Pet of the Day - Cuteness.com

What a way to start out 2012.  Riggs was chosen as Pet of the Day on Cuteness.com for January 1st, 2012.  Way to go buddy!

Go check him out www.cuteness.com

Merry Christmas. What did I get?

Sorry everyone. It has been forever since I have posted a new blog post. Things have been crazy busy but finally is calming down down.

Riggs was VERY excited to see what Santa brought him in his stocking. It is obvious pretty quickly what stuffed animal Riggs favors. *Sigh* Three new stuffed animals to come up with names for. Good Grief.

I hope all of you have a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

Enjoy the video of Riggs opening his stocking

The nose will find trouble (err...treasure?)

A while back we headed over to Orlando for a little R&R and stayed in one of the hotel resorts.  Each night we would take Riggs for a nice long walk around the hotel complex.  He was in heaven running around everywhere, sniffing all the smells, sensory overload basically.  Anyhoo, one night as we were walking along the sidewalk Riggs in his typical pattern is falling way behind OCDing about something he smells in the grass.  I figured he found another spot of pee or pile of poo or some dead worm.  I turn around to see what it is that he found this time and what do I happen to see...Riggs standing there with an entire Hot Dog in his mouth.

As many of you are well aware if you have been following Riggs blog for any time, he is allergic to just about everything.  So I start walking over to him and that little stinker is trying to consume (more like swallow the thing whole) the hot dog as fast as he can before I can get to him and take it away.

He got about half of it down by the time I got to him and luckily did not have some major allergic reaction.  He must have been so excited when he got a whiff of the hot dog jackpot.

Toy Chest - Tuesday

Thanksgiving is just around the corner and we found this guy at the store.  Introducing....

Gobble Gobble

Happy Halloween

Happy Halloween everyone.

Riggs NOT enjoying being a banana split

But I don't wanna get up

Yes Riggs I know you do not want to get up. I don't want to get up and go to work but I have to in order to make money to pay for all your crap. So get up lazy butt and come downstairs so I can go to work please.

Congratulations Riggs. Video Dog of the Day

Congratulations Riggs!

You were named "Video Dog of the Day" on DogTipper.com on October 4, 2011 for the video Dada submitted of you called Riggs vs. "The Bone".

Video Dog of the Day: Riggs, Pug

Toy Chest - Tuesday

It is that time again.  I have no idea what this is suppose to be.  A mouse? A little bear?  Who knows.  Also I don't know where Mama comes up with some of these names for these stuffed animals that she does.  Anyway introducing.........

Uki

Difference of opinion

Riggs does not think he is spoiled.  According to him he does not have enough stuffed animals, food, treats, Nylabones, etc…

I showed Riggs the following photos and pointed out to him why he is.

So inspecting the photos I see the following which convinces me you are spoiled:

• You appear to be laying on a comfy king size bed
• You appear to be surrounded by multiple stuffed animals
• You appear to be chewing a Nylabone that you love

The conclusion I come to is you are definitely spoiled buddy.

Nylabones make a comeback!

When we got Riggs it became apparent very quickly that he loved two things:  stuffed animals and Nylabones.  He would chew on those things multiple times a day for a good hour or more.  Then one day he suddenly lost interest.  A good six months or more went by and he would show no interest in the Nylabones .  Now just as suddenly as it stopped it has started back up again.  He is completely into the Nylabones again. Granted he is 2 1/2 years old now and those teeth and mouth are much stronger and he can easily wear a brand new Nylabone down in just a few days and these darn things are not cheap.

Here is a coupon for $2 off a $5 or more purchase of Nylabone for anyone interested but you have to hurry the coupon expires on 9/15/2011.

Nylabone Coupon

Toy Chest - Tuesday

Before introducing our new toy this Tuesday, Riggs wants to send out a big thank you to all the new friends and followers he met this past two weeks.  He is VERY excited seeing all the photos and reading about all his other new buddies.  A special thanks to Winston for posting a blog posting about Riggs, Riggs got introduced to several new friends because of Winston.  Thanks again buddy.

Ok since many of you are brand new to the blog then it would be best to do a refresher on what Toy Chest - Tuesday is all about.  When we picked up Riggs back in late May 2009, we got him several different types of toys.  Balls, bones, ropes, a kong and a few stuffed animals.  It became very obvious that Riggs LOVES stuffed animals.  Of course Mama spoils Riggs rotten and his collection of stuffed animals grew exponentially.  Each time Mama got Riggs a new toy (a.k.a. stuffed animal) she would give the stuffed animal a name.  At the beginning when there were not that many to keep track off Riggs did a pretty good job at grabbing the stuffed animal we called by name but after awhile and the pile got huge it was pretty much a lost cause of Riggs bring the stuffed animal we mention by name.

So I decided I would start a blog series called "Toy Chest - Tuesday" where I introduce everyone to one of his stuffed animals until I got through every single one of them.  Granted at the beginning I was introducing a new stuffed animal every week to try and catch up and slowly got to the point where I do it about once a month now and here we are 2 1/2 years later and I am still not caught up at introducing them all yet.  Now anyone that owns a dog knows that stuffed animals will not last forever and so when the time comes during Toy Chest - Tuesday there will also be a R.I.P. (Rest In Pieces) for the stuffed animals that have not survived the wrath of Riggs.

So if you ever want to catch up on all the stuffed animals introduced so far just click on the "stuffed animal" label and you can see all the stuffed animals this little spoiled rotten bugger has gotten thus far.

So without further ado today I introduce you all to:

Grape Ape

It's a jungle "IN" here

I know this is similar to a post I did many months back but I have some video captured this time.  After many many years of saving our nickels and dimes we saved up enough money to replace our living room TV (a 13 year old 27" Sony CRT) with a drool worthy Samsung 59" Plasma flat screen TV.

I went and bought Planet Earth on blu ray and over the past several nights we have been thoroughly enjoying it in all its high def glory.  However Riggs has been having some issues adjusting to the new TV and especially to Planet Earth.  He is completely confused on what he hears and sees on the TV.  If you watch the video carefully you will see two times when the monkeys begin to move from the left side of the TV screen to the right where Riggs will turn his head and look up the stairs thinking the monkeys are going to start running up the stairs.  He can not seem to figure out that the monkeys are "inside" the TV.  He is convinced monkeys are going to start running up the stairs.

E.T. Phone Home?

I think I found E.T.

AaaChoo!!!

Once upon a time there was a couple peacefully sleeping in bed.  It was still quite early as the sun had not risen.  However, there was some stirring at the end of the bed as the pug had woken from sleep.  He stood up and leaned forward and stretched and leaned backward and stretched then did a full body shake.  He proceeded to walk up to dada’s side of the bed and placed his head right over his face and...AaaChoo!  Riggs!!!  Gross!!!  Thanks for the lovely wakeup call of snot sprayed all over my face.  You drive me insane dog!

Toy Chest - Tuesday

Let's see what is left in here. Digging down deep, nope already did that one, nope did that one also. Aaahh here we go, this guy is new.

Jacques

I think he is a robot

I am not really sure if Riggs is as much a dog as he is a robot.  Riggs is all about routine and schedule and never deviates from it.  Nothing ever changes.  His internal clock goes off at various times of the day or after certain order of events.

Riggs Schedule (Weekday)

• Wake up at 6:15 am and begin pestering Dada (aka lick lick lick lick) to wake up and feed me.  Proceed to do this for the next 45min to an hour till Dada cannot take it any longer and gets out of bed.
• Run downstairs as fast as I can and run around in circles as I wait impatiently for Dada to get my food ready.
• Stand there and whine and jump on Dada because he is taking way too long to get my food ready.
• Inhale my food as fast as I can, licking every last morsel from in the bowl and all around the bowl.
• Run back upstairs and grab a stuffed animal ready to play.  Begin whining if no one will pay attention and play with me.
• Go for a walk outside around the neighborhood, sniff all the light poles, bushes and as many grass piles as I can get away with dragging Dada to.
• Pee 3 – 4 times.
• Poo twice.
• Wait for Dada to give me a treat back at home.
• Lay down and begin sad pouty face to make Dada feel guilty for leaving me home as he leaves for work.
• Stand at door waiting for Mama to enter coming home from work.
• Run over and grab Angry Face or Pink Eye stuffed animal ready to play.
• Go outside and pee but then stand around and not poo.  I want to eat!!!
• Stand there and whine and jump on Mama because she is taking way too long to get my food ready.
• Inhale my food as fast as I can, licking every last morsel from in the bowl and all around the bowl.
• Run back upstairs and grab a stuffed animal ready to play.  Begin whining if no one will pay attention and play with me.
• Lay down next to Mama.
• Run to door when I hear garage door open and stand there waiting for Dada to enter coming home from work.
• Run over and grab Angry Face or Pink Eye stuffed animal ready to play.
• Go outside and finally poo and pee again.
• Stand under the table and lick lick lick lick Dada’s legs as he eats dinner.
• At 7:30pm, begin sitting or standing and staring at Mama and Dada waiting for one of them to get up and go get me a carrot out of the frig.  FINALLY at 8pm I get my carrot.
• Make a complete mess breaking my carrot up into tiny pieces and then eat it.
• Grab a stuffed animal and stand at the bottom of the stairs waiting for Mama to go upstairs to crawl into bed.
• Lay in bed and suck on Paris Hilton’s nose.
• Chew on my Nylabone.
• Play tug-a-war with one of my stuffed animals with Mama.
• Fall asleep.
• Act like dead weight and pretend I am sleeping when Dada comes to bed and wants to take me outside one last time.
• Pee once.
• Go over to Dada when he crawls into bed and begin lick lick lick licking him.
• After getting pushed away 4-5 times I finally give up and fall back asleep waiting for 6:15am to arrive to start it all over again.

Gross! What is that smell? Run!

Riggs loves the smell of gross disgusting things.  Poo, pee, decomposing dead things; he thinks it smells awesome.  However, Mama will start cooking something on the stove and he takes off upstairs to get away from the odor.  So let me get this straight Riggs poo smells like a bed of roses but the smell of a nice juicy hamburger makes you run away?

W h a t  i s  w r o n g  w i t h  y o u  d o g ? ? ?

Report Card

Every once and awhile we will be too lazy to give Riggs a bath and take him to the groomer to get a bath instead.  The groomer gives you a report card on your dog that covers various things like how his skin and coat looked, his teeth, his ears, his mood, etc...

Riggs typically scores high in most categories but every time the same comment comes back:

"Riggs does not like the dryer"

After they give a dog a bath they have some dryer to dry the dog faster and apparently Riggs total freaks out.  Must be that whole wind issue with him.

Don't say it, spell it

Riggs is by no means dumb.  He understands several words and phrases and you will get an immediate reaction out of him.  So certain words and phrases have to be spelled out instead of said.

Current list of words that must be spelled and not said:

• T R E A T
• R I D E
• C A R R O T
• P A R K
• WALK
• G & G (Grandma & Grandpa)

He also understands some phrases such as:

• "Do you want something?"
• "Mama's home" or "Dada's home"
• "Do you want to go for a..."
• "Do you want to go to the..." 
• "Where is your bone?"
• "Where is *insert stuffed animal name here*?"

Toy Chest - Tuesday

We are in the home stretch folks.  Almost caught up with all the stuffed animals.

Gus the platypus