Josette's Birthday Celebration

Birthday's around here are filled with lots of treats, presents, and playtime! Mom made me and the rest of the gang ice cream and a pumpkin cake. She also got me a new rope toy and a new Wubba. It was an awesome day!

Happy Father's Day!

Josette and I wanted to wish our fathers a very happy Father's Day. My dad, Donner, is from The Seeing Eye so I don't have any pictures of him, but he must have been awesome to create a puppy like me!

Josette's dad, Urban, passed away last October. He made great puppies too, so we know he is greatly missed. Rest in peace Urban!

Pill Day

Don't forget your pill today!

And now it's my turn...

Long time, no blog. I thought it was about time the real star of the show got some keyboard time.

As you can probably imagine I was pretty PO'd when Mom took Irie to that Labfest. I was given some bogus excuse that it was just for Labs but I have photographic evidence that there was another shepherd there!


And it didn't help much when they came back and Irie kept bragging about what a great time she had. Enough already, you swam, you played, BIG DEAL!!! When Sunday rolled around, I got my own outing to brag to Irie about (So HA!).

Mom loaded me and that little yellow beast into Grandma's car and we hit the road pretty early on Sunday. I don't particularly care for Grandma's car, so I did my best not to projectile vomit all over the aforementioned beast. We finally arrived at a big park (I bet it was bigger than your dumb dog park, Irie). There were dogs everywhere and I came out barking to let everyone know I had arrived. Yeah, Mom didn't appreciate (or tolerate) that at all...


We made our way over to the main area, through the throngs of dogs and owners, to the registration table. This was a walk for cancer research (both canine and human), so I feel good to have done my part for this more than worthy cause. I saw some friends there that I've met before-Truman (the pug), Bulova (the Lab), and hundreds of other dogs. The papparazzi were out in full force and I was getting photographed left and right. How could they resist? I was the best looking dog there.

We took one lap around the park, me mostly with Mom. At one point some punk tried to get into it with me. I gave him my patented "Dude, what's your problem?" look and he backed off. At the end of the walk I switched back to Grandma and we did some shopping. Mom didn't buy me anything, although I tried to use my Jedi mind powers to get her to.


We took another short walk to snap some formal pix of me and the beast. They came out pretty well, thanks to my gorgeousness.


We managed to leave right before all the rain started. I guess we have some great timing! The day was capped off by a delicious marrow bone in the back yard. So a pretty good day for me!

Lab Fest

Last weekend, Mom came home for a visit. I thought this was just any visit, but on Saturday it proved to be one of the best visits yet! Mom and I loaded into the car in the morning, she kept talking about a Lab Fest. I didn't know what that was, but I'm always up for a "Mommy and Me adventure" so I settled in for the ride. As we started to get close to our destination, I stuck my nose in the air. It smelled AWESOME! Like lots of other dogs. When I got out I felt what most must feel when they see Disney World for the first time! I was at a dog park, and not just any old dog park, but this had to be the biggest, most bestest dog park ever!


We went in the gate and Mom talked to the human people running the Lab Fest. She got her T-shirt and then let me go! All I did for the first half hour was sniff-everything! It smelled so good there!!! I peed on everything too, but all that peeing catches up to you so I went for a drink. They had these huge water bowls there that looked more suited for swimming than drinking, so that is what I did. Everyone was cracking up at me-I didn't see what was so funny though. I am a Lab afterall. It would be like people laughing at Josette when she does that obnoxious herding thing.


Mom called me to her after a while and said those magical words that every good Labrador loves to hear, " Irie, do you want to go swimming?" I almost answered, "Is the Pope Catholic?" but I didn't want to be smart...I followed her down the hill and out of the gate where I found paradise! Seriously, this was like Lab heaven! I met all of my new pals there-Kenzie, Bonham, Bailey, and the rest of the gang. Kenzie and I are BFF now and her mom calls us "Little Girlfriends." Bonham was super cute and I have to admit I had a little crush on him. I hope Kenzie doesn't mind, I mean he is her brother after all!



After swimming Mom and I went back into the park and out to the car. I was really hoping we weren't leaving, but lucky for me she was just eating her lunch. I put on my best begging face, but all she gave me was a dog treat. It was OK, but a nice hunk of sandwich would have hit the spot!

We came back in and took a group picture with the 35+ Labs that came. Then it was back to more swimming. Everyone but Kenzie, Bonham, and Bailey had left, so Mom decided it was time to hit the road. I said good bye to everyone and this year's Lab Fest came to an end. I hear rumors that it may be back by popular demand in the Fall. I really hope so! Until then Kenzie and I will just have to settle for a long-distance friendship, with a little Bonham snuck in there every once in a while ;)

Pill Day

Don't forget your pill today!

Happy Birthday to me!

Today is my 3rd birthday!!!! I can't believe I am that old already-can you? I have yet to show my age though, I'm as feisty and sassy as I was way back when Mom met me at 6 months. And apparently a lot of people know it's my birthday because both Dunkin Donuts and Petsmart are having celebrations just for me ;) Unfortunately Mom isn't here to celebrate with me, but she was here this weekend and so we had an early party.

My birthday toy and doggie ice cream:


Mom being mean and making us all wait for our dessert:


Indiana's strategy is to just pretend it isn't there:


Josette uses her Jedi mind powers to will the ice cream to her:


And me, being the perfect princess that I am, just wait calmly for the OK:


"Break!"


Indiana and I chowing down:


Josette doing her best to keep up with the Labs:


And then some playtime with the new toy:


And a special birthday treat for me-some hose time! We had to stop when Fay got involved, she isn't allowed to chase the hose: