Lookingg cool on a sunday morning

At the park with mom!!

Getting our exercise on

Keeping my paws warm

Dog Days of Summer

First of all, Bailey and I were pleasantly surprised that  Bailey won a spot in Kelly & Gibson's 2012 calendar contest, as Mr. September 2012! It sure looks like it is going to be a great calendar, although some buddies of Bailey's didn't make the final cut. THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO VOTED FOR BAILEY.

Check out the results here: http://corgibutts.blogspot.com/2011/09/corgis-with-blogs-2012-calendar-winners.html

Last weekend, I went out to three baseball games, one each day over at AT&T park to watch the San Francisco Giants take on the Houston Astros. Friday's game I almost froze to death (we don't normally have a real real hot summer, but I swear, it was in the low 50's that night!). On Saturday, woke up bright and early and ran a 5K for the charity Project Open Hand - which was fun and I shocked myself in running 2/3 of it. :) it was great, but I then stayed out all day shopping then watching the game at night. I defintely overexhausted myself.

However! the next day was a big day for Bailey and I - it was Dog Days of Summer at the ballpark! That meant that I got to bring Bailey to the ballpark to the game with me (its a one a season sorta thing). We purchased tickets in advance and were super excited. Bailey, of course, brought his bff Catch with him and they went out to breakfast together in the morning, then we walked over to the ballpark to line up for the parade. We even saw the manager Bruce Bochi in the dugout! :)

So, the day starts off with a parade around the warning track for all the pooches. Mind you, last year, bailey took two poops on the track and a couple of pees. This time around he managed to only pee on a post outside the visitors dugout, which I appreciated. There were no poop incidents. Bailey loves this strut. However, they do move us along quickly so I wasn't able to take many pictures but did get some, and some video too:

Also, let me explain the beard. This started with the Giants in 2010. Players started sporting beards, the most famous being that of our closer, Brian Wilson. It's just one of those superstitious things, but he's kept it, through the world series win and all, and it was back this season. The tagline for his beard  is... FEAR THE BEARD. We thought it would be the cutest thing to create a beard for the dogs for the game, so we did. Partly created from a costume beard + the addition of some craft supplies to fluffen it up. The results were:

We didn't elect to enter the costume contest, but I think Bailey would've had a good shot. The beard was a huge hit! :)

Here's Bailey meeting some of his new friends, Lucy and Kelly!

Here's a picture of the boys in our "annual" picture spot. We always take a picture in front of this gate!

Here's bailey hiding under the bleachers cause it was so HOT! 

The view from our seats. We had one ball come in our direction. That was interesting!!!

Here are the two boys enjoying their seats and waiting for treats

Bailey was a good fan too! He was barking everytime the fans were clapping and cheering!! Go Giants!! haha

Here are the boys enjoying some regular seats, and watching the seagulls invade for their early dinners!

So, we then made our way to the stands, found our seat, grabbed some food and watched the game.

It was so HOT. I actually suffered from a farmers tan afterwards, with both the upper part of my arms burnt to a crisp, and my scalp too! I neglected to bring sunglasses or a hat, which I regret. The next day I woke up with the worst stomach ache and fever, but I recovered over the next two days. Not sure what that was, but Bailey was a super sweetheart! Overall, the weekend was a blast, and even though we were a bit tortured by the sun and a loss, we're still going back next year!

Sorry! keeping this blog post short, Bailey's ready to go to the park! then we're going to be heading to the Arts & Wine festival in Millbrae :)

HOPE YOU ALL ARE HAVING A FANTASTIC SUMMER!

Vote for Bailey!

Only a couple hours left to vote tonight for Bailey on Kelly & Gibson's 2012 Calendar contest!. Two of Bailey's photos made it on the calendar, and they are #20 and #21. We'd very much appreciate your votes. Good luck to everyone, and special thanks to Kelly for hosting the contest!

Vote here: http://corgibutts.blogspot.com/2011/08/30-finalists-time-to-vote.html

Enjoying the baseball game!!!

Who's ready to fear thy beard??!?! ... woof

Lion and ii hanging oout on a saturday

Wants to go with mom to work

either that or my bbear is wondering why moms not at work today!

Patiently waiting for.... ?

Coupons & Giveaway

Click here to print a $5 off $25 purchase at Petco. Valid only on 8/13 or 8/14 (next weekend!)!

Click here to print a $3 off coupon for any Wellness dry dog or cat food purchase (expires 8/15/2011)!

Click here to print a $1 off couponf or any Wellness canned dog or cat food purchase (expires 8/15/2011)!

Also, I was just browsing the stat's today and my goly we are 1 pageview away from 10,000 all-time pageviews! haha. I know that might not be much of an accomplishment, but! There always a butt!. Anyways, Bailey and I are celebrating nevertheless! So, the first person to answer these three easy peasy questions correctly wins a small surprise  from us to celebrate this momentous occassion! Please post your answers in the comments section.

1. When is Bailey's birthday?

2. What human profession do you believe Bailey would excel at and why (there is no wrong answer) (modeling? swimming? doctoring? lawyering? security guarding?) 

3. What all-time summer activity will Bailey experience for the first time later this summer?

Please provide your name and blog address (if you have one). I will e-mail the winner for any personal info required. Sorry, but I am limiting this giveaway to the continental USA, but we do value all our international page viewers as well!!!

Bailey-Updates!

A few Bailey-updates for you as he passes the  3 ½ year mark. We’ve been a bit tired and busy lately, but hope you’ll enjoy these snippets.

1.     Bailey is becoming better at recall, just because he wants to. Before, I’d have to treat him/coax him, but now, he’ll just listen. It makes me proud.

2.     Bailey loves hogging sleeping bags. If you plop one down, he thinks you’ve laid out this nice fluffy area for him to sleep on. And. He. Wont. Move. Period. Try shifting 33 lbs of muscle J It’s something too adorable for you to be mad at. He will act oblivious and silly about it too (grab a toy or bone, lie down, no eye contact).

3.     Bailey still hates brooms. Of any kind. Even if I close the door to sweep something, he barks at the sound of sweeping.

4.     Bailey is afraid of big black-furred dogs, especially German Shepherds. They must look scary from his height. His ears cock straight back whenever one is in sight. And Sheepdogs still scare him. He’s getting better with the “arrroooosss” of a hound.

5.     I can leave the front door open and Bailey will not run out. I could not say this 6 months ago.

6.     Bailey and I went on our first 4.4. mi run this month around Lake Merced in the city. We’ve never been running together or running, period. Prior to turning 3, I never thought he would be able to (just too rambuctious on the leash, and well, thoughts of him choking on his leash, etc). But he is a GREAT running buddy. Runs right by my side or behind me, and reacts perfectly to leash corrections. Well, neither of us ran the whole way, but Bailey impressed me by running at least 1/3 of it and even made excuses to stop and sniff the eucalyptus leaves. J Boy was he tired after that. We’re going to work on it.

7.     Bailey likes to eat his earwax and eyegoobers. Actually he’s like to do this ever since I can remember, but we’ve never shared that fun fact! It explains why bailey loves to give people kisses on the ear.

8.     We’re going to be making costumes for Bailey and his friend Catch for the upcoming baseball game. It’s a secret but we’ll be sure to post about it. Yes, Bailey is going to the Giants game. This will be our 4^th time attending! It’s a tradition!

9.     We’re planning a first-ever camping trip for Bailey for later this summer. Stay tuned for more on that. Have you taken your dogs camping? Any suggestions or lessons-learned?

10.  Bailey has become less destructive with stuffed animals. He still gets in that shredding “zone”…. But he stops immediately when I say “UH-UH do not hurt your toys!”. He immediately stops and looks guilty. Plus, if there is an “accident” hes really attentive and supportive during toy surgery. Haha. Anyways, gives me hope that I can buy some cute stuffed animals for him.

11.  We’ve learned that “uncle” Parker, whom we meet up with twice a year after finding out they got Parker from the same breeder, is acutally BIG BROTHER PARKER. From a previous litter. We originally thought they had different dads, but, well, that was proven wrong. Bailey is super excited to have a big brother.

12. We recently worked locally to improve our corgi meetup location. Instead of meeting in a wood-chipped park close to traffic with horrible parking, Bailey and I successfully worked with other members to move the meetup to a safer, greener and parking-friendly area. Our first meetup was a great success - I want to say 12-13 corgis showed up. We're too excited for next month!

Hope you enjoyed these updates, until next time!

Go Giants!!!

Running my little hearts content