Missing: Dad

Well, he's not really missing! But if he was, I could find him!

This weekend, mom and dad decided I needed to get out of the house and work. So in the evenings when it cooled down to 95 degrees we went tracking! Here's an old post about my tracking, but now we do more search and rescue type tracking.

Friday night, mom went out the front door, walked a block away to the school, then across a field and hid in some trees. It was my job to lead dad to her. So I got to sniffin....once we got up to the field no one was there so dad let me and my mighty snoz off leash and BAM! I found mom!

Sunday night, dad was the bait. As soon as I went out the door the sniffer was sniffin on the ground and I found his trail. Even on cement, which is harder to track on cause there's no grass or anything for peoples to leave their smelly on.

We made it to the field and again, I got off leash. I bee-lined it to dad and guess what! There was also a dead frog there! I thought I might get to have it since I worked so hard, but dad said no.

I like tracking. It's fun and I get to use my brain and nose and stuff. And I get to wear my hot pink tracking harness! :)

Rain + Giant Pit= FUN!

So in the last two days we've got a lot of rains...like 2.5 inches. Which is good. The grass is actually green now, not crunchy. And when mom got home yesterday and let us out GUESS what I found?!?!!? Behold!!! :

My dear, beloved pit I've been digging in for the last 2.5 years collected the rains, which turned it into MUD! Do you hear that? Yes, that is the sound of angels singing you hear!!

I mean just look at it! All that filthy muddy goodness....time to jump in! Wait, what mom?!?! NO?!?! Pfft! How dare you! It's my right as a doggie to roll around in things such as dead animals, poo and MUD! Don't you remember signing that in the contract? A bath? Humph. Fine then!

But I'm still going to leave muddy paw prints through the house so THERE!

PS thanks for the blogger lowdown. Mom cleaned out our cookies (mmm..nom nom) and everything but its still acting up. This is making Anna angry, and you wouldn't like me when I'm angry. Time to put the bitey on!!!

Mom AND Dad Day!

Today is a special day! If it wasn't for today, I probably wouldn't be here blogging right now. How scary is that? Today is mom and dad's Anna-versary!

Mom and dad have been together forever, especially in dog years. They started dating 13 years ago today. Then 10 years ago today dad gave mom something shiney and they were "engaged". Then NINE years ago today they said "I do!!"

The only thing older than mom and dad's anna-versary is Simon. He was around before dad. Dude he's old!

Their tale of their beginning isn't too romantic. Apparently, they dated in high school, then dad dumped mom!! Bad! Bad Dad! Mom went off to college in Auburn, and she came home one summer, saw dad at the firestation, she stopped, he asked her out and mom thought "Hmm...free noms for the summer, I'm in!" (Mom is wise beyond her years, free noms rule! I know where I get my nom love from now.)

Thirteen years later here they are! Sadly, dad has to work today, but that's okay. I'll keep mom company on her anna-versary.

Last night we got some MAJOR rains! Yay!! It even knocked the power out for an hour. I laid on the loveseat, Duncan nomed a bully stick and mom and dad talked about their last nine years by candle light. So I guess it was pretty romantic. But we were all glad when the air came back on!!

PS. I'm having trouble leaving comments on some of your blogs. I leave one, then it makes me sign in, then does it over and over again. What the crap?!?!

I'm Alive...Hot...But Alive!

Hey everyone! I'm alive! I know I haven't posted in FOR-EVER, but in all honest NOTHING has been going on. NOT A DANG THANG!

Summer hit us here early in Alabama, so basically, we've just been watching birds spontaneously combust outside while we sit in the nice airconditioning! Mom and dad have been working a lot, so Dunc and I have been holding down the couch. I guess it's like reverse hibernation, instead of in the winter, we do it in the summer!

Duncan is mourning the loss of his grass he wollers in...you can see in the photo above, the deadness is creeping down. We're supposed to get rain this week. BRING IT!!

I did get to go up Sunday to Granny and Paw Paw's and play with Rebel. That rocked. Mom is leaving next Wednesday to go to Mizz-ory for a family reunion, leaving just me and dad again. And in 99 days we get to go back to the mountains for hiking! Oh, that's like FOREVER in dog years!

I'm off to do some catching up on blogs...before my computer melts!

I'm Lashing Out

Yo yo yo!! Anna-Dawg here! I think I've learned how to keep mom at the crib, yo! I was chillaxin, watching some daytime TV and saw how some of these human kids got attention from their parents--by going thug gangsta!

So I busted up in mom's face with my gangsta, street cred hat and was like "Woman! You need to step up, for reelz!"

And she just laughed at me, took my gangsta, street cred hat, said I was cute and left for work.

Doo wha?!?! Woman, I'm not kidding! I'm FO REAL!

Well, maybe I need a gang to be gangsta? I might be able to recruit Duncan, he'll do anything for noms. And Simon, well, he IS the original gangsta...

I'll ponder this while mom is out of town AGAIN!! See you all next week!!

Peace out!!

Mom's Collar-ado Piks

I'm back! Yay! Mom made it back from Collar-ado. It seemed like FOREVER! She had fun but was glad to be home, she missed us tons, oh, and dad too! She even brought us all back presents, but first, here's some of her photos:


After her conference in Denver, she and Aunt Temple headed to Estes Park, outside the Rocky Mountain Park. It was soooo pretty, and warm, and then....


BAM!! Snow!! It was crazee! While dad and Duncan and I were sweating our butts off in 90 degrees, mom and Aunt T had a winter wonderland!!


This is at Bear Lake...somewhere, under that snow is water....


How much snow you ask? Well take this example, mom and Aunt T were walking ABOVE the trail marker signs, they had to be dug out so they knew where they were! That's like 5 feets of snows!


But even with the snows they found wildlife, they found this bunny. Apparently, the snow makes the bunnies crazy, cause while all the park signs say DO NOT APPROACH WILDLIFE the wildlife must not do the same, cause this bunny charged Aunt Temple...Frankie Furter is right, bunnies are the devil!


They finally found some lowland areas that weren't up to their butts in snow. That's mom looking like a frozen hermit in the corner.


After all the hiking, mom and Aunt T went to stay at the Stanley Hotel, where some dude wrote some Shining book. It snowed all night there too! It is pretty though, and dog friendly which allowed mom to see puppens and miss me!

Check out that stairwell....I'd so want to slide down the banisters!

This is the part mom stayed in. No ghosts though. I think they were scared I'd come put the bitey on them if they messed with the mom.

Mom said this is the hallway that inspired the creepy scene in the movie...


When they awoke on Sunday to come home, this was their view. I know a few husky-roos who'd have a BLAST there!!!

When mom got out my present, I thought she was being mean! I can't has chocolate!

Oh, but no, I was wrong, this was a doggie friendly chocolate NOM!!! Oh, Duncan and I NOMMED out hearts out!! It was glorious!!!

So, we're here for now. Mom leaves Sunday for a beach conference! Gah woman! If we missed your blogs we apologize, we're going to try to make the rounds today!! Chocolately kisses!

Mom's going far far away...

Remember a while back when I said mom was leaving me with dad cause she had to go out on a trip? Well, the time is almost here! Mom and Aunt Temple are leaving EARLY Sunday for Collar-ado!

After they spend some time with Granny for Mom's Day on Saturday, they are flying out, first stop is Fee-nix to change planes, then on to Denver...I've made a drawing of it for you:

See, mom is going to be all the way over there, and Anna is going to be all the way over here! Boo! And she won't be here for mom's day! So I guess that means no pressies for her!

Once mom and Aunt Temple get done in Denver with mom's conference, they're going up to Estes Park, Collar-ado to go to the Rocky Mountain National Park to go hiking. I asked mom if Aunt Temple will need to borrow my backpack, but she said she's fine.

While up there, they're staying at the HAUNTED Stanley Hotel, the basis of some movie called the Shining?

And they're staying on Friday the 13th! Mom and Aunt T sure are crayzee!

Mom is making all sort of notes and things for dad...so he knows how much noms to feed us and when and who gets what pills when and stuff. Very important nom information. So after Friday I won't be around for a bit, cause mom is taking the technologies with her.