Bayou Baylee the birthday babe is growin and growin

Posted on 05/15/2012 by pawpower

Woe, it’s been a long time since I writed last. I get so busy bein busy, that I forget to write! So let me catch y’alls up on what I’ve been doin’.

First and most ‘mportant is that I be growin’ and growin’. I am as tall as Sister Bristol is, only I’m not as furry, or slow and old like she is. I am also muscley and grrrrr strong! It’s cuz I been eatin’ my raw meaty bones like I’m sposta!

Last weekend, I went with my Mama, my big Sister Laveau, and of course my Bigpops to another festival thingy. We went with a friend of Mama’s and she has broken ears just like Mama, only her eyes work real good so she can still drive a car. But she and Mama talk the Secret Hand Language to each other and I’m gettin’ real good at knowin’ what they say!

At this festival, they had more of that loud music stuff which I don’t like so much, but which Sister Laveau will sleep right through. Big pops says that the people makin that loud music are called the eagles, but I don’t get that. I thought that eagles were those big flyin squeakers which the 2 legs call birds, and which I will some day catch, but those guys didn’t have wings, and they didn’t look much like a flyin squeaker to me. They just looked like old 2 legs with long hair like my big pops. Hmmm, I’ll have to think about that. Another of those 2 leg puzzles for me. Good thing I’m so smart huh?

Anyway, sister Laveau didn’t mind all that noise to much, I’m starting to wonder if her ears are broken if all that horrible noise doesn’t bother her. My Mama had ‘terpitaters with her at that festival thing. I’ve met one of them before when I was a baby. A ‘terpitater takes the human talking and can change it into the Secret Hand Language. I guess ‘terpitaters must be magic if they can do that. So we listened to music, and Mama had Secret Hand Language music, and Sister Laveau sleeped and sleeped. I seed a lot of stuff at the festival and my Bigpops sayed that I’m a good girl for doin’ so good there. All of the two foots telled my family who cute I was. These humans really enjoy over-stating the obvious!

I also spended some time over at my Auntie Barb’s house. I meeted my doggie cousins. They are old Cousin Wyatt who has broken eyes but no dog to lead him around, and Cousin Bullet who is fast and can run run run! play play play! all day long, and of course Sister Gracy who is also sorta like my Cousin cuz first she was my Mama’s dog, and now she’s Auntie Barb’s dog, but she shares her with Mama. I don’t get it but whatever. Also Sister Bristol was there and she was boring and didn’t do anything but sleep and walk around.

But me and Cousin Bullet and Sister Grace Louise runned and played and I ranned so much that I made my paws bleed! And I still wanted to run, cuz Auntie Barb’s yard is too cool for school and I didn’t want to miss out on anything! Sister Grace Louise and Cousin Bullet teached me how to hunt things like mice. I also meeted lots of human children at their house and now I like human puppies much better.

It was my whelp day last week, and I have one year now! Sister Mill’E-Max just sayed that I turned one, not that I gots one! Anyway, it was my whelp day and I getted spoileder than usual. I getted a huge meaty soup bone which was almost as big as me! I also getted a toy which I can squeak squeak squeak!!!! squeaeaeaeaeaeaeaeaeaeaeaeaeaeaeaeeeekkkk!!!! I love squeaky toys! My mama also getted me this spray stuff for my leash. I like the way my leash tastes so I been chewin’ on it. Mama getted this spray and put it on the leash and I liked it even better so I eated the whole thing right up! Mama was not happy cuz she sayed that the spray was sposta taste real bad and make me not want to eat my leash, but she musta got me the wrong thing cuz leashes taste better with bitter lime on them! We still have a whole bottle of the stuff left and I want her to put it on my next leash, it was just that good!

Oh, and I almost forgot to tell you about the 2 legs sick place. Big pops getted sick and had to go stay at that place they call the hopsital or something like that. I got to go with him, and that is a good thing cause everyone just loved me and kept tellin me how beautiful I am and how cute. Besides big pops needed me to keep him company and make sure those doctors didn’t do anything bad to him. I kind of liked it also because big pops had lots of time to teach me new stuff. . I learnded how to find the elevator, you know that box thing that moves the 2 legs up and down? yes, and I learnded to find the steps, and find the door outside. I also learnded how to find my big pops shoes for him, and best of all I learnded how to make people laugh and fall in lovewe with little old me.

Well, that is about all I can think of for now, but I promise to write more often, so don’t stop comin to read about little old me me me! Thanks for stoppin by. Yall come back now ya hear?

Making tracks:

Posted on 03/08/2012 by pawpower

Hello there Blogland! I have been so busy that I didn’t have time to write.

Last week was a special day– it was the day my Bigpops and Mama getted married. I still don’t understand what is this “married” thing but Sister Bristol– who was there– said that it was just a reason people needed to get together and celebrate her existence. She got to wear a pretty harness and collar and walk with Mama down a thing called aisle. People stood up for Sister Bristol and she took Mama to the front where she answered a bunch of questions. Then everyone had a party and fed things to Sister Bristol.

So anyway, my people did this “marrying” thing on a day called Leap day which is a day that doesn’t come to often. Please don’t ask me to explain that as I’m already working at maximum capacity just to understand and explain marriage. So this was a very special day, and me and Sister Laveau getted dressed up in our Magic Workin’ Gear and we walked and walked. Then we came to a road and stood on these funny lines in the middle of the road. Sister Laveau explained that these were Streetcar tracks. Eventually a huge human mover came along. It looked like those bus things but instead of driving in the road, it drove on tracks. I getted in with Sister Laveau and sat down and was a good, good girl. So my people got on and off of the streetcar, and I just hung out under Bigpops seat and watched everything– just like Sister Laveau was doing. We took our people to a fancy eating place where they eated a bunch of food which they did not share with me.

I have gone on the streetcar once more since then– this time to another people eating place. Boy my people sure like fancy eatin’ places!

In fact, today while I was walkin’ with my Bigpops, we were passing a sidewalk cafe and I figured that since he likes people-eating places so much I’d just find him a chair at that cafe and my Bigpops could eat while I watched the goings-on. Well it turns out that Bigpops didn’t want to go to that eating place, so after telling me how good and smart I was, Bigpops told me to go forward.

This morning I wanted to go out and have a walk but Mama and Bigpops were doing something called updating their iPhones. Geesh! They are always doing something on those iPhone things and I just wanted a walk. Bigpops said I had to wait though, while the humans updated their phones. It took forever and I chewed on Sister Mill’E-Max’s head while I waited. Sister Mill’E-Max tries to act all grouchy but she really likes me.

Well I’m finally tired out from this last walk. I think I’ll curl up and have a sleep so I can be awake when Mama cooks dinner. It’s my job to help eat the stuff she drops so to keep the floor clean.

slurrrrrrpy kisses from Bayou Baylee!

Restaurants and cookies and horse poop oh my!

Posted on 02/19/2012 by pawpower

Hi again all you bloggy doggies it’s me again, beautiful Bayou Baylee. Back with lots of cool tails. Hmmmm come to think of it my tail is a little cold. But the rest of me is not cold know why? Because mama bought me this thing called a sweatshirt for doggies. I don’t know about these 2 legs sometimes, doggies don’t sweat, so why do they call it a sweatshirt for doggies? Hmmmm I’ll have to think about that one. Anyway I like it because it keeps me warm.

I have been going out more and more on something they call obedience exercises. That is where they teach me to sit and lay down, and stay in one place when they tell you to. Wow! That is tough, there is always so much cool stuff going on out side, and so many things to watch at once, I keep forgetting that big pops told me to stay. And guess what? There are more of those flying squeakers around here. Today when I was guiding my mama home from the coffee shop one flew up right in my face. Man! It was tough, I really really wanted to grab that squeaker, but I remembered what big sister Laveau said about not getting tracted or something like that when I was guiding. I just jumped a little because I was surprised to see a flying squeaker right in front of my face like that. Both big pops and mama say that I am doing real well in my learning to be a guide dog. I have learned that when I am in a 2 legs eating place, I am posed to lie quietly, and not ask for food, or try to eat things off the floor. The 2 legs say I am doing well, but sometimes it is tough. But, I really want to be like my big sister Laveau so I just have to keep trying real hard.

Oh yes speaking of big sister Laveau, guess what she did? She is gonna kill me for telling you, but it is so funny. There are 2 things actually. First one happened when mama and her friend that talks the secret hand language with her took us doggies to the dog park to play. We ran and ran and ran and had lots of fun. Then Laveau decided it would be fun to roll in horsey poop! Ewwwww! I tried to tell her it wasn’t a good idea, but do you think she’d listen to her pesky little sister? Hmmmmm! She had to be taken home and put in that big tank thingy that the 2 legs like to get in to with lots of water. They put her in there and washed her with funny smelling stuff. That is what she gets for not listening to Bayou Baylee right?

Anyway on to the second thing about her. A few sleeps ago mama made these yummy smelling human cookies. Man oh man I really wanted some of those. But no those cookies were only for 2 legs. Hmmmm We will have to see about that. Next time. Anyway we all went to bed with the smell of those yummy cookies in the air. And guess what? One of those silly 2 legs left the kitchen door open, and the temptation was too much for my big sister. The next morning mama found that sister Laveau ate all but 2 of the cookies on the plate. And, guess what was the worst part of it? She didn’t invite me to share. She claims that she left those last 2 cookies for me, but how was I posed to know? I never even got a taste of them. Now you bloggy doggies tell me, is that fair?

Anyway that is about it for now, my paws are getting tired of typing, and I need to go keep sister Bristol from stealing my bones out of my crate. *sigh* it’s tough being the youngest.

Bye for now. Yall come back now, you hear?

Bayou Baylee Learns A Lot!

Posted on 02/08/2012 by Pawpower4me@gmail.com

Hello Bloggie peoples and dogs! It is your favorite Swamp Zebra back with a report of the goins-on here in the land of the Pawpower Pack.

I have been learnin’ a whole bunch. I got my first real workin harness. I don’t like the way it feels on my back especially when someone holds the handle. My two-footers have been teaching me how to walk proper in it and not like a constipated poorly-angulated GSD. I don’t know what that is, but Mama says that’s what I look like when I walk in it. I can’t help it– I just feel so weird with that handle thing on my back or even when it is held by the humans. I am also learning something called “stay.” This is a thing where my humans make me sit or do a “down” and then I have to stay where they put me while they walk away. They don’t go too far– just one or two steps– but I still don’t like it. I wanna be with them and not stayin’ in one spot. Sister Laveau sayed that the “stay” was hard for her too, cuz she wants to be with Mama always. But she practiced and practiced and learned it real good. I do like the yummy treats I get for stayin’ put, though. When I stay, then the humans go out and come back, the clicker thingy does a click and I get food! Nom nom, food!

I am also learning about the little human puppies. Sometimes, when I am out with my people, these human puppies come running up to me and make loud high sounding puppy noises. I do not like this and am afraid of them. My sisters say that workin’ dogguses must tolerate human puppies. My mama gets some people she knows with puppies to come and help me learn about them. They put treats all over the floor and I eat them up. I was starting to like puppies, and then one day, a puppy scream right in my face. Now I am not so sure again and Mama says that we are back to square one, so more trainin’.

I been to all kinds of places, though. To the coffee shop, hardware store, mini-mart, and even some more people eatin’ places. I even went with my Mama to a place where all of the people had the broken ears and talked in the secret hand language. I like my name in the secret hand language– it means Tiger! That’s cuz I’m mighty and queen of the jungle like tigers! Also cuz I gots stripes. I play tiger with my toys and pounce on them and do a mighty Grrr! Grrr! Grrrrr!!!!!!!

Also I meeted a human and he takes me for real long walks. He calls them jogging. I like it very much; it is fun to go faster with him then how my Bigpops makes me walk slow slow slow! I like to run run run! My Mama says that the dog walker helps get my Yayas out. I don’t know what is a Yaya, and how can I have Yayas if I doesn’t even know what one is? Hmmm, silly two-footers.

We just got back from a mornin’ out. I is a tired workin’ pup so I’m gunna take Mama’s favorite zebra blanket, and make me a bed out of it and has a napsko.

Later Gators!

I’m da baby, not da mama!

Posted on 01/18/2012 by pawpower

Hiya Bloggie peoples, and dogs, it’s me, Bayou Baylee here with another update from the land of da swamp. A whole heck of a lot has happened to me since I wrote last, so lets see if I can ‘member everything.

Last week I got dressed up in my Magic Workin’ Cape along with Sister Bristol, and we went to the vets. Sister Bristol got up on the table and the vet looked her all over real good. Since Sister Bristol is an old fart, she’s gotta get checked out by the vets a whole bunch to make sure she is healthy. He even took a needle and sticked it into her arm! She just stood there and wagged her tail. I think she’s getting that OleWoofers disease if needles make her wag her tail. If the vet ever tried that with me, I’d for sure try to run the other way, and if I couldn’t run, I’d cry a lot so he’d feel real bad and guilty for puttin’ a needle in me. But not Sister Bristol, she just wagged and snuggled and was her usual hussy self.

After that I was ready to leave with my Mama and Bigpops for that McDonalds food place, but first I had to get weighted again, and I’m 39 whole LBS which is real good. I’m gettin’ bigger and bigger every time we go to the vets!

Anyway, like I was sayin’, I was ready to leave, when my Bigpops took off my Magic Workin’ Cape and gived my leash to the vet. The vet took me away and at first I was real curious and ‘xcited cuz I was sure I was gonna meet other dogguses I could hear bark bark barkin’. I went into a kennel and got medicine which made me super sleepy. The next thing I ‘member I was back in my cage and my tummy hurt, a lot. I sleeped and waited for Mama and Bigpops to come, but they didn’t, so I sleeped and waited some more. Finally the next day my Bigpops was there and he put my Magic Workin Cape on and we leaved the vets and actually went to McDonalds.

I came home and my Mama snuggled and loved me lots cuz she was worried ’bout me lots and lots cuz I’m her special Swamp Zebra. We kissed and she gave me some medicine and I crawled into the human bed and took a nap. The thing what got done to me at the vets is called gettin’ spayed. The vets do the surgery so I can’t be a mommy and have puppies. This is good because I am the puppy and nobody gets to be the baby but me, me, me, me, me!

I’ve been feelin’ lots better, gettin’ lots of rest and spoiled by my humans who give me yummy goat yogurt and turkey. I like being fussed over. No wonder Sister Bristol enjoys being’ queen so much.

Oh and speaking of Sister Bristol, one day, while the humans were having a nap, Sister Bristol gathered us all together and we had a pack meeting. Now that I’m Spayeded, it’s time for me to be growin’ up, and beginning to pay more attention. Being a guide dog is a lot of ‘sponsibility, and if I wanna do that job, I gotta be payin’ attention to my big sisters and my Mama and Bigpops. So I’ve been tryin’ real hard to be just like Sister Laveau. I am remembering to stop at curbs all of the time now, and I’ve started takein’ my Bigpops around stuff in the way. I don’t wear a harness all the time like Sister Laveau does, but I can tug just a bit on the leash and that tells Bigpops that I’m payin ‘tention to where I’m going.

So today, my Bigpops needed to do some kind of human thing which is called errand. He decided to take Sister Laveau. I wanted to go too, so Mama decided to take me for a walkus. I got all dressed up, and we walked and walked. I did a real fabulous job at ‘memberin’ to stop at curbs, and takein’ her around stuff in her way. We were almost home when I saw a doggus in the sidewalk. I bent my head down to sniff her and my Mama tells me no, that I can’t play now cuz I’m doing my walkus. So I ‘membered our pack meeting and I tried to lift my head and keep going. Well this dog wasn’t having any of that, and it jumped on me and knocked me down. I was tryin’ so hard to be a real good girl and serious workin doggus but it is hard to do that when you have another dog almost as big as you are sitting on your head. So I just lay real still and patient like, while my Mama tried to talk to the other dog’s mommy. And the lady was not having any control over her dog, that’s what Mama sayed. The other lady just thought it was cute that her dog was sittin on my head. Mama told me I could say hi and have a break since I was kinda stuck. The other dog and I had a little chat, and Mama finally got it off of me. It was a real nice dog, but it was kinda dumb if it didn’t understand that I be a workin’ doggus now and that when I’m wearin’ my Magic Workin Gear I can’t be playin’ cuz I got ‘sponsibilities, and that dogs gotta give me ‘spect cuz they don’t got a job and I does.

Woo! We made it home alright though but I had to have a napsko after that! Sister Laveau came home and I had to tell her all about it. She says that this kind of thing happens sometimes but that I did a real good job cuz I kept my focus.

Whoo! Writing is hard work; I think I’m gonna crawl up into the human bed, next to Sister Mill’E-Max and have a sleep. She has real warm fur and is a good snuggler, but don’t tell her I telled y’all that!

Wags and schluuuuuuuurps from Not Da Mama, Bayou Baylee

Bayou Baylee’s boxing day brags.

Posted on 01/05/2012 by pawpower

Do you know what? Today is called Boxing Day. I think it’s cool that Boxers get our own day! Does this mean Santa Paws will bring us more stuff? Also, does this mean that the two feets must feed me more treats? None of my other sisters get treats though cuz they’re not Boxers, so they have to wait for their own day. I might share, especially with Sister Laveau, but maybe not with Sister Bristol cuz she got snappish with me. Ok, well I was kind of walking over the top of her. But I don’t weigh that much, so I don’t know what her problem was.

Anyway, Santa Paws comed to our house yesterday, and ya know what he brung me? Squeak toys!!! I love to walk around the house, with a toy in my mouth and go squeak! squeaaeaeaeaeakkkk!!!!

squeaksqueaksqueaksqueaeaeaeaeaeaeaeaeaeaeakkkk!!!!!! It is very fun, but the humans say I make too much noise. Well Bigpops does, because he wants to talk on the phone, which is boring anyway, so I don’t know what his big problem is. He needs to chill!

Yesterday my mama and bigpops maked a thing called Christmas Dinner, and I had to stay in the Boxer Box with a bone. I don’t like the Boxer Box very much because I want to be out with the people, helping them clean up the messes on the floor, and tasting the food ahead of time to make sure it isn’t poisoned. But the people don’t see it that way, so I got a bone and hung out in the Boxer Box until dinner was ready. I got a bite of chicken, though for being a good girl.

We also went to the park, and I runned and runned with Sister Laveau.

I want to be fast like her. I think my two footers need to feed me more so I can get to growin some more.

The humans put boxes under that tree thing, and I kinda got busted for accidentally opening one, and ripping off all the paper that was on it. I am a Boxer after all, and one of my jobes is to take care of boxes. Humans don’t agree, though.

Whoops, Sister Laveau just blew by with her new squeaky tennis ball from Santa, I’m going to try and catch her!

Zoooom! And` Happy Boxer Day!

Wags and Lurve!

Bayou Baylee

Bayou Baylee eats crow… Or trys…

Posted on 12/20/2011 by pawpower

Hey yall! Bayou Baylee is back and boy do I have a lot to tell. It’s hard to know where to start. I mean wow! The biggest and bestis thing I’ve been doing is growin and growin! Big pops says that I will start seriously training to be his guide dog very soon. I try to tell him that I am already big enough. But all yall woofers know how that is. These crazy 2 legs don’t listen very well. *sigh* Oh well, theres really no hope for them anyway. Won’t they ever learn that happiness is tennis balls and squeaky creatures and lots and lots of love?
Anyway, back to the adventures of bayou Baylee. I have been lots of cool places lately. We go to this place called the Levy where us dogusses can run and run and run and play and chase things. The last time we went I saw this weird thing creature flying in the air. It made this funny cawing sound and it was kind of big but I really really wanted it. It looked like a cool flying squeak toy and I was going to get it because I am the mighty Baylee. So I ran and ran and ran and tried to catch this cool little squeak toy out of the sky, and I would have done it to but mama told me I had to stop, and the squeak toy got away. So you see, it was mama’s fault I did not get that squeak toy. But I guess that is ok also, because I have lots of cool squeak toys already anyway, and mama and big pops say that Santa paws is going to bring us more cool stuff for the Holiday. I don’t know who this SantaPaws dude is, but if he’s bringing us cool stuff he can’t be such a bad guy.

Last week it was Sister Bristol’s whelp day. Can y’all believe she is 14 human years old? She just keeps getting older and older. Anyway, she got real spoiled. I mean, even more spoileder than she usual is, which is a lot! We went to the field near our house to play, and then we all got cow feet to chew which was fun. Sister Bristol played with her new tug rope and had a nap on mama’s shoes. I wanted her to chase me, but she says that chasing isn’t dignified. The real reason she won’t chase me is cuz she knows I’m faster and will win! mwhahahaha!

Anyway I have also been going with mom and big pops to some of those 2 legs eating places. They have lots of good smells, and once in a while I get lucky and get a treat. It is hard to lay still under a table when there is so many good smells all around you. Sister Laveau says that we are supposed to be professional and lye quietly and not beg for food. But she’s kind of a stick in the mud sometimes anyway. Hmmmmm mud. I wonder if there is any mud out there I can roll in. That sounds like fun. Or maybe another one of those crow squeaky toys I can catch.
Oh, there I go again getting side tracked. I was talking about going to the 2 leg eating places. Well a few days ago was mama’s welp day, and me and big pops, sister Laveau, and Mama went to a very loud people eating place. Why do 2 legs have to be so noisy when they eat? I mean it’s hard to concentrate on all the wonderful smells when you are distracted by all the big noise. Big pops says I did good once we went to the table. I just got under big pops chair and laid there. I did give in to temptation and grab some food that dropped on the floor, but I was really just doing my part to keep the floor clean.

Anyway, I was kind of glad to get out of there. It was getting close to bed time and a growin girl like me needs my beauty sleep. *yawn*

Now we come to Christmas. I think we should have Christmas all the time. Yesterday big pops went out and came back with a tree. Can you believe it? He just went out, and got it and now we have a tree in the front room of our den. Really, it’s true. And last night the hung all these sparkly lights and other strange stuff on the tree, and there is this soft thing at the bottom that is nice to lie on. Sister mill’E really likes laying there. I think she really just thinks that she is a gift from the Gods. Big pops says he’s going to tie a bow on her and wrap her up and give her to some one as a gift. I think he was making a funny though because I don’t think he would give sister Mill’E away. Mill’E is a pain sometimes like all big sisters are, but we still love her. She actually lets me snuggle up with her at night. Shhhh don’t tell her I told you. She doesn’t like to admit that she is just a big softy. Hahahaha

Anyway, I think I hear another of those flying squeak toys out side right now. I have to be quick and grab it before mama or big pops call me back this time. Fear not though, Baylee the brave is on the job. That flying squeaker is no match for me!

I will write again after SantaPaws comes to visit. I should have lots more to tell.

Happy Holidays to yall, and lots of woofs and wags and squeaks!
Thanks for reading. Yall come back now you hear?

Puppies, parks, and P-mail

Posted on 11/20/2011 by pawpower

Hello faithful readers. It has
been a very busy time for me, but what’s new? Better busy, than boring, though,
that’s what I say!

I have been back to the dog park
several times with Mama and the lady with the talking hands and Sister Laveau.
We run, and play, and I always have so much fun.

I am for sure growin outa my
Magic Workin’ Cape. So my Bigpops maked me another one, only this one is
purple. Sister Laveau’s Magic Workin’ Cape is also purple. I like it that we
will have the same gear. Because when I get grown up, I’m gonna be just exactly
like Sister Laveau, only with stripes. And lets face it, stripes are
cool.

Today was so busy! First the
talking hands lady came, and we went back to the dog park, where Sister
Mill’E-Max got into trouble for being a rude to another dog, so she had to go
back on the leash. Ha ha ha!!! She was sad though so I didn’t rub it in… too
much.

After the dog park, we dropped
off sad Sister Mill’E-Max and old Sister Bristol and we went to something which
is called Festival. I went to one of those before, but this one was different
because there were lots and lots of dogs there. My mama stopped at a place and
she got me a new collar. All this growin’ I have done means I need new stuff.
My new collar is black and gold, just like me. It says “Who Dat” on it. This
is good because my fur is Saints colors. I think those Feetball people should
let me play with them, cuz I’m real fast and can zoom! catch the ball good. But
then they’d have to call it Pawball, not Feetball. Oh gosh, Sister Mill’E-Max
says that it is not Feetball, but Football. But she’s just being bossy in order
to feel better on account of her getting busted for acting like an ass earlier
in the day. Whoops, I don’t think I’m supposed to say ass, but this is America
and I think I can exercise my first amendment rights just like the next guy,
right?

So I’m wearin’ my new collar and
lookin fine. Our humans took us to a big bowl for a drink of water, and do you
know what Sister Laveau did? She jumped right into the big bowl and started
splashing around and being silly. I wasn’t going to get in there because I
don’t know if I like water. But it was sure fun to watch Sister Laveau being
silly. She got busted though, and had to get out and behave like a civilized
dog. I think being civilized is over-rated.

Mama bought Sister Laveau a
bouncin’ ball, which will be fun to try to catch before she gets it. I won’t
have much of a chance, though, ‘cuz Sister Laveau is super fast at ball
chasin’. We walked all afternoon and I was sure tired. When the humans got
into the car to go home, I curled up and had a sleep until we got home. My
Bigpops made me go out into the yard and make pee-mail before letting me have a
nap, but that was hard because I was so tired, even too tired for pee-mail. I
did it though and have been curled up with Sister Mill’E-Max all afternoon while
the humans read and were lazy.

… …. ….

I think I hear Bigpops in the
kitchen. I’d better go see what he’s doin’, cuz he needs my help sometimes in
there when he spills stuff on the floor. I help him clean it up because I’m
just super nice like that.

Wags and lurve from Bayou
Baylee!

Busy Baylee Rides The Bus

Posted on 10/18/2011 by pawpower

Hello Bloggy people!

It’s busy Baylee here with
another update. I have been so busy growin’ and playin’ and learnin’ all kinds
of stuff so sometimes I forget to write! This morning my Mama took me to the
vets. I was worried cuz going to the vets doesn’t usually mean good things for
me! But it turns out we just needed to go to get Sister Laveau’s meds. While
we were there, I got weighted. Do y’all know how much I weigh now? I weigh 33
lbs! Sister Laveau only weighs 58 lbs, so if I do the maths right, I only got
25 more lbs to go ’til I can catch up to her! Guess the humans should feed me
more so I can get to growin’ big.

Speaking of food… Do you know
what my humans tried to feed me the other day? Pig kidney! Ewww! It was so
yucky and it smelled like pee. I’m not going to eat anything which smells like
that, no way! All of my other sisters ate there’s, though. Then Sister Bristol
wanted to eat mine, only I didn’t want her to have it cuz it was mine, mine,
mine, and maybe if I let it sit for a while, or if I buried it… like in the
human bed it would get better smelling and I’d want to eat it. However the
Bigpops told me no, that I couldn’t save it or bury it and that if I wasn’t
going to eat it that Sister Bristol could have it. Which isn’t very fair!
Sister Bristol always gets whatever she wants. She is so old, and
spoiled.

A couple of days ago, I had a big
adventure with my Sister Laveau. We both got dressed up in our Magic Workin’
gear, and we waited for the bus. Usually I just have to watch while Sister
Laveau gets on the bus and I cry, cry, cry cuz I don’t like it when my Sister
goes away and leaves me with those know-it-all Goldens. But this time I got to
get on the bus with Sister Laveau and Bigpops and Mama too. We rided around for
a while and I learned that buses are sure louder than cars and they smell
different. I watched Sister Laveau lay real still and I copied exactly what she
did because I’m going to grow up to be a workin doggus just like her.
Eventually the bus stopped and we got out at a place which the human called
strip mall. I thought strip meant to take off all of the human clothes, and be
naked but nobody was naked at this place so I don’t know why it is called
strip.

Anyway, we walked and walked, and
I had to remember all of the rules which was hard cuz I wanted to sniff and
maybe check out the ground for food. But Sister Laveau didn’t do any of that,
so I tried to be like her, only my tail doesn’t curl up over my back like hers
does which is a bummer since I think her tail is cool. The humans went into a
store with all kinds of yummy smells and stuff. It was called the Petco, and do
you know what? Even Sister Laveau sniffed in there. I know cuz she got busted
by my Mama and had to do obedience. My Bigpops made me do obedience too and I
did real good mostly.

We also went to the Walgreens and
I was real good in there. All kinds of humans talked to my Bigpops and they say
how purdy I am with my stripes and my Magic Workin’ Cape and stuff. I like it
when humans say I’m purdy, cuz they’re just tellin’ it like it is, y’know?

After Walgreens, we went into
another coffee shop. Boy my humans sure spend lots of time in coffee shops
drinking this stuff they call tea which I can’t have since tea isn’t good for
dogs. Well Sister Laveau says that some herb tea is good for dogs, but not the
kind my mama has with caffeine in it. Caffeine is wake up juice and the humans
are grumpy in the morning if they don’t have this stuff. I’m never grumpy in
the morning! I love mornings! I think if humans ate raw meaty bones and licked
each other on the face they wouldn’t be so grumpy in the morning, but they
disagree. So they had to have this tea stuff.

When we walked into the coffee
shop I got busted cuz I found an egg someone had dropped on the floor and I was
sort of thinkin’ about eating it. I mean, nobody else was gonna eat it and I
didn’t want it to not get eaten, so what was the harm? Well I guess workin’
dogs don’t eat off of the floor, says Sister Laveau who ignored the egg and
helped Mama. Really I think she was just being a show off.

So the humans got their tea, well
Mama had tea and Bigpops had coffee. They also got yummy looking things called
pastry and they went back outside to sit. I laid down real good and watched the
people walk by, and was just about to have a nap when the bus came back and we
got back on to go home. After that I had to have a long nap on the human
bed.

Oh I also went with Bigpops to
something called the doctors, which I think is like the vets for humans. I rode
in this box thing which moves up and down. It is called Elevator and the humans
wondered how I’d do, but I didn’t care and ignored it. See, I’m a professional,
or I will be once I grow a bit more and can wear one of them harness thingies
what have a handle on the back.

Well all of this typin’ has given
me paw cramps, so I’ll sign off for now and maybe curl up with Sister Mill’E-Max
for the night. I like Sister Mill’E best when she is sleeping because that is
the only time she is quiet and isn’t being a big mouth know-it-all. She has
lots of fur and keeps me warm at night, though.

Stay warm, y’all!

Lots of licks from Bayou
Baylee!

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Posted on 10/02/2011 by pawpower

Hello Pups and people!

I am here to tell about the latest adventures in the land of Baylee and Pawpower. A few days ago, I put on my magic workin’ cape and went out with Mama and Sister Bristol and another lady who is a friend of my Mama’s. We went to a thing which is called festival. There were lots and lots of two-footers there and dogs too! I was so surprised at seeing other dogs that I barked but then stopped and just looked around.

We walked around some and it was hard to remember to pay attention when there were yummy smells and things on the ground and stuff to see and hear. The people set up chairs and I laid down and tried to snuggle up with Sister Bristol but she wasn’t having it because she said that it might ruin her reputation if she was seen consorting with a badly behaved pup like me. Geez! It was just one bark… and that stick I tried to take off of the ground, and… well I’m just a puppy! She is so unforgiving and I’ll bet she was just as curious about everything when she was my age but she’s so old that she can’t remember that far back!

So The people sat around and ate and I watched these weird people

standing around on this platform thing. Mama says it is a stage.

They had funny things in their hands and they were making weird mouth noises which the people called music. I don’t know if I liked their kind of music, or not. I looked at them and tried to figure out how I could play the music just like they do but it’s still a mystery.

Bigpops took me to the coffee shop with Mama and Sister Laveau. I got to snuggle with my sister under the table, but she kind of got on my case when I tried to sneak some crumbs. Geez! Even Sister Laveau is becoming all serious like Sister Bristol. My Bigpops said I did good though and was real good behaved. We also went to a place called pharmacy. There were all kinds of smells in there but I remembered the rules and walked real nice on the leash and sat when people asked to pet me. My Bigpops says I am growin’ outa my magic workin’ cape and will need a bigger one soon. I am glad I’m growin’ cuz this means I will get big and can can be the boss soon.

You know what I learned? Sister Mill’E-Max picks up stuff for Mama and she gets treats for doin’ that. So I decided, hey! I can do that too. So today I picked up this bottle my Mama dropped and I gived it back to her and I got a treat for it! That was nifty and Mama says she’s gonna start to teach me how to do that work like what Sister Mill’E-Max does. She won’t like that, cuz she’s got this over- inflated idea of her own importance. But once I learn how to do that retrievein’ stuff she won’t be all that, and how does she like them apples! She thinks she knows everything! But I’m catchin’ up to her!

I think I hear my Bigpops back from taking out the garbage so I’d better go. But that’s one thing I don’t get. If it’s garbage, and the 2-footers don’t want it anyway, then why do they care if I have it? That’s like, totally unfair and I think it’s an unhealthy level of control they exert upon us. See, I was payin’ attention when Sister Mill’E-Max be talkin’ all those big words! But anyway, now my Bigpops took out the trash and that means I have to wait for more trash in the trash can before I make another try for it! Oh the life of a puppy is so hard.

Woofs and Licks,