McMinnville UFO Festival Pet Costume Contest

Zoozoo, my Rhodesian Ridgeback mix, in her "Alien Abduction Costume."  Makes me want to sing, "Fly me to the Moon." She won first prize in the McMinnville UFO Festival costume contest.

Finally, after many, many years of failed attempts, I made it to the McMinnville UFO Festival.  Of course, the main reason I went to the UFO festival is because they have a pet costume contest.  And I love to play doggie dress up!

There was a UFO sighting there like 50 years ago or something.  They say that some of the most compelling UFO photographs came out of that sighting.  Sounds like a good excuse to party if you ask me.  


Dress the dog up in a costume? Hey, now you're really talking my language.


The two Chihuahua (all Chihuahuas are space aliens, in case you were wondering) were in silver sparkly costumes and behaved like champions.  They took the coveted 5th place prize.

 Zoozoo's costume include a rocket ship riding monkey on her back.  I walked her out in front of the judges, put her in a sit-stay and then counted it down, "Three, two, one, blast off!"  


Then Zoozoo and I ran and the monkey bounced around on her back in a wildly comedic manner.Zoozoo took home first prize.  Yeah, that's right, first place.  A huge basket of treats AND a $50 gift certificate to Buchanan Cellers, a grain and feed store in McMinnville.

Fun, fun, fun …

Mike McKenzie © 2014

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THE HAPPY HOT DOG

Pokey Reaches for the Mustard! 

He's a HOT DOG (with Pickled Relish and anchovy breath).

CLICK HERE FOR AN AWESOME FUNNY DOG VIDEO!!!

It's almost Halloween, which means that you need to find a halloween costume for you and the dog.  Hot about a hot dog with a big jar of mustard?  If that sounds cool, I got the hot dog for you!

I was grooving on this costume because it is a tip of the hat to the Cheezburger Comedy Network.  Would I really have put a hot dog costume on my Chihuahua but for the Cheez?

I bought this little costume from a nice lady in a dog store on SW 23rd in Portland, Oregon.  We were both geeking out on this pretty bad.  We were both like total doggy dress up freaks. Ha Ha

No, not Ben Who, Ben Huh?

During a reality show taping for Lolwork, I tried to inform Ali Luhrs and Paul Gude that dogs were imminently cuter, funnier and more photogenic than cats.
They were like, "No way."
I was like, "So, totally."
Then they got like all "we're gonna call BEN" and see what he says.
"Right," I said, "Ben Who?"
"BEN HUH!" said Ali.
"Ben, what?" I asked.
"Not Ben What," Paul responded, "Ben Huh."
"Huh?"

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"Yeah, Ben Huh!" said Ali in that way she says things ... like her brain is going to explode from two cents worth of information.  She went to Western.  I went to Evergreen.  Enough said.  We're both sub-geniuses.
"What?" I asked.
"Not WHAT!" Paul said.  "Huh!"
"Huh?" I asked.
"That's right," Paul shouted quite dramatically. "Huh!"
What?
                                     *****
I am not really sure what I can tell you. 
The papers I signed were many pages, and the production assistant did not give me a copy.  The production assistant was cute and, in all fairness, I didn't ask for copies.
But I think the contract said that if they killed me, they would under no circumstances be responsible for their own actions.  Really, it said that.  I think it also said that if I talked about anything they would be allowed to kill me.
So, I think promised to never ever talk about Lolwork or the secret experiments performed upon me while they filmed Lolwork.  I think I also promised not to divulge the fact that Iggy Pop is my fraternal twin brother.  (Proof?  See photo above.)  Oooops.

So I am not going to talk about any of that.

I will tell you that I got to go to Gasworks Park and play Frisbee with my dog and nobody yelled at me to put my dog on a leash.  That was cool.   I keep waiting for Bravo television to show pictures of me and my beautiful dog on the boob tube, but to no avail.  Back to Youtube for Zoozoo and Mike McKenzie.  Pronto.  

Mike McKenzie 2013

Partying with the Pit Bull Boss

Portland Pet Expo was a Pit Bull Party!

Pit Bull

The coolest thing about the 2012 Portland (Oregon) Pet Expo was the number of pit bulls in attendance. Every other dog was pit.  I think that had a lot to do with Shorty Rossi, the star of the Animal Planet show, "Pit Boss."  (Click here for more information about "Pit Boss.") 

Shorty Rossi, star of Animal Planet show, "Pit Boss,"
with Mike McKenzie, founding member of the
Washington Owners of Flying Disc Dogs

Shorty has a book out entitled, "Four Feet Tall and Rising."  He's also the founder of Shorty's Pit Bull Rescue, a non profit that Rossi created in 2001.  (Click here to visit Shorty's Pit Bull Rescue.)

Shorty's famous dog, Hercules.

He's also a really nice guy.  At the pet expo Shorty was ready to sign autographs, have his picture taken, answer questions and interact with all the expo-goers who were interested.  

In honor of Shorty, please enjoy some of the awesome photos of pit bulls.

Pit Bull on wheels (canine wheelchair)

As I was researching Shorty, I             found that he works with Linda Blair's shelter and rescue organization, Linda Blair World Heart Foundation.  (Click here for more information on Linda Blair's animal rescue.)  

Peace and love and puppies.

Jimmyjumpnjive 2012 (click here for videos about dogs.)

A pretty Pity

A Pit Bull service dog.