To Aire is Divine

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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