Stella and THE MYSTERY OF THE CHEW

Not too long ago, I posted an entry about Stella chewing her stuffingless stuffie. I even provided a little video to show you how her chewing of this stuffingless stuffie was much more toned down than it usually is - bo-ring. THEN I wondered if she had some strategy, some (and I quote) "master plan".

Well, I walked into the washroom, her favourite stuffie chewing station, just a few days later and what do I find?

Stella with her stuffingless stuffie turned completely inside out!!! Do you see in the photo that her toy is pretty much the same length as her? Or how narrow this particular stuffie is? How the heck did she manage this?

I guess I will just have to chalk it up to being the mystery of the chew.

So just to summarize: Stella above, stuffie right side out / Stella below, stuffie inside out.

Stella VS. Giant Stuffie

Sorry it is so short, I must have cut it off :S

My Boston Terrrier, the Mighty Hunter...

"Look what I caught! Now I shall burry it in the backyard..."

Stella Visits amp National Gaming Tour on Toronto Waterfront

Last week, Stella heard on the radio that the amp energy drink was sponsoring a giant gaming tour and making a stop in Toronto. Well, Stella loves games so she insisted upon putting on her brand new leash and heading over to the Toronto Harbourfront to join in the fun. I was going that way anyway so I did not even bother trying to explain that they wouldn't be playing her kind of games there. I am sure some of you are thinking that that might have been little mean of me but have you ever tried explaining the concept of video games to a dog? I would have been late for my lunch meeting!

Once Stella arrived at the gaming tent and realised that there were no games of catch, tug-o-war, or chase, she was a little disappointed....until she met this guy:

He is her new best friend and she totally loves him because he pet her a bunch and called her pretty.

Then she looked around a little bit and realized that, even though she was the only one there without opposable thumbs, she still fit in quite nicely; the sign even said so:

Unfortunately, I had to drag Stella away so I could get to my lunch meeting on time:

"Nooo, Don't make me go!!! I wanna go on tour!"

She's Ba-ack! Stella's roomie is home!

After a couple weeks in the hospital, blood work, Xrays, an ultrasound, CT scan, spinal fluid test, MRI, and just a few thousand dollars or so, Nappy Nellie is back and both Stella and Nellie could not be more excited.

Okay. Maybe "excited" was an overstatement.

Unfortunately Nellie does not seem to remember Stella. She has sustained some damage to her hippocampus because she had so many prolonged seizures but we do not know the extent of the damage yet.

"Hey, Where she goin? It's me, Stella!"

Nellie is very wobbly and she keeps falling off of things but that might just be because she is weak and not used to walking for a while, not because of brain damage. Only time will tell. Regardless of the cause, Stella does not quite grasp the seriousness of the situation so she laughs a lot at Nellie when she falls on her head and then Stella tries to keep the comedy going by attempting to JUMP on Nellie’s noggin. Not cool, Stella. Not cool.

"Don't tell me you fell down again? You so stupid! I should jump on your head now?"

(she did fall down again)

Stella also thinks Nellie’s new haircut is pretty funny. The back of Nellie’s head is shaved and so are some parts of all four of her legs. Ha ha, Nellie, thinks Stella. Now who looks silly?

"Ahaha! Bet you wish you did not make fun of my googly eyes so much!"


Stella and I want to thank Dr. Cochrane and all of the staff at the Vet Emergency Clinic, south, in Toronto.

You are so great and we are sorry Nellie bit two of your staff members. Stella’s thinking, though, that those two minor altercations might have been a result of the bad haircut and one too many enemas.

"Who is this crazy dog with the dumb googly eyes?" Says Nellie.

Stella's Missing her Room Mate.

Stella's roomate and bestest friend ever (although the feelings are not necessarily reciprocated), Nappy Nellie (an adorable kitty), is feeling way under the weather. It has prevented me from writing about Stella's latest antics and happenings because we are all so worried about Nellie. She has been in and out of the vets for a couple of weeks but she is currently in the ICU of an emergency hospital which is where she has been for a couple of days. . I do not really want to write much about it on Stella's blog because it might depress her and then she will look at me with googly eyes and a pouty mouth and that, in my weakened state, will likely cause me to give her too many treats.

I might write a post about Nappy Nellie on Nanette's Dog Blog soon. Feel free to check there but in the mean time, don't worry, Stella is still having fun and doing lots of cool stuff. We will post about her latest happenings soon.

How Boston Terriers Beat the Summer Heat (at least how Stella does, anyway)

I was just visiting the awesomest dog blogs and I felt very sorry for Joe Stains and his little brother Tanner becuase they are both boiling in the Arizona heat. But Tanner has the right idea, he is eating ice cubes, which is Stella's FAVOURITE!!!!

Stella wanted me to tell Tannner, Joe, and other doggies that are sweltering in the heat (or just plain old bored), what her other FAVOURITE!!!!! is.

Stella likes to eat frozen carrots! SHE loves carrots so much (and chunks of sweet potatoes, too) so we started to freeze them, which makes them last much longer than ice cubes or unfrozen carrots. Plus they are better for her sensitive Boston terrier tummy than rawhide !

Stella loves her veggies, especially carrots and sweet potatoes. Sometimes we freeze fruit stuff and broth, too!

Maybe you can tell Stella what your favourites are? She is always up tp try something new, especially if it is food related!

Stella's New Best Friend from Woofstock

Stella met so many cool people and animals at Woofstock 2009 in Toronto that it was difficult to choose a new best friend for the week.

After much consideration her new best friend this week was this guy:

He let Stella sit in his shady booth and he scratched her neck until I told her it was time to go, which was awesome. It was so hot and sticky out, she really needed that break!

Stella's Woofstock 2008 photos

As promised, Stella would like me to post some photos and tell some stories from her awesome time at Woofstock 2008 in Toronto last weekend.

To start the weekend off, Stella got a tattoo that matches mine. Unlike mine, her's is not permanent. How cool do we look?

After the tattoo session, Stella and I were so excited to see some exotic animals like this kinkajou:

And this hairless kitty cat:

We also saw about a fofillian awesome cool doggies:

We even saw a puppy that looked just like a teddy bear:

Stella, the spoiled puppy, got SO MUCH free stuff that it is crazy. We took the following photo of her loot and then put it all away only to turn around and find that we had a WHOLE other bag!!! Here is about 2/3's of her free stuff:

And that is just some of the cool stuff my Stella Bella experienced last weekend! Stella is already dreaming about attending Toronto's Woofstock 2009. Hopefully we will find some more interesting things to occupy her attention and time until then.