Just Hanging Out

Hello Mumsie here, with Lola at my side......

We missed wheelie Wednesday yesterday...OOPS! Mumsie has been busy with her new business and getting things underway....Pawesome Pals is getting there....a little at a time! But it is time consuming and takes some dedicated effort with short marketing dollars...so I make the best of it with my own three stars...using them as my models! Whooo-hoooooo...how nice to know my babies are contributing!

Anyhow...we went to the beach recently and you won't believe how big Miss Lola is getting...She is leggy and beautiful and just a complete love. Jack-Jack got an airecut from me the other day but he looks a bit funny...naked on the top and bottom....we love you tons anyhow Jack!!! And Roy Al is just as steady and true blue as can be...He is such a good boy. Here are a few pictures....

Mumsie wanted to say thanks to Bogart...you have "carded" us and we have not posted since...thanks...we'll get it up there by tomorrow! We appreciate that.

Love and thanks to all from Cracker Jack....and the whole family. And we are sending Aireprayers to Sherry and the Tribe for good things to happen....

Love, The G-Dales and Mumsie...

xoxo

We've Got A Wheelie!

Sit right down and you'll hear a tale of a crazy wheelie and 3 Airedales......

WOW! We heard a rumor that there was a wheelie looking for a place to crash in town but the wheelie had a pal....a pinkie dog.....needless to say, we dales put the word out that we were interested......Especially me, since I am pack leader here at Camp Griffindale....yep, it's Jack-Jack and I'm back in charge of the pack.

See, it started a couple of weeks ago when Sherry asked our Mumsie about a wheelie....."What would you name a wheelie if you had one at your house?" Very interesting that shortly thereafter we had a knock on our door.....

It's Roy Al here....see the two little vermin out in owur driveway....we was very suspiciousy of dem at firwst but Jack-Jack said it would be pawsitively okay cause he would make sure that noffing went awry.....

There's the pinkie dog, there's the pinkie dog!!! Can I play wiff the pinkie dog? Oh my dog, I would love to CHEW UP THAT STUFFIE!! DEETZY BOY AND BEASE WOULD BE SO PROUD OF ME!

Miss Lola Dale, pwease wet's wait and see what the story is wiff deez guys firwst okay?

Yeah, so they got closer and closer....they knocked on the door but MUMSIE WEFT IT UNLOCKED! THEY CAME WIGHT INSIDE! OH MY DOG...JACK- JACK WHAT DO WE DO?

"Here pinkie, pinkie, pinkie....I won't hurt you.....I just want to pull your stuffies out!" Hee-heee

Err, talk to them Roy Boy....they are just a wheelie and a pinkie dog.....YOU ARE THE AIREDALE! See, sometimes I have to remind you that YOU are the mighty and proud AIREDALE TERRIER...yes, you are. These visitors, they want to SEE US and BE WIFF US because we ARE AIREDALES, dude. Check it out for yourself......

So, is pawsibly twue? YOU came here to SEE US?

Well, yes, my name is GERTY and I heard from a fwiend...PACO (he's in New Mexico) that you were Wheelie fwiendly here in BOSTON. I twavelled all that way to come and see you guys.

Oh my dog...Jack-Jack was wight! Well, do you know who lives here? We are 3 Dales strong here ya know....and you better understand we ARE IN CHARGE! (ok, weally, Jack-Jack is in charge but we other dales come before wheelies just in case you were thinking differwent)

" Oh pinkie.....come see Lola Belle........pwease!"

Alwight, if you say so, we just want to hang out wiff some fun Dales and see what happens wiff you all. Are there others wike us here? Are there more wheelies?

No, no other wheelies but we have some fwiends that we hang out wiff. There's Mortimer the Moose, there's Miss Duckie, there's Bonzo the beanie Dale and many others...we even have Pooh but Jack-Jack took care of him a long time ago...Pooh is cool now, he hangs wiff us all. Go say hi....

Hey there you guys, my name is GERTY and I've come to meet you all because my friend Paco from New Mexico has told me this is a cool place to hang out. That wots of fun stuff goes on here and that these 3 AIREDALES are vewy, vewy good Dales. What's the scoop? Mortimer can you tell me about them? And Bonzo the Beanie....how have they been wiff you....after all, imitation is the gweatest compliment...you wook just wike Jack-Jack! I have been told that I wook wike Lola Belle...will she wike me?

Bonzo sayz that Lola will wike you. BUT, you must be very sweet when you go to say hello...she is a puppy dale and puppy dales can be feisty! Dis means she may want to try to taste you....yes, lick you, nibble you....you can only visit wiff Lola if the MUMSIE is around...ok? Otherwise you couwld be in grave danger. Not because Lola is mean it's just she's a puppy dale....you'll understand soon.....

Morty the Moose sayz that you will have fun here.....see hanging wiff me is very fun...we sit up here in my swing and watch those crazy dales play down on the kitchen and living room floors...we are SAFE from BITEY FACE up here. Remember, always stay safe from BITEY FACE GAMES! NUMBER ONE RULE, GERTY!

"Mr. Pinkie Dog, Lola is getting upset...you don't talk, you come to my houwse and you won't pway wiff me.....Jack-Jack, what's up wiff the pinkie.........what are we gonna do about him?"

Bonzo again.....wisten, now that you have met everyone, you must go tewll your arrival to PAco and the other wheelies... The Mumsie can hewlp you....go to her computer and wait for her.....she will help you wiff your story ok? Oh, and just you wait, those 3 AIREDALES, they are CWAZY! You will have some tales to tell on Wheelie Wednesdays..... I understand that a certain Mamma Sherry also sent you to us....that Mamma sherry knew you would bring love and fwiendship along wiff you......Well, so far, she is wight! Welcome Gerty, welcome to Camp Griffindale!

Thank you Bonzo, and thank you to everyone else too....ESPECIALLY THE 3 DALES, I can't wait to meet Lola Belle and to be good fwiends wiff everyone here. I think Gerty (oh, that's me!) is gonna wike it here! Now, where is that computer desk...got to find this Mumsie for some helwp!

Ahhhh...there you are GERTY! I heard that you were here, that you had arrived, from the Dales. I am SO very pleased to have you join our pack at Camp Griffindale.....did Mamma Sherry really send you to see me? She always knows when to send a little bit of heaven to someone, doesn't she? WE LOVE MAMMA SHERRY so very much. I promise you will have fun here with the Dales and the whole gang.....looking forward to lots of adventures!

Lola Belle, the pinkie doesn't talk, he doesn't have a mouth.....and you've scared him. He thinks you just want to rip him apart...is that true? Not all stuffies should be ripped apart.....how many times do I have to tell you that, young lady?........

Thanks for sharing Jack, we have to go for now. We look forward to getting to know Gerty and we all will play nice in the sandbox, right?

Until then......Jack- Jack is doing much better everyone....thank you for the love and prayers....

Mumsie's 1st try at airecuts....

Howdy there my Airepals and other d-o-g like-type-friends!

It's Roy Boy reporting here....thought I'd give you the low down on our Mumsie....she was all freaked out because of poor Jack-Jack. Though, since he has come home she's doing better now - though I heard her drinking something last night and explaining to Lola it was for "medicinal purposes"....Dad said she just needed a glass of wine to R-E-L-A-X !!!!!!

Anyhow, as she was getting back to 'normal' around here, she noticed that Lola and I were looking a bit scruffy I guess you could say. So.....out came the clippers. dah-da-dat-dat-dah.......

Now, I know Mumsie used to trim up her Shepherds in the summer to keep them cool but I KNOW she never gave an airedale cut before.....I was nervous but was a very good boy. I stood still and relaxed and when I thought she was gettin the hang of itpretty good, I took a nappie in her lap. She was working on my ears and it felt so good!

Anyhow....here are our pictures...of me and Lola. I think Lola was harder because she kept moving alot and wiggling around like puppies do. Oh and Lola, she did not like the buzzing in her ears at all.....she shook her head alot.... Jack-Jack did not get his airecut cause he's still healing from his boo-boos......WE LOVE YOU JACK!

Okie Dokies...let us know if we look like freaks and need to go for a long long walk to the groomers ourselves to get our cuts fixed...but ya know, I don't think they are too bad. I mean, I'm not embarassed or anything.....my butt still looks good and all......

Bye! Nose Poke Pals! Have a Pawesome Day!

Roy Al the eldest of the 3 Griffindales.....and the SMARTEST!

I think we look pretty good. You tell us how Mumsie did and if you have any helpful hints....let us know!

Poor Jack - His Naked Belly

HI EVERYONE!!!

THIS IS JACK'S VERY THANKFUL MUMSIE....THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT AND LOVE AND PRAYERS...THEY WORKED CAUSE JACK IS HOME SAFE N SOUND.

HE IS NAKED, BUT DOING BETTER. HE'S EATING BLAND DIET OF CHICKEN, RICE, COTTAGE CHEESE, YOUGURT, OATMEAL....A LITTLE APPLESAUCE AND SOON...A TASTE OF PUMPKIN (SHERR'Y SECRET).

JACK SEEMS TO BE IMPROVING EACH DAY ~ HE'S EATING REGULARLY, HE WANTS TO BE INTERACTIVE WITH THE OTHER 2 KIDS BUT WE HAVE TO KEEP HIM QUIET SO HIS INCISION/INTERNAL SUTURES CAN HEAL PROPERLY. HERE ARE SOME PICTURES OF MY NAKED BOY AND HIS BELLY.

FIRST PICTURE IS WHILE HE WAS AT THE VETS, WE VISITED HIM AND TOOK HIM FOR A WALK OUTSIDE SO HE STILL HAS THE IV PORT IN HIS LEG....

HE SORT OF HAS A DOPEY FACE, HE HAD LOTS OF PAIN MEDICINE IN HIM THEN.

JACK IS RESTING IN THE LIVINGROOM ON HIS NEW BED. HE SLEEPS DOWNSTAIRS IN A KENNEL BECAUSE HE CANNOT CLIMB THE 25 STEPS TO OUR UPSTAIRS/BEDROOMS YET.

SEE HIS LOVELY RING AROUND THE ANKLE? THAT WILL TAKE A YEAR TO GROW OUT AND BLEND IN AGAIN....A CONSTANT REMINDER FOR OUR FAMILY TO EXERCISE CAUTION!!!!

LOLA HAS BEEN VERY 'OUT OF SORTS' SINCE THIS HAPPENED TO JACK - SHE IS VERY ATTACHED TO HER PACK LEADER. SHE ALWAYS STAYS WITHIN A FEW FEET OF JACK TO WATCH HIM AND BE CLOSE. SHE CRIES IF SHE CAN'T SEE HIM AND THAT HE IS OK....HOW SWEET IS THAT?

AND THERE IT IS...THE NASTY INCISION THEY HAD TO MAKE IN OUR BOY'S BELLY TO GET THAT 3" PIECE OF CORN COB OUT. BEWARE THE COBS! THEY NEVER, EVER DIGEST AND MY VET HAS REMOVED 7 FROM VARIOUS SIZE DOGS THIS SUMMER ALONE. THEY ARE VERY DANGEROUS AND IT IS VERY SCARY TO GO THROUGH THIS....PLEASE NOBODY LEAVE CORN COBS AROUND WHERE YOU BABY'S CAN GET THEM! IT TOOK JACK ABOUT 3 AND 1/2 SECONDS TO GET THE PIECE HE GRABBED FROM THE KITCHEN FLOOR DOWN HIS THROAT. I'LL NEVER TAKE FOR GRANTED THAT MY FUR KIDS WILL BE SAFE IF THEY ARE SITTING IN MY LIVING ROOM WHILE WE CLEAN UP FROM A MEAL IN THE KITCHEN......FROM NOW ON...THEY WILL ALWAYS IN THE MUD ROOM!!!!

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR THE LOVE AND PRAYERS! NOSE POKES AND LICKY-LICKS FROM JACK HIMSELF..... AND HUGS AND THANKS FROM OUR ENTIRE GRIFFINDALE FAMILY!

HE'S HOME! HE'S HOME!

HE'S HOME!!!!

THANK YOU FOR THE AIREPRAYERS......WE JUST NEED TO KEEP HIM EATING AND GET HIM HEALTHY AGAIN.

HE'S HOME!!!!!!!!!

WE ARE SO HAPPY! I WILL POST SOME PICTURES LATER......JACK HAS A NAKED - YES, I MEAN NAKED - BELLY!

THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR THE GOOD AIRE KARMA AND LOTS OF AIRELOVE AND LOTS OF CROSSED PAWS! WE LOVE YOU SO!

PICCIES TO COME LATER TONIGHT.....LOVE YOU ALL!!!

Emergency!

VERY SAD NEWS ALL MY AIREFRIENDS......



JACK-JACK ATE A PIECE OF A CORN COB THURSDAY NIGHT AND IS IN THE DAWGGIE HOSPITAL. HE HAD TO HAVE SURGERY TO REMOVE IT FROM HIS TUMMY. HE HAS MADE IT THROUGH OK AND IS RECOVERING.

THE DOCTOR CALLED TODAY TO SAY THAT JACK LOOKS OK BUT HAS NOT HAD ANY INTEREST IN FOOD YET. THIS IS A BIT OF A BUMMER - WE WERE HOPING TO BRING JACK HOME TODAY. PLEASE KEEP UP THOSE AIREPRAYERS ON JACK'S BEHALF...WE NEED HIM HOME SAFE AND SOUND!



MUMSIE IS VERY SAD AND VERY UPSET.....AND SO ARE WE....NO JACK-JACK AT HOME WIFF US.....

THANK YOU EVERYDOG AND HOOMAN FOR THE LOVE AND SUPPORT....WE WILL LET YOU KNOW WHEN JACK-JACK IS HOME WIFF US!!!!

Flying the Friendly Skies

Well, let me tell you a story about a little girl named Sierra that just had to fly in an airplane....Our Mumsie went on a bye-bye and she didn't take any of us! Not one! We saw her pack up a bag and we saw her take treats and water and then....none of us!!!!! WHAT? WHAT IS THIS?

"WHERE ARE YOU GOING MOMMY?" I had to ask, being the littlest Griffindale......



Well, she came home wiff a familiar doggie smell on her and then, she showed us the pictures and told us the story!



Ah my griffindale babies......Roy Al, Jack-Jack and Mis Lola.....Remember that all you furkids came to Mumsie on a big plane (oh yeah, that metal birdie in the sky) well, I had to help another Tenkiller Airedale get to her new home. I had to go to Logan Airport and pick her up. See here she is with a friend of ours, that nice lady who has met each of you at the Continental Airlines Cargo Hanger. She was just as nice to Sierra. Roy Boy, she is an all black Dale just like you.




Now, Mumsie was very happy to see Miss Sierra looking so good. She had NO (absolutely DRY) accidents in her kennel, she chewed up some of her newspaper but that's ok. We had some kibbles and some water, because just like you guys, she was very hungry. I watched her gobble up her kibbles in no time at all! Then we had a nice walkie to stretch her bones a bit. After all, she'd been in her kennel since early morning and that is not part of her routine! Then we got loaded into the car and ready to go!







Sierra was not having any part of getting back in her kennel, but neither was Mumsie....I wanted Ms. Sierra to stretch out and relax for a while. Now that she had food in her belly and could relax a little bit, I could tell she was very happy! She her happy face here......





Mumsie, she is very cute! She looks like Roy Boy and she has a white spot like me do...she would be lots of fun to play wiff. How come she didn't come home wiff you?




Well, good question Miss Lola Belle....see, first of all, Sierra has a BIG JOB to do. She is going to be a Service Dog for a lovey lady named Allison. Allison needs Sierra to help her do some things in her life because Allison uses a wheel chair to get around. Sierra can be a big help to her by getting things for her and helping out around the house. So, that is the first reason......the second reason is that Mamma Sherry told Mumsie she can't keep her, no matter how cute we all think she is, she has a forever home that she is going to. Just like you did, Miss Lola. Your forever home is here with Mumsie. Right?



Yep, that's right Mumsie, I understand now. Too bad though, she would have been fun to play wiff.

And you are so right Lola Belle...I think you and Roy and Jack would have LOVED her very much. But we had to hit the road and get going to Maine!






So here we are, on the road. It was a nice drive because the weather was good and it wasn't at rush hour. It was about 80 degrees and the windows were down (Sierra loved the breeze in the back of the car! - ALL THOSE SMELLS!!!!) We had very little traffic once we got out of Boston and on our way North, through NH to Maine. Did I tell you that Sierra is going to be with some trainers too?

No, what are Trainers, Mumsie? Who are they?

Well, the trainers that Sierra will work with are two very nice people. There is Miss Caitlin and her husband Martin. Caitlin will train Sierra and Martin will help her. They have a nice kennel in Maine and have agreed to help out Miss Allison by training Sierra to do what is necessary as a service dog. This is Caitlin and Martin with a doggie that stays at their kennel.

Ah, and there is the Portsmouth Bridge......a landmark that tells me we are getting closer to MAINE! By the way, Miss Sierra has been napping for most of the ride and she is just a love. Lola Dale, I'm sure that you remember Miss Sierra from Mamma Sherry's house...did you remember her smells?

Yeah Mumsie, that was my fwiend at Mamma Sherry's houwse...I wemember Miss Siewwa! I would surely have liked to seen her and say hello and sniff butts and stuff....did she smell me in the car Mumsie?

I'm sure she did Princess. And then in a few more minutes...WE ARRIVED at our meeting place. We met with Martin who was going to take Miss Sierra to their kennel and start to train her and get her to Miss Allison. Isn't this exciting stuff?

This is the Route 1 sign, just a few more minutes to go!!!And then we pulled into the parking lot and met with Martin in the back where there were very few cars. We had plenty of space to let Miss Sierra out to walk some more, go potty and say hello to her next new friend. She and Martin had one more leg of the journey to make for the day.




This is the Trading Post from Route 1, we went in the back......past the big sign
And here is Miss Sierra with Martin and walking with us. We chatted about blacks and how Mumsie and Daddy came to decide we wanted Airedales and then how we found Mamma Sherry. We talked a bit about what good doggies you Airedales are and then a bit about their kennel - Pet Haven. They have about 30 doggies a day come stay wiff them for day care! They are busy! Anyhow, we let Miss Sierra feel some grass under her toes and try to potty. We loaded up her kennel in Martin's car and then......they went bye-bye on the last leg of Miss Sierra's very long day.

Walking with Martin...

A little quiet time in the grass....See her beautiful spot just like yours, Lola? She is a beautiful little girl, too, just like you. And very sweet, Mumsie got many kisses from Miss Sierra.

And then Mumsie's job was done, it was time to say goodbye to Miss Sierra so she and Martin could get to their final destination. Poor Sierra had such a long day of travel but she was a trooper - that little pooper looper! She got in Martin's car and I gave her the fleece we had and the hand leash so Martin could stop with her if he needed to. She looked tired but was still such a good girl. Martin was very kind and was happy to have Miss Sierra in the front with him for their journey. At least Miss Sierra won't be lacking attention or loving care.....seems everyone is bewitched by her sweet personality!

There she is - the super duper girl, Miss Sierra. Hope you had a safe journey for the last of your travels Sweetie! Wishing you love and much happiness in your new forever home. I'm certain that between Allison, Caitlin and Martin that you are going to be well loved. Blessing little girl as you begin the big job that lies ahead!

Thank you to Mamma Sherry for the love and care and for sharing Miss Sierra with someone in need. Thank you Martin and Caitlin for the care and training of Miss Sierra on behalf of Allison. And thank you Allison - for loving our little girl and giving her a forever home. We are all thinking of you! And we are here to help and to chat with you if you like!

When you are ready to set up your own Dog Blog....so we can see what is going on with Miss Sierra, let us know, we can help you if you like!

Good Luck and Many Blessings to you and Miss Sierra!

Lots of Love,

Mumsie Griffindale

a.k.a. Debbi