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Took the ladies to the park. Here’s Lily telling on Rosie, who is halfway up the embankment after treeing a squirrel:

A little sniffing around by the creek:

More below the fold.

Plotting my demise, or something:

And finally, Lily trying to get Rosie to play. They’d just run for 40 minutes so Rosie was having none of it:

If you behave, maybe later on I will treat you to a scintillating picture of Tunch licking himself or glaring at me.

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  1. 1.

    beltane

    That is too cute. Rosie and Lily are obviously very compatible with each other, and Tunch doesn’t have to be bothered much with either of them.

  2. 2.

    Carrie

    Can’t help but smile looking at those pics.
    Looks like you got yourself a loving little menagerie over there.

  4. 4.

    TaMara (BHF)

    Yes, Tunch photos please. Cute puppies, they look like they’re becoming the best of friends.

    I’m back from a great ride. They just opened up the road I take to my bike trail after 2 weeks of construction. I now have a traffic light, bike lanes and they resurfaced the road and the railroad tracks (all 4 of them). Awesome with awesome sauce. I wasn’t expecting it to be that good when they were done. After they finish the next leg, it will give me about 2 more miles of ride, which is great.

    And to top it all off, the waters have finally receded and I could ride the whole trail without detours or carrying my bike through shin deep water.

  5. 5.

    Bobby Thomson

    You are obviously not married. Never take a closeup photo of a female’s behind, if said female has a certain quantity of junk in the trunk.

  7. 7.

    Litlebritdifrnt

    It just does my heart good Cole, to know that you have rescued not only Lily but now Rosie. I cannot thank you enuf. My only worry is that in ten years time or so we are going to be reading a post entitled “Lily has lost her best friend” or vice versa. And we are all going to be crying to the very depths of our boots, and utterly sick. On the bright side we have those ten years to look forward to. (I have had fourteen glorious years with my Lucky and I know that every day is a bonus, if I came home tomorrow and he had gone I would not be surprised, yet everyday I come home and he is there to greet me. One day at a time)

  9. 9.

    LesGS

    I’ve never thought Lily to be overweight, but it’s amazing how much more svelte she looks standing next to Rosie. Maybe she’ll help play those extra few pounds off her new sis.

    And yes, more Tunch, please.

  13. 13.

    Mnemosyne

    I’m confused by those last two pictures. Are you saying that Lily managed to wear out Rosie the JRT, or are the names reversed by mistake? Lily looks like she’s the one taking a rest.

  14. 14.

    QuaintIrene

    Lily looks like she’s the one taking a rest.

    Either that or Lily’s doing her version of the ‘play bow.’

  15. 15.

    Mary G

    I haz a happy. All that running should slim Rosie down some.

    Yes, please to see Tunch too.

  16. 16.

    MikeJ

    Will the next dog be named Violet? How many small, flower named dogs can one bachelor own? Stay tuned to find out!

  17. 17.

    John Cole

    @Mnemosyne: Lily was doing her play bow and tryin to entice Rosie to play. Rosie was panting.

    Lily has been in training for the last few months with all day doggie day care with Ginny and Guesly.

  19. 19.

    SiubhanDuinne

    Here’s why I love this blog. 94 posts about pesto followed by 87 posts about whole wheat pasta followed by 15 and counting posts on dogs.

  20. 20.

    eemom

    see how much happier we all are when we talk about doggies instead of………that other yucky stuff?

    All Doggies & Kitties & Babies, All The Time. A blog whose time has come.

  23. 23.

    Mary G

    @MikeJ: If he follows the sisters on Keeping up Appearances,” he has Violet, Daisy, and the horrible Hyacinth to go. She will have to be a neurotic poodle, of course.

  24. 24.

    JimPortlandOR

    Rosie to Lilly (in first sniffing pic):

    Does this angle to the camera make my ass look fat?

    Lilly: John won’t notice as long as you don’t fart in his face.

  28. 28.

    flukebucket

    This post made me think of Lily, Rosemary and The Jack of Hearts.

    Listening to it right now for the first time in quite a few years.

    I had forgotten how wonderful it is.

  30. 30.

    wonkie

    I love your doggies. Thanks for the pet posts; they make me happy!

    I went down to the dog rescue today to play with the dogs and injured myslef. I ws kicking a deflated soccorball around for the pooches to chase and I didn’t realize that the ball has settled on a small stump. My intention was to give the ball one hell of a kick but what actually happened is I slammed my big toe so hard I think I backed the bones up inside my foot. I let out a scream and fell down. All of the dogs ran up and jumped on me, licking my face and jostling wach other which was sweet but resulted in more injuries. Now I’m lying here on the couch with my foot in the air wishing I had some vicodin.

  31. 31.

    SiubhanDuinne

    And must add: I know that before long there will be another political or media outrage or some public mock-worthy event. I love those too.

    I admit to skimming most of the soccer threads — I’m not a huge sports fan ( /understatement of the year) and there are only so many hours in a day. But the ones I have followed carefully, I’ve come away better informed, and am in awe of randinho’s knowledge.
    There was something in the last couple of days that made me wonder where the hell is dengre, but now (SD +2) I can’t remember what it was.

    Also too, has anyone seen aimai recently? Seems to me she hasn’t posted in a while (unless she’s frequenting those soccer threads I barely skim).

  32. 32.

    jl

    Thanks to Cole for the cute dogs pics.

    Would like an honest report of who eats first: Tunch or Cole?

    How does Tunch signal Cole the cat’s meal was satisfactory and it is permissible fitting and proper for the human to eat?

  33. 33.

    asiangrrlMN

    Awwwww! Lily and Rosalita are so cute together (and yes, I’m going to keep calling her that. I like that name)! They look so happy and contented. I will say, though, that Rosalita is a bit…hefty. That’s OK. Her new life with Lily and the G dogs will whip her into shape.

    And, please please please post a Tunch pic/video, I’m jonesin’ for my boy.

    @General Egali Tarian Stuck: That’s a stunning picture!

  34. 34.

    CynDee

    A little sniffing around by the creek:

    The Deer and the Miniature Rhino.

    (I don’t mean that in a bad way. JRT people will know that a JRT with Rosie’s build, can, when running or tracking, from behind look just like a little white rhino thumping and clunking forward in their rough little trot. There is nothing like such a sight. Nothing.)

    Thanks for the pics, John! They are GREAT! We’llbegood We’llbegood!

  36. 36.

    Lisa K.

    That’s so cute. I wish my dog would play with other dogs. I take her to the dog park and she just sniffs around for a while and then comes and sits next to me. Kind of defeats the purpose of bringing her out to play.

  37. 37.

    Violet

    Those pictures are too cute. Adorable puppies.

    I didn’t know Lily had been in training at doggie daycare. She’s a superstar!

  42. 42.

    burnspbesq

    @Carrie:

    “Zaftig” is the word you’re looking for to describe Rosie. Yiddish is such a wonderful language.

  43. 43.

    jl

    @asiangrrlMN: What you say is true. But I want Cole to go through the ritual humiliation of reporting the details. Because I just care so dang much!

    About Cole, of course, as well as his animals.

  44. 44.

    RedKitten

    @Mnemosyne:

    Cute Overload got there first.

    Nope. Cute Overload does not post behbeh pictures. On the few occasions that they have, they’ve received a barrage of pissed-off comments about how they come to the blog for cute ANIMALS, not yucky, disgusting, creepy, freakish human babies.

    It gets a little weird….

    Speaking of human babies, creepy or otherwise, SamKitten is now saying “Da-da”.

    Thanks a lot, kid. I’m just the one who went through the Labour From Hell(c). Your father had the FUN part.

  45. 45.

    Comrade Colette Collaboratrice

    @wonkie: OOOWWWWW! That sounds awful. Do you have lots of ice, or, failing that, lots of iced beverages?

  46. 46.

    wonkie

    Comrade, I’m a real believer in self medication, so yeah, iced drinks.

    One of the comic aspects of the fiasco is the way the incident looked to the other volunteers. They heard a scream and saw me disappear under a pile tht included two pit mixes, a malamute, a boxer mix and two Aussie mixes. All dogs that were known to be friendly but the volunteers came a-runnin’ any way!

  47. 47.

    eemom

    @flukebucket:

    I thought of that too. Was gonna suggest the next doggie be named Jack of Hearts. Except then he’d have to be a boy doggie. Whatevah.

  54. 54.

    Svensker

    @djork:

    Sorry to hear that. Best wishes and hopes for you and your kitty.

    @ John, I think Rosie already looks slimmer than she did a week ago. And Lily looks so cute sliding around doing “come play!” that I want to cry. Yippee!

  55. 55.

    djork

    He’ll be having a biopsy done either tomorrow or next week and I’ll know sometime after that.

    My sister, who is a vet, was treating him for what we thought was a really nasty, persistent sinus infection. She found some cellular anomalies in some tests, so she’s thinking it may be cancer.

    I’m really worried.

  58. 58.

    jibeaux

    asiangrrrl wants me to share pics of the new puppy, Graham. He’s very cute and affectionate. He’s also not housebroken and when he’s wound up he puppy bites way too much, but we are working on those things. He was rescued from an abandoned litter of puppies.
    I tend to think he’s some sort of terrier/beagle mix, but I dunno.

  62. 62.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @Stuckinred #25:

    You know, I hadn’t thought about it, but I could wander over on Saturday. Have other commitments tomorrow and Sunday.
    (That sounds very pompous and social butterflyish. In fact, I volunteered many weeks ago to work the political debates that begin either taping or airing live this weekend on GPTV. It’s an easy gig — greet the candidates and escort them to their green room, makeup, studio — rather fun because you know you’re chatting up the next governor or insurance commissioner or congresscritter or whatever — albeit in my volunteer role, the conversation is likely to be pretty anodyne.)

    Anyhow, re Athfest: let me look at Saturday’s schedule and let you know on whatever open thread presents itself tomorrow. If there’s any chance to meet up, that would be fun.

  63. 63.

    AhabTRuler

    @djork: You have my sympathies. My first cat, Martin, died of cancer. She was old enough that we didn’t want to do anything more than make her comfortable and happy for as long as we could, and help her along we couldn’t maintain the quality-of-life.

    Momo and Henri are sending warm, healing purrs.

  65. 65.

    Mnemosyne

    @djork:

    Ugh. Our cat Tashi died of cancer. In some ways, it was harder on us than it was on her because she fought it literally to the end. Less than 12 hours before she died, she was still pushing Boris away from the food dish.

    Hopefully you’ll have a good vet. Both our regular vet and the oncology vet were amazing and gave us great advice through the whole ordeal, even when their best advice was to just try to make her comfortable.

  66. 66.

    CaseyL

    What do you call it when you put the cursor over a photo and a caption appears? Those things, I get such a kick out of ’em. (Land Shark!) John, you should use ’em to tell a story some day; a story no one sees unless they let the cursor hover over the photos.

    Your doggy tales and Tales of Tunch are a high point of the day for me. Don’t ever stop posting them.

  68. 68.

    CaseyL

    @djork: I am so sorry to hear that.

    What kind of treatment options are workable for you? The good news is that we can offer just about any treatment we have for humans to animals (and only fair, since chances are the treatment was tested on animals first). The bad news is that some of those treatments are just amazingly expensive, and SFAIK none of the “pet insurance” policies covers the really expensive stuff, like cutting edge cancer treatment.

    I’ll keep my fingers crossed for good news for you and your kittie.

  71. 71.

    ms badger

    @Comrade Mary: That little collie is the best baby dog friend eveh! That was so much fun to watch. Bet both the baby and dog slept like logs after that romp.

  75. 75.

    JL

    If Gary Larsen knew whereof he drew, you’re sitting pretty, Cole.

    A nighttime scene in a typical backyard.

    A couple, with their dog, stands staring at the sky filled with UFO’s.

    The dog speaks: “At last they’ve returned”.

  76. 76.

    asiangrrlMN

    @djork: Oh, I’m sorry to hear this. Sending positive vibes your way. I hope it’s a false alarm; please keep us posted.

    @jibeaux: I said to send the pic to Cole so he could front-page those cuties! Graham is such a doll.

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