Dogs in Brazil

Joey's Back

2013-05-18T14:00:00.000-07:00

Hi! I am back again. Mom finally has time to oversee my blog. She says I can't blog alone because I am bound to write something silly. Huh! We have had a lot of stuff going on. First of all we had a visitor from Finland, which is far away and apparently very cold. We all liked the new person and thought she was going to stay permanently. We were quite disappointed when she went back to her country.

We all tried to sit on her lap even Guga had a go, but he just couldn't manage it at his age. Gemma and Val spent most of the ten days sitting on the visitor's lap. She cut our nails, well not mine as I get a professional manicure because I am a star. She brushed our fur and helped Mom and Dad. During the week dad and our new auntie rescued a dog. He was in the street looking very sad and thin.

He is a bit bald due to mange and has white socks. Mom says he will be beautiful soon. He has been badly treated and shakes a lot. He is still very quiet, so we haven't found out much about him yet.

Mom and Dad are trying to get him well at the moment and then maybe he will play with us. Daisy who was beginning to look like a punk rocker got a haircut. She looked totally different when she got home.

Ben had a tumor removed from his mouth. Poor old guy is waiting for the results of a biopsy.

Dad watched the surgery.

Getting old is not so much fun.

Guga is also not very well and will be having an ultra sound to find out what is wrong with his private parts. He isn't too happy about this. Personally after my experience with Dr Andre and my private parts I wouldn't be too happy either. I only know this classified information because I was on guard duty behind the door whilst Guga and Nicki were talking about it.

So 'Mum' is the word.

Nicki is recovering from surgery too. She had a tumor in her breast and had to have her breast removed. The new puppies are very noisy and the two that got adopted are leaving on Monday for Canada. I will visit them one day. I just need to sort out my passport first and buy a suitcase for my blanket.

Kipper the black and tan pup got adopted and Dougal didn't. I think it is because his ears are so big. People are calling him 'Gizmo'.

Dougal will miss Kipper when he leaves on Monday

I don't know why they bought him a plane ticket? He could run to Canada quite quickly.

This pup is called Charlie. Mom hasn't found anyone to adopt him either. He was a bit thin but his ears are okay so I don't know why?

This is Meg she is going to Canada too. She had surgery too.

They put a cone on her head.

This is me in case you didn't recognize my butt. I am learning Capoeira.

and although I say it myself I am pretty good at it.

Val and Gemma have taken up jogging together.

Gemma likes to keep herself in shape for me.

Val just likes the run.

Pluto is still thinking about some sort of keep fit but he is too lazy to start.

Here we are having fun with a blanket. me my girl and Val.

Here is Skye and her blue eyes.

and finally me. Soooo handsome. Those girls in Canada will be falling head over heels!

Puppies and Worries

2013-04-25T14:16:00.003-07:00

Sometimes Mom gets very depressed because every time they think they are getting on top of the situation and all the stuff we need here something bad happens. Today it was the car, which has something called a head gasket problem broke. It now has to go to a special place to be fixed. She needs something called donations to help with this problem because it will cost a lot. Meanwhile I have to tell you that more dogs arrived. Four more to be exact. They were going to be abandoned because their owner was moving and wouldn't take them. They already lived like abandoned dogs roaming free and dodging traffic. Dad had to pick them off the road and drive them home more than once. I watched them arrive. This was the first one. They called him Charlie.

He is quite thin.

Mom has already vaccinated him. Mom thinks he is this little fellows dad but we can't be sure.

This little guy now called 'Dougal' arrived weighing just four kilos and had a mild eye infection, which is now better. Mom has vaccinated him too. They have all had worm medications and stuff for fleas. He has big ears. I think his ears account for at least a kilo of his weight. I asked him if he could fly?

He said he could fly and then took off!

So far nobody wants to adopt Charlie or Dougal. He feels sad because he wants his own family and he is just a baby. Mom says he is probably around ten weeks old and still wants to suck mom's finger because he misses his mom. Nobody knows who his mom is or where she is.

This is another young puppy that came with the four. His name is Kipper. He has been adopted by someone in Canada and will be flying there soon. I heard about all the cold, white, powder they have there. They call it 'snow'. Mom says he will have a lovely life there and has a family waiting for him.

This is Meg she is also a very young dog and came with the other three. She is also going to the place called Canada with all the snow.

The new dogs all make a lot of noise. They play all day like me, Gemma and Val.

All the other dogs wanted to meet the new puppies and sniff them.

Dad built the new puppies a kennel. It isn't finished yet.

Mom and Dad also saved this little kitten as well. He was adopted the same day.

Nicki has been ill since her surgery. Her stitches split open and I couldn't even look it was horrible. I was very worried. Mom and Dad had to rush back to the vet clinic with her and she got sewn up again.

Poor Nicki had to have a breast removed and has been wearing the awful plastic thing on her head since the first surgery. I can't look when mom cleans it because it has opened up again in two places. It makes me feel faint. The vet says it will heal. We just have to wait.

Meanwhile there is another new dog coming here. She was found in the streets and has been waiting for two months for a new home at the vet clinic but so far hasn't had any luck. Mom and Dad are going to bring her here where she will join the puppies running around in their new kennel.

This is her nose! She is beautiful. (Don't tell Gemma I said that)

Guga seems better but also seems deaf as a post. I have to shout in his ear to get his attention.

Sol is on another diet. Mom told me and I had to turn away in case she saw me laughing!

I had a bit of trouble with the toys that were sent. You see they are all mine but the others don't understand this. I don't know why? What's there to understand?

I had another bit of trouble because I wanted to sit on Dad's lap but I don't seem to fit so well anymore.

Then I had a bit more trouble. Val stole my blanket.

Obviously I had to sort that out quickly.

Oscar found something funny about all the trouble I had this week.

Now Me and My girl sunbathing.

I am back again after a long break. Lots to Tell.

2013-04-10T13:09:00.000-07:00

Hi Folks, I am back. Lots of stuff happening here. This place gets busier and busier. Mom was ill for a couple of days, but wouldn't let me post a picture of her in sick mode. Guga and Little One went to the vet clinic to see Dr Andre. Guga has an ear problem and you can't bark too loudly in his ear because he screams. He also has a UTI infection, so he has been very depressed this last week. He is getting better now. Little one has some eye drops to see if her eyesight will come back to normal. Both Guga and Little One peed on the floor at the vets. They have no class. I have stayed there and I have never done such a thing.

Here is Dr Andre inspecting Guga's ears.

Little One who is now blind awaited her turn.

Then the two of them messed up the clinic!

Then as I was looking out of the window one day because I heard Dad coming back I saw something odd.

There was a dog I had never seen before driving Dad's car.

I didn't know dog's were permitted to drive but now I do I think I will apply for my license. She is a hairy little dog and needs to shave because she seems to have a beard. She was living in a rubbish skip and didn't smell too good either. She made herself at home very quickly and her name is Val. She is very young and likes me and Gemma.

Mom was extremely stressed this week because the neighbors are moving and leaving behind seven animals there are four kittens and three dogs they say that they can't take them so they are just going to leave them to fend for themselves if mom doesn't take them. They live a pretty much abandoned life anyway and roam the streets scavenging for food. Mom is going to take all of them in because she received a donation from a kind person and can build a kennel for them and a house for the cats. Mom has somebody interested in adopting one of the dogs but nothing is certain yet. Some humans have no moral conscience and just leave animals in the streets that is why most of us are here. Here are the seven animals who will be abandoned.

This one is just a puppy older than I was but still unable to fend for himself and not an ounce of street sense

This one is an adult. Here you can see that poverty is rife still in Brazil.

Here are two of the four kittens.

Here is the brown one that Mom thinks she may have a home for. After seeing what happened to Val and to me and these seven and many more of us here. I have come up with an idea to form a vigilante group. We will be called the K9 Posse and we will go out and hunt down humans who abuse and abandon animals and bite their asses. In cases of cruelty like Nina we will take more drastic action; I spoke to the others about this and encountered a mixed reaction.

Nina who was abused looked very serious and said she would do anything to help to help other dogs avoid what she went through.

Gemma and Nicki listened intently and said count us in.

Xana asked for an office position because at 15 she is too old she said to go out in the streets.

Jessie looked very serious having been beaten on the head and abandoned and said 'I'm in"

Casper is in too. He can run fast after the bad humans.

Sam laughed and said she would go along for the ride. She lived in the streets long enough to know what I meant.

Topi wanted to come but he understands he is not really fit for this as he still spins in circles when he is agitated. We excused him.

Then I asked Sol and she was also keen to be a K9 Vigilante she told Oscar who span round immediately. He thought it was a great idea.

He said he was ready to bite ass. He nearly died of starvation on a chain and Sol was abandoned as a young puppy and left ill in the streets so they too joined the group.

Daisy was shocked and had been badly abused by humans so she was very keen. Now we have to plan our first move. If mom reads this she will put a block on my plans for sure. Emmy just popped by and told me I can't go ahead with it. She said dogs are supposed to be forgiving. I said "but why should we?" She said even humans are supposed to be that way and it won't help. I will hold a meeting of the K9 Posse and we will discuss this and take a vote. I will let you know what happens. Emmy just asked me who sent all the lovely toys and stuff this week? I said "I don't know a human I guess" She said there was my answer. Not all humans are bad. Some are very good. How will we know which humans to bite? What if we bite the wrong ones? Okay Emmy you win. We will call off our vigilante operations and we we meet the good humans we will lick their faces.

Meanwhile here is me and my girl.

How I Lost Gemma

2013-03-21T13:41:00.000-07:00

It's horrible when you lose someone you love! It has happened to me before I loved Emmy. Pebbles and Hope and in my short lifetime. I lost these friends that I loved. Well! I had a huge scare the other day. I thought I had lost my girl Gemma. It started off a normal day and I was doing what I do best. Playing and teasing the others here. I was out side trying to annoy Oscar who just laughed at me. I still can't believe that black tongue. Well at least it doesn't show the dirt.

When I got back indoors I couldn't find Gemma. I looked everywhere.

I thought she must be outside so I sat and waited with Guga. I told him Gemma had disappeared. He was very nice and told me not to worry and he would help me search and get the others to help too. I love Guga.

Guga decide we should first call out her name and see if she turned up.

He shouted loud several times but she didn't reply. I was feeling really worried and sick. Then Guga said he would talk to Trooper and get him to help. Trooper was shocked.

He called his best friend Sam to help him look and they went off to check by the gate to see if she had got out.

They couldn't see her either.

Nicki tried to pick up her scent. It was no good she always smells like flowers to me!

She took off running and said that Gemma was here somewhere.

I was getting more and more anxious by the minute.

Nina who is new here and too old to go running around watched the window for signs of her.

She said she would handle any phone calls too. She thought it possible that someone had kidnapped my Gemma.

That is when I began to cry!

All the dogs in the big kennel said they would help. Gracie looked worried too.

Then Freddy who is a bit dim shouted 'she's here!'

He thought that Cassie had sat on her and called Gracie over to see. Of course Cassie had not sat on my Gemma. Cassie said she would do some intense sniffing but she couldn't do it properly because she was still laughing at Freddy thinking she had sat on Gemma. I din't know whether to laugh or cry.

She drew a blank. It was then that Emmy whispered in my ear where she was. She said to me, "you can make yourself invisible can't you? Joey. Well! Gemma has learnt from you. Go and double check the sofa."

I went off running and then I saw her.

She was hidden in this bundled up blanket on the corner of the sofa. I was so relieved. I pulled the blanket off and gave her a big sloppy kiss. She just giggled after frightening me to tears. Well we played a bit after that. I showed her a few more tricks. Here is one of them.

Then we went and sat on the other sofa that we haven't ruined yet. We have plenty of time still for that. I was just so glad to be with my girl that I sat there calmly with her.

I learnt a lot from this experience. Always treasure the ones you love. When your in trouble you soon find out who your friends are. They are the ones who help you. I have a good pack of friends here and we all help each other. We tease each other and run jokes on each other but when one of us is in trouble we all help each other. Lastly I learnt that when you lose something you should always check everywhere twice. Emmy popped back and told me never lose the opportunity to help each other and love each other because nobody knows how long we will be here for.

Me

2013-03-09T16:16:00.000-08:00

Hey am I gorgeous or what? Mom doesn't know I did this nor Emmy! John Travolta has nothing on me!

Auction to raise funds

2013-03-04T14:45:00.001-08:00

Mom ask me to post and tell you all it is time to clear out your cupboards. You humans have loads of clutter. If you find anything that can be donated for our auction then please let us know. It has to be relatively small or light stuff because postage and packing on huge items, which will be sent to winning bidders direct from the donor would be highly expensive. So no new cars or tables or stuff like that. Mom just told me not to be so daft and who would send a new car through the post. It can be hand made crafty stuff or any items you no longer have use for. I thought about donating my blanket for Mom's auction but just couldn't part with it. She said 'Not too worry'. Thank you I am going to play with Gemma right now. She is waiting for me.

Carnival is Over

2013-02-23T12:33:00.002-08:00

Finally Mom let me do a blog. The Carnival came and went without much difference here to us. Life for all of us here is much the same. It's seven days a week work for Mom and Dad and for us play, eat sleep and wait for the next dog to turn up. There is always one more and it normally doesn't take long for Mom to have to save one more. Poor old Guga has cystitis again and mom is giving him pills and weird red flakes called 'Cranberry' flakes. Ben has had an eye infection but he is better now that mom put ointment in his eyes for a week. Nina has settled in and turning into quite an athletic old dog sleeping on a table by the window. It upset me a bit because I like to look out of this window and now all I can see is the back of her head when I want to see what is going on.

I asked her politely to move. How is a guy supposed to see what's going on when all he can see is her black butt?

She turned around looked me in the eye and said 'Go away' but not as politely as that. She said she was waiting for an important call.

I told her 'with ears like that you don't need a telephone you can here everything for miles around'. She yawned and went to sleep. I was quite shocked. What a way to treat a nice guy like me. I only wanted to see out of the window a little. I will be plotting my revenge. Meanwhile I got promoted to be a food monitor here. I help Guga keep the rest at bay during meal preparation times. I am pretty good at this task even though I say it myself.

Here I am with Guga. I patrol the area well. Guga is watching Nina and I have an eye on Jessie in case she is tempted to try and sneak some food away.

This is my look out spot. I am the food sentry.

Sometimes I hide camouflaged under the table ready to strike if there is any dissent.

Guga watches the front lines.

If you take your eyes off them for a second then they break ranks and attack the food.

Sometimes I just herd them all inside and make them form an orderly queue. They have those in England Mom told me that.

Here are three of them in the queue. It's hard work but I enjoy it. The other dogs laugh when they see me in action.

Pluto always laughs at me!

Even grumpy old Daisy likes watching me do my new job. I got a great picture of Skye and her blue eyes. I made them turn red. I laughed a lot and she got quite mad.

Next thing I knew she tried to knock the camera from my paws with her paw.

Trooper had a good laugh at this.

The camera Hit me in the eye. I wasn't very pleased.

I decided to go hide under my blanket. Guga was nearly asleep tired from dinner patrol

He watched me rush past heading for my blanket

Then I took cover and hoped that the angry Skye wouldn't find me.

Of course she didn't it is one of my magic tricks. I do a few. Here is another.

One day I will tell you how I do it! Now finally Me and my girl.

Part two New Dogs

2013-02-07T10:50:00.000-08:00

I am back to tell you about three new dogs that arrived here last week. First came two dogs together. One is Casper's brother. They have been waiting in an empty property for a long time to come and join us here. Mum and Dad saved six dogs from this property. One got adopted and five are here. They were all old except for Skye and her brother. Here are the first two.

Mom called these two Bill and Ben. Caspers brother looks just like Casper except in reverse coloring.

Skye and Ben know each other from the empty house where they all were.

There has been some really bad weather here and Mom had to bring the three of them indoors during a big storm because they were so frightened. Here they are the three Musketeers AKA Bill, Ben and Casper. They slept in the house that night, which made it ten in the house. Not counting the two humans.

Bill can run very fast just like Casper. I have to be careful what sort of tricks I play on those two because there is a chance they can catch me. Ben is a lot slower so no worries there. He is very nervous still and hasn't got used to my madness yet. Here is Ben

and here is Bill.

Everybody was very excited here. We felt like we already knew Bill and Ben because Casper had told us so much about them. The three of them had a reunion and are now together. They all sleep in the same house and on the same bed. Casper was missing her family so it was really good to see them together again.

Gracie barked a big welcome to them and then Pluto and Gracie had their own party. They never invited me though!

Cassie got an invite too!

Sam didn't because they said she was too muddy and Pluto doesn't like anything to do with the mud. That is probably why they didn't invite me because I am usually covered in mud.

Sam is usually muddy like me.

Gemma loves mud too and just look at my legs. Mom loves it when i come in like this.

Here is the wimp Pluto who hates the mud just look at his face.

Oscar also doesn't like the mud and got quite upset when I told him it would help clear up his wrinkles

Then a bit later in the week another dog arrived unexpectedly. We heard Mom talking to someone on the telephone about an abused dog and mom told us to be nice to her. She has been beaten, kicked, punched and finally they tried to strangle her, which is why someone who witnessed all this called mom and dad. Her name is Nina. Her owner went to hospital and they say she will never come out. Poor Nina was left with some very nasty humans.

She is also old and nervous.

She was very happy to get away from the man that beat her. Mom said when the man went to get her she peed on herself twice. The man told mom and dad 'She does that because she likes me so much'. Anyway I like Nina a lot. I have my sofa and she is going to get an armchair all to herself.

Finally here is Trooper wishing everyone a Happy Weekend.

Hope Went to the Rainbow Bridge

2013-02-05T12:11:00.002-08:00

I couldn't blog for a while Mom was too busy and upset. Hope the paralyzed dog mom and dad rescued from a filthy pit died on Friday. She was very sick and Mom and Dad couldn't help her anymore. Emmy says she is doing fine at the rainbow bridge and can run faster than many others there now. I cried because she made me laugh. She had a good sense of humor and didn't mind my little jokes. Mom cried a lot. Emmy made a special journey back to try and help mom. Mom didn't know she was there but I did. Mom and Dad found Hope living like this.

She was covered in her own urine and feces and her face expresses the misery and discomfort from being burnt by urine and sore all over. She was extremely thin and lost all her fur on her rear end.

She was soon looking much better although the cancer couldn't be cured. She had two tumors removed but there were more and more growing. She was happy here.

Here she was recovering from surgery

She smiled a lot.

This was her on Christmas day. It was a special Christmas for her. The first and only one with love.

Now she is gone and we all miss her. Emmy says she is free of all the health problems she had. Mom's friend Sarah did this beautiful painting of her so we will never forget the beautiful Hope who came into our lives briefly.

Hope we all loved you.

Hope is there,

When I lay in the dirt
my back sore and bare..
you were there,

When I needed a hug
and someone to care..
you were there,

When I needed a savior
an angel on earth..
you were there,

When I couldn't walk another mile
when I'd long forgotten how to smile..
you were there,

When I hear you crying long into the night
when everything's wrong and nothing is right..
I am here,

When a days work never seems done
when your hands are sore from being wrung..
I am there,

When you miss my head upon your lap
when all the other dogs have their nap..
I'll be there,

When the storm winds blow
and the nights are so long..
please don't grieve for me..life goes on.

Although I'm at the bridge and out of sight
you'll hear my gentle paws on the floor at night,
I'll drop back and see you, when I'm strong
That's when you'll know 'Hope' lives on.

R.I.P Hope angel baby...run free in the fields of gold xxxx

Written by June Burden

We will be back tomorrow with part two of this blog. Mom's crying again so I have to go and comfort her. We have three new dogs which I will tell you about tomorrow.

Visitor from the USA

2013-01-20T10:53:00.000-08:00

Hi! I am back. Mom's been busy as usual so I haven't been able to blog. It's been raining a lot here and that makes a lot more work for her. We put our muddy paw prints everywhere and she cleans them and then we do it again. She went crazy cleaning our paw prints off walls and other places because a visitor was coming from America. Daisy got a hair cut and we all got a good brush and toe nail clip for the event. His name was Jeff and he came and said 'Hello' to all of us. Guga liked him a lot and everyone stared in awe as we don't get many visitors here. He took some pictures of us and Gemma jumped on his lap. Mom has an auction going on Facebook to help Casper and her brother and his friend. They are waiting to join Casper here when Mom and Dad can get a kennel fixed for them. Mom is also trying to find a larger place to move us all to. It's not easy because nobody really wants to let a property to someone who has 26 dogs. Not that we do any destruction-- well not much. I actually improve properties by irrigated the soil with large holes and then I am an expert at tree pruning. I keep the trees and plants in order by biting off any new shoots and some existing branches that need to disappear. Then some of us males water the plants with high Nitrogen urine which the plants love. I don't understand what humans have against us inhabiting their properties. Gemma and I got late Christmas presents I got a fluffy pig and Gemma got a fluffy Walrus. We also got treats to eat which Mom made us share with the others. Here are some of the pictures I took for you to see. First me and my girl playing our game. Gemma started this time first. Whoever goes first wraps themselves in the sofa cover.

Then the other one has to get them out and then we reverse roles. Here I am wrapped.

Gemma is doing her best to get me out.

It's not easy and takes a lot of canine skill. She is pulling hard at the cover but I am fully in control of the situation.

The trick is to wrap yourself very well in a knot. Gemma hasn't quite got the hang of that part yet.

I tease her a bit from under the cover and tell 'Come on! Come and get me'.

She goes crazy when I taunt her like this.

I always win and decided to make it a bit easier for her.

Daisy had a new hair do and special things stuck in her hair. I almost wished I had long hair like her.

Mom had to take the ribbon out because there was a good chance Cassie of Freddy would try to eat them. She came back smelling like a human and all clean and brushed. It lasted all of two days because she has been rolling in the mud again.

When Freddy saw Daisy he couldn't stop laughing and fell flat on his face in the mud.

Jeff wasn't the only visitor this week a horse stopped by too when he saw how beautiful Daisy looked his eyes nearly popped out.

Gracie couldn't believe it. A huge smile spread across her face and she went to tell Pluto.

Daisy is such a scruffy dog that nobody could believe it. We just all looked on in awe. We never knew she could look so pretty.

After she told Pluto she went to tell Cassie

Cassie was flabbergasted and just stared . Oscar was just in complete shock and couldn't understand why anyone would put silly stuff in her hair. He is a bit of an oaf and doesn't understand the finer elements of life!

Guga got up as well. He wanted to see her new hair do too.

By that time it was dinner time so Dad started making our dinners.

When Dad has to leave the dishes unattended then Guga guards them.

Here he is keeping an eye on the food. He think we might steal some. As if.........

Happy New Year

2013-01-02T11:54:00.001-08:00

Happy New Year everyone. I have nearly been here with Dogs in Brazil one whole year. The 5th of January is my rescue day birthday. I will be around one year and five weeks then. Nobody knows the exact date I was born on. When I first arrived I looked like this.

I got my name because Joey is what they call Kangaroos in Australia and I had to be carried around in a bag all day because I screamed if I was left alone. I just didn't want to be abandoned again.

You could already tell at this tender young age how handsome I was going to be. Mom called me ET for a while. I don't know why?

I got to sleep on the bed and play with the other dogs. I loved it and couldn't bear the thought of being thrown out again. Anyway! then I grew up and became the Canine superstar that I am today. I am talented and handsome and best of all I get to blog about Mom and Dad's rescue shelter for all the unfortunate dogs they find here. I help keep everyone amused even when they are all sad. Emmy says I am good at that.

Guga had is celebration adoption day on the 30th of December too. He has been with Mom and Dad two years now. He didn't get the dentures or grey hair remover that I ordered from Santa. I am not sure why not.

We all waited up on Christmas Eve for Santa to come. We waited at the door because there isn't a chimney here.

He finally did turn up the next day and we all got a dog treat. We were all very happy and Hope was singing Christmas Carols.

I also wrote to Santa about new haircuts for Sam and Daisy who are having regular bad hair days.

They don't seem that bothered by their bad haircuts.

Casper has been adjusting well and will soon be bossing us all around. She has put on weight and she is the fastest dog here. She can even run faster than me and I can run fast!

Xana got a new elevated bed for Christmas.

Here is Freddy. Mom said to include him because he looks gorgeous here.

Little One peeked out of her house for a while on Christmas day. She is very shy.

Here is me and my girl Gemma.

and my girl Gemma alone.

She adores me. Skye just gave me a funny look when I said that? Funny I never noticed what a big mouth she has before that....

Nicky also looked at me strangely!

Sol said she worries about me. (Something about my mental health????)

Cassie was talking to Mom in a whisper and I kept hearing the word 'Shrink'and 'half mad'

Mom told them not to all worry about me it's just the way I am. So here is how I am lately.

Here I am relaxing with my girl. She finds me attractive wearing my blanket.

She giggles a lot when I do this.

Being Bonkers is great! You humans should try it! Well Happy New Year from all of us here. If you can help Mom and Dad save dogs then please do this. We are all worth it. Mom says we are all Angels! Emmy and Pebbles are real Angels now. We are just earthly Angels. Emmy said I should enjoy myself whilst I am a puppy and that's what I do best. Emmy told me to tell everyone that used to read her Blog to say 'Happy New Year' from her too. We wish she could be here to say it herself.

Merry Christmas from Joey and Dogs in Brazil

2012-12-24T08:29:00.000-08:00

Hi guys! I just sent my letter to Santa Paws and I asked him for a new sofa. I seem to have wrecked the one here. It can't take much more of my games. I have been looking at the world upside down lately. It's good to change your perspective on things now and then. Mom told me to say 'Merry Christmas' to everyone out there. I am also thanking everyone for their support. Especially when I failed to become a superstar that was one BIG disappointment for me. Hope has had surgery, so I also asked Santa Paws to make her better for Christmas. She had two huge tumors removed. She is recovering now. I also asked Santa Paws to help all the homeless dogs out there on the streets who won't be having such a good Christmas. They will just be surviving and experiencing another day. Poor guys wish mom and dad could save them all. They do their best but there are too many homeless dogs out there.

Us dogs had our own Christmas Nativity play and of course, I was one of the three kings.

I was paw picked for the part because I am so handsome.

Casper the new dog that is a girl and got a boy's name is getting fatter. She was a bag of bones when she arrived.

Her brother and his friend are still waiting for Mom to go and get them. Trouble is Mom has no where to put them right now. This is Casper's brother they look like twins.

Here is his friend they are both in an empty property waiting for mom.

They are both frightened and Casper must miss her brother and her friend. We are hoping they can come soon. As I went around taking my pictures of the other because I get all the important jobs here. I encountered some very rude behavior.

I asked these two to smile for the camera and this is what they did. Xana looked the other way and Guga stuck his tongue out. I was hoping Santa would bring him some dentures for Christmas. Then it happened again.

and that's when I realized it was a conspiracy. Gracie was just about to do it to me and she giggled instead whilst trying to stick her tongue out.

When I got to Oscar and Sol's kennel she was whispering something to him that vaguely sounded like 'get ready to stick your tongue out'. Huh! I moved on to find some more dignified models.

Freddy caught me out and I ended up with a picture of him with his tongue out.

Sam caught me out as well. You have to be quick with these mutts.

Skye posed for the camera and didn't stick her tongue out at me. I told her about the mud on her nose afterwards and she was not pleased. She didn't want me to post the picture. I just laughed and asked her 'where is your sense of humor?'

Cassie also caught me with the tongue thing.

Here is the a beautiful picture of me and my girl.

We were playing the other day and I was pulling her ear! Well it looks like it but it was a sock really.

Here is Xana. She is about the only sensible dog here. I asked her to pose for a Christmas picture and she did.

I went back to catch Gracie doing something more dignified and she got me again.

Hope has been having a tough time. She still can't walk and she has some serious tumors. Dr Andre (the vet) took two of them out this week to help her.

Here they are. These are the two biggest ones. I felt sick when Mom showed me this. Poor old Hope.

Then they stitched her up. Emmy said she spoke to her whilst she was under anesthetic and she gave her a little kiss and told her to be brave. I cried when Emmy told me this. Emmy said if I am in real trouble ever she will come and do the same for me, or for mom and dad or any of the other dogs here.

Then after the kiss from Emmy Hope woke up an smiled a bit. She was trying hard to be brave for Emmy.

The next day she felt a whole lot better without those horrible lumps in her and sitting outside.

Mom and Dad have a great vet called Dr Andre and he has helped them a lot with all the dogs they have rescued. Thank you to everyone for all your support this year and may 2013 be a good year for you all.

Finally I am Back

2012-12-07T10:25:00.001-08:00

I am back and I know how much you have all missed me. I only have to read all the comments. Mom has been very busy and I am not allowed to blog without her in case I get bored waiting and chew the computer cables. The first thing I have to tell you is that Emmy sent a beautiful flower to Mom from beyond the grave. It started growing a while back on her grave and she told me not to pee on it or chew it. I respect Emmy and she was my first friend here, so I didn't do anything nasty on it. Then a while back a beautiful flower opened.

I showed it to Mom immediately and she got all emotional. Emmy said it was to make mom happy and let her know that her, Pebbles, and all the others are happy and waiting somewhere. Mom didn't look that happy she started crying instead. The flower was spectacular.

Somebody told Mom it is a Canna Lily and mom said it should be called a 'Canine Lily'. It was the best present she had for a long time. Then a huge storm and more flooding came and Emmy's flower faded. I guess it's back with her now. That's where all the things that disappear go. The next big thing that happened here was that another new dog arrived. We all only just got used to Xana, who is sleeping in the bedroom now. Boy she really wheedled her way into everything.

She is sleeping on Emmy's old bed exactly where Emmy slept, near mom and dad's bed. I thought it was a bit of a cheek at first, but Emmy explained that she doesn't need the bed. Emmy sleeps on a cloud now and Xana is nearly 14 years old and has had a hard life, sleeping on hard surfaces for years, so she should sleep on Emmy's old bed. As I told you another dog arrived here. She looked very thin and very frightened.

This was one frightened dog.

Just like Oscar was she is very thin because the humans responsible for her weren't looking after her properly. We know she will be fine now that she is here with us. By the end of the second day she was wagging her tail a tiny bit. We all had a great laugh because Mom and dad told us all the new dog was a boy. Of course, at first we thought it was some type of human joke then we realized they meant it. Word soon got round and everyone cracked up as the new dog even got given a boy's name. She got called 'Casper'. Here are some of us laughing. Cassie went overboard and rolled on the ground like a bear.

Someone said she looked like a bear and she got up shook her self off and said 'Where's my pot of Honey then? Word traveled round quickly about the huge mistake.

I told Nicky, Pluto and Gracie and they spread the word from there until everyone knew. They all came to see the girl named Casper.

Xana chuckled like the oldies do.

Hope was shouting 'It's a girl It's a girl!'

She then cracked up with laughter too

Sol said she would split her sides laughing. I am surprised her sides haven't split already because she is so fat .

Oscar couldn't believe the humans were so silly and thought she that was a boy.

Skye also had a good laugh. I like it when she laughs because you can't see her blue eyes so clearly and I am still jealous of them.

Even old Guga woke up to enjoy the joke.

Freddy missed most of it because he was too busy still looking for the ball that I hid weeks ago.

He never noticed that Skye found it a long time ago

Sam giggled and said she would have a word with Dad.

Dad did not listen and that was that! Casper the female dog now has a boy's name.

Here is me and my girl Gemma

We have the occasional lovers tiff, but we laugh. I tell her 'Hey! Bite my nose!

and she says 'Hey! bite my arse!

Then at night we play secrets.

The other news this week was that we got a calendar for Dogs in Brazil. Oscar is September's pin up boy.

I am on the February page. I got a new blanket sent from England and Gemma got one too. A nice lady called Jayne knitted them.

and Guga made a mess on his clean bed. Emmy said it wasn't necessary to mention that but it just sort of slipped out!

and just in case you are all worried Casper (the girl) is following Guga around and introducing herself to us all one by one. She is still a bit afraid but is settling in well.

Well I am tired now. That was a long blog. Emmy asked me to tell everyone that Christmas is coming and to be generous and to please help Mom and Dad help more street dogs here in Brazil.

Hide and Seek

2012-11-17T10:31:00.001-08:00

Hi! This week it's been raining an awful lot here. They had some landslides but it's over now. There was a whole lot of mud, which we all spread everywhere indoors and Mum went kind of crazy every time she looked at the floors. She was very nervous about all the rain coming down. The new dog seems to have moved into the house as if it isn't overcrowded enough. She hasn't got a bed yet the humans say they will make one for her soon. I have been teaching the others hide and seek with a ball. Shame I couldn't find my own after the vet took them. here I am starting them all off.

It is actually Skye's ball and she looked every where for it

She was smart so I decided to be more artful with the hiding technique

I hid the ball and walked nonchalantly back so no one would catch on.

Cassie saw me and tried to tell the others with paw signals

Freddy was mouthing something to Cassie but neither could understand each other's meaning. Labs have low IQ's. Emmy said I should say that this statement is my own opinion and has no scientific proof.

Topi looked everywhere but he couldn't find the ball either.

Xana just laughed she knew where the ball was all along.

We had a great laugh watching them all run in circles.

Gracie and Little One gave up.

In the end I told them 'It's here you fools' and walked away.

Here is Skye in her new house she laughed a lot when she saw it.

Hope just watches me and I could swear I heard her whisper something like 'Barking Mad' to Nicki. I have no idea who she was talking about though!

Hope has a new thing from Guga's auntie in America. It is to help her walk and to help Mom and Dad walk too because they seem to be having problems lately. She was very happy and screaming 'I am walking--I am walking as she stumbled around.

She is putting on weight and getting stronger.

Then the rain came and we had to spend quite a while indoors whilst there were a lot of storms.

and finally me and my girl Gemma playing.

2012-10-30T16:50:00.000-07:00

Since I last posted here another new dog has arrived. Her name is Xana. Skye's kennel has been finished and she moved into it. Hope has been practicing walking and trying hard. Mom spent all the money we had left on fencing and Hope's acupuncture and then went into panic. Humans are so silly they invented money to make themselves miserable. Us dogs don't need money. I once chewed up a ten Reais note and Mom nearly cried over a piece of paper. I think I now understand why. Emmy explained it all to me. No money equals no food. Now that's bad. I understand that. I didn't realize that the humans swap paper for dog food and they call humans the most intelligent species? I don't think so! Anyway here are some pictures from the last week. I couldn't blog earlier because Mom is always busy. Here is a video to start with of Hope trying to walk. She needs a lot of help. I asked Emmy to ask up there where she is to give Hope the strength to walk. Poor old girl deserves a break after all the abuse she suffered.

and here are some pictures of her.

She can't walk yet but she is much happier being clean and fed. She said she lost the will to live because her life was so horrible. She was chained in a filthy kennel paralyzed and covered in her own mess. Now when she wants a poop she just barks and Mom and Dad take her out.

Check out her smile. She said she hasn't laughed in years. This is the beginning of her new life.

Even if she doesn't walk Mom says she will get her a cart and she will have some fun. Everyone deserves a bit of fun.

Here is Daisy another dog that could hardly walk when she arrived. She looks awesome now. She is very bossy though. Shame she just pooped and posed in front of it. Some dogs have no class!

This is Freddy and Cassie. They were really hot in this weather.

It's 93 in the shade so we have all been drinking gallons of water.

I like Topi he has class. he doesn't care what anyone thinks about his eccentricities. He doesn't pose near poop. He only talks to the ones he likes. He ignores the dogs he doesn't like and then goes away and chuckles to himself.

Mom still won't get me the blue contacts!

But hey! I am so handsome I don't need them.

I must be handsome cos I got a girl friend like this.

Here is the majestic Oscar. He is asleep with a fly on his head. Not quite so majestic here. I bet he snores too!

Well! I admit he looks good here. No flies on him!

Here I am. Posing on the table.

Here is the new girl now called Xana.

She is really old. she is between 13 and 14 years old. Mom has to take in three more dogs from the same place as her and doesn't have the resources yet to do it.

Xana came full of Bot flies and had to go to the vets for antibiotic injections

She is a lot happier now.

I always finish my blog with Me and My girl. Here we are. Just one more special pic for you.

Me and Emmy I miss her so much. I know I talk to her but I want to play with her.

Fencing

2012-10-18T11:30:00.000-07:00

Hi! Mom is letting me blog today. A lot has been happening here lately. First of all they put a fence right around the front of the garden. I wasn't so pleased about this because it will put an end to my clandestine trips out into the world. I had quite a few canine friends that I was visiting off and on.

Now I can only bark at them through the fence. No more sniffy, sniffy. No more mom and dad chasing me and screaming my name as I sprint down the road. The end of an era for me. I earnt a bit of street cred but it's all over now. I decided instead to get into art. There is a British artist called Tracy Emin who exhibited at the Tate gallery and was nominated for the Turner Prize for creating a messy bed, her bed was taken from her home exactly as it was unmade and strewn with litter around it, so my first project was a recreation of this. Here it is.

I am awaiting my nomination for a Turner Prize to arrive in the post. I left my toy in the bed too just to add that extra touch of class. Tracy Emin left her worn underwear strewn around but, of course, as I don't wear underwear I couldn't do that. I did try to steal some of Mom's but she caught me in the act and I had to put it back. Hope the new dog is still here. She still can't walk but she is a bit better. She goes backwards and forwards to the vet clinic every week. Here she is after her acupuncture.

She also had to have her ears seen too. She is an old girl and has been badly abused by some rotten humans.

Humans think if there is a problem and they stab it with a needle that will cure it. I just don't get it!

Dad gave Trooper a cuddle and I saw him stick his tongue out at me. I don't think he likes me very much. Mom and Dad thought it was cute. How stupid is that? It was a total insult and he looked right at me as he did it!

Sam just sat in the corner watching and said we were both being juvenile. I will have to look that word up.

All my blogs have a picture of me and my girl. Here is one more. She really loves me and who can blame her. Only the barking mad can't see the attraction.

Oscar has grown a lot so I quit teasing him for my own safety.

I still think something should be done about those wrinkles.

Now the garden is all fenced the small compound has gone and the kennel garden on one side of the house has been made larger. The dogs there all liked the idea and came out to sniff the new garden.

That is Gracie at the front. There is also Cassie, Pluto, Topi, Daisy and Freddy in the picture.

Super Star

2012-10-09T13:46:00.002-07:00

I have been quite upset all week because I didn't win the Canine Superstar competition. I really can't see why not it's only barking obvious that I am super star material. I blame mom for not getting me the blue contact lenses because I may have won if I had the blue eyes. They completely overlooked all my talents my dancing and howling a tune, my ability to become invisible and my stunning good looks. I don't know what happened must of been some of those stupid humans voting for other dogs and not me. I was also disappointed for Mom because I was going to give her my prize money to look after dogs like Hope who arrived last week from the vet clinic where she had been staying for quite a while because she was neglected by humans. Mom has taken her in. She can't walk and has lots of problems (that's Hope not Mom).

She looked a lot happier than when she was taken there and she certainly smelt a lot better. I am not one to complain but her perfume was not my favorite.

She has skin problems, ear problems, can't walk, pressure sores, tumors, anemia and cysts.

She might look so great but she is extremely happy to escape from her old existence where she was left lying in poo and urine. The humans just didn't care about her at all. One of them was going to hit her head with a spade and kill her. Dad told them he would prosecute them if they did. What sort of humans are these? That is why Mom had to take Hope in before they killed her. Meanwhile I am still dreaming of become a dancing dog one day.

It's so easy I can do it with my eyes shut. I am a natural just nobody of note has noticed me yet. I will get discovered one day though. I am teaching my girlfriend Gemma. Here we are doing a canine Tango.

I got a lucky break this week the incredibly handsome and blue eyed brother of Skye isn't coming here anymore. He got adopted by some nice people and will be living quite near here. I just couldn't stand the competition I am the handsome guy here and there isn't room for two of us or his blue eyes.

Here he is at the vet clinic with his new Mom.

Here I am asleep. I am incredibly handsome awake or asleep.

Now Guga on the other hand could do with some cosmetic enhancement. I was thinking of fur tint to hide the white fur, dentures to replace his gummy smile and glasses so he could look cooler. Hope just got back from the vet clinic so I will go and see how she is right now. Joey Travolta signing off in Brazil

Our new video

2012-10-04T16:05:00.003-07:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQGjCKYU3lE&feature=plcp

Blue Eyes

2012-09-29T17:21:00.000-07:00

Hi! I am back and I have a new idea which I pitched to Mom earlier today. I want some of those blue contact lenses so I can have blue eyes when I want. Everyone has been looking at the new dog called Skye with blue eyes and saying how beautiful her eyes are.

I want to have blue eyes too! Mom is mean she said I can't have the contact lenses and that it was silly because my brown eyes are beautiful. Then she said we all have one special thing and mine was my nose and my sense of humor. I don't care I want the blue eyes anyway.

She is getting a lot of attention and worse still I heard her brother is coming here too and he has blue eyes too. How am I supposed to get all the girls if they bring the blue eyed wonder boy here. Only with contacts.

Mom said I shouldn't be jealous of them and that I am beautiful the way I am.

Here she is with her eyes closed. Worst still she is really sweet and has wormed her way into everyone's heart. Emmy told me not to say that because people would think I was mean and jealous, but I just want blue eyes too. Mom and Emmy both told me off and Emmy told me to 'grow up'. Then Pebbles suddenly appeared and explained it all to me. She said beauty is on the inside and I am beautiful because I make people laugh and blue eyes are irrelevant. She talked to me for a long time and she spent her life with brown eyes like me. In the end I realized she was right and I want to stay with my beautiful brown eyes I want to be beautiful on the inside and out. The new dogs name is Sky now because her eyes are the color of the sky. She is a bit thin, but seems like a nice girl. She hasn't had all that much contact with people and never slept in a bed with the humans like I do. I learnt a valuable lesson and won't be jealous anymore of those beautiful eyes. They look great on her, but mine are beautiful too. Pebbles said when you looked into eyes you can see the soul. It doesn't matter if it's a human or a dog. I felt kind of naked then but I guess my soul doesn't mind.

Who needs blue eyes when you can do this. I make people laugh and mom said that's one of the best contributions to the world. My girl Gemma has brown eyes and I love her. Here we all are playing with Dad.

Here is Guga enjoying his retirement.

and finally me and my girl.

Mom is busy

2012-09-24T05:18:00.004-07:00

Mom is busy so I put the old post I wrote before I lost my balls first. In reality I feel totally normal now and don't miss them one bit. I should of said two bits here. Well mom and dad came across a white German Shepherd dog in a house nearby beeing kept in appalling conditions. She was laying in poo and couldn't walk because her back legs don't work. She was crawling around a filthy kennel and starving. I just don't understand some of those humans. Mom has called her Hope because we are all hoping she will get well.

Mom had to take her straight to a vet clinic because she was in such bad shape.

She had millions of fleas. It took three baths to get the caked on poo off of her. She has been laying in urine for weeks and now her poor skin is very irritated

She is severely mal nourished and paralysed behind.

This is so horrible I think I am going to cry.

Well she had xrays and the vet found no reason why the poor soul isn't walking. I reckon she just gave up and laid down to die. She is now recovering from this ordeal but we don't know what the outcome will be. She is twelve years old. She is having acupuncture. Mom said this is having needles stuck in her. I didn't like the sound of that but Mom said it will help her and I believe my mom. On Friday they went back to the vet clinic to see how she was getting on. She is using her back leg to scratch now which is a good sign. She is taking medications and eating well. Here she looks a bit happier.

I asked Emmy if she will live and she wouldn't tell me the answer. I am not sure that even she knows. She said she is doing what she can. She said Pebbles is fine and playing with her like she did years ago. Emmy said Pebbles sent a kiss to everyone and thanks everyone that tried to save her. I sent a few kisses back to them both. Well after this Mom has to take in six dogs in a very dangerous situation. they are about to be thrown onto the streets like I was. The first one arrived yesterday.

She has beautiful blue eyes. She is a young dog and just recently ost her puppies. She has dried up milking inflamed in her breast which looks painful to me. he has a brother who will be arriving soon as well. Mom can't keep up with this and needs all the help she can get so if anyody can help them they are doing as much as they can. Mom is going to try and get some of the new dogs adopted. The brother and sister are very pretty and look like wolves so Mom things there is a possibility of finding someone for them. The other four are small mixed breed dogs and Mom is so hopeful in there case. She will try though. This tiny shelter is now packed with dogs and their problems. Some have come here with serious problems so if anyone can help Mom and dad they would appreciate it. It's a lot of work and costs a lot to help dogs that often come in half dead. This girl isn't too bad she has a bald neck where the heavy chain she was on took the fur out.

She has the problem about the milk because they said all the puppies were born dead. Mom doesn't quite believe this.

And here is the huge heavy chain they had her tied to twenty four hours per day. Mom and Dad brought her home still wearing it because it was so difficult to get off.

She has fleas and probably worms too and will need surgery so she doesn't get pregnant again. I now see what mom means when she says dogs shouldn't be having all these puppies because look what happens to them all over the world. It isn't fair. We keep the humans company, love them, and guard them they should all treat us with respect, but they don't. Some do and many don't. I now realise how lucky I am to get to play and sleep with Gemma and Mom and Dad.

Please don't forget to vote for me to be a super star. I want to help my mom save more dogs and pay all the bills she is running up here helping dogs. The link is at the top of the page.

I am going to the vet clinic arrrrrgggghhhh

2012-09-24T04:27:00.000-07:00

Mom says I am going to stay at the vet's a little while alone and I am very suspicios about this after what I saw with Freddy, Oscar, and Trooper. She says this will either be tomorrow or next Tuesday. I am already having nightmares. If he comes near my privates I will bite. Oscar went back this week and came back with a black eye. Can you believe that? What do these people called vets do? Seems like they are in business to torture us. Anyway here are some pictures of Oscars day at the vet clinic. I don't even like to look. Mom said it was to make him better. He had an irritation which Mom said was caused by his eyelashes growing inwards. It looks like the vet punched him in the eye to me. Here he is before they attacked his eye.

Here is asleep. I wouldn't turn my back on that vet for an instance. I guess he is more trusting than me.

Here they are doing something they call surgery!

and here is the end result.

on top of all the tormentation he went through they now put something on his paw so he doesn't scratch his eye.

Pebbles Died on Saturday.

2012-09-10T13:50:00.000-07:00

I was very upset because Pebbles died on Saturday morning at around 4.30am. We all cried. She tried to beat her illness, but she couldn't and she lost the battle. She is with Emmy now and Emmy says she is fine. Apparently she has got fatter again just like her old self and is running around healthy. Mom said I should put some pictures of Pebbles here as a tribute to her. She was with Mom and Dad for nine years and they loved her very much.

Here is Pebbles many years ago

Pebbles with her friend and my friend Emmy

Pebbles lounging.

Pebbles at the start of her illness.

Me and Pebbles

Pebbles and Guga after she got ill

Pebbles towards the end

One of Pebbles puppies that she was rescued with.

Pebbles shortly after her rescue nine years ago.

Mom cried when she saw the beautiful pictures of Pebbles. She was buried next to Emmy facing her. Emmy said she jumped right into her arms and Emmy flew with her to Heaven to show her the way. That's where they live now.

Monday Here in Brazil

2012-08-28T18:29:00.000-07:00

There has been a lot of activity here lately. Dogs have been going backwards and forwards to the Veterinary clinic. Mom says it's a good thing but I can't see it. Trooper and Freddy came back complaining of a pain in the private parts. The vet has been up to something. I haven't worked it out yet. I just know I don't want to go there. Emmy told me it's okay I won't miss my balls but I like my squeaky balls to play with. I am not sure what she is talking about but I want to keep my balls. Trooper was neutered, whatever that means. Emmy wouldn't tell me.

Dad was with him when they did whatever they did.

The Poodle that came to our house with the broken leg was there still. her name there is Bella. Dad brought her x rays home for mom to see. Her leg is pinned together with wire of some sort. Freddy was really pleased to be home as well. Even though he came home with a pain too. His is nearly better because he stayed there a few days. He also had a cyst on his back removed. All thanks to Sun Super Dreams.

Pebbles has had some off days. She isn't getting better. Emmy says she won't and is waiting for her at a bridge somewhere. I saw a tear in Emmy's eye when she said this.

I am doing my best to keep her company and be nice to her. She is still taking fluids through a tube three times a day and a lot of medications.

Guga is also being exra nice to her.

Even Gemma looks worried and stayed close by to Pebbles.

Cassie and Little One missed Freddy because he was staying at the vets also having the mysterious neutering thing.

Little One really missed him. She sleeps on top of him to keep warm and comfortable.

During the week I got away with stealing a whole load of dog food and nobody saw me. I am getting good at it. It's my ability to be invisible at times.

I checked all around first to make sure no one was looking. I even checked outside because they spend a lot of time out there.

Then I decided on a nap. I had filled my belly to it's limit and needed to lie down.

Then Mom woke me up. I was not happy about that.

I then went off to the bedroom so she wouldn't disturb me again.

I fell asleep dreaming of John Travolta doing some moves. When I woke up Topi was out sun bathing.

and Mini

and Gemma was asleep on a chair.

Please don't forget to vote for me so I can really be a Superstar. You can vote all day if you like.

Daisy's and Sam's New Haircuts

2012-08-19T15:06:00.000-07:00

I am back again today to moan. Mom sent Daisy and Sam somewhere to have haircuts because finally the competition money was released by the bank. They came back smelling like humans. I wanted my haircut and Mom said I don't need a hair cut. Then I asked her when my hair would be growing long like their's and she said probably never because I am a short haired dog. Now that made me angry! What if I wanted to be a Hippy dog? I can't be a Hippy with short hair. It may detract from my new career as a superstar not being as versatile as Sam and Daisy. They have a choice; long hair or short hair. Well Daisy looked beautiful.

and she is wearing her Daisy collar.

Sam apparently got the learner groomer and did not come out as well as Daisy's cut.

Sam then went and sat down to wait for her fur to grow again.

So, I am glad they didn't practice on me nothing worse than a bad hair cut. Below is Oscar. He gets special food because he was starving and needs to put on weight. He is pretty good at wolfing down his food. I told mom I wanted what he has and she said I wasn't starving so I have to make do with the same food as all the others, which really isn't right for a superstar. Please keep voting for me whenever you can. I need more votes to start my career. Below are some superb new shots from my portfolio. Mom says I am looking like ScoobyDoo now. He must of been one Hell of a dog!

His head hasn't grown though-- just his body.

Here is me looking like the Scooby Doo character.

and one more. These are two of my more serious poses.

Pebbles wasn't very well for a couple of days with her Renal problems but picked up today. We all for so sorry for her. She is fighting to stay alive a bit longer. Emmy says she will look after her when she gets up there. Emmy says she has quite a few friends waiting for her. Pebbles always played with Emmy as a puppy. They were special friends. She also knew Harry very well.

Here is Gemma enjoying a moment on Dad's lap.

And here she is enjoying a moment with me.

Joey's New Moves

2012-08-12T12:47:00.000-07:00

Hi! I am back blogging. We have all been busy here. Mom has been fighting with the bank to make them hand over our prize money. It was supposed to be for fences here and other stuff, but they are being very awkward and now there is a possibility that the prize money will go back to Australia, which is where it came from because the ninety days is almost up. I personally would like to meet this bank manager and give him a piece of my mind in exchange for a piece of his butt. I have nice big new teeth just right for this. I also need to practice biting as I haven't done any of it so far. So, his arse would be a great place to start. Emmy is telling me off again I shouldn't have said 'arse' and now she made me say it again. I am still practising my superstar moves and have come up with some very good new moves. I have been using accessories for my routines too. This is a photo from my Arabian dance routine.

The Arab Sheik (me) has upset one of his camels and runs off to hide. They chase him back to his tent and then he disappears. I play this part so well. The routine never explains exactly what I did to make the camel so mad though. That bit is best not mentioned. Then when the camel gives up his search for me I break into a faster dance routine with all sorts of new moves.

Here I peek out to see if the camel has gone and he has.

Of course, you all realise that I won't be taking a sofa on the dance floor with me. I will be using the actual dance floor. I practice here because it is more comfortable and Mom only has this one old sofa and she said I can't take it out with me when I start my Superstar career. She was very serious about that so I have to forget the sofa as a prop idea. Never mind John Travolta didn't have a sofa and he did alright without one and I have a much hairier chest than him too. I showed my routine to a few of the others. They loved it. Pluto laughed his socks off!

Oscar too except he wasn't wearing any socks!

Cassie had to lie down because she laughed so much.

It was hard to tell if Freddy was laughing or growling so I never made any comment.

Gracie came out to have a look

Then she just hid her face. I don't think she really appreciated all the effort I have put into this.

Well in all I was pretty pleased with their reaction. Most of them were in awe. Guga and Pebbles couldn't be bothered to wake up and watch. It was a bit rude if you ask me.

I forgave them though because Guga is very old and Pebbles is ill. I had a visit during the week from Emmy to remind me not to be selfish and take up all the space on the sofa. She said I was squashing poor Pebbles. I moved and went to play with Gemma so Pebbles could be more comfortable.

I am trying to be a better dog and have decided what I am going to buy Oscar for his birthday. I am going to get him some miracle wrinkle remover I saw for sale in town. The pack says it removes all wrinkles and deep wrinkles too. He has a serious problem with wrinkles for a dog so young.

Last weekend Mini got a new coat to sleep in and she got all tangled up in it during the night. When Mom and Dad put it on her I heard her saying 'No I don't want it please take it off'. Well Mom and Dad just can't understand our language and stupidly thought she would be warm and comfortable. It took her hours to get one leg out and the rest knotted around her. She was in a terrible mood after that. Mom and Dad got the hint because they had to get up at 2am and unknot her from the coat.

During the week a Poodle with a broken leg arrived. She only stayed overnight and then went to get her leg mended. She has to have metal bits out in her leg to help it stick back together. Nobody knows what happened to her and she wouldn't speak to us. She was in a lot of pain. Mom was giving her medication for the pain all night. She is going to stay at a sanctuary for three months now because she isn't allowed to run. Then Mom and Dad will collect her and she is going to be adopted by the lady who found her.

Well Gemma and I are inseperable.

Gemma and I have a great time we run all over the house chasing each other. I am so glad Emmy led her here to be with me and the others. Emmy is an Angel for sure. She can fly now too and she can see everything I do, which sometimes is not so good. If I need any advice she is there for me. She watches over Mom and Dad too. Don't forget to vote for me so I can really be a SuperStar. I am putting a lot of effort into my bid for fame. You can vote many times a day and every day so please keep voting. I am worth every vote.