We like our new Food Very much, thank you.

The only problem is that I always let my food set all day and then I would go in my crate and eat just before bed. But now when I get my food as Brunch around 11am I eats it all. Then when I go in there at night to eat it is all gone. I will have to get used to that. I really think since it is good food we should get twice as much. But Mom says we too fat now.

Nails Likes it and it makes her feel so good, she has been playing tug of war with me and everything. So glad she found a food she could eat that makes her feel good.

Coffin in Basement

Mom and Dad carried in this white Coffin and put it in the basement last night. Then today Daddy made wires go to it. Then he held up the lid and made Mom get in it. We did not like her getting in it. Then a bright light came out of it and hurt our eyes. It was very bright and Mom was stuck inside and could not get out. We was so worried about her. We licked her fingers and we tried to help her, but she shooed us away and then she told Dad we had to get locked out of the room cause we might burn our eyes. It was HOT and it was cooking Mom.

We not understand why Dad wanted to Cook Mom. We not like that thing at all. Mom was all happy about it, and she thanked Dad for making wires go to it. I think maybe we will have to watch her cause she might get in there again, and she might get cooked. It was really scary. I just hope they not put us in there..

new food

Mom found us a new food at Wal-Mart. Says it natural but that not usually matter.. Wheat and Barley Gluten is natural. Nails is allergic to Gluten and she can not get on bed, in truck, or on couch if she has gluten. We likes Purina One and it made us so shiny, but it hurts Nails.

Mom keeps trying new foods to find kind we like that Nails can eat. We had a nice one but we not like it, and only eat it after we very hungry. Mom says we need to like our food so we can be happy when we get it. Not just eat it cause we have too. Nails felt good eating the old kind but it not make us happy.

So she got this new kind we tried it this morning, and we both ate it right away. We looked at it and at Mom for a min, like what's this? Then we tried it and we ate it all. All is not very much cause we small. But we fat so we not needs much. Maybe we like this kind the label says it has no allergy ingredients in it. Mom read the label n it had no gluten grains in it. Now we just have to see if we keep liking it, and if it keeps our shine..

New Thing

Mom gave me this new thing, It was on her pants to hold them up. A soft string, It came out of the pants, Mom says it broke. It is purple. She was playing and she tied it in a knot and put it around my neck. Now it is MINE. It smells like Mommy.

I know she loves me best cause she gave it to me. I am not a fag it is the best, purple or not. It hangs down so I can play with the end. She took it off me and put it on Nails the other day and It made me really mad. It is mine. I barked and griped and danced on her until she put it back on me.

Then Dad took it off and I laid on it until Mom picked it up, then I shoved my head in it. I just do not understand why they want to take it off, She gave it to me and it is all mine. Dad says it does not need to be on me. But If I have my way I will keep it.

Mom says when they go on vacation and we goes to Grandma's that It will have to be off then cause the other dogs will pull on it and be mean to me with it. Or that it will cause fights. I just want to keep it.

(Min Pins are so funny, My brothers female is like this. When they were all getting new collars she was waiting for hers, and then when she got it my brother took it off and it really made her mad.)

Tomorrow is a stay at home alone most of the day, day. I just know.

Larry went home last night to see his ol lady. We do not know Twyla very well cause they have big dogs that would eat us so we can not visit their house. Mom says not to talk about their dogs cause their neighbor made them get rid of 2 of their dogs cause they were part pit bull, n he turned them in. I think they did something bad though before he did. I know Mom was scared of them enough that we could not go visiting there. They were friendly enough with people but she did not think they could play with us. They still have a big Rottweiler. He is still too scary for Mom even though he is getting old. She says he is fine for her and Dad but not for us.

I would show him, I would whip him good, I would go for his throat and kill him. Mom says that is why he would eat me. I really hates big dogs..

Larry is staying in the basement while he works at a local power plant, they live pretty far away and he could not drive every day, so he stays in the basement for a couple of months. I like him, he has these popcorn puffs that he shares with Nails and I.

The sexy black/n/tan neighbor Min Pin female went past for a walkie this morning. She not go walkie past here very often, she had on a sexy red sweater and I saw her leave p-mail in the neighbors yard. I sure would like to go check her p-mail. I barked at her but she ignored me.. I know she could hear me through the window... We walkie past her yard sometimes and she barks at us when she is out, she can come out whenever she wants cause she has a little Doggie door. I wants a doggie door too, but we not have one, Mom says it takes too much heat n A/C. Then we would have to have 2 of them to go through the screen door an the regular door.

I love my new Cow toy. It is hard plastic but it Moooosss. I love to take my foot and flip it, I bark at it. I carry it around. Nails gets tired of me barking at it and she growls and snaps at me. I think she just jealous cause I having fun. I's ignore her. I wish I could figure out how to make it Moo my self, like I can my squeaky toys.

Dad has this little black dog that flips over an barks. I hate it, I trys to kill it. He pets it and I grab its fur and pull, I really hates it. It not smell alive, but Dad fed it one of my treats, I know he did. I just wish I could kill it. I like my Cow though..

I setting here getting my quality time with Mom, Morning computer time is the only time Mom sets still so I can be with her, She says I hot, but she loves me so she just lets me roast her leg. In the evening I sets with Dad cause once he sets down he stays down, I crawl under the blanket with Him and Nails n we sleeps. I not understand how Mom sets with out a blanket, n she is hot. Mom is always hot.

We is thinking about vacation, I go to Grandma's with Sassy and Nails n we stay for 2 weeks at least. Now that the mean cat got ran over by a car, I will be much happier. Grandma had a mean cat that would set on chairs and jump off and grab us, He would corner me and slap me, I was always scared. When I got home It took me a week to relax. But now he is gone, so I not have to worry about him no more. He never slapped me with his claws, just his feet, but it scared me. He was mean.

Barney

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We got up and Mom made her breakfast. I was able to set with her cause no taxes in the way. Then I got down to lick the plate and Nails had the gaul to take my seat. I showed um, I got right up in Moms lap between her and the computer. Then she shoved me over to the side, like I was nothin. So I began my work. We made Mom hot and sweaty. At that time I was pushing on Nails. I pushed and pushed... She might weigh more than me, but she a wuss.. I pushed her right out of my seat and got my place back. I was tired of those 3 days of tax papers taking my seat, so there was no way I was going to let Nails take my seat.

Dad at Work. He had to get some paperwork done today, and he says Mom's phone not answer his calls. I not sure why. It not even show missed calls. Going to have to go to verizon and ask them about it.

Well I better get some stuff done, time to go out and Pee and then eat my breakfast.

Mommie all Done taxin. I so happy now I can set by her when she computers. Boy I tell you she was on computer from out of bed to now. Then Dad come home and wants to know whats for supper. I was so proud of Mom, she did not get mad or yell. LOL. It is much cheaper to file with the online program through Jackson Hewett then to go to a store.

Mom has not time to type for me. She says taxes suck and stress her out and she has no time for typing. I can not type, Dog feet just do not work for that. I tell you what. I be glad when she done taxing. Suppose to get done this evening. But she wants to go in basement and run in place and then go to bank and shopping. Sigh..

home

We are home. What a long weekend, n it still not over. Sassy was so happy she got new bird food this evening. We was hungry for our food when we got home, the camper food is not as good as our food, even though it is the food we used to eat. The no grainer biscuits are good at either place.

It was so muddy at Grandpa H's house, that we had to stop to have feets wiped off every time we went out. I hates feet wiping it so sucks. Mom & Dad shot this board setting on a fence. I do not know why they were mad at the board, but they shot the heck out of it. I do not mind the shooting but Nails is so scared she wants to hide. I just stay back some cause it hurts my ears to get close.

We only got to see Grandma R for a little while, cause she left with Mom and Dad n we stayed at her house with REO and Alice. We had a Min Pin party.

Sassy never went to see Grandma W cause she was not along when they went. I can not go see Grandma W cause I bark at all the old people in the nursing home, and Nails can not go cause she is so friendly she scratches them trying to love them. If she could just keep her feet off and only use her tongue. She does ok till they reach out and then she scratches cause she gets so excited. Sassy is good in the nursing home and she sets on G W shoulder and loves on her.

Well I am tired, we gets to lay around all day tomorrow cause they going to go to Cabalas..

Taxes

Mom hates taxes, she gets all stressed out every year, she sets in floor with papers spread out all around her and we not allowed to walk on papers or get inside the paper ring unless we sneaks in and lays down and gets quiet. But then someone come to door, or make noise outside and we runs to bark and we spread papers, so we usually not allowed inside the paper circle. If we sneak in then we gets in trouble when we run out.

Sassy bird loves the papers and she likes to climb down from her perch and walk on them and beak them. It is so not fair that she gets to do whatever she wants and we have to stay out of the circle. That bird always gets whatever she wants, she gets on our humans plates and eats what she wants when she wants. If she is not on their plate she gets first choice out of the plate into her bowl. If she did not have that big beak. We could whip her for that.

I so glad when Mom done with taxes, she relaxes.

Does Mom need a Gun?

Well Mom is going to take this class that will let her apply for a conceal and carry gun permit. She says when we go walkie in the parks that she carries one anyway, and it would be nice to be legal. She says we not big enough to protect her.

We used to have foster Kids when we lived in Illinois, so she has already had a heck of a background check and is fingerprinted. She does not remember doing anything between now and then that would change it.

She says people with legal Conceal Permits are much more careful about the laws, because they know that if they screw up they will loose their permit, and no one with a permit that uses it wants to loose it.

I really think I could protect her just fine. I am big bad and mean. Everyone should be scared of me. I just do not understand why when I am being mean people laugh. It just makes me madder. Sometimes we walk with Sassy bird in a baby stroller in her travel cage. It is too much stuff to take along when we drive to the walkie places, but when we walk at home and it is warm out she gets to go along. We have been known to get hot and tired and get in the bottom of the stroller and take a nap. Talk about a good deal, if Mom wants to go too far we just cheat n ride in the stroller, it carries our water too.

Someone said we need to get some Doggie mace and carry it along. The neighbor lady with the black pug says she carries it. She says a loose dog could hurt us. She told Mom that with two Dogs and a bird in a stroller that she would not be able to protect us all from a stray loose dog, so she should carry Doggie mace. She agrees but has not remembered to pick any up. Mom says she would rather mace a mean dog than shoot it.

Dad says he is not going to get a CCW (conceal & carry permit) because he is afraid he might want to use the gun. Mom thinks he is silly, she says that he is not mean. But they go everywhere together anyway, so Mom will protect him. The thing is that when we walkie Mom never takes any money along, the only thing of value she has is us, and her phone. I guess bad guys do not think of that.

Barney.

To Fence or not to Fence?

I just want you all to know that fence is the only and best. If you have those collar things like these one dogs on our walks have it is ok, but it is not good for little dogs.. Big loose dogs can just walk in your yard. Now I know I am not alone when I say any big dog that comes in my yard is going to get a whippin to beat all whippin's. I will kill them, I am big, bad, and mean. This presents a problem because I am not really a full sized Pincher Like I think I am. I once was in the front yard and I jumped on the head of a Pitt Bull that was walking by with their human. Mom was so Mad at Dad for having me loose in the front yard. She said I was very lucky that the Pitt Bull was just a puppy and thought I was playing. But I know I whipped him I did.

Once We were in the back yard and a big black lab was loose and he and I threatened each other through the fence, I told him to get away. Mom came out when she heard us and made us go back in the house, he was big enough he could have jumped the fence if he had got mad enough. We still do not get to be loose in the back yard when our humans are not home, we have a big cage in the back yard with a floor and shade and a house and even a roof so we are safe there, so if they go on weekend biker rides we stay there, safe from big dogs. Mom still worries she says, silly Mom. The neighbors watch our water bowls and our food dispenser, They have even been known to throw treats in when no one was looking.

I love my fence, it gives us a place to run and play and poop. We can be out for a while if we want, We can get in the flower beds when no one is looking. We just have it made. I race the neighbor kids, I am so FAST that they can not even beat me when they are on their bicycles. You should have seen this one kid. Mom was on the porch and she heard them. They had a bet going, that the new kid could not beat me to the end of the fence with his bicycle. He LOST. Mom was laughing.. I am so FAST.. That kid saw me and he thought there is no way that little dog can out run my bicycle. I showed him..

We are not even mentioning the dangers of cars and trucks and traffic. So even if you live in the country we can get out on the road and get hit by a car.. We can wonder off and get ate by a coyote, or a hawk. We are your friend, your best buddy, your pal.. Make sure we are as safe as you can make us. If you take risk with our little lives we will do something stupid and then we are gone. Once we are gone you can not take it back. Sure you might have learned and put up a fence for the next one, but that does not help the one you lost. I love my fence, I can still see out, and I am as safe as they can make me without going overboard.

If you are worried about how a fence looks, and you have money, they make fences with glass centers that you can see through, Mom saw them on one of the home shows on TV. You just have post every so many feet with glass in between. Then your yard is still OPEN looking. There is always a way.

Take care of your selves, Barney.

Today

Mom made some really nasty rice noodles and we did not like them, even Sassy the noodle freak did not like them. They were cooked in turkey broth and Mom said she was going to add GarGum to thicken it but that she had her Cream of Tartar in the same kind of container, and got the wrong one. She put it in there and made the noodles taste sour. They went in the garbage disposal.

She blames it on some Aunt Flow who is always visiting, but we never see her. I wish I could find her so I could whip her. She is bad. Always makes Mom either an air head or makes her all grouchy and stressed out.

I really do not think it is this Aunt. What I think is that Mom gets that way when she comes in heat. Cause I can tell, that is when she acts funny. It is not fair cause when Nails used to come in heat they locked her up in her kennel and only let her out for bathroom breaks. She got used to it. Then one day she went away and came back with a big sore on her belly and she smelled different, now she does not come in heat. Maybe Mom should do that it would be a lot less stressful on her. Humans do the strangest things.

Sassy bird gets all grouchy one time of the year and even though her smell does not change as much, it does some, and I can tell that why she is that way. Then her and Mom will fight and she will bite for no reason at all. We guys are so lucky, we do not have that at all. Dad and I do just fine together. I glad I a boy.

This is Mim's She was Grandma's R's girl, she Went over the rainbow bridge the same day as Grandpa R did. Coyotes got her when she want for a walk. It was very very sad for Grandma.










This is Millennium Mechanic, or Mech. Pronounced Mac. He was also eaten by a coyote. He was out walking in the woods with Dad and chased a deer off. Nails was along that day and she saw what happened, she was scared for days Mom said it could have been a Hawk that got him too, cause we never found him and our tracking buddy dog would loose the scent and could not pick it back up. He was with Mom and Dad before I came. I think I am here cause he is gone. Dad heard him scream, and then he could not find him. He found Nails fast, but never found Mech.





This is Alice in Chains, she is getting a little old, but she is still alive. She is Uncle Jeffrey's girl. She was along with Mim's when the Coyotes got her, but she came home ok.

More Min Pin Family

Family Min Pins.

The dogs on the pink pillow. The little black one is "Little Bit" she is my real full blood litter sister, she was the runt. She almost died, and took forever to get some weight. She lives with the Big Fat brown Min Pin at the top. He is Coco and he is Nails real blood half brother, they have the same Sire. They live with our Grandma and Grandpa Hill, Daddy's parents, so they must be our aunt and uncle?

The big black & tan is a, Well I forget her name, she is young. Then the other brown one on the bottom of the pink bed is Natty, she is my Real Blood Momma. Their Momma is Daddy's Sister, Aunt Angie and they should be our cousins. But Natty is my Momma and Little Bit is my sister, I like to play with them when we visit them, but they girls and you know how girls are, it takes 2 days before they want to play and then it is time to leave. Figure women. Aunt Angie has a boy black and tan, his name is Coal, but we do not have his picture.





The black dog setting up is REO Speedwagon and his human Momma is our Mom's Mom, Grandma R. The standing black dog is Nails, and the brown dog who's butt is in the photo is Alice n Chains. Her Dad is Mom's Brother, Uncle Jeffrey. The other butt is mine.

This is what Mom calls her walkie View. This is the view Mom and Sassy have of us when we go on walks. Nails got too fat for her safety vest.












This is us this Fall walking on the new kitchen tile before anything else was put back in the kitchen. I am the one looking at you.

I picked the photo of nails where I was blocking the view of her.. Mom said I could post that one, but that I had to also put in one where you could see her. She said people wanted to see her, so I was going to show you her like this.

















We were younger and thinner in these photos. Just like people. LOL. Mom said the pink carpet sucked and she glad it gone.

Here is my sister Sassy, she is a Red Lord Amazon, whatever that is. She usually says she is a Pretty Bird or a Pretty Chicken. I never heard her say Pretty Amazon.. She thinks she is the boss of the house. She is ok cause she throws us food off her perch. But she is not Boss I am. Sheesh, as if.

Good Morning, my name is Barney I am a Miniature Pinscher. I am very very sexy. I am a boy but Mom says I am missing some boy parts, so I will never have any kids. I do not remember loosing those parts, cause it was over fast, and only hurt a couple of days.

My ears were cut when I was young, but it hurt a lot. It makes me very sexy, but it hurt. I do not mind them being touched now though. Mom said she would never do it again unless it was done when they was just a tiny baby. My sister Nails had hers done when she was 3 days old and she not remember at all, and it never hurt her much at all.

I was born on Sept 11, 2005. Mom says I have an important birthday, but I not sure why.

Dad and I have been working in the basement, he put down tiles with mud and I was not allowed in the mud or to walk on the tiles. I really wanted to play in the mud, and what is wet grout anyway. We are getting ready for some painting today. I like to get under the drips and get polka dots. This evening I will have yellow dots. Winter is good for working inside cause it is too cold to even go out to pee. But you have too. Dad shoveled us a path so we could go out and poop. the snow is over our backs.

I have one sister Nails who is also a Min Pin. I have another Sister Sassy, who is a Red Lord Amazon Bird. Nails whole name is Nine inch Nails she was born in March of 2004 while Mommy and Daddy where in Florida for Bike Week. Sassy was born about 1997, at least that is close to when. She can live for 80 years so she is a teen now.