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The Missing Walk

19 Oct

I was really excited today because my person let me head up the dry wash.

I’m always trying to pull her up this wash and most of the time she says no and pulls back.

So I figured we’d get a nice, long walk today.

Well, I figured wrong.

We got a little way up the wash – a few feet, no more. And then what does she do.

She pulls out her camera.

She didn’t want to go on a walk with me. She wanted to take pictures.

And she picked the strangest things to take pictures of.

If she wanted to take pictures of me, that would be one thing.

But no, she wanted to take pictures of…

flowers,

and fairies.

And this is the worst one.

She took pictures of catclaws.

Couldn’t she at least have found some dog paws to take pictures of instead?

Hey person, I’m over here. Point your camera this way.

Now start walking.

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

Tags: catclaw seed pods, dry wash, flowers, Hiking, Outdoors, Pets, Photography, Sedona, Sedona Arizona, walk

Camera Adventures

08 Oct

I think I’m developing a love/hate relationship with my person’s camera.

Sometimes I get stuck at home because that camera gets first dibs on the picture hikes.

But today I got to go somewhere I rarely get to go – because my person wanted to take pictures for her class.

And it was fun.

First we stopped at my buddy Pablo’s house to pick up Pablo and his person. And now I’m really jealous.

I found out that Pablo has a creek near his house. And he doesn’t even care.

My person made me get out of the creek, and then we all got in the car and headed to a trail.

Not one of my trails, mind you. This was a different one.

We got to climb up on Bell Rock.

Right next to Courthouse Butte.

But my person spent so much time taking pictures…

that I had to walk her back to the car in the dark.

It’s a good thing she brought me along. She might have gotten lost without me.

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

Tags: Camera, Hiking, Oak Creek, Pets, Photography, Sedona, Sedona Arizona, Trail, walk, Water

Third Week of People Mischief

07 Oct

This is the third week in a row that my people have pulled mischief on me.

I am so miserable. It can be really awful having mischief making people.

They both left the house on foot – and they didn’t take me.

Do you believe it? On foot, and they didn’t take me.

My person said I’d been on two walks the day before, so it wouldn’t hurt me to miss my walk.

So now what I want to know is who told her? My walks with my neighbor dog Toby when she leaves me all day are supposed to be a secret.

I pointed out that it is National Walk Your Dog Week and my person said I could have walks the rest of the week.

She said they were going into coyote territory and they didn’t want me trying to give any of those coyotes what for.

Well, they didn’t see or hear a coyote, but they did get attacked.

By cactus pricklers ,thorny bushes, and loose rocks. My person came home full of scratches.

They should have taken me. I would have protected them.

But it’s all about that camera still. At least my person showed me where they went.

Next week there’s going to be some new mischief.

That camera will be missing when I’m through.

But I won’t get into trouble for anything because Scratchy pulls all the mischief around here.

Now if I could only convince my people…

Click here to find more mischievous pets.

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

Tags: Coyote, Hiking, Mogollon Rim, Pets, Photography, Recreation, Scratchy, Sedona, Sedona Arizona, Trail

Off Without Me

24 Sep

Yesterday I warned you that it would take me two posts to report all the mischief my people were up to this weekend.

So here’s the second post. Notice that it doesn’t start with a picture of me.

First my people went up to the airport and didn’t take me. And I understand dogs are allowed at the airport.

My person took that camera though.

And then, to make it worse they came back home and they left again.

And they still didn’t take me.

When my person got her new hiking boots I was thinking I could drag walk with her up some steep rocky areas.

Well, my younger person stole my idea.

He took my person up some steep, rocky areas.

My person and that camera.

Not only did they go up one steep, rocky area.

When they climbed down that they went further down the trail and found another place to climb.

This is totally not fair.

I mean, this was my idea to help my person test out her new hiking boots.

I might have to hide in the trunk next time to make sure I get to come along.

Oh, wait.

You did what, person?

You didn’t just climb rocks – you took pictures of flowers too?

Never mind then. If you’re going to stop for flowers I think I’ll just stay home.

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Posted by Bongo on September 24, 2013 in Bongo, dogs, humor

Tags: airport, Fay Canyon, Hiking, mischief, Outdoors, Pets, Photography, Recreation, Sedona, Sedona Arizona

Rain Changes

10 Sep

It rained and rained today.

I thought I was going to have to take my person for a rain walk.

But finally things cleared up – or at least the rain stopped falling.

So off we went.

But something had happened on my trails.

The clouds had stolen some of my rocks.

Yikes! There goes another one.

I’d better go chase those clouds away before they steal all my rocks.

I had to give up on those clouds because I couldn’t convince my person to follow me – and she wouldn’t let go of my leash.

Sometimes it’s a real burden taking a person for a walk.

Some of my rocks had disappeared – but then I found some new things on my trails that hadn’t been there before.

These flowers weren’t here before.

Neither was this swimming hole.

Yipee! I love swimming.

Hey, wait a minute. This hole’s not deep enough.

Maybe I can dig it deeper.

Maybe not.

Guess I’ll head back home.

Hey person, I think we might be lost.

I’ve been looking all over the place and I can’t find the dry wash that we always walk through.

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

Tags: Cloud, Hiking, Pets, Rain, Rocks, Sedona, Sedona Arizona, Trail, walk, wash

Rocks on Rocks

09 Sep

Hmm. This is strange.

For a long time there have been trail markers on my trails so people know which way to go.

They’re mostly just a big pile of rocks, but the rocks have heavy wire around them so the pile keeps its shape and the rocks don’t get knocked all over the place.

People need this kind of thing. I think they’d find it much easier if they’d learn from us dogs.

Follow the smells.

But look what I found.

This pile of rocks has another pile of rocks on top of it.

What’s that supposed to mean?

Is it for people who don’t get it the first time and need to be told twice?

Or maybe it’s for really tall people who don’t see the regular trail marker because it’s so far below them.

Or it might just be a waste of good rocks.

And look at this.

Here’s another one.

I’ve figured it out now.

This isn’t a double trail marker to help people follow the trails.

The rocks on top mean something else.

Instead of sticking to the trails these rocks are telling people to go up.

I think they’re for the birds.

Click here to find more mischievous pets.

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Posted by Bongo on September 9, 2013 in Bongo, dogs, humor

Tags: cairn, Hiking, Pets, Rocks, Sedona, Sedona Arizona, Trail

Walking Without Me

05 Sep

I have a real complaint.

My person got a new camera.

And now she leaves me home alone once a week.

She says she has to learn how to use her new camera – so she’s taking a class.

Please don’t tell her that I go on walks with my neighbor dog Toby while she’s gone.

But that’s not really what my complaint is.

Now that my person is taking a class she says she has to do her homework.

I always thought homework was called that because you do it at home.

I think my person’s confused because she thinks she has to do her homework out on my trails.

And she doesn’t take me.

Person, I promise I won’t mess up your pictures.

I might yank on my leash a little, but the thing you’re taking a picture of is still there.

Just try again.

Oh, come on. It’s been a very long time since I’ve pulled you over because I wanted to get at a coyote.

I won’t wreck your camera.

But no – I can’t convince my person.

So now she takes two walks on my trails.

One with me.

And one to do her homework.

But here’s what’s really bad.

While my person was out on one of her homework walks…

she saw my girlfriend Layla.

And she left me at home.

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Posted by Bongo on September 5, 2013 in Bongo, dogs, humor

Tags: Camera, Homework, Pets, Photography, Sedona, Sedona Arizona, walk

Time to Move

29 Aug

I am so excited!

Just when I was losing confidence in all those builders, some of them are coming through.

You probably don’t know what I’m talking about, do you?

Or even what I’m looking at.

Maybe if I get a little closer you’ll be able to see what I’m looking at.

No, not the rocks back there.

Look again.

I guess I’ve got to explain it to you.

Well a couple weeks ago I was exploring my trails and I found a house that somebody was building for me.

And then a couple days later I found another house being built for me.

There was just one thing wrong.

Neither house had a roof.

This is the rainy season here. I mean, what good is a house without a roof in the rain.

My girlfriends wouldn’t want to come to either of my houses if it meant they would end up wet.

But look! One of my new houses has a roof on it now.

I’d better gather up all my friends.

My new house is waiting for me to move in.

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Posted by Bongo on August 29, 2013 in Bongo, dogs, humor

Tags: house, Pets, Roof, Sedona, Sedona Arizona, Trail

Pulling Mischief

19 Aug

My younger person has been home for the last few days and he let me take him for a walk.

I got really excited because I don’t get to go on walks with him very often.

But we got out a little ways on my trails and I sensed something.

There’s a storm brewing somewhere.

You see it?

Oh. Well, maybe not in that direction.

It must be over here.

I know there’s a storm somewhere.

Maybe we just can’t see it yet.

I decided we shouldn’t go any further.

And you know what my younger person did?

He pulled mischief on me and started dragging me along.

Do you believe it?

I guess walking is better than getting dragged.

So I walked for awhile.

But then I’d had it.

I know that storm is somewhere around here.

I’m not taking a chance.

I’m not going any further.

Seriously. I mean it.

Two can play at this game.

So who’s the best mischief maker now?

Click here to find more mischievous pets.

41 Comments

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

Tags: Hiking, mischief, Outdoors, Pets, Sedona, Sedona Arizona, Thunder, Trail, walk

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