Wordless Wednesday

Hoping not to see any of this this year!

Wordless Wednesday

HAPPY THANKSGIVING - 2012

FROM ALL OF US HERE AT

GRANNY ANNIE'S FARM

WE WOULD LIKE TO WISH YOU THE 

SAFEST, HAPPIEST, AND MOST BLESSING FILLED

THANKSGIVING YOU HAVE EVER HAD!!!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!

AND TO THOSE OF YOU OUTSIDE OF THE US

HAVE A VERY BLESSING FILLED DAY!

Wordless Wednesday - 11/21

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Wordless Wednesday

I Gotta Snake! (Mary)

Granny was SO PROUD of me today! I love it when Granny is proud of me! It makes me so happy and feel so good. I got a snake! I killed it and kept it away from Granny. It was in her garden and I was afraid it might bite her when she was picking her veggies.

It made a great toy, too. I played with it for a long time all by myself. After awhile, though, I got kind of bored playing with it by myself and shared it with my sisters, Nellie and Fifi. Those darned cats sure tried hard to get it, but I wouldn't let them have it, it was mine! But me and my sisters sure had fun playing tug-of-war all afternoon with it.

I'm Mary, the one in the middle.

When we got tired, we tucked it under the covers while we took our nap, to keep the cats from stealing it. Then we played some more tug-of-war with it all evening. We even let Bubba play with us, too. It was such a fun day! And Granny even gave us an extra treat for being so good and protective.

Canola for Fleas (Mary)

Granny Annie chased us all down and slathered us good today with Canola oil! Yuck!!!! I'm the hardest to catch, ha, ha, ha. I just see her coming with that bottle of oil and I run. I don't like that stuff being smeared all over me. It sure does get the fleas off, though. And THAT I like!

Yep, did you know that Canola Oil is listed with the EPA as an insecticide? It sure is! It kills fleas good without hurting us. I won't say that it kills them naturally, because Granny says that there isn't much natural about Canola oil and she wouldn't eat it, but it sure does kill fleas good. Bubba is white, so the fleas love him an extra lot. And some of the flea sprays make him real sick, so Granny is really glad that something as simple as Canola oil works so good for getting the fleas off of us. And that regular-sized bottle of oil lasts a long time for ALL of us! So it is safe, effective, and cheap! And Granny likes cheap. Oh, and she puts it on the cats, too.

But Granny forgot to oil down my feet today, and the fleas that survived all ran to my feet, so even though I don't like being oiled down, I am going to ask Granny to put some on my feet, too, before we go to bed. Otherwise I will itch all night and I will probably keep her awake being noisy biting my feet.

Good night all! And sweet dreams... zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz 

Whew! That Made Me Tired! (Mary)

Hello! I am Mary the Boxer, and I LOVE to play! But most of all, I like to tear things up. Granny Annie says that for such a sweet, lovable pup, I sure am destructive. I just like to have fun, that's all.

A few weeks ago, Granny was driving down the road and came across some garage sale leftovers by the curb. One of the things that was there was an old, thick lounge chair cushion. It only had one tiny little hole in a seam, so Granny thought we could still get a lot of good use out of it to lay on outside.

When she brought it home and laid it down, we got so excited! Me and my two sisters immediately jumped on it, laid down, snuggled in and took a good, long nap. It was soooo comfy! We enjoyed it for our afternoon naps for a good long while.

But one day, when I was in an extra playful mood, I discovered that tiny little hole in it. Oh! There was so much fun stuffing inside that cushion! I started pulling a little of it out and THAT was so much fun! So I just had to keep going.

That was a LOT of fun, but I soon got bored with it.

Granny Annie was pretty busy working around the farm, so I decided to look for some more things to play with. I found several really great toys outside... and Granny had left the door cracked, so I found some things inside that I brought out to play with, too. I especially liked swinging her shoe around by the long shoestring! I even got my sisters to come play with me with all the new toys I found and we had great fun playing tug-of-war. I like Granny's plastic gallon water jugs, too. That handle makes it easy to hold on to as I bang it around on the rocks making fun noises.

It was such a great afternoon. Me and my two sisters had so much fun!!! But all that playing made us really tired, so we had to lay down and take a nap. But darn those sisters!!! After I got to sleep, they sneaked off and took their nap somewhere else, so when Granny Annie came back around to the front yard, I was the only one there snoozing amongst our afternoon 'toys'! Yep, I'm the one that got busted! "Growl...growl... grrrrr.......

Meet Granny Annie

 Howdy, everyone! Granny Annie, here, and I am the keeper of this mob of critters. You are probably wondering, "What mob?", but you will soon see as this blog progresses. Over the next few weeks you will be meeting the 'Bunch' that will be writing this blog. And a mighty FUN bunch they are!

It all started with one female Boxer that was given to me. Then I was given a male Boxer a little later. I have been raising Boxers for awhile, now, and up until recently I never had enough puppies to fill all of my requests for them (Yes, I bred them responsibly, that is why I never had enough to fill the calls for them). Then the bottom fell out of the economy and not near so many people are wanting big dogs. I had Bubba left from one dog's last litter, and now I still have puppies left from my other dog's litter (I also ended up with a second momma Boxer). The older they get, the less likely it is that I will find a new 'forever' home for them. Then throw in the Miniature Schnauzer I rescued from certain death and a few other assorted critters, and you have a very entertaining group.

They are a fun bunch, a laugh a minute at most times, but they are a handful! Although Bubba, at the time of this post, is only about 8 months old, he is the nurturing one of the group, and ultra protective. I have never seen a male dog so ultra gentle with the little ones, while being so aggressive with intruders. He is a true treasure and I am so glad that he stayed!

You will be hearing some input from me, Granny Annie, from time to time, but for the most part, I am going to let my 'kids', the critters, write this blog (there will be more than just dogs writing). It will be very interesting, to say the least, to see what they have to say. Oh, they are an ornery bunch! So stay tuned and come back often to see what mischievous act they have gotten into next.

Have a Wonderful Day!

Meet Bubba the Boxer

Hi! I'm Bubba! Although my snout may look a little longer than average, I am a full blood Boxer, and a very large one at that. I am very gentle and nurturing, though.... well, unless I think you are a danger to us, then that is another story.

When I was born, I was the first puppy of the litter to be 'sold'. I guess 'spoken for' would actually be a better term. There was no doubt that I was going to my new owner, so Granny put a 'hold' on me while the rest of my brothers and sisters went to their new 'forever' homes.

Then when it came time for me to go to my new home, she took one look at my long, beautiful tail and refused to take me! She said that if my tail hadn't been chopped off that she didn't want me. Chopped off?! Chopped OFF?! Why would someone do that?! owwww..... My tail is hurting just thinking about it. I love my tail! I use it a LOT!  And Granny can read my mood, just by looking at my tail, and understand what I need. Oh, I would not have wanted to live with someone that didn't like me just because I got to keep my tail.

By the time Granny found out that I wasn't going to my new home after all, I had also passed the 2 months age and was on my way to 3 months. No one else wanted me either because I was no longer that tiny, cute little puppy. Granny says I am now a cute, adorable, BIG puppy. I love Granny!

So I got to stay and live at Granny Annie's Farm. I am now 8 months old and I work hard to protect Granny and all the other critters around the farm. I protect the front, and my parents protect the back. We are a team!

Thank you so much for visiting my new blog. I hope you will come back often because I will have lots of fun stories to tell you.