Happy New Year!

Secret Paws!

Whew - it sure has been busy around here, what with the tree falling down and then heading off to camp so that Mommy and Daddy could go home for the holidays!

Things were so busy that a few important tings got over looked - like a bunch of my DWB Holiday cards are still sitting on the table at home. Mommy was going to take them to the post office on the way to the airport, but she forgot! And she forgot to send my blankets with me when I went off to camp - I know I'll be fine without them, but sheesh!

One thing that didn't get overlooked is my Secret Paws package! The furry nice bunny Cadbury sent me these super great bouncy balls. They're a ton of fun and so far pretty darn durable, since I can be a bit hard on my toys :-) And Cadbury knows about chewing stuff, as all buns do!

First I have to inspect the package:

Then Mommy tosses me one and I go crazy!

And finally I settle down for a nice chew...

It would have been nice to take my new toys with me to camp, but I guess I;ll have something else to look forward to when I get home!

If I don't have a chance to checking again before the holidays I hope you all have a safe and happy holiday season!

Woofs and Wags to you all!
George

Sad News

I'm sorry to have been gone so long - Mommy obviously has been bizzy doing her stuff and not helping me. But then we got bad news that has made us very sad.

Our sweet friend, Mr. Samwise, has passed away. We didn't even know that he was sick.


Mr. Samwise lived with his Mistress Winter in Mixlowe, United Kingdom and they recently went through some house renovations (my Mommy said that could stress a pup out a lot!). He loved to go for walks, even though his health meant that he had to take it slow. Mr. Samwise and his Mistress always had such kind words for us, so we only hope that we have been able to return the favor.

I'm sure that Mistress Winter would appreciate some kind words during this difficult time, if you could stop by her bloggie.

Violet for Violette

The other day PB&J took over the bloggie to tell you about the sad loss of little Violette Noelle. Well, sweet little Sprout is being laid to rest on Saturday and her Mommy has asked if everyone could ‘Wear Violet for Violette’. The kitties have turned their bloggie violet - Mommy can't figure out how to do that with my new design or I would too. On Saturday I'll be wearing my violet bandanna and the kitties will be wearing purple bows - all to support little Sprout's family.

If you can, please do the same. Sprout loved her kitty Monty and I'm sure she would have grown up to love all animals.

P.S. If any of you donated, you'll be pleased to know that we raised enough to send Violette's God Mother to the services as well as cover her hotel costs. Way to go every kitty, doggy and hammie!

Another One?!

My cool new friend Mistress Blue (she's a big fan of Airedales, so of course she's cool!) gave me this super award! Thank you so very much! But where can I go to spend it, does Petsmart take it?


And then she tagged me for a funny meme - you go to google and type in your name with the word 'needs'. So in my case I typed in "George Needs" and this is the top five:

George Needs Anchor Management (umm, we don't have an anchor)
George needs a separate forum section (I'd really rather not have any kind of separate section - I like where I am)
George Needs a Job (seriously, unless there's a "CEO of Rawhide chewing" that ain't gonna happen)
George Needs Your Help (I do - I always need help!)
George NEEDS ME! (Mommy loves this one :-)

Um, this is the hard part. I think I'll pass this on to Asta, Luc & Remy, Mr. T-Bone Beasley, Molly & Taffy and my BFF Renna (who had her ladygardenectomy the other day and is recovering)!

Sad News

Hi Woofies! It's Pearl, Bert and Jake here, we're sorry to take over Georgie's blog today, but our friend Monty's littlest bean has left us and flown away to heaven. We are absolutely heart broken for his family.

If you can, we need donations to send Little Violette's God Mother to the funeral - please visit the Cat Blogosphere and give if you can. Also, please take a moment to visit Monty's family and keep them in your thoughts and prayers.

When you are sorrowful look again in your heart,
and you shall see that in truth you are weeping
for that which has been your delight.
-Kahlil Gibran

An Award!

Look at what my friends Luc & Remy gave me! I'm so excited! Thank you guys sooooo much!



The Rules:
1) You have to pick 5 blogs that you consider deserve this award for their creativity, design, interesting material, and also contribute to the blogger community, regardless of language.
2) Each award has to have the name of the author and also a link to his or her blog to be visited by everyone.
3) Each award-winner has to show the award and put the name and link to the blog that has given her or him the award itself.
4) Award-winners and the one who has given the prize have to show the link of "Arte y Pico"blog , so everyone will know the origin of this award.
5) To show these rules.

So here's the problem - I love all my friend's blogs, and I'd be hard pressed to pick just five, since you are all an inspiration to me - Asta is so popular, and Abby is so spunky, Mr. Samwise is so steady, and Willow is so fun! I do have to make sure to give it to my BFF Renna, since she's the pup that got me started, but I'd like to give it to all of my blogging friends, because you are all so pawesome.

I'm sorry I haven't been around much, Mommy's been very busy with work and summer stuff. I love summer, but I love it more when I get to see my Mommy and Daddy and visit with my friends!

Happy Fourth of July!

Happy Independence Day everyone! I got out my spiffy bandanna for the fourth - it's always best to look good for holidays. I like this picture, since it doesn't show my bad haircut (though you can see that they cut my beard a bit too short - but Mommy says that's ok since I'm a big slobber-mouth) :-)
Mommy and Daddy we're just in Philadelphia, our nation's birthplace. They saw all sorts of cool stuff. The kitties posted a bunch of pictures from the trip - the Liberty Bell, Independence Hall - lots of cool places.

Oh, the kitties got their Swap 'n Tails - and there was something in it for me! Thank you so much Samantha and Mr. Tigger - the squeaker toy is sooo cool.

But there's a bit of bad news - Mommy is leaving us again! The good news is that Daddy is staying home and Mommy will only be gone for a few days, but jeesh it would be nice to spend a little time with us all together.

Good News and Bad News

The good news is that it's my kitty friend Dante's Third Birthday party today - in fact he's having a super Pirate Party all day today! And what's even more exciting than that, is that I get to go to the party and I even have a date! Dante's handsome brother Beaux asked me to accompany him to the party and I'm so excited.

Isn't he handsome?!

The bad news is that Mommy and Daddy are leaving for a vacation, so I'm going to be gone all next week. I guess it's not too bad since I get to go to the kennel - which is super fun, I get to play with all the pups there and they even have agility toys to play with.

There is another little bit of good news - when Mommy and Daddy come back they're going to have my Grandma with them, so I get to see her (and she always brings me cool treat)!

So I'll miss you guys - but I'll be back soon!

Finally Friday

Finally I get to open my present is more like it! There's been a box sitting on the kitchen counter since Monday night and Mommy hasn't been around to help me open it. I've never had my own mail before - oh sure, sometimes I get something when the kitties get a present, but this is the very first time something came addressed to me alone! It smelled so good sitting up there, and Mommy told me it was from my friend Renna, so of course I was very anxious to see what it was.

Here's the cool card - isn't Renna the cutest Princess Pup you've ever seen?! Oh it's a birthday present, how exciting.


Here's me checking out the box.


And here's what was in it!

A big juicy Ham Bone - it was so great! I could barely contain myself, I kept pawing and jumping on Mommy as she opened the package for me (I could have done it myself, but she said no). It was so amazingly tasty, I chewed and chewed! Bert came over to see what I had, and I wouldn't let him see - I got mad and took my bone to the corner where he couldn't steal it.

A while later Mommy got up to take the bone away, she said it's not good to have too much of a special treat all at once (see if she says that if I tried to take away her Ben and Jerry's!). But all she saw was a few last bits of bone, so she looked all over till she realized that I had eaten the entire thing in the span of only a few hours (I'm what the vet calls and "aggressive chewer")!

Even though I didn't make it last, I sure did enjoy it!!! Thank you sooooo much Renna, it was an awesome birthday surprise!

On a sad note, one of the kitties' friends is being helped over the bridge today, I'm sure Storm and her family would appreciate any good thoughts, woofs or puppy kisses.

My Friend Sophie

This is my friend Sophie (she looks kinda like my new friend Luc).


She's the very first big dog I ever met (well, except for all the dogs at the place that I was born)! She's soo cool, I really like her a lot - when I was little I used to run all around her and try to bite her fuzzy ears. I usually see her ever weekend, but since Mommy and Daddy have been taking care of her this week I've gotten to see her lots.

Sophie loves to come over to my house - she loves to chase the kitties. And sometimes she even goes into the basement and snacks in the kitties' litter box!

She doesn't always like to play with me 'cause she's like a squillion years old (oh, wait Mom says she's 14) and doesn't feel like playing. But that's ok, she's still my good friend.

Thanks You All So Much!

Wow - I couldn't have asked for a better birthday! It was an awesome surprise party, and thanks to all my kitty and doggy friends that came by to visit! And how cool is it that I share a birthday with Miss Blue Eyes, one of the most beautiful kitties in the blogosphere!

And then, if that weren't enough Mommy and Daddy got me all these great things! I got new tennis balls, a frisbee, a new tuggy toy and a really big bone! And they even let me clean the plates after dinner (including the ice cream bowl)!



Wow - I should turn three more often!

Also, Asta's Daddi is sick and he needs our hugs and good wishes!