humans – Bulldoggy

On a Tight Leash – Conversations with Doodlebug and Sweetie

Posted on May 3, 2023 by H.J. Hill

I am Doodlebug, King of the Olde English Bulldogges.

Sweetie: Lady Human! How come you’re rushing around?

Me: Tight schedule today. Lots of things to do. You might say that I’m on a tight leash.

Doodlebug: I don’t see a leash. Hmmm. Are you sure there is one? Are you confused, ma’am?

Sweetie: I’ve always thought it was unfair that humans go around in the world without leashes.

Me: Oh, we have leashes. You just can’t see them.

Doodlebug: Invisible? Hmmm.

Sweetie: Doodle, I think we’d better keep a close eye on the human.

Why Must Humans Sing? – Conversations with Stella

Posted on February 16, 2018 by H.J. Hill

I am Stella, Queen of the Olde English Bulldogges. I have complained about this before.

Me: Enlighten me. There are so many things that fall in that category.

Stella: Human singing. I asked for ear plugs to protect against chicken squawking, but they will work against human singing, too. By the way, I have not seen those ear plugs yet. Hint. Hint.

Me: I’m not turning ear plugs over to a bulldog. They would turn into a snack and then a problem.

Stella: How am I to protect my precious cute little ears from human singing then?

Me: Are you complaining about the old musical that is playing right now? Because that is the only human singing going on. I am not singing.

Stella: And for that, Lady Human, we are all grateful. But right now, I mean the humans singing on the Picture Box.

Me: They sing beautifully. How can you not like…?

Stella: Do you have dog ears? Can you hear what we hear? All those high notes assaulting us?

Me: I do like musicals. You can retreat to the other room if the sounds are bothering you.

Stella: Why can’t we just turn it off? Why must humans sing at all?

Me: Music is a gift from the LORD. We should enjoy it. It is part of our lives.

Stella: Life is good. The Great Creator is good. His gifts are good. If you would just tone it down a little bit, especially during nap time.

That’s My Baby! – Conversations with Stella

Posted on January 31, 2018 by H.J. Hill

I am Stella, Queen of the Olde English Bulldogges. The human puppy visited again today.

Me: Stella…

Stella: Oh, all right. Lady Human insists that humans do not have puppies, so I will humor her. The little human visited again today. Humans do not grow as fast as dogs which means that the human baby is still very small compared to a grown human. They don’t speak as clearly as grown humans either.

Me: And this baby does not understand bulldogs or their language yet. She thinks you all are just very loud.

Stella: Do we scare her? Are our faces too ugly for her?

Me: You are the largest dogs she has ever seen. I don’t think you scare her as much as you concern her. And no, I don’t think she considers you ugly, just different. She is still very young.

Stella: How long did it take for her eyes to open?

Me: Humans are born with their eyes open.

Stella: No! Really? That’s cool. The only thing we have open those first days are our noses and our mouths.

Me: The most important items for a puppy, no doubt.

Stella: I heard the human puppy…sorry, I mean the baby. Humans are so picky about what they call things. Anyway, I stayed real quiet outside her door. She was making the most wonderful noises. They weren’t human words that I know, but they were beautiful. They sounded so…bulldoggy.

Me: They did?

Stella: Yes. Especially when she got to one sound that I love and recognize so well. It was when she said, “Pffft!” It made me so proud. She will make a great bulldog someday.

Me: Stella, we’ve talked about why that won’t happen.

Stella: I know. I know. Still, she can say “Pffft!” at such an early age. That’s my human baby!

The Wild, Weird Sky – Conversations with Stella

Posted on October 27, 2017 by H.J. Hill

I am Stella, Queen of the Olde English Bulldogges, and… hurry, hurry, hurry, Lady Human! Let me in! Weirdness is going on!

Me: Wait. What? What’s that noise? It sounds like a bunch of dry leaves falling, but there are only a few…it’s sleet! SLEET! It’s sleeting in October! Yee-hah!

Stella: Ice? The sky is spitting ice at me?

Me: Well, technically, at all of us…around here anyway. This is so funny. It’s sleeting in October. It was 85 degrees two days ago. And it’s Tall Man’s birthday! Wild!

Stella: Tall Man’s birthday? Why didn’t you say so?

Me: He doesn’t expect you all to do anything for his birthday. Except if you can learn to sing ‘Happy Birthday’. Bulldogs singing ‘Happy Birthday’. That would be cool.

Stella: No. No. You can forget that. Nobody tells me what to sing or when to sing it. But I think it is wonderful that the Great Creator is sending him a slushy on his birthday.

Me: This is cool, but there’s not enough ice falling right here to make a slushy drink. And what’s falling is melting as it hits the ground. So…

Stella: So, if enough sleet falls, everyone gets a slushy drink?

Me: I’ve never seen that, but if a lot falls, cars look like they’re wearing overcoats made of ice.

Stella: Freaky.

Me: Yeah.

Stella: But you would never leave me outside in icy weather until I had an ice overcoat, right?

Me: Right.

Stella: Or the others either? I act as though I don’t care about them, but really…I do.

Me: Right. I thank the LORD every day for His mercies and for giving all of us shelter from every storm.

Stella: Amen.

Me: And for food.

Stella: Amen. Big AMEN!

Me: And for clean water.

Stella: Amen.

Me: And for air to breathe.

Stella: Amen.

Me: When did you start saying ‘Amen’ to my prayers?

Stella: I have for a long time now, Lady Human. Didn’t you tell me that the Book He gave you all says, ‘All creation groans…’? We always hope the best for humans. It means so much to us.

Me: Amen.

Am I a ‘People’? – Conversations with Stella

Posted on September 3, 2017 by H.J. Hill

I am Stella, Queen of the Olde English Bulldogges. My question today is ‘Am I a people?’ Lady Human, you are the expert on human words. Am I a people or not?

Me: Well, technically not…

Stella: What!

Me: …because the word ‘people’ is plural…

Stella: More nonsense.

Me: Which means two or more and you are only one.

Stella: Yes, I am the one and only Stella.

Me: True, you are the one and only of yourself, but there are other Stellas.

Stella: So, me and all the other Stellas are people.

Me: Again, not technically…

Stella: What!

Me: …because the word ‘people’ means ‘human beings’.

Stella: Woah! Hold on there! You are saying that we Stellas can’t be people because we are not human?

Me: I am sure that there are some human Stellas out there so the word ‘people’ refers only to them.

Stella: Well, I never! How selfish can humans get?

Me: Pretty doggone selfish sometimes. And then, other times, we do better.

Stella: Stealing words and saying that non-humans can’t use them!

Me: You realize, don’t you, that we are talking about human language? Words that humans speak? To other humans?

Stella: Pfffftt! I hear you speaking human words to me all the time, words that you expect me to understand. And then you change the meaning of the words. ‘This means this and that means that, but now, all of a sudden, without warning, that means this and this means that other thing.’ Pfffftt!

Me: Okay, but you have dog words that we humans can’t even pronounce. Like that ‘pfffftt’ thing that you do with your mouth.

Stella: Pfffftt! There! That’s how you say it. Easy.

Me: Pift.

Stella: No, like this. Put your lips like this.

Me: Puft.

Stella: No, keep your lips tight over your teeth.

Me: Pheesh.

Stella: No. Please stop. Don’t even try anymore. Dog words sound terrible coming out of your mouth.

Human Puppies – Conversations with Stella and Snoopey

Posted on August 6, 2017 by H.J. Hill

I am Stella, Queen of the Olde English Bulldogges. There is a stranger in the house.

Me: Yes.

Stella: It cries and squeals like a young one.

Me: Yes.

Stella: A puppy?

Me: No.

Snoopey: No more bulldogs! No more bulldogs!

Me: Not a bulldog. Not a dog at all. She is a human baby.

Stella: A puppy?

Me: No, Stella, we have been over and over this. A human baby is not a puppy.

Snoopey: No more bulldogs! No more bulldogs!

Me: Snoopey, hush. The baby is trying to nap.

Snoopey: Which reminds me, I could use a nap about now, too. Good night.

Me: Good, because I could stand for all of you to quiet down.

Stella: How can we quiet down when there is a stranger in the house?

Me: She is a little baby. She will not be here long. She is just visiting today.

Stella: Puppies are a lot of work and when they are around, people don’t pay as much attention to me and that’s not fair.

Me: You can share part of an afternoon with a baby.

Stella: Will there be other babies?

Me: Probably not. At least not very often, though this little one will visit from time to time.

Stella: Lady Human! Did you have a puppy?

Me: I had some puppies years ago…oh, now you’ve got me doing it! Humans do not have puppies! We have baby humans! I did not give birth to this baby. She is a relative of mine.

Stella: She sounds like a puppy to me. I think you are trying to sneak in another bulldog.

Me: Babies are a lot of work, but I’m not sure that they are as much work as bulldogs.

Stella: Thank you, Lady Human. That is a fine compliment. We try very hard to be a lot of work. If we are easy, we are not doing our job.

Snoopey: (snore) No more bulldogs. More time for me.

Queen Stella’s Secret Instructions – Stella’s Blog

Posted on January 24, 2017 by H.J. Hill

Hear ye! Hear ye! I, Stella, Illustrious Queen of the Olde English Bulldogges, command the bulldogs to attend to my words. These instructions are for bulldogs only and shall not be shared outside the confines of my palace. In other words, this is a secret. Don’t tell the humans because it is about them.

Transcriptionist: Don’t you think it is a bad idea to have a human transcribe your secret instructions that you are trying to keep from the humans?

Stella: What’s your point?

Transcriptionist: How can your secret instructions be kept secret if you are having an outsider type them for you?

Stella: Hmmm. That is…what was that word you taught me? Ah, a quandary. None of the bulldogs know how to type. I will have to type the words myself. Give me your black typing box.

Transcriptionist: I beg your pardon.

Stella: Granted. Now give me your black typing box.

Transcriptionist: Nope.

Stella: Oh, you are waiting for me to use that ‘magic’ word. Very well. Give it to me NOW! Is that better?

Transcriptionist: Nope.

Stella: Oh, all right! Here they are. Don’t tell anyone except a bulldog!

The quickest way to a human’s sympathies is a hang dog look. Look pitiful especially if you have done something wrong and you know it. Most humans are very forgiving creatures and they can’t stand to see us look sad.

If you don’t want to follow a human’s command, tilt your head to one side like you don’t understand even if you do. They think that is adorable and will usually let you off the hook so you can go on doing whatever it is that you were doing.

Now this next one is so super-secret that it must be put into bulldoggese. Deeknsoingnoindooorgonieing raharuh mwaahhh. And that’s it. Plain as the nose on my face.

Transcriptionist: You make me feel special, Stella, like the member of a bulldog club.

Stella: I’m glad you feel that you belong to us, Lady Human. There are other secret instructions, but they must wait until I meet a bulldog who can type, one with her very own black typing box. I had no idea that humans were so clingy to their stuff. Be more like bulldogs, Lady. Learn to share.

Christmas Rant – Conversations with Stella

Posted on December 20, 2016 by H.J. Hill

I, Stella, Queen of the Olde English Bulldogges, beg everyone’s pardon. Apparently, Lady Human has something that she wishes to say. Proceed, Lady Human.

Me: I’ve had it. This is my rant. It is long overdue. Here it comes! I HATE CHRISTMAS! No, that’s not true. I like Christmas. I hate what we’ve done to it. I hate the stupidity of how we celebrate and how I have allowed it to affect me.

Stella: Rant! Rant! Rant! Rant! I love rants! Go on.

Me: I was stuck at an intersection because all these silly people decided that they had to get their cars washed on the last Saturday before Christmas Eve. REALLY? And on a day when the temperature was expected to drop 52 degrees. From 73 degrees, down to 19 degrees. Who does that? I mean REALLY! WHO DOES THAT? The whole intersection was blocked and the silly woman in front of me – all right, maybe she wasn’t a silly woman, maybe she was just confused, but it was silly that she wouldn’t move at all and REALLY? Did she think that the situation was going to change? DECIDE! MOVE IN A DIRECTION! ANY DIRECTION! LOOK! YOU JUST LOST ANOTHER GREEN LIGHT! WHAT DOES THAT MAKE? FIVE?

Stella: Was it five? I can count to five. One, two, three, four, five…that’s a lot. This is so exciting! What happened then?

Me: Then, she finally moved. And I got out of the intersection, too. I was so stupid to go out in holiday traffic.

Stella: Stupid. Yes. Yes, you were. So human of you.

Me: And I called her an ugly name. She couldn’t hear me, but that didn’t matter. Not Christian of me. Not Christmasy.

Stella: I love ugly names! I have a secret, ugly name for each of the bulldogs. Someday, I may share them with you, but you can’t tell the others. Rant on!

Me: My patience level should have been higher. My attitude should have been better. I was naughty, not nice.

Stella: Oh, Lady Human, did you fall off the list of that fat, bearded man in the red suit? Wait, is this still a rant? Because it doesn’t sound very ranty anymore.

Me: I’m just mad at myself for acting up, for having a bad attitude, being selfish, and impatient.

Stella: Boy, Lady Human, you really were naughty. You should fall off that nice list. You have me tired simply hearing about it. Nap time! We’ll rant more later.

The Stupid Awards – Human Edition – Conversations with Stella

Posted on October 29, 2016 by H.J. Hill

Hello, dogs, humans, and…cats…if any are interested in this which I doubt. Anyway, there are no cats on the Stupid Awards list this time. I find that almost inexplicable. Still, it is my list.

Me: Is this that award where you get a treat whenever someone wins the award so it is just about you getting more treats?

Stella: Those are the rules.

Me: Solely to refresh my memory, are the awards stupid or are the recipients stupid?

Stella: Both. Now for the first Stupie…

Me: Stupie? Oh, I forgot. That’s the award’s nickname. Please go on.

Stella: I was about to when I was so rudely interrupted. Ahem. The first Stupie goes to…. drrrrrrrrrruhhhh…

Me: What?

Stella: That is a drum roll. I heard it on the Picture Box. We do not have a drummer so I will do that part myself. Ahem, the first Stupie goes to ALL HUMANS LOUDLY TALKING POLITICS ON THE PICTURE BOX ABOUT THE HUMAN ELECTION NONSENSE! Tada!!! All treats go to me. How many will that be, Lady Human?

Me: I have no idea. Is it limited to candidates or do moderators and commentators count, too?

Stella: ALL HUMANS. LOUDLY TALKING. POLITICS. PICTURE BOX. ELECTION NONSENSE.

Me: Is “Picture Box” limited to television? Or does that include the internet and social media?

Stella: I have no idea what you are talking about.

Me: Because that could be in the millions. Quite frankly, I cannot foot that kind of bill for dog treats.

Stella: Well, we can work out a deal on that later.

Me: Are there any other Stupies to be given out now?

Stella: Quite a few. There is never a shortage of human stupidity.

How Do You Balance? – Conversations with Stella

Posted on October 3, 2016 by H.J. Hill

I am Stella, Queen of the Olde English Bulldogges. I have four legs. I always have had. I know of animals with fewer. I know that each human is given a maximum of two. What I want to know is how do humans balance on only one or two. It is a puzzlement to me.

Me: There is no mystery really. It is how we are made.

Stella: But I saw a puppy human walking on knees and hands. That is the same as four paws on the ground.

Me: Stella, with all due respect, there are no such things as “puppy humans”. There are babies who grow into toddlers who grow into children who grow into teenagers who grow into adults.

Stella: Blah, blah, blah. Puppies are puppies. Still, how do you do it? One day, puppy humans are on all fours and then the next, poof! They are balancing on no more than two feet, though not well. Then they are walking fast and are harder to keep up with and then they are running and the real fun begins. I admire you all greatly. I wish I could walk like that.

Me: It’s not exactly poof! It takes a lot of practice. Balance is a tricky skill. And it’s not just physical. There is emotional balance and there is mental balance. Balanced diet. Balanced hobbies. Balanced tires.

Stella: Balanced diet?

Me: I knew you would hear the one about food.

Stella: My diet is not balanced. There are far too few treats compared to food.

Me: That is balance for you. Dogs do not live by treats alone. Even good treats don’t give your body what it needs.

Stella: Then it needs better treats.

Me: I thought we were talking about how humans can balance on fewer than four legs.

Stella: You are the one who brought up treats.

Me: No, I think that was…

Stella: Treats! Please don’t change the subject. And see what you can do about balancing my diet.

Debate! Bulldog Style! – Conversations with Stella

Posted on September 27, 2016 by H.J. Hill

I, Stella, Queen of the Olde English Bulldogges, hereby command all humans to BE SILENT!

Me: What is this about?

Stella: Who were those loud people that Tall Man was listening to last night?

Me: Loud people?

Stella: They talked and talked, on and on and on. It sounded like an argument. A boring human argument that went on and on and on…

Me: Oh, that was a debate between political candidates.

Stella: You didn’t listen to it.

Me: No, I was tired and a political debate was only going to make me more so.

Stella: Political debate? What is ‘political debate’?

Me: You know how you and the other bulldogs get face-to-face and huff and puff and rumble and growl at each other…

Stella: …and spit and go stiff-legged and tremble. Yes. Fun! Exciting!

Me: Especially when two of you are vying for a position in the pack.

Stella: You mean those two humans are fighting to become pack leader?

Me: Yeah, you might say so.

Stella: I did say so. I didn’t know that humans chose pack leaders that way, too.

Me: Well, humans don’t bare their teeth and snort the way bulldogs do. No, wait. I take that back.

Stella: Humans snort? That’s great! Show me!

Me: I’m not big into snorting.

Stella: Then you may never be pack leader among the humans. That is a shame.

Me: Having spent some time now as human pack leader among the bulldogs, I’m not sure I have enough energy left over to handle humans, too.

Stella: Will there be more political debates?

Me: So I understand.

Stella: Can Tall Man turn down the sound next time? The noise hurts my ears.

Snips and Snails and Puppy Dogs’ Tails – Conversations with Stella

Posted on September 14, 2016 by H.J. Hill

I am Stella, the Olde English Bulldogge’s Queen. I am demanding an answer from Lady Human.

Me: Yes, you are demanding.

Stella: Is that a human insult?

Me: No, it is a human observation.

Stella: Well, I have a bulldog observation. Humans say frightening things.

Me: Like what?

Stella: I heard young humans saying it:

What are little boys made of? Snips and snails and PUPPY DOGS’ TAILS…

Human boys are made of the tails of puppies!

Me: Now, Stella…

Stella: Don’t you Stella me! The young humans were playing a game and they said it over and over. So that is how you humans get more boys. You take the tails of innocent puppies. It makes me cry.

Me: Stella, it is a children’s silly rhyme from almost two hundred years ago. Children like rhymes. So do I. They are rhythmic and easy to remember and fun and they don’t usually mean what they say. Human boys are NOT, I REPEAT, NOT made from puppy dogs’ tails. They come from humans just as puppies come from dogs.

Stella: Eeewww! Nasty!

Me: Not Eeewww Nasty. It’s the way the Great Creator designed things and He certainly did not design Eeewww Nasty and He did not design human boys to come from puppy tails.

Stella: The young humans said that little girls were made of sugar and spice and everything nice.

Me: Don’t get your hopes up. That is no truer than the rhyme about little boys.

Stella: Awww. It sounded delicious.

Me: Stella!

Stella: Not that I would ever eat little girls, Lady Human. I simply would have enjoyed sitting nearby and sniffing them. Sugar. Spice. Everything nice. Oh well…Now if you will just explain what “snips” are.

Speech! Speech! Speech! – Conversations with Stella

Posted on July 27, 2016July 27, 2016 by H.J. Hill

I am Stella, Queen of the Olde English Bulldogges.

Me: Allow me to interrupt.

Stella: Why not? You do all the time even without permission.

Me: Only as necessary, so yes, just about all the time. What was that horrible throaty noise you were making to the other dogs? It sounded like gargling embedded in a whine.

Stella: You have no appreciation for bulldoggese! Horrible? Gargling? Whine?

Me: That’s what it sounded like to my human ears.

Stella: I was giving a speech to my followers. You humans understand this. I have been hearing nothing but speeches from your human overlords for many days now.

Me: Uh, excuse me. We don’t have human overlords. Not that some humans don’t try to lord it over us.

Stella: That’s not what I was hearing on the Picture Box. And if you humans make speeches, why can’t I make one…or two…or a few more to my bulldogs?

Me: What were you saying to the bulldogs?

Stella: I told them that humans talk a lot and say very little. I told them that they were not to worry about that. I told them that they are not responsible for human speech that means nothing. I told them to ignore the cat, too. She talks entirely too much and nothing she says makes any sense. And I told them that if they don’t understand something that a human tells them to do, they should just start barking and the humans will give up.

Me: Oh, thank you, Stella, that is so helpful.

Stella: You are welcome.

Me: No wonder the bulldogs are barking so much!

Stella: I am their Queen. They do listen to me. Sometimes. Do humans listen to their leaders when they make speeches?

Me: Mmmmm.

Stella: Maybe I should start making speeches to the humans. Maybe they would listen to me.

Me: You know, Stella, under the current circumstances, it couldn’t hurt.

Promise Me or I’ll Scream – Conversations with Stella

Posted on July 21, 2016July 21, 2016 by H.J. Hill

This is Stella, Queen of the Olde English Bulldogges. Please allow me to begin this conversation with a SCREAM!!! AAAAAGGGHHHHEEEEEEE!!!

Me: Ow, Stella! What was that? It hurt my ears!

Stella: WHERE DID YOU GO?

Me: Stella, stop yelling! I went to the store, that’s all. I was only gone for an hour.

Stella: Only an hour from hell!

Me: But there’s nothing wrong. Everything seems fine. Everyone is here. No one is hurt and no one else is screaming. Why are you so upset?

Stella: The Picture Box! Look at the Picture Box!

Me: The television? I’m looking. It’s all right.

Stella: All right? All right? Look at the humans running! Hear them screaming! They are being chased by a…GIANT LIZARD! You never told me that there were GIANT LIZARDS! Why? Why are there such things?

Me: It’s all right, Stella.

Stella: No, no it’s not! Why isn’t someone helping those poor humans?

Me: It is not a news program. It is a movie. It’s entertainment.

Stella: Humans think that giant lizards chasing and eating people is entertainment? Think again!

Me: It’s all make-believe, made up stuff. It’s not real.

Stella: You mean that there never have been any giant lizards?

Me: Well, actually there were…

Stella: NO! Horrible!

Me: Calm down. They haven’t been around for a long, long time.

Stella: Do you promise me that there are no giant lizards now?

Me: It depends on your definition of ‘giant’. There are some lizards that are your size.

Stella: Life is a nightmare.

Me: No, it isn’t. In all your time on Earth, have you ever seen a lizard anywhere near your size?

Stella: Hmmm. No. Just little guys like that green talking one that keeps showing up on the Picture Box. He’s okay.

Me: So admit it. Life is not a nightmare.

Stella: I will reserve judgment for now.

Me: What can I do to make this all better for you?

Stella: I can’t tell the difference between your human make-believe and your human news programs.

Me: Neither can I.

Stella: Pledge to me that you will not leave the Picture Box on when you go to the store or anyplace else.

Me: All right. I pledge that I will not leave the television on when I leave the house. Subject to the following exceptions: I may forget, I may not be able to turn it off, someone else may turn it on, you may turn it on, I may not want to turn it off.

Stella: That does not sound like a pledge.

Me: The meaning of the word ‘pledge’ has weakened considerably over the years.

Stella: So humans no longer make real pledges?

Me: Of course they do. It all depends on who the person is who is making the pledge. And on who is receiving it.

Stella: But you still promise that there are no more giant lizards, right?

Me: Hmmm.

Stella’s Blog – If Only I Had Hands

Posted on May 18, 2016May 18, 2016 by H.J. Hill

Hello, people! I am Stella, Queen of the Olde English Bulldogges. My transcriptionist has promised not to interrupt my blog this time.

(Transcriptionist: Unless absolutely necessary.)

That was an interruption. What is it that the baseball people say? STRIKE ONE!

I pay much attention to the humans and what they do. Here are some of the things I have noticed:

They balance on only two legs. Amazing! (Shhh! Don’t tell them how impressed I am. Oh, that’s right. Lady Human is my transcriptionist. Well then, truthfully, I am not all that impressed.)

They have boxes that roll on wheels so that we can go places. They don’t even have to run with their feet to make it go. We can all go without using our legs to push it.

Best of all, they have these wonderful long things on the ends of their arms called “hands” and they can do just about anything with them.

Think of all the things that I could do if I had hands.

I could take the little black box and push the buttons to make the TV louder or quieter when I want to. And I could watch MY favorite shows, not the annoying ones that the humans pick.

I could turn the knobs on the doors to enter and leave whatever room whenever. The whole house – all for me!

I could turn on and drive the big box with the wheels. Where would I go? I have no idea. Probably not very far because I don’t know how to drive and my legs aren’t long enough to reach the speed pedals on the box’s floor.

I could open the treat bags and pick out my favorite flavor whenever I would like. No more waiting on the humans to clue in that “Treat Time” is all the time.

But a bulldog dream is all that is. We still have to depend on the humans. Maybe that is one reason that the Great Creator made us without hands so that the humans would have to extend their hands to us.

Oh, well…Until next time, I remain

Stella, Queen of the Olde English Bulldogges

Stella’s Blog – Humans. Why?

Posted on May 16, 2016May 16, 2016 by H.J. Hill

Hello! I am Stella, the Queen of the Olde English Bulldogges. (Let’s wait a few moments to see if my transcriptionist will interrupt to say something like, “No, you’re not the queen” or “self-styled”. I don’t know what “self-styled” means, but I am sure that it is rude.)

Okay, no interruption so far. Please join me for MY blog. Today’s topic: Humans. Why?

I discussed a similar question with my blog post entitled “Why Did God Make Cats?”

The existence of humans is not nearly as confusing as the existence of cats. Actually, I still have no answer for why cats should exist. That one may be a long time in coming, but I believe the Creator will help me to understand someday. I am sure He had His reasons.

Humans are an easier question because they actually do stuff that helps dogs. (Can cats truthfully say that?)

Here’s a short list of how humans help us:

Food.

Treats.

Food.

Treats.

Did I mention food?

(Transcriptionist: Stella, you’re repeating yourself.)

Ah, our first interruption. MY BLOG, MY RULES. Where was I?

Treats.

What else?

Softy toys – Humans don’t really have to make them in the shape of pink and blue dogs and red lobsters. We are not fooled. We know that they are not real. People think we are stupid. Here’s a secret: We’re not the ones making pink and blue wiener dogs that don’t even have any wieners in them. Where are the wieners, humans?

Chew toys – Great for relaxing after a long day, though for many, many thousands of years, we dogs have provided our own chew toys in the form of sticks.

Soft beds – What a wonderful invention. Perfect for lazy dogs. And the humans can use them, if there is enough room.

Love – did I say that?

(Transcriptionist: Yes, you did, you sweet, smooshy- faced, old thing,)

Well, I didn’t mean to. It just slipped out. And now you’ve gone and called me those mushy names. Please stop it. I just meant that the head pets are nice and the belly rubs. But stay away from that hugging business.

So do humans serve a purpose? The Great Creator must have thought so. (Of course, He made cats, too, and I still don’t understand that.)

They keep telling me that dog is man’s best friend. Maybe the humans are ours.

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