All articles filed in Adventures of Lola

I recently wrote about a squirrel who has decided to renegotiate his contract with the local humans. This squirrel has decided to declare war on Lola and I in our own backyard. Read about it here. Following the events of the last post, things have gotten a lot worse with the squirrel. He’s gathering reinforcements…

Lola is a well-trained, intellectually gifted animal. I am her Mommybeast so I may be biased, but I bet you’ll agree with me by the end of this post. I came to that conclusion last night while ordering Dominos pizza for Hubster and me. I like to order the pizza on the computer, not the…

Last night there was an intense standoff. It all started when I made Lola go out, into the pitch dark void that is our backyard at night. She doesn’t like to go out at night, but I also don’t like poop and pee in my bed, so I force her into it. So there I…

Over the weekend we had a terrible storm hit here in WA state. Normally I’d be upset that the severe wind and rain caused me to lose power all day on Saturday, but considering the amount of wildfires we have raging right now, I’d say the rain was a good thing. I used my day…

Lola has seriously pissed off the squirrels who live in our backyard. Every year the hatred gets a little more intense. Spring blooms and Lola and the squirrels meet for a backyard peace summit where they all shake hands and agree on terms of backyard use. By mid-summer, the hatred is intense. Both sides have…

I’d like to talk about how Lola’s diet is going. Well, how well do you think it’s going?! She’s a bulldog who fancies cheese and peanut butter. And she can’t have any of it right now. It’s been a painful few days, she now drools whenever I eat. She never used to drool. This diet is…

Lola is on a diet. It’s the first day. Technically, only one meal has been cut down so far. Lola is acting like I’ve destined her to a life of misery. I called Lola over to me so I could give her a little belly rub time, I knew I was an asshole for putting…

It is possible to be loved too much. I never really thought that until I met Lola. We call her the Babybeast and on Friday she proved that she loved me beyond a shadow of a doubt. The title of beast was very appropriate. Our power went out unexpectedly after hearing a very large bang…

Have you ever looked at a dog and wondered what they are really thinking? And when I say wonder, I mean seriously contemplated what inside their head makes an idea seem so achievable to the canine? Thanks to Lola, I have now wasted a precious 15 minutes of my life wondering how her brain works.…

You have never really lived until you’ve purchased a Roomba to vacuum your house. It’s made infinitely better if you have a dog that you can torture with your new toy. You would think after a month of owning it, Lola would be used to it – she still can’t decide if it’s a friend…