Posted on December 11, 2008 by Doppler in Doppler's Blog
Ugh. I ate something. I don’t know what it is, but you know puppies… we get into everything.
Seriously. Ugh.
I’ve got a bellyache. I hope I can make it to 11Alive tonight, but please don’t be mad if I feel too sick. I promise to be extra-cute next week if I can’t get there today.
Wow, that was great! I came to 11Alive yesterday and got to see all of my friends in the information center, and got lots and lots of people to pet me. It helps being cute.
My friend Dennis, who Dad calls my trainer, took me around on a leash to help me get used to wearing one and being a good dog. That meant no jumping up on people. I love to jump up on people, so this wasn’t so awesome, but it’s okay. If no jumping except when told is part of being a good dog, I guess I can handle that.
My friend Shawn, who’s a producer at 11Alive, took some pictures of me on his cell phone. I’m still waiting for him to send them to Dad, but when he does, they’re totally going in my official photo gallery.
I wish I could’ve run around outside, but it wasn’t going to happen. Too rainy and wet. I think I like keeping my paws dry.
Anyway, if you didn’t get to see me on TV last night, that’s okay, because Dad’s friend Josh showed me how to embed video onto my blog:
If you want to embed it, all you have to do is click the fourth icon from the left (the little picture of a piece of paper with the end folded over) and you can embed me on your blog too! Or you can e-mail me or post links on your Facebook.
Oh, that reminds me: Chris, who works on 11Alive’s website, made a Facebook group for me! If you’re on Facebook, please join it. I’m going to get on Facebook really soon, I promise, but I’ve just been so busy and haven’t had time!
Okay, that’s all for today. Have a good weekend. I know I will!
They better lay out the newspaper in the 11Alive studio, because I’m coming in and I am excited! Tomorrow I’m going to be on TV again, along with my dad and my friend Dennis, who’s training me to be a good dog. And as much fun as I have, I think I need a little help. My family decorated the house for Christmas, and there’s all sorts of fun and tasty things to chew on. I love to chew!
I also had to go to the doctor. That wasn’t very much fun. But Dad said I needed some shots. I don’t like shots. At least I don’t have to watch when they do them, but that squirt up the nose? That one stinks, and I don’t just mean because it has to go up my nose. But I’m fine. Just had to sneeze a couple of times.
Also, yesterday was my sort-of birthday; I turned 14 weeks old!
Don’t forget to watch me on TV tomorrow, and Dad’s taking lots of pictures so you should be able to see those soon too.
Posted on November 26, 2008 by Doppler in Doppler's Blog
Have you seen my new web page yet? It rocks! Big thanks to Dad’s friend Josh for putting all that stuff together for me. Whenever there’s new video of me out doing stuff, Dad’s going to make sure it goes on that page, and we’ve also got photo galleries. If you take any pictures of me out at events, you can upload them, and you can check out the pictures already taken. I know I sound vain, but hey… I’m cute!
When people watched 10 minutes of animal footage, their heart rate and blood pressure dipped not only while they were under stress, but it stayed lower even afterward. It didn’t matter whether the animal was scaly, feathered or furry. Even better, the sound doesn’t have to be on to reap the calming benefits, so you can sneak a peek at the latest panda/polar bear/Labrador retriever clips before your next tension-filled meeting, and your officemates will never know.
Hey! I’m a retriever! Maybe not the Labrador kind, but… I retrieve things! Really! I swear!
Anyway, so if you’re sitting at work and you’re not feeling so hot about things, just visit my photo galleries and if your boss says something, just point him or her to that article and go back to watching my antics.
Posted on November 24, 2008 by Doppler in Doppler's Blog
Hi! It’s me, Doppler, the Weather Dog! My dad (that’s the awesome Paul Ossmann) asked me to start blogging on our new blog site, 11AliveBlogs.com. I don’t really have a lot to say yet, but I’m going out on my very first live shot ever tonight, and that’s pretty exciting!
While you’re here… I know that it’s sometimes hard to keep up with everyone’s blogs. With my schedule — sleeping, eating, training, playing, visiting my friends at 11Alive, and going out and meeting people — even I sometimes run out of time. So I asked my friend Josh to make an RSS feed for me. You can click here to add it to your RSS reader. If you’re not sure what all this RSS stuff is, that’s okay too; there’s a whole page to help you on 11Alive.com.
So, how’d I do? Do you like my blog? Are you going to subscribe? Please do! And if you somehow found my blog without going to my page, click here to see it! There’s videos and photos and the weather too, and if you haven’t signed up for my newsletter, you can do that there!