Wordy Wednesday

Hey, everydoggy! I know today is Wordless Wednesday, but I thought it would be unfair to just post a picture after such a long time with no posts. So, here's what I did today! The pictures are extra nice now! Chanelle is taking Digital Media 12, and she knows how to use a dSLR now!

I went for walkies with Chanelle and her friend Kathleen! It was Kathleen's birthday, so we walked up to the pizza place near our houses.

Kathleen took a long time getting the pizza.

A LONG TIME.

While we were waiting for the pizza, we went to Pet Planet! We saw these AMAZING dog bowls!

I think I'd look smashing eating out of a blue bowl, but they're a little bit expensive! Chanelle isn't exactly sure she wants to spend that much money on dog bowls. Phooey! While we were there, we also saw some really yummy smelling dried meat patties! I kept trying to steal them, but Chanelle kept catching me! Boo!

It was a fun day! Hopefully, tomorrow I'll have an even better day!

Back from the Dead!

Channi says, no more busies! We are finally back in the blogging business!

So we're wondering, what do you want to hear from me?

Do you want pics of my wonderful self and my adventures?

Bloggies about my most recent act of stoopid?

Do you want some games?!

What? We're a little confused and out of it! What do YOU want to see?

Keep us updated!

Happy New Year!!!

Happy New Year, every-doggy!! I have wonderful news! Channi has promised me that no matter how busy she gets, she will help me post at least once a week. I'm so excited! Channi says, this year we will have lots to blog about. She will be exercising me more so that I am slim again. She will be training me more so I can do more tricks. And she will be taking me more places so I can explore! Yay!

You might have noticed the blog has a new look. Channi decided she was going to give it a surprise make-over to make up for half a year of absence. I think it's looks great! The banner above is a tracing of the last banner photo, done all by hand with her new Wacom tablet and GIMP. And it's in our favorite colour! Also, Channi added some new pages to the blog. Click around and check them out!

Oh, joy! To be blogging again! I'm off to read some of your other wonderful blogs.

Grand Bisous!

Cookie

Hiatus. AGAIN!!!

I'm sorry to say I won't be blogging or checking up on other blogs for a bit. Channy is very busy. Plus, she's gone and lost her camera! How am I supposed to stick myself on my blog without that?! I don't fit in the scanner!
Oh well. Have a lovely time in the Dog Days of Summer, everyone!

Channy had time!

Yippee!

Channy had time for me today! She carefully counted out 30 treats (my training reward ration for each day). Then she trained with me!

We worked on "Look-it-me", "Don't Touch", "Take it", "Stay", and "Come". Come is my favorite. I always run towards her full blast, even if she doesn't have treats. But she's a little bit of a perfectionist and wants to make sure I always finished the "come" by doing a "sit" right in front of her. I have a nervous scooting habit (NOT BUM SCOOTING! just a kind of seated shuffle!) that I do when I see treats, so it's a little tricky.

I already know "sit", "off" (though I growl if I REALLY don't want to get off), "in", "out", "go to bed", and "let's go", but Channy says we still need to proof those ones. Proofing is making sure your dog can perform a command in any situation. Channy says "take it" and "look-it-me" are ready for proofing now too!

Maybe, after each command is proofed, I'll put up a video of me preforming commands. How fun!

And now for some random pictures of me.

Teehee!

This has always been my most favorite way to sleep, UPSIDE DOWN! (That's not really my bed, by the way. It's just my sofa-bed in Channy's room. I sleep in a crate.)

See! I even did it the very first night I slept here with my human family.

Well, it's time for my walkies now!

Grand Bisous!
Cookie

OMD, CHANNY, YOU IDIOT.

Okay, caaaalm down, Cookie. You are a Good Sport. A Goood Sport. Aaaah . . .

. . .

RAWR, CHANNY IS AN IDIOT!!!
OoooooOOOOHH! I'm so angry!

Channy, my primary people, has been such a slacker lately. She's fallen SO behind in schoolwork, that she had to take a VERY long hiatus from helping me with my blog!

Now I'm so behind on my blog reading that I'll NEVER catch up! -sigh-

I'll be giving you a summary of what I've been doing later. Right now, Channy has to go back to work. :(

I MISS YOU, SWEEPY!!!!!

Grand Bisous!
Cookie

The Mango Minster Experience

Well, MangoMinster has come to a close for this year, and it was a blast. I've met new friends, gone to Key West for the first time, and I won the Good Sport category!

All of this publicity has brought more followers to my blog, and has made me a sort of . . . celebrity! To celebrate, Channy wizzed me home really fast after the Good Sport winners were announced (I say winners because Zack and Frankie count as winners) to give me a brand new look and get me ready for the press!

To my amazement, Vague wanted me on the cover of their magazine!

They also interviewed me!

MD: Cookie! Congratulations on your win!
CM: Thank you, Mary, I appreciate that!
MD: So, I hear you're a shy dog. How was it being smashed in with a group of dogs you don't even know, and then suddenly be thrown into the spotlight?
CM: Oh, I was a little freaked out at first. (laugh) So many other dogs, and, I swear, half of them belonged in the Cracker Insane category . . . (laugh) Wow. Yeah, that was a little bit . . . exhilarating, but I tried my best to take it like a trouper.
MD: Like a true Good Sport!
CM: Heh, yeah. (laugh)
MD: What did you think of that Mr. Wild Dingo?
CM: I'm still . . . not sure . . . what I think. That was just . . . wow. I think Mango was testing us Good Sports there. (laugh)
MD: (laugh) I noticed you were not in sight when the Good Sports were at that collar-optional bar. Were you hiding, or had you already gone in?
CM: Oh, good lord . . . (laugh). No, no, I wasn't going anywhere near that place! I mean, I go collarless at home, of course . . . Papa doesn't like the noise my tags make, but . . . in public?! How racy!
MD: You? Collarless? I was under the impression you were the kind of girl to bathe in your collar.
CM: (laugh) Oh, please . . .
MD: So, what are your thoughts on Juno's after show interview?
CM: I was . . . flabbergasted when I read the interview. I . . . To be recognized like that . . . like this . . . That and winning all together made me want to live like an even better Good Sport. That and, also, seeing Clive in the ring. He's just an inspiration. I'm so glad he won Best In Show. He deserves it. (V)

After Best In Show, Channy encouraged me to hold a press conference. There was something really weird going on with my hair that day. There was just this one really curly bit that wouldn't lay flat . . . I had to tie it back with a blue scrunchie. Hmmm.


Reporter: Cookie! Can you tell us why you didn't have a speech for Best in Show? Was what Mango said really true?
Cookie: Heh, well, no . . . Mango was very clever in covering it up for me, but, in the hustle and bustle, I forgot to write a speech. However, there wouldn't have been any use in that, because Clive was destined to win. I was rooting for him.
Reporter: What are you plans with Sweepy this Valentine's Day?
Cookie: Well, normally, I wouldn't say, but, I honestly don't know, so I don't see any harm in telling you that! (laugh)
Reporter: Are you going to be appearing in any other events?
Cookie: Oh, hopefully. I had so much fun!

That's it for now! I'd better make my blog rounds before it gets too late!