Quit hogging all the space!

Herman uses his Corgi butt to push Miss Kitty slowly off the couch.

This is Miss Kitty's brain

This is her brain on catnip.

This is her brain after catnip.

Paws2Help Fund: Paws2Help 2011 Calendar Now Available!

Paws2Help Fund: Paws2Help 2011 Calendar Now Available!: The Paws2Help 2011 Calendar is now available for $16, plus $4 shipping/handling if you're outside of Casper. See the animals touched by Paws2Help: Maggie, Zoe, Tink, Simon, Artica, Millie, Miss Kitty, Buttons, Muana, Mack, Evie and Jack!! You can pay via PayPal at paws2help@bresnan.net or you can email Paws2Help at that same address for other payment options!

Happy Birthday Al!

Hobbes says you'd better relax and go have a good time! (Or he will sit on you with all 20 pounds of fur and claws.)

How to relax:

Sharing

All I got in my stocking was coal.

Yeah. Coal. Made me sad.

What?

Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house
Not a creature was stirring, not even a Corgi...


...or a Lab...


...or a Chihuahua (well, maybe a stir)...


...or a cat (if Hobbes has anything to do with it...


...the critters were nestled all snug in their beds,
While visions of catnip and bones and tennis balls and steak danced in their heads.

Merry Christmas.

Is Santa here yet?

I decorated my stocking.

I've been good.

And I'm soo cute.

Cookies

Right there.
On the coffee table.
Four inches from my nose.
I wish my legs would grow.

Brenda's Tree Revisited

The Casper Star Tribune published a really nice article about Brenda's Tree in this Sunday's paper: Brenda's Tree Casper Star Tribune article link

More fun raking

I mean, look at that face. Is he having fun, or what?


...and no way Oz is going to miss out on the fun!

Talk about photogenic. :)

Autumn

Dogs make raking fun.

Halloween

Herman and Simon are ready for their trick-or-treating...

Treats? I like treats. Yum!

Not sure I know what this whole trickertree thing is, but if Herman likes it I guess that's good then.

Problem is the treat they found wasn't too happy about it. :)

Crap. Please get this thing off me. Please.

Brenda's Tree

Brenda's Tree is a fundraiser we have started in memory of Lesley's sister Brenda and her unborn son Cian. We hope to make this an annual event here in Casper. Paws2Help is a local non-profit organization whose primary purpose is to provide medical care for animals in the city-run animal shelter, and has helped both Les and I with our rescues, Simon and Miss Kitty.

We just wanted to let our friends here know about it. :)

Click the flier to bring up one that's of readable font size.

Brenda's Tree at the Blue Heron:

Brenda's Tree at Popish Vet:

Corgi Butts Giveway

Head over to Gibson's blog and enter to win a cute dog collar. Herman is going for the manly one. Of course, he really likes that pumpkin one too. It matches his complexion.

Hobbes learns to knit

As with any endeavor he tackles it with all his strength and energy.

"Seriously? Trying to sleep here."

Actually, he and Boogs were far more interested in the ribbons Les and I (well, Les) were making for Brenda's Tree (more on that later).

Mr. October!

Woo-hoo! Herman won a spot on the 2011 Corgi Butts Calendar! He's Mr. October!!

Congratulations, Herman!

"Does this mean I get more treats? 'Cause I like treats. I'll even pose for more pictures if I get more treats. I can do that. "

Shameless plug... VOTE FOR HERMAN!

Seriously... is he just not the most photogenic Corgi EVER? :D



If you have the chance, check out Kelly's Corgi Butts Corgi Calendar 2011 contest and be sure to vote for #14 -- Herman! :) :) :)

Voting ends Sept 6th at midnight. And keep your fingers crossed that Herms wins a spot this year!

Smiles

Sometimes there are those moments that really bring a smile to your face.

Like when you realize you'll never convince your 85 pound Lab that his 11 pound buddy's bark really is worse than her bite...


...or when your favorite person says yes to spending the rest of her life with you.

Verdel the Terror

This little guy? No, he couldn't possibly be trouble incarnate. Look at that face (yes, Shih-Tzus look awful funny shaved). How could a face like that be the reason behind Les's insomnia? How could such a tiny little boy, staying with Les for a week while her dad and his gal are in Ireland, create such horrible havoc in the lives of the Ocats?

How? He's a cat chaser, that's how. And fast. Verdel, under that shaved mane, is nothing but fast-twitch muscle with a taste for cat meat. Or cat fur, anyway. So far that's all he's managed to get. Not for lack of trying, though.

Keep Les in your thoughts that she doesn't completely lose he mind before Saturday when Verdel gets to go home and herd cattle again (yes, he chases cows, too).

Simon helps Les with her knitting

"You can do it, Les! Look, this doggy sweater almost fits me already!"

I haven't the heart to tell him it's a dish cloth.

Of course, Feo seems fairly certain it's actually a babushka for her.
She's also far less enthused about that prospect than Simon.