Fancy Scoop with (Serious) Odor Control

Lions, Tigers and Bears OH MY! I have enough to deal with on my walks without having to worry about running into a tiger. As long as we stay in the US for our walks, I think we will be safe. In Germany, officials have said that a man who owns tigers can walk them on on the sidewalk as long as he calls police before he ventures out. The man has a bunch of tigers from the circus living with him. The circus is not touring right now, so the trainer took them home. I would hate to have to scoop that litter box!

Praying Pups

It's a good thing we are not Catholic. The Pope declared yesterday that all new babies who are baptized have to have "Christian" names. I'm not sure what would pass (besides Mary, Joseph and other Bible names) but I know Chimichanga and Chalupa are NOT on his list. Well, does not matter anyway since they don't baptize dogs. Linda did have a friend who was a Pastor of a church who did a yearly animal blessing service though. Everyone bought their pets to church and they had a special time of prayer for their pets. I would behave properly and not embarrass Linda, Chimmie would have to go to confession first.

Chimmie's Home!

What a crazy, hectic afternoon and evening for Linda. The vet never called to say Chimmie could be picked up. She finally called them at 3:30 to ask how he was. "Oh, he can be picked up anytime" was the response. Great. She had a 4:30 class and then had to go right to church to watch the babies. The vet closes at 7:00 and she would not have been done until 7:30. The office is 20 minutes away, but she was able to race there, talk to the Dr., race back home home, drop him off, speed to her class, slip and slide her way to church then drive 10 miles an hour home since the roads were sucky. On the plus side, Chimmie is doing just great. He ate like he was about to starve to death. Now he is chewing a bone in his pup tent. Because of the stitches, he can't jump or play so Linda thought the tent would keep him calmer. Linda looks a lot calmer and happier in this photo from her dinner party last night. She does need to wear more make-up though. She looks so washed out next to Tier.

What I Crave

About 5 years ago, Jerry gave Linda a candle for Christmas. Pretty normal gift right? Wrong, if your Jerry. He gave Linda a Mashed Potato scented candle. She actually loved it and burned it until the potatoes were all gone. Now, White Castle has made a candle that smells like burgers. Personally, I think this is a fabulous idea for homes that have dogs. We always have to smell lavender, gardenia or cinnamon which are great people smells, but kind of blah for us dogs. How awesome it would be for Chimmie and I to smell cheeseburgers while were are lounging around? It would actually be gross for Linda the vegetarian though. At only $10, Linda might buy one anyway since she loves us so much.

Snipping Day

I'm a little nervous posting now. I used to think I was posting for my 4 readers, but now that I know my "stats" I feel pressured to be witty, creative and funny. I better just stay the same as always since my readers seem to like me just the way I am. Anyway, Linda dropped Chimmie off to the at Vet 7:00 a.m. to get his bits snipped off. He was so subdued when she put him in the carrier. Almost like he knew his destiny or something. The Dr. just called and told us he has his catheter in and is starting the sedation. He will be able to come home tonight, not tomorrow like they first told us. He is also getting a microchip like mine in case he gets lost. Oh, and they were going to pull his 8 baby teeth out since he is already under anesthesia, but the Vet said then he would have to teeth at all so they will wait. Poor little guy. I have been walking around the house whining and crying like crazy. Even though he annoys the fur off me, I did not realize how much I would miss him.

HOLY BLOG STATS!

I am stunned, flabbergasted, shocked! No, not because Chimmie is actually asleep and calm. It's because Tierney showed me how to check my stats on who reads my blog. I know I have a few steady readers who check daily. There are a few more who I know read it once or twice a week. After Linda looked at the stats on who is reading my blog, she did a little happy dance. I had no idea I had this many readers in so many countries across the world: Ready... here goes: United States-4,846; UK-313; South Korea-303; Canada-254; Australia-112; Germany-74; Mexico-45; France-22; Switzerland and Taiwan-20. I'm getting thousands and thousands of page views. Tierney said it's time to start putting ads on my blog to make some money. There is even a way that if the reader clicks on the ad and actually buys something from the site, I would get a little commission. It's official: I'm on my way to blog stardom! I'll be tanning in Cabos sipping some chilled chicken juice in no time.

Here Fishy Fishy

Linda does not play any of those crazy games online or on the xBox. We have an xBox, but Linda can't figure out how to turn it on. Besides, we don't even own one game. I have to admit, Sega is introducing a new gaming system that sounds pretty amazing. In public restrooms in another country, (I forgot which one, maybe Japan?) Sega is installing games over all the urinals. Here are some of the games the guys play while they are using the pee-pee pad. (I'm just going to copy and paste from the article:) "Manneken Pis" calculates exactly how much a player peed. In "Milk From Nose," players go head to head with the previous urinal user to see who has the strongest flow. The gamers appear as sumo wrestlers who squirt milk from their noses to push their peers out of the ring. In "The North Wind and Her," gamers act as the wind, attempting to lift a woman's dress with powerful blasts. In "Graffiti Eraser," players try to urinate forcefully to blast graffiti off a wall.

I'm sure this will be such a huge hit that soon, every urinal will have a Sega pee blaster game installed over it. If Linda had this, maybe it would have been easier to potty train Taylor! If the Sega games are not a hit, they could always try these fish urinals.