That's a dang fine little dog we got right there...don't you think?
Showing posts with label My Turbo Pup. Show all posts
Showing posts with label My Turbo Pup. Show all posts
Thursday, July 14, 2011
Everybody...Run For Your Life....
There's A Wild Dog On The Beach...
That's a dang fine little dog we got right there...don't you think?
That's a dang fine little dog we got right there...don't you think?
Monday, June 06, 2011
The Turbo Pup Sends Greetings From Her Pool...
"Come On In...The Water's Great"
That's one fine little dog I got there...don't you agree?
That's one fine little dog I got there...don't you agree?
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Good Test Results
Never Mind...
Good News!!
When the diagnostic tests were finished and we got home about Midnight last night, we had learned that other than having to live with me, apparently Turbo Pup Mom's problem is stress related, not Heart defect related.
I'm going to try to slow things down a little around here for a while.
Time to hit the shop and try to catch up for things missed over the past three weeks of insanity.
We appreciate your prayers & support.
Good News!!
When the diagnostic tests were finished and we got home about Midnight last night, we had learned that other than having to live with me, apparently Turbo Pup Mom's problem is stress related, not Heart defect related.
I'm going to try to slow things down a little around here for a while.
Time to hit the shop and try to catch up for things missed over the past three weeks of insanity.
We appreciate your prayers & support.
Thursday, March 03, 2011
Westward Eastward Bound
I Can Almost Smell The Salt Air...
Well, we're finally off VERY EARLY this morning toward the Georgia Coast and our Little Island of St. Simons for the Rotary Red-Hot Chili Cookoff to be held on Saturday adjacent to St. Andrews Sound in Neptune Park.
We can hardly wait...
In other news, yesterday we had a little excitement while fishing when little Missy the Turbo Pup decided to fall off the dock while chasing a Fish I had just pulled out of the water. We barely had time to react when she took matters into her ownhands paws and recovered on her own.
True to her upbringing--having grown up Poolside and at the beach for the first couple of years of her life--after diving a couple of feet under the water she just turned around and popped back up and swam back to the dock as Pat plucked her out of the water by her harness.
I guess that in prudence that there's a Puppy Life Vest in the Turbo Pup's future because in spite of her confidence and ability around water she is after all only 12 pounds and 27 inches long from nose to tip of tail.
Some day she might actually manage to get herself into a situation she can't swim out of and we're unable to snatch her out in 30 seconds or so.
So any way...time to take a shower and finish loading my tooth brush and Pat's and the Turbo Pup's Lockers and Sea Chests into the old Chrysler 300 and Blast East about 7 AM EST.
Wish us a safe journey...If you will...
Well, we're finally off VERY EARLY this morning toward the Georgia Coast and our Little Island of St. Simons for the Rotary Red-Hot Chili Cookoff to be held on Saturday adjacent to St. Andrews Sound in Neptune Park.
We can hardly wait...
In other news, yesterday we had a little excitement while fishing when little Missy the Turbo Pup decided to fall off the dock while chasing a Fish I had just pulled out of the water. We barely had time to react when she took matters into her own
True to her upbringing--having grown up Poolside and at the beach for the first couple of years of her life--after diving a couple of feet under the water she just turned around and popped back up and swam back to the dock as Pat plucked her out of the water by her harness.
I guess that in prudence that there's a Puppy Life Vest in the Turbo Pup's future because in spite of her confidence and ability around water she is after all only 12 pounds and 27 inches long from nose to tip of tail.
Some day she might actually manage to get herself into a situation she can't swim out of and we're unable to snatch her out in 30 seconds or so.
So any way...time to take a shower and finish loading my tooth brush and Pat's and the Turbo Pup's Lockers and Sea Chests into the old Chrysler 300 and Blast East about 7 AM EST.
Wish us a safe journey...If you will...
Sunday, February 27, 2011
Live From Lower Alabama
Turbo Pup Two...Catfish Zero...
Well, the good news is that Saturday we successfully completed the first leg of this latest travel adventure, arriving at the old family farm mid afternoon. It was 80 degrees F with clear skys when we got here...providing nice summer like weather after waking up to 29 degrees F Saturday morning in Knoxtown.
The first order of business was helping my little Sister celebrate her 50th birthday...us hosting a surprise birthday party with a few family members and friends.
Then after completing those proceeding, we honored little Missy the Turbo Pup's demands that we take her out to the lake to go fishing. (She ran straight down to the water's edge when we first arrived and complained the whole time we made her wait.)
As expected, hilarity ensued, and I managed to land a two pound and a four pound catfish in just a few minutes while the Turbo Pup yipped and yapped and generally raised heck and actually tried to bite both fish while in the landing net on the dock.
She didn't want to leave but the daylight was waning and it was cooling off and our guests were ready to go home.
She put on a pretty good show for everyone still.
With any luck, after church today we're going to go out and set up the camera and tripod and shoot some more footage of the excitement and post it out on YouTUBE and up here on the blog.
Until then...Regard's Y'all...
Well, the good news is that Saturday we successfully completed the first leg of this latest travel adventure, arriving at the old family farm mid afternoon. It was 80 degrees F with clear skys when we got here...providing nice summer like weather after waking up to 29 degrees F Saturday morning in Knoxtown.
The first order of business was helping my little Sister celebrate her 50th birthday...us hosting a surprise birthday party with a few family members and friends.
Then after completing those proceeding, we honored little Missy the Turbo Pup's demands that we take her out to the lake to go fishing. (She ran straight down to the water's edge when we first arrived and complained the whole time we made her wait.)
As expected, hilarity ensued, and I managed to land a two pound and a four pound catfish in just a few minutes while the Turbo Pup yipped and yapped and generally raised heck and actually tried to bite both fish while in the landing net on the dock.
She didn't want to leave but the daylight was waning and it was cooling off and our guests were ready to go home.
She put on a pretty good show for everyone still.
With any luck, after church today we're going to go out and set up the camera and tripod and shoot some more footage of the excitement and post it out on YouTUBE and up here on the blog.
Until then...Regard's Y'all...
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
New Winter Experiences
Shoveling Snow For The Turbo Pup...
I spent part of yesterday afternoon and Earllllllyyyy this morning doing something I've never really had to do as a home owner.
Using my snow shovel.
You know...the one I bought going on four years ago now when we first moved up here to Knoxtown from our little Island.
I didn't really need it so far until this last storm hit, but just like the generator we bought when we moved to the Georgia coast in anticipation of a Hurricane induced power outage and that's as of right now still sitting comfortably in the basement shrink wrapped in it's original packaging, or the Kerosene Heater we bought in anticipation of a winter Ice storm induced situation...
until yesterday my new Snow Shovel has happily resided unused in the carport along with some other sometimes used but often neglected yard tools.
So any way, I strapped on my winter boots and ski bibs and put on a hat and my parka and wandered outside to see what was going on. Then I got all energetic and shoveled the drifted snow out of the carport, and then one thing lead to another and I worked my way around to the front of the house and up the sidewalk to the front porch.
Then I stopped.
At dinner last night after I had cooked pizza and everyone was settling in to watch Auburn beat Oregon at the last second to win the national championship in the BCS Bowl, Pat mentioned that it would be nice to shovel a little path for Missy the Turbo Pup out from her doggie door across the deck and expose a little grassy area in the yard for her to do her business in.
Duhhhhhh...
Having not had to live with much frozen precipitation in the past ten years, and only owning a little mini long haired dachshund for a little over four of those years (remember I was a Cat man in another life)...it just didn't occur to me to clean off an area for my Turbo Puppy.
After all...She's so versatile having been raised pool side and at the beach and...
having taken to snow while visiting her Cousin Dachshunds Olive and Otis in Kansas City I just wasn't thinking.
She's been coming back in the doggie door covered in clumps of snow from the nose and ears down with this recent storm, so this morning her Dad did like most good Dad's do and remedied the situation while I was outside putting the trash out on the curb and picking up the mail that showed up at near dark yesterday.
Oh the things men will do for little girls...human and canine...when they love them...
I spent part of yesterday afternoon and Earllllllyyyy this morning doing something I've never really had to do as a home owner.
Using my snow shovel.
You know...the one I bought going on four years ago now when we first moved up here to Knoxtown from our little Island.
I didn't really need it so far until this last storm hit, but just like the generator we bought when we moved to the Georgia coast in anticipation of a Hurricane induced power outage and that's as of right now still sitting comfortably in the basement shrink wrapped in it's original packaging, or the Kerosene Heater we bought in anticipation of a winter Ice storm induced situation...
until yesterday my new Snow Shovel has happily resided unused in the carport along with some other sometimes used but often neglected yard tools.
So any way, I strapped on my winter boots and ski bibs and put on a hat and my parka and wandered outside to see what was going on. Then I got all energetic and shoveled the drifted snow out of the carport, and then one thing lead to another and I worked my way around to the front of the house and up the sidewalk to the front porch.
Then I stopped.
At dinner last night after I had cooked pizza and everyone was settling in to watch Auburn beat Oregon at the last second to win the national championship in the BCS Bowl, Pat mentioned that it would be nice to shovel a little path for Missy the Turbo Pup out from her doggie door across the deck and expose a little grassy area in the yard for her to do her business in.
Duhhhhhh...
Having not had to live with much frozen precipitation in the past ten years, and only owning a little mini long haired dachshund for a little over four of those years (remember I was a Cat man in another life)...it just didn't occur to me to clean off an area for my Turbo Puppy.
After all...She's so versatile having been raised pool side and at the beach and...
having taken to snow while visiting her Cousin Dachshunds Olive and Otis in Kansas City I just wasn't thinking.
She's been coming back in the doggie door covered in clumps of snow from the nose and ears down with this recent storm, so this morning her Dad did like most good Dad's do and remedied the situation while I was outside putting the trash out on the curb and picking up the mail that showed up at near dark yesterday.
Oh the things men will do for little girls...human and canine...when they love them...
Monday, October 18, 2010
My First Edited Video Effort
Out Of The Stone Ages...
I posted one raw video of Missy the Turbo Pup doing a little fishing last week but I wanted to do a better job of showing exactly what was going on down on my Uncle's dock on "Lake Lee" in lower Alabama.
Here's the results of my latest efforts:
As a background story, we wandered out on the dock with the intention of me just throwing a few lures out chasing Bass, but the Catfish which were used to being fed there started biting the first day and Missy started going crazy and I got the idea to bring some bread and set up to catch Catfish instead, and shoot video on my Cannon G3 camera (which is really just a digital camera...not a cam-corder).
Thus you see what happened on Friday afternoon. That dog started yelling at me when she saw me putting the fishing tackle together and kept yelping and yipping untill we ran out of bait.
That's one fine dog we got there...
I posted one raw video of Missy the Turbo Pup doing a little fishing last week but I wanted to do a better job of showing exactly what was going on down on my Uncle's dock on "Lake Lee" in lower Alabama.
Here's the results of my latest efforts:
As a background story, we wandered out on the dock with the intention of me just throwing a few lures out chasing Bass, but the Catfish which were used to being fed there started biting the first day and Missy started going crazy and I got the idea to bring some bread and set up to catch Catfish instead, and shoot video on my Cannon G3 camera (which is really just a digital camera...not a cam-corder).
Thus you see what happened on Friday afternoon. That dog started yelling at me when she saw me putting the fishing tackle together and kept yelping and yipping untill we ran out of bait.
That's one fine dog we got there...
Saturday, October 16, 2010
Sunday, August 29, 2010
A Year Of Living Dangerously Day Of Doing Not Much Of Anything
Successful Smoking and Cooking...
I'm pleased to report that I had a pretty good Saturday here at the Turbo Pup Compound on the Banks of the Mighty Tennessee River.
If yours was half as good as mine was you should have already had a pretty good weekend.
I was just worn out and tired and mentally out of steam and worst of all I knew that I had yet another busy week ahead of me...a week critical to the ongoing progress of building my new business enterprise...and I had to get my attitude adjusted in order to face the tasks before me.
Of course there was the obligatory trip to Home Depot to pick up some odds and ends needed to finish the installation of a new range hood vent fan over the oven in my kitchen, and for dinner there was the preparation of some Prime Beef and Sea Scallops for dinner which didn't get finished until nearly 9 PM last night.
I came up with a new recipe using, in addition to the Tenderloin and Mollusks, sliced fresh mushrooms and wilted baby spinach which ended up laying in a nice satisfying pile on a couple of plates.
I'm too lazy to write down the recipe right now, but will probably cook it again later this week and then publish it here on the blogs.
Any way...while I was sitting around outside on the deck smoking my weekend cigar, little Missy the Turbo Pup spent a couple of hours lounging around in her pool...
and resting in the shade on her personal beach...
At this point in life I'd gladly swap places with that little dog, because she is definitely spoiled rotten and doesn't have a care in the world most of the time.
I miss my old cats which have gone on to Kitty heaven over ten years ago, but as Canines go I'm blessed to have the company of such a fine little animal.
I'm pleased to report that I had a pretty good Saturday here at the Turbo Pup Compound on the Banks of the Mighty Tennessee River.
If yours was half as good as mine was you should have already had a pretty good weekend.
I was just worn out and tired and mentally out of steam and worst of all I knew that I had yet another busy week ahead of me...a week critical to the ongoing progress of building my new business enterprise...and I had to get my attitude adjusted in order to face the tasks before me.
Of course there was the obligatory trip to Home Depot to pick up some odds and ends needed to finish the installation of a new range hood vent fan over the oven in my kitchen, and for dinner there was the preparation of some Prime Beef and Sea Scallops for dinner which didn't get finished until nearly 9 PM last night.
I came up with a new recipe using, in addition to the Tenderloin and Mollusks, sliced fresh mushrooms and wilted baby spinach which ended up laying in a nice satisfying pile on a couple of plates.
I'm too lazy to write down the recipe right now, but will probably cook it again later this week and then publish it here on the blogs.
Any way...while I was sitting around outside on the deck smoking my weekend cigar, little Missy the Turbo Pup spent a couple of hours lounging around in her pool...
and resting in the shade on her personal beach...
At this point in life I'd gladly swap places with that little dog, because she is definitely spoiled rotten and doesn't have a care in the world most of the time.
I miss my old cats which have gone on to Kitty heaven over ten years ago, but as Canines go I'm blessed to have the company of such a fine little animal.
Saturday, December 19, 2009
Our Turbo Pup Turns Three Years Old Today
"That's One Darn Fine Dog We Got There..."
It's our little Missy "The Turbo Pup's" Birthday today, and I thought I'd publish a photo montage of all the stuff she's done since she was born in coastal Mississippi back on December 19th, 2006.
Since being from the Gulf coast and having made a trip on Delta airlines to come to our house on our little island on the Georgia coast when she was two months old and weighed TWO POUNDS, she's become quite the experienced world traveler and professional beach/pool dog just like her Dad.
Here she is at about three months and three pounds...the nose and body gets longer as she matures...
A glamor photo in the yard of the condo about a month later...
Hanging out on the pool deck with her Cousin "Olive" down in Orlando that spring:
Impersonating Bugs Bunny...
You need to understand that our little miniature long haired Dachshund has her own luggage, and she knows when we're going out of town and she insists on supervising the preparations to make sure her Valet (that would be me) doesn't forget anything (including the puppy.) When we start packing and moving stuff around she can't sit still and will try to get into the car every time we open the doors to load something up. Here she is trying to hide and blend in the stuff as I load the trunk...
In addition to clothes and luggage, she also has her own furniture.
Here she is testing out her new beach chair on St. Simons when she was about 9 months old...(we had to get her that chair so we had a place to sit on the beach because she will take all of the towels and chairs if you don't make a dedicated place for her to sit.)
Swimming with a friend in Grandma's pool down in Alabama a few summers ago...
Wrestling with her dad sporting her Georgia Tech collar...
St. Simons this past spring without her chair (on my towel)
And earlier on that same trip hanging out on the beach and on a restaurant deck with her Dad on Cedar Key, Florida...
Last Christmas sitting under the Christmas Tree looking for more presents and puppy snacks in Kansas City
Hosting another friend and leading the inaugural ceremonies of the new and improved back yard Turbo Pup Pool and Recreational Complex (TPPRC for short) last summer here in Eastern Tennessee on the banks of the Mighty Tennessee River...
As I've written several times before, I've spent most of my life living with cats beginning before the age 12 and ending with the passing of two wonderful fellows--Patches and Hoover back in the late 1990's.
With their loss due to old age I swore I would never have another pet, but today I can honestly tell you that I wouldn't know what to do without our little Missy 'The Turbo Pup" who never ceases to amaze me with her intelligence and her ability to use every ounce of her little 11 pound body and spirit to help keep me sane and grounded as I wrestle with life in my later middle age.
As my subtitle said..."that's one darn fine dog we got there..."
In closing, Missy would like to say thanks to everyone for taking the time to look at her pictures and for all your well wishes on this special day, and if you didn't like looking her photos, all she has to say is...
GO WRITE YOUR OWN BLOG and leave my Dad alone...
It's our little Missy "The Turbo Pup's" Birthday today, and I thought I'd publish a photo montage of all the stuff she's done since she was born in coastal Mississippi back on December 19th, 2006.
Since being from the Gulf coast and having made a trip on Delta airlines to come to our house on our little island on the Georgia coast when she was two months old and weighed TWO POUNDS, she's become quite the experienced world traveler and professional beach/pool dog just like her Dad.
Here she is at about three months and three pounds...the nose and body gets longer as she matures...
A glamor photo in the yard of the condo about a month later...
Hanging out on the pool deck with her Cousin "Olive" down in Orlando that spring:
Impersonating Bugs Bunny...
You need to understand that our little miniature long haired Dachshund has her own luggage, and she knows when we're going out of town and she insists on supervising the preparations to make sure her Valet (that would be me) doesn't forget anything (including the puppy.) When we start packing and moving stuff around she can't sit still and will try to get into the car every time we open the doors to load something up. Here she is trying to hide and blend in the stuff as I load the trunk...
In addition to clothes and luggage, she also has her own furniture.
Here she is testing out her new beach chair on St. Simons when she was about 9 months old...(we had to get her that chair so we had a place to sit on the beach because she will take all of the towels and chairs if you don't make a dedicated place for her to sit.)
Swimming with a friend in Grandma's pool down in Alabama a few summers ago...
Wrestling with her dad sporting her Georgia Tech collar...
St. Simons this past spring without her chair (on my towel)
And earlier on that same trip hanging out on the beach and on a restaurant deck with her Dad on Cedar Key, Florida...
Last Christmas sitting under the Christmas Tree looking for more presents and puppy snacks in Kansas City
Hosting another friend and leading the inaugural ceremonies of the new and improved back yard Turbo Pup Pool and Recreational Complex (TPPRC for short) last summer here in Eastern Tennessee on the banks of the Mighty Tennessee River...
As I've written several times before, I've spent most of my life living with cats beginning before the age 12 and ending with the passing of two wonderful fellows--Patches and Hoover back in the late 1990's.
With their loss due to old age I swore I would never have another pet, but today I can honestly tell you that I wouldn't know what to do without our little Missy 'The Turbo Pup" who never ceases to amaze me with her intelligence and her ability to use every ounce of her little 11 pound body and spirit to help keep me sane and grounded as I wrestle with life in my later middle age.
As my subtitle said..."that's one darn fine dog we got there..."
In closing, Missy would like to say thanks to everyone for taking the time to look at her pictures and for all your well wishes on this special day, and if you didn't like looking her photos, all she has to say is...
GO WRITE YOUR OWN BLOG and leave my Dad alone...
Monday, November 16, 2009
Saturday, June 27, 2009
Rubber Ducky...You're The One...
You Make Her New Pool Deck...So Much Fun...
Here's Missy the Turbo Pup swimming with a few friends...
Hanging out on her own private beach...
And finally, crashing for a nap in the shade after a hard day playing...
That's a darn fine beach dog we got there...
Here's Missy the Turbo Pup swimming with a few friends...
Hanging out on her own private beach...
And finally, crashing for a nap in the shade after a hard day playing...
That's a darn fine beach dog we got there...
Friday, June 19, 2009
Wednesday, December 03, 2008
Packing Her Own Luggage
Here's A Look At What I'm probably Gonna See Next Time I Leave Town...
(click on the photo and try not to laugh)
(click on the photo and try not to laugh)
Wednesday, November 05, 2008
And Toto Too?
And Your Little Dog Too...
I've thus far failed to take the time to put up some pictures of how our little Missy the Turbo Pup spent her Halloween last weekend.
Basically she was busy scaring herself doing her best impression of "The Wicked Witch of Eastern Tennessee"...
I've thus far failed to take the time to put up some pictures of how our little Missy the Turbo Pup spent her Halloween last weekend.
Basically she was busy scaring herself doing her best impression of "The Wicked Witch of Eastern Tennessee"...
Sunday, September 28, 2008
Missy The Turbo Pup's Saturday Night
How Could You Not Want To Just Squeeze Her?
(Click on the image to see a larger format image and see all the long hair she's developing in the cooler weather here on the banks of the Mighty Tennessee River.)
Monday, June 16, 2008
Dog Day Afternoons At The Puppy Pool
I Should Be So Lucky...
Here's a look at our little Missy the Turbo Pup cooling her belly in her new Country Puppy Compound pool this past weekend.
And here she is this afternoon whiling the hours away with Pat while I handled the painting of the new door duties on the carport.
I think that she needs a bigger pool so I have room to get in too with all of her floats and toys.
Maybe next summer...
Here's a look at our little Missy the Turbo Pup cooling her belly in her new Country Puppy Compound pool this past weekend.
And here she is this afternoon whiling the hours away with Pat while I handled the painting of the new door duties on the carport.
I think that she needs a bigger pool so I have room to get in too with all of her floats and toys.
Maybe next summer...
Monday, December 10, 2007
The Turbo Pup Takes On Santa
I'm Not Sure Who's More Uncomfortable...
Missy the Turbo Pup visited Pet Smart yesterday, and while she was there Pat tossed her into the "Pet Santa's" lap for a photo. Here, take a look:
If you've never before seen a little soon to be one year old Mini long haired Dachshund petrified with terror, you have now.
"Officer...Police...Pervert with a white beard in a red suit over here...help...Help...HELP Meeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!
(I'm not sure if that was worth six bucks for one print with a cheesy frame, but we have it now and I scanned it violating the intellectual property rights contract because I don't care.)
Missy the Turbo Pup visited Pet Smart yesterday, and while she was there Pat tossed her into the "Pet Santa's" lap for a photo. Here, take a look:
If you've never before seen a little soon to be one year old Mini long haired Dachshund petrified with terror, you have now.
"Officer...Police...Pervert with a white beard in a red suit over here...help...Help...HELP Meeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!
(I'm not sure if that was worth six bucks for one print with a cheesy frame, but we have it now and I scanned it violating the intellectual property rights contract because I don't care.)
Sunday, October 28, 2007
When Fall Doesn't Give You Beach Weather...
Put On A Sweater
(That little pup sure loves her beach chair.)
(That little pup sure loves her beach chair.)
Friday, September 21, 2007
My Latest Monstrosity
It Looks Like Government Surplus...
In an effort to ensure my attention to quality control, all of my work is supervised by this horrible creature:
Errors will not be tolerated.
In an effort to ensure my attention to quality control, all of my work is supervised by this horrible creature:
Errors will not be tolerated.
