Ike's Life

Lola needs your help!

2011-07-24T14:52:00.006-04:00

Hey everybody, my cousin dog Lola severed her achilles tendon and had surgery to fix it and the surgery failed and now she needs another surgery for two thousand dollars (the first surgery was a grand) and my uncle needs your help to finance it. If he can't come up with enough, they will have to amputate otherwise she will be dragging a useless leg. And the worst thing is she's only 5 months old. My uncle rescued Lola from abusive and neglectful neighbors who were starving her. She was out having a good time with their other dog, Boo, when she ran under the deck to their house and there was some metal sticking out that they didn't know about and she sliced her leg. So please, please, please help Lola save her leg so she can have a normal life. Please repost this or link to my blog!

Barf-o-rama!

2011-06-27T22:46:00.002-04:00

Ok, so today my grandma was doing laundry, and the pantry door was kind of open so I opened it the rest of the way and found all the containers of cat food and dog food. And I sort of chased the containers all over the floor until my kibble container opened and I totally ate a ton of it until my belly was bulging. And my mom got home for lunch and I jumped on the couch and burped in her face and then my grandma spilled the beans to her! I pretty much ate about 3 cups of kibble which is like a few days worth for me so I had to go work with my mom where they made me eat hydrogen peroxide. Then I barfed all over the floor which was pretty awesome, especially because there were strawberry tops in it which looked like huge blood clots! Then I had to sit in the cage for a few hours while my grandma went to Costco because she didn't want me barfing in her car again. So I barfed in my cage - a cat cage! - and no one saw it so I ate it. So, if you ever get into the pantry and eat tons of food, don't get caught!

This is a picture of my fatness - I sort of had a waist still, but it's gone now!

Steeeeeeve!

2011-06-20T21:28:00.004-04:00

So I want to officially welcome Steeeeve to the blogosphere - you got your work cut out for you, buddy. You have big shoes to fill and a real Doofus to endure, but welcome, welcome, welcome - I can't wait to get to know you better - that is if the power hasn't gone to Tanner's head and he lets you use the blog.

Also, the super secret project is still underway and hasn't been forgotten. It's gonna be great!

For My Homey.

2011-06-04T23:18:00.003-04:00

Thanks for the cheeseburger, Joe Stains!

RIP, buddy - you're already so very missed.

RIP to my BFF

2011-05-31T21:53:00.004-04:00

I am devastated, and I can't stop burying my head in my paws. My BFF Joe passed on today. Life will never be the same again. He was the king of the blogosphere, a hilarious friend and the Master of Stains. Rest in peace, my friend. I will always remember you and love you for making me laugh when I really didn't feel like it and for understanding my need for making Stains. You made me proud to Stain, and I will always treasure my Stain Award. You pulled Staining from dark back alleys into our living rooms and kitchens and curbed discrimination for Staining dogs across the world. We will continue to fight the power with our poopers. I love you man - you will be forever remembered and desperately missed.

Visitor!

2011-05-04T22:33:00.005-04:00

Ok, so I know we have all been down in the dumps lately with sick friends and broken parents and people losing jobs and other crappy stuff. But I have some great news - my cousin is going to be visiting for a little while.
Meet my cousin Harry - Harry Kiester!
(Pee S - he's very sensitive about his short arms.)

Shifting gears.

2011-05-03T23:30:00.003-04:00

Ok, so my mom's back doesn't work anymore, and she pretty much can't stand or sit or lay down or do anything for any period of time. This changes things for the project which wasn't going well anyway. Soooooooooooooooooooooooo, I have moved on to Plan B which is going to be pawesome, and I'm really excited about it! So don't worry guys, I'm putting your donations to good use, just running into a few bumps in the road. I'll update when there is more news. You can email me if you want to know what is going on if you are not Joe Stains!

Plugging away!

2011-04-25T16:54:00.002-04:00

Ok, so my mom has solved the hiccup and it now plugging away at the secret project. Barring any unforeseen problems, it should be done relatively soon. (She only says relatively because she won't commit to a timeline! That lady...

Pee S - she would love to take some of you up on your offers to help, but it can't be done that way :(

Set backs.

2011-04-12T00:38:00.002-04:00

Ok, so my mom has been working on the project but she's running into some problems, but she promises to work it out somehow. I'll keep you up to date with the progress. Thanks so much to all who donated!

And here's a cute old picture of me, just because.

Progress Report.

2011-04-01T00:22:00.003-04:00

Ok, so my mom and dad went to Hawaii forever and then they got home and then they had to go back to stupid work, so my mom has been thinking about the secret project a lot, but not working on it a lot. I just want to let you know that we haven't forgotten and will be putting some time into it this weekend (even though my mom has to go to stupid work Saturday and Sunday) but we hope to have it ready to go within the next week or two. I'll keep you updated.

Here's a picture of my mom and dad having a great time without me!

But they did give me a lei when I picked them up at the airport, but it smelled terrible. As you can see from the photo, I was a little confused.

Donations!

2011-03-13T23:25:00.002-05:00

So the donations are coming in - 3 figures already! Please re-post on your blog if you are not Joe Stains and want to participate in this super good idea fund raiser. Email me at emilyhthompson @ yahoo.com if you are not Joe Stains for details!

Super good idea that will make everyone feel better.

2011-03-13T01:14:00.004-05:00

Ok, so I have a super good idea that will make everyone feel better, but I'm gonna need a little help with this, and by help, I mean donations. So if you are not Joe Stains, and want to help, please email me at emilyhthompson @ yahoo.com and I'll let you in on it. And if you can't help, don't feel bad at all but pass it on to the other dog bloggers because Joe Stains brings a lot of love laughter into our lives and we are going to CELEBRATE all that he is!

All this BAD STUFF!

2011-03-12T23:26:00.003-05:00

Ok, so I'm pretty upset about some stuff going on: Nuclear meltdown, tsunamis, earthquakes, and my buddy Joe Stains is sick. I'm kind of speechless about the last one. But Joe said I'm not supposed to be upset because he's feeling pretty good. So I'm not gonna be upset, ok, Joe?
But I'm still sending some healing vibes.

Guess who's not invited to Hawaii!

2011-03-08T01:20:00.002-05:00

So my mom and dad are preparing for vacation which is totally exciting because I love vacation, but then they explained to me that I CAN'T GO!!!! because they don't want to stick me in cargo because I'm 22lbs now and Hawaii doesn't have rabies but neither do I. And I guess there is tons of crazy paperwork and rabies titers and all that crap, so I have to stay home alone, all by myself, just me and the cats and the fish, fending for ourselves and starving to death. (Ike's mom here: his grandma will be here the whole time. She's retired and hangs out with him all day. If she goes shopping, he goes shopping. Drama.)
Ok, so my mom spilled the beans about my grandma being here, but get this - she doesn't let me sleep in her bed! I have this scrap of pillow on the hard cold floor where I curl up and try to keep warm. (Ike's mom here: he has a large pillow on a carpeted floor and his grandma put another pillow against the wall so he doesn't ever have to touch a cold wall.)
And the worst part is my mom and dad are meeting my Auntie Kat and Uncle Ansel who I haven't seen in ages and ages! All they talk about is Hawaii, this and Hawaii that and what are they gonna bring and what do they want to see without me. Sob.
Please take me with you!

Where have you been, Ike?

2011-02-12T15:29:00.003-05:00

Ok, so blogging seems to have gone out of fashion in these parts. My mom got an Android phone and it's like the most important thing in the world to her. It's obviously more important than blogging or looking at dog blogs or anything else. It seems like we are only going to do holiday posts from now on. Sheesh! I've just been laying around getting fat because I hate the rain and won't do walkies in it. So here are some pics from my mom's cool new phone.
HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!

Merry X-mas Everypup!

2010-12-25T15:18:00.002-05:00

So my dad designed this picture of me to have silk-screened on a sweatshirt for my mom. How cool is that?!? (He will take the x-mas part off.)

It's Christmas!

2010-12-24T22:09:00.004-05:00

Hope your Christmas is worth roaching about!

HAPPY HOLIDAYS EVERYONE!

2010-12-17T15:25:00.002-05:00

My mom was totally too lazy to put me in an old card like she does every year, so she made this instead. Hrmph.

My Auntie Pup

2010-12-06T22:41:00.004-05:00

So, my Auntie Pup Ruby is heading to heaven soon. She has something wrong with her blood, and it can't be fixed. She and I never really got along all that well, but I know some people who will really miss her - especially my Grandpa. So godspeed Pookie, Pearl's waiting for you!

This is Ruby as a wee baby.

And this is what she looks like today - she's looking for her long-lost BFF, Pearl.

Mr. February

2010-12-02T00:50:00.004-05:00

Guess who is Mr. February in the annual American Boston Terrier Rescue fundraiser calendar? Yep, you guessed it! Sorry the pic is so crappy - my mom is having camera difficulties. It's a steal at $13, and you also get to see little pics of little ol' me throughout. Oh yeah, and there are lots of other good looking BTs in there too. And it's for a good cause because without rescue, I would probably be dead.

Happy Thanksgiving, Everypup!

2010-11-25T14:37:00.002-05:00

Worst Blogger in the World!

2010-11-06T15:07:00.003-05:00

All I have to say is it's totes not my fault because my mom said she has been too busy lately but today, Auntie Kathryn and Uncle Ansel were flying in and they MISSED THEIR FLIGHT (WTF?) because they had some snoring, cell phone, PM not AM alarm clock debacle. Anyway, my mom is helping me blog because she suddenly has a whole day that she doesn't have planned to the minute.

Things that have happened since I last blogged:

1. We moved! Wha, you say? Yep, we got a bigger place that has two whole extra bedrooms which is totes cool and a fenced backyard which I have never had before and I'm having a bit of a hard time getting used to because I'm used to doing my business on walks on a leash, not on my own in the back yard and it gives my parents an excuse to do fewer walkies which is totes lame.

2. We switched cat litter. Lorraine has asthma, so we switched to Sweet Scoop litter which is wheat hulls and I've been breaking into the boxes because we don't have a basement now with a door and a hole cut in the wall. And wheat hulls are pretty much pure fiber so I have been taking multiple monster dumps which don't always make it outside which is totally pissing my grandma off. But at least I clean it up by myself, right? And another thing about fiber, it gives you the best farts!

3. Saffron has a new lump which my mom is worried about and has to get tested and she might have to have another surgery. Poor Saffron!

4. The rain has started again. I don't know if you know this, but it pretty much rains all winter here and I hate walking on wet grass because it's cold and wet which my mom thinks is contributing to my badness.

So that is pretty much what is going on around here and I haven't really been looking at other blogs either, so I don't even know what's going on with you. Sheesh! I need to up my game! I hope you all haven't forgotten about me. I think about you guys a lot!
Forgive me?

My Orange Cat.

2010-09-19T14:13:00.002-04:00

So my kitty Saffron has cancer, but it's just a mast cell tumor and my mom had it removed so her tail is shaved, and she looks really dumb. I'm just calling out for some healing vibes for her because my mom told me to.
She looks funny in this picture.

Deception Pass.

2010-09-06T14:42:00.003-04:00

So yesterday we totally went to Deception Pass and hiked forever which was awesome because I'm neglected and never get enough walkies, and then we went to a cafe and ate some Kobe beef and crab cakes which were totes good and then I slept for 40 billion hours because I was so tired.

EPIC DOOFUS FACE!

Totes busted!

2010-09-02T16:00:00.002-04:00

I was pre-washing the dishes and totally got busted! Whoops!

And I have a new little friend named Fiona because my mom and dad and grandma are crazy cat people. At first she totes didn't like me, now she thinks I'm alright. We like to hang out in the window and catch some rays and some zzzzzzs.

She's kinda pretty, don't you think?

Pillow.

2010-08-18T13:39:00.003-04:00

My grandma keeps putting a pillow on me, and I think she's trying to suffocate my butt. SBDs!!!!

Bear Bear.

2010-08-05T02:41:00.003-04:00

For once, I am without many words. RIP, Bear Bear, and may your murderer pay and pay and pay.
Tell your parents to join this group if they are on Facebook.

Grumpy Old Dog.

2010-08-01T17:47:00.006-04:00

Ok, so everyone knows summer is a super hard time to keep up on blogging because so much is going on like all the time. And a lot has changed since I last updated, like I have officially become a grumpy old a-hole. I'm becoming elderly not so gracefully, and I like to let people know it. Maybe Joe Stains and I should start a gang.
In other news, I didn't do a birthday post for my mom who turned 11 billion a few days ago. And my Minnesota gramps turned 15 zillion yesterday, and I didn't care about either birthday one bit - especially because my mom got chocolate cake which I am totally not allowed to eat which totally isn't fair.
I'm still working through my clearance dog food which is still giving me wretched farts which is pretty awesome biological warfare. I like the big couch, and I usually get it all to myself these days. Another thing that's pissing me off is I have an ear problem and it's not a normal ear infection, but a red lesion in my ear canal by my eardrum and my vet who is a cat doctor (sheesh!) thinks maybe a bug crawled down there and bit me because my house is full of spiders! You should have seen the size of the spider that Duncan caught and left in the kitchen which my dad picked up with paper towel because he thought it was dead but then it moved it's huge legs and tried to eat my mom's face!
And the biggest pissing off factor is living in the laundry room - a litter of kittens! that we are fostering for the humane society because they are too young and small to be adopterated and they are stealing all of my attention time and they hiss at me!
This is the grumpy face I've been making a lot lately.

Aren't they ugly?

Adoption Anniversary!

2010-07-03T01:28:00.004-04:00

OMD - so Maggie and Mitch just totally reminded my mom and dad that TODAY is my adoption anniversary! My parents suck! How could they forget about me! It's been four years!
They pretend to love me.

Vomithon!

2010-06-22T00:33:00.002-04:00

Ok so today I totally earned a stain award - like 3 of them. My grandma took me for my daily ride and I was making lots of snorting noises - which I do - and then WHAH!!!!! BLAM!!!!!!PAZOW!!!! barf all over the seat and my grandma's purse and the floor. And the best part was, my mom left the basement door open and I sort of went down to the litter box and had a couple hundred snacks. So the car totally reeked and my grandma had to get gas because she wasn't sure she would make it home and the bestest best part was, my grandma almost barfed too!
But wait, there's more! Then my grandma had me locked in the laundry room in case I barfed again, which I totally did, and ruined two rugs. So my grandma threw the poo-vom rugs away and left me out there, totally alone with Odin. So I used my patented pee warfare and peed everywhere and Odin was all "waaaaaa, get me outta here!" And then the neighbor dogs started barking so I totally barked back as deep as my voice would go. Sorry I made your new car stink like crap-vomit Grandma!

And look at this picture of me - TOOOOT!

My Daddy!

2010-06-20T16:41:00.003-04:00

So I want to tell you about the best daddy in the whole world: his name is Dad and he lives with me. He doesn't get as mad at me as my mom does when I accidentally go into the basement and poop on the floor, he always growls at me and chases me when I get super excited which is pretty much the best ever, and he loves me no matter what I do - even when I hotbox everyone with my car farts, sometimes I even think he's proud!
So everyone - give your dad huge wet kisses today!

Auntie and Uncle Visit!

2010-06-16T00:48:00.004-04:00

Ok, so Auntie Kathryn and Uncle Ansel finally came to visit me last weekend, and we drove all over the place and went to the tide pools and then Vanpoover and Seattle and did tons of stuff! And there was this family at the tide pools that were oooohing and aaahhhhing all over me because they had never seen a real brown Boston terrier and they have a black one. There was all this sea life and sunshine and beautiful views, and all they did was look at me and talk about how handsome I am!

This is Auntie Kathryn and Uncle Ansel in case you forgot what they look like.

My mom kept playing with this function on her camera which made her take eleventybillion pictures of me and she was all - no Ike, stay, no Ike stay. Ugh, it was terrible.
And then she pulled my ear!

Here I am with my dad looking for that raccoon that I saw.

Here, my dad is all "let's go, enough with the pictures already!"

This is Vanpoover from a lookout at Stanley Park.

And then I met these funny kids when we were at Granville Island in Vanpoover and they kept saying eeeewww buttocks whenever they saw my butt! Ha!

Here's me and my mom.

High five for a pawesome weekend! I'll miss you Kathryn and Ansel - come live here!

Odin's Birthday!

2010-06-01T21:57:00.004-04:00

Ok, so I don't know if you know this or not, but this white guy called Odin is pretty much my best friend, and it's his Sweet 16 Birthday!

And here are some pics of me because it's my blog, but Odin is in them too, and we are snuggling.

Oh Deer!

2010-05-31T15:56:00.002-04:00

So I just saw this outside my window in my yard standing in my patio hole! (My dad is making me a patio.)

Email.

2010-05-18T01:16:00.000-04:00

Ok, so my mom is trying to check my AdSense account and the dummy forgot to write down my gmail email address because she's a dummy and didn't just use the one I use for blogger so I totally can't login. So if anyone has emailed me at a gmail address with an email that is not the emilyandian one and is one that sounds like a personal Ike email, please leave me a comment. Stupid mom.

Dealership.

2010-05-13T22:16:00.003-04:00

I went to the car dealership with my grandma today to help her get her car serviced and I accidentally had diarrhea all over the lobby. Whoops.
It's my mom's fault because she bought me clearance canned food! (Ike's mom here: I bought him clearance Innova. He's so dramatic!)

The Beach.

2010-05-06T16:44:00.004-04:00

Ok, so my friend Nuala has been jumping all over my sh*t about blogging more and talking about what's been going on around here.
Here goes, hope you like it Nuala!

We have been going to the beach a lot and seeing a ton of these purple starfish.

And doing a lot of walkies which includes many, many banana slug sightings. My mom loves these things. I think they look like turds.

Pardon my mom's stupid looking face. Here she is with two GIANT banana slugs. They leave the stickiest slug slime ever - it's worse than rubber cement and even worse than the inch of slobber at the bottom of my water bowl!

And this was the best day of my life because I found a stinky, rotten dead crab and my mom let me chew on it for a sec for a photo op. Then I give her huge, decomposing shellfish kisses!

Huge News!

2010-05-03T23:44:00.002-04:00

My wife, Martha, is moving to Portland! That's just a 4 hour nap from here!

I'm Back!

2010-04-17T13:05:00.006-04:00

Ok, so I've been AWOL for a long time because my mom said she's been busy - and by busy she means lazy, because you see, we have cable and DVR which is pretty much the devil because it gets my mom into all these series shows and that's all she seems to have time for these days. But now it's getting warm outside and less rainy so my mom has decided that she's not going to be lazy anymore and she's going to start blogging again and maybe take me for a walk once in a while on account of me getting a bit rotund. (Ike's mom here: His grandma takes him for a long walk every day. But she also gives him tons and tons of treats.)
A lot has happened since I last posted forever ago. We went to the St. Patrick's Day parade where we saw lots of dogs that I wanted to fight. But my mom was all "Ike - you can't fight an Irish wolf hound, you silly little bastard!"

And she wouldn't even let me fight this green dog even though I know I could win because everyone knows green dogs are wussies.

We had friends come to visit - my mom's friend Erin and her daughter Brekkyn who is 7 and really cool and obsessed with cats which is a lot cooler than her being obsessed with me. While they were here, we went to the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival, but I had to wait in the car (in the shade) because we found out they don't allow dogs because we might deuce in the fields or water the plants.
And this is what I got to see out the window of the car at the tulip festival.

Unfortunately, Brekkyn found my clothes bin and did this to me.

And made me wear this.

But the cats really suffered! Ha - look at Saffron!

But it was all ok because then my dad came home with this! Rocket Donuts are the best donuts in the world!

But mostly, I've been doing a lot of this!

Totes healed!

2010-03-16T21:40:00.001-04:00

Woot, woot! My grandma took me to the eye doc today and she said my eye is perfect! NO MORE CONE!

Coney the Ikebarian!

2010-03-08T22:58:00.003-05:00

Ok, so my mom keeps calling me coney which pretty much means that I am mean and tough like Conan the Barbarian or funny and clever like Conan O'brien. Cool, huh?
My eye appears to be healing well, and I have to wear my howl projector for at least another week and will find out how much longer when I have my recheck next week with Dr. McCalla who is my eye doctor and is really smart. She help invent a supplement called OcuGlo which is like this eyeball health pill because it has antioxidants and stuff in it. So all you dogs out there who have eye health problems should probably try it because it seems to be helping me. I'm on like 40 bazillionty eye drops right now, one of which is morphine which makes me sleeeeeepy and makes me snore like a motorboat!
The first couple of days after my surgery was sooooo crappy because I had to get used to the cone and my eye was super painful and I was dumping tears down my face. But now that I'm almost a week past surgery, I feel so much better and am pretty much acting normal. Thanks for all the healing vibes you guys, I think they're helping. But please, please, please keep sending the vibes because I'm not out of the woods yet!
This is a picture of me giving my grandma the kisses. We're getting really close these days.

And here I'm telling my dad to take my howl projector off.

I'm back!

2010-03-03T16:41:00.004-05:00

Ok, so they sliced and diced my cornea, and now I'm home and on like a bazillionty meds and I have to wear this cone for at least 2 weeks - non-stop! They said I was a perfect angel until they put me back in my cage and I pooped and stepped in it and got it all over my cone, stuck in my nails, painted the walls, and I needed a full bath. My mom is so proud, she said I'm her little shartist! They gave me morphine drops for my eye and now I'm getting a little tired and my mom said looking at a computer screen isn't good for my eye right now, so I'm going to have a nap. Pics later - I'm not quite ready for the cone-pic humiliation quite yet.

Eye Surgery!

2010-03-03T10:51:00.001-05:00

I'm leaving for surgery right now. Wish me luck!

Skeletor!

2010-02-28T23:20:00.002-05:00

Hey everyone! So there's this dog that these people found and they call him Skeletor because he's super duper skinny and they are nursing him back to health. He has heart worm and his foster peeps need help to pay for his rehabilitation and treatment. So take a sec to stop by his blog and meet him because he's totes cool.

They're fine!

2010-02-28T13:09:00.004-05:00

Hey everyone - your good thoughts worked! My gramps and his wife are fine. They don't have any electricity or phone, but they were able to get to the internets somehow to let us know they are ok.
My thoughts are going out to all those other people who are still waiting or have lost someone in the quake.
I'll probably still poop on the floor in solidarity.

Chile.

2010-02-27T19:53:00.003-05:00

So one of my grandpas lives in Chile and we still haven't heard from him but we're pretty sure he's ok because he doesn't live in a super heavily populated city. But the aftershocks in his area are like 5-6 magnitude. So we're ringing our paws a bit around here waiting to hear from him.
So, please send good vibes to my Grandpa Bill in Chile.
Edit - it's 7:30pm and still no news. My parents are getting worried. I'm so worried I pooped on the floor.

And my mom thinks I look like this!

2010-02-26T21:08:00.003-05:00

You're right Khyra.
This is an oldie because the camera flash hurts my eye.

Duroc.

2010-02-25T17:17:00.002-05:00

My grandma says I look like this!

Surgery!

2010-02-23T22:26:00.003-05:00

This totes sucks! I totally have to have surgery on my eye next week because the eye doc says I probably won't heal without it because I have something called a boxer ulcer but I'm not a boxer and it's not really an ulcer, it's an erosion. The eye doctor said that this condition happens a lot in boxers and Bostons (especially more mature dogs like me.) What happens is the outermost layer of the cornea, call the epithelium, gets an injury and then it erodes off the stroma which is the next layer down and then it tries to heal, but for some reason the new epithelium doesn't adhere to the next layer down and then it sloughs off and then the areas around it stop adhering too and then the erosion gets bigger and bigger. So the eye doctor scrapes off all my epithelium and then scratches my eyeball so there is some texture for the new epithelium to adhere to and she said it's kind of like a Velcro type effect. So I have to wear a cone for a few weeks after the surgery and sometimes it takes a month to heal and I might have to wear a cone for a month!
So this isn't my eye, but this is pretty much exactly what it looks like when it's stained.

And the best part is the surgery is going to be $600 and that's with a professional discount! So my mom is kind of freaking out.

To the Eye Doc.

2010-02-23T11:03:00.003-05:00

Ok, so I've been really quiet lately because my mom has been a little grumpy and not feeling all that bloggy - sorry we haven't been around. And today I go to the eye doctor. Grrr.
I'll update when we are back.

Valentine's Day!

2010-02-14T04:02:00.003-05:00

So I know everyone has been really sad these past few days and I have been too, but I wanted to wish everyone, especially my sweet Martha, a happy Valentine's Day. I have a lot of love in my life because I totally love my mom and my dad and my grandma and the cats - especially Odin because we are really good friends. I love my Auntie Kathryn and Uncle Ansel and my grandpa and I left them all behind in Minnesota and I want to tell them that I miss them. So here's a really handsome picture of me for Valentine's Day.

And this is an old picture partially because my mom is super lazy and partially because I have another corneal ulcer which isn't healing and I had to have my eye stitched shut for a while. Hopefully it will heal that way so I don't have to have surgery again like I had on my other eye. So please send some healing vibes my way because that was a super painful time for me. I hope everyone can forget the sadness for a little while and think about all the love we have. I'm sending some extra special loving vibes to Wally's Ma Ape.

RIP Wally.

2010-02-13T01:25:00.003-05:00

My little Boston terrier heart is broken. RIP, Wally, you will be dearly missed. Have fun roaching in that prairie in the sky. I will cherish my Wally fridge magnet forever. I just don't know what else to say ...

Wally.

2010-02-12T00:46:00.004-05:00

So one of my BFFs, Wally, has a bum ticker and has been feeling poorly these last few days. So I just want to use this post to tell him how pawesome he is and to send some healing vibes his way! So stop by and visit the Wall-man and send him healing vibes.

This is Wally and I put a Band-aid on his ticker which I totally think will help.

Sleeping in Seattle.

2010-02-08T02:07:00.004-05:00

So there was a flower and garden convention in Seattle this weekend and my dad is a landscape designer and stuff, so we drove down there for it and I got to go because I'm awesome and they would miss me soooooo much if they left me at home. We stayed in the same hotel that we stayed in last time because they pretty much love me there, and they don't charge extra for me. So I slept in the hotel yesterday while my mom and and dad and grandma went to the convention which my mom said was totes boring and was just a bunch of people trying to sell overpriced gimmicky garden stuff.. Then we went out for pizza, and I had to stay in the car, but they brought me tons of pizza crust which almost made up for having to stay in the car. And today we went to Gasworks Park and I pooped there and made a little gas of my own. We also went to visit this giant troll who lives under a bridge and crushed a VW Beetle.
This is a picture I stole off the net because my grandma accidentally deleted all the pictures that she took and my mom was too lazy to bring her camera.

And this is a cell phone pic of me with the troll.

In other news, I have a new corneal ulcer that won't heal, but my mom has been doing a ton of research and she's pretty sure she found the problem and the cure. Turns out some dogs make too much of an enzyme in their tears and it inhibits healing. So to counteract that, you can make eye drops out of this injectable drug called Adequan which is used for arthritis. So my mom needs to go into work tomorrow and do some more research on this special vet forum thing so she can make me these eye drops which might make me heal! And if it works, she can make the drops every time I get an ulcer and then I won't have this problem anymore! Woot!

Mango Minster Done!

2010-01-30T22:16:00.002-05:00

So I spent the better part of today viewing and reviewing and judging and weighing and finally submitted my rulings for the Bad Sport category in Mango Minster. I just wanted to throw that you there to taunt you all because I'm not telling!

This Is For You Contestants!

2010-01-24T19:42:00.004-05:00

Ok, so in order for me to judge you fairly, I need everyone, and I mean everyone who entered or plans on entering the Bad Sport category in Mango Minster to do a posting about why you are such a bad sport - add a photo too because I'm very visually oriented. I am very, very disappointed with the turnout in the bribe department. I was offered a few bribes and there was a small amount of sucking up, but overall, the bad sportingness has been a real let down. Now I know you don't want to embarrass yourselves, but you want to win, right? Now get on your computers and tell me why you deserve to win this noble position! You have very small but dignified shoes to fill!
This is important - all entrants must leave a comment that they have done their post. I know one or two of you have already done your post, so please remind me if you have and I will go to your blog and re-read it before judging.
If you need an example of bad sportingness, this is a picture of me about to bark at Duncan for looking at me.

The bribes and sucking up abound!

2010-01-14T20:12:00.003-05:00

So the bad sports are really sucking up to me for Mango Minster, which is pretty pawesome! I just want everydog who enters to know that the most integrity sacrificing, low-down, unbecoming bribe is really going to earn a lot of points for this category. I've been offered pizza delivery, money and many other things, but none of the ladies have come through with anything lascivious - keep it to yourself TaiChi, I'm not into cougars! So come on ladies and gents - show me what bad sports you truly are! When it comes closer to judging, it would be helpful if all entrants would do a post about what a bad sport you actually are - exaggerating and outright lying will obviously be tolerated if not encouraged.

And this pic shows how big my brain is from thinking really hard.

Calling All Bad Sports!

2010-01-09T01:15:00.003-05:00

Ok, so there are like only a few Bad Sport entries in Mangominster which is totes lame. So if you like to tinkle on the floor a little or maybe go after a dog or two, consider yourself a bad sport! Maybe you steal a cookie from your dad's plate or eat a bit of poo (your own or cats') or you fart -burp in your mom's face after eating said delicious poo - call yourself a bad sport! Perhaps you like to chase a cat for fun or fart in the car in the winter so your riders need to roll the windows down and freeze their butts off! Bad sports aren't bad dogs, they just totes have tons of personality!
Enter Mangominster under Bad Sports now so I can judge you!

Where are you all you bad sports?

MANGOMINSTER!

2010-01-06T01:05:00.003-05:00

Go and enter now! I am the Bad Sports judge, and I will not, I repeat, will not be swayed by compliments or bribes or any other unsportsdoglike behavior! No treat or toy could alter my unbiased judging! But it doesn't hurt to try! Let the games begin!

Help Stormy and Grindel!

2010-01-05T23:50:00.004-05:00

My mom was surfing Petfinder - grrrrrr! - and she ran across this adorable Boston who got lost in Washington! If you know where she is, help her find her way home!

This is from Petfinder:
"If you have seen her please, please, PLEASE call me at 425 244 1519. She is my baby girl and I have had her since I was 12... Please I need her to come home..."
And Grindel is lost too!

"Please call Stuart at 206-295-9223 if you have seen our Grindel."

Vanpoover!

2010-01-01T13:43:00.002-05:00

Happy new year everypup! I'm in Vanpoover and I have diarrhea - isn't that ironic? My mom and dad's friends are here from Minneapolis and we drove up to Vancouver for new years where I stayed in my kennel in the hotel - WTF? More later - over and out!

I'm Dreaming of an Interesting Christmas.

2009-12-26T17:45:00.003-05:00

Ok, so my mom and dad are totes boring because they didn't do anything on Christmas! They went over to my auntie and uncle's place, where I'm not invited, on Christmas eve and had some awesome prime rib and Yorkshire pudding and other stuff and were supposed to bring me some measly scraps and forgot them! Then on Christmas, they stayed home and were totally lazy and didn't even get dressed until like four o-clock and we walked down to dog beach and watched the sunset which would have been cool except the beach was wet because the tide was low and my toes were totes chilly! I wore my new cable-knit wool fisherman sweater which I look really handsome wearing, but my dad had to carry me a lot because I was shivering so much. (Ike's mom here: it was 40 degrees with a little wind on the beach, he is such a baby!) And the worst part was all the big dogs running around because it's the off-leash park and I really wanted to play (Ike's mom here: when Ike says play, he means hang from their necks like a little brown vampire and pull out great tufts of fur) with them but my dad picked me up whenever there was a dog around. And there were tons of rocks with barnacles and barnacles are really sharp so I think maybe I need to wear boots because I have really delicate foot skin.
And then we came home because I almost froze to death!!!!! My mom and dad fired up the grill and made these awesome grass-fed steaks and lobster tails and I got to eat a ton of steak with my boring kibble and the cats got shredded lobster tail on their food being that it was Christmas and all. My mom used the whole Fetchdog gift certificate on me because I'm the most deserving (Ike's mom here: We got the cats some ID tags - they don't have other cat stuff) and all my stuff came in the mail and I got two wool sweaters and a new collar and leash which I will show you soon and they got a puppy gate so I'm not under my Grandma's feet in the kitchen like she says I always am which I'm not.
Here's an old pic of me because do you think my mom could take some pics of me in my new stuff?

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!

2009-12-25T16:26:00.003-05:00

Pizza Night!

2009-12-23T00:07:00.006-05:00

Ok, so tonight was impromptu pizza night! Woot! My mom and dad went to Trader Joe's and got a bag-o-dough and some other stuff and threw it all together made some totally awesome sort of homemade pizza!

I was wanting some pizza really bad, so I tried looking cute.

When that didn't work, I went with my Jedi mind trick.

It totally worked, and they made this mini pizza for me!

My eyes nearly popped out of my head!

My dad is working on the wait command with me. He's sooooo mean.

But it was so worth it.

High 10 for awesome pizza!

The Christmas Bells are Ringing!

2009-12-19T18:19:00.002-05:00

Ok, so metaphorically speaking the bells are ringing because my mom is starting to get all Christmas cheery but she has only bought like two presents except for the whoppers that she ordered from Fetchdog but she only got all that stuff because of the gift certificate which was free because she thinks she is witty and won a contest. Anyway, the tree went up last weekend and looks really good and Duncan Munkin Pants is pretty much leaving it alone which is a Christmas miracle because he pretty much still acts like a kitten even though he is four.
I am super sad and super missing my grandma and can't believe that she won't be here to celebrate with her only grand-puppy because apparently grandchildren are more important even though they throw temper tantrums for pretty much no reason like because they have to put their pjs on! My temper tantrums are only a little squirt of pee on the floor which is a lot easier to deal with than crocodile tears.
Tomorrow, my mom and dad are going to my mom's work Christmas party and I'm not invited because my mom's boss has two dogs and she thinks that I will go after them which I probably would. One of the dogs is a toy poodle who my mom's boss rescued from this kid who kept breaking the dog's legs. I guess the kid's dad is like a mass murderer or serial killer or something and the townspeople gave him a puppy because it's hard to be the kid of a serial killer but the kid just used the puppy to take out his aggressions which makes me think that kid is going down the same road as pops which is pretty sad.
My mom did the same old boring Photoshop me into an old card trick this year because she's like incapable of change or something. But anyway - here's my new Christmas card a little early because I can't contain how much I want everyone to have a great Christmas. And it especially goes out to Sophie and her mom.

RIP Graham.

2009-12-17T22:43:00.003-05:00

Sophie's new brother Graham crossed the bridge. Life dealt him a really crappy hand because he only knew love in his last few months. Please send all your supportive healing vibes Sophie's and her mom's way.
RIP Graham - I wish we had known you much longer.

The Cards are Rolling In!

2009-12-15T00:49:00.003-05:00

So I've gotten a butt-load of cards from all my buddies, and my mom finally finished my card and will be sending them off tomorrow.
Now, there hasn't been a lot going on here - just some f-ing snow and freezing rain! And my mom hasn't been giving me any walkies - like none! It's total BS and I can't wait for my grandma to come home so I can start getting some exercise. Martha will totes be ashamed of me as a husband if she sees how tubby I've gotten.
And last night I was getting all geared up for night-time snackies and then my mom takes my collar off and plunks me in the tub.
And I found out that my grandma isn't going to be back from Austin for Christmas so, like, what am I going to eat?
So here I am after my bath and my mom is trying to make amends. And I'm all, whatevs lady.

So I laid down with Odi who is pretty much my only friend because he would never give me a bath.

And here, I'm just looking like a playa.

My mom is making me mention that she won a $250 gift certificate to fetchdog.com and she bought a bunch of stuff for me yesterday. Whatevs.

Lummi Island.

2009-12-10T23:28:00.003-05:00

So last weekend (which was forever ago but my mom is just getting around to posting this) we took a ferry to Lummi Island which was totally beautiful!
We went to a sculpture garden where we looked at some really crazy sculptures and I sat in the car while my mom and dad went to a restaurant - nice, huh? I guess they did bring me a clam chowder sandwich that they made, but still. We sat in the sun at the sculpture place for a super long time, and we listened to the waves and got really tan.
This is the view from the sunny spot.

Here's me and my mom.
I was staring at the sea looking really, super handsome.

My mom thinks my dad looks really handsome here. I think I look really handsome.

And here's me and my mom by some whale bones.

Xmas Cards.

2009-12-05T03:44:00.002-05:00

Ok, so someone forgot to get on the xmas card list again this year, so if you want a card from a really handsome dude, please email me with your address!
emilyandian @ gmail.com

Happy Barkday Grandma!

2009-11-29T15:56:00.004-05:00

So you guys know that my Grandma is in Austin with my Auntie and Uncle and cousins which is totally uncool because it's her birthday and I wish she were here so I could spoil her with kisses and toots!
Happy 986th birthday Grandma!!!!

Worst Thanksgiving Ever and Day Trip with Dad.

2009-11-27T23:36:00.002-05:00

Ok, so I don't know if you know this or not, but yesterday was Thanksgiving - you know where my grandma slaves in the kitchen all day and then finally we eat the most amazing dinner ever and everyone pretty much consumes a whole stick of butter, and then we all pass out on the floor and complain about how full we are? Well this year was a little different - my grandma is in Austin and my mom and dad left me all alone in my kennel to have Thanksgiving at Auntie Hyunjoo's and Uncle Greg's where I am no longer allowed to go because I have been known to be a b-hole to baby Jina when she hugs and kisses me which is totally not my fault because I have personal space issues with babies who hug and kiss me. I was alone all day, and then when my mom and dad came home after 400 hours, I got a very small Thanksgiving meal which was pretty good anyway.
Insert picture of Ike at Thanksgiving here. Oh, wait, I wasn't there!
Anyway, today my dad took me on a nature road trip which was pretty pawesome except my mom couldn't come because she had to work. We went to Seahome Arboretum and Larabee State Park where we watched the sunset which was pretty cool but not as cool as having Thanksgiving dinner with your family!
Here are some pics.
So this is me and my mom last weekend when we were looking at Lummi Island but it was super cold and windy so we only looked at it for like a second.

Ok, so these are pics that my dad took today.

And this is how handsome I look in the sunset - can you believe there was actually sun today?

And this is a weird self portrait that my mom took of us a few nights ago.

And I don't know if I told you or not, but my grandma brought her cat, Lorraine, to live with us, and she is eating my food in this picture! But I kind of like her because she doesn't have a tail like me.

And this is me and my dad.

The Windy City.

2009-11-19T00:29:00.004-05:00

So I'm not talking about Chicago, I'm talking about Barkingham because every night at like seven or eight o-clock, the wind starts to howl like Khyra and it rattles the windows and doors and even blew open the fireplace doors. There have been spotty power outages which totally sucks because then the furnace doesn't turn on and I have to sleep under the covers the whole time which isn't cool when my dad is sick if you know what I mean. Apparently, this isn't normal weather, but whatevs because it's not snow and everyone knows I hate snow!
And these times without my grandma have been tough because I had to stay in my kennel all day today because my mom and dad went to this Zen Buddhist meditation tonight where my mom learned she is neither Zen nor Buddhist, but if having achy joints and a sore back were a religion, she would be like the God of it or something. Her mantra ended up being 'sh*t, this hurts,' but at least it brought to light the fact that her entire body needs some serious attention which I could have told her because of how annoying is she constantly shifting around when I'm trying to chill on her lap. Maybe it's time for my dad to shell out for a massage for her since his poor thumbs hurt sooooo much when he rubs her shoulders. (I'm working the brownie points for my mom to keep coming home for lunch.)
And since my mom just got her computer back from repair for the fourth time this year, she doesn't have any pics so she had to steal one from the internets so I could show you exactly where I live by my bay and my mountain. It sure looks nice with blue sky!

Oink, oink.

2009-11-14T03:09:00.002-05:00

Can anyone guess what's going on at my house?

But don't you worry about my dad. I'm taking great care of him!
Apart from the sickies, I'm super bummed because my grandma is gone for 6 weeks because my Uncle Travis and Auntie Tyler are moving to Austin and they STOLE MY GRANDMA to help them move and get settled! Something about needing help with the kids - how about helping with her grandpuppy because now I will have tons of kennel time and I can't go to work with my dad anymore and my mom works at a cat clinic now and I could go in with her but I would have to stay in this building that they call Troll Land because a troll used to live there. All alone in Troll Land - I don't think so!

It's not that I forgot my anniversary ...

2009-11-10T23:40:00.004-05:00

Ok, so I forgot my anniversary! I am the most horriblest dog ever! Go visit my sweet love, Martha - she's being overshadowed by her brother currently and needs some attention.
Do you think she'll forgive me?

(Thanks Khyra!)

David Gray.

2009-11-06T22:25:00.005-05:00

Ok, so last night, we all took a trip down to Seattle to see David Gray because he's pretty much my mom's most favoritest musician ever and she's been listening to his music since way before I was born and always goes to his concerts when he comes to town. And this time, Auntie Kathryn bought us all tickets for a going away present - well , all but me! I got to go to Seattle, but I ended up sitting in my kennel in the hotel!
Anyway, my mom said the show was pawesome as usual, and when they got back to the hotel, a huge tour bus parked across the street and my mom thought she saw David Gray get out of the bus and go into that hotel. But then she was all - oh probably not and went to bed instead of going down to that hotel bar just in case. And then, this morning as we were leaving our room, my mom happened to peek out the window and there was David Gray getting into a van so she sprinted down there, but he was driving away which makes her the most sadderest because she wants to meet him like a teenie bopper wants to meet Miley Cyrus. Normally, my mom is pretty calm and collected, but this is her weak spot. She is really super mad that she didn't follow her instincts, because this is the photo that should have happened.

But this is a real photo that my mom took at the show.

Ok, and now the important stuff: my grandma and my mom went shopping downtown - snore, but me and my dad went to a sound garden at a park and then we went to the Olympic Sculpture Park which was way cooler than shopping. Too bad my dad broke his camera and there are no photos because my grandma's battery died and my mom didn't bring her camera. Sheesh.

The embarrassingly late super mega post!

2009-11-01T23:11:00.007-05:00

Whoa - so you know how I moved across the country like over two weeks ago and I said I would post a photo journal and talk about how awesome it was and all that other stuff? Well, my mom said she 'finally has the time' to help me with it. So much has happened since I moved that I don't even feel like you guys even know me anymore - I mean, I am totally a different dog and stuff.
Ok, so here we go: leaving was pretty much the sadderest thing ever because we left my Grandpa, and my Auntie Kathryn and Uncle Ansel. We said goodbye like a hundred times and hugged a lot and then cried and then talked about it then hugged and then cried and then did that all over again. It was really sad. Like really sad. But the super cool thing was that it had snowed overnight, so my mom was all 'I think we're doing the right thing here because snow in the second week on October is totally wrong.'

So this is a pic of me as copilot of the huge moving van, but I'm pretty sure I'm autopilot. My mom and my grandma - she's living here with us now - drove in the car with the cats in my metal house in the back seat. And the funniest thing happened. Duncan decided to sleep in the litter box the whole time and Saffron was all 'Duncan, I gotta poo', and Duncan didn't move so Saffron pooped all over his tail and it was diarrhea! And the next day, Duncan didn't learn, and it happened again!!!!

This are pics of me in the really big truck.

And this is a pic of me in the Badlands in South Dakota which was really pawesome because it was like mountains but they are made of dirt. It's pretty much the coolest place in SD but it was super cold so we only went out for a few minutes so I wouldn't freeze to death. And then my mom and grandma went to Wall Drug and my dad stayed in the truck because he didn't want to be one of tourist people. Whatever. They make pawesome doughnuts there and I got to eat some of one.

This is as a deer I found there.

And then it got really, really cold when we were driving.

And it kept snowing and got icy and this happened to the lug nuts on the tires.

And then we stayed in a motel which was awesome because I really like staying in motels. And the cats were happy because they got to be out of the cage and my grandma's cat, Lorraine, was happy too because her little cage is little. I've tried to be friends with Lorraine because she's a manx like me, but she pretty much hates me.
And this is a picture of me guarding the truck because my food was in it.

And this is the morning when we slept in Montana!

It sure it a pretty place!

We also drove through Wyoming and Idaho but my dad didn't take any pics.
And this is a pic of my mom's car - see Saffron in the back window!

When we got to Washington, we had to stay at my Uncle Greg and Auntie Hyunjoo's house and they have two little girls named Ella and Jina. They are super sweet but they move really fast and scare the crap out of me so I'm not allowed to be around them.
After four days in Bellingham, we found a house and you can see the bay from our bedroom window and it's a super cute bungalow and my grandma loves it and all the cats love it too.

Odin got really, really sick and dehydrated so we took him to the Cat Clinic and they gave him injectable medicines and subcutaneous fluids for my mom to give him at home, and then Lorraine got really, really sick and had to go to the emergency room because we didn't have enough medicine of Odin's left, and then we went to the Cat Clinic the next day and got the same medicines that Odin got and now they are both ok. The doctors think they picked up a corona virus at the gross motels, and Odi got sick because he's 15 and Lorraine got sick because she was bottle raised by my mom and she didn't get mother's immunity and pretty much has only been in one place her whole life. And then my mom got a job at the Cat Clinic! No dogs! I don't know what she was thinking!

I'll post a pic of our house later because my mom can't find the one she took.

And another thing, a few days ago I went down to the bay with my mom and grandma and I saw a dog and pulled away from my mom and sort of attacked her but I didn't hurt her and she didn't hurt me but my mom has been talking to a trainer who is going to come over. Hrmph.

And we went up to Mount Baker today, and my dad took this totally pawesome pic.

Not Homeless!

2009-10-17T15:34:00.002-04:00

Hey everydog! We found a house and started moving in on Thursday and if you really crane your neck, you can see the bay from the front step! Woot! It's a really cute little bungalow - it's a little small, but it's super nice and my mom loves it and I like it because it's bigger than the condo which was really tiny. I'll post some pics later because my mom said she's too busy to find the camera right now. Whatever. When she finally gets off her lazy ass, I'll post pics of the trip!

Homeless.

2009-10-13T14:13:00.001-04:00

We're here! but we don't have a place to live yet and we are staying with my auntie and uncle and the cats have to live in the bathroom. HA! What is with all the no pets for rental properties?
More later.

LOLBostons.

2009-10-06T01:16:00.003-04:00

OMD two posts in one day! So, lolbostons.com used to be one of my favoritest sites but the administrator stopped updating it a while ago and I just checked it to see if maybe she started again and she didn't but I came across one of my favoritest pics. If you are interested in seeing a lot more witty and handsome pics of me, check out my name on the sidebar on the right - you will see lots of my Boston friends there too.

Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes.

2009-10-06T00:49:00.004-04:00

So things are changing really quickly around here - there are boxes everywhere and my mom and dad are super busy because we leave on Friday and my dad is going to work through Thursday which is totes crazy. The cats are acting out and being on the counter tops all the time and my mom is really nervous and emotional and there are tons of other things going on. My mom is super sad to leave Auntie Kathryn and Uncle Ansel and all her friends and she is really going to miss my Grandpa a lot too and is super worried about him. As you've probably gathered, my mom doesn't do change all that well even though this move has been her goal for years but once she's settled into her new life I'm sure she will be very happy. I know I will be happy because there will pretty much be no snow and I will have my parents so how can I really go wrong. And my mom is really worried about finding a job but my dad has a really good one which is awesome because that means I still get to eat. I'm pretty excited to see the ocean - what can all you sea-faring dogs tell me about it?
Do you guys think I should even bring my parka?

Going Away Party!

2009-10-04T14:39:00.002-04:00

So yesterday Auntie Kathryn and Uncle Ansel hosted a going away party for me. They invited all my parents friends and it was a super awesome time because I'm starting to battle my anxiety. Dr. Seth who is pretty much my favorite Dr. ever was there and last week he prescribed Xanax for me to make me feel better in social situations because I totally like people and totally want to be with them, but then I get really scared and run away. So now, with Xanax, I go up to them and they give me tons of love and I am really happy. It totally doesn't zonk me out or anything. Now I know people don't always agree with medicating, but it's really the best thing for my quality of life because it's no way to live to be scared in social situations when all I really want is to hang out and have to be left at home in a kennel being anxious there.
Anyhowl - I had a super fun time and got to chill with all of my best friends like Anne and Holly and Jimmy and I got to see Jen and Jeff and their kids and hang out with Mike and Michelle and all the other cool people who I'm forgetting.
And I want to tell you about my new best friend - her name is Nuala which is a really pretty name and she is Seth's wife. We pretty much cuddled all night long and she has a Boston terrier named Ruby but I'm not allowed to hang out with her because I do things to her that are inappropriate if you know what I mean - don't tell Martha.
And this is a picture of my vet, Seth and Nuala and me. I'm not trying to get away I'm just irked by all the picture taking.

And this is a pic of me and Bobby and my mom. My eyes are dilated from the meds so it was really hard to fix the red eye without looking weird so my mom left it.

Gracie update!

2009-10-03T17:01:00.002-04:00

OMD! So you know how I came from a "breeder" in Missouri and then went to rescue because I retired from breeding? Well, Gracie came from a "breeder" in Missouri who is losing their home. My mom is going crazy thinking that she is my dogter or granddogter and she's got a couple of emails in to see if they can tell her if it's true but I came through NE rescue to WI rescue because NE was full so it's a little complicated.
The great news is that Gracie goes to a home on Monday, and I sure hope it works out or my mom seems to think I will have a dogter to support. Whatevs!
Do you really think we look alike?

Darn Petfinder!

2009-09-26T23:22:00.003-04:00

Ok, so my mom looks at Petfinder.org occasionally because she is crazy and doesn't realize what she has and thinks that another dog might be a good idea because well, she's crazy. And she knows that she is totally not adopterating another dog because I like to fight with other dogs and because they will never find a rental house in Bellingham with 3 cats and 2 dogs, but she found this little lady named Gracie.

Can anyone figure out why she likes her?

So will someone please adopt her so my mom will stop thinking about her?

Barkingham!

2009-09-22T23:26:00.005-04:00

Ok, so a couple days ago my dad got this really important phone call where these people were like 'will you come work for us in Washington?' and my dad was all 'totally.' So we're pretty much moving to Washington in a couple of WEEKS! And my parents are super excited, and my mom is happy and sad all at the same time because she leaves behind family and friends and stuff. But she's super excited to have no more snow and super long and super cold winters and she really loves the ocean which I have never seen before so I think it might be overrated.
Whoa - I just took a break to run back and forth through the living room and the kitchen a few times because I'm so excited.
We are moving to Barkingham which is really close to Vanpoover where they love dogs and feed them steak all the time and they're totally cool with you pooping on the floor and eating it. Odin and Saffron and Duncan totally don't get what's going on and they just like playing in the boxes. They don't realize that they will be stuck in my kennel in the back seat of the car for like 2 and a half days. HA!
And my mom told her work today that she is leaving and they are all sad, and my dad told his job too and they are all sad.
And Auntie Kathryn is sad.
And Erin and Brekkyn are sad.
And Grandpa is sad.
OMD - why is everyone so sad!?!
How am I gonna make everyone happy for us?

Do you think this super cute picture will help?

Portrait.

2009-09-16T13:15:00.004-04:00

Ok, so my mom's friend April gave her the best present ever as a belated birthday present because what could be better than a portrait of me!
April has a friend who is an awesome artist and does pet portraits and she's just starting to get really into it, so stop by and visit her site because she is really awesome at what she does, ok?
This is me! Woot!

And this is her business card with a really cool cat on it.

The B word.

2009-09-11T23:44:00.002-04:00

My mom keeps talking about a bath, and then it never happens. OMG, wait, here she comes .... oh noooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Potty training, pee crystals and lazy moms.

2009-09-06T21:30:00.005-04:00

Ok, so when my dad was gone in WA, I sort of forgot how to go potty outside. I guess I just wanted to make thinks easier for my mom when she wasn't feeling well - she wouldn't need to bring me out if I just went inside, right? Anyway, my mom checked my pee at work just to make sure that I don't have another infection, and she found that I have struvite crystals and the ones I have are super pointy. But I'm not telling if that's the real problem, and the good thing is my mom got me some new food, Blue Buffalo canned food! She's hoping if I'm getting less poor-quality grain and more liquids, I will make pee without crystals.
Now, I want to apologize for my mom's blog laziness! She hasn't been helping me read blogs or update my blog. I don't know what she thinks she's doing - trying to enjoy the rest of summer and working on moving and all this other boring crap.
On another note, my mom and dad and grandma totally went to the fair today and didn't bring me because they don't allow dogs which is totally stupid! I had to stay home in my kennel all day while they ate deep fried potato slabs and ice cream cones and had chocolate milk and deep fried cheese curds and get this, battered and deep fried OREOS! My mom said it was like a hot doughnut with a melty Oreo in it, and did they save one for me? Of course not! And did they come home after forever smelling of all manner of animals that aren't me? Of course!
This is an oldie but describes how I feel.

I got my daddy back, daddy back, daddy back!

2009-08-28T19:44:00.006-04:00

Ok, so my dad got home on Tuesday night and my mom hasn't helped me blog about it at all. I picked him up at the airport, and I was so excited I pretty much farted the whole ride home which is ok because my dad totally missed that. And he brought me to work twice this week because he missed me so much, and I met a tax auditor there, and she was afraid of me which I totally get because I'm a pretty mean looking guy.
My dad had an awesome time in Washington, and he had a job interview and then a sort of job shadowing type thing which wasn't an interview but these people are talking about taking on someone new for their landscape design and installation business because they want to get out of it in a few years and it's totally successful and they do really great work so my dad totally wants to be that guy to take over the business which would be the best because that means I will be rich. And if you own a business, you can do whatever you want like taking your handsome dog to work every day.
In other news - my eye is looking so much better! It's still a little hazy, but my mom said that's normal and it's getting way better.
In other not-so-great news, my mom hasn't been feeling well because she had an ectopic pregnancy and she had to get injections to miscarry which just happened. She stayed home from work for a whole week and I forgot she was sick so I pooped on the floor and ate it and then woke her up with poop-tongue kisses. I was kinda feeling bad about my dad being gone and I did a lot of floor pissing too. I guess I can be a tiny bit selfish sometimes, but now I don't have to deal with a baby because when people have babies, they don't help their dogs blog very much. But I want her to feel better so I am asking for feel-better vibes for her. But she is glad that she didn't have to have surgery which she almost had to which would be horrible.
And this is the face that I made when my dad got into the car at the airport.

Why do I have this name?

2009-08-21T21:27:00.002-04:00

Ok, so I was cruising blogs just now and I started thinking about names. One name in particular struck me - Mango - because how does such a huge and intimidating stud get such an uh, delicate name like Mango. So, I'm starting a meme - Why do I have this name!
Naturally, I'll start: I came from Boston terrier rescue and my name at the puppy mill was Chance which is about the least fitting name for me on the planet. So they changed my name to Pepper Jack which is uber not flattering - I mean come on! And when my mom and dad came to get me, they wanted to name me Donnie after Donnie in The Big Lebowski on account of my bulgy eyes. But they noticed that I was used to be called Jack which they thought didn't suit me, so on the ride home it was down to Zeke or Ike because they thought the K sound was important for me. Anyway, they decided on Ike for no particular reason and now that's who I am. To this day, my mom still wishes they would have gone with Donnie because she thinks it matches my personality. I think I'm tough like an Ike but not like Ike Turner.
Still no pics because still no home computer because Dad took it and my mom's is still broken.

So I challenge a few Bostons to this meme because I'm kinda racist like that: Joe Stains and Doofus, Mack and his lovely lady Ruby Bleu , and Murphy my foul mouthed friend.

Missing my Pop Pop.

2009-08-17T01:04:00.002-04:00

So you know how we are moving to Washington state later this year, well, my dad is there now and he will be gone for a total of 12 days because he had to stay later for a job interview! But I totally can't figure out how long 12 days is because every time I hear the main door of our building open, I think it's my dad and then I get really disappointed when he doesn't come in.
My mom is super sad too because she really misses him too, and I guess I'm not doing a good enough job keeping her entertained. She says I sleep all the time. Well duh, how does she expect me to look this good if I don't sleep a lot? Anyway, there won't be any pictures because my mom had to borrow Auntie Kat's laptop because hers is broken again even though it's new, but the customer support at Acer sucks - you get what you pay for she says.
And here's the eyeball report - I went in on Saturday for a checkup and there was no stain uptake - which means it's healed and no more meds! It's still ugly, but Dr. O said that it will eventually look normal.

King of Harriet Island.

2009-08-08T23:11:00.003-04:00

So today we went to Irish Fair at Harriet Island, and I met this guy who thought I was the best ever and he kept going on and on about me and he actually got choked up. He said I made him homesick for his childhood because he grew up with a Boston named Stubby. My mom said he was drunk, but she's just jealous that I have that affect on people and she doesn't. He also said I was King of Harriet Island! King!
And my mom forgot the camera. And my eye looks crappy today, and she thinks we're going down that bad road again. We'll see tomorrow because she has to go to work - on a Sunday! - to take care of a sick cat so she will stain my eye. Hopefully it's just inflamed.
This is how frustrated I am about my eye.

OMD! They were gone forever!

2009-08-03T18:29:00.007-04:00

So, you know how my parents went to San Diego for my Auntie Kathryn's and Uncle Ansel's wedding? Well, they are finally back and they were gone forever and my dad's sister, my Auntie Liz, stayed here and took care of me because she just got back from a year in Vienna where she drank a lot of beer and ate a lot of sausage and learned about psychologies. We had a pretty good time and I wasn't even really scared which my mom thought was pretty cool, but it's pretty normal for me now.
My mom and dad said the wedding was awesome and the next day they went on a yacht brunch cruise where there were mountains of food and they ate until they almost sploded. Also, there was a chocolate fountain and these little cream puff things filled with custard and my mom put them in the fountain and said it was the best thing ever. Like I would know.
I got my stitch out of my eyelid yesterday and it's looking a lot better.
Here are some pics from the wedding and no pics of me even though this is my blog.
Here is auntie Kat with my mom.

Here's my dad and mom on Coronado Beach after the wedding.

And this is like the first second that Uncle Ansel and Auntie Kat were married.

And these two are my cousins Atticus and Nia who totally didn't pay attention to the wedding and just played in the sand. I would have payed attention.

And these are feet.

A Tribute to the Best Mom in the world on her birthday

2009-07-28T19:58:00.007-04:00

It's time to celebrate the most wonderful person I have ever known.

These are the things my mom reminds me of:

Because she is beautiful and mysterious and hard to pluck.

Because she is proud and majestic and loving and knows how to hunt (metaphorically speaking) and is still sweet even after she just took down unsuspecting prey.

Yeah, I said it! Mother Theresa! ...but of the animals. She is a healer and makes sure that critters have a voice even though they can't speak.

And here is one of her favorite artists playing one of her favorite songs, because she employs her wit like Mr. Bird plays his violin. I hope you enjoy it... Actually, I don't care if you enjoy it... it's for her.

I love you, mama. And so do the cats.... but not as much as I do.

P.S. My pops helped me write this so she wouldn't know until she saw it. He wants her to know that he, too, thinks she is pretty great.

Tattoo Reveal and Other Stuff.

2009-07-27T12:19:00.007-04:00

Ike's mom here: I finally was able to take off the Tegaderm bandage to see my tattoo! It was so itchy it felt like ten million little mosquito bites, and scratching is a huge no no. Here are the pics - it's still a little scabby, so it will look a lot better in a week or so. This dog is Meg, when Ike goes in 25 years, he will become a tattoo too.

Here's the original.

I can't believe I let my mom use my blog! So a few things have been happening around here. I started on new food.

WEIGHT CARE!!!! WTF? But then I saw this on top of the fridge!

And this is a picture of my suture in my eye. My mom thinks my eye is getting a lot better, and they will check it next week and then I can get the suture out if it doesn't have stain uptake.

My mom and dad told me that they will be in San Diego this week without me! and my mom's friend Erin is coming to stay with me. Hmmmmmm.

Eye ball.

2009-07-21T23:11:00.003-04:00

So I have to go back to the eye doc on Thursday, and he's going to partially sew my eye shut because I grew a huge ridge of vessels and I don't blink completely now. It's better than the $800 surgery though. The ulcer is about sixty percent healed, but now I have this blinking problem.
My mom is dying to put up a pic of her tattoo, but she has this Tegaderm bandage on it which she has to wear for a week, and it's totally cool because it's breathable but it keeps bacteria out and keeps it from getting rubbed from her clothes. So we don't get to see it until Monday!
I'm sorry we haven't had time to get to everyone's blogs lately because my mom is so super busy all the time!
My mom's friend Erin is coming to stay with me and the cats next week because my Uncle Ansel and Auntie Kat are finally getting married and my parents are leaving me behind and going to San Diego to the wedding! So not fair!
Here's me before my eye got all terrible.

Ain't been around.

2009-07-20T01:23:00.004-04:00

Ok, so I haven't been around much because my mom was working extra last week and she was planning Auntie Kathryn's bridal shower so she was stressed to the max. She told me that I couldn't come to the party today because I'm a boy and I said I don't have any nards but she still left me at home.
The only reason that she's typing for me is because she can't sleep because she's nervous because tomorrow is tattoo day! She keeps looking at her leg and saying - look at it because it will never look the same again - drama queen!
So here is a dashingly handsome pic of me because it's a lot more interesting than my mom's boring old nerves.

Eye update: It's still not healed, but it's better and my mom doesn't want to put a pic of it on here because it is g-ross! It's grown all these blood vessels (it's supposed to) so it looks all nasty and it's taking furever to heal. We still don't know if I have to have surgery because it is slowly getting better. My mom has to call the eye doc tomorrow. All the healing vibes you can muster would be appreciated!

OMD! Amazing Adoption Day Weekend!

2009-07-09T22:20:00.004-04:00

Ok, so you know how I totally got screwed out of an adoption day party? Well, my parents totally made up for it over the weekend because on Saturday, they got people to have parties all over the country. We had a personal BBQ and then at night, they really pulled out the stops because there were fireworks all over the city! Can you believe it? Talk about making up for your mistakes! And then on Sunday, we went to a park for a hike and I was totes exhausted afterward and then we went to Trader Joes and I got a monster braided pizzle! Woot!

And this is from the BBQ when I got a whole plate to myself with a steak and salad and grilled toast with butter. Do you think it's super weird that I ate the salad first?

I can has steak chunk? Nom nom!

Can I have some more please?

Then we went on super long walkies with Grandma and Auntie Kathryn's super nice mom, Deb. And crabby Ruby.

And this is me and my mom in the forest on Sunday.

This is me and my dad. He's giving me chin scritchies which are pretty much my second favorite.

Isn't my dad handsome and nice?

And then we found this little grove of maidenhair ferns which are my mom's favorite ferns.

And then I was sooooo tired my mom had to carry me to the car and they blasted the A/C on me all the way home.

About the eye - we went back to the ophthamologist because my cornea is still taking up stain and he said it's healing totally slow, but it is getting better so we are giving it two more weeks and then if it isn't healed I have to have surgery which is $800 and my mom is all - OMG Ikenstein, heal, heal!

And the winner is!

2009-07-04T12:33:00.004-04:00

SNOWBALL!
Nothing says summer like that smile, that picnic, that super silly face!

Congrats Snowball!

And the design is finished for my mom's Meg tattoo! Look how beautiful it is! It was done by a fabulous lady on Etsy.com whose seller name is CLineCreations. You should check her stuff out! And she didn't even charge a fortune!

Screwed!

2009-07-02T20:21:00.003-04:00

Ok, so you know how it's my adoption anniversary, well my parents decided to celebrate it this weekend! WTF, OMG! My mom says it's because she didn't get home from work until after 7 and my dad has been lazy since getting home, but that is no excuse. I expected balloons and cake and super walkies and all that stuff. They say that it will be more fun this weekend because there will be more people and treats and stuff, but I think this is just a screw job, seriously.
And the eye doc said my eye is infected, but if we do one of my meds 10,396 times a day it will get better pretty quickly. Whatever.
Don't forget to vote for the photo contest below! I'm gonna go chew up a shoe and pee on the couch and maybe I'll crap and eat it and barf on my mom's pillow.
How could they deny this face? I'm pretty sure they have no hearts.

Top 5!

2009-06-30T22:36:00.004-04:00

Ok, so narrowing it down to a top 5 for the 2009 Summer Photo Contest was pretty much the hardest thing I have ever had to do. The criterrier for the top 5 were artistic technique, expression of personality and recognizable summerocity quotient.

First we have Stella! She shows her summerocity like no other with a good ol' fashioned roach in the clover. Her nether regions exposure was also a factor in my selection.

Snowball shows a love for summer and picnics with a smile that could light up an entire kennel. I slap a smile on my face every time I see this pic.

Patrick was selected for pawesome use of color, composition and bootyliciousness in a totally metrosexual kind of way.

Gus, Louie and Callie all share one stick - one stick! What a great way to show your love for each other and summer. Excellent composition and summerocity with standing in water and all.

Now Clover is just so darn cute. What says summer like a pug in crystal clear water floating in a life vest?

There were also a lot of honorable mentions: Pumpkin for the Frosty Paws barf - work it girl! Dexter and Samba for excellent summerocity - I would never want to eat hose water. Dave for pawesome Frisbee skillz. Cody's super cool action shot. Twix, Stan, Randi, Sophie, Dixie, and Bugg, an Maggie and Mitch for their sheer enjoyment of Wallymelon. Dozer for stellar swimming skillz. Tanner for clearly loving the sun. And Mack for just cutting loose inside. All the pics were sooooo pawesome, and this contest has been super fun!

Now vote for your fave!

All votes will be tallied, and a winner will be announced at 10:00pm on Friday July 3.

Pee S - I have to go to the ophthomologist tomorrow. Poopy.

Summer Photo Contest 2009
	Stella
	Snowball
	Patrick
	Gus, Louie, Callie
	Clover

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