Snoopy's Report : A Puppy-razi Account

Hello there again gentle readers,

Tuffy our TOP DOG, is rather occupied as you all already know, and so yours truly, Snoopy the Smart Cookie is still at the helm of pawing this blog.

Anna our bewitching scent-ful belle of Dog Woods is recuperating well. She's still a little tired after surgery. But the Chief's finally let her take gentle walks around Dog Woods after keeping her 'den-ridden' for since her return. Nothing like a little activity to get those healing juices pumping! She's also on antibiotics for at least a week and hates her wound being cleaned and slathered with some noxious smelling cream ... even that has not stop our very determined pup-sick TOP DOG in giving Anna a more than cursory sniff upon her walks ...

1. Tuffy's more than affectionate home coming dog-greets

2. Anna returning dog greets - check out Tuffy's cocked back pendulous ears .... he's oh-so-thrilled!

3. The love sick TOP DOG and our Dog Woods belle, Anna

4. Lauching into sonorous soppy love songs - more like wailings to us ! That's me in the background trying to shield my poor ears ...

5. The TOP DOG roped in one of his Fur Kids as 'back-up' singer ... :P If i may add, they both have alot of work to do in terms of 'harmonizing ..'

6. Anna being 'serenaded' to since her return ... you can tell from her somewhat pained expression that her patience and appreciation for such intense attentions is wearing thin ...

7. Girl POWER! That be Anna giving our love sick TOP DOG she's had ENOUGH!

Hehehehe. Permit my gleeful giggles gentle readers, but at least ONE of us at Dog Woods is effective in getting the noise to stop. The Chief unfortunately have not been very helpful in calming the noisy situation at Dog Woods since Tuffy fell into puppy-love.

8. Peace at last! The love sick TOP DOG looking rather dejected in the background ... (Hehehehe)

Okay Gentle readers, I best sign off for now and enjoy the peaceful respite while it lasts. I daresay when Tuffy finds out I posted pictures of him being thumped by the belle of Dog Woods, he's not going to be too pleased...

Anna's Returned ...!!

Hello there gentle readers,

Snoopy's reporting ... since Tuffy's too busy wailing his sonorous love songs in front of Anna's den. Ah, yes speaking of which, Anna's returned. Good as new, as promised. No more worries about furry accidents ... baby sitting Tuffy's fur kids when they were little was hard work, believe you me ... there was once I had to guard a run away puppy ( who was merely 3 weeks old) determined to explore the world - but was definitely much too young since she couldn't even walk very far without wobbling ...

But I digress ! Tuffy, as I paw this blog, is still at his 'caterwauling' - I know, I know ... Tuffy's TOP DOG not a cat ... but really at the rate he is wailing it's really driving the Dog Woods pack up the wall ... what more say humans?!. Am afraid Anna still reeks of her seasonal fragrance and well, Tuffy's definitely all wrapped up in it.

It's been drizzling but boy, is thatTOP DOG determined NOT to leave Anna's crate! You got to give it to the dog for being so single mindedly dedicated!

Wait till the Anna's fragrance wear off and that TOP DOG there is definitely going to wake from her aromatic spell. Believe you me, I've seen it before ... It's as if the Emperor's suddenly discovered his not been wearing any clothes. In the Dog Wood's case, the TOP DOG Tuffy suddenly realises the silliness of camping out (rain and shine) caterwauling before Anna's den when there's alot of nice, scrumptious smelling treats out in the kitchen!

Am benefiting of course, with Anna in season. I get to eat all Tuffy's share. Woo Hoo!

But really, it's not like Tuffy not to skip meals or treats. Infact, he's known to shove me - yes, me, the Smart Cookie who taught him everthing he needed to know (talk about ungratefulness!), out of the way - when it comes to FOOD! I daresay, that's TOP DOG Tuffy's first love... eating. So fret you not Liliana ... we (Anna, Trixie and myself) call him the 'champion eater' ... he's may not be the tallest of dogs, but he's definitely one heavy dog! The Chief muttered something about having a crane to lift him - as she struggled down the stairs with him the other day ... I think she sustained some kind of back injury after that ...

Anyways ... we'll just leave the smell-bound TOP DOG to proclaim his undying puppy love until her runs out of steam or when Anna's fragrance runs out ... good thing the Chief gave me ear plugs ....

So gentle readers, if you do call by at Dog Woods and nobody answers ... yet you hear loads of heartful wailings in between happy yappings ... please understand that Tuffy is in 'toxicated' for a spell and the rest of us have plugs in our ears ....

Ohhh Anna ...

Oh Anna...! Wherefore art thou my beloved Anna,

I sought you in the great green lawns of Dog Woods - sniffing high, sniffing low ...

But you were not to be seen,

I checked your crate many times

But your constant place that your lovely presence inhabits to rest lies empty

I sniffed for you in the yummy confines of the kitchen

But all I got were whiffs of the Chief's cooking - though delicious, had none of your unique fragrance!

I wailed for you throughout the Chief's Den

Yet I could not even catch a glimpse of your delightfully sharp nose that accentuates the shape of your beautiful furry face ...

I even ventured to where I am banned - to the very TOP of the Stairs and Beyond ...

But alas, my darling ... you are not to be found!

Oh Anna, my darling dearest ... I am lost without yous ...

Arroooooo!

(Snoopy : Dear Gentle Readers, Tuffy's more than a little love sick because Anna there about to go into heat ... The Chief simply had to do something about since us canines at Dog Woods are meant to be pets, not breeding animals. As much as we love puppies, we've got to be practical. We've had the fortune of a happy 'accident' last year resulting in our furry cute Dobie Hound Fur Kids. But having Anna getting preggers twice would be sheer carelessness...unless the Chief decides to go into the breeding business ... which she isn't. So Anna's being fixed as I paw this. Dog Woods can handle only so many four legged-ed without driving each other crazy ... humans included! We hope Anna comes back soon)

Smelly Socks

What's wrong with smelling like the stink of unwashed human feet?! To any dog, it's deliciously aromatic and it tells a brave and adventurous story about where one'e been and what one has done. It's any Doggy's badge of Honour!

But the BIG CHIEF seems to think otherwise! She was most cross today when she caught a couple of my Fur Kids gleefully rolling about in 'FERMENTABLE Something' (discernable to the human eye by the extra rich green-ess of the garden's grass)

Woo Hoo! Did they REEK of the Smelliest Socks on the Planet! I say that of course, with the most father-ly pride! Ah! My Fur Kids sure know how to canin-ize their smells! I HAVE taught them well ... *beams*

It's a pity though that the boundaries of DOG WOODS are well guarded. Else, I'd have my Fur Kids roll in the ULTIMATE of SMELLY-NEss ... THE TRAILING FOUL JUICES of the Rubbish Truck!

If one thinks the stink of 'Smelly Feet's' been to places, they ought to try the FOUL JUICEs of Rubbish Truck. Bow-Wow-Wow! That's the equivalent to humans taking a ride to the Moon! Now that's DEFINITELY going places! Just imagine extent of potential territorial markings ... that's at least a gadzillion 'watered' telephone poles and hedges! THE ULTIMATE dog's-actualization!

Now do you, gentle readers, understand why Dogs are drawn to smelly trailings of the Rubbish Trucks? It's all about actualizing the ultimate of Canine Dreams! Acquring that ULTIMATE SMELLY-ness would make HIS or HER (Canine) FOUL-NESS be the ENVY of Canine-dom!

But alas! We in the realm of DOG WOODS have a formidable opposing Force to reckon with ... The BIG CHIEF a.k.a. SHE-WHO-MUST-BE-OBEYED and her army of sweet smelling SoapS, SHAM-Poos and par-FUMES. One roll in the FOUL Juicy Trailings of the Rubbish Truck (even if its SECRETLY done and out of the BIG CHIEF's sight) and doggies of DOG WOOD (whether TOP DOG, Favourite Smart Cookie or not) be swiftly banished to the DOG SHOWERS!

I swear, the BIG CHIEF has eyes at the back of her head! NOTHING seems to escapes her ...what's worst, her sickly SWEET SMELL-ing AMMUNITION is INEXHAUSTIBLE!

I have to admit though,the DOG SHOWERS aren't exactly a terrible experience (daresay I rather enjoy the RUB DOWN!), the DISASTER of it all is that we'd come out smelling sickly SWEET - much to the CHIEF's satisfaction.

What a WASTE Of SMELLy-NESS!! All that HARD WORK ... down the drain! It's enough to make this TOP DOG HOWL with REMORSE!

Of Sniffs and Smells and Puppy Dog's Tails

Its all about smells in our world of Canine-dom - it's how canines experience the world.

How does a dog get the neighborhood news? Through its nose! How does a dog get to know another - whether it be human or dog - again, through its NOSE! And the best spot where the wealth of smells lies... like it or not, the DERRIERE!

You'd be surprise what rich information the derriere (whether human or canine) can reveal!

Of all a dog's senses, its sense of smell is the most highly developed. Dogs have about 25 times more olfactory (smell) receptors than humans do. These receptors occur in special sniffing cells deep in a dog's snout and are what allow a dog to "out-smell" humans.

Dogs can sense odors at concentrations nearly 100 million times lower than humans can. They can detect one drop of blood in five liters of water! Sniffing the bare sidewalk may seem crazy, but it yields a wealth of information to any dog, whether it's the scent of the poodle next door or a whiff of the hot dog sandwich someone dropped last week.

So gentle readers, be not offended when a dog sniff's your behind. It's a canine's way of 'getting to know you'; to learn more about who you are, where you come from, where you're headed, your preferences, your tastes, your lifestyle, even your personal health history!

Therefore, think NOT our derriere sniffing as rude ... but how a friendly canines say 'How-do-you-Do and Pleased to have met you!'