Doggy Dundee

Chase and Claire – Celebrating Birthdays Together!

Chase and I are sending a big “shout out” to all dog and human Aquarians as we all celebrate our birthdays together.

Both of us -Chase and Claire) share a doggy birthday, so there’s ample reason why Chase and I act so much alike. Chase and I both believe life is meant to be happy-and is- though I (Claire) do have to admit that Chase actually lives this every single moment, while I (sigh…) lapse.

Our first mutual gift to all of you is this advice: Live each day in the moment and don’t create a future structured on a past that doesn’t even exist! instead create a present and future on the finest!

And (Gift #2), remember to give and receive doggy kisses!

AND (Gift #3) is that if you haven’t already done so, download a “Good Doggy” certificate from this site by clicking on the “Subscribe” tab and scrolling down to the certificate. Once the certificate is downloaded you will - once and for all – prove to all that you are a certified “Good Doggy.”)  Happy birthday, Aquarians!

Unplanned Walk Leashes Stray Hound Dog

Good Day, Mates!

Leftovers on the stove tonight, and we couldn’t live another minute without aluminum foil, so I leashed Chase for a quick walk to the corner market. Stubborn – or instinctive? – girl that she is, instead of coming right home, Chase refused to take my lead and pulled me back toward the post office like a determined sled dog. Once there, I’m shuffling around impatient like, waiting for Chase to stop rolling on the grass when (naturally) I spot eyes reflecting off the street lamp and the outline of a large stray dog  begins coming into view. Okay, so we’re again fulfilling our mission of finding stray dogs. Thanks Chase.

It’s a hound. A large hound. Maybe a Tree Walker Hound? Reminds me of Jenny (see pic) but  this post-office-lawn-prowling-pooch is taller, larger, and obviously male.

Instinct tells me Chase will spook this woofer, so I lead Chase into the post office lobby where she can wait behind the closed glass door. Back outside, I call the pooch and leash him with the extra leash I carry (as should every good Doggy Dundee!)

The leather collar’s secure, but there’s no tag. “What the heck should we do now?” I wonder, plunking myself down on the bench outside the post office. This big guy was marking everything in sight, so there was no way he was coming home with Doggy Dundee! A dog ID tag would have ensured this stray hound dog got home real quick, though. When will people learn?

Where’s A Cop When You Need One?

I knew the local police could take this woofer into the animal shelter’s locked overnight cage area, but where was a cop when you needed one? Answer – Right there as soon as I’d asked the question! The cruiser pulled up and the officer got out to check the lock on the skateboard park gate, but ended up with a large dog lounging on his back seat instead.

I’ll check on the woofer tomorrow, Sunday, when the shelter opens to the public at noon.  But it will have been a needlessly lonely and cold evening for that hound for two reasons: The owners didn’t keep him protected and secure, and also didn’t provide a secure tag with an address and phone number. Won’t the owner just love (not!) the fine he or she will have to pay to spring their dog. Lesson learned? Well, we can only hope.

A Rippin’ and Tearin’ and Kissin’ Doggy Christmas 2010

Good Day, Mates!

Christmas Day has always been a special day for Doggy Dundee. Doesn’t matter what has occurred during the days of the past year, Christmas always leads us to a great big, joyously decorated and ablaze tree in the living room, a steaming pot of hot coffee, and lots of prezzie’s decorated in wrapping paper to tear through (the tearin’ sound that so excites every doggy!), and holiday hugs and kisses, and an overwhelming sense of happiness and gratitude.

Happiness and gratitude are “in the moment” discoveries that buoy us every day – if we let them into our awareness; It’s a conscious decision to shake off those old habits of thought and focus and say “There is good right here and now” and allow that to be what we acknowledge and believe about ourselves and others.

And “in the moment” of 2010 Christmas morning, that particular year having been challenged financially and with employment concerns, the tree once again drew Doggy Dundee with awakened surprise and delight downstairs, as Chase happily tore through festive paper to discover delicious treats sent from friends and relatives, and then helped me “unwrap” (tear through?) my own.  We stepped outside in jammies to enjoy the almost balmy morning feeling that was settling over Talent, Oregon, and lounged in satisfaction.

Nothing can be better than knowing goodness – and goodness is love – most notably witnessed here with lotsa doggy Christmas kisses. So now, as 2011 has rolled in, Chase and I wish every being a delightful and actively inspired New Year filled with goodness every moment.