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National Walk Your Dog Week

03 Oct

We’re right in the middle of it – and it’s one of the best weeks there is.

It means I get to go out for walks every day.

Wait a minute. I go out for walks almost every day anyway.

So what’s so special about this week?

I guess I’d better tell you what week it is.

It’s National Walk Your Dog Week.

And I’ve got to tell all you dogs out there that if you’re not taking your people for walks all the time you’re missing out on a lot of adventures.

My person says it’s good exercise for her and for me. I guess that’s okay.

But what’s more important are the messages I find on my trails from my trail dog buddies.

And the dogs and people I get to meet and greet.

By the way, I think I got a new girlfriend today. She was really cute and she wouldn’t leave me alone. Woo woo! More benefits of going out for walks.

If I didn’t go out for walks all the time my life would be boring.

I wouldn’t have adventures to tell you about.

So if I didn’t go for walks and have adventures you’d probably fall asleep when you read my blog.

It would be that boring.

It would probably be like reading a blog that Scratchy wrote.

Come to think of it, maybe I should start a National Walk Your Cat Week. Scratchy might have something interesting to say then.

Oh wait, never mind. He’d probably try to steal my blog.

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National Walk Your Dog Week was founded by pet Lifestyle Expert & Animal Behaviorist Colleen Paige. Sponsored by – Animal Miracle Foundation, and can be found on the web at http://www.walkyourdogweek.com.

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Posted by Bongo on October 3, 2013 in Bongo, dogs, humor

Tags: Bongo, Layla, National Walk Your Dog Week, Pets, Scratchy, walk

Worn Out Walk

02 Oct

Yesterday my person took me to the dog park – with her camera. She wanted to take pictures of motion, so I ran and jumped and moved every way I could think of.

I worked really hard.

And today I’m worn out.

My feet hurt, my muscles are sore, and all I want to do is sleep.

But my person wanted to go for a walk.

How can I say no to a walk?

I hope my person understands though, and lets me have extra sniffing time so I can rest.

Hey person, this is my favorite spot.

My message rock.

I need to stop and sniff rest here for awhile.

Okay, I’m coming. But I hope you know that you’re wearing me to the bone.

I can hardly go any further. At least we’re on our way back home.

Wait a minute! You mean I have to go uphill to get back home?

I don’t remember this hill ever being here before.

I don’t believe it!

I’m all worn out from helping my person yesterday and what does she do?

She puts a hill in my way.

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Posted by Bongo on October 2, 2013 in Bongo, dogs, humor

Tags: Pets, tired, Trail, walk, worn out

Homework at the Dog Park

01 Oct

I take everything back that I said about my person’s new camera. At least for now.

And here’s why.

My person’s photography class assignment for this week is “Motion.”

And who could come up with something more filled with motion than me?

So I got to go to the dog park today, where there’s lots of room to move.

And my person brought Frisbees and balls along – and her camera.

When we first got to the dog park there was one other dog hanging out. And it turned out to be my good buddy Pablo. I think my person planned that because she didn’t seem surprised.

But then my girlfriend Layla arrived. A regular dog party!

After I got done sniffing around I had to get to work. And it was the most fun work I’ve done in a long time. I guess it will work better if I just show you.

And they even gave me a place to wash off afterwards.

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Posted by Bongo on October 1, 2013 in Bongo, dogs, humor

Tags: Activities, ball, Dog Park, Frisbee, Layla, Pablo, Pets, Photography, Recreation

Mischief: Week Two

30 Sep

This is the second week in a row that I’ve had to post mischief about my people.

I don’t know what such a perfect dog is doing with such mischievous people.

I mean, how do I deserve this?

I guess I’d better tell you what happened.

First, my person left early in the morning.

I didn’t worry too much.

I figured she’d be back soon and take me for a walk on my trails.

Well, she came back all right.

And you know what she did?

She picked up my younger person and they both left in her car.

Without me.

All I got was a little bathroom break in the backyard.

And when they got back home a long time later – I snuck a peek while my person put pictures on her my computer from that new camera of hers. You know, the one that she takes walks with and leaves me at home.

And I couldn’t believe what I saw.

My people went and hung out with bears!

They went to a place called Bearizona – without me.

But that wasn’t the worst of it.

I can see maybe hanging out with bears for an afternoon.

But what else they did really makes me feel dejected.

They hung out with chickens.

Click here to find more mischievous pets.

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Posted by Bongo on September 30, 2013 in Bongo, dogs, humor

Tags: American black bear, Bear, Bearizona, chickens, mischief, Pets

That’s Not How You Do It

28 Sep

I don’t get it. My person just doesn’t make sense at all.

Normally she doesn’t care about smells.

But today she’s walking along the trails saying how good things smell.

I don’t think she gets it.

I smell things in the air all the time. But I don’t smell anything special today.

Different maybe, but not special.

I guess I’ve got to train my person.

It’s not the air smells that count.

You’ve got to get up close and personal to really smell things. To really get the message.

That’s better person, but not good enough.

You’ve got to stick your nose right into those flowers.

What do you mean, you don’t want to do that? You’re trying to get all the best smells, aren’t you?

You cannot smell all best smells from that far away.

I don’t believe it!

Do I have to show you person?

Oh, does that smell good. One of my best friends was by here not too long ago.

Okay person, now you try.

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Posted by Bongo on September 28, 2013 in Bongo, dogs, humor

Tags: flowers, Fragrance, Pets, Smell, Trail

Bug Convention

27 Sep

My person and I headed up to my trails just like any other day, when I spotted it.

The biggest bug I’ve seen in a long time.

You never know what you’re going to find on my trails.

And the bugs around here seem to have the brightest colors.

But just when I thought I’d seen it all for one day, I turned around.

And there it was.

And I hadn’t even left the parking lot yet.

I figured maybe there was a bug convention meeting in the parking lot so I ought to head out on the trails.

I don’t think those big bugs can fit on my little skinny trails so I should be safe there.

But I was totally wrong.

The big bugs were hanging out in the parking lot, but…

they sent the little bugs on ahead to my trails.

Yikes! I think they’re after me!

There must be a can of bug repellant around here somewhere.

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Posted by Bongo on September 27, 2013 in Bongo, dogs, humor

Tags: bugs, Insect, Pets, Trail, Volkswagen Bug

Too Many Cameras

26 Sep

I don’t get it. I just don’t get it.

My person has this new camera and she won’t let me go with her when she takes it

Something about me jostling her or knocking her over or something.

I wouldn’t do that. All my friends who know me know that I would never do anything like that.

Okay, maybe I did that once.

Well, twice then.

I did not do it that many times!

But since I’m not allowed to go out at the same time as that new camera, you’d think I’d at least get some camera free walks.

Walks where I can go wherever I please, sniff as long as I want, and never have to wait while my person takes pictures.

But no. My person still takes her little camera every time we go out for a walk.

If she just took pictures of me on our walks I wouldn’t mind so much. I mean, that’s why she takes the camera. So she can document (I think that word’s too big for me) my adventures for my blog.

But she always finds something else to take pictures of.

And it’s flower season again.

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Posted by Bongo on September 26, 2013 in Bongo, dogs, humor

Tags: Camera, flowers, Pets, Photography, walk

Yellow Everywhere

25 Sep

My trails don’t have any trees that turn color in the fall, but it seems like things are turning yellow anyway.

Maybe I’m colorblind, I know dogs aren’t supposed to see color very well, but something’s different.

I walked and I walked, and it seemed like everywhere I looked I saw yellow.

There’s so much of it that it seems like all the bushes are turning yellow.

I sure hope it’s not catching.

I would look funny if I turned into a yellow dog – at least that shade of yellow anyway.

I couldn’t get rid of that yellow stuff. It was all over the place.

And then I thought, maybe my eyes are playing tricks on me.

Or maybe I’m just imagining things.

So I checked it out closer.

Yup, it even smells yellow.

I’d had enough of this yellow, so I decided to head back home.

I can relax. There’s no yellow there.

Then I headed out to my backyard.

I’m really in trouble now.

Even my yard is turning yellow!

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Posted by Bongo on September 25, 2013 in Bongo, dogs, humor

Tags: Color, Flower, Pets, Trail, Yellow, yellow flowers

Off Without Me

24 Sep

Yesterday I warned you that it would take me two posts to report all the mischief my people were up to this weekend.

So here’s the second post. Notice that it doesn’t start with a picture of me.

First my people went up to the airport and didn’t take me. And I understand dogs are allowed at the airport.

My person took that camera though.

And then, to make it worse they came back home and they left again.

And they still didn’t take me.

When my person got her new hiking boots I was thinking I could drag walk with her up some steep rocky areas.

Well, my younger person stole my idea.

He took my person up some steep, rocky areas.

My person and that camera.

Not only did they go up one steep, rocky area.

When they climbed down that they went further down the trail and found another place to climb.

This is totally not fair.

I mean, this was my idea to help my person test out her new hiking boots.

I might have to hide in the trunk next time to make sure I get to come along.

Oh, wait.

You did what, person?

You didn’t just climb rocks – you took pictures of flowers too?

Never mind then. If you’re going to stop for flowers I think I’ll just stay home.

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Posted by Bongo on September 24, 2013 in Bongo, dogs, humor

Tags: airport, Fay Canyon, Hiking, mischief, Outdoors, Pets, Photography, Recreation, Sedona, Sedona Arizona

The New Pet

23 Sep

This is Monday Mischief. The day us dogs are supposed to report all the mischief that happened over the weekend.

And I have a lot to report.

I’ve got so much to report that I think it’s going to take me two blog posts to get it all in.

It wasn’t my mischief though.

No, I was the perfect dog all weekend long.

But my people – I think they were up to no good.

First, my person got this new pet.

She didn’t ask me about getting a new pet.

Even Scratchy didn’t know about it and I don’t think he wanted anything to do with that new pet either.

And that pet started taking over the house.

First it was in the living room.

Then it was in the bedroom. I know my person thinks it’s her bedroom, but my bed is in there too so it’s really my bedroom.

And that new pet is not allowed in my bedroom.

I mean, what if it tries to sleep in my bed.

Well, I must have convinced my person’s new pet that the bedroom is not where it is supposed to be because next thing I know that pet is back out in the living room.

It’s probably thinking about taking over the bathroom – or the kitchen.

I hope it doesn’t try to eat my food.

I guess my person wasn’t thinking though when she got that new pet.

Or maybe Scratchy and I convinced her that no more pets should be allowed in the house.

Because finally my person got out a jar, convinced the new pet to jump into it, and then she took that jar away with the pet inside.