Toby’s Prize

Sweet potato that Toby dug up in the garden

Toby had a special something

TOday that he found.

It was an orange tuber that was

Hiding in the ground.

He dug it up with his own paws

From its dark hiding place.

He showed it off to me and Mom

A huge grin on his face!

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I wish I had the camera ready when Toby found this giant sweet potato (It was 9″-10″ long.) . I don’t think I have ever seen such a big smile on his puppy face. This just reinforced to him that digging in the garden is great fun.

I am tempted to hide a few potatoes in the dirt and set him loose to find them. If all goes well, the tilling should get done with very little effort on my part.

Psychedelic Pup

Hippie Toby says: I really dig gardening.

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Come see what Bitey and Toby have been up to! In Dream Our World, the boys view the world of art from a canine perspective and enjoy a day of unsupervised fun.

If you are wondering about Toby’s commentary on the Pollack picture, like most kids, he doesn’t appreciate abstract art. He is saying, “Heck, I could do that!”

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Toby Was Attacked

New puppy greets Geordie by jumping on him.

I am feeling lazy today, so I borrowed a picture from Geordie’s past to help illustrate Toby’s day.

My little Toby is a rather timid guy who has a deep and abiding affection for his girlfriend. Between her house and ours is a little terrier girl who has it in for Toby. Over the weeks, her behavior has escalated. At first she would just howl at him. Later she crossed the street to head-butt him and do some growling. Today she spotted us half a block away and chased after us before we could walk away. Her teen human chased after her, but this little pup is a terrier and won’t come when called. Ms. Crabby Puppy not only head-butted Toby and growled but bit him hard enough to make him yelp. No blood was drawn, but come on. This should not be happening.

Since Toby wasn’t hurt, I didn’t look into filing a report. Also, I didn’t have any third party witnesses to back up my claims. To Toby’s great dismay, we won’t be walking down that street any longer. This doesn’t guarantee us safety from the little dog, though. She was the one I walked home on the day of The Great Roundup, so she has been known to roam the neighborhood.

I guess Toby is going to have to make the ultimate sacrifice and find a girlfriend who lives on a different street.

Sad Cairn terrier looks out of door.

No one in the history of the world has ever been as sad as I am.

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To see Toby during happier, more carefree days, pick up a copy of Dream Our World. Dream Our World has been doing some exciting things lately, and I look forward to blogging about them soon.

Come read Dream Our World where art is viewed from a canine perspective, and Toby and Geordie enjoy a day of unsupervised fun!

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Look Out Blue Puppy…

…there is a new toy in town! Mumy Loofah dog poses for mug shot.

Sude view of Loofah dog posing for mug shot

Side view of mummy Loofah dog toy

Mummy Mug Shots

On impulse I brought home this mummy Loofah dog for Toby. I realized that poor guy has never had one of his own, although he had several hand-me-downs from Geordie.

Toby went crazy for the toy! He has been playing with it non-stop. He loves hitting Geordie with the it and asking me to throw his toy. He carries Loofah Dog out to potty with him, and they sleep together in Toby’s kennel.

I am not sure if Blue Puppy is jealous or if he is happy for the reprieve. So far he hasn’t barked a word.

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Aaaah….

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Come one! Come all! You are invited on a journey of the imagination with my pups as they visit the museum of their dreams in Dream Our World.

Inside, the boys view major works of art through a canine perspective all while enjoying a day of unsupervised fun.

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The Giant Sunflowers

Ha! I had to borrow a camera, but I finally got pictures of the giant sunflowers in the garden.

Giant sunflower head

Close up of giant sunflower head.

Photo of two giant sunflower heads.

Photo of drooping, giant sunflower head.

At the end of the day

they turned off their suns,

nodded their heads

and fell fast asleep.

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And then the puppies peed on them

Who, me? I wouldn't pee on the sunflowers.

Who, me? I wouldn’t pee on the sunflowers.

The tomatoes, maybe….

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Come join my boys as they visit the museum of their dreams in Dream Our World!

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Loonies

Digital picture of Toby howling at the moon.

Awoo!

Loonies, they call us, who howl at the moon.

Our song starts at dusk, and we’ll howl until noon.

We like best to sing no particular tune.

You may as well join us; we’re starting up soon!

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Join my boys as they explore the Museum of the Imagination in Dream Our World. It is a fun adventure in art as seen through a pup’s eyes.

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The Great Roundup

Several people chase a puppy who has escaped her yard.

We had a bit of excitement in the neighborhood today. One of the local dogs decided to go on a walkabout. We suspect she was heading to a neighbor’s house to look for her boys, not realizing they were still in school.

In all there were five of us trying to lure the little pup to safety. Cars stopped in the street. People ran home to grab treats and leashes. What was scary was that this particular pup likes to hide underneath cars. We were so worried that she would get into serious trouble.

After she was caught, I was nominated to walk the dog home. Her family’s door was closed, and when I rang the bell, the pup couldn’t help herself and howled at the doorbell. Ha!

(So what if I haven’t got my camera to work yet. Stick figures can be just as fun!)

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For some non-stick-figure fun, pick up a copy of Dream Our World. In it, Bitey and Toby visit the museum of their dreams.

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Analepsis

Tiny Cairn terrier puppy loks clueless as he chews his toy.

I was organizing some photos when I came across this one of tiny Toby. From the time he came into this world, Toby has managed to take goofy pictures. This one is no exception.

At this age, you can see that his left ear hadn’t entirely stood up, and he had traded his green sweater for a stylish hand-me-down harness from his big brother Geordie. While I like remembering the puppy he was, I really love the dog he has become.

Thank you for bringing so much fun (and torment) into my life, little one.

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School is starting, and that is a great excuse to escape into an alternate reality. Come visit Bitey and Toby as they journey to the Museum of the Imagination in Dream Our World.

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I Need A Phone!

Get free bacon from your phone!

Peek-a-boo!

I didn’t realize this was even an option!

So, is there, like, a dispenser on the side or something? What if your phone is old? Would the bacon be stale? Do you have to rub the phone like a magic lamp? Inquiring dogs want to know!

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Come join Bitey and Toby on a magical adventure in Dream Our World. In it, Geordie and Toby visit the museum of their dreams.

Dream Our World is available at Amazon.

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Bitey’s blogs are likely to be a bit sparse for a while. After the last painting, I decided to start another. I had definite plans about what I wanted to do with this one, but the painting had something different in mind. I don’t know which one of us is going to win, but it promises to be a messy fight.

In the meantime, Toby is bored watching me work, so he has been trashing the house. I spend as much time picking up little bits of paper off of the floor as I do painting.

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The Cassandra Moth

I have a friend who says that puppies' souls come back to visit their mommies as butterflies.

Yesterday I was in the garden when a moth came around and kept batting itself into me. No matter how much I shooed it, it kept coming back. Afterward, I delivered a zucchini to a neighbor and mentioned the incident to her. She said a moth did the same thing to her and even got caught in her hair. Some believe that moths and butterflies are souls coming back to visit us. While I appreciated the visit, I didn’t understand what “flap, flap flap” meant.

A little while later I was picking berries when I heard an insistent tapping noise. I looked around and saw that it was a moth in a death struggle with a yellow jacket. They fought and fought for the longest time. Eventually I turned away to keep picking and lost sight of them. When I went to put more berries in my bucket, though, they fell out of an overhead branch and into bucket. I don’t know how, but the bee had dragged the moth up into the bush. They kept fighting until the bee forced the moth to the bottom of the bucket, then it ate the moth. When the bee flew away, all that was left was a pair of wings.

I’d never seen anything like that before. I wondered if that was the moth that kept hitting my neighbor and me. Perhaps she was Cassandra and knew her fate and was asking for help.

Two Cairn terriers sitting in the grass.

Why didn’t you eat the moth? We would have.

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Should I Be Worried?

Back end of Cairn terrier sticks out from under the bed.

Yes, most likely.

Long ago, in the Before Times, I used to store things under the bed. A.D. (After Dogs), I can only put things there that I don’t mind being chewed to bits. Since that is pretty much nothing, I can’t imagine what Toby was doing. Whatever it was, it was probably not good.