rambo's big film debut!

i've got some exciting news to share!

are you ready?

ok, i’ll wait.

...hmmm…maybe you should sit down for this.

‘cus this is BIG.

all right, here it is...

I JUST MADE MY BIG FILM DEBUT!

yes, me, lil’ ole’ rambo is now a movie star.

…well, sort of. let me explain.

a few weeks ago, someone from this big company called SHOP.COM contacted my human to ask if i would like to be in a company video. they said that the second they saw my pictures on my facebook page, they knew that i was the pup they’ve been looking for.

you're joking, right?...no?...really?! THIS IS AWESOME!

the human immediately said, “yes!” but i had a few questions before agreeing to take on my first acting gig. would i get paid in bacon? would belly rubs be involved? would they make sure to get my “good side?” these were all very important things i needed answers to before i made my decision.

once the SHOP.COM people said “yes” to all my questions, it was time to start learning my lines.

well, just one line, which was “bark, bark!” i practiced for DAYS. i had to make sure i got it just right.

of course i've been practicing. i just need a break. you know, from practicing so much. and stuff.

then, it was finally time to head to the studio to begin filming!

on the first day, we had a photo shoot. 

hey guys, i'm ready for my close up!

i spent hours and hours posing in front of a big green sheet for the camera. 

giving the camera my biggest, best puppy-dog smile (which kind of hurts your face if you do it for too long).

which, as you can imagine, is a tiring task for a little pup like me. 

if you're not going to photoshop a baconrita into this picture, do you think one of your humans could get one for me at least? i'm parched!

the photographer explained that they shoot in front of a “green screen” so they can edit me into pictures with cool backgrounds.

like this one...

i've never been to mexico before...olé!

...and this one...

oh hello there, happy couple, hope it's cool if i crash your wedding with my friend here.

...and this one.

i literally have no idea what i'm doing in this picture.

but to be honest, all i really cared about was how many more bacon treats i was going to weasel out of the crew before the end of the day.

the next morning, we met to “shoot on location,” which sounded so important and exciting and fancy that i almost couldn’t eat my breakfast. almost.

who, me? nervous? *gulp* um. no, never!

when we arrived, there were all these other actors and crew members there. everyone was really nice, gave me a lot of pats, and told me not to be nervous.

what exactly is that thing you're holding over my head?
...and does it taste like bacon?

i had four different scenes, which meant four different costume changes.

in the first scene, the main actor and i wore matching checkered shirts and fancy bowties.

i've got my serious face on because i'm concentrating on getting my lines right.

i was really nervous, because this was the scene where i had to say my lines.

…but i nailed it after 2 takes! #LikeABoss

then, we had a scene where i had to wear a bathrobe and lounge on the couch.

i’m very good at lounging, so this was a piece of cake.

i think i could get used to this acting thing.

the third scene was out by the pool, which i wasn’t looking forward to (since i don’t like wet that much). 

luckily, all i had to do was sit on the pool deck, wear sunglasses and look suave. easy peasy!

just chillin' like a villain.
...whatever that means.

for the fourth scene, i had to wear these ugly pajamas the human bought me a few years ago and pretend like i was sleeping on the bed. 

the belly rubs are making up for having to wear these humiliating pj's. 

i HATE those pajamas. but pretending like i was asleep wasn’t so bad, so you know, i dealt with it like a champ.

finally, after a long day of filming, they said, “that’s a wrap!” and all i had to do was wait for the video to officially debut.

…which, i found out, was going to happen at one of SHOP.COM’s biggest corporate events, in front of 20,000 people!

look, there i am, on the big screen in front of 20,000 people!

so, would you like to see the video?

here it is! 

psst, fast forward to minutes 00:01:57, 00:03:04, 00:03:50, and 00:04:44 to see me in action!

*if you can't view the video for some reason, click HERE to watch it on youtube! 

next stop, hollywood!

hey, look, that's me! on the tv! i'm FAMOUS!

…hey, a pup can dream, right?

ruv,
rambo

my new whistle activity monitor

i just got a package in the mail!

i love getting mail.

especially when it's for me.

when we (well, the human) opened the package, i found out it was a whistle activity monitor!

well? what is it?

the human told me that a whistle activity monitor attaches to my collar to track how many minutes per day i'm active...and how many minutes per day i'm resting. 

which made me a little concerned...i don't want her to know how much i sleep during the day while she's working hard at the office. she might end up putting me to work!

uh-oh. i don't want the human to know that i'm getting my beauty sleep while she's working like no tomorrow at the office...

...well, anyways...i'll deal with that later.

once we opened it and i got to see what it looked like, i started getting really excited. 

can we try it out now? how about now?!

but the human said we needed to set up the whistle app on her phone first.

that's not an activity monitor...that's a cookie!

i tried to help, but i guess in the end i wasn't very helpful.

i can do one of two things: lick it, or eat it. your choice.

finally, we secured the activity monitor on my collar and set up the app with all my personal data. now we're ready to go!

stay tuned! i'll be updating my progress and share my activity with you all in a blog post next month :)

- rambo

watch me play with my ifetch!

a few weeks ago, i got an iFetch in the mail.

i had no idea what it was, but boy was i excited!

i wasn't sure how to use it, but that didn't make me any less excited.

not really sure what to do with this yet, but it looks fun to me!

after we opened the box and took the iFetch out, the human realized that i needed to learn how to drop the ball into the mouth of the iFetch first. 

we watched some of their how-to videos, and then we practiced...and practiced...and practiced...and practiced...

well, you get the idea.

but finally, i learned how to drop the ball in the iFetch and make it shoot out the other end! 

holy smokes, i think i did it! 

i've still got a ways to go (i get bored easily so we can only practice for a few minutes at a time) but i'm doing pretty well! 

check out my progress:

- rambo

St. Patrick's Day Bloopers

sooo....i promised you guys more st. patrick's day photos, except...i wasn't very cooperative when it came to taking the pictures. 

who, me?

but just because i wasn't thrilled with my st. patrick's day props doesn't mean i'm not going to share the pictures with you.

this picture is ok, what do you mean they didn't turn out great?

so instead of sharing only the best pictures, i thought you might want to see some funny bloopers!

bloopers? ha! that's a funny word. see, i'm already laughing! 

here's a picture of me getting excited about my st. patrick's day photo shoot.

whoooooo hooooo! st.patrick's day! yea!

but i wasn't thrilled the whole time. nope, not at all.

i'm a wee bit irish? nope. how about...IRISH YOU WOULD TAKE THIS STUFF OFF OF ME SO I COULD GO PLAY.

yeah, i mustered up a good smile a few times, but all in all, i just wasn't feeling it.

i am only smiling because you said the word "bacon."

most of the time, i felt pretty embarrassed. the human got a good laugh out of it though.

why is this bow on my head? why?

my irish hat just didn't fit, and my bow tie was clearly too big. 

i don't understand why this looks "irish." i think it just looks stupid.

in the end, i decided to take a nap. that's my signal to the human that the photo shoot is officially over.

see this yawn? that mean this is OVER. DONE. FINITO.
...what does finito mean?

see? i told you these bloopers were pretty silly :)

- rambo

i got a barkbox!

i got a barkbox today!

how long are you going to make me sit her and look at my barkbox? 

basically the best day ever.

this sure smells good. now if i could only figure out how to open it...

barkboxes are really hard to open. if you're a puppy at least.

trying to fit my whole mouth around the box and crunch it with my razor sharp puppy teeth...yeah, definitely didn't work.

so i tried standing on it and ripping at the cardboard. 

this doesn't seem to be working either.

but then...my human opened it for me!!!!!!!

oh boy oh boy oh boy oh boy oh boy oh boy!!!!!!!!!!

and there were all these awesome toys and delicious smelling treats in there!

i refuse to look at the camera at a time like this.

i made sure to keep watch for suspicious humans, squirrels, and blowing leaves that might want to steal my barkbox from me.

a pup can never be too careful when it comes to protecting his barkbox.

my human started pulling out different treats and toys from the box to see what i wanted to nom on first.

that one looks pretty delicious.

I CHOOSE THIS ONE, HUMAN!

pleasepleasepleaseplease can i have it pleasepleaseplease

it was a pretty great surprise for a saturday afternoon!

this is the only picture my human could get of me looking at the camera. i guess you could say i was a little distracted by all the fun stuff in my new barkbox.

and guess what? barkbox wants to give my fans $5 their own barkbox subscription for their pups! use the code RAMBO at checkout, or just click this link and it will automatically apply it for you :)

barkboxes for all the pups!!!!!!!!!

- rambo

new year's eve 2014

happy new year everyone!

for new year's eve, i dressed up in my finest...because i had a lady friend coming over!

do i look handsome and distinguished? because that's what i'm going for.

her name is chloe, and she's really camera shy. 

my human had to pretend she was serving us bacontinis in order to get this picture. chloe wasn't amused once she figured out what we were up to.

chloe decided to hide under the blanket on the couch until we promised to put the camera away.

so of course i posed for pictures for 10 minutes. bacon treats can be verrrry persuasive. 

doing my best impression of my human when she drinks a little too much champagne...he he he.

whooohoo, it's almost 2014! 

i'm pretty sure these are the coolest, most sparkly glasses i've ever worn.

i learned how to wave on command last week, so i made sure to show off my skills to the camera.

how long do i have to wave in order to get that treat you're holding?

but i quickly got tired of wearing my sparkly glasses, and wanted to take them off.

a little help here?

...and i ended up looking like this.

well this is embarrassing.

so i tried on my blue happy new year crown instead.

hmmm...still not sure how i feel about this thing yet.

but it was late, and i was getting tired. i had to figure out how i would conserve my energy to stay up until 12:00am!

if i take a little nap right here, will anyone notice?
....zzzzzzzzzzzz

here's to a new year filled with bacon treats, belly rubs, and afternoon walkies!

a new year's note from rambo and his human, to all of rambo's fans:

thank you for an amazing year! we are so, so, so happy that you, rambo's amazing fans, love reading his blog and following his adventures on his facebook page. hearing that rambo's posts bring a smile to your face, make you giggle, or bring joy to your life is the most amazing feeling in the world! we are so excited to see what is in store for us in the new year, and even more excited to have all of you along for the ride. thank you for loving rambo and being the amazing, loyal fans that you are.

- rambo & rambo's human