Monday Mischief: Mud, mud, mud

Posted on July 30, 2012 by Marquie

We’re still getting rained on here in Utah. More than usual it seems like.

It’s definitely not like Washington rain or anything, but still.

Ella and Petal have been having a blast in the mud while Lassie has been avoiding it like it was the flu.

Today I almost wished Petal and Ella would avoid it as well as Lassie does.

But alas, they did not. Instead they went and found some deep (up to Ella’s chest) and very, very muddy water.

And yes, they took several dips into that water.

You’ll have to excuse the quality of the photos. They were taken with a cell phone. Not too bad for a cell phone though!

This picture does not do Ella’s dirty-self any justice.
See how her chest appears to be a peachish color? Her neck and white feet looked the same.
She had a lovely layer of mud alll over herself.
But no one, no one, can outdo Petal.

“Do I have a little something on my face?”

Yeah.
She had to have a bath.
With shampoo and everything (Ella only needed a quick rinse).
I think she might still be a little peachy-colored here and there.

Monday Mischief: Chewy flip-flop

Posted on July 16, 2012 by Marquie

Look at what I pulled away from a very happy pup this morning.

A flip-flop, they’re those irresistibly chewy things that the humans wear on their feet in the summer time.
They’re the shoes that we buy cheap because we know they won’t last for long around here.
They’re the shoes that many dogs have a hard time resisting.
Can’t say I blame them, they are very squishy and they probably feel great to chew on.

I came out of the bathroom, dressed and ready for our early morning walk, and found Petal with dad’s flip-flop in her mouth.
Uh oh.
We went straight to the dollar store to pick up another pair after our walk.
So dad will never know.
Until he reads this blog post.
Then we’ll have to change our names and leave the country.
Just kidding, Dad. ;P

P.S. No pieces were swallowed. 😉

What’s the opposite of Monday Mischief?

Posted on July 9, 2012 by Marquie

This is the dogs’ toy box,

And this is Petal with one of their many toys,

“My FAVORITE toy, to be precise.”

Today, instead of getting into mischief, Petal did something that was the very opposite of mischief.
She put the toy she is holding in the picture above in her toy box.
She put it away!

“I did NOT put it away! As I’ve told you a million times, I accidentally DROPPED it in there! It’s not the same as putting it away!”

Could it be true?
Could Petal be turning into a good dog?
A neat freak even?

*sigh* “It—was—an—ACCIDENT! Don’t listen to her, dogs! I still create plenty of mischief, believe me!”

You’re a good dog, Petal.
Those words may make you cringe, but they are nevertheless true.
😉

P.S. Petal would like all you canines to know that she barked in the cat’s ear this morning. She barked and barked until he got annoyed and left the couch, then she took his spot; which means she’s still a mischief maker.
(With a good dog streak.)
(Don’t tell her I said that.)

Monday Mischief: Gross!

Posted on July 2, 2012 by Marquie

Guess what Ella did today…

Yes. Yes she did.
It was smelly.
And my fault, really.
She asked to go out before I loaded them all up into the car for their morning walk, but her “I need to go outside” signal is pretty darn similar to her “I’m super excited to go ride in the car, please open the front door right this instant” signal. So I got confused and assumed she was just excited to go.
I won’t be assuming that anymore.
😛

Monday Mischief: Chips

Posted on June 4, 2012 by Marquie

Ella snagged a bag of chips yesterday afternoon and finished them off.*

At least they were all natural, right?

“Mmmm, yummy.”

*The bag was completely empty, she merely enjoyed the crumbs at the bottom. She was also supervised the entire time. 😉

Monday Mischief: Skunked

Posted on May 29, 2012 by Marquie

Last week I signed my Monday Mischief post with the words: Hope your dogs ~~cause much~~ avoid mischief today! 😉

I shouldn’t have done this.

Why?

Because right after that I loaded up the car with three eager-for-a-run dogs and took them to the trail with my Mom and someone found a dead skunk. And someone decided to roll in this dead skunk, to ensure that our Monday was filled with plenty of mischief.

This is the mischief maker and skunk-perfume wearer:

Yup. Ella decided that simply sniffing the dead skunk as Petal was doing was not enough. Oh no. Rolling in it would be much, much better. Then the humans can get a good sniff of it, too!

Ella had to sit in the trunk on the way home and we rolled all the windows down. Lassie and Petal went straight into the house while Ella went straight into the dog run outside.
I hoped on the computer and found this recipe for de-skunking your dog:

1 cup water
1/2 cup baking soda
1 tsp liquid dish soap
1 qt. 3% hydrogen peroxide solution

(found here)
I was skeptical, but desperate, so I tried it.

I mixed everything up, grabbed some gloves and an old towel and set to work.

Scrub-a-dub-dub!

Ella hates to be cold and I felt like such a monster for bathing her with the cold water of the hose, but thankfully it was a hot day and she warmed back up and dried quickly.

All clean and de-skunked!
That recipe actually worked!

I would also like to sing praises to Dublin Dog for their All Style No Stink collars (the collar Ella wears and the only collar I will ever buy for Miss Destructive). Ella’s collar was the only thing that didn’t smell horribly on this dead skunk loving dog. Any other collar would’ve been tossed in the trash after this little adventure.

P.S. Ella’s Dublin Dog collar is over two years old and has been through all sorts of crazy dog antics and it’s still going strong! This is a dog that would go through collars every two months or less.
And no, I was not asked nor paid to say these things about Dublin Dog. I just love their collars and enjoy sharing products that I’ve found useful. 😉

Monday Mischief: Another way the table comes in handy…

Posted on May 21, 2012 by Marquie

The kitchen table, as we all know, comes in handy when it comes time for a snack.

But it also comes in handy when you see this guy:

Out in the yard, guarding the humans while they water plants, while you’re still stuck in the house!

“HEY! YOU FORGOT ME!”

When simply standing in the window does not attract enough attention to you, that’s when the table comes in…

“Aha! Bet you noticed me now, didn’t ya?!”

Petal wasn’t the only one up to mischief over the weekend, our internet has been too, deciding to work only when it wants to. Which was every couple of hours or so and only for five-ten seconds at a time.
Whatever, internet. It’s not as though we rely on you or anything.

Hope your dogs ~~cause much~~ avoid mischief today! 😉

Monday Mischief: Watermelon is Greatly Enjoyed by All.

Posted on May 14, 2012 by Marquie

Last Monday, when reporting on some mischief from the previous Monday, I mentioned that I caught Petal in the act of something mischievous just hours after Lassie got into the trash.

First of all, Petal has a bad habit of jumping up onto the kitchen table. Rotten, I know. She mostly does it for attention and just stands there waiting for me to come and tell her to get down. If I ignore her, she’ll eventually get down on her own and leave the kitchen, looking all dejected and unloved as she flops down on the floor. That’s what she does… unless there is half a watermelon on the table.
Which brings me to my second point: I did not leave the watermelon out.
But I did hear someone happily munching on it and then realized that Petal wasn’t in sight because she was busy doing this…

“Mmmm, I love when the humans leave tasty snacks out!”

“It’s so sweet of them.”

And yes, yes I did go and get my camera before I told her to get down.

“Look, they even left a spoon in here for me. How thoughtful! Wish they would’ve remembered I don’t have opposable thumbs though… “

Little stinker!
I don’t know what it was about April 30th, but that was the day of great mischief!

Now let’s hope that my family doesn’t see this blog post. Because questions like, “Isn’t that the watermelon I ate later that evening, Marquie?” might arise.

And the answer to that would have to be, “It might’ve been, brother. It might’ve been.”

For the squeamish (and incase my brother does, indeed, read this): don’t worry! I scraped out all the contaminated watermelon and cut off the edges. Plus it’s been like two weeks and you’re still alive, brother! So it’s all good! ;]

I hope everyone had a lovely weekend and Mother’s Day!

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