Sunday, October 30, 2011

Bunny show

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Mom came home last night, almost too tired to dump kibble in the bowl.  She had been walking around bunnies all day....some big deal rabbit show, I guess.  She talked nice to the bun brothers, but she didn't touch them until she washed her hands three times with different soaps.  I sniffed her.  Her hands weren't even dirty!  They just smelled like a million and one rabbits.

Anyhow, she DIDN'T bring home any new bunnies!  I'm so proud of my mom....I know she wanted to bring home everyone that talked to her.  That's just how our mom is....if it looks at her "just so" she wants to bring it home for forever.  Same thing with puppies at the shelter.  and dogs in the alley.

Barking of which, there's a new dog trolling the alley and I DO NOT LIKE HIM< Sam-I-AM.  He's a tall collie-type dog with cream colored fur, a real fancy-boy....not to mention he's still got his gonads, and proud of it.  He's all trying to tell me I'm the lesser dog, just cause I'm inside a fence and neutered!  Ha!  Wait until Animal Care and Control gets ahold of HIM!  He'll be whistlin Dixie out of the other side of his muzzle!
 Yerz, but growlin, Yukon

Sunday, October 23, 2011

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Pit Bull Awareness Day Exstravaganza

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Well, all, Yukon here~
Yesterday was Pit Bull Awareness Day with a big parade and photo op in Indy.  I helped mom at her booth.  We were parked right beside the parade starting point.  Mom had me sit beside her and be still while all those interesting dogs and people walked by.  There were some really cool costumes, like a Scooby Do-dog, and a couple Count Dracula-dogs, not to mention the Cat Fish Hunter....my personal fav.  I only did a soft warning to a few people who were crowding me and hovering over my head, but I did let a boat-load of people pet me.

There were a few people that I really liked and gave full-body hugs.  Mom was afraid I was gonna hug one lady into falling over, but I didn't hug her that hard.  Some nice men helped mom with the show trunk and setting up the little tent-thingy, but it blew down two times.  The first time, the tent knocked moms coffee cup over and got the edge of one book wet.  A little girl who was a Girl Scout helped mom put the tent back, so mom gave her the copy of the book with the wet edge and told her thanks like a million times for helping with the tent.  A couple of times, I got so high energy that I had to play a new game we invented.

New Game:  4 Foot Fetch.  It is played with a dog on a 4 foot leash and a human, and a soft toy that is not a ball....in our case, a bone shaped firehose.  Momma would give the little toy a toss, high and short.  Then I would pounce on it and give it back.  This was a fast action game with only a little bit of tug.  I got so I could catch it in the air and hand it right back, so mom would throw it again.  She got tricky, throwing it over her shoulder sometimes!  But I still got it in a hurry.  It was too simple, really, and I was tired of playing in about 5 minutes but it helped me break the tension of being a "world famous" co-author on display....and on my best behavior.  I was really happy to get my Tuxedo off before mom started taking down the display and tent.

Mom seemed pretty happy even though we didn't sell any books.  She talked a lot, which always makes her happy and met some people.  The Girl Scout helped keep me company while mom carried stuff back to the truck and a very nice man helped mama put the show trunk back in the pick-up truck.  I let the Girl Scout pet me on top of the head through the bars of my crate, which sometimes I tell even mama not to do....but then, I didn't have any food in my crate, so it was okay.

When we got home I went straight to the yard and did a big pile of business which I had been too tense to do at the parade with all those strange dogs around--although I did leave some pretty lengthy p-mail messages on the concrete flower urns and lamp posts.  After that, I took a long nap with Gretchen, Sally and Mama all on the big bed, which was super soft since mama just got a new blankie with velvet on the top and sherpa-wool on the bottom.  We were very tired and I kept dreaming and twitching, but no sleep-barking that I know of.

Yerz, Yuk-Van-Winkle

Thursday, October 20, 2011

3rd day of rain and outside ugliness

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Yukon here~
Mom is upto something and I have to wonder what.  Not only has she been moving stuff around, she's also been cleaning house with the radio blasting.  She baked two apple pies last week.  Maybe it's the weather....but that is the opposite of sensible, since all this weather is good for is sleep, nap, sleep.  Why does she have all this energy?

I heard her say to dad, on the phone, that Emma's mom might stop by "any minute" and she wanted the shock to be gradual...whatever.  Silly humans.  It's obvious that three rowdy dogs live here.  Nothing is going to change that!  She even tried to get the dog hair off the velvet love-seat, my favorite spot!  What a joke!  Tape does not fix dog hair on velvet.  Finally, she gave up and just threw a new sheet over it.  When she was tucking the big soft blankie on the main couch, she also pulled the rug out from under...well, when we get to rough housin scatter rugs scatter.  What can I say, the slide is a hoot, and who minds a little body slam into the couch?  It's a soft landing.  Anyhoo, she yanked the scatter rug out from under the couch as she was tucking the newly washed blankie under and out popped a pair of dad's clean underpants that had been tangled in the blankie.

At first, mom was baffled.  Where did these underwear come from?  Then she shook her head and mumbled something about it happening in front of company,...oh, that she was glad it DIDN'T happen in front of company.  I don't get why that would be a big deal.  It's not like they were smelling good or anything.  They were still warm from the dryer.

Oh yeah, I remember why Miss Sandy, Emma's mom, is coming over.  It's to drop off some neck scarves for mom to decorate.  The Adopt-A-Bulls at Saturdays Parade are going to wear them.  She did two red ones with glued on ribbon that say "Adopt" and "Pick Me" so far.

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Emma's Blog

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Princess Emma has a Royal Advice log that you probably want to check out if you've read our book....let's see if we can post a link
http://regaladvice.blogspot.com/

HA! it seems to have worked....love her halloween costume suggestions....(For someone else, of course) Yerz, Yukon the Caveman

big day, on the way

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Mornin' All,  Yukon here,
What a grey day!  All the rain....nothin to do but sleep, then nap, then sleep again.  Outside, I just nap and sleep and nap on top of the dog house, which is on the back porch and so, stays dry.

Meanwhile, mama is trying to get ready for the big autograph party this weekend.  Last year it was called Luv-A-Bully March....but the name got changed.  It will be different this year, since Penne can't come.  The last two years, my boy has shown up to hold my leash and mom has walked with Penne's leash.  But this year we will have our own tent.  I never went camping in the city before.  It's only for a couple of hours, and I gotta be on my bestest behavior.  Mom says I get to "autograph"....

She says it involves touching my feet on the book for people, so they will like it better.  I DO NOT LIKE MY FEET TO BE TOUCHED and she knows it....we'll see. Yerz, Yukon-no-touchy

Sunday, October 9, 2011

My Boy Ballerina

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Imagine for a second what a playful Herford bull calf could do whilst cavorting in your house....well, it's not a pretty sight in the aftermath, but it's entertaining as heck during the event.

Yukon has discovered the cat-like joy of chasing Miller Mothes--in the bead room, of all places. Repeted commands of "Leave IT" were to no avail....he was so intrigued! He just followed it around the room, high and low, while I imagined the resulting lunge and crash...truthfully, no damage done, but it could have been CAT-A-Strofic.....Kim 

Saturday, October 8, 2011

fluffy bed

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Mom did a surprising thing today....she tossed all my blankies in the wash!  It's not like I spent a lot of time in my crate, and I hardly ever lay down in there.  Mostly, I just nom on my kibble and then bust out....and everybody knows I don't stay in my crate, which might cause a thinking dog to wonder why mom puts the latch on the door while I eat....

It's cause of Sally's diet.  If mom doesn't close my door, Sally comes and noses me out of the bowl for a few bites of non-portion controlled kibble.  Can't blame the ol gal.  Mom doesn't hardly feed her anything, and I'm not a chow-it-down-and-gone kind of guy anyhow.  I was raised as an only-dog and could snack all day long.  I got better things to do than stand around and eat for ten minutes....play ball, for one thing.

Anyhow, guess I need fresh blankies for the "show"....more on that later.  Dad just got home and I gotta do official "home from work" greeting duty.  Yerz, Yukonowits

Friday, October 7, 2011

Escape Trick

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~Yukon here~
Mom's been leaving the office window open about four inches so her Precious-cat can come and go...the joke is on her.  A 4 inch gap is big enough for me to get my snout under and then I can lift the window without help from anybody....It's not such a big deal to jump out from the office window...about a 6 foot drop.  That's two foot higher than the back porch and three foot shorter than the roof of the doghouse.

To keep mama really confused--I come back in through the bathroom window by crawling off the doghouse roof....then I ask to go out through the back door.  Silly Human!  It's too easy to really be much fun....she's so confused even without my tricks!

hYUdini~ at your service

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

where to order the book

As Dan has pointed out, you can get to the blog from the order page, but you can't get to the order page from the blog--yet.  That is about to change....you can order Yukon's book at www.kimmartinsite.com. if you click on the order button (and the webpage gives even more info about the dogs, including Yukon.) or you can order at https://www.createspace.com/3643053.  4 Paws Forum (the book) is also available at Amazon.com, but then Amazon gets a chunk of the sales price that could otherwise be buying Yukonooba more doggone dog food, so be a pal and order direct.
Yerz, Yukonoblast

trip to the woods.

Hi-die-Ho neighbors, Yukon here~
Spent a paw-ful of days and nights at the camper with mom and Sally.  It was just a bit nippy after dark.  Of course I had my orange ball, and Jolly Egg to play with and all the hills to chase them over.  Dad had put some water in my 14" red ball, which was different, wobble-rolling with the wave-action and heavy.  Unfortunately, when it got down in the ravine, it got between some tipped over trees and it's gonna have to stay there for a while.  Mom says I got it in there, I can get it out.....BUT I didn't, exactly..... gravity put my ball in that mess of tree trunks, and it's gonna take a dog with brains to get it out...Yep, I can do it.  Just, not today.

On the way home, mom stopped at the no-homes-doggy place and walked a couple dogs.  That always makes me a little nervous.  What if she brings another stranger home?  And she did smell like she'd been hugging on strangers.  Girl strangers, but still.....didn't bring one home last night....so far, so good.
Yerz, Yukonohug