I wondered why we were walking across the Burnside Bridge this morning, and it turns out that they were staying at the Jupiter Hotel and we were off to welcome them to Portland.

I cannot begin to tell you how much fun we had – sitting outside at the Life of Riley tavern and all getting to “know” each other.  I feel like I know these two because we’ve both been around the dog blogging world for so long…

They got my attention instantly when they gave me a fantastic present – a bone-shaped stuffie with the Australian flag on it!  Woo-hoo!

And I got this amazing souvenir of the Dogs With Blogs USA 2010 Tour!

Mama and I just LOVED them from the second we saw them.  We laughed, and laughed, and laughed for hours.

They also both have some amazing tattoos – mama couldn’t resist taking some pix…

We played here for HOURS – the time flew by…

Greg immediately became one of my favorite people in the entire world.  He understands me on a deeper level, and he’s the first person other than mama that I’ve allowed to get up close and personal with me since daddy passed away.

I gave him a couple of kisses to show my appreciation.  He seemed to like it.

Brooke really knows how to give a great booty scratch – much appreciated after a long day!

By the end of the night, Greg and I were lounging on the sidewalk at the bar just like old friends.  I know we will see each other again sometime, and we will always be super-duper friends.  Mama promises to come and visit you in Australia sometime!!!  And I send lots of love and Aire Kisses to Opy & Benson!!!!!

Love,

Bogart

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I can’t tell ya how tickled I am these days to be watching the Kerry Blues do their thang… mama and I are really absolutely enamored of them.  And THOSE BEARDS – they make me all tingly whenever I see them, especially after roaring to the top in Stanley & Stella’s Beard Competition.

So I feel very honored (and did I mention tingly?) to receive this award from them.

The award states: “This blog invests and believes in PROXIMITY – nearness in space, time and relationships!” In other words, blogs that receive this award “are exceedingly charming. These kind bloggers aim to find and be friends. They are not interested in prizes or self-aggrandizement. Our hope is that when the ribbons of these prizes are cut, even more friendships are propagated. Please give more attention to these writers! Deliver this award to eight bloggers who must choose eight more and include this cleverly-written text into the body of their award.”

So as always, I’m probably late to the party on this one.  In the interest of spreading the love, I’m gonna try to find other dogs who haven’t already received this, many apologies if you already have…

Asta (up over)

Nottie Scottie

Lorenza

Ludo

Sally & Rufus

Deetz

The G-Dales

Scruffy, Stan & Lacie

It was TOUGH to just pick 8 other dogs to send this to – I tried hard to find those of you who hadn’t already received one – which is sometimes the toughest part.  Mama and I read so many of your blogs all the time, so we did a lot of visiting to see, but alas, sometimes mama screws up.

So I’m just sending BIG AIRE KISSES to ALL of my dog friends to cover my butt (tuck tail first!)

Love,

Bogart

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I wish I was there to give ya a big Aire Kiss (and run around your backyard, and play with your Dales, and bark at your hose…).  But I’m not, so this vintage moment of us kissin’ at the Good Microbrew will have to do.  Hope you had a GREAT ONE!!!

Love,

Bogart

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Ok, lets get the play bows out of the way… and get right to some sniffin’.  You’re an awfully cute boy, I really like your spiffy vest!  And you know what… even tho I don’t like most other boy dogs there is just something special about meeting other Airedales – so LETS WALK!

Isn’t Charlie handsome?  He’s a little younger than me, so he’s still got some puppy-black-face, but he’s working on a fine beard and moustache.  And check out that cool white patch on his chest!  I want one of those…  The pretty Border Collie next to him is his sister Casey.  Doesn’t she have the coolest eyes you’ve ever seen?  She’s a sweetie-pie

After the walkie and general get-to-know-you, we headed over to the Lucky Lab for some refreshment.

Follow me Charlie, I know the way…

I’m really impressed with Charlie’s posture, he’s quite a graceful boy.

Should we turn the cute Airedale Eyes on ‘em to get some treats, Charlie?  Whaddaya think?

Yup, he’s a professional at this treat-getting, and he seemed to think that my Bogart treats were tasty.

Here I am exhibiting a slightly more refined technique of beef heart procurement…

There were lots of other doggies at the Lucky Lab, which was of course distracting.  Made me a little cranky.  Sorry for that Charlie, I didn’t mean to growl at ya.  It’s just that I can be kind of weirdly protective of mama sometimes (even when she’s begging for the hug and full-on Dale kissin’ that you so expertly gave her).  I promise to work on that, and you’ll see, the next time we get together I won’t be so growly…

So whaddaya say Charlie, would you like to hang out again sometime soon?  I sure would!!!  We all had a GREAT time with you, Casey, and your mama & dad, and are looking forward to seeing you all again!!!

Love,

Bogart

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Another white-hot day in Pasadena. It was hot enough today that I was doing my Mexican-jumping-bean dance at streetcorners whenever mama and I had to wait for a light to change – since I’m not wearing shoes, it’s gets kind of toasty on the pads. It’s still always fun to walk around tho, and get away from all of the looming moving boxes in my apartment. Not too much space there right now for a majestic Dale such as I, so I do like to go out as much as possible.

This past week that meant I spent my days at Dale Day Care – aka, Mareike’s house – and there is truly no better place to be. Rather than being cooped up in the apartment, before she goes to work mama drops me off at Dale Day Care and then she picks me up on her lunch hour. So I get some time with my buddies and to check messages at my office, then some relaxation time until she arrives home at night. Not too shabby.

During our walk back to the Bogie-mobile, I met these two lovely ladies from Australia – and got an excellent, three-person massage while the Airedmiration flowed. They were so sweet! Mama and I stayed to talk with them for awhile on the street, so long that they lost the friends they were originally walking with! What can I say, I have that effect on people…

They were so cool – hope you enjoyed your time in SoCal ladies!

Love,

Bogart

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Check out my new high-fashion stuffies…

Mom’s friend David (that is his painting on the card!) sent me some FABULOUS new stuffies… a Pawda purse and a Vera Wag shoe!  I’m comfortable enough in my masculinity to chew on these fine toys…

They’re actually quite small which is nice – I don’t have many small stuffies – and I’m not a big swallower.  I just gnaw, then carry them around with me.  I suddenly feel very high-class…

THANKS DAVID!

Love,

Bogart

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The park behind our house where I have most of my walkies has been having a little work done.  That’s a good thing, because there are a LOT of dead trees and weird foliage that needs to get cleared out.  Several weeks ago, a team cut down a few trees and just let them roll – and here they have sat ever since.  Notice the lovely CAUTION tape that they put up – I’m sure that this kept people away (not! the trees got tagged with graffiti).  Here I am inspecting it to add my own personal touch.

Everything looks awfully green doesn’t it?  Well, this particular patch of green isn’t from the little, tiny bit of rain that we had recently, it’s from a broken water pipe in the park.  It was bubbling for a few weeks, occasionally it would get fixed, but then it would be broken again.  We think it was from horses walking in the park, but it could also be vandalism.  Anyway it makes a lovely green patch…

Aw shucks mom, can’t a boy have a little privacy?

Tonight we had a visitor that I really like – the artist, Christof Kohlhoffer!  He’s a friend of mom and dad’s and since he makes mom laugh like a hyena, I think he’s pretty cool too.  We all had dinner then lots of talk about how cute I am.  Good times.

Love,

Bogart

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Mom and I slept in late (which is REALLY unusual for me, but since dad has been gone I’ve been sleeping in bed next to mom and she’s WARM), then had to go out to pick up a friend of hers at the airport. I wasn’t that thrilled about having to drive out to the airport again (no Airedales at the Aireport) especially since I hadn’t had my morning poop yet, but ok, I’m up for the adventure.

I thought we’d just pick him up and drive home, but after we dropped him off mom took a different route toward home… hm, why have I been here before? Where are we headed? And then mom pulled into a parking spot.

I KNOW! I KNOW! I KNOW WHERE WE’RE GOING!!!! MAREIKE’S HOUSE!!! WITH MY 3 DALE BUDDIES!!!!!

I got so excited in the car I couldn’t stand it. Get me outa this car I was barking!!! My Dale buddies are just inside!!! I flew out of the car toward her house – I have no idea how I remembered which house was hers – and flew up the stairs.

And there were my buddies!!!!! Robin, Kermit, and Jupie!!!!! Whenever we first see each other we run, jump, bark, and run some more first inside the house and then into the back yard. Mom and Mareike sit and talk and I immediately find Jupie so that I can get a little humping in.

This time I didn’t completely monopolize Jupie’s fine Aire-butt, I spent some time trying to convince both Robin and Kermit to take a walk on the wild side (ahem, they’re both boys…) but no dice.

There was also a sweet guest dog named Buster who I wasn’t sure about at first… but pretty quickly it became apparent that he was both sweet and submissive so as long as I can feel like “I have the nuts so I am the king” all was well.

Then we walked over to have lunch at Good Microbrew and my love for Mareike was strengthened. Many, many pieces of lovely burger fell from the sky directly into my mouth. I even indulged in some french fries. I had to hold the line when she tried to trick me into eating a tomato slice or some iceberg lettuce. If you’re not gonna eat that then neither am I!!!

I’m always sad when we have to leave Mareike’s house, I have THE BEST time playing with my Dale buddies. I came home and flopped down, completely exhausted, where I have been for the last few hours (I may wake up to eat dinner, maybe not).

H-a-p-p-y P-u-p-p-y

Love,

Bogart

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So this morning we got all bundled into the car – me, mom, and dad – and started off toward what I thought was going to be another fun day of workout with my pawsonal trainer, Heidi.  We drove to her house and dad got out of the car.  But then he closed the door and waved goodbye and mom took off!  Hey, that was my stop!  I was supposed to get out there too!  She kept insisting that we really did have somewhere else to go (oh great mom, I can go with you to do errands instead of running with my trainer?) and that it was going to be fun.

I remained unconvinced.

The drive was long and kind of wiggly because there was some parade going through our neighborhood.  Most Sundays there seems to be something going on in this part of Sunset Boulevard so it’s blocked off and mom has to take a more “scenic” route.  This generally involves lots of quick maneuvers and some swearing at policemen when the girlie routine doesn’t work.  It takes a lot longer to get wherever we’re going, and I miss out on a lot of “Aire time” (me with my head out the window).  But whatever, there wasn’t much I could do so I just hung out the window greeting my loyal public and accepting compliments while she drove.

Then we pulled into the parking lot of Good Microbrew.  Ok, I like that place, they always bring me a little something and the admiration level is pretty high.  So we found a spot, I got excited (I didn’t want to get left behind again..) and we got out.

And then I saw her…. in the distance, at a prime table, waving.  It was Marieke!!!!  She’s the mom of my 3 Airedale buddies (Robin, Kermit & Jupie) that I haven’t seen in forever… I was soooooooooo excited to see her that I jumped into her lap and did my puppy bark and face lick (basically mom is the only person in the world that I do this for – partially because she really likes it and partially because she’s the only person who lets me do it) and couldn’t believe that it was her!!!!!   She’s sooooooo nice and so much fun, and she makes mom really happy.  We had a really long lunch that I wasn’t even jonesing to leave (although I did want a piece of that crazy little dachshund in the winter coat), and I got to show off some of my best sitting, laying down, and shaking paw in exchange for some of her burger.  Yes since mom is a vegetarian the best I can usually hope for is a small piece of cheese falling from heaven but with Marieke it was burger pieces!!!  I think I ate as much of her burger as she did!!!

We always discuss a LOT about Airedales whenever we’re together, and she helps mom out a lot in understanding more about us.  She’s the person who gave mom the stripping tools that make me into such a handsome devil today (since I was rather a wooly puppy).  We also compare things like my lack of full-on fuzzy disco pants (what mom calls the fur on my legs), and my rather fetching moustache.

She’s sooooooooooooo nice, and I miss her and her dogs sooooooooooooooooo much.  Now here’s the kicker.  You’d think that because I don’t get to see them that much that they live far away but nooooooo…. they live right in our neighborhood, it’s just that mom is doing too much of that “work” thing I’ve been complaining about lately.  I think we all came to the agreement that this should change, and I feel a full-Airedale visit coming on soon with all the love that was going around today.

Thanks so much for lunch today Marieke!!!!!  Big kisses to Robin, Kermit & Jupie!!!

Love,
Bogart

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OHMYGOSH I got my first Xmas cards tonight!!!!

Mom waited for me to get home (after my training day) and she had a few envelopes addressed to meeeee!  First I went into the office to make sure that she had been diligently working all day on MY cards (yup, looks good to me) then it was time to tear ‘em open!

Today I got cards from Opy & Charlie and from Comet & BLU!  Everyone looks SOOO great in their photos!!!!  I noticed that the envelope from Opy & Charlie had a stamp with a Tazmanian Devil on it (a relative of mine, I’m sure)!

I wasn’t sure at first exactly what I was supposed to DO with my cards.  My first thought – eating them – didn’t go over that well with mom. She explained that we were going to hang them up in the office to look at which seems like a decent compromise (at least I can look at my friends all the time)!

I’ll have great dreams of my great doggie friends tonight… I LOVE YOU GUYS!!!

Love,

Bogart

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OK, I ask you…. HOW COOL IS THIS?!?!

The folks at Dogs With Blogs have created my very own TV channel where everyone can watch my movies!!!!  I wonder if I’ve told them how much I love them recently…

You’ve gotta go check out all of the dogs channels (including my dreamgirl Sunshade) and all of the dogs blogs!  It’s the BEST site out there for prolific dogs to hook up, make friends, and who knows…

Love,

Bogart

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Thought I was going to miss seeing my Airedale buddies today because I had to go to the vet… when we got in the car I was sure that we were going straight to the vet with no fun for Bogie… well, I was wrong!  I knew something was off when we went straight down Sunset instead of turning.

I did get to see my Dale buddies briefly – they had already been frolicking and were now on their way home – and mom gave her friend this cool Airedale sticker (you can get them on ebay) while I was wiggling my butt and saying hi to my favorite Dales.  Then mom’s friend gave her the coolest tile that she made!  It’s the Mona Lisa holding an Airedale, ok how cool is that???

Mom has such TALENTED friends, I feel so cool…

Love,

Bogart

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After the dog park this morning, I was dog tired.

Mom and dad had to go to the Hollywood Farmers Market, so I offered to stay home and guard the cats.  Of course they could have begged me more heartily to come along, but since I’d just be sitting in the car anyway maybe it was for the best (no dogs allowed at the market).

When they returned mom told me a great story.  She had met a really nice lady named Annie who makes doggie treats!  Now just so everyone in the world knows – if anyone wants to send me treats or toys to try out anytime I AM YOUR MAN – I’m always game to try something new and yummy.

So mom and Annie were talking – mostly about us, their dogs of course – and Annie was nice enough to give mom a bag of treats for me!!! Woo-hoo!!! Mom was telling me the story of how Rusty the Cocker Spaniel inspired Annie to create these treats… yeah yeah yeah mom, I know, that’s sweet and all, but GIVE ME THAT BAG.

I could smell those treats the second that dad brought them into the house, and had my nose deep in dads plastic bag trying to figure out what was in there!!!

I sampled the Lovin Liver & Bacon treats:

I have to say that these Ruff Ruff treats are DELICIOUS!!! Usually when I first try a new treat I approach kind of tentatively, giving it a good sniff before I dare to bite.  Who knows what healthy thing those humans might be trying to slip me?  Huh?  What’s that mom?  These ARE healthy?  Nooooooo…….. can’t be.  They taste TOO GOOD.

THANKS ANNIE & RUSTY!!!!!

Buy your own yummy Ruff Ruff treats from the Ruff Ruff Bakery here:

http://www.ruffruffbakery.com 

Love,

Bogart

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Ohmygosh!!

Today I got to meet THE coolest chick – Selene Luna!

She’s a friend of my mom’s, and so incredibly adorable!  She’s FAMOUS, she’s a performer and an actress, and today we went over to her house so that I could meet her.  Mom had told me that she was great, but once I got inside her house I got soooooo excited that I could barely contain myself.  I was barking and jumping, doing all the things I shouldn’t do when I see someone famous.

I’ll try to remember not to do that for next time Selene!!!!

Love,

Bogart

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My mom has a great friend in New York, he’s an artist named David Remfry. He’s one of her very favorite people in the whole world – whenever she talks with him on the phone, they laugh like hyaenas. She used to be one of his models too, I’ve seen the pictures that he drew of her and the paintings and they look just like her so he must be good…. The funny thing too is that when mom was telling David that she had just gotten me, he told her that he had a dog named Bogey when he was little! So now they both have Bogeys…. (the other Bogart was a Scottish Terrier).

I like him even more now – he sent me a present! It’s a Sniffers bar – just like the ones that mom eats, except that mine is bigger and furrier (and of course, no chocolate for me). It’s got a great squeaker and I insisted on bringing it to work with mom and me today.

He also sent a present for the kitties – a Kitty Spliff! You should have seen Kafka the orange tabby with that fattie hanging out of his mouth, all hopped up on catnip… we’ll try to get a picture of him with it, it’s hilarious!!!

We love you David!!!! Thanks for the great presents!!!! Mom says HI!!!!!!

Love,
Bogart

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