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Pet Owner’s Day

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

Midnight Mischief

02 Apr

Yesterday I had to put off my mischief story because I had so many other things to say. So today I’m going to tell you about the mischief maker – and this time it wasn’t me.

All last week my person was working on a paper mache empty tomb, and for some reason she wouldn’t let me alone in the room with that tomb. She doesn’t seem to trust me or something. Just because I knocked it on the floor and ate the paper mache stuff off of it. I don’t know what the problem is. My person fixed it.

At night she was shutting the door to her bedroom – with me inside – so I couldn’t go out and eat be near that tomb without her knowing about it.

Scratchy wasn’t very happy about this. He likes to come and go as he pleases and he really dislikes being locked inside the bedroom at night.

So one night Scratchy came to the closed door and started making noise like cats do and clawing on the carpet. My person opened the door and when he got up on the bed she shut the door again.

This made Scratchy mad and he wanted right back out. My person let him out since he was making such a ruckus and then she shut the door.

Scratchy didn’t like that either. He wanted that door open. He kept bugging us until my person opened the door again.

He didn’t want to come in, but he wanted to be able to come in.

Of course, this left me with access to that tomb.

But I didn’t want to eat that thing. It tasted terrible the first time.

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

Tags: Cats and Dogs, Easter, mischief, Papier-mâché, Pets, Scratchy, Tomb

Treats and Loves Twice

08 Mar

Two times this week! Do you believe it? I got to go for a ride in the car and we stopped at the treats and loves place twice this week. That’s never happened before. At least that I remember.

That treats and loves place is pretty cool, but I still can’t figure out why my person keeps yelling at me when I’m in the car. She always wants me to lie down, and then she keeps yelling “back.” She’s sitting in the front of the car. I don’t know why I can’t be up there with her.

But I guess I’d better tell you what that treats and loves place is. No, it’s not the doggy spa. I’m too cool to go there. It’s the vet. They see me coming and they get out the treats. They love me there.

Don’t tell my person though – she doesn’t know because they left her behind and just took me into the room – but I had to work really hard for those treats. They poked needles in me. I’m not sure why they do that. Maybe they had to test to see which kinds of treats are my favorite. I could have told them that, though.

When I left they told me to say hi to Scratchy – so after we got in the car, my person yelled “back”, and we made it back home I hurried in the house to give Scratchy the hi.

And you know what Scratchy did?

He growled.

I guess they don’t give Scratchy treats and loves at the vet. I wonder why.

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

Tags: Cat, Cats and Dogs, loves, Pets, Treats, veterinarian

Scratchy or the Snake

02 Mar

This is kind of a sad story for an adventure, but a dog’s got to do what a dog’s got to do.

You see, my person still didn’t take me for a walk today. But it was a really nice day so she thought maybe we could go sit out in the yard for awhile.

That worked pretty good. It felt really great to lie and soak up the sun.

But then my person thought maybe Scratchy would like to come out too.

I don’t know what she was thinking. She was breaking her own rules. Scratchy’s not allowed outside.

But my person said Scratchy doesn’t run off anymore so she knew he would stay in the yard.

So she brought him out and sat him on her lap. If you’re wondering what that black blob is in front of my handsome face, you guessed it. It’s Scratchy.

Scratchy being on my person’s lap meant he was getting more attention than me so I decided to give Scratchy some attention. I went over and kissed him – right on his face – a bunch of times.

Scratchy eventually took a dive off my person’s lap and then I went after him some more and he ran back in the house.

Now I could have all the attention again, but that meant I no longer had Scratchy to harass.

So you know what I did? I went in and brought out my snake. My snake’s good for a harassment or two.

But my person spoiled all the fun. She made me take my snake back inside.

It’s no fun harassing a snake in the house.

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

Tags: Cats and Dogs, Pets, Scratchy, Snake

It’s Love Your Pet Day!

20 Feb

Today is a special day. Do you know what it is? It’s Love Your Pet Day.

What better day could there possibly be?

I wonder what my person is going to do for me today.

Maybe she’ll take me for an extra long walk on my trails.

Or maybe she’ll even take me to the dog park.

I bet I’ll get lots and lots of treats.

I might even get a new toy or two.

And loves. And lots of Frisbees and balls tossed for me to catch.

I’m so excited! This is going to be a really great day.

What?

Wait a minute!

What did you say, person? Scratchy’s your pet too?

And you’re going to give him special things today?

And you think I should do special things for Scratchy too?

Now that’s going a bit too far.

What’s Scratchy going to do for me?

Hey, where are you going, person?

She left. I don’t believe it. She left.

It’s Love Your Pet Day and our person left us Scratchy. What kind of love is that?

I’ll tell you what, Scratchy. Since it’s Love Your Pet Day I won’t harass you if you don’t harass me. Is that a deal?

Okay good. Deal!

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Posted by Bongo on February 20, 2013 in Bongo, dogs, humor

Tags: Cats and Dogs, Love Your Pet Day, Pets, Scratchy

Could I Just Have My Treats?

13 Feb

I was really excited today when my person went out to the car and then came back for me. She didn’t even have to tell me. I jumped right in.

I’m not sure why she won’t let me in the front seat when she’s driving, but at least the ride wasn’t long.

We got out at the vet. I love going to the vet. Treats and loves. That’s what I get.

I made a new friend when I got inside. A poodle. He greeted me at the door.

And then one of my people friends came to get me.

She checked me over and then left the room. I stood patiently looking at the door and wagging my tail, waiting for her to come back so I could get my treats and loves.

But they were holding off on those treats today, and picking at me instead.

I tried to get my person to make them stop and give me my treats, but she seemed helpless to do anything.

I don’t know what they were finding so interesting in my hair.

If they wanted a souvenir so bad they could have just cut a hunk of hair off. I wouldn’t mind. But please give me my treats and loves.

This wasn’t quite the kind of loves I had in mind.

They found what? Little bugs attached to me? Tics? Do they taste good?

I’ll settle for my treats then.

Oh yeah? I might have given bugs to Scratchy? I bet I did because I kissed him this morning.

Make sure you tell Scratchy I made an appointment for him so he could get picked at too. And no treats for you Scratchy because you don’t like going to the vet.

That’s what you get Scratchy, for walking away in the middle of a kiss.

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

Tags: Cats and Dogs, Pets, Scratchy, tics, Treats, veterinarian

Ornament Cat

07 Feb

Yesterday I had so much fun telling you about my first Gotcha Day that I thought I’d tell you some more old stories.

I ended yesterday’s story with the cat ornament that my people kept on top of the kitchen cabinets. That ornament was up there for a long time after my people brought me home. I don’t know much about how long time is, but my person says that ornament was up there for ten months.

It was so long that I forgot about it even being there. My person said it would sometimes come down to eat or do its business, but I never saw it come down.

Then one day that cat got tired of hanging around up there and decided to come down in broad daylight. And it turned out it wasn’t an ornament at all.

I got to meet Scratchy, the cat who lives at my house. I was really excited because now I had someone new to play with.

But Scratchy didn’t want to play with me.

I tried everything.

I even learned about cat claws. They hurt.

Scratchy became the bane of my existence.

And all I wanted to do was play.

Maybe we could put Scratchy back on top of those cabinets and get a more playful floor cat.

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

Tags: Cat, Cats and Dogs, Pets, Scratchy

Happy Gotcha Day to Me!

06 Feb

Today’s my Gotcha Day! I’m so excited!

For any of my friends who don’t know what a gotcha day is, it’s for those of us who don’t know when our real birthdays are. It’s the day our people gave us our forever home.

It seems like a long time ago for me. Seven years. Do you believe it? Last year I posted a poem for my Gotcha Day so this year I thought maybe I should tell you a little bit about what happened.

I was out running and having a great time when someone picked me up and took me to this place with a lot of other dogs and put me in a little tiny caged area. I didn’t like that tiny area at all and every time someone walked by I jumped up and down in order to get their attention. Finally I guess I was at that place long enough or jumped high enough because I got promoted to a bigger caged area. And I had that area to myself. I didn’t have to share it with any other dogs.

People would walk by me and I’d bring them a ball and hope they’d throw it back so I could catch it. One day a lady and a boy came by and I had great fun playing catch with them, but like everyone else that came by they walked away and left me. A few people came by every day, like the ones who fed me and the ones who took me for walks, but lots of people came by once and then I never saw them again. Or even worse, they’d come back and ignore me and take another dog away with them.

So when I saw this lady and boy again the next day I figured they were coming to see some other dog. I couldn’t believe it when someone put a leash on me and handed it to those people. And they put me in their car and took me home with them.

I was kind of scared at first, but eventually I got used to how things were in my new forever home, and I started making a few rules of my own.

But there was one thing I couldn’t figure out for a long time. My new people, my person and younger person, had this cat ornament that they kept on top of the kitchen cabinets. That ornament moved around. Sometimes it was on one cabinet and then it would move to another one. But it never came down; at least that I could see.

Why would anyone want to keep a movable cat ornament on top of a cabinet?

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Posted by Bongo on February 6, 2013 in Bongo, dogs, humor

Tags: Cat, Cats and Dogs, forever home, Gotcha Day, Pet adoption, Pets, Scratchy

She’s Crying Because…

15 Jan

Scratchy, you knocked my food cup down. What do you think you’re doing?

You’re getting even? For what? I didn’t do anything.

What do you mean, our my person looks like she’s crying and I made her do it? She’s probably crying because she has to go pick up my food cup. And if that’s the case, you made her cry.

And she’s crying because I messed up the bed while she was gone?

Scratchy, you know you were on that bed too.

And she’s crying for what?

She’s not supposed to know about that. Did you tell?

Besides, Ginger from Collies of the Meadow and I were just joking about throwing those burning cats over the wall of Jericho. And you were on our person’s Facebook account too.

And what else is she crying about?

Because I kept jumping up and down next to her when she was on the computer after I’d already been out twice?

It’s really cold out there. I couldn’t do all my business in one trip.

Hey person, you didn’t cry because I had to go out extra, did you?

You what? You went to a really sad movie and it made you cry?

See Scratchy, it wasn’t me after all.

Person, the next time you go to a movie you’d better let me pick it out.

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

Tags: Cat, Cats and Dogs, Collie, crying, Facebook, Ginger, Jericho, Pets, Scratchy

Dress Up Your Pet Day

14 Jan

Today, January 14^th, is National Dress Up Your Pet Day.

I got kind of concerned about it. I certainly didn’t want anyone dressing me up, so I decided to take the bull by the horns – no, I’m not going to dress up a bull. Who do you think I am, anyway?

I decided I would dress up my cat Scratchy.

I started with a white bow on his head. He didn’t seem very happy about it at all.

Maybe he doesn’t like white. After all, he is a black cat.

Maybe he’ll like a blue bow better.