Us smoothies (Guest Blog)

Rafe here. Miss Pippin asked that I answer some questions. Happy to. Young Kyzer too. We smoothies from the farms stick together.

1. Your age?
Rafe: 18 months
Kyzer: 9 months

2. Your age when came to live with your people:
Rafe: 7 months
Kyzer: 7 weeks

3. What color is the collar you're wearing right now?
Rafe: Red, with yellow squiggles (not snakes, Emmy) and black and white squares
Kyzer: Grays and greens in this really neato pattern!

4. Who is your favorite person other than the people you live with?
Rafe: Gram and Gramps. The best.
Kyzer: Oh, not a big people dog, but I sure do love Kelly, my original human

5. How much do you weigh?
Rafe: 49 pounds
Kyzer: Gosh! I think maybe more than 35 pounds now?

6. Most expensive thing yo've every chewed up?
Rafe: A Chuck-It
Kyzer: Keen sandals. Or a library book. Which I did last night.

7. Do you like other Dogs?
Rafe: Yes, especially little ones
Kyzer: Not at first, but then I come around!

8. Who is your best non-human friend?
Rafe: Sure do like Scamp, the toy Aussie at my old agility class. Though there's a fine gal, an Afghan named Renee, at my new agility class. Not real good friends, but I'd like to be.
Kyzer: Hamish or Rafe!

9. Squeaky toys or tennis balls?
Rafe: TENNIS BALLS
Kyzer: Tennis balls

10. Do you like to be brushed?
Rafe: Not really, it's kinda strange.
Kyzer: Don't know!

11. Peanut Butter or Cheese?
Rafe: Cheese
Kyzer: Peanut Butter

12: Do your people cut your toenails?
Rafe: Never done it. Don't need to.
Kyzer: Yes.

13. Any formal education?
Rafe: Household obedience, agility, and herding. Sleep-away herding school too.
Kyzer: Kindergarden! And I'm starting herding school now!

14. Couch potato or Energizer Bunny?
Rafe: What's a couch potato?
Kyzer: Bunny? To chase?

15. Five nick-names your people call you:
Rafe: Rafey, Raf-ish, Rafe-a-roni, Big Boy, Handsome
Kyzer: Ky, Ky-roo, Kroo, Kroozer, Ky-rooster

16. What is your best trick?
Rafe: Hugs
Kyzer: Sit up and wave with both front paws

17. Do you like kitties?
Rafe: Love 'em
Kyzer: Love 'em

18. What did you have for breakfast?
Rafe: Rice and chicken. Got a little intestinal upset. Better now.
Kyzer: Merrick kibble and Innova canned food.

19. Can you hunt (i.e. have you ever killed anything living)?
Rafe: No
Kyzer: No!

20. When and why was the last time you went to the V.E.T.?
Rafe: Last Monday for my shots. Not real impressed.
Kyzer: In February for my last puppy shots

21. Where do you sleep at night?
Rafe: Crate, top left above Miss Tansy
Kyzer: Crate, bottom right, next to Miss Pippin!

22. Do you like to swim?
Rafe: Don't know
Kyzer: What?

23. Can you make puppies?
Rafe: No, but I've got an eye for the gal dogs! I know my manners, though.
Kyzer: I'm still a puppy myself!

24. Do you give kisses?
Rafe: Yes, but only occasionally
Kyzer: Very rarely

25. Can you potty on command?
Rafe: Yep, "Hurry"
Kyzer: Yes, "Hurry"!

26: To Cuz or not to Cuz?
Rafe: Sometimes. When Miss Pippin is.
Kyzer: Not very often, but I think I chewed a foot off!

We, the Moy Dogs

The Dogs of Jackman Ave started a fun game, called MeMeMe. We thought we should play, even though we're about a month behind everydog else. Hamish and I thought we'd start (and we won't tag anydog since mostly everyone's already done it I bet). That us up sharing the dog bed. We're half brother and sister because we have the same mom--Ness Moy. Moy is the name of the kennel we came from in Ontario, Canada. It's about 8 hours away from where we live now. Here's the rest about us:

1. Your age?
Pippin: 3 1/2 (Nov. 8, I'll be 4)
Hamish: almost 2 (Aug. 21)

2. Your age when came to live with your people?
Pippin: 7 weeks
Hamish: 9 weeks

3. What color is the collar you're wearing right now?
Pippin: Pink with big flowers
Hamish: Green with vegetables

4. Who is your favorite person other than the people you live with?
Pippin: My neighbor, Moni
Hamish: I love everybody

5. How much do you weigh?
Pippin: 39 lbs
Hamish: 44 lbs

6. Most expensive thing you've ever chewed up?
Pippin: Snazzy work trousers
Hamish: Expensive, beloved leather boots

7. Do you like other Dogs?
Pippin: Not so much--but if they keep their distance, I don't snark at them
Hamish: you betcha

8. Who is your best non-human friend?
Pippin: Hamish and Rafe
Hamish: I like 'em all, except Rafe

9. Squeaky Toys or Tennis Balls?
Pippin: Tennis balls, but I also like squeaky toys a lot
Hamish: Neither--I like my purple plastic ball

10. Do you like to be brushed?
Pippin: NO!!!!!!!!
Hamish: It's o.k.

11. Peanut Butter or Cheese?
Pippin: Peanut Butter
Hamish: Cheese

12. Do your people cut your toenails?
Pippin: Absolutely not
Hamish: No need

13. Any formal education?
Pippin: Yes, I have a doctorate in Dog Classes--been to too many to count--obedience, agility, flyball, herding. Right now I'm taking herding lessons and agility lessons
Hamish: Yes, two obedience classes, plus puppy kindergarten, several agility classes and herding school

14. Couch potato or Energizer Bunny?
Do you really need to ask?

15. Five nicknames your people call you:
Pippin: Pippy; Pip-a-dip; Pips; Pippikins; Dippy-do
Hamish: Hambone, Hamster; Ham-bam; Bam-Bam, Mishkin

16. What is your best trick?
Pippin: Turn on a light switch
Hamish: Wriggle on the floor like I'm a worm

17. Do you like kitties?
Pippin: Yes, unless they try to jump on me
Hamish: Yes, unless they make weird noises like scratching or hissing

18. What did you have for breakfast?
We all had raw lamb, organs and bones

19. Can you hunt (aka have you ever killed anything living)?
Pippin: An ant
Hamish: No, but just let me at a squirrel. And I almost killed a sheep by running her into a fence

20. When & why was the last time you went to the V.E.T.?
Pippin: Last summer when I had giardia
Hamish: in Dec. when they took my manhood

21. Where do you sleep at night?
Border Collies sleep in crates in the bedroom

22. Do you like to swim?
Pippin: N.O.
Hamish: Not so much

23. Can you make puppies?
Pippin: No
Hamish: I wish I could, handsome as I am

24. Do you give kisses?
Pippin: Yes, many
Hamish: Yes, bruising ones

25. Can you potty on command?
We all potty to "hurry"

26. To Cuz or not to Cuz?
Yes, To Cuz (we have many Cuz options at our house and we love them all)