English vs French

On today's episode of Iron Dog, we have American vs French bulldog. It's an exciting crowd here in Family Room Stadium. Lots of beer, chocolate chip cookies and a new flat screen tv with surround sound.

Introoooooduuuuucing, challenger American bulldog Dover Piratsky! 4 year old, white, male.


Dover Piratsky, it's an exciting weekend here in family room stadium. What do you have to say to the current Iron Dog holder; french bull dog Basil Brown?

ARF! Well, I think American bull dogs are better. The french are stuck up with their punched in noses and they have small qui quis. Their bat ears are pompous in my opinion. They say "Aye, look at moi. I em so cute cuz I em frrrench." I may have allergies too, but as an American, I'm taller, bigger and I still have my tail.

Those are strong words from American bull dog Dover. We will see if he can live up to the challenge.

Challengers. You have one hour. Play!

Happy Thanksgiving

We are so thankful for Basil this year. He's brought such a light to our life.


Basil playing with his cousins Winston, Murphy and Maui. Murphy is similar in playing style so they are having loads of fun.

Thanksgiving Prep

Keith and I have been talking about what to do with Basil during Thanksgiving when human food is plenty and the kids like to "accidently" drop it on the floor where the family dogs *just happen* to be. We recalled how much Basil liked Maui's big bone. Assuming, he's not allergic to it, we're going to get him a big bone to keep him distracted while everyone eats. Hope that keeps him safe and healthy.

Any other suggestions?

Basil's first crush

I spy a little girl who has a crush on you!


Our friend's daughter kept hugging and gently kissing Basil throughout the night. It was the sweetest thing to watch. She's also learning her words now and said the funniest thing. She pointed to his belly and said "pink". Then she said "wee wee". hahahaha


This was so cute. I think she was really in awe that he was her height and size. She's 27 lbs and he's 24.5. She was giddy as she grabbed his ears and pinched his cheeks.

Basil & Santa Claus

Basil had his photo taken with Santa Claus today! One of the malls had a 2 hour window where you could have your pet take pictures with Santa. We think that stuff is cheesy, but we were curious. It turned out to be so much fun. There were so many good looking dogs. Basil took such a great photo too! We're not showing it to you on the blog. You'll just have to wait until Christmas!


Here we are waiting on line. Basil really wanted to sniff the mall but we couldn't let him. Honestly, it seemed a little stressful for him to keep on the leash and wait all that time with all those other dogs. He did get to meet some awesome dogs.


Here's Santa. Santa really knew how to handle the dogs. Basil took a great picture! He looked nervous when Santa put him on his lap because he didn't know what was going on. He gave me the sappy eyes like "Mommy, what's happening to me?"

Basil goes courting

We had another play date with Cadens (the Boston Terrier). Since they are in the same size range, they play really well together.


I actually got a picture of her this time. She was slightly calmer than usual. Cadens' dad was getting his room doggie proofed because she might be ready to be left out of the crate now. Yay! Let's hope all goes smoothly with little collateral damage.


Cadens got a new toy today that is supposed to be super tough. Although they managed to rip it in about 20 seconds of having it. They played really well with this toy together. They played tug of war. Then Cadens would run with it and Basil would chase her and snatch it back. It was really entertaining to watch.

Basil Purrs

Basil purrs a lot. In the morning when he first wakes up and stretches, we pet and give him a good back rub. He'll purr as we rub his back. Then sometimes as he naps, I'll pet him and he purrs to the petting. When he naps, as he breathes he does this inhaling and exhaling like a cartoon cat...Let me describe: inhale "snooooorrrrrtt" exhale "we we we we we" inhale "snorrrrrrttt" exhale "we we we we we we" It's the funniest thing.