There and Back Again

Oooh! The adventures I have to tell you about Mango's estate!

But first, let me address the concerns of some who are worried that I might be unfairly biased toward my sister in the Bad Sport competition. And I totally understand how, under other circumstances, this could be a concern. Especially since TaiChi was my total hero, and Great Uncle Billy is legendary. But they were both portable. Billy was (at most) 15 pounds, and TaiChi at her most rotund was 22 pounds. Not exactly pocket-doggies, but portable if necessary. Abby? 65 pounds. Not so portable. I mentioned that Dad gave himself a hernia picking her up for her weighing-in, right? Yeah. And Dad's a big strong guy. Which makes Abby Not Portable. Now, I'm not saying that ALL Bad Sports should be portable. Far from it. I'm just saying that the only champion Bad Sports I want to live with are portable ones. I hope that clears things up.

Now, as you may (or may not) know, the judges for MangoMinster have all met up at Mango's estate in preparation for the beginning of MangoMinster. I confess, I was a bit surprised to learn that Mango's idea of entertaining his guests was to sucker most of the judges into manual labor in the basement while he and the Thor (the other mastiff) stayed upstairs eating pizza and watching HBO. Thor knows how to use the remote control. However, being a good-natured girl, I was more than happy to pitch in with the labors in the basement.

Being the only one with long leggies, I guess I was on plunger duty. Although I have no idea how Anakin got himself in the toilet to begin with...

Last year, when I was a mere contestant, I recall partying on the beach with Moose and all my fellow sporty dogs, but hey, I can go with the flow. (Or lack of flow, as the case may be! Hah! *ahem*) And getting Anakin unstuck from a toilet is Just Like drinking margaritas on the beach. Or something.

Anyway, after ensuring that Twinkie and Frankie had the painting under control I thought I might take a break. All work and no zoomies makes Fi a cranky doggie.

As I ascended the stairs, I was almost struck down by an overwhelming smell. My first thought was that Rhode Island had attacked the state of MasterChewSits with chemical weapons. But then I remembered the hastily provided instructions, and donned the gas mask that was provided in the judges' hazmat kits gift bags.

I hadn't realized that mastiffs are the dirigibles of doggies. I swear, they must be as big as they are because of their, um, high emissions levels. *whew*

While the two large dogs seemed to be blissfully unaware of their impact on global warming mesmerized by HBO, I snuck in and went over to Dexter.

Oy.

With a new-found respect for Dexter's tolerance levels, I asked him if he wanted to leave the Torpid Twosome to their anchovy-pizza farts. Milliseconds later we were out in the fresh air.

Mango had thoughtfully ordered some snow to be delivered to MasterChewSits before I arrived, so I felt quite at home. Dexter gave me a chance to stretch my leggies and practice my bitey-zoomie technique so I wouldn't be out of shape when I got back to Utah.


Dexter is a fair amount larger than me (or Abby), so I had to be quick on my toes! But it was great to go dash around in the snow for a while.

After a good romp in the snow, I decided I had better head back to Utah for dinner to check in on things.

And get in a little smackdown time with Abby. My workout with Dexter certainly paid off!

I'm now off to spend some quality time with Mom and Dad, and then I'll be zipping back to Mango's estate for more manual labor fun and games!

*kissey face*
-Fiona (and Abby, who seems to be an okay job holding down the fort while I'm in MasterChewSits)

HERE'S my snow!!!!

Okay, I now forgive the perky teevee weather people for being dead wrong yesterday. They got it right today!!!!!













The snow party is back on at my house. I'm sure Mom and Dad won't mind a few dozen of my closest, snowiest friends tramping through the house!!!

*kissey face*
-Fiona and Abby the Hippobottomus

Snow, snow, and more snow

Hi all! Just a quick update from the North Pole northern Utah, where Winter masquerades as Spring, and Summer pretends that it is mid-Winter.

*ahem*

I am not feeling too good today - my stummy is a little upset, and since I didn't eat dinner, and only half-heartedly bit Abby on the butt when we were outside, Mom is going to take me to the V-E-T tomorrow - so I'm looking for a little time away from The Little Monster my dear sweet sister Abby and put up a bloggy post.

Just a couple of things about the last post. We get moose in the yard pretty much every spring and fall. This one was a female - she didn't have a calf with her, so Mom and Dad are guessing that this was a maybe year and a half old female. She looked very healthy for this time of year, which was good. Needless to say, Mom and Dad don't let us out in the yard when there are moose in the yard. Since this one looked like she was ready to settle in, Dad had to go out and tell her that our neighbor's yard was Much More Inviting.

Mom says she has since seen her strolling around the neighborhood - I guess she's looking for a yard that can match ours in comfort and foodables (she seemed to be very interested in our bushes...).

Anyhoo, it has been snow for, um, like EVER. I haven't done much running around today, but yesterday Abby and I went out zooming around in the snow....

Heehee. She's so cute, pretending that's she a fast zoomie dog!

Now this is how it is done, youngster!

She's learning...
Heehee. She's not fast enough. Yet!

Biggify this one to see puppy-jaws of doom!

Here I am, teaching the Little One how to run like a Big Dog!

Happy snow days, everyone!

*kissey face*
-Fiona

PeeEss: Yes, these photos really were all taken yesterday. Yes, I know that tomorrow is the beginning of May... While we'd like to be hiking, this snow stuff if pretty fun!

Snowy Days

Mom's keyboard is dying - the 'T' key has fallen off, and she's working really hard in an effort to use 'T' as little as possible. Anyhoo, we had snow yesterday, today, and likely tomorrow. Here are some pics from Wednesday!



TLM is learning the ropes in the snow!

A hard day, indeed!


Oh, and we had a moose in our yard before the snow came!

Snow is falling now, BTW....

*kissey face*
-Fiona

Snowy Saturday

Mom and Dad are grumbling about the snow (mostly because it is delaying our trip to southern Utah to get the House With Wheels), but I don't see what the problem is.... And yes, for those of you who have been wondering, this is all new snow that has fallen in the last 5 days... Welcome to April in Utah!

But again, I see no problem with the snow; I get to do zoomies...



I get to spend quality time with my sister...

(Hey, one bitey-face deserves another, right?)

And even the Not So Little Monster Abby seems to be getting into the snow zoomies thing.

And I'd better watch out - I think Abby might be a contender for Sporty Athlete Dog at MangoMinster next year!

And at the end of the day, we all get to snoozle with TaiChi!

So, we'll keep playing in the snow until Mom and Dad decide that the weather is good enough to drive down south. (They are thinking Monday - right now, we've got another winter storm warning for tonight...)

*kissey face*
-Fiona