A Dog Park Christmas

JINGLE BONES

Dashing through the grass

Chasing lots of balls

Crashing into folks

And laughing if they fall (Ha ha ha)

Pooping everywhere

Getting into fights

What fun it is to laugh and sing

A dog park song tonight

(Oh) Jingle bones, jingle bones

Lots of squeaky toys

Oh what fun

It is to run

And make a lot of noise

Jingle bones, jingle bones

Lots of squeaky toys

Oh what fun

It is to run

And make a lot of noise

A day or two ago

I found a puddle deep

I jumped and splashed around

And made my owner weep (Boo hoo hoo)

When they got me home

They washed me for an hour

And since I ate a lot of grass

I threw up in the shower

(Yea!) Jingle bones, jingle bones

Lots of squeaky toys

Oh what fun

It is to run

And make a lot of noise

Jingle bones, jingle bones

Lots of squeaky toys

Oh what fun

It is to run

And make a lot of noise

©2010 Brian Narelle

Meeting super fan Parker

Warren dragged us along to Jenner over the weekend to meet two year old fan Parker who rewarded him with two sticky stars on his nose. It doesn't get better than that.

Front page news

A bunch of my friends made the cover of the local paper this week (The Community Voice - Cotati/Rohnert Park CA) in an article about the Best Friends Canine Club (of which I am an honorary member). We have the people there well trained, including the guy in the hat who runs a virtual tummy rubbing spa.

Philadelphia rocks!

The Philadelphia airport has a series of Pet Ports (read that "outdoor pooping places") so that service dogs and the like can cozy up to a fake fire hydrant when they're traveling. The city of brotherly love just scored some big points in my book! CLICK HERE for newspaper article

Gotta love it when it rains

I just came across this cartoon of my friends Nori and Sweetpea (dog park buddies). With the recent rain there is now an abundance of mud to eat every morning. It doesn't get much better than that.

Rockin the airwaves and saying goodbye

I had the best time tonight co-hosting Berdalee's radio show on KGGV in Guerneville CA. We threw out a whole pile of tunes about dogs, many of which I'd never heard before. Of course I spiced it up with some of my poetry, including When A Dog Dies. When I got home I learned that one of our beloved members of the Best Friends Canine Club here in Rohnert Park CA died today. Poppy was a member of Fight Club, a select group that loved to mix it up every morning. Poppy was sort of the announcer. She'd often sit to the side and bark endlessly, a sort of play-by-play announcer that only dogs could understand. She was a sweet dog. The park will be much quieter without her around.

I remember the first day I met Poppy. We did a traditional nose sniff greeting. She smelled very friendly.

WHEN A DOG DIES

There is an ice-cold stream

That runs through the human heart

When a dog dies

There is a loss too cruel 

To explain

When a dog dies

Embarrassment can stalk that grief

And muzzle the hearts cry

But those who know

Will see it in your eyes

When a dog dies

Warren Peace

Translated by Brian Narelle

Rest in peace good buddy.

Rocking Jenner

The little town of Jenner celebrated their victory over the lumberjacks with a concert featuring yours truly opening for Teresa Tudury. It was a blast.

I wound up meeting a couple of radio DJs. The result? I'll be co-hosting a radio show on Monday night, August 16th in Guerneville CA. We'll be talking dog stuff and playing dog music. What else would you expect?

A-ooooooooooooo!