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Danger Warning

20 Jan

They’re all over my trails.

Sometimes people we pass ask my person how she keeps me away from them.

But for the first time today someone warned us about them.

A boy who had just discovered them.

I don’t think he was attacked, but he saw the danger.

Those things have attitude.

And some of them hang out right next to my trails.

So close that you have to be careful not to brush against them.

But I think that boy might have been overly concerned.

Let me see.

Nope, he’s right.

Away, you prickly pear! Away!

Don’t get so close to my trails.

Click here to find more mischievous pets.

32 Comments

Posted by Bongo on January 20, 2014 in Bongo, dogs, humor

Tags: Cactus, Pets, prickly pear, Trail

How Big is a Needle’s Eye?

19 Jan

I’m still waiting for all those loves from Jesus.

Maybe he’s waiting until you tell me another story about Him.

Maybe He’ll give me loves while you’re telling it.

So I’m listening.

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Now a man came up to Jesus and asked, “Teacher, what good thing must I do to get eternal life?”

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You’ve got to hang out with Jesus for that eternal life stuff. Even I know that.

Yes, I’m listening.

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“Why do you ask me about what is good?” Jesus replied.

“There is only One who is good. If you want to enter life, obey the commandments.”

“Which ones?” the man inquired.

Jesus replied, “Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not give false testimony, honor your father and mother, and love your neighbor as yourself.”

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That’s me all over!

What do you mean, I sometimes accuse Scratchy of doing things that I really did?

He did too do all those things!

I always honor you and do what you say. After all, I’m the perfect dog.

I ran off? Oh, um – I came back to you didn’t I?

Okay, I’ll listen.

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“All these things I have kept,” the young man said.

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See, that man and I are two of a kind.

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The man asked, “What do I still lack?”

Jesus answered, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.”

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Wait, does that mean I have to sell all my treats?

Oh, I can do that. Jesus gives out fish.

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When the young man heard this, he went away sad, because he had great wealth.

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Young man, come back, come back. Jesus will give you all the fish you want!

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Then Jesus said to His disciples, “I tell you the truth, it is hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven. Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.”

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It’s a good thing I’m just a poor dog – and a lot smaller than a camel.

Wait, how big is the eye of a needle?

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When the disciples heard this, they were greatly astonished and asked, “Who then can be saved?”

Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”

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Whew! I was beginning to worry.

I just found out how big one of those needle’s eyes is.

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Posted by Bongo on January 19, 2014 in Bongo, Dogology, humor

Tags: Bible, Christianity, faith, Jesus, Pets, rich young ruler

Where is Everybody?

18 Jan

There are hardly any people – or dogs – on my trails compared to what there were a few weeks ago.

I don’t get it.

The weather hasn’t changed.

If anything it’s gotten warmer – and sunnier.

My person says they all left town after the holidays to go back home.

Back to their houses in the snow.

I wish they’d send some snow over here.

That would be perfect – warm sunny days with snow to play in.

But there’s no snow.

There’s no people.

And there’s no dogs.

How am I supposed to have any adventures?

Guess I’ll go take a nap.

26 Comments

Posted by Bongo on January 18, 2014 in Bongo, dogs, humor

Tags: boredom, Hiking, Pets, sunny, Trail, warm

Kitchen Invasion

17 Jan

I didn’t notice it at first.

I thought everything was okay.

But then, when I saw this picture of me I found something extra in it.

Something that’s not supposed to be there.

And it for sure isn’t me.

And it isn’t my ball either.

This is serious.

Something’s invaded my kitchen!

I thought maybe I’d better look around, you know, get on my Detective Dog hat and investigate.

But my person wanted to take another picture.

Yikes!

Do you see them?

There are more of whatever those things are invading my kitchen.

What if they eat all the crumbs that fall on the floor?

Those are my crumbs!

It’s my job to eat them.

Person, you’d better do something about these little black things all over my kitchen.

Get them out of here!

This is a serious invasion, and besides them eating all my crumbs on the floor I think I’m going to have nightmares about them taking over.

They’re everywhere!

22 Comments

Posted by Bongo on January 17, 2014 in Bongo, dogs, humor

Tags: invasion, Kitchen, Pets, spiders

New Tags

16 Jan

What’s this?

There’s some kind of label on my trail cairn.

It’s never been here before.

I wonder what it’s supposed to do.

Maybe each trail cairn is going to get its own special tag.

Then when someone gives directions on my trails they don’t have to say, “Follow the cairns to the end of the trail.”

They could say, “Go past the red tagged cairn and turn left at the blue tagged cairn.”

That would make it so much easier to give directions.

Unless you forgot which tags were on which cairns.

If you told someone the wrong thing they might get really lost. They might end up at the trail that ends in a big hole instead of at the trail where they could climb a mountain like they really wanted to do.

Whoever put that tag on there needs to come up with something better.

But how am I going to tell them? I don’t even know who put that tag there.

Maybe if I sniff around I can find some clues.

I don’t know.

There’s been so many messages left here (including some of my old ones) that I don’t know if I’ll ever sort it all out.

Wait. What’s this?

This tag has another side.

The other side is a necklace.

And it says, “PASS IT ON!”

I’ve got it now.

This tag wasn’t left here to label the cairn – this necklace was left here for me.

So I could pass it on to the next one of my girlfriends that I see.

I wonder who my lucky girlfriend will be.

20 Comments

Posted by Bongo on January 16, 2014 in Bongo, dogs, humor

Tags: cairn, girlfriend, Hiking, necklace, Pets, tag, Trail

New Trail

15 Jan

As I walked along on my trails I saw something unusual.

New trail markers – one on each side of a trail.

Where there had been no trail the day before.

Strange. I didn’t know trails could just pop up like that.

Well, if there’s a new trail I guess I’d better explore it.

So I went between the markers and started to wander down the trail.

It was such a new trail that I thought it was going to fizzle out.

It almost did – but it didn’t.

And you know where that trail took me.

Right to that place where I found those aliens the other day.

The ones that had turned to stone. I posted about it here.

But something had happened. The aliens were gone.

This is really serious because I thought I was safe.

I thought that since those aliens had turned to stone they were stuck and couldn’t go anywhere.

Now I don’t know where they are. They could pop out at any minute and I have no idea if they are friendly aliens or not.

Aliens could be lurking anywhere on my trails – ready to jump out and get me.

I don’t know what to do, but I might need your help.

Those aliens look like piles of stones, so if you see anything suspicious could you let me know?

I don’t want to be caught unawares.

22 Comments

Posted by Bongo on January 15, 2014 in Bongo, dogs, humor

Tags: Aliens, Hiking, Pets, rock pile, stacked rocks, Trail, Walking

National Dress Up Your Pet Day

14 Jan

Today is a really special holiday. At least I think it’s a special holiday.

It’s National Dress Up Your Pet Day.

I got all excited until I realized – I don’t have any pets.

So I did the next best thing.

I decided that Scratchy would be my pet for the day.

That way I could dress him up any way I wanted.

But then I had another problem.

My people are way bigger than Scratchy.

How am I ever going to find something to dress him in?

Then I had an idea.

My younger person doesn’t clean out his closet very often.

So I snuck in there – don’t you dare tell him – I would get in real trouble – I’m not supposed to even be in his room. I don’t know why he has a problem with my hair.

He has hair.

So anyway, I went through his closet and I found it.

A very small shirt that he had decorated when he was little.

And I put it on Scratchy.

Scratchy started to step right out of that shirt.

And the decorations didn’t even show.

So I decorated him with a bow.

And then you know what Scratchy did?

I’m telling too.

Because he went right into my younger person’s closet.

And then he dressed me up as a Cub Scout.

I couldn’t stop him. He threatened me with his claws.

27 Comments

Posted by Bongo on January 14, 2014 in Bongo, dogs, humor

Tags: Cat, Cats and Dogs, Dress Up Your Pet Day, Pets, Scratchy

Cracking Question

13 Jan

I headed down my trails when I noticed something terrible had happened.

Something disastrous.

I’m not sure what it was, but it must have been very disturbing.

Something so distressing that even the rocks were upset.

I tried to ask them what had happened but they couldn’t answer me.

You see, they had cracked.

Poor rocks.

I wonder if there’s a looney bin for rocks.

They need some special care.

I found one more rock to ask, but I’m not sure what was going on with this rock.

My question was totally serious – yes, I can be serious when I want to – but for some reason this rock thought I was being funny.

Or maybe it thought that I’m funny.

I hope it didn’t think I’m funny looking.

But anyway, when I tried to ask this rock what happened…

it cracked up.

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Posted by Bongo on January 13, 2014 in Bongo, dogs, humor

Tags: cracks, Pets, red rocks, Rocks, Trail

Children and Loves

12 Jan

I’ve been eating humble pie since last week’s Bible story so I can get extra treats. And I still don’t have any.

And humble pie doesn’t taste very good.

Maybe if I can figure out a way to get to the top of the refrigerator I can pull all the treats down – and eat them.

What!? You’re going to tell me a story where Jesus rebuked his disciples?

And he’s going to rebuke me too if I do what I just said?

Do I get extra treats if He rebukes me?

Okay, I’ll listen.

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People were bringing little children to Jesus to have Him place His hands on them and pray for them, but the disciples rebuked the people who brought them.

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Did the disciples give all those people treats?

What do you mean, rebuke doesn’t mean giving out treats? What else could it mean?

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When Jesus saw this, He was indignant. He said to them, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.”

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Is it alright if I hinder those little children so I can get some loves?

I am listening.

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Jesus said, “I tell you the truth, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.”

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I can act as childish as you want.

What do you mean, sit and listen?

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Jesus took the children in His arms, put His hands on them, and blessed them.

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Alright! Jesus gives out loves.