The Bestest Day EVAR!

Hi Everybody! Pinky here, just writing to tell you all about the lovely day I just had...

Well, I don't know about you all, but sometimes I get the winter blues....

Sometimes I just feel a little sleepy and a little more excited about goodies than about getting out and having fun, so this day was just what the Veterinarian ordered!

First, we got up and went to Pit-ed Canine Good Citizen preparation class where I performed my very best "stay" yet and clocked exactly one and one half minutes on the "three minute separation" from my mom. She was so proud of me and Nice Lady Linda C. said that I should be able to pass my CGC very soon! Yipee!

Well, after class, things got really exciting. My mom, dad, little brother Ace and I all went out to lunch with Nice Lady and Nice Mister (they had tacos, I had water). They had a little blue dog with them and his name is Arnie. I thought he was pretty cute and also pretty polite for a younger guy. After lunch we went to The Barn, where that little Arnie lives right now, and do you know who else lives nearby?


ELLIOT! My BFF!! Here I am introducing him to Ace. They really liked each other a lot (I knew they would)! We rolled around and laughed and played and told jokes just like old times. He's sure grown up, holy cow!! It was so wonderful to be out in the grass playing with my old pals.

I also got to play with Fazool... he lives at The Barn too.

He's a real sweetheart:) Oh,and here's me and that little blue guy, Arnie...

After the visit to The Barn, I thought we must be heading home, but no! We went over to visit a few more friends!Here I am with a little human named Kase. He knows how to treat a lady!

That's Ciara getting ready to give me a good back scratch and her BFF too! We had a bar-bee-que and I ate steak dinner with my pal, Flash! WOW, was that ever deee-li-ci-ous!!

After that dinner we both fell asleep on the couch, hee hee.

I was so tired after all of that F-U-N (my Mom says to capitalize when I want to emphasize) that I slept right through breakfast the next day! Ahhhhh, it's just so good to have good friends, don't you think?

Lady in red...............

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas everybody! This year I learned a few new things about Christmas that I never knew before coming to live with Ace and Mom and Dad....

For example, did you all know that Christmas is a time for dressing up?!
My Mom and Dad just LOVED me in my new "Santa Patrol Chimney Watch" hat! I wasn't thrilled with the way it squished my ears down, but I am a good sport after all and I was eager to meet this "Santa Claws" person.

Speaking of which, it seems that Christmas is also a time for waiting. I waited for Santa Claws for quite a while, but then the music and the nice lights from the tree in our living room made me soooo sleepy...zzzzzzzzzzzzzzAlso Christmas is a time for presents!! Look what Santa Claws brought for me!! Now there will be no doubt about whose food dishes they are!

I think I love Christmas.

Bend it like Pinky!

Hi everybody! I hope you are all doing very well. Only 23 days until Christmas!! I am not sure what that means, but everybody seems excited so I am too! My mom says that there will be a tree in our house! That's kind of weird... but also very exciting!
One thing I am not very excited about is this cold weather, as my morning walks are pretty chilly. brrrrrrrr! Of course, the rain and cold do give Ace and I more reason for snuggling on the couch and playing inside. When it's raining I prefer not to do outside zoomies anyway.

For the past couple of months, my mom has been trying get me to co-star in what she calls a "moo-vie." At first I would run as soon as I saw that she had the annoying little box in her hands, but when she kept mentioning how talented I am at soccer, (or "footy" as my English Bull Terrier friends call it), I decided to "co-op-er-ate." At least that's what my mom calls it when I let her watch my practice games with Ace.

Anyhow, here is a "moo-vie" of ME, Pinky Deluxe, enjoying the nice weather back in October and doing what we do best!

Wait, my mom says for me to announce it properly....."Introducing Pinky Deluxe and Ace in "Bend it like Pinky" The heartwarming and inspiring tail of a young Pit Bull's journey to becoming the world's greatest football player."
And by doogies here it comes....hope you like it!

I want to be a K-9 Good Citizen!

Happy Fall to Everyone! Life has been very exciting lately...

Yesterday we went to Ber-ke-ley to my school and guess what? Nice Lady and Nice Mister said I graduated to the next grade! Isn't that exciting? Now my Mom and me will be working very hard to prepare me to take my "CGC" test.

My Mom says it's really a shame that "playing soccer" and "helping in the garden" are not on that test because I am really good at both! She even took pictures of me to show you!



My Mom says that when I pass that test I will be something called a "K-9 Good Citizen" and everybody I love will be so proud of me and that she will put my certificate in a frame in the playroom! Wow! Until then I am going to practice real hard on my "stay"and "down" and "sit" and also "waiting patiently" while my Mom goes away for three entire minutes and leaves me with the nice lady or nice man giving me my test! Whew, that "waiting" one sounds a little scary to me, but Mom says I am very brave and I will be just fine after we get some practice.

(My mom said to include a link to more information on the CGC test for all of you out there, so here it is: http://www.akc.org/events/cgc/training_testing.cfm)

My Mom also said that we have to start thinking about teaching my little brother some school stuff too pretty soon, so I have been helping her with that too...


All of this studying is tiring! My Mom says that it's important that I get a good sleep while I am preparing for my big test.


Here I am with my pink kitty blanket working very hard on getting really "good sleeps!"

My New Life

Hi everybody! It's me, Pinky. I just wanted to let all of you nice people know that I am really enjoying living in my new home here in the sunny Central Valley. I think my bones like the heat because I have been feeling like a pup!

This is a photo of me and my little brother, Ace. He looks small, but boy can he play! When we really get going in the living room Mom and Dad have to run for cover. We think it's pretty funny.

Sometimes we like to play in the yard and while I dig a nice deep hole, Ace mows the lawn with bub-bul-es!














They are hard to catch and taste like soap!
Then we fill the hole up with water and make mud.
Mud helps to keep our coats glossy and soft, I think.

We also take long walks every morning to the park and then we come home and lay down on the couch for a rest. It's pretty tiring looking after a baby, but my Mom says I am a great big sister.

I am finally home

Where have I been you ask? I didn't disappear!

I've had a great summer meeting new friends all over the place since I came to Nice Lady and Nice Mister's house last winter. After a lot of fun with them, they told me I needed to "go out in the world and learn how to be brave", so I did. They sent me to live with Aunt Katie. Aunt Katie took me everywhere and my friends Toby and Sydney showed me how to not be afraid in new places. Such a fun summer being brave!

Lots of people asked to bring me home. Isn't that nice? Nice Lady told me that we needed to wait until my bones could tell us what they needed to be strong. I never heard of talking to bones before, but it seemed important.

We met many people called veterinarians who can talk to bones. They all stared at my knees and talked with serious voices about my "condition." I went to see a bunch of those people. They used big words like "dysplasia" and "arthritis" and "pain main-ten-ance."

They scratched their heads and stared at me some more. One nice man vet told us that I was broken in a lot of places - my knees, my elbow and even my hip weren't "made right." No wonder it feels funny sometimes when I get up in the morning. Aunt Katie gives me a special treat everyday that takes the pain away. She says I get these treats for the rest of my life.



Once the nice people knew more about my insides, they asked Special People Lindsay and Rich if maybe they still wanted me. Special People smiled big and said "Of course we do!" So I got to go home today and start my new life in my very own house. Special People have a little baby named Ace, so I get to be a big sister. I'm so excited.

It's been a fun summer. So many people kissed me and said they would miss me. I never knew I'd get so much love in this new life I have. It makes all my broken parts feel just perfect.



Welcome Home Pinky! With special thanks to Katie (left), Dr. Schwach and Deassa Binstock and the vet staff at Silverado Vet Hospital. And special thanks to Lindsay and Rich for waiting.. and waiting ... and waiting for your perfect little dog.