Halloween at the Park

Hey, the dog park looks different today!

Everybody's looking strange! We've got a tiger drinking all of our good water

A weenie being an um...weenie?

A pony dressed up as a dog

And my good friends, Baxter and Skippy

Skippy is the first friend I've ever made at the dog park. I've been going regularly for the past couple of months and they have decided that I am finally cool enough to be considered a regular. I'm starting to get the hang of butt-sniffing. It's quite fun at times. But I still like to show other doggies who's boss! This past weekend I got to go to a Halloween party at the park. It was a lot of fun. I was fussing on what to wear. We all know that I don't have the best taste in fashion. Let's flash back to Halloween of last year:

What on earff was I thinking?! 

This year I decided to just play it cool. 

You can't see it that well, but I gotz spiders hanging from my collar. 

Okay, can I go home now?

More pictures on the actual day of Halloween. Oh joy. 

Dog Park: Watch Your Step!

GREETINGS! LONG TIME NO PAWST!

 

Um...who are you??

 

What a great Summer this has been so far! My people have been taking me out a lot. I've been going on morning car rides to pick up the newspaper, attending Summer concerts (humans have interesting taste in music, I say!), and best of all....I'VE BEEN GOING TO THE DOG PARK! 

I've only been to a dog park once in my short life, and that was almost two years ago! They built a dog park in our area recently, and we've finally put it to use. I admit, I was frightened at the thought of being around other dogs. I'm an alpha, but I'm on the road to learning how to make new pals. This is Skippy. One day I'll work the courage to tell her how cute I think she is...

This is Chloe. She's kind of old, but can smell treats a mile away!

Here are a few other pals!

These guys decided to strike a pose

I guess I'm not the only one who likes Skippy...

The dog park was a blast! Let's come back again! 

I didn't do too bad on my first 2 days. I only snipped at 2 dogs but that's because they thought I'd make a better trampoline than a dog. I still haven't met a dog who is smaller than me! And some people use the park as a giant dog toilet...one without a flusher. Watch your step!

PALentine's!

Hello to all my paw pals! I wanted to wish you all a Happy Valentine's Day! This is my favorite day of the year because it's also the anniversary of the day I was adopted! AKA the day I made my people's lives even brighter =P. This is the 2nd anniversary of the day I was bailed out of doggie prison BOL. No one knows my real birthday, so this day also serves as that. How lucky am I?

I did something that I haven't done in awhile. I had a mini photo shoot! I put backyard modeling aside for the past few months because I decided that being chubby and lazy was more my bag of biscuits, but now that I am back to my ideal weight, there was no excuse that I could use, well, not on this day, anyway!

On this day, remember how much you are loved! And we can only hope that one day all orphan pets will know what it's like to be as loved and spoiled as we are! 

"Let's not merely say that we love each other, let us show the truth by our actions."
--1 John 3:18

I'm going on a drive-by comment spree to visit all of my doggie followers! Have a Happy Valentine's Day! 

Hand-Feeding

I picked up a new method of eating this past week! Ever since I could remember, I've had some problem swallowing my food and water. Am I just piggish? Is the food too big for me to swallow? A little bit of both. Sometimes when I inhale my food and water I regurgitate. I personally think it's cool because it's like I'm recycling my own snacks but my people think it's gross. And remember that hacking problem that I mentioned a long time ago? My issue can lead to doggie pneumonia and even the end of my wonderful life! I'm only a year old or two, I can't cross the bridge quite yet! So we had to follow a few rules. Ew, rules.

1. Sit on somebody's lap so that they can hand-feed me.

2. Calm down! I get soooo excited when I know that food will be falling down my esophagus! My eyes do these crazy things but that's not good. I have to be relaxed and a "good boy" if I want to eat.

3. Stop teasing me!!

4. EAT! (my favorite step of them all!)

5. Then after I've eaten, I have to have lap time for a half an hour more so that I can digest and pass gas or something. *burp!* How ya doin'??

I've gotten used to it and I actually like it! At first I hated being bothered while eating. I'm so selfish with my food and that's the one thing I do NOT like to share! But that was part of the problem. I was labelled "food aggressive". I eat like there's no tomorrow and I've had digestive issues for awhile. I also didn't like the fact that I got a little bit of food to eat! But then I found out that I'd be fed 3 times a day in small portions, so I guess I don't mind after all! Not only do I regurgitate less, I've gotten better with my food aggression and I just seem to be a better behaved dog, so my people say!

I'm going to see if I can get more food...

Costume Thief & Laundry Day

'Twas the night in November, when to my surprise

Whiskers and I are now the same size!
Okay, for real, I've been quite the tootsie roll these past few months thanks to the love and treats and pure spoiledness, but I have lost a few pounds and I'm now a healthy weight! I've been so happy! But then there are downfalls...like others being able to fit in your clothes. Her eye looks all kinds of crazy!

I realize how much I love my clothes whenever Whiskers decides to borrow it. She was like the penguin from the under world! Pretty scary!

Enough of her. Today, I decided to do my laundry

Yeah, all of that is mine! But as I was staring at the pile, I decided that it might make a great place to sleep.

Turns out, I was right!

Are you still there??

Okay, later!

Furr-Well, Suka

Why the long face, Alfie? Well, my snoot is always long, but today I have a good reason. I got the sad news that my dear friend, Suka has crossed the Rainbow Bridge after health complications with his poor heart. I've been following him for awhile and read his health reports off and on. No matter what was going on in his furry life, he always assured us that he was going to be okay, and I believed him! It's sad to let go of a friend, but he's right, he is okay. He's happy and he gets to be in a land where it always snows!

I just want to thank Suka for his heart-felt comments and being such a great furriend. His blog was always so uplifting and contains useful words of wisdom! I will miss him furrever, and things won't be the same for me in blogworld. But it's not the end, it's the start of a new chapter in life and now he will always be happy, not that he wasn't on earth! He was always full of happiness! He will no longer have to wait for winter to come because every day will be winter for him! Maybe we will cross paths again one day...but I can't take the cold! BOL! Puppy kisses to his human, K.

Ooh look, a piece of life growing from the ground. It's a sign that we must continue while our new doggie angel watches over us.

<3

Gotta go clean my boogery tears now!

Hallowaddle

Autumn has finally poked its fat little head in our direction! I'm always going to be a warm weather doggie, but it's nice to have a change, although I admit, California tends to hold on to Summer longer than any other season. I'm not complaining! These past several weeks have just flown by! I'm excited for Hallowoof! I'm a much better dog! I'm growing up, I'm maturing, .People and other animals just don't seem as tasty anymore.

Just the other day, I decided that I want to be a super hero with lazer-red eyes for Hallowoof! 

This look alone will scare any gangster that tries to pull of anything cute! Hopefully people will have their dog biscuits ready this year, unlike last year! I love my costume. It's nice and simple.

But my people had something else in mind...I don't know if I should....

I guess....

What is this?! Am I supposed to be a penguin or a dog giving a flat penguin a piggy back ride? Oh, brother!

"Come on, Alfie, smile for the camera!"

Nope!

Can't wait to see what you paw pals and your people come up with this Hallowoof!