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“Rubber Ducky, I’m awfully fond of you…”

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I had to take Brinkley and Bogie on a BIG walk today because they were going to be alone for longer than usual.  I figured if they were completely tired they wouldn’t mind being in their crates.  Of course, I didn’t really take into consideration that I would also be completely tired.
Somewhere around the 1 [...]

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I Believe…

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in acceptance of all people – race, creed, color, ethnicity, lifestyle
that children should be cuddled more than chided
in baking brownies and calling on the new neighbors
that the universe created figs just for me
in the promise of spring on that first warm day in April
that learning is lifelong
that stories about the human condition and the ironic, [...]

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I’m Not Violating the Dog If It Saves Me $35, Right?

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Brinkley is a black Labrador Retriever.  This is his puppy picture.
Very adorable, right?  Right.
However, the maxim regarding Labs is “Watch Ears and Rears.”  Their ears get full of gunk that has to be cleaned out regularly.  Their rears also get full of…uh…gunk, of sorts. Specifically, their anal glands fill up and have to be expressed [...]

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Seriously…I’m leaving an “Easter Egg” in your shoe when I get back inside…

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Why do I look pathetic?  Maybe because I LOOK pathetic.

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