The Good, the Bad and the Gooberlicious

OK Pups & GG I had that talk with my Mom, but I'll get to that in a second. Let's just say I gave her a piece of my mind!

So on to the GOOD...
I'm a VERY healthy girl! Woot! Dr. Chuck said I was pawfect albeit just a bit crazy, especially when Mom told him I like to eat mud. I just don't get what the big deal is. These hoomans just don't know what they are missing! Anyhowl, I weighed in at 17.01 lbs (7.71 kg), my angry ear is officially not angry any more and my eyes, skin and coat look bootiful (I really like Dr. Chuck *swoon*). Oh and he said I had an athletes body...pretty neat, huh? Must be all the running. Oh and the other good thing from the vet...I didn't get anything stuck up my butt!!! They have this new ear hots tester instead!!!

Also on the 'GOOD' front, Mom did keep her promise and we went to PetsMart and I got this...

A New Pink Cuz!!!

Now on to the BAD...
Remaining on the subject of the vet...I got 3, yes that's right 3 shots yesterday! Can you believe that? Out of nowhere...bam! So not fair. Oh and to make matters worse I got my nails trimmed too. Have they no mercy? When I got home from this experience I looked like this...

Annoyed

Now on to the Mom conversation. It seems that my girl's weekend with me, my Mom and my Auntie Kelly is kinda happening without the main attraction, the star, the glue that will bind this trio...ME!!! In the words of my BFF Suki, "WTF?" (Ruby's Mom: Ruby! Don't say that!)

So it seems that Auntie Kelly and Mom are going to San Fransisco overnight Sunday to Monday and are not coming to get me until Tuesday morning! So for two nights while they are partying I'll be at the Wag prison (Ruby's Mom: Ruby! You like the Wag. Stop being so dramatic. Ruby: Mom, quiet...were in a fight...no talking, 15 minutes!) OK, she did say she was going to some special store to buy me prezzies, but still I thought we were all going to all hang out together for the full 5 days and now I'm only getting 3 days with my Auntie Kelly. *sigh*

Moving on...

So you know what has made up for all the "BAD"...Gooberlicious Gifts from my aire-boy Stanny!
Yes, I got a giant box of prezzies from my bootiful boyfriend Stanny. He has such amazing taste and really knows me well. Just look at this haul...

There were so many wonderful things I just don't know where to begin. There was that cool green fish which is Stanny's signature to all his girl-pals...and it makes perfect sense...it is so much fun!!!

I got 2 bootiful scarves which Stanny's girl Lisa made (Thanks, Lisa, you are so talented). A really cool sticker of me and Suki, a Stanny magnet which is already on the frosty paws box, yummy treats, a very fun squeaky tennis ball, a really pretty heart charm, a 'on-the-go' water bowl in my signature pink and locks of my love's fur *swoon*. Oh and these pawsome toys...

It's a bug...it's a Ruby Bug - hee, hee, hee. Stanny has this nickname for me...he call's me Ruby Bug so he got me this really cute bug beanie. And my new favoritest toy...

It's a rope bug!!! I've been carrying her everywhere, her name is Rosie Bug! Oh and my Mom got this really cute lady bug paper clip. Aactually I think it's really for me, but she liked it so I gave it to her. Ruby's Mom: Does this mean we are not in a fight anymore? Ruby: Yes, Can I have one of the snackie's from Stanny? Ruby's Mom: *sigh*

Oh and I almost forgot...a love letter and a page full of Goober kisses!!! *swoon*

Stanny, you are the bestest boyfriend a girl could have. Thanks for all my prezzies. You and your girl are so generous!!! Thank YOU!!!

So that's it...the Good, the Bad and the Gooberlicious!!! Auntie Kelly is coming in a few hours. I'm really excited. Over the next few days I'll try and post some pictures of us hanging out and hopefully Mom will take some pictures of their visit to SF so I can see all the fun they had (without me!) and I'll share those too.

Ruby Dislikes

BATHS!!!

I don't know why Suki & Suki Sumo like them so much...I don't get it. What's so fun about getting all wet and soapy? I know it's weird, I L*O*V*E hanging in the pool at the park, but just hate baths. It's torture...it's water torture. Isn't there an international law prohibiting that? Look at these pictures, do I LOOK happy???

What's worse is I was caught totally off guard with THIS bath. Usually it happens after the park. But nooooooooo, not this time...out of the blue Mom picks me up and puts me in the bathtub prison and starts with the torture. Something about wanting me to smell nice when I go to the vet tomorrow... WHAT!!! The vet? I have to go to the vet? I'm not sick, I feel feel fine.

Ruby: Mom, hey Mom, why am I going to the vet???
Ruby's Mom: Well, it's your first ever annual check up with Dr. Chuck.
Ruby: What? Why wasn't I consulted about this? Don't I have a say?
Ruby's Mom: Actually, no. It's good for you, I want to make sure you stay nice and healthy.
Ruby: But won't they stick that thing up my butt to say how hots I am? I mean I know I'm 'hot', Stanley knows that I'm 'hot', isn't that enough?
Ruby's Mom: Um, no. Ruby I promise Dr. Chuck will be gentle and you'll get to hang out with Nurse Barbara...you know how much she loves you. And since I'm off tomorrow maybe we'll visit PetsMart after.
Ruby: I don't know...you might just be saying that. How do I know for sure we will actually get to go? I mean you tricked me into a false sense of security over this bath thing, how do I know you won't trick me and oh, I don't know drop me at that Wag place again...huh?
Ruby's Mom: Well Ruby about the Wag, I've been meaning...

Excuse me, we interrupt this posting for me to go and have a good talking to with my Mom. Privately...

To Be Continued...

Ruby Likes

So my doxie pal Lorenza tagged me to answer 5 questions about what I like. I'm a little late to the game on this (so sorry Lorenza) but better late than never, right?

1.- Where is your favorite place to sleep?
Can I have 2? I really need to list 2. My first one is anywhere where there is sun...but mostly in the corner of my sofa (notice it's MY sofa) on my furry blankie.
The other place is in bed snuggled under the covers right next to my Mom...that way I can protect her and keep her warm. I don't have a picture of that because we are sleeping and you can't take pictures when you are sleeping.

2.- Is there a specific trick your humans make you do to get treats?
Sometimes...I mean I do tricks and I get treats, but I also get treats without tricks and silly rabbit, trix are for kids - hee, hee, hee!

3.- If you could spend an entire day doing anything at all with anyone what would do and with whom?
OK, the perfect day for me would be...
4:30am: Wake Mom up by standing on her tummy and sticking my tongue up her nose until she wakes up.
4:30am - 5:00am: Take a walkie around the 'hood and do my 'bidness'. Also, bark at the evil sprinklers, try and chase the evil cats and try and find the crazy chickens!
5:ooam-6:00am: Bug my mom until she feeds me! This can be in the form of barking or taking one of my favorite toys and trying to convince her to play with me or heaven forbid if she tries to go back to sleep stand on tummy and stick tongue up her nose until she gets up again.
6:00am-6:15: Eat breakfast
6:15am-7:15am: Supervise Mom's wardrobe selection and ensure she has nice deep pockets that will hold LOTS of snackies. Also watch her eat breakfast...be as cute as possible to see if I can score some fruit.
7:15am - 7:45am: Power Nap --- Mom, not me. Me - stand on Mom's tummy and stick tongue up her nose until she gets up.
7:45am - 8:00am: Car ride to the doggie park
8:00am - approx 10:00am: P*A*R*K!!!! So running and bitey face and fetch and snackies and MUD!!!!!!!!!!
10:00am-10:05am: Get washed off by the dreading hose :(
10:05am - 10:20am: Drive home
10:20am-ish - 3:00pm-ish: NAP!!! In the sun, on my blankie (see above) and preferably with my Mom.
3:00pm - 3:15pm: Potty, snackie
3:15pm - 6:00pm: NAP!!!!
6:00pm - 6:15pm: Dinner
6:15pm - 8:00pm - Hang with Mom, play a bit, relax
8:00pm - 9:00pm - Walkie, hang with the pups in the 'hood, potty.
9:00pm get ready for bed

Now THAT is a perfect day for me!!! Oh and who would I spend it with...well my Mom, of course!

4.- What is your favorite toy?
That's tough...I really have so many great toys. I guess my favorite still is my little red ball or the new lil buddy toy my Nanny bought me.
5.- If you could change one thing in your life, what would it be?
Let me be clear...I have the best life!!! The best Mom, the best Sister, the best Nanny, the best Aunties, the best Cousin, the best BFF, the best boyfriend and most of all the best blogging buddies and pup could ever ask for. But if I could change one thing it would be the one February night where I accidentally swallowed that horrible treat.

It got stuck in my e-sloppy-gus (Ruby's Mom: Esophagus) and they had to give me sleepy medicine and stick this thingy down my throats to poke the horrible treat into my tummy. I had to take all this medicine and had a sore throat and didn't want to drink and than I had to have a camel back because I was de-hog-traded (Ruby's Mom: Dehydrated). It was not fun and what's worse is it really scared my Mom and I felt really bad about that. So that would be it. That's what I would change. But that's it...nothing else. My life is pretty much pawfect.

OK, who to tag, who to tag...how about Luckie and Bernard and Nanook & Pooka. If you pups haven't been tagged for this already...tell me what you likes!

Weekend Update

On Saturday we woke up pretty early and went to the park. I met up with a cute 4month old beagle boy named Max. He was a sweetie, but kinda new to the dog park scene so I took it upon myself to show him the way of the park. After a little while he was running and chasing me and we were playing tug.

My proudest moment tho' was when I showed him how to play in the mud!!! Ahhhh.....the mud...you know I love it and I take great pride in sharing my love of the luscious brown goodness...and it was fresh too...vintage 6am I think. Ahhhh.....unfortunately his Mom wasn't impressed and every time he ventured over to the mud, his Mom would come and pick him up and than go hose him down...poor little fella.

So you're wondering where all the pictures are, aren't you? Well, Mom didn't bring the camera because it's not been working too well lately...plus it was early and quite frankly I think she forgot it.

Rest of the day I spent doing this..

See, the camera is still working...what's wrong with this woman???

All the while Mom was cleaning! I think napping is much more fun, don't you?

So why was Mom cleaning? See we are getting a visitor! Mom's best pal Auntie Kelly is coming for a visit from Colorado next weekend and Mom wants the place perfect for her. It's going to be a super fun girls weekend...Mom and her have been devising all these plans and I just know they include me!!! I'll keep you pups posted.

On to Sunday...we started the morning chatting with a bunch of you pups. That's always so much fun and great way to start the day. Then what did we do? Well the park again!!! Yay!!! This time since there weren't any pups in the small side of the park my Weimaraner pal Remmy came to play with me. I L*O*V*E playing with Remmy. He chased me, but I was still faster - hee, hee, hee. His Dad and Mom just got back from their honeymoon...they looked so happy!!! It was so great to see them and I was so happy to play with Remmy!!!

After the park Mom headed off to Ikey-Ya and I got really excited because it sounded like she was going to visit Ike...than I got a little mad because she wasn't taking me. But turns out she went to this store called I-K-E-A and didn't go visit Ike. Too bad, I think visiting Ike would have been much more fun if you ask me.

So when Mom got home she had these two ginormous bags filled with stuff. And can you believe it...NOTHING FOR ME!!! What's up with that???

Ruby's Mom: Uh, Ruby, let me cut in here for a sec...I did buy you something, remember?
Ruby: Hmmm...oh, you mean these????
Ruby's Mom: Yes. What? Don't you like them? They are for when I make you Frosty Paws? I thought they were cute.
Ruby: OK, yeah, they are cute, but Mom, don't you know, I'm into immediate gratification, ok?
Ruby's Mom: You're sounding a tad bit spoiled there Ruby.
Ruby: Spoiled is for milk and eggs, not for cute pups like me! Hee, hee, hee!
Ruby's Mom: ***rolls eyes and walks off to fold laundry***

And that was the weekend...some laundry and more cleaning for Mom. Me...can you guess what I did? Yup...I napped some more!!! All and all, not too bad!

So I'm way behind in my tags-sorry Lorenza and Coco - I promise I'll get to them this week sometime. Oh and because of our upcoming house guest we may not be able to comment on everyone's blogs this week - but we'll do our best and certainly we'll be reading!

Time for a Time Capsule

I'm a little behind in my tag games. Suki tagged me about a week ago about this and then Momo today...thanks Momo for reminding me...I almost forgot! So....Time Capsules. First off, I really wasn't sure what one was so I googilied it and found on Wikipedia this explanation...

A time capsule is a historic cache of goods and/or information, usually intended as a method of communication with people in the future.

So now the trick is to think about which 5 things are important to future generations of doggies to know what life was like for doggins nowadays. So here's what I came up with, in no particular order.

#1: A copy of Bark MagazineBoth me and Suki can't wait each month to get the latest edition. It has great info and stories with lots of cool things I try and get my Mom to buy me.

#2: Recipes!
Between Nanook's recipe for Frosty Paws & Salmon Cookies; Penny, Sherman & Lola's recipe for Cheesie cookies and all the recipes in the Three Dog Bakery cook books - YUMMO!!!! Pups in the future SO need know about this stuff! Do you think there will be ovens and freezie boxes to make them in the future? I certainly hope so!!!

#3: Pictures!
I'm gonna have to copy Suki on this. I need pictures of all my DWB pals. Doggins in the future need to know how cool we all were...unless there's some super secret government project that will keep us alive furever in which case we'd still all be here! Wouldn't THAT be cool???

#4: Bully Sticks
OK, so how you get them...a little gross, but my DOG they are delicious. Oh and as much as they gross my Mom out, she has no complaints because they keeps me real busy!!!

#5: MUD!!!
Oh how I love me some mud!!! I love to eat it and roll in it and play with it! I just LOVE IT!!! So doggins in the futures must know about mud!

OK, there's 5...let's see, who to tag...how about Joe & Tanner and my Stanny...tell us what would be in your time capsule! Oh, and Lorenza & Coco...I haven't forgotten about your tags. I'll get to them over the weekend!

Awards and Angry Ears

"You like me, you really like me!"

Sally Field, Academy Awards - 1985

Ruby Bleu, @Home - 2007

Wow! Thank you pups!!! What an honor to be Featured Blog for August and to share it with my beautiful doxie pal Luckie (Congrats - Luckie)! I had totally forgotten about the contest this weekend until Opy sent me a pee-mail! This is so exciting!!! Thanks to everyone who voted for me and for my buddies Nanook and Pooka for nominating me. Also - Congrats to Gussie for winning Awesome Blog and to Ronin for Photo of the Month - Woot!!!

Now on to something a little less pleasant...I have an ANGRY EAR!!! (Ruby's Mom: Ruby has an ear infection). It is all red and hurts and makes me shake my head a lot. Luckily I don't have the yeasties like Suki did...so I still feel all clean and fresh but still this is SO not fun. Every night I have to get these..
Yes, this meant I had to go to the vet. I got to see Dr. Rebecca this time...she's very nice and fortunately I didn't get that thing stuck up my butt. But they did poke something in my ear and that's how they could tell it was ANGRY. So 7 days of this! YUCK!!!! (Ruby's Mom: 7 days of drops which trust me, hurt me more than they hurt you! Ruby: Oh, Mom!!!). Fortunately, I'm not shaking my head as much anymore, so I think it is getting better. I think that is how my Mom figured out I had an ANGRY EAR...I kept shaking my head. Actually, I think she was concerned I would shake so hard my brains would fall out...silly Mom, my brains are much too BIG to do that!!!
Can you see my right ear is a little droopy and not as perky as normal??? Can you? That's because my ear is ANGRY! Yeah, I know I have kinda floppy ears to begin with, but this is just not normal floppy!!!

New girl on the blog...

As tough as it has been for all of us the last few days, I wouldn't want Opy to get gruff with me! One of the greatest things about the DWB family is making new friends and that is what I will do today!

Allow me to introduce you to Oreo!!! She's new to DWB and I thought we should all give her a warm DWB welcome...

Oreo lives in Florida and loves her ice cream, toys, and back scratches. Oh Oreo, you are going to fit in with this crazy crew no problem! Everydoggie...make sure you go stop by and say hi!

Good Bye Sweet Friend...

There are no words to describe how sad I am today to learn that my UK aire-pal Oscar has gone to the Rainbow Bridge. He was such a happy boy and brought lots of joy to everyone around him...especially his Mum and Dad. Oscar was one of the first DWB bloggers to become my friend and I will never forget it. I could always count on that witty Brit-dog humor to brighten up my day. Oscar you were a good pal and I'll never forget you. I know my Mom's aire-boy, A.D., from when she was a pup will take good care of you!

Thinking good thoughts for Oscar

UPDATE: I can't even find the words...but Oscar has gone to the Rainbow Bridge. His Mum and Dad just posted an update. I'm going to miss him so much...my poor Mom is just beside herself right now. I'm going to go cuddle up with her...Ruby

---

I just got back from reading Oscar's blog and the poor guy is in the hospital!!! He's got a bum tummy and a temperature...plus had a horrible (for his Mum especially) scare with some meanie dogs. Swing by his blog to get all the details, his Mum Katy wrote all about it.

I'm thinking good thoughts and crossing my paws for you buddy! Get well soon!!!
Lots of Licks, Ruby

Ice Cream!!!!

OK, I'm so I think I'm over my 'moment' from the other day - thank you everypup for letting me know I don't need to be puporexic to be beautiful. Take that Auntie Yvette!!! (OK, just kidding Auntie Yvette...I still love you!!!)

To celebrate I had....

Oh, and not just any ice cream or frosty paws. We're talking the fancy-smancy kind of ice cream Bella the Boxer barked about...that gelato stuff.

What's this you say???

Stop teasing me woman!!!

OMdOG this is delicious! Hey, isn't that Stephen Colbert on the TV...I think it is!!! Colbert in '08 Woot!

Crazy eyes for Ice Cream!!!!

Finishing it off - Yummo!!!

And what's more, it was for a good cause. I'm down with that! It's for the Airechicks photo contest to raise money for the Airedale Rescue of North Texas. There's still time to enter which of course requires eating LOTS of ice cream!! Whoot! So glad I'm over that weight thing! Hey, when the contest is over does this still mean I can have more????

SHAMELESS PLUG FOR ME AND MY FRIENDS ---
Today is the last day to vote for the DWB Awesome Blog Award and Photo Contest. Yep, I'm nominated along with some of the bestest pups around...so go vote!!! And if you voted for me - LOTS OF LICKS & Thanks!!!

Do I look fat to you?

OK, be careful before you answer that...

So last Friday my Auntie Yvette came to dinner to have some of that yummy chicken paw-me-some from Balboa's Momma. Apparently it is very delicious, but I haven't tried any so I can't be sure. Anyhowl, here's what happened...

Ruby: Auntie Yvette, Auntie Yvette...I'm so happy you are here. I love you, I love you, I love you. *kiss, kiss, kiss* Please pick me up...
Auntie Yvette: Whoa...girlie you are heavy!

Can you believe that? Me, the running-jumping-never stop moving Ruby is heavy. Has my Mom been lying to me saying 'I'm all muscle'. What will Dr. Marcia say when I go visit her for my check up? Will I need to go on a diet?
OMDog --- I'm having a moment!!!

Let's here it for the toys...

Have you pups heard about this? There was this little teeny-tiny Chihuahua named Zoey who saved its people pup from a rattlesnake!!! I don't know if I'd be that brave...
Little Zoey was bitten by the snake and they thought she wouldn't make it...but she's better now. Woo Hoo!!! Let's hear it for Zoey!!! Woot!!!

Weekendables...

Thanks everydoggie for the warm wishes for my sister Sophia's barkday! I barked to my Nanny and she said Sophia had a great day! Woo Hoo!!!

This weekend was a wacky one...not necessarily a good wacky either. First off instead of going to the park like we normally do on Saturday I got dropped at that Wag Hotel place!!! So I wondered if my Mom was going to see that Bumblebee guy again, but nope. Not this time. She had to go to San Francisco to a wedding. My friend Remmy's dad was getting married and my Mom was invited. I guess it was a wild party and she was out really late so that's why I got stuck at the Wag again. It was ok. Here's what they said about me... (click to make it bigger so you can read it)

I think a few things bear some explanation...for instance, they said I had a small appetite. This worried my Mom a bit. But I was fine...you never know who you are going to meet at the Wag and I didn't want to look like a chow-hound, you know. Next, they said I had 'Medium-Energy'...they really must be mistaken on this because never in my life have I been of medium ANYTHING. Very strange.

I did get a special walkie before I went to bed...that was nice and I made 2 new friends...Max and Bailey. We hung out during the playgroups. It was an ok time, but I much prefer spending my Saturday at the park with Joey and Remmy.

So that was my Saturday now on Sunday I was expecting my Mom to be all 'Ruby, I'm so sorry for leaving you...here's something special'...but NOOOOOOO...next I was abandoned for this guy...
Yep, while Mom was gone she got this book and so the second we got home she was parked herself on the couch (in my special corner no less) and started to read. And she just read and read and read and read...and she's still reading!!! Apparently this is a HUGE problem for Stanny and Bruin too. This must be stopped!!! Who else is dealing with this?

On a pawsitive note, something that was absolutely PAWSOME was this special surprise from Sir Chance-Lot and his Mom, Hanne...
Isn't it bootiful??? It's called 'Liquid Ice'. I think it's the bestest. You can get really cool stuff with this picture as well as all our other bloggy friends at Chance's Mom's Pressie Store. You should totally check it out...it's really cool.

And last but not least I was nominated for DWB's Awesome Blog Award!!! I'm really excited to be nominated!!! Nanook and Pooka nominated me - thanks boys! They are nominated too! It's some pretty stiff competition this month (actually every month!!!) so it's important to go vote, ok? OK, I'm off to work on my entry for the 'Nook & Pook Challenge'. Don't forget, the contest ends on Wednesday so get going!!!

Happy Barkday Sis!

Today is my fur-sister Sophia's 2nd Barkday!!! Sophia, you may recall, lives with my Auntie Joey and Cousin Danny in New Jersey. Sophia and I have the same fur-parents!!! Today Sophia is spending the day with our Nanny and going to the spa!!! What a lucky girl!!!

Hey Sis...
I hope you have a great day and a VERY
special prezzie is in the mail to you!

I love you!!!

Another Award...

I'm just ranking 'em in...me and the Sopranos! Guess what I got today from my Airegirl friend Maggie...yep another award. This time it is the Awesome Dog Blogger. Charlie's dad was very clever and created it...I think this is my favoritest award so far because it's only for us doggins (Sorry Tia and GirlGirl)!!!


So I'm passing it on to...
Suki of course, my BFF. We need to stick together and do everything the same. That's just the way it is!






Opy - well, because she is the original GruffPuppy AND Big Charlie didn't want to give her one and she really deserves it.




Butch & Snickers because the are wirey and wonderful AND it is almost Snickers barkday!





Penny (and Sherman & Lola too, but only if Penny is ok with it) She is cute and funny and a great blogger. Plus, she's feeling a little low today and I thought this might cheer her up



Sir Chance-Lot - I always learn so much when I visit his site. I love all the wonderful pictures of us doggins too - they are the bestest!!!





So congrats you pups! You all are really awesome dog bloggers!!! Go ahead, and pass it on!!!

Reading is Fun'and'Mental

So one of my favorite airegirls, Maggie, tagged me today to tell you all about my favoritest books. Now since I'm still kinda a young doggin, I haven't done a lot of reading so I've asked my Mom to help me come up with a list of our 5 favoritest books. So here we go, Mom, hey, get over here...I need your help...puhlessseeee...

Hi Everydoggie & GirlGil, Michele here, here's the list of our top 5 favorite books...in no particular order...

1 - Anything Harry Potter by JK Rowling
So that would actually count as 6 books(7 on Saturday - Yay!) but I'll just list as a single topic. I have just loved sinking into these books and being whisked away to Hogwarts and everything magical. I'm really going to miss Harry and the crew!

Ruby: Who's this Hairy guy? All I keep hearing about is Hairy, Hairy, Hairy...go to the groomers already if he's so Hairy!
Ruby's Mom: Ruby...it's Harry not Hairy!
Ruby: What's so great about this guy? I hear no mention about any dogs and no dogs = no good!
Ruby's Mom: Well, there aren't any main characters that were dogs, but there is a dog named Fang and also a 3-headed dog named Fluffy!
Ruby: OK, that's so not real! There's no such this as a 3-headed dog! Silly hooman! What else do you have?

2 - Marley & Me by John Grogan
Great story about a very crazy lab. Story reminded me of my early trials & tribulations with Ruby.

Ruby: Hey, Marley kinda looks like Bob, doesn't he? And what trials & tri-blue-ate-tons???
Ruby's Mom: Well, yes, he does look like Bob and let's just say you were a bit of a handful when I first got you and so was this dog.
Ruby: Well, I never...um, uh, I just don't know what to say to that? I'm offended!!!! We're in a fight now Mom - 15minutes...no talking to me...I'm so hurt!
Ruby's Mom: Ruby!
Ruby: Talk to the paw!

3 - Kane & Abel by Jeffrey Archer
I read this so long ago, but I come back to it every few years. It's just a wonderful sweeping story. A great summer read.

Ruby: Sounds kinda boring if you ask me...
Ruby's Mom: I thought we were in a fight?
Ruby: I changed my mind.
Ruby's Mom: It's a great book, but I guess you are just too little to understand.
Ruby: I am not! It's just boring and again, doesn't sound like there are any doggins involved so I'll pass. And I am not too little! OK, back to being in a fight - 15 minutes - no talking.
Ruby's Mom: You were the one who asked for some help on this.
Ruby: Talk to the paw!

4 - Sense & Sensibility by Jane Austen
I love anything Jane Austen, but this one is my favorite. I just love all the crazy entanglements and the movie wasn't so bad either.

Ruby's Mom: What, nothing to say about this one?
Ruby: Are you talking to me? Did I hear something?
Ruby's Mom: OK, moving on.

5 -The Only Dog Tricks Book You'll Ever Need: Impress Friends, Family--and Other Dogs! by Gerilyn J. Bielakiewicz
OK, maybe not one of my favorites, but this was a great book in helping me do some trick training with Ruby. Remember her crawl...got it from this book. Things are really explained clearly and made learning fun. It was a good bonding book for me and Ruby.

Ruby: Oh, I liked this book.
Ruby's Mom: Why?
Ruby: Because every time you looked at it and we started working, I got snackies!
Ruby's Mom: Oh I see, it's all about the snackies!
Ruby: Of course it is! That and spending time with you!
Ruby's Mom: Does this mean we aren't in a fight anymore.
Ruby: No more fight...can I have a snackie?

I have tons more books I love that I could go on and on, but I'll leave it at this. And remember, Reading is Fundamental! I'll turn this back over to Ruby now...

OK, Ruby here. Thanks Mom for your help and for the snackie. I think I'll tag Suki, Balboa, my Stanny , Sitka, and Marvin...what are you and your hoomans 5 favoritest books?