DAY 477

DAY 477 pupdate on Tugg: 
Tugg signed up for NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writers Month) today, so he spent the day napping — after he got his writing supplies ready. He napped because NaNoWriMo starts at midnight tonight and goes until midnight November 30. The goal is to wrote a 50,000 word novel in a month. "That only comes out to a little more than 1,600 words a day," Tugg said. "Plus they have a cool website where I keep track of how many words I've written! I wonder how many times I can use the words 'cookies, bones and nap time?'"
3 photos today.

Today was Howl-O-Ween. That means that all the little people puppies, and even some grown up people, put on costumes and walked around to strangers houses and demanded they get candy or else! I saw a troop of teenage people puppies go up to our neighbors house, and I though Mr. Ross was in trouble, so I flew over there. He told me it was OK, and that "kids" are supposed to go "Trick-or-Treating." That means, you give them treats, or you get tricked... Maybe I should just go Treat-or Treating... You know, where you give me a treat and I give a treat back! That sounds better to me!

And, since I had to dress up so that no one would recognize me, this is the disguise I came up with! Did you even recognize me? I'll give you a hint of what I was going for... I have a hard hat on, a 70's mustache and a tool belt! Do you get it now? One more hint? OK, here it is... Y-M-C-A...

So, after I went Treat-or-Treating, I came home with even more candy than I left with! AND while I was out there, I ran into other dogs and people puppies, some of who were dressed as an Indian, a police man, a Navy sailor, a Biker and a Cowboy! We walked down the street Treat-or-Treating and singing to songs on the radio!

Tugg Super Hero Original Art Sketch Cards 2

There are new Original Art Sketch Cards featuring everyone's favorite super hero, Tugg, that we just put up on eBay. 


Tugg calls the "Series 2" of his super hero Original art sketch cards, because this is the second time we have done a few of them featuring Tugg as a super hero other than himself. 


(Everyone knows he is a super hero, so not only do you get Tugg being a super hero, but you get a super hero, Tugg, dressing up in disguise as a different super hero!)


This time around, Tugg dressed like several DC Comics super heroes!


Here they all are, but if you want to bid on them on eBay, just click on this link to see all the cool stuff we list there!


Tugg's eBay Page!

                                    

DAY 476

DAY 476 pupdate on Tugg: 
Since last night was the last night of the Haunted House, Tugg and Ajaxx and everyone spent a majority of the day cleaning up inside the house and in the back yard. Since Halloween isn't until tomorrow, he wanted to leave the front yard decorated so the Trick-or-Treaters tomorrow could see it. "You know, so they might think twice about tricking, and concentrate on treating..."
3 photos today.

Today, I also worked hard on getting my firefighter's calendar finished! I think it looks pretty good! This is one of the shots that made it in there, but there was lots of good action shots too! Do you remember this shot when I went to the fire station? It was a lot of fun that day!

This is another one of the great shots that I'm in that made it into the calendar! We made some really delicious things that day! AND, did you see those great aprons the firefighters are wearing?! Those were donated for the day from my friends at Accents Retail in Burleson! AND, for any of you that are local, when the calendar comes out, you can get it from the firefighters in Crowley, OR from Accents!

One last one for today... In case you thought I was the only one who wore a cape... look at all my friends at the firehouse! They are heroes too! AND I got this quick photo of all of them wearing capes that most people never see them wearing! I guess their capes are sometimes invisible too!

DAY 472

DAY 472 pupdate on Tugg: 
Tugg, along with all the other dogs in the house, decorated the front yard to go with "Tugg's Haunted House" and the Zombie shoot-em-up in the back yard. So, now, 1/2 of the front yard is a grave yard, complete with real granite grave stones with dates from the 1200's-1700's carved into them. The other half resembles a set from a cross between the Wolfman and Dracula.
5 photos today.

We were cleaning up in the back yard today, so that our "zombies" don't trip over anything when they are walking around being shot at with paintball guns in the Zombie Shoot-'em-up. All of a sudden there was a stick monster attack! I grabbed one of the leaders of the stick monster attack immediately and barked over to Ajaxx to be on the look out!

Ajaxx spotted another big stick monster, and went in for the counter attack to cut it off from the others! It was a good move!

I rushed over to help Ajaxx out, since I had already turned the stick monster I had captured into sawdust and toothpicks!

We both went to work on that evil stick monster right away! When the others saw we had dispatched the leader of the stick monster attackers and their second in command, all the other stick monsters high-tailed it out of there!

Ajaxx is getting pretty good at handling stick monsters. Next time, I won't even have to help him out when he takes one out! You know, we probably should have thought about putting stick monsters in the haunted house. They are some of the scariest things around — well, they are scary to a lot of other pups! Me, I just take them out!

DAY 470

DAY 470 pupdate on Tugg: 
Tugg spent much of the day tuning his "Quantum Paralleloscope." The QP, as he calls it, examines the scientific theories of quantum physics and multiple universes — which Tugg knows exists, because his time machine once tore a hole in the space/time continuum and he met two alternate reality Tuggs. 
"It's quite simple really," Tugg explained to Ajaxx earlier today. "You see, here, we are utilizing double-split experiment to demonstrate matter and energy can display characteristics of waves and particles."
Ajaxx nodded in agreement and said, "So we're establishing wave-particle duality. Do we have a screen so we can see the alternate dimension?"
"Oh, a screen..."
3 photos today.

Well, I re-potted my Agave cactus plants to their own bigger pots, because the place I wanted to put them by the front of the sidewalk is probably not a good place to put them right now. SO, I put them in bigger pots, that you can see behind me here, so I can get them good and strong before I plant them in the ground next spring!

But since I just put them in their new pots, I have to keep a sharp eye out to make sure no one comes and messes with them! Did you know that Agave are sometimes called the century plant? Some people think that all Agave plants are used to make tequila with, but that's not true. Those are Agave Tequilana, but these plants are Agave Angustifolia. Same family, different outcome if you try it.

I have a big aloe vera plant that is in another pot I want to plant in the spring time. I actually wanted to plant it this year, but with the drought we have been having it was better for it to stay in a big pot so I could really water it. I think these are going to be really cool when they grow up in a few years and get really big! I think I may have to build a green house to put the pots in over the winter, along with my peppers, tomatoes and cucumbers! There just sometimes aren't enough hours in the day!

DAY 468

DAY 468 pupdate on Tugg: 
Tugg got a book in the mail from his friend Willie today, and started reading it immediately. The book is about the rock band, The Who, and it's titled "Won't Get Fooled Again." After several hours of reading, Tugg informed us that HIS band, Bark Bark Meow might just undertake doing a rock opera. Tugg walked in, looked at us and said, "You know, technology has come a long way since the olden days when The Who started. I think we can pull this off!"
7 photos today.

The flat me, aka. TOAST (Tugg-On-A-Stick-Terrier) attended the 2011 North American Flyball Association tournament in Indianapolis, with my friend Steve.

TOAST went into training, and now he's ready for some flyball! You probably didn't know that TOAST could play flyball, did you?! I really didn't either, but since TOAST is the flat me, he's got some super powers too!

Great box turn TOAST! Now RUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUN back over the jumps!

WOW! Look at that time! TOAST and his team are very fast. I mean, I could fly, for real, down the course, but that time is about as close as normal dogs can get to flying! Way to go team!

Today, we got another needy bullie at our house. You know every time I think we might have just a little more room, there is another bullie who needs us. I want to introduce everyone to Noggin. He has had a pretty rough go of it, but, we're going to try to make him all better! I'll tell you more of his story in a minute... I also heard mommy and daddy talking that he isn't the only one who needs help, and that there is another bullie that might need to come here too! That would mean that we are back to 4 foster dogs again — plus all of us that always live here...

Noggin was an abused dog at his last house. Someone, or someones, used to hit him with things and do other bad things to him. He's not very old, as he is only about 2 years old. As you can see, he was beat so bad at least one time, that he has a big scar tissue on his nose. So, he has a few trust issues...

I would like to ask everyone to please say special prayers for Noggin tonight! With lots of wuff, he can get better, and maybe trust again. Hopefully some time at our house will help him a lot, but he has some special issues.

Sketch Cards on eBay

For impatient people, or dogs like me, waiting for a listing on eBay to close can seem like it takes forever! I know every listing I look at seems like there are days to go, so I wait to bid. And then the end of the auction comes, I'm probably busy doing something else because I have forgotten about that cool thing I wanted to bid on and the auction is over. Of course, I find this little fact out about an hour after the auction closes, because that's when I got around to looking at eBay again!

So, I look for another cool something that is a lot like the other cool something I wanted, but since that cool something was probably something there isn't very many of, or is a one-of-a-kind item, I probably can't find one easily on eBay. That means I spend the next few hours combing through listing after listing just hoping to find that cool thing once more, and still come up empty — though I have managed to use a lot of time I needed to spend on something else, so now I have to play catch-up with whatever it was I should have been doing instead of searching for that cool thing.

I would save you  the same plight I seem to be in whenever I want that cool thing. How? You ask. By posting this right now, so that you, yes you, can be warned before an auction closes!

As I write this, there are only 6 hours left on four Howl-O-Ween themed ORIGINAL ART sketch cards I have done and posted on eBay. That means if you have been watching them and waiting — and I know that many of you have — you don't have long to get a bid in and win the sketch card(s) of your choice.

As you know, I don't do a lot of sketch cards — probably around 50 a year — and each and every one of them is an original! On the back of each one is lettered to that fact and signed! Each one comes in a protective mylar sleeve and is in a hard top-loader. AND, I hear they are like potato chips — once you get one, you want to collect more...

You can go right NOW to see all four of the Original Art Sketch Cards I have listed by following this link: TUGG'S eBay AUCTIONS

And, here are what the four little pieces of original art by me look like: