Toby & Sully's Doggie Bloggie

Thoughts about life from the dogs

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Resolutions

Hi there. I know, I know - it's been quite a while since Sully and I have blogged. It's really the fault of our humans. They do NOT share their computers. I'm trying to figure out how I can make some $$ to buy my own, but for now I have to wait until Mommy human is doing a Sudoku or something to grab her laptop. Geez!!

Anyway . . . today Sully and I had a long conversation about our new year resolutions. We pretty much broke all of them already. Let me list them for you:

Resolution #1 - Exercise more - pretty much we sleep all day and only go for a walk when the lazy humans take us for one. I tried chasing Sully around the house when the humans aren't home. It's not as much fun when there isn't a human to think I'm cute when doing this. 

Resolution #2 - Eat healthy foods - My puppy cousins Wrigley and Cooper along with the human cousins that were born on the same day, gave us these for Christmas.

Do they look healthy to you? Let me provide you with another photo - it's fake bacon. Yeah, fake. But we still LOVE them.

Resolution #3 - Get organized - now this one might be a winner for us. Sully and I have neatly organized all of the stuffing from our toys around the floor. It seems that our puppy cousins Wrigley and Cooper have the same resolution, here is photo from their house.

I'm not really sure why we make these goofy resolutions. I think we were feeling pressured by the humans. By the way, Mommy human HASN'T exercised three times a week or completely abstained from sugar - so her resolutions are bust too. Daddy human is still playing that game on his phone all night, so he failed too. The human brothers probably didn't make resolutions because their lives have gone on just as they did a month ago.

I think the only successful resolution was that of Sister human. She resolved to dye her hair purple - and she did. Kudos to Sister!!

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The pointed light tower

Toby here, hi humans! Once a year my humans go through an interesting ritual of putting a pointed light tower in the corner of the family room. It's an interesting process. First they drag a lot of boxes and buckets up from the secret door. You know, the door that goes down the stairs to the place we aren't allowed to go?? I think the humans call it the basement.

Inside all of the buckets and boxes are lights, little toys that look like they would be fun to chew on, and other weird stuff they put around the house. It takes almost a full day for the humans to litter the house with this stuff. I don't get it.

I like the light it provides, it's much easier to see my toys. Here I am sitting by the light tower. Maybe I'll try to grab those toys of the tower later today. I'll let you know how it turns out. 

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Guess where I was? No, it wasn't the chicken bone situation . . . it was just my annual check up. I kinda like NAWS because all my old friends are there. The humans LOVE me!! I'm like a celebrity there! 

I didn't like the nail trimming and the shots :(

Oh well, I got some pretty yummy treats so it's all okay; however the vet said I need a little diet. I'm bummed. 

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Thanksgiving - the human holiday

Hey there, its Toby. I know it's been a while since I've posted, I really need to get my own computer. Mommy human has been monopolizing her computer, Sister won't let me use hers, and the Daddy human has this wonky touch screen thing and I can seem to get my paws to work that thing. Crazy!

Anyway . . . last week the craziest thing happened. I've seen it happen before, it's this thing called Thanksgiving. The humans made such a big deal about it when all it really was for me is a big hassle with some great food perks.

It all started last Wednesday, I thought it was going to be a fun day because Mommy and Daddy didn't go to work. Usually when they stay home it means that we are going to things like go for a walk, play in the yard, play tug-of-war ... you get the picture. That's not at all what happened. Mommy spent almost the entire day in the kitchen making human food. Now don't get me wrong, I like when the humans cook because the drop good nibbles on the floor, especially the daddy human. He and I have a deal, he pretends to drop things on the floor and I eat 'em. It works well for both me and Sully. Some of the morsels Sully and I enjoyed were apple slices, sugar that fell on the floor, celery, bread cubes, a glop of butter, and I think I ate a paper wrapper of some kind. It tasted good.

After the cooking came the cleaning. You know how I feel about that!! They brought out the loud carpet monster and that thing that looks a little like a bird but they call it a 'duster'. Sully told me he wants to catch it and eat it someday, I told him he's crazy. 

Do you know those crazy humans moved the furniture and had the NERVE to move our beds into Mommy's office!! AND, our water and food bowls moved to the laundry room!!  Really? Do I move their food dishes to the garage? What the heck!!

By the time the finished all that cooking and furniture moving none of the humans had enough energy to play with us. Not fair!!

The next day, the day the humans call Thanksgiving, seemed like it was going to be low key because it started with the humans putting a really large, naked bird in the OVEN!! Poor bird. 

Just when I thought it was going to be a sleepy day, the doorbell started ringing. Humans started piling in the house, about 20 or so showed up pretty much all at once. My humans threw me out into the backyard at one point because I was greeting everyone with a high ten, which some didn't seem to like. These crazy humans were loud, didn't have much regard for my personal space, but on the good side they dropped a LOT of yummy things on the floor. I especially liked the little humans, they not only fed me food but they played with me for a while. And then - I was done with them. However they weren't done with me!! Ugh! It was still fun.

Here's some photos from the day. See that big bird? and the little humans?

Can I tell you a secret? The humans still haven't put the furniture back where it belongs!! I mean they put our beds back in the family room, but there is an extra table and other junk still lying around. I think they are tired after the crazy day!!

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Uh Oh! I don't think I should have . . .

Hi humans! It's me, Sully. I don't think this post will be very long because I'm not feeling so well. I didn't realize that eating this 

would give me such a belly ache. Who knew that you shouldn't eat buffalo chicken bones. I know what you're thinking 'Sully you shouldn't go into your human sister's bedroom and eat the garbage that she leaves lying around her room.' Yeah, well I did. I hope I'm feeling better tomorrow.

By the way, sister is home! Sister is home! I was so excited to see her when she walked in last night. I gave her a big hug.

Burp. Sorry, I've got to go. Advice to all, don't eat chicken bones. 

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You have to like a photo of cute puppies!

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What. Is. This????

See this? No, I'm not talking about me or Sully. No . . . not the bushy bunch of grass that always smells like bunnies. That other thing. I heard the humans call it 'THE FENCE'. 

MY. LIFE. IS. RUINED!!!

A couple of weeks ago I was outside doing my thing, you know . . . sniffing, peeing, and running off into the neighbors yard. Okay, okay. Maybe I ran into the front yard too and made Brother #1 chase me around. Haha! He couldn't catch me!!

Anyway! The next day these guys showed up and started digging holes and put this fence thing around the yard. At first I didn't realize what this fence was about, however the next day I went to run over and sniff the stuff on the neighbors back porch and would you believe I couldn't figure out how to get there? Here I am trying to find an opening. Yeah, there isn't one!!

So let me ask you something, how am I supposed to go visit those cute little humans next door? How am I supposed to play 'Catch me if you can' when the humans look tired? How am I supposed to go see if there are other doggies in the front yard.

I'm in jail.  <sigh>

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I'm sorry

Hi Humans, it's me Sully. I'm so sorry it's been so long since we have blogged - really I'm sorry.

You know what else I'm sorry about?

I'm sorry that I shed a lot, I know that I do.

I'm sorry that I ate the piece of chicken off of Mommy's plate when she stepped outside for a minute and left her plate on the table.

I'm also sorry that she came back so quickly because she grabbed it and then yelled at me :(

I'm sorry that I like to pull everything out of the waste paper baskets when the humans aren't home. (Actually, I'm not sorry because it's a lot of fun.)

Toby just said that I should be sorry that I steal some of his hugs. Sorry Toby, it's too bad I'm faster and stronger than you and bully you out of the way for human hugs. 

I'm sorry that I always ran out of the yard when I wasn't supposed to, now our backyard is a big cage. Oh wait, Toby wants to tell you about that after I'm done posting.

I'm sorry my paws smell like Fritos.

Toby says he's sorry that he has to take the stuffing and squeaker out of all of our toys. Look what he did to this long legged stuffed ducky. He knows it makes a mess.

I'm sorry, he's sorry. Please forgive us humans.

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FINALLY the humans are letting me use the computer . . . but I have writers block. Ugh!

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They forgot our birthday!

Yes, you're reading the title of this post correctly. It's very sad, but true! - the humans forgot our birthday. Here's how it went down...

Each year the humans celebrate both Sully's and my birthday on Sweetest Day. I was actually born in October (along with my puppy brother Wrigley) and because the humans adopted Sully in October they decided that it makes sense to celebrate on the same day. I was NOT happy about this the first year, but I've learned to tolerate sharing the day.

So last Saturday being Sweetest Day, Sully and I were all prepared for the usual hugs, kisses, and treats that we typically get when we get up in the morning on our big day, however the day didn't go that way. I jumped out of my bed bright and early as I have been lately, and the humans being groggy and tired barely woke enough to let us out in the yard to pee. I fully expected a happy birthday belly rub when I got back in the house . . . but no.

The daddy human fed us our usual breakfast and left the house very early without even acknowledging our big day. Would you believe a couple hours later the mommy human woke up, got herself ready and left the house too! NOT A WORD about our birthday. Sully cried - I was angry so I pulled all the Kleenex out of the waste paper basket in the bathroom and shred it all over the upstairs hallway. 

A few hours after that I heard Human Brother #1's phone ring. It was Mommy. I guess she FINALLY realized her blunder and told Brother that it was our special day. He's the best, not only did he give us both lots of hugs and belly rubs, but he and his girlfriend went out and bought us the most delicious birthday cookies!! Yay!! Thanks Brother. I love you even though you're dating Sully's human girlfriend.

Mommy tried to make up for it by giving me a bunch of hugs and kisses when she got home from work at midnight. Quite honestly I was sleeping and she was a bit of a nuisance, but I still love her.

I'm pretty sure that if our sister human wasn't away at college that SHE would have remembered our special day. 

These damn humans, I don't know what their problem is but they forget things ALL - THE - TIME.

I'm going to let this go this time, but if they ever forget my birthday again I'm going to steal one of their socks or throw up on their favorite rug. 

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23 Adorable Animals Posing With Their Stuffed Doppelgängers.

I want a Doppelganger!!

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Why we tilt our heads

Sully: Toby?

Toby: Yeah Sul?

Sully: Did you ever notice how the humans do this cute thing with their voices when we tilt our heads?

Toby: You think its cute? I think it's torture! How many times do you need to ask if I want a cookie for goodness sakes! Yeah I want a cookie and yes I heard you the first time.

Sully: Oh settle down Toby, they just think we are cute.

Toby: Cute? How is us saying 'yes' the only way we know how, cute? Quite honestly it's torture. They ask if I want a cookie and I say yes, and in return they ask if I want to go for a walk. Ummm . . . . Hello!!! I just said I want a cookie and heck yeah I want a walk.

Sully: Silly humans.

Toby: I find them confusing sometimes.

Sully: Me too, but I sure do love them.

Toby: Me too.

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The Pug Head Tilt

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My Little Dog

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This is just silly!!

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Colorful coats

Take a look at the photo that I reblogged (is that a word?) below. I'll see if I can find another after I finish typing this post. 

Here's my question for you - what's the deal with changing the color of your fur? Here's what I know, when I'm out on my walks with the humans we are often stopped by humans who want to pet my soft fur and find my coat to be very cute. Just last week someone said 'I love his coloring' and I assume she was talking about my fur and not the Lady and the Tramp coloring book I have hidden under my bed.

Sully has only two colors, black and white. I feel very lucky that I also have brown fur, it seems to get a lot of the girls, both dog and human, looking my way.

Humans! Stop dying your dogs' fur!! Pink?? Who dyes their fur pink?

Talk to you soon!

-Toby

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Jester dog

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Pink puppy?