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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.

Stuck

22 Apr

Sometimes I miss when I’m trying to catch the ball. The other day it bounced off my nose and landed right next to Scratchy. And Scratchy wouldn’t throw the ball back to me. I’ve really got to train that cat better.

This time the ball bounced off my nose and landed in the corner. There used to be enough room between the couches for me to squeeze through, but for some reason that space disappeared. I managed to get behind those couches though and retrieve my ball.

But now I have another problem.

I got my ball out, but now how do I get out?

There must be a way to get from here to there.

That floor looks so close – and yet so far away.

It can’t be that hard. I manage to get over the fence in the backyard. This would be so much easier except I don’t have room to get a running jump.

Oh wait, this will work.

And you thought I’d never make it, didn’t you?

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Posted by Bongo on April 22, 2013 in Bongo, dogs, humor

Tags: ball, couch, Pets, Scratchy, stuck

Still Looking for the Fish

21 Apr

Another feast!? Jesus is going to a feast?

I hope I get invited. There’s good food at those feasts.

What do you mean, this story isn’t about the feast? What else could be better than a feast?

Oh. Another miracle, huh? You mean like when Jesus fed all those people?

What do you mean, those weren’t the only miracles Jesus did?

Okay, I’ll listen.

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When Jesus was in Jerusalem for a feast he stopped by a pool called Bethesda. A great number of disabled people hung out there. An angel went down at a certain time and stirred up the water and whoever stepped in first after that was healed.

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That sounds like a good place to go swimming.

What do you mean dogs probably weren’t allowed in that pool?

I am listening.

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One of the people at the pool had been an invalid for thirty-eight years. Jesus saw him lying there and learned he’d been in that condition for a long time and he asked him, “Do you want to get well?”

The invalid told Jesus that he had no one to help him into the pool, so when the water was stirred someone always beat him into it.

Jesus said to the man, “Get up! Pick up your mat and walk.”

The man was immediately made well and he picked up his mat and walked.

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I bet that man was so happy he ran out and got some fish. And he had so much he shared it with me.

I am not totally focused on fish. Any kind of food will do.

I am listening, but I just had to throw in that fish part.

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The Jews saw the healed man carrying his mat and they gave him what for because it was the Sabbath and it was against the law to carry a mat on the Sabbath.

But it was one of the laws that people had added to God’s laws.

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So if people make a law we shouldn’t have to follow it? Like I shouldn’t have to be on a leash?

What do you mean that’s not the same?

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Jesus was making a point because so many things had been added to the Sabbath that it was impossible to follow them.

But because Jesus was healing on the Sabbath the Jews persecuted him.

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Does that mean Jesus can’t feed everybody on the Sabbath? I’d better hang out with him on the other days of the week.

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Posted by Bongo on April 21, 2013 in Bongo, Dogology, humor

Tags: Christianity, dogs, faith, God, healing, Jerusalem, Jesus, Jews, Pets, Sabbath

Toss the Ball

20 Apr

One of my favorite games is catch. I’ll bring a ball to my person when she’s sitting on the couch – especially if she’s talking to someone on the phone. Then I patiently wait for her to toss the ball back to me.

And if my patience wears thin because my person won’t toss back the ball I bring her another one. I figure if her lap gets filled with balls she’ll eventually have to toss them away.

And that’s when I catch them.

But this time I decided to do something different.

Instead of catching the ball I bounced it back – right to Scratchy.

But I forgot one thing. Scratchy never wants to play.

Scratchy sat right next to that ball and ignored it.

Come on Scratchy. I’m waiting for the ball.

Scratchy, I’m still waiting. Aren’t you going to toss that ball back to me?

This is terrible. I just realized something.

Scratchy thinks that ball is his now. He’s never going to give it back to me.

How can I convince Scratchy that that ball belongs to me?

Maybe I can bring Scratchy a treat and he’ll trade me the ball for the treat.

Here Scratchy, want to trade?

Oh wait, never mind. Scratchy, you can have that old ball. This is the best treat ever.

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Posted by Bongo on April 20, 2013 in Bongo, dogs, humor

Tags: ball, Cats and Dogs, Pets, Scratchy, toss

Bella

19 Apr

I woke up from my after the dog hotel nap long enough for my person to tell me a story about what she did while she was deserting me in the dog hotel.

And the story she told me doesn’t make any sense. I think something happened to her brain while she was gone.

She tried to tell me about a homeless cat she met while she was gone. I don’t know why my person would go all the way to Seattle to meet a homeless cat. We have homeless cats around here – well not around my trails, but in places not too far away from here.

Anyway, my person says this homeless cat she met is named Bella. I’m not sure how a homeless cat could have a name, and even if it did, how would my person know what it was.

But here’s the really strange part. This homeless cat not only has a name, she has a person.

So if Bella has a person, how can she be homeless?

What, person? Bella’s person is homeless? I didn’t know people could be homeless.

Well, maybe someone should give Bella a home and then Bella’s person could go there too.

You did what, person? You and a friend gave Bella some cat food?

I like cat food.

Maybe if I go outside and pretend I’m homeless somebody will give me some cat food.

You gave Bella a whole bag of cat food?

I think I’m going to find Bella. I bet she’s got enough to share.

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Posted by Bongo on April 19, 2013 in Bongo, dogs, humor

Tags: Cat, Cat food, Homelessness, Pets, Seattle

Pet Owner’s Day

18 Apr

Finally, my person came and brought me home from the dog hotel. But I think she had an ulterior motive when she got me.

You see, today is Pet Owner’s Day. I think my person came and got me because she thought I would treat her special today. I bet if it wasn’t Pet Owner’s Day my person would have let me just sit in the dog hotel. Who knows when she would have come to let me out.

My person probably thinks I’m going to get her something special for Pet Owner’s Day. She probably thinks I’m going to get her a special treat – like chocolate or something. And she probably thinks I’m going to do special things for her – like take her on an extra long walk or something.

Well, I’ve got a surprise for her. Because I found a new friend at the dog hotel and she played with me – a lot.

I had great fun with my new friend, but now I’m totally worn out.

So that extra long walk isn’t coming – and I need that chocolate more than my person does.

So my person is out of luck this Pet Owner’s Day. Unless, that is, she can get Scratchy to do something special for her.

I’m going to take a nap.

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Posted by Bongo on April 18, 2013 in Bongo, dogs, humor

Tags: Cats and Dogs, dog hotel, nap, Pet Owner's Day, Pets, Scratchy

Wordless Week – Day 7

17 Apr

How many days are in a week? I’m thinking this wordless week is almost over. At least I hope so. I hope my person shows up and takes me home from the dog hotel soon. Then I can go back to leaving messages on these flowers instead of showing you all the pictures my person has taken of them.

These flowers are really little. I can’t believe my person bothered to take pictures of them.

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Posted by Bongo on April 17, 2013 in Bongo

Wordless Week – Day 6

16 Apr

More flowers! Oh no. I’ve got to get out of this dog hotel so I can have more adventures.

All over my trails are these bushes full of white blossoms.

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Posted by Bongo on April 16, 2013 in Bongo, dogs, humor

Tags: bushes blossoming, Pets, Photography, Trail, white blossoms

Wordless Week – Day 5

15 Apr

The weekend is over and here I am, still stuck at the dog hotel. And all I have left to show you are flower pictures. I hope you don’t get too bored with them.

In the spring I see a lot of these plants with these purple blossoms.

But this is the only one of these plants I’ve seen that did this.

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Posted by Bongo on April 15, 2013 in Bongo, dogs, humor

Tags: dog hotel, flowers, Pets

Follow Me

14 Apr

Hey person, did Jesus ever get that hole in the roof fixed after he healed that guy who couldn’t walk?

What? The Bible doesn’t say anything about it? How am I supposed to sleep at night if I’m worried if there’s still a hole in the roof or not?

Jesus did what?

He signed up another disciple? Didn’t he have enough already?

Did this new disciple catch a lot of fish too?

I’ll listen if there’s fish.

There’s food in the story? Okay, I’ll listen.

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In Jesus’ day the Israelites hated the Roman government that ruled over them because the Roman’s were very oppressive. They also hated the tax collectors because they were collecting taxes for the Roman government. These tax collectors were Jews who not only worked for the Roman government, but usually collected more tax than required and kept the extra for themselves.

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What does that have to do with food?

The food is coming?

I’ll listen then.

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Jesus saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax collector’s booth and he said to him, “Follow me.”

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Why would Jesus want someone nobody liked on his team? Wouldn’t that put him at a disadvantage?

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The food’s almost here?

I’ll listen then.

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Matthew got up and followed Jesus and then invited Jesus to dinner at his house.

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Do you think Matthew would invite me too?

I’ll listen, but do you mind if I drool while I’m listening?

I can’t help it if I drool, but if you give me a treat I might stop.

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Matthew also invited a bunch of tax collectors and “sinners” to have dinner with them. Some of the religious people called Pharisees saw this and asked Jesus’ disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and ‘sinners’?”

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I’d eat with them too as long as they shared their food – and gave me loves.

I am listening.

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Jesus heard the Pharisee’s question and said to them, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”

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Does that mean that Jesus still loves me even when I’m getting into mischief?

Woo woo! Jesus loves me! I hope he’ll bring me some fish.

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Posted by Bongo on April 14, 2013 in Bongo, Dogology, humor

Tags: Bible, Christianity, Disciple (Christianity), dogs, Jesus, Matthew, Pets, Pharisee, Tax collector