Random Musings of a Denver Dog

Exclusive Interview

Deefordog@gmail.com (Deefor) — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 04:00:00 +0000

Arrow complains a lot about not being on MY blog very much. Here's his chance. I interviewed him:

Deefor: Why are you such a pain in the butt?

Arrow: I'm just not a sleep-my-life away type doggy. I need a little fun. I get antsy.

Deefor: What's with the barking?

Arrow: I bark for a reason. When I want more treats in the ball. When I want my bone back. When I want someone to get the treat ball out from under the couch. When I want some more treats in the ball. When I want the humans to go up to bed so I can too. When I want more treats in the ball----

Deefor: I get the picture. You sure have them trained. How do you do it?

Arrow: Two ways. First I use my cuteness. Not every doggy could get away with it. Second I don't do stuff without treats. It's called no free sits in human training terms. I even get a treat when I poop outside.

Deefor: True. I get a lot more treats since you moved in. What about the peeing on the rug?

Arrow: This is a very negative interview. Some things are personal. I thought you were going to be pawfessional.

Deefor: OK. OK. What's your favorite toy?

Arrow: I love my sqeaky bird. I can hold the whole thing in my mouth. Then it gets crazy squeaking. You can throw it like a ball too. Next to that-- the toilet paper. It doesn't squeak but it makes cool noises when you beat it up.

Deefor: Favorite chew?

Arrow: Hard question. I like the cowboy boots a lot. But now they're always on top of the closet. They sprayed sour stuff on the magazine rack. What's left of it! I guess it's whichever bone you have.

Deefor: Favorite treats?

Arrow: Whatever is stuffed in one of my treat balls. And hot dogs for poop treats.

Deefor: Thanks for sharing.

Paw It Forward! From Mango!

Deefordog@gmail.com (Deefor) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:00:00 +0000

We found a present on our deck! From Mango! His picture was on it! And a great card!

Arrow smelled treats!

He sent us antlers! We always see deer. I always wanted to taste the horns! Very good.

I like to take my favorite stuff (and Arrow's too) to my stash upstairs.

Some of our favorite fishy treats. The smelly ones are the best.

Toys! A very squeaky lamb and a new blue cuz! I counted the sheep and got sleepy.

He doubles as a pillow!

Thanks again Mango! If you want to Paw it Forward email me with your snail mail address at Deefordog@gmail.com and I'll send you a surprise. When you tell about it on your blog, ask for doggies who want to play and paw it forward.

(Arrow says thanks too. I'm sharing)

Bunches of Snow

Deefordog@gmail.com (Deefor) — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 23:51:00 +0000

My mom lost her internet for a few days (and got really lazy for a few more).

Winter is in a hurry this year. It got cold fast and lots of leaves turned brown and fell. Some are covered with snow now!

Getting first tracks in the park!

He thinks he looks cute. Arrow loves to stick his nose in it and smell stuff.

I think he found pee mail from Pica! Haven't seen her in ages.

Had to leave some pee mail of my own!

He also jumps in it and rolls in it. He thinks he's a husky like Kyra! Maybe I can get a little sled and let him pull me around.

W***less Wednesday

Deefordog@gmail.com (Deefor) — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:25:00 +0000

Almost a Yard

Deefordog@gmail.com (Deefor) — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 13:31:00 +0000

On weekends we have a pretty big jail to go out on. (It has a gate so no escaping.)

Arrow loves to put his head through the bars. I stop at the nose. Too scary looking down.

Arrow is also likes to bark his head off.

This is what he's barking at.

Wordless Wednesday

Deefordog@gmail.com (Deefor) — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 04:40:00 +0000

Dreaming

Deefordog@gmail.com (Deefor) — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 12:57:00 +0000

My Wednesday picture was from camping. My bearded owner was making Eggs Deefor-- kibble and eggs. (Almost as good as Eggs Bone-addict!) I dreamed about camping last night. Camping is when Arrow stays home and the humans share their food.

All the yummy food. Even watermelon!

And shakes.

Snow season is starting and that means a lot of food too. When we aren't in our regular house, they almost forget we're doggies.

Wordless Wednesday

Deefordog@gmail.com (Deefor) — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 20:32:00 +0000

Fall

Deefordog@gmail.com (Deefor) — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 20:12:00 +0000

Me and Arrow were playing at the doggie park and someone took some very nice pictures of us and our friends. (You can tell it's not my mom) Really captures the spirit of the doggie park.

Running

Playing Bitey Ear

Arrow-- playing with the labs. They love to play.

Quebec, showing off her tongue. She was found wandering Quebec Street. When no one wanted her she got a new forever home-- and a classy collar.

Tally. Named for Metallica. Arrow's in love with her but she plays the park.

My good pal Oscar. I growled at him the first time I smelled him, but now we're friends.

My humans had to check out the snow situation in the mountains. There was a little and some places are making more snow!

The mountains have aspen trees and the leaves turn yellow-- aspen gold. Here are a few that were left.

Wordless Walkie Wednesday (dog's eye view)

Deefordog@gmail.com (Deefor) — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 20:08:00 +0000

A Tale of Two Doggie Parks

Deefordog@gmail.com (Deefor) — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 03:21:00 +0000

Last week we went to Cherry Creek State Park. It has a doggie area we like. We love running down the paths from the parking lot to the creek.

Then we chase each other in and out of the creek. Playing bitey mouth and dancing.

My bearded owner likes to walk in the creek while we run around. Arrow sometimes disappears hunting stuff. But he comes back for treatsies.

This weekend we went to Chatfield State Park doggie section. It’s mostly two ponds that you can run around and jump in and out of.

We both got wet.

And ran around.

Arrow thought this cat tail (not a real cat-- just a plant) was a corn dog (not a real dog-- just food) and chewed it apart.

In the end we love both places.

Daily Life

Deefordog@gmail.com (Deefor) — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 15:30:00 +0000

Me and Arrow go to the desert doggy park almost every morning! It’s almost all sand and we like it that way.

We don’t have good pictures because we run around a lot and my mom forgets to take the camera most days. I am trying to train her by giving her chai tea when she brings the camera (and actually remembers to take it out of her pocket.) She loves chai tea almost as much as I love Zukes treats and pieces of hot dog.

And we take walkies in the hood. Here I am looking dorky in my nose leash. No wonder the ladies ignore me.

And there’s the free spirit on his stretchy leash. What a show-off! I hate him! He says he trained mom to use it by walking behind her. I tried but I couldn’t do it. Whenever I’m on that leash, I have to see how far I can go.

This is one of the classier places to pee in Denver.

Wordless Wednesday

Deefordog@gmail.com (Deefor) — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 06:30:00 +0000

Peeing-Eye Dog

Deefordog@gmail.com (Deefor) — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 18:17:00 +0000

Revisiting a disgusting subject—Arrow.

The Arrow never understood about only peeing outside. Finally he mostly peed upstairs on a rug. At first when we tried pee pads, he only ate them. Little by little my mom put pee pads over the disgusting rug till he started using them. Then she threw away the rug and put down tons of pee pads. First 8. Then 6. Now 4.

Yesterday, I was just sitting upstairs minding my bones when Arrow came up and missed the pee pads again! It’s still a giant area but Arrow misses a lot. Sometimes he’s half on the pad. Adding a little Eau d’Arrow to the rug. Something that really upsets my mom.

She starts thinking about getting new carpeting. But Arrow peeing on new carpeting makes her more upset. And thinking about life in some distant future without Arrow but with new carpeting makes her even more upset. (That will never happen because my humans are pretty old so Arrow and me will redecorate when they’re gone. Now I’m getting upset.)

While my mom was crying over carpets and pee pads, I came up with a solution. I have NO trouble figuring out where to pee. (OUTSIDE!) And IF I used the pee pads I would never miss.

Arrow needs a Peeing-Eye Dog and I could do the job! I’d just grab him and lead him to the middle of a pee pad. Maybe there’s a need for Peeing-Eye Doggies in other smelly houses. I bet I could train them all!

Pee S. Censorship!! I had more graphic pictures of the Arrow's misses but my mom refused to post them!

Wordless Wednesday

Deefordog@gmail.com (Deefor) — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 13:35:00 +0000

Pretty Yummy Being Green

Deefordog@gmail.com (Deefor) — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 16:48:00 +0000

My mom visited our little nephew again. Here he is in his art studio showing his mom his technique.

Being green. Arrow and me are saving energy. No need to vacuum the rug in the kitchen. We are quieter and do a much better job.

Especially after the messy baker mom makes pie crust! I have the crevice tool thing down.

We rested up after all that hard work.

Here's Arrow frying his brain.

P.S. To answer some questions about Arrow and the butter. He didn't get sick at all! He just had a buttery smell and a really shiny nose. Amazing since normal doggy food gives him the poops. Guess he needs to go on the butter diet.

Yummy Award

Deefordog@gmail.com (Deefor) — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 19:06:00 +0000

Here are the Rules...

When accepting this award, you must blog about the food you have stolen when your humans were not watching...If you have never stolen any food, you must be a really good pup!! You can accept this yummy tray of cookies as your reward! Next add the logo of this award to your Blog (optional), then nominate at least 5 other furry blogs and let them know by leaving a message on their Blogs...

I have to thank Lorenza and Yoshi and Cody for giving me this great award.

I am a “cat” burglar... slow and subtle. I don’t jump on the table when humans are looking. I wait for the right moment. I only jump on the table when no one is around.

There’s the time I found a TV dinner (you can read the full story) right on the floor one night cause my mom forgot to put away a bag of groceries! They really don’t need to be cooked. I always find stuff on the street. Chicken bones and even some sausages! And we lick cone crumbs and spilled ice cream at Lik's down the street.

IArrow will steal anything and eat it. (even socks) He ate a stick of butter left on the table after some corn last week. He didn"t get caught till he was licking the paper. And he grabbed a roll right out of a bag and ran upstairs with it. He's very good at tearing open packages. Look at that guilty face!

I'll nominate Murphy, Mona, and Sally. And of course you can help yourself-- just steal it off here!

(Almost) Wordless Wednesday

Deefordog@gmail.com (Deefor) — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 06:04:00 +0000

My mom was away for a few days. She owns the computer. Now I'm back!

Arrow Tuesday

Deefordog@gmail.com (Deefor) — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 14:05:00 +0000

Some Colorado pools invite doggies for a special pool party when they close. And Colorado doggies really know how to party!

I met Fergie, the famous pawlympic swimmer and Colorado blogger! Go visit her. (She even has pictures of me!)

Fergie was there with her own special swim coach.

I was so jealous!

My bearded owner felt bad so he took the cigarettes out of his pocket and went in with me. That’s love.

This talented little dog was catching splashes.

I checked out everything.

Made lots of new friends. (I got under the fence once but I ran back under-- why leave the pool party for the parking lot?)

Let's do this every Sunday.

Working Hard to be Green

Deefordog@gmail.com (Deefor) — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 13:00:00 +0000

I think we could save a lot of energy if we didn’t use our dishwasher. Me and Arrow could take care of all the dishes. Cups and glasses too. Even forks and stuff like those yummy spatulas from the grill.

We work hard. We don’t take breaks.

We do a very thorough job.

Here’s the proof. Can you tell which plate we cleaned and which one was in the dishwasher? Thought so.

No Free Lunch by Arrow The People Whisperer

Deefordog@gmail.com (Deefor) — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 14:58:00 +0000

Taken from "Arrow's Illustrated Guide to Training Your Humans to Always Carry Treats and Give Them to You Constantly". (Not available from Amazon.)

If you want to train your humans properly NEVER do anything without a treat.
If they call you over just stare.
If they try to tell you what to do—SIT, STAY, ETC.
Wait for the treat.

Even in the house I almost NEVER come when called unless I smell something yummy.

My mom says, “Arrow Come.” "Arrow sit."
I check for the treat. No treat. I just ignore her. Arrow? Arrow who? I don’t know any Arrow.

When the treat is in her hand, I’m such a good doggy.

Some dogs (like the lick-ass I live with) will do ANYTHING for nothing. He rarely gets treats. Why bother. Before I moved in and trained them, the humans didn't even buy a lot of treats.

Deefor would walk around in a sit if he could figure out how to do it without wearing out his bum.

Follow my advice and wait for the treat. Your humans will become Happy Treat Feeding Machines. They will think THEY are training YOU. That’s the best part. They’re happy. You’re happy.

Wordless Wednesday

Deefordog@gmail.com (Deefor) — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 12:32:00 +0000

Dogapoolooza by Arrow

Deefordog@gmail.com (Deefor) — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 19:12:00 +0000

The best day of my life and my humans forgot the camera!!! This is a picture from that day but I can't find myself in it!

Today two Denver city pools were open for doggies. I was at Cook's Pool at 9:00 am. They let in 100 dogs at a time!! My mom went online and found some pictures. They really don’t show how many dogs were there today. (And they don't show moi)

We waited on line and then they opened the gate! I ran around. I was the first one in the little pool. I went in the big pool too! I met tons of dogs. We all ran around in and out of the pool.

I confess. I ran out the gate when this coon hound was coming in. The gate was almost closed but I’m fast. Then I let myself be caught by a belly-rubbing stranger. Brother Deefy was waiting in a nearby (fenced) dog park. (He doesn't swim and he's not always good with mobs of wet dogs.)

He was lonely and I was hyper. We ran around like crazy dogs. A border collie thought I was a little lamb. She tried to follow me out the gate but my humans weren't having it.

It was me and all the labs and doodles. Kenny Be says it best in Westword:

Kenny Be's Worst-Case Scenario: DogaPOOLooza 50-meter freestyle dog racing

By Kenny Be in Kenny Be/Comics

Thursday, Aug. 13 2009 @ 11:56AM

Most Denver dog owners fear that DogaPOOLooza, the annual public-pool dog swim, is a ploy by the city of Denver to get all dogs off their leashes so animal control staff can issue numerous off-leash tickets. Hopefully, the puppy pool party will be so much more....

A Walk On The Wild Side

Deefordog@gmail.com (Deefor) — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 17:50:00 +0000

We went for a walk in the park by our house.

It was so hot that all the other doggies were napping.

Even the flowers looked tired and hot.

Other animals were using the park.

This strange thing was getting some sun.

This is the rock everyone pees on so we like to check our pee mail. My friend Pica was here!

A tiger was playing with his ball.

I always try to get my nose leash off. I pretend I’m just roaching and work on the nose.

More animals but no doggies!

Arrow got so tired he refused to move. But my mom dragged him home. (Looks like he's turning into a rabbit)

Wordless Wednesday

Deefordog@gmail.com (Deefor) — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 17:43:00 +0000