Sharing is caring!

Temporary Mom has been spoiling me, but shhhh, don't tell Mom!  Scarlet and I got to clean out the yogurt container today, and it was delicious!!!  Well, what I got of it at least.

Sharing nicely.

She edged me out.  I was trying to be a gentleman and let Scarlet take as much as she wanted.

Then she showed me just how serious she was about yogurt.  Game over.

Maybe Mom will let me clean out the yogurt container when she gets home???  Please, please, pleaseeeeee, Mom????

While Mom is away...

Did you miss me?  Well, I'm not back yet, but I thought I'd share some photos with you of my vacation so far!

Me and Scarlet!

My nose was cold.  

Me and vacation Mom.

I was cold, so they covered me up!  Mmmm, this is the life.  I never get this kind of treatment at home..
Mom, take lessons!

Temporary Brother didn't eat all his breakfast, so I helped him!!

Yum!  Yogurt!!!

Mom will be back soon, and she's not sure I'll remember her...  She's such a silly Mom!

Posting Hiatus

Hi, Phil's Mom here!

Just wanted to let everyone know that Phil is still doing ok.  I'm currently work-cationing in Scotland, and Phil is staying with the Whitlock family while I'm away.  He's not figured out how to feed himself or use the toilet, so I figured it was for the best..  :)

So far he's only had one incident where he peed on Jester, the smallest pup of the house.  I guess is it pretty hard to see underneath yourself when you're chest is so huge!  From the updates I've received, Phil is doing better on the hardwood floors with some super yummy bribery of chicken treats.  He even got to go to work with Amber one day!  Why don't I have a job where I can bring my dog with me?!  That would improve my work morale sooo much!

I've not seen any Greyhounds in Scotland, only terriers, golden retrievers, and black labs.  I'm only slightly disappointed in the variety, but I didn't come for the dogs.

That floor must be really hard for him to have fit his whole body on his bed!

PS.  I miss my sweet stalker boy.

Mom's new super blindy toy

So usually, Mom has this little blindy-pointy-clicky thing she blinds me with.  She says she's taking my photo, but all I know is that there's sounds and light and its just best if I stay still when she gets it out and points it at me.

Well, Mom received a brand new SUPER blindy thing for her bigger blindy-pointy-clicky thing (she tells people she likes to take pictures, so she has a special machine thingy that does this for her, I guess).  She kept saying "new flash" and "test it"... and apparently I ended up being her subject.  I know I'm cute lady, but gosh.  I guess she heard, "why don't you take a picture, it lasts longer" a few too many times.

I was a good sport about it.  I was asleep at first and the blindy thing was sooo bright that it woke me from my nap!  But then I went to hide in my crate, but the crazy lady with her blindy-flashy-clicky-pointy-thingy followed me!  And she calls me a stalker!  Finally, she left me alone.  But when I followed her back to the living room, she got her silly blindy-flashy-clicky-pointy thing again!  She finally left me alone when I just kept laying on my bed.  She said I was boring.  Meh, lady.  Find your own entertainment.

But some samples with her new blindy-flashy thingy, of course of the best subject ever... me.

Sleepin.  What I do best.

AWAKE.  Mom is on the move.  Where is she going?  Must follow.

I fell back asleep.

YUUUUUMMMMMMM PB Kong!

Mom thinks its pretty cute when I lay like this.

Is it nap time yet?

Yes, Mom?

I wasn't being mean, she just happened to take a picture of my after yawn face.  Dad says it looks like I was going to bite off Mom's face.

Perky ears!

Lookin' this cute is pretty hard, but you can stop now, Mom.

If I'm maximus cutius will you go away?

Mom thought this face was hilarious.  A few seconds later I sneezed.

I love you, go away, please.

She really can't help how much she loves me.  Bless her heart.  (I picked that last line up when I was in NC.)

Back in my day....

So back in the day, I was a racing Greyhound.  Man, I was speedy!  I won 1st place 6 times!  I mean, that might not be the best of the best.. but now that I'm retired, none of that place stuff matters anymore.

Mom always tells me I'm her #1 puppy!

But if you want to see something cool... Mom found my racing videos!

Go to this website: http://www.trackinfo.com/dog-search.jsp
Then search for the name: Pals Spot Light   (now you see why Mom renamed me!)

There are number tabs at the top of the box.  Several of these tabs have my racing videos linked.

Whew, am I glad those racin' days are done.  This retired stuff is perfect for me!

I wouldn't be able to do this as a track doggy!  Never ever!

This is why I drool.

Mom loves it when I drool on her rug.  

It really is difficult to keep my tongue in my mouth after such a long nap day...

So much excitements!!!!

This past week has been sooooooooo exciting and busy and full of new things!

Ok, so the week kinda wore me out, but it was so much fun!

Mom's friend got married on the 24th, and we went to Grampy and Grammy's house for the weekend!  YAY! I got to hang out with Judge and Noodles, aunt Courtney's doggies.  They are little.  Judge is like the size of my head.  Hahah, so small!  Noodles was kind of a fattie, but he could sit on his butt really good.  They both kept getting in Mom's lap, which would make me super jealous and then I'd have to go over and put my head in between both of them and get the most lovins, cause Mom loves me the mostest, duh.

A pic of Noodles and Judge from Christmas (before I was adopted into the family)
Top:  Noodles
Left: Judge
Bottom: Zeplen (who was 30lbs light than I am)

 Just some pics from the last week:

This was the first time I ever really snuggled with one of my toys.
Mom thought it was "sooo precious".. my face is actually showing how manly this really is.

On the way to NC.  I was watching for the po-po out the back window for Mom.

The only place we could fit my crate was behind the seats, it made me much more sturdy in my hammock,
so I didn't mind.

We stopped on the way for dinner time.  I happily greeted Mom when she opened the back hatch.

I can sit, I just don't.  :)

Hi, Mom!!  I love this ride!  Do you love my breath?!?

I took over Judge and Noodle's bed.. and their Nylabone..  

In Mom's defense, she was pretty busy for most of the weekend and didn't get a chance to take many pictures.  Maybe Grammy or Grampy will contribute some photos?

Catchin' a breeze out the window Mom cracked for me.  Another strange sit behavior taking place.

Weeeeee!!!!

Mom had surgery this week, and Grampy (Mom's Dad) came home with Mom to take care of her (and me).  I really enjoyed hanging out with him while Mom was away while her friend got married and I really liked it when we'd go on so many walks.  Grampy really liked walks with me.  He took me on walks longer than Mom does, Mom says he's just trying to make me like Grampy more than her.

Grampy also took care of me after Mom's surgery, since Mom wasn't able to.  I'd wake up Mom in the morning and she'd wake up Grampy who would take me out in the mornings and feed me.  I still slept in Mom's room every night, cause I love her a lot, even if she has to have someone else take care of me.  Grampy would take me out at lunch time, would take me on my evening stroll, and out for my bedtime business session.  Sometimes he would take me out on extra walks when he was bored, I definitely didn't mind!  I love squirrel scoutin' sessions!

This week I exhibited some true Greyhound hoarding.  Mom got evidence.

Yesterday, Granny arrived (Mom's Granny) and today Grampy left.  I've been pretty mopey since he's been gone, but I got to ride with Grampy and Mom to the airport to drop him off, and then I got to meet my foster family for the 2 weeks that Mom is gone to Scotland!  I'm really excited about hanging out with Scarlet and Jester for 2 weeks.  Foster Mom is excited that I play with toys and I run after balls when we're at the dog park (even if I don't bring them back).

Mom forgot to bring the good blindy-flashy-clicky-thingy, but she used her cell phone to get this pic of me while Grampy drove to BWI.  I was being particularly cute today.

PS.  Mom bought me some new toys, since Noodles ripped all the squeakers out of my favorite toys.. and Mom bought me a Nylabone since I loved Noodles and Judge's soooo much!  Such a good (trained) Mommy!!

Weekend cuteness.

This is what retirement should look like:

Don't mind Mom's mess.  She was doing some house cleaning while I surrounded myself with all my favorite things...  All my squeaky toys!!!!

This is my guilty nose.  That is dryer lint stuck to my nose, which means I had been messing in the bathroom trash..  Mom HATES when I do that.

Mom wasn't sure how I was comfortable laying this way.  She shouldn't judge me.
PS.  I refuse to eat that huge rawhide bone.  Anyone want it?

I'm ferocious..  look at my teeth... while I sleep.

Mom thinks she's sneaky..  she loves when she can see my teeth and not have to smell my breath.

If your retirement doesn't look like this, you're doing it wrong.

Mom gave me a new toy!!!

YYYAAYYY!!!!

Anyone wanna take bets on how long it takes me to destroy it???

After about 5 minutes with my new toy it was nap time.

Making Mom love me.. LOTS

Mom came home from work early today because her internets have been actin weird.  These strange men show up, AND she let them in the apartment!  I'm not her guard dog, so I didn't really mind too much, except that these men weren't interested in petting me, so I wasn't interested in them!  I laid down on my bed in the living room so I could keep an eye on them.  They left after a few minutes, they said they had fixed the issue.  Mom seemed satisfied, so I helped escort them out.

Mom was very proud of me for being so good.  After they left, we laid down for a nap.  I love naps!  When we woke up, Mom started messing around the apartment and she acted like she was getting ready to leave.  She even got my last kong out of the crate, refilled it with peanut butter, put it in the freezer, and pulled the already frozen one out of the freezer for me.  And then.. she hesistated.  I was soooo close to getting my peanut butter kong!  Instead, she decided we were going to go somewhere!  Surprise!

Mom brought a huge bag of treats with her.  I'm not really sure why.  She only gave me 2 the whole trip, but either way, I was excited.  Mom showed me the treat, but I still was very scared about getting in the car.  She put my front paws on the back seat and then lifted me up the rest of the way.  UGH I hate it!  Either way, I got my treat and Mom cracked the windows so I could sniff outside while we drove to the place we were going.

I think Mom was rewarding me for being good while those strange men were at the apartment cause she took me to the public dog park!  They have an area for big dogs AND little dogs.  There were a lot of small dogs in the big dog lot.  Or maybe I'm just really big?  There were a few teeny-tiny dogs in the big dog lot though..  I think they were in the wrong place, but everyone was having fun, so it was ok, I guess.

I had a blast, even though I didn't really socialize with the other pups.  I really am a loner.  Mom was worried for a while that I was going to be lonely as an only-dog, but I think I've put her worries at ease.  I don't really socialize when I'm with other dogs.  I don't feel the need to play with them either.  So I spent most of my time at the dog park, walking around the perimeter of the fence, marking every spot that I possibly could.  I also marked all the trees and benches and I even tried to mark the water buckets, but Mom stopped me.

There were so many dogs, and I wasn't interested in any of them!

My only issue at the dog park was that I kept having the poopies.  I went normal business, then I went poopie, but then I kept having the runs.  Mom wasn't really sure what was going on, and I think she's worried about me.  She is thinking that hopefully, I was just nervous about being around so many new dogs.

Mom could tell I was getting tired cause I had stopped prancing around the fence and I was just moseying along.  I had walked around with some of the other doggies, but we just sniffed each other.  I really am not a player.  I'm a stand there and be petted dog.  Seriously.  When we left, Mom tempted me with a treat again to get in the backseat.  She put my front legs on the back seat and then I surprised her.  I jumped in on my own!!!  For the first time ever!

Mom is super proud of me right now.  She kept saying, "Good Phil!!!  Good boy!!"  I'm sure the people at the dog park thought she was crazy.  (Psst, she is!)  Mom then brought me home and fed me dinner.  She said I made her really proud today for being such a good boy!

I'm really just trying to be good because the other morning I tried to eat Mom's banana (and I did a pretty good job at munching on about 1/4 of it) and I got in the bathroom trash and was eating the dryer lint... all in the same hour.  Mom was definitely not pleased.

I showed her who the good dog is though!!