Lulu here… AKA Bogart’s mom.  I fully realize my part in not updating Bogart’s blog as much as I – of course – should have been in the last week or so.  I’ve also been remiss in our blog visitations, for which Bogart has duly chastised me.  But despite what Bogart may have told you, there is actually a pretty darned good reason, one that he doesn’t yet know about.

His buddy Heidi the Boxer – you may know her as his pawsonal trainer – was diagnosed with aggressive, incurable cancer this past week.  It’s made her mama and dad incredibly sad, and I’ve been sad as well.  She had been up and down with a mystery illness for the last month or two, and it wasn’t until this week when she went to a real doggie specialist and the diagnosis was made.

I was the one who got Heidi to her new parents a little more than two years ago – one of my past co-workers had puppies, and Heidi was impossible to resist.  She was a little brown wiggly kiwi, and she still makes me giggle every time I see her pretty smile.

Heidi and Bogart are only a few months apart in age.  I simply could not imagine losing my best buddy at such a young age, and my heart aches for both Heidi and her mom and dad.  They’ve decided to keep Heidi happy until she’s ready to cross – every day will be Christmas, as they’ve said – and yesterday Heidi’s dad went out and got not one, but two new baby boxers (in the picture above) so that Heidi would be able to impart some of her special “Heidi-ness” to them.  Heidi LOVES her new playmates, she’s busy teaching them all about her house, her cool yard, and which toys are HERS, and watching them all play together is warming their mom and dad’s heart.

Soon we’ll bring Bogart over to meet the little ones, and to spend more time with his special Boxer-babe, Miss Heidi.   I’m sure he’ll be excited to meet them, and lots of Airedale-Boxer hilarity will ensue.

Sorry for hijacking your blog Bogart, you may of course bite me on the thigh now (which you KNOW that I hate).

Love,

Lulu & Bogart

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Geez, I haven’t blogged for a week.  That’s NEVER happened to me before.  Mom is incredibly frustrated at our lack of battery-power for the camera but lets face it – SHE GOT LAZY.

Any suggestions for motivating my lazy mom?

Love,

Bogart

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Ah, another fun and exciting Sunday at Mareike’s, spending the afternoon with my Dale buddies…

We all had a great time, but of course most of my interest always seems to go to Kermit – the one-eyed Dale – who lets me hump my frustrations away. Thanks again man.

This time there was a guest dog – her name is Bree – she’s the pretty striped girl and she has a very “special talent” with the hose.

All in all, a SUPER FUN day!!!

Love,

Bogart

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Nope, the title is not a typo.

I’ve started two new “lenses” on Squidoo – one about the Dog Blogging phenomenon, and one on the even more phenomenal Airedale Terrier Blogging phenomenon.

If you’re a member of Dogs With Blogs I’d LOVE to include your blog on the Dog Blogging lens… mom just got started on it so it’s still a little bare, so do let me know if I should put your blog up on there.  And if you have galleries on FlickR or videos on YouTube let me know that too – I’d like to populate the site with ALL DWB material!  Just leave me a comment here or on my Chatterbox or drop me an email – bogarthandsomedevildog@yahoo.com and I’ll put yours up asap!  Also for anyone already listed, I mostly pulled description info from your blog, if you want to write something special for your description let me know that too!

Check ‘em out!

Love,

Bogart

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Ah, what a nice way to spend a Sunday…

First we’ve gotta gas up – this is Los Angeles after all – so I help guard the Bogie-beetle while mom pumps gas.

I check the receipt carefully, and then we’re ready to roll!

We went to the Hollyridge trail in Hollywood…

Gotta be careful of those rattlesnakes and mountain lions…

But basically it’s just a place to have fun!

There were lots of people on horses, but mom’s camera was being persnickety (again) so no cool horse pictures.

I did get to meet lots of cool doggies – ALL GIRLS TODAY – always fun.  We walked for a few hours, then it was time to go home.  Definitely a fun, easygoing afternoon.

Love,

Bogart

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I am SUCH a happy boy.

I’ve just received this from my best Goober-buddy Stanley:

He wrote an incredibly cool post on his blog talking about how how his mama saw my blog and Sunshade‘s blog, and we inspired her to get back on the Airedale-horse and get herself another Dale after losing her beloved Rosie. Which was, of course, Stanley and so all is now right in the world…

I LOVE YA MAN… thanks for making me an honorary member of Gooberstan – Bogartoober it is

I LOVE YA MAN…

Love,

Bogart

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I got tagged by my Aire-buddies Maggie & Mitch to play a Vehicle tag game… to pick a vehicle that expresses my personality.

Other than the current Bogie-mobile (black VW New Beetle) which gets lots of people to smile as I drive by (much like I do), I’d have to say that this gets a bit of the Bogie-mystique right:

It’s a Ural Retro sidecar motorcycle.  Yup, it’s the one that mom wants to get (I will supposedly be subjected to riding in the sidecar at some point if I like it).  Riding free with ears flapping in the wind,  (like Mitch would be if he was allowed to ride on his dad’s new Indian) and certainly unique (I don’t see a lot of them even here in Los Angeles which has plenty of unique vehicles) with a lot of personality – well, that’s me and that’s the Ural.

I have NO idea of who to tag since I haven’t seen many other dogs posting this one, so I’m gonna go with:  Stanley,  Butchy & Snickers, & Noah and his gals!

Love,

Bogart

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So mom heard that there was going to be a winter storm today here in Los Angeles. Ok… we could certainly use some rain (we haven’t had any since April and even then, it wasn’t much), and maybe we’d even get some thunder, lightning, or gosh maybe even SNOW. She got REALLY excited because she misses “real” weather. Yes it’s September in the desert, but it was in the newspaper and on the news…

I spent my first big Winter Storm day in Pasadena. You can judge for yourself how winter-y and storm-y it was…

Notice all of the snow on the streets and the silly humans – unprepared – wearing shorts and flip flops.

I stopped for a cold drink at the outdoor “ice” fountain…

A little game of hide-and-go-seek (mom kept the leash on so she would be able to find me in a snow drift or through the violent hail in case we got separated)…

Traditional winter foliage…

Ok how wrong is this… a giant Drinkwell fountain like the one I use at home, outdoors, just where I’d like a big drink, and it even has a kind of FIRE HYDRANT in the middle of it, I ask HOW MUCH MORE PERFECT COULD IT BE FOR A DOGGIE DRINKING FOUNTAIN… and it’s got metal chain surrounding it, a big Keep Out sign. Bastards.

Me and Dad outside of  Gordon Biersch – another place that won’t allow well-behaved dogs to eat al fresco, but will allow screaming, pooping human babies.  Go figure.

I couldn’t figure out why this little guy didn’t want to play – he looks just like the coyotes that run down my street every night (and that I LOVE to chase) but he didn’t run even when I barked.  I lost interest quickly.

On such a winter-y day, I considered taking up a hobby.  At the pawn shop I saw lots of cool guitars… maybe I could be a rock star… I’ve got a nice long tongue, I’ve heard that this could make me a STAR…

Well it appears that we weathered the storm rather well – all 80 degrees of it – and the ride home in the Bogie-mobile went well (no skating on any ice or reduced visibility because of wind and rain).  Whew… I guess I can remove my tongue from my cheek now…

Love,

Bogart

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For my birthday my Aire-buddy Stanley sent me a package of Pegetables – and I went goofy.  Even though there I like very few doggie treats, these were an instant hit.  I’m not sure what it was about them, since the texture is very treat-like (not like food, I mean), the colors are bright and vegetable-y, and heck, they’re VEGETABLES.

So unbeknownst to me, mom sent an email to the lovely folks at Pegetables to let them know just how much I love these things.  Also because she couldn’t find them at our local Petco or little pet stores.

Well this weekend a special package arrived – for MOI – with a nice, big packet of Pegetables. WOO-HOO!  The first one I wanted was my favorite one, a CELERY.  Now I have no idea if I like real celery or not but I LOVE the Pegetables celery!

I’ve also indulged in a CARROT and a CORN and can say that they’re all pretty darned yummy.

After indulging I needed a little rest.  We’ve been out hiking a lot lately too – later in the day, that is, to avoid the evil heat – so after the physical exertion and the excitement of the Pegetables, I had to rest.

On MY sofa.

Yes, it’s MY sofa.

Ah, life is good.  Get yourself some yummy Pegetables, I think they’re great for big and little dogs who like to chew!

Love,

Bogart

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I just got tagged by my Aire-bud Hercules… there’s a new game in town, the Middle Name Game:

Here’s how it goes:

1. Post the rules before you give the facts. (Listen up Pups, these are the Rules!!)

2. List one fact that is somehow relevant to you and your life for each letter of your middle name. If you don’t have a middle name, use the middle name you would have liked to have had.

3. When you are tagged you need to write your post using your middle name and facts about it.

4. At the end of your post choose one dog to tag for each letter of your middle name. Be sure to let each puppy know she/he has been tagged. (It’s ok if you don’t do this, just tag who you want to tag!).

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So, many of you know that my official AKC name is BOGART HANDSOME DEVIL. So I guess I have a little more work to do coming up with all of the letters in my middle name…

H is for Handsome, as in Handsome Devil

A is for Airedale Terrierist, ahem, Terrier

N is for Naughty, of which I am on a daily basis

D is for Dog Food, in which I have no interest

S is for Stinker, as in Little Stinker (one of mom’s favorite pet names for me)

O is for the Only canine in a household full of cats!

M is for Meeeeeeeee, and that’s what it’s all about

E is for Everyday of sunshine that I bring to my family

What does it spell? HANDSOME, of course. Mom came up with the Handsome Devil part, and dad originally thought of the Bogart part. I kinda like my name, I think it suits me…

So I’m gonna tag

Maggie & Mitch

Putter

Sunshade

Jaffa

Mojo

Lillie

GooberStan

Faya

Allegra

(forgive me if any of you guys have already been tagged, yes I threw in one extra just in case! – it’s an all-Airedale game for me this time

Love,

Bogart

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