Top 10 Things About Sleeping with Humans

Tuesday is supposed to be cave bed photo day but today I am reposting something I posted over on Whippet World. This was in response to a human whippet mom who posted the top 10 things humans should know about sleeping with whippets. So here they are my top 10 things a whippet should know about sleeping with humans.

1. humans may look bigger than whippets but really they only need a tiny amount of space in the bed, thus forcing us to pile over near them so we can all stay warm together

2. humans can shrink themselves to fit in all the oddly shaped spaces between whippets and often will stick their foot in your face

3. humans bred whippets to be foot warmers and enjoy having their toes licked while they sleep. don't believe them if they try to tell you otherwise

4. if for some reason you need to wake your human up - you must come out from under the covers and shake your body around violently so that your ears flap loudly. Most important reasons to wake your human up are hunger and the need for love.

5. humans often hog all the covers and whippets need to take matters into their own paws

6. humans are gassy and often force undercover whippets to come out for air

7. humans like for whippets to sleep on top of them, it makes them feel more secure

8. if your human gets up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom, you must follow them or they might escape thru the secret bathroom escape hatch

9. humans sometimes feel the need to wrap their arms around you while they sleep - this can be annoying and might force you to move further under the covers

10. try to avoid sticking your cold nose into their private spots, humans don't like this

A Blast from the Past

Halloween 2007 - my first Halloween. Can you see why I HATE HALLOWEEN???????

Pre-pre-rinse cycle

oops, Mom caught me as I was about to check out if there were any little tidbits that might be left on these dishes before they go in for their wash.

Circus Bug

Today was the first class of my 6-week tricks training. The training center was pretty nice - lots of grassy areas for me to pee on. They also have an indoor pool - some crazyass golden retriever was actually swimming in it today - it is a bit too cold for me to think about swimming. But I do like to swim (more than Pixie does) so maybe in the summer we will go for a swim.

The class was in a big room in the main house. They had several chairs but in the corner there was actually a small bed - well you guessed it, I hightailed it over to the bed and jumped on up and waited for class to start.

In came the other participants - a big fat rottweiler, a barky little terrier thing, 2 mixed breeds tending toward the shepard look, and a giant german shepard. The german shepard had to go to the other side of the room because its Mom said it didn't like little brown dogs. I tried to explain that I am very nice and also I am red not brown, but whatever.

And then let me tell you the fun began. Out came that clicker thing and the treats were coming faster than I could think. Today's most excellent treat was chicken lunchmeat. It has been a while since I saw or heard that clicker thingy so at first I really had no idea what was expected of me but I kept staring at Mom figuring somehow she would tell me. So I stared right at her and you know what? Every time I stared at her I got a click and a treat. Yay me, I obviously figured that one out.

Then Mom started sticking her hand in front of my face. Hmm, what the heck does that mean? Her hand smelled like chicken so I stuck my nose on it and BAM - click treat babeeee!! Am I a genius or what? Look out circus poodles - Bug is comin' atcha.

I was so chickened up at this point, I got a little sleepy. I was about to jump back up on the bed when from the other side of the room I heard a woman saying - "BUNNY". What? Did I hear her right? Did she just say "BUNNY"? And then she said it again "BUNNY" - awww, shit game on. I tried to take off to go find the bunny but that damn fabric thing around my neck attached to the long ropey thing kept me from getting anywhere. So I looked right into Mom's eyes and there you go - click/treat.

So that is my story. I think I have homework to do this week which means I will be getting lots of treats which is cool. Also, I think Pixie gets to learn the tricks too and I am SURE she will be into getting treats, so it should be a fun week for us.

Don't forget to look for me in the circus real soon. I will be the one doing tricks and eating horseshit.

My top 5 favorite people foods

Tonight I have decided to share my top 5 favorite people foods. If you meet me one day and you want to become my friend, it can happen much quicker if you give me some of these foods, preferably all 5.

OK, here we go:

1. Almonds - roasted or raw, I am not picky
2. Potato chips - crunch crunch crunch
3. Reeses pieces - it may take me a while to eat one but that doesn't mean you shouldn't give me a lot of them
4. Pizza - no green peppers please, they give me gas
5. Bacon - mmmmmmmmmmmm mmmmmmmm good

Thank you and good night.

my Mom is a wimp

she has been complaining about how cold it is outside. oh whatever, let me go outside. i like it. i can mess around out there without being bothered. there are frozen sticks to eat and other frozen delights. we whippets are a hardy breed. look at this video - that is my brother in the back on the right and my cousin in front. they know what cold is and they like it.