The Top 25 Things Our Dogs Ate in 2009

I posted this on another blog in January. I felt the need to move it here.

The Top 25 Things Our Dogs Ate in 2009.

So this may be a strange thing to blog about, but in know that dog lovers, especially those who have giant breed dogs will get a kick out of this.

So my husband and I own 2 beautiful blue Great Danes. We got our boy when he was 8 weeks old and our girl was adopted from a Great Dane rescue in Southern California. Our boy’s name is Butterball and our girl’s name is Wiggles, ( I commonly refer to her as Wiggles the Destroyer!)

Although Great Danes are noted as being calm, laid back and mostly lethargic, they can also be a handful during their puppy-hood, which unfortunately lasts for 2 years. Please understand, when I say unfortunately, I mean that in the most loving way and kindly use the word as a lead in to the remarkable list of carnage.

So in keeping with the title of this post and hopefully not to disappoint those who are eagerly anticipating a good laugh at our expense, here it goes.

The top 25 things our dogs ate in 2009……………

1. Over 1,100 sq. feet of white carpet (literally pulled from the carpet tacks and destroyed in puppy rage)
2. The linoleum that was hidden under the carpet and immediately offended our 4 legged demolition crew
3. A beautiful modern sectional sofa
4. The corners of an antique china hutch
5. Legs on the matching table
6. Legs on the matching chairs
7. Kitchen cabinets
8. Numerous door jams
9. Large expanses of baseboard
10. Chunks of the kitchen countertop (Tile)
11. Over 20 socks
12. At least 4 pair of shoes
13. Several jackets
14. Sweat shirts
15. T-shirts
16. 2 Comforters
17. 6 Pillows
18. 2 Dog beds
19. 1 solid granite coaster
20. Speakers to a home entertainment system
21. At least 3 large towels
22. Electrical Cords (thank gods we were smart enough to unplug stuff in their reach)
23. Uncounted pieces of mail
24. A dozen or more Starbucks cups (most of them with coffee still in them)
25. many ¾” tile spacers

Now mind you, this is only the top 25 things I can count or remember. The actual carnage from our adorable babies extends far beyond this short list. Our dear, loving, cuddly children seem to take offense to just about anything that catches their eye and once it is in their sights, it’s very existence is doomed.

Don’t get me wrong, these are 2 animals who have been through numerous obedience classes and passed with flying colors. We are on a first name basis at more than one local Petsmart because we are always taking them toy shopping (you think real kids have expensive toy habits!). They receive an unbelievable amount of attention and want for nothing that can be legally provided to them. In short, these two wonderful creatures are our children and are denied nothing!

The good news in all of this, is that we had plans on remodeling our house in a few years. Our built in demolition crew has saved us a great deal of expense in hiring someone to do the demo for us and we actually got to speed up our plans and make some changes to the plans that included more robust materials that would withstand the most testing conditions.

Proposition Eight Follies

Once again my week has been filled with the follies of Proposition 8. Do I mind, not really, in a sense, well maybe just a bit.


It is truly sad when people have to be so involved in the personal lives of others. Groups like NOM preach hate and discrimination against the Gay community, but let's be real on one part, we are fighting for our constitutional right to marry the one we love, but NOM also has the constitutional right to speak their mind about it.

If we want our rights, we must also respect the rights of others, even when we don't agree with them.

Do I mean they have the right to interfere with our ability to marry the one we love, make us second-class citizens ro belittle us just because we are gay?


HELL NO!!!!!

IN my public opinion, these people are nothing more than pathetic, small-minded hate mongers who want to force everyone in the great US of A to live in their fucked-up religious zealot world.

Well my freedom of speech allows me to say "go fuck your selves, you impotent, back woods, pieces of shit".

Yes, I said it and it was my right to do so.

But just as that was my right, they have the same and we must respect their right to say what they want to say. We can only rely on the hope that this country has more intelligent people who believe that equality is more important than personal opinion and who choose to see an end to the oppression of gay rights in this country.

Big hope to balance on, but although I am 100% convinced that society truly sucks in most ways, I try to remain hopeful that one day I will be proven wrong in said assumption.


So let us celebrate the rulings of a well educated, well researched, just Judge Walker and send a prayer that the appellate courts of the 9th circuit and potentially the Supreme Court acknowledges that we are deserving of the same liberties and equality afforde