Spring has Sprung!!

And so have I!!!!

Weeeeee, the squirrels are back...

Happy Holidays!!

Naughty or Nice? Guess!!

We know we've been gone such a long time!! But we wanted to wish all of our wonderful DWBs pals the Happiest of Holidays and a joyous New Year filled with all of your favorite things.

We will be back with a vengence in 2009!!

Goodbye GG...

We'll miss you, little one

Did your pawrents vote yet???

Mine did!

And I would go vote too...if I were allowed.

I suppose I'll have to stay home and play with my favorite stars & stripes tennis ball.

I feel it is my civic duty...

Happy Howwwlloween Barkday!!

Hey DWB's! It's Halloween...and do you know what that means? Do ya? Do ya? That's right, as Mom said...it's my 3rd BARKDAY!!! (Dad says it's no coincidence that my birthday falls on the devil's holiday...but whatever...he's STOOPID!)


So far it's been great. Dad got me this super awesome special Howloween Barkday hat...(don't worry, that's not a real spider...but am I not super adorable in orange?)





Plus Dad let me do ALL the stuff I LOVE to do today...


Hanging w/my BFF in the yard...

Play ball...

Eat Sherman's Super Stinky Salmon cookies (Thanks Mom!)

Hunt for Squirrels AND play with my ball!!

Take Dad for a walk...

All in all...it's been a GREAT barkday! What more could a girl ask for?


If you guys want to get me something for my birthday, just do me a favor. What I REALLY want...is CHANGE. So on Tuesday, make sure you get out and vote! (OK, Dad bribed me with an extra stinky salmon cookie to say this...but come on, they're deeeeelicious!! You would too!)

I'm THREE!!!!

HAPPY BARKDAY TO ME!!!!!

Wednesday Walkies...Spooky style

I love Walkies!! Let's Go, Let's Go, Let's Goooooooo!!!!

This week's Walkie Wednesday is going to be a special Halloween edition. Oh yeah...follow me guys.

We're headed to Spooky Town!

Supposedly these grave places are pretty scary around this time of year. Let's check it out!

I sniff Dead People...

Rumor has it...there are ghosts in these stones!!

But I'm not scared. I'm TUFF!!!! And I've got pee mail to send!

And I'll do the pee mail dance to scare the ghosts away!

Bet ya can't guess what I'm doing here!

These giant stones are everywhere!

But for some reason...I'm not allowed to send any pee mail to the ghosts!

This tree doesn't look too scary. I'll just hang out under here for a while. Wait...what's that noise??

I think I've sent enough pee mail...this place is getting creepy. I'm outta here!

Rest or Play????

Hi guys! I'm faced with a real dilemma today...


Rest...




Or Play...

Rest...

Or Play...

Decisions, decisions....

I know! How 'bout I do both!?!?

Rest AND Play...perfect solution.

A Diva hates to have to choose....

You have GOT to be kidding me...

WTF is this THING doing in my house???



I'm not really sure what it is...I think it's supposed to be a dog??? Mom thinks she's really cute but I don't get it. Anyway, her name is Isabella and apparently she's staying with us for a little while? WTF???

She's practically taking over the whole house!! She stole my rawhides...

And is hoarding them all for herself! WTF????


SHE is allowed on the couch, while I have to lay on the floor! WTF????

She's taking over our blogging!! WTF???


AND! She stole my Pink Piggie!!!! W.T.F.???

Well, that's where I draw the line. MY pink piggie...MINE, you hear???




And you can NOT have it, Isabella WhatEverYouAre...

Mom & I had a little talk about the whole situation and if I'm nice to this THING, I'm promised an extra trip to the park and a big fat turkey neck. Fine. See how nice I'm being???

Oh...and have I mentioned THIS???

Yeah. WTF??? This is not Funny Farm, people!!

You'll get to hear all about the C.A.T. I have to live with a little later. Sympathy would be greatly appreciated.

So Sleepy...

I'm super tired...but I just can't sleep.

I wonder what could be wrong?

Ahhh...MUCH better! Good night everydog!

Trip with Mom to the Park

This is such a beautiful time of year in the 'burgh. All of the leaves are changing into beautiful colors and the temperature is perfect.

So I said, Hey Mom! Let's go to the Park!!

Mom put me on this super long leash so I'd have room to run and explore. I blend in wit h the leaves so well...bet you can't even find me in this picture!


So why do I have to be on a leash at all? Weelllllll, there are lots & lots of deer roaming around the park this time of year. And I have excellent radar...I spot them from a mile away and point them out.

I see one!



I see another one!

And I would chase them if given the chance. Hence the leash. Mom has some crazy, irrational fear of me getting hooved to death. Whatever.

I found a nice spot for some roaching...in a big pile of stinky stuff. Please ignore her stupid voice...

There were so many leaves covering the trail, we almost got lost! But I sniffed out the way...

I say...let's go RIGHT!

I also got to run in a big field and burn off some steam. I LOVE to run!!!

It was the perfect day at the park. I love spending time with my Mom...without the little white maniac tagging along.

This picture is for you, Peanut!

The letter M...

My Rottenbuddy, Ben gave me the letter M to play in the Letter Game. My job is to name 10 things I love that start with the letter M. This is gonna be tooooo easy!!

In no particular order...except #1....

1. MOM!!!! Duh...she's best friend and favorite person on earth.




2. Moles...or rather, hunting and killing moles.

3. Merrick. Oh how I love this stuff!

Even if it does come in a pink bag and has "Senior" written on it. I think the Senior part is just a joke. Ahahahahahaaaaa!

4. My Aunties...they take very good care of me.

5. Meat! I don't really discriminate here. I love all kinds of meat, really. And this just might be the most beautiful picture I've ever seen...

6. Heath Miller...OK, OK, my Mom, like, LOVES him...see #1. If he wants to be my new Dad, I think that would be all right.

7. The Mailman...actually, I really don't like the mailman...but I love getting Mail. Speaking of which, look what I found in the basement! This is the most horrendous crime of the century. Apparently we still have so many boxes that are unpacked, that Mom missed this big box of cookies FOR ME! From my true love, DOT SPOT. I have a lot more to say about this in a whole other post...

8. Mrs. Howard Stern... Mom is a Howard Stern junkie and so am I...see #1. And his new wife, Beth, is totally Pawesome. She's from Pittsburgh, she's running the NY marathon to raise money for the North Shore Animal League and she's raised almost a BILLION DOLLARS already (more like $150,000...but hey, that's a lot of chewie $$!) and check out this picture of her & a smashingly handsome boy named Moose (who needs a home)!!

I'm not sure who's better looking, BethO or Moose but I have a feeling...Mrs. Stern would totally dig me!

9. Marrow Bones! One word...Yum-O!



10. ME!! Love comes from within...and you gotta love yourself first before you can spread the love to others. Yes, I'm very profound. And I'm pretty darn handsome too, if I do say so myself!

If anyone else wants to play, let me know & I'll give you a letter...

Thanks for letting me play Ben, and give your Mum a big, fat smoocheroni from me!

Walking Wednesday - Thanks guys!!!

Hey yinz guys! Thanks for all of the comments to Dad about more WALKIES! It worked...



He has taken some lessons from the Brat Pack's mom on how to take pictures sideways...but you if you tilt your head, you'll see I've got my head gear on and I'm ready to go!



Let's go this way!



Don't worry Dad...I'll take the lead. I won't let you get lost.


Walkie Wednesday rocks!! Thanks for the great idea Khyra! Stay tuned for more weekly walks...next time with VIDEO.

Whew!

Hey DWB's! Dad FINALLY let me get on the computer to say HI! I have to apologize, I've been really busy lately.

I don't think Dad realized how tough being a single father would be, so I've been helping him! Lola too!

Landscaping around the house...

Making the bed...

Keeping the yard Rodent free ...(Sherman's old job) :)

It's hard work! I'm beat!


Well, I gotta run - I think I just heard the buzzer on the dryer go off!

Pee-S: Could you guys remind my dad how much I love walkies? I think he forgot!
We're doing great and miss you all - Woof at you soon!

Pee-S.S.: There is no need to mail my Dad a big box of poop now, Joey.

Lots of love and butt wiggles...

Penny

I'm still here!

I hope you guys haven't forgotten about me...

Penny & I are doing great. Dad is taking very good care of us. We promise to post more of our adventures and it would really help if you guys gave him a hard time about not taking more pictures of us.

And we still get to see Mom. I get so excited to see her when she comes over that I forget all about that "Don't jump on your Mother" rule, but she doesn't even yell. She even lets me lick her face.

And she brings me presents! I had to pose with her for this picture before I got it and I'm not real happy about having to wait...

Well????? Are you gonna give it to me or what???

Uh Huh...she didn't forget my love of all things TENNIS BALL!! Thanks Mom!

Penny wanted me to tell you all that she misses you very much (especially Peanut) and will be posting soon!

Happy Barkday, my love

Isn't she lovely...

Isn't she won der full ...

Isn't she precious....

HAPPY BARKDAY TO MY ONE TRUE LOVE...the most lovely, wonderful, precious...Dot Spot!

Back off boys! I know she's the hottest girl on DWBs, but she's ALL MINE! And she's dreaming of me...

Hope you had a great Barkday, Dot! XOXO...

Vote for LBR!

We love Cubby and we love Legacy Boxer Rescue!! They are currently in a contest to win $10,000 to help more Boxers in need and they need your help.


Currently they are in 3rd place! Not too shabby!! They only need 150 more votes to take over the top spot so head on over to the Care2 website and cast your vote.


In case you need a little more encouragement, take a look at Prada...one of the Boxers they are currently trying to save.

She is just a baby at 3 or 4 months old, and has no hair at all. She has demodectic mange, and her skin is so thin and delicate right now, the grass hurts her feet.

This group does great work guys and really could use the $$. So go vote!!!

Well it's about time!

Look what we finally have!!!

Well, actually that's just Mom's new laptop (which is HUGE, btw...all the better for me to view my lovely Dot Spot). But more importantly...last night we got the internets at our house!! Woo Hoo! It's been almost a whole month and boy, Mom & I were having major withdrawal. So this weekend we'll be stopping by to pay you all a long overdue visit. I can't wait to see what every pup & hammie has been up to.

OK...onto more important things. The Park! Mom & I only live about 5 minutes away from the park now and we've been going a couple times a week to hunt. I love this park!

We will, however, be making a little, teeny, weeny change to the name...I believe this is much more appropriate.

Yep, that sounds way better. And I need to make sure that every pup that comes to share MY park will know who owns it.

So I spent a good deal of time securing the grounds by spreading my peemail everywhere.

You wouldn't think it, but the job is pretty exhausting.

OK, guys...I gotta run but I can't wait to see you all this weekend!

Pee Ess...Mom wanted me to tell you all this will NOT be turned into Sherman's blog...the girls are doing great and they'll be posting very soon!

All settled in!

Hi guys! I know I haven't been around FUREVER!! I went on a little mini-vacation and then I had to get ready for my BIG MOVE! But let me tell you...I've missed you all terribly.


I know Penny told you I was going to move in with our Auntie Kristen...and the good news is that our Auntie Rachel is at our house all the time. She practically lives there too! I'm so super lucky to have 2 great Aunties to take care of me.


And they're pretty cute too...

So let me tell you a little bit about my new place.

I've got this great yard to relax and catch some rays...oh & this pink blanket, not mine.

And when it get too hot, I have a nice shade tree to lay under...

I've got a GIANT kitchen...

And a very appropriate bowl to eat from. I am, of course...the King of this Castle.





I'm not really eating many raw meatables these days, but I do get to share dinner with my Aunties...

And they are very good cooks...

This is where I hang out while Auntie Kristen is at work...

And this is the big bed I get to sleep in at night...

OK, not really, I'm supposed to sleep on the floor...but I have this rockin' little room with cool wood floors to chill...and nap, if I so chose.

All this great stuff! It's really like a doggie dream come true.

But as hard as I tried, I couldn't help but feel like something was missing.

All right, all right...I missed my Mommy!!!! I know I'm super tuff and you guys would never guess it, but I am a closet Mama's Boy and things just aren't the same without her...

So I moved her in with me!!!

Yep, that's right...Mom is now living with Auntie Kristen and I!! See how happy it makes both of us!!!

We're not going to have Internet access at home for another 2 weeks. It's going to be hard for us to comment on everyone's blogs but we promise to keep up with what's going on with our DWBs family. Penny & Lola will post an update as soon as they can. And no, I don't miss them...

(On a slightly more somber note, Scott & I have decided to part ways after 8 years. It was an amicable split and we will maintain joint custody of the dogs. Penny & Lola will stay with him and I am obviously with Sherman. It's an adjustment for all of us, but we're ready to move on with the next chapter in our lives. Stay tuned...

~Jen)

The Dog Days of Summer

Sherman who???

Gotcha!

Happy Gotcha Day Shermie...we love you!

Princess Penny Wiggles...the peacemaker

My, my, my...haven't my brother & sister gotten themselves into quite the predicament??? I've tried to tell them. Suck it up and just get along. But that little white dog is quite the stubborn b*tch.

They need to be more like me...sweet & peaceful. I stay out of trouble.





So I wanted to thank you guys for being such great friends and making Mom & Dad feel better. Mom's eyes have been pretty leaky...and no matter how many times I snort in her face, show her my wiggly kidney bean dance or give her nose kisses, I can't cheer her up like you guys can. She even got these beautiful flowers from my BFF and her family and that REALLY made her smile!




And then we got this great Friendship award from Georgeous





And this Brillante Blog award from Eva (and Brice).

You guys rock!!! We couldn't ask for better friends.

Soooooo, you all probably want to know what's going on. Well, here's the deal.

Sherman is going to stay with Grandma & Grandpap for a couple of weeks. They're not going keep him forever because they have a lot of stuff on their plate. And Baron keeps them on their toes. So while he's away, Lola has to go to the V.E.T. (shhhhh, don't tell her, she doesn't know yet) to make sure there's nothing wrong with her thyroid or anything else, for that matter. And Mom's friend Lilian, who is a trainer from Animal Friends is going to come to our house and put us on a training program. Now I know this sounds kinda crappy, but Lilian is pawesome and always has lots of great, smelly treats with her. Training = liver brownies. W00T! You're all probably thinking...doesn't your Mom do this training stuff too? Well, yes she does, but she wants an outside observer to see if she's missing anything. Another set of eyes never hurts apparently.

If everything goes OK and Lola doesn't become Miss Bitchy pants with me (and I will kick her little white butt if she does...I don't start the fights, but I DO finish them!) then she & I will live happily ever after on Jackman Ave forever. And if not...um, we don't want to talk about that.

Now what about Sherman?? Well, don't feel too bad for him. He's going to be living with our Auntie Kristen when she moves into her new house next month!! Mom is super excited because it's only 5 minutes from our house and we can see him a couple times a week. Or everyday, if we want!!! See, here's the thing...I actually kinda like Sherman. Sometimes when Mom & Dad aren't looking, I give him kisses and try to get him to play with me...not that he ever does. But I'd like to go see him sometimes too.

So that's the plan for now. Subject to change at any point, of course. If you guys could all cross your paws that it works, you'd make my day! And Sherman's. And Lola's.

Oh, and this is for Joe Stains...Go Stillers! Sorry Ethel.

Long overdue update...

I'm sorry it's taken me so long to post an update on our little situation. You all have been so wonderful with your words of encouragement and support. Scott & I don't know what we'd do without you guys.

Sherman spent a week at Scott's parents house & had a blast. He was in total heaven there. They are home all day so he got tons of attention and 2 walks per day. Their dog, Baron and he got along great and I think it was really nice for Sherman to get out of the hostile environment that had become our house.

While he was gone, the girls had no issues. Penny is pretty passive and is very good at being the peacemaker. Lola just loves her and they pretty much played non-stop.

Sherman came home last Sunday & it was very evident things had not changed. We kept them separated with baby gates and Lola was always on a leash when Sherman was in same room as him. She aggressed at him 3 times...totally unprovoked. I've been watching them like a hawk and he did growl at her once (Sherman is very vocal and has been growling at her to leave him alone for 2 1/2 years. He's an old man & likes his space). The other two times, she basically launched at him from just being in the same space. They are completely separated when we are not home (they can't even see each other) but when we can supervise, they are able to view each other through the gates. Lola repeatedly gives him hard stares and low growls and I know she would hurt him if given the chance.



Quite frankly, he's petrified of her. He hides if he think she's coming. He won't look at her. He won't come anywhere near me if he can see her, even if she's behind a gate. He's just not himself. Poor guy...

Sherman & Penny are generally OK with each other. We allow them to be together if we are there and other than some major avoidance, they are fine. They even slept in the same bed together (ours!) last night.

We have asked Scott's parents if they would consider taking him in permanently. They were going to think about it over their vacation and let us know sometime this week. This is the best case scenario for all involved. But as I mentioned before, it's a big commitment and I don't know if they want the responsibility of 2 dogs again.

If that is the case, we have to start looking for a home for Lola. This is not a healthy situation for any of us. We can only manage this situation so well and I don't have it in me to crate & rotate forever. The stress of fearing Lola could slip through a gate or someone could accidently let them together is way too much for me to handle indefinitely. I honestly believe that if they get into it again, Sherman will end up very seriously hurt. Especially if I'm home alone and cannot break them up.

I should also mention, I took Sherman in this week for a check up and our Vet feels he's in perfect health. We thought he could be sick & Lola was just taking full advantage, but the big lug has a lot of life left in him. For those of you who asked, she'll be 3 in October and is spayed. I will be taking her in for a thyroid check and other tests if we keep her.

I'll be sure to be better about keeping everyone updated. I know we haven't commented much on everyone's blogs but we read them every day. We're still around...just trying to work through this mess. Thanks again for all of the support.

~Scott & Jen

The current state of affairs

This past week has been a pretty rough one for The Dogs of Jackman Avenue. Last Tuesday morning, Sherman & Lola got into a huge fight and really haven’t stopped since.

We had 4 extremely terrifying fights within 72 hours...Friday night's resulting in Scott breaking a finger, me potentially breaking a finger, both of us receiving multiple bite wounds on both of our arms and part of Sherman's ear being torn off. It’s gotten particularly bad because Penny is jumping in to defend Lola. 2 of the fights occurred when we weren’t even in the same room with them. It has become a very dangerous situation for all of us. Fortunately Scott and I have both been there when anything has happened. I don’t know what I would do if I were all alone and the 3 of them got into it. I fear the worst.

We’re at the point where Lola can’t even be in the same room with Sherman without aggressing towards him. When Lola isn’t crated, she has to be on a leash or gated off on another floor. He is petrified of her and runs and hides if he even thinks she might be coming. After Friday's blowout, we’ve had 2 situations where if she wouldn’t have been leashed, she would have attacked him. We have no idea what has changed between them, it’s almost as if a switch has been flipped. Penny & Lola continue to be best buddies and we’ve had zero issues between them.

I fear there is no possibility of the two of them living harmoniously together. I simply do not trust her and he does not deserve to live the last years of his life being beat up. For the time being, Sherman is going to stay with Scott’s parents, who he just happens to LOVE. He will be spoiled and pampered beyone his wildest dreams. Ideally he would stay with them permanently and we wouldn’t have to rehome Lola. But that is a lot to ask of them and simply may not be an option. The reality of it is, Lola quite possibly will be going to live with another family in the near future.

We are just heartbroken over this situation. These dogs are such a huge part of our lives and thinking of being without one of them is horrifying. The next couple of weeks will be very telling. All we want is what’s best for the dogs and ultimately, for us. We’ll keep you all posted on the situation and would appreciate all of the good thoughts, prayers and cyber hugs you guys could send!

We may not be able to stop by and visit everyone for a little while but we’ll be back as soon as we can. Thanks a million for all of the support. It means the world to us...

~ Jen & Scott

Almost Wordless Wednesday

Don't hate me because I'm beautiful...

WallyMelon!

Look what I finally got this weekend! Wallymelon!!

I gave Mom the pathetic, "I'm so neglected look" so she would share....

It works every time...

MORE hunting for moles

I posted a couple of weeks ago about Mole season and how I LOVE IT!!

Well, some of you commented that you'd never seen a mole. Let me tell you...you are SO missing out on some very good stuff. Just look at this plump little creature!!




(Would someone tell Penny that this fat little body looks nothing like mine???)

So in the event you guys ever DO see a mole (or hear him digging in your yard), I'd like to give you more details of my skillz.

First, find the little sucker. That's the easy part. Now dig around and throw dirt all over the yard.

You can see how exciting this part can be...just watch how fast my tail wags. (And if a stupid little white dog drops her stupid dirty pink ball into your hunting ground, make sure your Mom is ready to extract the ball and get her the heck out of your business!!!)








Digging can be very exhausting so once you've cleared some room to hunt, lay down & shove your head in there to see if you can locate Mr. Juicy.

Now, this is the most important step so please pay close attention.

Stare. Stare hard. Keep staring...

Stare a little more...



Don't lose your concentration...just keep staring.

Because eventually, the little sucker will come out and then you get to eat him!

Any questions?

School is Cool!!

So, how was everypups weekend??? Mine was totally pawesome!! I know, I know...how could it be so great if I'm in this jail?





Because I only had to be in jail for a little bit...the rest of the time I did this:







Mom took me to class with her today and I got to show off how good I am and play with lots of other dogs and puppies...

I REALLY wanted to play with this little Sheltie...he was so cute & fuzzy.





But for some reason, he didn't seem to fond of me...

"Why won't you play with me?????"

But he still seemed a little intimidated, so I just ran off to play with some other puppies.

I really liked this girl. Her name is Buttercup and she is of the relentlessly huge variety!

These are trainer Bob's dogs...Oscar & Carmen. We are the demo dogs and we rock!!

This is what I did for the rest of the day...

School is cool, but exhausting!!

Breed Tag

Stormy of the Ao4 came up with this really cool Breed tag! She didn't technically tag me, but I figured I'd help get the ball rolling!

Based on your pup-onality, if you were a breed other than the one or ones you are now ... what would you be?

This got me thinking...


I know I'm not ALL Boxer...but I'm pretty close. I think if I were going to be another breed, it would be a Greyhound. I LOVE to run, and run, and run...and I am FAST! No dogs at the park can catch me.

Plus, I hear they get to chase bunnies...I'd be all over that! I'm also super skinny like a Greyhound. Mom is always saying she'd kill for my metabolism.

The rules of the tag game are:

1. Copy the question above and paste it into your post.
2. Answer it - and give a few reasons for why you think you'd be that breed or breeds.
3. Post these rules!
4. Tag ONE other blogger. If there are multiple pups within the same pack/blog, each pup should only respond when he or she is tagged. One at a time!
5. Most importantly, HAVE FUN!

I'm going to tag LOLA from the Forget Sit & Stay gang...

(Almost) Wordless Wednesday

What? I wasn't digging...swear.

The moles are back!!!

I LOVE this time of year! It's time to go mole hunting!


I wait...

I pounce...

Mom screams and makes me spit it out. Then she throws my prize in the garbage.

So I pout...

Any of you guys ever caught a mole? Do your pawrents let you eat it? I'll be so jealous if they do...