In Amazing Repose

Wow!

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving.

Did you?
We hope so.
Whether you celebrated Thanksgiving, or not.

We had

Perfect Weather.

and

We enjoyed

Family

Friends

Food

We took

Naps

and watched

the 83rd Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade

(Did you see Petey's Moma?)

We saw

Santa Claus in NYC

(We Believe!)

and

The Westminster Dog Show

We saw some of our buddies.

Was that you Stanny? Mitch? Noah? Bogart? Farfel?

You're looking mighty fine.

But how did you get in that box?

We watched

Miracle on 34th Street

(We still Believe!)

And we took more Naps

Ate more Food.

And

Went on really nice Walkies.

We were pooped pups.

I was one tired dude.

By late afternoon

I had to find a place to prop myself.

Close to the food.

Still

We enjoyed

Phone Calls

Text Messages

Multimedia Messages

(Love those digital photographs

They made us feel like we were there

with our friends and family

Even when miles separated us.)

We took still more Naps

Ate leftovers

and had one last taste

of Pumpkin Pie.

Eventually

we collapsed

into bed.

I snored.

Fergi wheezed.

We all had had too much to eat.

But we were happy.

Really happy.

And then

As if that wasn't good enough

The Next Morning

The Day After

A special Parcel arrived in the mail.

An early Christmas present from Moma,

she said.

But we were confused.

It had Butchy and Angel Snickers return address on it!

That's because their mama made us

Some custom-made Jammies!

Designed just for us

and made to fit!

In the colors she and Moma decided on!

Hunter green for me

(Moma says I look like a svelte athlete)

And a pretty feminine floral for Fergi

(She and her Sissie Asta can dress like twinnies now!)

And one really really special thing?

We could smell Butchy and Angel Snickers on them.

'Cause their Mama made them for us just recently

and she let both our friends sniff them.

That makes them even more special to us.

We hope it is a long long time

before Moma needs to wash them.

We LOVE our jammies.

We wear 'em like we were born in them.

They are cozy.

They fit like a glove

(No wonder!  They are custom-made!)

And we think we look adorable!

We just have to put in a plug.

Mama Lamb makes these to fit any doggie.

In all sorts of fabric.

We're pawsitive she'd make some for you.

Imagine.

All of us at a sleep-over.

A whole bunch of very comfy dogs.

Stylin'

Together.

Love

Jake

and

Fergi

Thankful for Our Friends

Well

He did it again.

Eric the Square Dog

left us panting and gasping for breath

after reading his Pressing News

in his last blogpost.

And with it

He passed on a new Award

originally created by our mutual pal

Petey.

It a Thankful Award.

An Acknowledgement of our Thanksgiving Blessings.

This week

and every week.

We've got so much for which to be thankful

Not the least of which are our blogging friends.

We're trying out best

to get this Award on its way

so it can circulate wide and far

this week

and on.

(We'll admit, we tend to let awards sit for a while

Sometimes a long while.

We're "bad."

But this one we're moving on.

As fast as possible!)

In thinking of friends

to whom to pass it on

we discovered that Max of South Africa

had awarded this to us, too.

(Thank you, Max.  It is an honor. You and your family are amazing friends)

So

according to the rules Petey told Eric

and Eric told us

and Max told us

we're passing this on to Five more Pals.

Nope.

Ten more pals.

"Cause we want to spread it wide and far.

Fast.

(Consequently, we're gonna be brief.

We could write paragraphs

about each of these blogging buddies.)

Here goes.

(Maybe, if we get lucky, we'll pass it to fifteen by the time we're done.

It would be easy!)

Maggie and Mitch the Airedales and Autumn the Wheelie

Whenever we visit them

We feel we've stepped into another world.

One of flowers and doll house memories.

Woodworking and barn raisings.

Ice cream and pizzas.

Homespun love and gentleness.

Pearl

Smoochable Pearly-Poo the Pug.

Who worries about chapped lips

Eating (chapstick)

And busies herself with

(in her words - we'd never assume this)

Sleeping Farting Snorting and Playing

Keeping her moma busy

and caring - a lot -

about animals in need.

Koobuss

Who dearly loves her grampa

(we've made him our honorary grampa

and he doesn't even know it)

and whose moma takes beautiful pictures

and decorates their home with tradition and love.

Plus, we're related.

By adoption.

Animal Lover, Quilt Lover

Our new friend.

Who offers a very personal and intimate perspective on life.

With honesty.

Genuineness.

And love.

Martha and Bailey

Who serve as our role models and mentors

Who provide inspiration, encouragement and support.

Basset girls who understand Rescue and Rehoming

Risk and Trust

Family and Fun

And Forever Love.

Rocky Creek Scotties and Java

Who we will visit one day.

We must.

We love their farm.

Their family.

(Their puppies!)

And the Genuine Love and Caring

that flows from their blog.

Sally and Paddy

What more can we say?

Jake has a crush on Sally.

And one day will get the nerve to openly tell her so.

These two wirey rescues

remind us of ourselves.

And we feel like they are family.

Siku Marie, White Dog

Another fairly new friend.

That we feel like we've known forever.

Sort of a kindred spirit.

A gentle White Dog

that guides her family through heartfelt days

filled with Love, Awareness of the important things

Personal Growth

and Commitment.

Pico, Milo and Maya

Whose Italian Adventures

tempt us to travel

if even in our dreams.

And whose family personify Joy and Happiness

and make us smile and tail wag till we drop

Enjoying their passion for life.

and

finally

(because we need to bring this to an end)

Bruce the Cat

Who is one among many of the feline sort

that have introduced us to the love

of the other sort of furries

(And we have a real "thing" about his paws

on his header.

It's a fetish, of sorts.)

So.

Now.

Dear Friends.

Know how Thankful we are.

For all of you.

And for all the ones not mentioned.

Every day we realize how lucky we are

to be part of this Community.

Enjoy your Day.

Enjoy your Week.

Count your Blessings.

Pass them on.

And make Today really really Special.

With Loving Memories of our Sweet Snickers

and continued healing thoughts to her family

We say to you,

Happy Thanksgiving.

We love you.

Morning Star

Through the blackest night

Morning gently tiptoes

Feeling its way to dawn.

~Robert Brault

✳

November sunrises

are some of the most beautiful

from our deck.

We'll admit to sleeping through some of them

but Moma managed to capture a few

as we dozed.

Successive mornings.

Beginnings of new days.

Just yesterday

She saw the Morning Star

at sunrise

A little above the horizon.

(She placed this star, because the actual one didn't photograph.
But that is where it was.
She told us.)

Moma stood on the deck
and gazed at it.
And it made of her think of Snickers.
A new little Star in the Heavens.

She watched.
And listened.
And heard quiet whispers.

She gently smiled
As she felt Snickers' Spirit.

Her thoughts were eventually broken
by the jingle of our collars and tags
as we shook out the morning stiffness
standing on the bed
ready for our morning walk.

A new day had begun.
And we greeted it.

With Love.

So Sad

Heaven is Blessed with A Very Special Angel

this morning.

Sweet Snickers

lost her battle.

But not before instilling a deep Understanding of Love

in a World of Friends.

We love you Sweet Snickers.

And we will miss you so.

We are sad beyond words.

Love

Jake, Fergi MomaSally and NinaGirl

Thankful and Flattered

We told her.

"Moma!  The sun's shining in our eyes!

Do we really have to do this?"

And she told us

"Yes.  It'll only take a second if you cooperate.

And I'll give you all a treat when we're done."

So.

We complied.

(We'll do most anything for a treat.)

We posed for a sort of

Family Thanksgiving Portrait

with all our wheelies

and the wheeless

Winston.

Our Patriarch.

Of course.

Now that we've done this.

You can't tell it's a Thanksgiving portrait.

You can't see the wooden pumpkins.

Or the cornucopia filled with carved wooden fruit

that make wonderful toys.

Almost as good as tennis balls.

And the wheelies sort of blend into the background.

But that's maybe okay.

Because we haven't even properly introduced any of them

Except, of course,

Winston.

But we did get our treats.

And they were wonderful.

They always are.

You must know by now.

We are rather

modest

shy

and

humble

Wire Fox Terriers.

Live Wires.

Two Special Wires

(as per Moma.)

We love our new lives.

We love our family

and

We love our friends.

That's all it takes to make us happy.

(Well, the good food

occasional treats

walks

warm comfy beds

and

belly rubs and scritchies

all help.

All those are things

we didn't have before.)

But when we get Extra Special Acknowledgement

It makes us feel lucky and proud.

And we got that

Extra Special Acknowledgement this week.

We were nominated by our friends and mentors Martha and Bailey
with the nomination seconded by our trainers Agatha and Archie

to receive the Awesome Blog Award

by Dogs With Blogs.

Wow.

We are flattered.

And appreciative.

We feel every blogging doggie deserves this recognition

because we get joy

and inspiration

and a lot of good laughs

from every blog we read.

Being part of this community

has been a privilege for us.

It has encouraged us

Introduced us to new opportunities

Reinforced us

Made us laugh

Made us cry

And given us a chance to have a voice.

If you feel so inclined to vote for us

here

(you must be registered to vote)

That would be nice.

But whether we win or not

Doesn't matter.

Really.

It's the fact that we were recognized

as being worthy

that makes us so proud and happy.

Mostly we want to take this opportunity

This week leading up to American Thanksgiving

to say

We are so thankful for our Friends

And for this amazing Site

that allows free Expression

and sharing of Love

all around the World.

Thank you

Dogs With Blogs.

Thank you Friends.

This Thanksgiving will be more special

because of you.

And we hope it's special for everyone else.

All of our Friends.

Love


and

The Art of Relaxation

Things are settling down around here.

Just in time to gear up again for the winter holidays.

We know to take advantage of any and every opportunity.

To Relax.

It's easy.

And we're good at it.

Together in the car.

(We can chill out in the car for hours

and never make a peep

and never worry about Moma returning.)

Together on the big bed.

(Fergs seems to think I make a good pillow.

It's fine with me.)

Together on the sofa.

(This is an old picture.

Moma didn't have time to help me find the more recent one.

And this doesn't happen too often.)

And each of us

Has our own individual ways

to relax.

Fergi in her bed

Smothered in pink.

(She may not play with her toys

but she sure likes to snuggle with them.)

And Fergs in the sun.

(If we sneak up on her very quietly
We can get tons of these pictures.)

Me on Big Yellow Cow on my futon.

(I wish she'd put the flashy box away.

I really had intended to nap.)

Me in my ultimate position

(I can do this anywhere.)

And probably my Favorite.

At the piano.

When NinaGirl plays.

I've loved doing that

ever since my first day home.

That bench was my bench.

Or, at least, our bench.

It's simply a cozy, comfortable

relaxing place to be.

With my Girl.

(And she loves it, too.)

Life doesn't get much better.

Simple Joys.

Let's Do It Again!

Well.

In our humble opinion

The Worldwide Moment

was

so Special

so Powerful
so Affirming

so Confirming

so Supportive
and

So much of an Example

of the huge quantity of Love that exists

among all the doggies and kitties

and (who knows?)

hamsters and gerbils

bunnies and teddy bears
and all the other four legged creatures

All around the  World

That we're suggesting making it

An Annual Event.

So

We've created a Countdown Timer

and put it on our sidebar

Same Time

Same Place

(Wow!  That means All Around the World!)

Next year!

And while this year
the event was initially promoted

because of our concerns

regarding one of our very very special friends

It developed

(Rightfully and Thankfully so)

to include all the furries and fuzzies

and their families

that were needing some extra Support

and Love

for whatever the reason.

Next year

By design

the Worldwide Moment

Will be to send loving and positive energy

to ALL

who need it.

Specifically, to all of our Friends.

Those we've met

and those we have yet to meet.

So.

If you want to put the Countdown Timer on your Sidebar
Grab it (if you can)
or

Email us for the HTML

and then
Pass it around to whomever might want it

By inviting them to grab it and post it as well.

If you'd likeGrab the Circle of Paws image too.

by Scruffy, Lacie and Stanley

Tell those that may be newor who may have missed this year's eventAll about it.
Andas the time gets closerWe'll put a Shout-Outand Spread the wordOnce again.
In the meantimeSee if you can catch remnants of the Loveon the breeze.
All it takes is stopping briefly to remember How powerful that moment wasAnd to know that that kind of powerDoesn't quickly die.
It's still there.Surrounding us ALL.
Once again.Thanks EverydoggieEverykittieEveryoneFor making this so Special
Love

An Amazing Moment!

Did you feel the Power?

At 4:00 PM MST

5:00 PM in Iowa

11:00 PM GMT

We're guessing approximately 500 furry families came together
Joined Paws

and

Shared a Worldwide Moment for Snickers!

(And for ALL the other Four-Leggeds we all know
who aren't well
and who need some extra support.
With such an amazing opportunity
We hope EVERYONE took advantage of it
for EVERYDOGGIE and EVERYKITTY who can use it.)

We had over 400 hits on our blog over the past two days!

Plus so many others posted and gathered even more participants.

We had hits from
the US, the UK, Canada, Malaysia
France, Sweden, Singapore, the Philippines
Australia, South Africa, Germany, the Netherlands
Greece, New Zealand, Italy, Chile
Denmark, Switzerland, Brazil
Mexico, Croatia and Finland

WOW!

We want to thank EVERYONE

who participated!

The feedback has been amazing!

And the impact was powerful!

We are one Incredibly Connected Community
Who came together simultaneously
to share our Love.

Once again we want to quote our friend

White Dog

who said,

"Our community is an amazing collection

of amazing people (two-and four-legged)

who truly understand

that we are bound together in this universe.

Those ties can be restrictive chains

or they can be a powerful web of light

that is capable of changing the world and producing miracles."

We are so proud to be a part of this!

We really hope we helped support a Miracle.
We believe we did!

(You go, Girl!
Miss Strong Stubborn Tenacious Tough Terrier SuperGirl
Snickers!
You WIN this battle!
And win it BIG!)

We want to say
Thank you
to

EVERYONE

and

We know

Snickers and her Family

Thank you too.

We can just feel it.

Love

Jake, Fergi, MomaSally and NinaGirl

Worldwide Moment for Snickers

Before you read

We ask you

to please help spread this message

as quickly and as far as you can

So as many dogs and cats and families

as possible

Can read it prior to 5:00 PM, Saturday, 14 Nov 09, Iowa Time

(11:00 PM, 14 Nov 09 GMT)

Copy it.

Paste it.

Link to it.

Whatever.

Just please help us get the message out. 

As you may know

Miss Snickers is struggling

Mightily

Along with her family.

(The best place to keep up with updates

is her Gussie’s blog.)

Last night looked as if it might have been her last.

This morning she rebounded with improved symptoms.

She is far from out of the woods

But she and her family

Including her gentle and loving brother Butchy

Have been granted another day.

We can’t help but believe

that part of the improvement is because of

The support and love that have surrounded her

From all around the world

Thanks to the linked paws

Of her blogging friends.

The Power of the Paw

We are asking everyone to set your alarms

And at exactly 11:00 PM GMT on Saturday 14 Nov 09

(Go to this link to find what time that is for you)

5:00 PM Saturday evening in Iowa

as Snickers' family sits down to eat

Turn toward them (in the central USA)

And join together in a silent minute

Of prayer, meditation, contemplation, reflection

Whatever feels right to you.

Followed by whatever means of communication

You choose.

Arrooing

Barking

Howling

Yipping

Yapping

Wooing

Meowing

Mewing

Purring

To wish and send Miss Snickers and her family

whatever is in your hearts

That will help them feel the Love and Support

They need right now.

Personally, we’ll be praying for a Miracle.

 Then

Blow a Kiss

and send your Love and Prayers and Best Wishes

to Miss Snickers and her Family

and they will feel their arrival

in the breeze.

OK?

We believe it will help.

And we'll do anything in our power right now

To help.

Love,

Jake, Fergi, MomaSally and NinaGirl