Thursday Thanks and Telling

So our readers want to know - WHAT was under there?

Thunder was really struggling to solve the mystery; yesterday he convinced Phantom to help with the surveillance crew. But Phantom did not want to go near the playset; he said window watching was as far as he would go. A few years ago he made the mistake of trying to zoom under one of the swings in motion and got whacked on the back; ever since that day he completely avoids going anywhere near it.

So TD decided to enlist some help from Armando the Armadillo.

Armando must have sent out the right signals because here is what appeared!!! Ha, just kidding.

Actually, Thunder has lost interest in what is under the playset, so the Momster is pretty convinced that whatever it was has moved on.

And we all have an idea of what it might have been, especially since there is a lot of THIS on the ground around the playset.

And some more damaging evidence: what has happened to her beautiful Portulacas? Somebunny, we mean somebody, has been nibbling on them.

Although we don't have any photographic proof yet, we think it is a real one of these:

We never have any squirrels anywhere near our property. And we are also mole-free. We have seen snakes in that area, but we do see bunnies around a lot too.

Whatever it was, it has decided that the sniffs and scratches and gnawing and digging from TD were just too much, and it has moved on.

Now Thunder does seem to be spending a lot of time in this corner of the fence - the bunnies have been known to frequent the neighbor's landscape beds too. So maybe there will be a new surveillance team in place soon.

And now we need to tell you all about some wonderful awards we have received.

First is the Your Blog Rocks badge from Dennis the Viszla, who always has very interesting posts. If you don't know him, do stop by and say hi.


This award was created by the purple hatter and the only rule is to share it with nice bloggers who comment more than twice a week on your blog.

The next award came from two of our littler furiends, Lexus and Bentley, at Munchkin Memoirs.

The only rule for this award is to display it and the button below on your sidebar and link to the Purple Hatter. We are free to pass it on to however many bloggers we wish.

And our last award came from sweet Lucky Luke. It's the Oops Award.

Now, here are the rules for this award:

1."When accepting this award, you must blog about the food you have stolen when your humans were not watching.
2.If you have never stolen any food, you must have been a really good pup!
3.You can accept this yummy tray of cookies as your reward!
4.Next add the logo of this award to your blog (optional), then nominate at least 5 other furry blogs and let them know by leaving a message on their blogs."

Truth be told, the OP Pack really doesn't have much of a history of stealing food. In her younger day, Dakota was a great counter surfer and managed many times to snag a taste of meat. She loved to hang her neck in the sink and grab all the discarded lettuce leaves. But once the Momster discovered the value of mousetraps strategically placed on the counters, most counter surfing came to an end.

As pups, Phantom and Dakota were definitely the Destructive Duo, but it usually didn't involve food. One time when Mom got home from work, she walked into a trashed house. They had managed to knock down the double decker gate to the dining room and destroyed a whole box of paper goods that had been purchased for a backyard reception for the newlywed human brother and his wife. Then they hopped another gate into the family room and destroyed a few VCR tapes and broke a very old Tiffany lamp. That was the day that Mom finally convinced Dad that his darling Dakota and her accomplice Phantom needed to be crated when home alone.

As remarkable as it may sound, Thunder Dunder has always been a pretty good dog - but let's not forget the chewing he did the other day. Mom will have to knock on a lot of wood as she makes this statement - TD has never tried to steal any food from the counter**. No jinxes allowed. But he does enjoy cleaning up all the droppings left on the floor by the grandkidlets while they are eating.

Now for the sharing of these awards. It is never easy to pick just a few bloggers to share these great awards with, so we like to offer to them to all our loyal and nice readers - we think you must meet that description - so help yourself. And many thanks to Dennis, Lexus, Bentley, and Luke.

Woos,



**Note to the Washington Woos (readers, you have to read today's comment from Steve to understand) - TD has never counter surfed, but your Mom is right, he did try to steal some chips and goodies off the coffee table the day she visited. It must have been because it was at what he thought was dog height:)