Snowstorm #1

This has been our first true "snow" of the season ... complete with schools closed, high winds, and nasty driving conditions.  It was also my bulldog's first real experience in a lot of snow and she LOVED it!  She's spent the past few years in the snow-less area of Phoenix, Arizona - so I totally had fears of having to shovel her somewhere to go to the bathroom, or worse her refusing to go outside!

Here she is insisting that she walk through the deepest part of the 2ft drift outside the apt ... yes it comes all the way over her legs!

Monster!

I was totally going with Bayley's "heavy breathing" as a great reason why she should be a MONSTER for Trick-or-Treat ... couple that with the fact that PetSmart has their costumes on clearance for $3 this week and you have one cool looking blue monster.  And then I realized it went perfectly with my blog name ... so enjoy - Bayley in her "Monster Suit"

Adventures With Bulldogs

A couple months ago I was presented with the opportunity to get a bulldog.  I've NEVER had a dog and honestly, there's only one kind of dog I've ever wanted and that's an English Bulldog.  Through a few connections there were two dogs available, a boy and a girl.  I took the girl and she has been wonderfully amazing ... and what's even nicer is that her "boyfriend" lives just 3 minutes away and she gets to see him often.

In fact, the past few days we've been staying with her "boyfriend" while his family has been away.  They get along great ... well most of the time, but together can get themselves in lots of trouble.

Tonight happened to be one of those nights when they decided not to be well behaved.

As we passed another friendly dog they both decided to take off after it ... thats 60lbs in the left arm and 60lbs in the right arm bolting after another dog, unfortunately, they split around a tree ... and I was stuck in the middle.

Then just around the next corner I saw a terrible sight ... a 5lb chihuahua with about 5" ears running towards these two bulldogs, who together weigh almost as much as I do. Thinking quickly I knelt down and grabbed their collars and within moments I had been knocked to the ground.  As I'm getting up I hear the voice of a 3yr old say "do your doggies always knock you over like that?"  Resisting the urge to scream "only when they want to eat your doggie" I calmly ask him if he can take his dog back home ... his answer, "I can't pick up my doggie when I'm riding my bike" ... and once again I resist the urge to scream "but you would if you realized my dogs want to eat yours!" 

After about five minutes of being knocked around by two bulldogs trying to get the small dog the little boy's dad finally comes out and freaks out that I'm a stranger ... and all I really wanted to do was scream "please come get your dog!!!"

Oh what a night!  Bulldogs are a ton of FUN, but they sure are strong!!!