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Brightly Colored Bags

Bongo and a green bagStrange things showed up on my trails today.

As I headed out I saw something green in the distance.

Normally I would think nothing of seeing green. There are all kinds of shades of green on my trails. But this was a new shade of green.

I’ve never seen anything quite like it. At least not on my trails.

When I got close I found that somebody had left a little bag. I thought maybe they’d left me a present.

But my person said it wasn’t for me and I had to leave it there.

Okay person, you’d better give me some treats when we get home if I leave this.

I left it. I’m still waiting for the treats.

We headed on down the trail.

We hadn’t gone far when I saw something blue peeking out of the bushes.

Something blue behind a bush

The only blue I ever see on my trails is in the sky so this was really strange.

When we got closer I saw that it was another bag.

Blue bag behind a bush

A blue bag behind a bush.

It reminded me of the time I found a blue Easter egg on my trails.

Person, this is like a treasure hunt. I know someone is leaving those bags for me to keep.

I wonder what’s inside.

I guess my person knew more than she’d been letting on because she decided to tell me what’s inside.

She asked me if I remembered those black bags that we get at the Pet Waste Station at the beginning of the trail.

Bongo sniffing near a little black bag

You mean these bags?

Then I figured it out.

But those dark bags contain dark poop.

I’ve never seen a dog with blue poop, or green poop.

I might have to put on my Detective Dog hat and investigate this.

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

 

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Camera Adventures

Bongo in Oak CreekI 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.

Bongo, Pablo, and Pablo's person on Bell Rock

We got to climb up on Bell Rock.

Bell Rock

Right next to Courthouse Butte.

Courthouse Butte

But my person spent so much time taking pictures…

Sunset from Bell Rock

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 on October 8, 2013 in Bongo, dogs, humor

 

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Third Week of People Mischief

Bongo sitting in front of a futonThis 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.

Coffee Pot Rock and an ocotillo

Mogollon Rim

Tree near a cave entrance

View of Sedona from Keyhole Cave entrance

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…

Monday Mischief Pet Blog Hop

Click here to find more mischievous pets.

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

 

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Friendly Romp – Blocked

Bongo stretching after something in the distanceI don’t think my person trusts me. Today we were on the trails and some people and two dogs came toward us.

They stepped off the trail so we could pass. Usually my person makes me step off the trail, but this time they did it first.

Pretty cool because now we can walk right by those dogs and I can go over and say hi.

Well you know what my person did?

She grabbed my collar as we were walking by so when I tried to go see those dogs I ended up walking on my two hind legs.

I know people walk this way all the time but for a dog it’s undignified. I really don’t know what my person’s problem is – embarrassing me like that.

I’m nice to other dogs – – – sometimes.

We walked on and my person did it to me again.

We’d been hearing coyotes howling for awhile and we started getting closer. I thought those coyotes might be fun dogs to play with so I started pulling my person along toward them.

You know what she did this time?

She shortened my leash so I couldn’t catch her off guard and pull it out of her hand. Then she said something about those coyotes and about me being a dead dog.

Dead dog my foot. If you won’t let me have any fun person, I’m taking you back to the house.

Bongo heading up a cliff

 
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Posted by on October 4, 2013 in Bongo, dogs, humor

 

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Worn Out Walk

Bongo moping along the trailYesterday my person took me to the dog park – with her camera. She wanted to take pictures of motion, so I ran and jumped and moved every way I could think of.

I worked really hard.

And today I’m worn out.

My feet hurt, my muscles are sore, and all I want to do is sleep.

But my person wanted to go for a walk.

How can I say no to a walk?

I hope my person understands though, and lets me have extra sniffing time so I can rest.

 

Bongo sniffing a bush

Hey person, this is my favorite spot.

Bongo near a rock

My message rock.

I need to stop and sniff rest here for awhile.

Bongo reluctantly coming

Okay, I’m coming. But I hope you know that you’re wearing me to the bone.

Bongo plodding along on the trail

I can hardly go any further. At least we’re on our way back home.

Wait a minute! You mean I have to go uphill to get back home?

Bongo plodding along uphill

I don’t remember this hill ever being here before.

I don’t believe it!

I’m all worn out from helping my person yesterday and what does she do?

She puts a hill in my way.

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

 

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That’s Not How You Do It

Bushes with white blossoms on a hillI don’t get it. My person just doesn’t make sense at all.

Normally she doesn’t care about smells.

But today she’s walking along the trails saying how good things smell.

I don’t think she gets it.

I smell things in the air all the time. But I don’t smell anything special today.

Different maybe, but not special.

I guess I’ve got to train my person.

It’s not the air smells that count.

You’ve got to get up close and personal to really smell things. To really get the message.

Little white flowers on a bush

That’s better person, but not good enough.

You’ve got to stick your nose right into those flowers.

What do you mean, you don’t want to do that? You’re trying to get all the best smells, aren’t you?

You cannot smell all best smells from that far away.

I don’t believe it!

Do I have to show you person?

Bongo sniffing a bush with white blossoms

Oh, does that smell good. One of my best friends was by here not too long ago.

Okay person, now you try.

 
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Posted by on September 28, 2013 in Bongo, dogs, humor

 

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Bug Convention

Bongo checking out a blue Volkswagen bugMy person and I headed up to my trails just like any other day, when I spotted it.

The biggest bug I’ve seen in a long time.

You never know what you’re going to find on my trails.

And the bugs around here seem to have the brightest colors.

But just when I thought I’d seen it all for one day, I turned around.

.

And there it was.

Bongo in front of a green Volkswagen bug

And I hadn’t even left the parking lot yet.

I figured maybe there was a bug convention meeting in the parking lot so I ought to head out on the trails.

I don’t think those big bugs can fit on my little skinny trails so I should be safe there.

But I was totally wrong.

The big bugs were hanging out in the parking lot, but…

Orange striped bug climbing a stalk

they sent the little bugs on ahead to my trails.

Red and black beetle

Yikes! I think they’re after me!

There must be a can of bug repellant around here somewhere.

 
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Posted by on September 27, 2013 in Bongo, dogs, humor

 

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Yellow Everywhere

Bongo sniffing a bush with little yellow flowersMy trails don’t have any trees that turn color in the fall, but it seems like things are turning yellow anyway.

Maybe I’m colorblind, I know dogs aren’t supposed to see color very well, but something’s different.

I walked and I walked, and it seemed like everywhere I looked I saw yellow.

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.

.

.

 

Bushes with little yellow flowers

There’s so much of it that it seems like all the bushes are turning yellow.

I sure hope it’s not catching.

I would look funny if I turned into a yellow dog – at least that shade of yellow anyway.

I couldn’t get rid of that yellow stuff. It was all over the place.

And then I thought, maybe my eyes are playing tricks on me.

Or maybe I’m just imagining things.

So I checked it out closer.

Bongo sniffing yellow flowers

Yup, it even smells yellow.

I’d had enough of this yellow, so I decided to head back home.

I can relax. There’s no yellow there.

Then I headed out to my backyard.

I’m really in trouble now.

Yellow flower with a bee on it

Even my yard is turning yellow!

 
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Posted by on September 25, 2013 in Bongo, dogs, humor

 

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Got Boots?

Bongo with a begging lookYesterday my person left me home alone all day.

Again.

No walk – no nothing. She seems to be doing that a lot lately.

I didn’t tell her I went on a walk with my friend Toby.

I want to make her feel guilty because she didn’t get home until after dark.

And then you know what she did?

She told me it was my fault that she left me all day.

She says I’ve taken her on so many walks that I wore out her hiking boots and she had to get new ones.

So she decided to look for boots near where my younger person lives and visit him while she was down there.

I don’t believe it! My person went to visit my younger person and left me at home.

At least she didn’t use her new hiking boots while she was there. She says it’s still too hot outside at my younger person’s house.

So today I got to help my person test her new boots.

Bongo in front of hiking boots

I took her and those new boots out on my trails and she said they worked really well.

She even says her new boots get better traction than her old boots because the old ones were so worn out.

If those boots get better traction that means my person can go more places.

I think I might have to help my person do some more testing of those boots.

I wonder if they’ll stick to steep rocks.

Hmmmm.

Bongo looking over the boots mischievously

Let me see where I can drag take my person now.

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

 

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What’s in my Wash?

Bongo next to a dry washWhenever we go out on my trails my person has her camera aimed and ready and she’s always looking for unusual things to take pictures of.

I wish she’d just enjoy the walk – I mean, nobody cares if there are pictures on my blog.

Unless they are pictures of me, of course.

But my person can take pictures of me when we’re at home. She doesn’t need to take her camera on my trails.

But this time my person really found something unusual to take a picture of.

It’s so unusual that I might have to run back home and get my Detective Dog hat to investigate what it might be.

This thing showed up at a spot where flowers often grow in the dry wash on my trails.

Oh yeah, for those of you who were wondering about the dry wash I couldn’t find recently – it showed up again. Funny how those things happen.

At first I thought this strange thing was another flower growing where the other flowers had been.

Morning glory beginning to open

But then when I looked at it closer I realized it wasn’t a flower at all.

I think it’s some kind of toy.

flower shaped like a pinwheel

It’s a pinwheel!

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

 

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