would be fine and that squirrels actually didn't carry anything - who knew?
So my little squirrel catcher didn't do any damage or harm, but she sure did freak me out!
October 2, 2009
Pumpkins
Last weekend we carved pumpkins for Halloween! Maybe a little early, and who knows if our pumpkins will last until Halloween - I'm not sure they'll even make it to mid-October, but we had fun. The dogs enjoyed the pumpkin carving too, but poor them, they didn't get pumpkins. We think we'll go pick up a few more for them this weekend, but theirs are probably not going to get carved.
I think the only reason Greg decided that we could carve pumpkins was so that he could eat the seeds. Well, the seeds got sort of burnt and weren't really edible, plus they were such a pain to pick out of the gunk and get ready for the butter, salt, and baking that I think we'll just buy some next time!
The dogs are now sporting their Halloween collars. You can sort of see them in the pictures below, but Ruger's is orange with black and silver bats and Duke's is black with silver skull and crossbones.
I think the only reason Greg decided that we could carve pumpkins was so that he could eat the seeds. Well, the seeds got sort of burnt and weren't really edible, plus they were such a pain to pick out of the gunk and get ready for the butter, salt, and baking that I think we'll just buy some next time!
The dogs are now sporting their Halloween collars. You can sort of see them in the pictures below, but Ruger's is orange with black and silver bats and Duke's is black with silver skull and crossbones.
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