Here I am, Charlie Brown! I'm with one of my humans. Just between you and me (She looks like a terrorist!).

Mardi-Gras Barkus Pet Parade

It is February 19, 2206! And I experienced my first Mardi-Gras! WoofWoof was that fun or what. I have posted many pictures my human, Steph, took. I could
not believe my eyes. DOgS GOnE WiLd!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!The chicks and the dudes were taking it all off! And right there in front of their humans. No not me, you won't find any of me out there (tongue in cheek), I'm fully furred. Some of the lady's were...Let's just say, partially furred (hula dancers and school girl outfits).

I had a blast. I got free treats and caught beads and caught more beads and treats and bandanas. There were all kinds of puppies; great danes, boxers, bulldogs (all ethnicities), and lots of mine, goldens. Too many to name. I fell in love with a chocolate lab. She was beautiful. She was a gorgeous cougar (older woman, younger man). Hubba Hubba! I already miss you my chocolate princess.

My human dressed me up in a purple and gold outfit with a bow-tie. See picture above. Here's my bitch, everyone thought I was a chick! Hello look at me, I'm definitely a dude! My human says it was because of the bow-tie..It moved around and ended up looking like a Hair-bow....Pleasssee. Now whose fault was that? Not mine, I did not want to play dress up! By the way, for all of you that wanted violence between my human and myself (concerning dress-up), well you all can forget about it. Charlie is a peace loving man! Besides my human owes me big time! And I mean Big time!!! She will pay!

All and all I had a good time and would do it again. I urge everyone to attend next year's Barkus parade. And please make a donation to an animal welfare organization. It's well worth it.

I thought Tasha had escaped but I guess not!

This is one of my favs.....It's a Clydesdale for you none Saint Louisians!!!

What a cattle drive....Check out the wagon and steer!

That is so true.

I had to look twice because I thought I saw an alligator...There's no Bayou up here. Oh wait, there is in So Co.

That's me passed out before the parade began. It was so cold out there, I thought I saw penguins!

Check this girl out! Wowzer...

Here I am at Mardi-Gras for pets. It's called Beggin Strips Barkus Pet Parade.

I'm going to be in a parade...

Where oh where did my Valentine go? Long Legged Beauty did not respond to my post. Oh well, my human says there are other fish in the sea. Again, don't get humans. I don't live in a sea or near a sea. And I eat fish not date them. Go figure....But Long Legged Beauty if you are out there I will be waiting...

My human says I get to go for a really long walk tomorrow. She says there will be plenty of puppies and children to play with in Soulard. I've never been there. She says it will be barrels of rawhide fun! We'll have to see...I still don't have my shoes plus it's going to be so cold. Brrrrr I now know where I am going to be......

Tomorrow, I'm going to be in a parade! Woofwoofwoof It's called the Barkus Pet Parade, and there will be 8,000 pets marching in the parade. It's Mardi-Gras!!!! Whatever that means. She says there will be chews and beads for her. What are beads, I have no idea. But I guess it's good for her and me.

All I really know is that I have to wear a costume. "A costume, do what?" Yeah that's right, I have to play dress-up. Let me tell you all that ain't gonna happen. There ain't no way in heck that I'm going sit there and let my human play dress-up. What does she think I am? A frigin doll? I don't think so. I have to wear gold and purple fringe balls. I'm a manly man, do you think I'm going to wear fringe balls? Not me....I have a bowtie too, What the %*#@&? Okay then, It's game on!!! We'll all see who comes out of this dress-up game tomorrow on top...It won't be the human with all the scratches and band-aids!!!!!BIG CLUE RIGHT THERE!!!!Wish me luck y'all, cause I'm gonna need it.

Would You Be Mine Long-Legged Beauty?

Dear Long-Legged Beauty,

I must admit my nose is in high gear! I'm definitely interested in you, Long-Legged Beauty. Unfortunately, these humans don't have smell-o-vision or smell-o-puter! Or else I could determine who and what you are!

I am so pleased that you would chase me all around So Co. I too, would chase you all around Saint Louis. I am like Peppy La Pu! But less stinky! In fact, my human says I smell pretty good! Also, I am not a stalker like that skunk! Thou if you catch my fancy (and I'm so hard to resist), it might be impossible to get rid of me. I do like the leg love if you know what I mean!

Long-legged Beauty, I will share my toys with you as I do with all my girls. My rawhide is your rawhide. I am a great protector of the female! I will stand my ground and chase all the bad things away.

So, If you Long-Legged Beauty are into long walks by the fence-line, barking at intruders walking down the street, digging holes in your human's backyard, and chewing on rawhide, I just maybe your Love Connection!

BTW, I am 1 year old, blonde, athletic, 100lbs, and have brown eyes. The ball is in your yard, so what are you going to do Long-Legged Beauty?

I have a possible Secret Admirer or is it a Stalker...?

From: Mysterious longlegged female
To: Hot Male Golden
(I can't believe it, now my blog is the "LOVE CONNECTION" or is it a "Porn Connection") Hmm...Only time will tell what I have here!

Here is her post;

I am a thin, longlegged female who is maddly in love with the golden blonde male in the photos. I will follow and chase you around So. County.I am a spoiled brat and have my humans wrapped around my paws.


(P.S. E-mail me your picture, Long-legged Beauty!)
Hot Male Golden

My human loves me!!!! Is she weird or what?

Here's Mollie's last Cristmas, 2004. I miss her, I miss her kicking my butt because she was the Queen of our household. Miss you always, my love

Once again,

So those were some of my pack members. Those gals ran my household. They have/had my human wrapped around their little paws! But, so do I!

Here's the great Tasha!

This is Mollie, my human's companion animal. This is who I was talking about! She's a pretty gal...

This is me Charlie one year ago today, Feb. 11, 2005!

It's Been One Year Today

HAPPY FIRST ANNIVERSARY!

It is February 11, 2006. I have been with my humans for one full year. My human says that is a long time. I don't know what that means but it seems like I've been with my humans forever. I can't not remember what is was like without my humans. I think they love me and enjoy me as much as I do them!

My human says I have to post my before and after pictures to show all of you how big I am now. She says she used to carry me to bed but can't now due to my size and her back. Sure blame me for the back problems. So here are my baby pictures with more to follow. God, I hope not because I don't need the great Danes and Rotties in the hood to know that I once was small. If they found out it would blow my world to pieces. You know what I mean

This is my life and how I came to live here with my humans. My human had two other companion animals (dogs) with her. She thought about adding a third to her pack(that would be me). She heard about my mom, Star, who was pregnant with me and my siblings. That was shortly before her Mollie became quite ill. My human received Mollie on Dec. 22, 1990 as a Christmas bonus. My human lost her first dog, Bear, earlier that year and was really sad without a companion animal (see what we are good for!). That is how Mollie came into her life.

Anyway, Mollie became quite sick on Dec. 22, 2004. They rushed her to the Doctor and he said Mollie has Congestive Heart Failure(end stage/they didn't think she would live long/My human said six months and Mollie proved them all wrong by living six months and two days/ She had to be put to sleep on June 24, 2005/how sad my human was). Mollie almost didn't make it but she kept on truckin'. She was a bulldog (not literally but figuratively). That's when my human hoped that by putting her name on the list she then would get me(almost didn't happen, but it did, I'm typing this aren't I?).

My human has always said that when she first heard of me and my siblings(in my mummy's tummy) that if there was a male leftover it was meant to be! Can you believe someone would have insight about something like that before anyone? I was meant to be! And we were meant to be (she thought I could help Tasha thru Mollie's eventual death!)!!! Life can't get any better when it was meant to be! I'm uploading pictures of Mollie and Tasha, their are great gals, They kicked my butt a few times!

Snow Day!!!!!

Feb 8, 2006 at 8:00 a.m. I had my first SNOW DAY!!!!!! I can't believe how much fun snow is! My human wasn't crazy, she was so right! When I got to go outside I ran and ran ran in big circles kicking up snow all over the place. That was so much fun. I tried to eat the snow but it kept melting in my mouth before I could swallow it. It was so soft and cold to eat. I thought my tongue and paws were going to freeze. While I was trying to eat the snow, my human was yelling for me not to eat the yellow snow. What the hell is she talking about? Sometimes I wonder if she has a few screws loose, you know what I mean? I have learned to upload photos and so I have uploaded my humans favorite pic of me today. It is pictured above! My shoes haven't come in and today I don't care because of the SNOW! I want more SNOW! My human said I have to pray to the SNOW GODS and if we are deserving they will bring us more SNOW! I can't wait cause I know I am deserving! How much better can life get? My human baked us Valentine cookies and then it snowed! Ain't life wonderful?!

Look at me, Sir Charles of So Co! This is why I love snow so much.

This is how Tash spends her snow day; sitting on her throne like she's a spoiled princess or something. Go figure.

My human said I looked like a true Golden! what the hell has she been smokin'?! Of course I'm a true"GOLDEN"! What else could I be?

Here I am! Can you see me? I now know why my human loves snow!

Home Alone

Well here it is Monday Feb 6, 2006 and I had the whole house to myself. I was home alone. I love that movie. I wonder what ever happened to that boy? oh well, moving on. I shouldn't lie Tash is home. But once my humans leave me, she hides from me. She's a bit strange, but what are you going to do?Heres a picture of Tash to my left......

So what does Charlie get to do when everyone is gone? I first sleep then I find some trouble to get into.
For example; I'm working on the area rug, small chunks are missing! BowWow
I sleep again (What else is there to do? My humans abandon me on Mondays. I'm thinking of calling the dog abuse hotline! Just kidding. I love my humans! Or so they think)
I harass Tash and harass Tash some more til she's begging me to stop or until she wets herself, that's so funny when she does that. She'a scaredy cat!! I then go thru my humans rooms and find all their socks and bring them out so I can play (chew) with (on) them. They taste so good! I don't know why my humans get mad at that. By this time, my humans are coming home and I act like I have guarded the house all day, like a big boy should. I have all of my humans wrapped around my little/BIG paw!!WOOFWOOF!

Day 10 and still no shoes Therefore no walk has occured..

It's cold out there, Please remember to keep your companion animals inside.

My human did it!

Yes, my human posted my pictures but she scrambled them. There is no order to them so please be patient with her. She know not what she do! WOOF!

This is my favorite pastime. I love to mulch!

Charlie loves watching Animal Planet! It's not the Dog Whisperer, but it will do..

Hey, It's me Charlie Brown! I'm watching Puppy Bowl II on Anaiml Planet!

Here I am one week ago, Jan. 26. Look at me, I'm so Proud!

It's Puppy Bowl II

Day 9 and no shoes and you all know what that means: NO WALK!!!

So today is like a holiday for all the male humans out there! It's Super Bowl for them and Puppy Bowl II for me ( us pooches). Did you check any of the pooches out? That Barry was getting into everyone's business! He was that white poodle (them poodles are always a rowdy bunch). Barry was biting the others along with jumping all over the others. He'd grab an ear and try to take off with it. Those other pooches put up with it. Not me Charlie Brown, I'd have given Barry the ol' smackdown. I bark for Tab, Disco, or Sheeba for the MVP. ( My human says she will put my pictures up soon, maybe even today!! WOOF!

It feels so long ago....Back when I was 2 1/2 months old(That's how old the puppy bowl players are). I had been at my new house (my new humans) for 2 weeks. I will have arrived on Feb 11, 2004. BowWow, what a difference a year can make. I arrived at my new humans home and weighed in at 13lbs. They could pick me up and carry me to bed back then. Not any longer, she can't, because I weigh 100lbs! That's right! I weigh as much as a kid! WOOFWOOF

My human says she is going to make peanut butter cookies for me and my friends! WOOF! It's been that long since I had cookies! I can't wait for the waiting. You know she feels guilty because she takes herself for a walk and doesn't take me. WOOF that's it!!!!!!It's time for me to go play and bark at the humans driving down my road! Woof for now!

I lost my stay of Bath

Yesterday, my human gave me a bath. I lost. I obeyed and jumped into the tub and allowed (yes, I did say allowed) my human to give me a bath. I could have made her miserable, but I was good. I did hang my head low and pout. She felt sorry for me. I think she even felt guilty for giving me a bath. I did make her feel bad. The whole eye trick works, so all you animal companions go out there and give your humans the sad eye. It really does work. Plus jumping out of the shower and shaking all the excess water off me onto my human doesn't hurt either. My human used that stinkin' blow dryer on me ( I hate that thing, it blows air on me and I don't like it. Now, I like to hang my head out the window and have the wind blow over my fur but that's because I chose to stick my head out the window. I didn't choose to sit in the bathroom and have warm air intentionally blown on me.). That must have been payback because of me shaking the water off(Hmm, I need to rethink my plan next time. It appears to me she won every round this time). She then brushed me and put the stupid paw wax on my paws! Why she bothers I'll never know! I'm just going to lick it off anyway.


Day 7 Still no shoes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Where are they I ask?Hmmmmm? I WANT TO GO FOR A WALK! NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!I"M WAITING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!What do I have to do to go for a walk?


My human tried to cover my ears last night, but I heard the news. How can a human try to drown their dog? Like I said before, I don't get humans. They can make me sad. I'm glad the dog made it and someone came by at the right time or else he might not have made it. I hope he finally finds a happy home.

One final thought and its from Gandhi:

"The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated"

So true my friend, so true

Sir Charles of So Co

Happy Groundhog's Day!

HAPPY GROUNDHOG'S DAY! That rodent says we have six more weeks of winter! What winter? It's warm outside!!! We have only had a dusting according to my human. She wishes it would get colder and snow lots. She says I haven't experienced my first real snow. I don't know what she's talking about. Humans, sometimes I don't get them......Also, my human says we are going to migrate north so that she can have some snow. You noticed I said she and not we.

Now, back to the rodent. How do we really know the rodent, groundhog (excuse me), saw his shadow? He could have seen all the humans and decided he didn't want anything to do with those humans.. He might have thought they were going to eat him or trap him and use him for their furs. Therefore he crawled back into his hole. (What is it with people and furs, furs belong to us animals! Why do you humans have to be so mean and kill animals to wear their blood, fur, on your backs? Again, I don't get humans?!? My human told me of the awful humans in china and eastern Europe(where is that by the way?) who raise and kill puppies/dogs for their furs!!!!HOW SICK IS THAT??!!I thought we were suppose to be man's best friend!? See the pattern, I don't get humans!!??)

Okay, suppose we agree he saw his shadow, how do we know their will be 6 more weeks of winter. We haven't had a winter. Now all of a sudden it's going to be cold? I think it's hogwash, more specifically, groundhog-wash! Is there such a thing? Check out this link:
http://www.punxsutawneyphil.com or check this one out:
http://www.groundhog.org

Moving on......

My gripe of the day is ..... My SUPPOSED SHOES haven't shown up. This is DAY 6 and still no walk? What up with that? I'm running out of patience with my humans. I will protest and camp out on my front lawn if they don't take me walking! Yeah, I'll go on strike! They'll be singing the blues without me!!! I will, mark my words! (not literally, don't lift your leg to my words, your humans might get mad and kick you out of the house or desert you on a lonely desolate country road (see I'm trying to scare you not to lift your leg to my words) then they'll sue me. It wouldn't be pretty!) Soapbox over

I got a reprieve yesterday, my human didn't give me a bath. She is threatening me right as I type. "Charlie, get off that computer right now mister!" Excuse me, did she just call me mister? Who does she think she is? Again she's calling me..."Charles" oohooh she means business! "Charles get of that computer! It's time for your bath! NOW!!" Gotta go, she means business. She used Charles! My stay of non-bath is now over.......Remember fur looks better on us animals and not you human animals!

Happy Groundhogs Day!
Love Sir Charles (The one and only!)

A new day has arrived and still my humans refuse to take me for a walk. They say I have to wait for my new shoes to arrive before they will take me. When oh when will that be? It's so nice out today. I know spring is around the corner because all the birdies are back in my domain. One of these days, I just might make a snack out one of them...My human also said she was going to give me a bath today because I won't stop rolling around in the mud. I have so much fun running and rolling in the mud. It feels so good but my human says I can't come in when I do that. Why are humans so picky? She acts like I'm toxic. Well maybe it's the other way around, those humans can be strange. Any other companion animals feel that way?