I'm 3!

August 13th is my day - Pedro Day! I woke up this morning and my mom sang the Happy Birthday Song to me then promptly left for work. Dad went to work. Leah went to work. Jessie went to work. I want to know how come none of them took the day off to celebrate with me... Well, Ziggy and I hung out and had a great day doing dawg things while the humans all worked! Tonight the birthday festivities swung into high gear! Leah went out earlier today and did some major shopping for me! I didn't really want to pose with the bag but Dad made me do it! I couldn't believe how many great toys and treats were in that bag! Do you see the skunk? It's unstuffed! I can't wait to sink my teeth into it - hehehe. After opening my presents and enjoying one of the treats for awhile Mom surprised me with the most awesome birthday cake ever! Can you believe she got a cake for me that looked just like a hot dawg? So funny because it even tasted like a hot dawg! I had a really, really great birthday! I think 3 is the best one yet for me!

OH NO SHE DIDN'T!

This is just NOT FAIR! My mom has rescued another animal! She caught this little feral kitty in our back yard and pretended she was just going to tame him down so he could be adopted BUT now he has a NAME and we all know what that means.....

Introducing NattyHe's a toe biterand is already a pro at Paw Placement at a mere (we think) 4 weeks old!

Evidence of Betrayal

Still no camera, so no new pictures of me for your viewing pleasure! So, so sad. Well, instead I'm going to show you some shots of my mom cheating on me during her vacation. Can you believe it? While I was sitting home depressed and missing her, she was out making friends with canyon dawgs, and horses and other birds and critters. Not nice...

Mom with Rusty down in Texas.

A family of geese my mom and Leah saw in the parking lot of Lupe Tortilla's in Sugar Land.

Visiting with Scooter before leaving for Las Vegas.

Not much wild life of the animal kind in Vegas but this pigeon directly above my mom's lounge chair at the pool gave her a bit of a scare!

This bull was by the road on the way out to the trailhead. When my mom stopped the car so Leah could take a picture the bull started running toward them. They didn't hang around to see what he wanted!

Just before the trailhead they passed a few pack horses having a snack on the side of the road.

Look at this baby! Even I think he's cute!

Down in the Indian village my mom made friends with some of the locals.

She said this guy was so cute. He walked with them for a little while before heading home.

The school sign was loaded with bird nests!

This lizard let my mom get pretty close. He was BIG!

In quiet pools along the river there were tadpoles swimming happily.

This good lookin' Boxer dawg pup hiked down with his humans. He barked the whole time they were swimming but wouldn't go in the water with them.

This dawg's name is Sponge! Leah had fun giving him some belly rubs while they waited for the helicopter.

Lastly, leaving the canyon, they saw a bunch of these chipmunks scurrying along the side of the road. All this while I sat home counting the minutes until mom and Leah came home to me. Don't worry, I forgave them!

This Is Why

My mom has the worst luck with cameras. In the past 10 years she has lost 1 camera, had 2 cameras stolen, outgrew one (it used floppy disks and was HUGE), got pushed into the pool with one, lost one to Leah, and this past week, left her current pretty pink camera out in the rain... The camera that went into the pool dried out and actually worked for quite awhile before it finally quit. The current camera, not so much. So...no camera, no pictures, no pictures, no posts. Before buying a new camera my mom would like some suggestions from all of you on what camera to get. She's looking for high quality pictures to capture me in all my handsomeness without spending a fortune. Help us choose please!

UPDATE - So far, this is what my mom is leaning towards. It seems to have alot of the power of the SLR cameras with point and shoot convenience. The fact it uses regular batteries concerns her though.

For Phantom

My Sibe friend, Phantom, has had to wear clothes after a recent surgery and, like me, he is not a fan of clothing. He just found out that he needs to keep his shirt on until Friday, so in support of Phantom, I've donned my duds! I'm with you Phantom!

Mango "Minor"

I recently received this gigantic box in the mail from my friends Mango, Ximiu and Chubs. I read a post on Rocky's blog about a package he received from them and in that post Rocky referred to Mango as "Mango Minor". I thought that was a very clever way to differentiate him from Mango the Large so I'm borrowing it for the headline of this post! When my mom put the box down I knew right away that Mango sent me what I've always wanted, what I really need, what I deserve, my birthright - my very own personal PEDESTAL! Yes! I am now elevated to new heights! My importance is magnified! I am truly the King of my castle! I......., oh, my mom just told me we need to open the box to see what it really is. Sorry, I guess I got a little carried away.

Ok, so we opened my pedestal, er, box and Mom read the letter to Ziggy and me. Lo and behold, the box was not in fact a pedestal but a package containing many wonderful things including 5 new rocks for our coffee table!Mango told us he set out on the hunt, working hard leading the pack of pugs on their quest for the best rocks for our table. According to Mango though, Ximui and Chubs were more interested in what their mom was cooking in the kitchen than they were in finding rocks in the yard, but he impressed upon them the importance of their mission and so they followed their leader. First Mango found the black and red rocks. Then together they found the white one.Once back home, while getting ready to email me the pictures, Mango eyed up his mom's collection of rocks that she had gotten on a trip to Vietnam and thought he would donate a couple of them to the cause. Whoa, Vietnam is half way around the world!

The red, black and white rocks came from Mango's home in Richardson, Texas which is 1,635 miles from my house in New York. The purple and green rocks came from Vietnam which is a whopping 8,882 miles (14,293 kilometers) away from me!

Diving deeper into the box we found this coffee mug for my mom! Libby says, "You're darn right Mango! If you love my mom you better love me too!" Libby looks a little stern in that picture but she's really a very, ahem, charming cat. (She is holding a claw to my throat as I write this but I mean every word I say... really!)

Then we found a HUGE bag of green and white toys! They match our green and white rug! The official school colors for the town I live in are also green and white! Good job Mango, Ximiu & Chubs on your color choice :P Lastly, we found a bag of delicious treats, oh yeah! Ziggy and I loved those treats but the really funny thing is, so did Libby! My mom always says Libby acts more like a dawg than a cat! I hope she doesn't get any bright cat-brained ideas now about stealing all my food and treats...

There are so many rocks and shells in the table now that at first glance it might be difficult to spy the ones Mango, Ximiu & Chubs sent to me. If you look closely though, you will see the green rock from Vietnam almost glowing on the right side with the rest of their rocks around it! Thanks so much guys for sending us such a diverse collection of rocks from Texas and Vietnam and also for all the outstanding presents! You three rock!

Lawnmower Dawg

My mom was at the estate of one of her customers last week and look what she saw... A LAWN MOWING DAWG! I wonder how much he gets paid.......It sure is alot of work for a dawg to do - this is only part of the yard.I don't really think he minds the work though. Look at how happy he is!

Dr. Dre is in da House!

Well, his rocks are in the coffee table any way... Dre lives in Northern Idaho (2620 miles from my house), very, very close to my friends Baby Rocket Dog and Hootie. Recently those three dawgs got together for a romp in the park. It looks like Hootie is set to really romp right onto Dre but don't worry, no dawg got hurt!
If you havent visited Dr. Dre's blog yet you really need to because he is HA-LARIOUS! My mom cracks up every time she reads his blog. She thinks Dre and I look alot alike - I'm just missing the mohawk! My mom's niece's husband Daniel has a mohawk too. So I decided to go get myself a mohawk. What do you think? Are Dre, Daniel and I triplets or what?
Dr. Dre found some awesome rocks for me at Lake Pend Oreille and he was nice enough to write the facts on the back of the big rock so I'd never forget where it came from.That sure is one beautiful lake but it looks cold!!! Jessie and Leah brought me into our pool a couple of times in the past week and even 80 degree water is too cold for me! Come on mom, open the wallet and buy some oil so we can heat up the pool!These rocks are as unique as my homeslice Dre himself!Look, they even have some bling in them. How on earth did these rocks get those square holes? It's a mystery to me...Thanks Dre for sending me such great rocks and thanks for making us laugh with your funny, funny, funny blog!