9/11/2010

"And I'm proud to be an American where at least I know I'm free and I won't forget the men who died who gave that right to me"~Lee Greenwood "How important it is to recognize and celebrate our she-roes and heroes"~Maya Angelou


God bless our country

licks and sniffs, Sasha

Another nightmare haircut. WHY??

Hi my pals and good day to you all. I want to ask you seriously, what is wrong with letting my hair grow out? I like the crazy unkempt look, its me! Look at this picture, did I really need another haircut? I ask you??

Ok Mommy takes me to the vet lady(she is the only one who will do it... snickers)and I have to spend hours and hours and days and days of my life there away from my Mommy. If thats not bad enough, they always stick me in this ridiculous shirt and then go all oooo and aaaaa doesn't she look sweet. Well of course I do but I do need a stupid shirt to prove it.

Don't worry it didn't take me long to get it off, here I am 5 minutes after I finally got home,
and then another minute or two and then I shook and shook that shirt and hid it. Mommy is still looking for it hehe.

I am very stressed so I am going to rest and do a little meditating. Here I am dreaming about getting into my magic bubble and visiting my pal Tweedles. I feel better already.
I hope you all had better days and remember JUST SAY NO TO HAIRCUTS

licks and sniffs, Sasha

Happy Labor Day!

Hi my pals and Happy Labor Day to all of you. I don't really get this holiday, but it is one of my favorites. First my Daddy is home from work(Mommy can't work right now, so she is always home with me), then NO BOOMBOOMS,then my Daddy makes us burgers on the grill and we do...nothing, well maybe go for a walk but thats it. Thats my kind of holiday, if there were presents it would be perfect.

Happy Labor Day to all of you

licks and sniffs, Sasha

The Sasha Saturday College Football Report

Welcome to my first 2010 Football Saturday Report!!



Hi my pals, its me Sasha! I hope you are doing good and having a great Saturday. The Weather is perfect here, cool and windy. I am snugging with my Dad and catching up on college football.


Wow the Big Ten has gone kafloooey. We have a new team and I would like to give a great big Wisconsin Big Ten Welcome to Nebraska!!!!! But wait the Big Ten has twelve teams?? I don't get it. I wish when I got treats that my Mommy would say here are 10 treats but really there would be 12, that would be cool. Oh well anyway, the teams are now divided like this: Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Purdue, Penn State and Ohio State( notice I put them last Brutus, snickering) will be one division and Iowa, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Nebraska and Northwestern will be the other division. Wow that is crazy, but fun!!!!!

As far as the tailgate party goes, well Mommy is on a special all liquid diet for a while, so Daddy and I are making do with our own snacks. Lots of cheese(duh) and Daddy will make us some burgers later on. I hope you all have a great football and Labor Day weekend. God bless you all and ON WISCONSIN!!!

licks and sniffs, Sasha

Do you remember me????

Hi my old pals, I have been away for quite some time. Mommy has not been herself, but she is getting better so we are back and want to know if you still remember Sassy Sasha. I have missed you all and we are going around to check on all of your blogs. Please forgive us for being away and we love you all very much. Mommy says thanks for all of your kind notes and thoughts and prayers. I have been out in my magic bubble but I can't seem to find any of you. Tweedles, have you seen my bubble come by your house. I think some of the magic is gone, can you help me to get it back??

I have many, many stories to tell you about all the adventures I have had the past few months, but for now I just wanted to say hi and see if you still want to be friends with me. I hope you do, I feel the magic coming back already, oh I am getting excited. Ok I will talk to you soon and God bless you all.

licks and sniffs, Sasha

Tweedles sent me some love!

Hi my pals!I was just visiting one of my best pals Tweedles at "Through the eyes of Tweedles" . I do love Tweedles and she got an award and she passed the love to me. I am so lucky! Please go and visit Tweedles and see the wonderful pug pin she got and is wearing proudly. Tweedles and I have many adventures with our magic bubbles.

Here are the rules:

1. Publish it on your blog, referring the friend who passed it on to you.

2. Share 5 things you like to do.

3. Pass it along to keep the circle growing.

Here are 5 things I like to do.

1. Sleep with my Mommy, all snuggled in right next to her.

2. Eat, I would eat all day if Mommy would let me(which she doesn't) My favorite is cheese.

3. I love to go for walks with my Big Sis and Dad

4. I love to protect my family

5. Play, I love my squeaky toys for playing and stuffies for snuggling.

I have so many friends it is so hard to choose. I will make some choices, but please if you don't have this award, take it and keep passing it on to spread the love.

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Twix at A Wiener Dog Blog

Mack and Sally Ann at Big Bubba Blogger and Bothersome Baby Blogger

Dory and Bilbo at Dory's Backyard

Oskar at The Daily Oskar

Captain and Candy at I need a Sugar fix

Khyra at Khyra's Khorner - Khome On By!

Mango and Dexter at Mango's Great Adventures

Martha and Bailey at Martha & Bailey's Blog

Brutus at Brutus the Frenchie

Phantom and Thunder at The Chronicle of Woos

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I could go on and on, I hope you all know that I love you and please spread the circle of love and friendship on. Even if you don't post about it, just take the button and put it on your blog.

Thank you Tweedles, I am all ready to snuggle with you. I will be expecting you on your magic bubble or will you be coming on the beautiful Owlbert?

licks and sniffs, Sasha

I'm grounded for life I think!

I was just being curious, that is my defense. I am sitting by the back door watching for squirrels. Mommy has let me out on the deck before and I always come right back in with her. She went out to do put a cover on our outside stove cooker griller thing and I decided it was time for me to explore the lay of the land. I wanted to see the backyard on my own, I am a big girl now.

Come on Mommy please let me out, I won't do anything sassy (giggles and paws crossed behind my back) Just open the door and you will see how good I am.

As soon as she opened the door, down the stairs I went. Our backyard leads to something called a 'marsh" I don't know what that is except that it is wet back there. I decided to run like the wind to the front yard. Mommy had to run to try to catch me and with her bad back, she couldn't run too fast. By the time she caught up to me I was in the road in front of our house barking at some kids on skate boards telling them to knock it off. Mommy caught me there. Why was she so mad at me?? I was just being curious. Now I can't go out by myself at all and I am grounded, so no parties for me for a while. I will try to change her mind, cause turkey day is coming and I don't want to be in trouble for that. Can you talk to her??

Please???? I am not exactly sure what grounded is, but I know she is pretty mad at me and I don't like that at all.

licks and sniffs Sasha
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p.s. can you send treats, I think grounded means no treats, shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.
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Sasha really scared me when she ran off and especially when I found her in the road. I know better then to ever let her out there without a leash again, but in the past she has been very good and stayed with me on our deck. Lesson learned and don't worry she is still getting plenty of treats.
Anne

Pet Pride

Please go and visit Bozo at Pet pride for more pets doing fun stuff! Bozo also keeps track of birthdays and lets us know who to celebrate with.

Some days, you just don't feel like getting up. Have a fun and lazy day.

licks and sniffs, Sasha

p.s. Mom wants me to ask you to visit her Comfort Food blog and check out the cookie recipe exchange. Ok so I did and now I'm done and back to sleep zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

I have some good advice for all of you

Hi my pals. When I had my recent trip(nightmare) to see the Vet Lady, Mom found this article. Some of you may already know about this. You can never be too careful with us pets. The Vet Lady said it would be ok to give me a baby aspirin(81mg) if I needed cause my paw was infected.

"Tylenol and Your Pets

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Tylenol (acetaminophen) is a pain killer and anti-fever medication commonly taken by people for minor aches and pains, fever, and soreness from arthritis. It is also a common ingredient in many children’s cough and flu medications. Because it is so regularly used in humans, most people believe that it is safe for their pet. This is incorrect.

Tylenol is extremely toxic in cats, and can be toxic to dogs as well. Cats are more frequently affected because they lack an enzyme pathway that functions to metabolize the drug properly. As little as ½ tablet of Tylenol can be fatal in cats, and although a higher dose is usually required to be toxic to dogs, many can get severely ill with a low dose. Tylenol causes damage to the liver as well as to the blood cells in both species, and clinical signs can include depression, rapid breathing, dark colored gums, swelling of the face, paws, and limbs, vomiting, drooling and death.
The safest way to avoid potential fatal reactions from Tylenol is to NEVER give it to your pet, even in very small amounts. Keep all bottles of Tylenol or other acetaminophen containing products in a securely closed cupboard or medicine cabinet to avoid spillage. If you think your pet is in pain, contact your veterinarian before giving any pain medications at home. It could save your pets life! "
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Dr. Kim Yuill is a 2003 graduate of the Atlantic Veterinary College in Charlottetown, PEI. She has a strong interest in client education, wellness and preventative medicine and behavior. Dr. Yuill currently shares her home with a Boston terrier, a Pug, 2 cats, 2 budgies and her husband Charles.

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Here are some people foods that we should not eat:

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Grapes and raisins
Contain an unknown toxin, which can damage the kidneys. There have been no problems associated with grape seed extract.

Onions and garlic (raw, cooked, or powder)
Contain sulfoxides and disulfides, which can damage red blood cells and cause anemia. Cats are more susceptible than dogs. Garlic is less toxic than onions.

Xylitol (artificial sweetener)
Can cause liver failure.

Mushrooms
Can contain toxins, which may affect multiple systems in the body, cause shock, and result in death.

Macadamia nuts
Contain an unknown toxin, which can affect the digestive and nervous systems and muscle.

Chocolate, coffee, tea, and other caffeine
Contain caffeine, theobromine, or theophylline, which can be toxic and affect the heart and nervous systems.

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With the holidays coming, we need to be careful and try not to get into some of the people foods that could make us sick. Cheese however, seems to be just fine, thank you very much.

Be safe and lets stay healthy!

licks and sniffs, Sasha

Taking care of my Daddy

Hi my pals. It was kind of boring around here this weekend. My Daddy was sick and of course I was on duty to take care of him. He didn't feel like playing with me.

Here I am making sure that he stays calm and rests while he was watching football on Saturday
"Stay down Daddy, I am here to take care of you. Do you think Mommy could bring us some get well cookies?"" What Daddy, you don't feel like cookies?"Thats ok, I will be happy to eat them for you."

It is a very hard job taking care of sick peoples. I can't wait until Daddy can play with me again. He plays the best games with me. I love my Daddy.

I hope you all had a nice weekend. I am getting very excited for Thanksgiving. It is my favorite meal of the whole year. What is your favorite food on Thanksgiving?? Mine is mashed potatoes...yummm. The Wisconsin Badgers beat Michigan!! Congratulations to Brutus and the Ohio Buckeyes for their great victory!

licks and sniffs, Sasha

Sashacheeseland

Hi my pals. I am trying to go to sleep and I am thinking about the things I might dream about. Sometimes I have bad puppy dreams and make woofy sounds and kick my legs(Mommy says). I hope I don't have one of those tonight. I would like to dream of a place where all my doggy pals and all my people pals can live together and no one ever gets sick. We will have such fun, running and playing. In this magic place there will be lots and lots of cheese and no shots and no sickness. I will call this place " Sashacheeseland". Will you come join me there? Free cheese for all! Cheese...zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Here is another little joke I got from another Uncle, I hope it makes you smile.

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-The Silent Generation are people born
before 1946.

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-The Baby Boomers are people born between 1946 and 1959.

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-Generation X are people born between 1960
and 1979.

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Generation Y are people born between
1980 and 1995.
Why do we call the last one generation Y?
I did not know, but a cartoonist explains it
eloquently below...I Learned something
new today!

licks and sniffs Sasha

Pet Pride

Please visit Bozo at Pet pride for pictures of pets and pals all over the place.
I am feeling a little dazed here after my Vet Lady ordeal, but even still I agreed to pose for a photo. Well Mommy was holding a piece of cheese out, so that was my focal point.

After my horrible haircut experience, they had the nerve to put a shirt on me. Even though I wasn't feeling well, it only took me 2 minutes to work my way out of it when I got home. Here I am half way off. If you roll around I find it slips right off. licks and sniffs, Sasha

Camera Critters

Please visit Camera Critters Meme to see oodles of fun pictures of all kinds of animals doing all kinds of stuff. Hi my pals. I am feeling better today. I was pretty sick for a couple of days. The Vet Lady said it was a reaction to the shots and also the infection in my system. Well if the shots were gonna make me sick, why did she give em to me?? I don't know about that shot thing anymore. I am better and back to my old sassy self. Here I am feeling down still. Pay no attention to the back round. I am in a room that is being fixed up and changed and all that.
I am trying to gather enough strength to play with my favorite squeaky hot dog.

After that I went back to sleep. For the rest of this post I am going to show you a nice walky I took with my Big Sis before the dreaded haircut and "shots". The first one is a picture of the house where the meanest dog alive lives. Her name is Bridget. I would have Big Sis take a picture of her, but I am afraid the camera would explode with her ugliness and melt and dissolve.

Ahhh a lovely morning walky.
Ok, back home. I need to go in and check on Mommy. I can't stand to be away from her for very long. She needs me.

Ok anytime now. My Mom is in there and more important my good girl treat awaits.
Thank you for all of your good wishes, I love you my pals.

licks and sniffs, Sasha

I am freezing and naked and I am not feeling well tonight

Hi my pals, well I survived the Vet Lady just barely. Look what she did to me. I am naked, how embarrassing. I am also freezing and I just don't feel right tonight. Since I am also very tired I am adding a few jokes that my Uncle Dennis sent me. I hope they make you smile. Have a good weekend everydog and everyone.

Sasha has been a little under the weather since she got back from the Vet. She did get 2 shots and she has a little infection in the pads of her feet where some hair was matted. She is very quiet, but she is eating and drinking. I am hoping she will be back to normal tomorrow or I will call the Vet back. Please have some good thoughts for her. Thanks Anne

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licks and sniffs, Sasha

Sasha has some useless trivia for your Wednesday

Hi my pals, I have found my hiding spot, but I am laying low and acting all normal until tomorrow night. I thought we could have some fun, so I was surfing the web and found some useless trivia for you to share. I hope you like it. First here is my friend Ammo in his Halloween costume. Ammo was rescued from a bad home. He is a greyhound, shepherd and I dunno what else mix. He is a sweet boy and very lovey, but he kind of likes to eat the furniture at his house. He is wearing a prison costume for Halloween fun, his new family loves him very much and are very good to him. He has a very good forever home now.

Here I am on Halloween again, now on to the trivia.
On average, dogs have better eyesight than humans, although not as colorful.

The lifespan of a squirrel is about nine years.

Sharks and rays are the only animals known to man that don't get cancer. Scientists believe this has something to do with the fact that they don't have bones, but cartilage.

A group of twelve or more cows is called a flink.

You can tell the sex of a horse by its teeth. Most males have 40, females have 36.

Cats sleep up to eighteen hours a day, but never quite as deep as humans. Instead, they fall asleep quickly and wake up intermittently to check to see if their environment is still safe.

There are more than fifty different kinds of kangaroos

Skunks can accurately spray their smelly fluid as far as ten feet

The pet food company Ralston Purina recently introduced, from its subsidiary Purina Philippines, power chicken feed designed to help roosters build muscles for cockfighting, which is popular in many areas of the world.http://www.faqs.org/abstracts/Business-international/Purina-takes-on-United-Laboratories-to-pump-up-Manilas-battling-birds.html#ixzz0VyNgK3W4

Guinea pigs and rabbits can't sweat.

Cats often rub up against people and furniture to lay their scent and mark their territory. They do it this way, as opposed to the way dogs do it, because they have scent glands in their faces

So to sum it all up. We can outlive squirrels and see better than our peoples, but we can't drive since we don't do the color thing so well. If you have to work out do it with a rabbit or guinea pig and don't tiptoe past a sleeping cat cause they might wake up and rub their faces all over you. It is best to say away from a flink of cows(too big to play with) and skunks in general and I don't think I want to get close enough to a horse to count its teeth. It would be nice if they could figure out why sharks don't get cancer and there a lot of kangaroos out there. But the most important thing of all is DON'T BUY PURINA DOG FOOD, nobody should be encouraging cockfighting I don't care where you live! I hope you can impress your pals with this trivia Wednesday.

licks and sniffs, Sasha