Dona Nobis Pacem

Grant Us Peace

What is peace to me??? Well, a warm bed, cookies, a place to run and play and of course my Mom.
What is peace to my Mom??? Me napping like a good girl!
What is peace in the World??? Where every person and every doggie can feel safe and be loved as much as I am loved by my Mom.

Have a very peaceful day my doggie friends. Lots of Licks, Ruby

New Blogging Buddy

Hey Everydoggies...
I have some great news! My French Bulldog friend Bernard has finally started his own blog!!! He's a really fun pup...I play with him whenever I can...but I have to admit, I'm a little too crazy for him sometimes and make him tired! You know me and all my crazy running!!!

Here's a picture of him...isn't he a hunk??? He's going to have lots of girlfriends in no time!

I've told Bernard how friendly everyone is so make sure you stop by and say hi!

Sleepy Sunday

This weekend has been kinda boring. OK, I went to the park twice and got to see my friends Remmy and Zeus yesterday and LuLu today...but that's about it. No new toys, no cookies, no new bed...nothing. It's actually ok...I played pretty hard at the park yesterday that I slept all day and night, my Mom loved that (Ruby's Mom: Yes, yes I did).

Today I went back the the park and really didn't play that much...I just ran a little bit, played a little fetch, but wanted to just lay down. It was getting real hot and I don't like it when it's hot. I also have a little tummy ache I think, because when I got home I threw up and then just wanted to sleep. I'm feeling better now, but think I'll go back and nap a little more.

Here's my best attempt at a Doofus face...What do ya think Joe?

Back to School...

OMdog, OMdog, OMdog!!! I'm so excited!!! You pups just don't know how excited I am!!! Do you know what I did last night? Do you? Can you guess? I WENT BACK TO SCHOOL!!!! Yay!!! Whoot!!!

I know, I know some pups don't like school, but I LOVE IT!!!! I love my teacher Miss Cindy, I love the toys and I love the dogs! My Mom surprised me last night by going to a refresher course! Yipee!!!

I thought for sure after the 'bed' incident at lunch that she was going to drop me off at the pound or something, but no...we went to school!!! Yay!!! Whoot!!!

So first off we got to play when we got there. I got to play with a beagle named Bella, a corgi named Fergie and a Jack Russell, named, oh I can't remember his name. There was also a puggy girl and I thought OMdog...it's my BFF Suki...but I quickly realized it wasn't because she had a collar and I know Suki lost her collar. The puggy's name was Zoya and she was fun to chase. Yipee!!!

So after playtime we started class. In class this week there were 2 other dogs...a fluffy dog that looked like Bella only he was a boy named Shakey and my old friend from another class Izzie who is a Tibetian terrier and really liked to bark. Since it was a refresher class we worked on Sit-Stays, Down-Stays, Come and Heel. I did great with everything but Heels. For some reason I just don't like to do Heels...they bug me...why can't I just walk they way I want to and not pay attention to Mom all the time. Geezzee!

So it was fun, fun, fun and what's more is I get to go back for 5 more weeks!!! Yipee!!! Hopefully Mom will take some pictures next time. She said it was too hard to work with me and take pictures at the same time...clearly she's in need of some training! Anyhowl...gotta go practice my Heels!!! Have a great weekend!

Note From Michele, Ruby's Mom:
I'm so fortunate, our trainer Cindy at The Right Steps is the absolute best and when she has extra room in class she always thinks of me and Ruby. The last class we took was back in February, so it was so interesting to see how she got right back into training mode. I work with her a lot, but not as much as I should so this is a nice refresher for both of us. The greatest thing to see is how nicely she plays with all the other dogs, especially the puppies. She was the oldest dog there at 13months and she really did great! I wouldn't go so far as to say she was calm (Ha!), but she was definitely a little calmer! We'll keep you posted on our progress.

Lunchtime Surprise

Hey Everyone - Michele, Ruby's Mom here. Look what I found when I came home to check on Ruby at lunch...

Yep, that is her bed or should I say was...

I'm not sure if she did this out of sympathy for all of Suki's trials this week or because I left for work super early today. We've been 'dealing' with the bed issue for some time now (remember this post?), but usually during the day Ruby just sleeps in her bed with no incident. It's only when I have 'ignored' her (that is ignore to her, and doing chores to me) that she starts digging at her bed, so I'm not really sure what set her off.

Here she is in case any of her doggie friends think I set her up...there it is in living color, stuffing coming out of the corner of her mouth. Hopefully my dear little beast will not be sick tonight. And I'll have to figure out what I want to do about getting another bed for her...this was her 3rd. Right now the princess will have to settle for the carpet and some blankets.

Ode to My Little Red Ball

by ruby

there are bones and chewies and bullies galore
but nothing beats the little red ball that I so adore

you may be sticky and icky - a slobbery matted mess
but if I ever lost you I'd be in major distress

cuz's are nice and stuffies are fun too
but little red ball I will always love only you

To Blog or Not to Blog...That, is the Question...

Hi Everydoggie! I hope you all had a nice weekend. Mine was really great... a lot of park time and napping with my Mom...what could be better than that?!?!?

I really don't have much to report, but was very inspired by Tadpole's story this morning about why he and his girl blog. I hadn't really thought about it until I read Tad's story so I asked my Mom why and here's what she told me...

One day Mom was surfing around on some BT sites (probably doing it at work, instead of doing what she was supposed to be doing) and found Martha's blog. She thought Martha was really funny and that the pictures of her and Stewie and the hounds were pawsome. From Martha's blog, she found Ike's blog. Well, you guys already know how I feel about Ike. On Ike's blog, she saw all these other doggies had blogs too...like the 'dales, the wirehairs, the pugs, the corgador's and the tadpole's. Well, Mom was just hooked. She sat me down and told me all about it.

I was intrigued, but thought, 'What do I have to say that hasn't already been said?'. 'What can I contribute to the blogsphere?' 'Am I good enough, smart enough and gosh darnit, will doggies like me?'. So I pondered...not knowing that my Mom was already setting me up a blog, gathering all these pictures and signing up with DWB. I had no idea! Sneaky Mom (I wonder what else she does and neglects to tell me about, hmmm). Then on my birthday she told me what she did...and well, the rest is history.

So that's the story. Not as inspiring as Tad's, of course. What's been the bestest about this whole blogging adventure is all the great friends I've made...I just love reading all about everydoggie....and I hope you feel the same about me too!

Now, back to bloggy business. Here are some random pictures my Mom took on her new cellphone. Unfortunately, she was too slow to catch me doing my little 'handstand maneuver' since you guys seem to want proof of my acrobatic peeing style.

Time to Nap...TTFN

Ruby Fun Facts...

I was tagged by Dory & Liza, Wally, Stanley & Simba to post 8 random facts/habits about myself. Hmmm....that's a lot of facts about me...

1- I do a handstand when I pee. I know, it's a modern marvel, a mystery. I haven't yet mastered doing that when I poop...but one day.
2- I have my own iTunes playlist that I listen to during the day when my Mom goes to work.
3- I think I've mentioned that I LOVE mud. I like to play in it, roll in it and eat it. What I haven't told you guys is that all that mud that I eat has to go somewhere so yes, I poop mud. I think it's funny...my Mom thinks it's gross (Ruby's Mom: You have NO idea!)
4- Back in Feburary I had to go to the Vet ER because I swallowed an Everlasting Treat (just the cookie part). It got stuck in my esloppygus (Ruby's Mom: Esophagus) and they had to stick this thingie down my throat to push it into my tummy. It really hurt. What's worse is that because my throat hurt from this, I didn't really want to drink any water so I got dehightraded (Ruby's Mom: dehydrated) and they had to give me this needle in my back that put this big bubble of water there...I looked like a camel.
5- My favorite TV show is Meerkat Manor. I LOVE to be in bed and sit and watch Flower and her family run and play. (Ruby's Mom: Seriously, this little dog just plants herself in front of the TV for the entire 30minutes!)
6- My favoritest toy in the whole wide world is my little red squeaky ball. I love it!
7- I like watermelon, baby carrots, cucumbers, white peaches, strawberries, blueberries and cherry tomatoes...Mom, pass me some fruit salad!!!
8-OK, you guys only get 7 facts...a girl needs to keep a little mystery about herself...

So, if you haven't already been tagged, I tag:
Lorenza, Bruin, Peanut, Asta-Up Over, Twix, Seadra & Zoe, and Porter

Here are the rules:
1- Each person tagged starts with 8 random facts/habits about themselves.
2- The person tagged blogs about each of these facts and posts the rules.
3- At the end of the blog entry, list eight people to get tagged.
4- Don't forget to leave them a comment telling them they've been tagged, and to read your blog.

Silliness...

I LOVE all these tag games. I've gotten tagged for two different games. Here the first one...

Suki & Simba tagged me to post pictures of me and another animal with a silly caption. OK, here goes...

Here's a picture of me and my pal Bob from Halloween last year...

Due to rennovations on the local phone booth, Wonder Ruby lends her paws to help Super Bob put on his cape.

Here's me and Dodger from a few weekends ago...

Fencing practice was temporarily postponed due to the team's foils being replaced with bully sticks...On Guard!

Finally, this is my friend Penelope...she used to live in my apartment complex, but moved away...

I like cute butts and I can not lie
The other doggies can't deny
That when a pup struts by with a stubby little tail
All the doggies will just sigh...
(by Sir Wag-A-Lot)

Now I know a bunch of other doggies have been tagged already, but in case they haven't been tagged yet I tag Sophie, Jackson and Orson...Find a funny picture of you and another animal and post it with a funny caption...ready, set, go....

What does your dog say about you???

Hi Everyone & Everydoggie...
Michele, Ruby's Mom here just grabbing the keyboard away from my little beastie to say hi and share with you this article I found online...What Does Your Dog Say About You?

It's a fun little article which describes the breed of your pup and what it means about YOUR personality. Kind of interesting. Here's what it says about a Boston Terrier...

"Boston Terrier- Owners of Boston terriers are compassionate people that make lifelong good friends. They are very friendly and happy people. Friends consider them to be extroverts with a silly streak. They love practical jokes and making people laugh. They are kind and respectful of others and rarely have a negative thing to say. Favorite TV show: Punk'd."

Hmmm....ok, I'd like to think I'm a lifelong good friend and I'm relatively happy (mostly because of all of Ruby's antics). I definitely have a silly streak and like to make people laugh. I consider myself to be kind and respectful (most of the time), but rarely having a negative thing to say...well, I guess I can't be perfect!

Definitely check this article out...it's really fun. Have a great weekend!

Tag, Whalies and Other Stuff...

I can't believe how much fun I've been having checking out everydoggie's blogs on what celebrity they resemble. Everydoggie is spot on. A whole bunch of doggies have posted pictures...My mom and I are thinking up a creative way to showcase them...so stay tuned for that.

I do have to say that after seeing Ike's photo, I am officially in love. I know, I know Ike is Martha's guy and Martha is my friend. But Ike, if you are ever interested in another girlfriend and Martha you don't mind sharing... I'm waiting. ***swoon***

Mom printed a picture for me and I have it hanging on the wall...I kiss it everytime I go by.
***swoon***

I figured I'd give a quick Whalie update...I know it has been making the news EVERYWHERE! Unfortunately, the news isn't very good. Momma whalie Delta and baby whalie Dawn, have been out of salty water for 11 days now...and that is way too long. The whalie vet says their skin doesn't look good now and their owies aren't healing the way they should. It looked for a little bit that they were making their way to the ocean, but I guess they just like Sacramento too much and turned around again over the weekend. Also yesterday, they started flipping around alot...at first it looked like they were playing or dancing, but the whalie vet says it's because they are stressed out about not getting home. Poor whalies...we all better pray for them.

It looks like they are dancing...but sadly they are just scared and want to go home.

Mom never got around to making any more cookies...she's been busy with work and other stuff, but she promised she'd try again (and follow the recipe correctly this time) over the long weekend - Yay- long weekend - 3 days to hang with Mom and go to the park!!!

And last but not least, today is my weimaraner friend Remmy's barkday. Remmy is 2 years old today. Remmy is really cool...we play at the park sometimes. Remmy has also won lots of prizes for being so handsome and hunting and stuff. I hope I can go to the park today and play with Remmy...but that depends on if my Mom has to go to jooory doody...what is that anyway???

Happy Barkday Remmy!!!

A new game of tag...who do you most look like?

UPDATE - 5/22/2007: Everydoggie seems to be really digging this game from the looks of the comments so I thought to spread it out a little more I'd tag a few more doggies...Ike, Oscar and Lorenza. Tag, your it, who do you look like???

A few weeks back, Jackson did a 'Separated at Birth' post on which famous British guy he most resembled. Of course I voted that he was much more handsome than either of them *wink*. Then in the comments of a few of my posts, some of you very gracious gentlemen doggies (and you know who you are) commented that I looked a lot like Audrey Hepburn.

I think that is a very nice comparison...she was very beautiful-just like me, looked great in pearls-just like me, and loved animals-just like me (Ruby's Mom: OK, Ruby, that's enough...a little modesty, please. Ruby: Oh Mom....).

What does everydoggie think?


So I thought this might be a fun new game of tag to try...Which Famous Celebrity Do You Most Closely Resemble??? It could be looks, personality or both!!! Here's what to do...find a picture of a famous (or infamous) person that you think you look like (you might need your Mom, human with computer, Massah or Ma Ape to help you Google for one) and post that along with a your best celebrity pose. So tag you're it...Suki, Fig and Lola (and Sherman and Penny if you want to play along too)---strike a pose girls.

This is why we follow directions...

Recently, I've been looking forward to Saturdays. The park, napping with Mom and Mom trying out new treat recipes (thanks Joey & Tanner's mom for inspiring her!) Anyhowl...today was starting out NOT to disappoint. OK, so we didn't go to the park, but we did go to a very cool doggie store to buy me my Canidae and a barkday present for my friend LuLu. I got some treats from the nice man who owns the store and Mom also bought me some more bully sticks...yay! When we got home we napped for a little and than just like clockwork, Mom started to bake.

Mom went out a bought a cookbook by the same people who wrote the cook book Joey and Tanner's Mom bought. Here it is...
There are lots of really yummy recipes and the one we were going to try today was the 'Peanut Butter Training Bites'. It's a pretty simple recipe, only 5 ingredients so nothing to worry about, right? Well, noooooooooo...Mom has to do some experimenting of course...and it turned out to be a total disaster!!!

My Mom is normally an EXCELLENT cook, but for some reason, she decided to experiment with this. Instead of using the type of flour they called for, she decided to substitute it for brown rice flour...which she said is better for me. So I'm playing along and of course the batter doesn't come out right. Your supposed to roll it out into little logs and cut the cookies into pieces. Guess what...batter is too dry so Mom adds water...but I guess she added too much water and it looked like this...YUCKY!!!
OK, so she let me try it, and it wasn't so bad...but still...FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS WOMAN!!!
Instead of starting over...Mom is determined to soldier on...she goes ahead and plops some batter on the cookie sheet and puts the cookies in the oven. I say 'Bake well little cookies' and now we wait.

Before baking

The original recipe called for the cookies to bake for 30minutes...well, we only baked ours for about 20 minutes because they started to look like little rocks. So out of the oven they came. The don't really look any different than before we baked them, just a little browner.

After baking

So I wait some more until they cool.

So when they cooled I was a brave little girl and tried them....can we say YUCKO!!! OK, so I ate it...but not because I liked it, I didn't want to hurt my Mom's feelings even though this is all her fault. So we tossed the yucky cookies out and she promised we'd try again tommorow...this time I think she'll follow the directions!

Things that go bark in the night...

So last night (Thursday) my Mom was way too wired after the season finales of Grey's Anatomy and ER to go to sleep that she decided to take me on a walk around our little neighborhood. We don't usually walk a lot at night...mostly because Mom is kinda lazy (Ruby's Mom: I am not!) and it's really dark. But I'm always up for a new adventure!

It was after 11pm so Mom said I needed to be quiet (aka no barking) since it was bed time for all our neighbors. I figured that shouldn't be a problem...but than all these weird things started to happen...

First off, there was this dog following me! Can you imagine I have a stalker!!!! The doggie was kinda shaped like me, and sometimes was behind me and sometimes in front of me. It really freaked me out that I started to bark at it, but it didn't bark back. Mom said it's name was Shadow...but I thought Shadow was the doggie that lived in the house next door...the doggie that looks a lot like Thrawn, and the doggie that was following me didn't look anything like Thrawn. Hmmmm...than who is this Shadow I wonder????

The next weird thing was that there were all these cats...everywhere, like a million of them (Ruby's Mom: Ruby, there were only 3, the 3 we always see during the day). And the were evil looking. And they would hiss at me...I was really afraid they were going to hurt me and my Mom so I barked, um, again. (Ruby's Mom: Can you see a pattern yet?)

Then as we were turning the corner of one of our buildings - one that I always go by, I heard this horrible hissing noise. And these giant thingies came poking out of the ground and spitting water...a lot of water. It was so scarey and I just couldn't help myself...I just barked and barked and barked and barked. It was frightening. I go by this building everyday and there was never anything like this! I couldn't figure out what was going on.

By this point I think my Mom was really worried that our neighbors would be mad because I was barking...so we started back to our apartment. I was just trying to protect my Mom of all the scarey stalker dogs and evil cats and water spitting thingies...I guess that is why we don't walk much late at night.

Whale Watch...UPDATE

UPDATE: Oh no, the whalies are hurt! Both the Momma whale and the baby whale have owies. The whale doctors are saying that they have gashes from propellers from a boat. Today they are starting to try and move them towards the ocean by using whale noises...like whalies eating. There isn't much food the whalies like in fresh water, so they need to hurry up back to the ocean soon so they don't starve. Poor whalies...

I'm not angry anymore at my Mom for not taking me to visit the whalies...she told me they need to focus on getting back to the ocean. If I came they would be distracted and the baby whalie would want to play with me...I want them to get home, so I'll just watch them on TV.

Here's some more info on the whalies: KCRA TV


Since Suki was talking about a very 'excited' dolphin today, I thought I'd chime in about some aquatic excitement going on here in Sacramento. It seems there is a humpback mommy whale and a humpback baby whale swimming in the Sacramento River (this IS very unusual). They were discovered on Tuesday and just keep swimming. They seem to be lost and everyone is afraid they are sick or something. I want to go to the river and visit them...but my Mom is a meany and says no. Poor whaley...

Meeting Miss Susan...

Remember a few weeks ago I told everydoggie I was going to have a visit from my Mom's friend Susan from Connecticut? Well, Mom FINALLY got around to downloading the pictures for me. YAY!

It was a GREAT visit. Miss Susan is so nice and got right on the floor to play with me and rub my belly! And what's best...she brought me LOTS and LOTS of prezzies!!!

I (Ruby's Mom: WE, Ruby. It was for both of us) got a GIANT gift bag filled with snackies, a beautiful pearl collar, some good smelling doggie wipes and a bunch of papery stuff which my Mom says were for her, but I think were really for me too. I (Ruby's Mom: WE, Ruby. ), oops I mean we, also got a goodie bag for Miss Susan and her doggie Phoebe. Phoebe is a really pretty mini-pinscher...I think if we lived close by each other we'd be really good friends and play all the time.

Here's the 'thank you' pee-mail from Phoebe to me and my Mom...Phoebe is so sweet...

Mom and Miss Susan took lots of pictures, so I decided to put a little album together. Take a look...




It really was such a fun visit. I hope Miss Susan comes to visit again real soon or better yet, I can go visit her and get to run and play with Phoebe!!!!

Bye Bye FuFu...

I was so sad to hear that my hamsterrier friend FuFu has passed on. Mom read about it last night, but didn't tell me until this morning. I'm very sad today...FuFu, you were one of the first 'doggies' to visit my blog and leave me a comment. You made me feel so very welcome.


I know I didn't know you very long, but you were a good friend and I will miss you. I promise to be a good friend to your sister GirlGirl.

Lots of Sad Licks - Ruby

Weekend Recap and Being Nice to my Mom...

It was a pretty quiet weekend for me and Mom...which was good because we've been busy the last few weekends. It was all about catching up on chores (my Mom) and napping (me)!

On Saturday, we went to the park...which was AWESOME!!! I hadn't been there in a whole week. I just ran and ran and ran...oh and played a little fetch. There weren't too many doggies around when we were there, but that was fine. I was just so happy to run. One day Mom will have to get around to getting a video camera and record me running...when I say I'm fast, I'm not joking!!!

We left the park when Mom's aljerkies (Ruby's Mom: That's allergies, Ruby) started to bug her and she was sneezing all over the place...it was actually kind of embarrassing so it was ok that we left. I also have aljerkies, oops I mean allergies too but they weren't bugging me any. When we got home, we had a little snackie and took a nap...a nice lllooonnnggg nap. Mom also napped...I guess she was tired from sitting in meetings on her trip (not sure how that makes you tired). We napped almost all afternoon. It was great. I did catch up on some of my blogging, but that's about it for Saturday.

Today, Mother's Day, I actually let my Mom sleep in a little - 6:30am instead of 5:30am. Aren't I generous??? We had some breakfast and than I took her to the park. Again, I'm such a giver. I figured if we went to the park I would play and be so tired that I would nap all afternoon so she could relax. Sounded like a good plan to me.

When we got to the park I thought I was the only doggie there, but my friend Zeus (he's a Skipperkee) was there and we played and than a whole bunch of doggies also joined in the fun. There was one new doggie - Maggie and 6 month old pitbull puppy who took a liking to me. After a while I did get a little worried because she wouldn't leave me alone and I thought she was going to eat me (Ruby's Mom: She wasn't going to eat you), so I took Mom over to the other side of the park to play fetch.

We were at the park for a really long while that I was really tired and almost fell asleep in the car. When we got home I was too tired for even a snackie and just went to sleep. Mom only napped with me for a little while...which explains this picture.

I had already been tagged by Suki and posted my pictures, but I guess I was so tired that my Mom got this photo and she said I slept like this for over an hour! Wow...I don't even remember it. Now I'm going to get some dinner and hopefully just relax for the evening...or I'll try too. Mom wants to watch the Sopranos...and whatever my Mom wants she gets today because it is her special day.

Oh, and Auntie Kathy...thanks so much for going to the store for me and getting a Mother's Day card for my Mom. She really, really liked it!!!

Happy Mother's Day to Everydoggie's Momma!

Lots of Licks - Ruby

She's Back...Mom's Back!!!

Hi Everydoggie! Gosh I missed you guys and it looks like I have a lot of catching up to do. Well, Mom is back and boy am I happy. I loved hanging with my Auntie Yvette, but nothing beats my Mom! You guys were totally right..she was really guilty about leaving me...I got a new Cuz (my first big Cuz too) and got to eat a Nanook Paws! Maybe she should go away more often?!?!

Here's me checking out my new Cuz...I've never seen one this big before!

Yummy Cuz!!!

The Nanook Paws made me a little chilly, mybutt started to shake...or maybe I was just excited Mom was home?

I really did have fun hanging with Auntie Yvette. She took VERY good care of me and if my Mom ever has to go away again (how dare she) I pick my Auntie Yvette to take care of me for sure! Let's see, what did we do...

Well, lots of walks...we walked so much that I drank a whole bowl of water when I got back to her house...it was a really good work out. I also got to see a birdy that lived INSIDE Auntie Yvette's Momma's house...imagine that, a bird that lives inside! His name is Romeo and he is a lovebird...I got so excited about seeing him I had a little accident...oops! I also played with Auntie Yvette's people pup Blake...he let me come in his room and steal his stuffy slippers...but I eventually had to give them back. Sleeping was a bit hard...mainly because there was so much to explore at Auntie Yvette's...plus I could sleep during the day when she brought me back to my house so why not stay up, right?

All in all it was a fun 2-days, but I really am glad Mom is home. Hopefully she won't need to go on another trip anytime soon...at least not one without me!