Nakedness

I like being naked. Naked, at my house, means no collar...and it's liberating!

Collars can be so cumbersome. Sometimes they are itchy. Often times they are uncomfortable and other times the jingling is annoying.

Mom says collars are good for holding my ID for me when I'm out...since I don't have any pockets! BOL But that's all we use it for, we never hook my leash to it (can you imagine how awful it would be to be lead around by your neck? Plus, there's lots of information coming out on how bad that is for dogs).

Mom says she has always let her dogs be "naked" at home. I like that. When we put up our feet at night, Mom gently leans over and slips my collar off & hangs it by the door. She rubs my neck where my collar was and lets run around in all my Bullmastiff glory until it's time to leave again.

When you get home tonight. Let your own dog have a taste of nakedness. Slip their collar off and offer a nice neck rub where that collar indentation is. I bet they'll agree with me...Naked is Nice.

Wordless Wednesday Woofs

Ahhhhh....I found a nice sunny spot in the yard to get my daily dose of Vit D. 
Happy Wednesday!

Woofs!

Holy HOTlanta!

I love being outside, but phew...it's hot in this city! So far we've had a pretty mild summer, but temps are ramping up and I am not happy about it! So, I thought I'd share one of my favorite things that Mom does to help keep me cool....she calls it a Cooling Canine Spritzer! 

Easy enough right? Mom says Peppermint essential oil is safe to use on us dogs (she also said that peppermint oil works so well because it contains menthol which has a cooling effect when applied to the skin. She always has to be so technical BOL). Take it from me, just a few drops of the spritzer feels oh-so-refreshing on a hot day! I give it the Briscoe Bullmastiff Big Drool Approval! 

Woofs!

Stay & Play with an in-betweenie-weenie!

This weekend I had a friend stay over. Mom sometimes lets dogs that she's working with come to stay at our house! This weekend, it was Bentley. Bentley is an in-betweenie-weenie (he's a mix between a standard and a mini Dachshund). 

Bentley and I had never played together so we took a few minutes to get to know each other. Mom says that we used loads of Canine Calming Signals. Mom has fancy words for everything, I swear! BOL But, once we got to know each other's play styles, we had a lot of fun romping around!

(Mom says please excuse her over-the-top puppy voice! Since it was our first time playing together, mom wanted to make sure we were getting lots of good feedback! And if you think it's annoying, now you know what I live with everyday!! BOL Sorry Mom!) 

Turns out, having another doggy friend around can be helpful. Bentley was on an herbal detox while he was here, and wasn't so sure about taking it. So, I showed him that if you swallow it fast, it's not that bad! And, guess what? He showed me how much fun toys can be!
I'm sad that Bentley only got to stay for a few days, but I love having different doggy visitors at my house! Especially because, if they're obnoxious, I can have Mom send them back home!

Woofs!

Wordless Wednesday Woofs!

Flinging drool is risky business...and sometimes, well, accidents happen!

Woofs!

Make way for the KING!

Well...the King of the Forest anyway!! And I'm sure I'm the King, because the trails are really small, and everyone quickly got outta my way when they saw me coming...you know, to let the King through!!

Mom & I went to Morningside Nature Preserve...wow, that's a long name. There are tons of trails, which makes it *really* hard to decide which one to take. Sometimes I made Mom go down one trail a few feet, then turn around and go back to a different trail...just so we didn't miss anything! I saw lots of squirrels, some birds and even a bunny! I barked and pounced at the bunny, like, SEE Bunny?? I like to bounce too! Bunny ran away. Rude.

But, the coolest part of the whole forest? A big swing over the river. Mom says is a "suspension bridge", yah Mom, whatever. You get on and it MOVES. How cool is that?? Mom says I'm crazy because I'm so scared of everything else but a giant bridge that moves over the water doesn't scare me. Mom, seriously? KINGS cannot be scared of swings. BOL

Here's me on the giant swing!

Woofs!

What you mean, just for girls?

So, Mom is busy answering emails and I decide that I will entertain myself. I mean, It's the least I can do, ya know?


But, hmm...what to do? I wandered into the bathroom and found a box. It was a fun, bright box and when I opened it, it was FULL of chews!! At least...I think they were chews; they were wrapped in paper and I thought maybe you had to pull the paper off. So, I took one back to my blanket to work on it. It made really fun noises! Mom heard the noises and came to see what I was chewing, so I showed her...

See Mom! It's a crinkly-paper chew that I got from the bathroom! 

Whoa...what? It's just for girls??

Oh No! I am sooooo embarrassed! 

Why didn't anybody TELL me about this stuff when I came to live with a GIRL!! Crazy girls and all their girly stuff!! BOL


Woofs!