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Puppy Update

by John Cole|  March 19, 20096:58 pm| 68 Comments

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The parents came to town for a visit, so you know what that means. Puppy pics:

They are getting more adorable, which is hard to believe.

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  1. 1.

    TenguPhule

    March 19, 2009 at 7:00 pm

    They are getting more adorable, which is hard to believe.

    Comrades, a few more weeks of dogwashing and Comrade Cole will evict that fatball and get a dog.

  2. 2.

    Comrade Stuck

    March 19, 2009 at 7:02 pm

    They are getting more adorable

    That’s an affirmative!

    specially Guesly

  3. 3.

    Libby

    March 19, 2009 at 7:02 pm

    Awwww….. They really are getting more adorable all the time. They’re such a tonic against the toxic news. Thanks.

  4. 4.

    scruncher

    March 19, 2009 at 7:04 pm

    They are unbelievably cute. Where was Tunch during this visit?

  5. 5.

    Krista

    March 19, 2009 at 7:10 pm

    Hee hee…look at Ginny, acting all bashful, but you know she’s totally ready for shenanigans. And the eyes on Guesly! How could you ever say "no" to a pooch with such an adorable mug?

  6. 6.

    blahblah

    March 19, 2009 at 7:11 pm

    I like dogs and I like cats. But I really hate it when a dog licks my face, leaving it akin to dripping bukkake. Why do dogs do that? All I know is that cats don’t. Unfortunately, cats also won’t play catch in the yard.

    Oh! What is mankind to do?

  7. 7.

    Comrade Mary, Would-Be Minion Of Bad Horse

    March 19, 2009 at 7:22 pm

    blahblah, some cats really do lick faces. Some nibble. And some are equipped with such fearsome papillae on their tongues that a mere lick can flay you to the bone.

    Go for the dog slobber. You’ll stay prettier longer.

    (Oh, and some cats play fetch, too. Really, you can get the best of both worlds.)

    Ginny wants me. I can tell. John, tell your parents I’ll be glad to take her off their hands.

  8. 8.

    guest

    March 19, 2009 at 7:24 pm

    the expression on the first one…i’d almost swear he’s an old soul, reincarnated.

  9. 9.

    Montysano

    March 19, 2009 at 7:25 pm

    How could you ever say "no" to a pooch with such an adorable mug?

    When I found it dismantling fine audio gear, as happened in my case.

  10. 10.

    AhabTRuler

    March 19, 2009 at 7:32 pm

    @Montysano: Yeah, well, that’s what you get for trying to have things.

  11. 11.

    schrodinger's cat

    March 19, 2009 at 7:33 pm

    How did Tunch react? Inquiring minds want to know.

  12. 12.

    Mnemosyne

    March 19, 2009 at 7:33 pm

    @blahblah:

    Unfortunately, cats also won’t play catch in the yard.

    Keaton is not allowed in the yard since he would decimate the local bird population (well, and also because we don’t have a yard), but he loves to play fetch in the house. His favorite game is when you throw the toy straight up in the air so he can jump 4 feet straight into the air from a crouching position to grab it, but he’ll also run after it and bring it back to you to be thrown again.

    In my experience, boy cats seem more likely to be willing to fetch than girl cats. I’m not sure why.

  13. 13.

    Comrade Michael "OuttaSorts" Brown

    March 19, 2009 at 7:36 pm

    Why…It’s actually a PupDate!

    C’mon, Cole, you slack-jawed yokel, get with the program. The intertrons have long suffered from a shortage of "Ys", and now you’re using up all the "Ps" and "Us" with these insanely long headings ….

  14. 14.

    blahblah

    March 19, 2009 at 7:36 pm

    And further to Mr. Cole:

    Yours has become my favorite blog of late. dkos is a bore, and and the academics and serious journalist types like DeLong, Juan Cole, Josh Marshall, are worth reading but provide little entertainment value.

    This place is like Kuro5hin back in 2000. Smart, funny, and razer sharp criticism. Keep it up.

    (edit: my only complaint is this WordPress software, which seriously blows chunks. I’d prefer something – anything – that supported threaded comments and real logins).

  15. 15.

    Krista

    March 19, 2009 at 7:37 pm

    But I really hate it when a dog licks my face, leaving it akin to dripping bukkake.

    Not all dogs do that. My MIL’s two terriers aren’t into face-licking and neither was my late dog, a Lhasa mix. Dogs that have a little bit of attitude aren’t as likely to be big on licking faces because they’re not 100% submissive to you and while affectionate, aren’t out-of-control with it, so slavish adoration isn’t their style.

  16. 16.

    Comrade Stuck

    March 19, 2009 at 7:41 pm

    But I really hate it when a dog licks my face

    Nah, sweet as Tupelo Honey.

  17. 17.

    GReynoldsCT00

    March 19, 2009 at 7:43 pm

    Hey John, how about an action shot of Tunch hanging off the ceiling with those two visiting? Both doggies look like adorable little handfuls of fun – they get cuter all the time.

    I have cats that love to give you a facial and I’ve had cats that fetch. And yes it was a male cat. Used to love to chase after an old wool mitten of mine and bring it back to me…for hours

  18. 18.

    TheOfficialHatOnMyCat

    March 19, 2009 at 7:44 pm

    @Comrade Stuck:

    I guess dog anus and Tupalo Honey are the same to you, Stuck?

    ( makes note in Blackberry )

    Um hmh.

  19. 19.

    blahblah

    March 19, 2009 at 7:44 pm

    Mnemosyne, Comrade Mary, Would-Be Minion Of Bad Horse:

    Clearly, what you have are not cats but animals infected with that Resident Evil parasite. Because stupid-fun video games and bad unfun movies are always the truth.

    My cat likes to hop in the bathtub and get under the flowing faucet right after I take my morning shower. Yeah, these animals sometimes do shit no one expects. They may not be able to post snark on BJ, but they do have some measure of real cognition.

    They’re more than just unfeeling machines without a soul. Which by saying so, doesn’t make me a PETA convert.

  20. 20.

    TheOfficialHatOnMyCat

    March 19, 2009 at 7:45 pm

    @GReynoldsCT00:

    Yes, a cat will fetch, bring the ball back, and drop it right at your feet like a dog.

    Well, quieter than a dog.

  21. 21.

    Brandon T.

    March 19, 2009 at 7:46 pm

    The dogs are a nice change of pace from the usual mix of schadenfreude and outrage that I generally get from reading this blog.

    In other news, more awesomeness from NYT’s newest columnist:

    One successful foray ended on the guest bed of a high school friend’s parents, with a girl who resembled a chunkier Reese Witherspoon drunkenly masticating my neck and cheeks. It had taken some time to reach this point–"Do most Harvard guys take so long to get what they want?” she had asked, pushing her tongue into my mouth. I wasn’t sure what to say, but then I wasn’t sure this was what I wanted. My throat was dry from too much vodka, and her breasts, spilling out of pink pajamas, threatened my ability to. I was supposed to be excited, but I was bored and somewhat disgusted with myself, with her, with the whole business… and then whatever residual enthusiasm I felt for the venture dissipated, with shocking speed, as she nibbled at my ear and whispered–"You know, I’m on the pill…”

    All I have to say is: holy fuck. I don’t think I’ve seen evidence of so many different neuroses, hangups, etc all crammed into a single paragraph. Douchehat indeed.

  22. 22.

    TheOfficialHatOnMyCat

    March 19, 2009 at 7:47 pm

    @Brandon T.:

    Yes , a whole thread on that blurb here just the other day.

  23. 23.

    Comrade Stuck

    March 19, 2009 at 7:47 pm

    @TheOfficialHatOnMyCat:

    ( makes note in Blackberry )

    Make a note of this. Dogs don’t lick with their anus. Which is why I dropped of the Bukkake that offends my delicate sensibilities. Humph!

  24. 24.

    Chuck Butcher

    March 19, 2009 at 7:49 pm

    Along with the puppy cute I wanted you to have this hug from Scottie and I. Thank you BJers.

  25. 25.

    Comrade Stuck

    March 19, 2009 at 7:50 pm

    Don’t know what I was thinking picking Mississippi st. to win. Vapor lock, I reckon.

  26. 26.

    TheOfficialHatOnMyCat

    March 19, 2009 at 7:53 pm

    @Comrade Stuck:

    Uh, okay, I guess you have never watched a dog lick its ass for ten minutes, grab a drink out of the toilet, and then come over and want to lick your face.

    As they say, what you don’t know won’t make you hurl your breakfast, I guess.

    I don’t let dogs lick my face. But that’s just me.

  27. 27.

    Montysano

    March 19, 2009 at 7:55 pm

    Amid all the cynicism and venom, the Obamas are starting a vegetable garden. Good on ’em.

    Will all this shit ever get to BO, or will he continue to cruise through it? The guy is supernaturally calm.

  28. 28.

    blahblah

    March 19, 2009 at 7:56 pm

    Comrade Stuck:

    Make a note of this. Dogs don’t lick with their anus. Which is why I dropped of the Bukkake that offends my delicate sensibilities. Humph!

    Make a note of this, to paraphrase a great American philosopher: Disgusting is as disgusting does. I saw that in a book somewhere. Or a movie. Which in todays America is the same thing. I fully expect to see my copy of "The Accessible Hegel" to be turned into an action packed Schwarzenegger extravaganza as soon as the great people of California decide to help him find new work. Then I’ll read it.

    Also, what is it dogs and cats do to clean their asses again?

  29. 29.

    Anon

    March 19, 2009 at 7:57 pm

    What’s the breed? Havanese?

  30. 30.

    Comrade Stuck

    March 19, 2009 at 7:59 pm

    "You know, I’m on the pill…”

    Ross’s Vodki soaked lizard brain thinks

    Mi errant tadpole meets trollop egg and chemical murder ensues. Teh Horror!

  31. 31.

    guest

    March 19, 2009 at 8:02 pm

    @Brandon T.:

    ever see his picture in wiki? no way a guy like that would ever be burdened with fighting women off. i wrote it off as ego stroking fiction.

  32. 32.

    Comrade Stuck

    March 19, 2009 at 8:07 pm

    @TheOfficialHatOnMyCat:

    @blahblah:

    All I can say is that I’ve been slathered my many a fine mutt, and taint dead yet. Besides, dog saliva has some fine anti microbial properties.

    You two think too much.

  33. 33.

    Just Some (Whistles)

    March 19, 2009 at 8:07 pm

    The parents came to town for a visit,

    Now I feel bad for cursing.

  34. 34.

    Ned R.

    March 19, 2009 at 8:07 pm

    @guest:

    ego stroking fiction

    Read that as a sentence rather than as an adjective-noun combination and the visions are truly nauseous.

  35. 35.

    liberal

    March 19, 2009 at 8:11 pm

    @Anon:
    IIRC Jack Russell.

  36. 36.

    blahblah

    March 19, 2009 at 8:18 pm

    Comrade Stuck:

    You two think too much.

    Disgust is a feeling, not a thought.

  37. 37.

    Comrade Mary, Would-Be Minion Of Bad Horse

    March 19, 2009 at 8:32 pm

    Is this an open enough thread to note that both John Scalzi and Joss Whedon have been nominated for Hugos?

    Wheeeee!

  38. 38.

    Svensker

    March 19, 2009 at 8:33 pm

    @Chuck Butcher:

    Hugging you back.

  39. 39.

    Hyperion

    March 19, 2009 at 8:39 pm

    @TheOfficialHatOnMyCat:

    I don’t let dogs lick my face. But that’s just me.

    yeah, i’d rather they leg-hump or crotch-sniff.

  40. 40.

    Hyperion

    March 19, 2009 at 8:41 pm

    @blahblah:

    Disgust is a feeling, not a thought.

    i like the cut of your jib(e).

  41. 41.

    Comrade Michael "OuttaSorts" Brown

    March 19, 2009 at 8:50 pm

    Why, it’s a PUPDATE!

  42. 42.

    Comrade Stuck

    March 19, 2009 at 8:51 pm

    @blahblah:

    Thoughts come before feelings, but for clarity sake, you two also feel to much. Feel better?

  43. 43.

    Robert Sneddon

    March 19, 2009 at 9:11 pm

    Re: Hugos. Nice to see Scalzi getting a bunch of nominations — Novel, Best Related Book and Long Form Dramatic Presentation.

    My friend Charlie Stross made the Best Novel shortlist with his "Sexbots in Spaaace!" epic "Saturn’s Children". That’s six years in a row he’s made the Best Novel shortlist, beating out the nearest challenger Bob Silverberg who only managed a 4-year streak. On the other hand he’s up against "Anathem" and "The Graveyard Book" this year so his actual chances of adding to his Hugo rocket collection (currently one) are pretty poor.

  44. 44.

    Krista

    March 19, 2009 at 9:13 pm

    Along with the puppy cute I wanted you to have this hug from Scottie and I.

    Right back atcha, darling. We’re here for you.

    WRT to the dog saliva issue, I prefer not to let dogs lick my face, just due to the slobber issue. Mind you, if an otherwise reserved doggeh gives me a little kiss on the nose or chin every once in a blue moon, it’s hard to object to that, really. A little bit goes a very long way, though.

  45. 45.

    AhabTRuler

    March 19, 2009 at 9:17 pm

    Look, everyone just needs to recognize that it is the volume of dog slobber that is the safety factor. There is no backwash from taint to mouth, as, like a slug or snail, the surface of the tongue is protected from filth by an endless supply of slobber.

    Now, kitty spit, OTOH, is a different story altogether…

  46. 46.

    Annie

    March 19, 2009 at 9:21 pm

    I want to see a picture of Tunch brushing the puppies….

  47. 47.

    AhabTRuler

    March 19, 2009 at 9:24 pm

    I want to see a picture of Tunch brushing eating, the puppies…

    Fixeteth.

  48. 48.

    Steeplejack

    March 19, 2009 at 9:44 pm

    @AhabTRuler:

    I don’t let snails or slugs lick my face either. What is wrong with you people?!

  49. 49.

    J. Michael Neal

    March 19, 2009 at 9:46 pm

    My friend Charlie Stross made the Best Novel shortlist with his "Sexbots in Spaaace!" epic "Saturn’s Children".

    I started reading Accelerondo, and that was the most annoying writing style since Neal Stephenson. Is that representative of all of his stuff? I’ve got too many things I want to read to ever pick up anything else by him unless anyone can convince me it gets better.

  50. 50.

    AhabTRuler

    March 19, 2009 at 9:53 pm

    @Steeplejack: From a trip to Martinique, and no I did not let it lick my face,

  51. 51.

    Comrade Stuck

    March 19, 2009 at 9:58 pm

    @AhabTRuler:

    Look, everyone just needs to recognize that it is the volume of dog slobber that is the safety factor.

    Here Here!

  52. 52.

    Steeplejack

    March 19, 2009 at 10:02 pm

    @AhabTRuler:

    Used to see those on Okinawa. Crunch-crunch on the street after the rain. Eww.

  53. 53.

    TheOfficialHatOnMyCat

    March 19, 2009 at 10:05 pm

    @Comrade Stuck:

    It’s fine with me if you want to let an animal lick its ass and then your face.

    I havent met you, but I’d be interesed in which one the dog thinks tastes better.

    If you had an end game for this exchange, this would be the place to reveal it :)

  54. 54.

    TheOfficialHatOnMyCat

    March 19, 2009 at 10:23 pm

    @AhabTRuler:

    Wow, I had no idea you were a snail.

    Nice shell.

  55. 55.

    AhabTRuler

    March 19, 2009 at 10:24 pm

    Used to see those on Okinawa. Crunch-crunch on the street after the rain. Eww.

    Yes, and they were "running" to lick your face. If you had only lain down in the street and remained very still for several hours.

  56. 56.

    AhabTRuler

    March 19, 2009 at 10:35 pm

    @TheOfficialHatOnMyCat: The interwebs will bring together all sorts, won’t it?

  57. 57.

    Comrade Mary, Would-Be Minion Of Bad Horse

    March 19, 2009 at 10:42 pm

    Goddamnit, I’m going to have nightmares about carnivorous snails tonight, right?

  58. 58.

    Annie

    March 19, 2009 at 10:49 pm

    AhabTRuler…we have yet to see a picture of Tunch. And, the puppies do look well fed. So, the question is, who ate whom?????????

  59. 59.

    Comrade Stuck

    March 19, 2009 at 11:27 pm

    @TheOfficialHatOnMyCat:

    If you had an end game for this exchange, this would be the place to reveal it

    Ever eat a hotdog?

    PS It’s a trick question.

  60. 60.

    Comrade Stuck

    March 19, 2009 at 11:28 pm

    @Comrade Mary, Would-Be Minion Of Bad Horse I’m going to have nightmares about carnivorous snails tonight:

    You’ll be okay lest they lick your face.

  61. 61.

    Beej

    March 20, 2009 at 2:36 am

    @Mnemosyne: I just got here, but I have to agree with you that male cats are more likely to play fetch than female cats. Of course, male cats (at least the neutered ones) are also more likely to be snugglers, lap-sitters, and catnip addicts. Females are more independent and tend to be a bit aloof. Don’t know what this has to say about male-female psychology, but it does mean that my Shadow makes a much better lap-warmer than my Sheba.

  62. 62.

    2th&nayle

    March 20, 2009 at 6:36 am

    Used to have a big female cat that loved to ‘nurse’ (that’s the best description I can come up with) my neck. I never saw her do it to anyone else: just me. Never did figure out if it was a ‘comfort’ thing or she just like the way I tasted (and before you start: No, I don’t have nipples on my neck). Had another cat that liked to lick the part in my hair, if she could get to it. Unusual ph or something I guess.

  63. 63.

    Johnny Pez

    March 20, 2009 at 9:46 am

    My first basenji (aka "The Girl") is all about the face licking. She actually wants to lick my ears, but you have to draw the line somewhere. My current backup basenji (aka "The Boy") seems to have picked up the habit from her.

  64. 64.

    TheHatOnMyCat

    March 20, 2009 at 12:44 pm

    @Comrade Stuck:

    I’m a person of class, Stuckmeister. I eat boutique smoked sausage made from meat that is dressed out from private reserve stock.

    Other, lesser people can eat hot dogs. I like to know what’s in my food.

    But don’t get me wrong, I love you, man. Being able to talk to you gives me street cred.

  65. 65.

    TheHatOnMyCat

    March 20, 2009 at 12:45 pm

    @AhabTRuler:

    True.

    And hey, slow down.

  66. 66.

    Comrade Stuck

    March 20, 2009 at 3:12 pm

    @TheHatOnMyCat:

    I’m a person of class, Stuckmeister.

    LOL, Thank you!, more LOL.

  67. 67.

    Gatsby

    March 20, 2009 at 4:07 pm

    So, those two graduated from the first round of obedience school, hey?

    I can tell they very happy they fooled you all. Just look at that twinkle in their eyes!

  68. 68.

    mclaren

    March 21, 2009 at 3:16 am

    Adorable cubed. Seriously, those pics should go up on http://www.cuteoverload.com.

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