A day at the park with Livy

Okay, so get this….

Daddy comes in tonite and tells mommy - "hey - my client over in Jacksboro has Chihuahua puppies...they tried to give me one" The little girl was here and she said "Oh Dobby, please get one of them - I love Chihuahuas!" I'm sitting here and they're talking about chihuahuas!!!! Now don't get me wrong - I like Chihuahuas - I think they're adorable, but I don't think I want a little chihuahua running around taking the focus off of me!!!!!! I thought I wanted a little brother or sister - but after hearing that discussion I don't think so!!!!! I'm gonna get a T-shirt that says, "I'm and only dog and I want to keep it that way!"

Now onto other things.....The little girl came in last night - YEAH [except for the chihuahua thing] - I slept with her - I really like to sleep with her except that she squirms! Daddy took me out this morning because he wanted to let her sleep late, spring break and all. I was NOT a happy dog about that!!!!!! I tried and tried and tried to get into the room but I couldn't and she slept until 10:30! Lazy little thing!

This afternoon we went to that dog park again. They had turned the water off in the "falls" - but the little girl and I played in the rocks - At first we were the only dog there except for a cute little pug. Her name was Lilly. We had a lot of fun and then these bossy people came with a jack russell and a heeler [what's a heeler?] Anyway the heeler was as mean as a snake, he came through the gates raring to go and went after little Lilly. He really tore into her. Mommy got scared and grabbed me [it wasn't hard cause I ran right to her] Lilly's dad was very upset. It seemed that Lilly was okay but very frightened. The bossy people said "oh it's okay, John is a very friendly dog!" - YEAH RIGHT! If he was friendly I'd hate to see him if he was angry! Well, Lilly and I went to the other side to get away from John - but those people let that dog come right back over to us and go after little Lilly again!!!!!! Once again the bossy people blamed it on Lilly - who by the way was doing nothing but minding her very own business! Lilly and her daddy left.

By now there were a couple of other nice doggies there and they too were trying to avoid John and the bossy people. A little yorkie came - the same one who was there last Sunday - his name is Wilson and he was mounting this little black and white mix that was so cute. It was pretty funny - Wilson's mommy was mortified - and Sadie [the little black and white mix] was just trying to get away. And then guess who came back......that's right JOHN!!!!! He started growling at us little dogs and went after Sadie. Well, we'd all had ENOUGH of John and we asked the bossy people to take him away. They told us again what a nice doggie he is! We were not convinced. All of our parents put us on leashes. The bossy people did NOT put John on a leash!

It's a BIG park - again we tried to go to another area - but the bossy people kept throwing John's ball toward us. By now there were several more dogs for John to terrorize - at least they were bigger ones....So now the bossy people went to their car and got one of those collars that shocks the dog!!!! Now I didn't much like John, but, a shock collar! Even for John that was a little much!

I'd like to go back to the park - but not if JOHN is there! Mommy said she'd have to think about it!

I don't think daddy and the little girl are going to get to do Chalk The Walk this week-end because Daddy has to do something on Saturday - I don't know what exactly - but he said he doesn't think he can go and mommy, well first she has ZERO artistic talent and 2nd she is way too old and out of shape to kneel/sit on concrete for 2 days drawing on the sidewalk! Maybe we'll just go into Knoxville and see what everyone else is doing!

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Thanks Brind'Amour

True Colors Thursday - LIME

This week the TRUE COLOR is Lime Green - Lime green is a color between yellow and green, so named because it is a representation of the color of the citrus fruit called limes. It is the color that is half way between the web color chartreuse and yellow on the color wheel.

Lime green is approximately the most visible color on the spectrum because it is corresponds to a wavelength near the peak of the photopic luminosity function.

Lime Jell-O is the official state food of Utah and Utah is a state in the "Jell-O Belt", a term synonymous with the Mormon Corridor - NO we are not LDS or Mormon - mom is just very fond of Wikipedia!

The vanity in mom and dad's bathroom is "shabby lime"

we don't know why someone would paint a Corvette Lime Green but they did

The Gulf of Mexico the day after Hurricane Katrina

Tree Bark

my chew toy - it's all I'm allowed to have - no rawhide here! I hate this thing!

Dad's laptop case - don't ask!

The little girls' attempt at painting pottery - hey - she was 10 months old! mom did the dragonflys! That's their totem! She and Livy have dragonflys everywhere - you'd think Peek-A-Poo would be their totem!

the dot's and flowers on mom's flip-flops - Man I love those shoes...but she keeps taking them away from me!

some other funky shoes I found in her closet - she said I can have these to chew up - but then daddy said no, it would confuse me!

AND, of course........SHREK

If you would like to participate in TRUE COLORS drop by Blue's True Colors Blog - check out her True Colors, which will be wonderful, as usual, let her know you're playing then link back to her -

Wordless Wednesday

The White House Dog

Best things about the White House Dog
He's Black and White and has Curly Hair - just like me!!!!!

How An Only Pup Plays

Also the inimitable Poopsie aka Blue has kindly presented me with Roses - my mommy said that there is just something about Blue's photos and writing that lets you know she is a very special woman. Mommy feels a kinship to her without knowing her and hopes that one day they will have a chance to meet!

The Dog Park

The "waterfall"
the "reservoir" daddy didn't want me in there he thought it was nasty - he's very picky - plus he had just given me a bath...I didn't want to go in anyway!

Just sniffin' around

the hooman liked me!!!!!!

Look at these dogs

Don't kiss me - I'm in love with Suzuki!

Hey guys - do you see any eggs?

I'm not afraid to sniff this big dog!!!

Hey why's that big dog lookin' at me?

The Big Guy Just HAD to GO

Big Swimmers

FINALLY - a dog my size that likes me!!!!!!

Just checking her out - no real interest !!!!

Mommy got a letter - I tore up the envelope!

Mommy's best friend since they were little girls in boarding school a million years ago sent this card - it says "Best Friends for Life - we're the only ones who know where the bones are buried" - I'd sure like to see those bones!!!!!

It was a very quiet Easter here without Livy. No baskets, no egg hunts. We went to the park to watch all the other little ones hunt eggs yesterday - but it was a little sad without Livy. She'll be back on Wednesday so we'll have to make up for it then. Hopefully she and my daddy can participate in the Chalk The Walk during Dogwood Arts next week-end. They haven't been accepted yet - but I'm sure they will be accepted because Livy is quite the artist - here's what she was working on at last year's Chalk the Walk here in Oak Ridge

If not having Livy weren't enough of a downer for today I get news that my sweet Suzuki is in the "line of fire" down there in Australia - I was so worried about her that I was just pacing back and forth, back and forth!

Because of my nervous activity about Suzuki mom decided we would go to a new dog park that mommy discovered. The people who make petsafe fences [I don't have one] have a really pretty park that is not very far from our house. It's a very big park with a "reservoir' and an agility course. There were a lot of doggies there - a lot of REALLY big doggies there. Consequently mommy and daddy were a little nervous for me. There was a doberman and a rottie who were fairly aggressive, especially with each other and then they started picking on a little bulldog so mommy thought it best we leave before they came after little ole me. Mommy didn't understand why their owners didn't take them away or at least keep them apart.

But, before we left they took me to another part of the park where I did a lot of running on my own. A couple of little shih tzus came - one was black and white like me - but he kept peeing on everything - including my nose. I didn't like that so much! He was a busy little guy but he didn't want to play. His sister was a real fraidy cat too - and she never got off her leash.

Since I didn't get any Easter "treats" because of my stoopid liver - mom made me a special dinner of pork roast, creamy potatoes, english peas and organic carrots.....It was very yummy!

Mom will post pics from the dog park tomorrow.

I heard from Suzuki a few minutes ago - she's okay and so is the rest of her family.