The dog on the left is Hogan, age 5.  The dog on the right is Tank, age 3.  Hogan is a Shar Pei/Lab mix and Tank is a Neapolitan Mastiff/Pitbull mix.

According to their mom, Julie, Tank came to them via “our Friends, Mike and Lindsay, at the Pleasanton Farmer’s Market who told us about him.”

Hogan came to them from the SPCA because he needed a home.

Neither are very picky about food.  Tank’s favorite food is his friend Thuy’s homemade dog biscuits and Hogan’s favorite food is anything on the top of the counter.

TURN ONS? Tank: snuggling- anyone who will throw a ball for him.

Hogan: someone who will scratch his back.

TURN OFFS? Both would answer bath time.

If Tank wasn’t a dog his occupation would be a body builder. Hogan would be a therapist.

Julie said that Tank’s most embarassing dog moment is “the fact that he cannot (or will not) jump into my truck”.

She said that Hogan “hid in the garage for hours one night when my dad came in-poor guy was scared”.

Apparently both dogs’ favorite person other than Julie is their dad.  I don’t think she meant bio dads-I think she meant her husband, but she didn’t elaborate.

Jesse's mom Stayc answered my questions for today's post.

WHAT IS YOUR DOG’S NAME? Jesse Lynn Feil

WHAT BREED IS YOUR DOG? “Labba-door”

WHAT IS YOUR DOG’S AGE? Will be 2 years in June

HOW DID YOUR DOG FIND YOU?  We searched far & wide on the internet and

found her about  3 hours away (can’t remember the town)

FAVORITE FOODS? Anything on the counter!

Favorite story – John spent the better part of a day slow cooking a 3 pound

pork roast one afternoon to make pulled pork for dinner.  As it turns out,

at the last minute John & I ended up going to the county fair.  We  called

Gary to tell him to help himself to the pulled pork when he got home from

football practice.  Later that evening we received a call from Gary asking

us why there was pulled pork all over the ceiling and walls!

As far as we can piece this together we think she somehow maneuvered  the

large, bulky Le Creuset pot off the stove and when it  landed on the floor

with a huge thunk it  splattered everything.   In her 2 hours alone with this

large roast she cleaned up virtually every bit of  it except for the high

places like the walls & ceiling…… but if she  could have pushed a chair

over and gotten on it I’m sure she would have done  so.  The pot and

everywhere else in the kitchen showed absolutely no signs  of the pork orgy that had

taken place!

TURN ONS? Pulled pork (see above), long  walky-walks, fetching tennis

balls, wrasslin’ with Niki, fishing, any  activity outdoors, hangin’ with my

homies at the dog park, licking bare toes,  stealing socks, going to the

farmers market and getting lots of attention,  riding in my mom’s convertible,

biting the wind & slobbering down the  side of her car.

TURN OFFS? Being left alone.

IF YOUR DOG WASN’T A DOG WHAT WOULD ITS OCCUPATION BE AND WHY?

If Jesse wasn’t a dog we think she’d be some sort of social butterfly

perfect as a party planner or hostess.  When she comes upon someone  you can see

the friendliness in her eyes and just envision that she’s saying “Hi  my

name is Jesse, will you be my friend, want to play, can I go home with you,

etc, etc, etc”

MOST EMBARRASSING DOG MOMENT? Puppy kindergarten  class at the age of 15

weeks, we’re all sitting in our seats listening to  the instructor and she

decides to pee (and pee and pee) on the carpeting.   Ok no problem, this sort

of stuff happens.  Problem is the following week  she decides to do it again.

Nothing like having to clean up a gallon of  puppy pee in front of the

entire class (twice)!

WHO IS YOUR DOG’S FAVORITE HUMAN BESIDES YOU? Sorry to say I am not her

favorite human,  Chris is.  She calls him her “boy” and she does everything

with him.   When he sometimes spends the night at a friends house she sleeps

in  his bed and soaks up all his smells! (P-U stinky teenage boy ugh)