Today, I was finally able to get Nancy to take quite a long nap with me. Of course, I feel bad when she gets one of “those headaches” as she calls it, but, it does get her to slow down for at least a few hours. No, contrary to what you may be thinking right now, we (meaning, us dogs) are not the reason for her headaches. If anything, her headaches dissipate when we surround her with…
First of all, I hope everyone enjoyed the long Memorial Day Weekend!? It sure has been hot in Minnesota with record break temperatures, hitting 100 degrees. Thank You to all those men and women who have served in any capacity to keep our country safe. Memorial Day Weekend got me thinking about all the humans who have sacrificed their lives for the freedom of our country. But then, Nancy was telling me that she is sure that there…
Whoa, it has been awhile since I wrote my blog. Did you miss me? Remember, I don’t really obsess about those types of human emotions, but that does not mean that I don’t wonder from time to time what you humans think? Take for instance, today when I was laying in Nancy’s lap having my face shaved (finally) and she was telling me what a great dog I am – well, I thought, you told me that once so…
Well, now that spring has finally arrived here in Minnesota, I think the weather has invigorated me again. You may notice it in my still macho prance, if I may so say myself. Now, my owner Nancy’s prance is not near as graceful as mine and she even gets to wear nice running shoes. Yup, I am feeling quite spritely for my age. This next subject may be a bit touchy because many of you have your own…
Hello! Happy Monday to all of you on this bright sunny morning! The sunshine reminds me that I should dwell on the sunny things in my life, instead of any gloom. But, let’s face it, we are all getting older and there are just times that even this Lighthearted Louie does not feel like writing any blog. So today, I have asked Serenade to write for me since she tends to be the serene dog/person around here. Serenade…
OK, I guess it takes some nasty weather for me to even think about writing another blog. Yup, it has been a few weeks again since my last blog (oh, don’t even tell me that you had not noticed no blog since March 23, or I just may hand this over to some other poor canine in the house!). But, I am sure that you figured I was planning my spring lawn repair and helping my owner get motivated…
To my complete surprise, it was brought to my attention that I was named “Pet of the Week” at Westonka Animal Hospital. I have been trying to figure out why I would get such recognition because I have not done anything extraordinary (unless you consider a dog writing a blog unusual?) lately. Sure I traipse into Westonka Animal Hospital for this or that, but I really try to remain incognito, not wanting to draw attention to the dog that…
Hello Everyone! How are you?! I must say, I am doing very well, even if I am not an Irish Setter dog today on this St. Patrick’s Day! By the way, Happy St. Patrick’s Day and weekend! It seems that you humans find all kinds of reasons to party and I am just fine with that too! My whole life is about celebration after all! The idea of a day set aside for just the Irish got me…
While us dogs don’t get annoyed by much of anything because we do live in the moment, I have to admit, that even I was getting annoyed with our muddy backyard. Of course, we try to avoid the mud, but it is almost impossible. I think my owners should put in an artificial turf like our poodle friends have. Wait, that would mean no more barking at the lawnmower in the summer, so maybe not?! See what happens…
You may not realize this, but, I actually like it when I am not the one capturing all the attention around here! You know how there seems to be those humans or even pets that think that they should be the center of attention at every event? Well, that is not me! In fact, I really like to observe, especially now that I am growing older. Just look at all the attention that Harmony is getting from Nancy…
Now, this really is not fair! Nancy has persuaded me to do a blog entry just so she can procrastinate on her tax data work on our shared computer. I thought that I was on a big winter break from my blog, but so much for my winter break, huh! I also had to visit the Animal Hospital three times this past week, so I am already worn out from all the attention. I won’t go into the…
While many of you are anticipating the Minnesota Viking NFL playoff game this Sunday, I am eagerly awaiting more predictable outcomes for myself. Such things like knowing that I will finally get my toenails ground down tomorrow after Nancy shaved my paws. She had to shave my paws so that she could actually see my toenails. Just so we are clear on this – I am not saying that is MORE important than your Minnesota Viking’s game this…
Sometimes I think you humans need a blizzard to allow your world to pause. You save those projects for a snow or rainy day, and when they do not happen, us pets have to figure out clever ways to orchestrate a standstill, a fermata of sorts in Nancy’s music world. Like just this morning, I was being brushed out by Nancy and I knew I had to just bare with it so she would just chill for an hour….
So, have you been waiting for a Christmas blog from me? What, you say that you have not missed hearing from me? Well, I have news for you, no one ever said you have to read my blogs! HA! But, if you are reading this it is probably because it is just too cold outside to do anything else except read or watch something. Do you know that it is so cold outside that I don’t even want to…
Hmmmmm…..do I really need to write a Christmas blog this year???? Do you think anyone even reads my blogs Nancy? Please don’t tell me it would be your favorite gift if I would only write a Christmas blog!
It was my birthday yesterday; but, I am not telling you this to get attention. If you have been reading my blogs all these years, you know that I try not to make it all about me anyway! To say that the day went about without any glitches would not be totally honest and in this case, my owner has forbidden me from sharing yesterday’s episode that required some patience on Nancy’s part. She was mortified by her choices of…
Happy Thanksgiving to all of my readers! If you don’t read my blog often, don’t worry, you did not miss much except for my assistance to help you view your human life with a bit more lightheartedness! You see, us dogs really are so thankful every day for our human companions, especially if they allow us to “just” be dogs. My human owners, as you have become aware, seem to think we should try to write once in awhile…
So, here it goes, I will try to crank out one of my blogs before my owners pick me up later. They dropped us off on October 18th, with the only instructions to behave, but have fun! Like, what is that supposed to mean anyway? We are being dropped off at a Poodle Hotel. It is not like we are going to run away or give the other poodles some funky haircuts for Halloween or something?! I…
Perhaps you are thinking, didn’t Louie just write a blog and has he ever written twice in one week?! Well, just remember that I went almost six weeks without writing, and I am quite grateful that no one nagged me then about my lack of writing. Sometimes, us dogs can be rather unpredictable like you humans. I watch these humans surrounding me and just when I think I understand them, they go off and do something totally…
It has been one of those perfect weekends. It all began when we went for an hour long walk during a leisurely misty morning. Well, when it is with Harmony instead of Serenade, it ends up to be mostly fast walking or running more than anything but a leisurely walk, but it was all good. The backyard is so wet yet that instead of playing fetch for awhile, we had to watch Nancy rake some leaves. Why am I…