Monday Mischief: Executing Scrappy



Well...not really, but I did feel powerful at this moment.  What is your Monday Mischief? 

A long day when Mom and Dad are Working

I contemplate exactly how long they will be gone.

Too long....

So,

I find something I am "allowed" to do.... :(

But after awhile, bacon is utterly boring.

So,

I sometimes play hide and seek by myself.

BUT...I can only scare myself so much.

So,

I try to grab some much needed rest after my mind has been hard at work.

But I don't sleep very well when I am not on my Mom's feet.

So,

I decide I will make a last attempt of making my cutest face in order to make them leave work to come home and love up on me.

So,

My mom and Dad come home to give me hugs and kisses. It's time to go to the dog park! I hope tomorrow is Saturday?!

Tuesday Talk: Dog Obesity in America

     This "Tuesday Talk" thing is new, but I am going to try to bark with you every Tuesday about interesting and intriguing topics among the dog community.  I wanted to start with an important topic today:  EXERCISE.  As the United States is growing more and more overweight, so are American dogs.  This topic first popped out at me when I visited the veterinary clinic last month.  I saw an article published in Bark magazine about dogs becoming more and more obese.  Due to the growing number of dogs that are becoming obese, the average life expectancy for a dog is decreasing. 

    It is always sad when our humans deal with weight issues.  Sometimes it's by choice and,sometimes obesity occurs due to factors that our humans cannot control.  It is VERY SAD when our humans make a choice for US (the dogs) to become obese.  My mom had a friend once who had to have a dog.  My mom explained to her that there are a lot of responsibilities that go along with owning a fuzzy friend, but my mom's friend insisted that she knew all of the responsibilities because she had grown up with two dogs.  Mom was so happy for her when she brought home her new puppy.  Mom was happy for a  whole TWO DAYS.  I watched in dog-horror as the puppy was let to run free about the house to chew live electrical cords and carve holes into the walls.  My mommy never would have done that to me!  But being the nice person my mom was, she thought her friend was letting the puppy run about in IGNORANCE.  So mom bought sour apple spray to spray on all of the electrical cords so that puppy didn't get a shock big enough to send him to the moon.  Mom soon realized, though, that her friend wasn't letting the puppy run around in ignorance, but rather in laziness. 
     That dog grew up to be a spooky mess.  He is scared of children, cars, even going to the bathroom in the dark at night.  He has never been exposed to anything, but his own house.  He is two years old and still soils the house.  He is overweight, yet low on nutrients because his food supply for a month is the cheapest it can get.  His mom never takes him ANYWHERE. 
     Mom is still sad about her friend.  She finds it so unbelievable that a person would get a dog to neglect it.  Dog obesity can be a form of neglect.  In order for a dog to not gain weight, it needs thirty minutes of stimulating exercise per day.  This means thirty minutes of sprints!  If you want your puparoo to get exercise without sprinting, then you need to take them on an hour long walk.  Simply putting your puppy into the yard isn't necessarily exercise.  Most dogs become very relaxed in their own space.  Most dogs just lay down and SUN BATHE in their yard.  Hey...I would too! 

     Being an active and responsible owner is so important.  I know all of my blog furiends are always going above and beyond for their dogs.  I mean...hello...they have dog blogs.  But, in all seriousness, the neglect of exercising your dog is worse than humans neglecting themselves.  Why?!  Dogs don't have a choice about being active or not.  They follow their leaders.  I know my mom doesn't always feel like going on an hour walk, but she does it because she knows that she has a responsibility to take care of me, and that means taking care of my health.  Blogger furiends...help me spread the word about keeping healthy pets and dog obesity in America!  Make sure and leave me some "Tuesday Talk" bark-outs about your thoughts on this post! 

Hike with ya soon,

     Kootenai

Pawesome Blogger Award

I received the Pawesome Blogger award from Basset Momma!  I am so honored and grateful to have received this award.  I am pretty new to the blogger world and am always so excited to get awards.  It means a lot coming from Basset Momma because she writes a fantastic blog  everyday (something I aspire to do SOMEDAY)!  If you read this and you haven't checked out her page, you need to blog hop over to Freddie and Gloria's house.  I think they were up to some Pawesome Monday Mischief today!

In order to accept this award, I must pass it along to 6 blogs that bring me fun, love, laughs and furiendship.
I give this award to:  (In no particular order)

Gracie Owns Me  Gracie owns me too, okay?  I can't help it if her little bossy bark is really fun to listen to.  But in all seriousness...I really like to hop over to Gracie's dog blog every day and check out her fun photos and interesting adventures!  All us dogs could learn a few things about how to wrap our humans around our little paws. 

Pawfect Days!  This is a fairly new blog that I have been checking out, BUT as soon as you reach the page, you will see just one of the many reasons why I LOVE this blog.  (My look-alike is very cute.)  Anywho...GREAT BLOG.  It brings me fun and laughter!

Gospel of Goose  I would like to give this award to Goose because I enjoy reading about the Goose adventures everyday!  He has great pictures and is now posting videos!  BOL!  And last, but not least...Goose successfully kidnaps cats.  The End. 

Bicontinental Dachshund  I would like to give this award to this little gal because she knows where Bozeman, Montana is.  Just kidding...kind of .  I know that you also received this award from Nola, so you don't need to post the award again, if you don't want to.  But I also love your bicontinental adventures. 

2 Brown Dawgs   Ahhhhhhh.  Who doesn't want to see cute puppy pictures?  These guys have a new little Freighter.  Check out the blog to see what I mean!  I really enjoy reading this blog.  They make your tail wag daily. 


Yorkie Tails   I would't be much of a sister if I didn't give this award to my sister.  I started my blog because of her and I couldn't get on blogger without looking at her Pawesome daily blog.  She writes with VOICE and CONVICTION.  She tells those humans just what is up.  Ya know? 



Those are my picks!  If you have already received the Pawesome Blog award from another furiend, you don't need to post it to another six or eight furiends. But, you most certainly CAN.  It will help it keep going.  But if you do know any new blogs that are FANTASTIC and trying to gain followers...it would be great if you would award the award to them! 

Hike with you soon! 

       Kootenai

"And I took the Road Less Travelled By--With the Biggest Stick"



"And I took the road less travelled by..."

With the biggest Stick

But stopped a moment to ponder if it were in fact the biggest one

Robert Frost, what do you think I should do?

Hiking the Ozarks

Before I journeyed back to Montana at Christmas time, I went on a hike in the Ozark Mountains.  I now live in Kansas, so I miss the majestic mountains.  So do Mom and Dad.  We drove ten hours (five out and five back) in one day---just to go for a five mile hike!  We are crazy, aren't we? 

My overall conclusion:  I like the Ozark Mountains.  They are very SPONGY.  I can run, and run, and run  and my muscles don't get that tired.  The leaves make it extra squishy too.  Even though many of these mountains are ROLLING and and not STEEP, I did manage to find several fun things to play on. 

Here's the "Queen of the Mountain" game that I play by myself.

I also like to find those pesky little squirrels.

Have any of you furiends ever been to the Ozark Mountains?  Any hiking suggestions? 

Hoping to hike again soon,

Kootenai

Camouflage

Some days you just need to BLEND IN. 

Some days you just need to be UNNOTICED.

Some days you need to WATCH and LEARN.

Some days you just need CAMOUFLAGE.