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All The World Is a Toy When You Are a Puppy

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Dad sent some more pics- first up, the kids and their chew toy.

I would worry about the toy, despite the size differential. Next, a family friend gets mauled:

I am told he survived the attack and is doing well. Finally, the picture that I know will make the ladies squeal:

Guesly is very photogenic, it appears, and is always mugging for the camera. That is all for now.

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  2. 2.

    peach flavored shampoo

    Finally, the picture that I know will make the ladies squeal:

    Your picture of Antonio Banderas didn’t work. All I can see is a bunch of dogs. Damn WordPress.

  5. 5.

    Laura W

    I love the symmetry in Guesly’s markings. And the kissable snout.
    He has a fierce intensity I love, in all species.

  13. 13.

    Just Some Fuckhead

    I know puppy’s are adorable as fuck all but they have to be or we’d kill them because they are an absolute nightmare to raise. Every time I see one of these precious pics I have a terrible flashback to raising my dog. We’re still finding shit he chewed up and that was three years ago.

    Although the time he got in trouble and hid from me brings back fond memories. Unknown to me, he snuck upstairs so I’m totally ripping the downstairs apart looking for him. Then I went upstairs, incredible hulking everything in my way, same thing, no puppy. So with great difficulty I put my rage aside and affected a sweet voice, "Puppy dog..". Look, listen. "Puppy dog.." Look, listen. Then in my sons room, I saw his pile of stuffed animals in the corner move. The little fucker had hidden in a pile of stuffed animal dogs. I woulda never found him without using the nice voice.

  14. 14.

    gbear

    Hopefully those gosh-darn cutest ever puppies will discover that Steelers throw on the couch and rip it to shreads.

    I visited a house with two cute cute cute little Shelties last night and now that’s the dog I want.

  17. 17.

    gbear

    @Michael D.:

    Yikes. Didn’t notice the hat.

    Man, I don’t even have anything purple in my house. I don’t want to be associated with either The Vikings or Prince.

  18. 18.

    Roza Hussein

    As a cat person I am approving of these pups
    (makes sure kitties not in the room)

    PS nice blanket in pic 2

  20. 20.

    yet another jeff

    Sorry, but I have to offer a correction on the title…

    All The World Is a Chew Toy When You Are a Puppy

  22. 22.

    Shinobi

    Not to be nebbie or nothin, but can someone explain to me why those adorable puppies are not wearing Pittsburgh sweatshirts? Or at the very least a terrible towel!

    I mean they are practically naked. How can they stand the shame of being the only mammal within 100 miles of Pittsburgh not wearing Steeler’s gear.

    -Shinobi… who has been to the Pittsburgh area.

  23. 23.

    demkat620

    Someone clearly has never been to the Pittsburgh area.

    Or Philadelphia. The only place I have never seen that level of homerism is Atlanta.

    If all their teams left town tomorrow, they wouldn’t notice.

    And the pups are just adorable.

  26. 26.

    Gus

    know puppy’s are adorable as fuck all but they have to be or we’d kill them because they are an absolute nightmare to raise.

    Exactly. When I got my first puppy, a friend told me the first two years are a nightmare, but it’s all smooth sailing after that. Since my dog is part terrier, he was a little off on the smooth sailing part.

  27. 27.

    greennotGreen

    Having worked in dog rescue a few years, I’d like to point out that Jack Russells, although adorable, are not the easiest breed. However, if these pics convince any of you out there that a Jack is the dog for you, please consider a rescue dog. It is *not* true that rescue dogs are more likely than a dog purchased from a breeder to have health or behavioral problems. It *is* true that a lot of people who buy high energy dogs like Jacks don’t know what they’re getting into and surrender perfectly good dogs who just need more exercise and some obedience training.

  28. 28.

    Bey

    Oh my those two are going to be the stars of many a family story.

    Start practicing the immortal words from the best buddy movie ever:

    "This is not your room."

  29. 29.

    robertdsc

    Sometimes you just wish they would be that size forever from all the cuteness.

    When’s the big pet summit between the kids and Tunch?

    -Cats First

  30. 30.

    lorri

    Others may squeal over the puppies; I think the photo of your dad is very sweet.

    Also, to Just Some Fuckhead, I had a roommate once whose puppy came into my bedroom and ate my shoes. Ate them. But then he went back to her bedroom and pooped on the floor. I suppose that dog was trying to train us lazybones to pick things up off of the floor. But it didn’t work on either of us.

  32. 32.

    Laura W

    @greennotGreen: John, this is not me! I swear it.
    But thanks for stating this. I was doing some research recently on JRT’s in terms of rescue options in the NC/SC area and was stunned to find a plethora of them needing homes, of all ages, all markings and types.
    Go to petfinder.com and plug in the breed and your zip code. Prepare to be bummed out.
    John’s fam is familiar with the breed and sure of what they are doing, but like you, my motto is "Adopt/Rescue First". There are so many in need.

  36. 36.

    Just Some Fuckhead

    @lorri: Haha. My dog figured out pretty quick not to mess with my shoes but he went through about a pair a week of my wife’s shoes. I think she still resents him for that.

  37. 37.

    janefinch

    Sqeeeeeee!! Who would ever thought you’d go from GOP to Dem, to a serious contender for Cute Overload?

  42. 42.

    Litlebritdifrnt

    Speaking of cute and or interesting animal pics/vids, did you guys check out the link Kevin posted at Rumproast? The dolphin vid is incredible only because it took me three watchings to realize that the dolphins themselves were creating the rings (at first I thought perhaps there was some sort of device in the tank doing it). Oh and a warning, the last one about the dog? Grab a tissue.

    http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/12/top-10-incredib.html

  44. 44.

    t jasper parnell

    Hey! This is totally off topic but everything bad you, or — in any event, all those of you who think Wall Street is a sinkhole of corruption — ever thought is true.

  46. 46.

    Laura W

    @Litlebritdifrnt: Thanks for that. I’ll go back in the morning over coffee as I’m already a bit too melancholy tonight to deal with 10 critter videos. I did go right to 10, however. That is my dawg!
    (I tried to find the post John put up of her on this site so I could link to that but since it’s not in dog or cat blogging, and I got tired of scrolling through pages of Nov. archives, I am linking to my cats’ blog. Deal.)

  47. 47.

    slag

    I know the "Ask Obama" topic is spent, but I thought the questions that people voted to ask George W Bush were pretty on-target.

    I’ve been playing around with the Google Moderator tool that Change.gov is using to get people’s questions, and from what I can tell, it’s not highly modifiable. It doesn’t seem like you can yank the "Flag as inappropriate" tag or really do much with it. In moderation, I’m sure you can de-flag questions, but you’d have to be spending a lot of time doing it. And there’s no guarantee it wouldn’t get flagged again the next second.

    In short, Ben’s criticism/concern trolling on this topic really is ridiculous.

  49. 49.

    South of I-10

    Those pups are so cute it almost makes me want one. Almost. What a beautiful day it has been. Got to watch the kid see snow and play in it for the first time. Tonight is cold and clear with a full moon, and several flocks of geese have flown over. I love watching them make their way south.

  50. 50.

    Litlebritdifrnt

    South – that breaks my heart, every year, the geese heading south. Thankfully I have a resident population here in eastern NC so I can see them year round, but watching those flocks, in their V-formation heading down to Florida never fails to make me choke up. The other evening I stopped at a grocery store to pick up a few things, as I got out of my car there was a line of birds, had to be three miles long, heading south, it was absolutely spectacular, they would swirl about the sky and change positions, from the front to the back, and again and as always there were the last two or three stragglers trying to keep up. Man it was something.

  51. 51.

    smiley

    @South of I-10:

    What a beautiful day it has been. Got to watch the kid see snow and play in it for the first time. Tonight is cold and clear with a full moon, and several flocks of geese have flown over. I love watching them make their way south.

    I was surprised to read that ya’ll got snow. It was rare when I was growing up in north LA. So rare that some parents would pay ice companies to "snow" on their front lawns at Christmas time to give the kids the experience. Personally, I hate snow. I’m sure it’s gone by now but — enjoy…

  52. 52.

    South of I-10

    Litlbritdifrnt: There are tons of ducks and geese wintering just south of here in the marsh. When the moon is full like this they fly and feed all night long. The ducks are beautiful and flying right now too, but I love how you can hear the geese coming from so far away.

  54. 54.

    South of I-10

    @Smiley: It was gone by 10am. I live in the one parish that didn’t completely shut down so we had work/school. When I got up at 6, there was close to an inch on the ground (it’s LA people, I know that is not really a lot of snow). I woke the little one up at 6 and she and her Dad played until almost 7 and I had to get her dressed for school. They had a blast! I have snowballs in my freezer. It probably won’t snow here again for 10 years.

  55. 55.

    smiley

    @South of I-10:

    (it’s LA people, I know that is not really a lot of snow)

    Oh yes it is! Why else did the other Parishes around you close down? Because of all that snow! That was the best part of snow where I grew up. No school!

    They had a blast! I have snowballs in my freezer. It probably won’t snow here again for 10 years.

    Cool. It probably won’t snow again until Al Gore says it’s OK again (I keed, I keed). At least little South of I-10 got to experience the snow. I remember how cool that was and I had family up north where 6 inches was not a big deal.

  56. 56.

    Church Lady

    @Lorri- I sympathize. Right after I got married we got a miniature dachshund. He was the runt of the litter and we named him Bruiser. The pride of my shoe collection was a pair of Ann Klein purple leather pumps with suede bows on the toes (hey, it was 1986, so give me a break). Bruiser retrieved one (just one) from the closet while I was at work and gave it a real workout – no bow, half the heel missing, teeth marks everywhere. I wanted to cry. It was the only shoe Bruiser ever chewed on in fourteen years. I guess he didn’t like purple.

  57. 57.

    Delia

    All The World Is a Chew Toy When You Are a Puppy

    Ain’t it the truth. My dog is a mutt who’s part American Eskimo and part Lab who chewed everything in sight for his first two years: shoes of course, but also library books, video tapes, coffee table legs, stuffed animals (he got very expert at finding the seams, ripping them open and pulling all the stuffing out), and those nylon bath scrubbers. He just loved to rip those into tiny shreds. He also grew quite adept at sensing what items agitated the humans when he grabbed them. Then he would lead us on a merry chase all around the house while he demonstrated to us just how much he could outrun any of us.

  58. 58.

    Tattoosydney

    John,

    Buy your parents a copy of this book and this book for Christmas…

    Best dog training writer I have come across… practical, simple advice that actually works and is always in line with what will make the dog WANT to behave properly.

    The first one might save them a lot on their carpet cleaning bills.

  59. 59.

    TrishB

    @Church Lady:
    One of my schnauzers did the same thing. The shoes were $250 and went with an outfit for a charity ball that the ex and I attended. They were the only expensive shoes I’d ever owned and in every definition were sex on wheels. The day after I wore them, the best little dog in the world managed to nudge open the closet and start gnawing. This is the dog who practically figured out how to housebreak herself, the dog who will not have an accident in the house even if I’m gone 14 hours unplanned (only happened twice), the dog who’s never chewed up more than a kleenex. I guess she knows fine leather when she sees it. Rawhide just isn’t good enough for some.

  60. 60.

    Tattoosydney

    @greennotGreen:

    What greennotGreen said….

    Although you miss out on the adorable puppy phase, adopting an abandoned dog gives you a feeling that is just as good – saving the life of a poor animal that no-one loves, and giving it a loving home… best of all, often they come pre-trained (and particularly pre-housetrained), and are often incredibly devoted to the family who takes them in.

    We adopted Pedro twelve months ago – he loves us beyond words and he was already trained (including to do tricks).

    He’s got a few behavioural issues around other people (who knows what happened to him before we got him), but makes up for that in sheer, blind devotion to us…

  61. 61.

    Gravenstone

    @Litlebritdifrnt:

    Geese are nothing more than winged rats. Flying shit making machines. And the fact that they’re freaking protected in this country, when in reality they are grossly, obscenely overpopulated is simply a sin. We have several pairs who have decided the fire pond on our site makes a wonderful wintering spot (in freaking WI SOUTH is that way, morons) so we’re gifted with the winged shit factories year round. Yet we have to go the DNR every stinking year for permission to hunt and destroy their nests just so we’re not totally overrun. Gods but I loathe those flying pests.

    Oh, and add the occasional "pleasures" of several thousand strong tern flocks (no, they are NOT fucking seagulls people!) deciding to come visit since we’re close to Lake Michigan. Double your aerial shit bombardment pleasure (more like a factor or two of 10).

    /rant off

  63. 63.

    harlana pepper

    I love this, check the body language/personalities present in the photos. The baby girl, she’s still loving on the neighbor while Guesly is already on the move. The pic in the kennel seals it, check out the little submissive look of the girl pup overshadowed by a rather defiant-looking Guesly.

    Of course, it will be interesting to find out how much of it is a ruse. She’ll probably be the one destroying things in private and making him look like the guilty party when mom and dad get home and find the Christmas tree in shreds.

  65. 65.

    John Cole

    Of course, it will be interesting to find out how much of it is a ruse. She’ll probably be the one destroying things in private and making him look like the guilty party when mom and dad get home and find the Christmas tree in shreds.

    Email me and I can show you a video of her doing just that. It is too big to post or I would post it.

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