Fly, flu!

It's boring around here. The Human Assistant decided to get flu symptoms Friday morning.

He's been feeding us. But he says he can't stand up long enough to give us our medi-treats. And he hasn't gone anywhere. So we don't get our here's-​a-​treat-​let-​me-​out-​the-​door goodies.

Sinjin did a horka to show that his tummy was empty. I tore up an envelope.

I didn't eat all of it. I usually don't. I was more bored than hungry, really. The H.A. picked up the pieces and went back to bed. So I got another one.

Envelope #2

Sinjin tries a sample

I was glad to see that Sinjin tried some too. Not that he tore one up for himself. But he has possibilities. There's a little black fur in the background of the picture. Lucy didn't eat any of the envelope.

But I let them try some if they wanted. Then I plopped back down again.

Let's see now....

What?

Then H.A. decided we'd better get our medi-treats after all. Gremlin gets pretty annoying when I don't get my Pregna-Zone.

So I guess H.A. is feeling a little better. He wants to eat something but he doesn't know what. We don't care! Just pick something so we can have some too!

But he always thinks that maybe he's sick from food. Or that food will make things worse. Sheesh! How could food make anything worse‽‽‽

Anyway. What else? Mika and Scooby were adopted Friday. So I can stop worrying about the thing Khyra was thinking about.

That's all for now. I hope something interesting happens now!

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This is Lucy

This is Lucy on grass.

No-snow nose.

That's dopey. That's grass on Lucy. From when she and Sinjin went to visit Mika and Scooby on Wednesday. She forgot to shake herself off before she got back in the car.

You can see her when she does shake off on her dogster page.

The Human Assistant says it's a joke about an ad from back when he watched TV.  Har.  He says, "That's dopey" is a joke too.  Har. Har.

The other picture is grass on Mika. Obviously Mika has a more refined personality. Because she's a Sibe. Click the picture to see her nose better.

Lucy got to go to MaxFund again on Thursday. A lady wanted to meet her. She said Lucy looks almost exactly like her last dog. Except Koda's muzzle was blockier. More like the Retriever example picture on Lucy's dogster page.

The meeting went well. Lucy kissed the Lady. She doesn't kiss the Human Assistant. Lucy, that is. The lady neither, I guess. Lucy may like women better than men.

I think this lady would give Lucy a great home! I mean, Lucy's okay here. She doesn't really bother me. But she'd probably be happier someplace that she felt like kissing the people. Seems to me.

We'll have to see what happens. Maybe the lady would take Sinjin too! The H.A. doesn't think so. He said the lady wasn't interested in Mika. Well sure. Mika's a girl! I'm sure the lady'd love a big handsome  ​::cough::  ​lug like Sinjin! Seems to me.

Anyway. We'll see.

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Her again!

A place for everything.... Sinjin here! Don't listen to what Tucker says. He's a big red crabapple!

He had to ride by himself yesterday because the Big Guy didn't want any fights in the car!

On Wednesday B.G. took both Lucy and me to meet Mika!

Just when he went inside, another volunteer was getting Mika and Scooby ready to go to the yard. So they came out together.

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"Take yer partner 'round the bend!"

"Add one more and 'round again!"

Remember goofy Scooby? He and Mika are in the same kennel at the shelter because they were found together. Lived together, actually, until their family moved and forgot to load 'em into the car.

Mika's folder says they should be adopted together, but they don't seem very attached. Not at all, that the B.G.'s seen.

Scooby and I mostly ignored each other, but one time he decided he wanted to scrap. The other volunteer got us stopped before B.G. could take a picture.

"Let yer partner sniff yer neck!"	"Form an angle, what the heck!"
"Let her sniff yer ear an' then!"	"Let her sniff yer face again!"

The B.G. took a couple of pictures of Lucy, and he'll probably post them another time. They aren't really all that great. He took 38 photos. Some have to be stinko!

In fact, I see lots of repetition in them. Mika over here and me over there. Me over here and Mika over there. Mika following me from over here to over there.

She's a sweet kid, but I'm not all that interested in her. I guess she didn't try as hard to climb on me as she did Tucker, but she thought about it once or twice.

Mika followed B.G. around, too, wanting something to happen. Petting or treats or something, I'm not sure. Of course she ignored the ball that the other volunteer threw. Goofy Scooby ignored it too! Too much excitement with four dogs and two humans, I guess.

So it was a nice ride. Cooler today and overcast, so Lucy and I weren't hugely thirsty like Tucker was on his trip. Turbo, I saw the bowl. It's a little plastic thing, and only one of Tucker's paws would've fit. And it would've turned over pretty easily. He was probably too thirsty to spill the water!

That's all for today. Who knows what'll happen tomorrow‽‽‽

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-- edited by Big Guy 11/20/2009 to correct photo caption

Darned females

Don't listen to what Sinjin says. He's a big whiny baby! He needs to get thumped sometimes. I don't always remember why, exactly. But I know he does.

I got to go for a ride on Tuesday! The weather was warm! Supposably only 66°. But it felt warmer than that!

We went to MaxFund and I had to wait in the car. That was dumb.

The Human Assistant went inside. Then he came outside. And he had Mika with him. Then they went to the MaxFund yard. I was still in the car! But then he took me in the yard too.

After he made sure we weren't going to chew each other up, he let me off my leash. This is what that looked like:

Yeah, that's my ear.	You're pushing your luck!
Go away! Sheesh!	Now what?
Dangit, stop!	Stay away!

Danged females! You let them sniff you and they think that makes them the boss dog.

I did turn around and snarl in her face her once. She just snarled back. Have you seen pictures of the Army of Four when it looks like they're fighting? It was like that. Just for a second. Too fast for H.A. to get a picture.

Then H.A. put me back in the car again. Whew! I was panting and panting! Thirsty! Then he took Mika back inside. Lucky dog! I'll bet it was shady and she had a bowl of water.

Where was the H.A.? What was taking him so long? Then he came out with a bowl of water for me. Then he walked me around the car. I thought we were going back into the yard, but no. Huh.

Then we came home. Everydoggy was all, "What are those new smells?" I was all, "Stand back, I'm going to get a drink."

Not the most exciting day. But I got to sniff around the MaxFund yard and catch up on the news. And mark a lot. So not a complete waste.

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Don't tell anydoggy but MaxFund's bowl is still in our car. H.A. says he'll take it back soon.

Mika-moo, do you woo?

Lucy and the Human Assistant met Mika and Scooby Saturday at the MaxFund shelter.  The H.A. thinks he remembers that these are pictures of Mika barking. He doesn't remember hearing her wooooo.

9.0 for form.	Getting sloppy.
That looks like a yawn!	Goofball!

Doesn't Scooby look silly?

He wasn't trying to woo. He had given H.A. a big, goofy, toothy smile that H.A. couldn't take a picture of fast enough. So he asked Scooby to do it again. This is what he got.

But hey, Scoobster! Points for effort! Except that you did it on command. Which isn't really a Sibe thing. But you're not a Sibe, so that's okay.

And stop chasing the tennis ball, okay?

Somebody else told H.A. that Mika does wooooo. But not very often. So that's okay too.

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Happy Birthday! to ⍃☈⌇∑☂⋮∩◬  [name redacted for privacy and security.]

Adopt-a-thon

MaxFund had an Adopt-a-thon Saturday. This isn't exactly about me. But it's about having less dogginess in my house.

Adopt-a-thon, looking north.

Adopt-a-thon, looking south.

The Adopt-a-thon had a theme, sorta. Disney re-released the old movie 101 Dalmations on CD. So they provided stuff. Balloons and giant stuffed Pongos.

The first 101 people (::SIGH::  if only!) to adopt a dog got Disney swag. Like a little bowl and a little retractable leash and a little plastic lid for open cans of food.

Canned food!  ::mmmmm!::

Disney goodies.

"I don't like black dogs!"

MaxFund got a real Dalmation to come. The shelter actually has one, Buddy, but I guess he doesn't do well with crowds or kids or something. He's in a foster home.

This dog's name was Lacey. Or Lacy. The Human Assistant forgot to ask which. Her mom said that Lacey doesn't like black dogs. But Lacey sorta wanted to meet Lucy. Then she'd sit down again and grumble at her. H.A. and the mom couldn't hear Lacey growling, but the lady said she could feel Lacey's leash vibrating.

Lucy went to the Adopt-a-thon to see if she could ... get adopted! One of the people who emailed us about her last week was there by coincidence. So she spent some time with Lucy. She may be interested. Maybe.

"The dark-gray is mean."

Oops - gotta go!

Hey! Is that the Jock from Lady and the Tramp? Uh-oh! He noticed Lucy! Oh well, he didn't like Tramp at first, either.

Mika and Scooby.

"Lucy's ignoring us!"

Lucy also met two abandoned dogs. Their family left them at their house when they moved. Somebody said it was one of those deals where the humans didn't have enough money to keep the house.

Lucy can be be kinda a snob. Here Scooby and Mika want to meet her. And she just ignores them! How do you get adopted that way?

So that's the news about the Adopt-a-thon. Lucy didn't get adopted. She got really tired, though. She came back and just dropped asleep and didn't follow the H.A. around the house. Dopey Sinjin does that enough for both of them, anyway.

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