We have "company" at the Ranch ...

[Cinder & Smoke]

RE-Uppie-Date ... Moments of PANIC that turned out (sorta) OK ...

Uppie-Date ~
July 3 > July 11, 2008 (or there-abouts) ...
Lil Miz HEIDI has moved in for the week ... Let the *PHUNN* begin!
New Visit starts in Post #32 >>>

Thurzday Nite (in June of 2005):
Dad sez "Herrow ... SURE B, we'll take her! Be rite over."

Where we goin, Dad?

Minnits later *YIPP *YAPP* ... Dis is Amos' Howze!
(Seemz "B" wuz kookin dinner kuz he wuz alone -
Dad helped kleen up da extras!) WE wuz stuck inna Bus!

Lil while later da Missuz pulled in wiffa SoftBall Playin Dawter ...
da reason we wuz dere.

Few minnitz later, Dad starts haulin out *stuff* ...
Wicker Baskit Bed anna tub a Krunchies ... inna trunk.

?? Amos won't fit in DAT!
Den lil Heidi pranced out onna Zip-Leash ...
EBBERbuddie outta da bus ta say "Hellow"!

Big Amos wanted to PLAY - so Cinners & SmokeMutt did sum
*rippin* and *tearin* round da yard wiff him ...
Bowz sed "Howdie" ta Lil Heidi.

So da *skoop* is: Mom, Dad, an SoftBall Dawter wuz leavin fur
New Joizy at real DARK:Thirty ta get to da SoftBall Tourney ...
Mite not be back till Sunday Nite - late.
Big Brudders werkin an chazin Gurlz - not too ree-liabul fur tendin
to da lil MuttSis ...
Big Amos kan feed hizzelf an stay inna yard purdy gud -
('lektric Fence Collar werkz great wiff him)!

Ebberbuddie thunk SUMbuddie asked da relatives to take Heidi -
NUNbuddie made da call! Anna relatives took a powder - not home!
Call Phred!

Load Up!
Da Lil Squiwrt got ta ride inna frunt seat so'z she dint get *squwirshed*!

We'z HOME - Hey KAT - >Lookit< whut we brung ya - LIL kid ta play wiff!!

Lil Heidi wuz here a year or so ago - fur a Day Stay - so da Kat haz
seen her affore - an since Heidi LIVES wif Three LIL Kittiez ...
da BIG Kat anna LIL Dawg dint seem too *stressed* ta see each udder.

Dad got sum *snappiez* ~

Lil Heidi an SmokeMutt >>>





Here's Bowz, aftur jest gettin a *Noze Punch* inna ribz by Heidi -
her invite ta *Romp* & *Run* >>>



Bowz: "Duz dis lil Mutt EVER just "walk"??" (Answer = NO!")


Heidi:
"HEY! Whut'z dis gud *Squeeky Toy* doin hidin unnder dis chair?"





*SQUEEK* ~ *SQUEEK* ~ *SQUEEK* ~
Dat PT Gift Box *Squeeky* nebber been *Squeek'd* dat much
since day day it got here!!





*Squeek Break* ~ Heidi put da Squeeky down -
da <*BARK*> atta naybur's HORSES inna pasture behind da houwze ...
Anna Donkey hadda start "Braaaayin" back at her!





Uhhh-Ooooh... Where'd *Squeek* go??
She >tossed< it while on a dead run around the living room ...
*Squeek* wound up outta sight inna chair!





Boots wuz so *stressed* wiff Heidi he wuz layin onna hearth
the whole tyme she wuz *rippin* round da livin room (rite past da Kat)
**SQUEEKIN** da toy!!



(*Fuzzie Foto* kuz Dad *shot* inna hurrie - DAD din't know da Kat
wus eben IN da room!)

[slick]

Wow, what a great time you are all going to have this weekend. Dawg bonz all around.....

Heidi, you are so sweet and I just know that you are going to be spoiled while you are there.

[gemini9961]

Sounds like it's going to be a fun weekend for everyone. Heidi is a cutie.

[shais_mom]

sounds like someone will be BIZZY!

[Cinder & Smoke]

Last Nite - BigBed Tyme ...

Dad set up Heidi asside da TV stand inna Bunk Room ...
Uzed her lil Zippy-Leash tied to da Baskit handel ta give her a
kuppla feet to wiffout havin too much ta da Kat.
Ebberbuddie makin"Zzzzz" noizez...

Almost sunny-UP tyme ...
We onna BigBed feel a ka-ThUUmp! anna lil ball of
*Squirmin FEETZ* landz onna Two-Dawg/Wun Dad heap onna BBed ...

"OOOOOOF!" sez Dad ....
Eeee-Yipes!" sez SmkeMutt ...
OMG! - **KAT**! sez I ...

"HI!" sez Heidi ... "been tryin ta get ober here ALL nite ...
Durn Zippy-Winder woodint "trip" an let me loose!"

Dad'z "KAT - jump up here wiff a lil more CARE wiffa feetz!"

Uhhh, Dad ... Dad ... Wake UP, Dad ... it'z not da KAT ...
Careful, Dad ... yur gettin all inna Zippy-Leash!

Bout by den lil Heidi wuz jumpin Up & Down on Dad'z TUMMIE;
an hiz face-bonez like a Lolly-Pop!

Dad figgered maybe she needed an "outie" (We 'member her Mom
sed sumpin bout DEY all getz up UR-lee - sumpin Dad duzzint do!)
So we all stumbelled to da door an gotta Sun-Rize Outie!!

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Heidi izza "Lappie-Dawg" ...
When ebber Dad sitz down;
Miz Heidi wanderz by, cocks her hed, den duz a lil Paw-Spring an
<> - she'z STANDIN in Dad'z Lappie!!
(An usually passin out Face-Warshin **KISSEZ** a mile-a-minnit!)

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Da KAT iz *bigger* dan lil Heidi!

Dad wuz gettin reddie ta jump on Odd Job to tow Woody around fur
him ta up da grass; so Dad wuz inna Baffroom "powderin up"
whenna *KLAPP* a Thunder hit ...
FOUR Dawgz anna KAT showed up in half a heart-beet inna Baffroom ...
"KOOZIE" it wuz!

Da Kat wuz hiz way thru da Pile a Dawgz trying
to jump onna vanity fur a lil snack ...
Boots an Heidi wuz side-by-side - OMG!!
Da KAT iz an inch taller; an SEVERUL inchez *WIDER* than lil Heidi!!

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Heidi dont take no *stuff* frumma KAT!

She's a "nibbler" - so Dad had her lil Krunch Kup inna puter room;
puttin it onna desk tween her eatin a byte or two every so oftin.

Kup wuz onna floor, rite asside Dad, an Heidi wuz takin a byte or two ...
In walkz da KAT an down a foot frumma kup ...
a bit closer ... Heidi gibz him "Da !"

Kat's a lil *s*l*o*w* ... He in towardz da kup fur a byte ...

Heidi turnz her hed, her lip, an sez a lil "Grrrr!!" ...

Bootz iz SLOW, but not STOOPID ... he wandered off!

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He went out ta play Mow-da-Grass wiff Odd Job & Woody -
an left Heidi's Krunch Kup onna desk ...
Later, whilst Dad wuz Ba-Ha-in round da yard on OJ;
Lil Heidi sed she wuz HUNGREE - "Where'z my Krunch Kup???"

Think it'z up onna desk, Kiddo ... Hafta wait fur Dad ta comes in ...
She *SPRINGS* up onna puter chair ...
den *SPRINGS* up ONNA desk!!

"I dont see it up here!"

Mite be burried unner sum papurz by now ...

"OK - Ill check!" ... - -
(Papurs flyin off desk like a Tornado hit da room!)

"OK- I gotz it!" - -

(Wait till Dad seez DISS!)

[gemini9961]

Oh my sounds like the little Heidi is quite the brave one getting on the desk for some food. A little mischievious (sp?) it sounds like.

[Cincy'sMom]

Sounds like it will be an exciting weekend at the ranch!! Heidi is a cutie!!

[Rachel]

Originally posted by Cincy'sMom
Sounds like it will be an exciting weekend at the ranch!!

Yup, that's what I was thinking too. Not a dull moment this weekend and it looks like Dad will have all the kissez he needs. Nothing like an Early Riser to turn the tables on a bunch of Night Owls either. Open them peepers and enjoy that first bird song and the light just skimming the horizon.

Our Dad and Hannah are the Night Owls here, with Mom and Tucker being the Early Risers.

Heidi is precious.

[Randi]

Phred, you'll have a lot to see to this weekend, but it sure will be fun! Heidi seems to fit right in, she is a sweet girl.

Boots, do what you can to keep them all in control! ..... btw, what ARE you eating? - or should I ask, how often? You have grown so big!

Have a great time, all of you!

[Ginger's Mom]

Oh yeah, you are in for a fun weekend, Phred. Thanks for the update, Cinder, keep them coming.

[Cinder & Smoke]

"phunn weekend ..."
"exciting weekend ..."

Iffin ya only knew ...

Poor Dad ~ He's been know ta have a Brane PH@RT ebery
wunst inna while ...
He had a reelee *STINKY* wun last nite ...

Bout wunna-klok ... WE all thunk it wuz past BigBed Tyme...

"Wunna go *OUT*??"
Zzzzzz...t ... HUH? "OUTIE"?? ... Sure, guess so ...
Four *sleepie* dawgs stumble to da door...
Dad jest >opinz< da door - NO Zippy-Leashes or tethers ...
he jest >opinz< da door ...

DAD! Arn'cha FURGETTIN the "stay close" stuff??

"Naw ... yur all too *sleepie* ta wander off ... Stay Close!"

OUT we go ...
Bowz WUZ so *sleepie* Dad hadda him down da stepz ...
Smoke ran out, did a Quickie-Pee, and ran rite back inside an lay down ...
I took off ta check fur Kritterz by da pond ...
Bowz had *watered da bush* an wuz headed in ta lay asside SmokeMutt ...
Lil Heidi kept *cockin her hed* an *lookin* at Dad ... "Are you NUTZ?"

"Go ON, Heidi - GO PODDY!"

Heidi wuz a few feet past where da Zip-Line shudda stopped her ...
When da Bull-FROG hollered ... *Zoomie* an she takes OFF!
I seen da two lil eyeballz *streak* past ...

"CINDER ... HEIDI ... C-mone IN!"

I stepped up onna porch ...
Uhhh, DAD! Didja furget whut her Mom tell'd ya ~
She likes to go FROGGIN by the pond at nite."

Dad startz *HOLLERIN* - "Heidi - COME!!"

Dad heads fur da pond ...
DAD! Yur not *wearin* verry much!! Whut'll da nayburs think!??

"Sun-uvva-____!"
He ran in ta toss on jeans anna hard-feetz ...
Back towardz da pond - *HOLLERIN*!

SmokeMutt an da Bowz boff had Panik-Attacks wiff allua *hollerin* -
dey wuz inna bunkroom ...
Kat'z inna frunt window - da phunn ...

"C-mone, Cinnerz; go FIND her!!

Off we went - round da pond twice tymes...
Heard a LOTTA "excited" Froggy-*CROAKIN* ... an a lotta
Froggy-*Splisshin* & *Splashin* ... but NO Heidi "talkin" ...

Back inna Howze fur a room-by-room check (MAYBE she *snuk* back in??)
NOPE!
Dad getz da 'lektrik lite stick outta da Bus ...
Nudder Pond-Check = NUFFIN.

Dad! Maybe we otta uze da BUS - found Bowz wiffa Bus da
last tyme HE went huntin ...

OFF we go inna Bus - UP & Down da road ...
LOTTA "lil eyeballz" out at nite ... a Kat, few Rakky-Koonz, anna 'Possum -
NO lil Min Pins ...

Pulled inna driveway ebery tyme we passed da Ranch ...
*HONK* da honker an Dad *Hollerz* ... NUFFIN ...
(cept a LOTTA Froggy-Talk around da pond).

Dad'z thinkin we otta go back out onna Footz ...
pull inna drive agin ...
Dad'z *talkin* to da Big Guy Upstairz ... more "Wild Promissez" ...

We'z backin da Bus inna barn when da litez pick up two
lil *eyeballz* - headed back frumma pond ...

Dad! yur door ...
**Zoomie** an da Missin FurKid hopz up on Da'z lappie ---
wiff a verry *soggy* bamdanna an two wet, muddy frunt pawz!

SHE dint get no *treet* when we gotz uppystairz!
Dad sed she wuz prolly fulla Frog Legz!
*I* got THREE Bisquitz!

Dad *check'd her ober* REEL gud - no injuriez ... jest a lil MUDD!

WELLLL, dat wuz **PHUNN**!

Our "quick outie" turned inta a HOUR anna Half "Adventure"!!

Wunder whut'z *UP* fur Tooday??

NEBBER a "dull moment" at da Ranch!!

[kittycats_delight]

Oh NO !!!! That Lil Heidi is a nawtee girl. But I bet she had fun frog hunting. LOL So much for a quick potty break huh? I bet after that adventure last night lil miss nawtee pants wasn't up to early this morning for another one.

Quite an adventurous weekend. I think you will all need a vacation for this fun stay with lil miss nawtee.

[Cataholic]

Poor Phred.....maybe a little TOO exciting at the ranch, eh?

[lizbud]

Amos sure is a big guy & very handsome too. Guess heidi didn't
read all the rules about late night outies. Those darn frogs were
way to tempting.Your visitor Heidi looks like a ball of energy. Have
fun ya'll.

[Rachel]

OMG (and I don't use that term lightly)! Having a guest visitor (Miss Rita) here myself right now, I'm knowing the heart stopping panic that hits when your charge makes a break for it. Well I should clarify that Miss Rita hasn't done it yet this time, but she's done it before and we have positioned eyes in the back of our heads to check her where abouts every time we open the front door. Rita is small and moves like a bat of of hell.

Instead of using the *come*, have you ever tried *treats, ebberbuddie...treats* or one that used to work real good *cheese*. Some really special food that they don't get too often, but often enough to associate the word, is sometimes an enticement to do a 180 degree turn and head back to the house. But the deal is if you call out the name of it and they come, you gotta produce. Fair is fair.