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About Bongo

I am a dog who has lots of mini adventures that I love to share. I live with a cat named Scratchy who sometimes steals my blog, and with two people. When my adventures don't turn out so well I get my person to laugh while she helps me write my blog and then I don't get into as much trouble.

Do Dogs Like Frogs?

10 Sep

My person bought a new shell for our frog. It’s a special shell that’s kind of like his bed. He hangs out in it sometimes. I found the shell sitting on the kitchen counter and it was covered in plastic. I don’t think the frog can use it with the plastic on it. It makes it hard for the frog to get inside it.

I figured I’d do my person a favor and get the plastic off of it for her. I took the shell of the counter and began to chew the plastic off of it. Then I chewed the plastic into little bits because it felt really good to chew on it.

My person was not very happy with me when she came home and had to pick up the little bits of plastic. Sometimes I don’t know what’s wrong with her. I did her a favor. I got the plastic off and I didn’t even hurt the shell.

Bongo

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Posted by Bongo on September 10, 2011 in Bongo, dogs, humor, pets

Tags: Frog, Plastic, Shell

Moving the Covers

09 Sep

I don’t get it. When my person gets out of bed in the morning she covers it up with the extra blankets. Sometimes she does it before she’ll even feed me breakfast. Doesn’t she understand what a waste it is? When she gets back in bed at night she moves all those blankets out of the way. If she’d just left them there in the morning she wouldn’t have to do that.

I figured out a plan. I can’t do it when my person is in the house because I’ll get yelled at. I’m not supposed to be on her bed. But as soon as she leaves to go somewhere I move all those blankets out of the way for her. I have to get on her bed to do it, but I’m sure she won’t mind. After all, I’m doing her a favor.

Sometimes I get yelled at when my person comes back home. I don’t get it. I try to help out and I get in trouble. I guess I can’t complain. Moving those covers out of the way is a lot of fun.

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Posted by Bongo on September 9, 2011 in Bongo, dogs, humor, pets

Tags: Bedding, bedroom, Blanket

Let’s Play Catch!

08 Sep

She's gotta throw one of these.

When I get excited one of my favorite things to do is play catch. My people won’t throw Frisbees in the house so when we’re inside balls work best. If I can’t find a ball one of my stuffed toys works too. I really like to play catch when my people have friends over. If I’m being ignored the best thing to do is pick up one of my balls and drop it in someone’s lap. If they don’t get the hint I get another ball and drop it in their lap. Sometimes they’re really dumb and I have to drop three or four balls in their lap.

When their lap gets too full of balls and toys they usually start tossing them away. Perfect. Now I can catch them and bring them back. It feels really good to chew on the ball a few times before I hand it back.

Sometimes people say “Eeeew” when I hand the ball back to them. I’m not sure what that means, but after they say it they usually pick up the ball with the tips of their fingers and drop it on the floor. Don’t they know that is not the best way to play catch?

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Posted by Bongo on September 8, 2011 in Bongo, dogs, humor, pets

Tags: Balls, Frisbee

Chase Away the Thunder

07 Sep

Will these work?

I am bummed. I had a big celebration on September 1^st because I thought it was the end of monsoon season. No more thunder. And it was good for a few days. I was happy I didn’t have to worry about a big monster reaching out of the sky and grabbing me – and squeezing me to little bits.

Then it happened. It came back. Not only thunder, but loud rain pounding down on the roof – so loud that I wanted to curl up into a little ball and hide. But I can’t. There’s nowhere to hide from that stuff. Guess I’ll have another party. This time I’m going to use party horns and noisemakers. Maybe they’ll be loud enough to chase away the thunder.

Bongo

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Posted by Bongo on September 7, 2011 in Bongo, dogs, humor, pets

Tags: Monsoon, Rain, Thunder

Gizmo

06 Sep

Gizmo

Sometimes I know someone when I’ve never actually met them. Sometimes my people come home with smells from other animals and sometimes I’ve smelled those same smells before. I feel like I know those animals, but I don’t like it when other animals get attention from my people. After all, they’re my people.

There’s one cat that I’ve smelled on my people before, that I also smell on my little friend. The friend I wrote about in my last blog. This cat is getting awfully familiar with a lot of people that I know. I’d really like to meet this cat in person so I can chase him away.

My person said it wouldn’t be nice to chase this cat, but she told me this cat sleeps in strange places. Something about a sink. If that’s the case I could probably jump high enough to turn on the water faucet. I wonder how wet the cat would get before I had a chance to chase it.

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Posted by Bongo on September 6, 2011 in Bongo, dogs, humor, pets

Tags: animals, Cat, friend

Friends

05 Sep

Shoot some more darts please

I have a little friend that comes over to visit sometimes. When his mother brings him I get really excited. I’m not sure why, but I usually get locked in a bedroom. This makes me mad and I scratch on the door until someone lets me out. Usually my little friend comes and lets me out after his mother leaves. I like playing with him.

There’s a problem though. Lots of times my little friend and my person get on the floor and play with each other. And they ignore me! I don’t like being ignored so I get right in the middle of them and start playing. The problem is that my little friend is so little that I sometimes knock him down. He doesn’t seem to mind but my person locks me in the bedroom again.

Sometimes I have to scratch on the door for a long time. Ignored again. Eventually my little friend wants the Nerf guns that are locked in this room with me. Yay! Not only do I get out of here, but I get to chase Nerf darts. My little friend must be a bad aim though. It’s really hard to chase the darts for him when they’re all hitting me.

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Posted by Bongo on September 5, 2011 in Bongo, dogs, humor, pets

Tags: Darts, Nerf

Garbage Hound

04 Sep

Sometimes the lid to the garbage can in the kitchen doesn’t close all the way. When that happens it’s really hard to have patience. If I help myself to something while my people are there I will get into immediate trouble. So I have to wait. Sometimes I have to wait a long time. But when they finally leave the house I’m ready.

Let’s see. What kind of treats can I find today? Everything smells like food, but I usually don’t find much actual food. I guess because I already ate my people’s leftovers. Darn. Why didn’t they save something for me to pick out of the garbage? Oh well. I think I’ll try this container. It smells really good and it has a nice feel when I chew on it. Really nice. It feels great tearing this apart.

Oh oh. I hear my people coming home and all this evidence is too hard to eat. Oh, no. I’m in trouble now.

Bongo

P.S. I’ve got to give credit to my friend Bassa for giving me the idea to write about this. http://bassasblog.wordpress.com/2011/09/02/zen-and-the-art-of-chewing/

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Posted by Bongo on September 4, 2011 in Bongo, dogs, humor, pets

Tags: Dog, garbage, Pets

Where to Go?

03 Sep

Yuccas are Mean

A manly dog needs something to lift his leg against. A bush, a tree, a fire hydrant – it doesn’t really matter what it is, but he’s gotta have something. My back yard used to have some plants growing in it that weren’t quite bushes, but I could pretend. They were close enough to being bushes that I could do my business on them and feel good about it. But my person cut them down and took them away.

You know what I have left? Yucca plants. You know what a yucca is? It’s a bush shaped thing full of pointy things that are a cross between a leaf and a spear. Every time I get near one of those yucca plants I get poked. I move a little bit, and get poked again. When you gotta go now it’s a real challenge to find a position where you can lift your leg without getting poked. It usually takes at least three or four tries. Ouch! I hope my person brings back those bushes.

Bongo

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Posted by Bongo on September 3, 2011 in Bongo, dogs, humor, pets

Tags: bushes, Yucca, yucca plants

Frisbee Drag

02 Sep

When I’ve been catching Frisbees and I need to catch my breath I start playing a new game. I call it “Drag the Frisbee.” It’s really fun. There’s no grass in my yard – just rocks and dirt. My person said something about the rocks being in order and the yard really pretty until I came to live with them. Not anymore. I walk backwards and drag the Frisbee through the yard with my front feet. It makes nice little paths through the rocks and dirt, but I don’t really pay much attention to that. It’s just so much fun to drag that Frisbee.

I haven’t figured this one out though. Every time I drag my Frisbee and then take it back to my person to toss for me, she makes me go back inside. When we get inside she makes me give the Frisbee to her. I wish she’d let me keep it so I can chew on it for awhile.

Bongo

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Posted by Bongo on September 2, 2011 in Bongo, dogs, humor, pets

Tags: Dog, Frisbee

Happy September 1st

01 Sep

Today is September 1^st. I’m really excited. I know it probably doesn’t mean much to you. It’s not a special holiday or anything. It’s not even a dog holiday. But for me it’s the best day of the year. You want to know why? For two months now I’ve been putting up with something I don’t like at all. Something I’m very afraid of. It’s called thunder. July and August are called monsoon season here. That’s when most of our thunderstorms come. But now it’s not July anymore and it’s not August. It’s September and that means no more thunderstorms. Yay!