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

i just got an ifetch!

the mail lady delivered a package to our door today!

i love getting packages, even when they're not for me.

but this one was for me - it even had my name on it!

i love getting stuff in the mail!

the human said that the people at iFetch sent me a product to review and share with my Facebook fans.

i had never heard of an ifetch before, but since playing fetch is one of my favorite things, it sounded like something i'd be interested in.

can we open it? please please please?!

the human went to find some scissors to open the box, but it took her too long, so i decided to do it myself.

sooner or later i'll get this thing open, just you wait...but feel free to jump in with some scissors if you find them.

when we finally got the box open, i found three small tennis balls and a weird looking round thing inside.

i have no idea what this is, but i have a feeling that it's awesome. trust me on this.

before plugging it in, the human showed me how to drop one of the balls in the top of the iFetch, which i like to call "loading the cannon."

it was kind of hard at first, since i'm not used to dropping toys on a specific spot. 

uhhh...where did the ball go?
(turns out i dropped the ball on the floor and it rolled out of view. this happened a LOT at first).

luckily, iFetch posted a "how to teach your pup to use an iFetch" video on their youtube channel (if you want to watch it, click here). 

we watched the video, and i learned a lot of great tips for improving my technique. the human learned how she can help me get used to being around the funny round contraption (it kind of does look like an alien, after all).

just...a little bit...closer....*plunk*...i did it!

finally, after about a gagillion attempts, i finally got the ball into the mouth of the iFetch!

the human rewarded me with a few extra bacon treats for my accomplishment. which, i guess, wouldn't be that big of a deal to a human, but it is to a little puppy without any thumbs!

i'm still learning how to drop a ball in the iFetch. even though i make it in about 6 times out of 10, the instructions say it should be 10 times out of 10 before we turn it on.

if we turn it on before i'm ready, i might be startled or scared when the ball shoots out of the other side of the iFetch (or so the human says...i beg to differ!). 

until then, i'm just going to work on my ball-dropping skills and hopefully i'll make it 10 times out of 10 soon!

i can't wait 'til we can turn this thing on and see what it does!

stay tuned for an update on how i'm doing with my iFetch! once i get the hang of it, i'll upload some videos of me playing with it so you can see me in action :) 

- 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

i met santa today!

when i woke up today, i knew it would be a great day. and guess what? i met santa!

first, the human brushed me so i looked all nice and fresh. we picked out a festive collar for me to wear, and then the human, the grandhuman and i drove to the mall (not sure why santa lives here, but oh well).

"enter here" means i am about to meet santa for the second time in my life! yay!

we stood in line forever and ever.

'scuse me sir, but is this the way to see santa?

but i had a lot of fun looking cute...and meeting the other kids in the line, of course.

this is what my surprise face will look like when santa tells me i've been a good boy!

there were these really weird mirror things in the meet-santa waiting area.

wait a second, is this really what i look like?

and i couldn't figure out if it was the mirror that made me look long and thin one second, and then short and wide the next second...or if it was me. 

WHAT IS THIS MAGIC!?

and THEN...it was time to meet santa!

sir, i need to sniff you out, hold on for oneeee second.

he got down on the floor to play with me. then i gave him some sniffs and licks, once i decided he was a nice man, of course.

hold still! i don't give just ANYONE a kiss on the mouth.

and then i very nonchalantly told him what i wanted for christmas.

you can't even tell i'm whispering in his ear that i want a new squeaky, a whole bag of bacon treats, and a paw-activated belly-rub machine. 

and THEN santa said, "you've been a very good pup this year!" which made me very happy (but not really surprised at all).

i really tried to look surprised when he told me this, but i kinda knew it was coming. oh well.

i had a great time meeting santa for the second time in my life! 

man, being good for one more WHOLE year is going to be hard.

merry christmas and happy holidays everyone!

- rambo