obie the obese doxie

this dachshund is on a diet. 

a huge diet. his elderly owners fed the crap out of him and now he needs to lose more than half his weight. 

 see him waddle around in the grass. 

 

 a nice woman has taken him in and is supervising his diet. 

 read the story here and follow along with this puppy's weight loss journey. 

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in other dogs on the internet news, saw this slideshow yesterday - always a tearjerker. dog heroes of 9/11

pouncey met his match

two big young dogs came to visit this weekend.

it was great for eli & nacho to get a breather, and it was great for pouncey to be completely outweighed and out-spazzed by the new guys.

the sweet german short haired pointer in the picture is porter. he turned 3 this weekend. he has more energy than an entire preschool class combined.

the only humans who should be allowed to own german short haired pointers are 1. ironman triathletes and 2. people with big fenced in farms, like over 10 acres.

shortbuttons

pouncey's new nickname is 'shortbuttons'

not because he's cute like 'halfpint' or 'shortstuff' 

because he is a jerk and eats the buttons off shorts.

3 pair of kevin's, 1 of mine so far

DAMMIT SHORTBUTTONS!

pouncey in a pasture

every morning is a good morning when you're pouncey scissorpaws!

the wily fox of breckenridge golf course

this summer has come and gone like a great blue heron flying very quickly in one direction. 

one of the craziest things that happened was on the breckenridge golf course. i was walking around while kevin, his dad, and brother played. it is a spectacular place to walk around. i would not want to be chasing a blasted little white ball into the chaparral and beaver ponds, but it is a spectacular place to walk around.

it was a par 4 on the front 9, and everybody hit their second shots close to the green. kevin's dad's ball unfortunately went into a greenside bunker. maybe the first time i've ever seen him hit a shot into a bunker. everybody else's shots were on the green. we were about 100 yards away. 

suddenly, a big fox appeared. big like 40 lbs. he looked at us, trotted across the green, down into the bunker, took kevin's dad's ball out of the trap, and dropped it on the green 10 feet from the hole.  

he then trotted to kevin's brother's ball, picked it up, and ran away with it into the woods.

supposedly he thinks the balls are eggs.

supposedly there is a fox den in breckenridge overflowing with titleist pro v1's. 

kevin's dad played the ball from the green where the fox left it. after the round, we heard that the right ruling would have been to put his ball back in the bunker.

leo pee-o

if he doesn't watch it i'm gonna submit his wrinkled ass to dog-shaming.com

pouncey's birth

tiger woods loves his putter

make sure it hefts well in your hands.

from a pre-scandal book published in 2001.  

hard to believe he approved these graphics. 

5 months, 50 pounds

pouncey is a baby elephant. 

he is already in the 'large dog' category for flea medicine. 

he shreds sticks. 

he shreds paper towels. 

he shreds sunglasses. 

he tries to be a good boy. 

"holy fauxhawk"

from wikipedia:

Chrism (Greek word literally meaning "an anointing"), also called "myrrh" (myron), holy anointing oil, or "consecrated oil", is a consecrated oil used in the Roman Catholic Church in the administration of certain sacraments.

Chrism is made of olive oil and is scented with a sweet perfume, usually balsam.

its scent has been likened to clove cigarettes. 

it does not mean jism of christ. 

it has been bemoaned for its tendency to seep into stuffed animals and clothing. 

it may take more than 2 shampoos to remove the scent.

it makes a fine hair gel for the recently baptized.

rattlesnake love

rattlesnakes at the wnc nature center getting frisky.

her eyes are BUGGIN

happy birthday MOM!

happy birthday to the most wonderful mother! i hope your day is fabulous and dad is wearing jorts!

also happy birthday to kate - my best friend from high school beth's & bill's baby! born today! wooo doggy!