My futon problems

I has a futon.  I loves my futon.  My futon is placed nicely for the afternoon sun.

So what is the problem you ask, well look at this picture and you can tell.

Little bitty bratty kitteh Rugen is stealing my sun.  The sun in this room by MY futon belongs to me. 

Don't let her innocent look fool you. She is trying to take everything that is mine.

Move Rugen you are disturbing my beauty sleep.

I got up to go check the sunshine in the back yard and look what happened!

Kitteh brudder Vader upside down asleep and the itty bitty bratty kitteh cuddling and giving him kisses!

 This be my futon!

 Great, now it smells like kitteh :(

Please don't forget to enter my BAD TO THE BONE contest, there are just a couple of days to get your entries in.  Now I know lots of you are saying you are good dogs.. phtt.... there was a time you were bad I'm sure.  You can pull up old photos to enter too!

Note from Tucker's Momma: The baby gate is down and Tucker and Rugen are now co-existing.  She still hisses at him at times but doesn't bat at him.  Tucker is not chasing her "much" and is being easy around her.  I say "much" because Tucker is the fun police in the house and any cat that doesn't follow rules he tries to correct.  He doesn't allow cats on the counter or the table.  So Tucker knows the rules but Rugen is still learning to stay off the table. 

How to Chews Toys

Welcome all to my class HOW TO CHEWS TOYS! 

This is going to be a jam packed class ... here is the syllabus :

1- Squeakies

2- Stuffies

3- Ropes

4 - Frisbees

5- Treat Toys

Let's get started...

Squeakies are my personal favorite so we will cover them first.  The three main things you gotta knows about squeakies is that they 1 - Squeak (the louder the better). 2 - They have hold ability (they tends to be rubber so they can slips out of your mouth when they gets drooly.  See my football great example of squeakablity and hold ability.

Shawnee could you please demonstrate for the class the foreign language category of squeakies?

"I want toys that make sounds like wot they is.  Like the froggie in the picture, he do say RIBBIT RIBBIT "

Thank you...

Oh and #3 for Squeakies -- squish ability.  My football has that too.

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Now Stuffies, who doesn't love a stuffy?  They need to be soft and cuddly... Like this Teddy.

Anyone care to demonstrate?  Oh Rory..... Yes that is a perfect example of soft and cuddly! (and comfy!)

Susie, yes I see you are an expert on stuffy cuddle ability too!

I also think Tug ability is important to a stuffy...

Nola? Do you have an example of a really important characteristic of a stuffy?

Oh yes, catch ability - GOOD ONE!

I see Weenie has some good stuffy grabbing skills too!

What about you Bites?

Tear ability - yup we all see that teddy's bum..... and that's one of the biggest problems with Stuffies.... random explosions...

"Divert your eyes"

Whew... that was close.....

Oh nos... Stella? Rory? are you ok... stuffy explosions are the worst.

Mona?  Did you get stuffy guts on you?

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Now ropes... they are perfect for tugging and shaking, and swinging, and giving the hoomans bruises.

Finn, could you please demonstrate?

Wow that was great, looks like you are tugging & shakin that rope toy at the same time... impressive!

Rory and Stella, could you please demonstrate pair rope Tugging?

Most excellent, but I feel Rory may have the "upper paw"  BOL.. I cracks myself up.

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PEE BREAK

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Ok I is back.....Frisbees.  What can I say abouts frisbees.

They suck.

I can't figure them out, I can't catch them, and I can't pick them up.

The hoomans can't throw them either.......

They land and I dig and dig and I can't pick them up.

I do know a few frisbee experts though, so you'll should ask them

Bokeh

Fiona and Abby

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Last but not least, Puzzle toys

Usually you gets treats, but you gots to work for them.  Like rolling around the cubes until a treat falls out...

My personal favorite - the Vader kitteh puzzle cube, BOL.

But the problem with the puzzle toys is they are exhausting...

Well that is it for class today, thank you for joining us and a special thank you for everyone that demonstrated their toys today.  There is always so much to learn about new toys.  It's like there is an endless selection!

Stealing Hearts

While the big lazy dog naps.....

 I will continue my plan of stealing hearts with my cuteness......

First this house.... then I will takes on the world.

Purrs - Rugen

I loves cheese!

I loves cheese. I really do.

What the- this isn't cheese!!! Who are all these for?

Oh I see.......

The little terror.... aka "Rugen"

Sign up for Class "How to Chews Toys"

I am hosting the class "How to Chews Toys" for the Back to school bash.  Class will be in session on September 12th!

The class syllabus:
1- Squeakies
2 -Stuffies
3- Ropes
4- Frisbees
5 - Treat Toys

So, would you like to attend class?  Are you already an expert in some of these subjects?  If so please let me know by sending a picture of yourself and your favorite toy to tuckergreatdaneATgmailDOTcom.  Please include your name for class registrations purposes.


Also, don't forgets about my BAD TO THE BONE CONTEST, I've got some great entries so far.

A hike and my new work in progress vest

This past weekend I gots to go on my first hike since my knee ouchies back in November.  Momma and Dad wanted to make sure we waited for my cruicate to heal as much as possible.  Basically because the Tucker has two speeds: zero & 100.  I spend most my time at 0, but my hikes are at 100.

We climbed a smaller mountain with very few jumps and steep spots....

Still a nice hike that lasted about 45 min, I was tired afterwards but happy to say that I don't appear sore or limpy at all!  Yippee for healed knees!

Oh and do you likes my new vest?  It is to keep the PUParazzi away.  I gets too much attention and I am working on trusting strangers again (the quick back story is some dude hit me on my face and scared the crap out of me  almost 2 years ago.  I is sometimes scared when men approach me quickly and  I bark and jump at them if they do it).  Momma and Dad get stressy having to watch everything around me so closely all the time, this makes our lives a lot easier!   If you would like more info you can go to http://www.pawsitivedog.com/DogInTrainingVest.html 

Why am I so hungry - a kitteh brudder Patch post

I Tucker rarely let the kittehs post on my bloggy but I is making an exception for kitteh brudder Patch today.....

A picture of me first....

Now he may do his posty....  

I has been starving lately and a couple of months ago I was having the pukeys at least once a week.  You know the kind when you scarf all your food down and then drink all kinds of water and *poof* it all comes back up cause your stomach can't handle it?  So my momma & dad put the automatic feeder up so I could be fed mutiple times a day at the same time every day.  Ta da no more pukeys.  But I was still hungry...

So they started giving me a little extra each night, soft food - yummers.  Now I am 16 years old so I am getting thinner because us oldies lose muscle tone. And I was due for my regular annual exam so she ask Mr. Vet if this was normal for an old guy like me.

Nope not normal to be this hungry.

(Hey are you gonna eat that?)

Not normal to have a fast heart beat (which you couldn't hear over my purrs).

Mr. Vet expected Hyperthyroidism, the blood test confirmed it. So I needs medicine twice a day and I go back in 30 days to see if I am doing better.  But, I will need medicine the rest of my life.  Radiation is an option but the pills are not very expensive.  Only 60 cents a day for 2 pills.

So I should be feeling better soon.  Momma looked up some of the Signs of Hyperthyroidism and now understands why Mr. Vet said we caught this early.

* Weight loss (check)

* Increased appetite (check)

* Increased thirst and urination (hmm maybe)

* Vomiting (check)

* Diarrhea (not yet)

* Hyperactivity (not yet)

* Matted or greasy coat (not yet)

So, I'll take my pills and eat my foodables with the others.  In a month I go back to see if I am regulated. 

At least I won't be so hungry now. And it is important to go for your yearly checkup! If any of you kittehs out there have hyperthyroidism my Momma would love to have some advice.

Meowsers - Patch