Not Me!

Percy:  Uh-oh, look at what I found in Jan's photo albums.  Which one of you guys did this?

Micah:  Not me!

Mercy:  Not me!

Marcus:  Whatever it is, definitely not me!

Percy:  But I haven't even shown you what happened yet.

Micah:  That's okay.  It wasn't me!

Percy:  Well, this is in with Jan's photos.  One of us did it and it most definitely was not me!

Merci:  It had to be one of you.  I'm in trouble for destuffing dog beds. (Miss Messy Destuffs)   Glasses are not my thing.  No stuffing!

Marcus:  Don't look at me.  I'm innocent.  The dust mites went on a rampage and destuffed the bed in my crate.  You and Micah knocked all those stuffed animals and VCR tapes to the floor, Percy.  One of you must have done it.

Percy:  Not me!

Micah:  Not me!  We'd better find out who broke Jan's reading glasses before we're all in trouble.

Merci:  How do we do that?

Micah:  Democratically.  We take a vote and the winner takes the blame.  I vote for Marcus.  He's usually the guilty party.  All in favor of Marcus, raise a paw.

Merci:  That's it.  Four votes for Marcus.

Marcus:  Wait!  I didn't do it. And how can there be four votes for me if there are only four of us voting and I didn't vote against myself?

Percy:  I'm sorry.  I got a bit carried away and raised two paws.  But you still won, Marcus.

Marcus:  But I don't want to win!  It isn't fair!

Cyndi:  You won something, Marcus, and you don't think it's fair?

Marcus:  We don't know who broke Jan's glasses, so they voted me guilty..

Cyndi:  Oh, is that what this little conference is about?  I know who broke them.

Merci:  Who?

Cyndi:  Jan did.  They were on a TV tray she knocked over and something heavy landed on them.  That was a couple of months ago. 

Marcus:  I was tried and convicted without any proof.  Do any of you have anything to say to me?

Percy:  Yes.  We're sorry the dust mites went crazy and destroyed the bed in your crate.

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Today is Veterans Day in the United States and Remembrance Day in Canada and other countries.  It is a day to honor and celebrate all our veterans.  Without their service and dedication, our lives would be very different. 


Note:  Our power supply fan is on it's last "legs", so w probably won't be around much until after the power supply fan can be replaced.   


We are joining the Pet Parade hosted by Rascal and Rocco, Basil the Bionic Cat, Barking from the Bayou and Owned by a husky.   

Miss Messy Destuffs

Marcus:  This is the new bed Jan bought to replace the bed Merci destuffed last month.

Here is Merci sleeping in the new bed.  Take note of the VCR tapes on the shelves to the rear. Percy wants you to also take note of his handsome self on "his" cat tower.

Oops.  Here is one of our other beds.  I ... er, may or may not have helped destuff it while Jan was shopping last week. 

Merci:  Marcus, you were the only one in the crate while Jan was gone.

Marcus:  Well, it could have been dust mites.

Marcus:  Besides, look at what happened to the new bed before it had time to become used to its new home.  And I certainly had nothing to do with that mess.

 Merci:  I know.  You don't need to rub it in.

Marcus:  Now here is Merci sleeping in the big dog bed.  Notice the stuffing.pile in and outside the bed.  And remember those VCR tapes on the shelves with the stuffed animals in a basket on top?  Half of them are now on the floor.  That's a Percy and Micah story.  Merci isn't responsible for that part of the mess.

Jan had a clue the mess was worse when she let Merci and me outside really early yesterday morning and Merci had a long white beard.  No, Buddy didn't do it.  He was sleeping in the bedroom at the time, but he's a male and you know we males aren't concerned with sleeping amidst a mess.
 

Little Miss Messy dragged what is left of her new bed as far from what she had created as possible.  Please take note I had nothing to do with any of this.  I, Marcus, was a good boy!  I'm not responsible when dust mites go on a rampage!

Mr. Doug was here yesterday to check the noisy fan in the power supply.  He said Merci is acting like an older human who has reverted to childhood.  Merci has always loved to dig outside in the dirt, but she was not destructive in the house.  Now she seems to forget where she is sometimes and digs holes in the bedding.

In case anyone noticed we didn't post yesterday, we have a good excuse.  We forgot.  :(


 We are joining the Thankful Thursday blog hop at Brian's Home. 

Our New Safety Collars

We hope all who are eligible have already voted or will vote today. 

Merci:  If you are familiar with our overly hyper Marcus, he thinks play is a whirlwind activity.  I don't see or hear too well any more, so it's scary when Marcus suddenly screeches in my face and grabs me by the collar.  Jan and I are glad to know there is a KeepSafer® Petsafe Breakaway Safety Collar available to protect me.

Buddy:  The safety buckle is to the left above.  It's used to buckle the collar around the neck or to remove it. Jan opened the breakaway so you can see how the collar would break apart should Marcus yank too hard on Merci's collar.

Merci:  Most collar accidents happen when dogs are playing - even if only one of them is interested.  Did you hear that, Marcus?

Buddy:  Or if Marcus should ever try to jump the pen and get hung up, his collar would breakaway so he wouldn't strangle.    

Marcus:  There they go exaggerating about me again.  I am the sweetest, calmest guy you could meet.  See how quietly I pose in my new collar.  Do I look like I would strangle any dog?  But I could have been strangled when I kept catching my rabies tag on the new stuffed chair and couldn't get loose a while back, although my tag ripped holes in the chair instead.  You can't rip holes if your collar is tangled with something solid.

Buddy:  This is my new collar.  I hope you won't confuse this with an orange jail jumpsuit.  I'm not on the lam.  I'm stylish.

Merci:   A red collar for a red dog. Not that we're the same shade, but red makes me feel cheerful.  I don't look cheerful?  Well, at my age, cheerful might not have the same facial enthusiasm.

Marcus:  Here's a video I put together myself to tell you more about these collars.

Buddy:  You did not put that video together yourself, Marcus!  You are such a fibber.

Marcus:  I am not a fibber.  If I didn't put the video together with this post, no one would get to watch it here, so it's the same result. 

Buddy:  Jan has clipped the leash to both D-rings so if I get feisty and want to chase a squirrel, the collar won't breakaway.

Marcus:  Jan found one problem with my collar.  Not with this harness, but my regular harness was in the sewing pile because I kept stretching it and getting tangled in it.  When Jan put me back in the front clip to collar harness, she had a problem clipping the leash to the harness and the extra D-ring.. 

Merci:  Here I am decked out in my new red collar and my Marcus-decorated duct taped red leash.  And Marcus says he's calm? 

Marcus: You'll like the KeepSafer® Petsafe Breakaway Safety Collar. We do.


Petsafe provided with us with the collars for an honest review.  We received no other compensation and any opinions expressed are our own.

Birthday Marcus and Gotcha Taylor

Yesterday, November 6, was a special day here.  We quietly celebrated Marcus's 3rd birthday and Taylor's first Gotcha Day. 

It's hard to believe Marcus is all grown up now.  He still races around excitedly and screeches like a young pup.  And Taylor, who was a few months old when she arrived, is still petite and dainty. 

Taylor was here nine months before she gave such a tiny mew we all thought we imagined it.  She purrs up a storm but she isn't one for idle chatter.  However, last month Jan took her to the vet for a rabies vaccination and she rattled her carrier bars and screamed bloody murder!  The moment the carrier door was opened, she marched out of it  muttering threats of retaliation.  We hope they were idle threats.  Jan is our chef and pooper scooper.  We need her in one piece.

Marcus ... well, you all know Marcus.  With Sam gone, Marcus is our resident ham.  He's also a photobomber, a troublemaker, a jack-in-the-box, an attention seeker, and occasionally a sweetheart.

Those two have such different personalities, and we love them both. Perhaps one day Taylor will talk more and Marcus will scream less. 

Happy Gotcha Day, Taylor!  And Happy Birthday, Marcus! 

From all of us Funny Farmers.
Merci, Cyndi, Percy, Buddy, Rusty, Micah, Marcus & Taylor - and Jan