SUKA WAKIYA HOTOPI!

Well, it has been a very long time since we have posted an entry in our blog, so it is about time.

We were looking at our friend, @BearBearD's blog http://lovealwaysbear.blogspot.com/ where he was wearing a beautiful Indian headdress, and it got us thinking, "What would my name DogThunder be in Cherokee, or Lakota, or Chippewa?" Well, mom has a friend at work, (Dr. Fred Ness) who speaks Lakota, so she asked him! Dr. Ness said that many Native Americans have names with 'dog' in it, like 'Red Dog'.

As a people, the Lakota prefer the term, "Lakota Natives."
Lakota is a dialect of the Siouan Languages. "Lakota" means "Alliance of friends." We found a really terrific website as a reference, http://language.nativeweb.org/ and we downloaded the dictionary.

Dog / SUKA/ shue - kah

Thunder(clap)/WAKIYA HOTOPI/wah-kee-yahn hoh-dohn-pee

So, DogThunder would be SUKA WAKIYA HOTOPI!

We also found brudder's name, Lightning!

Thunder(lightning)/WAKIYA TUWAPI/wah-kee-yahn duen-wahn-pee

Wow, that is so cool!

Thank you to http://thegreasygrass.com/ for the beautiful graphic!

Dis Week's Pawty Announcement

APRIL THIRD NYC LOFT PAWTY!

We's were supposed to wear black to da NYC Loft Pawty, but when we's put on da black tux, you couldn't see us. We's might of well been in our birfday suit, so mom bought us a white suit.

Tag! You're It!

Dolly (http://thelittledogspeaks.blogspot.com/2010/03/tag-your-it.html) tagged me in this photo game. Here is how it works:

• Go to your blog and scroll down to your tenth photo
• Post your tenth photo in a new blog entry and tell a story about it
• Pass it on to five other bloggers

So I followed the directions, and here is what I got.  Dis is me and brudder outside dis winter. We were playing in da snow!  We are so dark black dat you can't even see our faces! BOL!

I am sending this link to five other bloggers to carry dis on! Sorry if you have already been tagged!  Can't wait to see the pics!

@informedferret
@AylaLab
@mattiedog
@dogstories
@SidtheCatahoula

Sign My Guestbook

Hi everybody!

My dear furriend @BrutustheDane honored me with this award. I am so please he would think of me. He is very special and furiendly. Here is the link to his so you can learn more about him. Here is the award he gave me!


So I am supposed to say 10 things about myself that no one knows and then give the award to another 10 furriends. So here we go!

10 Things About Myself
1. I love to take snow baths.
2. I think my brudder is pretty special.
3. Squirrels are actually my furriends and playmates.
4. I love to sleep on mom's bed when she isn't home. (shhhhh, don't tell anybody)
5. I hate having my nails trimmed.
6. I am very obedient and never venture outside of da yard.
7. I am very verbal and talk to mom a lot.
8. I have a very deep voice.
9. I love to chew on my brudder's ears.
10. Mom likes me da best (she told me you know).

10 Furriends Who I've Given the Award To
@AylaLab
@BearBearD
@JaspertheLab
@Trailerparkdogs
@buddybentley
@thebrindledog
@BaronVonOdem
@JinJinDoggy
@flicka47
@Mariodacat

Our Pawpawty Hit the News

Our Viva Wags Vegas pawpawty for anipals in Haiti hit the news this week. Here is the link: http://www.peoplepets.com/news/charities/pawpawty-raises-nearly-2-000-for-haitian-animal-relief/1#