Talk to the paw...

JuJu Request

2012-01-12T16:15:00.000-08:00

Hey there... Oakley here...

I kind of have an odd request today, for some JuJu. You know, feel good juice. But not for me, for my brother Swisher. I'm not exactly sure how these requests work, but our blog friend Puglet does it all the time and seems to get great results. Swish has been having some eye problems lately. Mom had to take Swish to the ER vet in the middle of the night on Saturday. He was squinting a lot and his eye looked really red. I've had my own issues with my eyes, but Mom was extra worried about him since he only has one eye. They told Mom that they think his eye is scratched. They gave him some medicine and the terrible Cone of Shame.

Vet told Mom to watch him for a couple days and come back on Wednesday. They did. Vet said still not much change. So they put a contact lens in his eye to help speed up the process and more meds.

One of Mom's coffee cups is now one of our PetMeds pharmacies.

I might have to get a part time job pretty soon. Mine and my brother's bills are not cheap.

Swish is a trooper though. He can't really play with me or a bone or a stuffy. But he still sits in his favorite spot and plays watch dog. He hasn't been coming to work with me and Mom much, 'cause she doesn't want to take a chance of him getting more hurt. The cone isn't bothering him much either. I'm more scared of it than he is. When he first got home I wouldn't stop barking at him. He left to the Vet and came back a transformer!

I hope he gets well soon. He's been getting a lot of extra attention lately and that's interrupting my cuddle space with Mom on the couch. She even gave him her pillow pet to lay with. She says because the cone takes up too much space in his bed or something. Whatever.

So any JuJu you guys got laying around, can you please send it my brother's way? That way he can play with me and I get my couch space back. Oh, and so his eye can get better too. Thanks.

Lots of licks,

Oakley... and Swisher

Hoodie Wordless Wednesday

2012-01-04T10:00:00.000-08:00

Lots of licks,
Oakley and Swisher

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

2011-12-31T12:50:00.000-08:00

Opening presents on Christmas is fun and all, but opening presents after is even better! It's like Christmas all over again. This time these presents were from our girls Kitty and Coco.

The girls totally know our personalities...

We got two stuffies. Oakley went straight towards the Kong Wubba. It's strong and durable and can play tug-o-war for hours. Swisher went for the holiday Giraffe that's soft and squishy.

And we got some new treats!

Pork Chomps mini twists. Mmmmm smells delicious.

Wasting no time.

Tasty!

The girls also sent us a Christmas photo of them. Don't they look lovely?

Kisses to you Coco.

We put your card up with all our other holiday cards.

Let's not forget our 'COOL' shirts either.

They fit and look great!

Thank you so much girls. You ladies are sweethearts! We hope you had a Very Merry Christmas and liked our gifts as well. Can't wait to see the video you post.

To everyone in blog land... Have a safe and wonderful New Years!

Talk to you guys NEXT YEAR! Bol.

Lots of licks
Oakley and Swisher

Santa Paws came to town. Twice!

2011-12-28T11:30:00.000-08:00

Hey all of you! Boy did we have a great Christmas weekend. Santa Paws came to town, TWICE! and brought us all sorts of cool stuff!

Let us tell you how our Christmas went... bare with us, there's a lot of pics. Puparazzi was everywhere. Bol.

Our first Christmas celebration was at home this past Thursday when Aunt V came over for our gift exchange. Check out all our presents!

Ok those are not ALL ours, they're Mom's and Aunt V's too.

First we opened our stockings...

Inside we had: Snowman and Christmas tree stuffies from our neighbors, pet ear and eye wipes,

...Swisher got his own purple hippopotamus, and I got small fun size tennis balls from Aunt V!

Ok time to open some presents from Aunt V!

In box number 1 we got stuffies. A red candy cane for Swisher.

And a green Christmas tree for Oak.
In box number 2 we got some cool graphic tees.
Oakley's is the tootsie pop Owl. Swisher's is a scrabble shirt. Bol.

In box number 3 were some warm fleece pull overs.
Blue for Oak.
Red for Swish.
But Swish is too buff for the red one, so Mom has to exchange it. Bol.

Lastly, but definitely not least, box number 4 was to the both of us...
Christmas Cookies!

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Next were presents from Mom.

This present was way too big for us to open, Aunt V had to help us. Can you tell what it is?

A Mickey pet bed! How pawesome!

Next from Mom was a costco size box full of peanut butter cookies! 3.5 lbs of it!

But that wasn't it, Mom's boss got us some cool things too.

She got us this Freezy Pup Kit, that comes with a recipe to make delicious frozen treats for us. Also a Pick Pocket Pouch you can attach to our leashes for our walks that you can store things. Like Moms keys or our poop bags. Neat. And then she got us this iQube, dog puzzle toy.

OMD I love these kinda toys!

That was a PAWESOME first Christmas! We got so much stuff and are so excited to play with everything and eat ALL the treats! By the end of the night, there was only one casualty. Bol.

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For our next Christmas celebration, Friday morning we headed to Fresno to visit our Grandma and Grandpaw, Mom's parents. We love going to their house. We got to run around with Swisher's dog Mom and Sister, Penny and Diamond, cuddle with Grandma and Grandpaw on the couch and open more presents.

Grandma and Grandpaw got us a 3 pack of stuffies and this cool I love PetHead grooming kit. That us in the background playing with our stuffies. At the time, shampoo didn't seem that exciting. Bol.

It comes with 2 shampoos and a deodorizing spray. And it smells SOOOO good. Mom sprayed it on us and we smell delicious! Smells like strawberry or fruit roll ups. Bol. But it's for the pet with sensatory skin like us, cuz I'm sure most of you know "Life's an itch"!

We had such a wonderful Christmas. We want to say thank you very much for all the Christmas presents. We tried to be good boys this year and not end up on Santa Paws' naughty list. I think we did a good job.

Hope everyblogger had a wonderful Christmas holiday as us!

Lots of licks,
Swisher and Oakley

Pee.S. Kitty + Coco, we got your Christmas package and will be blogging soon about that. Thank you girls. Hope you got ours.

It's begining to look a lot like Christmas...

2011-12-20T09:30:00.000-08:00

Hi everyblogger... Swisher here...

We've kinda been slacking on our blogging lately, our apawlogies, but we tried to play catch up today. Can you believe it's almost Christmas?

Thanksgiving came and went so fast, it seems as if Grandma was just here. By the end of the week, we'll be in Fresno, celebrating Christmas over there with her and Grandpaw.

It was only right for us to get to decorating. We like to decorate to get us in the Christmas spirit. Mom got some new lights for our front window, and brought out our festive holiday Christmas colored blanket.

Aunt V came over to help decorate also. She was in charge of the garlands, stockings, and wrapping presents. But I think she was getting a little out of hand with the garland.

I think Aunt V is getting us confused with the Christmas tree. I better be getting some treats for this.

Our bookshelf is full of some of our favorite holiday decorations.
1. Holiday Smurf
2. Singing/Barking dog
(which we LOVE to bark back at)
3. Stockings
4. Christmas Cards
This is our pawesome little tree. Look at all those presents!

Of course, no Christmas celebrating is without our annual Christmas card. This year Mom agreed to go simple and just let us wear Christmas t-shirts. Which we were SO happy about. Although Aunt V did get inspired when she put that garland around us... she got a bright idea for our cards...lights!

Aren't the back of our shirts pawesome? Bol.

After about 57 out takes, and 5 different positions, these were the end result.

(Please excuse bad phone photo with bad lighting.)

Hope everyone is getting excited about Santa Paws coming this weekend. We think we've been good boys this year and gave Mom our wish lists. At the top of mine, is PIZZA! Bol.

Wishing everyblogger out there a Happy Holidays, Season Greetings,
and a Very Merry Christmas!

Lots of licks,
Swisher... and Oakley

Paw-dicure

2011-11-15T09:30:00.000-08:00

After too many phrases like 'Ow Swish!' and 'Ow Oak!'... Mom said it was time for us to get our nails cut. So off to Pet Smart we went.

They have this offer called the Paw-dicure package that has nail trimming, nail grinding and ear cleaning.

Oakley was a little shaking in his fur, so Mom had to hold him.

I volunteered to go first.

I know nail grinding sounds kind of scary, but it's actually not that bad. I like it better than nail trimming, because sometimes nail trimming can get too close. Plus, the people there at Pet Smart are really nice and very careful.

Oakley was up next.

I don't wanna look. I'm gonna close my eyes.

Whoa there lady.. watch where you're going with that thing!

The best thing about getting our nails and ears cleaned was we got treats after we were done! Mom had to warn the lady helping Oakley that he probably was going to yelp louder when they cleaned his ears, than when they were grinding his nails. He did.

After our Pawdicure, we shopped around a bit. That was fun.

I think Pet Smart should change they're name to Pet Heaven. They have everything there a dog could ever want.

How is anydog suppose to decide what to buy with so many options???

We were overwhelmed with all the toys, we didn't end up getting any. Can you believe that? BUT, we did leave with some pretty cool shirts.

Hey Mom, can we stop for a cheeseburger?

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This is us later with our new shirts...
Oakley's shirt says: Tonka Trucking Co.

We like big trucks because our Grandpa drives an 18 wheeler.

...and mine says...

RUN DMC!

Pretty cool huh?

Keep those nails trim!

Lots of licks,
Swisher... and Oakley

Evening Walk

2011-11-09T19:20:00.000-08:00

Today Oakley and I played hookie. We didn't go to work with Mom, and instead Aunt V came to chill with us. Today was pretty uneventful except for Aunt V sharing her Chipotle lunch with us. OMD that was good stuff. But a little while ago we went for a evening walk.

Things I saw:

1. A broken tree
2. My brother's weird habits
3. Sunset

Exhibit A: Broken tree.

We saw the caution tape from afar. But we're rebels...

...and wanted a closer look anyway.

This happened after the rain the other night.

I needed to leave my mark. To make sure if anyone else dared to get as close as we did, they knew I was here first.

Exhibit B: Weird Brother

I don't know why and Mom can't figure out why, but Oakley has a weird habit of booking it full speed, balancing himself on the edge of the curb, and sniffing for the best spot to...well you know. (picture was purposely cut off for the viewers.)

Exhibit C: Sunset
Nice right?

Time to head home...

...for a nap until Mom gets home.

Hope everydoggy is having a wonderful evening.

Lots of licks,
Swisher

Lick-o-Treat

2011-11-01T16:45:00.000-07:00

I'm starting to think Howl-o-ween might be my new favorite holiday. Well I don't know about favorite, but it's just as fun as Christmas and Birthday time! I mean what other day do you get to keep the front door open and wait for kids to come and visit you? I couldn't wait for last night to come.

I wore my matching Pacman theme shirt today. So you KNOW I was ready.

When we got home from work with Mom, we changed into our costumes. Mom was styling with these cool Franky-stein socks.

Then we filled the candy bowl. But it wasn't only filled with goodies for the kiddies...

...it also had goodies for the doggies. Ya we threw in some cool stuffies for our neighborhood furiends. (I have enough toys, I'm secretly hoping we have left over candy. Bol.)

To get a little more into the Howl-o-ween spirit, I told Mom to put on the movie Ghostbusers.

The perfect movie I thought to have on in the background while Swish and I were on guard waiting for Lick-o-treaters. He guarded left. I guarded right.

We were being such good boys and not barking at any of the kids or strangers that came by that Mom and Aunt V shared their nachos with us and we got a special treat!

A Licky-pop!!!

OMD it was the best ever!

Mom was scared that Swisher was going to try and eat the entire thing whole. Stick included. I had to show him how to do it properly and explain if you just keep licking it, the candy last longer. Just goes to show you, big brother's don't always know everything. Bol.

Hope everyblogger had just as much fun as we did!

Lots of sticky licks,
Oakley

Pumpkins and Costumes

2011-10-29T19:26:00.000-07:00

Happy Howl-o-ween everyone!

So the 3 things we know when our families start luggin' in those big orange stumps into the house are:

1. they smell funny
2. we lick 'em anyway and they taste like dirt
and 3. costumes are to follow.

Yup. It's that time of year again when all of our Moms, (well it seems mainly the Moms) love to go shopping, find the most ridonkulous thing they can find, put it on us and pull out the cameras. Hmph. At least we get treats. We're not sure why we don't get a say in our costumes, but this year Mom leveled with us and got us simple costumes. Thank Dog!

-Can you tell what we are? We're Jokes.

::Swisher shakes head in disappointment::
-Nooo Oak, we're JOCKS!

My neck is a little bit missing in this photo.

But I'm playing into my costume. A Varsity Football Jock.

Mom said this could be my professional senior photo...

...with my letterman jacket.

You're looking at two MVP's...

Our Team? The K-Nines, of course.

And those pumpkins we were talking about, we didn't get to eat any of it, so we let Mom and Aunt V handle all the carving. Mom comes up with the concepts, Aunt V does the carving. But Mom helps. And we help clean the floor if anything falls. Bol.

Can you try and guess what our theme is this year?

Hint #1: Cherries.

Hint #2: Ghosts.

.....it's PACMAN!

We're looking forward to handing out candy and seeing all the kids with cool costumes. Hope everyblogger has a fun and safe Howl-o-ween! Eat as much candy as you all can!

Lots of sticky licks,
Oakley and Swisher

Oakley meets Leela

2011-10-20T19:05:00.000-07:00

Hey out there... it's Oakley here...

First of all, let me apawlogize, 'cause it's been a while since we last posted. This time it wasn't our editors fault, but our own. We actually haven't had much to blog about lately. Nothing new. But like they say, 'no news is good news' right? Swisher and I are doing fine. The usual. Chasing each other around the house and fighting over stuffies and driving Mom completely nuts. Yup. The usual. Bol. But we have been keeping up with your bloggies, we pawmise.

But today was a little different. Aunt V came over and picked me up and said we were going to go pick up her little cousin, Leela, from school today. It was a surprise, Leela had no idea I was going to be in the car.

I was a good boy and waited patiently in the car until Leela got out of school.

This is Leela. Isn't she a cutie?

So for the next 3 weeks, Aunt V is picking up Leela and her older brother, Kinan, from school. But today Leela got out early, and we had an hour to spare. So Aunt V took us to the park. Yeah, US. We both got to go.

While Leela played, I patrolled. I found all sorts of new smells.

But I was also Security2.o

Me and Aunt V watched Leela play and made sure no one got hurt.

There were a lot of friendly kids at the park. And I'm a furiendly feller so I mingled with them and let them pet me. This little guy was funny. I could tell he wanted to pet me, and I was being super good so he knew I wasn't a mean dog. After a while he got the courage to finally pet me.

We left the park soon after that because it was time to pick up Kinan. Then the kids said they wanted a snack, so we drove to Costco. Aunt V wasn't sure if dogs were allowed around the food court, so I waited in the car.

But I probably TOTALLY coulda gotten down with them because at the food court there were puppies! Chihuahua Terrier Puppies! Some young kid was trying to find my 'cousins' new forever homes.

Leela with one of my cousins.
(you know 'cause they're Terriers. Bol.)

Oh well, maybe next time I can get down. I had a fun day anyway meeting new friends.

Hope everyblogger is well out there. Are you guys getting ready for Howl-o-ween? You know we'll be posting our costume and pumpkins pictures soon. So be on the look out! I'm actually happy with my costume this year. It's not no crazy uncomfortable get up Mom usually tries to put on me.

Lots of licks,
Oakley

Buggy-eyed Boys

2011-09-12T19:27:00.000-07:00

Hey every other buggy-eyed doggy out there... it's me, Oak...

I'm here to tell you all how my day went. We didn't go to work with Mom because some gardeners were going to be there today. And since Mom said my eyes have been extra sensatory lately, she didn't want to take any chance of dust or dirt getting in my eyes. Aunt V spent the day here with us instead. It totally started off as a nice day. We were able to relax and go for a walk and play here at home. Later on, Aunt V said we were going to meet Mom. Just me and her. I thought cool! Something just for me to do. So I hopped in to the car.

I almost couldn't believe my eyes when we stopped!

It's that heaven place! Where they sell slurpees!

But to my total disappointment, we didn't stay. We didn't even get anything. Aunt V just had to put gas. Lame! So we kept driving.

Until we stopped here. Casa De Amigos! (That means 'Friend's House' for all you non-spanish speaking doggies. Bol) I thought, a friend's house? Pawesome! I love making new friends.

But to my disappointment twice... it was not a friends house. It was the Animal Hospital we were going to. ::gulp:: As soon as we walked in I started shivering, so Mom held me.

This was a new place. I had never been here before. Mom wanted to try out a new Vet. As I mentioned, my eyes have been super sensatory lately. My eyes are often red. But since this past weekend one of my eyes have been extra red. And that scared Mom. So off to the vet we go.

This is new Mr. Vet. His name is Dr. Wilson. He was very friendly.

Dr. Wilson gave us the thumbs up and mostly a clean bill of health. He said my eyes are probably red just due to allergies, which are common in buggy-eyed doggies and gave me some eye drops for them. But that wasn't all, I was due for a shot... so he took me to the back and let me have it. But I was a total tough guy. He said I took it like a champ.

After the visit, Mom went back to work, and Aunt V took me back home. I crashed out once I got into the car. Man, Vet visits sure are tiring.

But since I was such a good boy at the Vet, Aunt V stopped to buy me a cheeseburger!

But I'm a nice guy, so I split half with my brother.

Hope everyone is well out there. Take care of those eyes!

Lots of licks,
Oakley

Belated Bully's

2011-08-29T09:30:00.000-07:00

So along with my totally pawesome doughnut bed.. my girl Kitty said she was sending me some extra bully sticks on the side in a separate package.

So when Mom said this was for me other day, I knew it had to be from her.

It came with a classic hand made card and 4 bully sticks!

2 for me... "To the Birthday Boy"...

Ya that's me. I'll take that!

And 2 for the Swishman, because the girls are so thoughtful!

Thanks Coco for remembering this furry fella!

You girls sure know a way to a guys heart. Treats! Bol.

Lots of yummy licks,
Oakley

...and Swisher

Almost Wordless Wednesday

2011-08-24T13:05:00.000-07:00

Love the way we sleep.

Lots of Licks,
Oak n Swish

I DOUGHNUT believe my eyes...

2011-08-20T17:22:00.000-07:00

...but check out this package that's ALL for me!

We came home to a missed noticed from Mr. UPS Man saying there was a package for 'Oakley' and we needed to go claim it. Mom had some fun explaining to Mrs. UPS distribution center Lady that the package was for her dog. She thought for a minute she was going to have to show some sort of ID. What was she going to do? Take me to the post office and show proof of my dog tag? Bol. In any case... I got my birthday package from my girl Kitty!

Kitty gave me a hint at what it could be... she said it was all the rage in the dog world right now. So I was super excited!

What is it???

OMD it looks like a big donut!

It IS a big doughnut! A doughnut pet bed!

So comfortable and so pawesome!
My girl sure does have great taste! Literally.

Now all we gotta decide is if we want to keep it in the living room for us to snuggle on...

...'cuz Swisher sure likes it too!

...orrr put it in my crate so only I can use it and sleep with it every night. I love to curl up with pillows and blankets in my crate. So this would be a pawesome pillow to curl up with. I can picture the sweet dreams I'm gonna have on this bed! Thanks to my sweet girl. She sure knows how to make this guy happy!

Mom says after we get baths, then we'll decide where to keep it. How rude!

Thank you sooo much Kitty for the pawesome birthday gift! I pawsitively love it and can't wait to use it!

Lots of extra thank you Licks,
Oakley

Happy three to me

2011-08-06T21:43:00.001-07:00

Hey every blogger, Oakley at the keyboard today to tell you all about my birthday. On Friday I turned 3 years old! Friday is Mom's craziest work day of the week so I thought we weren't going to celebrate and I was very sad. But on our way home from work mom picked up a pizza.

When we got home Aunt V showed up with balloons and a present for me.

Swisher and I absolutely love pizza. I blew out my candle and Swish and I got to eating! Delicious!

After we ate I got to open my gifts. Mom got me a cupcake toy, a fleece ball, some treats and a nylabone ring.

Then I got to my present from Aunt V and let me tell you holy cow did I hit the jackpot! First Mom helped me read my card. It said "For a special 3-year-old boy" that's me!

I don't know what else it said I just wanted to see what was inside the bag.

I got three cool stuffies with dogs on them, one even looks like me. A bag of bacon treats, some balls, cookies and a cool army t shirt, Swish got one too!

Thanks Mom and Aunt V for making my birthday pawesome.

Swisher and I would like to apologize to all our blog buddies for not commenting on your blogs lately. We read them everyday honest but our secretary (Mom) is terrible at commenting. We will give her a stern barking at and make sure we visit everyone soon.

Lots of Licks,

Oakley

Oakland A's Dog Day

2011-07-17T20:31:00.000-07:00

Hey every blogger out there...

Can anyone guess where Oak and I are going dressed in our Oakland A's Jerseys?

Pssst...Come close I'll give you a hint... The Game!

That's right! This past Friday was the 2nd year in a row that we attended Dog Days at the Park!

Us, Mom, and Aunt V all got dressed in our Oakland A's gear and headed for Oak-town for a super pawesome day. Fans and their dogs get to watch the game from seats in the dog-friendly reserved section. There's a pre-game “pup rally” that has pet contests, games and raffle prizes. And each dog that comes receives a special Oakland A’s bandanna and a goody bag! We're happy because not only do we get to watch our favorite baseball team play, but we get to help a great cause. On this day, five dollars of each ticket will go to Dogs4Diabetics, a nonprofit organization that provides medical-alert assistance dogs to people with insulin-dependent type-1 diabetes.

Pawesome right?!

Here I am, waiting patiently, in line to register.

We got to meet some new people and pups!
Oakley found a Boston.

I found a Pug.

And we think this guy found his owner! Bol.
Whoa he's large!

We met big muscular tough pups...

...and smaller punk rock pups!

Even with the excitement of the game, we did not forget our weekly tradition of #CheeseburgerFriday4Joe.
Before we got to go on the field... we enjoyed our cheeseburger.
In n Out burgers are SO GOOD!

Like we mentioned, before the game starts, we're allowed to walk all around the field. Kind of like one big parade to show all the fans we came too!...
He we are lined up...here we gooo...

I stopped for a quick pose.

Swisher getting his paws on some prime Oakland A's land.

We met this guy during our walk...he had green fur! COOL!

Our view from outfield..
650 dogs had registered to come out for Dog Day.

Us with Mom in the backfield.

Time to head to our seats and get this game started!

We were sitting by some very big and very friendly St. Bernards. Mom's boss used to have St. Bernards, so it was cool meeting them and telling Mom's boss about it.

I stood for the National Anthem and was ready for the game to start!

Who's that over there?

It's Stomper! The A's mascot.

We love watching the game.

Mom was so happy that we were being good boys and that the A's were winning!

Sooo.. Does that mean I can have cotton candy and nachos Mom???
-Mom: You boys already had cheeseburgers, treats, peanuts, and ice cream. Uh no.
-Aunt V: Boys, you can have a couple bites of my nachos instead.

Score!!

Towards the end of the game it was getting cold. So I sat on Aunt V's lap to keep her warm.

Little did she know she was keeping ME warm. Bol.

Great food. Great game. A's win! Great times. We're beat!

Heading home for much needed rest. Ah we love baseball season.
Until next year. Go A's!

Lots of Licks,
Swisher and Oakley

Almost Wordless Wedness

2011-07-13T13:01:00.000-07:00

Bath Time: Monster Oak

Bath Time: Froggy Swish

Lots of licks,
Oakley and Swisher

Wordless Wednesday

2011-07-06T11:56:00.000-07:00

Lots of Licks,
Oakley and Swisher

"I was out in the bay bay bay bay bay....

2011-07-04T01:07:00.000-07:00

...Just chillin' out in the, bay bay bay bay bay..."

But our vacation was cut short 'cause Swisher's a big ol' cry, bay bay bay bay bay. It woulda been an appropriate song to sing, and it woulda been a great vacation to tell you all about, but it didn't quite go as planned. (Even tho the trip was cut short, this might end up being a long post. Beware.)

Let me tell you how it went... So last friday, Mom packed our suitcases, backpacks, snackpacks, and carriers and said Aunt V was coming to pick us all up and we were heading to San Francisco for the weekend. We were so excited. A whole weekend in a new city. Loaded the car up, and we were off.

We're coming into the city...

...to drive to our hotel. A PET friendly hotel. We've never stayed at a hotel before. So we were looking forward to it. We got into the city a little earlier than expected, and check-in wasn't for another hour, so we made a detour to find somewhere we could walk and stretch our legs.

We found this cool bike trail. Perfect for a stroll right by the water...

... and near by the San Francisco International Airport.

I think the planes are landing on the water!

The weather was warm and perfect! It was a nice area. They had benches, and picnic tables, and spots for BBQs.

It sure is nice over here. I'm loving this vacation already!

Swisher was being a wise guy and started a game of 'hide-n-seek'.

How'd you get over there? I can totally see you!

We did some more exploring and found a near by Dog Park, completely by chance.
A park, just for dogs?! SO pawesome!

We did our sniffin' and smellin' about...
...and then we headed to our hotel...

...La Quinta Inn.

(Oops. Human finger smudge.)

Our room wasn't quite ready, so we waited in the courtyard area.

We were totally eyeing the pool. I think I was a little scared, but I'll just say Mom didn't let us go in. Bol.

The wait for our room was taking a lot longer than expected, and I saw some lady pass by with a big cart full of towels, so I asked...

..."Excuse me Ma'am, do you happen to know how much longer until our room will be ready?" She was very nice and she said.."I just finished up in your room, and it is ready now. You're welcome to go inside." HOT DOG! "Thank you!"

This was going to be our house for the new few days!

There was plenty of room. It had a huge-mongous bed. A big TV. A desk. A dinning table- which was kind of high and out of mine and Swish's reach, not cool. A full kitchen stocked with a fridge, stove, oven, microwave, coffee maker, and dishwasher. Not like I was going to be using any of that stuff, but Mom and Aunt V seemed pretty jazzed about it.

After all the unloading of the car and unpacking and settling and such, we made ourselves right at home. This bed is SO much bigger than the ottoman we like to take over at home. Bol. So much room.

There was even room for a few rounds of fetch and chase!

So the evening was winding down. Some grocery shopping was done. Dinner had been eaten. TV had been watched. Bones had been chewed. Naps had been taken. Relaxation was in progress. Everything was okay so far. Mom and Aunt V had tickets that night, so they got ready. They said their goodbye's to us, said they'd see us later. For us to be good boys, and rest up 'cause tomorrow we were going to explore the city. We got put in our carriers with our blankets and snuggle toys and they left. ::door shuts:: ::cue crying dog on repeat:: ::crying does not stop. crying gets louder::

Mom thought something was wrong. She walks back in. Checks on us. We're fine. ::attempt number 2:: ::cue crying dog on repeat:: ::does not stop. gets even LOUDER::

Mom now needed to decide what to do with us. Or with Swisher I should say. I was fine. I had no problem. This was not our first time in our carriers. We're in them often. We never have any problems. Mom couldn't risk just leaving us, while Swisher was crying and howling up a storm. She feared other people would complain, or the hotel might ask us to leave. So she was in a bind. We're really good dogs, I pawmise.

Fast forward 2 hours, and numerous calls Mom made to local vets and boarding places. No luck. She was just about to give up. Her last option was to drive us all the way back home and leave us with a dog-sitter...2 hours away! Mom was at the end of her rope. She called a friend, and luckily he was available. So Mom and Aunt V, put our things back in the car, and unfortunately drove us back home.

Bye Bay Area. ::waves paw::

This is the Bay Bridge.

I'm guessing my brother was just not comfortable in the new place. He didn't want to be in the room without Mom. So the next best thing was to bring us back to familiar surroundings. So that was a bummer. Mine and Swisher's mini vacation was cut short. We stayed home the rest of the weekend with Carlos. He's a cool guy. Usually I sleep in my crate when I'm home, but he said he felt bad 'locking up an animal', so he let me loose all weekend. I like that guy.

Mom and Aunt V, dropped us off and drove RIGHT back to SF. Luckily they made it in time to whatever it was they were going to see. They were sad we didn't get to stay with them for the weekend and they missed us like, super a lot.. so they came back a day early. We missed them too!

On a lighter note... Mom's boss lady brought us these way cool Pet Leis back from Hawaii!

We wore them with our Red White and Blue shirts to get ready for tomorrow.

We want to wish everyone a very HAPPY 4TH OF JULY!
Have fun. Eat lots of BBQ. Be safe and enjoy the fireworks.
We'll be barking at them. Bol.

Lots of Licks,
Oakley and Swisher

Sicky Swisher

2011-06-21T21:17:00.000-07:00

Yeah I was. Sicky. Lemme tell you how it went...

Friday morning we were getting ready for work, Mom was putting a shirt on me and when the shirt went over my head, it smeared a lot of eye boogers and she was like whoa! She checked out my eye and realized I was squinting quite a bit. Well that didn't sit well with Mom at all so she called the Eye Dr, but she was out of town. So we had to make the dreaded call. Yes, the Vet. Ugh. There wasn't an available appointment 'till later that afternoon. So we had to wait. Mom didn't want to risk anything getting in my eye, since we spend our days outside, so I had to stay in my crate all day. Which was good because I was feeling kind of bleh. I was having trouble seeing, and walking around was a little scary since I was squinting anytime I opened my eye.

So Mister Vet checked me out. He said my eye was a little bloodshot and there was some inflammation. I don't know what 'bloodshot' means, but I pawmise I didn't shoot anyone or anything with my eye. Mister Vet gave me some eye drops... and I was sent home.

At home, it was a strict NO PLAY ZONE. Totally boring. But Mom knows best I guess. I didn't get a lot of sleep that night. I tossed and turned, switched beds many times, I just could not get comfortable. Saturday morning I didn't wake up so hot either. I don't think those eye drops were working. So Mom called the Vet back and explained the situation. Mister Vet said to go pick up some antibiotics. Mom knew right away that getting me to take antibiotics was going to be tricky, but I needed them. I stayed home that Saturday and got some much needed rest.

By Sunday I was feeling MUCH much better. I was back to my high energy self in the morning; body crawls all over Mom's bed when she first wakes up, following Mom like her shadow, crying for breakfast, and chasing Oakley for our stuffies.

Mom said "Omg Swisher you're being so weird!" But being weird is pretty normal around here, so she was happy and relieved.

I'm happy too that I feel better. Tomorrow I have a follow up appointment with the Eye Dr. I'm sure everything will turn out fine. I feel great, and that's all that matters.

Hope everydoggy and everybloggy is taking good care of themselves.

Lots of Licks,

Swisher

Over the river and through the Drive Thru...

2011-06-15T19:54:00.000-07:00

... to Grandmother's house we go!

Ok so we didn't go over a river, but we did pass the San Luis Dam. Kinda looks like our ocean by our house. But Mom assured us it wasn't the ocean and it's not where the Sharkies live either. Dam. Er I mean darn.

But yes.. this past Friday, Mom packed up the car and said we were headed to Grandma's house! And this time Aunt V came too! Aunt V said she had to go somewhere close to Grandma's house, get dressed up, and go to see her Friend get married. We don't know what 'get married' means, but if it means we can go to Grandma's house, we wish everybody got married every weekend.

It's a long drive to Grandma's house, but we made a special pit stop at this Rally's Burger place. We like to participate in something called #CheeseburgerFriday4Joe, in honor of our friend Joe Stains who passed the rainbow bridge last month.

This one is for you Joe!

Cheeseburger Friday? Why didn't I think of this. This is brilliant!

We finally got to Grandma's house, where we got to run around and play wish Swisher's birth Mom, Penny and birth Sister, Diamond allll the time. This is the girls favorite game to play with us... 'get on top of the table 'cuz the boys can't get us!' Totally not fair, but still fun.

Look at Oakley running lightening fast!

We're so used to being inside dogs, that after awhile, we start to get bored outside and want to back inside, so we just wait by the door until someone let's us in. But of course, once we're inside, we want to go back outside. Drives Mom nuts! Bol.

We love Grandma and Grandpaw.. and they love us! We sure wish we lived closer.

We know we are Grandma's favorite granddogs ever!

Later that night we got to see fireworks! Yes it's a little too early for 4th of July fireworks, but this was in celebration of the graduates at the nearby high school. We got a perfect show in the front yard. Although we kept barking because we thought we were under attack! Bol.

Can't wait until our next Grandpawrent's house visit!!!

Lots of Licks,
Swisher and Oakley

Two very important messages

2011-06-01T00:00:00.000-07:00

Hey every blogger we are blogging today because we have two very important messages to share with every doggie. First off I would like to wish my girl Kitty a very happy birthday.

I really wanted mom to ship me to Alabama to be with you on your special day, Kitty. We could've gone to see another movie together.

But mom said "no way jose". I don't know who jose is, but in any case I had to stay home in California. We did send you a birthday package though and we really hope you like your gifts.

Are you going to have a pawty?

We hope you get some cake! Have a great birthday.

Lots of licks,

Oakley...(and Swisher)

Now we have some sad news. One of our favorite blog buddies has crossed the rainbow bridge. The one and only Joe Stains. He was one of the very first blogs we followed. He taught us many things, like every dog needs a cuz, even dogs need sleeping bags, and if the humans make you mad there's only one way to get them back- a stain!

Those are only a few of many things we will take from our friendship with Joe. He hadn't blogged much lately but we followed his tweets and he always made us laugh. We pawticipated in his fight against his tumor by taking part in what he declared 'cheeseburger Fridays'. So this Friday we will be having a cheeseburger in your memory Joe. We know you are having cheeseburgers over the bridge. We will miss you!

Lots of licks,

Swisher and Oakley

Belated Birthday Bundle!

2011-05-20T21:10:00.000-07:00

Happy friday night everyone...

Yes I am happy. I am happy because my girl Coco sent me a belated birthday package the other day and yesterday I indulged!

I was all over this box like 'dog hair on everything'! Bol

I smell treats. I see treats...

...but first my card. Wow, check out the creativity of this handcrafted card. What a lucky dog I am.

...ok, OMD so many TREATS! Coco sent us two bags full of HOMEMADE goodies. One bag was full of Carob Covered Crunchies and the other was Peanut Butter and Banana biscuits (She even included the recipes so we could make them here at home as well. So thoughtful.) and...

... we also got a couple of Flossies.

These things are neat looking!

...and a Greenies.
Ohhh. For minty fresh breath with my little lady. I'll take this.

There were so many treats that looked crazy delicious, I almost forgot there were more presents! Not only is my girl creative, she's also crafty.. I got this stylish personalized bandana scarf!

Can you see my name sewn in? PAWESOME!

And the gifts just keep coming... we got 2 Chubby Buddies!

Soft enough for me. Durable enough for Oak. Perfect ladies.

If what we got wasn't enough, there were 2 way cool shirts added to all this fun stuff. I decided to keep this one for myself because being the older and wiser one, I am totally the leader of this pack.

Oakley's shirt says "YOU go fetch". Bol.

That was an absolutely pawsitively pawesome gift Coco. You really showed this fella some love on his birthday. Thank you so much. And Oakley says thank you as well for including him in all this fun!

A birthday thank you SMOOCH to you pretty pooch!

Lots of Licks,
Swisher

Happy Birthday to Mom!

2011-05-15T21:45:00.000-07:00

Hi Everyone out there in blog land..

We would like to dedicate this blog to our Mom today. Mom is super special to us and we think she deserves it. Especially since this past Friday was Mom's...
...Birthday. We're not exactly sure what that means, but we think she gets a bath for her birthday. She turned the big 3-0. The celebration started on Thursday night. Mom and Aunt V went to dinner before watching the Sharks game. We spoke to Aunt V and said "make sure the restaurant makes Mom wear a funny hat too. Bol."

Then Mom got an early birthday present that night when the San Jose Sharks beat the Detroit Red Wings in game 7 of their playoff series. OMD was it an intense game! Even we were on the edge of our seats!

(please excuse bad flash phone photo)

We wanna say thanks to our buddy's Salinger's Detroit Red Wings for a GREAT game. No reason to talk mess. It was just plain good quality competition. We extend our paw out to you Sal, just like the Sharks captain Joe Thorton did to the Red Wings...

... and say we can't wait to do it again next year.

We got together with Aunt V and asked her if she could make Mom a special birthday cake. One with NO chocolate of course, so we could have some.

We lit the birthday candles and barked along as well as we could to the birthday song. We got Mom some baboons, er I mean balloons, just like she got Swisher for his birthday.

Mom said this place is starting to look like Party City with all these balloons and cards everywhere. Mom and Swisher are competing for shelf space from all the love they've received. We saved up our pawlowance and bought this for Mom. She bought us San Jose Sharks dog tags, and we thought it was only fair she could support our Sharkies everywhere she went too!

Then on Saturday Mom said she was going somewhere called Dave and Buster's. She said it was like a big arcade place for grown ups, and that she would bring us something back. Luck must've been on her side for her birthday because she won the jackpot!

And she brought us back a Scooby Doo.

I'm keeping this. Swish had a bday. Mom had a bday. Mines too far away. Yeah, I'm keeping this.

We told Mom that since it was her birthday, she needed to splurge on herself a little. So she did some shopping, and look what she found...

MY STORE!

Mom said she almost bought this hat for me, because it was Sharks colors, but she knew I wouldn't wear it because I don't like things on my ears.

I think I TOTALLY would wear that!

Mom said she had a great birthday. She pawsitvely loved our gifts we gave her, the cake, and said we're the bestest dogs she could ask for. We think she's pretty pawesome too!

Happy Birthday Mom!

Lots of Birthday Licks,
Swisher and Oakley

Pee.S. Special thanks to Aunt V for helping us with this post.

2011 Wag n' Walk

2011-05-10T20:51:00.000-07:00

Hey blogger furiends...

Like we had mentioned in our last post, this weekend was filled with fun activities. First was Swisher's birthday, and second was the annual Wag n' Walk. This past Saturday was the 3rd year in a row we have participated and are happy to contribute. The event is a 2-4 mile walk benefiting the SPCA for the Monterey County. This fundraiser helps our SPCA care for more than 5,500 homeless animals each year.

We like to do the walk because it's a great cause, we have so much fun, and we get to meet lots of new pups and people! Like this little girl.. she wanted to take me home 'cause she said I was cute. But Mom said no. Bol.

We like to wear fun shirts to the walk...

But my brother pee'd all over his shirt so he got to sport a pretty cool scarf.

Some take it to the next level ... A Bride.

A Bumblbee.

Hula dancer.

A Gypsy?

Hippies.

We met big friends.

Little friends.

Look-a-like friends.
Hey you look like my brother Swish.

I almost couldn't believe my eyes when I saw her...
Kitty?? No, my girl is cuter.
(No offense, Boston. Yes her name was Boston.)

And possible 'future family' friends.
(Mom wants a Frenchie)

I don't think Swisher would mind another pup in the house...
...but then I wouldn't be the baby anymore.
I don't know about this.

I'm not sure this guy understands the point of the WALK.
Mighty big pup.

Through out the walk there are pit stops, for treats and water. I don't like to drink out of water bowls that other dogs have been drinking out of, so Mom has to pour water in a cup and let me drink from there.

How much longer is this walk anyway? Ok let's head back.

All participants receive lunch snack bags, and Mom and Aunt V shared with us.

There's also an agility coarse that I have yet to try. I don't know, looks a little dangerous.
Swisher tried to coach me through, but I wouldn't budge. Maybe next year.

But Swish is will do almost anything for a treat...

He was all about it. He showed off in front of the camera and made it on to our local evening news!

*side note from Swisher: Who wants my pawtograph? Bol*

By the end of the walk were sure tired...

...and yes, our dogs were barking! Bol.

We can't wait 'till next year to do it all over again. I apawlogize for the long post.

Lots of Licks,
Oakley

Swisher 5.0

2011-05-08T18:19:00.000-07:00

What's up Everyblogger...

'Tis I, Swisher... boy did we have a weekend full of fun activities that I wanna share with all of you... but first...

Guess who turned the big number cinco on friday? Yup, that would be me! I am a whopping 5 years old, and don't look a day over 4. Bol. Yes, Mom made me wear the infamous and annoying birthday cone hat, but I was all smiles for it because I knew it only meant good things were to come. Mom said we could keep up with tradition and ordered Pizza and Wings for us to grub on. My FAVORITE! (chicken wings, NOT the Detroit Red Wings. Although I wouldn't mind nom'ing on some of those wings either. Bol.)

No birthdays are without presents!...

First present is from Aunt V. Started off with the card.

How appropriate, it's a pug with a shark fin! (Aunt V added the San Jose Shark logo. So creative.)

That water looked so refreshing I had to make sure it wasn't real.

Bones. Stuffie Bones! Pawesome!
She bought two. One for my brother. If I feel like it, maybe I'll share with him. I'll let him sweat it out a bit. Bol.

::side note from Oak:: While Swisher is not looking, I'm gonna sneak away with this...

Oh but that's not it, Aunt V threw in some cookies! They're in different shapes. Fire hydrants, dog bowls, bones and paws. Super cool!

Next present is from Mom and Oak.

Oakley got me a card...
...watta guy. Gotta love a little brother.

::sniff sniff:: What's in there?

Oh pawesome!! Another stuffie, just for ME!
Mom knows these toys are some of my favorites. I love the toys that make the crinkle noises inside. Who's with me?

::sniff sniff:: I smell something delicious...

TREATS! Omd! This bag is full of good things. Preztles. Teddy bears. And cream filled COOKIES!

I had a wonderful birthday. The only thing that could make it any better is if the San Jose Sharks beat the Detroit Red Wings tonight in game 5. Hmmm... Game 5, I turned 5.. that just might be a sign right there. Let's go Shaaaaarks!!!

Also, Oakley and I would like to give a special Thank You to our Mom. She's a great Mother. Always takes care of us whenever we're in need, and even when we're not. She gives us unconditional love each and everyday and she's super special to us. Thanks Mom. You're da bestest! We wuff you!

Happy Mother's Day to all the lovely doggy and kiddie Moms out there! You all are Pawesome!

Lot's of Licks,
Swisher

Almost Wordless Wednesday

2011-05-04T18:00:00.001-07:00

Game 3. Let's go Shaaaarrrks!!

Happy Keaster!

2011-04-26T20:56:00.000-07:00

Hey Everyblogger out there...Swisher here at your service...

How was everyone's Keaster weekend? Oh! EASTER weekend. Our weekend was fun. Grandma and Grandpa came to visit. Aunt Nora, Uncle Leonard and cousins Johnathan and Jacob also came to visit. They all went camping, and the best part was WE got to go to the campsite and check it out. Although there wasn't a whole lot of camping going on. They had big long house on wheels. It was pawesome! We love when Grandma comes over, we know three things will happen. 1.There will be food. 2. ...and we will get some! Grandma gave us banana, asparagus, macaroni salad, and salmon, for the first time! But... not all together. Bol. It was really fun, except when Oakley would try to jump into the fire pit to stay warm. Bol....and 3. Presents!

This is our combined Easter Basket.

We got 2 orange dinosaur stuffies from Aunt V. Two other stuffies from Great Grandma Lupita. Mom got us bears and liver heart treats, and I also got a new bed. Mom got a bunch of girly stuff from Grandma, and we both got cards.

This is my new bed.

It's called a Dream Boat Pet Bed. Well 'cause I a dream boat, duh!

I really like my new bed. It's super comfortable.

Aunt V always come through with some good quality stuffies.
Although Oakley will most likely obliterate this one in 3.25 minutes. (later... yup. He did.)

Me, I took mine to my bed... AWAY from Oakley and enjoyed the rest of my Easter.

Hope everyone had a wonderful Easter Weekend.

Lots of Licks,
Swisher

Pee.S. To Kitty+Coco: we sent you a special something. It should be arriving any day now.

These are a few of our favorite things...

2011-04-16T20:53:00.000-07:00

Hey Everyblogger...

It's Swisher here on the lappy top,
I wanted to show you our Bow Wow Beanie Army!

These are our favorite toys. Mom's favorite toys to get us too. They're pretty durable. Even for me and my brother. Well mainly my brother, Oakley. He tends to get pretty barbaric with our toys. They turn into his prey.

Who me?

Mom recently bought us some new toys cuz we're such good boys...

...and thought maybe she'd try and trick us by hiding them in there with the old ones, but No April Fools here. That 'new toy smell' can't escape these schnozes.

I went straight to Legs. That's the frog's name. They all have names.

As you can see, Oakley went to play with Inky. It's a pink Octopus.

This is my second Legs.
I had one before, that is, before my brother ended his life.

I'm a lover, not a fighter. I take care of my toys. Make 'em last. Show 'em some love before I decide their demise.

That's why Mom has to separate my toys from my brother's. Well she sets a few of my faves on the side from Oakley. At night when my brother is sleeping, Mom will pull down a toy from a separate stash and hand it to me. And ONLY me.

Other wise... this will happen...

Do you see the fire in his eyes?!

Lots of Licks,
Swisher

Mail From Our Ladies

2011-04-10T18:45:00.000-07:00

Do you see that? Yes, that is mail to US!

From? None other than our favorite ladies of course!

Mom said drop your toys, there is something for you two. With a little help from her, she let us find out our mystery surprise.

Swish had first sniffs at it. He couldn't figure it out.

So I took a turn... ::sniff sniff::

Let's get this open Swish!

Inside was a greeting card addressed to us.
A card? Oh how thoughtful!

The card said they spent hours finding these special signs for us and Coco also had paw-picked this card out especially for Swisher.

This was my attempt to copy the photo Coco. Thanks hun. Bol.

Check out what our girls got us...
Killer Pug and Boston Terrier signs. Super cool!

I'm not sure Swisher gets it tho...he was looking very happy and 'non-killer-ish' in this photo. Totally blowing our cover. Bol.

I on the other paw know how to pose. I have my 'Don't-Mess-With-Me-Or-My-Lady-Kitty' face on.

We told Mom to put them on our refrigerator right away. They go great with our other dog decor.

Thank you so much ladies for thinking of us. You made us feel special. You two are some great gals!

Lots of Protective Pug and Boston Terrier Licks,
Swisher and Oakley

Pee.S. If you click on fridge pic, there's a special message on there for you to read.

Oh Thank Heaven For 7-11!

2011-04-01T16:28:00.000-07:00

So yesterday we were sitting around thinking of what to do when it was such a nice day outside. Mom was off of work early, and Aunt V was here visiting. We decided to go for a walk. Aunt V was jonesing for something cold and sweet. So we walked to the 7-11. We waited outside with Mom while Aunt V went inside. OMD they have so much good stuffs in there! Chips. Donuts. Hot dogs. And Slurpees! That's what Aunt V got. At first we were confused. Why would Aunt V want something with the word 'pee' in it? Didn't sound very appetizing to us. She let us try some for the very first time. Boy were we wrong!

::sniff sniff:: doesn't smell like pee.

How exactly do I eat this?

Lemme try.

YUM!!

I want more!...
...OMD this is crazy delicious!! Move Swish.

Even the outside was good!

Aunt V sure does have great taste. I can't wait for our next trip to 7-11. We're going to save our paw-lowance so we can get our own next time! Cheers!

Lots of Sticky Slurpee Licks,
Oak n Swish

Wordless Wednesday

2011-03-30T11:24:00.001-07:00

T-Shirt Time!!!! Oh Yeaahh!!

2011-03-24T20:08:00.001-07:00

Rainy day = inside day = lazy catch up on our shows day. Ooorrrrr.... new T-Shirt Day! Usually Thursdays are Mom's day off, but she had to work. And instead of being all lonersome here at home allll day, Aunt V stayed with us and kept us company while she was working on a project Mom left her in charge of. See Aunt V is not only our editor in chief, but she's also our Dr. Garcia when our stuffies need surgery, and our seamstress when something needs alterations. Now you know our Mom loves to dress us up in stylish duds, well recently she read on someone's blog that they alter human baby clothes to fit us furry fellers... and guess what that meant for Aunt V? You got it. Now Aunt V claims she's no professional, but that didn't stop 'em. Mom + Aunt V + clothes = us being trial guinea pigs.

Swisher's new shirt was totally made for him.

Hey! Who you callin' BIG?

Oakley's shirt fit him perfectly.

Kitty I can be your #1 Dude.

We like our new shirts. Too bad we can't go outside and show our neighbor friends cuz it's raining.

Aunt V: What are you boys doing?

We're waiting for Mom to come home so we can show her our new threads. It's Jersday Thursday Aunt V. You know what that means? "T-Shirt Time!!! Oh Yeeaahh!!"

Lots of licks,
Oakley and Swisher

Happy St. Patty's Day

2011-03-17T09:26:00.000-07:00

Top of the mornin' to ya...

We just wanted to wish everyblogger a Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Mom really needs to stay out of the dollar section at Target. Bol.

Lots of Licks,
Swisher and Oakley

This is embarassing...

2011-03-16T18:13:00.000-07:00

*WARNING: NOT FOR THE EASILY GROSSED OUT*

(at least for the first part)

... I hope Kitty doesn't think I'm a weirdo after this.

So I've been having some problems. Some pooping problems, according to Mom. I don't think so. But apparently it has been too soft of a consistency for too long and Mom was starting to get worried. She did some research and thought maybe I was lacking nutrients. Google suggested to add pumpkin and/or yogurt for fiber and other vitamins. Let me say, hot doggie it was DELICIOUS! I'll eat this stuff any day!

But that wasn't doing the trick. Although it did stop me from having choking spells from inhaling my food! So Mom made me an appointment with the Vet. No I wasn't shaking while walking up the steps to the Vet's office. No not me. ::shakes head:: Ok maybe I was. But my brother has told me stories about that place. So I saw the Doc, they weighed me, and I'm a muscular 17 lb dog, but I'm also a sensitive one at that. I don't like people messing with my paws or my ears. But the Vet did something that I was not expecting. She um... well she was talking about glands. And I don't know what glands are but soon after her hands were on my 'glands' and squeezing and it was NOT fun! Thank DOG I was out of there after that! Mom and the Vet talked. Mom gave her a sample of my poop. I thought that was funny. Bol. And the Vet gave Mom some pills for me to take.

I don't know about this.

Good news though, Vet called, said there weren't any parasites or anything abnormal about my poop. Just a little grainy. Looks like the Vet ratted me out on my sand and dirt snacking. I knew I wasn't supposed to like this Vet person. Hmph.

We left the yucky Vet's office and we went to go pick up my brother at home.

He was pretty excited to see where we were going. I was kind of being moody. I felt like I had just been violated.

But all the moodiness in the world couldn't keep me from being happy when I realized where we were going. As much as you humans might not like this word, we were going to work. We love work! Mom works for two doctors and we get to come along everyday and sit and play in their ginormous yard. But the doctors are on vacation and they gave Swisher and I the important duty of feeding their family pet, our friend, Suessy. She's a cat friend. So we went to go visit her and we got to run around.

This is us on the porch....

...check out the view. That's the Pacific Ocean in the distance.

There are so many places to run around and explore here it's so much fun! It's like a jungle! Don't worry, we know the grounds pretty well. We could be your very own tour guide.

This is the entrance to OUR courtyard. Well we call it our courtyard because this is where we hang all day while Mom is doing all the actual work. Bol.

This is our bench we sun bathe in during the nice days or curl up together during the cold ones.

One of Swisher's favorite places to hide, are up these stairs.

There's only one problem.... He doesn't know how to get down! Bol

Someone always has to go up there and bring him down. That someone is usually Mom. I tried...

...but I don't wanna get stuck. No thanks!

This is what we've been waiting for!
This is our favorite thing to do at work.

Swisher tries, but I always get the ball. Bol.

After all that running around on the wet grass, we were very thirsty...

...and dirty! Mom had to give us sink baths. There was no way she was gonna let dirty, smelly, wet dogs in her car. No matter how much she loves us.

Sink baths are new to me. I've never had a sink bath before. I think I was a little afraid of that garbage disposal.

Swish on the other paw is a pro. Grew up with them. Took 'em like a champ.

We sure were tired after playing fetch. All there was left to do was nap on our way home and enjoy the rest of the week off. Hope everyone has a good week.

Lots of Licks,
Oakley

Valentine's Package

2011-02-21T12:16:00.000-08:00

So Mom said Swisher and I should be expecting a surprise in the mail soon from our Special Furiends Kitty+Coco. Our Valentine's date was fun enough, but we were super excited for a special treat also. We pawsitively love getting stuff in the mail!

Swish went straight to work. Dove head first.
-What's in there Swish?

::sniff sniff::
It's our Valentine's Day cards and...

...a Cow Hoof!

::licks and kisses::
Thank you Kitty. You look beauty-ful.

::slurp:: mmmmm.
I couldn't wait for the wrapper to come off. Bol.

It was Swisher's turn.
He could smell it from the outside!

Swisher says Coco is a looker.
My brother sure was happy.

We added Kitty and Coco's Valentine's Day cards to our collection. We sure are lucky to have such lovely ladies to look at whenever we like. (Don't worry girls, those other Valentine's are to our Mom. You two are our only Valentine's.)

Ladies, we just want to thank you for our pawesome package and to let you know we had a great time on our date. We sure are glad we got to spend time with you. Here's to a hopeful future....

Lot's of Licks,
Oakley and Swisher

Kitty, Will You Be My Valentine?

2011-02-10T22:54:00.000-08:00

Hey fellow bloggers,

As many of you may have read, Coco, from Kitty+Coco, is hosting a contest. She is looking for a date for her sister Kitty. I, Swisher, hereby nominate my brother, Oakley, for a chance to win the one on one date with the Lovely Kitty. The rules state to leave a comment on their blog post, with the best "date idea" and whose ever they like best, wins.

Dear Kitty:

This is my brother Oakley...

He is a 2 1/2 year old Boston Terrier. He's fun and crazy, likes older women, and is D.T.S. (Down to snuggle.) We think we've come up with the perfect date and are certain you will choose him.

-Swisher

P.S.- Coco, we can always make this a double date!

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Dear Kitty:

I would be so honored if you would choose me for your date. I have been saving my monies for a special occasion and I think this fits the bill.

I have a fun filled day packed with lots of ideas. So pack your bags and prepare for a good time! Here's what I have planned for us....

THE DATE:

First I would fly you out here to California. The weather is cool, and so am I.

After your long flight I'm sure you'll be hungry, so we'll head over to the Wharf in Monterey for a delcious lunch. (I'm not old enough to drive yet, so I've arranged for us to have our very own chauffeur. Pay no attention if she calls herself Mom.)

After we've gotten to know each other a little better, we'll head over to the Monterey Bay Aquarium. It's a big tourist spot.

There are so many pawesome things to see...

...Otters...

...Jellyfish...

...and Penguins!

Then if you were up for it, I thought we could go for a walk, Leash-by-Leash, on the beach.

Our driver can then take us back to my place for a snoopervised visit of course. After all, I am a gentledog. I know "Love's Ruff" and this would be our first date, so I'm only expecting friendship.

Kitty, what's a date without a movie? I have a variety of movies for you to choose from. What do you like? Comedy, Romantic, or some Pg13-type-scary?

And last, but definitely not least, before you head back, I have not forgotten the best part of any date... Dessert!

I hope you like my idea of a perfect date and hope you choose me!

I only have one last question for you Kitty... Will You Be My Valentine?

Lots of Licks,
Oakley

Road Trip!

2011-01-27T15:37:00.000-08:00

So the story starts with Mom saying. "Ok so we got your harness' on? Check. Leashes? Check. Water bottle? Check. Blankies for carriers? Check. Both dogs are present? Check-Check! Alright Boys, IN!.. we're going on a Road Trip!"

Needless to say we didn't hesitate at all. We jumped in those carriers as fast as our little tails could get us in.

Swish: Mom, please don't tell us we're just going to work.
Mom: Heck no, It's my day off! We're making a quick trip to Bakersfield. Well as quick as Aunt V can make it.
Swish: (::thinking:: Bakersfield? Like a place where they bake treats in fields? PAWESOME!)

So turns out Bakersfield is pretty far from where we live. About 3 hours. I'm sure all you out there know what newly washed blankies feel like right? Cozy and soft, like a puppy's first fur. So most of our trip was a very relaxing with lots of naps, and we enjoyed it. Besides, there wasn't a whole lot to see. Lots of land that went on forever.

And lots of transformer-prehistoric-dinosaur-looking-bobble-head type things.

But we had a couple of pit stops so Mom and Aunt V could stretch their legs and we could:

1. Have some refreshments.

2. Sniff around

..and 3. Leave our marks. ;0)

It was not till our last stop before the reach of our destination that Aunt V surprised us with this!!!

We don't care what's in this bag, as long as it's for us! Bol. Aunt V got us a hamburger for being such good boys on the road. (Oakley sidenote: Yeah last time my brother was a cry baby the ENTIRE ride. Watta weirdo!)

Mmmmmmmmmmm. ::slurp:: I can taste it already!

Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!

Oakley: 'I had to eat mine on the side so my brother wouldn't inhale ALL of it!'
Swisher: 'Hey man, it's a dog-eat-dog world out there, and I love me some hamburgers!'

By the time we got to Bakersfield, it had gotten dark. We got to say hi to Aunt V's friend Bee and her two dogs, Pixie (a boxer) and Gore (a beagle) and then Mom's Aunt Lina. At Lina's house we got to meet her 2 Chihuahua doggies. Little things. But friendly. And Aunt Lina had a big swimming pool in the backyard. Closest thing we have to a swimming pool is our bathtub. If we would've known, we coulda brought our swimming trunks and our floaties! Aw maybe next time. Bol.

We got home pretty late. And even considering we napped throughout the day, we were pretty tired from all the traveling and playing with our new cousins we just met. It was time to relax at home in our new Dog Snuggie Mom got us and call it a night.

Hope everyone has a good day!

Lots of Licks,
Oak and Swish

Two checks for us on the 'Nice List'!

2010-12-31T12:06:00.000-08:00

Helloooooo Everyblogger!

We apawlogize up front for the delayed Christmas post. We have been having so much fun with our loot this year, it's taken us some time to blog. So let us start out by saying, we for sure believe in Santa Paws! We are super happy we ended up on the 'Nice List'. (We were secretly thinking we might get stuck on the 'Naughty List' and only have yucky coal in our stockings.) But not us. No way. No sir. We are good boys! =) We had a fun long weekend of Christmas celebrating.

First was here at home.
Aunt V came over and we all exchanged gifts.
Check out our pile!

These all belong to us!

We could smell something pawfully delicious. We were circling the presents like they were our prey. Mom got us some holiday cookies. MMMMM!

Mom also got us something that had been
on Christmas Wish List for a while.

We were smelling and sniffing and tearing
through this wrapping paper to find out.

New collars and San Jose SHARKS TAGS!!!

Swisher is such a great big brother,
he even gave me a Christmas card.

Mom said Santa Paws came by in the middle of the night and dropped off a special gift for me and my brother. Mom also said they were very special presents and for us to take very good care of them.

Okay okay... what is it?!??!

SNOOPY AND WOODSTOCK!
Pawesome!
Mucho thanks Santa Paws!!

Next Aunt V gave us our gifts. Wow, more?!

For me? Aw shucks.

I got this under control.

::sniff sniff:: Is it more cookies?

Doesn't smell like cookies....hmm..

Nah not cookies, XMAS STUFFIES!

A Santa Claus stuffie for Swisher. And a Penguin stuffie for Oakley.

Stuffies weren't the only thing in the box from Aunt V.
She got us some pretty snazzy sweaters too.

Which I personally could have done with out the ridicule.
Thanks Aunt V.

We even got 2 presents from Mom's boss lady. Boss lady and family are super nice enough to let Mom take us to work with her everyday. So they love us. And we love them. Look at what they got us.

First one is called an IQube, 'Cage Cube' puzzle.

Swisher is not as into these things as much as I am, but I love puzzles. They're fun.

The idea is too get all the odd shaped items inside the cube, OUT of the cube. I'm one smart Boston. ;0)

2nd one was a Puzzle Pup.

The center is bone shaped, and then the entire body are made up of rings. The idea is to get the rings off the body.

I'll figure it out.

(Side note: Aunt V said we were looking mighty 'buff' in our sweaters. Sadly we had to take them off, and she's going to try and find different sizes. We're growing boys, what can we say. Bol.)

The following day, we left 'back home' to Fresno to visit Grandma and Grandpa and a whole lot of more family. We didn't take too many pictures over there, but got one of us at Grandma's house with this!!

Some Good Times dog toys. We sure did have a good time with these. They come with not 1, not 2, not even 3, but SEVEN fun dog toys. Including stuffies, ropes, squeakers... you name it!

We sure did have a wonderful Christmas. We hope all of you had a Happy Holiday. We want to wish everyone a Happy and safe New Year.

Lots of Licks,
Oakley and Swisher

Winter Wordless (almost) Wednesday

2010-12-22T22:45:00.001-08:00

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(excuse bad copy of xmas card)

My PETicure

2010-12-16T17:30:00.000-08:00

Hi Everyone!

It's me, Swisher, on the lappytop today. I wanted to share what happened to me the other night with you guys.

So the story goes it was late Friday night. Aunt V was here visiting and Oakley was buggin' to play catch for the last few minutes before it's bed time. My brother has energy for days. Me? It's midnight, I want to sleep. But I oblige. We chase the ball a bit. Aunt V holds Oak back (he's a ball hog), I run for the ball...I break fast on the carpet. Tug. OUCH. Limp once. Limp twice. Mom notices. Ut oh! It's my dew claw. Right away she realizes it's broken and calls the Emergency Vet number. They give us some tips. So Mom plays Nurse. She's got this handy dandy Pet First Aid Kit. She grabbed some gauze and wrapped me up.

But I was messing with it too much. Luckily Mom had these pet socks. It was one of those "I don't know if we need them, or if they'll use them, but what the heck, they're adorable" purchases.

I wasn't really feelin' the whole 'Michael-Jackson-one-glove' look, but oh well. It took a little getting used to so I could walk comfortably.

Please, no pictures right now.

I thought I was good. I told Mom I felt fine. Imma tough guy. I've been through worse. Didn't hurt anymore. We got this sock cast under control. Time for some Zzz's. But no. Mom was worried. Then came those 5 awful words... "We're going to the Vet."

The Vet?????? AAAAAAGGGGGHHHH NOOOOOOOO!!!

I don't like the Vet. I mean, don't get me wrong, the Vet serves a good purpose. When I'm sick, the Doc will give me feel good meds. When I decided on a life style change to become a Pirate (one-eye), the Doc fixed me up good. But other than that, eh.. I can do without. You hear strange noises coming from the back, mine included, and no one has a good time. There's definitely nothing sexy about possibly finding a gal pal you fancy at the Vet's office with your tail between your legs. Who wants that? In fact, the best thing about the Vet, is leaving!

But Mom wasn't having it. She said it was a must. So we went the next morning. Just as I thought. It was NOT fun. Doc said my dew claw needed a clipping. I won't go into detail how I squealed like a baby piggy. No I won't. But it's over and done with now. Thank DOG! I think from my lovely serenade they might have confused me, because somehow I got wrapped up with some very pretty pink bandages. Bol.

Fast forward to today, it has been an easy recovery. Mom said Merry early Xmas to me because my one nail PETicure cost her 45 wonderful dollars. For $45 she could have gotten her nails and toes done! Bol. Oops. And since I gave her a little scare.. my brother and I had to endure a little pet photography payback. Oh just great.

Preview to what's to come.

Hope everyone has a wonderful week. Take care of yourselves out there friends.

Lots of Licks,
Swisher

Weird Wordless Wednesday

2010-12-15T18:48:00.000-08:00

Never Too Late To Give Thanks

2010-11-29T21:19:00.000-08:00

Hey all yous out there in Blog-land... It's me, Oakley. How's everyone doing? I hope you guys are all well. My brother and I are doing great. Hope everybody had a wonderful holiday. We sure are stuffed from all those Thanksgiving leftovers.

Mom recently had an interesting trip out to one of our local pharmacy stores and left with quite the deal. We thought it was blog worthy to share with you. Mom has been on a mission to find us Sock Monkeys. Not that we don't already have enough toys (as you'll see later..), but who doesn't love a good Sock Monkey? Mom just happened to be inside the store, not meaning to seek out Sock Monkeys, but she did. No price was shown. She walked up to register, thought if they weren't too much, she'd buy us two. One for me, one for my brother. Cashier priced check it, rang up as 0.49cents. (No they were not on sale) '0.49 cents?!' Mom thought, no way! SOLD! So she got two. Thought the price was odd, but who cares? Great deal! Left the store. Should she go back? Should she just clear them of their entire stock? I mean, they're only 0.49cents! Oh alright. She goes back. Clears them out. Every last one. Later in her day, still baffled by the inexpensive toy, walks into the same store at a different location. Finds dog toys. Asks for price check. Rings up as $4.99! Ahhhh. THAT'S more like it. Mispriced just as she thought. Oh well. Good times for us! Look at what we got!!!

SOCK MONKEYS!!

All kinds of them!

We were so excited, we got to work right away!

Hey gimme that back!

Dear Almighty DOG in Dog Heaven,
Thank you for this gift that I'm about to receive.
I am truly Blessed.
Amen.

Ok so we're a little spoiled, but we're not selfish. Even though we loved all those Sock Monkeys, we knew the right thing was to share our good fortune with others. After all, it is a time of giving thanks. So we mailed some to my step dog-sister and step dog-mom (Swisher's birth family that lives with our Grandma), and a few others to some of our neighbors dogs.

There are many things we are grateful for this holiday aside from our family, friends and fur-iends. We're grateful for the little things too.

1.Like our toys and stuffies.

What? No I didn't empty the toy crate.

2. Mom's bed.

You can't see me.

3. Matching Pj's.

Even though we feel silly in them...

...they keep our tails warm at night.

4. The couch alllll to our selves.

5. And last but NOT least... the heater!

Mom says when the house starts to smell like bacon,
it's time to turn it off. Bol.

We know Thanksgiving has passed already, but it's never too late to give thanks right? So we wanted to say Thank You, from the botton of our lil' hearts, to all of you, thanks for being our blog fur-iends. We wuff you all.

Lots of Licks,
Oakley and Swisher

Last Long Walk...

2010-11-15T22:20:00.000-08:00

... for a while. It's not as sad as it sounds. My brother Oakley and I love long walks. We actually get way too excited. We tend to get tired pretty fast. Mom says we need to learn how to pace ourselves. But Mom mentioned something about the clocks changing in the house. Changing to what I thought? ::shrugs:: It's starting to get dark early and the weather is getting colder. Living in the Monterey Bay, the weather is always pretty nice, but living this close to the ocean, it can get cold fast. So we took advantage of one of the last warm days we are probably going to have this season and went for a long walk.

Quick stop to enjoy the view.

Break Time. We needed to breathe. Bol.

OK time to head back.

Whoa that's a long way.

How did Mom and Oak get over there?

Almost there. Water. Water. I want water.

Aaaaaaahhhhhh.

After our walked we enjoyed some new bones that Mom got us.

And then it was nap time. Oakley was so tired, I think he crashed out before he made it off the couch. Bol.

Hope everyone had a wonderful weekend.
Enjoy those last warm weather days wherever you are.

Lots of Licks,
Swisher

Sleepover with Aunt V

2010-11-08T22:16:00.000-08:00

Hey Furiends...

It's Oakley here. This weekend, my brother and I got to have sleepover with our Aunt V. Well actually, I should say, Aunt V had a sleepover with us. Mom had to go out of town over night and Aunt V dog-sat us. It was the first night we had been away from Mom, so we were excited and happy that she stayed with us. The weather was rainy on Sunday so we spent most of our time inside relaxing.

But today I got to go on a special trip with Aunt V to her house and visit her Grandma. We call her Gordy. Gordy loves me. She says I'm her favorite dog in the whole world.

Gordy and Aunt V's house is big. Well compared to the department, er I mean apartment, where my brother and I live, there was tons of room to wander around and explore. Too bad the paparazzi was following me or I could have gotten into some good mischief. I came across this HUGE white polar bear. I think it was lost. But I scared him off. I told him these were MY parts. (Okay Aunt V said it was a stray cat. Whatever.) I continued my hunt...

Is this a x-mas tree? Oh. I thought cactus only grew in deserts.

Hmm what's that over there?

Whoa! Who's that handsome devil?

After I thoroughly checked out everything, I was pretty tired. Aunt V brought me inside and I enjoyed one of my favorite things. A sun nap.

Ahh. When the sun hits your fur it's the best.

It was starting to get late ...

...and we had to go home to check on Swisher and wait for Mom to come home. We' were super excited that Mom was coming home, so we waited for her by the window that way we could see when she got here.

Thankfully Mom arrived home shortly after and safely. AAAAAAAND she brought PIZZA!!! OMD we love Mom! Missed you Mom!

Hope everyblogger had a wonderful weekend.

Lots of Licks,
Oakley

Lick Or Treat!

2010-11-02T18:46:00.001-07:00

Hey Everydoggy and Everybloggy!

We wanted to share what we got to do on Howl-oween with all our friends since we've been reading all your fun Lick-o-treating times.

Well normally I wouldn't be too excited to put my costume back on, but Mom and Aunt V said we were heading someplace special to show off our festive threads. Mom took us to our local mall. It might not sound so exciting, but they were hosting a special Dogs Only Costume Contest!

We first arrived at 1 o'clock and we had to register and sign up.
We got to show off our costume and do a little walk back and forth.

PetCo had a booth set up with all sorts of fun items and great goodies. The had treats, toys, balls, stuffies, food, and games.

It was a warm day in the Monterey Bay area. We wanted to take a dip in this water fountain. Bol.

We met a lot of new friends and saw a lot of cool costumes.

A PUG-kin.

A turtle.

A caveman on a pterodactyl.

A French maid.

This little girl was a Princess. I think I was her prince because I sure was giving her a lot of friendly kisses. Bol.

This friend was HUGE! His name is Captain. He's suppose to be Bullseye from Toy Story II and his human was dressed up as Woody. Me, Oakley, being the friendly dog that I am, love to play with big dogs. Swisher on the other paw, thought Captain was going to eat him, so he quickly ran off. Bol.

(notice Captain's tail is bigger than Swisher's body. Bol.)

One of our favorite costumes was none other than our local superhero... Spiderman!

His costume was PAWesome! We are currently discussing next year's costumes with Mom. I think we want to be Spiderman and Batman. What do you guys think?

The contest results weren't going to be for a couple of hours so went to have a lunch break. During which, Mom ran into one of her old friends from college and we got to meet her dog too. She's a SHARK! If you guys remember, we love Sharks. In all forms; in the ocean, at the aquarium, and of course, the San Jose Sharks! So we loved her costume! Land Shark! Bol.

So... unfortunately we didn't win the dog costume contest. But here's who did...

3rd place goes to Summer, The Ballerina Butterfly.

2nd place goes to Sasha, The Punk Rock dog.

...And the 1st place winners are... Jack and Jill the Pirate Dogs!

We are such good sports we went to go congratulate them on the PAWesome home made costumes!

Later we went home to get ready for the Lick-o-treaters. Oh what Mom? Ohhhh, trick-o-treaters! Whichever.

Mom had put together a few candy bags to give away. But sadly, no kids showed. ::shrugs:: So we gave away some to neighbors. But since we were super good today at the mall, we got to play with our toys from the PetCo booth, AND as an extra special Howl-oween treat we got...

...a Frankenstein and "Howl at the moon" dog cookies! MMMMM.

We hope everyone had a great time during Howl-oween. We sure did.

Lots of licks,
Oakley and Swisher

"I'm So Excited...

2010-10-23T15:09:00.000-07:00

...and I just can't hide it".... Yup. I can't stop wagging my tail and spinning in circles. You know what Mom told us? Grandma is coming to visit! That's right, and she's arriving today! I love me my Grandma. She gives me all the extra attention I want and best of all, she slips me all sorts of yummy goodies. Grandma lives far away. We usually only get to go to Grandma's house on special occasions or holidays and such. But today she's coming to visit ME! Ok ok ok, she's coming to visit ALL of us. Mom and Oakley too. But I know the real reason. She misses me. Who wouldn't miss me? I'm PAWesome.

The days leading up to today weren't so exciting though. Mom has been on a cleaning rampage. Just when I finished all that hard work to get my scent on everything, she goes and cleans it. So Thursday was pretty boring. The house was in disarray and all our toys were put aside. There was no room to chase my brother, or NOM on some bones or play tug of war with stuffies with Oakley. We were left to do only one thing...

...wait for Grandma!

Mom said she's wasn't coming yet. Not until Saturday. But I don't know what Saturday is, or when it is, so I just waited. I took a nap, woke up, and waited some more. She still wasn't here. Hmm? How long do I have to wait? I figured I would ask Oakley if he knew when Saturday was (since he was the one who went to school and all) and he didn't know what I was talking about. Thanks a lot Oak. Now we're both stuck here.

Mom and Aunt V were doing some interesting stuff besides cleaning. Aunt V said it's called 'decorating'. For a minute I thought I was getting two new brothers when I saw these things. Mom got two framed pictures from her boss of a Boston Terrier and a Pug puppy. "Looks like you", Mom said, but fawn colored. I thought it looked nothing like me, I am WAY more handsome.

The evening wasn't a total bust. Mom surprised us with some fun stuffies. Mom said they were way too cute she had to get them for us.

Cute? Ha! I'll show you cute. These things aren't gonna be that cute when me and my brother have our way with them. But I figure by the time we're through with these, Grandma will be here!

Lots of Licks,
Swisher

Howl-oween

2010-10-21T20:58:00.000-07:00

Hey everyblogger... Oakley here. It's been a while since our last post and our deepest aPAWlogies. But not to worry, we have been reading up on all your fun and exciting adventures. And it's time to share some of ours. Sorry Mom, we love you, but you were a wee bit slacking on this here bloggy. Can't blame Mom though. We just have too many friends to keep up with all the time. So... my brother Swisher and I made a decision. We asked our Auntie V to intervene. We all discussed it, and Auntie V has agreed to become Co-Editor in Chief of our Blog.

So FF two months later from our last post... it's October now. You know what that means? Halloween! Or as we like to say, HOWL-oween. Check me out in my new festive Howl-oween collar! ::whistles:: Stud right? Yup I think so.

Howl-oween means candy, costumes and PUMPKINS! We're still not exactly sure why people get excited over pumpkins. They just sit there and smell funny. And sometimes they have mean faces on them, which can be a little scary sometimes. But Mom and Auntie V like 'em. They went out to a pumpkin patch (where dogs weren't allowed. How rude!) and brought some home to carve.

Can you tell what they are??

It's Mario and Luigi from Mario Bros!

We don't know much about pumpkin carving skills, but we think they came out pretty great! Auntie V had so much fun doing these pumpkins, she went out and got 2 more to go with them!

It's Yoshi and the 1-up mushroom.

As we said earlier, Howl-oween means costumes. Trust us when we say this, it's not our favorite part. Another reason we don't understand all the excitement. Costumes are uncomfortable. But Mom gets all giddy and grins from ear to ear when she sees us in our costumes. She and everyone else think we look 'soooo cute'. We always looks cute! Hmph! Anyway, we do it for her cuz she's the bestest Mom there is. She does have pretty good taste though. Mom was thinking she probably wasn't going to get us new costumes this year (which we were secretly crossing our paws for.. shhh, don't tell her.) because she couldn't find anything cute or reasonable priced ones. But she made a recent trip to PetSmart and found some for 50% off and could NOT pass them up.

Here I am in my costume. It might be a little hard to tell what I'm suppose to be, but I'm a Mummy. Auntie V says it's a perfect costume for me 'cause she says I'm a "Mummy's Boy". Get it? Like Momma's boy. Ya, I wasn't amused either. These things always make me feel weird, so I wasn't moving for the first 5 minutes I had it on.

My brother didn't seem to have a problem with it. The costume tag said it's a 'Demon'. But Mom didn't like that word and decided he looks more like a Dragon. I think he looks pretty cool actually. And Swisher is happy with his costume.

We're still not sure what our plans for Howl-oween are. I'm pretty sure we're going to be giving out candy with Mom. It's always a gamble on how many trick-o-treaters we will get. Hopefully no kids come and Swish and I can tear up all the candy. Bol.

Anyway, we want to wish everyone and everydoggy a safe and happy HOWL-oween!

Lots of Licks,
Oakley and Swisher

p.s. Thanks Auntie V for your help.

It's my party and I'll...

2010-08-07T20:22:00.000-07:00

...pee if I want to! Hi every doggy, let me explain the title of this post. First of all, it's me Oakley here to blog today. This past thursday was my 2nd birthday and I decided it was time to show my version of the terrible two's. Mom had planned for pizza and presents like my brother got on his birthday. While she was in the shower that morning I decided to pee on her bed. Needless to say she was very upset with me. She called my auntie V and said there was going to be no birthday for me!

Can you believe it? I was like, uh oh!

After a few hours of hiding in my crate and being sad because I screwed up, mom being the softy she is, gave in and decided we could party after all.

Thank goodness! So we got the party started with some pizza and frosty paws!

Then it was time for presents!

My mom said my most expensive present was this

A Bissell carpet cleaner because of my little accidents and dirty paws. My brother and I were not amused!

But I did get some real presents after that.

From my mom, some balloons (which I'm terrified of), stuffies, balls, and treats!

Mom also got me a new blankie, because I'm always cold and she thought it was cute and doesn't have a human kid to buy it for. bol.

My auntie V also bought me presents. Everytime she gives me a card I try to eat it. Bol.

She gave me some really cool dinosaur stuffies, I took off with one before they could remove the tags. I even shared with Swisher.

I was super glad that my mom had a change of heart and let me celebrate my birthday after all. I am sorry I peed on her bed, I don't know why I did it but I'm sure I had a reason.

I had a great birthday after mom stopped being mad and I had a great time playing with my new toys.

After the long day, I had mom put my new blankie in my crate so I could sleep with it. It doesn't really match my Oakland A's themed crate but I love it anyways.

Thank you guys for letting me share my bday celebration with you and I apologize for the super long post!

Lots of Licks,

Oakley

Better late than never...

2010-07-30T16:25:00.000-07:00

Better late than never?....that's what mom told us when we asked her why she hadn't blogged about what we did last week Friday. And for that matter why we haven't blogged since MAY?!?! We are sorry guys' our mom is such a slacker, that does it no treats for her!

Anyways, we did something super fun last week and we finally convinced mom to blog about it, we got to go to Oakland and see the A's play baseball!! It was A's Dog Day at the ball park, over 600 dogs were there. The A's played the Chicago White Sox and each dog day ticket helped raise money for Dogs4Diabetics.

On our way up to Oakland we got stuck in some lovely bay area traffic, but we heard there was costume and trick contests before the game started.

When we finally arrived we went and got checked in by the vet and then lined up for the parade around the field!! While we waited we made some friends.

We were wearing our new Oakland A's jersey's.

(Mom never wanted to spend the $ to buy us jersey's before, but she found them @ Petco on super clearance for $7 each!)

There were so many different kinds of dogs there that we got to see and there were A LOT of pugs. We were looking through all our pictures and we had to post the one above; not only because of all the pugs, but you guys' might recognize the pug in the skull harness is non other than Puglet from The Daily Puglet, the spotted dog is not his brother Dutch but Dutch was there too. Our mom was to embarrassed to ask if that was 'Puglet and Dutch' but it was pretty cool to find that we had a picture of him anyway.

As we walked around the warning track, or for all non-baseball fans, the dirt around the field there were people there to make sure we didn't walk on the grass. But being the guy that I am, I totally snuck a pee on the grass!! Auntie V almost got a picture of me in action but I knew I had to rush the job before I got yelled at. So heres a picture of me just as I finished up, pretending like I did nothing wrong.

As we walked by the A's dugout we saw one of our new favorite A's players, Coco Crisp. Yes that's really his name! BOL.

After the walk around the field we went up to our seats to enjoy the game. We didn't get any beer, we had to stick to the water from our cool water bottle mom got us at dollar tree, but we did get to snack on nachos! We didn't get any pictures of that but believe us they were awesome. We also got goodie bags with A's bandanas, treats, and other cool stuff just for going to the game.

Swisher did more people watching than baseball watching, this was his failed attempt at starting the wave. BOL.

As the sun went down Oakley got cold so he got wrapped up in the blankets mom brought. But he was totally fine with that.

The A's lost 5-1 but it was still fun to be there and not stuck at home for once!

THE END!

Lots of Licks,

Oakley and Swisher

Pizza and WINGS!!! Birthday Post

2010-05-06T14:04:00.000-07:00

Hey everybody Swisher here, today is my birthday!! I am now 4 years old!! I can hardly believe it, time just seems to fly by. It seems like just yesterday I was a tiny little guy new to the world.

And now I am a big boy. Getting my party on with this dorky birthday hat mom always makes us wear.

Mom said we could do presents first. YAY. This card I got from my Mom and brother...

this card I got from my auntie V...

I got treats!!! Yummmm.

Mom and Oakley also bought me an Oakland A's mat for my water and food bowls. And an AmigoTrio pack of toys.

My aunt V got me a collar that says Bad to the Bone, my brother got one too even though its not his birthday.

This is me happy after opening my gifts.

Then it was time to eat. Mom said I could choose whatever I wanted to eat for my party and I choose pizza and wings. I wanted to chomp on wings like the Sharks are doing to those Detroit Red Wings. NOM NOM NOM.

We got pizza, and not just crust like we normally do. Mom also got us some cool party plates to eat off of.

Delicious, I wish it could be my birthday everyday!

Oh and we had dessert too!! Mom went to my favorite store Pet Food Express and got me pizza and soda pup cookies.

I am stuffed and tired from all the partying. I'm going to rest up before the hockey game starts because I have a lot of cheering to do. Hope everyone else is having a great day.

Lots of Licks,

Swisher

Wag N' Walk 2010

2010-05-02T15:27:00.001-07:00

We hope everyone is having a pawesome weekend. We are spending our Sunday relaxing from yesterday. Yesterday we did the annual SPCA Wag n' Walk. This was our second year and once again it was soooo much fun and we raised $$ for a good cause. Our team was us (Swisher and Oakley) Mom, and our Aunt V. We raised $250 for homeless pets. Mom and Aunt V got some cool shirts and we got a back pack and a bandana, some tennis balls, and lots of treats during the walk.

I kept trying to figure out how to get past this fence and to the beach.

I liked resting on this rock. We took a lot of breaks because I was breathing pretty heavy.

We enjoyed a beautiful view of the ocean.

We saw Super Dog. Cool costume!

When this guy got tired he got to ride in style!

We met some new friends.

She's cute and she gave me a kiss!

These guys looked tough.

One final rest before we headed back to the park.

They gave the human snacks too, my Aunt V shared a chips and a strawberry with me.

There was a small agility course set up and mom took us each over to try it out. She wants to sign Oakley up for agility. Well, Oakley wouldn't do it at all, he was scared of everything. But I did it!!! Mom was soooooo super proud of me.

Even the tunnel she thought no way he won't do it, but I showed her I'm not scared!

We had a great time. We are resting up today and getting ready for Game 2 of the Sharks vs Red Wings. The Sharks won the first game and we are ready to see them win tonight. GO SHARKS!

Lots of Licks,

Swisher and Oakley

Shaaarrrrrks!

2010-04-27T21:38:00.000-07:00

What's up every doggie? Oak and Swish here! So as you know from reading our blog we are pretty big sports fans. Mostly baseball and football, but our mom has a new obsession, like she needed another one?!??! She likes Sharks, yeah like the ocean creature. She even has a shark tattoo! We know, she's a weirdo!

Anyhowl, she never really watched much hockey but she'd watch a little here and there, and she was into it during these past olympics so she thought it was about time to catch a San Jose Sharks game. So a few weeks back she did and she totally loved it! She's been to two more games since, the last one being Game 5 of the first round playoffs. She's completely obsessed now, we don't mind terribly because since San Jose isn't too far away we aren't left alone long. The only thing is now she calls Oakley's crate the penalty box and if we misbehave she says we're going in!

Well they made into round 2 of the playoffs and have been awaiting the results of other games to see who their next ~~victim~~ opponent will be. Well we just saw that it will be our buddy S-Dog's (Salinger) Detroit Red Wings. They played a really good game tonight but we hope our Shark's can beat them. Our mom has tickets to Game 1, but the schedule isn't announced yet as to when it will be. So S-Dog we just want to wish you luck and say GO SHARRRKS! If you would like to make a friendly wager, just let us know. We can shake virtual paws on it.

(Wow my eye is totally teal in this picture, mom's obsession has passed on to us!) My playoff beard is white. Mom says I look distinguished.

We hope our mom buys us some jersey's or San Jose Shark's collars! She probably won't but we can hope.

Lots of Licks,

Swisher and Oakley

It's Not Easy Being Green...

2010-04-22T14:20:00.000-07:00

It's not easy being green; but we sure try. For our Earth Day post we are going to talk about what we do for our part of saving the Earth. We aren't as green as our buddy Stubby, but we always get great ideas from him, so if you ever want to know how to do more check out his blog!

Our mom uses her reusable bags when shopping. She is becoming a freak about them, she has a bunch and she has been giving them as gifts to people too. Every bag counts guys' so always try and use reusable bags to help our planet.

Today she bought a small size one at Whole Foods designed by Sheryl Crow, for only .79 cents. And she got a free regular size bag for shopping there during Earth Day!

Her favorite bag she bought when she went to watch her Oakland A's play baseball.

Mom's gift to our house for Earth Day was a Brita Pitcher, she hadn't been buying small water bottles for a very long time because she has a Sigg but she had been buying gallon size water. She decided it was time to stop that, so we have a Brita now and we LOVE it. We are now getting our water bowel filled with filtered water too! (mom read somewhere that filtered water might help with Oakley's tear stains, we don't know if it's true but we're hoping).

Mom will use any excuse to spend money. BOL.

Mom picked up this magazine while out today. The cuties on the front grabbed her attention, but it looks like it will have some articles on natural and GREEN stuff for us doggies so if she reads something interesting she will definitely share.

Happy Earth Day!

Lots Of Licks,

Oakley and Swisher