Benji scratched his itchy nose WHERE???

Benji is on the left and I (Lassie) am the one with the big smile still laughing at Mommy!

Let's just say -- Thank dog it's Friday and it's almost the weekend!!!!

Benji has allergies (as you know) and he has been so itching his nose like crazy.  The pool noodles Mommy put on the kitchen chairs (to protect the wood from Benji chewing and rubbing his nose against) are still holding and they haven't been chewed apart.

Unfortunately, Benji is finding alternate places to itch and rub his nose against.

The latest place Benji found to rub his nose was.... Mommy's armpit!     Mommy thought Benji was coming to her for a big hug this morning -- then he went right for the armpit and started scratching his nose against her shirt.

Mommy didn't realize Benji was rubbing his nose because of itchy allergies -- so Mommy thought to herself -- Do I stink? -- I put deodorant on -- it's a clean shirt -- what in the world is making Benji sniff my armpits!

So, in the picture above, Mommy actually checked the expiration date on the bottom of her deodorant.   It's still good -- it doesn't expire for another 2 years -- not that it's ever going to last that long. 

Mommy ended up putting on about triple the amount of deodorant this morning after the Benji sniffing incident. So, triple plus the amount she usually uses -- that's a lot of deodorant!

How in the world do we tell Mommy that -- Benji was just scratching his nose in her armpit because of allergies.  

I mean, if I was a talented dog who knew tricks -- if Mommy stunk: I could probably try to wave my paw in front of my nose and keep staring at her armpit or something.

Anyway, Mommy kinda looked ridiculous trying to sniff her own armpit this morning.  Butt it was very entertaining for us. 

Thanks for reading our strange post.  Hope we didn't gross anyone out!

Lassiter Chase and my brother Benjamin Gilligan the Shelties




P.S.  Don't worry -- Mommy's got a smile on her face. Mommy knows she doesn't stink. She found the entire incident very funny (well, that is -- found it funny about 14 hours after the entire incident happened.)   Have a great night everyone!

Our tribute to Mango

Our hearts have been aching all day because of the loss of our dear blog friend, Mango.

Many bloggers have written posts today to pay tribute to Mango.  We wanted to show our support as well and write a post in tribute to him too!

Mango was one of a kind!  He had a great sense of humor.  We will always chuckle and think of Mango whenever boy dog's inappropriately display our "lipstick" boy-part (as he called it), in front of the camera by accident!  He really knew how to make us laugh.  We respected him!  He made a Relentlessly Huge impact on us as well as many in Blogville!

Since Mommy was pretty much crying all day because of the loss of the Relentlessly Huge Mango.  She decided she needed some closure, and on her way home from work, she decided to drive by and find the street she saw once near our home.  She remembered seeing a street named "Mango" in New Jersey once.  She was a passenger in the car the time she first saw it -- so, she wasn't too sure where it was.

We know Mango lived in the state of Mass-achew-sets, and we can't get there from here. So, we decided the next best thing besides visiting his blog -- was to visit the "Mango" street in NJ to pay our respect to him.

So, on Mommy's way home from work, she drove by and of course the car behind her was tailgating her. She ended up passing the "Mango" Street sign and decided to turn down the next street to backtrack to "Mango" St. 

Funny thing was the street she turned down was called "Mango" too.   Mommy was like -- I thought I just passed the "Mango" Street sign, and now I see another "Mango" Street sign.   (Did Mango have 2 streets?)

It ended up being a "U" shaped street.  Butt, it wasn't called a Street -- it was called a "Court."  For those of you who don't know what a "U" shaped street is, out of respect, we wanted to use a term we thought the Mango would use --- just think of a "nommy" like a meatball and slice it in half -- and that's what the street looked like.

We were pretty impressed with the "Mango Court" in NJ, butt, we bet the "Mango Estate" in Mass-achew-sets is even better than his "Mango Court".

Mommy stopped crying and is smiling again thinking about all of the "Great Adventures" the Mango had at www.mangosgreatadventures.blogspot.com .

We were so honored to have been a competitor with him in Honey's Dancing with the Doggy Stars contest over a year ago -- and of course to have been an official competitor in the Mango Minster Blog Contest from earlier this year when we entered the "Working Stiffs" Category.

We are so fortunate that we had a chance to know you thru the blog, Mango! 

Run Free Big Guy!  We will miss you!

From,

Lassiter Chase and Benjamin Gilligan the Shelties


P.S.  We ate meatballs for dinner -- they were really "nommy".

Going "Quackers" and more...

1. Mommy (and Grandma) went "quackers" tonight.  We finally got to watch the finale of the summer reality TV show that Mommy likes to watch called "Big Brother."  Anyway, for those that don't watch the show... there was a team called the "Quack Pack" in the show.  Mommy was so happy with who won the show -- she got out her "Ride the Duck" Quacker she got 5 years ago in Philadelphia and went all "Quackers" quacking that thing.   Our Mommy is so silly sometimes -- butt we love her anyway (even if she does embarrass us Shelties at times.)

Don't I look funny as a duck?

Here is a quick video of the quacking celebration.   (Oh and Mommy can quack like a duck even without the quacker.)

http://youtu.be/nJTzKhzKinQ

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2.  Last week, Benji and I went to the vet.  I had to get some shots and we asked the vet more about Benji's allergies.  (Same story for Benji -- we have to wait until January and see if he is still itching his nose so we can find out if it is a seasonal allergy or what.)   

Oh, and guess what.  I am under 30 pounds.  I was so excited,  I made Mommy brush me like for an entire hour before the appointment.   I made her get every last loose hair off me, so the scale wouldn't show that I was heavier than I really am.  I weighed in at 29.9 pounds.  I was shouting to Grandma who was waiting in the lobby --- Did you hear that Grandma -- I'm under 30 pounds.  

Benji on the other hand is over 30 pounds.  (Butt the vet didn't say anything about his weight.)

I (Lassie) sat on the seat waiting for the vet to come in the room and Mommy had to stand.

Benji got comfortable on the floor under the examining table as he waited his turn to see the vet.

 Oh, one other thing about the vet.....  We read Big Honey Dog's blog.  A couple of weeks ago, Honey had an eye emergency, and when we read Honey's blog, Mommy realized how unprepared she is in case there is ever an emergency.   So, Mommy decided to ask the vet some questions -- Mommy asked where is the animal hospital...does this office share dog records with the hospital... can we get in contact with the vet after hours in an emergency....

Mommy is surprised that the vet office didn't have information readily available on a hospital.  I mean them just writing down a phone number for the hospital was a big task.  They searched thru several binders - two people on staff had to get together and agree on what the phone number was.  And finally they came up with the phone number and jotted it down on a piece of scrap paper.

They kept saying -- well, just call our phone number after hours in an emergency -- and you will get a message saying what phone number to call if there is an emergency.

Mommy kept stressing -- I want to know ahead of time -- where the animal hospital is -- what's their address...  I don't want to wait for an emergency and then frantically look at maps for information. 

So, Mommy did her own research this week-- and drove by and found the 24 hour animal hospital.  At least Mommy feels better that she knows where to go in case there is an emergency and got some answers to her questions. 

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3.  To end this blog post on a more pleasant note.  Flat Lassie and Benji met a celebrity.  Well, kinda.   It's Tow-mater.   (Not sure of the spelling of his name.)    It's a tow truck painted like Mater from the animated movie "Cars."     Tow-mater sure does have a good sense of humor -- and so do we.

Us with Tow-mater. 

 Have a great weekend.

Lassiter Chase and Benjamin (Lass-C and Ben-G)

Mish Mash Monday - pool noodles

 Silly Mommy -- Kitchen Chairs don't swim!!!!

Look what Mommy did with our "new" kitchen chairs.   Benji kept chewing the wooden chairs.  If you remember from the Blogville Olympics -- Mommy kept duct-taping the old kitchen chairs we had -- and Benji kept chewing right thru the duct tape to chew the wood on the chairs.  Benji's newest nickname is "Woodchuck".

Mommy's wrist hurts -- maybe arthritis or old age or something -- anyway -- it's hard for her to pull the duct tape off the roll.  So, Mommy couldn't fix the old chairs with duct tape anymore.

So, Mommy actually found 4 kitchen chairs in the trash.  And those are our "new" chairs.  (Grandma said we will buy new chairs with those iron legs if Benji chews these chairs apart.)

Can you believe Mommy is cutting apart brand new pool noodles to try to protect -- trash picked chairs!!!

Benji laughing at Mommy.  He said he can still chew the legs of the chair -- we need more pool noodles!

I (Lassie) just gave up and let Mommy continue with her pool noodle creation.

They don't look so bad -- do they?

These are the old kitchen chairs taken apart -- Mommy's brother-in-law is going to try to use the good part of the wood for a project.  As you can see we ran out of tan duct tape at one point and Mommy used checkered flag duct tape.

This was our Olympic picture.

So, far there are some teeth marks on the pool noodle.  We will see how it goes.

Oh -- and we should tell you -- Mommy buys pool noodles -- and we don't even have a pool.   Mommy buys pool noodles in the summer because we have slip covers on our sofa's and the slip cover always slides down and she has to fix them everyday.   So, Mommy wedges pool noodles behind the sofa cushion to try to keep the slip cover from sliding off the sofa.   It works for the most part -- maybe not the best solution -- butt at least Mommy doesn't have to fix the covers EVERYDAY now.

Have a great Mish Mash Monday everyone!!!

Lassiter Chase and Benjamin

Zippers!!!

Mommy is having a tough time with zippers lately. 

She just can't get the zippers closed on dog treat bags!!!!  You know what I'm talking about -- the dog treat bags with the resealable zippers in it.  

It takes Mommy like 1 million attempts to line up the two sides of the bag to get it closed properly. 

We told Mommy, to just put the open bag of dog treats on the floor and we would be on the "HONOR SYSTEM" and just take one treat at a time.  Mommy burst out laughing at that idea -- what -- doesn't she think us dogs can follow the Honor System? 

As a solution, she is using an old dog treat container she saved -- and is just filling it with dog treats.  Bet the marketers of the dog treats wouldn't like Mommy's idea of using the old dog treat container -- she is putting one brand of dog treats in a container marked for another brand of dog treats.  The horror!  

(We liked our "Honor System" solution better than this one!)

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Anyway, speaking of zippers!  And Mommy's dislike for zippers right now... 

Somehow Mommy managed to get her zipper stuck in the up position on a pair of pants she was wearing to work. 

Mommy said, it's a good thing she is a bit overweight -- she was able to jiggle her fat back and forth -- and get that pair of pants down without having to use scissors to destroy the pants to get them off her.

Grandma offered to fix the zipper.  So, Grandma told Mommy all about how she used a pair of "pliers" that Mommy keeps in the Living Room Cabinet to help grip the zipper to try to get it unstuck.  She was really yanking on that zipper with the "pliers" butt couldn't get it unstuck.

Since Mommy wasn't home when Grandma attempted to fix the zipper -- Mommy said to Grandma.... "I don't keep any "pliers" in the Living room."  So, Mommy went to the Living Room Cabinet and saw our dog Toe Nail Clippers.  


Mommy said to Grandma -- did you use the dog's Toe Nail Clippers?  

Grandma said she thought they were pliers.  "Ooops!"

So, now Mommy has to go out and buy a new pair of dog Toe Nail Clippers -- because she doesn't know if  the Toe Nail Clippers got damaged by trying to grasp the zipper and pull it down.

As it turns out, Mommy's sister was the one who was successful in getting the zipper down -- and all she had to use was a paperclip to grasp the zipper and wiggle it unstuck somehow...  Looks like one of the teeth on the zipper was a bit off track, and that's what made the zipper get stuck.

Humans should just walk around naked like us dogs -- it would save them a lot of time -- and think of how many more dog treats they could buy with all that extra money they saved from buying clothes!!! 



Have a great day!!!

Lassiter Chase & Benjamin the Shelties

P.S.   We are going to attend Math Class at Blogville's Back to School Bash tomorrow, on  September 12th.  Details about the classes are on the Blogville Mayor's website at www.frankiefurterprice.blogspot.com  

P.P.S.  I still like our "Honor System" idea!!!   Just take "one" treat --- per second.    :)

A Trash Can in the 'Hood

This is NOT our trash can!  Mommy took a little walk in the "not so safe" neighborhood where she works and found this site. 

Mommy says -- well, that's one way how NOT to get your trash can stolen!

Sorry for such a weird camera angle -- Mommy said, the sun was so bright -- it was a hot day --- and the trash can smelled really BAD  -- so, a photo redo was out of the question!!!   She reached her hand out as far as she could with her cell phone, held her breath, and tried not to look directly at the can.  The vapors!!!  Guess that doggie on the trash can really had to go!!!

Bet that fly on the lid of the trash can was in full glory!  

From what Mommy could tell (between tearing up and blinking her eyes constantly), it looked like someone drew that picture of the dog & wrote those words on the trash can -- very clever.   

Of course we had to Photoshop a little red "X" over the HBO word!!!!. 

Aren't you glad we shared Mommy's Trash Can adventure with you!   Hope we didn't gross you out too much!

Lassiter Chase & Benjamin the Shelties