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Toss the Ball

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 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

Wordless Week – Day 4

13 Apr

I’d really like to get out of this dog hotel so I can go after those pesky scrub jays on my trails.

And the quail that snuck into my yard.

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

Tags: dog hotel, Gambel's Quail, Pets, Quail, scrub jays

Wordless Week – Day 3

12 Apr

This wordless thing is getting really bad – especially when all my person will let me post are flower pictures. At least they’re pictures of flowers on my trails. I hope I get out of this dog hotel soon.

Each year is a new adventure on my trails, because some flowers do well one year and other flowers do well the next. This year these bushes are filling up with yellow blossoms.

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

Tags: blossoms, Pets, Photography

Wordless Week – Day 2

11 Apr

I’m still at the dog hotel, but I saw Ghost Dog the other day.

He looked at me and wagged his tail.

Then he disappeared like he always does.

I saw Ghost Dog a couple days after that. He was sitting outside my friend and neighbor dog Toby’s house. I heard that Ghost Dog came in Toby’s house and hung out for awhile.

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

Tags: Ghost Dog, Pets

Wordless Week

10 Apr

I don’t believe it! My person has dumped me off in the dog hotel again and she said she doesn’t even have time to be my secretary while she’s gone. I can’t write about my adventures or anything. This will be a wordless week for sure.

My person gets so crazy with her camera that she even takes pictures of weeds.

I pushed my way in front of the camera so I could eat those things.

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Posted by Bongo on April 10, 2013 in Bongo, dogs, humor

Tags: dog hotel, Pets, Photography, weeds, wordless

Stone Steps

09 Apr

I was walking down the wash on my trails and I found some really cool stairs. I thought I’d check them out. And the only way I know how to check out stairs is to climb them.