We Went To A Halloween Party At My School !

I got to go to my school's Halloween Party. Maisie came too, as my guest. We had a blast. The "hostess with the mostest" was Lisa, Tess and Jazz's mum. Wow, she really knows how to organize a good doggie party. Here is our "official picture". Tess and Jazz's dad Jim was the picture taker guy. I don't remember him having a flash though, some of you guys would of liked that.



There was food, and doggie games. Here's here is picture of Jazz and her mum.

some more pictures..





The Golden is my friend Oslo. He is in my agility class.

Check these two out!


Everybody's favorite! BOBBING FOR WEENIES!!!! It was hard to wait for your turn.

Finally, Maisie and I got our chance. I got my weenie out of the bowl this time. Last year I couldn't figure it out. Maisie had no trouble!


This is my friend Babydoll. She really had her snooter down in the bowl!


Maisie really had fun. Look at her cape all hanging off of her. What a goofball!


These two border collies and their mum won the costume contest. Look! they're dressed like lobsters, and their mum has a pot and is wearing an apron! OMD! Look out you guys! Run!



HAVE A SAFE AND HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Howl-o-Ween!

We went to this doggie Halloween party in the park over the weekend. Mom got us these snazzy orange capes to wear. Cousin Rocky came to go with us. Here are some pictures mom took while we were waiting for Rocky to get here.







Please, humor us and excuse the many pictures of this occasion.
It wasn't easy getting little Maisie "all dressed up" for the first time...








ANYHOW....
Rocky arrived, and off to the party we went. It was a really nice day.




Here's some party goers.


They had games! We liked this game the best.


I won the prize for the fastest time on this game. Mom had to put 13 of those necklace thingies on me in less than 60 seconds. We did it in 20 seconds. Maisie tried it too, but, she forgot to do a sit-stay inside the hoop. She gave it her best shot though. BOL!!!







After the party we went to a different park and took a walk.
We found a stick to play with.

Rocky found something to roll in.

And,we visited with some local wildlife. This guy didn't want to play...

It was a pretty darn good day!

HOWDY!

How ya doin'? Maisie here. Morgan said I could report about the big G-20 whoop-dee-do, since I enjoyed it the most. The helicopters were fabulous! They flew over our house and yard day and night! I could hear them coming a mile away! I didn't shut my trap for 4 whole days! I was on high alert!


Morgan was all like "MAISIE! SETTLE DOWN,YOU CRACK POT"


We didn't need our riot gear, but we could hear all the police sirens and people shouting and stuff, especially on Thursday while a big dinner was going on up the street and over in the park at Phipps Conservatory.
Oh, and mom came home from work smelling like a Federal Agent! Yep, a Secret Service bomb sniffing dog had to go through her office and come by her desk every night and check for bombs.
So, most people were happy the important people came to Pittsburgh, but mom says everybody is also glad they left, except for me.. Too quiet around here now.

G-20. The World Comes to Pittsburgh!

The G-20 Summit 2009 is being held in Pittsburgh on Sept 24th and 25th. It's a great opportunity for Pittsburgh to show the world how far we have come since the collapse of the steel industry, and all the re-building and new growth that has gone on here.
The place where mom works is one of the headquarters for the County and State Police, Emergency Services and the Secret Service. All sorts of military and emergency personnel have been arriving all week, and starting tomorrow she has to have her car and her personal stuff searched before she can even go to her desk.
We live just a couple of miles away from downtown Pittsburgh and the Convention Center where the actual meeting is taking place, and really, really close to the Universities and the Phipps Conservatory & Botanical Gardens where a big dinner for the dignataries is being held on Thursday night. The city is geared up with police and emergency personnel from other cities in anticipation of protesters, and some have already been having demonstrations.
Since we live so close to all the big goings-on we really don't know what to expect. So mom made us some riot gear just in case we have to fight our way out to go potty.



Here is a web site from a local paper. You can read about the Summit from a local perspective if you feel like it, or just look at all the nice pictures of Pittsburgh and see just how pretty it really is here now.

Road Trip!

Over the Labor Day weekend we took a trip to see Cousin Rocky who lives near Altoona PA.
This is Rocky.


It was Maisie's first long car ride with me, and it went pretty good, she didn't even get car sick and puke on my paw! I wanted to take her to my favorite place there, the Rails to Trails hiking trail. Mom made her stay on a leash most of the time, since this was her first time there. I think she liked it there.

After our walk, Rocky took us to the place that sells ice cream!





It gave me a bit of a brain freeze! Whoo-Hoo!






on Labor Day we had a picnic. 7 dogs were there!



We had a good time!