Training Bloggie #16: turn me loose

yah..

i've had a couple more 'funtime' sessions at lake boon

with my cuzin to 'learn how to play"

so my training has become slightly unfair.

 in fact. woo could say.. someone is asking fur it!

all this neener neener neener- woo have your safety gear on

is getting to be a bit much.

see, efurryone knows my cuzin, Norweed

is watcha call a crackah dog.

something happens, a switch flips & he goes nutty!

 

here let me show woo...

did woo hear him?

neener neener neener tula!

TUUULA can't catch me

grr grr grr.

(that's right, he was grrring AT ME!)

oh- AND bit me in the shoulder!!

SO NOT FAIR!

then Khyra emailed me something that

gave me a brilliant idea-r.

she gave me a new theme song:

TURN ME LOOSE BY LOVERBOY

(click 2 listen)

NEXT time, woo bet- turn me loose

let me at him!

a few more photos

he's always chasing this stupid stick.
booring.

lookie, he thinks i'm not gonna do anythang.
did he furget i'm akita-from brooklyn!

see see. he's charging me at full nutty speed.

he does this right in front of me. coocoo.
what is that??!

 then. i have no choice but to take a breakballs.

that' pretty much sums it up.
stay tuned for the turn me loose session!


scratchies,

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1:28:00 AM

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Wordless Wednesdays: the chase is on!

okay, some words.
Training update: Wootie woot! i played with Nordude!
no hackles. no grrs. no arrraarrr. just plain ole funballz.
Mango's next..blahahahaha

(most of woo's have seen nordude's bloggie about our saturday funtimes-
if not, click here fur videos)



go bananas- it's hump day!

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1:34:00 AM

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Training Bloggie #15: Nordude Training

hi bloggie pals,

It's been awhile since the last training update.
 every Saturday i still do the usual, 
head to grad skool with the usual suspects-

except my training doesn't stop therah.   

And then there is my real-life NORDUDE training.

see, one of my goals is to be able to play with my cuzin, Nordude!

...but take a look at this training footage.

it's got me scratchin' my head?? woo'll see.

first i need to give woo the setup.

 remembah a couple of months ago..

we were finally close enough to touch nozes &

i gave his fuzzbutt a thorough examination 

fur the first time. woot woot!

(click here - 4 those who don't know or can't remembah)

both of us were on-leash- mostly b/c 

he luvs to jump his long tennessee leggies right on your head!

and then who knows if i go ruffian on him.

the other day, i tagged along on his walkies-

through the trails and of course, off to the froggie pond,
where he unleashes his mr. berserko-nez on his usual suspects.
see fur yourself- click here. he's coocoo.

well, i become a little unglued when other doggies run around,
well move period. 
my training requires me to practice 'watching' calmly or nicely.
(although sometimes i'm trying to play too- it just doesn't 'look' pretty
-could easily be misconstrued if woo know what i mean)

click on pic 2 biggify.

okay, now fur the actual footage shown below
or click here.

yep, i had to watch HIM have ALL the FUN!

what! how?? who?? huh??

i did move to a shady location & waited patiently.
we're talking 50 minutes until he was finished.
only so much fun woo can watch.

what wasn't shown

-the part when he charged right towards me!

we bumped noses, he ran off so i would chase him.

oh, if only i could chase him! how fun would that be!

( tm showed no hackles, no grr, nothing- she luvs him) 

next time.. thinking i play in the froggie pond & he watches!

yep yep,

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12:44:00 PM

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my date with the mango luv machine

hi bloggiepals,

you heard it right.. got myself a date!
with the one & only relentlessly huge MANGO!

Actually his momma arranged it ..
guess she thought he'd like my large muscle butt.
luckily my photo/videographer assistant, my Aunt Bee (norwood's mommie)
was available to record this major event. yeah!

there were a few other chaperones too.
like Paul the training dude from grad skool.

and both our mommas. geesh.. talk about baggage. no fun!

luv at first sight? or at first bite?

trainer dude thought we should start slow & far apart.

i was trying to luv eye him up. check him up & down.

nevah see anything quite like him before.

guess he's kinda cute.

(live-action version click here) 

training note: click & treated for looking at each other calmly

 but the boy only had luvie eyes for his momma.

 you could tell the paul trainerdude was trying to figure him out...

and i couldn't figure him out either.
what does a girl have to do to get noticed!

so onto plan b:
i'll tell him how i feel!

 there! i'll puff & crumble my lippers at him.
except this only means one thang.

watch out --starting to bubble ovah.
come on- stop looking at your momma~

then.. a few choice hbo words may have popped out.
on accident oops. (not lady-like)

but obviously bubbling ovah means somethang quite different for the Mango. 

i think he's excited.. i mean he shows it in a whole other way.
not sure i'm ready for that- yikes.

guess what? as we got closer..
out came the Mango Luv Song.


click on the photo 4 live action or here.
geepers he hams it up for the camera.

 everything was going good.
until this floof entered the picture.
who invited her?
really? a threesome on a first date-! as if!

all of sudden ..an encore performance took place.
not for me. nope. for miss floofie tail.
(4 live action- click here)

i mean i can look past the sudz,
and his crayon,
and being a momma's boy.

this was most upsetting.
i showed him all my tulaness.. what gives?

so we ended the date there.
i left him a couple more messages outside.
yep!

and then his momma said.. we'll cya in grad skool tula!
bye mango.

oh well..
Massachewsitz boys can't handle a girl from brooklyn.
there's other mangos in the tree.


Happy Memorial Day weekend!
put the hot doggies on the grill & eat'em up..

interested in a few more outtakes:

"i think he's interested" video- click here
"the slobbery waterbowl"- click here
"hey i'm trying to look at the beast"- click here

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10:19:00 AM

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Training Bloggie #14: it finally happened

hi bloggiepals,

You won't believe what you're about to see!
it's been years in the making...

days and days and months and months of training.
duh duh dunnnnnn..

what is it? a breakthrough!
I finally met my cuzin, Nordude nose 2 nose and nose 2 fuzzbutt.

it wasn't planned.

the story goes: one Sunday afternoon,

I was minding my own bidnez headed to the frog pond 

when low and behold.. you know who was heading back!

my mom thought.. huh, let's practice approaching.

watch, although this was furry exciting.. i didn't grr, put my hackles up

or lunge. so we kept moving in closer.

before ya know it, i was right next to him!

that's when i went in to sniff the snouter.

my aunt bee squeaked & pulled Norwood away.

but we did it again,

followed him around the field and

i got a chance to give his fuzzbutt a furry thorough inspection.

not once. TWICE!

he got hot doggies the whole time- so he wouldn't turn around.

kinduv works out fur everybody.

 alright, without further delay.

see for yourself.

we've met again since that time.

sat next to each other for a game of catch the hot doggie!

one goal down.. 

Check!

 next feat-- my private tutorings with the huge one, Mango.

  Happy Pet Blogger Hop Saturday!

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8:37:00 AM

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Training Blog #13: ruffian gone good, maybe?

hi bloggiepals,

every saturday, it's time to be practice being a Good Dog in class!  Mango's momma wanted to know if it actually works-- am i, tula monstah now a converted ruffian gone good? could it be true? and who is this instructor? what is this class? can the Mango sign up?

WEll it's Good Dog 201 I told her.

so she had to see the real deal for herself.

Class starts with targeting practice and then stays.

 Look, i'm on a  15 ft. lead.. might not be the best idea-r.

as mom gulps because you know who is right next to us.

.. isn't the class rule: staring is rude!

ummm  Paul-- norwood's staring.

 

 it isn't all work nope, we play games like Simon Says.

Simon Says jump up and down.  Not me!.. look! there's mommie actin' a fool.

supposedly learning to come when called is most furry important.

hey what's he doing?

(quick you bettah reel me in!)

there's always time for some scratchies

then i put my best luvie eyes on the mango momma

hoping for some of this.. i know she wanted to!

by the end of class me & my goofball cuzin were like BFFs.
(i mean it's taken over 2 years of training to control myself- but see!)
does it matter if i still wanted to take a nibble?

now this leaves the question.. will the RH Mango himself be enrolled in

this intensive training to be a good doggie?

nope, he has other plans.

that doesn't mean she didn't sign this guy up.

RUT ROH!

Stay tuned for a bunch of good dog shananigans 

on NORWOOD Unleashed 

or 

MANGO's Great Adventures bloggies.

Happy POURING RAINBALLZ Sunday!

(big to mango's momma for the pics)

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8:38:00 AM

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