Happy ThanksgivingGUSTEKA

and TONY

(OF COURSE WE HAVE AN ITALIAN TURKEY!)

Eduardo gots the Holiday Spirit !!!!

My pal Eduardo S. Puggle asked me and muzzer to complete this seasonal meme.

So, Here we go

1. Wrapping paper or gift bags? Both
2. Real tree or Artificial? Both
3. When do you put up the tree? Artificial, Day after Thanksgiving, Real, a week before Christmas.
5. Do you like eggnog? in season only. Must have: brandy, whipped cream and fresh nutmeg.
6. Favorite gift received as a child? GE Cookstove for muzzer. My soccer ball from E. Rabbit for me.
7. Easiest person to buy for? All the people we buy for are pains in the butt. The dogs are the easiest.
8. Hardest person to buy for? Dad and Aunt Re.
9. Do you have a nativity scene? Several
10. Mail or email Christmas cards? BOTH! Gussie gets more cards than we do.
11. Worst Christmas gift you ever received? Muzzer says: "Tall Blonde Lingerie" I don't understand.
12. Favorite Christmas Movie? Muppets and John Denver, Christmas Together...yes, I know it was a TV special, but my sister E.Rabbit sings the songs for me.
13. When do you start shopping for Christmas? Summertime
14. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present? NEVER
15. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas? FOOD!
16. Lights on the tree? Yes, and on anything else that stands still.
17. Favorite Christmas song? The Peace Carol, from the Muppet Christmas Together Album. Did I mention my sissie sings these to us?
18. Travel at Christmas or stay home? Home, company, family, travel, family, dinner, travel ,home ....New Years!
19. Can you name all of Santa's reindeer's? of course,but only if muzzer sings along
20. Angel on the tree top or a star? victorian lady holding a star?
21. Open presents on Christmas eve or morning? as soon as possible
22. Most annoying thing about this time of the year? People who put trees in the living room and then fuss because I pee on them!
23. Favorite ornament, theme or color? Plaid!
24. Favorite for Christmas dinner? Cioppino on Christmas Eve, Ham on Christmas Day, Leftovers!
25. Brussels Sprouts - love or hate them? LOVE THEM! Slice them and saute them so the house doesn't smell!
26. Favourite accompaniment to the Christmas Pud? Brandy and I love it when Dad lights it!
27. Favourite Christmas Carol? "Adeste Fidelis", and the Posada song "Entren Santos Peregrinos"
28. Your very Favourite Christmas Thing? E.Rabbit and E.Beth!
29. A Christmas wish! All dogs would be safe & have a family to spend Christmas with!

Now, Eduardo tagged people, but I just want you to do this if you want to share your Christmas stuff with us.

kisses to all
Gussie

Pee ess... Muzzer says Schmauss Songs, a DWB blogger tradition, will start on my gotcha day, December 5. Hanukkah songs as we discover them. We take requests, but we do recycle, because we have favorites!

Remember...The first "official" holiday is December 6th, for St. Nicholas day. All you doggies best have stockings, not just the itchy ones.

gussie

Helping out in Ioway!

Yesterday we heard from Mama and Butcho that Miss Snickers was not feeling well. So Gussie and Teka set it up with Butchy Boy Air for a short trip to Ioway to help nurse the beautiful Miss S.

Of course, nothing would make Gussie happy unless Dad ran over to Neely's and picked up some takeout BBQ. Neely's is Muzzer's favorite BBQ place, and the family that runs it has a show on Food Channel that I watch sometimes in the big bed.

So, poor Dad got in the Gussiemobile and went to pick up a six pack...that's pulled pork, pulled beef, smoked turkey, beef tips, beef ribs and pork ribs (ymmmm!) We thought that would be enough, but there are more people on the way to help than we expected, so I planned to eat in the plane.Me and Gussie went out to wait on the porch in our navy fleecies. I have my hoodie on under mine, so if you are thinking I look a bit chubbo, you can forget it. That's all muscle!

Well, Butcho Boy Aire arrived in good time, and when I saw the crowd, I decided I would eat my share in flight. Ha...Butchy tried to pull rank and tell me I couldn't eat on board, but I took one look at the mess that Bert and Gert left behind and I just raised one eyebrow at him and said "Yeah sure, you betcha."

It was a short flight to Ioway, but by the time we got there, that six pack was a three pack, just barely enough left for Mama and Dad and Miss Snickers. We do fine BBQ in Mayemphis, ya know, Joe?

Respectfully (hah)

Teka Toy.

reporting from Ioway.

elf dance

Send your own ElfYourself eCards

I'm Comin'!

Me and Gussie are on our way to Ioway to get Butchy and Snickers. Actually, we is picking up Snickers and sending Butcho to pick up the whippets in his yellow plane!

Today I borrowed Muzzer's purse and took her plastic card to the nearest Mall to get some warm stuff.


Here are pictures of me and Dad in our hoodie sweat
shirts.
























I am not unhappy in this picture.

I am just aggravated at Muzzer for taking too many pictures and not letting us get started on our way to the Poker Pawty.



See Ya shortly !!!

Teka Toy

Teka's First Winter

Y'all know Teka Toy, right?

Before we begin this post, let's do a refresher course.

Teka is my niece. She kinda/sorta belongs to my Sissie, E.Beth.

But E.Beth is still in Collidge. She is a poor, starving student. She lives in apartments without yards. So ..... Teka has been livin' with us ever since we moved back from Virginia.

Teka is an Azrizona dog, who thinks she is a California Girl.

She reacts to cold weather kinda like our pal Joey Stains. (who is on his honeymoon, so don't visit his blog for a week or so.)

Last night we had our first almost cold night. It was down into the 30 degree Fahrenheit range.

This morning, we went out for walkies while it was still dark, and I will admit, even for me it was a bit chilly. But I lived in Virginia and Delaware when I was a pup, so I am quite accustomed to cold. Hey....I've even seen snow.

We came back to our house, the hoomans made us breakfast, then made breakfast for themselves, and right after bananananas, Teka disappeared.

Muzzer went into her bedroom to pull up the covers and make it a little neat in there. I do have standards, ya know?


Look what she found.

There was a big lump on the side of the bed over closest to the heating vent.

Muzzer thought she might know what it was, but before she started to pat it down flat, she went over to the other side to check.

Look what she found!

Teka had found a spot under the cover and comforter and was snoozin the morning away.

And look at the "look" she got from Teka after that camera flash.

Well, we are invited to Scruffy, Lacie and Stan's place to play poker.

I am borrowing the Gussiemobile and heading for Ioway to pick up Butcho and sweet Miss Snickers.

Teka says she is not going unless she hears for SURE that Swede William will be there.

See y'all soon.

Gussie

How prescient of the US Post Office

to issue this stamp

LAST YEAR!

special treats for a special day

These are the treats that my Sissie E.Rabbit sent me from Dee See

They came in a box with the late, lamented Lame Duck.

May he rest in pieces.

They are from a place called Capitol Dog Bakery (www.capitoldog.com)

And they also come in elephants, which might be fun to munch also.

Here, silly muzzer has arranged them on a blue place mat, with eight

tiny donkeys (for eight years, we hope!) arranged around the baggie.

Silly Muzzer. Me and Teka will eat them right out of the bag.

No need to make them look good, they taste yummy.

Anyway, these have been our treats all day.

Now, however, muzzer is making us wait until CNN or NPR projects

a state for Barack Obama. Then, and only then, do we get a cookie.

Seems not quite fair. Why should we have to wait?

We want to celebrate NOW!

Anyway, we figure we will finish the bag tonight.

And we hope that is not just wishful thinking.

kisses to all of you

regardless of pawty

Gussie n Teka

VOTE

because

your

DOG

CAN'T!

Blackout!

Muzzer is leaving for St. Loulis in a few minutes.

We will not be blogging (cause Dad won't help) but we will be able to check in on your blogs, at least during the day while he is at work.

We have the poodles from next door (their paws are teeny tiny!) coming to help on the keyboard.

See you all at the Holly Ween pawty.

Barkies, we will see you early that mawning


kisses
Gussie and Teka

Rainy Daze

Hi....

It has been very rainy here all day.
When we come in from walkies, I am very cold.
Muzzer dug in the trunk and found Gussie's very first sweater.
E.Rabbit made it for him when he was living in Virginia (I think that is near DeeSee)
Gussie said I could borrow it. It is a bit tight on him now that he has joined the substantial wires club.

However, that does not give him the right to sniff my butt. I walloped him immediately after this picture was taken.

Teka Toy.

Gussie Photos

Hello:
I am posting some photos of me, requested by Stanley's girl and Lacie.

Muzzer apologizes, these are post grooming, but I am still kinda fuzzy.
Nuff Said.

Kisses

Gussie

Teka: Every Vet's Dream

Teka Here!

Muzzer said I could blog today to let everyone (actually Swede William) know that I am feeling better and getting along well.

Wow! Let me tell you...it has been an interesting few days. I am just sitting here thinking about all the things that have happened.

Sunday at the emergency vet place, I did not want muzzer to leave me. But then, my stomach felt sickie again and the people at the vets were so nice to me, I decided it was OK.

Muzzer called to check on me, and the vet tech said I was restless. (my tummy hurt!) Muzzer told him that dad sometimes carries me like a baby on his shoulder and sings to me. That vet tech must've been born recently, because that is what he did! And then I spent most of the rest of the night on his lap while he did paperwork. HeHeHe....I had my IV in, and he put the hook in his pocket when we were moving around. What! me? Spoiled?

Now, Monday Muzzer picked me up, and we went to see my own vets, Dr. Sally and Dr. Jeff. Lots and lots more "oh, poor babies" and I was hooked up to an IV there and muzzer took off, leaving my binkie to keep me comfortable in the cage.

Poor Binkie. The victim of yet another "accident." He did not come home with us.

I spent another night at the dog hospital, but my friend who knew about walking me and singing was not there. Fortunately, my Swede William came to keep me comfortable, and insisted that we have the private suite at the vets. sigh! He is such a hero.

Tuesday morning muzzer was there to get me, really early. And we went home. We had a special just us girls day while Gussie was at the groomer. Every time I rolled over, muzzer checked on me. I think she was worried about me.

The vet sent home some stuff for me to eat and pills and a paste for my tummy, and I am feeling much better. The Bumpass Dad, who does rescue, said that taking a doggie to an emergency vet clinic can mean "KaChing, KaChing." Muzzer says he is very right, but Dad said I am worth it. For your enjoyment, I am enclosing pictures of my food and meds.

I have Lomotil, Metronidazole, ProViable and special food for an ID dog. That stands for Incredibly Darling, ya know!

At the vets I had Ampicillian, Centrine, a vitamin B injection, Cerenia, Famotidine, Buprenex and a lot of hoomiliating tests. Sheesh.

Gotta go take a nap. Need my beauty sleep, ya know!

Kissess

Teka Toy

Teka Home!

Teka came home from the Vet's today.

She has medicine, special food, and a shaved spot on her leg where they put the I-vee.

She seems to be feeling better, but like the vet says, she has been pretty sleepy, so about all she has been doing is napping and eating and going outside.

Muzzer says I must be quiet and not try to play with her too much. Sheesh.

Swede William is on his way home, he says please make psghetti and he will see y'all by dinnertime.

Boring. Glad I get to go see my groomer tomorrow.

More later.

Gussie

update 2

The vet called and said it would be better for Teka if she stayed there overnight because even though she has taken a little food, she is also still having occasional bouts of diarrhea. (I'm embarrassed.)

Swede William has decided to stay with her, and he has booked the two of them into the Presidential Suite, because he thinks Teka will be more "bekväm " there. Mom is just hoping that means comfortable!

call from our vet

Well, if that doesn't beat all!

We just had a call from the vet place. They wanted to let us know that Teka has company!

Seems they heard scratching at the kennel door, and went back to check.

They were greeted by "a very Sweet whippet" who came in and proceeded to charm the staff and doctors. I explained that he is a very "Swede" whippet, and outlined the relationship. They are happy to have him visiting, and they say Teka is much quieter when he is near her, so the two of them now have pretty much the run of the kennel area, and have made themselves at home.

The staff mentioned that the Swedish meatballs were delicious, but they are not sure Teka should be drinking whatever it is in that glass.

Gussie

Update on Teka

Muzzer went to the Emergency place this morning and picked Teka up.

Then they went to our Vet at Pet Professionals.

The lady vet said they needed to keep Teka on IV for a while longer, and muzzer should call after 3:00 pm to see whether Teka can spend the night at home or needs to go back the the 'mergency place for overnights so she can be observed.

I will have an update this evening.

Muzzer said Teka was pretty subdued. I can hardly imagine it.

kisses
Gussie


pee esss...thanks for all the good thoughts. We will show them to Teka when she gets home.

gus

Teka Sickie!

Hey Pals:

Teka is spending the night at the 'mergency vets place. She has been slightly under the weather since Friday night, not eating, not wanting to play, not making my life totally miserable.

She has always been up for walkies, and she didn't stop drinkin' water, but this morning, she let us sleep until almost 7:00 am!

Of course, she and muzzer were up and down all night last night, Teka Barfed, Teka pooped and Teka barfed again. She went outside at 2:30 am and romped a bit. I pretty much slept through the whole thing, except that muzzer always turns the lights on to clean up a mess. And boy, were there messes.

Today Teka didn't eat brekkies. Even though muzzer made us some scrambled yeggs. But she seemed OK, and Teka and I went out and played in the yard a bit. Muzzer brought us inside after a bit and told us she was going to the grocery store.

Uh Oh...whilst muzzer was gone, Teka pooped again. Except this time it was all runny and bloody, and boy! it stunk. When muzzer came home, she noticed right away! And then she cleaned it up, and then she called the neighbor to find out where the emergency vet was located. And then muzzer and Miss Mary from across the street took Teka to the vet. And I had to stay home. Boy, I missed Teka. I missed muzzer too. They were gone for a long time.

It was waaay past dinnertime when muzzer got home. She did not bring Teka home with her. The vet took some blood from Teka and some other sample, and then he said it would be better for Teka to stay at the emergency place tonight. Then they could watch her, and she could have an IV, and some meds to keep her tummy calm. He said there is no blockage, no tenderness, no bloating, no fever, so he thinks she ate something she shouldn't have, (um, maybe a frog or a toad, ya think?) and now she has "hemorrhagic gastro-enteritis." Here is a URL http://www.sniksnak.com/doghealth/hge.html for a website that talks about it. Y'all should just be glad they don't have smellovision on the CRT yet.

Well, muzzer will keep you posted when she knows more. Until then, cross paws for the little nuisance, OK.

thanks

gussie

Hint hint. . .

Hi dog bloggers,

Until muzzer is able to get batteries for her camera, I thought I'd give you some clues about one of the things that is in Gus and Teka's package.

Can you guess?

Any ideas yet? What if I show you this?

You might want to click on the picture to see the bigger version if you need more details.

Hint: the answer is not "a cat."

--E. Rabbit.

A note from Gus

Dear Friends and Readers:

I just want to tell you about a few things that are impeding my ability to blog.

First of all, there is Muzzer.

Yesterday we got a package from my sissie E.Rabbit. She sends GRRRREAT packages. Do you know what mean muzzer did? She put it on a high shelf in the cabinet and closed the door.

Wanna know why? Because she doesn't have any batteries for the camera that are charged up! How difficult can that be? Of course, it requires thumbs, so I can't do it myself, but even my technologically challenged muzzer should be able to plug the battery thingy into the little holes in the wall.

I think Teka could get the package down, if one of us can only open the door. We are working on it.

My second impediment is Bloglines.com . We have been happily using that little program for about 4 months to keep track of which one of our friends are posting new stuff on their blogs. All of a sudden, in the last week or so, the people at bloglines are letting us down!

We will be sitting there thinking...."hey , we haven't heard from (Butchy, Maggie, Faya, Joe S., Wally, etc.) for a while. Wonder if something is wrong?" So after about two days of this, muzzer did things the old fashioned way. She typed in the URL of some blogs that we remembered, and lo and behold....there were new posts on almost every one! Sheesh. So, is anybody else having this problem, or are they just picking on Poor, Pitiful Gussie? Muzzer says maybe next week we can try the new service that Blogger has. Yeah sure! You Betcha!

The third thing that has been problematic is that my sister E.Beth came to visit, and muzzer and Dad have been going to museums, taking her to dinner, etc. All of those things cut into my blogging time! Not fair!

So, if we haven't visited you, we apologize. And if you want to see what E.Rabbit sent us as much as we do, let muzzer know in your comments.

Until my status improves, I remain

Poor, Pitiful Gussie