Storybone

Happy Tuesday

2010-01-12T06:17:00.000-05:00

Izzy here. Yeah, I'm a dog.

Today I got something to show you. So, just click on the link, and sit back. You're about to be entertained!

Paws for peace,

Izzy

Happy Monday

2010-01-11T13:56:00.002-05:00

Brrrr! It's cold.

Izzy here. Yeah, I'm a dog. Wanna make something of it?

Grrrrrrrr!

Today my person put me outside. "Go," my person says. "Make yellow snow."

So I did. But, let me tell you, I froze my you-know-whats out there. Oh, stop that. I was referriing to my paws.

Anyway, what I want to tell all you persons with pets is to remember that on cold frosty mornings like today even us furry friends could use a couple pair of boots to keep our tootsies warm.

And while you're at it, how about a scarf and sweater.

Gotta scoot. Got snow to color.

Paws for peace,

Izzy

Happy New Year from Izzy the Dog

2010-01-03T13:41:00.004-05:00

Izzy here.

Yeah. I'm a dog.

Grrrrrrr. Wanna make something of it?

It's been awhile since I posted here at Storybone.blogspot.com.

Sorry 'bout that. But I;ve been busy--Got bones to bury, crotches to sniff--You get the picture.

Starting now 2010, I'm posting once a day, okay, maybe every other day, maybe once a week. But I'm gonna post.

Since I was last online, I turned age 14. This is a picture of me tinkling off the swim platform of some yacht I vacationed on last summer. Hey, I'm retired now and that's what retired dogs do.

Anyway, age 14 in people years is, well, you do the math. That makes me pretty old.

I've decided to take time from my nap to stop by and wish everyone reading my blog a dog-gone Happy New Year!

Paws for peace,

Izzy the Dog

Today is National Dog Day

2007-08-22T08:00:00.001-05:00

Celebrate!

Izzy here...

2007-08-20T06:00:00.000-05:00

"The Pekingese is the aristocrat of dogdom. Called 'The Lion Dog' in China more than a thousand years ago, he was the favorite of the Court and spent his life in the palaces ofthe wealthy and cultured, where he became one of the greatest little autocrats." --off a first edition book flap by E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc.

Izzy here.

Yeah. I'm a dog. Want to make something of it? GRRRR!

In my next life, I'm coming back a Pekingese.

Paws for peace.

Izzy

Pawsonally speaking...

2007-08-05T08:25:00.000-05:00

So I says to my person. Take me outside. Play with me.

And what does my person say?

Sit.

Izzy here...

2007-08-04T06:53:00.000-05:00

Izzy here.

Yeah, I'm a dog.

Grrr!

Want to make something of it?

I don't know who Stone Oaks was. But I think this is where he's buried.

Paws for peace,

Izzy

A Monday

2007-07-30T07:29:00.000-05:00

Today's Thought:

Hug a tree? Nah! Lie under one.

Paws for peace,

Izzy

Spirit of the Akita

2007-07-29T16:48:00.000-05:00

Original author unknown -

I was standing on a hillside

In a field of blowing wheat

And the spirit of my Akita dog

Appeared suddenly at my feet.

He looked at me with kind dark eyes

An ancient wisdom shining through

and in the essence of his being

I saw his love for me, too.

His mind did lock upon my heart

As I stood there on that day

then he told me of this story

About a place so far away.

I stood upon that hillside

In a field of lowing wheat

And in a twinkling of a second

his spirit left my feet.

His tale put my heart at ease

My fears did fade away

He helped me know where he had gone

when he left me on that day.

"I live among God's creatures now

In the heavens of your mind

so do not grieve for me, my friend

As I am with my kind.

My collar is a rainbow's hue

My leash a shooting star

My boundaries are the Milky Way

Where I sparkle from afar.

So when your life on earth is spent

And you stand at Heaven's gate

Haveno fear of loneliness

for here, you know I wait."

Reprint In memory of Care Bear

The Journal News

Pet People

A Sunday

2007-07-29T04:18:00.000-05:00

Izzy here.

Yeah.

You know.

Today is a Sunday. I like a Sunday.

A Sunday means me and my person hanging around, lying in bed, TV, no telephone...

My person reads The New York Times, sips black coffee and I curl round as a donut at her feet.

I keep my person's feet warm on a Sunday.

That's my job.

Got to go.

Time to get to work.

Paws for peace,

Izzy

2007-07-28T06:10:00.000-05:00

Izzy here.

Yeah. I'm a dog.

Grrrr!

Want to make something of it?

I got nothing to say. I got a busy day ahead of me. I got chair legs to pee on, couch cushions to chew. After that, it's hide under the bed.

Whew! Like I said. I got a busy day.

Paws for peace,

Izzy

A Thursday

2007-07-26T06:11:00.000-05:00

Izzy here.

Yeah. I'm a dog.

Grrrr.

Want to make something of it.

Today I went for a walk with my person. Where I live backs up to a nature preserve. A walk through that wooded place smells real good.

Lucky me. My person works at home. I get a walk through the nature preserve at least 3 times a day. Usually when my person is goofing off. Or, can't think of a thing to write.

Next time she takes me out on a leash, I'll be sure to take the camera. I'll take a few shots. There's a raspberry bush that tastes mighty dog good I plan to show you.

Have a nice day.

Paws for peace,

Izzy

Good for something...

2007-07-25T11:45:00.000-05:00

Izzy here.

Yeah... I'm a dog.

Grrrrr!

Want to make something of it?

Today I got a tick.

A tick is a teensy critter what lives in the woods. It waits for innocent dogs, just like me, to walk by. Then, it attaches itself. It burrows through my hair. It sticks it's head into my skin. Then it sucks my blood.

Ouch. Ouch. Ouch.

My person saw that tick thing.

My person knew what to do. She didn't pinch it with a tweezer. She didn't burn it with a lit match.

She took a dot of Vaseline Petroleum Jelly and rubbed it on the tick what was sucking the blood out of me.

And, guess what? That tick slipped right out.

Paw swear.

Now I get to play with my toy Kong.

Paws for peace,

Izzy

Aaaargh! Tuesday

2007-07-24T06:00:00.000-05:00

Izzy here.

Yeah, I'm a dog.

Grrrr.

Want to make something of it?

This is a picture of me dressed as a pirate.

Sheesh! The things a dog's got to do to make a person happy.

Okay. My person says, "Sit Izzy."

Then she points that little square box at me. Like I said, I hate that thing.

Anyway, this is me dressed as a pirate.

Aaaargh.

Paws for peace,

Izzy

Monday

2007-07-23T10:33:00.000-05:00

Izzy here.

Yeah, I'm a dog.

Grrrr!

Want to make something of it?

This is my picture.

Notice I do not look at the camera. That's because I do not like the camera. Guess you could say I am camera shy.

Whenever my person puts that square box to her face, and points it at me, I turn my head to the side.

See what I mean?

Paws for peace.

Izzy

PeeeYewwwwwww

2007-07-22T06:01:00.000-05:00

Izzy here.

Yeah, I'm a dog.

Grrrr!

Want to make something of it?

I farted.

There. I said it.

Now I'm outside. Can't go inside.

What can I say?

It happens.

Paws for peace,

Izzy

Izzy here...

2007-07-20T06:15:00.000-05:00

Izzy here.

Yeah, I'm a dog.

Grrrrr.

Want to make something of it?

Today is Friday.

Big Woof.

I went for a walk today with my person.

I saw a rabbit, a buck, that's the thing that looks like it has coat hangers stuck on its head, and a wild turkey. There's a coyote that lives in those woods. But I've never seen it. I hear it at night, though. And my neighbor said it was in my driveway last week.

That's me standing in the driveway. I don't see no coyote.

I think somebody warned that coyote that a big bad dog lives in the house that belongs to that driveway. I think that coyote is afraid of me. I think that coyote is far far away. For sure.

Paws for peace,

Izzy

Izzy here...

2007-07-19T06:00:00.000-05:00

Izzy here.

Yeah. I'm a dog.

Grrrrr!

Wanna make something of it?

It's been awhile. Yeah. I know.

Here's 10 top excuses why I didn't post nothing.

10. My person redecorated her home office and she disconnected the computer.

9. I caught a cold. In my nose. And I needed rest, tender loving care and cheese with my whine.

8. My computer crashed. That's a yupper. Like a speeding locomotive into a brick wall. KABOOM!

7. I didn't get no comments. And I worried nobody loves me.

6. My paws swelled up from all that walking my person makes me do. They swelled so big, I couldn't type. Paw swear!

5. It rained. And it thunder and lightninged. I hate thunder and lightning. So I hid under the bed.

4. Fireworks. Ditto that hate thing. So I hid under the bed.

3. I got a bellyache. Must have been from all that cheese I ate with my whine. So I crawled under the bed and threw up under there.

2. I took a hike.

1. I didn't want to get out of my new bed!

Paws for peace.

Izzy

Today I went to work

2007-05-04T06:00:00.000-05:00

"The most compelling dilemmas often combine the choice of irreconcilable goods with the lesser of two evils." --Robert McKee, "Story"

Izzy here.

Yeah, I'm a dog.

Wanna make something of it?

Grrrrr.

Today was take your dog to work day at my person's office.

I'd much rather stay home and pee on the kitchen floor. But my person says, "No way, Izzy. You're going to work. And that's that."

She says, "Get in the car, Izzy."

So I get in the car and sit in the back seat. Because that is where special dogs sit so they don't get smashed by the side airbag in the front seat. I am wearing my favorite magic shirt. It is magic because everytime I wear it, something nice happens.

We drive to the parking lot of a big office building. And my person parks the car.

This is the view from inside the office where my person sits.

"Where are the trees? Where are the blue jays? Where are the hills and dales? That is what I want to know.

This is a picture of my person hard at work.

She works so fast I could only snap the top of her head.

Too bad, because my person is very pretty.

This is a picture of the conference room where my person works.

My person says, "Keep out of there, Izzy. I don't want you in that room!"

I have no idea why.

This is a picture of the kitchen where my person works.

I like the kitchen floor. As a matter of fact, I think I like that kitchen floor very very very much.

This is a picture of me. It's the end of the day. And it's time to go home.

Thank goodness. Because I am very very very tired.

This is me in my magic shirt.

When I wear this shirt, magical things happen.

This is a picture of me hard at work.

Note I'm not wearing my magic shirt. That's because I peed on it. In the kitchen. Accidentally, of course.

See what I mean?

Paws for peace,

Izzy

This is my life

2007-05-03T06:00:00.000-05:00

Izzy here.

Yeah, I'm a dog.

Wanna make something of it?

GRRRR!

This is me and my little cat, Tux, sleeping. I like a pillow. Tux? He likes the whole bed.

This is my favorite toy.

It looks like a duck.
When I bite it, it quacks like a duck.
But...what I want to know, is it a duck?

This is my back yard. There are squirrels, chipmunks, bluejays, rabbits, wild turkeys, deer, and a coyote back there.

My job is to hunt them down. Like a .... well, you know.

This is my life. Are you jealous, yet?

Paws for peace,

Izzy

This is what I did Sunday...

2007-05-02T06:00:00.000-05:00

Izzy here.

Yeah, I'm a dog.

Wanna make something of it?

Grrrr!

So my person says, "Get in the car, Izzy. We're going to the garden store."

So I get in the car. And we go to the garden store. Sheesh!

Then my person says, "Izzy, look! See all the pretty flowers? Which flowers do you like, Izzy?"

I say, "I want to go home and pee on the kitchen floor."

Just look at all these flowers. And I have to sit and wait while my person looks at each one of them. All I can think is it's going to be a looooooooooong day.

This is a picture of my main person's grave.

My other person takes very good care of that grave. She is always planting some new flower on it. And she takes me with her to watch.

I know the word "cemetery."

That's because I'm a very smart dog. And don't you forget it.

This day, my person planted 3 geraniums.

They are the same color as my collar.

She planted purple and yellow pansies, too. And white begonia with pale green leaves.

My person says, "I like the begonia best of all."

Actually, I had a very good time.

Paws for peace,

Izzy

My Interview

2007-05-02T04:00:00.000-05:00

Izzy here.

Yeah, I'm a dog.

Here's a link to an interview I gave. Go ahead. Give a click. I dare you.

Paws for peace,

Izzy

This is Doggy Day Care

2007-05-01T06:00:00.000-05:00

Izzy here. Yeah, I'm a dog.

This is doggy day care. And this is my friend at doggy day care.

Doggy day care is where I go when my person must go to her day job.

I prefer to stay home alone, but my person says, "No way, Izzy."

I have no idea why.

My person says, "You'll only get into trouble if I leave you home alone."

So I got no choice.

I don't mind. Because at doggy day care I have lots of friends.

There is Coco, Tansy, Chester, James, Jose, Samantha, Natasha, Leo, Ella, and Emily, too.

But my best friend of all is Twizzler.

That's all for now.

Paws for peace,

Izzy

Happy Anniversary to My Main Person

2007-05-01T05:00:00.000-05:00

Izzy here. Yeah. I'm a dog.

Today is the number 3 year anniversary of the death of My Main Person.

It's not easy losing a person.

Ask me what it's like and I'll tell you, it's rufffffff! Very ruffffffffff!

I miss Him very, very, very much.

Paws for peach,

Izzy

This is my life

2007-04-29T16:15:00.000-05:00

Izzy here.

Yeah. I'm a dog.

Wanna make something of it?

This is my little cat. His name is Tux.

Be careful what you wish for. Because wishes do come true.

I once wished for a "little" friend.

Guess what? My person brought home a "little" cat. His name is Tux.

"Hey, Izzy," my person said. "Look what Mommy got for you. A brand new 'little' friend!"

Then she put my brand new 'little' friend inside my crate with me.

She locked it.

She went out the door.

She got in her car.

She drove away.

I was inside that crate with my brand new "little" friend for 3 hours!

Tux is okay. I guess.

But I don't like it that he can go outside whenever he wants and I must wait until my person takes me out.

I say, "Hey person. Don't put a leash on me. I want to be like Tux. I want to go outside whenever I want. And I mean it."

Then I shake my paw at my person, and pee on the kitchen floor.

But does my person listen to one word I pee?

The answer is, "N-O! "

Imagine. My "little" cat, Tux, goes outside when he wants, then screams his head off to come back inside.

And the whole thing starts all over again.

Do I care?

You betcha!

Paws for peace,

Izzy

Somebody Loves Me

2007-04-20T06:00:00.000-05:00

Izzy here.

Yeah. I'm a dog.

Wanna make something of it?

Grrrr!

Every dog has a person. Including me.

But when it comes to persons, I must admit, my person is my very favorite person in the whole wide world. That's because no matter how many times I pee on the kitchen floor, or poop in the living room when she isn't looking, my person doesn't get mad at me. Much.

I like how she beats me. She takes her pointy finger and touches my nose lovingly, softly. Then she says, "Izzy, bad bad bad dog. Don't do that any more."

Then, she picks me up in her arms and kisses me all over my belly.

My person says she loves me "unconditionally." Whatever that means.

Time to get in the car. I'm off to doggy day care.

If you want to see me playing at my doggy day care, go to http://www.bestfriendspetcare.com/webcam/wpl/2.jpg

Look for the dog that's wearing a shirt. Yup! That's me.

Paws for peace,

Izzy

Dog Gone It

2007-04-19T06:00:00.000-05:00

Izzy here.

Yeah, I'm a dog.

Wanna make something of it?

Grrrr!

Today was my day to go to doggy day care.

Doggy day care is where I go when my person goes to her day job.

I have no idea why my person takes me there. I'd much rather stay home. But my person says, "I can't trust you, Izzy. Every time I leave you home alone, you pee on the kitchen floor, you poop on the living room rug. And you sleep on the sofa and the beds. Sorry, Izzy, you'll just get yourself into trouble if I leave you home alone."

Then my person says, "Get in the car, Izzy. And stop your whining."

I want to tell my person, "I can't help myself. Because peeing, pooping, and sleeping around are my favorite things to do."

So I got in the car. And I didn't whine. Much.

Paws for peace,

Izzy

My Friend the Witch Doctor

2007-04-18T20:28:00.000-05:00

"When I first woke up that Saturday morning, I thought something had gone wrong with my eyes. Everything was gray and black and white, like a movie that's not in color. My head was pounding like there was a rock concert going on inside. There was a funky smell in the air, so thick you could almost chew it. I checked my alarm radio, and the digital face said 10:30 a.m. Then I remembered the beer party the night before at Lou Greenspan's house."
--"The Dog Days of Arthur Cane," by T. Ernesto Bethancourt

Izzy here.
Yeah. I'm a dog.
Wanna make something of it?
Grrrr!

Last week I had a terrible cough. I felt sick as a...well, you know.
So my person took me to see my dog doctor.
I didn't want to go.

But I didn't have a choice.

Next thing I know I'm on a table.
The doctor listened to my heart - with a stethescope.
The doctor peeked inside my ears - with a tiny flashlight.
The doctor stuck a stick in my rear - at least it felt like a stick.

My person says, "Hold still, Izzy. Your doctor wants to take your temperature."

But I didn't want to hold still. I didn't want to have my temperature taken. I didn't want the doctor near me at all.

I didn't like that stethescope. It felt cold as an ice cube on my chest.
I didn't like that tiny flashlight peeking in my ears, either. No reason. I just didn't like it.
I didn't like that stick stuck in my rear.

So I growled.

Then I made the fur stripe from my neck to my tail stand on edge.
I don't know what came over me. But suddenly I got this funny feeling inside. And that's when it happened. I bit the doctor.

Next thing, my mouth is taped shut. My person is holding me down.

I didn't have a choice.

That was last week.

This week I'm better.

It must have been those pink pills and liquid cough syrup the doctor prescribed.
Because I stopped coughing, my fever is gone, I'm not congested, and I can breathe normal. Again.

I'm sorry I got sick. I couldn't help it.
I'm sorry I bit the doctor.
I couldn't help that, either.

I'm just glad I'm better. And that I will live to bark again another day!

Paws for peace,

Izzy

Why?

2007-04-17T07:27:00.000-05:00

Izzy here.

Yeah. I'm a dog.

Wanna make something of it?

Grrrr!

This morning I looked out my front door.

Guess what?

A dead bluejay.

Time to bell my little cat, Tux.

Then teach Tux the golden rule: "Thou shalt not kill."

Paws for peace,

Izzy

Getting Paw-sonal,

2007-03-25T12:33:00.000-05:00

Izzy here.

Yeah.

I'm a dog.

Wanna make something of it?

Grrrr.

My person's got a thing for legs.

Don't lift your leg on the piano leg.

Don't lift your leg on the sofa leg.

Don't lift your leg on the kitchen table leg.

Hey, Person. Enough with the legs already.

Yesterday I saw my Person standing over the kitchen stove shaking a raw chicken leg in my direction.

She says, "Izzy, you lift your leg on my living room carpet one more time, and I'm going to chop it off. And fry it."

Sheesh.

Now my Person is eating that chicken leg.

Makes a good dog worry.

Makes a good dog afraid to go to sleep.

Or shut his eyes.

Tonight I watch my legs.

Yeah.

Tomorrow when I get out my bed, I better got all my legs.

All 4 of them!

Izzy here
Paws for Peace

Izzy Here

2006-12-16T06:00:00.000-05:00

Izzy here.

Yeah. I'm a dog.

Wanna make something of it?

GRRRRRRR!

Virgo. One of them. Gimme.

Ballet slippers?

I got no idea what a ballet slipper is.

Put it in the bag.

Yeah. The things With the silly bow tied around it.

Heart? Okay. Gimme one of them. Throw it in the bag.

Bubbly? Whatever. Okay.

Throw the tiny shiney green bottle in the bag with the other ones.

What is that J in the middle of it stand for?

Wish bone? What the f...... Never mind.

Put it in the bag.

Just do it.

Straw Berry?

No I never licked Staw Berry.

But gimme.

I want it.

What's that? Yeah. That.

The thing what's got legs that move.

And arms.

And what's got a hat on it.

Toy soldier, ya' say?

Okay.

One of them.

Put it in the bag.

Gimme the horse, too.

I like it rocks.

While you're at it. Throw in the cookie guy.

That one.

Yeah.

The thing what's shaped like a gingerbread man.

Another heart?

Okay.

Stick it in the bag with the other things.

What's that?

June.

Her birthday is June.

Twins?

Yeah.

Okay.

Gimme a Gemini, whatever that is.

What's that other thing?

Yeah.

The horse with the red nose on it?

Nevermind.

I like it.

I want it.

What?

Rain dear?

Just stick the charm in the bag, Ma'am.

My Person don't care about the weather.

One more thing. I ain't your dear.

Shopping for My Person is a chore. I sure hope she knows that.

Happy Hannukah!

Paws for peace.
Izzy

Storybone

2006-12-07T06:00:00.000-05:00

Izzy here.

Yeah, I'm a dog.

Wannamake something of it?

GRRRRRRRRR!