The Dogventures of Bruce

No, I'm the boss....

2012-01-02T21:35:00.001-08:00

This is an argument we have frequently. I'm the boss, everyone knows it.

Darn Lois

2011-09-21T22:19:00.001-07:00

Lois always gets the belly rubs.....

Love my boy

2011-05-05T20:52:00.001-07:00

I love my boy. He always has time to tug on a toy, or chase bubbles with me, or throw a ball. Bein a dog is the best.

Who is this!?

2011-03-23T19:40:00.000-07:00

Who is this in my yard?! It's Tess, the septic dog. We had to get a new septic and Tess helped. Mini Aussies make excellent helpers!

Guarding the Yard

2010-12-07T22:38:00.001-08:00

Most people don't know this, but Aussies are excellent guard dogs... This is my yard, you squirrels back off!

Toys are Everywhere

2010-10-28T18:54:00.000-07:00

Why is this baby toy on my bed? Oh well.....

My Barkday

2010-09-20T20:18:00.001-07:00

Here's what I did.

Tempted fate by parking myself on the back of the sofa. Five years old and still a daredevil.

Water Bowl

2010-07-11T21:19:00.000-07:00

Nathan started swimming lessons and now he thinks the water bowl is a pool. I'm thirsty!!!

Monkey!

2010-03-06T10:07:00.000-08:00

Do you see this?! He is trying to steal my monkey toy!! And my Josh is doing nothing, he is just standing there laughing!!! Lois has the mailman, he should go bother her!

Outside?

2010-02-21T21:51:00.000-08:00

Do you know how to open it? No, do you?

2010-01-31T09:29:00.000-08:00

Here is a picture of the little dictator...he's taken over our lives!

He is crawling now and stealing all our toys...here he is shown with santa lobster.

Poor Lois...

Baby

2009-11-06T19:59:00.000-08:00

Guess what!? My Claire had a baby!! That's why she hasn't been posting on my doggy blog!!

He's alright, I'm trying to teach him how to throw a ball, but my Claire says he has to learn to sit up and crawl and all that stuff first. Here is a picture of me and Lois carving the Halloween pumpkin, we are such good helper dogs...

And here is a picture of the baby in his costume, he seems to have been eaten by a fish!

Anyways, hopefully she will post more often now, I will make sure to babysit so she can!

Christmas!

2007-12-30T11:07:00.000-08:00

I hope everydog had a pawsome Christmas. The card exchange was crazy!! Here's me with the cards we got.

Lois was very fond of Cairo, she has a thing for boxers...

And we both love Charlie, he only lives a few hours away!

My favorite present was a squirrel!!!

And the puppy got a Kong...

Jack-dog and the Bacon Lady and the Young Guy came to visit. Here's all of us lounging on the hissing bed.

And my Claire made some Bruce-scotti and let me and the puppy lick the spoon with the melted carob on it!

Delicious!! Hope everypup has a Happy New Year!

Holiday-ventures

2007-12-16T20:33:00.000-08:00

We have been so busy!! Lots of dogventures to talk about. First off, we are FINALLY getting along. Apparently, I am super-jealous of other dogs around my people.

But I have come to accept the fact that Lois is staying...see, here we are taking a nap together.

And here we are sharing a doggy cone...

And here we are at Fort Worden. We tried to be off-leash pups but there were too many people up there I was trying to herd and Lois has decided she likes to chase people on bicycles. Silly puppy.

I got some new ulphostery for my Brucey-limo!

We also decorated for Christmas, I handled the hanging of the lights.

Lois took care of the reindeer.

And we both put on a big smile for the camera!

New Pack Member!!

2007-11-20T15:56:00.001-08:00

Randy and Lindsay's Ivy found out about our new pack member and she spilled the beans so now I have to blog about her!! She's very um...nice..she um....likes to steal my toys though.

Her name is Lois Lane and she is from the same mommy and daddy I'm from. Can you see the resemblance?

She waltzed into my house and onto my bed about 3 weeks ago, she is about 4 months old and we love to play. She can be a little rough sometimes, I guess that's why they call female dogs what they do.

Anyways, my dog camera doesn't take very sharp pictures of her, it is loyal only to me, but maybe after some time and after she stops messin' with my people and my toys it might warm up to her.

Visitin'!

2007-10-12T09:06:00.000-07:00

A little bit ago my claire's brother and sister came to visit and we went to Fort Worden and here is what we did!
I dug a hole in a tree! I am so tough....

And then we climbed into the bunkers, I was an off-leash bandit and I ran up and down stairs until I was pupped out.

And then me and my claire went to "heaven!" Funny thing, I didn't know we could get there in a concrete tube...

I'll barks more about it later, gotta get to work!

The Tale of the Octopus Cookie

2007-09-22T13:44:00.000-07:00

I know I've been gone for awhile, I was busy dognapping Ivy's Lindsay and moving to a new place and well....napping, my claire has been working very hard so we take los of dog sleeps together.
But guess what! My barkday was the other day, I am two years old!!! My people brought me home an octopus cookie!

I wasn't so sure about the purple frosting...

I licked it's face off!

And then I chewed off all it's legs! Yumm!

And sang in my head, "Happy Barkday to Me!"

2007-07-09T20:55:00.000-07:00

Hana tagged me to tell you all about my secretaries. So I will! Here is a picture of them in Reno.

My claire's main job is to write down my barks and make me seem like a very funny, charming dog. She also gives massages and works with animals, even cats!
My josh's main job is to take me for walks and make sheckles to buy dog food. he works on big boats and also massages people.

They're good people, they didn't rescue me from dog prison like Ivy, they got me when I was 7 weeks old and they were just married. My josh picked me out cuz I was the feistiest one in my litter, I jumped on him and started chewing on his shoe! And did you know my first name was Checker? How silly is that!?

That's me and my josh snugglin', he's definitely a good snugglebummer...
And those are my people!

House-sitting

2007-07-01T11:43:00.000-07:00

A couple weeks ago my people's friends had to leave on a trip and they asked us if we could sit on their house and feed their animals. I thought it sounded like fun so I said ok!
This is Tanzi, she is a morgan horse that is VERY tolerant of my herding ways. I ran around her and barked and barked and she didn't bat an eye.

And this...is...Kitty...I think her name should be Lucy-fer because she scared me so bad my claire had to clean up the floor and put her away for the night in a bedroom.

And this is Daisy, the boston terrorist. She is one of the dogs that lives there and also my coworker! Actually, she's more of a boss, but I still think she's cute.

Here's me and her vying for a cookie.

I got it!

Nummers...

No sleepin'!

2007-06-25T07:42:00.000-07:00

Silly Hana and A&S! I am not asleep again, I was busy visiting some of my local dog friends. Here is my friend Hana, her mom says she is kinda chubby, but I think she is rubenesque.

I just love to give her kisses...

Now, I would like someone to explain this to me for I am a puppy and do not understand how the crazy human mind works. Is this funny to anyone else out there besides my people?! They put this on me and laughed and laughed and sang a song about some rock lobsters.

Embarassing...but luckily they made up for it by taking me on a looooong walk, we walked across this bay!! Usually there is water in it, but I think the birds are stocking up and they stole it all.

That was a LONG nap!

2007-06-05T18:58:00.000-07:00

Whew! Ohmydogness!! I gotta catch up! Here is what sort of dogventures I have been having.

I don't know if anyone remebers the evil llamas i had mentioned earlier, but I went to visit them again! They were up to their regular tricksies, trying to stare me down and spit on me, but I let them know who was top dog. I yelled and said "Hey, hey, llamas, go pick on someone with as many ears as you! Which is one...which is kinda scary..."

And then we went fishing! If you have never been fishing before, it is so much fun. You get to go real fast in a boat, my claire made sure to keep me on a leash because I kept getting doglusional and thinking i was a fishy and trying to jump in the river. We caught three fish! Well, after a few hours...

So since we had been fishin' so long, my people pulled the boat over and let me dig for rocks, this is a picture of my beautiful river beard.

On the other paw, we went to this thing called Vikingfest. That is my claire holding my leash and her friend from work, she has a boston terrorist that likes to eat people so she couldn't come with us. Anyways, there were a lot of vikings and horses and stuff, it was a good time.

Lookin' at the vikings made us hungry so we went shoppin', I made sure there was frosty paws on the list. Hey, there's a lid on 'em! Woof!

Now this is a sad story, I have a reindeer toy that has become my new favorite. And then my people moved the furniture...

It took some stitches and TLC but he is now almost back to himself.

Sleepy Sunday

2007-04-22T14:08:00.000-07:00

Happy Earth Day! Time to take a nap...

Happy Belated Hoppy Day!

2007-04-09T07:49:00.000-07:00

Hope everydog had a pawsome Easter. Me and my claire got easter presents yesterday! My josh went and got me this neat toy...it's called a "chill pill", you fill it with treats and then you have to pick it up and drop it to get them out. And then I don't know what the pink thing is, but it made my claire yip like a puppy and attack my josh....I think it's what people call a hug.

Anyways, i'll blog more later...gotta get to work!

Reno!

2007-03-22T21:11:00.000-07:00

I apologize to everypup, my claire has been so busy she hasn't had time to write down my barks. Not much has been goin' on, I'm still not feelin' well, my shoulder is giving me trouble so I had to have it x-rayed, everything looks good, so I'm taking some joint supplements and hoping it gets better. Thanks for all the concern. As you can see, I've been snugglin' with my blanket, it helps...

On the other paw, my people went to Reno and left me in doggie prison! I was a good boy, but look at how much fun they had without me!

That is my girlfriend Gracie and my people's second cousin Elenna. Aren't they cute? Gracie is fetch crazy, like me, that's how we keep things fresh!

My josh says this is a dogpile, looks like a pile of people to me...

This is the view from their hotel room, look at all that snow! And no bruce to chase snowballs! Sheesh.

They stayed at a place called Walley's hot springs and the feed to the springs was in their backyard. Looks like a recipe for puppy stew to me!

And then, oh my dogness, what are these?! They aren't horses, and certainly not birds, but they sure do look fun to chase!
Boy am I glad they're home, I need a nap...

I'm Sicky

2007-03-07T08:43:00.000-08:00

Me and my claire are sicky. She caught a floo bug (which is weird, there's no bugs out while it's rainin') and I have the colitis. I had custard bum a few days ago so my claire took me to work and Dr. Monica squished my belly and said "Yep, he needs medicine." Medicine!! Uh Oh!! Pills are awful!! Luckily she prescribed some yummy stuff in a tube, whew, dodged a bullet with that one.

The Dogventures of Bruce

No, I'm the boss....

Darn Lois

Love my boy

Who is this!?

Guarding the Yard

Toys are Everywhere

My Barkday

Water Bowl

Monkey!

Outside?

Baby

Christmas!

Holiday-ventures

New Pack Member!!

Visitin'!

The Tale of the Octopus Cookie

House-sitting

No sleepin'!

That was a LONG nap!

Sleepy Sunday

Happy Belated Hoppy Day!

Reno!

I'm Sicky

Green Cuz and Dog Parts

Beach Dog

Sirens!

The Tree Farm

Hikin' with Sadie

I'm a Portland Pooch!

A great day

Greenies!

The llamas are coming!

Need a dog shrink?

Up to somethin'

Play?!

It's snowing!

My three-legged friend!

This is mine!

My first blog!