~:~:~:The Doggie Thread!!:~:~:~

Wobbie

Piper's not so subtle way of saying "you're not paying enough attention to me, Dad."

Enkidu

Hilarious photos, Rob. They always seem to forget that stuff's hanging out of their mouth. Like we're not gonna notice.

norm

in piper's defense, the paper had it coming

hedonist

I literally laughed out loud at the second photo of her.

Reeks of "What? No bueno?"

RKCNDY

So....after being in his crate (with Little Dog) at the hotel for a few hours while Mr. RK and I were at the Foos show, someone decides that 1:30 am is a great time to ball up his sheet and hump it...

hedonist

Whatta face, RK!

Came upon this cuteness.

People all over the world, join paws, start a love train (a love train)!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFjiQ5lFAIk

Who Princess

Yup, that's in my home town! Here's the story:



This Fort Worth train has gone to the dogs
By Domingo Ramirez Jr

Doggone it, Wally loves his ride.

So do Buddy, Daisy, Jack, Mickey, Ms. Nell, Chubby, Bonnie and Clyde, all former stray dogs who belong to 80-year-old Eugene Bostick of Fort Worth.

The ride, which Bostick built himself, has made the retired Union Pacific railroad employee and his pups viral superstars. After a video appeared on BuzzFeed this week, Bostick and his dog train have attracted thousands of views and calls from all over the country.

“We got a call from New York one morning telling us the video had gone viral,” Patricia Bostick, Eugene Bostick’s wife, said Thursday. “The phone hasn’t stopped ringing.”

All for a dog train built with 55-gallon fiberglass barrels.

Twice a week, with the help of his 87-year-old brother, Walter “Corky” Bostick, Eugene Bostick cranks up his John Deere riding mower, uncovers the cars on the train and takes his nine pups on an hourlong ride.

“Oh, they just love it,” Corky Bostick said. “Every time he takes the covers off, they start jumping and barking, ready for the ride.”

The dogs seem to have a great time, barking and looking around as if they’re taking in the scenery.

Eugene Bostick has had the train for about 15 years, since an idea hit him when he was out deer hunting with a friend.

“He [friend] had one of those barrels and used it to haul rocks,” Bostick said. “I had been using a trailer hooked up to my riding mower to take the dogs for a ride. I thought I could make cars for the dogs, put wheels on them and drive them around.”

It worked.

The Bosticks have plenty of room for the train tour on their 11 acres just north of the Sycamore Creek municipal golf course southeast of downtown Fort Worth.

The Bosticks collected the dogs over the years as strays were abandoned around the property, which is on dead-end streets, or elsewhere. One stray is named Wally because he was found in a Wal-Mart parking lot.

Two dogs stay in the house, two are allowed in the yard, and five stay in a horse barn.

The dog train is stationed near Eugene Bostick’s home. Each car is furnished with pillows, and there is assigned seating.

Elderly Buddy sits right behind Eugene Bostick, while rowdy Bonnie and Clyde ride in the last two cars. Jack and Mickey go together in Car 3. (Mickey was under the weather Thursday, so he didn’t make the trip.)

Wally, in Car 4, has the loudest bark.

Eugene Bostick hooks a wooden ramp to the cars to help some of the older dogs get in.

Bonnie and Clyde, sister and brother, have been known to jump out, so he uses leashes to keep them in the cars.

“The rest have always stayed in their cars for the entire ride,” he said.

The dogs are not the only recipients of the Bosticks’ kindness. Every day, the brothers feed and water goats, rabbits, geese, ducks, fish, cats, squirrels, raccoons and coyotes. They leave out food for more than 30 animals, depending on the season.

The dog train is a passion for Eugene Bostick, who is out with the dogs every week, even if there’s a little snow on the ground. But he doesn’t go out in thunderstorms.

“Oh, I’m in good health,” Eugene Bostick said Thursday. “So I guess I’ll be driving them around for as long as I can.”

Here's another video (sorry about the commercial, can't seem to get rid of it):

http://www.star-telegram.com/news/local/article36382911.html

hedonist

Eugene rocks. We need more of him.

Enkidu

Happy Birthday, Lisa! She's one today.

norm

happy birthday lisa!!

Who Princess

Enkidu said:

Happy Birthday, Lisa! She's one today.

Happy birthday, Lisa! You and I share the big day, sweetheart.

RKCNDY

Enkidu said:

Happy Birthday, Lisa! She's one today.

cute picture!

hedonist

What is that thing on the floor just under the bone?

Looks like a doll got violated.

Also looks like Lisa is a happy girl

Enkidu

Imalive asked the same thing. It's a plastic pumpkin toy (for kids) that had pumpkin seeds attached and you're supposed to plant it and grow pumpkins. We did, but our dog before Lisa, Brian, dug it up. And loved it as a toy. After Brian died, Lisa thought it was the greatest toy ever. It squeaks. But yes, it does look... odd.

Enkidu

Who Princess

^^^ Never seen anything like those. They look a lot more like toys than something to plant.

hedonist

Or...both

Wobbie

hedonist said:

What is that thing on the floor just under the bone?

Looks like a doll got violated.

Also looks like Lisa is a happy girl

that's too funny you mentioned that. Enkidu had emailed me that picture and I thought the exact same thing

Lisa says, "hey mom, check the area before you take your next shot. That thing is distracting people from me!" Also, you can't tell from this picture but Lisa is BIG!

Happy Birthday, sweetie!

Enkidu

Last Lisa pix (for a while). But (after some alcohol last night) we thought it would be funny to put her on my husband's lap.

hedonist

HO. LEE. SHIT.

Amazing what a year will do.

(and bring)

Love it!