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I wasn’t able to finish the post I started yesterday in time for today, so I all I have for you this morning is a picture taken this past Saturday. Some of you might have already seen it on Facebook, but in case you haven’t, here it is.
We were dogsitting my sister Amanda’s dog Ralphie. He can be completely adorable when he isn’t being a yappy pain in the butt, and this was one of those times. He’s a maltese, about five years old, and completely deaf.
April 8th, 2009 at 7:52 am
He is soooo adorable. Oh yeah, Ralphie is cute too.
If he’s deaf how do you communicate? Doggie sign language? I knew someone with a deaf cat once.
April 8th, 2009 at 7:56 am
LOL. Yeah, he’s fluent in sign language. His paws are shockingly articulate.
Actually when you send him into the back yard to do his business, since you can’t call him back, you just flash the lights and he’ll come back to the door. And if you need to yell at him, stomping on the floor usually gets his attention.
April 8th, 2009 at 8:02 am
Awww, how cute. I just want to run my hands through his hair.
Ralphie’s, too, but I’m allergic, so I’d stick to the dog-sitter. Minus the dog that scene looks shockingly like my Sunday mornings, but I have my cup of coffee usually at the table while reading the Sunday newspaper.
April 8th, 2009 at 8:15 am
I DID see this on facebook, and the photo’s just as cute here as it was there. Man, with you can ralphie, and Enrickyricardo and a sleeping Richad Parker, i think I might overdose on adorableness.
HUGS…
April 8th, 2009 at 8:25 am
We had a deaf cat when I was growing up; it’s the only cat I’ve ever known who enjoyed riding in cars.
April 8th, 2009 at 8:27 am
I had a blind newt once.
Oh…wait…I guess that doesn’t count.
April 8th, 2009 at 8:29 am
Have you ever warned the dog not to shoot his eye out?
April 8th, 2009 at 8:30 am
Why does Ralphie appear to be floating above your lap Craig?
April 8th, 2009 at 8:31 am
Dave S: your second comment made me laugh…
April 8th, 2009 at 8:49 am
I’m surprised no one has yet comment on the sheer Hollywood-action hero type rugged manliness of Craiggers in a t-shirt and shorts.
perhaps the floral print sofa has something to do with it?
HUGS…
April 8th, 2009 at 8:50 am
You both are absolutely adorable!
April 8th, 2009 at 9:12 am
Awww cute puppy..and Craig’s looking very attractive in his shorts
April 8th, 2009 at 9:14 am
Very cute!
PS And so was the dog!
April 8th, 2009 at 9:19 am
Your means of communicating with him is very interesting (in my linguistics classes we’ve talked about animal communication quite a bit). Sounds like a bunch of conditioning.
Polt: I’ll meet Craig one day and we’ll take a pic of the four of us. Actually, I’m not sure Richard Parker would like the train….
April 8th, 2009 at 9:38 am
I get tired just looking at that pic. You look like you need at least 6 more sips of that coffee.
April 8th, 2009 at 9:45 am
Ya know, a friend of mine had this old Schnauzer, and she was deaf too. If they wanted her, they had a flashlight they’d turn on and wave so it was in front of her face, and then she’d come to them. It was kinda funny to watch.
Course, then she went blind in one eye. And then she got very confused, like getting herself back into the corner behind the recliner and not being able to get out and just sitting there and whining. That wasn’t so funny. Soon, after that, they put her down.
Wow, that’s a buzz kill innit? Okay, here’s my remedy: Ralphie is SO cute. And Craiggers legs look good in shorts. Now, that’s better.
HUGS…
April 8th, 2009 at 9:50 am
I’m afraid to ask how the dog inspired his name.
Do dogs get hairballs?
April 8th, 2009 at 10:02 am
You look too cute in your jammies!
April 8th, 2009 at 10:06 am
Dave S. was correct. His name was inspired by the Christmas Story character.
I also forgot to mention his resemblance to a miniature Falcor when he lays like that.
Meeting Enrico? Swoon. Oh, and I can’t post comments on Hotel Tuesday while I’m at work, but if I forget later congratulations on the 100th post!
April 8th, 2009 at 10:06 am
TwoPi: I’m thinking from “The Christmas Story” Ralphie. I hope.
You are a ray of sunshine Polt. Pass me a tissue. *sniff*
April 8th, 2009 at 10:57 am
Every Saturday morning is lazy for me. The last time I was dressed before noon, I was at a conference.
April 8th, 2009 at 11:02 am
So is Ralphie, positioned strategically in Craig’s lap, meant to be a scale representation of Craig’s……
April 8th, 2009 at 11:04 am
David: tsk tsk. Ralphie’s not nearly big enough for that.
April 8th, 2009 at 11:35 am
But Tam, let us hope he’s more than hairy enough.
HUGS…
April 8th, 2009 at 1:42 pm
Wow, Saturday morning Craig is quite the looker (I’m having arm hair envy!)…wait, do I hear “That’s So Raven” in the background? Aw, SNAP!
April 8th, 2009 at 1:47 pm
Yes, yes, very cute. Though Ralphie looks a bit more like a Farkus to me. I’m still trying to figure out why the lamp is on some sort of decorative plate.
April 8th, 2009 at 3:02 pm
Ray: Arm hair envy? I didn’t know such a thing existed.
FDot: Not a decorative plate, but a doily. Unfortunately my Mom loooooves doilies.
April 8th, 2009 at 3:36 pm
Craig: All mom’s love doilies. Its mandatory. Well, except me. No doilies to be found unless that coating of dust on the table could count as a doily What a freaking weird word if you say it enough.
April 8th, 2009 at 4:25 pm
Tam, just take a toothpick and etch some fancy design into the dust and presto!, instant doily without the output of cash.
I like doilies though, something comfortably old-fashioned about them.
April 8th, 2009 at 8:28 pm
Everyone needs to read Tam’s guest post on getting it on with paranormal creatures over at Reviews by Jessewave immediately!
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April 8th, 2009 at 8:42 pm
Craig: Is the title an allusion to Plain White T’s ~ Lazy Day Afternoon?
April 8th, 2009 at 8:50 pm
Sorry Ryan, can’t say that it is. But I’d just like to say that I loved Hey There Delilah for about two years before it hit the radio.
April 8th, 2009 at 8:53 pm
Craig: But then they played Hey There Delilah for two years non-stop until I wanted to stick hot pokers in my ears. I swear it was every third song for months. Now it makes me want to go into convulsions every time I hear it. It annoys me that radio stations can so kill a song by playing it repeatedly.
April 8th, 2009 at 10:11 pm
I can’t remember the last time I’ve listened to the radio.
For a while, I listened to a lot of Danish radio over the internet. I got to the point that I wasn’t sure what artists had broken into the U.S.
April 9th, 2009 at 1:29 am
Cute photo. Cute dog. It may be better that he is deaf than blind. A friend of mine had a partially blind dog, and apparently his ability to hear had increased. The dog would go nuts seemingly at random when he heard something that would be imperceptible to people or other dogs.
My first dating blog post was shaping up to be an entirely upbeat post (moderately rare on my blog). But alas, the second date did not go as well as the first.
Oh well, it was good experience. 
I think I will still blog about it, it just won’t have as happy an ending.
April 9th, 2009 at 7:03 am
Chris: Sorry it didn’t work out. Ah well, such is life.
April 9th, 2009 at 8:32 am
So… he can’t hear his own annoying yap…
April 10th, 2009 at 10:51 am
Chris: Glad to hear you had a great first date and although the second didn’t go as well, I hope it was a mutual decision. I think dates are like interviews, even when they don’t work out, the experience is still good.
I’m late to the party here, Craig, can you tell me why Ralphie is feeling up your junk?
April 10th, 2009 at 10:59 am
Because Ralphie has blood in his veins.
April 10th, 2009 at 11:05 am
WOW! All this and humility too.