Halloween furright

by Jackie Nippers

Ack! Oh my furz! Runnin' off ta hide from pumpkin monstr!

But in light of day, pumpkin monstr not look so scary.

Dog life same as people life: Tis all about how you look at things. Remember ta keep monstrs and other things in pawspective.

1st Halloween without Old Furbro

by Jackie Nippers Corgi

Grrreat pumpkin monster looks sad this Howloween season 2014.

Meezer kitty luvin Mum's pumpkin soup. But our 1st Howloween without Tilin Corgi be kind o' solemn. Everybuddy missing old furbro.

Tilin always confurronted scary pumpkin monsters and kept us safe on Howloween. 'Ere is brave Tilin confurrontin' pumpkin monster in October 2013, hiswoofself's last Howloween with us.

Myself has got to be brrrave corgi now!

Put ta bitey on scary monsters!

Ooooops. . . . Turns out ta scary alien invaders twere not dangerous. Ackchewlly just cookie monsters wot Mum made spawcifically as Halloween dog treat for mywoofself.

Furry simple recipe, Mum sez:

ALIEN INVADER DOG TREATS
Preparation time 10 - 15 minutes. No cooking involved. Recommended for slim, healthy dogs.

12 Pretzel Rods - allowing one or two rods per dog
(Use fresh pretzels, and preferably organic, e.g. Newman's Own Organics brand.)

6 oz. tub freshly ground, pure Peanut Butter 
(Grind your own PB at local gourmet grocer or food co-op!)

12 pairs Candy Eyeballs
(Look for Wilton brand candy eyeball decorations, which are approx. 0.43 inch diameter.)

Jars or cups - sufficient size and number to hold finished Alien Invaders without touching each other.

• Scrape salt crystals off pretzel rods. Try using fingernail as a scraper. Don't worry about removing every last salt crystal. (A dog should get a bit of salt in her diet -- unless the dog is on a no-salt diet for health reasons.)
• Coat about half the length of each pretzel rod with peanut butter: The coated end will become the alien's head. Dip rod into peanut butter and twirl to coat surface. Or use a tablespoon, dipping it into the PB and spreading it on the rod. Cover the pretzel surface, but don't create a thick PB coat. 
• Press two candy eyeballs into the peanut butter "head" of each pretzel rod.
• Stand finished Alien Invader "head up" in jar so as not to touch other treats. 
• Refrigerate jars of treats right away if not serving immediately. Should be eaten same day.

Paw note: Dogs usually insist that Alien Invaders be attacked and nommed immediately!

Great Pumpkin celebrating Hallowine

by winecountrydog Tilin Corgi

Mywoofself met a strange Halloween pumpkin fella who got lost leaving vineyard. Himself smells like wine . . . Hallowine.

Wondering howl da Great Pumpkin got good taste in wine. Look, his big orange self has bottle of Joseph Swan Russian River Valley Gewürztraminer and also bottle of Cline Cellars Ancient Vines Zinfandel.

Now ere is a really pawsonal question for Great Pumpkin: Wot keeps da wine from pouring out da holes?

Even scarier question: Wot was mywoofself thinking, talking to a pumpkin? BOL!

Best Halloween costume

by winecountrydog

I hope all you four-legged and two-legged and finned and scaley creatures got your spook on tonight.

I saw a few great Halloween costumes. The best costume was one I pawed upon when I was doggoogling.

I call it the pugator.


Like Pugs aren't cute enuff without costumes.

I've known a few Pug Dogs. I really liked meeting Toaster, the Pug who accompanies wine country artist Mylette Welch. Ms. Welch does great paintings of Toaster and other dogs.


Toaster has a new Pug buddy named Lola. Sweet Lola came from Pug Rescue of Sacramento.

Did everybuddy get lots of nice treats today? I know I did. Halloween is fun. Woof!

Our Siamese cat's latest mischief

by Jackie Nippers aka pawlitico

"What's that you're chewing on, Ani?" demanded my dog-ma. Our Ani Siamese continued chomping away.


"Hey, those are my new Sony earbuds you just destroyed!" exclaimed dog-ma. "Good thing they were really cheap ones."


Ani Siamese pretended to ignore dog-ma. "Oh, what a fun Halloween treat!" said Ani. "Let me bat the thing again!"


Ferocious Siamese kitty that Ani is, she decided to have another go at it.

"I can bite it too!" Ani purred.


Do kitties get bored easily? Ani finished chewing the earbuds awfully fast. Then she got distracted.


Later, Ani told me that dog-ma was awfully nice about her Halloween mischief.


I reminded Ani that we're lucky to have a furever home with someone who loves us unconditionally.

Paw-note: I'm pawing in fur Tilin Corgi, who's down and out with awful back muscle spasms again. We hope he gets well soon! We sure don't want him to miss trick-or-treatin' at Occidental Harvest Market Festival on Halloween.