Hot!

Who turned on the stoopid heat around here! It was 92 degrees outside, and really humid! I spent most of the time in the basement on the nice cold tile floor.

Here's how Abby spent her day.


Yep, that's her favorite spot. Right in front of the cold air vent. Smart girl!

Hollybollybananabeautifulboo
(chillin' in my own way)

Holly Abuse!

Why must I endure this torture?

Just to be beautiful?

Hollybollybananabeautifulboo

(not happy about the bath abuse)

Training?

To those annoying people who keep posting comments on my blog that you know a site where I can learn more about "dog training" and, if I want to check it out, they have a "superb" site, "recommended by dog trainers and veterinarians" on "clicker training." WTF??? Do you know who I am??? Pffffffffttttt!!!!!

First of all, I do NOT need trained. I do the training.

Second, those clicker things are highly annoying. I will chew it up and destroy it.

Third, get the hell off my blog before I come and squish you! It won't be pretty.

And finally, thank you for your attention to this matter. (Big, sharp toothed, snarky, Malagal grin)

Princess Hollybollyboo the Beautiful
(do not make me mess with you! You will be sorry)
I'm just sayin'

Tasha

It is with extreme sadness that I write this post. My very good friend Tasha, has lost her battle, and has crossed the Rainbow Bridge.

Run fast and free of pain sweet Tasha. We will meet again one day, and then we can play in the big doggie park at the bridge. I will miss you very much.

Holly

(extremely sad)

What The ?????

I know I've mentioned what a freak Samual is in previous posts. However, he has a new "thing" which no one has been able to figured out what the hell he is doing. He seems to feel the need to climb on the table beside the couch where mom sits. No idea why. He just decided out of nowhere that he wanted to climb up there. So he did.

Once again, proof that he is a freak. I rest my case. For now.

Please ignore the stupid human woman while she tries to talk to Sam. She acts as if he is going to talk back to her and she will understand him. Whatever!!

All I can do is shake my head in confusion, and try to figure out what is going through his tiny little pea brain.

Hollybollyboo
(anyone know a good doggie psychiatrist?)

Meme

And no, I don't mean ME, ME!! Haroorooroo!

Here's the latest tag game. It's a memoir meme. Here's how it goes.

Write your own six word memoir.
Post it on your blog and include a visual illustration if you’d like.
Link to the person that tagged you in your post, and to the original post if possible so we can track it as it travels across the blogosphere.
Tag at least five more blogs with links.
Don’t forget to leave a comment on the tagged blogs with an invitation to play.
Have fun.

Beautiful (Duh)

Sophisticated

Snow Queen

Food Hound

Mini Moose

Adorable (another given)


I'm going to tag Ari, Flurry and Aja, Stormy and Thunder, Amici, and Togo.

Have a great weekend!!!

Hollybollybananabeautifulboo

New Territory

Mom and dad have removed some barriers around our shed to put up the new privacy fence. So, now we have a new place to check out.

Here are a couple photo's of our new "area" which Abby has decided is quite comfy. By the way, that big hole was dug by Samuel. He LOVES to dig!




Yep, she looks pretty comfy to me. Thank goodness I have "issues" with dirt, and prefer to stay clean and beautiful.

Hollybollybananabeautifulboo
(I'm just sayin')

Food Challenge!!

Yes, food is one of my favorite things!! But, I'm not talking about food for me. This time.

I'm talking about helping feed rescued pets. And, you may ask, how can YOU help feed these pets? By clicking the badge below.

My friend Izzie has put out a challenge to all her friends and readers. That challenge, is to post the badge on their blog for one day, explaining that by doing so, it will help feed rescued animals. Then, each person or doggie, is asked to click on the link once every day for a whole week! I plan on clicking on it everyday, from now on, but her challenge is for us all to click on it for at least a week! Think of all the food we could help provide for the animals! You can get the code for the badge HERE, and post it on your blog.

Then, be sure to go visit Izzie's blog and leave her a comment, letting her know you are part of the challenge to feed rescued pets.

So, all my friends, are YOU up for the challenge?

Hollybollybananaboo
(I NEVER back down from a challenge)

Why?

Why is it humans feel the need to humiliate us? Dad thought it was necessary to put these headphones on me. As you can tell, I'm not overly enthused. He was interrupting my nap!

Hollybollyboo

Final Video Installment

Well, this is it, the final installment of the Summi video saga. We had such a great time together, and I have saved the best for last!! Enjoy!

Yep, we sure did have fun!! But, since this play session was after all our walking, and digging, and hole investigating, we got tired pretty quickly! I can't wait for us to get together again soon!

On a side note, my wonderful friend Summi was just diagnosed with bilateral cataracts. He was acting a little "off" according to his mom, so she had him checked out. He's only 17 months old, so that is way to young to be getting cats in his eyes. Like my friend Khyra always says, "Khats are evil!" Now I know why she says that. All that cat hair in your eyes would make it hard to see.

So, if you could, please send some good vibes to my most special friend Summi, and his mummi too. I think she needs some cheering up, and since I'm not there, maybe some well wishes from all our doggie friends, will help. Even if just a little.

We all love you Summi!!! Especially me, your MalaSis! (Oh yeah, and Khyra too)

Hollybollyboo

More Fabulous Video

As I promised, here are more videos of me and Summi. Have I mentioned what a great time we had?!?!!!

Still more to come, so be sure to stay tuned!!!!

Hollybollyboo

Summi Video

Well, here you go!! A few videos of my visit with Summi and the rest of the Iowa Crew.

This is where the wubba wubba tootsie roll Kiana was yelling at me.

There are lots more though, so be sure to stay tuned!!

Hollybollybananaboo
(happy now Khyra?)

Summit's Sibelings

I also got to meet Summi's Sibelings. The "sproing" dog is Kahyn. I think he might be related to Dave.

Hi Summi's Sibelings! Wow, are you both SMALL!

This is Kahyne and Echo. The wubba wubba tootsie roll on the far right yelling at me is Kiana. I don't think she liked me much. She yelled at me a LOT. Mom absolutely LOVES her cuz she is soooo cute and adorable and.............round.

I think Kahyne wants to play with me.
Summi's dad talking to Kahyne and Echo. I think Kahyne is trying to tell him something.

Wonder if that is how my Dave got his bananas off the top of the fridge. I'm thinkin'..... Yep!

Stay tuned, more to come!!

Hollybollyboo

Summi Teaser

No, I don't mean me! OR Khyra!! Hawoowoowooo!!

What I mean, is that I have some pictures of Summit from this past weekend when I got to visit him!! Yep, that's right...ME!!! I finally got to go with mom and dad to visit Summi, and we had a fabulous time!!! I have lots of videos, and lots of pictures. But, I don't want to show you all at once, cuz that would really ruin all the fun! And, I'm sure it's going to torture poor Khyra to wait to see all the great Summi pics!!! Wooooo.

So, here are some "teaser" pics for you. Just be sure you keep checking back periodically as I get the rest posted in the days to come!

Me, in the car on the way to Summi's house.

Can you tell who is who in these pics?

Well, that last picture of Summi has given me an idea. And, I'm sure you can all guess what it is.

Hollybollyboo
(zzzzzzzzzzzzzz)

Kona Update

Well, the good news is that he doesn't have anything terrible like mange. The bad news is, it's just hypersensitivity due to his allergies. He is no longer eating anything that is on his food allergy list, which means it has to be environmental. We'll keep giving him the zinc supplements too. Anydog know of any good herbal remidies for hypersensative skin allergies? We need a good supplement to help with this. Mom even bought some biotin supplements since it is suppose to help with skin and hair.

Mom did buy some new laundry soap this week that is hypoallergenic (Arm & Hammer has one) and started to wash all the doggie blankets, and blankets that cover the couches, and bedding to see if that might help a little too. They also have to start giving him baths in a special shampoo (Keratolux). He's gonna love that!

So, it looks like he will be back to the steroids. Only positive thing about that, is he might actually feel like eating again.

I'll keep you all updated as we go along with this. I sure wish it was a more specific diagnosis. Poor guy.

Hollybollyboo
(glad it's not me)

My Moose Stuffie

I know I've talked about my moose stuffie before. I really love it, even though someone ate one of his ears off.

Here is a recent video that shows me carrying around my moose.

I had to see what Abby had, just in case I wanted it. However, I realized Abby didn't have anything I wanted, so went to lay down. (Notice droopy boy laying on my other couch just looking dorky.) But, then I realized I had forgotten something, so went and picked up my moose stuffie for my nap.

I sure hope everydog and human had a good Easter and got lots of goodies in their baskets! We got rabbit jerky treats and lamb ears. They were all very yummy!

Have a wonderful week!

Princess Holly the Beautiful
(do you like my new name?)

Kona's vet visit

Kona went to the vet yesterday. They did some skin scrapings, and didn't find any mites. Then they took some skin biopsies, so hopefully that will show something. It could be anything from extreme zinc deficiency to an autoimmune disorder. The biopsy should give us some information.

The results won't be back for about a week. So, as soon as I hear anything, I will let you know. Mom and dad are REALLY hoping for an answer. There is no way any human, even the usual stoopid ones, can look at that poor dog and NOT think there is something wrong!

I promise to have new pics of me this weekend. Mom finally got the Kodak software working, so I promise new pics!!

Hollybollyboo

Poor Kona

This time the humiliation doesn't belong to Samuel. It's poor Kona.

This is what Kona should look like.

However, this is how he looks now.

Unfortunately, he has had some allergy problems. We had him tested for food/environmental allergies, and have changed his diet, and even started giving him some raw food instead of canned. He has been on benadryl, chlorpheniramine, and steroid injections, and nothing seems to be working. He chews on himself until he is bleeding. He even horka'd up a hairball the size of a baseball. We even had skin scrapings done to test for mites. Mom keeps trying to cut the hair around the areas he chews on, and putting hot spot medicine on it, but he just won't stop. We recently thought that maybe he is a little OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder), so put him on Xanax. It is helping a little, but the most help has come from a little invention mom thought up. Hence, the humiliation for poor Kona.

This is the only way to keep him from chewing on himself. Mom made this little outfit out of a pair of her jammie pants. Pretty nice of her to give up her favorite lounge wear for him.

He is going to the vet Wednesday morning. He will probably need to get some skin biopsies to see if there are other problems that we can't figure out. Even the vet can't figure out why he is having so many problems. So, wish him luck! I will keep you updated.

Hollybollyboo

Lazy

Yes, I have been very lazy over the past week. Mom does have some new pictures, but she is having a bit of a problem with her Kodak Easy Share software not doing what she wants it to do since it was upgraded. I think I'll have dad look at it.

In the mean time, here is an old one of me so you don't forget how pretty I am. (as IF)

I promise to get this thing figured out so you can see some new pictures of me.

Hollybollyboo

PeeS: I would like to say good-bye to my good friend Marvin, and his mom Jeannie. With very sad hearts, they have decided to leave the blogging world, and I will miss them terribly. Best wishes Marvin and Jeannie, please stop in from time to time. I will miss your wonderful poems and handsome face! I wish you both all the best, and hope you can return one day.

Did You Miss Me?

The stupid human woman is so busy these days, that she hasn't let me on the puter long enough to blog. Something about being busy at work and staying late, then coming home and trying to catch up on all her SMS e-mail. Whatever.

So, I thought I would post a funny picture of Droopy (pre-droop). More proof that he is just plain WEIRD!

Apparently, he thinks he's part khat now, and can sit on the back of the couch. Freak.

Hollybollyboo
(back to my nap now)