Dogs in the News !!!!

Hello ta ya all out there in Blogland.....

It's me, Dewey Dewster reportin' on a special doggie that made the news taday...
Bet ya already heard about 'er....Her name is Buttons and she just had a litter of 18 Dalmatian puppies.........18.........did ya hear that......'n they're all excited about a girl havin' 18 puppies......
What about the father that sired all of those.....what do ya think about him, huh? Now there's a dog that should be the subject of water-cooler office talk fer months ta come.....

I wanted ta know more about the birth and so I got on Gram's computer ta see if I could find it on the Internet.
Nicola and Adam Morley are the proud (if slightly bemused) owners of a record litter of 18 Dalmatian pups.

by Mike Celizic

TODAYShow.com contributor

updated 9:28 a.m. ET, Fri., Jan. 9, 2009

A British couple are seeing spots before their eyes, but their vision is 20/20. The spots are the ones bedecking a record litter of Dalmatian puppies — 18, to be exact.

That’s 83 Dalmatians short of the proverbial 101. But this is real life, not a Disney movie, and the tally is still impressive.

On Friday, TODAY show viewers got their first live look at what is being called the largest litter ever delivered by a Dalmatian. Born by Caesarean section on Dec. 23 to Button — a purebred that, appropriately enough, is a daughter of one of the stars of “102 Dalmatians” (the sequel to “101 Dalmatians”) — the pups posed in all their glorious cuteness in the home of Button’s owners, Nicola and Adam Morley. For more of the story click here

So I started dreamin' about bein' the proud father of 18 beautiful puppies......

I put on my glasses and started readin' Gram's book about Dog Breedin'.......


I figured I could easily be the super-stud that sires 18 wonderful, beautiful puppies..... although not Dalmatians....of course, they would be Wire Fox Terriers......

One of the first things ya have ta do is find the perfect Mother fer yer children....now what chapter is that in this book......oh, look....there's even Dalmations on the cover......

Just then the phone rang and when I answered it, it was the vets office callin' ta confirn our appointment on Monday fer somethin' called "Neutering".........now what do ya suppose that means ?????

Whatever it is, the appointment is fer both me 'n Toby..........I better look it up in this book.......

If any of ya find the correct chapter on the subject of "Neutering"........can ya please call and tell us which one it is ?????

I can't wait ta get a nice car ride on Monday with Toby ta meet our prospective Sweetie Pies......future Mothers of our children.......the perfect girls ta carry on our bloodlines.... 'n our names too......

Bet yer excited fer us too.....aren't ya ???????

This is Dewey Dewster reportin' on procreatin' future generations of terriers........

Happy Double Barkday....Asta Marie & Dewey

Hello ta all of Blogland....

Dewey Dewster here....
Guess what ??? Me 'n my Mom have October Barkdays......Mom's barkday is October 15th and mine is October 31. Yeah, I know a Halloween baby.....I'm not gettin' dressed up fer it either....no siree....

But Gram decided ta celebrate in between the two days and so this morning we had our Barkday Party complete with cupckes and party hats .........

And dog biscuits too......added fer that special doggie touch.......



Gram made us wait ta eat so she could get a picture of us before we dug inta the goodies and messed up our hats.....


And so we all got to eat the yummy cupcakes. Now ya may notice that Gram started ta sing the Happy Barkday song fer us but her bein' old 'n all fergot it's Happy Barkday not Happy Birthday......geez, ya gotta watch those old ones all the time.........they just can' get with the program at all.....

Well, if ya noticed, Toby just loves ta eat goodies....heck Toby, just loves ta eat anythin' at all so he was in 7th heaven and wishes we could have these parties more than twice a year. Truth be told....so do me 'n my Mom.......we have ta work on arrangin' that fer sure.......

Fer the super-easy 'n super-delicious icing, here's the recipe....
Super Special Icing
1 brick of cream cheese softened
1 8 oz. container of cool whip defrosted
1 cup of sugar
1 tsp. vanilla

Whip all ingredients in bowl with electric mixer until smooth and creamy. Spread on your favorite cake or cupcakes. Yummy......

Yep, we're hoping we get ta celebrate more Barkdays in the very near future. Maybe we can celebrate with Baby Parker in February. Now that's somethin' ta look forward to.

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Vote Fer Stan the Man

See that ????
That's Stanley dressed up like a fruit cake......er I mean a King. He's in a contest tryin' ta be the cover boy for the K9 Kingdom. Isn't he silly lookin' ? He will make a great king! Click HERE to cast yer vote .......the actual URL is : http://www.myk9kingdom.com/photo-contest-2008.php just in case the link didn't work.

He's in the lead fer the silliest, uuummm handsomest King ever so let's help keep 'em that way.......GO STAN !!!!!!!

VOTE, VOTE, VOTE !!!!!!
This is Dewey Dewster reportin' on me 'n Mom's Barkday.... 'n Babystan the man......

A Warning, Awards and Just Us

Hi ta all....

We always think that we're all safe in our own homes and that nothin' can happen ta us when we're there. But the following message shows everyone that accidents can happen and that those accidents can be fatal.......

WARNING FOR ALL PET LOVERS - In Memory of Ella .....Please share this info. with everyone you know so that no one else suffers the way I have.

PLASTIC BAGS ARE DEADLY TO YOUR DOG! In honor of our precious Ella's memory, I am crusading an effort to let everyone know that this can and does happen and hopefully I can save someone else from the same agonizing pain!

Our 9 month old Sheltie puppy, Ella, suffered a tragic, sudden, senseless death this past Friday. She suffocated to death on a bag liner that was inside a box of Cheez-its snack crackers. We were out for the evening and someone had left a box of Cheez-its within Ella's reach. She put her head in the bag inside the box to get to the crackers. The bag came out of the box but she couldn't get the bag off of her head. We came home and found her dead from suffocation. It doesn't seem possible, that a dog couldn't get a bag off their head, but they can' t.

I have since learned that this occurs more often than you would imagine. There was also a family whose 6 year old Labrador got hold of a Doritos bag when they weren't looking. They found him dead with the bag over his head, having died the same way as Ella. I also learned from the man that is cremating Ella for us that he has had FIVE other dogs that have died like this in the PAST MONTH! Make sure that ALL PLASTIC BAGS AND BOXES WITH BAG LINERS IN THEM (chips, snack crackers, cookies, cereal, etc.) are WAY out of your pets reach!!!!!!

This tragedy has been a tremendous blow for our family! I have tried to be strong, but the whole scenario has played out in my head over and over and I have been a total mess! I cannot begin to understand the senselessness of this and my heart is absolutely broken! Ella was so young and full of life...an adorable, sweet, smart, loving dog, and her life was cut short way too soon!

Please help me honor Ella and save someone else from this horrific tragedy by passing this email to as many people as you know!

Thank you!
Anne Mackey
Charlotte, NC

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Now we didn't know Ella but we're sure sad ta hear that she died so tragically. Everyone has their own way of raisin' their pets but puttin' em in a crate when ya go away is the safest way ya leave 'em. Ya also should take off their collar when ya put 'em in there so they don't accidently get strangled by gettin' caught on somethin'.

Now, we never get put in our crates unless Gram and Pap go out. As soon as Gram picks up the cars keys and her purse, we go right down ta the basement where our crates are and get in 'em. We always get a goodie when we go in there so we don't mind it a bit. Gram and Pap feel we're safe in there and the house is safe when we're in there too cause we can't rip up nothin' when we're locked up.

We offer our sincere sympathies ta Ella's family and hope that everyone else can learn from her Mom's heartfelt message.

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We also offer our sympathies ta the family of Gizmo, who went ta the bridge on Sept. 23, 2008. His brother Deetz and his Mom 'n Dad will sure miss 'em cause he was around fer more than 17 years.

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Chef posted a whole bunch of stuff that dogs and cats have eaten that have got them in a peck of trouble. If ya haven't seen his list of "WATCH OUTs" please visit and read all about it.

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The Tenacious Terriers

Ya all don't get ta see Toby much.... 'n he's such a nut all the time about jumpin' and bein' happy that we thought ya might want ta see how nuttie he can be when he's out in the yard. Notice how all our peemail has destroyed the grass.....'course the lack of rain keeps it that way too......

Then there's me, Dewey Dewster, who has been goin' outta my mind lately since I know there are rats in our garage and I can't get 'em. I know if I can only get ta that garage window, I can see those rats 'n tell 'em what I think, but it is just a little bit beyond my reach. Yep, they're right on the other side of that window...........

And then there's those rats......can ya imagine that they are still here til the end of October, no less.....livin' in our garage....'n eatin' food that we could be eatin'....'n just runnin' around like they own the place......I mean really......can't someone help us get 'em ??????

Update 9/26/08 Fer anyone that missed or fergot the fact that we handled the earthdog practice at the Doggie Fun Day a few weeks ago, we have the rats because ya need 'em fer earthdog. The earth doggies try ta get 'em in the tunnel...they can't get 'em cause they are in a cage but they try anyway. The next club meetin' isn't til the end of October.....then we will return the rats ta the club lady who cares fer 'em......at that time, we will no longer need tranquilizers ta get thru the day and we will feel that we did our job in gettin' rid of THOSE DIRTY RATS.......they are in a cage now and cannot get loose....and we can't get 'em either......drat those rats.......

Dewey Dewster here.....

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Awards

Now we feel honored fer sure cause we got two more awards ta put on our blog. We feel pretty special that we were recognized by our friends and we would sure like ta thank 'em....yes siree.....

Chef presented us with the You Lift my Spirit award.......'n we're sure happy ta have it....that is one pretty lookin' butterfly.....

We would like ta pass this award on ta Eric Square Dog cause he always makes us smile 'n cringe too when he kisses Otis the kittie.

We would also like ta pass it on ta JB the Cat cause he always tries ta be wordless but just can't ever seem to keep quiet
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'N Abby was kind enough ta award us the Premio Dardos Award.

“Com o Prêmio Dardos, se reconhecem os valores que cada blogueiro mostra cada dia em seu empenho por transmitir valores culturais, éticos, literários, pessoais etc. que, em suma, demonstram sua criatividade através do pensamento vivo que permanece intacto entre suas letras e suas palavras.“Este selo implica duas regras:a primeira, linkar o blog do qual recebeu o prêmio. A segunda – escolher blogs para entregar o prêmio.

"With the Premium Dardos, recognize the values that each blogger shows each day in commitment to transmit cultural values, ethical, literary, personal etc. that, in short, demonstrate their creativity by alive thinking that remains intact from their letters and words. "

Now that Spanish sounds really pretty 'n we hope the English translation is the one above and we'll take Abby's word fer it, cause sadly we don't understand Spanish......but we would be happy ta learn someday....... Maybe Lorenza can help us a bit if she stops by......

'N it didn't seem like rules came with either award so we would like ta pass it on ta Joey and Tanner who are always big fans of our favorite football team, the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Thanks ta everyone.......

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FREECYCLE

'N Gram wants me ta tell anyone who has lots of STUFF like we have lots of STUFF and at times doesn't know what ta do with it...there's a group called FREECYCLE that ya can send in a list of STUFF ya want ta find a new home fer and don't want ta throw away. Every area has one of their own, like they have their own Craigslist. Gram dug up all those Dwarf Iris and we had so many that Gram and Judy just couldn't plant 'em all....so she just put 'em up on Freecycle and a ton of people wanted 'em. Most of 'em have already been picked up and the rest should be in their new home soon. Look fer the FREECYCLE in your area.

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Now that was sure a heap of stuff fer everyone ta read. Are ya still awake ?????

If so, have a great night or a great morning if yer in another part of the world.....

This is Dewey Dewster reportin' on lots of stuff........

Dewey Survived the Big Bad Shot

I personally want to thank everyone for all of the concern shown over Dewey’s recent illness. He was one sick little boy. He had an allergic reaction to the rabies vaccine…by the evening after the shot he was feverish, shaking, lethargic and just plain out of it.

My poor little Dew Baby…..as a Mother, I was extremely worried. And I was pretty much helpless…I know that I should have called Nurse Lacie, but I got my Mom to take over his care instead. She’s pretty good about taking control of a bad situation.
I surely thought Dewey was ready to take his last breath…he barely could lift his head out of his bed.

He was dreaming of the doggie angels coming for him.

And he saw visions of steak bones, beef cubes, chicken strips and liver dancing in head. I think he was delirious for sure.

Steak bones with steak attached....

beef cubes....Yum, Yum.... Chicken strips, soooooo gooood....

Delicious Liver swimming in his head.....

Toby tried his best to comfort Dewey.

But on Monday, after calling the vet, Mom started giving him Benadryl and he began to improve. He got out of his bed and walked around on his own. He kept his eyes open and smiled for the first time in two days.

He ate his dinner and drank water and today he went for his usual long walk….. I think we have the old Dewey back again. Wow what a relief..........cause we was worried........how about you????

We all went out into the yard. Wow, Look at that Dewey smile....... would ya?

And I am very thankful for that…..I am sure that the reason he is now well again is because all of you out in Blogland were thinking of him fondly and wishing him well.

So we have a true survivor here… Dewey will live for another day….he will continue to write his blog and he will continue to torment me by taking my ball away from me every chance he gets. Why couldn’t my Mom play ball with me when he was too sick to play?

Do you think maybe he needs any more shots??????
Thanks again everyone....Dewey is back.......


Asta Marie, Wire Fox Terrier Mother Reporting...........