Brando and Bogart: The Chronicles of Floppy Ears, Waggy Tails, and Droopy Lips ™ ©
Tuesday, January 1, 2013
Tuesday, October 30, 2012
It's A Sunny Day!
"Humphrey who?!?!! Who's this girl?!"
"Let's play ball!"
Please join us in welcoming our newest addition!
Name: Sundance A.K.A. Sunny
Weight: 42 lbs.
Gotcha Date: October 31, 2012
Breed: Pointer
Pick up from the shelter time: 2:30 p.m.
Her story: Found roaming in a field with a Bearded Collie.
Has spent the last few months at our local
shelter waiting for her furever home.
By the way, she's AMAZING! She can sit, come, fetch, heel on a loose leash, and give great big huge smoochies!!! We've been visitng her at the shelter for a few weeks, we couldn't take her home sooner due to the rules the shelter has. She required a vet visit we couldn't get any sooner than Oct 31st. We've enjoyed the time at the shelter with Sunny. It's given us a chance to get know her rather than rushing her into the pack.
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Sit 'n Stay in the Saddle with Brando and Bogart
We are very excited to introduce our newest blog. Sit 'n Stay in the Saddle with Brando and Bogart will be about our travels in the west, and will include a soon to be new member of our family, a horse! The pups have had a little experience with equine, so we've been reading up, and talking to animal handlers about the proper way to adapt them to our newest four legged family member. This adventure has also been slow in the making to insure the safety of our children. We want to make sure we have a perfect match all the way around.
We've also been trying to find things to do that we couldn't or hadn't done in Chicago or Albuquerque. One of those things is to apply for a livestock brand. Dont worry! Nobody around here is getting branded, we hope to use it as a family logo. There are so many wonderful brands. They stand out proudly on the sides of ranch homes, on farm vehicles, or hang on handmade copper cut-outs at the entrance of a property. Our brand is still in the approval stage. Our daughter sketched a pup that looks like a Cavalier for our brand. All fingers and paws crossed it will be approved, and as soon as it is, we'll post it here first!
Get along lil' doggies (and kitty friends too!) please join us at Sit 'n Stay in the Saddle with Brando and Bogart.
P.S. We'd like to thank everyone for the kind words during our very awful relocation (Thank you Hawk BrownDog that's the perfect word!!!). My Dogs Love Me even made me cry. (Good tears!)Some of our friends have been asking what's been going on with the nightmare that won't go away, honestly, we've been trying to avoid the whole thing. Since this relocation is not going away for a while, we'll share the horror story as our next post. Thank you again, each and everyone of you means the world to us!
We've also been trying to find things to do that we couldn't or hadn't done in Chicago or Albuquerque. One of those things is to apply for a livestock brand. Dont worry! Nobody around here is getting branded, we hope to use it as a family logo. There are so many wonderful brands. They stand out proudly on the sides of ranch homes, on farm vehicles, or hang on handmade copper cut-outs at the entrance of a property. Our brand is still in the approval stage. Our daughter sketched a pup that looks like a Cavalier for our brand. All fingers and paws crossed it will be approved, and as soon as it is, we'll post it here first!
Get along lil' doggies (and kitty friends too!) please join us at Sit 'n Stay in the Saddle with Brando and Bogart.
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
Gotta Go!
"Hey! Where are you headed little buddy?"
"Where?!?!"
"Brando! Help!! I don't have
thumbs!"
"Brando....are you still here?! Oh..dear!"
"The frog was right here! I
saw it Humphrey! I think
this is the spot...."
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
The BIGGEST News Ever!!!
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Presenting....
Humphrey Bogart Here's Lookin' at You Kid
(AKC S.T.A.R. Puppy)
Now....
CANINE GOOD CITIZEN
Yes, Humphrey PASSED the test!!!
We are so thrilled!!
AND....
Guess who showed up to celebrate with Humphrey?
The Blue Angels!
Humphrey! Behind you!!
The celebration has started!
No, No!
Silly lil' pup!!
Have a look!
What in the world
could you be smelling?
Time for an itch!
Oh, Humphrey!
Finally!
Humphrey thought, "That's the biggest
flock of birds I've ever seen! How nice
of them to dress up in blue and
yellow. Those are the CGC colors!! All this
for me?!?"
Congratulations Humphrey!
Our ever amazing
S.T.A.R Puppy
Shed Dog
Advanced Trick Dog
Agility Dog
Butterfly/Bird Flusher
and
Canine Good Citizen
Saturday, September 29, 2012
Thursday, August 30, 2012
Nutro Party Picture Postcard
Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Nutro Party
Recently, we were contacted by Nutro to host a Small Breed Taste Testing Party. We were delighted. We will be hosting our party in the days to come.
We'd like to apologize to Nutro for hosting our party at such a late date, but due to our current lack of
living arrangements, it's made our party more challenging to host. We'd also like to thank Nutro for such a wonderful opportunity. The supplies are fantastic!
We are very familiar with the Nutro brand in our "home." Nutro is the only brand of food that Humphrey can eat without causing him weight gain. We've tried every type of diet (including homemade recipes), and Humphrey would still pack on the pounds. Also, their grain free food is perfect for pups, like CoCo, who experience tear stains.
Nutro's small breed line is excellent. The tiny morsels are perfect for small breeds.
We hope you'll stay tuned for photos from our Nutro Small Breed Taste Testing Party.
We'd like to apologize to Nutro for hosting our party at such a late date, but due to our current lack of
living arrangements, it's made our party more challenging to host. We'd also like to thank Nutro for such a wonderful opportunity. The supplies are fantastic!
We are very familiar with the Nutro brand in our "home." Nutro is the only brand of food that Humphrey can eat without causing him weight gain. We've tried every type of diet (including homemade recipes), and Humphrey would still pack on the pounds. Also, their grain free food is perfect for pups, like CoCo, who experience tear stains.
Nutro's small breed line is excellent. The tiny morsels are perfect for small breeds.
We hope you'll stay tuned for photos from our Nutro Small Breed Taste Testing Party.
Thursday, July 12, 2012
Hooray for Awards!!!!
In all the madness of our move, we nearly missed having received a couple of awards. What a wonderful surprise!! First, we'd like to thank Cinnamon and Popcorn for our awards!!
The Rules
1. Link back to the blogger who gave you this award
2. Pass the award on to 15 other blogger friends
For the Very Inspiring Blogger Award the rules are.....
1. Link back to the blogger who gave you this award
2. Share 7 things about yourself
and last, but not least, pass this wonderful award along to 15 fantabulous bloggers!!
So here goes! 7 things about the pups......
7. Brando is afraid of his shadow, birds, fish, hats, his water bowl, trees, (you get the idea!), but we recently found out he's NOT afraid of horses!!
6. Humphrey will be at the Pet Expo in Denver Aug 11. Hoping he'll be willing to show off some of his amazing tricks.
5. Ziggy is the smallest of all our the Cavaliers.
4. CoCo keeps all of her brothers in check with her strong female personality.
3. Brando and Humphrey will be hosting a Nutro Small Breed Dog Food Party in the very near future.
2. Humphrey is a great swimmer. He rides the waves to catch his toy or a stick.
1. At bedtime, Humphrey is my crown (he sleeps on his back on my head and snores), and Brando is my slippers. My feet, and head, will never be cold with them around!
And now to present the awards to 15 sensational blogger friends. We wish we could give more than 15!! It's too hard to pick!!!
15. Urban Hounds
14. Dip-Dip and the Bridge
13. Gospel of Goose
12. Prancer Pie
11. Four Legged Views
10. Mario's Meowsings
9. Finn Howard
8. Betty the Bichon
7. Bringing Up Bella
6. The Chronicle of Woos
5. Animal Shelter Volunteer Life
4. My Dogs Love Me
3. YouDidWhatWithYourWeiner
2. Brown Dog CBR
1. The Furries of Whisppy
Congrats to all! We've given you both of the above awards :)
1. Link back to the blogger who gave you this award
2. Pass the award on to 15 other blogger friends
For the Very Inspiring Blogger Award the rules are.....
1. Link back to the blogger who gave you this award
2. Share 7 things about yourself
and last, but not least, pass this wonderful award along to 15 fantabulous bloggers!!
So here goes! 7 things about the pups......
7. Brando is afraid of his shadow, birds, fish, hats, his water bowl, trees, (you get the idea!), but we recently found out he's NOT afraid of horses!!
6. Humphrey will be at the Pet Expo in Denver Aug 11. Hoping he'll be willing to show off some of his amazing tricks.
5. Ziggy is the smallest of all our the Cavaliers.
4. CoCo keeps all of her brothers in check with her strong female personality.
3. Brando and Humphrey will be hosting a Nutro Small Breed Dog Food Party in the very near future.
2. Humphrey is a great swimmer. He rides the waves to catch his toy or a stick.
1. At bedtime, Humphrey is my crown (he sleeps on his back on my head and snores), and Brando is my slippers. My feet, and head, will never be cold with them around!
And now to present the awards to 15 sensational blogger friends. We wish we could give more than 15!! It's too hard to pick!!!
15. Urban Hounds
14. Dip-Dip and the Bridge
13. Gospel of Goose
12. Prancer Pie
11. Four Legged Views
10. Mario's Meowsings
9. Finn Howard
8. Betty the Bichon
7. Bringing Up Bella
6. The Chronicle of Woos
5. Animal Shelter Volunteer Life
4. My Dogs Love Me
3. YouDidWhatWithYourWeiner
2. Brown Dog CBR
1. The Furries of Whisppy
Congrats to all! We've given you both of the above awards :)
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
Terrible Move
Dear Blogging Buddies,
Before we begin, we would like to apologize to all of our blogger friends. Lately, it's been very difficult trying to write for the blog. We've been trying to find a way to visit everyone, but we don't have Internet connection. We are going to be stopping by McDonald's to post this, and to come by and say hi.
Our move has been nothing short of a nightmare. We are just over a month into it, and we still haven't found a place to live. Right now, we are in temporary housing until the 16th. We wanted to stay here, but our landlord is very strange. She won't let us have mail, we can't have phone service (hence, no internet), she won't let us have garbage service.....the list goes on and on. It seemed like things were going to be okay in the beginning, but everything fell apart very quickly. Then there was the fire.......
In this mess of trying to find a place, without being scammed out of our money, we lost Cleo, and our girl, Rosie. I cried like a baby. There will never be a pup as gentle as Rosie. Rosie was a German Shepard mix that we adopted from the animal shelter in Chicago. We were taking our time in looking for a pup, when we found Rosie. We spent weeks going back and forth to the shelter. One week Rosie was there, the next she was gone. Then the next week would come, and she'd be back. This pattern of back and forth went on for a while. She kept getting adopted, only to be returned. It turned out she was perfect for us. I can't imagine what the problem was. All she ever did was ball herself up, and sleep on the couch! Cleo was the opposite of Rosie. She followed us around, was always under our feet, waiting for her next job. She loved Tim. When he came home from work, she'd jump off all fours straight into the air. I've never seen a pup jump so high!
My love for them has made me love the Cavaliers, and CoCo, that much more. Let's move on before I start to cry, again.
In trying to distract ourselves from this chaos, I stumbled upon something exciting to do with Humphrey. Hunting for shed deer antlers. He's really good at it, except he wants to gnaw on them before returning the antler to us! He looks at us like "Hey! Finders Keepers!" I think by January, he'll be ready to go! He's also started training towards service dog. Moving has made him a little shy. The trainer thinks he'll get over it once we are settled in, and we all have a routine.
I could type all day so we could catch up on the antics of Brando, Humphrey, Ziggy, and CoCo. Instead, I'll leave you with some photos. We wish everyone well. Hope to be back to blogging really soon.
Sending many licks, and nuzzles around the neck,
Brando, Humphrey, Ziggy and CoCo
Before we begin, we would like to apologize to all of our blogger friends. Lately, it's been very difficult trying to write for the blog. We've been trying to find a way to visit everyone, but we don't have Internet connection. We are going to be stopping by McDonald's to post this, and to come by and say hi.
Our move has been nothing short of a nightmare. We are just over a month into it, and we still haven't found a place to live. Right now, we are in temporary housing until the 16th. We wanted to stay here, but our landlord is very strange. She won't let us have mail, we can't have phone service (hence, no internet), she won't let us have garbage service.....the list goes on and on. It seemed like things were going to be okay in the beginning, but everything fell apart very quickly. Then there was the fire.......
In this mess of trying to find a place, without being scammed out of our money, we lost Cleo, and our girl, Rosie. I cried like a baby. There will never be a pup as gentle as Rosie. Rosie was a German Shepard mix that we adopted from the animal shelter in Chicago. We were taking our time in looking for a pup, when we found Rosie. We spent weeks going back and forth to the shelter. One week Rosie was there, the next she was gone. Then the next week would come, and she'd be back. This pattern of back and forth went on for a while. She kept getting adopted, only to be returned. It turned out she was perfect for us. I can't imagine what the problem was. All she ever did was ball herself up, and sleep on the couch! Cleo was the opposite of Rosie. She followed us around, was always under our feet, waiting for her next job. She loved Tim. When he came home from work, she'd jump off all fours straight into the air. I've never seen a pup jump so high!
My love for them has made me love the Cavaliers, and CoCo, that much more. Let's move on before I start to cry, again.
In trying to distract ourselves from this chaos, I stumbled upon something exciting to do with Humphrey. Hunting for shed deer antlers. He's really good at it, except he wants to gnaw on them before returning the antler to us! He looks at us like "Hey! Finders Keepers!" I think by January, he'll be ready to go! He's also started training towards service dog. Moving has made him a little shy. The trainer thinks he'll get over it once we are settled in, and we all have a routine.
I could type all day so we could catch up on the antics of Brando, Humphrey, Ziggy, and CoCo. Instead, I'll leave you with some photos. We wish everyone well. Hope to be back to blogging really soon.
Sending many licks, and nuzzles around the neck,
Brando, Humphrey, Ziggy and CoCo
P.S. We will be starting a new blog in the very near future. Although things haven't been turning out quite the way we've hoped for, we are always looking for a new adventure. That blog will be about our latest animal adventure.
There is no music in this post as a moment of silence for the loss of our pups.
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