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The Auggles Return

For those of you that have George Thoroughgood in your music library, I recommend you put some on now.

I stopped at PetSmart to pick up a tiny harness for The Mythical Harley since they are on sale this month, and while I was there I spotted something that I absolutely, completely, and totally NEEDED for Auggie.
It was this:

So I took Auggie outside, dremelled his toenails, clipped his whiskers and trimmed up his feet, then stuck this shirt on him. Well, the shirt just needed something more… so… I brought out the Auggles.


Ahhhh, my Auggles!


Pretty nice day for a motorcycle ride, actually. A bit warm, but overwise lovely.


“HI MOMMY I HAVE GOGGLES ON.”


Grimly surveys his backyard… I mean, his turf. (Oh God, his dreadlocks… he needs the hair behind his ears thinned out again…)


All is well on the turf! Smile time!


He could do with a shirt that reads “Bitches Love Me” too. Right after I get that one that reads “I’m A Boy Dog.”


People don’t believe me when I tell them “Bad to the Bone” is his theme song – but YOU guys understand… don’t you? DON’T you? I mean, c’mon. Just look at him.


Tuff guy.


This is like some kind of badass Elvis lipcurl. I am related to Elvis, so maybe it rubbed off on Auggie.


He came up on the deck to get a cookie.


Can has cookie plz?

And now I present to you the newest Favourite Auggie Photo/Best Representation Of Auggie’s Personality In One Photo Ever:

There you have it. Auggie in a nutshell.


Farmer’s Market Photos

Well, no Farmer’s Market this weekend. I did take Auggie to a remote for work and could have slapped myself for not taking my camera (I seriously seriously ALMOST took it and decided at the last minute to leave it at home.) There were bales of hay set up and pumpkins EVERYWHERE. Also lots of small children, many of which asked to pet Auggie, and he just ate up all the attention. Some guy took photos of him while I was holding him and asked me a bunch of questions about shelties – then declared “My next dog is going to be one!”
Auggie – Sheltie Ambassador.

Anyway, these are the very few Farmer’s Market photos from last weekend. If the weather stays nice there should be several more weekends of FM trips for us to go socialize and train in public settings with lots of people around.


Waiting patiently while Grandma buys some bread.


Somebody had just said to him “Oh, aren’t you a cute little puppy!”
“Why yes, yes I am!” Auggie says. “Thank you for noticing!”


He kept looking at those flowers, then looking away every time I snapped a photo. Brat!