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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.

What Came with the Hat?

13 Nov

Yesterday I got my new Detective Dog hat, but something else came with it.

I looked and looked at it and could not figure out what it was – let alone what anyone would do with it.

I think I’m going to have to get my Detective Dog hat back on and investigate this.

My person tried to tell me I was supposed to hold the end of it in my mouth.

But that didn’t make any sense to me.

I think I’d better keep up with my investigation.

***

My person took that thing away and did something to it.

When she gave it back it smelled better.

It smelled really good.

I think I know what this thing is for now.

But there seems to be some extra parts here.

They only needed this one little piece to put the peanut butter in.

That was sure nice of them to send along a peanut butter holder with my Detective Dog hat.

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Posted by Bongo on November 13, 2012 in Bongo, dogs, humor

Tags: Detective Dog, Pets, pipe

Detective Dog

12 Nov

It came! It finally came! My Detective Dog hat. All this time I’ve been doing investigations and I had no hat to wear.

And it looks like I have an investigation already. I’ve got to find my hat. It was here and now it’s missing. I don’t see it anywhere.

As a matter of fact, I don’t see anything.

This could be serious. What could have happened?

Oh, there it is!

And now I can see the carpet and everything else too.

I really am a good Detective Dog. I solved that mystery quickly. I bet no one else could have done it that fast.

I’d better get my hat back on and wait for the next mystery to arrive.

What do you think? Suave and debonair enough for you? Aren’t you just ready to hire me to solve your next case? No one could turn me down.

Or maybe this?

Hey girls, come on over and let Detective Dog solve your case for you. And afterwards we can have a few treats and go for a romp on my trails.

***

Yikes! I think I’ve got another mystery to solve. Detective Dog to the rescue!

What’s the mystery? Can’t you tell?

All the girls are missing!

Somebody must have snatched them away.

I’m definitely heading out to investigate this one.

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Posted by Bongo on November 12, 2012 in Bongo, dogs, humor

Tags: Detective Dog, detective hat, hat, Pets

Up the Hill

11 Nov

I bet those Israelites were pretty upset after God told them they would be wandering in the desert for forty years. No treats or anything. No milk and honey. Just manna every day – three times a day – for forty years.

I would eat manna. But treats are good sometimes too.

I am ready to listen, person. I was just waiting for you to begin the story.

So those Israelites made God pretty mad when they wouldn’t trust Him to help them take the Promised Land. They were scared of those giants, and all the fortified cities.

But after God told them they would have to wander in the desert for such a long time they must have thought that that was worse than taking a chance on dying in a battle for the Promised Land.

So they said they had sinned and decided they would go to the place the Lord had promised.

But Moses said they were a day late and a dollar short and God was no longer with them.

I didn’t know they had dollars in the desert?

Yes, I’m listening.

Moses told the people not to go. Because they had turned from the Lord, the Amalekites and Canaanites would face them there and defeat them.

But those Israelites figured they could do it on their own so they went up to the high hill country anyway.

Neither Moses nor the Ark of the Covenant went with them.

Maybe Moses didn’t want to go hill climbing.

I am listening.

So when the Israelites got up in those hills the Canaanites and the Amalekites who lived there came down and attacked them.

And they chased them all the way down the hill.

That was a lot of hill climbing for nothing.

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Posted by Bongo on November 11, 2012 in Bongo, Dogology, humor

Tags: Ark of the Covenant, Bible, Canaan, dogs, faith, God, Israelite, Lord, Moses, Pets

Cactus Blockade

10 Nov

This is bad. This is really bad. I was heading across the street to say hi to my neighbors. I like to visit them because they give me loves.

But something was in the way. I was blocked.

My neighbors had put a cactus blockade between my street and their yard.

What does this mean? I know I could squeeze by those cacti and get through – but how long is it going to be before those cacti grow big and cover the whole area?

Are my neighbors trying to keep me out? That makes me really sad. I thought they liked me.

What to do? What to do?

Wait a minute. I think I see something down there.

Is there an opening at the end of this cactus blockade? Maybe they wanted to give me a way in after all.

I knew my neighbors still loved me. They could have put that cactus blockade all across their yard, but they didn’t. They knew if they did that I might not be able to visit and give them loves. What nice neighbors I have.

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Posted by Bongo on November 10, 2012 in Bongo, dogs, humor

Tags: Arizona, blockade, Cactus, neighbors, Pets

Et Tu, Brute?

09 Nov

Something is really strange out on my trails today. I can’t quite put my paws on it – but something is different. I think I’ll stay close to my person. Things just don’t feel quite right.

I think I’ve got it. The sky isn’t the same. It’s been blue for a long time now. I’d almost forgotten it could ever be any other color. But it isn’t blue today. Look how gray it is.

My person says all this gray is coming from a storm called Brutus that’s on its way.

Brutus! What kind of a name is that for a storm?

The Weather Channel named it that?

I’ve heard of thunderstorms, and snowstorms, and rainstorms, and hailstorms. I’ve even heard of windstorms. But Brutus storms? This could be really dangerous. Is Brutus going to be falling out of the sky? What would that be like? Or maybe there will be lots of Brutuses falling.

Hey person, I can barely see those hills. I think Brutus is on its way. We’d better get out of here.

Oh, no! It’s covering up Thunder Mountain now. We’re surrounded!

Wait a minute. I think I’m getting wet. These little Brutuses that are hitting me seem a lot like rain. Do you think the Weather Channel knew what they were talking about when they named this storm Brutus?

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Posted by Bongo on November 9, 2012 in Bongo, dogs, humor

Tags: Brutus, Pets, Sedona, Sedona Arizona, Storm, Trail, Weather Channel, Winter storm

Treats for Everyone

08 Nov

A couple days ago they had this big thing called the Presidential Election. People got all excited and some people ended up happy and some people were not so happy.

I think that everyone should be happy, so here’s my plan.

I’m going to run for president.

If I became president everybody would be happy. That’s because I’m going to campaign on a promise of “Treats for Everyone.” How could anyone not be happy with that.

Dogs would get treats, and people too. I’d even make sure that all the cats got treats.

I figure this is a foolproof campaign. How could anyone not vote for me when they’re getting treats?

What?

Oh. My person just told me that in order to give treats to everyone I would have to raise taxes, and nobody likes that.

I don’t think that’s a problem. I tax in loves and everybody likes to give me loves. All you have to do is give me a few extra loves and I’ll turn them into treats. Problem solved.

So remember in the next presidential election to get out and vote.

Bongo in 2016! Treats for Everyone!

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Posted by Bongo on November 8, 2012 in Bongo, dogs, humor

Tags: Election, Election Day, Pets, President, Treats, Voting

Last Flower of the Season

07 Nov

You’d think it was the last wildflower ever the way my person is taking pictures of it. Yeah, I suppose it might be the last flower of the season – but is it really that special?

I mean, look. It’s a puny little purple thing. The only one on the bush. If that even is a bush. I think it’s really a bunch of weedy little suckers winding their way around the rocks. And they just happened to have one tiny flower – the last throwback of summer.

So can we go now? And leave that little thing to die a wintry death? Yeah, I know it’s not winter here yet but it will be soon. Believe me. I checked the weather and I feel winter on its way.

Yeah, I know it felt like summer today, but It’s coming. So forget about that flower because it’s gonna be gone.

***

What? You’re done taking pictures and you want to go now?

Wait a minute. I’m not ready to go.

I’m not finished with these weeds. Go ahead and take some more pictures.

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Posted by Bongo on November 7, 2012 in Bongo, dogs, humor

Tags: Flower, Pets, Photography, Winter

Don’t Sniff the Cactus

06 Nov

Today was tour guide day on my trails. And I got loves for payment – even though I let my person give the people directions.

I would have given the directions if she’d let me, but I couldn’t get a word in edgewise – and she wouldn’t let me off my leash. I could have led them right up the path.

We got the first group on their way and then we met some more people. They were from Chicago. I’m not sure where Chicago is, but it must be a strange place because they don’t have any cactus there.

And one of those people asked my person a question. “How do you keep a dog from sniffing cactus?”

She should have asked me that because I have the answer. It only takes one time.

But really, dogs don’t need to sniff cactus because nobody leaves their messages on them. Well, maybe once – but then they never do it again.

So if I do notice a message on a cactus I know it’s probably from a Chicago dog, or a new pup – but never from one of my friends.

You see that tree over there?

That’s where all the messages are.

And that’s why we Arizona dogs don’t sniff cactus.

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Posted by Bongo on November 6, 2012 in Bongo, dogs, humor

Tags: Cactus, Chicago, Pets, Sedona, Sedona Arizona, Trail

Moping Vehicle

05 Nov

We have a serious problem around here. Our 4Runner has been moping around in the driveway for a long time. The 4Runner that takes me down the bumpy roads to the swimming hole. I miss my swimming hole. I want to go back.

My person says she won’t take her little car down those bumpy roads, so I’ve got to figure out a way to get that 4Runner moving again.

I wonder if it’s depressed. Maybe I can cheer it up.

Hey 4Runner, want to play a game of catch? Or maybe I could give you some treats. Ooh – that would be really hard sharing my treats with anyone – but for swimming I guess I could sacrifice a few.

I don’t believe it! That 4Runner’s not going to go for either of those things. I’ll have to figure out something else.

Maybe I could get one of those pesky squirrels to come down and tickle its belly. That ought to get it going. There’s a problem though. I can’t seem to get those pesky squirrels to come down out of those trees.

Maybe the javelina could give it a push when they’re doing things like pushing over garbage cans. I guess I’ll have to stay up all night so I can catch them when they come. That might be hard.

Hey, wait a minute! I found the problem. No wonder the 4Runner isn’t going anywhere.

Spiders have tied it down.

Does anybody have any silk cutters?

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Posted by Bongo on November 5, 2012 in Bongo, dogs, humor

Tags: Pets, spider web, spiders, Toyota 4Runner

Exploring the Land

04 Nov

English: Moses and the Messengers from Canaan, by Giovanni Lanfranco, oil on canvas, 85-3/4 x 97 inches, at the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Those Israelites that Moses was leading sure had to hang out in the desert for a long time before God would let them go to the Promised Land.

Really? They finally were almost there? Are they going to march right in and take over?

Oh. They sent some explorers in first, huh? That’s what God told Moses to do? I guess that’s a pretty good idea. Could I go with them? I could wear my explorer hat.

What do you mean, I don’t have an explorer hat?

I wouldn’t run off. Really I wouldn’t.

I’m listening.

Moses sent a leader from each of the twelve tribes of Israel to explore the land. He told them to see what the people were like and what kind of land they lived in. He told them to see if the towns were fortified or not, if the land was good for farming, and if there were trees. And he asked them to bring back some of the fruit of the land.

Could they bring back some dog treats too?

Yes, I’ll listen.

Those men explored the land for forty days and when they came back they brought a branch with a cluster of grapes that was so big it took two of them to carry it on a pole between them.

That’s a lot of grapes. I hope they’ll share some with me.

What do you mean, dogs aren’t supposed to eat grapes? I think they should go back then and get something I can eat. A nice meaty bone maybe.

I’ve been listening all along.

The explorers told Moses that the land truly was a land flowing with milk and honey, but the people were powerful, the cities fortified, and they even saw giants.

Only Caleb and Joshua said that they should go take the land, because those two knew that God was with them and they could do it.

The other ten explorers turned the Israelites against Moses and Aaron and they all grumbled. They were afraid they would all die by the sword and their wives and children would be taken as plunder. They wanted to choose a leader to take them back to Egypt.

The Lord became angry with the people, and Moses had to talk Him out of destroying them and using Moses to start a new nation.

So what happened? Did they go back to Egypt?

They did? They had to hang out in the desert for forty years? Wow! That’s a long time.

No way! God said everyone over twenty except Joshua and Caleb would die in the desert during those forty years? And their children would be the ones to take the land?

Do you think when those children go in there they could get me some treats?

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Posted by Bongo on November 4, 2012 in Bongo, Dogology, humor

Tags: Bible, Caleb, dogs, faith, God, Israelite, Joshua, Lord, Moses, Pets