Bush allergy?

Yesterday Mommy rushed home from work, put Benjis harness and leash on and went somewhere.  

I, Lassie, was a nervous wreck and Mommys sister took this picture of me starring out the window looking fur them.

Mommy took Benji to the dogtor because he keeps scratching his eye. It happens often.  Everytime they go to the vet, they talk about allergies. 

We have a new theory what might be causing the allergy.   Mommy told the vet she saw Benji scratching his face in a bush in the yard.  Its an evergreen bush.   The vet says he might be allergic to the bush, and the oils in the bush could be irratating him ...plus, the bush is located under an oak tree.  At a previous visit Mommy told the vet there are a lot of oak trees in the neighborhood. The vet thought it could be the oak pollen he was allergic to.

So our new theory is maybe Benji is allergic to the bush by the oak tree. (Could oak pollen be stuck in the bush and live thru winter- dont know.)

The vet wants us to fence off those bushes by our shed and see what happens.

Mommy said she will cut down the bushes, butt the vet said just fence it off for now and we will see what happens.

In the picture, those bushes in the back of our yard are already fenced off because little two leggers live in the house behind us and kids are stupid so mommy put a little fence in front of thosebushes as an extra cushion to keep their dirty little hands from reaching thru the fence to touch us.

So, today, Mommy is gonna fence off those bushes by the shed--its practically the coldest day and windiest day of the year, but Mommy loves us and is willing to freeze herself in order to help Benji with his allergy.

Any dog mom would do the same fur their fur-child.

Bow Tie

I wanted to share with you the steps on how our Mommy made Bow Ties out of felt.

 Lassie the handsome Bow tie model.

You might have seen Murphy & Stanley and Reilly & Denny wearing the ties. (They were early birthday presents since Murphy & Stanley and Reilly & Denny's Mom  share the same birthday as our Mommy coming up next week.)

Step 1 - Cut first, Measure twice?   Mommy didn't measure anything and just cut the felt however she wanted to.    As an afterthought, she decided to hold up a ruler to show somewhat of the dimensions.

Step 2 - Mommy decided to make it a two-tone tie, so she hot glued a smaller black piece of felt to the pink piece of felt.  

Step 3 - Pinch the top and bottom towards each other.  Grab the hot glue gun and glue a dab in 2 spots, so it holds it's shape.  So, there is glue holding the pink top to the center of the tie.  And there is glue holding the bottom of the tie to the center section.  

Step 4 - Please listen to your humans making ouching sounds by accidentally touching the hot glue to their thumb and index finger during this step.

Step 5 - On the back of the tie, glue 1 dab in the center to hold it's shape.

Step 6 - Cut some elastic.  We made it about 24 inches in length so it could go around the dog's neck and the peeps could tie it however long they wanted to.    

I guess you could make the elastic shorter and just tie it to the dog's collar if you wanted to.

Step 7 - Position the center of the elastic on the center back of the tie and glue it down.   Then wrap a small strip of felt around the tie, as you hot glue it together.

Step 8 -- As you can see, Mommy messed up on this sample -- she ended the small strip of pink in the front of the tie -- it looks horrible.  So, don't end the loop in the front like this when you are gluing it together.

Hope you liked this tutorial.  Tell your peeps to try to make these fur you (but just omit the part about them making ouching sounds in Step 4-- or they might not want to try it.)

Lassie and Benji

Snow

Yesterday it snowed!  We were having fun when all of the sudden we noticed this today!  Oh my dog is that a snowfreak!

Squirrel Appreciation Day

Hawk

Mommy saw a Hawk sitting on the top of a tree just outside of Center City Philadelphia, so Mommy snapped a picture as best as she could with her phone of the Hawk... then all of a sudden a Squirrel starts climbing that tree trunk towards the Hawk.

I think "Harvey" the Squirrel was a little too curious what the Hawk was (being that it is rare to see a Hawk in the city)  --  and climbed all the way to the top of the trunk to get a better look at it.

Mommy started making stomping noises and making a weird bird call to try to get the squirrel away from the Hawk.

Thank dog the Hawk knew that "Squirrel Appreciation Day" was this week on January 21st, or Harvey the Squirrel might not have been so lucky to get away!

Here is a video, too bad Mommy can't zoom in the video with her phone, butt you get the idea.  (When Mommy screams in the video :33 second mark -- that's when "Harvey" the Squirrel turned around and the Hawk flapped his wing.)  

Don't worry, the Squirrel survives!  Mommy stood there a few minutes after the video, and the Hawk still stood on the top of the tree and didn't go after the squirrel.

http://youtu.be/TEFDRkeeew0


That squirrel sure is nutty to get that close to a Hawk - just saying!

Lassie and Benji



P.S.  Can you just imagine the conversation the Squirrel had with the Hawk.  It probably went something like this...

Squirrel --  Good morning, my fine feathered friend!  You aren't from around here!  My name is Harvey the Squirrel and it is my pleasure to welcome you to Philadelphia, the City of Brotherly Love. 

Hawk -- WTH (What the Hawk!)

Squirrel -- If you like, I can give you a tour of the city.  The main thing I want to point out to you, is that big tall dark statue on the top of City Hall is of William Penn.   Let me warn you, that no matter how much you beg him for peanuts -- he never ever has given me one. 

Hawk -- You are nuts!

Monday Morning Puzzle

 

This morning Grandma asked Mommy, "What are you doing?"

See, Mommy looked like she was concentrating very hard while eating cereal.

 

 

So, Mommy showed Grandma the cereal box, and Grandma said... "Is that supposed to be a monster?"

 

Mommy said..."No, I did the puzzle, I circled Lassie and Benji's names."

 

 

What do you bloggers think? 

 

I'm thinking it's either a Kangaroo or a Camel standing on his back legs walking on a treadmill.

 

I totally don't see our names in the puzzle at all! 

 

Lassie and Benji

 

 

 

 

 

 

We r the Dogtors

Do u know when Mommy wrote the title of this post she sang it to the song...We r the Champions.

Anyway, in Blogville, everyone who holds a position is asked to post about their Blogville position.

We have no medical training and have no medical education butt we look pawsome in our Dogtors uniforms which make us highly qualified to be your Dogtors.

Now here are a few tips when u are looking after your human when they are feeling sick.

Number 1, encourage your human to eat grass when their tummy is upset.  U can demonstrate how to eat grass to your peeps. Humans need all the help they can get, its like their minds become mashed potatoes when they get the sniffles.  So being a good role model is of upmost importance in taking care of your peep.

Number 2, always check on your humans when they go to the potty.  U dont want them falling in the toilet.  The best way to get in the bathroom is to walk close behind your human and when they try to close the door behind them, thats when u stick out your paw so that u catch the door before it closes.

Number 3, check your humans cognitive skills by barking and begging for them to give u a treat or let u outside.  I say bother them at least every 87 seconds,  if they catch on and say... I just let u out or ... I just gave u a treat... Then u know your human is still sane.

Number 4, if your human was feeling poorly and u give them sympathy looks ...and then they pull out the camera beasty...  U totally know they are feeling better. (Exhibit A is the photo above, i went to check on Mommy when she was laying down and then she had the nerve to try to snap a photo of me with her cell phone....  Totally dont look at the camera! Don't be fooled!   If the human is well enough to be snapping photos...then they are well enough to be playing with u and taking u for walks. You can quote me on that!

And finally Number 5, check on your sick peep while they are sleeping.  I find the best way to make sure the peep didnt die on u is to gently jump on the bed, then quietly tip toe to your peep who is sick...and then... Give em a big lick on the lips!  The humans usually wake right up and start making these spitting raspberry sounds once u kiss them.  Works every time.

I hope u found these tips useful.

Dogtor Lassiter Chase and EMT Benjamin Gilligan (aka Lassie and Benji).

Its Snowing

Its snowing!

And Mommy took all our name labels off the Blogville Christmas/ New Year cards and made 2 collages.    (Sasha, we got your Card yesterday and pasted yours on the collage too.)

Sorry these pictures are sideways, our Mommy is too lazy to try to rotate them.

Guess it will have to do.

If u need us, we will playing in the snow in the yard today!

Is Christmas all done?

Mommy FINALLY hung up the rest of the cards we got from Christmas/New Years.  As mommy was hanging up the remaining cards yesterday Grandma said, "Christmas is all done, why are you still hanging up cards."   Mommys response... There is NO card left behind!  They ALL go up, even e-cards!  It's still Christmas!

 These are the Snail mail cards we just hung up from : Taffy, Nelly&Kitty, Daisy, Five Sibes, Spencer, Jack, Shiloh & Shasta, Valentine et al, Winston et al, Edgar, and Stuart.  E-cards from: Sugar, Molly the Wally, Daisy, Piappies, and Kali et al.

We got a ton of cards fur Christmas. (We listed the first batch of cards a couple of posts ago. ) Thank u everyone.

yesterday we put our canceled stamps in the mail fur Millie and Walter who are kind enough to forward the cancelled stamps to a retired Greyhound Rescue.   Hope we put enough postage on the envelope.

Here is a picture of the Dashund pen Mommy got fur Christmas and the Whats your Superpower pin.

Below is the dog bone jar. I (Lassie) knows Mommy put treats in there already.  I am smart.

This is Benji with the Egg Nog Stuffie.

I sure hope this post looks ok.  Mommys New Year Resolution was to try to figure out how to upload photos to my blog using her iphone.  She downloaded a blogger app and it looks like it worked.

Wonder if she did it right.

If the pictures in this post dont turn out right totally blame my Mommy ok.

Lassie and Benji

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