Pei In The Life

Wednesday's Weekly Wrap Up

2012-02-01T08:57:00.002-05:00

Well, I've been eating this wet food for a week now. It's ok. Mom is a little worried because I don't gulp it down when she puts my dish in my eating place. I just need to take my time, eventually I eat it. Well, most of it anyway. Mom and Dad got me the good stuff. Apparently it was on sale.

Not bad eh?

I can't say I enjoy getting those big orange pills though. I was hoping Ann T Biotics would be a new Facebook friend. Apparently NOT.

The camera hasn't come back out AT ALL. Horribly unfair, I've been sleeping on the new sofa and everything and NOT ONE PICTURE. Mom is such a slacker.

Everyone here has a cold, they're all coughing and sneezing. Luckily, Puppy hasn't come up to ME and tried to wipe his nose on me. He'll do that to Mom and Dad, I don't stand still long enough when he's around.

That's about all my news. Freezing Rain and really cold temperatures are condemning me to taking much shorter walks than I'd like.

Sniff ya later!

Pei-Ess I almost forgot to post a picture! So you get a Puppy Picture of me!

My Tuesday Adventure

2012-01-24T15:01:00.001-05:00

Don't I look pawesome there?

Yeah, I do.

Well, I had an Adventure today. I had to go to the V-E-T. I've been having some...uhm...issues.

Anyway, off we went to the V-E-T. I like my vets very much, they're fantastic ladies and the Vet Techs and Reception ladies are just so wonderful to me and give me oodles of kisses and lovin' so I don't mind going there. Well today, one of those lovely med techs tried to steal my pee! What a weird feeling to have someone following you to steal pee! I kept turning around to see what she was doing,

Finally my lovely vet came to get me. She gives good kisses. I like her. Until it was time to get my temperature taken. Yeah, 'nuff said about THAT!

Apparently, I have crystals in my urine. Not good, but the Vet said I'd have to be good friends with Ann T Biotics for the next 21 days and that Mom and Dad would have to feed me wet food and with added water so that I can get all those crystals out.

I go back to see the lovely vet ladies in 2 weeks. I hope I get a few more kisses.

In other news, I want to introduce you to a friend of my Mom's.

Meet Audio.

He's a Jack Russell Terror. Uhm, Terrier. Sorry, Freudian slip. He's learning to be a set of ears for his mom, Ms. E, who is a coworker of my Mom's. Good luck Audio and Ms. E!

That's my news!

Sniff ya later!

Wednesday's Weekly Wrap Up

2012-01-18T08:15:00.000-05:00

More cold equals less walkies for this Pei. Mom and Dad do make sure I go out to do my business but who wants to stay outside in freezing rain, or -30 something windchill. NOT ME that's for sure!

I did have one nice adventure this week.

Miss Jenn came to see me. She's been my friend for ever so long and she gives great ear scratches. Sigh. She's one of my favorite people, outside my immediate family. Anyway, Mom finally got a good picture of us and Miss Jenn said it was ok to post it.

She needed those nose kisses. I could tell. Then of course I had to be a gentlepei and help Mom drive her home. Well wouldn't you know it, when we got to her house there was a C-A-T in her driveway so I had to bark and bay and howl to scare it away so Miss Jenn could go into her house without being attacked by the C-A-T. (It was an unknown C-A-T, any of my cat blog friends I would trust with Miss Jenn, but not just any cat you understand.) I don't think Mom appreciated my ferocity. She was complaining about my yelling in her ear the whole way home. Sometimes I don't think she understands me. Sigh.

That's about all my news. Looking after Mom, Dad and Puppy for the most part. It's a tough job but somepuppy has to do it, right? Everyone stay warm if you're in winter and stay cool if you're in summer!

Sniff ya later!

Wednesday's Weekly Update

2012-01-11T08:51:00.002-05:00

Sorry for the old picture, but Mom's computer isn't back from being fixed yet. They're saying end of this week. I'll believe it when I see it.

My days have been full of naps, eating and short trips outside in the freezing cold. We actually hit a low of -30 with the windchill this week and Mom says at that temperature it doesn't matter if it's Celsius or Fahrenheit it's freaking cold - especially for a little Bolo Pei and his Puppy.

I hope everyone is doing good. We are reading blogs and Facebook updates, but I can't help but feel I'm missing a few things. Mom said maybe I'm having a Senior Moment. I am almost a senior doggy you know. Hard to imagine, I feel so young.

Sniff ya later!

Wordy Wednesday

2012-01-04T09:15:00.000-05:00

For those of you who don't know, this is my Puppy.

He's a good Puppy for the most part and I have very good reason to be very proud of my influence over him. Mom says he's been a little slow in picking up speaking. I understand him just fine, but Mom can be a bit of a worrywart sometimes apparently. Anyway, I've been helping teach Puppy to speak. Mom only thinks I've been barking at squirrels but I've been teaching Puppy. Mom thinks certain TV shows might help (among other things we're doing). Puppy's favorite one is something called Word World. I enjoy this show very much too because one of the main characters is a Dog.

Between my hard work, and the Dog on tv, Puppy has come out with his first three letters. Dee....Oh....Geee.

My Puppy is a genius.

I really don't know what Mom is worried about.

Sniff ya later!

End of Year Report

2011-12-30T06:51:00.001-05:00

Well, I think it's been a good year, minus all the Rainbow Bridge crossings, we could have done with less of those. But on the whole, a good year.

This last week or so has been busy for me. Mom's new computer died, so she hasn't had a chance to even LOOK at the pictures she took at Christmas. Then she got sick, she's getting better but now Dad is sick and we're all hoping Puppy doesn't get sick because that would just NOT be fun for anyone.

So while I have a minute to catch up with everyones blogs that I've missed I will say Hap-Pei New Year! May it be full of ear scratches, good noms and lots of loving!

Sniff ya later!

Tumultuous Tuesday

2011-12-20T20:55:00.000-05:00

I woke up this morning and felt there was something missing.

GASP! Someone stole my sofa!

I'm very worried Mom.

What will I lounge on?!?! Where will I curl up while everyone is eating food and not giving me any?!?!?

What? Not to worry? There's another one on the way?

Is that why I'm stuck in the stairs?

Well hey! Would you look at that!

Wow. Good colour choice Mom. I can blend in here.

Dad, your foot is encroaching on my cushion space.

Well I'm glad that was nothing to worry about. It made for some excitement during the day because I -of course- had to bark and defend my house when these two guys brought in my new sofa. That's my job you know.

And then Mom took me to get my nails trimmed. Go figure.

Sniff ya later!

Pei-Ess, look for my Christmas Card being sent out soon! I have given final approval on it!

2011-12-11T06:00:00.000-05:00

For those of you who think that I don't like my Puppy, you'd be wrong. Yeah, sometimes he bothers me - like when he thinks he wants to pull my tail and I have to say I don't think so! But for the most part he's a pretty good little guy. He usually lets me sample whatever he happens to have at mealtimes, this is the basis of a good brofur relationship in my opinion.

Mom finally has evidence that we're conspiring against her though. I told Puppy we had to keep these discussions a SECRET. Obviously, he hasn't learned what secret means. I'll have to work on that with him.

And he took notes. Dad says one of the first rules of conspiracy is to never write anything down. Silly Puppy.

Sniff ya later!

Winners Wednesday!

2011-12-07T19:33:00.001-05:00

So here are the answers to the Nosevember Contest! I waited a few extra days to make sure everyone had their answers in, but it's Wednesday - almost the end of Wednesday actually - so it's time to post the answers!

Nose 1 - An Echidna

Nose 2 - Pug - Bajas from The Wrigglebutts

Nose 3 - Staffordshire - Gummi from The Wrigglebutts

Nose 4 - Cat - Hyssing from The Wrigglebutts

Nose 5 - Rhino

Nose 6 - Cat - It's my cousin Washington!

A big thank you to Washington and his parents (my Uncle Brett and Aunt Angela) for letting me use some of their nose pictures of Australian animals!

Nose 7- Wallaby

Nose 8 - Wombat

Nose 9 - Koala

PHEW! That was a LOT of noses.

So here are the top scores:
22 points The Wrigglebutts
18 points - A tie - Pippa and Mango Relentlessly Huge
17 points - The Poupounette
15 points - Alison and Brandon

Mom will make sure all of you get prizes. Congratulations to all out winners, if you'd like to pee-mail your snail mail addresses to bolo (at) magma (dot) ca , I'll get Mom to mail those things out As Soon as Possible!

Now I have to go and nap. All that typing and adding pictures is exhausti-pei-ting! But one last picture so you don't forget what I look like!

Sniff ya later!

Wrap up Wednesday

2011-11-30T11:18:00.001-05:00

Is it my imagination or are the Wednesdays just coming up much faster than they used to?

Mom says it's because I'm also writing on Sundays. Which reminds me! Only a few days left to submit answers to Week 3 of the Nosevember Contest!

In other news, I have been reassured that Puppy is NOT part Great Dane or Mastiff - if you remember it was quite a worry to me last week. Mom says he's Dodge Dart and Heinz 57. I don't get it.

That's about it. Lots of rescuing Daddy from work, chasing squirrels, OH! I did manage to chase one right up the tree in front of our house the other day (a squirrel I mean, not a Daddy)! Dad was a little upset because I was out without my leash, but it's not my fault he wasn't fast enough with it right? My Mom said I pulled another Hou-Bolo. (Kind of like my friend Hou-Bibi at The Poupounette).

Yeah, that's the news. I'm going to try and convince Mom that maybe she wants to spend the afternoon cuddling me. Scratching my ears. Giving me kisses. Yup, I think that sounds like a very productive afternoon.

Sniff ya later!

3rd Week of Nosevember Contest!

2011-11-27T17:55:00.001-05:00

There you go for everyone who liked the Pei in the Leaves picture from last week, there's another one!

So, here are the answer's to last week's Nosevember Noses
Nose 1: Cat - the nose belongs to Genji over at The Poupounette
Nose 2: Mastiff - The Relentlessly Huge Mango the Mastiff to be precise (solidarity in slobbers)
Nose 3: Shepherd Cross - Pippa - Mom and I were surprised most people said Greyhound.
Nose 4: Spaniel - Tommy at The Poupounette
Nose 5: Horse - Vidock at The Poupounette.

Thank you to my awesome nose volunteers!

And now for our last week of noses! Are you ready?

Nose 1 belongs to:

A) Platypus
B) Labrador
C) Echidna

Nose 2 belongs to

A) Pug
B) Shar Pei
C) Chow Chow

Nose 3 belongs to:

A) Chow Chow
B) Staffordshire
C) Bull dog

Nose 4 belongs to:

A) Cat
B) Rabbit
C) Mini Cooper

Nose 5 belongs to:

A) Dinosaur
B) Mastiff
C) Rhino

Nose 6 belongs to:

A) Deer
B) Cat
C) Labrador

Nose 7 belongs to:

A) Llama
B) Alpaca
C) Wallaby

Nose 8 belongs to:

A) Llama
B) Wombat
C) Alpaca

Nose 9 belongs to:

A)Koala
B) Puppy
C) Shar Pei

Phew! That's it for the noses. Mom and I have decided that three weeks of noses is more than enough - we don't want to cut into Pei-vent too much. As usual, email me your answers bolo (at) magma (dot) ca , leave your answers in the comments or send them to me on Facebook.

A HUGE thank you to everyone who supplied Noses, I couldn't have done this without you! Mom and I will tally up the points in about 10 days and advise our winners what they've won! I hope it's stuff everyone will like and be able to use.

Best of luck to everyone!

Sniff ya later!

Wednesday Wrap up

2011-11-23T03:51:00.001-05:00

We had snow overnight.

Not a lot, but enough that Mom said she was NOT impressed when she looked out the window at the butt crack of dawn. Needless to say she hasn't taken ANY pictures of it yet.

She DID take pictures of Puppy and I playing in leaves a few weeks ago.

Do you notice something there?

That's right! Puppy is getting bigger than me!

Do you think maybe he has some Mastiff or Great Dane in him? I must ask Mango and Honey.

As you can see, I was forced into getting my picture taken covered in leaves. Mom thinks I look a little Pit Bull-ish there. No worries though, I'm still 100% Shar Pei. Still worried about Puppy being part Mastiff or Great Dane though. What if he eats all my kibble? Should I be worried?

Sniff ya later!

Pei-Ess Remember to play Week 2 of the Nosevember Contest!

Nosevember Contest Answers and Week 2 Noses!

2011-11-20T09:46:00.001-05:00

Wow, that's a long title.

So here are the answers to last week's Nosevember contest.

Nose 1:

It's a bunny rabbit.

Nose 2:

As an aside, this is NOT Puppy's Favorite Cow who lives in the farm behind our house. This is an anonymous cow.

Nose 3:

This nose belongs to Limba, an Asian Elephant Puppy and Grandad got to ride on at a fair. She lives at the Bowmanville Zoo and was all decorated up because she's also a movie star.

Nose 4:

Ostrich chicks. Who knew they would be so velocoraptorish.

So far, we're in a 7-way tie!

Here are our Guest Noses for Week 2! Thank you to my pawesome friends for submitting their noses! Yes, you can guess your own nose and it will be counted as a point. Oh, and you get a bonus point if you can guess WHOSE nose it is.

Week 2 Nose 1

Does this nose belong to
A) Rabbit
B) Cat
C) Lion Cub

Week 2 Nose 2

Does this nose belong to:
A) Labrador
B) Submarine
C) Mastiff

Week 2 Nose 3

Does this nose belong to:
A) Shepherd Cross
B) Fox
C) Greyhound

Week 2 Nose 4

Does this nose belong to:
A) Spaniel
B) Mastiff
C) Husky

Week 2 Nose 5

Does this nose belong to:
A) Mastiff
B) Horse
C) Favorite Cow

Ok! remember to send your answers (and any extra noses you have) to bolo (at) magma (dot) ca . Or you can answer on Facebook, or in the comment section!

Thank you for playing, Sniff ya later!

Happy Nosevember! Contest is Up!

2011-11-13T15:05:00.001-05:00

Well, first I have to thank Mom for getting her mind back together as she got the computer back up and running. And Dad too for helping. Puppy...well, he was very enthusiastic. Maybe not about Nosevember, but that's becuase he's never been through Nosevember and doesn't know how exciting it is.

So, because Mom and I weren't as organized as we could have been for this (although we already have prizes), we don't have friend noses to put up this week. That's ok! We're good with this. We have a back up plan!

First of all, here's how you play. You'll be given an image like this:

Then you'll be given three options for the best answer.

Is this nose from:
A) Greyhound
B) Moving Truck
C) Bolo; a wonderfully black/dark chocolate coloured Shar Pei

You then email me at bolo (at) magma (dot) ca with the answer. Or you can leave it in the comments, or post it on my Facebook - I am on Facebook. Mom and I will tally up the answers and keep a running total of who has the correct answers. The top three guessers will win a prize. The answers for this week will be posted next week so there will be plenty of time for everyone to participate who wants to. And if you want to include your nose, I'd be more than happy to add it! Yes, those who submit noses can still win a prize. So the answer to that nose up there is? HAH! C of course!

Many thank to my Uncle Marty for taking that picture of my nose with his Macro lens.

So, here is this week's contest!

Who does Nose 1 Belong to:

A) Cat
B) Rabbit
C) Yorkshire Terror

Who does Nose 2 belong to:

A) Cow

B) Horse

C) Jack Russel Terror

Who does Nose 3 belong to:

A) Octopus

B) Labraterror

C) Elephant

Who does Nose 4 belong to:

A) Veloioraptor

B) Ostrich

C) Chicken

Go ahead and answer and good luck to everyone!

And please send noses!

Sniff ya later!

Wednesday Wrap Up

2011-11-09T18:50:00.001-05:00

New Picture!
What do you think?

In other news, I WAS going to start my Nosevember contest, but Mom has had a complete meltdown - of her computer. Probably a bit of her mind too, but mostly her computer. We're on the new one now and she's finally salvaged all of our pictures (PHEW!) but she hasn't reloaded any of her programs yet, like the one she uses to DO the work required for the Nosevember contest. Sigh. So that'll be at least another week. Sorry guys. We're doing this Nosevember contest even if it takes us into Pei-vent!

That's about it. Puppy is enjoying playing with me. I'm still not sure about all this running around behaviour, especially if it involves grabbing my tail. Lastly, it's squirrel season around our house. They're out in force now days so I bet you can only imagine how often I run to the window saying GET OUT OF MY YARD!

Sniff ya later!

New Picture Wednesday!

2011-11-02T06:09:00.000-04:00

Look at that! A new picture of me!

How EXCITING!

Even more exciting is that I've been snoopervising Dad for the past few week in getting ready for Hallowe'en. Here's what all his work came to:

There's Dad, in the chain maille, Puppy and Grammy. Nice castle isn't it? Dad did an AWESOME job!

I wasn't allowed out, my job was to keep my Great-Grandmother company, she had come to see Daddy's display. We had a lot of people come and see Daddy's (and my) handiwork, and a few people came in to visit with me too! That was fun!

Ok, time to go and get my first Nosevember 2011 post ready!

Sniff ya later!

Wowey Wednesday

2011-10-26T08:12:00.000-04:00

I've had a really busy week. Everyone is still sick with colds and all that fun stuff so you can bet I've been standing on guard making sure no more cold sickies get in the house! I'm also exhausti-pei-ted from looking after my people.

I had to delegate yesterday. Puppy had to go to the Emergency Vet. So I sent Stuffy with him.

Seems like Puppy was having trouble breathing so his Vet said to Mom, Take him to the Emergency Vet and they will make him better.

Stuffy reports that Puppy had to wear a mask like this for a LONG time - like at least 30 minutes. I'm glad that wasn't me. I hate having stuff on my face. A big thank you to everyone who helped my Puppy feel better! I'm sending Nose Kisses your way.

Anyway, Mom and Dad and Puppy came him late last night and Mom and Puppy are staying home today so that Stuffy and I can nurse Puppy back to health. He's much improved from yesterday.

Now I must rest up so I can write another post later on what else I did this week so that you see it before Hallowe'en!

Sniff ya later!

Wednesday's Weekly Wrap Up

2011-10-19T19:23:00.001-04:00

Another Archive Picture, BUT Mom has taken pictures of me this week. She's just too lazy to take them out of the camera. That's ok, I still love her.

Hmm, lets see, what happened this week.....
OH! I went to Day Care lat Thursday! I was there ALL day and almost ALL night! Mom and Dad and Puppy went to a Birthday Party for my Great-Grandmother - she turned 90 last week.

OH! Mom found a picture of me with her! That's from 2008, but it's a good picture of us.
Anyway, she had a great birthday - of course it would have been better if I had been there.

Hmmm, what else happened? Puppy is starting to think that my tail is the greatest toy in the world. Yeah, I am NOT happy about that. Mom tries her best but he's hard to distract sometimes. I end up growling at him and Mom yells at both of us.

I had some good walks with Mom this week. Around the donut store, near the grocery store and then tonight we just went along the path, Me, Mom and Puppy.

That's about it.

Sniff ya later!

Wednesday's Weekly Wrap Up

2011-10-12T15:39:00.002-04:00

I had to dig into the picture archives again. Mom hasn't taken the camera out in a while. But that's ok, she's doing a lot of other stuff with me. I'm getting loads of hugs, ear scratches, you know, the usual.

Mom even cleaned my ears yesterday. Blech. I hate having my ears cleaned. But it felt SOOOO good. Sigh.

Other than Puppy throwing bacon at me this morning - for which I am very thankful, this has been a pretty boring week. Puppy seemed to have lots of Adventures without me last week. So did Mom and Dad. Puppy came back smelling like Grandma and Grandad. Mom and Dad came back smelling like all sorts of people! Like they had been somewhere totally FUN and EXCITING and they didn't bring ME. Can you believe that? Just for that, I slept on Mom's blanket one night and didn't let her have any of it. Then, the next night, I slept on Dad's blanket and didn't let him have any of it. Serves them right, don't you think?

Sniff ya later!

Wednesday's Weekly Wrap Up

2011-10-05T21:53:00.001-04:00

Hello there!

Has it ever been a busy week here. Mom AND Dad AND Puppy are all sick with colds and feeling all poopy and everything. That means it's MY job to look after them and make sure they're all ok. So you can imagine I have been working my wrinkles off looking after all three of them! Exhausti-pei-ting!

I did spend some time this week teaching Puppy how to play properly. He's getting there. Slowly. And he still offers me food from his plate, so we've been mostly getting along.

Not much else to say other than I'd better head back to looking after all of them.

Sniff ya later!

Fun Stuff on Friday!

2011-09-30T11:41:00.000-04:00

I've gone back into my archives to get today's picture:

Didn't I look CALM and SERENE? This was Before Puppy. NOBODY in our house looks CALM and SERENE anymore. We all just look TIRED. Chasing after Puppy is EXHAUSTIPEITING!

Although, I have to say that Puppy did something ever so nice for me this morning. He gave me some of his Breakfast Sausage. Nom nom nom nom.

In other news, I was almost on the radio this week!

The radio station that we listen to was broadcasting Live and In Person from a place not too far from my house! So dark and early, we all got ourselves ready, and leashed up and all that, and we headed out to meet our morning radio DJ crew. I got ear scratches from one of the DJ's but she wouldn't let me snuffle the microphone. Drat. I was SO close. Of course, I would have done a WHOLE DWB commercial, talked about how no one should be using anti-wrinkle cream because honestly, a few wrinkles just make everyone look much more beautiful, and promote my Nosevember Contest for this year!

Honestly, Mom and I are SO sure I would have been much more interesting than coverage for our Provincial Elections.

Sniff ya later!

Film on Friday!

2011-09-23T11:15:00.000-04:00

Well, it's been a busy week at our house.

Mom and Puppy have been going out and coming in and I'm not invited to as many social occasion as I used to be because they're so busy. I do still get my daily walks, but honestly, I think I deserve more.

In good news, Mom is starting to get everything ready for Nosevember! For those that have never played the Nosevember Game, don't worry, we'll post some rules. Anyone who wants to participate in Nosevember can send me a nice picture of their face, full on, three quarter or profile to bolo(at)magma(dot)ca
Basically, Nosevember is a time to guess all of our friends noses.

And lastly, here's a video of me playing with my Yellow Buddy. I don't get to play with him as often as I used to mostly because Puppy's toys take up an awful lot of room. That's Puppy laughing in the background.

Sniff ya later!

Sad News

2011-09-19T20:13:00.000-04:00

I wasn't going to write anything today, mostly because nothing exciting has happened around here, but we got an email from Bionic Grandad today. My cousin Tia has crossed the bridge.

This was the email Bionic Grandad sent:

Tia spent the first years of her life in a puppy mill as a breeding female. She came to Grammy as a rescue dog. Once Grammy had nursed her back to health she felt Tia was very special and needed her so adoption by another family was not on.

The last eight years of her life with us she has given far more to us than we have given to her. To-day her heart which had been enlarged for some time could not sustain her. We really do not know exactly how old she was but are very thankful for the time she has spent with us. It is funny how so much is said between you and your pet without ever speaking a word.

This little gentle loving dog will be greatly missed.

Run free Tia.

Wednesday's Weekly Wrap Up

2011-09-14T06:38:00.002-04:00

Well my birthday was loads of fun. Mom and Dad took me out to PetSmart so that I could celebrate with all my friends. I even saw my trainer Miss Tanya. I got lots of cuddles. Mom even woke me up with cuddles and soft singing of Happy Birthday. Ahhhh. I love cuddles. I got squirrels, I got cookies, I got cuddles, I even got a Birthday Cake!

Mom found this at PetSMart it's by a company called The Lazy Dog Cookie Co. I'm not too interested in this treat so much, I'm a bit of a fussy eater, but the thought was nice Mom!

In other news, my birthday celebrations continued on Tuesday when one of my FAVORITE people came to visit. Miss Jenn! I haven't seen her in FOREVER!

Of course Mom didn't have the camera anywhere nearby, so there are no pictures of Miss Jenn and I together. Mom joked that I was Miss Jenn's boyfriend in a previous lie. Miss Jenn replied by saying something like she was glad she had chosen such a good cuddler as I am! I love you too Miss Jenn!

I, of course, being a gentlepup, helped Mom drive her home and made sure she got into her apartment ok.

That's all my news.

Sniff ya later!

Hap-Pei Birthday to Me!

2011-09-12T00:01:00.003-04:00

I'm 6 years old today!

I'm practically a senior! Mom is wondering if that will qualify me for a seniors discount on dog food. I'm not sure, but it's worth a try!

We don't have any pictures of me as a puppy puppy, but Mom asked if she could post her favorite picture of me when I came home to them in February of 2006, I was about 4 months old, so here it is!

Was I cute or what!?!?!?

Here's her favorite picture of 2008 - I was 2:

And of course there's this one, I was finally 3!:

Mom's favorite from 2010, I was 4:

And finally Mom's Favorite from when I was 5 years old!

I can't wait to see how awesome I'll look when I'm 6!

Sniff ya later!

Wednesday's Weekly Wrap Up

2011-09-07T19:54:00.000-04:00

Well, no other baths have happened - to me anyway, Puppy has had a few though. Better him than me I say.

It's been a very stressful week around here for me with the baths and there was a lot going on today while Grandad and Grandma were over to help Mom redo the closet so there would be more room. Looks good, but it was loud with Grandad using a drill and a hammer and those tape measures are SO LOUD! Pei laughter.

Anyway, Puppy is doing something called Transition Week at his Day Care. Sometimes he's here, sometimes he's there. I really don't understand it all. Can't he just go, get his treats and cuddles and come back like me? Mom says No. So I've sent in someone I trust to get me all the information that she can on what's going on at Puppy's Day Care.

Stuffy, I have a job for you!

Yes sir Mr. Bolo!

Sniff ya later!

Monday Report - Special Edition!

2011-09-05T14:46:00.000-04:00

This has been a weekend worth Blogging about!

First off, we lost our Internets on Friday! FRIDAY! It's Monday and we just got it back! Mom and Dad were almost in withdrawl shakes.

Then on Saturday we lost our PHONE LINE. Just POOF! GONE! We managed, we have a cell phone. Luckily, Mom had just added minutes to it. Good idea Mom!

Then Mom made me take a bath. YUCK! I always get a bath before my monthly flea/tick/heartworm medication. YUCK!

So that was Saturday. Saturday night/Sunday morning we had a HUGE storm that woke me up. So I - being the wonderful pei that I am - woke up Mom and Dad.

Dark and early, Mom took me outside to do my little thing. I was barking so she made me come inside. It wasn't just me that came inside though. This SMELL came in too. Mom says she could almost see it working it's way through the house. Since the Internets was broken, Mom and Dad figured I had gotten sprayed by a skunk - although Mom says I didn't get totally sprayed, just slightly sprayed. She also said it didn't smell like skunk at first, only after it a few hours it did. All that to say that I got another bath at 630am! In the morning! Not even 12 hours after my last one! This one was with lemon dish soap, to cut some of the smell.

After that, once the stores opened, Mom and Puppy walked me down to PetSmart and we picked up a deodourizing shampoo an an Anti Skunk soap. Which means, I got another BATH! That's THREE baths in less than 24 hours.

The rest of the weekend was non-eventful. Our Phone and Internet came back Monday around 11am and I'm hoping there is a walk somewhere that does NOT include a bath.

Sorry there's no picture for today, I'm afraid the skunk smell might make it through to you, and that's the last thing I'd wish on anyone.

Sniff ya later!

Pei-Ess Almost forgot! Mom got me an early Birthday Present! I'll be sharing soon! Stay tuned!

Wednesday's Weekly Update

2011-08-31T08:29:00.000-04:00

Hello Everyone!

I've had a good week with lots of good walks, including one yesterday to see Puppy's Day Care. I sniffed around and it smelled like a good place - apparently they give him snacks and everything. Way cool. I'm giving cautionary approval.

Yesterday we also went to visit PetSmart - just to say Hi. We saw my trainer Tanya. She and Mom chatted while Puppy looked cute and I sat nicely for treats and was a breed ambassador and cajoled cuddles out of everyone passing by and did NOT growl at the two dogs who tried to approach us. I should be getting treats just for NOT growling you know. I don't like other dogs near MY Puppy. I'm a guard dog you know.

Anyway, one time this week, Dad was working in the basement - making sawdust he says. Well, he was also making a LOT of noise. Not my favorite of activities for him to do. It's much more fun when he's scratching my ears or taking me on walks or stuff like that. Anyway, I didn't like it and I went to Mom for comfort. And I climbed into her lap.

She couldn't reach the big camera so you get an iPod picture. I was actually, all the way in her lap. Puppy wasn't too impressed and tried to climb up too. Mom told him it was Bolo's turn for cuddles and distracted him with a toy. Thank you Mom!

Sniff ya later!

Wednesday = Recovery Day

2011-08-24T09:34:00.000-04:00

I don't know about anyone else, but I need to stay home today and recover from yesterday.

My day started out with a nice walk with Mom and Puppy. All told, it was about 1.5 kilometers - which is almost 1 mile. Anyway, I'm not used to that type of walk. It was FANTASTIC! Until the guy with the off leash pug showed up. I wasn't going to let that dog near me OR my Puppy! S'ok, neither was Mom. Nothing against the Pug, but I'm a guard dog you know. He eventually went back to his owner - don't get Mom started. Off leash dogs is a HUGE peeve with her.

Anyway, after a nice rest and some lunch, Dad came home and we all went into the car. There was even a stop at McDonalds - which we don't eat at very often - and the more driving. We had to drop Dad back off at work - poor him, I'm sure he would have had so much more fun with us.

We ended up at Grandma and Grandad's! How lovely! Mom and Puppy and Grandma and Grandad had the McDonalds (chicken nuggets, Mom doesn't eat their burgers). Puppy - who will remain my most favorite Puppy ever if he keeps doing this - casually dropped his nuggets on the deck for me! What a nice Puppy I have!

After lunch, we ended up here:

Is this cool or WHAT!?!?!?!?!?

It's a trail! All flatish and paved and well looked after with plenty of peemail places! This section is about 1 km long, and there are something like four or five sections of this! Wowzas! We just did this section, back and forth, so 2 km or so. Can you see why I'm still exhausti-pei-ted?

There were also a couple of benches where I could practice my show dog look. What do you think?

Yeah, good thing I don't go to dog shows, I don't have room in the house for all those trophies and stuff. Mom says we need to DE-clutter, not RE-clutter.

Anyway, you need a close up to see how really happy I am here:

My ears always do that when I pant. Go figure.

Mom is still processing the last few pictures, so I hope to post more later this week!

Sniff ya later!

Wednesday's Weekly Wrap Up

2011-08-17T06:05:00.004-04:00

Well, besides some nice walks with Mom and Puppy, a few rainstorms and some chicken that Puppy has been feeding me, not much has been going on here.

Mom did grab this little video of me. Sorry it's dark, and the volume is weird. She was using her iPod and the lights were out. The foreground is Mom's shoulder, FYI.

Here's what she says after she finishes humming:
Bolo Pei
Are you helping Puppy get to sleep?
Aren't you a helpful pei-by boy.

Then she starts humming again.

I may complain a lot about my Puppy, but he's a pretty good guy. Except when he's touching me. But Dog forbid another dog should come near MY Puppy!

Anyway, I WAS making sure Puppy had a nap. He feels about naps the way I feel about baths. Oddly enough, I feel about naps, the way he feels about baths. Do you think I can get him to take my baths and I'll take all of his naps in exchange?

Sniff ya later!

Wednesday's Weekly Wrap Up

2011-08-10T19:49:00.001-04:00

Well, it was going to be a pretty boring post until Mom took Puppy and I out for a walk this morning.

Just before the rain started. We got in before the big drops started, I didn't want to melt you know.

Then there was a bit of a storm, and I tried to climb into Mom's lap. She didn't appreciate it as much as I thought she would because she was trying to get Puppy to nap at the time. I had to settle for laying under the chair she was sitting on. It wasn't nearly as comforting. Mom finally decided to set Puppy in his kennel (Mom: Crib!) ...whatever... and she lay down on the floor next to the crib so Puppy could still touch her while he was trying to fall asleep. And I lay down on top of her. Again, she wasn't as appreciative as I thought she would be. Sigh. The storm passed about the time that Puppy fell asleep so we were all good after that.

And in other news, Mom got back at me and dragged me into the bath tonight.

This is my happy face. Can you see how happy I am? (Sarcasm alert!)

Now, if you'll excuse me, I need to get some of this clean off of me.

Sniff ya later!

Wednesday's Weekly Update

2011-08-03T07:00:00.000-04:00

Hello All! Here is my update for the week:

Someone bring on Fall please! It's much too hot for little black peis to be going about. Even at our evening walks. Blech. We go slow though and at least I'm getting walks.

Mom and Puppy went to investigate a Day Care place. I wasn't invited. I have no idea WHY, I'm a Day Care pro! But apparently, it was a Day Care for Puppy because he needs more socialization with puppies his own age. He already does agility (Mom: Gymnastics!). Well, I hope his Day Care is as fun and interesting as MY Day Care.

And finally, I had to huff and prod Mom into a cuddle yesterday. And bop her a time or two on the head to get her to take this picture of us.

She wanted to nap. Hmph. What's more important? Hugging me, or napping? (I didn't tell her that maybe she should do both.)

Sniff ya later!

What's this Wednesday?

2011-07-27T20:20:00.001-04:00

Puppy and I woke up to find THIS in our living room:

No no, not the colourful thing, the big white/cream thing with the metal. Here's what...OR WHO was inside:

Miss Mayhem herself! She came with Grammy. They only spent the night, but that was enough.

She's in my house.

Sigh.

I have to be a gracious host don't I?

Sigh.

Hi there everyone! Mayhem here! Trust me, it was such a surprise to end up at Bolo's house last night! It was kind of fun to have an Adventure of my own though! Nice to see everyone too! Mayhem Out! PEACE!

I have to go and recover from my day of hosting. It's tough to be a good host, but some puppy has to do it.

Snuff ya later!

Mayhem Monday

2011-07-25T09:54:00.018-04:00

Like I said yesterday, Mom, Dad and Puppy went to visit Grammy and Bionic Grampy. Well wouldn't you know it, Mayhem was there too. So I thought I'd let her post a bit. I'm getting ear scratches from Mom out of this so it's worth it. Sniff ya later -Bolo

Mayhem out! PEACE!

Sad Stuff on Sunday

2011-07-24T18:33:00.000-04:00

Mom and Dad and Puppy went off to see Grammy and Bionic Grandpa overnight last week, I went to the PetsHotel. Mom didn't want me to come face to face with the emergency vet again (remember that story?) - although they were SOOOO nice. They brought home some sad news though. My cousin Zoe crossed the bridge.

That's her there. She was about 12 or 13 years old, a Standard Poodle. She and I never really got along so we weren't allowed to play together, but that doesn't mean I'm not sad.

Mom said the only one left of the family's Brat Pack is Tia - she's a Miniature Schnauzer Grammy and Bionic Grampa Rescued about 8 years ago, she's about 14 years old now. She hasn't been doing too well though.

Zoe, Tia, my Brofur-Who-Came-Before Shih Kwan:

Grammy and Bionic Grandpa's first Portuguese Water Dog - Sala,

and our cousin Gabe - a Yellow Labrador,

Could once all be found playing in the backyard together, or running up and down the hill at the Lake, or stretched out on the floor trolling for ear scratches and tummy rubs from whoever was nearby Mom says.

Run Free Zoe.

Wednesday's Weekly Wrap Up

2011-07-20T08:36:00.000-04:00

Since it seems that I'm only able to post once a week or so, here's what's happened this week:

Yeah, a SQUIRREL! In MY BACKYARD!

It's ok, I chased him off!

There I am, telling Mom I need to go outside to finish my chasing!

And he's gone. Phew! I'll be spending the rest of the week making sure HE doesn't come back. He will though, they never learn. Has anyone else noticed that? Squirrels never learn.

Other than making sure my backyard is safe, I've discovered why my food tastes so funny lately. I've known for a while that Puppy likes to eat my food. Only a few pieces at a time, but still, it's MY food. OK, I know he shares with me and it's only fare that I share with him, but it's MY food and I was here first! Right? Right!

Mom even moved my food into the stairs so that Puppy wouldn't be able to get to it all that often. She does make sure that I get to it and my water regularly though. Thank you for that Mom. But back to my funny tasting food. Mom has photographic proof that Puppy thinks his stuffies should be eating my food too!

I've of two minds about this:
1) Let the stuffies get their own food!
and 2) Obvisouly I'm doing a good job of teaching Puppy how to take care of his animals.

Sniff ya later!

To everything there is a REASON.

2011-07-15T19:09:00.000-04:00

So, first of all, I want to say, I didn't do it on purpose. I had a REASON. Mom is big on having a reason to do everything. If if the reason is just Because I want to. So, about two days ago, Mom and Dad came home to see THIS:

That's the bedroom floor. Carpet. Underpad. Yeah. I did that, I admit it. But I have a REASON! I HAD to go outside. Not in that need to GO outside thing, but in an I NEED to go outside. At heart, I'm a guard dog and I can't STAND having anything in my backyard that doesn't belong there. So OPEN THE DOOR MOM!

So, Mom happened to have the camera ready and was wondering why I was so antsy to go outside today (Maybe we can give Mom a round of applause for having the camera anywhere near her today, it's been so long I'm surprised she remembered how to use it.). She thought maybe a squirrel or one of the neighbourhood cats was in MY backyard. As an aside, I once made a neighbourhood cat jump straight up and onto the roof of the shed that I helped build. I'm a nice guy that way you know. Anyway, here's what I was determined to get OUT of MY backyard:

Do you see that? He's on MY back steps! Those are MY backsteps. I threw up on them just yesterday! He's mocking me. I'm sure of it.

MOM! Would you open the door PLEEEEEEEESE!

As another aside, Mom says that we'd all be in trouble of Shar Peis grew an opposeable thumb.

Gotta go! She's heading for the door!

Sniff ya later!

Monday Morning Report!

2011-07-11T06:05:00.004-04:00

Well, not much excitement here, except maybe for a bit of rain and a threat of someone taking a bath. I'm hoping it wasn't me. Puppy had a bath, but he likes them. He doesn't get that from me!

So, here's a recent picture. Mom was in dire need of a cuddle. I obliged. It's a tough job but somepuppy has to do it!

HEY HEY HEY HEY! Give me the camera!

Hi! Hi! Hi! It's me Mayhem!

Did you miss me? Bolo's Mom came to visit me! Am I ever lucky! She brought Puppy too! He's at the perfect height for me to lick his face too!

Ooops, Bolo might be angry, I'd better give him back his blog. Don't miss me too much! Mayhem out! Peace!

Bolo here. That Mayhem! She's only a year old so I can see why she's so enthusiastic, but WOW. All that energy. I'm going back for a nap. I'm tired just listening to her.

Sniff ya later!

Tuesday Tales

2011-07-05T21:19:00.000-04:00

Hi. Did you forget about me? I haven't forgotten about you guys. I just haven't had much of a chance to write and there have been NO pictures whatsoever until this evening when I forced Mom to pick up her camera.

Of course she caught me while I was letting Puppy know that he hadn't thrown any food on the floor recently. As we all know, if it falls on the floor, it belongs to the Pei.

In other news, it has been stinking hot around here. Which means that although I get my daily walks, I haven't been Mom's running partner in a while. I'm raring to go, Mom is being a suck though and doesn't want to run in the heat and humidity. So I've been left doing a lot of this lately:

Well, it's a hobby I guess. Take care everyone.

Sniff ya later!

WOHOO Wednesday

2011-06-29T05:40:00.000-04:00

Mom is coming HOME!

Apparently Uncle Marty and Aunt Sharon had kidnapped both Mom AND Puppy (I HAD noticed that Puppy was missing FYI). Well, apparently Puppy had a stinky diaper and Uncle Marty and Aunt Sharon are sending them home. YAY!

No pictures today, I'm too busy standing by the window waiting for them!

Mom is Missing!

2011-06-27T14:50:00.000-04:00

OK, I can hear her voice sometimes, but Mom is missing. So, who has her and what's the ransom?

I WANT HER BACK!

Here's what she looks like. Well, her hair is shorter now, but she still looks pretty much the same.

Filmography Friday!

2011-06-24T06:38:00.000-04:00

And the last video for the week:

Sniff ya later!

Thursday Tales

2011-06-23T06:35:00.001-04:00

So I'm not the swimmer my pal Hero Shar Pei is, but occasionally, I will step into the lake.

Not only that, but I'll also go onto the dock. That's a little scarey because it moves as you walk on it. This is where Mom thinks I got bit by whatever bug got me. She was being attacked as she was filming. We went up to the house after this video was made. That's where Mom noticed I was swelling up.

Sniff ya later!

Wednesday Woes

2011-06-22T06:32:00.002-04:00

Hi. Mayhem here. Look at this, I've been relegated to Wednesday! I should have been on Monday but Bolo thought his Adventure was more interesting than a Mayhem Monday. Pffft.

I'm just going to sulk here and keep guard on my backyard.

Tuesday Tales!

2011-06-21T06:22:00.000-04:00

So this is how my Noseventures began:

All that talking in the background is an audiobook Mom and Dad were listening to. Mom does say:
How are you doing there Bolo guy?
Are you going on Adventure?
Are you going on a Noseventure?
Lucky Bolo. Lucky Bolo!

You'll notice I'm not the most verbal of travellers. I USED to take up the whole backseat but since Puppy's seat went in, I only get half. And sometimes HE touches me. I don't like that so Mom has to "Play the police" on occasion. Anyway, back to my Noseventure!

All good Noseventures need a Pitt Stop!

And I'll leave it at that for now.

Sniff ya later!

Monday Morning Report!

2011-06-20T06:26:00.006-04:00

Well, there were plenty of Noseventures going on this weekend, look for updates throughout the week, but I have to get this out first because Mom and I promised.

Part of my Noseventure included an emergency trip to the V-E-T because I got bitten by something and my face started to swell up to the point where my eyes were almost swollen shut. I was still breathing ok but Mom wasn't taking ANY chances because my lips had started to swell up and were very hard to maneuver, so we headed into town - Me, Mom and Grammy. I can't say I enjoyed the car ride too much, I was too busy trying to get comfortable and trying to scratch my nose, it was ITCHY!

So, Mom, Dad, Puppy, Grammy and Bionic Grampy and I, wish to thank this wonderful trio at Kingston Regional Pet Hospital, in Kingston, Ontario.

Katie, Kelly and Dr. Hart (or, in the picture from left to right: Dr. Hart, Kelly and Katie, and Me).

They don't seem to have a webpage or I would have linked to them.

I also heard that one of the staff there has a Pei of her own. I'm sorry I missed meeting her, I'm sure she would have given awesome ear scratches.

OK, I need to go and prep the rest of my blogs for the week so you know what I've been up to!

Sniff ya later!

Photo (SHOP) Friday!

2011-06-17T20:15:00.000-04:00

Mom and Dad think Puppy and I need to start teaming up on things apparently. Here is the first attempt.

FYI, I do NOT own a costume like that, Dad was busy while I wasn't looking.

Sniff ya later!

Stuff on Sunday

2011-06-12T14:53:00.000-04:00

Those shoes of Mom's came out again this morning. Then it was Bolo, Fjord! Of course, that means, that I had to go with her. Sigh.

Mom tried to take a picture of the drool on my nose after our run, but I wouldn't let her. So we're posting this instead, just to prove how exhaustipeited I am.

Yeah, it's a puppy picture, but that's ok. The sentiment is there.

There was a bit of Adventure though on our run. We were on our homeward section and Mom and I had switched to a brisk walk when some dog - who was off leash (don't get Mom started) - started barking and heading at us. I was all ready to protect Mom - that's my job after all - but Mom beat me to it. She stepped towards the rude dog (and owner) and barked and growled the dog away. You should have heard her, you think HBO words are bad! Phew! I'm betting Mom had no idea what she was saying, but that dog knew. Hopefully so did that owner!

There was a lady walking behind us as Mom was doing her thing and when we started walking again, Mom turned to her and said, "I'm the QB in this neighbourhood." I don't think the lady got it, but I was so impressed with my Mom!

OK, off to recover somemore.

Sniff ya later!

Tuesday Tales

2011-06-07T06:04:00.001-04:00

I'm still exhaustipeited and recovering! Today is my day of rest.

Yesterday started out FUN. I went out for my morning patrol and discovered squirrels! Now I've got a friend at The Poupounette called Bibi-Chan. He often does a Houbibi act and just WHOOSH escapes for a while. Well, I took his example and I did a Hou-Bolo! Whoosh! Right out the gate after those squirrels.

I don't think Mom was too happy because she started yelling at Dad to come down and help. The more the merrier to get those squirrels right!?!?

I got home ok. I wasn't all that far away and Mom asked nicely if I would just go home and I did. Sometimes you have to do nice stuff for your Mom, did you know that?

Anyway, I think Mom was getting back at me this evening when she took me out for a walk. First she was putting on her shoes, not her sandals. I'm going to make a note of this. Those shoes are not nice shoes. Then we started walking. But Mom wouldn't let me stop too long to sniff things and she barely stopped moving when I did my duty. The she started running and I had to keep up with her! WOAH!

She said to tell everyone she's learning to run. I don't know why she needs to learn, I know how to run, doesn't everyone? Anyway, apparently I'm her training partner. I did get a nice dose of pain killer when we got back because I was limping. Horrors, Mom wasn't. Sigh. I'm going to have to learn to run with her aren't I? I can't have her outdistance me.

Sniff ya later!

Mayhem Monday

2011-06-06T08:35:00.003-04:00

Hi. I'm Bolo's cousin Mayhem.

Bolo had an exciting weekend visiting his girl and guy friends at the Petshotel. I had more fun then him so I've hijacked his blog to tell you all about what he missed!

First, there were these doggies. I'm guessing they're Great Danes.

Then there was this friendly guy. Must be a Retriever.

This guy was more my size! Maybe he's a Corgi.

Hope everyone enjoyed adventuring with me! I'm Mayhem and this has been Mayhem Monday!

Wordless / Whispering Wednesday

2011-06-01T08:05:00.002-04:00

Mom is hording into my nap!

Sniff ya later!

Tuesday Tales!

2011-05-31T09:08:00.000-04:00

Mom wanted to take a nap.

Here's what she found instead.

I was here first!

Sniff ya later!

Filmography Friday!

2011-05-27T06:44:00.003-04:00

It's been pretty dull and boring here. So boring in fact that Mom has had to resort to filming me while I'm falling asleep so we have something to blog about.

Yeah, no kidding.

I ran out of popcorn too.

That's it. Off to nap some more.

Sniff ya later.

Seven Hundred Sunday!

2011-05-22T20:09:00.001-04:00

Remember a long time ago in October, I was nearing my 600th's post and Mom was very frustrated and took us to plant Tulips at Grandma and Grandad's? No? Here's the Linky.

Yup, my awesome snoopervisory skills were at work then. Well, since today is my 700th post, I asked Mom to go and check on my handiwork. OK, OUR handiwork. Grandma and Puppy did the work, but I did Snoopervise!

So, here are the tulips!

Puppy wanted a closer look.

Yup. Good job there team!

In other news, Mom was super tired yesterday and today so I had to help her nap. It's a tough job but somepuppy has to do it. Something about three athalons. Whatever.

So, here's me, in case you forgot what I look like.

Sniff ya later!

Wordless / Whispering Wednesday

2011-05-18T20:42:00.002-04:00

Sniff ya later!

Tuesday Tales

2011-05-17T06:03:00.003-04:00

Here's what I did yesterday!

Yup, I snoopervised Mom and Grandad installing a ceiling fan. Sorry about the strange light, Grandad had a halogen light going. It was nice and toasty. I cuddled up to it later. Mmmm, toasty.

That was the excitement. At least Mom got some video so I had SOMETHING to blog about.

Sniff ya later!

Monday Morning Report!

2011-05-16T06:01:00.000-04:00

Would you look at that! It's Monday Morning and I'm blogging!

Unfortunately, there is nothing to report. Sigh. It's been rainy the last few days. Blech. I did manage a few outings to investigate the neighbourhood, but that's about it. Nothing exciting, nothing new and not even any new pictures!

It's like Mom is afraid of her camera or something. I'm wondering if it bit her. Because if it bit her, I'll bite it back on Mom's behalf.

Oh, there was SOME fun stuff - no pictures of course. The other day, I was sunbeaming (laying in a sunbeam - one of the few we've had this past week) and Puppy had a snack on the table. Well, Puppy being a kind Puppy and knowing that sharing with your brofur is important, came over to me with a cracker and gently put it in my mouth. Of course, when someone gives you penguin shaped cheese crackers, you automatically start chewing right? Of course you do! He brought me about four crackers, one at a time. Later in the day, he fell on me. Sigh.

Anyway, here's a picture of sunnier days.

Sniff ya later!

Tuesday Tales

2011-05-10T16:01:00.000-04:00

Just back from a Noseventure!

We were out of Rollover so Mom, Puppy and I headed out to get some!

We also stopped by the PetsHotel so I could snuffle anyone and everyone who was in there. They've missed me. I haven't been there in a while. Mom was thinking maybe Friday but she has to double check with Dad, see if he has any plans where he might need me. I'm a Very Important Pei you know.

Other than that, napping. Puppy is getting much better at it. Mom has been practicing too. Me, I just show the example.

Sniff ya later!

Movie Monday!

2011-05-09T19:30:00.002-04:00

For your viewing pleasure:

What better way to spend a Monday afternoon.

Sniff ya later!

Filmography Friday!

2011-05-06T20:38:00.000-04:00

Now don't get too excited. But this is thrilling action video of ME.

Have a good weekend all!

Sniff ya later!

Thursday Tales

2011-05-05T19:35:00.000-04:00

So, when we were over at Grammy and Bionic Grampa's house ever so long two weeks ago, I noticed that they had gotten a new dog. Mom said it was for Puppy to play with. I gave it a good sniffing over:

But honestly, it's not a very interactive dog and Puppy was too busy running around and playing in the water bowl to give the new dog much attention.

Well, now that that's done, I can get back to the important things:

Sniff ya later!

Wordless / Whispering Wednesday

2011-05-04T19:13:00.000-04:00

There WAS a cookie there....once. Pei laughter.

Sniff ya later!

Tuesday Tales

2011-05-03T19:01:00.002-04:00

So, yesterday was a rainy day and today is a rainy day and Mom says that the Weather Network says that it's supposed to rain for the rest of the week. Sigh. That means that I'll be subjected to more walks in the rain. Yesterday it was important Mom said because we had to go and vote. I put my Paw Print down, Mom and Dad put their X's and Puppy did whatever Puppy does.

So, on rainy days, what's the second best thing to do? NAP!

What's the bestest ever thing to do? THIS:

Sniff ya later!

Monday Report

2011-05-02T19:43:00.000-04:00

I had a very panicy weekend.

Someone STOLE MY BACKYARD!

SEE? Someone STOLE IT! It's GONE!

I have to admit, I was whiney and not at all happy to have it gone. It did mean that I went on more walks with Mom and Dad, even one with Puppy and Mom, but still, that's MY BACKYARD!

Anyway, I don't know how Daddy did it, but he found it! It's BACK!

PHEW!

I'm feeling MUCH better now. I'll leave you with a picture of me on a walk up at Grammy and Bionic Grandpa's.

Sniff ya later!

Photo Friday!

2011-04-29T16:16:00.000-04:00

Anyone want to play?

Sniff ya later!

Wordless / Whispering Wednesday

2011-04-27T05:21:00.001-04:00

There's room in my sunbeam if anyone wants to share.

Sniff ya later!

Tuesday Tales

2011-04-26T05:52:00.001-04:00

Hi there! Mom figured out how to add video! Isn't she smart? I'm going to keep her.

Here's me at Grammy and Bionic Grampy's. You even get sound! Although, I'll warn you, if your sound is up loud, it'll come as a surprise.

Did you think that my voice was like that? I hope Mom gets a lot more videos of me singing. I have quite a range.

Here's what I was barking at

Wouldn't you bark at that?

I've got to go root around Mom's picture and pick the best one for Wordless Wednesday tomorrow!

Sniff ya later!

Monday Morning Report!

2011-04-25T08:55:00.000-04:00

Here we go! Here's where I was the last few days!

Grammy and Bionic Grampy's!

Keep coming back, there will be toys played with, squirrels chased and more Noseventures than you can carry a stick at!

Sniff ya later!

I'm BACK!

2011-04-22T19:53:00.000-04:00

I don't know if you missed me, but I was at my Grammy and Bionic Grandad's for the last two days! Isn't that FANTASTIC!

Mom got OODLES of pictures and she wants to process them so I can't talk long. Look for awesome pictures (and VIDEOS!) of me and my Noseventures of the past two days!

Coming soon to MY BLOG!

Sniff ya later!

Tuesday Tales!

2011-04-19T07:29:00.000-04:00

Nothing all that exciting going on at my house. Mom hasn't even taken the camera out in almost a WHOLE WEEK. Not sure what's up with that. Here's the last set of pictures she's taken. We've been going almost every day to visit Puppy's Friend, Favorite Cow (the one with the white face). This is me telling Favorite Cow that he'd better be treating my Puppy nicely or he'll answer to me!

There's Dad and Puppy feeding the Other Cow.

Yeah, see how exciting it's been here?

Unfortunately, I've heard a rumor of needing a bath. Vicious rumor and I'm pretty sure Mom started it. She also cleaned my ears yesterday. She said we have big Noseventures planned for later this week. I'll believe it when I see it I told her. Then I cuddled up and sat on her foot. She likes it when I do that.

Sniff ya later!

Filmography Friday!

2011-04-15T11:16:00.003-04:00

Mom loaded up my First Ever Video! Here we go!

So, now how do we linky it into Blogger? Anyone know?

Wordless / Whispering Wednesday

2011-04-13T19:07:00.000-04:00

Sniff ya later!

Tuesday Tales

2011-04-12T19:18:00.003-04:00

I`m still here! No need to worry. It`s just been a little hectic around here. Puppy is walking ALL OVER the place and I barely have time to take a mid morning nap, let alone a before mid morning nap or a lunch time nap. He`s exhaustipeiting! Mom says I should just find a quiet place and lay down and not settle in the middle of the floor. But see, if I`m in the middle of the floor, then I can snoopervise. Of course, if I`m in the middle of the floor, Puppy tends to pass by me and I don`t want him touching me so I get up, thereby not getting a nap. Sigh.

Back to my blog post! A while back we made a trip to the GARDEN CENTRE. Well, here`s what we got:

`Yeah, not quite plants. So we planted those on Thursday the 7th of April.

That`s Puppy helping. Not sure why he`s eating the light stand, maybe Mom didn`t feed him enough or something, I don`t know. That`s my butt in the picture, in case you`re wondering.

That`s me snoopervising.

So yesterday, I took a look at our plants and this is what I saw:

WOW! After only 4 days our plants are sprouting! YAY! Dad had better get the garden built now or we`ll have to grow everything inside.

Sniff ya later!

Photo Friday!

2011-04-08T19:23:00.002-04:00

What do you think? Do you like my ears? How about the nose? It's a good nose isn't it? I like it. Especially when Mom kisses it.

I was hoping to post one of the videos Mom has taken of me with her iPod thing. No luck in getting the video off the iPod and onto her computer to load it. Can anyone hand out an pointers for Mom? Thank you in advance.

That's about all for me. Have a good weekend everyone.

Sniff ya later!

Thursday

2011-04-07T09:24:00.001-04:00

No picture today because I'm trying to help Mom figure out how to take good videos of me with an iPod Touch. It's a tough job but somepuppy has to do it. It's a good thing I'm a pei-fessional model.

Sniff ya later!

Monday Report

2011-04-04T19:25:00.003-04:00

It was raining today.

What to do, what to do. Napping was top of my list but Puppy is racing around and it was hard to find a place where he wouldn't try and run me over. So we did a bit of racing:

I let him win that one. Gotta keep Puppy's self esteem boosted sometimes.

Sniff ya later!

Sunday with Stuffy

2011-04-03T14:31:00.001-04:00

Stuffy here! I've noticed that when Puppy and Mom go out, this bag goes with them and I was VERY curious to see what was in it. So was Bolo, so I went Adventuring!

Sniff ya later!

Photo Friday

2011-04-01T16:26:00.002-04:00

The only snow we have left is in this picture!

I'm glad it's Spring. It's much more comfortable to walk around. My feet don't get as cold and I WANT to go on longer walks. When it's too cold out, all we want to do is stay inside.

Dad and I had a good walk this morning and Mom and I had a good walk this afternoon. I'm about ready for my late afternoon snooze. Hope everyone has a good weekend!

Sniff ya later!

Wordless / Whispering Wednesday

2011-03-30T08:47:00.001-04:00

Sniff ya later!

Monday Report

2011-03-28T17:56:00.002-04:00

It's been a busy weekend!

I had 3 good Noseventures!

First off all, I had to go with Mom, Dad and Puppy to the Vegetable and Fruit store and sniff the perimeter. A few people also came over to admire me.

After that we were off to the GARDEN CENTRE! Remember, we've been to the Garden Centre before! That was fun. Mom said we're going to be planting vegetables this year so it will be my job to Snoopervise the planting, growing and watering of the garden. How exciting! Don't worry, I'll be blogging about it too!

Finally, yesterday evening we went on an After Dinner Donut Run. I didn't get a whole donut, but Puppy shared a little bit with me. Not much but it's better than nothing right?

After all that excitement yesterday, I think I'm going to just going to spend this evening watching Puppy play.

Sniff ya later!

Sharing Sunday with Stuffy

2011-03-27T19:46:00.002-04:00

I've had some SERIOUS Noseventures - which I will tell you about tomorrow, but I need to do some chillaxin' :

This is me chillaxin'.

Anyway, I will let the Little Brown Stuffy introduce herself.

Sniff ya later!

Oh, hello. Uhm, thank you Bolo for the lovely introduction. Uhm, I'm the Little Brown Stuffy. Hmm, that will be a mouthfull, please, call my Stuffy. Anyway, I live on the piano. Every now and then though, I do sneak off the piano and do other things, like patrol the house, check the back yard, check the front yard, you know, the usual. The Lady...Mom I guess...Mom and Bolo were talking about making me a semi-regular feature on the blog. They want to see what kind of Adventures I go on. I can do that!

I'll sign off now so that I can talk with Bolo about what kind of Adventures he wants me to go on.
Love from Stuffy.

Photo Friday! - Mystery Solved!

2011-03-25T20:21:00.003-04:00

Though a lot of pei -tience I have finally discovered what's been going on in our living room! Here I give you photographic proof that something weird was going on:

Did you see it? No - Mom knows she needs to dust off the piano, that's wasn't it.

Did you see it? No, not Puppy's toys.

Did you see it? How could you miss it?

There it was again!

Still didn't get it? Here's a close up:

The little brown stuffy dog was moving on her own! All over the living room! Mom says sometimes that happens to stuffies, they come to life!

I tried to investigate this stuffy, but she's not talking right now. I'll try and get her to chat a little bit. I want to investigate her but Mom says that you have to be careful not to hurt the live stuffies. I'll be careful Mom!

Ooo! The little brown stuffy must be moving around again, my Shar Pei sense is tingling! Gotta go!

Sniff ya later!

Wordless / Whispering Wednesday

2011-03-23T08:20:00.002-04:00

I've been spending some time like this:

trying to figure out what's going on in our living room.

Then I move into this position:

so that I can see more of the room.

Still no clue as to what is going on.

Sniff ya later!

Monday Report

2011-03-21T14:23:00.002-04:00

I'm pretty sure there is something funny going on in my house.

How do I know? Good question. I'll tell ya.

There I was sleeping -

- that's me sleeping, Mom's flash is VERY bright, but I WAS sleeping. I was awake after the picture was taken, but you get the idea.

Anyway, there I was sleeping, when I heard a noise downstairs. So I barked and ran down the stairs to check out what was going on. Nothing. Not a single thing. I know there's something that's going on though, I just know it.

Any ideas on how I can figure it out? I was thinking of setting up the laptop and the the webcam and seeing if I could catch whatever was going on that way. Ideas? Suggestions?

Sniff ya later!

Triple Photo Friday! - Puppy Edition!

2011-03-18T05:06:00.002-04:00

Miss Mona of Mona and her Mommy Fame, once asked for a snow picture of Puppy and I together. Or I offered one, I don't remember. Anyway, most of our snow has been leaving so I had to hurry Mom along to take a picture of us. Here's what we got.

Yeah. See, not a lot of snow. Miss Mona will just have to pick which one she likes best I guess. We also got these, which show some great action on my part IMO. Oh, about that Pawprint, Mom says Grandma has sensibilities so I need a Pawprint on my posterior. I have no idea what a sensibility is. I hope it's not dangerous.

Move Puppy! I'm going outside!

And then there's:

Move Puppy! I'm coming inside!

Have a nice weekend everyone!

Sniff ya later!

Wordless Wednesday

2011-03-16T06:19:00.000-04:00

ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

Sniff ya later!

Monday Report

2011-03-14T14:46:00.001-04:00

This is the look I gave Mom when she said the word BATH. Luckily she couldn't find where I had hid the shampoo. I'm safe for a while longer.

Sniff ya later!

Photo Friday!

2011-03-11T18:18:00.001-05:00

I've had Mom all to myself this afternoon! Puppy is at Grandma and Grandad's and Mom is ALL MINE!

I see lots of cuddles in my future!

Sniff ya later!

Why oh why oh why.....

2011-03-10T18:33:00.001-05:00

... do I always seem to be on the WRONG side of the gate?

Sniff ya later!

Wordless / Whispering Wednesday

2011-03-09T08:18:00.000-05:00

Just enough sun for a stretch on the sofa.

Sniff ya later!

Pei-Ess - My tail looks super long! Way cool!

Monday Report

2011-03-07T16:17:00.002-05:00

For those that missed it, Mom said I was her inspiration. You can read her post here from Friday. You're welcome Mom!

In other Important News, it's Auntie Sharon's Birthday! I'm sending Nose Kisses.

What do you think?

Sniff ya later!

Pei-Ess, Auntie Sharon could still use some POTP, if anyone has some to spare. Thank you muchly.

Stuff on Sunday

2011-03-06T09:24:00.002-05:00

I had a special guest Nose Kisser over this past week!

That's my Auntie Angela! She came all the way from Australia just to get Nose Kisses from me, on her birthday! Wasn't that awesome?!?!?!? No better present than Nose Kisses. Hmmm, no, Mailman fingers run a close second though, Nose Kisses still rule.

No sign of Uncle Brett though. Sigh. I miss him.

In other news, I'm trying to start teaching Puppy how to play but he doesn't like it when I bark. You have to bark when you play. Don't you? Anyway, he was playing with the ball I got him for his birthday - throwing it and chasing it - think fetch but by himself. So I started following him. He seemed to like that until I started barking. I was trying to tell him Mom would throw the ball if he let her. Mom says he doesn't understand Shar Pei yet - that Human Puppies don't tend to understand a lot of words until they're 2 years old or so. It's a good thing I learned faster, I would have missed tons of Adventures.

Hope everyone is having a GREAT weekend.

Sniff ya later!

Photo-less Friday

2011-03-04T21:18:00.001-05:00

Uncle Marty - whose website hosts all the pictures Mom takes of me - and other things - is updating his website and firewalls and all that stuff so there's no picture for today.

I wanted to write though, just to say Hi!

I had a nice Noseventure with Mom this afternoon! We just went for a walk around the block, but Mom let me lead where -I- wanted to go this time! Well, until we got back to the house anyway.

Thanks Mom!

Sniff ya later

Wordless / Whispering Wednesday

2011-03-02T06:10:00.002-05:00

Many pictures were taken yesterday.

The majority were of ME! Thank you Mom!

Is that a hap-pei face or what!

Sniff ya later!

Pei-Ess Thank you to everyone sending my Auntie Sharon POTP. Uncle Marty reports that she's feeling the good vibes.

Pay Attention!

2011-02-27T20:01:00.002-05:00

I know it's late on a Sunday - well, here anyway, it's late on a Sunday, but we need everyone to focus for some Power of the Paw.

Mom says that my Auntie Sharon needs POTP. She won't tell me why because she says Auntie Sharon doesn't need all her medical problems blabbed around the Internet (Do I blab? I thought it was Blog?) Anyway, please focus on my Auntie Sharon, she needs lots of lovin' right now. I'm sending her Nose Kisses.

Thank you in advance. You can go back to napping now.

Sniff ya later!

Photo Friday

2011-02-25T04:59:00.002-05:00

Happy Friday everyone!

Hello, can you please open the gate?

A little too bright there with the flash Mom.

Sigh, the gate?

MOM! Open the gate please!

Sniff ya later!

Wordless / Whispering Wednesday

2011-02-23T05:54:00.001-05:00

Whatcha doin'?

What the heck is this?

Oh man, you put a sticker on my head?
I'm not related to you am I?

Sniff ya later!

Monday Report

2011-02-21T20:17:00.002-05:00

I don't know about you, but I had a pretty boring day spent trying to keep myself entertained.

I chewed on a bone, had a nap, got up, had some water, had another nap. You know, the usual. I haven't yet mastered the art of playing with Puppy's Toys. Although he has a HUGE collection of stuffies I'd really like to get my teeth into, but all I hear when I get close to it is BOLO NO! LEAVE IT! Sigh.

Anyone do anything interesting today?

Sniff ya later!

Stuff on Sunday

2011-02-20T17:55:00.002-05:00

Mom says I'm being cute and wonderful.

It's a tough job but somepuppy has to do it.

Sniff ya later!

Stuff on Saturday

2011-02-19T07:38:00.002-05:00

Hey, it's me again!

I've been on Noseventure!

Thursday morning Mom backed up my Lunch Box and I went to Day Care! Overnight Day Care even. Much as I LOVE my friends at the PetsHotel, I REALLY missed Mom and Dad. Maybe even Puppy - but just a little bit. When I got home yesterday afternoon, I made sure to give Mom the HUGEST, DROOLIEST kisses imaginable. She loved it! I even gave Puppy a snuffle, that's how much I might have missed him. A HUGE Thank you to my friends at the Hotel who took such good care of me.

In other news, that's about all the excitement. Mom was looking through some pictures yesterday though and she found this one:

That's from last April - Grandad took this picture. I don't remember ever seeing it! Don't I look awesome? Thank you Grandad!

That's about it. I'm snoopervising Puppy's play time. It's a tough job but somepuppy has to do it.

Sniff ya later!