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Happy Birthday Pittsburgh

Now here it is the first day of October....and isn't that grand ?????

In October of 2008, The City of Pittsburgh celebrates it's 250th Birthday. Lots of stuff happened here since Pittsburgh was founded and lots of stuff started here too. Someone was nice enough ta put together a little bit of the history of Pittsburgh. Of course, I, Dewey Dewster, was not even a thought back then as my Mom, Dad and Grandad were not even around. But that doesn't mean that I don't think that Pittsburgh is a real special place ta live, cause it sure is....yes siree...... Now a Pittsburgher mighta been responsible fer the world's first oil well, but it was drilled in Titusville, Pa. where our cottage is. If ya have time, check out all the neat stuff that began right here.......

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Walkin'

Now we usually go fer a walk every evening. We know what time we're supposed ta go and we get excited when that time rolls around. Toby just can't seem ta settle down when he walks. He acts like a real nut fer sure....thought ya might want ta see 'em in action.....


Now here ya see Toby weavin in and out.... back and forth. Why he takes twice as many step as we do takin' the same route. No wonder he's so tired when we get back home.....'N then there's us....see how nice we walk fer Gram?

Yep, Toby needs some professional help....yes siree....but we don't know where ta get it fer him.....ya have any ideas ????? Cryin'.. walkin' crazy... weavin'.... nutty Toby.......

It's there, just click on it........
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Autobiography Week

Ya probably already know all about it, but just in case ya don't.....we would like ta mention that the week of October 20 will be autobiography week.

Put yer thinkin' caps on 'n try ta remember why ya are where ya are taday and how ya got there. Yep, tell us all about yerself.

Chef and Abby were nice enough ta put this together so don't disappoint 'em by not postin' yer information.

The link is on the side of our blog fer the website. But there's a little kink in the armour cause the website can't have a million authors and so ya have ta email the info and pictures ta Abby or Chef ta have everythin' posted.

1. Visit the Autobiography Week site for details and leave a comment there letting us know you want to participate.

2. Email your stories (500 words or less) and pics if you have any (two per entry max.) to either of Chef or Abby by October 15th, at: chef.boxer@yahoo.ca or crabbyabby5827@yahoo.com, and we'll paste your entry to the Autobiography Week site.

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Another Big Thank You

Thanks ta Sunny, Scooter 'n Jamie who had a really cool idea fer passin' awards on ta others..... Ya could go ta their blog 'n pick out which award ya wanted and put it up on yer blog. Now how cool is that?

We kinda liked the Golden Paw Award so we snatched it fer ourselves....'n want ta say thank ya thank ya ta Sunny Scooter and Jamie fer thinkin' of us.

Now anyone who visits our blog and has a fondness fer the Golden Paw Award is welcome ta display it on their blog with our regards. Pretty ....isn't it ???????

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Now that was another heap of stuff ta report......
but I just wanna say......

This is Dewey Dewster reportin' on

Pgh's Birthday....
the walkin' terriers....
autobiography week
and the Golden Paws Award.......... OVER 'N OUT........

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........

I Dare You All- Dewey Style

Hello Ta All This Mighty Fine Day......

While we didn't see this challenge on Karl of the Cat Realm blog, we saw it on Asta's blog. Carl dared all of us to 'Get Involved' and come up with a Dare of our own!


Here he is, our winner: Mr. Chen dares you all to come up with one creative, fun, useful way to save the environmentand put a picture of yourself doing it on your blog!


We Dare You All to accept this challenge!


Gee, it's hard ta come up with only one way ya can help save the environment. We have a bunch of 'em that we do here and while we can't share ALL of them with ya cause ya would get bored lookin' at 'em all, we thought we'd share a few of 'em with ya.

It's gettin' ta be the end of summer around here and so it's time ta do yard work 'n clean things up a bit. Gram dug up dwarf iris and purple coneflower plants ta share with some of our friends up at the cottage who love ta plant things that the butterflies, bees and hummingbirds love.

She also loves ta multiply plants. Did ya know that if ya trimmed yer Euonymus bush that ya could just peel back a bit of the stem and stick it in the ground and it would grow inta another plant? Here are a few that Gram did a year or so ago...they are ready ta go ta a new home.
Brother Scott wanted some ivy fer his backyard and we have it growin' all over our hill. Gram has some baby ones started fer Scott.

Since we were cleanin' up...there were a bunch of dead flowers hangin' around the purple coneflower plants. Gram cut the seed heads off ta save 'em fer plantin' next Spring.

And she did the same fer the Black Eye Susans that were all dried up. These are ready ta be shook inta a bag and then saved fer next year or shared with other flower lovers.


While our tomato plants look just about dead, these peppers are still going strong and will produce lots more peppers fer both us and the neighbors ta cook with.

These are Rose Of Sharon trees that Gram is going ta dig up from the corner of our veggie garden and give ta Judy at the cottage. Hummingbirds love ta dip their beaks inta the flowers this tree grows.
Oh, here's our recycle bin where we put plastic and glass containers inta have the recycler pick 'em up. Yesterday was recycle day so we don't have many things in there yet fer next time.

Gram and Pap save aluminum cans ta take ta the scrap yard cause ya get money fer 'em when ya do take 'em...... 'n that saves us from makin' all new aluminum.

Oh, can ya imagine that someone threw out this alunimum gas grill fer the garbage? Yep, Pap saw it and picked it up ta be recycled down ta the scrap yard with the aluminum cans.


Oh, now here's our doggie door. It's in the screen door of our sliding glass doors since we keep both the doors and windows open most of the summer fer fresh air. We sure hate it when we have ta have the air on during those hot, humid days cause then we can't go in and out when we want ta. We have ta wait fer Gram or Pap ta open the door fer us.

Oh and here's me after I just went thru the doggie door ta go out ta check on those rats stayin' in our garage....the nerve of 'em ta still be here........

Gee, here's our doggie towels hangin' on the line in the back yard dryin'........do ya know how wonderful fresh towels smell after they are line dried? Sheets smell even better the first time ya get inta bed 'n get a wiff of that wonderful smell.

"n there's our composter.....where we put grass clippings that we don't end up puttin' in the garden and all the dead flowers, household scraps and bush trimmings ta turn inta some of the best compost ya will ever find.

Now while we get a lot of tomatoes from our garden, this is just a fraction of what we have picked this summer. Gram blanched, skinned, cut up and froze a peck of 'em yesterday. These are just some of the ones we will share with the neighbors. There's nothin' like fresh Pennsylvania tomatoes.

Now these are just a fraction of the ways we are helpin' ta save the environment. We just love it and hope nothin' happens ta make it unsafe fer any hooman, doggie, cat, hammie or even rat ta live in.

We would love ta see how everyone else is takin' the Save The Environment Challenge and hope we get ta see lots more on other blogs. We challenge ya ta post how ya are helpin' ta save this environment that we all count on.

While we don't get ta eat the tomatoes around here, the rats get the ones that have somethin' wrong with 'em. Those buggers pick 'em up and hold 'em in their little paws and just munch away. I won't tell ya what me, Mom 'n Toby would like ta do ta the rats.....we'll save that fer another time.....

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Another Award

Now Mango was kind enough ta present this terrier, Dewey Dewster, with another award and I sure want ta thank 'em fer it. It is the I LOVE YOUR BLOG AWARD.

Feel free to just enjoy this award or pass it along. Either way, you guys mean a lot to me. Here are the rules;

The Rules:

1. The winner can put the logo on his/her blog.

2. Link the person you received your award from.

3. Nominate at least seven other blogs.

4. Put links of those blogs on yours.

5. Leave a message on the blogs that you've nominated.

I am passing this award to...

Koobuss,

Lorenza,

Oorvi,

Scruffy Lacie and Babystan,

Girl, Girl Hammie,

Maggie and Mitch, and

Rudy the Bedlington Terrier

Ya all make us smile a whole lot and while that makes us gets wrinkles in the corners of our eyes....we still love ta smile.......

This is Dewey Dewster here reportin' on Savin' the Environment and awards.........

Doggie Fun Day Report

Hello Ta All this fine day........


Well, it wasn't all that fine cause after it rained pretty much all day Friday and Saturday, it was hot and windy taday........but taday was Doggie Fun Day and we wanted ta have FUN, FUN, FUN !!!!!!!!

We were ready ta go early this mornin' and after we had all the stuff packed in the car and trailer, we left ta drive ta Butler, Pa. fer the big day.........

There were a bunch of 12 week old Bassett Hounds next ta where we set up and Gram went over ta see 'em........Cute, aren't they.......

There were rings set up fer practicin' Obedience and this doggie was in that ring with his Mom.....

Then a celebrity appeared 'n everyone went over ta see who it was....we were pretty sure it was Angelina Jolie but now we think maybe it wasn't her at all.....but she was a celebrity fer sure.....

Ya can see some of the rings they had set up there so people could try Agility, Rally, Canine Good citizen, Earthdog, and Conformation with their doggies.......

And some more of the doggie day goodies.....

People were a bit slow gettin' there and then we got busy cause we were runnin' the earthdog stuff fer all the people ta try......

Oh, this is the father of some of the puppy bassett hounds....


We had a lab puppy that wanted ta bark at the rats we had in the cage.

Labs can't get inta the tunnels cause they get too big....Earthdog is only fer small terriers and a few other breeds. But this guy was barkin' at the rats anyway...

Then one of the WPA Earthdog Club members, Donna, was there taday with her 2 Westies. She has been tryin' ta get Angel ta get interested in the rats fer earthdog fer years now. Well, taday, Angel got interested in the rats. See what ya think....

Now we all had a fun day but it was hot 'n windy so everyone is pretty tired tonight. But we think Doggie Fun Day was a big success......'n we're ready ta plan fer next year.

So how was yer Sunday ?????

This is Dewey Dewster here reportin' on Doggie Fun Day..............

Peace Today for All

Good day ta all.....

After the vivid memories of yesterday, we thought ya all would appreciate a more calming message taday. If you have never seen their videos, visit them at http://www.makeadifference.com/




'N so ya know that we are all still doin' fine....here we are....all 3 of us lookin' mighty perky after our ordeal with the porcupine. Toby 'n me still have some quills comin' out but we're feelin' pretty good right now.
Me, I never like ta pose fer the camera....Gram always has a time gettin' me on film....
Mom too....she sees that thing and wants ta take off.....
We bid everyone a good day and hope that your weekend is stress free.

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A Reminder for Butler Doggie Fun Day

Remember this Sunday is Butler Doggie Fun Day.We'll be there fer the earthdog trials with our rats and earthdog tunnels. We hope we get ta meet some of ya there......cause we're gonna have fun, fun, fun !!!!

This is Dewey Dewster reportin' on us and peace.......

Let Us Remember.......

Hello To All.......

Some of you may be reading this from other parts of the world.....others are joining us from the great country we call home and remembering....I think everyone can remember that day seven years ago when tears were shed around the world.... ..you cried as we cried.......

Today is a day to remember.....remember the day we were attacked on our own soil with our own airplanes....when brave Americans who tried to rescue others became victims themselves......when a group of Americans in a plane over Shanksville, Pa. refused to just sit in their seats and die without trying to save themselves and others. "Let's Roll !!!" Let us never forget that day on September 11, 2001 when we were glued to our TV sets....tears streaming down our faces in disbelief as we watch the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York City burn......and as we saw the Pentagon in flames in Washington D.C. .........that day will live in our minds forever.......

"Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me.
I lift my lamp beside the golden door."


They wanted to bring us to our knees that day......to break our spirit.....what they did was UNITE US.



O beautiful for spacious skies,

(New York City)

For amber waves of grain,

For purple mountain majesties
Above the fruited plain!



America! America!

God shed His grace on thee,

And crown thy good with brotherhood

From sea to shining sea!

O beautiful for pilgrim feet

Whose stern impassion'd stress

A thoroughfare for freedom beat

Across the wilderness.

America! America!
God mend thine ev'ry flaw,

Confirm thy soul in self-control,


Thy liberty in law.

O beautiful for heroes prov'd

In liberating strife,

Who more than self their country loved,

And mercy more than life.

America! America!

May God thy gold refine
Till all success be nobleness,


(The face of a terrorist)
And ev'ry gain divine.

O beautiful for patriot dream
(The Pentagon)
That sees beyond the years
Thine alabaster cities gleam

Undimmed by human tears.


(Shanksville, Pa.)

America! America!

God shed His grace on thee,

And crown thy good with brotherhood

From sea to shining sea!

Let us never forget those who died that day when we see the USS New York, built with steel from the Twin Towers. America The Beautiful, the home of the Free and the Brave..........May God Bless them all......And let us NEVER FORGET.......

This is Dewey Dewster's Gram remembering yet again.........