Tucker's Mango Minster Entry

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Adventure Animals

"You don't need to go hiking all over the countryside wasting unnecessary energies to be an adventure animal. Just trying new stuff like my physical therapies school or being bold enough to approach something scary or just about anything you can think of. After all, isn't life just one big adventure?"

I is very excited for another year of Mango Minster!  This year I is entering the Adventure category.  I had a lot of adventures this year and all three years of my Dane life so far.  Before I gets started recapping some of my adventures lets start wif the basics.

1. Every good adventure needs a little luggage. I mean come on, I was gonna be gone for at least 4 hours.

2. Brings a Map - the hoomans get lost

3. Drinks plenty of water

AND.....

4. Always scoop - makes the hoomans do it - yes you too little pups.  I knows your poops may not be huge but they is still poop.  Yes it stinks, but it stinks even mores when you steps in it.  I always gotta carry my own on hikes.

So what kind of adventures do i take?  Walkies at State Parks, the National Park, and the Rails to Trails System.

You can't forgets about Beach Walkies!

Then there's trips to the camp (near the scary playground steps).

This year I went to Vegas wif Corbin, joined a tick party in ConnecTICKut, and passed through border crossing to Canada.  Canada even put up no Tucker signs when they heard I was coming... Not very welcoming if you ask me.

Now indoor adventures are ok, like Petco & PetSmart.  But I also have gone to the Bank, Home Depot, Lowe's, and yes Dooney and Burke.  I promise I didn't slobber on any purses.

Oh and Ice cream stores! I can't forgets about those.

But, outdoor adventures are the best!  Like the vacation on the lake last August and Ice Fishing in February.

Also, traveling to rescue fundraisers  always makes you new friends

Now you don't need to leave home to have an adventure!  This year I've made an attempt at agility, fostering Navi and Mac, raising chickens, dancing to Elvis, and hula hooping!

The best part of adventures is just getting to go - it doesn't matter where!

And of course coming home to your couch is kinda nice too.

Happy New Year & an Update

Hello Bloggie world!  Did you forgets about me?  Just in case here is a picture to jogs your memory.

The household is doing much betters now.  The Momma doesn't cry every times you say Ellie's name and I is feeling much better.  My knee has made huge improvements and you can barely tell i hurt myself.  This week we should get the word from the vet but I think I will be ok wifout surgery.  I put all my weight on my bad leg to do scratchies wif my good leg and I don't fall down - that is good news!  Plus i can turn around much better now.  And, my medicines are gone and I am still doing well.  Now for some more updates:

It's been really warm here but we did have a white Christmas!  And, yes I gots caught trying to do zoomies in the snow and gots in trouble.

I gots some really nice pressies for Christmas, my favorite is my squeaky chicken.

And the bestest news!  I gots to me meet my new Cousin!  

Meet Storm, a 7 year old Rottie that was adopted my my favorite Aunt D right after Thanksgiving.

You can't see but I promise her nub was a waggin on our first greeting!

I even shared my Momma wif her, isn't she adorable?

Now I've got a lot of blogging catch up to do so I apologize for not leaving comments but we are trying to read everything.  Also, I see I have to figure out what category to enter Mango Minster in.  My fingers where crossed for "Spotted dogs that sleep on the couch" but that category still hasn't been accepted.  Maybe next year.

I gots Pressies!!!

OMG - I gots a package in the mail today!  It was from my friend Corbin!  Corbin and I went on an adventure to Las Vegas together (see that adventure here) and he sent me thank you pressies!

Oh What is in here!

 Cookies!!

 Look at all the loot!

 I gots cookies, a blue toy, a red bone stuffy, two big doggie tennis balls, a skunk non-stuffy, a bully stick and french fries!

 That's me... ALL sizes.

 I loves all the pressies and can't decide which toy to play wif first.....

 Thank you so much Corbin, you are so generous!

 

Don't Eats your Friends

Ohhhh what is dis?

Canz I eat it?

 It's Mango!  ACKKK!

 I don't eats my Friends.........

well... except hot dogs...

I is an only child

 Ok, ok, when you don't count the kittehs I is an only child.  Navajo had to go back to the daycare/kennel foster.  Turns out she has this thing called separation anxiety and would whine every time Momma was outa sight.  Plus, she escaped the crate the first day the hoomans went to work - we ran around loose in the house unsupervised all day.  (Momma says it's a miracle we didn't get hurt, hurt each other, or destroy anything).  So, the next days she tried to get out of the crate that now had wire ties on it.  In the process Navi was hurting her nose from pushing on the crate all day.  Also, she was resource guarding and scaring me.  The resource was food, and Momma.   I had to make big loops out around her and I couldn't go near Momma.  So Momma had to take her back so she wouldn't get hurt. 

I was so tired from not sleeping...... Seriously look at my eyes.....

But, everything is back to how it use to be and it looks like I won't be getting a sister anytime soon.  We'll try fostering at another time.

In other news, I spent the weekend sunbathing....

GOODBYE Puppyhood Pawty!

Oh I is so excited! Today is my second birfday! Us giant doggies take a longer time to grow up, so we are technically puppies until 2. So now that I am 2, I is officially an adult dog. Of course this doesn't mean I'm going to behave all the time, but my puppy brain is basically gone. And, I'm pretty much done growing now, whew! Anyway, enough abouts me ---Are you all ready to get this party started?

The Booker Man got the earliest start ever.. His Mom drove forever to get to Maine so he was the first to arrive:

Lucille showed up next, and she swam the whole way here from Italy! Can you believe it? It's got to have something to do with those big beautiful Dane feet.

The next to arrive was Frankie, he was all dressed up. I guess he hasn't learned that once you gets married you can lets yourself go and you don't have to worry about impressing girls anymore.
Of course he brought his wifeys Penny & Ruby. He suckered them in dressing up too. But he should be careful, they steal his spotlight.
Maggie-Mae arrived from New York and was all smiles as usual.

I thinks it may have had something with Corbin being there too. I think she's smitten.

Zona was the next to arrive and we all started talking about what we wanted to do while we waited for the others.

Of course Zona was eyeballing the DVDs and suggested we watch FRIENDS.

Some more friends showed up while we watched tv.....

But after Khyra, Harley, and Merdie showed up wif all that floof... Khyra had the greatest idea!
We decided to play a game of pin the tail on the KITTEH! Kitty sister Ellie didn't really enjoy it.

But it really got Levi, Hunter and Lola laughing. Hunter was watching from outside to get a better view.

Levi made sure to join him.

Lola was laughing hysterically from a comfortable position inside.
My princess Bella was spending time relaxing.....

While I got to work on making the cake.

We were all sitting around listening to Puddles tell a story that we all knew was completely false... but were playing along with it anyway... when...

Mayzie started to wonder what happened to Frankie....

Oskar volunteered to look for him, but couldn't find him anywhere.

He couldn't be found by Stanzie... (who might have had better luck if he actually left the porch to look)

Wyatt had the idea that Frankie might have been looking for bunnies in the shrubs....

We even had the golden sisters out looking for him.

Ava said she couldn't find him anywhere, she even checked out our garden to make sure he wasn't trying to kill any more moles.

Sammie came back and to our surprise she didn't find Frankie..... instead she found....

Yeah you guessed it..... Frankie's "Cousin" Francine...

Funny how Frankie and Francine are never in the same room at the same time, huh?
Anyway Minnie Moo and Lincoln were getting hungry and so were the rest of us!!!

Stumpy made the decision that it was time for some cake.

So we all put on our party hats and Nova and Teagan starting singing Happy Birfday!

Murphy Dog was singing bass..... and eyeballing my cake......

While Norwood was singing tenor (sorry dude).

We all had yummy cake and ice cream!

Fiona and Abby had made the ice cream from all their snow.

We enjoyed the rest of the pawty Dancing.

Dancing isn't lead by anyone other that the talented Honey!

Darwin kept doing all kinds of Hula dancing.... Murphy wouldn't stop watching her sway those Dane hips..... BOL!

It was so much fun having my friends come to visit me for my Goodbye Puppyhood Pawty! Thank you all for coming!!

We made sure we all got together for a Big Pawty Picture before everyone had to leave!

Booker, Lucille, Frankie, Penny, Ruby, Maggie Mae, Corbin, Zona, Khyra, Harley, Honey, Darwin, Merdie, Hunter, Lola, Levi, Bella, Puddles, Mayzie, Oskar, Stanzie, Wyatt, Ava, Sammie, Minnie Moo, Lincoln, Stumpy, Nova, Teagan, Murphy, Norwood, Fiona, Abby, and Tucker too!

Thank you all for helping me celebrate my second birfday! Goodbye Puppyhood!