We’ve been sooo sad about the passing of our dear friend Oscar, mom thought we needed to get out of the house and try to be happy again – to do some fun, different things.  So we piled into the Bogie-mobile and off we went for a very full day (it takes a LOT to distract us from cryin’ about our buddy)…

First things first – I had a refreshing shower with Dad.  As much as I’m not really into getting wet, I do have to say that after the shower is over I feel mighty fresh and good.  Runnin’ around the apartment, aire-drying, rubbing up against everything.  Now I’m READY…

The first stop was a little drive away – we went to Larchmont Village, one of the few walking streets in Los Angeles.

Lots of little shops, restaurants, cafes, etc.  Lots of people too because they apparently have a farmers market there on Sundays (and no dogs allowed inside – barbarians!) so we had to do a lot of walking “around” it.  No worries for me, lots of people had dogs with them (they must have had the same idea we did and were big fans of Oscar too).  Oddly, most of the doggies weren’t that friendly to me and had to be pulled back by their owners.  But I maintained calm and didn’t get into any arguments… I wanted to see everything!

Looking at properties – thinking about getting my own backyard sometime…

Mom thought it would be funny to get me a real haircut at the Barber Shop but haha mom – they’re CLOSED on Sunday!!!  So just a little posing and an inside joke.

Then I started sniffing around this shop… thought maybe I’d pick up a little something for some of my Aire-girl friends (was thinkin’ of Miss Maggie, Sunshade, Putter, the Airechicks, Allegra, Maggie 2, & Faya and maybe a little somethin’ for Snickers…).

It gave me a *special* twitter so I happily posed for the photo.

We wanted to eat some lunch but every cafe was pretty crowded… so we headed to Old Town Pasadena and a place where they always give me great treatment, Malagueta!

I had my own area to lay down, and a nice, cold bowl of water.  Even a few pieces of mozzarella cheese fell down magically from mom’s plate.  Mmm mmm mmm.

I thought we’d be heading home after that, but instead we went over to dad’s friend Stephen’s house nearby… I haven’t been there in AGES and got really excited.  Now mom says that she was a little wary about us going over there because the last time we were there I got into a little doggie argument with one of their doggies (they have 3).  So she wasn’t sure if this was going to work…

But she had nothing to worry about, the one doggie that I don’t get along with was in the backyard and we got to run around in the front yard.  Yay!  Running in grass, playing with doggies, this is great fun for an apartment-dog like me.

Sitting by the pool with the humans was fun too – although sometimes their conversation gets a little bit boring.  But they had doggie cookies and they were sitting in the shade, so I was happy to join their little party.

Very relaxing, then a nice, easy drive home.

Mom and dad were relaxed too and didn’t feel like cooking dinner (well, they cooked MINE so basically all is well with the world) so off we went AGAIN, this time to our local Mexican place, the Rodeo Grill.  Mom and I sat outside, watching all of the hipsters slump by, while dad went in to get their burritos.  One guy came up to me and was talking to mom – he’s one of the waiters from Good Microbrew, the place we always go for lunch!  He recognized me before he recognized mom… yes, I’m pretty memorable indeed.

So as you can see it was a BUSY day, and a fun one.  Didn’t make me forget about my buddy Oscar, I’ll never forget about him!  But I hope that he’s watching, reading my blog from the Rainbow Bridge, and having a good laugh at my Aire-ventures.

Love,

Bogart

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Normally I’m not a big fan of Mondays… Mom is always cranky and it seems like things never really go the way they should. Lots of the humans seem to think that Mondays aren’t all that much fun so I just kind of went along with that until…

Today.

We started out the day by doing my “duck check” (to make sure that the ducks are still there) at the Echo Park lake.

I saw lots of turtles today – more than usual – but of course mom couldn’t capture that golden moment on camera.

Then it was errand-time. My least favorite. When I do get to come along (when it’s not too hot or sunny) I have to sit in the car to “guard” it for mom. She’s not fooling me for a minute. I don’t “guard” the car I just sit there in the copilot seat and w-a-i-t. I generally show my discontent by barking loudly just as she enters the store/post office/wherever she’s going. You know, just when lots of other people can see just how poorly she treats me and get a good look at her as she quickly runs into the store/post office/wherever.

I must have been uncharacteristically off of my game this morning because mom thought I was really good during the errands, so since we were in the neighborhood she thought a quick run to Rally’s might be in order. Mmmmm. Tasty burger for me, well worth it for being (relatively) quiet in the car.

Then since we needed to do a bit of walking mom thought we’d check out how Griffith Park was doing since the big fire, you know, see if our old hiking ground might be open (or if we could sneak in). No dice, they’ve got the whole thing fenced! That’s a lotta fence let me tell you, the fire area was huge! So we walked around it for awhile – admittedly mostly to see if there were any holes we could sneak through) and checked out just how close the fire had come to the beautiful old merry-go-round and picnic areas. Very scary stuff, it was literally just a few feet away.

So while mom was taking in the magnitude of the fire damage, I took in something myself… this spiffy soccer ball! Yes it’s deflated and kind of mushy but for me it’s PERFECTION. I can get my full mouth around it and carry it with me wherever I go which makes me HAPPY.

It thuds comfortingly when I drop it in front of me, and when mom tries to kick it out of my mighty paws it is easy for even those without those opposable thumbs to grasp. Ha! Score one for the four-leggers…

Ok so normally this would be a GREAT day. End of blog. Time to sleep. But noooooo….

When we got home and after my refreshing drink from my water fountain there was a big thud at the door. So I put on my “big boy voice” and started barking at the evil door. Mom looked through the peephole and didn’t see anyone so I thought, “Job done”, and retired back to my fountain. Mom opened the door and there it was – a package.

She wasn’t expecting anything and looked at it… it was addressed to BOGART HANDSOME DEVIL – gimme gimme gimme!!!

It was from my pals Opy & Charlie all the way in Australia!!!!! I know that my manners in this arena may need a little sharpening but darn it GIMME THAT PACKAGE!!!

I made very quick work of the outer packaging to get to my NEW SOFT FURRY TOY!!!!! I LOVE THIS!!!! I don’t know if I’ve told everyone, but soft toys are my absolute favorite and I do not have nearly enough of them… this guy has a surfboard and cool board shorts on, did I mention how much I LOVE HIM???

Check out the cool photo they sent along too – you guys really are the COOLEST dogs!!!!!

Thank you SO MUCH Opy & Charlie (and of course, to your humans too), I LOVE MY NEW SOFT FURRY TOY!!!

Love,

Bogart

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Sorry I haven’t been in the mood to post for a coupla days… after The Brick I felt better, but then things started to get weird…

I’ve had pretty funky diarrhea, which is always fun.  Mom shaved my butt yesterday to help out with this situation (actually it looks and feels pretty good) and yesterday was gravy, today is pudding.  So it’s progress.

But the weirdest part is when I’m inside our apartment… I stare off into space and don’t want to lie down.  For the whole day.  Sometimes I stand still and just zone out, other times I walk back and forth between the front door and the terrace door.  And just stare.  Mom kept thinking that I would lay down and fall asleep since I wasn’t feeling well, but I don’t.  I STAND UP.  When I’m outside, I run and play like normal, so it seems like I’m feeling fine…. yes I know, it’s WEIRD.

Since today I got a little better mom said we’ll wait to see if I really need to go to the vet.  If I cannot relax, then we’ll go tomorrow.  Ok, gotta bug mom now – I want to go outside every 15 minutes or so and this 15 minutes is up!

Love,

Bogart

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Well the day started out plainly enough…

For my midday walk mom thought we’d go to Griffith Park near the Old Zoo, which I REALLY LIKE.  First we made a pit stop to Rally’s for a burger (drive-thru today).  I could smell the burger-y goodness in the bag, but mom wouldn’t let me near it in the car.  Grrrrr.

But we were heading to the park for a picnic so I did my best to distract myself (an Airedale specialty) until we got there.  Mom had a great plan to film my Rally-burger-destruction but alas, twas not to be.  She managed to get the first part committed to film, but then somehow pressed the off button and the actual burger massacre wasn’t recorded.  Ah well.  I look cute anyway.

Then we had our post-burger digestion walk through the park.  We didn’t see a single other person on the entire trail (which is odd) but I was having a blast!  Off the leash, running up and down hills, doing my best to amuse myself while mom walked along.

We went through the old zoo area and up the hiking trail – it was pretty warm today but there’s actually lots of shade on the trails so it wasn’t too bad.  Mom is also kinda smart – by getting a drink for herself at Rally’s with extra ice, she had both a drink for her and some ice for me so we both stayed hydrated!

As we were about half way through the hike, we looked up and saw this:

It looked like a fire on the other side of the hill.  It looked scary.  Mom and I picked up the pace since we still had a long way to walk and we would actually be walking closer to where the fire was in order to get out of the park.

As we got closer, the fire got bigger and scarier so we hot-footed it the rest of the way and headed toward the safety of the Bogie-mobile.  I made sure that the back seat was safe.

Then we got home, drove up the hill into our building and saw this:

So it’s a BIG SCARY fire near the Hollywood sign (you can kind of see it in the last picture).  Whew!  Glad we got out of there (and of course, glad I got my Rally burger…).  Mom says that there is no danger of our place burning, but that the Bogie-mobile is gonna be covered in crap tomorrow.  I guess relatively speaking, that’s not so bad…

Love,

Bogart

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I was afraid that today was going to be another one of those lazy Sundays… you know the kind, where the humans become like beached whales on the couch, complain about how cold it is outside, and sit and eat a lot of soup.

How wrong I was!

Mom shuffled me into the car without explanation, and we went over to MAREIKE’S HOUSE!!!

There is no greater place in the world than here because I get to run around with my 3 Aire-buddies, Robin, Kermit & Jupie!!!

I immediately (and repeatedly) broke my New Years resolution about humping. Sorry but I just couldn’t help myself…

Jupie is the only girl so she bore the brunt of my masculinity, but when she would register her displeasure I’d try out my moves on the boys as well.

While no one seemed really interested I persisted.

It just doesn’t get any better than this (well ok, maybe if Jupie would really let me have a go at her) thanks so much Mareike for letting me come over and play!!!!! Nothing like getting together with a bunch of Dales to make this boy smile!

Love,

Bogart

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Mom just found this cool site called WikiFido – and she put up a page for me!  It was a little difficult for her at first (I could see the smoke coming out of her ears and heard those “special” words she uses when she’s angry) but it looks pretty good.

Check me out on my own WikiFido page HERE, and don’t forget to add your own to your own breeds!  I saw the page of my dreamgirl Sunshade, which made my heart go pitter-patter…

Love,

Bogart

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No, not the Three Stooges, it’s the Three Airedales! And this is a serious story, not a funny one.

I just found out about these three gorgeous boys, and it’s a very sad story. Mom and I were crying reading about them! They’re in pretty bad shape and they need our help… You can read their story here.

The great folks at ARANT in North Texas have come up with an incredibly cool way for us all to help out… they’re raffling off a fantastic quilt! Check out the Denim & Dales page for pictures and a direct link to their Paypal account for raffle tickets. We just made a donation and entered! Good luck to everyone, but especially to Moe, Larry & Curly… I’m thinkin’ about you guys, and hope you get better soon and find some fantastic forever homes!!!

Love,

Bogart

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