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It’s been almost 6 months since the last post. Got lots to report since then. The 1st minion decided to check out the situation back in the old country and move across the pond. Well, great. In order for us to come along, we were volunteered to receive a microchip in between the shoulder blades. That is a recent glorious decision of the EU states in order to categorize and inventory the pets of their citizens. In addition, both my sister and I become official with our own passport, the EU pet passport, according to EU regulation something rather. Turns out it involves quite a bit of running, poking and pill popping, not to forget handing over some greens, all to get two pieces of paper. Well, great.

With the paper in hand and comfortably situated in our ‘houses’ (kennels), we boarded one of those big A planes on a Sunday night and left the US. 8 hours later we arrived. The entire trip was more or less stress free, but the non-existence of doggie bathrooms should be noted!

The vet at the airport took a quick look at the papers, and tried to scan us. Well, it just so happened that the very morning of our arrival, the scanning device had broken. And had to be shipped back for repairs. Well, so we didn’t even get scanned, but passed immigration and customs anyway.

Two hours later, we arrived at our new abode. Two additional minions had alread prepared our new surroundings to an exceptionally luxurious spa resort, complete with running yard, little kiddies next door and a huge supply of German hot dogs, called Wienerle. While the overall trip was not the most pleasant we had had in the past, the effort and creativity of our new housing made up for it all. The first minion however immediately forced us to take a bath… the passionately disliked hobby of minions in general.

Found my elevated bedding (an old Otoman) in front of the fire place, had a quick drink and a few hot dogs and decided to take a nap to recouperate. Sis for some reason ended up with a few more hot dogs, but I let her cuddle up with me on the bed anyway.

So long my loyal subjects

FAQ for Dogs

Just ran across this on one of my Internet adventures: FAQ for dogs 

The Vet

For some reason I ended up with yet another appointment at the vet. Sometimes, I swear, the minions are signing us up just to be a pain or to intentionally aggravate us. There is absolutely no sense in going there repeatedly, because all they are doing there is poke and prod each and every one of us poor creatures, look over our ears, eyes and teeth and if things get really bad… the guy in the blue shirt takes out gloves and tries to get behind…… no, let’s not go into further detail on that!

Well, today was one of those days for me. Got a total of 3 shots, Rabies, Bordetella and something with a D… Luckily, the Rabies and the D* shot are done for now for the next 3  years. The Bordetella shot is not due for another year either…. Because I had some problems with my left eye for the last several months and have been receiving some lotion treatment for it, the vet decided to pull back my lid all the way down my back just to see the apple of the eye. As if he couldn’t see it by just looking me square in the eye and getting swept away by the depths of my charming twinkle… Note to self: didn’t work this time, need to practice some more

To top it all of, the gloves came out for me today, too… Not happy about that, by any stretch of the imagination! That does ask for payback as soon as we get back to the house… I will think of something! But for now, I will just retreat to my doggy bed and pout for some time.

Middle of June

Nothing much to report. Received a new shippment of treats from Drs Foster & Smith, that unfortunately also included a set of flea and tick treatments. The minions are of the stout opinion that they actually work to prevent me and my sister from dragging any unwelcome visitors from the yard into the house; or provide habitat to any ride alongs that might cross our paths during any of our excursions.

BUT, those things smell awful!! They are applied every month in between my shoulder blades and the spot stays wet for about 24 hours until it spreads all across my body, and to boot it, my sister and I smell like lemons or some other citrussy fruit for days!!

I usually try to share the “scent” with the big carpet in the living room by “walloring” all across it, rubbing my head and rolling my body over it voraciously. Unfortunately, it doesn’t work! The scent remains and I just can’t shake it. Worst of all, the carpet gets cleaned quite often so any of my laborious efforts are thwarted almost immediately. I need to have a sit down with the minions and have a serious talk about my expectations of service levels….

It is Father’s Day today and we’ll be taking a car ride (awesome!) over to the second minion’s father’s house (how about that for applying my grammar skills by using the posessive genetive?) for a shrimp dinner. I don’t think I ever had shrimp before… not that this rather unimportant fact would prevent me from sampling and extending my culinary horizon… I’ll report back later with any findings…

First Post

Hello World,

We are two rotten dogs living in the Midwest with our two minions, who support our expensive habits on an ongoing basis. My name is Montana (4), I am the oldest one and sister to Denali (2.5), though you wouldn’t be able to tell because my sister is waaay taller than me. She even can reach the top of the people’s table without much of an effort… yet, be it mentioned, she won’t share anything she snags of that very table….

This is our first blog. We’ll try to post in regular intervals to share our comfortable and bohemian lifestyle with the world. See ya around