The Chronicles of Zippy
From YouTube: There is no love affair quite so passionate as the one between a Corgi and his food.
I must say, this is making me hungry.
From YouTube: Chloe plays with a $500 dog toy!
No biting!
Cool story! Check out this crime-fighting Corgi! Butch Cassidy scares a thief into dropping his cell phone, and the suspect has now been found. Good dog!
One of the Queen’s cars is up for sale. If you watch the video all the way to the end, you will find that it comes with Corgi hair embedded into the carpeting. At no additional charge!
Our favoritest thing in the world is here! Egg nog!
We had a bunch of snow! We aren’t big fans of snow, and it turns out we aren’t the only ones. Our trees don’t like it either, and several of them protested in a very big way. Here is one:
That is a driveway. Somewhere. Under there. On the other side of that tree...yeah, there’s more just like it. This is why our folks keep Tree Guy on speed dial.
My folks have noticed a few blog postings elsewhere that get all preachy about how you shouldn’t give people food to dogs, and how Thanksgiving is coming up, so be extra safe and don’t do anything fun ever, and people must be running out of things to blog about, otherwise this wouldn’t be popping up everywhere. Am I ranting? Oh, sorry.
As much as I would like an entire turkey dinner — or an entire turkey — to myself, small bits of lean white meat are fine. We can have some peas. A nibble of roll, okay. Watch the salt, watch the fat, watch the amount, you guys know this, right? Common sense and all? Then I really am thankful!
So, you know that look we get when we’re sitting at your feet next to the table and we’re staring at you all wide-eyed and drooly and we don’t take our eyes off of you for a second? Yep, you’ll be seeing that on Thanksgiving.
Oh, who am I kidding? I’m giving you that look right now.
Okay, the good news about this:
is that your People can be just as humiliated:
and so can your human siblings!
Here is a proposal to make pet care tax deductible. We like this!
We have been on vacation, although somewhat close to home. We have realized that People like vacation much more than we do. For us, vacation means being on our Folks' schedule all the time, instead of having the house to ourselves and doing what we like without fear of repercussion. Like digging.
However, the likelihood of snacks increase significantly when one is always in close proximity to a human who also likes snacks. Everyone seems to gain weight on vacation.
Is the queen giving up on Corgis? Reader Charles tips us off to this story.
Here are some visitors we had yesterday:
We call them Puffy and His Groupies.
Is it Thanksgiving yet?
Sometimes a search for “Zippy Corgi” gives results that I wasn’t expecting, but looks quite fun: Zippy’s Vintage Toys sells Corgi collectibles.
We have bees! Real bees! Honest-to-goodness honeybees! Living in our house! Not on purpose, though. They kind of invited themselves into an outside wall. I like honey. My folks do not seem to be as nearly as excited as I am. At first, they thought we were being swarmed by yellowjackets, and they locked up the dog door so we wouldn’t get stung. There were hundreds of them for a while! Then they realized they were bees. A nice man will come to collect them and will take them to a place where they can make tasty, yummy honey and meet new bee friends.
How much Corgi cuteness can you stand? Let’s go visit Bruno.
It is getting to be about the time of year when my folks start thinking about camping. However, this article and slideshow about a cross-country road trip seems to be giving them a more ambitious idea.
Happy Valentine’s Day! Reminder to your folks: Heartworm checkups and treatment are important for a happy dog heart.
(Thanks to the cheery folks at Despair.com for the candy image.)
Here is a sheep-herding game [requires Java] that just might make you appreciate the innate herding abilities of Corgis and other herding dogs. Not so easy, is it?
(Try to herd the sheep into one of the ring. You control the dogs with your mouse, but don’t click until you are ready to move up to the next level.)
My folks were trying to take a picture of me.
But mostly, they got Daisy, being a scene-stealer.
Oh, I have been so remiss! If I were any good at lying, I would just say that I have been very busy wrapping up my Christmas card list, but I can’t get away with that, now can I? Because if I had been busy with a Christmas card, you would have seen it by now!
I have never been so happy to not be a poodle. You just can’t do this stuff to a Corgi.
Thanksgiving is coming! It’s my favorite holiday!
Yesterday, my folks brought in a couple of bags from the grocery store that were already somewhat interesting (definitely sniff-worthy), but later they will do some things to it that will make all of it smell heavenly.
We, as dogs, must do our part to help the cooking process. Mostly, it is simply a matter of watching intently. Watch while food is being prepared. Keep an eye on the stove while it cooks. Most importantly, fix an unwavering stare at any People who might, just might, drop a morsel on the floor. Either accidentally or on purpose.
I can’t wait!
Over the years, I like to think I have helped People understand that dressing up dogs in costumes is a bad idea. If I haven’t convinced you yet, here’s some backup for my position: The ultimate pets vs. Halloween face-off.
Correspondent Aine alerts us to this video of Elvis, a famous Corgi mathematician.
As you are undoubtedly aware, there is no shortage of cute Corgis on the internet. But that fact isn’t helping me deal with my jealousy over all the attention Cricket is getting.
Oh. My. Oh, my, my, my. my, wow.
Correspondent Steve tips us off to this sad/hilarious humiliation—or crime against nature—that passes as a Halloween costume. Note the happy smile. We suspect Photoshop.
Steve also correctly points out that dressing up a Corgi as a food item just might be the worst part of this.
If you simply must have one (I could just bite you), it’s available at Target.
The weather around here has been surprisingly pleasant for this time of year (it is usually too hot to be comfortable in a fur coat), so that means new adventures! Like sleeping outside on the deck all night! It’s almost like camping!
It has also been noted that lunch alfresco makes everything taste better.
What better to sell a car to dog owners than a cute Corgi? It’s quite the trend!
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