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Hijacked!

Hi there. This is Scratchy here. You know, the cat that Bongo lives with. While he’s not looking I thought I’d take over his blog. He took over my house a few years ago so the least I can do is take over his blog. I have a lot to say about Bongo but there’s one good thing. When my person works on her computer I like to sit on the counter top next to her. She doesn’t like me sitting there, but as soon as she starts to chase me off Bongo comes out and starts jumping up and down and trying to get in the middle of things. This drives my person crazy, so she usually lets me stay on the counter.

Scratchy! What are you doing on my blog? Get off! This is my blog! Do I have to start jumping up and down to get you off my blog? Okay, here goes. Yes!!! You’re going to have a hard time getting on my blog from the top of the kitchen cabinets.

Okay it’s me – Bongo. Don’t pay any attention to what that darn cat Scratchy said. I hope he didn’t mess things up for me. Tomorrow I promise it will be me on this blog. I’ll make sure Scratchy stays put.

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Posted by Bongo on October 6, 2011 in Bongo, dogs, humor

Tags: Cat, Pets, Scratchy

Water Blockage

05 Oct

My younger person was not very nice to me. He knows how much I like the water spraying out of the garden hose. I love to get in front of the hose and drink that water. It’s so much fun! You know what he did to me?

I was in the house and he was in the back yard. The door was open but the screen door was closed – well, it used to be a screen door. I kind of trashed the screen a long time ago. Anyway, the ex-screen door was closed. It has glass in it so you can see outside. I was looking outside through that glass, wishing I could be out there when my younger person took the hose and sprayed it right at me.

The water came right toward me, but the glass stopped it and I couldn’t get to it. I couldn’t drink it or anything. I don’t know what my younger person was thinking. Did he think maybe the water would go through the glass? Why didn’t he open the door and let me out to get the water? He must have seen that I couldn’t get to it. All he did was laugh. Sometimes I don’t think my people are very smart.

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Posted by Bongo on October 5, 2011 in Bongo, dogs, humor

Tags: Pets

This is a Shower?

04 Oct

I love water coming out of the garden hose. My favorite thing to do is get my mouth right in front of the nozzle and drink. Something about that water spraying out really excites me. My person gets kind of upset with me when she is watering the garden because I come over and get all the water before the plants do.

Since I like water coming out of the hose so much, my person decided that she could give me showers instead of baths. More water goes in me than on me and I think it’s great fun. It feels good when my person rubs me all over, but then she does something really strange. She grabs the skin on the back of my neck so I can’t move much and then she sprays water on my body. What gives here? I want that water coming at my mouth. I can’t drink it when it’s aimed back there. My person just doesn’t know how to do it right sometimes.

Thirst Quencher (bongodogblog.wordpress.com)

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Posted by Bongo on October 4, 2011 in Bongo, dogs, humor

Tags: Garden hose, Pets

Exploring Sugarloaf

03 Oct

Ever since my blogging friend Bassa climbed up a mountain awhile back I’ve been wanting to climb a mountain. My person finally said it had gotten cool enough today so we could go. The mountain we climbed isn’t really a mountain – it’s a big rock called Sugarloaf.

My person got a little upset with me when she had to drag me away from the stuff I was sniffing. She said she was hoping I would pull her up the mountain. When we went back down I did try to pull her, but she wouldn’t go for it and kept walking at the same pace. A dog just can’t win.

At first I had fun sniffing all the new dog smells and didn’t care much about the scenery.

But I finally started looking around.

Coffee Pot Rock - Sedona, AZ

Airport Mesa - Sedona, AZ

Mogollon Rim

Coffee Pot Rock - Sedona, AZ

On the way back I had to cross a slippery slope.

Here are some pictures of Sugarloaf – the big rock we climbed.

When we got back home I was concerned for a bit. Scratchy didn’t want to climb the rock with us and he was hanging out at home. I was thirsty. What if he drank all the water in my water dish?

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Posted by Bongo on October 3, 2011 in Bongo, dogs, humor

Tags: Pets, Photography, Sedona, Sedona Arizona

Vacuuming Bongo

02 Oct

You’d never know it because my hair doesn’t seem that long, but I shed a lot. This doesn’t seem to bother me, but my people are always complaining about it. It seems they’re always vacuuming the carpet and sweeping the floor and they tell me it’s all my hair that they’re picking up. That might be right because I pick up all the food they drop. They shouldn’t complain about picking up my hair. Just think of all the extra work they’d have if I didn’t pick up the food on the floor.

My shedding started early this year – way back in January. It first starts with little clumps of hair coming loose from my rear. My person starts picking them out so they won’t get all over the house. Imagine having someone pick at your butt. Actually I don’t mind it nearly as much as she minds it when I stick my nose in hers.

My younger person decided to do something different. It felt kind of weird. He vacuumed me! At least he used the little vacuum cleaner that isn’t so noisy. I would have been very upset if he had used that big, noisy one. I don’t know if that little vacuum cleaner did any good, but if I need to get rid of some hair I can always roll around on the carpet.

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Posted by Bongo on October 2, 2011 in Bongo, dogs, humor

Tags: Pets, Vacuum cleaner

Hanging Out

01 Oct

I’ve got my person trained pretty well. She won’t leave me alone in the yard by myself. It’s kind of a bummer on nice days. Sometimes I’d like to hang out outside, but my person is afraid I’ll jump the fence. I don’t know why. It’s not like I do it all the time. Besides, it’s a lot of work to get over that fence. I think I deserve to run free after all that work.

Anyway, back to training my person – since she won’t leave me in the yard by myself she has to have a way to get me back into the house. Most of the time I’m nice to her and I go back in on my own. Sometimes though, I really don’t feel like going in. Sometimes I want to run around the yard, sometimes I want to eat a few weeds, and sometimes I want a treat.

When I wouldn’t come in my person started coaxing me in with treats. Whoopie! I love treats. I’m never coming in again until I hear the sound of that treat ringing in my bowl. This worked for a day or two and then my person got smart. Now I get treats when I come in on my own, but if she has to make me come in I don’t get a treat. I guess I’d better head on in that door.

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Posted by Bongo on October 1, 2011 in Bongo, dogs, humor

Tags: Pets, Treats

Summer Sleeping Spot

30 Sep

In the summer, when it’s hot, my favorite place to sleep is the bathroom floor. It has nice, cool tiles and they feel good. I don’t usually sleep right on the tiles. My person has a bath mat on the floor and I usually sleep on that. It’s still much cooler than the carpet in the rest of the house and it’s kind of like my own little secluded place.

At least most of the time it’s my own little place. Sometimes my person comes in there. And sometimes she wants to use that toilet thing that happens to be right next to where I’m laying. Well, good luck to her. I’m not moving out of her way. If she wants to get in here she’s going to have to squeeze. Sometimes she tries to push me out of the way, but I pretend I don’t know what she wants and stay right where I am. Seems like she’d just give up and go away, but she doesn’t. Maybe one day she’ll get the idea that I’m not budging and give up on using that toilet thing.

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Posted by Bongo on September 30, 2011 in Bongo, dogs, humor

Tags: Bathroom, Pets, Tile

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

Getting Even

30 Aug

Bongo's Mess

Yesterday both my people left for a long time – again. They just did that a few days ago. My special friend came over to let me out. Last time she was here she tricked me. She snuck out the door when it was thundering and I really needed someone to stay with me.

This time I decided I would get her back so when she let me out in the yard I jumped the fence. That’ll teach her. I didn’t want her to find me right away so I immediately ran over to the next block. This is great! Freedom! But wait, she’s supposed to come looking for me. Where is she? Last time she talked to my person on that little box and learned her tricks. Maybe she’s doing that again. My person would tell her where to find me. Guess I’d better head back and check. Here she comes. She tricked me by making me come back to my own street first.

Hey, wait a minute! You can’t put me back in the house and leave! That makes me mad. I’m finding a way out of here. Back door’s shut. Maybe if I move the mat out of the way I can get through it. Nope. This window doesn’t work either and knocking over the guitar in front of it didn’t help. How about the bathroom? Oh no. The only thing I can move there is the mat. I’m not getting anywhere. I just want to get out so someone will come and chase me. Guess I’ll spill my water instead.

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Posted by Bongo on August 30, 2011 in Bongo, dogs, humor, pets

Tags: escape, fence, friend, Pets

Escaping Thunder

20 Aug

Yesterday it thundered – a bunch. I don’t like thunder at all. The thunder was so bad that even Scratchy the cat jumped. Thank goodness one of my people was home with me. I didn’t let her out of my sight. I feel safer if someone is with me.

Don’t ever leave me alone when it’s thundering. It’s so big it’s hard to get away from. Sometimes, if I’m outside, I can’t run fast enough to get away from it. But other times I can get away from it and I can’t hear it anymore. Then I can go back home.

I really hate it when I can’t get out of the house during a thunderstorm. I’ve tried different ways to escape. I’m pretty good at escaping from the yard, but the house is harder. Last time I tried to go out through a closet. There was stuff in the way that I had to tear through and the closet wall wouldn’t budge. One of my people said I was trying to get to Narnia. I don’t know where Narnia is, but if there’s no thunder there that’s where I want to be.

Bongo