Louise and Sofie said that I am posting to many cats and ducks on the site and they want me to post dog stuff immediately to balance the other animals. So, here is a cute one. – DogDaz
Category Archives: Dogs
2.22.12 We won an “Awesome Blog Content” Award
The Rules for this award are:
ONE: Share something about you, alphabetically! Just a word or two about you starting with each alphabet letter!
TWO: Nominate worthy bloggers for this award, no limit how many you forward it to.
Here is the A-Z of DogDaz dictated by Louise and Sofie to Mommy:
A : America, that is where we live. We are just a couple of American Mutts. We live in a beautiful part of the country on the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland and Mommy says it is a little piece of paradise. We have never been to paradise but we figure she knows what she is talking about.
B : Beaver, Sofie’s lovey. Mommy actually bought it for Louise the day that Sofie came to live with us, but Sofie decided it was going to be hers (which she decides about most things).
C : Cats, we now have 5, which we think is entirely to many. There should be more dogs than cats, but they seem to always get their way around here. But, the blog is called DOGDaz, so I guess we do win sometimes.
D : Ducks, which like to swim in our pool, which we do not appreciate, but it gives us something to bark at. Mommy let’s us actually bark at them but they do not seem to fly away even when we get real close.
E : Earth, we like to dig in it and move it around, a lot. We think that we are excellent gardeners except nothing seems to grow in the spots we dig holes in. We are not sure why.
F : Food, we love to eat especially cat food and anything we are not supposed to eat. The chicken that Mommy makes us for training treats is our favorite.
G : Grass, we like to poop in it and run around on it and Sofie likes to roll and roll and roll in it.
H : Humans, we like our humans very much, especially Mommy and the young one. Louise is afraid of one’s she does not know, but she tries hard to be brave when they invade her space.
I : Ice, we like to chew on cubes of it but we do not like to walk on it outside.
J : Jumping, we are not suppose to but we both like to jump up on things when no one is looking. Sofie likes to jump on certain people and Louise only jumps on Mommy to get her attention when she has dinner and is not putting it down fast enough.
K : Kittens, we have 2 new ones, Stella and Nine, and we really like them a lot. We actually only just met last weekend, because Mommy had the silly door closed for a long time to the room they are in and we could smell them but not play with them. Nine let both of us sniff him today without going cat crazy.
L : Licking, we are not suppose to lick Mommy in the face but sometimes we can’t help ourselves because she tastes so good.
M : Miss Constance Kitty, is wider than she is long, and she loves to watch fish TV. Sofie and her have a special relationship.
N : Noel, is the top cat and she is snow white and very very large (but not fat – we did not say fat – she would kill us – and she really isn’t anyway). Mommy calls her ‘SNoel.’ She is not always very nice to us, but I think if we stopped chasing her under the table or across the living room, she would put her claws back in.
O : Out, we love to go out: whether the yard, a walk, or in the truck for a ride.
P : Plott Hound/Labrador, which are maybe two of the breeds that Louise is a mix of (but who really knows).
Q : Quiet, what it rarely is around here. Sofie likes to whine and bark, a great deal, Louise knows better but forgets her manners sometimes.
R : Relentless, which is what Sofie is when she wants something. Whine, whine, whine, whine, whimper, whimper, whine, whine.
S : Shelty/Corgy, which are probably two of the breeds that Sofie is a mix of (but who really knows).
T : The Muffin Man, our 18 year old king cat, who we like to bother on occasion just because we can. We respect him, but we still like to nose butt him anyway.
U : URL, http://www.dogdaz.com This is our blog and we have so much fun doing it and winning awards too!
V : ‘V,’ that is our other human, who takes very good care of us when Mommy travels (which is to often for our liking) and sneaks us real meat (which Mommy does not eat) and other fun stuff, when Mommy isn’t looking.
W : Walk, Lulu Belle loves her walk and would be sad if she missed it, Sofie Bear just comes along because everyone is going. Usually we walk everyday with Mojo, Louise’s Lab boyfriend from next door. Lulu says she really misses him if they don’t get to have their walk together.
X : Xanthous, similar to the color of an egg yolk, which is what color Sofie is kind of but not really, but we could not come up with an X word.
Y : Yogurt, what Mommy eats everyday and gives us the container to lick. Yummy!
Z : Zoo, what Mommy calls the 7 animals and 5 humans that make up our life.
Here are our nominations – remember we only give to blogs we have not given to before. Today we want to honor two Awesome photographers:
Laurie Bartolo Photography – for truly Awesome photos
Tracie Louise Photography – for more truly Awesome photos (and because her name is Louise too!)
Just a wonderful dogdaz morning dreaming about our acceptance speech ❤
Is it to much to ask?
Is it so much to ask that I wake up one morning and a basket full of Basset puppies be on my doorstep?
Monday’s Kissers
This is a repost of the earlier picture because something made my site code go crazy when I linked to the original. Sorry if you are seeing things weird. Please refresh your page connection. I think it is weird that a Pitbull post would get hacked. Now that is just paranoid, right? I was as ignorant about this wonderful bred as the media made me, until I met some of the sweetest kissers around. Be open and be kind. – DogDaz
2.20.12 Fear and Loathing
Sometimes things in life can be very scary. Whether you are a dog or a cat or a human, sometimes you just come upon a place you don’t want to venture into, or hear a sound that makes you jump, or you just feel that something weird is in the air and it makes your hair stand up. I try to respect the ‘scaries.’ Now I know that my animals have a different sense of the scaries than I do. I am afraid of ballons, they do not seem to mind them. They are afraid of the vaccuum, me, no so much. I do find it interesting what makes the ruff on the backs of their necks stand up. I am not sure if that is a response to fear or for protection (or maybe both). I know sometimes the cats will run into a room, jump in the air, and high tail it out of there like something was on fire. Not always sure what spooks these guys, Sofie seems to spook really easy lately. The slightest noise gets her barking her head off. But, I really hate when the animals get the ‘hebbie-gebbies.’ When they get anxious, for what seems like no reason, barking at something I can no see, or Lulu moves away and cowers, then I start to get concern, and wonder what my human sense is missing that their animal sense is zeroing in on. This is making me think about the things that they are afraid of and the why. Louise, is fearful of new people and new animals. Tail will go down, hackles will go up. She will bark and show fearful behaviors so I do my best to be between her and her fear factor until she can get calm. I think it takes a long time to manage fears internally, so I do my best to stay with her through it and make sure she knows she is safe with me. I never force her into situations if she does not want to try it (except the Vet). Sometimes, she is just afraid of something she sees in the shadows (that I just don’t see) and she will jump in the air or bolt (pulling the lease out of my hand kind of bolting) and I do not know why. Sofie loathes white trash bags and will squirm out of the kitchen when I am putting a new one in the garbage can. In general, I have not found Sofie to be afraid of much else except the vacuum monster (or me leaving, but is that fear?). Me, one of my largest fears is the yard gate being open without me knowing and something happening to these 2 silly mutts in the street. The cats are afraid of getting eaten by the dogs (which is unfounded in the house but still a good natural response). Fear is a very health response and keeps us safe if managed. I try really hard to personally embrace my fears and listen to the animals about theirs. Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤
You can never have toooo many HUGs
Thank you to Milka [the Great{est} Dane] for honoring us with a wonderful HUG award. This is such a nice gift from a new friend. Do not tell Lulu and Sofie, but my daughter has always wanted a harlequin Dane and she thinks you are just the cutest.
As her human describes her, Milka is 100 lbs (and growing) of slobber, with 2 different color eyes and guffy ears. She is our new Portuguese best friend and we are so glad we can follow her antics on the internet. 
So to continue the chain, we would like to pass a Hug Award on to a very deserving blog friend, Barb at: Passionate About Pets & People
Barb is one of those truly international people that has lived in many parts of the globe and has a deep passion for the furry, feathered, and human. She lives in Queensland, Australia. Her blog features her current dog Poppy, her hubby, and past pets and passions. She always has something nice to say and I learn something everytime I visit her blog. So, Barb, this HUGs for you.
2.19.12 Letting Sleeping Dogs Lie
I know this picture would lead you to believe that my 2 angel dogs sleep nicely on their bed in my office while I work during the day. I wish I could say they actually sleep for any length of time during the day, but really, they don’t. What could you expect, Lulu is 2 and Sofie is only 1. Two high energy dogs and I want them to act like old softies. Sofie likes to go in and out of my office, back and forth to the living room, emptying the toy box in there and filling the one in here, then she wonders downstairs and goes into my bedroom to brings me my fuzzy slippers, one at a time. Louise usually disappears into the den next door for a nap on the couch at some point during the day, but mostly she is in the office with me. Since I start my days around 6 AM, the dogs are early risers (they do not know what weekend means). I usually feed all the animals by 6:30. Then I give the dogs their Omega 3 smelly fishy stuff in peanut butter balls and follow it with a nice marrow bone filled with something hard to get (which keeps them busy until about 8). By then they want to go outside for about 15 minutes or so to run around. When they come back in it is nap time YAH!. I work from home so I am on the phone and computer almost constantly. Thank goodness for portable headsets, which allow me to run up and down the stairs letting them in and out even when I am in meetings. I always plan one hour sometime between 9 and 12 in my day to take us on our 1 mile walk. If I can do it to about 10:30 then when we get back they are tired and I can eat lunch at my desk somewhat undisturbed. They chill pretty well until about 2:30 PM when they are ready to play again, but I am not, so out they go into the yard for awhile with toys and balls (and yes, I know that is when the holes get dug because they are unattended and want Mommy’s attention). Back and forth, up and down, in and out, until before dinner when I romp around the yard with them to get them ready for supper. Animal dinner is usually around 5:30 or 6 PM, Then we play inside and outside and inside and outside until after human dinner when all animals need to settle down and usually do. The dogs fall asleep in the evening around 8 PM and I take them out for the last time around 9:30 PM before putting them in their kennels. With so many cats running around, it is just safer and quieter at night for everyone to have controlled safe space. I actually do not close Louise’s kennel all the way, but she only came out once at 4AM to tell me something, otherwise she stays in until I lift the sheet that covers them in the morning (usually around 5:45 or 6 AM), when I start all over again. I would gladly let sleeping dogs lie (what does that mean anyway?), if they ever slept. Just another DogDaz morning at our house <3.
