Back to Blog Sad News

Our ape screwed up again.  She vowed to blog more often because a) we only blogged when sad things happened and b) we are awesome and c) obvis the world is craving more US. But she did not.  And then she could not bring herself to help us blog our really sad news.  So I (Ed) am going to help her stop up and do her job because we need to share our news--and we have good and bad news--and get back in the bloggy game!

The very, very sad news is that just before the new year we lost our heart and soul, Mr. Otis T. Potus.   He started feeling a bit poorly in mid-December and we learned he had prostate cancer (ma ape wants to blog about that later because she would like to share all the info she learned).  He got very poorly quickly and we had to say goodbye. Look at these handsome devils together!

I was especially sad because he was my best friend and I enjoyed accommodating his many requests for regular humpty dances.

Much to his delight!

 I wanted to share with you what a very special guy he was.

OtP came to live with the sheppys in March of 2010 after their buddy Wally died.  You can read about his arrival here!  He had been a long-timer at the SPCA as a part of a cruelty investigation and had been there for almost 6 months when he was adopted in January of 2010 but then he was brought back on a day ma ape happened to stop by the SPCA and the rest is history! Here he is on his first day home when the sheppys were concerned ma ape had come home with a particularly stinky boar!



He was an older chap who had lived a harrrrd life but he didn't hold a grudge.  He never met a stranger, human or doggy, especially his FAVORITE brudder.

He was a busy dog with many hobbies that included gardening (eating hostas), being a gourmand (nomming everything, especially wallymelon), power nappping (snores not optional), and was an inveterate fashionista, singlehandedly redeeming the sweatervest from Rick Santorum (see above). And he was the best ambassadog for pitties he could possibly be.

He was a dog for the ages and we can't believe he wasn't even with us for 3 years.  It seemed like he was always here and it is hard to believe he is gone. We miss our favorite time together, relaxing coffee with milks on Sunday mornings.

We stopped blogging because we couldn't bear to say goodbye to our Otis but one of the best things about blogging is being able to have a record of our memories and share them with others.  And it is not fair of us to not share our magnificent selves with the Internets!  Otis would want us to carry on, just like he always did.  So vests on, tongues out, we have more blogging to do!

And more news.  Last month we lost our bestie Sophie. She was one of our first bloggy friends AND our only friend we met in real life!  We wanted to remember her and Otis together when he was a PERFECT GENTLEMAN.  *cough* Can you EVEN imagine such rude humping?  We like to think of you guys chillaxing with Mr. Wally.

Goodnight, sweet Otis and Sophie.  

And next time we will have some happy news for you.  Preview:

DERP! Stay tuned...

Summetime Blues and Sophie's Balls

Summer burpdays are gone.  The apes will be going back to school.  And so it was time to finish the summer with one of my favorite things. TENNY BALLS!  When she visited in June, Sophie brought ME these fancy balls all the way from Montreal! NOT FOR BOYS.

As you can see, they fit perfectly in my mouth and match my furs beautifully.

They are quite excellent for catching and fetching as they are not easily lost.

And when the Super Teen tried to steal my balls like a little jerkazoid, the little man helped me out!  I'm the only one he listens to (ma ape included)

I was most busy with the catcherating and fetcherating.  HA!

While I was most busy with the balls the boys were luxuriating.  OBST needs to rethink his bathing in dirty water strategy.

Ed and Oatie just lazed about in the shade.

Otis may be a little tired after he gorged on some dirt.

Thanks much, Sophie, my lovely pal to the North!  Next time you visit we will have more of that wallymelon for you to snack on.  And NO BOYS ALLOWED!

Enjoy the tail end of summer!

.Foxy News

This weekend we at sheppy news received a video of unknown origin leaked to us by anonymous sources that we are unable to name because they already have a reputation as a snitch (Edgrr.) The video contains adult material so be sure to watch it in slo-mo.



The Yawngressman has released the following statement:

I apologize I have hurt those who love me the most and I have let down the order of the gentlemen with ties. I promise to be more careful in the future and not raid the beer cooler around company. I will be going to rehab shortly. Please respect my privacy in this difficult time. (Will still be tweeting junk shots.)

Visitor from the North! (Better than Santa Claus!)

Do you recognize that rug? It's ours.  Do you recognize that dog? IT'S SOPHIE BRADOR!

We did not send her our rug. SHE CAME TO US!  She is taking her ape on a North American adventure and she stopped in Deli Where to visit us!

Otis and Edgrr put on their best finery (ties!) and picked up S&S at her hotel.  She rode in our car and didn't even complain when Ed barfed in the car!

Someone was kind of of ubernaughty and had to hang out in his crate.

But someone was kind of sweet on Miss Sophie and slept cheek to cheek with her.

And here we are waiting for Sophie's ape who is in the washroom.  You can also see our buds Tuchuck, Narra, et. al's ape hanging out on the floor.  Sometimes he wishes he was a dog, we think. We'd make him part of our pack for sure.

And here is Sophie's ape tickling Otis with her toes!  He loved it!  (She also fed him potatoes.  He loved that too.  But then she commented on his gas.  Nobody loved his gas.)  But one dog loved Sophie the MOST.

Ethel Jean, Girl Power Queen!  I don't always like other girls but I loved Sophie!  We hung out and ignored each other and were otherwise beautiful, wonderful girls.  Not like those rambunctious boys.  In fact you will notice that I have handed down the SHOUTY SHOUTY mantle to my brudder Ed because I am a MATURE LADY LIKE SOPHIE. (OK, a little shouty.)

We are both so beautiful you should probably not look at our pictures for too long lest you be blinded, like looking into the sun.

 And some boys made fools of themselves panting over Sophie and were otherwise not befitting of their bowtie finery.  (There is some embarrassing video that may be leaked to the media later).

But there was no humpery for the girls.  We had scintillating conversation.

And we even chatted about that Doofus Tan Torkelson. (We can't WAIT for him to get a new brudder to pester).

Thanks for visiting us and have a great trip Sophie!  (This is her wink to me.  We're totally going to sneak out and go on a girls' road trip.  First stop? Picking up Randi the Labnewf for more GRRRRRL POWER.)

Too Damn Exciting!

We are sorry for our potty mouths but the month of June is going to be excitement central.  First, one of our apes was gone this weekend and our ma ape is leaving this week for ANOTHER con-fur-ants. (We're starting to think this "work" stuff is a boondoggle.) She's going here:

THEN when ma ape gets back GRAN-NE IS COMING! GRAN-NE is coming!  She will take a break from planting Otis buffets:

And...OMD...SOPHIE BRADOR IS COMING!!!!!!

AND..TODAY IS HER BURPDAY! She is having a mini-pawty up in Montreal but her visit is a perfect excuse for ANOTHER PAWTY! Prepare yourself for the pawty of the century DELA-WHERES!

(Photos courtesy of Sophie's blog and, presumably, her assistant.)

So, we made a movie to let our ape who was out of town this weekend know what we've been up to and to warn inform Sophie and GranNE what they should be prepared for, ie., non-stop funballs!



ETA:  Oscar wanted us to note that his burpday is this month, too. WHATEVER DUDE, SOPHIE'S COMING!

12 Things for 12 Years of Joe Stains!

Today is both RANDAY and JOEDAY! It is Joe Stains's BURPDAY!  And he is 12 years young today (Side note: olds rule, babies drool!)  We gathered together 12 things Joe loves for his burpday.

Piles of Yankees!

Piles of bacon!

Piles of Steelers!

Oh hi, Sophie Brador!

Cheeses!

PB Sammiches!

Troy Polamalu's hair!

More Sophie!

Sunbathing (especially in the nude)

Mmmmm...pizzas.

Sidney Crosby (and the Pens)

Just Cuz!

Here's to a happy and healthy new year Joe!   Have a great one from us! (Even if Ethel refused to be in a picture with the boys!)

Football weekend!

After our smashing success with Thanksgiving dinner...

...we followed it up with a HUSKER WIN! No, a Husker DRUBBING of the Buffalos. 45-17 baby! It's enough to make a Potus roach with joy!

And this Sunday the ROUGHRIDERS are playing in the Grey Cup which would make the Saskatoonians the chompions of Canada! Me n' my gal Sophie are huge Rider fans. Mmmmhmmm.

I love them because they wear wallymelons on their heads! I will start hollowing out the wallymelons NOW! It's gonna take a big melon to fit on my melon.