Limp Noodle

Lately when we leave the house we've had to lock the dogs in their crates.

Bones has issues with separation and we've come home to discover that he's put together entire outfits on the floor. Actually it's pretty amazing! He'll get a shoe for each foot (usually one of mine and one of Casey's), he'll have a shirt and usually a towel instead of pants. He's also destroyed my $90 slippers and chewed on Casey's.

So into the crates they go.

BUT, Bender doesn't like being locked up. Bender wants to do what he wants to do when he wants to do it. So if we tell him "Bender, crate." He'll roll on his back and go limp noodle.

"I's cute, right? No crate for me?"

You may want to turn the volume down. I didn't realize how annoying my voice was.

We try to ask him forcefully, we try to bribe with treats (I know, we're bad), we usually have to resort to picking up a 35lb Corgi brick.

Do any other Corgi's out there do this? I'm thinking it's time he and I go to obedience classes.

Also my paws it forward people, I hope to ship packages this week!

Here's the youtube video link.

Corgi Butts Calendar - I'm a Finalist!

Kelly over at Corgi Butts is making a Corgi Calendar! Friggin sweet!

Kelly has done an amazing job of whittling down over 300 pictures submitted to her and has narrowed them down to only 30! AND... Bender was picked as one of the finalists to be voted on! We're both very excited!

I was amazed Bender made the cut. 300 pictures! That's a lot of corgi adorable-ness to sort. (I think it'd be a fun job. Who doesn't love an adorable Corgi mug?)

The other finalists this year are AMAZING! I think I need to step it up for next year. I have to get a better camera and try to catch Bender in more adorable poses. It's very difficult. He has a serious hatred for all things camera related. The picture I submitted was him trying to be cute so I'd let him stay in the front yard, something he doesn't get to do very often.

So serious. His GQ/Blue Steel pose.

(OR, p-p-p-please let me stay in the front yard. I never gets to lay out here.)

So if you're interested in voting peek on over to her blog page for the 30 finalists. Bender came in at number 29.

Even if you don't plan on voting hop on over to take a look at 30 adorable corgis! You should also think about ordering a finished calendar. All proceeds go to the Lakeshore Corgi Rescue.

Happy Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day to all Corgi and other doggie moms out there in Blog land. Hope you have a wonderful day!

Sleepy Sunday

I'm usually up early on the weekends, residual effects of a teaching job. C will sleep in until 1pm if he's allowed. Sunday mornings I can usually find Bender lying on my pillows snuggled up next to C. We're not fans of him being on the pillows, but how could I say no to that face?

Old Favorites

This past summer we picked up a 35mm on Craigslist. C took these shots of Bender. I really enjoy them.

I love the look on his face here. "WTF are those? They don't look like noms."

No new photos of Bender buddy, camera is on the fritz. I'll try to get some new pics up this weekend, and possibly another treat recipe.

Have a great night!

Bones

I know this is Bender's blog, but I thought I should introduce Bones, his younger brother.

Bones' rescue story. Last October I was in my car going to return a movie. I got to the intersection at the end of our street and saw a dog and cat sitting in the middle of the intersection. I stopped the car and opened the door to check on them. The cat ran away but the puppy ran right over to me and hopped in the car. I drove back down the street to our house and got C. We got the puppy into the back yard and decided we would bring him in the house and feed him since he looked starved. This did not sit well with Bender. It took him 3-4 days to warm up to this new puppy while we searched for his owners. As I mentioned, the puppy was pretty starved and had a bad case of fleas. After a month we couldn't find any owner, so we decided since Bender had warmed up to him and he really was a sweet puppy that we would include him in our family. We named him Bones because he was so skinny and for "Bones" McCoy on Star Trek.

After 4 months he is healthy and happy. He's a goofy puppy, but I'm glad we added him to the family.