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)