Branded ブランド化された僕たち

In early June, Sapporo Beer put out a new product -- us!!!Someone has finally realised our how delicious-sounding we are and made us into a new kind of alcoholic beverage. Unfortunately we haven't yet been asked to put our faces on the beer cans, but we're waiting for Sapporo Beer company executives to call us anytime now. We even took a bathe to make sure we are fresh and clean when we negotiate our contract. Do you think 10yen per can is a good royalty rate? Mom and Dad -- our agents -- seem to think so. They even like the taste of the new Mugi & Hop beer!　マスコットになれるかしら？

Neighbourhood friends 友だち

We live in a neighbourhood with lots of friends to hang out with. There's Pon-chan, a German Shephard who practically owns the neighbourhood park-cum-poop-joint. There's our closest pal Kumahachi (with the J:COM fan) who's almost 8 years old but can still run like the wind. Kuma's got a housemate Torahachi the cat -- we've never met but here's a pic too.








Another good friend is Hina-chan, the temperamental Shiba madam with a good hind kick ready for any one who invades her private space. And of course, our furry fun-loving friend "Baron" Yoshimune. He's a Jack Russell Terrier prone to flights of freedom and is rumoured to be able to understand at least 4 languages. There are lots of other dogs in the area; we'll try to get as many pix in here as possible and update when we can.

A few other Goldens live in the area, but we only meet once in a while because of different schedules. There's Dory, the biggest and strongest Goldie we've ever seen; cool guy Noel -- he comes over to our place for a visit sometimes, always looking good with some new clothes or dragging a long leash behind him; and Hana, a well-mannered lady that Hop has a crush on I think. She way out of Hop's league, hah! --- Mugi

Dad went to thailand and all he got us was....

... this pink elephant tissue box holder. How very disappointing.Mum was happy with some of the other souvenirs Dad got her, but we were outraged. Nothing for us, his beloved dogs!
But we were pleased to have him back so we can go on long walks again. Mum's been rather lazy these days. She's still bringing us out on walks, but these are usually short and slow. I wonder what has happened to her? She's getting rather fat and big these days, too. Eating a few too many slices of bread at breakfast, perhaps? Mysterious... but we're going to get to the bottom of this.

(waiting forlornly for Dad to come back from Bangkok....)

Aunt Maki's wedding in Tokyo

A few days after Mom came back from Singapore, Aunt Maki held a cosy little wedding luncheon over the weekend in Tokyo. Here's a picture of Mom (size XXL) and Aunt Maki (size XXS). Needless to say, we weren't invited, but Mom and Dad were, and they left us at Kabco and Vanilla pet hotel AGAIN. I don't like having to stay at an unfamiliar environment, and I refused to get up the van when Mrs T came over to pick us up. I kept looking at Mom, imploring her to "save me", but she didn't seem to understand. Hop too resisted initially, but went into the van without much of a struggle when they lured him with a dog biscuit. Simple-minded traitor!

At the hotel Hop showed such a bad attitude, barking at the other male dogs at the hotel and showing off because of his size and ego. Truth be told though, he's a real softie and gets bullied by me all the time. By the second day, Hop's weak stomach started acting up because of all stress brought on by the change in our living environment and he developed diarrhoea AGAIN. Mom & Dad's NOT going to be very pleased about this. I get the feeling they're pretty tired of taking Hop to the vet so often. I,for one, am sick of having to go with him and getting a thermometer stuck up my butt. NOT my idea of fun, I can tell you that... --- Mugi