SUPER SATURDAY

OUR PRAYERS AND HOWLS GO OUT FOR THE U.S. ARMY SOLDIERS AND CIVILIANS WHO WERE KILLED OR WOUNDED IN THE FORT HOOD ATTACK. OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS ARE ALSO WITH THEIR FAMILIES. GOD BLESS AMERICA AND THOSE WHO SERVE HER.

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COMMAND PERFORMANCE
Hey Hounders,
It's me, Alex. Y'all may not know that I am evidently considered to be a professional singer. Professionals get paid for exhibiting their talent. Well whenever I sing, I've noticed that either mom or dad, or both, immediately offer me either treats, chicken or dinner. Of course this tends to bring my concerts to an unscheduled finnish, but a guy's gotta eat you know. Anyway, I usually sing while parading through the house. The other day one of my big fans, Radar, obviously wanted me to sing to him so I graciously obliged. Please excuse the stage from which I was performing, but none other than the very same Radar has completely destroyed the low voltage patio lights along the front walk from the porch steps to the driveway and, at mom's request, dad was in the process of installing motion sensor flood lights on the front of the house and the detached garage in order to illuminate the walkway, front stairs an driveway for mom; hence the tools and supplies on the stage during my aria to Radar. I hope that you enjoy my "command performance."

- Alex and The Bumpass Hounds and Kitties

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ALEX SINGS FOR RADAR

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HOW GOES THE VOTE:
Hey Hounders, it's your faithful Team Captain Radar. As always, I want to thank you again very much for supportting (putting up with) the voting contest to get AHGRR some of the Animal Rescue Site grant money. We didn't start until the 6th week of the contest and have been playing catch-up ever since. In 12 days we sit at #7 in West Virginia and #414 nationwide. We're hoping to qualify AHGRR for at least a most votes in one week prize. Ms. Carol and Mr. Skip up at AHGRR rescued me so I owe them my life; this is the least I can do to try to help them help other dogs as bad off as I was. Hopefully, with your help, we will continue to move in the right direction because of YOUR VOTES, so PLEASE keep voting once a day per computer. However, our momentum seems to be slowing, so PLEASE be sure to vote today. It might help if y'all post about this on your blogs and/or especially to your Face Book and My Space friends. Just take a deep relaxing breath and try not to get upset by our daily reminder about voting. Please go to the bottom of this post to read all about it. Thank you all very much for helping us in this effort. You're helping to save lives and provide health care and shelter for homeless dogs while they're awaiting their furever homes. PLEASE consider posting the voting instructions on your blog and asking your readers to join us in our effort.

- Radar and The Bumpass Hounds & Kitties

MONDAY MYSTERY GUEST:

Remember, the MG is one of our followers listed at the top of our blog. These are the clues we gave y'all so far for this week's Monday Mystery Guest:
1.- The MG is like those 4 women that had a TV show and supposedly lived in Miami, FL, but is only one.
2.- The MG is a NorCal GRReat dog.
3.- The MG lives where you can be eithera winer or a whiner (perhaps both).4.- The MG actually practices obedience and thinks that Tony Bennett left his heart somewhere close by.
5.- The MG considers a Rose as a friend.

Today's Clue:
6.- Although the MG's name is the same as the resident whitch lived there, the MG does not live at the 1164 Morning Glory Circle.

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Life Question From Boru:

OK, so what's the speed of dark?

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PLEASE VOTE FOR AHGRR
Please go to this website:

http://www.theanimalrescuesite.com/clickToGive/shelterchallenge.faces?siteId=3
The webpage is somewhat temperamental but the above link is correct. Please give the page enough time to fully load to "Done" before proceeding. Then we want you to enter the following
red data into the boxes provided:
Shelter Name: Almost Heaven Golden Retriever Rescue
Country: United States
State: WV
City: Capon Bridge

Then click on "Search." The page will then do its' thing and will end up showing the location of AHGRR: Almost Heaven Golden Retriever Rescue & Sanctuary, Inc.Capon Bridge, WV 26714. And, more importantly, a "VOTE" button will appear. Click on the "VOTE" button. You will then have to identify a particular animal in a photo to confirm your vote; this eliminates machine voting. You then will be thanked for your vote to indicate that your vote has registered. You can cast one vote every day for your favorite rescue organization. Voting begins on September 14th, 2009, and ends at midnight (PST) on December 20th, 2009. The more friends you can rally to vote for your favorite rescue organization, the better its chances of winning. Every vote, every day counts - shelters can pull ahead even during the last few days with enough support. Get people involved! The homeless pets awaiting adoption at Almost Heaven Golden Retriever Rescue and Sanctuary are counting on us.

FINALLY FRIDAY

NON VERBAL COMMUNICATIONS

BUMPASS STYLE

Hey Dad, is this mom's slipper?

Don't come any closer.

I don't want to guard the box anymore.

Hey Dad, our bowls seem to be, like, empty.

MONDAY MYSTERY GUEST:
Remember, the MG is one of our followers listed at the top of our blog. These are the clues we gave y'all so far for this week's Monday Mystery Guest:

1.- The MG is like those 4 women that had a TV show and supposedly lived in Miami, FL, but is only one.

2.- The MG is a NorCal GRReat dog.

3.- The MG lives where you can be eithera winer or a whiner (perhaps both).
4.- The MG actually practices obedience and thinks that Tony Bennett left his heart somewhere close by.

Today's Clue:

5.- The MG considers a Rose as a friend.

REAL AMERICAN IDOLS:

RICH ANESTHESIOLOGISTS THAT SING

GETTING OUT THE VOTE:

Hey Hounders, it's Team Captain Radar. Again, I want to thank you very much for putting up with the voting contest to get AHGRR some of that Animal Rescue Site grant money. We only started the 6th week of the contest and have been forced into playing catch-up since starting a week ago last Monday. In 11 days we've made it to #7 in West Virginia and #431 nationwide. We're hoping to qualify AHGRR for at least a most votes in one week prize. Ms. Carol and Mr. Skip up at AHGRR rescued me so I owe them my life; this is the least I can do to try to help them help other dogs as bad off as I was. Hopefully, with your help, we will continue to move in the right direction because of YOUR VOTES, so PLEASE keep voting once a day per computer. However, our momentum seems to be slowing, so PLEASE be sure to vote today. Please be tolerant and don't get upset by our daily reminder about voting. Please go to the bottom of this post to read all about it. Thank you all very much for helping us in this effort. You're helping to save lives and provide health care and shelter for homeless dogs while they're awaiting their furever homes. PLEASE consider posting the voting instructions on your blog and asking your readers to join us in our effort.
- Radar and The Bumpass Hounds & Kitties

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Life Lesson from Boru:

When everything is coming your way, you're in the wrong lane.

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PLEASE VOTE FOR AHGRR

Please go to this website:
http://www.theanimalrescuesite.com/clickToGive/shelterchallenge.faces?siteId=3

The webpage is somewhat temperamental but the above link is correct. Please give the page enough time to fully load to "Done" before proceeding. Then we want you to enter the following

red data into the boxes provided:
Shelter Name: Almost Heaven Golden Retriever Rescue
Country: United States
State: WV
City: Capon Bridge

Then click on "Search." The page will then do its' thing and will end up showing the location of AHGRR: Almost Heaven Golden Retriever Rescue & Sanctuary, Inc.Capon Bridge, WV 26714. And, more importantly, a "VOTE" button will appear. Click on the "VOTE" button. You will then have to identify a particular animal in a photo to confirm your vote; this eliminates machine voting. You then will be thanked for your vote to indicate that your vote has registered. You can cast one vote every day for your favorite rescue organization. Voting begins on September 14th, 2009, and ends at midnight (PST) on December 20th, 2009. The more friends you can rally to vote for your favorite rescue organization, the better its chances of winning. Every vote, every day counts - shelters can pull ahead even during the last few days with enough support. Get people involved! Almost Heaven Golden Retriever Rescue and Sanctuary is counting on us!

TRUE COLOURS THURSDAY

VOTING PROGRESS:
Hey Hounders, it's Team Captain Radar. Thank you very much for putting up with the voting contest to get AHGRR some of that Animal Rescue Site grant money. We didn't start until the 6th week of the contest and have been playing serious catch-up since a week ago last Monday. In 10 days we've made it to #7 in West Virginia and #449 nationwide. We're hoping to qualify AHGRR for at least a most votes in one week prize. Ms. Carol and Mr. Skip up at AHGRR rescued me so I owe them my life; this is the least I can do to try to help them help other dogs as bad off as I was. We are moving in the right direction because of YOUR VOTES, so PLEASE keep voting once a day per computer. However, our momentum seems to be slowing, so PLEASE be sure to vote today; pretty please with sugar on it. We hope y'all don't get upset by our daily reminder about voting. Please go to the bottom of this post to read all about it. Thank you all very much for helping us in this effort. You're helping to save lives and provide health care and shelter for homeless dogs while they're awaiting their furever homes. PLEASE consider posting the voting instructions on your blog and asking your readers to join us in our effort.

- Radar and The Bumpass Hounds & Kitties

Now on with blog business:

TODAY IS TRUE COLOURS THURSDAY
If you'd like to play along, contact the hostess BLUE.
The Colour for today is:

Winnie the Pooh is almost canary yellow but his umbrella is already there. The U.S. Navy had a yellow "target' plane in The Blue Angels right after WWII.

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Yellow is a common air-sea rescue color because its' contrast makes it easier to see in the ocean. Here is a canary yellow life raft and a life jacket.

A canary "Yellow Submarine" brings The Beatles album and movie "Yellow Submarine" to mind.

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Here's some canary yellow heavy equipment: a Union Pacific snow-plow locomotive and a a Honolulu fire engine.

Here we have a great Big Bird that is not a canary but is canary yellow. Mustard is just about canary yellow.

In 1957 there was a movie called "Old Yeller" which is old U.S. slang for Old Yellow. It made lots of little kids cry and have bad dreams. Yellow boots are cool, especially if they're packed with yellow snow.

Tweety Bird is canary yellow and so are canaries.

The U.S. Navy's WWII Trainer was called The yellow peril. Yellow Jacket Wasps are almost canary yellow.

A canary yellow Corvette and a cat wearing a canary yellow rain slicker. he looks like the Gloucester fisherman.

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Cristiano Ronaldo is a Portuguese football (soccer) player wearing a canary yellow jersey. This Golden is wearing a yellow life jacket.

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Actress Terri Hatcher and singer Elton John are making fashion statement in canary yellow saying they are for the birds.

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MONDAY MYSTERY GUEST:

Remember, the MG is one of our followers listed at the top of our blog. These are the clues we gave y'all so far for this week's Monday Mystery Guest:
1.- The MG is like those 4 women that had a TV show and supposedly lived in Miami, FL, but is only one.
2.- The MG is a NorCal GRReat dog.
3.- The MG lives where you can be a winer or a whiner.
Today's Clue

4.- The MG actually practices obedience and thinks that Tony Bennett left his heart somewhere close by.

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Life Question From Boru:
How much deeper would the ocean be without sponges?

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PLEASE VOTE FOR AHGRR

Please go to this website:
http://www.theanimalrescuesite.com/clickToGive/shelterchallenge.faces?siteId=3

The webpage is somewhat temperamental but the above link is correct. Please give the page enough time to fully load to "Done" before proceeding. Then we want you to enter the following red data into the boxes provided:
Shelter Name: Almost Heaven Golden Retriever Rescue
Country: United States
State: WV
City: Capon Bridge

Then click on "Search." The page will then do its' thing and will end up showing the location of AHGRR: Almost Heaven Golden Retriever Rescue & Sanctuary, Inc. Capon Bridge, WV 26714. And, more importantly, a "VOTE" button will appear. Click on the "VOTE" button. You will then have to identify a particular animal in a photo to confirm your vote (not always as easy as it sounds); this eliminates machine voting. You then will be thanked for your vote to indicate that your vote has registered. You can cast one vote every day for your favorite rescue organization (we suggest Almost Heaven Golden Retriever Rescue). Voting began on September 14th, 2009, and ends at midnight (PST) on December 20th, 2009. The more friends you can rally to vote for your favorite rescue organization, the better its chances of winning. Every vote, every day counts - shelters can pull ahead even during the last few days with enough support. Get people involved! Almost Heaven Golden Retriever Rescue and Sanctuary is counting on us.

(ALMOST) WORDLESS WEDNESDAY

The late, GReat

GORDON

We miss you big guy.

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MONDAY MYSTERY GUEST:

Remember, the MG is one of our followers listed at the top of our blog. These are the clues we gave y'all so far for this week's Monday Mystery Guest:

1.- The MG is like those 4 women that had a TV show and supposedly lived in Miami, FL, but is only one.

2.- The MG is a NorCal GRReat dog.

Today's Clue:

3.- The MG lives where you can be a winer or a whiner.

VOTING PROGRESS:

Hey Hounders, it's me, Radar (a.k.a. - Radio). This is a picture from after when AHGRR saved me from being "put down" and I was getting out of the hospital. I was originally gonna be "put down." I'm not sure what they were gonna put me down into, but it didn't sound very nice and I'm glad Ms. Carol and Mr. Skipped rescued me. I was diagnosed with the parvo virus and had to go to the hospital in Charlestown, WV. When I was cured I needed to be quarantined for 4 weeks and AHGRR didn't have a quarantine facility ($$$) so mom and dad picked me up to foster; the picture is mom putting on my leash after the vet tech brought me out of the hospital quarantine wing door. Once again mom and dad proved to be inept foster parents, evidently they've tried and failed before, and they decided they loved me too much to take me back. So now I've been appointed "Team Captain" in our effort to have AHGRR win some of the grant money that the Animal Rescue Site is distributing to those animal shelters that garner enough votes. We're doing quite well for a team that started late; 5 weeks into the competition, but we are playing "catch up." We have moved up from 10th to the #9 and now the #7 position amongst West Virginia Shelters and AHGRR is now up to the #476 position overall. AHGRR was NOT in the top 1000 on last Monday; on Tuesday we were #903, Wednesday we were #817, then #741 Friday, #688 on Saturday/Sunday and then #603 and #588. We are moving in the right direction because of YOUR VOTES, so PLEASE keep voting once a day per computer. Dad votes at home and at work every day. We really have to keep voting in order to get AHGRR in a range to win one of the 73 cash awards; maybe the prize for most votes in one week. We hope y'all don't get upset by our daily reminder about voting. Please go to the bottom of this post to read all about it. Thank you all very much for helping us in this effort. You're helping to save lives and provide health care and shelter for homeless dogs while they're awaiting their furever homes. PLEASE consider posting the voting instructions on your blog and asking your readers to join us in our effort. We know this is a pain in the butt, but the holiday season is upon us and what better way to celebrate than taking the time and effort to vote in order to alleviate a poor pup's pain and suffering.
- The Bumpass Hounds & Kitties

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Life Lessons From Boru:

Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines.

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PLEASE VOTE FOR AHGRR
Please go to this website:

http://www.theanimalrescuesite.com/clickToGive/shelterchallenge.faces?siteId=3
The webpage is somewhat temperamental but the above link is correct. Please give the page enough time to fully load to "Done" before proceeding. Then we want you to enter the following red data into the boxes provided:

Shelter Name: Almost Heaven Golden Retriever Rescue

Country: United States

State: WV

City: Capon Bridge
Then click on "Search." The page will then do its' thing and will end up showing the location of AHGRR: Almost Heaven Golden Retriever Rescue & Sanctuary, Inc. Capon Bridge, WV 26714. And, more importantly, a "VOTE" button will appear. Click on the "VOTE" button. You will then have to identify a particular animal in a photo to confirm your vote (not always as easy as it sounds); this eliminates machine voting. You then will be thanked for your vote to indicate that your vote has registered. You can cast one vote every day for your favorite rescue organization (we suggest Almost Heaven Golden Retriever Rescue). Voting begins on September 14th, 2009, and ends at midnight (PST) on December 20th, 2009. The more friends you can rally to vote for your favorite rescue organization, the better its chances of winning. Every vote, every day counts - shelters can pull ahead even during the last few days with enough support. Get people involved! Almost Heaven Golden Retriever Rescue and Sanctuary is counting on us.

TERRIBLE TERRAIN TUESDAY

THINGS ARE CHANGING FAST

Hey Hounders,

This is a picture of Barnegat Bear; Old Barney we call him. He is from Long Beach Island in New Jersey; we're not sure what Exit # that is. Lots of famous celebrities are from New Jersey; The Four Seasons, Bruce Springsteen, Jon Bon Jovi, Abbott and Costello, Jerry Lewis, Frank Sinatra, Tom Cruise, and Nanook and Pooka, etc. Anyway, mom and dad got him on a weekend trip they took (WITHOUT US) to LBI a few years ago. Old Barney lived at the old house and moved here along with the rest of us. He lives on our front porch and watches over the front yard. He holds a welcome sign with which to greet visitors. He gets to see all of the colors changes and watches the leaves falling off of the trees. He is very temperature tolerant and doesn't complain whether it's hot or cold. He is under the porch roof so he seldom gets rained or snowed on. He is a very heavy bear. Barney is named after a the Barnegat Lighthouse up on LBI that is also nick named Old Barney. Dad and our sister Sarah's husband, the Beel, both climbed the 217 steps all the way up to the top of Old Barney; mom and our sissy Sarah chose not to walk up all those stairs. They said they would have gone if there had been and elevator or escalator; no such luck, this isn't the WashingtonMonument. On to the terrible terrain tour for today:

This is our scenic antena farm which, unfortunately, had to be located in the front yard on the north side of the house. The antennas have to point south and needed to be way out front in order to have a view angle to clear the tall trees out behind our back paddock.

This is the Golden Retriever flag that hangs off of our front porch. It looks a lot like Jubal. That's Sophie trotting along out in the front yard; notice the perfectly manicured lawn - NOT.

On the left is one of the last hydrangea blooms. We had a blustery rainy and windy weekend so it is probably kaputted now. On the right is the view looking off of the back deck down to the paddock run. The trees are rapidly loosing their leaves which have mostly turned brown or yellow.

On the left a slightly different view of the same hydrangea bloom. On the right is the view from our front porch looking northeast across the front yard where the swing is located. After this last weekend it is now hard to distinquish the driveway gravel because of all the leaves on the ground. We hope mom and/or dad don't inadvertently drive into the drainage culvert out by the road.

On the left, for Huffle's mom Tracy, is the last of the pretty hydrangea blooms. We're pretty sure that's it is kaputted too now. On the right is the view from our front porch looking north across our street. The house slightly to the right is a "summer" home. The people only come down 4 or 5 times a year. It will probably be a retirement home since they live up near metropolitan D.C. and dad says the traffic there suxs.

To the left is a photo of the grass garden out by the swing in the front yard. There is some tall grasses and that silver stuff and some of the abundant weed plants (no muzzer, not that kind of '60s weed). "Someday" dad is supposed to edge it and mulch it so it looks better. To the right is one of the plants in the walled garden along the front walkway. The Army of Four's mom probably knows what type of plant it is; we don't.

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MONDAY MYSTERY GUEST:
Remember, the MG is one of our followers listed at the top of our blog. These are the clues we gave y'all so far for this week's Monday Mystery Guest:
1.- The MG is like those 4 women that had a TV show and supposedly lived in Miami, FL, but is only one.


Today's Clue:
2.- The MG is a NorCal GRReat dog.

VOTING PROGRESS:

Hey Hounders, it's me, Radar (a.k.a. - Radio). This is another one of my adoption pictures from when AHGRR saved me from being "put down." I'm not sure what they were gonna put me down into, but it didn't sound very nice and I'm glad Ms. Carol and Mr. Skipped rescued me. I was diagnosed with the parvo virus shortly after this picture was taken and had to go to the hospital in Charlestown, WV. When I was cured I needed to be quarantined for 4 weeks and AHGRR didn't have a quarantine facility ($$$) so mom and dad picked me up to foster. However, once again they proved to be inept as foster parents and they decided they loved me too much to take me back. So now I've been appointed "Team Captain" in our effort to have AHGRR win some of the grant money that the Animal Rescue Site is distributing to those animal shelters that garner enough votes. We're doing quite well for a team that started late; 5 weeks into the competition, but we are playing "catch up." We have moved up from 10th, then #9, to the #7 position amongst West Virginia Shelters and AHGRR is now up to the #546 position overall. AHGRR was NOT in the top 1000 on last Monday last week; on Tuesday we were #903, Wednesday we were #817, then #741 Friday #688 on Saturday/Sunday, and #603 yesterday. We are moving in the right direction because of YOUR VOTES, so PLEASE keep voting once a day per computer. Dad votes at home and at work every day. We really have to keep voting in order to get AHGRR in a range to win one of the 73 cash awards; maybe the prize for most votes in one week. We hope y'all don't get upset by our daily reminder about voting. Please go to the bottom of this post to read all about it. Thank you all very much for helping us in this effort. You're helping to save lives and provide health care and shelter for homeless dogs while they're awaiting their furever homes. PLEASE consider posting the voting instructions on your blog and asking your readers to join us in our effort. We know this is a pain in the butt, but the holiday season is upon us and what better way to celebrate than taking the time and effort to vote in order to alleviate a poor pup's pain and suffering.
- The Bumpass Hounds and Kitties

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Life Question From Boru:

What happens if you get scared half to death, twice?
(This pup in Iraq has a guardian angel.)

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PLEASE VOTE FOR AHGRR

Please go to this website:
http://www.theanimalrescuesite.com/clickToGive/shelterchallenge.faces?siteId=3

The webpage is somewhat temperamental but the above link is correct. Please give the page enough time to fully load to "Done" before proceeding. Then we want you to enter the following red data into the boxes provided:
Shelter Name: Almost Heaven Golden Retriever Rescue
Country: United States
State: WV
City: Capon Bridge

Then click on "Search." The page will then do its' thing and will end up showing the location of AHGRR: Almost Heaven Golden Retriever Rescue & Sanctuary, Inc.Capon Bridge, WV 26714. And, more importantly, a "VOTE" button will appear. Click on the "VOTE" button. You will then have to identify a particular animal in a photo to confirm your vote; this eliminates machine voting. You then will be thanked for your vote to indicate that your vote has registered. You can cast one vote every day for your favorite rescue organization. Voting begins on September 14th, 2009, and ends at midnight (PST) on December 20th, 2009. The more friends you can rally to vote for your favorite rescue organization, the better its chances of winning. Every vote, every day counts - shelters can pull ahead even during the last few days with enough support. Get people involved! The homeless dogs at Almost Heaven Golden Retriever Rescue and Sanctuary are counting on us!