Something smells!

Here's a cute pic of Arlo to destract you from the grossness of my rant...which goes as follows: Anal gland secretions are just about the nastiest, yuckiest, grossest things ever! -Arlo's mom.

Winston and the Wild Heart Ranch.

All this talk about recycled animals made me think of something my mom got to do.

A few weekends ago, my mom went to this place called Wild Heart Ranch.  They rescue and rehabilitate wild animals. Well wouldn't you know it...one of the rescued animals was this adorable little pug named Winston. 

Winston, who is a recycled pug himself, gets to hang out with all of these awesome rescued or in the process of being rehabilitated wild animals!

Well, maybe not all of them, maybe just the ones who can't eat him, like this deer. He gets to help out with the baby animals that come there, too.  There was a fence that separated him from the area that the big guys  were in, like this bobcat. (who has to be in rescue because he was illegally declawed.)

And this Mountain lion.  This mountain lion's name is Kiara and she had a very sad life before she came to the ranch, but thanks to people like Annette, she can be happy again.

This horse's name is Trooper.  He had a sad life, too, until he came to the ranch. He made a miraculous recovery from animal abuse.

There are less sad stories at the ranch too.  My mom has to move on to those because her eyes are starting to leak.  One of the coolest things they do at the ranch is rehabilitate injured or orphaned animals.  Here's uncle Nick with a deer. 

Here is a picture that my mom really likes. 

there are some owls here that are on the mend.

They also have a nursury there for all the baby animals that come to the ranch,

Like this baby coyote.

And these baby racoons...

And even these baby skunks! Hopefully they'll all be returned back to the wild.

The folks at wild heart ranch might also be getting their own reality show on animal planet!  If they do it would be a really great thing because then they'll have more money to save even more animals! 

Winston has the coolest job ever!

Flashback friday and Pearlie's quiz

First of all we (mom) want to say that we (mom) are sooo sorry that we (mom) have been off the radar lately. One of us...no names or fingers here (not me) was "sick" all week and couldn't blog. Yeah yeah. Excuses excuses. Bol. Moms are always needing something! hehehe.

We also want to say how awesome flashback Friday is! Here's my flashback photo!

I was only 3 months old! Just a young thing! Bol.

And now for Pearlie's quiz! What a great idea! This is going to be fun!

THE BASICS

1.) Name and Age: My name is Arlo, and I turned 1 on May 6.

2.) Breed: Pug

3.) Nickname(s): Honey, monkey, boo, booger, pickle.

4.) Where'd ya come from? I came from a breeder in Edmond. Naughty mommy answered a newspaper add, but she found me so I can't complain.

FAVORITES

1.) Toy: loofa dogs. I love those things!

2.) Snack: chicken. Momma says I'm a chicken dog.

3.) Human person: mom mostly, but sometimes granny.

FUNNY STUFF

1.) Worst habit: I am very guilty of jumping up on people. I just cant help myself. I also steal flip-flops and stuff out of the trash. Hehe...I am naughty.

2.) Most embarrassing moment: Usually I am good at the dog park, but when I was younger, I fell in "love" very easily with the other dogs. Mom had to come get me a few times, but I am lots better now.

3.) Family dynamic (this is a question for those of you with more than one animal in the house. i.e. who is alpha? who is the cuddler? who is the naughty one? etc. I just want to know how you fit into the family!) I am an only pug, but I totally adore my cousin amos. I do everything he does. He is my hero.

4.) Your humans' FAVORITE thing about you!: He makes me laugh! Everyday! Whether I want to or not! I love him!

With that, we hope everybody has a super great weekend!

My camping trip!

Memorial Day weekend, the family and I all went to the lake! Even my cousins came!

I supervised the packing.

Friday night, we stayed at my cousin's house! We played ball all night.

The big black and white guy is my cousin Amos, and the little guy that looks just like me except just a little darker colored is my cousin Luke.

For some reason everyone was laughing at how long my tongue is.

We left for the lake early Saturday. And I slept in this tent!

Mom also put up a pen for me and Luke.

That's me in the blue and luke in the black.

I also got to go swimming! I really liked swimming!

We swam in this pretty lake.

I got my life jacket on and I'm ready to go!

It was such a fun weekend! I got to play with my cousins and eat hot dogs! I hope we get to do this camping stuff a lot more often this year. I hope all of my friends had a fun long weekend.

Pouncing Pug

Wordless-ish Wednesday

I miss you guys! But my momz and I are gearing up to go camping this weekend! I'm really excited! I haven't been camping since I was a little kid! I'll tell you guys all about it!

Of moms and friends...

I would like to give a little shout out to my mom today.  She is my favorite person in the whole world.  She plays with me and feeds me and trains me and takes me places.  She shares her life and her love with me, and if that's not the definition of a mother, I don't know what is!

I would also like to thank everyone who sent me birthday wishes!  Thank you so much! My blog friends really mean a lot to me and I love you all!

It's my first Birthday!

Hooray!! Today is my birthday and I'm 1 year old!

I got to go to Petsmart and look at all the toys and see all the people!

Then we got home and my mom made me a birthday cake! It has one candle, but she was scared to light it.  She's funny.

I got lots of prezzies too!

I got a rope toy, a whole bag of mini loofas, some liver treats and some busy bones!

Here I am playing with one of my new loofas.

It has been a really great first birthday! I can't wait til next year!

At Emmitt's party...

I had such an awesome time at Emmitt's Partypalooza! He is so nice! He takes excellent care of his guests! I've been eating mini meatloaves, drinking tropical drinks (non-alcoholic of course!)...

and lounging by the pool...

 

It was such a great time! I met so many new friends! I can't wait til next year! Thanks again Emmitt for inviting me, and I'm sorry I had to leave the party early...Thursday is my Birthday!

New babies!

I have some exciting news! Guess what? My egg friends are now chickie friends!! They've already hatched! They are growing up so fast!

Velcro dogs.

Hi everybody...Arlo's mom here.  I have a question.  I know pugs are velcro dogs, but does anyone else's dog THIS velcro? lol!

He sits outside the bathroom and waits for me to get out.  He will stay there for as long as I'm in there.  Lol. He's hysterical!

Honoring Penny

Yesterday we honored Penny with whipped cream, but a horrible thing happened...my scatterbrained mom forgot her camera.  We may not have been able to capture the image on film, but the memory of Penny will forever be in our hearts. 

For Penny

Let's hold our glasses of whipped cream up in a toast to the sexiest pug there ever was. 

Penny was our friend, and we will miss her very much. We are sending lots of love and hugs and comforting to her mom Dana during this sad time.

Springtime at the park.

Mom and I are getting into the "spring" of things! We went to this cool park with lots of flowers and trees and rocks and a giant bathtub.

I stopped to rest in the shade of these pretty purple flowers.  At least they tell me they're purple, I don' t know cuz I'm color blind... Bol.

There was this cool bridge..

Did you see me on there? Here I am Taking another picture on this cool rock.

And on this stump by these pretty flowers..

Whew! all that picture takin makes me thirsty...

and this cool water feels nice! 

The Park is lotsa fun in the spring!

happy easter and my new job

Hi everybody! Are you having a happy Easter?  The Easter Bunny came by my house and look what he left me...

A sock monkey, a tennis ball, and an egg filled with treats!

For me? Sock monkey and I are going to be great friends.

Speaking of eggs, I got a new job...

Guardian of the eggs!

Do you see them?  A family of finches built their home right on our front porch! Inside this flowery thing. 

They're so close to our house, I kinda think of them as family.

I can't wait til they hatch!