My mom's new favorite picture of me (for the moment...)

(Woo can biggify fur extra cuteness.)

Wishing everyone a happy day!

Luv,

Cloud

A new enemy in my yard!!!

This is NOT the work of the Evil Squirrel Army! A new enemy has infiltrated my yard - Burrows have been popping up all over our flower beds! They're 2 - 3 inches across, with what looks to be escape holes nearby. Does anyone know what they are??? Mom's pretty sure they aren't moles, because we've had mole tunnels and hills before and know what they look like.

I stick my nose in and sniff, but the critters are always hiding from me...

Another look:

I know they're NOT Prairie Dogs. I know they're NOT Meerkats (BOL!)

Are they some sort of ground squirrel? Some sort of gopher..?

But what perplexes me the most is.......

Why in the world would these critters build a city in MY YARD???

Me??? A RAT TERRIER!!!!

I'm just going to hide here and pretend I'm a tree. Maybe they'll show themselves...

Does anyone know what these things are??? We live in the Midwest. (Iowa)

Luv,

Cloud

Thundershirt Review!!!

In my post last week about the Thundershirt mom got me, I said I would let everyone know how it worked. We had our first thunderstorms of the year last night and early this morning.

And...........

It worked great!!!!!!!

The thunder started shortly after we had gone to bed. I began to shake, so mom got up and brought over the Thundershirt. I was excited because she had me wear it a little bit every day and gave me treats in it, so I already associated it with good things.

As soon as she fastened it snugly around me, I STOPPED SHAKING!!! I was still a little nervous about the loud thunder at first, but I never developed the usual anxiety symptoms of panting and severe trembling! I went to sleep!! We ALL got to sleep, instead of me keeping mom up all night like I used to. (Mom really likes this part!)

Mom and I are both totally in love wiff dis Thundershirt!!! We give it two thumbs and four paws!! If any of you dawgs are skeered of thunder, I highly recommend it. (If it doesn't work, the website says you can send it back, too!)

Cloud's mom here: It was heartbreaking to watch Cloud be so scared of thunder, and it's a huge relief to find something that really works to make him feel better. It's like a miracle!

Luv,

Thunder Cloud the Brave

PS. My mom can't stop laughing about Flat Nigel's adventures. Here's a link to the blog post she wrote about it, if you guys want to read it.

http://kathleen-coy.blogspot.com/2010/04/need-good-laugh.html

I got a Thundershirt!!!

Since we moved to dis house on top of the highest hill around, I've developed a terrible fear of thunder. I know, I know... You say, "Cloud, you're a Wonder Dog. How can YOU be skeered of thunder???"

Well now, Superman has kryptonite, Cloud has thunder. The end.

Some of you may remember my very first poem that I wrote waaaaaay back when I started my blog. I'll give you a hint. It was about thunder.

Seriously, the thunder is twice as loud at this house as our old one in town. It rattles the windows. It splits the sky. It chills me to my bones. My real bones, not my toy ones.

So mom read about dis thing called a Thundershirt, and how it helps dogs be less scared of thunder by putting gentle pressure on their torso, like a constant hug.

Hmmm...I like hugs!

We went outside fur to take some good photos of it.

Here I am looking very suave:

I LOVE my Thundershirt!!! Look at me, I look INVINCIBLE!!!

I'm multi-tasking - looking cute and focusing on something at the same time!!

I see you!!!

"How YOU doin'..??"

Cloud Suave is on the loose. Easy now, grrrrls... ;-)

We haven't had a thunderstorm yet, but I'll give a report on my thundershirt when we do.

Luv,

Cloud the Brave, no matter what he's wearing. Except in a thunderstorm. Until now.

The Max Project

To all those who were involved in The Max Project, a huge

THANK YOU,

and

WE LOVE YOU!!!!

For anyone who's interested, my mom posted about Max in South Africa's painting on her blog today for those who want to read the story behind it.

http://kathleen-coy.blogspot.com/2010/03/max-in-south-africa.html

We're so happy and excited, and we love all our blogging friends!!!

Luv,

Cloud and his mom

Hows about a nice big bowl of SQUIRREL???

I know I want some!!!

Look at him, all served up in a nice big bowl of dirt! YUMMY!!!

You know a suave dog like me has the finest gourmet tastes!

Here I am on the lookout fur more squirrels...

Ever vigilant, always alert fur the enemy...

Don't worry mom, I will keep you safe from those evil creatures...

Luv,

Cloud

It feels like Spring!!

We finally had a day of sunshine! After weeks of cold and rain and overcast days, it was 50 degrees today!

See dis? Dis is the LAST of our snow! Yep, it's all gone. Even dis pile has melted away since mom took the picture earlier today. And tomorrow is supposed to be 60 degrees!!! Smell ya later, winter!!!

Sunny days are good fur running outside.

And good fur posing fur mom and the camera.

(Mom says the camera loves me. Well of course it does! I mean, why wouldn't it..?)

Sunny days are good fur checkin' the treetops fur enemy squirrels...

And good fur lookin' cute by the woodpile.

**excuse mom while she "squees..."**

In other news, I've been tagged by my good furiend Olive. So I'm supposed to show the 10th photo in my file and tell you about it...

Well folks, I'm stunned and disappointed to report that the 10th photo is none other than a squirrel. Not just any squirrel, but Gigantor! If you missed it, you can read about him here.

Well, that's all fur now. Hope everyone is enjoying nice weather. I also hope no one was traumatized by the above photo. It's a reminder to all dogs that the War on Squirrels is serious business. Bark on, my brothers and sisters. Bark on.

Luv,

Cloud

It's really melting!!!! (squee included!)

Hi furiends! The last time I blogged, I showed you dat here in SiberIA, my yard still looked like dis, wiff only a tiny little bare patch of ground where the snow had melted.

By the next day, the bare patch had started to grow:

Over the next few days it grew some more!

Til it looks like DIS!!!

My yard is a glorious, soggy, MESS!!!

Much easier fur jumpin'!

Green things starting to grow...

Last chance at Snowwalking. (Dis drift was 4 feet tall a couple weeks ago!)

Mom's garden stuff is a mess, BOL!

So much out here fur me to patrol, I'm in a hurry!

I always have the time to look cute, though.

It's what I do...

Luv,

Cloud the Wonder Dog.

Saving the world through Suaveness and Squees.

Look what I found!!!

OMD, you guys! Do you see it?

I almost forgot what it looked like...

BARE GROUND!!! Wiff NO SNOW on it!!!

Fur those of you who don't realize the momentousness of dis, try to understand that my yard has been BURIED under deep, cold, nekkid belly freezing SNOW since the beginning of December 2009. THREE MONTHS STRAIGHT!!!

Dis little patch is the promise of Spring!

Of course the rest of my back yard still looks like DIS...

The two and three feet drifts will take a while to melt. Which lets me practice my Wonder Dog skills of Snowwalking.*

and Snowrunning...

See how deep dis snow is here? I didn't even fall through once!!

EARS!

Ever popular T-Rex impression. (rawr)

Mom says it's warming up and the snow won't last much longer.

No more snow: no more snowwalking!

Yeah, yeah... it really breaks my heart!

Come on mom, lets go inside... my feets are freezing!!!

Luv,

Cloud

*(For those who don't know, Snowwalking is the feat of walking on top of ice-crusted snow and not falling through.)

PS. Mom still doesn't have the time to blog regularly, sorry we haven't been around much.

xoxox

Quick update, wiff VIDEO

Hi everyone! Dis is just a quick post because Mom's been SO BUSY, which is why we haven't been around much. I really don't understand, because helping me type is really important, (as anyone wiffout thumbs knows), more important than anything else I can think of, except playing and walks and cuddling wiff me.

In dis video, you will want to look fur these video highlights:

Snowwalking/running.

I peek around the island after mom lets me inside, to make sure she's following me.

Extreme cuteness.

Toy carnage on the floor.

And a WINK at the very end!

Luv,

Cloud

PS. Music is Brandenburg Concerto #1, by Johann Sebastian Bark. They don't call me Cloud Suave fur nothin,' baby!

I can do dis!!!

I can survive the worst winter in 30 years. So what if I haven't seen bare ground in going on 3 months! So what if I have a nekkid belly! I are a Wonder Dog.

I have:

Steely Resolve.

Gritty Determination.

Unwavering focus.

And unending cuteness...

I'm a Terrier, fur barking out loud. We can do anyfing!!!

What did Tank tell me? Oh yeah, Be like a Sibe...

Be like a Sibe...

Be like a Sibe...

I am one wiff the snow, I am one wiff the snow, I am one wiff the snow...

I have achieved oneness wiff snow.

What are you looking at????

(SQUEEE!!)

Luv,

Cloud

PS. Mom is really impressed wiff my new found tolerance of the snow.

PPS. We are behind on reading blogs, sorry we haven't been around much lately!