Blue Bandanna : Tubby all tied up ...

Hello there good furry and fur-less readers,

Tubby here will demonstrate mouthfully how to un-tie a blue bandanna around his furry neck.

Now, you may all be wondering why is his name a constant jibe to his weigh when he's really not quite as tubular as this TOP DOG self. That's because out of the nine Dobie-Hound puppers he was not only twice the size of the rest of us he was also the closest in built to yours dogg-edly. The Chief calls it a 'chip off the old block' (am really quite a young block not an old one ...) So instead of Tuffy Junior, which is really quite a mouthful and would confuse the young impressionable pooch, she called him Tubby instead. So Tubby it stayed. And Tubby he'd respond to. :)

So, here be Tubby!

First, affix toothies around blue bandanna. If that doesn't work, try, try and try again ...
Attempt No. 1

Attempt No. 2

Attempt No. 3

Grrrr-ruff! .... this be tiring business ...*pant*pant*... MUST REPEAT until Bandanna UN-tied ...

Attempt No.4 ....etc

So there you have it good readers, our very own Dog Woods Fur Kid attempting to UN-tie a bandanna ... unfortunately the Chief ran out of gigabyte storage - while our young pooch was still going on his attempts to UN-tie his bandanna ...

I guess you got to give it to him for being doggedly perseverant! A trait he takes after his ol' TOP DOG Dad. ;)

Tu-Na Furkids : A family portrait

Arf! Arf! there good readers,

As you all know how active and busy we Dog Woods Pack & Fur Kids the Chief has not been able to capture a family portrait of the TOP DOG and his family i.e. Fur Kids and proud Momma Anna until yesterday. Mind you, we canines can sometimes be the most unco-operative when it comes to posing for photos ...

I have to say it's terribly unfortunate that the earlier pictures the Chief took of all the NINE (younger) fur kids were eaten up by her previous computer. Something about hard-disc crash...? And now that's permanently 'resting in pieces'. This TOP DOG is not quite certain how that worked out, since as far as I knows it, the computers that I've been paw-ing don't need to eat nor seem to go any where ... not like us Dog Wood canines who are either begging for more treats or gleefully stampeding about and crashing into each other, just for the fun of it!

Anywoos, as usual the Chief hung about and waited as she'd always done ... taking the occassional random shots when this TOP DOG and his family finally decided to arrange ourselves in one spot. It's taken the Chief many shots, before she got that ONE picture.

Let me just show you a sample of the not so successful attempts where the subject refused to co-operate.

Family photo shot attempt #101 : Dog Woods TOP DOG insistent on facing the wrong way ....

Family shot attempt #133 : 'Ack! We yawned!!' Yes, the TOP DOG is STILL facing the wrong way ...

The Fur Kids however, were having a photogenic day and were more ready to pose.

Sitting Pretty Fur-Kids shot #159 : From left to right, Dexter, Tubby, Brandi and Wally

And finally, that ONE good shot of the TOP Family. Proud Dog Father , TOP DOG of Dog Woods, Momma Anna and the four Fur Kids facing the camera ...

Mere seconds after the shot was taken, along came rambuctious Joe and scattered the perfect arrangment and the wild game of Dog Woods rough and tumble ensued ...

Twinge of Nostalgia

Aroooo there!


I have to admit, this Dog Father is feeling somewhat nostalgic today. I found some old photos the Chief took of the Fur Kids up to no good. They made me chuckle ... and they made me think of the Fur Kids that have gone to their new Furever Homes.


Sure I complain about them being irritating and how they get in my way all the time but its just my gruff macho TOP DOG way of saying ' I wuv you..'

Fur Kids at 3 months

They've grown so quickly ... much TOO quickly, I have to add. Where did ALL that time go!?Once a brief moment ago, they were tiny little bundles of fur ... waddling all over the place. All tails and licks. Getting into the Pack's ears, mouth, eyes, your lags ...



This TOP DOG remembers quite fondly how the Chief could fit and carry all NINE of them in a basket. Their first outing out of the Den ... it seemed like only yesterday they were wee helpless puppers mewing for their Momma. Such a stark contrast ... looking at how the Chief struggles and staggers just to lift ONE pup into the showers ... judging at how fast they are growing, they'll soon be uncarry-able ... by the Chief's standards.



The Fur Kids today are nearly as big, if not bigger than I am (thanks to their Momma's Dobie genes), run faster than Snoopy and I (can't help its, Bassets have short legs...), and have barks that this Dog Father, their Momma and the Dog Woods Pack are very proud off! At the rate they are progressing I'd soon have to field them into the Dog Woods Pack proper!



I suppose on the comforting side, am glad I still have FOUR of my Fur Kids with me. Not quite as many licks and wags but I sure wuv them to bits and no I've not stopped loving the other Kids that have since found new homes. Speaking of which, I must give my other Fur Kids living with their new families a holler-woo just to see how they're doing and keep them updated with the happenings at Dog Woods.

Fur Kids and a visiting Fur Friend

Fur Kids: New Home

We once had NINE Fur Kids running about Dog Woods but FIVE of them have since found Families of their Own.

With heavy and sad hearts the Dog Woods Pack especially their Momma Dobie-Anna, Doting Aunty Snoopy and TO DOG, I have let them go. I have to admit, it's not an easy thing to let go of Kids you've nurtured and love ...

If this TOP DOG had his way, I'd have all my Fur Kids with me. Dog Woods is big enough for every dog and human ... have an even bigger Dog Woods Pack (not that its already big enough ... but one could do with BIGGER!). But I suppose every dog or TOP DOG no matter how silly or sentimental would eventually come to terms with practicalities.

Nine Fur Kids and Five Dog Woods Pack would be a little too much to handle ... as it is, I have trouble walking without being swamped by barrage of overly affectionate licks and wriggles. I know my Fur Kids mean well ... but it sure gets a little irritating sometimes when they get into path (I've tripped on them more than once), food, fur and water. We have space, yes we do ... but why is it that we canines all insist on huddling up (i.e. fur in one's mouth, someone's paw up one's butt) in one tiny spot!

Coming to that decision of allowing my Fur Kids to be adopted was a hard one. The other very hard decision was WHICH Fur Kid ... ohhhh, believe you me, their Momma and I agonized for weeks!

Being a very concerned Dog Father I made sure I did a good long sniff on the prospective new families' background. To be doubly sure, I hired the K9-Bureau-of -Investigation (KBI) to dig into their backgrounds. Looks like the families who the Kids have gone too are clean, canine loving humans ... no matter how sad we are to see them leave, it's a comfort to know that they have found good homes.

The Fur Kids that have found themselves happy new homes are :-

a) Zsa Zsa and Pinto - the first pair to leave us ... they have been happily wrecking havoc in their new doting family's manicured gardens (me glads to note they too have the Dog Woods landscaper's gene...)

b) Baxter (left) Dexter's twin - who's the only 'child' of his new family who spoils him rotten

c) Eva - who now have two furry Labrador brothers in her new family and apparently has worked her paw up to being TOP DOG

d) Buddy - who's now have 3 human brothers and has more fun than he has ever imagined!

Good luck kids! Don't forget to remember us at Dog Woods sometimes. I know we think of you all all the time!

Fur Kids Lessons

Arf! Arf! Helloooo there!

(Left to Right) : Dexter & Wally

These a couple of my Fur Kids practicing what they learnt from their astutely wise Dog Father, TOP DOG of Dog Woods.

Incase, you're wondering, today's lesson was on the 'art of looking sad'....

Now gentle readers, you may all be wondering of all lessons a Dog Father is to teach his Fur Kids, why dwell on looking sad ...? Shouldn't looking sad come as naturally as looking happy? What is there to teach, any ways ...?

But ah! You see, its all got to do with Dog-gee-psy-woo-logy. It's all part and parcel of how to twist your human round one's paws. Like getting the Chief to give you more treats for example ... now those faces are perfect specimens of 'boo-hoo-hoo-poor-little-doggy-me-ohh-you-'re-bound-to-pity-me-and-give-me-a-treat-or-two-to-cheer-me-up' look!

Anyhows, they showed the Chief the 'look' yesterday and she did agree they looked very moanful about something (yay!). But then she went on to ask ' are you ill?! are you in pain? Maybe we should call the V-E-T to find out what's wrong ...' (boo!)

Well, I guess they (the Furry Little Ones) have got a long way to go on perfecting the 'boo-hoo-hoo-poor-little-doggy-me-ohhh-you're-bound-to-pity-me-and-give-me-a-treat-or-two-to-cheer-me-up' look.

Fur Kids Antics : A Dose of Mischief

The Fur Kids pawed a little puppy jig today - some moves they cleverly cheorographed by themselves.

We - their Mama Anna, and Smart Cookie Aunty Snoopy, myself the TOP DOG and the Chief, were much entertained by their enthusiastic synchronized strutting abouts. In fact, their Mama and I couldn't help feeling proud ... if synchronized-puppy-trots were a sport in the Paw-lym-pics, we're more than certain they would win paws down!

It was not until the Chief's curious question: 'what actually is that that they stretched in between them?' that we discovered, much to our embarassment, that they had infact 'liberated' some human's (whom the Fur Kids decided not to reveal) underwear!!

Their little jig was actually disguised wrestling matching amongst themselves as to settle the issue of who gets the 'Privilege of the FIRST CHEW'..

The Chief was flabbergasted. For once she was lost for words, giving us (Anna Snoopy and myself) rather accustory looks as we canines struggled to put on our stern-est expression.

'They certainly didn't learn the 'underwear-liberating-trick' from us!' we (the Dog Woods Pack) declared. We swore on our furry lives that was something we had purposely left out of their puppy curri-cullum.

Resigned to our explaination, we overheard the Chief mumbling under her breathe about hoping the poor owner don't come looking for missing underwear ... or worst, catch the Fur Kids red paw-ded and demand why they were allowed to dance up and down lawn with chewed up once blue underwear!

Canine Shots : Having a secret laugh

...now that the Chief is out of ear shot, we secretly thought that was all quite hilarious. Fur Kids, you do us Dog Wood pack proud! *Arrooooo!*