Happy Halloween....

Rajah is a minor character in Disney's 1992 animated feature film, Aladdin. 

He is Princess Jasmine's loyal, protective pet tiger and constant companion. 

This Halloween Jasmine traded in her tiger for her lovable Dexter!

Fun Halloween costume

Pic copied from FB post

I don't know who these characters are but Mama remembers them. She says this is a cute pic. She tried to tell me about the Little Rascals and how Petey was a famous Pit Bull actor. Oh, wait, now I remember, I just had to look at the right-column at the bottom of my blog to see a picture of Petey!

Petey: The Little Rascals Dog

Petey, seen as a nanny dog, is the kids loyal and affectionate companion who protects and entertains them. The first dog to play Petey in The Little Rascals was an American pit bull terrier named Pal, owned by Harry Lucenay. Many sources say Pal was hired in 1927 and his career ended in 1930 when he died of suspected poisoning by someone with a grudge against Harry. 

Pal's puppy Pete replaced him in the show after his death. According to Ted Lucenay, Harry's son who grew up with Pete, "There were other Petes, but this is the original Pete."

Pete retired from the show in 1932 after Harry was fired from the Hal Roach Studios, but the lovable dog continued to please his fans. The family would spend summers in Atlantic City, NJ and Harry would take Pet to the Steel Pier where children and adults could meet him and pose for photographs. 

The child actors loved working with Pete. Jackie Cooper, who was allowed to take Pete home with him for the weekend, wrote in his autobiography "I loved that dog. To stay a whole weekend with Pete was my idea of glory and paradise combined."

After Pete's retirement, other unrelated dogs were used to play Petey in The Little Rascals, and rings were applied to their eyes, some around the right eye and some around the left eye.

Source: Famous Dogs in History

Woof, woof till later, 
Zoey

Trees and more trees

A few weeks ago Mama had me looking at all the new trees that were planted along part of the Barnegat Rail Trail. On one of our walks we counted 157 new plantings. A week later, Mama notice more trees were added to the collection.  There is a variety of new trees--Scarlet Oak, Platanus x Acerifolia, Maple Red Sunset, Willow Oak, Maple October Glory, Pitch Pine, and Sweet Gum Happy Daze. We hope they all survive the winter and they grow into beautiful trees shading the trail.

Woof, woof till later, 
Zoey

Pitbull Mamma

We are not monsters...

It's hard to understand why certain animals and breeds of certain species are vilified. Pit Bulls, Dobermans, German Shepherds, and Rottweilers are an example. If you ask me, humans are the problem. They create problems. They're cruel. They can abuse.

October is Pitbull awareness month

There are no bad pitbulls just bad guardians

Pit bull is the common name for a type of dog descended from bulldogs and terriers. The pit bull-type is particularly ambiguous, as it encompasses a range of pedigree breeds, informal types and appearances that cannot be reliably identified. Wikipedia

Lifespan: American Pit Bull Terrier: 8 – 15 years, American Staffordshire Terrier: 12 – 16 years

Mass: American Pit Bull Terrier: 35 – 65 lbs, Staffordshire Bull Terrier: 29 – 37 lbs

Height: American Pit Bull Terrier: 18 – 21 in., MORE

Life span: The average life span of the American Pit Bull Terrier ranges from 10 to 12 years.

Here are some pics of me and my guardians: