Items Balanced on Gary's Head, Episode I

Item #1: Post-it notes.

Things start off innocently enough.

Item #2: CD case.

The danger scales up parallel to the fun.

Item #3: Stuffed Starfish.

The triumphant finale.

First Time at Long Lake in 2009

Gary was so happy to finally be back at Long Lake after a long winter.

Sometimes Gary shakes while still submerged.

So handsome!

Loves the swimmings!

He is the happiest at the lake!

Winter Sucks

Here are a few indoor shots of the pets co-habitating. Below is a rare moment when Newman is not swatting Gary in the face with his claws.

Sometimes G has the most amusing sitting positions.

Mona, my baby girl looking coy.

Gas Is Embarrasing

Gary recognizing that he farted again and hoping no one will notice.

Demon? Monster? Alien?

No! It's Gary on frozen Parlee Beach! Look at him go!

Mud Bath?

Gary likes to roll in mud puddles. This is what the bath water looked like during his bath so you can imagine what he looked like when he got in the tub.

Towel dry...

So Many Folds, So Many Megapixels!

I think G is getting sick of me taking his picture. But he looks better than ever with this camera! So many expressions to capture!

Merry Christmas To Me

I am pleased to announce that FtLotJ will be expreiencing higher image quality from here on out by means of an early Christmas present, a Canon Digital SLR camera. Here's to jowls in high def!

How Cuddling Begins...

Finally! It has started! The cuddling has begun! It's always slow at first, but I expect great things. It starts with the 3 on the couch...

Then Newman confidently makes his move...

And the paws are touching! We have achieved cuddles!

Request

This is a request from a fan and jowl connoisseur, Susan T! She knows that when she finds a quality set of jowls, like on little Hazel here, that she has to do what's right and pull out a camera and send the results to me, for all jowl lovers to enjoy!

Thanks Sue, keep up the good work.

Pets On The Couch

They have all learned to share the couch space. It benefits everybody. Now if only they would start cuddling!
I of course attempt to facilitate interspecies cuddling at any opportunity.

A Muddy Bubby

Yet another trip to the tub for my boy. He LOVES the mud. He loves mud to be all over his body. No inch left untouched. Nothing makes him happier than mud. He has more baths than any dog I know.

Fangs!

Gary is about to eat Maddie's head! At dusk at the dog park, the fangs come out, and the Vampire Dogue is unleashed...

My favourite pug in the world, Chandler, Age 11...

A Prize

Tonight when I took Gary out to do his duties in the park next to our place he found a big stick, and boy was he happy about it. He danced around like he was the luckiest dog to have come across this treasure. He insisted on bringing it home, and I didn't have the heart to stop him.

A Different Pool

You've seen Gary in his purple kiddy pool, now enjoy him in a different kind of pool. A heated pool made just for dogs! G loved it! He was lucky to be introduced to it by his friends Striker and Teya.

Complete with stuffed ducks for retrieving.

Video of Gary Swimming In His Pool!

Summer Days (Are Over)

Sweet shot of Gary's jowls dripping with his pool water.

G likes to dig in his pool to find out where the water comes from. While he does this I say, "diggins!"

Nice jowl hooked on the lip of the pool moment.

Sleeping inside after a run on the beach.

I'm sure my boy is looking forward to the cold weather, but not me. Sigh!

Baby Dogue

Gary and I stopped into the vet to hop on the scales.... and low and behold they told us this little guy was coming in in 15 minutes, so of course we had to see him. Luckily Suzanne was with us and had her camera! His name is Hugo and his puppy fur was like silk. What a squeezable sweetie. I hope we get to see him around Halifax to watch him grow and to monitor his jowl development!

The Money Shot

Mastiff Heaven

This weekend was special as we got to visit with our mastiff friends, Striker (French) and Teya (Italian). Never have I been in such Bordeaux bliss! Striker's mom said he didn't get his giant head until he was 2, so here's hoping Gary's will expand. And to those who claim that two male Bordeauxs will not tolerate each other, eat your heart out: