Let me tell you all about the little terroist 08/22/14

Hi pals, Puffy here...


Let me tell you all about the little terrorist, um, I mean my new fursister Mei-Ling.  After Coco Rose passed away and momma was looking for a new Shih Tzu to add to our family, she was hoping that which ever one was picked would have similar traits such as being BOSSY, SMART, BEAUTIFUL, and LOVED BY ME. 

As you know, momma originally asked for a solid black, female Shih Tzu, but the momma pup didn't have any, instead, there was one black and white female, and one male and female puppies that were gold/brindle/white.  Momma chose the gold/brindle/white female and hoped for the best.

It has been almost two weeks since Mei-Ling has moved in and she already has the nick-name "Little Terrorist".    Ole smacky paws himself, Simba Blue runs from her.  Yes, you read that right!  He has managed to smack her once but all it did was make her run after him more - BOL, BOL.  I should add that although Simba smacked her good, she wasn't hurt.

I have to admit that the first week of her arrival was quite difficult.  She was all over me like glue and chewing on anything she could get her sharp, little teeth on.  I growled, and snapped at her "GO AWAY, I'M NOT YOUR MOMMA", but she didn't seem to care.   She followed me around, barked in my face, grabbed my ears, jumped up on my sore back, took whatever stuffie I was playing with away, climbed up in my doggy bed with me without even asking if it was okay, hogged up all the dinner, etc...  About the only time I had peace and quite was night time because Mei-Ling wasn't allowed on the bed since she was using it for a potty place.  Come night time, I slept on the bed with momma and Mei-Ling chose to sleep under the big bed even though there was a nice doggy bed BY the big bed.

So, lets fast forward to today - okay?  I am happy to report that Mei-Ling and I are getting along very well.  I still growl at her occasionally when I have to scold her about something, but on the whole, we are doing just fine.  She still sticks to me like glue, but I have to admit that she is very charming and lovable. 

 Here we are outside in the front yard.  Notice I am watching her real good to make sure she stays out of trouble.

 The things I have to put up with...Must she really climb all over me?

 

 I wanted to go piddle, but Mei-Ling was in the way and being a good big brother I chose not to piddle on her - BOL.

 Here we are playing - yes, I have decided she is fun...

 Well, I really could do without the ear tugs and bites...

 She is my own personal shadow...

 Where I go, she is sure to follow...

 I had to make sure she wasn't putting gravel or sticks in her mouth...

 Where is the little terrorist going now?

 OMD - this big brother stuff is tiring...

Thank goodness daddy came and rescued me by picking up Mei-Ling.

 

The humans are still having issues with Mei-Ling going potty where she isn't supposed to so they are now doing crate training.  Mei-Ling is allowed out of the crate to go potty, eat and play with me, but when it's bedtime, she is placed in a nice comfortable crate to sleep in until she learns to do her business on the potty pad or outside, not on the floors, rugs and bed.  If anyone has any suggestions on potty training that works, please leave momma a comment as momma wants Mei-Ling to be part of the family, not locked up in the crate....Thank you.

Potty training 08/15/14

Hello - Mei-Ling here...

Living with humans and that old white dog and big cat is hard.  Momma gave me some reading material and told me I would be quizzed on it in a week. 

Two books in one week - she has to be kidding - right?

I got distracted and decided to chew on my brush...

You can see I'm studying real hard - BOL, BOL

Notice there aren't any sheets or blankets on the bed because I had piddled on them right before momma gave me the books to read - BOL, BOL.

I'd rather PLAY than study...

Puffy, will you play with me?

What are you looking for Puffy?  Can I play?  PLAY WITH ME!!!! 

 

Being a big brother is hard work...

 

Mei-Ling is home 08/14/14

Hi pals, Puffy and Mei-Ling here...

Momma had written a blog entry on Sunday but somehow after she downloaded the pictures the entry vanished into cyber space and everything was lost.  She got frustrated and didn't attempt to re-do the entry so now we have to play catch up to let everyone know what has been going on.

On Saturday the 9th, momma and daddy got up real early and headed to Arizona to pick up Mei-Ling.  I had to stay at home because momma was going to hold Mei-Ling on the trip home and she didn't want me to be jealous, plus it is really HOT in Arizona so leaving me in the truck for any time was out of the question.  So, I was left in the house for over 12 hours while the humans were off and brought back the little monster.  Okay, she isn't a little monster, just a annoying BABY.

This is the selfie momma took of Mei-Ling on her journey to her forever home.

 

 Here I am meeting Mei-Ling for the very first time.  She wasn't afraid of me or nothing!  In fact, she jumped up on me and wanted to play and barked in my face.  OMD - it's a little Coco reincarnated...

 We were doing the polite sniffing but once that was over, she was all over me...

I'm backing away from her...

 

She made herself right at home with MY stuffies - She didn't even bother to ask if she could play with them, instead, she ran up to the stuffie pile and took what she wanted - this is NOT good!

Momma doesn't know why Mei-Ling looks like she is black and white because she is really brown/gold/white. 

Finally, Mei-Ling is settling down for a nap.

Anyhow, Mei-Ling is a LOT like Coco but with more energy.  She hops around like a little bunny and loves to play.  Her personality is very sweet but she has those tiny, but very sharp, little baby teeth and she wants to chew on MY tail and anything else she can put in her mouth.  I have growled at her and even snapped at her to tell her to LEAVE ME ALONE, but she doesn't care.  She has even tried to play with Simba's tail and he did the ole smacky paw maneuver and hit her but all it managed to do was incite her to play with his tail again - BOL.  She does not appear to miss her birth mother, siblings or other humans who were taking care of her.  She hasn't cried or whimpered once as she is too buy pestering me.

She isn't allowed to sleep on the big bed with momma and me because she has peed and pooped on it several times, so she has to sleep on the floor or on one of the three pet beds in the bedroom.  Momma told daddy he could take her for the night and guess what Mei-Ling did...yup, she peed on HIS bed too - BOL, BOL.  Poor momma has been washing the bedding a lot lately - BOL.

Marilynn here - Mei-Ling is a very sweet little puppy who appears to be well socialized.  She isn't afraid of the thunderstorms that have been rolling through, has met Sadie and Hime and terrorized, um, I mean played with them, and took a real liking to Puffy although her energy level is much greater than his is.  I think as she matures Puffy will begin to like her.  I have a feeling that Mei-Ling is going to be very vocal and right in Puffy's face just like Coco was when he did something that Coco didn't like. 

It's been years since we have had a puppy and although we have to go though all the training again, I am positive I made a great choice in getting Mei-Ling.  Her hair is thick and luxurious and her coloration is unique.   I'm really glad we didn't wait for an all black female like I originally wanted.  I think if Coco were still here she would have really like Mei-Ling.

What if Mei-Ling doesn't like me? 08/05/14

Hi pals, Puffy here...

I am under a lot of pressure lately because all I hear about is how I have to set a good example for my baby fursister Mei-Ling.  Just yesterday I got in trouble twice because I piddled in places that I am not allowed to piddle at.  Momma was really, really, R E A L L Y upset when she discovered that I had piddled on the big bed after she had washed all the sheets and blankets.  I was lucky because momma has a liquid cover over the mattress so at least nothing got on it - BOL. If that wasn't enough, I also managed to piddle on one of the new rugs in the living room.  Momma had to re-wash everything and I heard her tell daddy that she is going to take me to the vet for a wee-wee check up.  Do I need to say "I can hardly wait"?  Having someone stick something down my wee-wee hose is NOT my idea of fun.

Of course momma didn't stay mad at me for too long - how could she with all my cuteness?

Yup, it was me who piddled...

This is me laughing...

 

Okay, enough about me, how about an update on my baby fursister Mei-Ling?  She is scheduled to be officially adopted and allowed to move in with us THIS coming Saturday!!!!  Daddy and momma are going to drive to Arizona to pick her up Saturday afternoon.

 

Today, the humans who are taking care of her took her to the vet for a puppy check-up and shots.  The vet says she is healthy so everything is good to go.  Do you want to see her newest picture?  Of course you do...

 

It's nice to see she finally got out of her food bowl - BOL, BOL



We are told that Mei-Ling likes to play.  I sure hope she will play with me...

 

Puffy

Mei-Ling might be a food hog 07/24/14

Hi pals, Puff Darby here...

We go the following photo of 5 week old Mei-Ling and the breeder tells us that my new fursister loves the food bowl so much that she sleeps in it.

The black blur in the bottom left corner is Mei-Ling's natural momma Lucy.  Notice Mei-Ling has food all over her pretty little face - BOL, BOL.  I bet she is going to hog the food just like Coco was.

Mei-Ling didn't want her picture taken but one thing for sure, momma is going to be dressing her up and taking lots of pictures so she better get used to it.

Three more weeks until we make the trip to Arizona to pick Mei-Ling up.  It's going to be nice to have a puppy around so I can say SHE piddled on the rug, NOT ME - BOL, BOL.

I can't leave comments on some Blogs 07/19/14

Hi pals, Puffy here,

I have been having issues leaving comments on some of my pals blogs.  I find the comment box and have momma type in what I want to say but when she clicks on the post button, the comments go away as does what she typed.  This has happened on my pal Misty's page and momma wanted to leave a comment about her momma's China pictures, and on Demon Flash Bandit's pages.  We don't know what is going on or how to correct this matter.  We have no problems posting on other Blogs.  Does this happen to others and if so, how is it corrected?

For my Dogster/Catster pals 07/17/14

Hi pals,  Marilynn here - Coco Rose and Puff Darby's mom...

The following was written right after Dogster/Catster announced that they were closing the Community pages of their site and Coco was still alive and appeared to be quite healthy.  I posted this entry and photo this morning and as predicted, Coco's pages have been removed (I haven't tried Puffy's pages but I suspect his has been removed also).  Anyhow, I hope you enjoy it.

Good-Bye Dogster/Catster

Tap...Tap...Tap...”Snort, coughs, snorts...”

Puffy runs up to Coco and yanks the cookie out of her mouth and runs off with it.

Tap...Tap...Tap...”Testing, One, two, three”

A loud squeal occurs and Coco drops the microphone which causes a deafening noise.

Flicker walks over and whispers in Coco's ear “Girlfriend, you need to talk without food in your mouth and please, don't ever drop the microphone again – okay?”

“Okay, sorry.”

Coco picks up the microphone and walks to the edge of the platform.

“Puffy! I'm going to get you after my speech so you better find a real good place to hide and MY cookie better not be in your stomach.”

Coco looks out into the crowd and is surprised to see so many pups and kitties  from all different areas standing around to give their tributes to Dogster/Catster/

“Pals, we are gathered here today to pay our final respects to our friends Dogster/Catster. Coco lowers her head in silent respect. The crowd stops barking and does the same. After a moment, she again starts talking.

“I would like to keep this on a more or less happy note and let everyone who has something to say come up here an bark after I am through. My fondest memories here at Dogster was my FREE Gizmo (and Luke) campaign. It was one of my proudest events as I was able to spread the word and gather pups from all over the site to point out that poor Ms. Gizmo was stuck in the Dog of the Week spot and Luke in the Cat of the Week spots for well over one month. One voice wasn't enough on this campaign and it took many to finally get them free. My campaign started in earnest on September 7^th , 2011 with many pups barking the FREE GIZMO (and Luke) slogan to Headquarters. It ended on September 22, 2011, when Dogster released GIZMO put ME in the Dog of the Week spot (Luke was also released)! I wasn't out to get nominated to take over Gizmo spot as fame and fortune are not my thing. A nice box of milk bones would have been enough. And speaking of Milk Bones, Puffy you better bring my cookie back!”

Coco clears her throat and drinks from the water bowl on the platform...

“There have been many good times at this site and now with the changes that SAY Media is incorporating, we have found ourselves homeless, tossed out like yesterday's garbage. Luckily, we are a group of resourceful pups and kitties and we were not scattered to the wind. Instead we held fast and spoke among ourselves on different options that we could look into.

Some pals chose to go to Facebook where other Dogster/Catster members had already gone once fleas and ticks started popping up on the Dogster/Catster pages. Others discovered that they could do their own BLOG and invite their pals to follow along. Within days, Fizzy and Rudy set up a forum page where us abandoned pups/kitties could share our thoughts and continue on as before. Pals were in a hurry to secure private emails, phone numbers, Facebook names and even BLOG and Forum sites so that they could stay in contact with one another.

During this whole desertion, we discovered there were many smart pups/kitties among us. Abby and Buddy's daddy wrote a wonderful set of instructions telling us how to copy our Dogster/Catster pages so we would not loose our photos and diaries. I hear that he also has a set of instructions on how to copy the videos but as of yet I have not tired them.

Finley and Whitley proved to be power dogs when it came to doing the BLOGS. They stopped everything they were doing to help many pals through the process. I know for a fact that they had to walk my momma through some of the steps because, well, what can I say, poor momma is technically challenged. Finley and Whitley you girls are much more than pool ball players, you're really smart.

Flicker helped momma find a program that she had lost when her computer crashed. Momma had searched and searched but the exact program wasn't to be had. Within minutes, Flicker knew exactly what momma was looking for and sent the link to her. Thank you again Flicker! Momma now has it safely downloaded onto two computers so she won't loose it again.

Hershey, also was instrumental on helping momma find a lost set of instructions that she needed. Does this prove how inept my momma can be? Thank you Hershey for always being there for us.

Zoe our pal from Idaho is another computer smart pup who has had the luck, or bad fortune, to have to walk momma through some of the computer stuff. Thank you Zoe for everything you have done, not only for us, but for other pups as well.

Before I turn over the microphone for you to share your own memories, I would also like to remind recall one more of my own Dogster memory - the bumper stickers Dogster/Catster gave away. Surely you all remember them...they were quite small and it was the Dogster/Catster logo with the paw print on it. Well, we did send out for a couple but never used any of them. Heck, they were quite small and we were in the process of moving from California to New Mexico. Somehow they got “lost” except for one that momma had tried to BLING out by putting rhinestones for the paw print. She was going to put this bumper sticker on our Pupmobile, but with everything else going on, it just never happened.”

“We waited to see pictures of what other pups and kitties did with their bumper sticker and can only guess many, like momma, never sent in photos of having used them because although Dogster/Catster said they would publish the photos we never saw any.”

“With Dogster/Catster's closing of everything except for the magazine, I would like to say that I have finally found the appropriate place to put my BLINGED out Dogster bumper sticker and I have SAY Media to thank for this.”

Coco hops off the platform and runs over to the over head projector and throws a switch. There for everyone to see on the stadium sized screen was the bumper sticker. The crowd starts howling and meowing as they see where Coco has put it.

“Now pals, I must quickly ask any of you to make your comments and then stand back because I' pretty certain I will be thrown off of Dogster.” – BOL, BOL

“I love you all and hope we will stay in touch. Dogster it has been a pleasure to play at your site for all these years but the site as we know it is gone. Good luck to the Watchdog and Techno dog and hope Say Media treats you better than they did us.”

Coco puts down the microphone and goes off looking for Puffy...