Why Rufus Is Not Allowed In The House At The Moment

It all started out innocent enough. Rufus and I were outside having a grand old time playing The Best Game Ever.



When out of the corner of his eye, he spotted IT.



Ooooh, I may look sweet and innocent...



He tried SO HARD to resist the temptation.

Must....not....give...in



But, alas, Rufus has the self-control of an eight-year-old child, and the poo was CALLING HIS NAME.



Poo is to Rufus what catnip is to kitties. See the possessed-Rufus-eye?



Ahhhh



I think it's safe to say he was very pleased with his new cologne.



Where was Stella during all of this, you might ask?

Off somewhere being stoic.

Why, It's A Major Award!

Two, as a matter of fact. And both of them are from our good friends at DOUBLE WOOF!

The first is from about a week ago (oops, my bad about the delay!), and it's...



The rules are:
1) Accept the award, post it on your blog together with the name of the person who has granted the award, and his or her blog link.
2) Pass the award to up to 15 other blogs that you've newly discovered. Remember to contact the bloggers to let them know they have been chosen for this award.

I pass it along to:
*Pooches For Peace
*Life With Dogs
*Two Dachshunds and a Puppy
*Dughallmor Beagles

Now for Number Two:


Here are the rules attached to this award:

1. Link the person who tagged you.
2. Copy the image above, the rules and the questionnaire in this post.
3. Post this in one or all of your blogs.
4. Answer the four questions following these Rules.
5. Recruit at least seven (7) friends on your Blog Roll by sharing this with them.
6. Come back to BLoGGiSTa iNFo CoRNeR (PLEASE DO NOT CHANGE THIS LINK) at http://bloggistame.blogspot.com and leave the URL of your Post in order for you/your Blog to be added to the Master List.
7. Have Fun!

Questions & Your Answers:

The person who tagged you: Rufus & Indie
His/her site’s title and url:DOUBLE WOOF! http://doublewoof.blogspot.com/
Date when you were tagged: May 12, 2009
Persons you tagged (see below)

...and my little dog, too!
Laney
Crazy Coulee & Little Lacey

An Apple A Day...

Keeps the doctor away...too bad doggies can't have apples. It would have been a double bonus for Stella, too, because apples keep dentists away, too. I'm a clean-teeth-freak. Yeah, the rumors are true--they exist.

Stella's getting a bit, er, less young, so I took her to the vet on Friday to get her first dental done. I signed all the necessary paperwork, and as I was leaving...

Stella gave me the most desperate "Don't leave me!" look I have ever seen, and then she was scrambling on the linoleum floor trying to follow me out. I felt like the most terrible doggy-mommy on the face of the planet.

You know what they say about payback, though.

When I went to go pick Stella up, the vet tech brought her out from the back room. Stella hustled up to a complete stranger who was paying at the reception desk, and she was wagging her butt so hard and acting like she was going home with this lady.

The vet tech was like, "Uh, no, Stella...Your mommy's over here."

I couldn't believe how much of my dog they shaved just to clean her teeth. I can just imagine all the tubes and things poked and prodded into my dog just so she can have nice pearly whites. I'm glad the same process isn't used on humans. Her teeth are nice and sparkly white, now, and I was relieved to find out everything is in good shape. I don't know about you guys, but I have one of those dogs where it seems like every time I drop her off at the vet's office, they call me halfway through the day to say that she has some other thing wrong with her. Le sigh.

Stella with her patches:

Please Help

Please help save these dogs!

♥ from Stella & Roo

Fights 'N' Floods

We'll start with the fights. Play fights, of course. Cuz doggy-mommies are against real dog fighting, right PoochesForPeace?

Poor orange birdy had a bad night.
Rufus was rather concerned for his well-being.

Stella, don't hurt him! He's my fave!



Um, I think I better hang on to him for you. You know, just in case.



Stellers tried to make a break for it down the hall, but Rufus wasn't having any of it. Check out his rebound off the wall.



IF YOU COME ANY CLOSER TO ORANGE BIRDY I WILL EAT YOUR HEAD



Stella has no shame.

And then our street turned into a sewer. Oh, the joys of living in the country. Not.



All of this will basically end up in our basement in the next few hours, and let's just say, it's not JUST rain water.



Hey, mom, my dream came true! A giant doggie swimming pool in MY OWN FRONT YARD!

Um, Rufus, try no.

Fantastic Fridays

Today is absolutely Gorgeous with a capital "G"--the sun is out, the wind is keeping it breezy, not a cloud in the sky! We went outside to work on my Flickr 52 Weeks For Dogs Challenge, which was to capture one of Stella's smiles, a near impossible feat sometimes. She always looks so serious.

Rufus, OTOH, loves to smile, especially after a tasty snack of grass clippings.

Oh, hai!



Ooooh this ball tastes so good.



Ever since Rufus got, er, snippered, he's been obsessed with balls. It's the only thing he fetches consistently. I caught him thinking wishfully about balls.

Oh, balls. I missez you.



bwah hahaha! That makes me laugh!



He's lost his family jewels...priceless!



To get a real StellaSmile, I bringded out da COOKIEZ!



Uh, Rufus, I think you forgot something. (note the ball in background)

You bringded out da COOKIEZ, lady! Here I come!!!



I can haz cookiez?



Plz?



Then I got the Cookiez Stare Of Death until I relented and gave her what she wanted.



But...but...it's so LITTLE!



She eated her cookiez anyway, and got all old-person-missing-her-dentures on me.



Hey, Stella, did you leave any for me?

Up Close & Personal

This week was a bit hectic for me. I was a wee bit sick at the beginning of it, ants laid siege to my kitchen in the middle of it (shudder), and I'm pumped to do landscaping at the end of it. And now, for the dogs.

Rufus tried to help me get rid of the ants this week by sniffing them to death. Not so great for his sinuses.



Did I get one stuck up there, mom? Can you see it?



And if Rufus gets a booger check, Stella wants one, too.



Rufus has requested that I show you his picture of his rollover. He is quite proud of it, and an exuberant roller-over-er. In fact, he usually does the first half of his rollover in midair as he is throwing himself down onto the ground.



Yay for sunshine finally :)

This Easter, Watch Out For Posers!

They can be very sneakyz lying in the grass and all, ready to pounce.



They will steal your Easter eggz and your groovy little yellow Easter bucket and say it's theirs.



What...you think this basket is YOURS? Psh! I dare you to try to come over here and take it. Just try.



So this Easter, make sure your Easter bunny is real.



I leave you with a rose from Andykins. (And it wasn't even from messing up!)

Pretty Little Angel Eyes

This entry was semi-inspired by Crazy Coulee and Little Lacey's blog.

Before.



After I auto corrected white balance & increased the levels.



After I duplicated the layer, desaturated new layer, added layer mask (white), and painted Stella's eye black.



After I added a filter (artistic->softglow)



I put the coolest one first, because I'm still trying to get the second set right. This second image was also shot from the hip.

Before.



After I desaturated the image, added a new (transparent) layer, and painted Stella's eye blue with a round brush. I also changed the layer settings to "burn."



I highly recommend GIMP. It rocks. Yeah.

Sticky Situation

Every day, I learn something about my dogs. Today, it was the extent to which Rufus LOVES sticks.

ZOMG MOM I FOUND A STICK!



Sticks give Rufus super-hero-flying powers.



Sticks make Rufus look like he is high (on life, of course).



Dun dun dun...



You lookin at my stick?



It's mine. Go get your own (so I can steal it from you)



I said "my stick!"


(Rufus, I do not condone violence.)

This week's 52 Weeks For Dogs Challenge on Flickr was to shoot from the hip. It was a blast, I tell you! You should definitely try it sometime.



And as always, Stella gives me the best come-on-lady-are-you-serious expressions ever.



You want to see my sexy face? Do I get a stick?



And now, for a little shameless self-promotion. I started a new blog because I felt like I was imposing on Stella&Roo's space by putting up wedding pictures. This is my StellaStar Photography blog where I will post non-doggy picturage from now on. With captions, of course.

In other news, Rufus has officially learned "roll over" and "high five." Roofy, you do mommy proud.

Ps. Does anyone know if dogs should not eat sticks? I'm thinking that some trees are probably poisonous to dogs, and I'm almost positive I caught Roo actually eating the stick. I can teach him not to eat the stick, if it's bad for him...