Caught In Action

Barney & Vinnie

Caught in action.  We have fooled all of you and made mom and dad look like liars.  When company comes over Vinnie and I fight terribly.  We rumble like no other.  Bad words are flying and teeth showing.  Mom will always say they get along real well when it's just us.  I don't know why they do this? 
I'll tell you why:  We are bored and want to mess with you.  That's all.  Just a little friendly teeth showing.  Vinnie actually is such a lunatic he has to go on a leash. 
I love it.  So my best buddy Vinnie and I will continue to carry-on and pull practical pranks on all of you.
The only problem is mom captured this picture to tell on us.

-Barney

Freida's Love Story

What is love?

I find love to be easy.  I love my family, friends, music, flowers, and buddy bisquits.

I love my late Birki, and miss him every day.  He was the love of my life.  Each Valentine’s Day  I think of the two of us and feel happy but a bit sad.  When Birki walked on a leash I was right next to him, I never needed a leash when he was there because I never wanted to run or leave him . When he went swimming I swam next to him, when he guarded the house, I was his back-up.   We were truly in love.  I miss him so.
Today I see love in so many different ways.  I see the way the boys will push the food bowl to me, how Vinnie washes my face, Wally talks to me, Barney  plays with me and George is my constant companion.  I am loved and feel so happy.
I see daddy grab moms hand, dance with her in the living room or play countless  hours of Scrabble over small talk.  To me that is love.
I want to wish you all a very Happy Valentine’s Day, it’s not always chocolate and roses but the small things that make your heart swell.

-Freeway Freida Marie

This is for you Birki

Here's Johnny!

I am a puppy on the move.  I can’t understand for the life of me why everyone has a problem with me?
I am sick of the name calling.  Skid Mark, come on I can’t help it that I am white and every VonHoledigger that tries to teach me a lesson puts there red clay paw marks on me or tosses me down the hill.
I am only 3.5 months old.  I am suppose to be annoying.
The parental units are the ones who feed us with old pots and pans the handles just stick out and make me want to grab them and drag them down the hall in the middle of the night.  The noise soothes me, along with the broom, plunger, scrub brushes, and any thing else I can find.
I love glasses, keyboards, toilet paper, shoes, shampoo bottles, cords, underpants, CDS, planters, furniture, vacuums, purses, dirty laundry, clean laundry, keys, plants, flooring, drywall, VonHolediggers, cats, birds, poop, hats, curtains, ponytail holders, wood, milk, beer cans, neighbors, measuring sticks, Scrabble, trimmers, slippers, boxes, dishes, pictures, closets, etc.
I am a lover and want to share my love with anything I can find or destroy.
I am not a naughty puppy.  Oh, that is another name I am called…

-Johnny Hilton

Tiny Dancer, SHOOT ME!

Henry Running The Bases

I CAN’T TAKE IT ANYMORE!

               Blue jean baby, L.A. lady, seamstress for the band
               Pretty eyed, pirate smile, you'll marry a music man
               Ballerina, you must have seen her dancing in the sand
               And now she's in me, always with me, tiny dancer in my hand 

I swear this Winter is getting under my fur and I have had it.  Georgie keeps listening to Elton John’s Tiny Dancer over and over…
Freddie Mercury I think is wetting the couch because I only see him off it twice a day!
Bogey and Putter look like a couple of shag rugs, it’s awful!

              Jesus freaks out in the street
              Handing tickets out for God
              Turning back she just laughs
              The boulevard is not that bad

Don’t let me forget President Vinnie and Danny, they are so bored they are causing nothing but trouble.  I think Vinnie is coming down off his high of winning President of the Dog World.  He is just mad because everyone has moved on from the election.
Freida and Wally don’t want to be bothered.  It’s like Wally said they are retired and are sick of the nonsense. 

            Hold me closer tiny dancer
            Count the headlights on the highway
            Lay me down in sheets of linen
            you had a busy day today

Barney stills believe he is the best security officer out there and he has Johnny watching his every pathetic move.  I want to scream and say securing the yard does not happen from the bed!

For myself I am counting down to the opening day of my team the Detroit Tigers, it will be the New York Yankees playing the Tigers on April 05, 2013!


  

 


-Henry Thomas

 

I am sorry I had to include the song, I can't go through this alone.  I might just have to break George's CD, listening to Tiny Dancer over and over is causing me to go crazy!

Freezing The Fleas

Wally Dreaming of Michigan Winters!

Mommy gave three of us a haircut today.  More like a messed up buzz cut where we look like we have the Mange.  Awful!  Even with treatments we just can’t seem to get rid of the fleas.  I guess that is because our East Tennessee Winters are warmer.  Wally was telling me about Michigan when he would run outside in the snow and roll and play.  He said he never had to worry about fleas until about July through October.  I am thinking, I like the sounds of this. 
We are suppose to get a Winter storm tonight, so we just might be able to freeze some fleas.  Daddy said he went to the store and people were stocking up on their Wonder Bread and Milk, like they will be shut-ins for a week.  People it’s going to be in the forties on Saturday, the ice will melt!
Also, why Wonder Bread?

-Danny Nelson

Danny Freezing the Fleas!

“Sometimes I lie awake at night and I ask, "Is life a multiple choice test or is it a true or false test?" ...Then a voice comes to me out of the dark and says, "We hate to tell you this but life is a thousand word essay.”
― Charles M. Schulz

Vinnie is Back!

Vinnie & Danny playing with Christmas tree bottoms!

I am in a mood.  Needless to say we have not had internet for a bit.  We switched out internet providers.  But to make things more complicated that little rug rat ate the keyboard.  We were all sleeping one night when mom hears the steady sound of  chewing.  Needless to say Johnny thought he was doing his own Blogging by eating the keyboard!   This dog is a pain in the buttocks.   I have not had a decent night sleep since he arrived.  On a typical night he wakes up at midnight when everyone is in a deep sleep and pushes the limit of what is good behavior.  I am sick of hearing him pull the broom around, taking any shoes he can find, milk cartons, and just being a pest.
I like to call him skid mark, his white fur is constantly dirty.  He has little red skid marks on his body. 
So it’s the New Year and I will continue to update you on life in VonHoledigger land.
Thank God I am the normal child…

-President Vinnie Laine

Happy New Year!

Oh, my!  Another year is here and we have so many great things to see happen in the next year.  The VonHolediggers believe they  will have much success.  We want to have a company that sells dog related items.  We can’t wait.  We also want people to realize that dogs rule!  The VonHolediggers are an unique bunch.  We come from many walks of life but together we are family.  We have many social, personal, and individual issues but we try our best to be the best we can.
We love our fans and anticipate new ones.  We seek to be the best and this New Year we will try to bark less, smile more and love endlessly. 
Thank you family, friends and fans.  The VonHolediggers love you and we will change the dog World one paw at a time.

Cheers, Gezondheid, Salute…

- The VonHolediggers

 “For last year's words belong to last year's language
And next year's words await another voice.”
― T.S. Eliot



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