The Case of The Cone

The day Bruno found a new toy at the school yard started off like any other day. Bruno was chased by The Fun Police for running past the speed limit towards his new found toy:

"The Toy Gods left this for me!
GIMME!"

I was pretty sure no god(s) left this cone for Bruno, but I couldn't convince him otherwise. I had to enlist Ryan for his help in getting the cone away from Bruno.

"MY CONE!"

"GIMME MY CONE!"

Ryan finally gave up. And so, Bruno had his new toy.

"All mine!"

I felt really guilty for letting Bruno have the cone. I am sure whomever left it in the tree didn't want it to be demolished by Bruno. Don't worry, Gino helped me chastise Bruno.

"You're destroying city property!
You'll go to jail where the bail there is
one million Milkbones!!"

Luckily, Bruno showed the cone mercy. After a few minutes of lugging it around, Bruno got really tired and just laid there with the cone.




Silly Bruno. Only he would find the small joys of lugging around a bright orange safety cone. :-)

Crash Landing!

My computer crashed last weekend thanks to Window's Service Pack 3.

SCREW YOU WINDOWS!

I lost everything. And I mean everything. Pictures, documents, and my percious iTunes collection...you name it and it's gone. My computer tried to update and install Service Pack 3 last weekend and it caused my computer to be stuck in reboot limbo. In an effort to stick it to Windows, I went out and got myself a trusty Mac. I have to say, so far, the Mac kicks ass. Everything installed smoothly--from printers to routers. I didn't have to do a damn thing. The Mac recognized all of these peripherals instantly and independently. No error messages, no messages about needing to download drivers...it's heaven!

Because I lost all of my pictures (a.k.a. several weeks worth of blog posts), it might be a few weeks before I can make up for lost time. I just wanted to give all of you readers a heads up as to why there might be some inactivity for a few weeks on the Canine Mafia's blog.

You Cannot Resist

"Hey! Where did you go?!"

"Oh! There you are!"

"Do you want to play with me and Mr. Rhino?
Come on! I know you do!"

"We won't hurt him...too much!
We'll just nibble on his leg!"

"Nom! Nom! Nom! Nom!"

Murder Mystery

"Well, today seems like a boring day.
I wish something exciting would happen."

"OMG! Did you hear that?!
It sounded like a scream!"

"A dead squirrel!!"

I can verify, as a solid character witness, that The Mafiosos were not involved in the death of this poor squirrel. They happen to be in the vicinity when the poor squirrel passed on to acorn heaven.

Nevertheless, we're still calling our lawyer just in case...I'm just sayin'.

Take A Walk On The Wild Side...

The Mafiosos were recommend an excellent park to visit by their cousins Bison & Lindsay. A park where apparently horse, goat, pig, duck and goose poop are abound and plenty! A world of animal poop?! Why, that's a dream come true for The Mafiosos!

"Speed it, buster!"

But alas, once we arrived, it seemed the stars were not in our favor. For one, the glorious poop was all enclosed.

"So you're saying this no way
I can access your poop, huh?"





"Excuse me! Any way you could maybe
shove some of your poop through
this fence here for my brother and I?"





"Alright, how about you at least
let me lick your lips then??"

The Mafiosos were thoroughly disappointed about the poop issue. And then, my camera's battery died! But not before I was able to catch this incident...

"Um, excuse me, do you know where we could find some chickens?
Preferably, the Kentucky Fried Chicken kind?"

Raw Ramblings

They cats are now fully switched to 100% raw food. Gone is the kibble and free feeding. In its place is fresh, raw food served daily.

This helps me keep tabs on Blue; I can make sure she eats at all times and prevent a reoccurrance of the Fatty Liver Disease she experienced this past October.

It took me about forever and a day to make the switch, but, now that we have, I can't seem to comprehend why I didn't do this sooner. My two old ladies are acting like kittens again and their dandruff has completely gone away. While I am appreciate of these two things, I am not appreciative of the following:





Oh, I am sure to the naive person, this may just look like an innocent kitty hanging near its master. But no! That is not the case! That is Maggie stalking me, waiting for my eyes to open a tiny sliver to begin this...

"Gimmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmme
myyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
fooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooood!"

You can try to tune her out. But that will only cause her to move closer and try her mind take-over skills.

"You will get up and
FEED ME NOW!"

"Dammit, I need to focus.
She's obviously not getting up quick enough."

Eventually, Maggie will park herself millimeters away from me and stare at me (in combination with yelling at me) to get my ass up out of bed and feed her breakfast.

"Food. In my mouth. Now."

Molly is at least more patient. She just excepts room service when breakfast is served.






Honestly, all it takes if for one certain cat to start staring. The minute Blue starts starting at me, I hustle my tuckus out of bed as fast as I can.

"I'm giving you two minutes to serve my breakfast
before I give you free plastic surgery
on your face with my claws."

But all the staring (and threats from Blue) are worth it when I see the end results. Glowing coats, minimal wastes in the litter box and teeth slowly returning to the color white. :-)

The Taxman

I'm almost done with our taxes...
if only I could remember where I put our W-K9 form.

What's a W-K9 form you ask?

Click the image below to find out!

Princess Blue

I bought Blue a new collar. The message is fitting, isn't it?



What do you all think?

Making Up For Lost Time

I walked into the office to see a crime in progress.




I guess she's making up for lost time?!

Tiny Tinkerbell

I supposed to I should be used to Carmela's size by now. The fact that she is 3lbs shouldn't phase me anymore. But every now and then, it will.

Like, for example, when she hangs out near Bruno. My eyes almost pop out of my head when I see that Bruno's paws are bigger than her head.





Or how Blue, who weighs barely 11lbs, is waaaaaaay bigger than Carmela.



I hope this phase ends soon. My eyes can't keep popping out of my head on a daily basis. ;-)

Practicing... Canine Mafia!

In case they are ever arrested,
The Mafiosos have started lining up based on height.

This is War!

There was a squabble recently within The Canine Mafia...

"Yay! There's a reindeer stuffie
for me under the Christmas tree!" exclaims Gino

"No!" shouts Carmela.
"You have to share!
It's for the both of us!"






"Tell him Ma," says Carmela.
"Tell him he has to share!"

It's true, Gino. You have to share. Sorry!

"Nooo! I don't wanna share!" whines Gino.

"You heard, Ma!" shouts Carmela.
"YOU HAVE TO SHARE!!"







"DO NOT!" shouts Gino.







"DO TO!" shouts back Carmela.






"This is war, mister!" warns Carmela.
"I will bite your face off if you don't share!"






"I dare you to bite it off!" replies Gino.
"You couldn't hurt me if you tried!"






"Gimme the toy!!!" cries Carmela.

Bruno, I could use a little help with your little brother and sister over here.

"Alright you pipsqueaks," says Bruno.
"Break it up and give me the toy."

"But it was under the tree for me!" squeals Gino
"It's MY toy!"






"Correction," clarifies Bruno.
"It WAS your toy!"

Canine Mafiosos, Canine Mafioso, The Dogfathers, Canine Mafia

A Girl's Gotta - Canine Mafioso

A girl's gotta find a way to work on her tan somehow in the winter!

Take It Off! ~!~Canine Mafia~!~

"Ma, take this sock off, please!
I promise to not lick my stitches..."

"You know fully well that he is lying.
He'll start to lick his stitches
two seconds after you take the sock off."

"Besides, Bruno in a sock provides so much comedic value!
Let's not waste the opportunity to post
pictures of him looking mighty foolish! "

"Whatchoo mean us looking foolish
is never a wasted opportunity??"