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What would Bella do?

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I have a feeling that most dog owners can relate to today’s Dog eat Doug – this comic illustrates perfectly what Bella would do if given the chance to go off leash:

(Apologies for the small print – you can see the full-size version here.)

To any new readers who found us through Make a New Friend Tuesdays at the Two Little Cavaliers blog: welcome!  Hope you’ll stick around and check us out.  (And if you haven’t met Felissa and her pups Davinia and Indiana, head on over and say hi!)

If you’d like to meet the dog behind this blog, check out some of our past Bella posts.   Happy Tuesday!

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Don’t judge a dog by its cover

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“He wasn’t a bad dog – he simply didn’t know any better;
he’d never lived in a house.”
from “Can You Teach a Bad Dog New Tricks” by Jim Gorant

A friend suggested I check out an article in this past weekend’s issue of Parade magazine.  So I rifled through my newspaper (I’m still old school on Sundays) and pulled out the insert.  Staring at me from the cover? An adorable dog.  A pit bull, to be exact.  After reading this article, I knew I had to share it with you.

The title of the article is “Can You Teach a Bad Dog New Tricks?”  The “bad dogs” in question are Michael Vick’s pit bulls.  (I think it goes without saying how very, very terrible he is… but we’re focusing on the dogs here, so I’ll save that angry rant for another time.)

We’ve all heard about what happened to Michael Vick after his dogfighting ways were discovered.  But what about the dogs?  Find out more after the jump…

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Celebrating the cone of shame

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Speed Bump
(Speed Bump via Comics.com)

Ah, the cone of shame.  Immortalized by Dug, that awesome dog in Up.  Speaking of, how awesome was Up in general?  So much fun, and so many quotable lines in that movie.  (One of my faves?  “My name is Dug. I have just met you, and I love you.”  Very dog-appropriate.)  Anyway, it seems like someone I know mentions the cone of shame at least once a week.  Although Bella’s never had to wear one, the mere mention makes me smile.  For that reason, it’s the theme of today’s No Frown Friday.  Here we go…

  1. As always on Friday, I bring you punny pet names.  Given this post’s medical undertone, this week’s names are doctor-inspired:  Dr. Cliff Pupstable, Dr. Chewingsbone (I presume), and Doogie Howler.  You should be proud… I didn’t go for the more obvious Doggie Howser joke.  Oh wait, just did…
  2. Looking to spice up your decor?  You can even decorate with the cone of shame.  Check out this awesome dog bowl from me me me.  (Thanks to under the blanket for the link!)  Perhaps you’d prefer this cone of shame nightlight.  Want something a little more cozy?  How about these cone of shame pillows?
  3. You can even wear your own cone of shame – in t-shirt form.  Check out this cute shirt featured on PetSugar.

The pup in the video below battles his cone of shame, then battles a water bottle.  The result is magic.

(Seriously… how could that not make you smile?  If that’s not enough cuteness for you, go check out another fun cone of shame video over on phetched.)

Because this post was inspired by Dug, I’ll leave you with a joke from the movie:  “Hey, I know a joke! A squirrel walks up to a tree and says, ‘I forgot to store acorns for the winter and now I am dead.’ Ha! It is funny because the squirrel gets dead.”

Tell it to your dog – I’m sure he’ll appreciate it.

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Oh, yeah!

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It’s Monday… after my Deep Thoughts interlude this weekend, I thought I should help you start your week off with a giggle:

Brevity

(Brevity via CIDU)

Unfortunately, after my initial laugh, I found myself with questions.  Assuming that Kool-Aid is a first name, then is this the Man family?  Unless of course the other characters here are Kool-Aid Woman and Kool-Aid Kid, in which case I suppose their surname is Kool-Aid.  Are there any other members of the Kool-Aid species out there?  If so, do they all share the Kool-Aid last name (like Kool-Aid Steve and Kool-Aid Gina)?  Maybe Kool-Aid is just a stage name – apparently our friend here was originally known as Pitcher Man.

Anyway, although this post seems completely unrelated to the usual blog content, I’d like to point out that the Kool-Aids (or the Mans… if anyone has more extensive knowledge of Kool-Aid culture, please feel free to jump in here)  have a dog (and a cat).  Thus, it’s still technically puppy-related – and if I were the Kool Aid’s dog (as opposed to Kool-Aid Dog), I’d get out of there before that house falls down.  Sooner or later, someone’s going to burst through a load-bearing wall.

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