Year: 2016

Dec 31, 2016

2016 Sucked — by Auggie

Yes. I posted this a day earlier than the other blogs. Don’t test my leftover manufactured holiday cheer. I’m warning you. 2016 was a tough year for our pack. Not only did we lose Coal – the only other dog in this miserable pack that loved to swim and fetch – but we lost Whit, […]

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Dec 1, 2016

Daylight Enslaving Time — by Max

Max here. I am just fine, thank you! Now, I’m not a dog who complains all the time, but it happened again this year. Sometime in early November Don stopped feeding us at the proper time. We three good dogs would get up at the regular breakfast time and wait patiently for breakfast. And wait. […]

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Nov 1, 2016

Beastie Creatures — By Buddy

Hi there. It’s me, big old Buddy Dog! I’m really starting to like writing this blog. I hope I don’t let you all down! I’m glad it’s my turn to write because since this summer something very strange has been happening around the shop. There are these little Beastie Creatures hanging around! I try to […]

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Oct 1, 2016

9 Questions Not to Ask Don or Dog – by Auggie

Hello all you thronging rabble. It is I, your Beloved and Benevolent Canine Overlord ~ Augustus Megatron Bulldozer. Please be seated. The rumors are true. I have in my possession the best toy in the world. I dare say even better than pink piggy. It is like pink piggy in every aspect except that it […]

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Sep 1, 2016

How To Get More Food If You Love Food – By Max

Max here. I am just fine, thank you! As many of you know, I love food. Lots of food. Many kinds of food. In fact, if you have some food right now, there is a 99% chance that I would eat it. The only foods I won’t eat are celery because the strings stick in […]

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Aug 1, 2016

Coal – by Don

Hi there. It’s Don. And I’m not a dog. I didn’t think it was appropriate for another dog to write about this. And given how much I loved Coal, I didn’t think it was appropriate to skip or gloss over it. We lost Coal on July 19th. He was almost 13. We’d had him since […]

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Jul 1, 2016

Hardly Working Dogs – By Buddy

Hi there! It’s Big Smart Buddy Dog! Writin’ the Blog! And I’m rhyming like a… like a… Dog. I’m not good at rhyming. Do you like that picture of me? I love my collar. Liana brought it home especially for me when she went to visit some place south of Massachusetts called Kenya. Don and […]

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Jun 1, 2016

17 Messes in May – by Coal

(Editors note: It is NOT RECOMMENDED you read this blog if you are queasy in general, and eating in specific. We are serious. You were warned). Hi there! It’s handsome Coal Dog and it’s my turn at the blog. I hope I don’t let you all down! We moved back to the Southport cabin and I threw […]

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May 1, 2016

Supreme Fetch Dog Throughout All The Land – By Auggie

I AM AUGUSTUS MEGATRON BULLDOZER. First of all Canines in Rome and otherwise. Get used to it. I WILL ADMIT THAT BEING SUPERIOR to all dogs and humans has left me a bit lonely. Not lonely in the fuzzy, plebeian, common-rabble way like sharing a dog bed with old chums, but rather lonely for somedog to give […]

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Apr 1, 2016

Buddy Power! – By Buddy

(Editors Note: In January, Big Buddy Dog went in for surgery to remove cancerous mast cells on his back legs. He had no idea what was happening. This is his compelling story). Hi there! It’s me, Big Smart Buddy Dog! I want to tell you about something that was really scary. Don and Liana didn’t […]

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