This cured what ailed me.
One of my projects today was dumping the contents of about 25 compact discs full of photos onto a small external hard drive that I can take with me, for when I get homesick. It turned into a great deal of fun. Check out my dog pr0n:
That was about 5 years ago, when Digger was still alive and I was dogsitting Maggie while my parents were on vacation. She had a lot more fun than it looks like. I swear.
Then there was the game Sunny and Digger would play called The Ball Is Mine, Bitch. They’d get one racquetball and whoever possessed it at any given moment would prance and dance around the other, taunting them and aaaaalmost dropping it in a very coy way, until they would eventually fall to the ground together in a big dumb dog pile. Finally the ball-holder would drop it and the other would snatch it up and proceed with his or her own dance of taunt. What a couple of ‘tards.
Usually, after several minutes of this, they’d both become so hyped up that Sunny would suddenly leap away and start running in circles, and sometimes Digger would chase her, back when he still could. But mostly he’d stand in one spot as she ran the perimeter, pouncing toward her as she made her pass.
All is right with the world when dogs are out there playing and being happy.
UPDATE: This deserves a wider audience. By Mrs. Hill:
I’m only here for the three-way action doggie porn.
Well done!
Edited to add: Whoa… First twice in one day. I must be livin’ right!
February 5th, 2009 at 7:32 pmEST“All is right with the world when dogs are out there playing and being happy.”
How very well said.
My sister just became the proud owner/mommy of a male Chihuahua named “Fernando” after, I believe, an ABBA song. He’s a cute squirmy ball of energy and now I want a Chihuahua.
February 5th, 2009 at 7:36 pmESTI’d like to get myself some of that Maggie action.
Unfortunately, I’m pretty much a hound dog man myself.
That’s not to say I discriminate or anything like that. I think everyone’s equal.
There’s just something about that pose…
February 5th, 2009 at 8:05 pmESTLove it, first image I see when I get here is dog humping
February 5th, 2009 at 8:07 pmESTYes! Contagious Dog joy is surely proof that God loves us.
Our Wee Tess has to tease the boys. Half the time they ignore her, but that doesn’t stop her from picking up a leaf or twig and whirling around in front of them with it, a growling blur of black and white. Tess-mania-n She-Devil: “You want this!”
When we’re out on a walk and I whistle their “Lie Down,” you can see the energy building up in their anti-jump muscles. After a few seconds, I give the release whistle — Collie mayhem!
February 5th, 2009 at 8:46 pmESTWell, B. Franklin said that God gave us beer as proof that he loves us, but I think God gave us dogs for the same reason…
February 5th, 2009 at 9:24 pmESTThose are wonderful pics, Rachel. Love to see Digger giving Maggie his best domination moves! And those photos just warm my heart, too. I’m glad you have had some happy times in the midst of all this upheaval.
And that’s sure as sh*t smiles on Sunny’s, Digger’s and Maggie’s faces in each of those pics.
Feel free to share many, many more!
February 5th, 2009 at 9:50 pmESTYeaaah! Nothing like a pile of happy dogs.
February 5th, 2009 at 10:09 pmESTHappy, happy dogs. That sight can fix any funk! Those are some great pictures.
February 6th, 2009 at 12:06 amESTFinally! A really great shot of that ridge on her back!
February 6th, 2009 at 12:24 amESTFinally! A really great shot of that ridge on her back!
I hadn’t even noticed until Cletus brought it up, but wow, look at that third picture.
Now I want me some Sunny action. Still pretty much a hound man though.
February 6th, 2009 at 4:27 amESTI love dogs that play together. Penny and Rusty our miniature dachshund and Chihuahua love to mock fight/chase each other all over the house. They will start out in the bedroom and head west as fast as they can, circle around the island in the kitchen and back to the bedroom at about 100 mph.
They also like to help watch tv. Penny will get up on the back of the chair and drape herself around my neck while Rusty lays on my chest and lays his head on my shoulder, conveniently close to Penny’s butt. It’s like a puppy necklace.
February 6th, 2009 at 7:50 amESTI just like finally seeing some heterosexual dog on dog action. OK, that came out wrong. I don’t like it like it, I just am appreciating a boy dog humping a girl dog finally. I’ll stop digging now.
February 6th, 2009 at 7:53 amESTBoy, I am going to miss those doggie photos…enjoyed the older ones of Digger.
February 6th, 2009 at 8:09 amESTIsn’t it so wonderful to look back at pictures of them when they were young and having loads of fun? I’m more likely to tear up at pictures of my pets when they were young than with pictures of my kids as babies. I’m certain it’s because the life cycle is so much shorter and dramatic.
February 6th, 2009 at 8:13 amESTI started reading your blog religiously about 7 years ago because of your dogs. Digger looked like my sweet Rosie who died last year.
I’ve forever indebted to your doggie diaries. I was able to prove to my husband that I was not the only normal person who put her dogs on a pedestal and that it was okay. And the “Imagine No Liberals” mug has really pissed off my in-laws. If that thing ever breaks I will super glue it back together. They can lick Barney Frank’s balls before I’ll give up that mug.
Happy packing! I’m sure those pictures will bring you great comfort. Keep them handy.
What a great set of pix… thanks for sharing, and please, please do continue this wonderful blog once you’re over the pond…
February 6th, 2009 at 8:32 amEST*wheeze*
February 6th, 2009 at 10:01 amESTThat explains the ball gag….
February 6th, 2009 at 10:17 amESTI wish I could have a dog…
February 6th, 2009 at 10:53 amESTFunny, but off topic.
If you read the story it sounds like they’re trying to catch them with the same kind of trap your brother and SIL had bad luck with a week or so ago Rachel.
February 6th, 2009 at 12:19 pmESTHa-ha! Sunny’s been captioned over at .
February 6th, 2009 at 12:19 pmESTNo truer words have been spoken. Nothing makes me smile more than seeing my dogs romp in sheer joy - with each other or with their papa. I’m not much into romping.
February 6th, 2009 at 12:33 pmESTGood dog, Dig Dig. Good boy.
February 6th, 2009 at 12:35 pmESTThose are great pictures!
February 6th, 2009 at 12:56 pmESTI like the ridge on your ridgeback.
February 6th, 2009 at 1:04 pmESTThat’s at least the third time Sunny has been on I Has a Hotdog! She’s a superstar!
February 6th, 2009 at 1:38 pmESTI just went back to the LOLdogs page, and I still can’t help totally cracking up when I see the picture of Maggie snorkeling in the pool. Ping … Ping … Ping.
February 6th, 2009 at 4:25 pmESTThat’s comedy gold, I tell ya.
Here’s the direct link to , entitled “Pleez Drop Baycun.”
February 6th, 2009 at 5:32 pmESTYep, that one’s my all time favourite.
February 6th, 2009 at 10:23 pmESTThe only thing better is a .
We kept the little fattie in the front, he gave us 15 years of goofiness, love and sweetness.
February 7th, 2009 at 12:25 pmESTAw, those are fine looking pups BJM. Little bit of heaven in that picture.
February 7th, 2009 at 12:48 pmESTOT but I think it’s cool. Zo has posted a new video. This one’s a love song!
February 7th, 2009 at 2:10 pmESTGetting close to time for you to leave the good ole USA, keeping good thoughts for you tonight. hope you are well!
February 7th, 2009 at 4:58 pmESTI love your doggie pr0n. I think you will find it much more difficult than you realize when you move across the pond and are away from your beloved 4 legged friends.
Please allow me to go a little off topic here and say that I’m proud to announce the birth of my 6th grandchild. Check out my blog for pictures.
I’m also sad to say I lost one of my best four-legged friends. If you have a moment, please talk to what ever higher power you believe in and ask them to treat his soul kindly.
Joe
February 7th, 2009 at 6:02 pmESTYou knew someone was going to have to do this — the fruit, it hangs so very, very low!
February 7th, 2009 at 7:01 pmESTJoe,
February 7th, 2009 at 7:06 pmESTYou got both — congrats on Nova (so cute!), and prayers for Buster (and for you, too - four years is awfully short.)
Mrs. Hill, you’re so naughty.
That’s probably why you’re so funny!
February 7th, 2009 at 7:33 pmESTBJM—my mother called a group of puppies a “puddle of puppies.”
February 8th, 2009 at 12:15 pmESTTotally O/T and completely serious —
February 8th, 2009 at 12:50 pmESTis urging donations.
I found your site not that long ago, and first time commenting. I’m envious of your trip overseas. That’s been a dream of mine for a long time - to experience life in another country - for a year or so.
All the things you are about to learn and share with us are going to be amazing life experiences. Take the move in stride, as best you can. Pace yourself and realize how lucky you are to be on this journey (in spite of all the work it requires).
We’ll be watching to see how life goes in another country and what your thoughts are as you leave the States and see things from another point of view.
I look forward to reading about it and am exciting for you!
February 8th, 2009 at 4:23 pmESTMy Fuzzy never had any interest in chasing any thing that didn’t smell like food or another dog…. you want that tennis ball back, you go get it!
However, if there was another dog present, I would throw the ball, the other dog would chase it, and Fuzzy would chase the other dog…… She’s a very practical dog that way.
February 8th, 2009 at 5:35 pmESTRachel,
You get Taco Bell. Do it now.
(Ummm, yes. I do put sweaters on my young adult children when I’m cold. Why do you ask?)
February 9th, 2009 at 9:07 amEST