Re: Bud's Story (an ongoing diary) [quote author=Hollysdad link=topic=8427.msg142715#msg142715 date=1423511517] Hi Bud, Bananas are ace. Have you tried melon? My people cut it into cubes and put it in the fridge. The tasty wateryiness is wonderful on a hot day. You should teach your people how to do melon this summer My master says I must have been a fruit bat in a past life. Holly [/quote] Hi Holly, I haven't had anything called melon, but mum eats some every week that is already prepared. I see lots of different foods that they call FRUIT, some are already cut up and in the big fridge, and others are in bowls i think they call them that i can't quite reach. I will certainly see what i can do to get myself some of this watery melon as it sounds really refreshing. Bud
Re: Bud's Story (an ongoing diary) [quote author=sunsetpines link=topic=8427.msg142709#msg142709 date=1423510704] [quote author=KeeperTony44 link=topic=8427.msg142416#msg142416 date=1423388569] Last night i got my first taste of kidneys as dad cooked them for tea. [/quote] Hi Bud....Bananas!!!! I've only had a bit of banana a couple times...I'm not sure I would go as crazy as you did...they have kind of a sticky texture that I'm not so sure about. I'm confused...you cook things IN Your tea?!?!? :-\ :-\ My mommy drinks tea in her turtle cup from mister Jeff, but it doesn't have anything but water and the stringy bag in it....Did your dad put the kidneys in a bag in a cup? Tea is so hot I have to be careful not to dump it from mommy's cup and get burned...so how can you scoff them down without getting burned??? Mommy took some pictures of me with my box and other toys when we were at werk on Saturday....it was good fun chewing the boxes...and on Sunday...I lost TWO teeth!!!! so my hard work chewing is paying off!!! ;D ;D ;D [/quote] Hello Bella, As you will have noticed, Willow has explained the difference between the "tea" that our parents drink, and the "tea" that is the name of a certain type of meal. (THANKS WILLOW ;D ) In our household the mealtime tea is the evening meal...unless it is a Sunday and then for some reason the evening meal is a Sunday Roast Dinner. So very confusing if you ask me, but that is humans i guess. As for the kidneys....no, no, no my friend. Dad put the kidneys in a large round pan and was mixing them up with other foods which smelled so very delightful. I should say mine were not cooked - they were wet and slippery and just vanished down my throat. I must apologise if i made it sound like i had hot kidneys. I must say Bella, they are fantastic photos of you. An honour to finally "meet" you. I am sure dad will share a more recent photo over the coming days. Anyway, must dash....dad is going to play tug with me and i am going to try and pull him around the room Catch up with you soon. Bud
Re: Bud's Story (an ongoing diary) Morning everyone. Very quickly - GROWL....GRRRRRRRRRR!!! Have any of you been growled at by another dog? I met this big dog this morning coming back from my walk in the park. Dad says it is a GREAT DANE. He sniffed me and then calmly growled when i kept jumping up to play. And then......and then, he barked this really deep bark. Dad says that on both occasions i was being warned to back away and not invade his space, but i wanted to play. Dad also says that i don't have any notion of fear or any sense of danger. I don't know yet if i fully understand what he means but i wish other dogs wanted to play the way i play. Oh well, i am off for a snooze. Think i'll dream of playing with that big dog. He can't growl at me in my sleep Have a lovely day friends. Bud
Re: Bud's Story (an ongoing diary) Hi Bud! Oh, I remember that feeling. When I first came to live here, the only people in my world were my mum and dad (and a few other hoomans that we saw sometimes). And then I went for the first time to Doggy Daycare. Oh wow! It was the best, best place ever - lots and lots of dogs all playing together and doing different sorts of games! Now, I really really love my dad and mum, but they are a bit limited in the range of games they play.... and Doggy Daycare was fab! But, anyway, the other thing I learned really well in Doggy Daycare is that not every dog wants to play with me, and that there is a language about that. Mum was a bit worried when she saw that some of the other dogs were giving me these signals about 'I don't want to play' because she thought they looked like they were being nasty to me. But I know they weren't - it was just like learning a different language. Mum says it was about me 'learning to be a dog' as well as 'learning to be a pet'. I don't know what that means, really, but I do know that it was a good lesson for me to learn - I'm much better at meeting other dogs now. (Although I still wish that everyone would play with me all the time!) I've not done much GROWLING myself yet, but I have learned to BARK! Have a good day, Bud - I've got to look after mum and dad today because they both have 'stigkiggcolds' which I think is a bit like kennel cough. A pup's work is never done. Your mate Pongo
Re: Bud's Story (an ongoing diary) Hey Pongo, That is really good advice my friend. I know that i need to learn how to behave with both other humans and dogs, and i think i am recognising that not everyone will want to pay me attention. I also know very well that my excitable nature is a bit of a problem, but this is me being me. I am a growing pup getting very strong and need to be kept active whenever i am awake (which actually isn't a lot compared to how often i love to sleep.) I must say that i do exercise regularly, through play and my walks and runs, but when i see other dogs i realise i am missing out on a different kind of play time. I love my mum and dad dearly, and dad puts in so much time when it comes to taking me out and helping me to explore our home location. However, there is something hugely exciting and rewarding Pongo about playing with other pups and adult dogs, as you have experienced. And i cannot wait to begin interacting in such a way. (Hmmmm, what is dad mumbling to himself now as he taps away on that box of his?) Coooooooool It appears he is making a few enquiries about local places where maybe i can go one day and be around lots of other dogs. It might not be yet but it is a paw in the right direction. And maybe my really long walk out which is in the next few days will also introduce me to more playmates. I have quite a loud BARK Pongo. But i growl and snarl a lot, yet never in a fierce way. My tail always wags but it just comes out of me naturally. I have heard of these colds you mention (and yes dad laughed again upon reading your description.) My parents get these too. Do yours still manage to go about their days or do they make that groaning noise and look at us with their version of puppy-dog eyes in an attempt to seek sympathy? Don't overwork yourself my friend. You are after all still a young dog and you still need time to play and eat and sleep, in whatever order best suits you. ;D Keep well mate. Bud
Re: Bud's Story (an ongoing diary) [quote author=KeeperTony44 link=topic=8427.msg143045#msg143045 date=1423654996] do they make that groaning noise and look at us with their version of puppy-dog eyes in an attempt to seek sympathy? [/quote] Oh my goodness, don't they just, Bud. Dad spent most of the weekend curled up on my sofa and hardly wanted to play the wrestle game at all - in fact I had to take Mum for a walk on her own. Now she is looking all miserable and she says she has to go away tonight (something about having to be at work miles away from here early tomorrow?) which is making her look even more miserable. But Dad is looking a bit better so that's something. I'm quite good at doing SYMPATHY. I sit on their feet. They seem to like that. Right, back to work...
Re: Bud's Story (an ongoing diary) Hi Bud, Hi Willow - Thanks for trying to explain about tea...you people in the YewKay and YerUp are mighty confusing to me sometimes - what with mummys and tea for dinner and fake grass. : But then I guess I've confused you with my log house too....so who knows. There is a BIG dog like you said that walks by my daddy's werk sometimes...but I've only seen him through the window glass. I have a REALLY big sister named Crystal...and sometimes she growls at me too when I'm being too crazy. When I was still pretty little my mommy and daddy invited some friends to come for the weekend. We had so many people in my house they didnt' all fit...and doggies everywhere....it was so crazy!!! First my GRAMMA and GRAMPA came from Washington....and they brought Abbey to visit. Abbey is a really big black Labrador like us - but mommy says she has some other "mix" stuff in her too. And then just a couple hours later Mister Paul and Auntie Vonnie came...and they brought along Jake and Pepper. They live in Iduho too...but about an hour up the mountains. It was crazy so many doggies of all different kinds....inside my house, outside my house, and inside the sleepy box on wheels that Mister Paul and Auntie Vonnie drug behind their truck....we all came in and out so many times and all the hoomins were laughing as we zoomed in circles and played so very hard. My big sister Crystal - she doesn't always like it when doggies visit her, because they bump her nose....she has a very delicate nose and will GROWL and bark and bite if you get too close. A couple times we had to all go into "TIMEOUT" to get calmed back down. Mommy says 5 doggies is a lot in one house. I sure did sleep a lot that weekend!!! Pongo - I'm sorry your hoomins are taking up the space on your sofa and groaning....have you tried licking their ears??? Maybe that would fix them....I usually try the ears first...and if that doesn't work I just try and bring them all my toys....one at a time until they find one they like. Mommy says my time is up, and I need to go do "my business" while the rain has stopped. I hope all my friends in the YewKay and YurUp have a great day! Your Americun friend, Bella
Re: Bud's Story (an ongoing diary) Welcome to the weekend everyone. Hope the weather is nice for you all. I discovered things called bubbles today and had lots and lots of fun chasing them when mum blew them all around the house. I couldn't work out how they disappear once i bite them, or when they land on the floor. But it was great fun. Here are a couple of new photos of me that dad captured a little while ago. I am definitely getting bigger. , Time to go and run around some more before i have an early afternoon snooze. Try to sleep through the aromas of a lunch dad is cooking for him and mum. Bye for now friends. Keep safe. Bud.
Re: Bud's Story (an ongoing diary) Hello Bud, You're looking great in those photos, just waiting to play. Those bubbles sound fun. I wonder if we'll be able to play with some too one day? This is me trying to get Wispa's pink rocket. We've been having fun in the garden again with a new game called hide-and-seek. Mum hides our pink rockets while we sit (for a few seconds!) and wait by the gate, then we rush down the garden to find them. I don't mind dropping my rocket for that game, but I hate dropping it just to run and fetch it. It's much easier chasing Wispa and trying to grab her toy as well as mine. I hope you've had a lovely day. It's now time for my snooze ... Tuppence
Re: Bud's Story (an ongoing diary) Hello Tuppence, I like the sound of your pink rockets - i don't have any of those. I wouldn't think pink is my colour anyway so maybe they come in different colours. I'll nudge dad later and see if he can do that thing he does that magically makes new things arrive at our house. Hide and seek in our garden would be fun but i think mum and dad like to keep certain areas tidy as this is where there are things growing that will become colourful apparently. I have actually seen my first flower, a tiny yellow one popping up alongside the pathway. Dad can't remember what it is called now but i know he put the bulbs, as he calls them, into the ground last year. I tried to eat it but dad used his strong tone of voice and i quickly realised that this is not for my tummy. You and Wispa look very obedient and patient in your second photo...i move about a lot and it takes ages for mum and dad to be satisfied with a photo of me, especially when they are trying to include themselves too. It looks like you are having so much fun playing with Wispa's toy, and she is doing her very best to keep hold of it. Anyway, must dash.....garden time. Keep well my friend. Bud
Re: Bud's Story (an ongoing diary) Just popped by to say how lovely you all look - and how clean you all are recently I'm always covered in mud ;D do you like mud Bud? I love, love, love it the deeper and squishier the better ;D Anyway off for a snooze til tea time.....wonder what tonight's tea will bring : Your friend, Harley hmmmmmm.......zzzzzzzz
Re: Bud's Story (an ongoing diary) <ahem> and you always look lovely in the mud, Harley... <blushes> But have you noticed that there hasn't been so much of it about recently? The ground has been really hard and cold, and I've come back from my walks still quite clean! The last couple of days have been better, though.... mum and dad are back to their routine of letting me play with the Hosepipe at the end of every walk. I like that game. I can get mum and dad very very wet. I think I might be seeing you soon, Harley..... I'm going to catch up with you this time, I've been practicing! Pongo xxx
Re: Bud's Story (an ongoing diary) Hey Harley, and Hi Pongo, Harley, i do like mud but haven't really spent a lot of time yet immersing myself in it and getting really, really, really muddy. The look on dads face will certainly be interesting when that day comes. Hope you had a lovely tea. Pongo, you've had the same hard ground we recently had here. The last few days it has been softer and much more comfortable under paw. Glad to hear your mum and dad are back to normal and keeping you on your paws (or is it you keeping them on their toes?) So, you're going to be racing and playing "chase" with Harley soon. Good luck mate. She may still be faster than you though. Going to say goodnight to you both now as i am feeling rather tired. Got a lot of thinking to do too as i have heard talk of me needing an OPERATION soon. Not sure what this means but i sense i may be a little out of sorts afterwards for a few days, and may not be able to go out on my walks and runs Nitey nite Harley and Pongo. And nite to all of my other friends. Bud.x
Re: Bud's Story (an ongoing diary) Hello Bud I have been Thinking. I don't do this very much - my mum says I am not a filosoffikal doggie - but today I have been Thinking. My mum was talking to me - I don't think that she realises that I can understand her, I think she just talks out of habit. Anyway, she was talking to me about how she wonders whether I am very bored all day because I just sleep while she's working and only wake up when it is time for Play or Food or Walks or WrestlingWithDad. She seemed to be worried that I might be bored. I don't understand this, Bud - of course I'm happy when it is time for Play or Food or Walks or WrestlingWithDad, but I don't mind when it isn't! I just sleep, and I like sleeping too. Anyway, what I have been Thinking is this. I think that hoomans spend a lot of their time worrying about how they could be happier, instead of doing what we puppies do and just enjoying how happy we are now. So they get unhappy because they want to be doing something different all the time. And that is why my mum worries that I would want to be doing something different from what I'm doing. But she is really silly, because I'm quite happy to be happy sleeping, until it is time for me to be happy playing or happy eating or happy wrestlingwithdad. I think that hoomans would be much better off if they learned some lessons from us pups and were happy with the world as it is. So that is what I have been Thinking. And that is quite enough Thinking for one day. I'm going back to the sofa for another little nap now. Be happy, Bud! Pongo
Re: Bud's Story (an ongoing diary) Hello all, I'm so glad you've been Thinking, Pongo, because our mum has those funny thoughts too. We both love snoozing much of the time, but we're also very good at letting her know when she should be taking more notice of us. She says we've got very good tummy clocks because we always know when it's food time and interrupt whatever she's doing by 'making our presence felt'! Tuppence is very good at going to stand and stare at the toys on top of my crate when we want to go and play in the garden too. We had a really muddy walk in the woods today, lots and lots and lots of gooey mud and muddy water. Tuppence and I rushed around enjoying it all, as it was raining too so we were going to get wet anyway. My legs looked as if they belonged to a chocolate labrador when we got back to the car. I was very good, though, because although I ran through a huge gooey muddy patch I didn't roll in it. I remember my old friend Amber used to do that when I was a little puppy ... and she had long hair too. I heard mum say that it's really lucky that I didn't copy that from Amber, but perhaps I might just try it one day when she's not looking. I'm so tired now that I think I'll just snooze for the rest of the evening. Nite nite everyone. Wispa
Re: Bud's Story (an ongoing diary) Hello Pongo, and hello Wispa, So Pongo, we need to find a way to convince our parents that the lives we lead are fantastic and we are most definitely happy, happy, happy. I would have thought that the way we eat, the way we play, and the comfort we display when sleeping, is enough to show them that "Look at us....we are so very HAPPY ;D" Wispa, i will have to start exploring more of the big parkland that i am being introduced to as there must be a few really gooey areas for me to jump around in. Well, like Pongo, i have been doing my own thinking, and listening, and it appears that in a few weeks i am going to be seeing my vet man Simon a little earlier than normal. I am having what they call an OPERATION and i will get to sleep during the process (that sounds good as i love my sleep.) Afterwards though i won't be allowed out on my walks for up to ten days........TEN DAYS!!!!!! And before this operation i am to be STARVED all night and that morning. But i simply MUST EAT!!! I don't know why this is going to happen but i trust mum and dad to do what is best for me. Am wondering though what i am going to do if i can't go walking and running and playing? SLEEEEEEEPPPPP and EAT!!!!!! What other options are there? (Sigh) Off for a snooze now. Maybe some ideas will come to me in my canine dreams. Be safe Wispa. Pongo, and everyone. Bud
Re: Bud's Story (an ongoing diary) Oh gosh, Bud, that sounds tough. All I can suggest is that you do what we pups do best of all..... just live in the moment! Don't think about what's going to happen in the future because it hasn't happened yet. And then as soon as it is over, forget about it again and get back to having fun. The bit in the middle might be a bit boring and hungry, but it will be over soon enough. I remember that a few months ago I had to have a Horrid Thing on my neck and a really sore cheek and mum and dad Attacking me and I know it was the most miserable time of my short life.... but it is OVER NOW so it doesn't matter does it? I can remember it but it doesn't make me sad because it isn't Now. Because Now is good and about sleeping and eating and running and wrestlingwithdad. In fact that's what I'm off to do now...... have fun Bud! Pongo
Re: Bud's Story (an ongoing diary) Hi Bud! Sorry I've been away for a few days...my mommy hasn't had time to let me write to you...something about too much real werk and not much time for socializing. : I need to werk at keeing her busy I guess.... :-\ Not very long ago I had to have an operation too. It wasn't so bad. Mommy didn't let me have breakfast, and then she took me straight away to see my favorite doktur Nancy...she's such a nice lady with gentle hands. Mommy left me there with doktur Nancy but it was just fine. She petted and stroked me and I got to relax in a box kinda like my one at home and the one at my daddy's werk. I just snoozed. I was very sleepy the whole time I was there, and my tummy itched a little...but I was so tired I didn't care. On the next day mommy came back and got me, and I was sooo HAPPY to see her. She took me home and we snoozed on the couch. She made me wear this stupid plastic thing for a little bit, but I promised her I wouldn't lick my tummy if she would just wash the itchies off it. My tummy was kind of sore for a couple of days if I ran too much or tried to jump on the sofa....so I had mommy lift me up most times. Within a couple days I was good as new - but mommy still insisted on holding me upside down and looking at my tummy every day. She put stuff on it so it wouldn't itch and stuff...my mommy is the best!!!!! After 2 weeks I got to go back to see doktur Nancy and we WRESTLED on the floor for a few minutes, then she gave me cookies, and mommy took me home again. I bet your operation goes good too. You should practice not licking so you don't have to have a stupid plastic thing either. This past weekend mommy took me out TWICE on really long walks...and I got to splash in the water puddles...and I learned to JUMP across the CREEK so I didn't get so wet. ;D ;D ;D Mommy carried HOTDOGSANDCHEEZ in her pocket, and she brought her whistle. I worked really hard to RUNSOFAST when she blew the whistle and she gave me HOTDOGSANDCHEEZ every time I did it. I was a GOODGURL she said. 8) 8) 8) 8) It made me so tired on the long walks that I had to snooze on the sofa afterwards for long long hours. But it was good fun. Mommy said that usually in FEBRAREE we have so much snow that long walks to the CREEK aren't possible...so I was very glad it was so sunny that the snow turned into water for the CREEK. I better go snooze some more....no telling what mommy has planned for me later - I should stay well rested just in case! Bella
Re: Bud's Story (an ongoing diary) [quote author=Rosie link=topic=8427.msg144193#msg144193 date=1424197863] Oh gosh, Bud, that sounds tough. All I can suggest is that you do what we pups do best of all..... just live in the moment! Don't think about what's going to happen in the future because it hasn't happened yet. And then as soon as it is over, forget about it again and get back to having fun. The bit in the middle might be a bit boring and hungry, but it will be over soon enough. I remember that a few months ago I had to have a Horrid Thing on my neck and a really sore cheek and mum and dad Attacking me and I know it was the most miserable time of my short life.... but it is OVER NOW so it doesn't matter does it? I can remember it but it doesn't make me sad because it isn't Now. Because Now is good and about sleeping and eating and running and wrestlingwithdad. In fact that's what I'm off to do now...... have fun Bud! Pongo [/quote] Hi Pongo, Yes, i remember you telling us about being "attacked" and having a strange contraption around your neck. I think i may be expecting the same but i am thinking positively. And dad received a very detailed EMAIL thingy from my vet man Simon that answered all of dad's questions and made him feel a lot more reassured too. Apparently it is like a short sleepover somewhere new where i will wake up in a walk-in kennel (not sure if i like the idea of this as i hate bars around me) but dad and mum aren't showing any concerns, or none that i can sense anyway, so i will not worry too much. Right, nap time as i had a longer walk than usual this morning, somewhere new which i think is going to take us to some woods when the route becomes that little bit longer. That means trees, trees and more TREES (and maybe SQUIRRELS too.) Keep well mate. Bud
Re: Bud's Story (an ongoing diary) [quote author=sunsetpines link=topic=8427.msg144206#msg144206 date=1424201917] I bet your operation goes good too. You should practice not licking so you don't have to have a stupid plastic thing either. [/quote] Hi there Bella, Always good to hear from you all the way in AMERICA. Sounds like your mum is certainly one of the very best. I think we all will say that our parents are the best in the whole wide world (which is really, really big according to Pongo.) I don't think i am going to be able to avoid the plastic thingy. I too often like to lick and scratch, and it will probably have to take the use of something to restrict my movement if i am to recover quickly. I will no doubt complain and present my moody, dissatisfied attitude, but i know that my best interests will be the priority. (Note to myself:Hot dogs and cheese must get delivered to my bowl very soon or i may start walking to AMERICA to share Bella's!!!!) These sound fantastic, but only once i was reassured that hot dogs did NOT mean HOT DOGS!!!!! Keep safe and play well. Don't work too hard as you need your energy for eating and walking and playing and eating (so important i said it twice.) Bud.x
