Adventures of Gus the Borkie

• Pogo Gus

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  Posted: November 10, 2009, 9:08pm EST
  

• GO Richmond FLYING SQUIRRELS!

  Richmond has finally named the new baseball team: The Richmond FLYING SQUIRRELS! I could not be more happier. Squirrels are my favorite animal and I have game gear already.
  
  
  
  Let's GO NUTS!
  
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  Posted: October 16, 2009, 2:03pm EDT
  

• Greenie

  I could not find a safe place to hide my new greenie. The kitty steals everything I love and I'm NOT letting her have this! The hoomans are not helping by videotaping me hiding the greenie either!
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  Posted: October 04, 2009, 9:15am EDT
  

• We Moved!

  We moved to Short Pump! Its only a two minute drive from Momma and Poppa Dee's house (my favorite place in the entire world!!!!) Our new house is so much bigger and I get to go outside on the porch WITHOUT a leash.
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  Posted: October 04, 2009, 9:05am EDT
  

• What should I be for Halloween?!

  Cow? I call my best friend "Moo Cow"
  Frog? Cuz its cool.
  Chicken? My grandma calls me Chicken Little because I'm afraid of everything.
  
  Please vote on the poll on the side. If you are visiting this post from facebook...' [...]
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  Posted: September 19, 2009, 4:56pm EDT
  

• Dog Park Romping

  Daisy the Hound Dog and Gus romping in the Madison at Spring Oak dog park.
  
  
  Sorry the video quality sucks... Erin used her cell phone. (stalker) [...]
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  Posted: September 19, 2009, 4:43pm EDT
  

• Snuggie for Dogs

  
  
  I totally need one. [...]
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  Posted: September 14, 2009, 8:49pm EDT
  

• Live your life like a dog.

  From an e-mail:
  
  Being a veterinarian, I had been called to examine a ten-year-old Irish Wolfhound named Belker. The dog's owners, Ron, his wife Lisa, and their little boy Shane, were all very attached to Belker, and they were hoping for a miracle.
  
  I examined Belker and [...]
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  Posted: September 14, 2009, 8:07pm EDT
  

• Hanging out with Daisy the Hound Dog

  She dragged me across the floor by my face.
  She tried to intimidate me.
  BUT I fought back.
  AND I won in the end because I can humiliate her on the interwebs. MUWHAHAHHAHAH [...]
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  Posted: September 12, 2009, 10:48pm EDT
  

• Mmmmm grass

  I've decided to give up dog food for grass. I've been collecting grass on my walks outside and spitting it all around the house so Steve and Erin know that I want to become vegetarian.
  
  You would think they would get the hint:
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  Posted: August 09, 2009, 10:50pm EDT
  

• Happy Birthday to ME!

  
  I turned 1 years old yesterday!!! (well 7 in dog years) Erin and Steve took me to Three Dog Bakery at Stony Point Mall and let me pick out a toy and some treats. Then Erin bought me a swanky new collar (which I'm not too' [...]
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  Posted: August 09, 2009, 10:30pm EDT
  

• Vote for me!

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  Posted: August 05, 2009, 12:34pm EDT
  

• The Critter Cottage Fashion Show

  We had a bar-b-que, refreshments, adult beverages for the hoomans. Jerky, treats and water for us four-leggers. We met many new friends and then had our fashion show. Here's a few pictures.... good times were had by all.
  
  
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  Posted: July 24, 2009, 10:39am EDT
  

• Meet my NEW cousin.... Daisy the Hound Dog!

  This beautiful, little lady is Daisy the Hound Dog! AND I already LOVE her! My Aunt Ginny and soon-to-be Uncle Nick just adopted her from the SPCA. I can't wait til she's big enough to romp with like Moo Cow... she's almost as big as me at only 2 months [...]
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  Posted: July 22, 2009, 7:41am EDT
  

• Fleecy Clean Knot Toys

  
  Best invention.... EVER! I could play with this toy for hours and hours....
  
  You can purchase them at: [www.petsmart.com]
  
  My birthday is 8/8/2009.... wink, wink. [...]
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  Posted: July 20, 2009, 4:13pm EDT
  

• Rivah Dog

  
  The past few weeks I have been swimming in the James River at Huguenot Flat Water, Pony Pasture, and James River Park. There's nothing like taking a hike on a warm day and cooling off with a little swim.... even if [...]
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  Posted: July 20, 2009, 3:58pm EDT
  

• Jealousy

  If you read my blog you might have noticed that I have been slacking at updating on a frequent basis lately. Daizy is a jealous, no good kitty that has held my 'puter hostage for the last couple of weeks.
  
  
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  Posted: July 16, 2009, 6:53pm EDT
  

• Super Model

  
  I have been scouted to be a model!!! I will be in the Critter Cottage's doggy fashion show next Thursday. Erin bought me these sweet new threads to wear.... who's excited?! This kid.
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  Posted: July 16, 2009, 6:46pm EDT
  

• I am learned!!!

  
  I graduated my obedience class at The Critter Cottage today! I have learned to sit, down, stay, come, roll over, shake, wait, and how to walk on a leash. What my humans don't know is that I've known how to do this all along... I speak [...]
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  Posted: June 29, 2009, 8:47pm EDT
  

• TP is a powerful drug...

  
  I couldn't stop myself... yet again. Daizy just feeds my addiction. One of the hoomans left the toilet paper with reach again and Daizy threw it onto the floor. Next thing I know the toilet paper is in tiny little bits and I've inhaled way too [...]
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  Posted: June 03, 2009, 4:02pm EDT
  

• It's HOT outside!

  
  Do you know what the temperature is outside?! And the humidity?! Today was 93 degrees and it felt like 98 degrees. My hoomans think its still fun to walk around the apartment complex and play outside… I now know that they are CRAZY!!! Can’t they see [...]
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  Posted: June 03, 2009, 3:49pm EDT
  

• VA Lottery Lucky Dog?

  I have submitted pictures for the VA Lottery Lucky Dog contest! Take a look at the cards I turned in:
  
  
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  Posted: May 19, 2009, 8:58am EDT
  

• How do you get rid of dog hiccups?!

  
  
  Any solutions? [...]
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  Posted: May 14, 2009, 8:01am EDT
  

• I have LEARNED!!!

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  Posted: May 13, 2009, 8:10pm EDT
  

• HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY

  
  I want to wish a happy mother's day to the most wonderful adoptive mom in the WORLD!!! Erin is the greatest mom any dog could ever have. [...]
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  Posted: May 10, 2009, 11:14am EDT
  

• Barker Field Goodness

  I LOVE Barker Field by Dogwood Dell! I met up with Lanie and Moo Cow and played with all my friends. We played catch, stood on tables (because we can't do that at home), and chased each other until one of use squealed. I've been going about twice a week [...]
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  Posted: May 09, 2009, 8:40am EDT
  

• Not a bagillionaire :(

  
  The VA lottery was up to $225,000,000 and you know I got a lotto ticket. Well apparently I'm not a bagillionaire.... YET [...]
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  Posted: May 02, 2009, 7:50am EDT
  

• Who's teachin' who?

  Dear Hoomans,
  
  I play your game every day. I "sit." I "watch me." I have become a sitting and watching zombie! I let you feed me treats all day to "learn" these difficult tasks. BUT when I try to teach you hoomans one simple, little trick of putting [...]
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  Posted: May 01, 2009, 9:01pm EDT
  

• Giules came to visit!

  
  My little hooman came to visit!!! She's just my size and loves to go outside and play with me. We went to the playground, walked to the dogpark, played hide and seek outside... AND she even crumbled up all her birthday cake and threw it on [...]
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  Posted: May 01, 2009, 7:50pm EDT
  

• Schnoodle?!

  I had my first haircut ever last week! I went to the Critter Cottage (www.thecrittercottage.com) and played with tons of new friends and then some lady cut all my hair off. One problem though.... THE HOOMANS HAVE DISCOVERED MY SECRET!!!
  
  I went into the Critter Cottage a porky borkie [...]
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  Posted: May 01, 2009, 7:41pm EDT
  

• Sit!

  
  I'm in puppy school! Every Monday night for the next 8 weeks I will be at The Critter Cottage learning tricks. So far I have learned "Sit" and "Watch Me".
  
  Here's a link to my school: http://www.thecrittercottage.com
  
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  Posted: May 01, 2009, 7:31pm EDT
  

• Easter on Parade

  This Easter, the hoomans and I went to Easter on Parade on Monument Avenue. Here's some photos from this adventure... next year I'll plan accordingly and dress up.
  
  
  
  
  
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  Posted: May 01, 2009, 10:26am EDT
  

• Weeeeeee

  Holy Manoli! My humans are crazy! They came home from shopping last night screaming weee, weee, weee. They spent an hour plugging wires and white boxes into the hypnosis machine they stare at every night and told me if I touched anything they were going to kill me and feed [...]
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  Posted: April 18, 2009, 8:11am EDT
  

• Make me an LOL!

  
  
  I submitted my picture with Molly to ihasahotdog.com to be made into an LOL!
  
  
  [mine.icanhascheezburger.com]
  
  You can make one too!!! Do it......
  
  (I wanna be a star!) [...]
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  Posted: March 25, 2009, 11:42am EDT
  

• PAPER GNOMES!!!!

  Paper Gnomes are magical. For the past two days, I have been cooped up in the house when the humans went off to work. They take away all the fun stuff (access to the bathroom and bedroom, put the trash up high, close all closet doors) and leave only "my" [...]
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  Posted: March 12, 2009, 9:07pm EDT
  

• Slip and Slide

  
  Why am I posting this embarrassing picture? Well....
  
  Today Daizy and I thought it would be grand to make a slip in slide in the kitchen. We spent all day dumping our half gallon water bowl all over the floor (enough to make a [...]
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  Posted: March 12, 2009, 8:52pm EDT
  

• SNOW!!!!

  Today was my very first snow EVER!!! It was fun when it was two or three inches but this 8-10 inches is crazy.
  
  
  Checking out all the white stuff:
  
  I found a place without Snow!:
  
  At this point, [...]
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  Posted: March 02, 2009, 8:18am EST