Monday, October 23, 2006
Henry is somewhat of a spoiled little boy. We can’t so much as take a potty break from him. Whenever anyone goes to the bathroom, he will assume that if you are going to sit on the potty, then he has your undivided attention and that is time for Henry lovin’. Well, yesterday we built a scarecrow for Halloween. (It isn’t your traditional type scarecrow, it is a Baltimore Oriole baseball fan.) The scarecrow is sitting in a beach chair in front of the house. Well, Henry isn’t convinced that the scarecrow isn’t alive. Henry will go sit at the scarecrow’s feet and patiently wait for the scarecrow to pet him. He got a little board waiting for the petting, so he just laid down instead. Henry’s patient. If he thought the scarecrow would eventually give in, then he would sit and wait all day. I guess he will have to wait until the scarecrow needs to use the restroom.
Monday, October 16, 2006
October is breast cancer awareness month and Benjamin, Henry & Luna thought they would show their support with their new Bark For a Cure t-shirts. Luna loves to prance around in anything pink so she was quite happy with her new shirt. The boys on the other hand, weren’t so happy with their new pink duds. But after I explained things to them, they decided they were manly enough to sport their new pink shirts.
Henry in his shirt
Luna showing off her new shirt.
Friday, October 13, 2006
The last couple days have been cool here in FL and Henry is in his glory. We haven’t needed to run the air conditioner these last few days, so we were able to open the windows and the doors that lead to the screened-in part of of the pool deck. It has been great to get some fresh air circulating in the house and the boys and girls (Luna & Cupid the cat) love having the doors open and being able to go in and out on their own.
The opening shot is of Henry relaxing on his outdoor bed. And of course, where Henry is Luna is sure to follow.
Monday, October 9, 2006
It has been a long time in the making, but I am pleased to introduce, H. Doodle - A Little Shop for Little Dogs. Pets, but dogs especially, have always been a big part of my life. So awhile back, I started saving money so that I could one day open a dog boutique. Over the years, the vision of the dog boutique has changed and it wasn’t until late last year, that I thought I was finally ready to get the ball rolling.
There were a lot of decisions to be made and things to do and for the last 10 months I have working diligently to get everything ready. To finally announce to everyone that the H. Doodle website is complete and that H. Doodle is now open for business is absolutely thrilling!
Since launching, many people have asked me about the shop’s name - H. Doodle. Well, a previous blog post kinda gives this one away, but the boutique is named after Henry. One of Henry’s nicknames is Doodle. The term nickname is an understatement in this case. Doodle is what we mainly call him and it is the name that he seems to prefer. To add a twist to the name we decided to add Henry’s first initial to the boutique name. And that was how H. Doodle was born!
So, if you would be so kind, check out H. Doodle. We have a good assortment of products that meet Benjamin, Henry and Luna’s strict requirements and we are adding more products each week.
Tuesday, September 26, 2006
The clamshell chair in the living room is one of Benjamin, Henry and Luna’s favorite sleeping spots in the house. It seems like there is always at least one pug in the chair at all times and most of the time, all three are piled up there. Benjamin and Henry have always been partial to that sleeping spot because they can catnap and still see out the front door. So they can bark at passersby from the lap of luxury.
While they all sit in that chair pretty regularly, I have had a hard time getting a picture of them. Every time, I go near them with the camera, Luna jumps from the chair and comes running up to the camera. I must have caught her while she was extra sleepy because she didn’t budge when I got out the camera this morning. The little one is so tuckered out that I even got a picture of her mid yawn. Although, she looks like she has had a little bit too much to drink. She’s a trip!
Wednesday, August 30, 2006
Henry doesn’t have quite as many nicknames as Benjamin, but his nicknames are far more of a stretch back to his “proper” name. From Henry, we would call him Hank and from there, that evolved to Hankey, but that sounded too much like a tissue. From Hankey, that turned into Hank E. Doodle or Hankee Doodle like Yankee Doodle. Its funny, whenever we want him to come we always say, “Paging Mr. Doodle, Mr. Hank E. Doodle.” He has caught on and will come running whenever he gets paged.
When we are lazy, we’ll call him H. Doodle or when he is lazy, we call him “Dawdling Doody.” Sometimes he acts like the pokey little puppy. He does like to dawdle. The funniest thing about the nickname Hankee Doodle is that we sing Yankee Doodle to him and make the words fit his life. One day he heard Yankee Doodle on the TV, around the 4th of July, and as he listened, he cocked his head to the side as he was puzzled about why they would be singing about him on TV. So, little ol’ Henry is also known as Doodle or more formally H. Doodle.
Friday, August 25, 2006
A while back, I wrote about how Benny started sleeping the cat’s favorite basket. To help accommodate both of them, I added a second basket to my desk so there would be one for each of them. That sounds like it would be an ideal solution, but each of them only likes the one basket. Now these baskets are practically identical, but they each prefer the older basket and neither one of them will have anything to do with the newer basket. So like any good siblings, Benjamin and Cupid the cat are forced to share the same basket.
The other day, when neither Benjamin nor the cat were around, Henry decided to test out the basket and see what all the fuss is about.
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