Do you know the Muffin Man?

http://forum.oes.org/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=36574

I just wanted to pop in quickly and share this link with my friends. Most of you already know this story, but I wanted to share it with friends who don't.

Everyone in my house is thinking of Mr. Muffin right now, and sending good thoughts.

Rudy, a former stray (who believes in paying it forward)

I am still here

Hi all.

I just wanted to let you know that I am still here. It's just been really hard to get online. Mommy's really busy and her laptop is broken, so it's never on. I'm still here and I'm still thinking of you all.

I wanted to wish you a belated Happy Valentine's Day. You are all in my heart. I thought of you yesterday and wagged my stubby little tail in your honour.

In other news, Mommy cooked a very nice dinner for Daddy. And as a result, Smudgie and I got to taste steak, mushrooms, potatoes, carrots and CRAB! Life really is good.

I have a good family and they do love and take care of me. I really should reward them by giving up my passion for eating mud.

Take care all,

Rudy "Cupid" Patootie

Just One Question

Why do I call my Mommy and Daddy UPRIGHTS when they not walking properly? They should be on all fours, like Smudgie and me.

From now on, shouldn't I be calling them UPWRONGS???!??

Just something to think about.

Gotta run.

Take care all,

Rudy (The Thinker)

I am loving 2012 so far!

Hi all.

I hope you are enjoying the New Year. Smudgie and I are having a great one. Mommy's been home with us all week (Smudgie says that can't last), and we've had two car rides already. (Smudgie also says not to get too used to it.)

And today, it finally snowed a little. I was starting to think that Winnipeg was going to let me down completely. For those of you who don't live here (and why don't you now that I think of it), Winnipeg is all about snow. Winnipeggers pride themselves on saying things like, "Yeah, well, that wasn't too bad a storm. We only got ten centimetres...that's nothing." Then they all go out for Slurpees, even when the thermometer thingie says minus forty.

I like snow. I like to play in it and roll in it and enjoy it. It started snowing yesterday, and ended this morning, and I heard it's less than two centimetres in total, but it's still awesome. I plan to eat it all up.

Yummy!

Other than that not much else is really going on here. Mommy's friends came over last night and Smudgie jumped on them. I sure didn't, but I did use the distraction to help myself to some jelly candies from the table. Or at least I tried. My Mommy has really good reflexes. She had Hudson by the scruff of the neck in her right hand and with her left hand she nose blocked me at the very same time. So no jellies for Rudy.

Daddy thought it was hilarious, so he rewarded us both with cookies and dragged us both back upstairs to watch really boring and silly movies with him.

So that's about it from here. I hope you are all enjoying the New Year so far. Take care all, and make the most of it. I think this is going to be an extra special year.

Rudy, who never forgets auld acquaintances...

Christmas Eve

Hi All,

I just wanted to let you know I hosted my first, official HUGE family Christmas Eve. It didn't go as I had hoped.

Mommy and Daddy (and Auntie Brighit and Cousins Jzero and Vienna) set up these big tables and chairs, and I watched Mommy set them with fancy Christmas dishes and cups and pretties. It was so exciting. I could hardly wait to find out which seat was mine.

Well, guess what.

NONE were for me.

Smudgie and I got a LONG pre Christmas Eve walk and I was so happy....but it was a trap. Right after that we ate, peed, and got CRATED.

How unfair is that?

We heard all the people having fun but we were upstairs, and Mommy and Daddy put us in the middle bedroom instead of our usual room, and that made Smudgie really mad so he barked all night.

I was sooooo embarrassed.

At the end of the evening I got taken out for a pee and then brought back in to meet people. I tried so hard to be good, but no one remembered the Cesar rules. They all squealed and jumped around and paid all kinds of attention to me. So, what else could I do? I responded in kind. I jumped and made all kinds of noises, and then Mommy said I was being bad. Why can they do it and I can't?

I'm glad I peed first, because with all those people leaning over me I would have let her rip on the floor. Mommy and Daddy are pretty smart about some things.

Then I went back to my crate and it was Smudgie's turn. I hear he was worse than I was. Then we were back in our crates.

So we both barked.

Mommy kept shaking her head and apologizing to everyone. Finally Daddy came and put us both, loose, in the bedroom. So then we settled down. I don't know why they didn't just do that in the first place!

So, on behalf of Smudgie and me I would like to apologize to all for we did to make their Christmas Eve a little louder than it needed to be.

But we were both trying to be good hosts, that's all.

Anyway, I hope all my online friends had a peaceful and dog filled Christmas Eve, and now my brother and I would like to take this opportunity to wish you all:

A SAFE AND DOG FILLED NEW YEAR!!!

Take care all,

Rudy, the Canine Baby New Year

Just sneaking on for a minute to say MERRY CHRISTMAS

I'm so sorry I don't get to blog very often anymore, but I did want to sneak in and wish all my friends all over the world a very Merry Christmas.

Take care all, and I'll blog just as soon as I can.

Ho Ho Ho.

Merry Christmas,

Rudy the Elf

Wow, it has been a long time.

I'm so sorry. It's all Mommy's fault.

I love her and all, but she has been really busy....which is tough on us, because even though we spend lots of time with Daddy, he just doesn't do it right.

I wish she'd stay home more often.

Lots has happened in the last while. The tree is up and presents are being wrapped. Mommy says I can't poke about in the presents, which seems unfair, as I'm sure there are some there that say Rudy on them.

Smudgie's naked. And cold...and that means GRUMPY. Now he thinks it's okay to sleep ON me at all times. And if I wiggle at all he growls at me. HOW RUDE is that?

I still have my beautiful fur, but Mommy says that this weekend it will all be gone. She says someone named Karla is coming here to the house to make my hair go away. I don't think I believe her, but Smudgie's already grumbling. He says that once my hair goes away I will be cold too, and that will make me useless to him.

Nice, friendly, Christmas sentiment there pal!

We had to pose by the tree again, but Smudgie and I won. They took almost a hundred thousand pictures of us, but none worked out. I really like this one:

I think Daddy looks great, fighting with us in his long red underwear. Mommy wanted to put it on the Christmas card, but Daddy said NO WAY.

I know that he'll forgive me for putting this up here (and he doesn't actually stop in and read my blog) so I thought I would share it.

This is the pose that we all wanted on our annual Christmas card.

Well, I have to go. Mommy is home today (she took her personal day to hang with us) and I hear things happening in the kitchen. She probably needs my help.

Take care all, and ho ho ho!

Rudy with the red underweared Daddy!

I don't have much time.

I better be quick.

Mommy's on a tear.

Right now she is putting up the Christmas Tree. Daddy is complaining and she's doing a lot of scolding.

Yikes.

Isn't it a tad early?

Mind you, I heard her say that she picked a special spot for the tree so that I would have something pretty to look at from my kennel during the day, so yay!

Oh oh, I see garland. Better run!

Take care all,

Rudy, the red nosed sheepdeer....

Hey there

Hi friends.

I have been so cut off from the computer lately, and I think of you all often. It's making me sad that Mommy is too busy to even turn on her computer these days, so I don't get any time to catch up with you.

She did tell me that when she gets home from work she likes to spend her time with me and with Smudgie and that the computer would keep her away from that, so I guess I understand...but it's hard.

I've had a few grand adventures lately. A while back I ate some bark. I know better, but I couldn't resist. It upset my tummy and Mommy and Daddy took me straight to the vet where I got yummy barium again and people kept rolling me over on my back and taking pictures of my belly.

I don't know why they needed four different ones...I guess I have a really great belly.

Anyway, the vet sent me home and told Mommy and Daddy to watch me. (Don't they always?) A day or so later out came the bark. It was the longest, loveliest poop I've ever made. It even surprised me. Of course Mommy ruined it by poking it with a stick to see what was inside (how nosey is THAT?) but I thought it was quite lovely.

The very next morning the same thing came out of Smudgie, and no one even knew he'd eaten some too. He's such a baby. He screeched and wailed and wanted Mommy to do something to make it stop and she just stood there and said, "Sorry Hudson. I didn't put it in there and I am NOT responsible for getting it out." Then she told him to remember this very moment next time something stupid looks like a good thing to eat.

He won't though.

Neither will I.

We had some company last week, and I was the good dog. They all liked me. Hudson was crazy and kept getting in trouble. Tee hee hee.

Smudgie also got shaved which was hilarious. Now Mommy's sleeping in the TV room again because a naked Smudgie means a very aggressive heat and blanket seeking dog at night. Mommy wants nothing to do with that.

Preparations are now starting to get underway for a big Christmas Eve extravaganza. Mommy told Daddy that the dogs would likely be crated most of the night and locked in the bedroom because Smudgie's so bad.

How on earth is that fair?

I AM NOT BAD. As long as no one brings their dog I will be just fine, thank you very much.

Sigh.

Take care all, and try to convince Mommy that I should not be imprisoned on Christmas Eve. That's a clear case of guilt by association.

Rudy, a prisoner of conscience

I am so sorry I've been away so long!

Hi everyone.

It's been so hard finding time to blog with Mommy's new jobs. She's been so busy that she NEVER leaves her laptop on, and so I just don't have the time to blog like I should.

Also, since she's so busy not much has been happening here.

I know that she shared on sheepiechat about my latest eating experience. I just want to state, for the record, that I KNOW I shouldn't have eaten that long strip of bark, but it was sooooo tasty. And let's face it DOGS and BARK just naturally go together.

It did NOT feel good coming out though. I should probably remember that.

And Mommy says that we will be eating bargain brand cookies from now until that four hundred dollar vet bill is made up. I hardly think that's fair. She is the one who insisted on all that yummy barium. I was just along for the ride.

We also had a Thanksgiving fondue this weekend. That was fun. I was the good dog, but Smudgie was completely out of his mind. He jumped on everyone, so Mommy made Daddy kennel us (well, Smudgie was kennelled because he kept jumping on the doors...I got the whole upstairs because I wasn't insane). Because of him we missed the really good and yummy stuff though. Poop.

After dinner I got to go hang with the people because I was calm. Smudgie was still shrieking and carrying on so Daddy made him sit a LOOOOOOONG time. I got all the attention. It was nice. And Grandpa kept patting me under the table even though Mommy kept telling him not to.

Well, I gotta go. Mommy will be home from work soon and I don't want to get caught. Happy Thanksgiving to all my friends! Gobble Gobble! Remember to be thankful for all you have. I am still very very thankful that I have a home and a family that will pay hundreds of dollars to make sure that the stupid things I eat come out of my body safely.

Take care all,

Rudy, a turkey who sure can tango