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Doggie Destruction

Oops!

Oops. I didn’t mean to do it. Truly I didn’t. But my people left me –again. And then it happened – again. I just had to find a way out. Any way out. I didn’t care how I did it. I didn’t care about getting in trouble. Whatever I had to dig up or tear down – I was gonna do it.

Oh no! Here they come. Good, it’s still thundering. Maybe if I shake real hard like I’m really, really scared, they’ll feel sorry for me and I won’t get in too much trouble. Maybe. Oh please, please, please.

Hey, what’s with this Marley dog my person is talking about? Here I just tore up the house and I’m expecting to get a lot of attention – even if it’s bad attention – and she’s talking about Marley. Does she have a new friend? Does she like Marley better than me? My person says Marley and Me was her favorite book because it made her feel like I wasn’t so bad. But she says I’m a close second now. I don’t want to be second. I want to be first.

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Posted by Bongo on September 13, 2011 in Bongo, dogs, humor, pets

Tags: Marley & Me, Thunder

Cabinet Cat

12 Sep

Scratchy's Safe Place

When I first came to live in my house Scratchy was already there. I don’t think he liked me very much. I hardly knew he was around for a long time. He hung out on top of the kitchen cabinets and only came down to eat and use his litter box. Then he jumped right back up to the top of those cabinets.

I kind of wanted to get to know Scratchy, but I really didn’t mind that he stayed out of the way because that meant I had the people all to myself. I had been living in dog jail for a long time and I had to share the people there with lots of other dogs. Having people of my own was like heaven for me.

Scratchy finally got tired of hanging out by himself and decided to come down. It took him about ten months though. Now I had someone else to play with, but he didn’t play fair. He’d jump up onto a counter so he was higher than me and when I jumped up to get to the same height he’d scratch me on the nose. Ouch!!!

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Posted by Bongo on September 12, 2011 in Bongo, dogs, humor, pets

Tags: Cat, Cats and Dogs, Scratchy

Berry Blast

11 Sep

What are these things on the ground?

Last night I heard it. My person had music on but I still could hear it. A couple loud rumbles – my least favorite sound. I have trouble holding everything in when the storms come around, so when my person offered to take me outside I went for it.

She put my leash on and I drug her to the front door. I had to get out in a hurry. We went outside and I drug her close to my favorite front yard pine tree. Thunder rumbled and lightning flashed. The lightning reflected throughout the clouds, and it flashed and reflected again.

And then it happened. My person and I were being pelted. It didn’t feel like rain – we weren’t getting wet. Maybe it was hail. I don’t think so though. Hail this big would hurt when it hit. Oh, no. That juniper tree over there. That’s what it is. The wind is blowing and the tree is letting go. We’re being pelted with flying juniper berries. I think I discovered a new kind of weather.

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Posted by Bongo on September 11, 2011 in Bongo, dogs, humor, pets

Tags: Juniper berry, Lightning, Thunder, Thunderstorms and Lightning

Do Dogs Like Frogs?

10 Sep

My person bought a new shell for our frog. It’s a special shell that’s kind of like his bed. He hangs out in it sometimes. I found the shell sitting on the kitchen counter and it was covered in plastic. I don’t think the frog can use it with the plastic on it. It makes it hard for the frog to get inside it.

I figured I’d do my person a favor and get the plastic off of it for her. I took the shell of the counter and began to chew the plastic off of it. Then I chewed the plastic into little bits because it felt really good to chew on it.

My person was not very happy with me when she came home and had to pick up the little bits of plastic. Sometimes I don’t know what’s wrong with her. I did her a favor. I got the plastic off and I didn’t even hurt the shell.

Bongo

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Posted by Bongo on September 10, 2011 in Bongo, dogs, humor, pets

Tags: Frog, Plastic, Shell

Moving the Covers

09 Sep

I don’t get it. When my person gets out of bed in the morning she covers it up with the extra blankets. Sometimes she does it before she’ll even feed me breakfast. Doesn’t she understand what a waste it is? When she gets back in bed at night she moves all those blankets out of the way. If she’d just left them there in the morning she wouldn’t have to do that.

I figured out a plan. I can’t do it when my person is in the house because I’ll get yelled at. I’m not supposed to be on her bed. But as soon as she leaves to go somewhere I move all those blankets out of the way for her. I have to get on her bed to do it, but I’m sure she won’t mind. After all, I’m doing her a favor.

Sometimes I get yelled at when my person comes back home. I don’t get it. I try to help out and I get in trouble. I guess I can’t complain. Moving those covers out of the way is a lot of fun.

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Posted by Bongo on September 9, 2011 in Bongo, dogs, humor, pets

Tags: Bedding, bedroom, Blanket

Let’s Play Catch!

08 Sep

She's gotta throw one of these.

When I get excited one of my favorite things to do is play catch. My people won’t throw Frisbees in the house so when we’re inside balls work best. If I can’t find a ball one of my stuffed toys works too. I really like to play catch when my people have friends over. If I’m being ignored the best thing to do is pick up one of my balls and drop it in someone’s lap. If they don’t get the hint I get another ball and drop it in their lap. Sometimes they’re really dumb and I have to drop three or four balls in their lap.

When their lap gets too full of balls and toys they usually start tossing them away. Perfect. Now I can catch them and bring them back. It feels really good to chew on the ball a few times before I hand it back.

Sometimes people say “Eeeew” when I hand the ball back to them. I’m not sure what that means, but after they say it they usually pick up the ball with the tips of their fingers and drop it on the floor. Don’t they know that is not the best way to play catch?

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Posted by Bongo on September 8, 2011 in Bongo, dogs, humor, pets

Tags: Balls, Frisbee

Chase Away the Thunder

07 Sep

Will these work?

I am bummed. I had a big celebration on September 1^st because I thought it was the end of monsoon season. No more thunder. And it was good for a few days. I was happy I didn’t have to worry about a big monster reaching out of the sky and grabbing me – and squeezing me to little bits.

Then it happened. It came back. Not only thunder, but loud rain pounding down on the roof – so loud that I wanted to curl up into a little ball and hide. But I can’t. There’s nowhere to hide from that stuff. Guess I’ll have another party. This time I’m going to use party horns and noisemakers. Maybe they’ll be loud enough to chase away the thunder.

Bongo

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Posted by Bongo on September 7, 2011 in Bongo, dogs, humor, pets

Tags: Monsoon, Rain, Thunder

Gizmo

06 Sep

Gizmo

Sometimes I know someone when I’ve never actually met them. Sometimes my people come home with smells from other animals and sometimes I’ve smelled those same smells before. I feel like I know those animals, but I don’t like it when other animals get attention from my people. After all, they’re my people.

There’s one cat that I’ve smelled on my people before, that I also smell on my little friend. The friend I wrote about in my last blog. This cat is getting awfully familiar with a lot of people that I know. I’d really like to meet this cat in person so I can chase him away.

My person said it wouldn’t be nice to chase this cat, but she told me this cat sleeps in strange places. Something about a sink. If that’s the case I could probably jump high enough to turn on the water faucet. I wonder how wet the cat would get before I had a chance to chase it.

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Posted by Bongo on September 6, 2011 in Bongo, dogs, humor, pets

Tags: animals, Cat, friend

Friends

05 Sep

Shoot some more darts please

I have a little friend that comes over to visit sometimes. When his mother brings him I get really excited. I’m not sure why, but I usually get locked in a bedroom. This makes me mad and I scratch on the door until someone lets me out. Usually my little friend comes and lets me out after his mother leaves. I like playing with him.

There’s a problem though. Lots of times my little friend and my person get on the floor and play with each other. And they ignore me! I don’t like being ignored so I get right in the middle of them and start playing. The problem is that my little friend is so little that I sometimes knock him down. He doesn’t seem to mind but my person locks me in the bedroom again.

Sometimes I have to scratch on the door for a long time. Ignored again. Eventually my little friend wants the Nerf guns that are locked in this room with me. Yay! Not only do I get out of here, but I get to chase Nerf darts. My little friend must be a bad aim though. It’s really hard to chase the darts for him when they’re all hitting me.

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Posted by Bongo on September 5, 2011 in Bongo, dogs, humor, pets

Tags: Darts, Nerf

Garbage Hound

04 Sep

Sometimes the lid to the garbage can in the kitchen doesn’t close all the way. When that happens it’s really hard to have patience. If I help myself to something while my people are there I will get into immediate trouble. So I have to wait. Sometimes I have to wait a long time. But when they finally leave the house I’m ready.

Let’s see. What kind of treats can I find today? Everything smells like food, but I usually don’t find much actual food. I guess because I already ate my people’s leftovers. Darn. Why didn’t they save something for me to pick out of the garbage? Oh well. I think I’ll try this container. It smells really good and it has a nice feel when I chew on it. Really nice. It feels great tearing this apart.

Oh oh. I hear my people coming home and all this evidence is too hard to eat. Oh, no. I’m in trouble now.

Bongo

P.S. I’ve got to give credit to my friend Bassa for giving me the idea to write about this. http://bassasblog.wordpress.com/2011/09/02/zen-and-the-art-of-chewing/

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Posted by Bongo on September 4, 2011 in Bongo, dogs, humor, pets

Tags: Dog, garbage, Pets