Halloween Trick-for-Treat

Halloween is tomorrow, can you believe it?! It's come up so quickly!

My human has been reminding me about trick-for-treating tomorrow night... I've been practicing a lot for it! I've been putting tons of work into all my tricks, I really hope I'll get lots of cookies from all the neighborhood people when they see me perform.

See, I've been practicing "beg", because lots of people think it makes me look really cute, so they can't resist giving me treats for this trick!

I've also been working on my jumps so that everyone will think I can fly! Flying definitely deserves some treats.

And I've been working especially hard on my "bow", it's the best way to end a trick performance, don't ya think? Here I am practicing outside in the dark...

So what do you guys think? Phew, I'm getting exhausted from practicing all these tricks! It's so much work... Oh, my human Lizzy wants to put in a few words!

Hello everydog, cat, human, and whoever else might be reading this... I'm sorry to say that Sparky and I will probably not have much time in the next few weeks to read everyone's blogs, or to post on our own blog. November is going to be a very busy month for me, as I need to catch up with lots of my work before the busier Christmas season starts! We will do our best to visit your blogs in our spare time... But if we can't, we hope you guys understand.

Anyway, I hope you all have a very happy Halloween, have a fun time trick-or-treating! And remember to play it safe!

Okay, I've got the computer back from my human now... Um... Wait a minute... Did Lizzy just say trick-or-treating? Trick-OR-treating? OR?!?!

Is this some kind of joke?! Are you meaning to say you've been teaching me that it's "trick-for-treat", when really you don't need any tricks, you can just get the treat? Like a free treat?!

ARRRR, all that hard trick practicing down the drain!!! No one told me it was "OR"!!!!

Someone's going to pay for this misunderstanding. I'm putting on my vampire teeth. Beware.

GRRRRRRRRRR.

Tricks and More Tricks

Hello everydog (and human, cat, hamster, ect.)! Can you believe the weekend is finally here? I was hoping I could drag my humans outside for lots of walks and play time this weekend, but can you guess what I woke up to this morning... Rain. Lots, and lots, and LOTS of rain. I don't normally mind rain, but... The humans do. I even got a new rain jacket to wear on our walks! But the humans just want to be lazy and stay inside by the fireplace. I'll keep working on them though, I'm sure I can drag them out for at least one walk this weekend.

Meanwhile, I'd like to share with you all some of my tricks that I've trained my human to do with me! My human Lizzy made this video. She's not a very good dancer yet in some of our tricks, but she's gettin' there. Enjoy!

I hope you all have a GRRRReat weekend full of fun and walks and not too much rain!

Wordless Wednesday

POOP!

So, what is poop? Poop is digested food what comes out of our butts after eating a fairly large meal. Doesn't sound all that bad, does it? It's just food... Only a little browner... and squishier. I personally don't think poop is something to be scared of. My human, on the other hand, can easily get into a bit of a fit over dog poop. She says she loves dogs, so what's so bad about our poop? Hold on, I think my human wants to explain something...

Hey guys, Sparky's human Lizzy here. I just came back from one of the worst (no, the worst) walks in my lifetime. Sparky and I went up the hill nearby the pond, where I could take some new photos of Sparky... The moment I set up my camera on the tripod, things started going downhill. I had taken a step to the side of the camera, and I felt my feet slip into some mud in the grass. I was wearing sandals and I enjoyed the feel of the cool, wet mud oozing between my toes. I like to think I'm a real nature girl, so I don't mind mud, I think it's quite refreshing. But then... I suddenly noticed a strong smell... And realization came upon me... That I was actually not standing ankle deep in mud... But rather, poop. One GIANT dog poop. Poop in the cuffs of my jeans, poop stuck to the straps on my sandals, poop squished up between my toes. I may be a nature girl, and a dog girl, but let me tell you... Poop is not something I can easily handle. (And no, it was not one of Sparky's poops, this was way to big for Sparky!... But then again... We've just had Thanksgiving dinner here in Canada... I wonder how much Sparky ate?)

Now, we were about a 20 minute walk from home... So I started heading back, grossed out at the squishing noises coming from my feet. Just after starting back to our house, Sparky did a poop in someone's yard. I got out a doggie bag from my pocket, and leaned down to pick up Sparky's poop... And suddenly, a huge bus roared past about 3 feet away from us, Sparky jerked in the other direction (yanking my arm with his leash), my tripod fell to the ground, and the poop did not make it properly into my doggie bag. It got all over both outside and inside of the bag, and a bit on my tripod, too. Now, I had a very disgusting poop bag, and I had to hold it by the very tip so as not to get my hands all covered. There was not a single garbage can in sight the whole walk home. Then Sparky starting playing games, and ran around me so his leash kept on whacking the poop bag hanging from my fingers, which caused the bag to whack into my pants. And I got poop smudges from my knees to my hips. And on my hands. So for the 15 minute walk home, I had stinky poop from my hands, down my legs, all over my toes... And I was struggling under a heavy camera bag, a tripod that fell to the ground every few steps, Sparky was pulling hard to pee on every bush, and a disgusting poop bag was hanging from my fingertips and swinging wildly all over the place.
I received many stares from passerby... Cold stares, humorous stares, and pitiful stares. But no one dared to say anything when we made eye contact.
I've never had a nicer shower when I got home.

So, my friends, that is why I do not like poop.

I still don't think poop is really all that bad. It's only natural. Oh well, my human did manage to get a couple pictures of me before the poop disaster began!

How to Catch a Duck

Hello everyone, I hope you are having a GRRRReat Autumn so far! The weather has been wonderful here, we haven't had much rain at all. Everything is much cooler, crisper, brighter and sunny!

I just took my humans for another walk up the hill to the pond. This time my humans brought bird seeds to feed the ducks... Hmm, I could use this to my advantage... The ducks come much closer when there's food around...

Closer... Closer... GOTCHA! Well, almost... Poo! I was so close though! I guess attacking from above the water won't work too well...

I'll have to use a different strategy. Blend in. See, if just my head is showing, I look smaller... About duck size... And I can use my orange ball to make me look like I have a bright orange duck beak.

Do you think I look like a duck now?

Just give me a little while, sooner or later they'll accept me into the flock as one of their own. This is the best plan I've come up with in ages!