Monday, August 29, 2011

Hurricane Irene...


As you can see, I weathered the storm nice and safe inside with My Biscuit yesterday.  You can't see him - he's lounging in my chair - I let him sometimes.  I hope all my canine friends in hurricane-hit areas will be saved and safe very soon.  I am one lucky dog!  

I actually helped myself to a package of pizza dough that my mom was letting rise on the radiator.  (No she didn't have the heat on - but it's a good place to put the pizza pan with the dough - at least she thought so before I ate it!)  She was planning on cooking it yesterday for lunch. 

You'd think I'd be full... but I can always eat!  I don't get to eat 'people food' unless I happen upon an opportunity to help myself.  My Biscuit's so funny... when mom saw the destroyed plastic wrapper and empty pan on the floor, he grabbed her roll of packing tape off the office desk and brought it to her!!!  What was she going to do with that?  I think he was trying to butter her up by giving her a gift!  He's always got some toy or bone in his mouth and bringing it to her.  I try to steal it and then run away with it just because I can! 

Friday, August 12, 2011

Dog Days of Summer III


When it's cold and rainy outside, I like to curl up and take a nap on the couch...

Sunday, August 7, 2011

Dog Days of Summer II


I love to curl up in my porch chair... I'm so relaxed... sometimes a cool breeze comes when the sun goes down...

Thursday, August 4, 2011

Coon Huntress


I am a treeing Walker coonhound... I was trained to hunt raccoons... at night.  I haven't hunted since moving to Maine February of 2010.  I haven't scented any either... until this summer.  There's been a raccoon across the street in the neighbor's garden... and he's come around on Wednesday nights a couple of times because it's trash collection day. 

Last night he was around - I could smell him!  I was restless and kept trying to get my folks to take me out... but all they'd let me do was go to the backyard to pee.  I humored them and peed but I wanted to go look for that coon - chase him a bit before I got him up a tree!

I howled and kept my folks awake all night!  My poor dad had to get up at 3:30 to go to work... but I needed to catch that raccoon! 

I did this to my folks a couple of weeks ago and did the same thing to my auntie in July.  Now they know the raccoon was around!  Dad suspected it was a raccoon because when he took me out at 1 a.m. this morning, I was pointing.  He told my mom, and mom saw the poor little fella on the side of the road across the street early this afternoon - he was hit by a car. 

I didn't get to run after him... I'm sad about that.  And there will be peace for my folks for a while... unless there are more...

Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Rhinestone Sunglasses


My mom and dad got me a new pair of sunglasses... not just any sunglasses either - rhinestone studded ones with big round lenses like my idol Elton would wear!!!