VonHoledigger's dressed-up for Halloween!

Kid Rock

Anna Nicole Smith

Honey Boo Boo Child

Nicki Minaj

James Brown

Susan B. Anthony

Whoppi Goldberg

Tammy Wynette

Detroit Tiger Fan

Grieving for my Parents, this house is crazy!

I am in pure disbelief the way my life has turned out.  I am so embarrassed I wore a towel over my head so my face won’t be shown.  It’s Halloween and we all had to get dressed up.  HOORAY! 
I meant that sarcastically. 
Henry told me to wait for the Christmas Card photo if I thought this went badly. 
Freddie about took out the camera and Vinnie is such a suck-up he wanted to be in every picture.
Wally knew to cooperate because it will go on forever if not.
So all our Blogger friends.  
I am here to say:
Trick or treat, smell our feet, Give us something good to eat.


Happy Halloween!

-Bogey

Splish, splash, I was takin' a bath!

                                          

We are clean.  Our mom decided to give us each a bath before the cold weather hits.  I don’t understand the reasoning behind this?
I will give you a play by play of  how this went.  Mom took a little nap and the next thing I know she has Bogey in the tub, scrubbing him down.  I should of known with the pile of towels on the floor that something was going to happen.
Well I went next because I just know to get it out of the way.
I act like I hate but I really don’t.   I get to smell so good.  We use the Buddy Wash by Cloud Star, it’s a 2 in 1 Shampoo + Conditioner, today’s scent was Lavender & Mint.  It makes me super white and fluffy.
The picture is of Danny and I drying on the big bed.  We knocked all the blankets and pillows out of the way so we could roll and play.  Mommy said she did not mind because it was clean sheet day.
I am wearing the late Tommy’s shower blanket.  It fit him, but the Velcro does not fit around me.  It’s not because I am fat, I am just naturally tall.
Here is the funny part.  Freddie Mercury being the dirty dog he is, won’t let anyone pick him up when it’s bath time so Daddy had to go put his welding gloves on so when he picked up Freddie he could attack the gloves and not dad.  He is such a little pig, let me fill you in on this.  He can’t say he is fluffy because of his fur.  Even when he is wet, he is still chunky.  I laugh so hard at him.  That dog is ridiculous.  
Tonight we are going to sleep good and smell great!
-Vinnie

Danny the Pot Stirrer

So it appears I am being blamed for stirring the pot around here.
Rumor has it that the last fight between Henry and Barney was my fault.
Because I am a pot stirrer.  I guess my lifting of the lip or low tone growling
is what causes the others to fight each other.
Listen to this one, I am blamed for Vinnie’s neurotic behavior
because he was calm until I came into the picture.  Can you believe such nonsense.
Vinnie is neurotic because he is a Momma's Boy!
I am just a little fluffy boy who loves to run.
So I can’t help it the others mistaken my moods
and take it upon themselves to fight each other.  Unbelievable!

This is what I have to say:

I am not a naughty boy!

 I would never stir the pot.

I blame George.

Believe what you want  because I know once the fights start,
 you will see me sitting in the corner with my blanket. 

-Danny Nelson

VonHoledigger's share their vacation!

Well the VonHoledigger’s are back.  We took a week off for rest and relaxation.
We had our Aunt J. Naughty over for a few days.  We played cards, shopped, ate good food and drank too much beer.
We cleaned closets, where we found lost toys.  We all had a spa day where we had baths and grooming.
Barney escaped his leash and chased all the cats.  Mr. Brave thought he was going to take a kitten down when he squealed like a pig.  The kitten attached himself to his nose and batted at the big guy.  Scaring him all the way home, making whimpering noises.  
The Springer Collection caught  an opossum.  Mommy went to get her camera and by the time she got back it was gone.  It was huge.
The kitten’s each got a new collar, Wilma in pink and Betty in green.  Betty actually is a male.  We told you once they got a name they would never go anywhere.  We still all can’t stand the cats they meow constantly, which  causes us to get into fights and they stink.
We will finish our vacation with a little pizza and watch the Detroit Tiger’s beat the Yankees.
Life is good…

-Vinnie Laine

“Laughter is an instant vacation.”
― Milton Berle

The VonHoledigger's are on vacation and will return with  exciting stories and our deep thoughts Saturday the 13th.

Snoopy came to us this day in history...

On this day, 62 years ago,  my hero Snoopy  made his first appearance in the strip Peanuts.
Snoopy is neurotic like me, 
He  loves root beer and pizza, hates coconut candy, gets claustrophobia in tall weeds, and is deathly afraid of icicles dangling over his doghouse.
If I had a doghouse, I would be afraid too.
Just like me Two things Snoopy dislikes are listening to balloons being squeezed and cats.
My dislike for cats is serious, I have a real revulsion for the feline.
Snoopy has Woodstock and I have the VonHolediggers.
If you ask me, Snoopy and I even look alike.
I know he is a Beagle and I am a Spaniel.  But together our breed is an American.
I love you Snoopy!
-Vinnie Laine

P.S .  The video is my favorite Snoopy video, I know a bit early for Christmas.  But, so enjoyable...

Calling all Hunters to be Safe this hunting Season

The Springer Collection is always making fun of me for my lack of security, I am here to share with you a lack of their hunting skills.  English Springer Spaniels are known for being bird dogs.  Not this collection!
This morning one of the locals was shooting off their gun, which caused  Henry, Vinnie and Danny to run to mommy shaking in their fur.  So embarrassing for them. 
The picture you see above is two little black and white Spaniels with a beautiful pheasant.  I found the above picture off the internet to share with what a true Spaniel should look like.
Instead I have this to look at:

The only hunting they do is for a nap or Vinnie hunts for Mommy to come home.  He will lie on the bed for hours just looking for her.
So sad for such a big mouth bully.  He's a real Momma's Boy.
We are so happy for Fall.  We ask all hunters to be safe and make sure that their dogs are just as safe.  Maybe, put the puppy in a little orange vest.


-Barney