The "every now and then" Casper calendar.

:-)

I was holding her kahuna doll hostage.

Casper really, really wants her doll back ;-)

Hostage. Hmmm. Good idea, phlegmmy. You are a pro photographer!

This could be named The "every now and then" Casper and Mr. plhegmmy calendar.
:)

Oh plhegmmy. How could you!? Poor Casper. Poor Mr. plhegmmy. He looks intent on the doll, too.

He's waiting to see if I can handle the camera when Casper launches an assault for the kahuna doll ...

It didn't take long ...

Check the look in her eyes. "Touch that again and you'll lose a hand...) LOL

It's mine, mine, MINE! ;-)

She really loves her dad, but he has an unfair advantage in that he is home with her since he is retired. They get to sleep late together and sit on the couch together while he reads the paper.

Happy Columbus Day. Napping as usual.

blending in with the blanket ;-)

Aaw, Phlegmmy! Only just discovered this thread - I've been missing her so!

Saturday

Getting ready to nap--napping pretty much is her forte.

Casper's Kahuna Doll looks like Scottie's Gingie Doll. Gingie is (was) a gingerbread man with a squeeker.

I say was because he survived for about two minutes before he became a one legged orange man with no stomach, stuffing or squeeker.

She's had him forever. Even when he's just been washed he smells like Hell's toilet block. She loves him.

Is Casper on Ihasahotdog.com wearing a pig nose? I'm sure it was her but there was no sign of Mr Phlegmy as the final clue.

We'll have to await the definitive answer there, J, but I've been doing a bit of detective work and it's not the same sofa (though I'm sure Casper has been in other rooms too.)

I haven't seen it--but I don't think it is her. Do you have a link so I can see it?

This is the only picture I have with Casper and a pig snout. (Which is actually a silicone pot holder, but it turned into a dog toy briefly because it reminded me of her.)



There's a new pig in town ...

Tragically, I can't find the BT in pig-nose one any more, but I couldn't help posting this one. God I love ihasahotdog!

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I saw that one too and fell in love. He looks so happy and peaceful. You can almost tell those towels have been newly washed and dried and are still nice and warm for him to sleep on.

It reminds me of that famous photograph of the hippo sleeping peacefully in the zoo, knowing that the people are safely locked up in their cage at the other side of the bars.

I was wondering where the towels end and the dog begins!

I laughed right out loud when I saw that yesterday while looking for the pignosed bullie. Mt phlegmmy finally asked me *what* I was looking at on the computer that was making me laugh so hard. (I looked at 50 pages of Ihasahotdog before I gave up--best laugh I had in a long time.)

Casper napping in the shadows of the curtains ...

beautiful photo phlegmmy!

I hardly dare ask - WHAT in the world has she got?

#26 - I'm glad you asked! Even Casper daren't look at it.

*snort*

* double snort *

VERRRRRRY ODD, don't cha tink?

That is Casper taking a Salvador Dali nap. Dali never used to sleep (from what I have been told--could be hogwash) but used to take naps sitting in a chair holding a spoon. When he dropped the spoon, he woke up. That is Casper napping with her mega-Nylabone chew. Bull terriers need extra sturdy chews. This one happens to have teeth cleaning bristles as well, but I only bought it because they didn't have any other "big chewer" bones at the store that day. It actually was bone shaped but she has chewed off one side of each end.

(She wasn't really asleep, the flash made her close her eyes--but it makes for a better story. LOL!)

Winter is coming, but Casper has a new coat so she is all set.

Very sporty looking.

Scottie has a fleecy tartan coat that she hates and a pink hoodie with Princess embroidered on it that we bought as a joke for a one off picture. It makes her look like Eeyore.

She never wears either of them.

Casper really is a model. Look at that pose! *Remembers old posts* Wait, is Mr. Phlegmmy to the left holding a Kahuna doll? ;)

Holding a dog cookie. :-) Very astute compskibook.

"It makes her look like Eeyore." LOL!! Poor Scottie, but the imagine is humorous.

Smart girl! Skeelo says 'How you doin'?'

pepper Has 2 articles of clothing. One is a T-Shirt her paternal Grandfather bought her in Hawii (which she has outgrown but still squeezes into it for grandpa) and a winter coat that an old neighbor gave us when her dog outgrew it and Pepper finally fits in. Pepper likes that one, but only if she is cold then she'll bring it over to me and throw it at me saying "Lady i'm cold put this on me now!" She's a very demanding dog.



Kinda looks like the tan one except it has sleeves and velcros from b/t her front legs to where her ribs end. She looks so stylish

I want to get a jacket for Bones but my husband is worried he will look girly. I think Casper's jacket is very masculine.

*runs off to show MrCal the coat*

cal769--I think that's why Mr Phlegmmy liked this one. I showed him a nice pink plaid one and he didn't like it. People always think Casper is a boy, so I figured the pink plaid would look more girly. (Or make her look like a drag queen...) Mr P like this one so now we are back to "What a cute dog. What's HIS name." Oh well. Mr P is the one who walk her, so I like to keep him happy. The coat has polar fleece on the inside and is wind proof and waterproof and it covers her BUTT. lol

I could never get my Murphy a coat....we'd never *ever* get it off him....he's a bit of an accessory ham in that way.

when we take off his collar and his choke (which is just his jewelry..never gets used) he pitches a fit and whines at the area we set them down until we put them back on him.

Gawd this meeting is boring ...

Aw that's cute. So much sleeping, and yet I bet you only have to open the fridge . . .

Yes boring, but worse is: nothing to eat on that table!

Ah! But this is what you don't see in the first picture. Note the glass of wine, just off to the left.

Who else put their face really close to the photo to see if you could read the titles of the books behind Casper?

Not until you said it, Jody, but I think I see the Outlander series!

And is that English Passengers on the top shelf? Though, just for once, I'm actually more interested in that soft pink belly.

I was wondering if Casper was old enough to drink wine. ;)

Good eyes! Yes that is the Outlander series and I read them one right after the other last year. Also on that shelf, The Outlandish Companion, Chris Bohjalian's The Double Bind, Elizabeth Edwards Saving Graces, For the Love of a Dog by Patricia McConnell, 1001 Reasons to Love Dogs which has a bull terrier on the cover and various horse books. No English Passengers. I am another person who always looks at the books in other peoples photos.

Casper has not shown an interest in alcohol which is a blessing I am sure.

Scottie doesn't object to the odd alcoholic drink now and again, especially if someone puts a glass of Bailey's Irish Cream down at a small Scottie's nose level.

Bones doesn't like alcohol but if someone leaves a glass of iced tea unguarded it's fair game.

And just to make it easier on you to see what is on my shelf, I treated myself today. Now which one to read first!

Oh god - she's got that Bobbit again! Go for the Toni Morrison (though that's one I haven't read yet, but Casper seems to have picked it).

Going agaisnt the law of books...Purely judging by the covers I'd go

Quoz
Little Big Man
A Mercy
The Hour

From least appealing to most appealing...I'm a big fan of saving the best for last...again that is purely cover based.

Both A Mercy and The Hour I First Believed came out just today. I had pretty much decided on the Toni Morrison. Yes, she loves that chew thing and is sleeping with it right now.

(I have no idea why the touchstone brings up "Moon Called" instead of "A Mercy". How odd.)

54: Booksloth: Love the name: Bobbit! ROLF

Mandy, Little Big Man will go into a rather big TBR pile only because I have read it before, way back in the 70's sometime. I actually chose A Mercy first because I like Toni Morrison, but also because it is the shortest. How's that for picking a book? lol! The Wally Lamb will be next and Since William Least Heat's book Blue Highways is one of my all time favorites, I'm saving what I hope is the best for last, Roads to Quoz, despite it's admittedly bland cover.

#54/57 - That had me chuckling quietly to myself and muttering "bobbit!" all night. It's earned me some very odd looks.

I went to visit Casper's Aunt Jackie (Casper stayed home with her father) and Aunt Jackie decided that Casper needed a new cable sweater.

Very nice, and it is pink! Isn't she a pretty girl!

She sooooo pretty!

Not Casper but looks like Casper and wearing the pig nose. I knew it would turn up again!


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LOL!! It does look like her.

Nah! Pretty, but not pretty enough to be our beautiful Casper!

Trick or treat!

Casper anticipates a LOT of treats!

Big kiss on each ear! Dreaming of Santa?

Very cute! Did she somehow manage to tuck herself in or was there some help?

teehee, she looks so cozy i just want to snuggle with her.

Is she a cover hog?

She had been sitting across my lap sucking up my body heat and I had to get up so figured I would cover her up so she would stay toasty. She's not spoiled or anything. I joined her later.

I do the same this with Pepper. when she snuggles up with me like that and I have to get up, I wrap her up tight in my blanket first.

So we all wrap our dogs in blankets (or the duvet, in my case, when I get out of bed for a while). And of course they're not spoiled. And yes, as my husband keeps reminding me, if they were wild they'd be sleeping outside in all weathers. But they're not wild. And if burglars ever came in to steal those blankets/duvets Senor Sloth, for one, would be jolly grateful. And yes - that could happen.

Great picture! Bones sleeps in the exact same spot but under the covers. He nuzzles my neck until I lift up the blanket and he can crawl under.

Well you are obviously laying like that so Bones can get comfy, right?

Scottie has been known to start the night sleeping on top of the covers at the foot of the bed and yet be discovered in the morning to be under the covers in the middle of the bed.

We also have the wild dogs verses household defender conversations, she isn't s spoiled dog and it is a king size bed and she is a tiny dog. My arguments that she is more eco friendly than a hot water bottle or electric blanket have not really convinced Andrew that a dog in the bed is a good idea.

Usually though she prefers her own basket during the night (I think it has something to do with Andrew being a fidgeter in his sleep. Scottie likes her beauty sleep to be undisturbed.)

Casper looks very cosy.

We 'fight' over Bones. We both want Bones to sleep against us. Lucky for me I win most of the time.

Casper weighs about 40 pounds and isn't really all that big, but it is amazing how much room she can take up in bed. She starts out on top and I had her trained to sleep at the foot, which she will do if there is blankie for her to burrow under as we keep our bedroom window open at night. But Mr Phlegmmy thinks she needs to be under the covers. So our routine is this. I get up extremely early for my job (2AM) so I am generally off to bed with a book around 6 PM. Casper goes with me because I have two bedtime cookies for her. She'll lay on top for a bit and pretty soon she shows up by my shoulder, staring at me. I of course continue reading. Pretty soon I feel a paw on my shoulder. To continue the game, I keep reading. Pretty soon the paw is taptaptapping me on the shoulder and I lift the covers. She snoogles right beside me so that when I put the book down and turn on my side she is right along my lower back and bum. She keeps that part of me warm and I love feeling her breathing beside me.

That feeling is destroyed however when she decides to get on my head later in the night, about an hour before the alarm is to go off ...

Just popping in to say Happy Holidays!

Aw - that's a lovely one to end the year! Happy 2009 to Casper and all her loved ones!

Oh my, look at those paws! Happy New Year everyone and everydog!

thanks Caspar,
Happy New Year for you too and to all two and four legged...

I have enjoyed looking at all these pictures. What a beautiful bullie and great photos.

Still napping at the Phlegmmy house.

OOHHH, Casper loves her daddy!

I haven't been on line in a long time, and am just catching up on reading all the posts, and looking at all the groovy pics of Casper. Wanted to share a picture of Toto in his rain coat. The ony piece of clothing he owns. Here in South Florida is rains quite a bit and the coat is more for me then him. He doesn't mind the rain, but I'd rather not have the smell of wet dog, not to mention the actual wet dog trapesing through the house. So...I put his little slicker on when the walk just can't wait... Here he hides his eyes so as not to be recognized by anyone he knows. Oh the humiliation LOL

I'm in love. He is adorable.

LOL! I love Toto in his raincoat.

I've missed Toto but that picture was worth the wait. He's just gorgeous in that coat.

As noted in another picture, look at the pile of books in the background. You've managed to get your two loves in the same picture.And is one of those books from the Outlander series? That was in the last picture, so that would be real weird, but as readers, we shouldn't be suprised, right? That's a popular book, and that is one snazzy model in that outerwear!

heehee. I noticed Animals in Translation. I just ordered Temple Grandin's new book Animals Make us Human. I'm glad I'm not the only one who checks out the books in the backgrounds of the photos.

Casper is happy. Mom is on vacation and gets to stay home all day. Mom is happy!

Wonderful smile. I am in the middle of reading Animals Make Us Human and am completely enjoying it. She has a gentle spirit and real intelligence about how humans and animals interact. I hope you enjoy it.

That is one happy dog! Is there anything better?

Maggie, I recently attended two lectures with Temple and if you ever get a chance to hear her speak, I highly recommend it. I really enjoyed Thinking in Pictures and Animals in Translation as well. I have to wait until Feb to get the new book because I ordered it from B&N and it is shipping together with The Mighty Queens of Freeville which isn't released until Feb. But I can wait. Glad you liked it. (I had to order TMQOF because I drive through Freeville everyday and love Amy Dickinson when I hear her on NPR.)

Oh, yes, I actually think Temple will be speaking near me later in January. Thanks for reminding me so I can check on that. I am very touched and inspired by her work.

Much thanks from Mister Toto to everyone for complementing his picture, although he is hiding his head in shame for being seen in the dreaded
raincoat LOL. #92 no Outlander books in my stack, I believe most in that pile are my "dog" books. Although the one on top is The Woman at The Washington Zoo by the late Marjorie Williams. It's very common to see books in the background of my pictures, since I have books EVERYWHERE you look. Thanks for the recommendation on the book Animals Make Us Human. It's on my "Wish List" and I will no surely move it up to the number 1 spot.

I am very excited to have an opportunity to hear Temple Grandin speak in my favorite bookstore in about a week.

Cool. When we saw her, we got to see her autism in action. She was speaking at a large horse event, so half of the people were horse people and half were people who obviously were parents of kids with autism. At one point in the lecture she made a comment that sort of didn't sound like it went with the lecture. She sort of out of the blue made a comment about having a hard time concentrating when there is a lot of movement going on. (She used to watch automatic doors, like the ones in grocery stores). She hesitated and said something else about the movement. At that point we sort of craned our necks to see that an older teenage boy in the front row was rocking rapidly back and forth. Temple literally could not go on with the lecture until the mother and child went to the opposite side of the room. There were two people signing for the hearing impaired and Temple said that she couldn't have them in front of her either. It really made us think about the problems people with autism face every day.

Casper and her birthday present. She must not trust us since she is sleeping with it.

Aw! Happy birthday Casper - birthday licks from Skeelo!

I don't know if I would trust you either, Plegmmy ;) She is afraid Mr. Plegmmy is going to take it and hold it out for her to pose for a picture!

Happy Birthday Casper! You are as cute as ever!

My birthday is November 1st and I want a Casper dog soooo much, so start saving your pennies. I just have to have one! Nobody at my house will get me one...they think 3 doxies and a chinese-crested and a bengal cat should be enough but I don't know about that. They just need to see all these beautiful pictures! It may be up to all of you. Can you start a fund for me? Am I delirious? I have been up for hours watching indie films with Jessica Tandy and Hume Cronyn, Brenda Fonda,etc. called "Camilla" and a few others. Anyway, I love dogs and you all (LTers)have some of the most beautiful I have ever seen. It makes me want one of each.

An older picture of Casper and one of my favorites.

See what I mean - that's a Rodin sculpture for sure! She's a very beautiful and dignified girl.

"Beautiful and dignified" are not two words people use when they meet her in person.

'Beautiful' definitely would be if I met her. Maybe not dignified.

That picture deserves a frame!

It's been awhile and Casper has been kind of camera shy, but I did get her getting ready to pick out a log snack.



(Not really, I never let her eat sticks, but most of the friends I have with BT's let them play with sticks, so I took the picture for them when we were housesitting.)

Good to see her back again - and as gorgeous as ever!

Casper went to visit her pug cousins recently and had a blast.

Aw, smiley girl! Can you give her a kiss and a snuggle for me - just under her neck, where the skin goes all crumply? I just couldn't resist if she was really here in front of me! (Maybe we could spare one for pug friend just behind the ear - rather fond of pugs too).

The best place to snuggle for sure--will do!

Phlegmmy, was showing my daughter Casper...#106 deserves to be a portrait over the fireplace. So enjoy your post.

Thanks BONS. How that goofy dog managed to look so regal for a split second, I will never know. Yesterday she was lounging on the sofa between my husband and I. We were both petting her absentmindedly and she apparently go so relaxed that her big noggin got too close to the edge that it started to drag the rest of her body off. She farted loudly and fell off the couch, landing on her feet. How can that be the same dog in that picture? LOL

HA! You obviously had her relaxed! Sometimes I look at one my kids and think they have this persona stuck inside them and ask them, "Who are you really?" They usually just laugh at me like they have a secret. Maybe Casper has a little Lucille Ball inside!

Supervising in the kitchen.

Aaaw- give her a bit! Such a starving doggy!

Big smiles!

I missed Casper and her pretty smile!

Phleggmy and ljreader, the dog photos are so very wonderful! I also find the background of many of the photos to be a fabulous indication of what often goes together-books and dogs. It comes in most handy when I show my husband the photos here on LT, to have shelves and piles of books in the background! Hubby feels consoled by the fact that there are others that live in homes filled with books and ruled by animals.

Beautiful as ever. Big kisses!

#123 ME TOO, Mmignano. It's a perfect way to say silently, "There are Others"!

Casper just pulls off those shots! #106 will always be my favorite of Casper but what an adorable profile as well.