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Conflict in the Kennel

18 Nov

Scratchy!

What are you doing in my dog jail kennel?

You don’t belong in here.

This is my place. My our person bought this for me.

You’d better get out of here.

Scratchy, I mean it.

You need to get out of here now.

Scratchy, I’m trying to be nice about this.

Why is it you don’t want to cooperate?

All you have to do is get out of my kennel and go find your own place to sleep.

Alright, that does it.

That’s enough.

I’ll deal with this later.

Scratchy, if you want to be in here so bad you can stay in here.

I’m outta here!

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

Tags: Cat, Cats and Dogs, kennel, Pets

Missing the Smell

16 Nov

My person and I headed out of the wash and back onto one of my regular trails.

But before we could get on the trail our path was blocked.

Three mountain bikers rolled on by.

They couldn’t see us as they approached because we were hidden behind a tree. But as they rolled on past, only a few feet away, not one of them looked and noticed that we were there.

Imagine being so close to a dog and a person and not knowing it.

People are so unaware sometimes.

I’d never miss a biker. If I didn’t see or hear the biker I would smell him.

But what if nobody smelled?

Not only would the world be a far less interesting place, but if someone was quiet enough they might be able to sneak up on you.

Or we might pass people and dogs all the time and not even know about it.

We might be lost in our own little worlds and lose out on all the greetings, and conversations (barking, I mean), and playful times.

That might make the world a lonely place to be.

It would be terrible!

Wait. If people can’t smell things very well, I bet they miss out on who’s near them all the time.

Something needs to be done about this.

There must be some kind of nose surgery to help people smell things better.

And I hope that surgery clears a few more things up for them.

For some reason people have the strangest sense about what smells good.

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

Tags: Bikers, Mountain biking, Pets, Smell, smells, Trail

Poetry is Necessary

15 Nov

I headed to my trails and found a bike parked there. This doesn’t happen very often.

Most of the bikes that come to my trails go on my trails.

But this bike is different – in more ways than one.

I see lots of people put stickers on their cars, but I don’t usually see them on bikes.

Actually, I don’t think I’ve ever seen one on a bike on my trails before.

But this bike must be special.

It’s a poetry bike.

This bike says poetry is necessary.

Does that mean I have to write poetry?

Is it as necessary as eating, or sleeping, or going on walks on my trails?

Okay, I guess I’ll write a poem.

Bikes that write poetry

Are found to be rare

But a dog that writes poems

Can be worse than a bear

Wait a minute! What happened there?

Those words just came out. They’re not what I wanted to say.

That poetry writing took right over and started writing its own words.

Maybe I shouldn’t be writing poetry.

But I can’t stop yet. I’ve got to get that bear first.

I chased a bear

He’s no longer there

He ran over the hill

And I’m not sure to where

Take that you mean old bear.

And don’t come back either.

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

Tags: Bear, bike, Pets, poetry, Trail

Yoda Come Back

14 Nov

I always thought Yoda was this great and powerful Jedi knight, but until I met him in person doggin I didn’t realize how little he was.

I guess Yoda is something like a habanero chili – a lot of punch in a little package.

Yoda and I could make a great team.

When I put on my Detective Dog hat…

And investigate a mystery and find a bad guy –

Yoda could get out his light saber and go after him.

***

But when I met Yoda…

He didn’t even have a light saber.

Yoda, how are you going to conquer the dark side of the force without your light saber?

And then – this makes me really sad – Yoda didn’t seem to want anything to do with me.

As a matter of fact, Yoda acted like he was afraid of me.

Yoda come back!

I won’t try to steal your light saber.

Just because I’m part black doesn’t mean I’m on the dark side.

See, I’m part white too. I’m one of the good guys.

Where are you going Yoda?

Yodaaaaa!

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Posted by Bongo on November 14, 2013 in Bongo, dogs, humor

Tags: Dark Side, Detective Dog, Jedi, Lightsaber, Pets, Yoda

World Kindness Day

13 Nov

Today is World Kindness Day. I figure it’s a really good holiday for me because I’m just naturally kind.

It’s totally my second nature.

Eating treats is my first.

I’m always doing kind things such as taking my person for walks.

Can you imagine how out of shape she would be if I didn’t do that?

And I’m kind by giving loves to anyone who wants them. (Cute girls are my favorite though.)

I’m kind by cleaning up the kitchen floor so my person doesn’t have to mop as often.

Frankly, I don’t know why she mops at all. I think I do a pretty good job of cleaning.

I actually spend my whole day being kind in one way or another, so maybe I should name every day World Kindness Day.

What? What are you saying, person?

Now, that’s going a bit too far.

You mean I have to be kind to Scratchy too?

I’ll be kind to Scratchy alright. As soon as he gives me my ball back.

Come on Scratchy, I really want that ball.

Okay fine Scratchy. Now that you gave me my ball I’ll share the water in my water dish with you.

As soon as I’m finished with it.

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Posted by Bongo on November 13, 2013 in Bongo, dogs, humor

Tags: Cat, Cats and Dogs, Pets, Scratchy, World Kindness Day

Treat on the Trail

12 Nov

This is the best day ever!

I never find treats on my trails – well, except for weeds, that is.

But today I found an apple. I like apples.

So I hurried over to see what this was all about.

Why was an apple sitting on my trails – right in broad daylight for me to eat?

I guess I really don’t need to solve this mystery – I just need to eat it.

So I thought I would savor the moment, taking in all the juicy good smells of this apple.

Mmmm, this smells good! I think I even sense a trace of little kid smell on here. I wonder how that smell got on this apple.

I guess it doesn’t matter. It’s time to chomp away.

Wait! What?

What are you doing person?

You can’t drag me away!

I’m just getting ready to eat this apple.

Person, you don’t understand?

Don’t you get it? This isn’t one of the normal smells on my trails.

Can’t you see that apple?

Person! Hey person!

Noooooooooo!

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Posted by Bongo on November 12, 2013 in Bongo, dogs, humor

Tags: Apple, Pets, Trail

The Next Challenge

11 Nov

If you’ve been reading my blog over the past couple weeks or so you probably know that my person recently got me a dog jail.

I tried to put Scratchy in it and turn it into a cat jail, but for some reason that didn’t work.

And I keep getting locked in that dog jail every time my person leaves the house.

Don’t tell my person, but I have to admit something.

I’m kind of starting to like that dog jail.

And here’s why.

I’m getting a lot of extra treats because of it.

Every time my person wants me to go in there she puts treats inside.

I hope she never finds out that I’ll go in there without the treats, because treats are what I live for.

And I can sleep in that dog jail just as well as I can sleep on the carpet.

But there is one problem with it.

While I’m locked in dog jail I can’t steal the cat food.

So I’m having to take some bigger chances.

It’s easier when my person isn’t in the house, but now the farthest away she’ll be without seeing me is another room.

Next time I think I’d better wait until she’s farther away than the next room.

You had your camera in your hand already?

Person, you can’t put these pictures on my blog. There’s dirty dishes on your counter.

As long as my person is going to embarrass herself with these pictures, I might as well finish the job.

At least if I get in trouble now it was worth it.

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Posted by Bongo on November 11, 2013 in Bongo, dogs, humor

Tags: Cat, Cat food, Cats and Dogs, dog jail, dog kennel, kennel, Pets, Scratchy

A Sad Story

09 Nov

Hmmm.

Something’s here that doesn’t belong on my trails.

At least not this time of year.

It smells funny too. Not your usual trail scent.

And it’s colorful.

There’s not usually much color on my trails this time of year except for the red rocks and the blue skies.

I wonder how this strange stuff got here.

Colors are usually cheery, but this stuff seems to have a sad story behind it.

Maybe a cute girl was sniffing the funny smell and the wind came up and blew these things out of her hands.

Or maybe a boy was bringing these to a cute girl, but she’d gone too far on my trails and he couldn’t find her.

Or maybe these were meant to remember someone.

Oh wait – this is Sedona after all. Someone was probably using these to put an enchantment on my trails.

It’s a good thing I found them then.

No enchantments for my trails.

Unless it’s to enchant all the cute girls to come and give me loves.

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Posted by Bongo on November 9, 2013 in Bongo, dogs, humor

Tags: Flower, Hiking, Sedona, Sedona Arizona, Trail

What Good is Busy?

08 Nov

Busy, busy, busy.

Most of the time I don’t like that word – especially when my person says it.

When she says that word she usually leaves the house and leaves me home alone. Well, with Scratchy but he doesn’t count.

If she does stay home with that word she ignores me and won’t play.

And today she said it was one of those busy days.

Yuck!

Two meetings and a wedding and a class. She could have taken me along, but no she didn’t.

But today something good came out of busy.

This time of year we rarely go for walks in the morning – we usually wait until later in the afternoon.

But all of my person’s busies were later in the day so I had to take her for a walk in the morning.

We haven’t been on a morning walk since it was hot last summer, but someone I know goes on morning walks – and I haven’t seen her since last summer.

But I saw her today.

My girlfriend Julie!

And something else happened too.

My person has never unhooked my leash while we’re on my trails.

But she did today.

I guess she didn’t want me and Julie to tangle her up.

28 Comments

Posted by Bongo on November 8, 2013 in Bongo, dogs, humor

Tags: busy, Julie, Leash, Pets, Scratchy, Trail

Sand Pile

07 Nov

Check this out. Someone made me a sand pile.

I really don’t know what to do with it though.

Cats like sand piles. Maybe I should take it home to Scratchy.

Maybe he’d bury his claws in this sand and I’d never see them again.

Come on, person. Help me pick up this sand pile. We’ve got to take it home for Scratchy.

What do you mean, you won’t help me with it?

Well in that case…

Maybe I can cover up this sand pile with my shadow.

I wouldn’t want any other cats finding it and stealing it.

But maybe I should figure out who made this sand pile in the first place.

Hmm. Not much here.

There’s nothing that’s even worth smelling.

Yup, this smells better over here.

I think I’ll just check stuff out over here for awhile. Maybe a cat will show up and make that sand pile smell better.

Hey person, do you think we could go get Scratchy and bring him out to the sand pile?

31 Comments

Posted by Bongo on November 7, 2013 in Bongo, dogs, humor

Tags: Cat, Hiking, Pets, sand, sand pile, Scratchy, Trail

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