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What’s for Dinner?

07 Apr

Someone has been pulling mischief on my trails.

Just look at this!

They’ve been eating the prickly pear cactus.

This has got to be a real mischief maker for sure.

I mean, who would want to eat cactus?

Those things are full of pricklers.

But somebody has.

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And I’m going to investigate.

Detective Dog to the rescue!

Here’s more prickly pears with bites.

I don’t believe it!

And this Detective Dog hat is making me smart.

I think I know who the culprit is already.

Because right here is where I saw that culprit the other day.

And if it wasn’t him, it was one of his buddies.

Now all I have to do is find the javelina with cactus pricklers sticking out of his mouth.

Click here to find more mischievous pets.

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Posted by Bongo on April 7, 2014 in Bongo, dogs, humor

Tags: Cactus, javelina, mischief, Pets, pricklers, prickly pear

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.

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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.

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

Tags: Cactus, Pets, prickly pear, Trail

Missing Adventures

10 Dec

This time of year on colder days I have to go to great lengths to find adventure.

There aren’t many people or dogs on my trails and most of my adventures start with people or dogs – or the mysteries they’ve left behind.

So I’ve been searching and searching for some kind of adventure on my trails.

No luck.

Nothing. Nada.

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I hate to admit it, but I even looked for a bit of color so my person would get her camera out.

Even though I hate waiting for her to take all those pictures– unless there are some good smells in the area, that is.

But there’s not a single flower out this time of year.

Finally, I found something worth posting on my blog.

Not an adventure.

Not even a flower.

I give you my heart.

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

Tags: adventure, heart, heart cactus, Pets, prickly pear, Trail

Bored

11 Jul

I’m getting really bored at the dog hotel. All I can find to post is this prickly pear picture.

The prickly pear didn’t have many flowers this year, so I really had to look hard to find one.

I sure hope my person comes and gets me out of here soon.

I need to have more adventures.

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

Tags: dog hotel, Pets, Photography, prickly pear

Fitting the Clues Together

19 Jun

What is this? What are all these branches doing on the ground? I’d better check this out.

I’ve had so many mysteries on my trails lately. It’s been keeping Detective Dog busy.

Speaking of Detective Dog, I’d better get my hat on.

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There, that’s better. Now I can delve into this mystery.

Wait a minute! There’s a tree right here that’s missing a bunch of branches.

I wonder if – I wonder if…

No, it’s not possible.

Could all of these branches have fallen off of this tree?

No, when I look closer I see that there’s been some hacking going on.

Somebody hacked these branches off this tree.

I wonder who it could be.

Look here! Is this another clue?

This hacked tree is right next to the prickly pear cactus that I found damaged awhile back.

And over there is the other tree that lost its branches.

I just realized where we are.

Right over there is the place where the Litter Bugs hang out.

This will make my job really easy.

All I have to do is find those Litter Bugs.

I bet they’ll be able to tell me who damaged this tree.

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Posted by Bongo on June 19, 2013 in Bongo, dogs, humor

Tags: Detective Dog, Litter Bugs, Pets, prickly pear, Tree, vandalism

Yesterday I told you about all those police cars and sheriff’s vehicles that were parked right by my trails. I was afraid they were after my person, even though I didn’t know what she could have done wrong.

But after a little further investigation I believe I’ve discovered who all those police officers are after – or at least why they’re after them.

You see, I ran into a bunch of prickly pear cactus that was totally smashed up, demolished, and destroyed. And now I’m sure all those police officers are looking for the cactus murderers.

I thought maybe the gophers were guilty, because I found some gopher holes right next to that cactus.

But those gophers are much too little to do all that damage. They probably ran back down their holes and hid.

Then I thought maybe the javelina could have done this. But when javelina eat the prickly pear they leave teeth marks and they’re not usually into total cactus destruction. After all, that would be future dinners they’d be destroying

So I’m going to keep working on my investigation …

and if those police officers don’t find the cactus murderers first, then when I find them I’m really going to give them what for.

Maybe I’ll cook up a batch of this mashed up cactus and feed it to them.

Oh, did I forget to take out the pricklers? My mistake.

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Posted by Bongo on April 30, 2013 in Bongo, dogs, humor

Tags: Cactus, Pets, prickly pear, Trail, vandalism

Cactus Maintenance

18 Oct

Hey person, don’t worry. This cactus isn’t going to attack me.

Yeah, I know my ear is getting kind of close to it. But believe me, it’s not going to attack.

I’ve got to clear out all these weeds in front of it. This cactus is really special and it doesn’t want to be covered up.

Just a little bit longer, person. You can go ahead and go if you want. Don’t worry, I’ll catch up with you.

Fine, you can wait here if you want, but I’m not quite done. Just a few more bites.

Okay, I’m just about finished.

See, I told you this cactus wouldn’t hurt me. Can’t you see? It loves me.

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Posted by Bongo on October 18, 2012 in Bongo, dogs, humor

Tags: Cactus, Pets, prickly pear, weeds

Prickly Pear Delight

14 Sep

Hey person, what did you do with all those prickly pear fruits you had left over? I hope you made something good for me.

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You made juice? I don’t want juice. I want something good to eat.

Pink juice!? I told you I didn’t want juice. I don’t want juice of any color. Now come on person – let’s get some treats here.

Ice cream!? You made ice cream? Now we’re talking. Is all that for me?

What? I only get a little dish? What are you going to do with all the rest?

What do you mean that isn’t for me? Where’s mine?

Mmmm! This is good! And I like this dish even better than that other dish. I don’t have to worry about breaking it.

I’m almost done with this. Can I have some more?

Hey, wait a minute! How come Scratchy gets some? He didn’t even help get the prickly pear fruit.

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Posted by Bongo on September 14, 2012 in Bongo, dogs, humor

Tags: Ice cream, Juice, Pets, prickly pear, Scratchy

This is Not a Baking Blog

13 Sep

Hey person, what are you doing with those prickly pear fruits on my blog?

You’re what!? You’re making bread with them. Since when is this a cooking blog?

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Person, this is going a little too far. I can see if you were making dog treats maybe. That could go on my blog. But prickly pear bread? Those prickly pear fruits don’t even smell appetizing.

Throw those prickly pears in the garbage and start making me some dog treats.

Wait a minute. What’s that pink stuff you’ve got there? Did Scratchy do that? Let me have a look.

You’re putting that in the oven? What about the dog treats?

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Hey, that stuff is starting to smell good.

You mean I get to eat some of this?

Hey person, you’ve got some more prickly pear fruits left. What are you going to make next?

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Posted by Bongo on September 13, 2012 in Bongo, dogs, humor

Tags: baking, bread, Pets, prickly pear, Scratchy

Finding Fruit

12 Sep

Today my person and I went on a different kind of walk. We went on the same trails and were out about the same amount of time, but we didn’t go very far.