Cookie -

We're doing good here folks. We've had a lot happen lately. Lotsa new pictures fur you:
Treader with all of mistress's plush Webkinz:
Mistress made Treader pose with this blanket:
Me:
Looks how she embarrasses me(!):
But it's funny when she does it to Treader (heeheehee!):
And then she tries puting a cape on Treader (heeheehohohaha, I love it!):
And he proceeds to take it off as soon as mistress's back is turned, but mistress turned around and caught him it the act with this photo as evidence:
Then after a while she put the darn starn thing on ME of all dogs:
Oh well, at least I can be Super Cookie now:
And I don't know why mistress is always looking for the "perfect action shot", but here is one she got of me just before I caught a flying dog treat:
The next day, mistress lost the nail clippers, so Treader had to take a trip to the groomer's:
He was curious at first:
But he hated the nail clipping. They used a dremmel after that:
Treader was glad to get out of there:
And head fur home:

We actually have more new ans pawesome pictures, but mistress's brother is going camping and mistress let her camera get borrowed fur once. Please pray that the camera makes it back home in one piece.

Treader - fed late

Hi all once again. Supper came late tonight. Mistress couldn't feed me til 9:30 PM fur some reason. Since it was so late, she fed Cookie first, then put her in another room and fed me.
Cookie watching mistress prepare my meal. She envies my being fed raw don't you see:
I had to be fed inside since it was so late:
Some say that feeding raw makes a dog blood thirsty. Here I am being blood-thirsty:
Naw, it's just another pick of me enjoying supper! Raw does not really make a dog blood-thirsty.

I like to rub myself on the couch:
And this picture turned out horrible, but here I am jumping onto the bed:

Cookie - pictures

Today wasn't really very exciting. Mistress was at her friend's house for about 4 hours. Mistress did get some goofy pictures of my though.
This one is from yesterday:
I was asleep this way and mistress thought that I looked goofy, so she got out her camera. When she turned it on, it woke me up and here I am half-asleep with my tongue hanging out
These are from today:
Mistress just HAD to put bracelets on me. *rolls eyes*
My content look.

Treader seems to be doing well on the raw diet already! Mistress says that his breath doesn't stink now and she thinks that he coat seems shinier.
Treader eating his RBM in the backyard. Mistress feeds him his raw on the edge of the porch, but he prefers to eat it in the backyard for some reason.

Treader - 2nd day of raw

The picture to the right is of me standing on my hind legs because mistress is about give me my raw meat. Today, mistress introduced me to an RBM (raw meaty bone), which I loved.
Starting the meal:
Mistress gives it out in my old dish (don't worry, she cleaned about the old kibble crumbs), but it isn't long before I take it out of the dish and eat over the ground.
Yummy. I had taken my RBM into the back yard, but mistress called me back and asked me please not to bury the bone.
After that meat was gone, I went back for the RBM:
Eating my RBM in the backyard:


Mistress had me pose for a few quick pictures:

Cookie - Treader officially started the RAW diet today!

Today, Treader started the raw diet. Mistress got some raw chicken out, weighed it (about half a pound) and gave it to Treader. (NOTE: You always need to research on the raw diet and how to feed it before feeding your pets the raw diet.) He loved it much better than dog food. I wish that I could start the raw diet too. I like meat sooooo much better than kibble. At least I get raw chicken feeties though, right? Treader will be getting all chicken this week, and next week mistress'll add more variety to his raw diet.
Mistress took lots of pictures, here are a few:
Mistress served it on a dish at first:
But Treader soon took it off:

Treader -

Mistress got some good pics today.
Cookie waiting patiently for her chicken foot:
Cookie posing:
Mistress went in the truck to get something and Cookie thought she was going for a ride:
She likes to sit in the driver seat:
Then mistress told Cookie to get out:

Cookie missed the Frisbee:
Then she caught it the on the next throw:
Me jumping around on the couch:
This would be a grrrreat picture if only mistress caught me head in the photo:
Me and my toy that is getting worn out:
This would be sooooooo pawesome if all of me was in it! Mistress was amazed that she got a picture of me in the air:
Catching my toy:




Cookie doing her "get up" trick. Mistress had her stop half-way.

Cookie - Be prepared!

To all people who have the potential to be hit by a hurricane (like if you live on the coast), today I want to be remind you to be prepared! Particularly, make sure that you are prepared to take your pets. Mistress saw something about it on the weather channel today and then she prepared Treader and I an evacuating kit and it's in her newest backpack, because that one holds a LOT.
First, mistress packed things that are important, like Treader's RAW diet journal so that she won't forget what to feed him and how much (oh ya, didn't I tell ya, Treader is trying out the RAW diet and we'll probably end up keeping him on it):
Then she put the clicker and a toy in another spot:
She put some dog books (they have stuff about health problems in them) and our health records in the main part of the back pack:
Then she packed some of our toys:
You should also pack bottled water and a pet first aid kit. Sorry, no pictures of that.
And here is the back pack fully loaded:
Notice that on one of the side pockets mistress some plastic bags to clean up after us with while we're evacuating. A lot of people don't clean up after their dog's poop because they're too lazy or don't see the big deal. I ask you this, how would you like to be strolling along in the park or on a sidewalk and step into a fresh pile of dog poo? Now, see why people should clean up after their pets?
Here I am checking out the dog evacuation kit:
And mistress finally got a picture of me with my mouth open while barking at a car that got into our driveway to turn around:
And Treader the old rascal got out into the rain and came back before we left:

Oh, one more thing. Treader wanted me to tell you a little about his raw journal. Treader is trying the RAW diet for an entire month and mistress decided to keep a journal so that just on case she forgets something she can look in the journal.
It looks like this:
Mistress has sloppy handwriting, doesn't she? BOL
Anywoof, if Treader does well on the diet, we'll keep feeding it to him. Mistress has to pay for the meat for the raw diet with her allowance money and she can't afford to both of us the raw diet, she probably couldn't afford to feed me alone the raw diet, but she can afford to feed Treader the raw diet. Besides, I get one raw chicken foot a day, so I won't completely miss out.

Treader - swimming!

Today I got to go swimming. Mistress wanted to know how I like water. I don't (see my picture over to the right of me trying to stay out of the water). (Mistress won't take me swimming on purpose ever again.) But I can swim! See, today the St. Marys Aquatic Center allowed dogs to come on the last day that they are open. Mistress would have brought Cookie, but (1) Cookie doesn't always behave around other dogs, (2) she is socializing Cookie gradually but this would probably have too much too fast for Cookie, and (3) in a place with a LOT of other dogs and a LOT of distractions mistress doesn't think that she can handle two dogs at once, at least until we are completely trained.
I did have a blast when we weren't in the water. I met lots of other dogs. Mistress saw it is a training opportunity and she had me do lots of sit/stays and practiced walking on a loose lead.
I will show you pictures of me then of the other dogs there:
Waiting to go:
On the way there (sorry for the noise, we had the A/C aiming toward the general direction of the camera:

Meeting another dog:
People love me!:
Swimming:
I wanted to stay here:
I hate being wet:

We met a Shar Pei:An English Bulldog and the other one's supposed to be an Aussie mix:
This German Shepherd kept playing with the part that water spouts out of (more of this guy later, mistress took lots of pictures of him):
A white German Shepherd and what looks like an Airdale:
A Golden Retriever puppy:
A Newfoundland (Newfie):
There were at least 4 Snhauzers, here's one:
This Golden puppy looks like she's sunbathing, but she's trying to dry herself off on the towel:
A grown-up Golden:
A Lab/Border Collie mix:
Swimming again:
Watching from the sidlines:
A close-up:
Another English Bulldog:
More of the German Shepherd from earlier:

Catching his ball:
Laying down on command:


He likes his ball:Then they went to a different part of the pool:

That's all of that. Would you like to see my new toy now? I did promise to show it to you:
Me chasing it:

No, we did not find the wire. We had to use another computer, insert the memory card from the camera, load the pictures onto a jump drive, and then load them on our computer. We'll have to do that until we find the wire.

Cookie & Treader - Wow!

Our furiends Essex and Deacon awarded us with two awards.


Thanks, Essex and Deacon!

The rules are:
1. The winner can put the logo on his/her blog

2. Link the person you received your award from

3. Nominate at least 7 other blogs

4. Put links of those blogs on yours, and

5. Leave a message on the blogs that you've nominated


We have several blogs which we follow.
We would like to nominate:
Daisy the Curly Cat
Abby K-9
Firefly's Dog Blog Spot
Just Another Dog Blog
Cowspotdog
Skeezix the Cat
Three Woofs and a Woo
Sorry if we did any that already got the awards. Woof!

Treader - old pictures

Sorry that I have no new pictures available to show you this time. The wire that goes to the camera got lost. So frustrating, huh? So I used an old picture, the oldest picture of me on record! And it's a professional one! At least I think it's professional...it looks like it, doesn't it? This picture is over a year old. It was my adoption photo.
Guess what happened today? Mistress's brother bought me a new toy since it was on sale! Wish that I could show it to ya guys. I will as soon as possible, pinky - er, paw - promise.
Mistress didn't feel all that well at the beginning of this week. Now she has an ear infection. Hope she feels better soon.
Since I don't have much to bark about, how about some more old pictures? One taken by mistress herself!
Mistress's picture of me at the pound when she first saw me before I was up for adoption. Sorry for the blurriness, I was whining and puting my paws on and off the bars.
My first photo of me at home.
Mistress put this shirt on me and I took it off in the backyard.
Playtime. I'm a play-growler.
Mistress's collage from freestyle practice. Mistress wanted to try it for a while, but then lost interest.

This is my old toy, Blink. I eventually put a hole in him, so mistress threw him away.This one is photoshopped.


One of my old tennis balls.

Mistress had the camera on the floor and I was trying to get a closer look. Turned out to be a one-in-a-million shot, I haven't done that since.Mistress was having me do all kinds of poses and I was getting tired.
One of the very first pictures of me. Mistress photoshopped it later on.

Would you care to see some clip art of me? Mistress made some and some of my Dogter pals made some. This first one was made by a Dogster pal, Bubbles Baby, a Sheltie:
Mistress made this by taking a picture of the backyard, making it bigger by mirroring it, and adding different poses of me and my ball in several frames. If the animation doesn't show up, click here.
Mistress made this one also.
And this was from when I was an honorable mention in a contest.
Mistress also made this one and with this I stop for today.
Thanks for reading!