the life of wembley

can i be any cuter....

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where i be??

2010-02-28T23:48:00.000-08:00

still only see a piece of me..

new fleece bed..

2009-09-17T15:12:00.000-07:00

if i don't end up liking it, you can use it as a human floor pillow.

made by claudia at craft nite

wemblers in bolinas

2009-09-17T15:10:00.000-07:00

photo taken by rusti

wemblers in action

2009-08-30T02:02:00.000-07:00

i heart north lake, tahoe

2009-08-18T13:41:00.001-07:00

new board with single fin.. i likey...

2009-08-02T15:17:00.000-07:00

mount tam hike adventure..

2009-07-21T15:56:00.000-07:00

hanging with my bitches

great view, but ummm. vertigo..

i can touch my nose

Getting hugged by a cutie at renegade arts fest

2009-07-19T21:38:00.001-07:00

sunset sessions

2009-07-13T14:49:00.000-07:00

this is face... she's a frisbee addict...

2009-07-10T14:15:00.000-07:00

This is Valkore (alter ego)

2009-06-29T09:31:00.001-07:00

Rough day in the sunshine!!

2009-06-28T00:51:00.000-07:00

nap time w/ aunt alli

threesomes can be fun if you're included

2009-06-22T21:05:00.001-07:00

sex museum, nyc

artsy wembley

2009-06-22T16:38:00.000-07:00

ima jealous

2009-06-19T20:00:00.000-07:00

Still on east coast time out west

2009-06-15T06:44:00.000-07:00

6am bernal hill

Getting across the universe...

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...takes some commuting and patience, but once you cross to the other side it's all fun times

Waiting for the NYC subway

2009-06-10T15:55:00.000-07:00

no dogs allowed.. sad face

2009-06-10T09:25:00.000-07:00

DUMBO dog park this a.m.

2009-06-08T09:45:00.001-07:00

where are the other pups?

i heart hanging out on the stoops with good friends

2009-06-06T21:45:00.000-07:00

i think i'm at a bbq in queens.. even though they say it's in brooklyn..

2009-06-06T21:42:00.000-07:00

lolita and marissa - williamsburgh

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playdate later this afternoon. woot woot.

I heart red heads - ft. greene coffee shop

2009-06-06T09:58:00.001-07:00

we're even bike riding these days

2009-06-06T09:56:00.001-07:00

via randscape

which photograph should i enter for best summer water scene photo?

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please comment with your favorite by number.. a lot to choose from, but i could win me a free collar at earth dog for their june photo contest. double click on the image if you need to see it larger.

photo 3 - water stroll

photo 10 - boogie board

photo 11 - pups

photo 12 - catch

photo 13 -wet and tired

pretty wiped out from all of the traveling.

2009-06-04T20:58:00.001-07:00

at hotel skylar in ft. greene, brooklyn

yes.. it's true i sometimes think i'm human.. but i don't go this far..

2009-06-04T16:54:00.001-07:00

edited by chris steblay..
new york times article

Babysitting in brooklyn- that's skylar..

2009-06-04T13:50:00.001-07:00

At hotel Kelly in DUMBO

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..and now i'm at Princeton... this trip has been all planes, trains and automobiles.. and a bus..

2009-06-02T15:11:00.000-07:00

can it be a coincidence?

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i'm in NYC and I just made a debut in the NYTimes? remember how i posted about this newspaper last month. it's made it across the universe.. or at least to the east coast.. WOOT WOOT.. i'm famous..

NYC... is itchy..

2009-06-02T15:06:00.001-07:00

Jetsetting...

2009-05-28T08:47:00.000-07:00

don't let the foxtails get you..

2009-05-26T22:44:00.000-07:00

i haven't been to the top of bernal hill for a while due to those darn foxtails.. if you snort them.. it can mean a trip to the vet.. yucks..

Redwoods camping

2009-05-25T10:06:00.001-07:00

brr... ima cold..

ima shark dominator...

2009-05-22T18:19:00.000-07:00

i heart...

2009-05-21T20:15:00.001-07:00

made by 29 black street which is far far away.. it's life in a nova scotia seaside village. how rad is that.

my friend janet is...

2009-05-17T20:18:00.000-07:00

...a begger

...a show off

...and knows no boundaries

unconditional love..

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photo by shelley moon

perfect day..

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photo by shelley moon

checking out the surf...

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it was poopy at OB this weekend

beach baby sitting services now offered.. in trade..

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...for ball throwing...

gymnastics are extra

Off me jerko face

2009-05-08T17:51:00.001-07:00

Happy sunny Friday

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Beach weekend coming up

Friday morning ball hunt at holly park

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Beach wiped me out

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ima salty wet... and tired.. but got the ball...

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I heart road trips... in route to carmel...

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..especially when i got shotgun

back seat betty's

back in action at holly park

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Rain won't keep me away

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i covet the ball... always

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Ima alpha

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SO. CAL dog walk

2009-05-02T16:35:00.001-07:00

Most likely staying in tonite.

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Happy rainy weekend.

Park highlight

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Hangin w the holly park crew

Stumbled upon...

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....shady area. So haven't blogged in a bit..

what is it about bully sticks that we heart?

2009-04-29T10:29:00.000-07:00

big blue dog bed...

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wembley meets ball stealing look alike..

2009-04-24T09:53:00.000-07:00

i'm a lover not a fighter.. but when it comes to bizarro ball stealing dog, i've gots to show who's boss.

p.s. this dog also has an english name. shilling..

am i being a hypocrite??

2009-04-23T12:37:00.000-07:00

Stop Anthropomorphizing Me - via the onion

Written By my Friend Gerald the Dog

I know this is going to come across a bit harsh, but I want to get straight to the point. Speaking on behalf of myself and all other completely nonhuman members of my species, I must insist that the practice of anthropomorphizing us stops right now.

I am not a human. I am a dog. I can't talk. I can't say a full sentence. Not even close. I can't experience complex emotions, I can't laugh, I can't rob a bank, and I have no idea that my name is Gerald. I can't even write, people, so please stop this anthropomorphizing business this instant.

It's not funny.

The amusement you get out of this unoriginal, overused—what shall I call it?—this fetish simply boggles the mind. What is your fascination with having animals speak? I'm a dog, for crying out loud. My brain weighs three-and-a-half ounces. Three-and-a-half ounces. I can barely understand what's going on around me, and what little knowledge I do possess is based primarily on smell. So tell me, why do you keep putting me at poker tables and making me dance and sing the blues? I do not wear hats and I certainly did not receive my doctorate in media criticism from Harvard University. I can assure you, if I were ever given a diploma, I would eat it. So, I beg you, for the last time, stop this right now.

It's silly and trite and it demeans us both.

These days, everywhere you look there's a dog dressed as a businessman or a dog solving crimes—things humans do! Not dogs! If I were a human, which, again I'm not, I imagine I'd feel slightly insulted by the media's continual rehashing of this trope. Do you realize that right now, somewhere in Los Angeles, a bunch of high-paid executives are just sitting around going, "They'll buy it if the bulldog keeps saying 'sausage' over and over again"? Doesn't that matter to you people?

It's beyond a cliché at this point. Pretending animals have the capacity to converse with one another on an intellectual level was a trite concept even back in 600 B.C., when Aesop, who I believe was a contemporary of Croesus, used the device to teach simple moral lessons with foxes and hens.

Now, here we are, two millennia later, and it's still being used to sell you guys beer. Come on.

Do you remember Lassie? Lassie made sense. When something went wrong, Lassie didn't say, "Hey, ma, we got a problem. I'll drive us there." She barked. Because that's what dogs do. Bark. When I want something, I bark. When I perceive that something has upset the status quo, I bark. What I don't do is perfectly interweave multisyllabic words from the English language to reflect my dismay.

As David Hume once said, "A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence." And the evidence on my end is clear: I'm a fucking dog. The smartest I'm ever going to get is barking at the front door when I have to go to the bathroom, so stop imbuing me with eloquence and pith!

While portraying dogs as humans may bring you satisfaction, consider that this satisfaction is, in actuality, rooted in extreme egoism, borne out of a deeper and more extreme insecurity: To see a lesser creature acting and speaking as you speak is at once validating and entertaining, for along with the silly laugh comes the calming reassurance that no other mammal on Earth can possesses advanced thought. You laugh because your place in the world remains unthreatened.

Bow wow. I am peeing on some important papers right now and don't even realize it.

Say, I've got an idea. Why don't we just get it all out of our systems right now? On the count of three, let's all have a hearty laugh over the hilarious incongruity of a dog in an astronaut's suit, and then we can sigh, shake our heads silently at one another, and get back to you being the grand expression of evolution, and me being the thing that eats pizza out of the garbage.

Unless you're doing that too, now.

feeling mathy today.. and tired..

2009-04-23T12:24:00.000-07:00

via more new math

ima pooped... gotta rest up for the weekend...

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what about dog craft nite?

2009-04-22T10:19:00.000-07:00

so my friend kelly rae is making a quilt for her friend slim who is having a baby.. kelly laid out all the pieces on the floor and i threw my ball near by and messed up her layout a few times, so she put it all on the table so i couldn't play.. and she put the wine on the table so i couldn't drink.. what about dog craft nite kell? plushy dog toys, dog bed, collar... come on' DO IT....

Ball..Ball..Ball

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still wishing it was the weekend. happy 4/20

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finding shade wherever i can.. super hot out..

wink.. wink.. 420... should be national skip day..

super hot san francisco weekend...

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hangin' in OB with some ladies.. trying to find the shade..

early run at fort funston sunday morning

dog scarf

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craft nite turned to tamales and wine.. and me being monkey face on kelly.. growl..

ima blow away

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bernal heights this afternoon

Oh Bo! Already being picked on!

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super fun easter sunday weekend..

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año nuevo beach, which is apparently shark infested (didn't know at the time)

pics from brother face

of course the first puppy had to be named "BO" always gotta have an "O"

2009-04-13T13:41:00.000-07:00

The Obamas welcome Bo, a six-month old Portuguese water dog.

pics from white house blog

i heart San Francisco.. i heart beach.. i heart u..

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card board love

gone surfin'

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heck yea

spring is in the air..

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view of SF from holly park in bernal heights..

Happy bday Aunty Alli Face

2009-04-09T20:26:00.001-07:00

I heart you

Where am I Alli face?

2009-04-09T13:36:00.001-07:00

Hanging out w chihuahuas? WTF. I forgive since it's your bday.

i heart dolores park rainbows..

2009-04-08T10:25:00.000-07:00

heart rain since it's what brings out the rainbows in life.

i heart dolores park view of city and orange balls.

best San Francisco Day ever... with my peeps..

2009-04-07T14:48:00.000-07:00

checking surf at ocean beach

janet and me

dog sniffing

kelly making sand dog

ball play with alli face

eyes closed. mouth open. woof. woof.

2009-04-05T22:51:00.000-07:00

would this count as a bizarre sleeping positon?

what's your most bizarre sleeping position?

2009-04-02T22:17:00.000-07:00

earth dog just posted their april contest. PHOTOGRAPH of the most unique/bizarre sleeping position. send your photo to iwannawin@earthdog.com and include your collar choice, name and address. WINNING PHOTO will be posted on their blog, on april 27. wish me luck. ps. that's not me.

Dog Speak via new software, ITCH

2009-04-02T09:19:00.000-07:00

I finally made my newspaper debut by being one of the first dogs to use the new software ITCH to understand humans. why else am i able to blog?

The West Highland Herald

Revolutionary Software Helps Dogs Understand Humans.

BONN—Scientists announced a breakthrough that promises to make it possible for dogs to actually understand what humans say. Interrelational Technology for Canines and Humans, or ITCH, will process any word emitted from a human and translate the meaning in a matter of seconds.

Preliminary testing of ITCH has revealed some startling discoveries. The common human phrase, “Wanna go for a walk?” does not mean “Hey, look, a dead squirrel!” as was previously thought. Instead, it means, “Want to go out and bark at stuff ?” Even more surprisingly, the phrase, “Who’s my whittle doggy-woggy poo!” translates roughly to “I am a human who loves to act like a complete buffoon around you.”

ITCH is already the buzz of the dog world. “It will be so nice to not just stare at my owner and cock my head when he’s talking to me,” commented Lucy, an excited Norwich Terrier. Scientists did warn that the software does have limitations. Full dog/human conversations are still decades away. That means we’re just going to have to wait to get the answer to that burning question: “Why do you always pick up my poop?”

woot woot!

2009-04-01T19:26:00.000-07:00

doggie bed is packed. coming back to SF on Saturday

No one puts baby in the corner

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unless there's a cooler and some beer.

plush wembley

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12" of cuteness

dog fest 2009: bay to breakers for dogs...

2009-03-30T18:45:00.000-07:00

bring your tall boys.. dog fest 2009 at duboce park is coming up on april 18th, 2009. i'm thinking of entering the "softest fur" competition, since my hair is ummm...so soft. come out and vote for muah.. if this is like a kissing booth, the wembley petting line is going to be huge.

i hope this never ever happens to me..

2009-03-26T18:54:00.001-07:00

so please don't leave your lipstuff on the floor.

found this at FAIL DOGS

p.s. wembley doesn't like pools

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hair jealousy?

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packing up my place

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box doodle found on fffound by sarah verroken

pet rock.. move already.

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i'm a mini labradoodle.. for reals..

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i flickrd a bunch of my hommies.. and if you look close enough, there's totally a resemblance. especially the one in the bottom left.

i heart donkeys.. and ponys

2009-03-22T10:20:00.000-07:00

since pet donkey's aren't landlord approved, a mini donkey pic to put next to my doggy bed will have to do. $25 on etsy.

or maybe a pony...

oh and did i mention.. these were taken by a famous dog photographer, sharon montrose.

iphone comes out with the ibone..

2009-03-21T21:15:00.000-07:00

no monthly fees. ibone is just $11.95. bark me up sometime.

looking for a a cheap pet ($100) for your pup?

2009-03-19T14:31:00.000-07:00

if you have a small to medium size dog, i recommend the angora bunnies to entertain your pups while you're at work all day..

(thanks kelly).

but if you have a medium to large size dog and live in a shady neighborhood and you don't feel your dog is enough protection, it's your lucky day. craigslist east bay has some guard donkeys for 100 bucks. (thanks rusty).

humane society winning spay day pet photos!

2009-03-19T10:43:00.000-07:00

12 winners chosen. these are my top 2..

p.s. they're not all dogs.

2009-03-18T23:49:00.001-07:00

andy warhol at the de young

Warhol Live
February 14, 2009 — May 17, 2009.
inspired by dept of one

labradoodle pop art online

20 bucks

so the portuguese water dog wins..

2009-03-18T09:42:00.000-07:00

according to People Pets the Obamas are looking into getting a rescue Portuguese Water dog (similar to the one shown here) and are debating what to name it. The new puppy might be named Frank or Moose. I vote for Moose.. People Pets is having people suggest other puppy namesof what this puppy should be called. personally, i'm still stuck on the fact that they didn't choose a labradoodle..

abby and wembley

2009-03-17T14:57:00.001-07:00

i'm hanging out in venice beach for a while with my friend abby, the jack russell. you'll be seeing more of her in my posts since we're playmates these dates.