Helpin by Hucklebuttin

Ok, seein as how I'ma 'fficial member of this tribe now I think I shood get ta post more AN' use pretty girlie colors too! Now that the 'nnouncement is outta da way.......

DawgDaddy spent a real long time rakin' leaves, an' burnin' leaves, an' workin real hard on da yard last week all by his-self, so I decided I should help him. DawgMom even got the flashie movie box out so y'all could see what a good job I done.

I mean, they feed me these pawsome foodables, an' make sure I have my medicines ever'day, an' take me on long walkies in da woods an' let me smell all dem cool smells, like deers, an' tree rats, an' rack-a-coons I tink they're called, ya know, them dudes wif da maskes on? Well enny ol ways DawgMom will let me smell an' smell an' smell. Ya know, dem woodsie critters leave more pee-mail than Chief, my little Chinese Crested brudder does an' HE leaves like a whole GALLON of pee-mail ever'time he goes outside!!! I was walkin' today an' I smelled some pee-mail from a new dude in da neighborhood. I telled DawgMom to look on dem ADT movie boxes an' see if she could see who da new dude was what left dat new pee-mail. Well, she looked an' she just telled me da new dude was Mr. Postum. Well I don't know 'bout all that now, I don't even know what a Mr. Postum looks like, but I don't think DawgMom would lie to me so.....

Anyways, the whole point of all dat was since they are so good to me, I thought I'd be good ta dem an' help so before I show you da movie jus' let me say it was funnerer than chasin' tree rats to help DawgDaddy wif dem leafs.

Pee-Ess can some-bully tell me what a Mr. Postum is an' what he looks like???

What the H$U$ doesn't want you to see....

DawgMom here.....


I want to post this video for everyone to see what the H$U$ doesn't want people to see....Sad but true, glad to see Mr. Pacelle & his group of AR nuts are being exposed.

Goodbye our sweet little sister

*DawgMom here, I'm posting today instead of the Bullies. I copied & pasted this post from my blog. The Bullies will be back to posting in the next few days.*

Lounging on the couch

Tink is on the right
Bossing the dogs in the camp set-up next door


Enjoying her bed at a dog show in Chattanooga, TN

It's a very sad day at my house today. I have to help one of my beloved babies cross the Rainbow Bridge later this afternoon. I hate it! I know it's best, but I hate it! Oh, how I wish our 4-legged babies could be with us longer.

Tink is our 14 year old Miniature Dachshund that I rescued 9 years ago from a horrible lady that had her only for making money. She is one of the sweetest, most patient, loving little rescues I have ever had. She is very easy going, wants to please and for a baby that lived such a horrible life before I saved her, she gets along well with the rest of my menagerie. She's very sociable and yet, in typical Dachshund style, could be stand-offish at times. She is very protective of her pack, especially me. She was a wonderful companion to my son while he still lived at home, loved him dearly and would *protect* him from any number of *boogey men* that might come into his room at night.

The first 5 years of her little life was spent in a dirty crate, pregnant most of the time. She had 6 litters of puppies by the time she was 5 years old! SIX!!! That means she was bred every time she came into season, starting with her very first one! She came from a horrible woman who is now sitting in jail, thank goodness, after being convicted of animal abuse! HURRAY!

I got Tink a few years before her POS ovwner was arrested. At the time, I was grooming at one of the local veterinarian's clinic and the POS that owned her had brought her in to be euthanized. Her reason? (and I quote) "the bitch only gave me one puppy last time, I can't make money that way" So rather than do what a responsible breeder would do, place her in a loving home, she didn't want to be bothered and wanted to euthanize her instead. I asked her if I could take her and find her a good home. She told me I could *have* her for $150, otherwise, put her to sleep. Well, I wasn't about to give this POS any money for her, so I left the room. I was so mad, but what was I going to do? Anyway, the vet came out and asked me if I really wanted to try placing this little girl and of course I said I would. The vet then went back to the room, told the lady (I use that term loosely) we didn't have time to euthanize her right this minute, but if she would sign the release form and leave her with us, we would euthanize her that afternoon. POS said fine, signed the form and left. The vet then brought little Tink to me and said, "Here, take her and find her a forever home."

I brought her home and began working on her evaluation and getting her adjusted to living a *normal* dog's life. She had obviously rarely been out of that crate. She was terrified outside and would stand there so stiff I thought she would break. She didn't want to stay on the couch, or in a dog bed, or walk around on the carpet or hang out with the other dogs. All she wanted to do was go back to her crate. I had to keep the door to the crate closed just to keep her from going inside. She would sit there, by the door, waiting for me to open it back up. She had no idea how to potty anywhere besides her crate. She was afraid to eat anywhere except in her crate! In other words, her world consisted of her crate. It took me nearly a year to get her housebroken and acting like a normal dog and of course by then, I was so attached there was no way I was placing her. She stayed with me from then on. That was 9 years ago.

I vowed she would live a happy life if I could give it to her and she would not end her life in pain or suffering. She had enough of that in the first 5 years to last 2 lifetimes. So, the time has come for me to honor that vow and keep that promise I made to her all those years ago and let her cross over. She has been a wonderful companion and has brought me and my family joy ten-fold and I thank the Lord above for allowing me to take this little Princess home with me that day 9 years ago.

Goodbye my sweet girl. Thank you for your years of love and faithfulness and companionship. Go play with your old buddies, Pixie, Blarney and Marilyn. Be sure to kiss your *Nanny* for me and tell her I love her. (*to my wonderful Mother: Please take care of her for me until I get there Mom)

Wordless Wednesday~but I wanna talk!!

(my boo-timous mama, China Doll)
(me & my brother Winston at the Silverwoods)

(Me & Winston, nose sugars)

(Me & my sister, Callie-Claire in the Silverwoods last year)

Ok, enough of this nonsense about wordless Wednesday when I wanna talk! It's a load of Bull and not the good kind like us Bullies! So, while DawgMom is in her dumb stained glass room (she calls it a *studio* well whoop-dee-doo, it's a dumb ol' room with alot of colored glass in it that we are not allowed to go in) any ol who, while she's in there working on more dumb glass thingies, I'M GONNA TALK! Wait.....what???

Feather-Pappy yer gonna get in trouble!

Pappy-Not if you shut your face I won't.

Feather-I'm tellin ya, DawgMom said go to bed!

Pappy-Who are you now, the Bullie Hall Monitor?

Feather-Ok, I'm just sayin'

Pappy-Well how about you just DON'T say & do like DawgMom said, Go To Bed!

Where was I? Oh yeah, I'm pretty tired of this whole Wordless Wednesday, I see other dogs post things on Wednesday & THEY say stuff. So.........Ima post pictures of me & my sister Callie-Claire & my brother Winston & my mama China Doll when we were in the Silverwoods last year. We had so much fun there! It was in some place called Oar-Lan-Doe & it was so hot! I mean blastin hot, like hades. But we still had fun. I got to sleep in the big bed in the hotel room & it was just me & DawgMom, I didn't have to share with DawgDaddy or anybully else. Then the next night, I sleeped in my own den that DawgMom brought with us & Darla sleeped with DawgMom. Something about it was just bein fair-whatever, I didn't think it was fair to ME! WHAT?...Wait, what?....

Darla-Pappy will ya quit whinin about me sleepin in the big bed? I mean really it was LAST year!

Pappy-Yeah well maybe it was last year, but it still wasn't fair.

Darla-Yeah well give it a rest already!

Pappy-blah, blah, blah yer supposed to be in bed.

Darla-you are too, want me to get DawgMom?

Pappy-Go ahead, I'm not skeered.

Darla-we'll see (*evil grin*)

So ANYWAY, before I was so rudely interupped again......all the Bull TerrOr people are havin them Silver Woods again this weekend, but we don't get to go! What a bummer! DawgMom says we can't cause the Silver Woods are in some place called Sand-Ho-Say & it's too far for us to go. NOT FAIR, totally NOT FAIR, I had fun last year & I wanna go again! She said we could go next October cause it will be in Filly-del-fee-uh next year. I wish somebully could tell me how them Silver Woods keep movin around! So I wanna tell all my Bullie friends that get to go to them Silver Woods this year to have fun & get some ear scritches for me. WHAA.....uh oh!....

DawgMom-EXCUSE ME MISTER, why are you out of bed?!

Pappy-uh...uh...uh

Feather- I TOLD ya!

Darla-BOL BOL BOL BOL, smartie pants got caught! BOL BOL BOL

Pappy-shut up ya'll

DawgMom-BED, right now Mister, you are not supposed to be on the computer

Feather-I think he was surfin eBay DawgMom, he was lookin at toys.

Pappy-was not

Darla-was to

Pappy-was not

Feather-was to

Pappy-DAWGMOM I was NOT!

DawgMom-all y'all go to bed. Good night my sweet kids!

Pappy-Can I at least tell my friends Good Night?

I gotta go, I think somebully ratted me out. Night y'all hope you liked my Whining Wednesday

(note from DawgMom~Pappy is a little on the whiny side sometimes, but the girls don't help that a bit by picking at him & teasing him. Also what he is calling the "Silver Woods" is actually called Silverwood. It's a yearly event put on by the Bull Terrier Club of America that crowns the Best American Bred Bull Terrier. It rotates across the country, being hosted by one of the regional Bull Terrier Clubs and this year was San Jose, CA, next year Philadelphia, PA, and in 2011 it will be back on Orlando, FL. This is event is held in conjunction with the National Specialty each year and folks come from all over the US & other countries to compete or just be surrounded by our beloved Bullies)

Wordless Wednesday

Wordless Wednesday

STILL on groundashuns!!

(upside down & under my bankie)

Hey Ever'Bully! LizzaBella here! FINALLY, I get a turn on the bloggie! I've been wanting to write sumthin for a long time, but I think my Bullie brother & sisters splained to ya'll that I'm a little shy. Ok well alot shy, but I'm gettin better. DawgMom & DawgDaddy have been real good about teachin me I don't need to be afraid of things & I'm learnin.

Now I'm going to use this first postin to tell ya'll about Feather Louise & Darla Jean bein on groundashuns~~BIG TIME groundashuns! Me & Pappy are not on groundashuns tho, just the 2 girls. Wanna know why???

(sleepin upside down like a real Bullie)

Well cause last Sun, on DawgDaddy's birfday no less, the broke the fence & ran to a neighbor dog's house & got in a fight with him! Well, they tried to fight. The neighbor dog was in his yard, behind his own chainlink fence & the girls were on the outside of his fence. Well from what we can gather from listenin to DawgMom & DawgDaddy, they were runnin back & forth tryin to start a fight wif this other dog. Darla musta stuck her nose in his fence to bite him & he GRABBED HER NOSE! Man you should see it! It is real, real bad! He was tryin to pull her through them little bitty holes of the fence by her nose!!!

Well, DawgMom, DawgDaddy & that other dog's person was tryin to get him to turn her loose & he wouldn't do it. They tried ever'thang & finally, finally Feather run up to him & tried to bite him back & when she did that, he turned Darla loose & DawgMom pulled her away from him! DawgMom had her hind legs up in the air so she could get her away & it was easy for her to pull her real fast. DawgDaddy put her in the BullieBlazer & went to get Feather. Well Feather was busy tryin to fight that dog then, but DawgDaddy caught her & got her in the BullieBlazer too. There was blood ever'where! On DawgMom, DawgDaddy, Darla, Feather even tho she only had one boo-boo, in the BullieBlazer, just ever'where.

DawgMom got both of them all cleaned up & started them on antibiotics and they look alot better today. You can't tell Feather had a boo-boo now. DawgMom uses Bach's Rescue Cream & she says that is the best stuff. I think turkey legs are the bestest, but DawgMom says Rescue Cream is better than turkey legs. I'm not so sure about that.

So anywhose, they are both better now, Darla Jean's nose is gonna have some big, ol' scars on it, but at least her nose is all ok & she can still smell things. DawgMom says to make sure I tell ya'll those pikchurs are pretty graphic (don't know what that means, but she said to make sure I say those words) and that ya'll should know that before you look at them. So I said it & now ya'll know.

(Pappy hidin so he don't get on groundashuns)

Remember, these pikchurs are real bad lookin.............

(Closeup of Darla's nose)

(Darla's nose)

(Feather's boo boo nose)

Next time, I'll tell you more about me, but for now, I wanted to let ya'll know what's been goin on here.

Oh & DawgMom has got all the pressies for the Paw It Forward & will get them out Monday mornin in the mail!!

So, until next time, ya'll be good!