L. contemplates the meaning of life through a screen...

now "ear" this...

an official message from the elusive L. to mom...please, please, please, when you tell boyworld to "do something creative," i beg you to specifically, verbally, profoundly *exclude* dogworld from that notion!thankyouverymuch, L.

because mom says...

mom says i'm hogging the blog again.

but i like to blog (insert whine here)...

even so, the persistent mom says i must give L. some space too lest she begin to feel left out.despite my lazy best "c'mon ma...don't make me blog her *again*!" mom proceeds to remind me that there is not one single bit of L. on the august posts.

i want to beg differ, but she is relentless...& she is right.

i say L. has been napping nonstop all month (you know, the whole 'dog days' thing)but mom won't budge...mom finally threatens to withhold all biscuits & so i must relent.in my defense L. is a bit shy & really doesn't seem to mind being bloggless, but...without further ado, i give you the 'many faces of L.'

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzz....

welcome to the official start of the dog days of summer, sponsored by L. & her high end dog bed!today, memorial day, we are featuring L. in her perfected napping posture...a pose that requires a solid ten minutes of dog bed rooting, scratching, nose-jabbing, & turning to achieve that just-right fluff-n-bump for that all important elevated head rest.

for those days when the standard dog bed cushiness just won't do, we also feature L. in the overhanging, ear-flopping, oops-i-can't-find-my eye patch position. to achieve this neck-bending, need-a-chiropractor look, simply slid gracefully off the aforementioned fluff until the ear covers the eyes with a come-hither-nap look.

up next...phil as a boat ornament...his summer position of choice!

hounds in motion...

what do i spy??...hmmmmm...motion on the dog bed! L. is on the move...last weekend we could barely move L. from her sunbeam...but tonight, not so!that hound is on fire!!could it possibly have something to do with mom's dangling dog treat??...yep, i'm quite sure it does...look at her go!she is not to be stopped...did she catch it?...stay tuned for part II of hounds in motion!

oh yeah, i almost forgot...mom said we are on blogging hiatus until after Easter. a blessed Easter from everyone here at dog blog!

the not-so-elusive L...

L. claims to have been highly neglected on the blog of late. she has even threatened to remove the 's' in dogs from our domain name.

doesn't she need opposible thumbs to do that?? i'm not so sure that she could manage much of anything with those nails of hers...mom is waaaaaay behind on a good old fashioned nail clippin' & do you know why? update your memory here! but i digress...

today, in the warmth of the morning sunbeams, i decided to bow-wow to L. & give her a shout-out. i mean...look at her, laying pathetically in the background...that poor, poor neglected thing.hey, you! we're ready for your close-up!that's right...you!smile!what?? no smile?c'mon L. it's no use...she's under the influence of the sunbeam, folks!

when good parties go bad...

oh yes. yesterday was a very good day around here...lots & lots of cookie dough flying around the kitchen. some of it even on the floor. i did my very best to keep things clean on the dog level. i think mom appreciates that.

cookies falling from the baking sheet? yep...i'm on that one too.

i thought that was the best...but i was wrong. mid afternoon things took an amazing turn...mom started rifling around in the biscuit bag. i was all ears. & eyes. & slobbery mouth. we had already done the morning biscuit thing, so this was an unexpected treat. i thought, perhaps, that my extensive kitchen floor clean-up warranted a holiday bonus, but i was wrong.

mom didn't even notice my intent biscuit stare.

it was L.'s birthday & the biscuit was hers. all hers. hmmm.

mom turned it over to Little Man who did some very odd things to it. first...he drilled a hole in it. now, this is a perfectly good waste of biscuit dust. then he stuck a fire stick into it. what????all the while L. is lounging by the fire on her favorite downstairs rug (the one that matches *me*) paying no mind to these escapades. Big Bro applied a party hat to her head & *that* certainly got her attention.hey! i'll wear one if it means an extra biscuit!!... but, no one seemed to notice my eagerness. do you think they recall the last time when i chewed mine to bits?

anyhoo...party hat + burning stick thingy in the biscuit = confused L.she was not amused.she was not impressed.(i, however, needed to be restrained in the background.) mom, for fear of burning down the house, prompted team boyworld to remove the fire stick & let L. in peace for her birthday biscuit.i must admit, i was harboring just a bit of biscuit envy at that moment.even a piece would do.sadly, i sent the wrong signals. a certain boy confused my interest in the biscuit for interest in the fire stick.in case you cannot read facial expressions very well, the above one says, "mom, please put the camera down & help me." at least they extinguished the flame.

at this point i thought all was lost & my humiliation factor at an all-time high. not really so. team boyworld turned their attentions back to the birthday girl who was quietly enjoying her post-biscuit lounge by the fire.in the mess of things one of them retrieved another party hat...not for me. no. this is where the tide turned back in my favor. 2 party hats + 2 boys itching for Christmas break = poor L. first they had to adjust her hat.can dogs laugh? i believe i did. in my opinion, this is a very good look for her. let's call it L.'s winter collection! if you like it, i am very sure you will be impressed with what L.'s design team did next...nice huh??you should have been here. L. stood stock-still. i do not believe a filet would have moved her from that place. this was oh-so-much better than a biscuit for me. well, not really. but it was good!happy birthday L.!!!

one sick puppy...

poor, poor L. she did not have the best of weeks...most of the recent days she has been sick (too much stolen turkey, perhaps?)& all she has been doing is moping around.she won't even play the biscuit game. heck, she doesn't even want to go into the kitchen. now i feel badly that i have been blog-teasing her so much. mom says she is on the mend, but still... i guess i better be extra nice to her! get well, L.!!

does this rug make my bum look good...?

oh L.


what a silly, silly girl you are.


mom & dad did not buy that rug as an accessory for your fur. it is merely soft on their human feet (remember that they do not have padding like we do).


we *know* that it matches your coloring perfectly, but really...you are taking this rug thing a bit too far!

(she will not get off that thing, people!)