Summer is Ending. Sigh.

Stella is a trying not to get in a blue funk now that summer is over and it is that wet, grey, in-between summer and winter time. Luckily Stella did a lot of awesome cool things this summer that she can think about to cheer her up.

Stella went to the beach:

Stella got a new shirt:

Stella learned a new skill:

Stella met a gross new friend:

All in all Stella was a happy camper this summer:

Pawlimpics 2008

The Pawlimpic Games, 2008 are here and Stella is proud to be one of the participants in the worldwide bone relay.




Stella only managed to get one photo entry in for the Pawlimpics mostly becuase her parents suck.

Here is a photo of Stella carrying the bone:






Thanks so much to our awesome friends at Wire Wise for putting so much work creativity and effort into these photos and video and hosting the games!

2008 Summer PAW-LIMPICS

Stella is a camera hog! She will look at the camera, sit pretty, stand up and walk back and forth without any promise of treats at all. Well, imagine her delight when she came across the Wire Wise blog today with their announcement about the 2008 SUMMER PAW-LIMPICS!!! She has made a few suggestions as to event categories but I am sure we can come up with a photo either way. Cool Beans!

Stella's Ice Cream Personality

Here is Stella's Ice Cream Personality:

Your Ice Cream Personality:

You are a bit of a bragger. Your personality is larger than life - and you really enjoy showing off. You are the type of person who likes to throw caution to the wind. You only live once, so you're going to live as large as possible. You are definitely a wild one! You are a very open minded, liberal, and flexible person. You love many things. You tend to have tastes that range from down home to cosmopolitan. You are a natural multitasker. You feel alive when you're doing more than one thing at a time. You are a serious and contemplative person. You definitely do your own thing in life.

The Ice Cream Personality Test

Thanks to Buster the Wired Fox Terrier for providing the link to this fun quiz. Apparently Stella and Buster have the same cool personality.

WoofStock Coming To Toronto This Weekend

Guess Where Stella Bella will be this weekend?

Back from vacation. We really moosed you.

Okay, that was a nerdy title but Stella and I are tired from driving so much so we are not feeling very creative.

Anyway, Stella's new best friend this weekend (and from her road trip) is this thing:

A ginormous moose. Stella did not even mind that he smelled like he had not had a bath in forever.

She liked him because he was the strong silent type. He really listened to her problems, like how she was running low on her favourite treats and did not think she would get home in time.

Up, up and away magic moosey! take me to my treats...and comfy bed. I am so tired and grumpy.

Stella Loves These Blogs Best So You Should Too

So on behalf of Stella, I just added Mack's Mess to her favourite blogs list. She has some really cool blogs on her short but puppy approved blog roll, so why not check them out?


Mack's Mess - our newest fave. He has sister issues.

Maxwell the Pug - okay, we are a little mad at Maxwell because he hasn't posted in awhile. As soon as he does, though, we will be cool again.

Punk Rock Dogg, The Murphy Dogg Blogg -This badass dog has sister issues like Mack but times 100! He already had one sister but then he just got TWO new sisters whom obviously needed a kickass home real bad.

Insipientia by Smartguy McBigBrain - This guy is an obnoxious know-it-all whom Stella, for some odd reason loves to death but is mad at him for not visiting her in Canada. I mean he lives in Idaho for crying out loud. What possible excuse could he have for not wanting to leave Idaho?

The Dog Dish by Temple Treats - This is a blog on the site that sells Stella's FAVOURITE doggie treats. Except she doesn't have to buy them there because I own the business and therefore she gets free doggie treats.

Backpackers in Toronto Blog - Stella is the unnofficial mascot for Backpackers on Dundas because the owner is my friend and stuck there all the time and Stella is stuck with me all the time and I am always there watching free movies and drinking wine.

Nanette's Dog Blog - This is one of Stella's favourite blogs because most of the entries are about her or about Toronto or about her in Toronto. Those are three favourite topics.

Tarable - This is a really cool blog written by a really cool chick who has bunny ears for her Boston. Tarable is pregnant but still able to eat dessert tofu and hopefully sushi. Stella wants bunny ears too.

Stella and the Gigantic Puppet

So everyone should know by now that Stella is a little nuts, right? She loves to go around Toronto getting her photo taken with perfect strangers, or, as Stella prefers to call them, new best friends. Usually my Boston Terrier baby makes so many new friends, I have to choose which photo to post. Earlier this week I posted Stella in the arms of Chris Jericho at the Toronto Bell Walk for Kids Help Phone. She made a tonne of other new best friends at that event too, though.

So one of Stella's other new best friends is this guy:

That is right, Stella made best friends with the mascot for the Toronto Argonaughts.

Well, they were best friends until it very suddenly dawned on Stella that she was in the arms of a gigantic chew toy. That is when she bit Mr. Argo's Mascot in the thumb and, terrified of being in a world in which doggie toys come to life and take over, she spent the next three minutes frantically attempting to keep Mr. Argo's Mascot a safe distance from the defenseless crowd at the event. It was not an easy feat because there were so many people standing around laughing and cheering, not to mention the news camera videotaping her. It was all very distracting, really, so eventually (right about the time Mr. Argo's Mascot walked away) Stella decided to give up and look for a nice place to pee.

Yay Stella!

Stella would be JLo?

Sayyy Whaaat? Stella does not think so.





Stella thinks this quiz is sexist.

Stella's Word of the Week: Abulia

ABULIA \uh-BOO-lee-uh; uh-BYOO-\, noun:

Loss or impairment of the ability to act or to make decisions.

In the midst of her charge towards a flock of suspicious looking pigeons, from the corner of her eye, Stella saw a small furry black creature with a bushy tail darting across the park. After momentarily being struck with abulia, Stella switched directions and high-tailed it after the offensively chattering creature.

Thanks Dictionary.com. Stella loves U.

Stella Loves Chris Jericho

Stella made about a fofillian new best friends this week because she walked 5kms to help raise money for the Kids Help Phone. Her new bestest friend though is definitely Chris Jericho from WWE.





Chris Jericho helped kick off the Bell Walk for Kids Help Phone by revving up the crowd and standing in front of the blue start ribbon. Well Stella is not shy and thought she should help pump up the walkers too. Plus she thinks Chris Jercicho is totally hot and she now wants to watch WWE all the time. She practically threw herself in his arms for a photo opp, the cheeky girl. His manager lady did not look too impressed although Jericho did not seem to mind.

Stella's Word of the Week: Lambaste

LAMBASTE \lam-BAYST\, transitive verb:

1. To give a thrashing to; to beat severely.

2. To scold sharply; to attack verbally; to berate.

Stella stealthily hides behind the giant tire, patiently awaiting the opportunity to lambaste her arch nemesis, this yucky old swan.

"I am going to tear this bird a new swan hole."

Stella’s Word of the Week: Pugnacious

Stella’s word of the week is:

PUGNACIOUS: puhg-NAY-shuhs\, adjective

Inclined to fight; combative; quarrelsome

The pair of swans who originally displayed a haughty indifference toward Stella have now revealed a truly pugnacious character. As soon as the swans see Stella out for her daily walk along the boardwalk, they immediately swim toward her, hissing and spitting in attempt to engage her in mortal combat.

"Take off eh, you hoser!"

See last week’s word of the week.

Thanks Dictionary.com. Stella loves u.

Stella Bella the Canadian Idol Wannabee

So Stella heard that Canadian Idol audition had made its way to Toronto and she immediately decided she wanted to go try out.

I tried to talk her out of it.

"First of all Stella, even if you do manage overwhelm the judges with your adorable-ness to the point that they all overlook the fact that you are, well, not actually human, they won't like your song choice .... Yes, I do think that you do a great rendition of Ludacris' You's a Ho but I don't think they will like that much profanity. It's a family show, you see ... "

Despite my objections, Stella sprayed on her best doggie cologne, which is actually just a nice smelling conditioner for her skin and coat because I refuse to buy actual doggie cologne, and headed off first thing Saturday morning to auditions. Unfortunately, as you can see from the photo below, Stella was a little confused. The poor girl went to the wrong stage.

Stella sat very pretty waiting for her audience to show up but no one came. I did sit down and offer to listen but I think Stella thought I was patronizing her.

So we left the stage and headed over to the boardwalk. Luckily Stella is an "out of site, out of mind" kinda pup and was immediately distracted from her troubles by a big stick that needed to be chewed into two pieces.

My Bloggy Doggy: Princess on Queen.

Stella Bella was out and about on Queen Street in the Toronto Beaches yesterday – or, as The Man says we are supposed to call it now, The Beach.

Stella made a ton of new best friends. One of her bestest new best friends is Angel the Cat.



As you can see in the picture, sometimes love is not reciprocated but Angel’s quiet distaste for Stella did not bruise her ego at all. Stella just went on with her shopping.




Stella loves shopping, even if it is just to help Mambomama (that is not me, btw) buy a new deadbolt to help keep out crazies. Luckily for Stella, the staff at Rona Hardware in The Beaches The Beach is very dog friendly.


The staff are not, however, very flash photography friendly. In fact if you take a picture of the staff at Rona, she is likely to hurl herself to the ground and start having convulsions. I know this because she explained it to Stella, Mambomama and me, not because it actually happened. Luckily, I have a pretty good camera and the place is well lit so we did not need to use a flash.

So, in conclusion, if you go to Rona Hardware in The Beaches (screw you The Man) do not take flash photography, take a dog ...and keys if you need any copies cut.