17 posts tagged “doggies”
My best girl friend's American Bulldog. He's so sweet and cuddly. I took this picture over Thanksgiving.
Look how cute! I love his little fishing hat at the end. This makes me smile every week when I'm watching the Dog Whisperer :P
In the event that I'm ever able to have my own dog, I'm just going to the Humane Society or whatever and getting a mutt, but goldendoodles are fun to gush over.
I bought myself some happies recently from one of my favorite blogger's little online store. Miss Doxie is a lawyer by day and makes cute wiener dog stuff by night (I guess at night, I don't know when else she'd have time). My favorite item is this little pupper:
As you can see, she's pink on one side and brown on the other. She's wearing a cute little ribbon and she's stuffed with a bit of lavender so she smells pretty, too. You can get a handmade doxie for squishing right here. I also picked up some hilarious gift tags, a set of pretty note cards, and a cute little dragonfly necklace. Everything is on sale right now and some of the proceeds go to the Dachshund Rescue of North America.
Murphy is my parents' dog. Well, he's my dog too but he lives with my parents. Anyway, he's a big dumb dope but he's so cute and sweet. He's 12 years old, has epilepsy and arthritis but from what I can tell, he's as fit and healthy as can be. He likes to sit around in the backyard and be a nosey neighbor.
I'm traveling with friends up to Wisconsin this weekend to go gambling. I'm not a big gambler but it'll be fun! I'll just park my ass in front of a poker slot, feed it all my money and then go home.
I'm watching the Westminster dog show and they keep showing this Pedigree commercial, with the shelter dogs. I have yet to get through this commercial without crying. And I mean, for real crying. I've seriously considered volunteering at a shelter but I don't think I could handle it, really. I can't even watch this dumb commercial with the dogs behind bars, it hurts me.
Anyway, Pedigree is matching donations made to American Humane through their website, up to $250,000. So if you give $10, they match it, making the donation $20. I'm sure they'll just give American Humane the $250k but it's still a nice way to help shelter dogs. It looks like they're doing it all through February, not just during the dog show.
A Golden Retriever dancing to "You're the One that I want?" Yes, please! It sounds really stupid but omg so fun! Link via Dooce.
The Daily Puppy
That sound you hear is my head exploding.
It was a long, not so great week so I decided to go for a walk and use the $10 gift card and free item coupon I had for Bath and Body Works. I like smelly lotions and candles and stuff so it seemed like a good idea. Plus, I needed a new mat for the tub, so off I went.
A lot of people in my neighborhood have dogs. There are dogs that I'm starting to recognize, like the little guy with the rainbow bandanna who gave me cuddles at the Pride parade. I saw him on Tuesday and he was sporting a fashionable orange bandanna for Halloween. And there's the lab mix who always has a stuffed toy hanging out of his mouth and it makes me smile every time because he looks so damn proud of himself and his owner totally understands why I'm smiling at his crazy dog.
So I'm walking home from my little shopping trip and I'm seeing all these people with their happy dogs and I realize that I went shopping because I was stressed out but what I really wanted was to play with a dog. And now I'm sitting here crying a little because I can't have a dog and sometimes, all I want is to cuddle a furry little baby and that's it!
It was so bad that I was tempted to barge into Wigglyville (a dog boutique, it's seriously called Wigglyville) and demand to pet the dog that was hanging out in there. I'm sure the dog would've been down with it but I don't want to gain a reputation in my 'hood as the crazy lady who demands to play with strangers' dogs. Like "Hi, I've had a crap week, can I play with your dog?" Is that weird?
I obviously need to do something about this situation. Here are my possible solutions:
- Move to a building that allows dogs (unlikely for a rental and I can't afford a condo)
- Make friends with someone who has a dog (viable, but I'd be insulted if someone was friends with me just to hang out with my dog)
- Volunteer at an animal shelter (this seems to be the most realistic solution)
Either way, I need to do something because I'm going through dog withdrawals or something.
Also, to the dog owners, would you be weirded out if a total stranger wanted to say hi to your dog? I know some dog owners love that and are all "Yay, go for it" but others maybe not so much? I know how to approach a dog that doesn't know me so it's not like I'm one of those people who's all "HI DOGGIE *attack*"
