Lucy Lou: On Bathies

Hey blog readers…this is Lucy Lou and I want to put out a PSA for my fellow pitties (and all other breeds, of whom I will refer to as “honorary pitties”)…

So here it is…Bathies are the DEVIL!

Recently my foster mama took me to the vet’s office to show him how gorgeous I am because I was limping around sometimes and my skin was super irritated. Well, the limping thing was easily solved – I have an old injury that didn’t heal right and is causing me to have something called “arthritis” or “night blindness” or “plantar fasciitis” – I’m not sure, I wasn’t really listening . But I do know that my “condition” is easily remedied by Fish oil and Glucosamine, which means I get peanut butter to take my pills, which means I am one happy girl. But the skin thing? That can only be solved with bathies…ugh.

Considering I am a highly in-demand model, it is difficult to hold off on my many gigs to deal with this skin issue, but what can a girl do? Nobody wants to see a scaly pittie with flaky skin working that runway. No sir! So for now, I am relegated to once-a-week bathies with a medicated shampoo.

ONCE…..A……WEEK! I could die!

How am I supposed to face that scary showerhead snake every week?! Maybe my Valentine Kamanchi can come fight it for me? I am so upset…foster mama seems pretty intent on putting me through this bathies business whether I like it or not. She can be so mean sometimes! But she says it’s for my own good. So…bathies it is. But to show my disapproval of her decision, I vow to attempt to escape the clutches of the evil bathtub at least twice per bathies.

I know that foster mama is just trying to make me feel better, but I refuse to like it…even if the water is warm and my foster mama gives me really good scratchies during the bathies and afterwards I get a scoop of peanut butter.

Hopefully my skin issue is resolved soon and I can go back to less frequent bathies…although I wouldn’t mind if the scoop-of-peanut-butter part stays in place forever…mmmmm….peanut butter….           XOXO, Lucy Lou

If you are interested in adopting Lucy, please check out her Petfinder profile or contact me at {ourwaldobungie@gmail.com}

Friday = Party Time.

Which way to the party?

If you want Lucy Lou to be your very own party girl, check out her petfinder profile or contact me at {ourwaldobungie@gmail.com}

Lucy Lou learns about physical fitness

If you have more than one dog in your house, you have probably noticed that one dog will teach the other dog(s) different tricks and habits they have learned over the years. For instance, Reese is teaching McMuffin and Chick is teaching Dude about how important it is to keep an eye on the neighborhood. Well, Rufus recently taught Lucy Lou about how to stay physically fit. Rufus has always maintained a healthy weight, riding the line between 9 and 10 pounds once he was full grown.He attributes this to several things, including regular walks…

Taking time to relax and enjoy the simple things in life…

And most importantly, Rufus believes in incorporating physical activity into everyday tasks, like taking his meals. Rather than just eating his food out of the bowl, like a normal dog, Rufus will take one piece of kibble and walk it over to the other side of the house to eat it. He repeats this with all of his kibble pieces, making his meal take ten bazillion times longer than everyone else’s. But, Rufus maintains that the extra steps he takes to accomplish this process negates any calories he takes in from his food, thus helping him to remain at a healthy weight. Lucy Lou is taking Rufus’ advice very seriously, taking regular walks and finding time to relax, but she is too impatient to eat her meals one piece of kibble at a time. So instead, she has taken to doing push-ups mid-bite to maintain her muscular physique.

Sigh…the things a girl has to do to stay fit…

If you want Lucy Lou to teach you everything she knows about physical fitness, consider adopting her! Contact me at {ourwaldobungie@gmail.com} to inquire!

Weekends are for birthdays…and sculpture walks.

Yesterday was my birthday…the big 2-8. Daniel knows all about my youngest-child-birthday-expectations, and he always comes through with memorable birthday things. Such as the scavenger hunt which led me all over our house and ended with the discovery of my very own domain name! This is a photo of me after I deciphered the final clue and opened up www.ourwaldobungie.com for the first time…

Obviously there is still some work to be done to get everything moved over, but I was/am very excited! The excitement continued when I opened my new Kindle!

The Kindle was a gift from my parents, so I was on the phone with my mom as I opened it…in case the crazy eyes don’t give me away, I was very, very excited (Rufus assisted with the gift opening). My weekend consisted of catching up with friends, a date with Daniel (that included dates with Ryan Gosling and Joseph Gordon Levitt via film), and finally, yesterday, we did one of my all time favorite Kansas City things with Lucy Lou…we took advantage of the unseasonably warm 60 degree weather with a walk through the Nelson-Atkins Museum Sculpture Park.

We showed her all of the sculptures in our effort to ensure she is a cultured dog…

But of course, being the teenager she is, she couldn’t help but laugh when we showed her the infamous “Shuttlecocks” statues, because come on, who woulda thought shuttlecocks were art?!

After some cajoling, we did manage to get her to pose nicely though…

While I know that Lucy Lou enjoyed our walk through the Sculpture Park, I am pretty sure her favorite part of our little adventure was the car ride…

She stuck her little head out the window and soaked up the sun, although I am sure she was pretending we were driving down the PCH instead of Wornall…

If you want a dog that appreciates the arts and car rides, and you think Lucy Lou might be that girl, contact me at {ourwaldobungie@gmail.com}