Have you met an elephant?
Are they very mighty?
I've only seen pictures,
that are very tiny.
Doggo

Queensland man searches for the author of love letter penned to him 40 years ago

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-05-13/queenslander-searches-for-author-of-40-year-old-love-letter/12238146?section=good-news

But if he does find the sender, will it be true love?

"She would have to be pretty good-looking to kick my blue heeler out of bed … like supermodel status," he said.

"I love my dog to bits."

Let's run,
round the yard,
make a lot of dust,
that's not hard.
Doggo

Pluto

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pluto

In 1930, Walt Disney was apparently inspired by it when he introduced for Mickey Mouse a canine companion named Pluto, although Disney animator Ben Sharpsteen could not confirm why the name was given.

I don't know.
You tell me.
why don't we just go
and find a tree.
Doggo

Interpreting Tail Wags in Dogs
Lynn Buzhardt, VCA

https://vcahospitals.com/know-your-pet/interpreting-tail-wags-in-dogs

What does a wagging tail mean?

When your dog wags his tail is he telling you that he’s happy? Not necessarily!  Canines know many variations of the “tail wag” and they all mean different things. In fact, a wag of the tail is one of the best methods of communication in the canine kingdom.

Like human infants, dogs must learn their language. Pups aren’t born knowing what a wagging tail means any more than a newborn baby understands words. But when a pup is about a month old, he recognizes the need to communicate with his mother and siblings so he picks up the lingo. The pup wags his tail to tell his littermates that he’s tired of playing or to tell his mother that he’s hungry.

It was cold last night
I shivered long
but morning Sun is warm
now I am strong
Doggo

A DOG'S TALE

Mark Twain

https://www.gutenberg.org/files/3174/3174-h/3174-h.htm

I'm sleeping today
no time for walks
just leave the tucker
and later we talks
Doggo

The Sad, Sad Story of Laika, the Space Dog, and Her One-Way Trip into Orbit

Alice George, 11 April 2018, Smithsonian Magazine

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/sad-story-laika-space-dog-and-her-one-way-trip-orbit-1-180968728/

A stray Moscow pup traveled into orbit in 1957 with one meal and only a seven-day oxygen supply.

With a pounding heart and rapid breath, Laika rode a rocket into Earth orbit, 2,000 miles above Moscow streets she knew. Overheated, cramped, frightened, and probably hungry, the space dog gave her life for her country, involuntarily fulfilling a canine suicide mission.

Sad as this tale is, the stray husky-spitz mix became a part of history as the first living creature to orbit the Earth. Over the decades, the petite pioneer has repeatedly found new life in popular culture long after her death and the fiery demise of her Soviet ship, Sputnik 2, which smashed into the Earth’s atmosphere 60 years ago this month.

I'd love a house
that is three dogs high
with stairs to a roof
where I can see the sky
Doggo

If I Could Talk 
When a man saves an abandoned puppy, he finds a best friend. A friend to share the ups and downs of life with him -- and, soon, his family. "If I Could Talk" gives this dog the one chance he wants to share his thoughts.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuOCeJSQCTs

If I could fly upon a star
master says I'd melt like tar
on a hot sunny day .....
and I wouldn't go far
Doggo

Hachiko statue in Tokyo

Hachi: A Dog's Tale

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hachi:_A_Dog%27s_Tale

Hachi: A Dog's Tale is a 2009 drama film that is a remake of the 1987 Japanese film Hachikō Monogatari, which follows the true story of the Akita dog named Hachikō. It was directed by Lasse Hallström, written by Stephen P. Lindsey and Kaneto Shindo, and stars Richard Gere, Joan Allen and Sarah Roemer.

Hachi: A Dog's Tale premiered at the Seattle International Film Festival on June 13, 2009, and its first theatrical release was in Japan on August 8. Sony Pictures Entertainment decided to forgo a U.S. theatrical release. The film was given a UK theatrical release on March 12, 2010, courtesy of Entertainment Film Distributors, and opened in over 25 countries throughout 2009 and 2010. The film's foreign box office returns total $46.7 million as of January 2011.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inmEtmb3bKM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b54YYhHIHag

The real Hachiko .....

The Moon was full,
so I howled an awful lot .....
got a fine collection fo shoes
which I will chew a lot.
Doggo

CONTENT ERROR >>> CAT MISTAKEN FOR A DOG >>>

A cat's eye view of the Australian outback
Shannon Corvo, 8 May 2020, ABC News Online
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-05-08/outback-travels-with-a-bengal-cat-and-remote-school-teacher/12196994?nw=0

Kartika is not a regular cat.

The four-year-old Bengal has a social media following and an owner with a taste for adventure.

One of her regular activities — aside from chasing ping-pong balls around the house — is travelling through the outback with secondary school teacher Lou Myers, 34.

"She likes to stick her head out the window as we're driving along, sniff the air and see what's going on," says Lou.”

The 5-kilo feline has spent much of her life travelling vast distances across Australia, to places as different from each other as Alice Springs and the bustling Adelaide CBD.

Here she is visiting the monstrous spaceship from the 2000 film Pitch Black sitting ominously in Coober Pedy's town centre, in regional South Australia.

"She likes to get out and have a look around, whether it's checking out the beach or checking out water holes in remote areas — even checking out the traffic when we're driving into a town," Lou says.

Their road trips can last days.

While Kartika and Lou are housebound, in a remote community in South Australia, at present — adhering to restrictions on travel imposed as a result of COVID-19 — when they do travel, it is in a modified SUV.

"We've got the back seats taken out so there's a double bed in the back," Lou says.

"She likes to camp in the back with me."

Kartika is secured by her lead and harness to an interior handle and has access to food and water when they're moving.

READ MORE >>> HEAPS OF PHOTOS >>> SEE FILM >>> LOVE THIS CAT >>>

I met a bear once
deep in a cave
who opened one eye .....
but I didn't stay.
Doggo

Dogs Are Doggos: An Internet Language Built Around Love For The Puppers

Jessica Boddy, 23 April 2017, NPR

https://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2017/04/23/524514526/dogs-are-doggos-an-internet-language-built-around-love-for-the-puppers

Some dogs are doggos, some are puppers, and others may even be pupperinos. There are corgos and clouds, fluffers and floofs, woofers and boofers. The chunky ones are thicc, and the thin ones are long bois. When they stick out their tongues, they're doing a mlem, a blep, a blop. They bork. They boof. Once in a while they do each other a frighten. And whether they're 10/10 or 12/10, they're all h*ckin' good boys and girls.

Are you picking up what I'm putting down? If not, you're probably not fluent in DoggoLingo, a language trend that's been gaining steam on the Internet in the past few years. The language most often accompanies a picture or a video of a dog and has spread to all major forms of social media. It might even change the way we talk out loud to our beloved canines.

DoggoLingo, sometimes referred to as doggo-speak, "seems to be quite lexical, there are a lot of distinctive words that are used," says Internet linguist Gretchen McCulloch. "It's cutesier than others, too. Doggo, woofer, pupper, pupperino, fluffer — those have all got an extra suffix on the end to make them cuter.”

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"Will you be my Friend?"
We'll be so happy, alright,
running wild from hill to hill
digging holes into the night.
Doggo

What is doge? 

The history and origin of the dog meme explained

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yj7ja6BANLM

What is the meme doge? When did the dog memes start? How do you pronounce it? Today we explore a classic meme and discover it's origin and history of one of the original and best memes in the meme world.

The classic doge meme has been around on the internet for ages. We look at the history and the origin story of the dog meme. Where did the dog come from? How did it start to be a meme? What has happened since it has become popular on the net?

Sat at the gate all day today,
watching for a wagging tail,
but my friend never came along,
it would be so nice to hear his tale.
Doggo

The Unlikely Friendship Of A Dog And An Owl

https://www.boredpanda.com/ingo-poldi-dog-owl-friendship-tanja-brandt/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=organic

I wouldn’t have believed that an owl and a dog could become best friends until I saw these surprising and adorable photos by Tanja Brandt, a professional animal photographer and collage artist in Germany. Ingo the Malinois shepherd dog and Poldi, the cute owl, seem more than happy to cozy up to each other for photoshoots bathed in golden evening light.

If you like these photos, be sure to visit Brandt’s site, because Ingo has a whole lot of beautiful animal friendships, be they other Belgian shepherds or other fierce birds of prey besides Poldi. Brandt creates animal photos and collages professionally, so she seems to have a lot of cooperative models to work with!

Though these animal pictures indeed are adorable and unique, Ingo the Malinois dog and Poldi the owl aren’t the only unusual and cute animal friends out there – we have a post about all sorts of unusual animal friends!

Do you love racing cars?
I love chasing cars!!!
It's all so very exciting,
until it gets too fars.
Doggo

Toto: The Dog-Gone Amazing Story of the Wizard of Oz
author ….. Michael Morpurgo
illustrator ….. Emma Chichester Clark

https://www.harpercollins.com.au/9780008134594/toto-the-dog-gone-amazing-story-of-the-wizard-of-oz/

From master storyteller Michael Morpurgo, and illustrated in stunning colour by the award-winning Emma Chichester Clark, comes a surprising, charming and uplifting twist on The Wizard of Oz, told by a very special and unforgettable character: Dorothy's pet dog, Toto. A perfect, collectible gift for all children (and children at heart).

“I was there,” Papa Toto said, and those magic words sent shivers down my spine. It was going to be the Wizard story. “Dorothy and me were both there.”
We were all silent, snuggled up together, waiting, waiting.
Then Papa Toto began…

When a twister descends on their Kansas farm, Toto and his owner Dorothy hide in the house – only to be plucked into the air and whisked away!

Coming down with a crash in the mysterious land of Oz, the pair meet a series of extraordinary characters: a scarecrow who believes he has no brains, a tin man without a heart, and a cowardly lion who may not be as cowardly as he thinks he is.

But Toto and Dorothy are desperate to return home – after all, home is home, and home is best! So they set off with their new friends on a journey down the yellow brick road to find the only person who might be able to help them: the Wonderful Wizard of Oz.

But what they find might surprise them. And on the way, all of them will learn that what they think they are missing might have been there, all along…

Beautifully illustrated throughout, this is an unforgettable telling of a classic story, and a must for every bookshelf.

I ain't just any dog,
I'm "Me" the dog,
I know who I am .....
but in this fog .....
Doggo

Teddy & Stanley's Tall Tale: A Bedtime Story For Dogs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-peZNCkRzzw

Are my eyes open yet?
Am I seeing or dreaming?
Hard to know what's real.
Is that food really steaming?
Doggo

News for Dogs
Lois Duncan
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6445964-news-for-dogs

From beloved author Lois Duncan comes the sequel to HOTEL FOR DOGS -- a brand-new adventure with Andi, her brother Bruce, and their canine companions!

Now that Andi is no longer running a hotel for dogs, she decides to start a new project -- a newspaper for dogs! With her brother Bruce and a few friends, the kids make a hit out of their paper. But they also attract the attention of some mysterious dognappers. Can the kids find the criminals and bring their dogs safely home?

Heard the joke about the dog's ball?
I won't bore you with that one, then. 
Every dog loves a good joke,
even that one about the hen.
Doggo

The Dog's Ball

Dogs of the world once held a ball,
They came from near and far,
Some flew in by aeroplane,
While others rolled in by car.
But before going into the hall,

One rule of the house to book,
Each dog took off his arsehole,
And hung it on a hook.

Hardly were they seated round,
Each mother, son and sire,

When a little yellow chihuahua
Began to holla "Fire!!!"
Out dogs rushed in panic,
And didn't stop to look.
Each hound just grabbed an arsehole
From off the nearest hook.

So that's the reason why you see,
When walking down the street,
Each dog stops to swap a smell
With every dog it meets.
Reveals why many a dog
Will leave the comfort of home,
Daring to smell an arsehole,

To find if it's their own.

Anonymous Plus

https://www.bushverse.com/the-dog-s-meeting