Monday, July 12, 2010

Pimp My Crib


Gunny recently moved into his newly pimped out crib. Peanut Head started making this souped up chalet towards the end of winter when Mr. Naughty Pants ate that door jamb. I took one look at the door jamb, and right away it was no longer too cold for His Hairiness to be outside during the day. Suddenly he found himself out of doors in Idaho temps. Brrrrr.




Peanut Head, being the nice guy that he is, set to work on the new doggie digs right away. Gunny was very helpful, lending lots of moral support out in the cold garage.



Check this out, Peanut Head gave His Doggitiness insulation. Geesh. I think that stuff is better than the stuff in my house. My house with the missing door jamb.


Just in case you thought I was anal, Peanut Head didn't cut any corners for Gunny Man.


Yep, that's siding you see there. What happened to the plywood Snoopy house? I thought dog houses were just slapped together with wood scraps in an afternoon, not planned out and cost adjusted in excruciating detail.


Peanut Head even had a little brainstorming session with Gunny, wherein they discussed in great detail how much growing was going to ensue in later months. Inseams were measured, then multiplied by percentage speculations based on age in months vs. average growing season for canine persons.

I don't really know what I'm saying. I witnessed some things and made some guesses about the actual math of it all. But there was measuring and too many nauseating growth projections. I was consulted and, always happy to help, I did some vigorous eye rolling. I mean enthusiastic.


Gunny even had to hang for a bit, just to make sure it was right-sized. And I think Peanut Head was crossing his fingers that Gunny didn't end up turning into that freakishly big red dog, Clifford.


And this? This is the ultimate insult in my world. Gunny Man has a foyer. And yes, I'll admit, I was a little tempted to hang wallpaper and shop for an entry table and lamp, but dang it, I don't even have a foyer in my door-jamb-missing-house. I have a rug for people to step on. 

You step into my house and immediately you are in my living room. It's that cozy.

There is no foyer.

Peanut Head tried to pacify me by explaining that this is really some sort of submarine-like compartment to seal off the frigid cold and wind. Gunny steps into his foyer, shakes off his delicate little doggie legs, then proceeds into the next compartment, the formal living room.


After explaining why Gunny gets a foyer and I'm still waiting for the door jamb replacement, Peanut Head had the nerve to hand me a paint brush.

Can you believe that?


Of course, only the best for my little Doggie-Dita. I snatched Peanut Head's faded camo beret-hat-thing, the one he wore when he was a Grunt, and headed off to Home Depot for a little color-matching session.

I love camo. I'm thinking I'm going to try to turn this into a piece of digi paper since I haven't been able to find any digi camo supplies anywhere.


Peanut Head made me do the Gunnery Sargeant insignia. He printed a picture for me and everything.


And then he held a chipotle chile pepper to my head again.



And Gunny laughed at me. The nerve.

Just so you know, and because maybe I'm a little bitter, Gunny is a chicken butt. He's such a chicken butt that he was barking so ferociously at a plastic grocery bag in our backyard this afternoon, that I thought he was going to give himself an aneurysm.

And because you know I'm naughty, I ran out and coaxed him to investigate a little closer with me, then when we got right up on it, I shook it at him and chased him with it.

And I think he wet himself.

Oopsie.

28 comments:

  1. I love it! Your account of making it happen and the actual looks of it! Gunny is a lucky dog!

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  2. That is the most amazing dog house I've ever seen. I think you & PH should go into business. Great dog houses with custom paint jobs. Ooh ooh, and he could design one that has a screened (chicken wire?) porch, so when my cat blows in my ear before the 6am alarm goes off, I could make him spend the night out there & he wouldn't be able to go play in the street!

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  3. Ha! This is the best! I'm not surprised Gunny got such an involved house ~ I think many hubster's do that. They just get carried away in something that SHOULD just be plywood slapped together. At least it's done now. I'd start worrying if you see a little plasma TV making its way through his "foyer" and into his "formal living room". ; )

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  4. That is the best dog house...EVER!

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  5. I am sitting at Starbucks laughing so hard over this post that people are looking at me like I'm CRAZY!

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  6. That is AWESOME!! We might have to copy your dog house for our little pup!

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  7. Wow, now that's impressive! Great job Peanut head.

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  8. OH, and I should say great job to you too. That painting is phenomenal.

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  9. Love the dog house! I look forward to your posts because you make me laugh!

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  10. Well, OK, that's a little bit nuts, but in the best possible way. And the post is so funny, I'm also getting stared at. Too darn bad, general populace. Funny is funny.

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  11. Looks awesome :) Friends have a very similar one, but they lived in Quebec, so it was definitely needed for the cold! And puppy is now a full grown Bernese Mountain Dog...so he never really got to sleep in the people house.
    Love the paint job, I may have been baby grunt...or sparrow, or whatever they call the air cadets. And a geek, so I collected a bunch of military stuff. Will send to your email!

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  12. are you kidding me!?! ;) what a spoiled rotten dog!!! Only a marine would go to that extent for his dog... I have a custom built dog run in my back yard to prove it!

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  13. Ahhh. to be a dog such as Gunny. Hes got the life!!!

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  14. Isn't it funny that when we attach ourselves to a furry creature it takes on human nature. Love the dog house and is your husband taking orders? :o)

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  15. that's fantastic. The bag thing. the dog house is pretty nice too.

    Hum... that looks like something my husband could build in a weekend, only we'd have to put a family of four in it. :-P We still haven't found a house. Is your pup allowed to have houseguests???

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  16. I was really wondering what good the insulation would do with those big open doors... shouldnt Peanut Head install a cool revolving door system to further seal out the worst of the winter weather??? hmmmm

    Cool doggie digs. My pups get stuck with the wire kennels when I want them contained. Nothing nearly as attractive as what you guys managed. =D

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  17. That is so cool....an insulated dog house and he even gets a foyer....NO FAIR!! You know....I think your husband probably planning on hanging in there with the dog....maybe watching sports. So look out when he buys Gunny one of those little bitty tv's. ha ha :)

    Chris

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  18. Emma thinks you guys should come out here and build her a dog house too. :)

    I would love for her to have a dog house but I wonder if she'd even use it. She's too nosy and barely lays down for a minute outside.

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  19. I am laughing my buns off right now!! Great post Jill, and yes Gunny is one lucky dog.. and I do admire Peanut Head's craftsmanship, but the camo is by far the icing on the cake. Awesome!!

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  20. Well, I have a custom built dog run in my back yard to prove it!

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  21. Wow. That's quite the dog house! I better not let Trent see the pictures so he doesn't get any ideas! He told me the other day that he and peanut head think that we must be conspiring against them if we look at each other's blogs...men! They always assume there's an alterior motive!

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  22. Your mean - chasing a poor little doggy around the yard with a plastic bag....:)

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  23. Lucky Gunny! That dog house is phenomenal!

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  24. Summer Driggs has some digi-camo stuff. I don't know if you've seen it, but thought I'd throw it your way.

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  25. That is one cool dog house! My boys would love to paint there club house like that! Ha!:) Thanx for stopping by earlier! I can not wait to get it started.

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  26. I'm a late bloomer. Just found your site and love it! We do the same thing to our dog! He is afraid of his dog food bag. My husband chases him with it. Thought we were the only crazies out there. You make me laugh! Out loud. Really!

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