Apocalypse Bow-Wow

As the pilot steered us upriver, I reviewed Colonel Kats’ file. The Army had sent their finest dogs to chase him, but nothing had come back but rumors — whispers of a cult deep in the jungle, where dogs and mice alike worshipped Kats like a god.


The pilot, a schnauzer named Chase, had been eyeing me nervously the whole trip. Finally he spoke. “My orders say I’m not supposed to know where I’m taking this boat, so I don’t!” he said. “But one look at you, and I know it’s gonna be hot.”


Susan G. shares a letter: “My name is Chase, and I’m a 9 year old miniature schnauzer. Ok… I’m not so miniature. Anyway, these are pictures of me driving my daddy’s boat this summer in Summerville, South Carolina.”

56 comments … read them below or add one

  1. Rumi says:

    I LOVE his shocked eyebrows!

  2. 260Oakley says:

    From Conrad’s “The Heart of Barkness”

    • Theresa says:

      OY!

    • Violet says:

      Thought of Conrad immediately. I bet that book would have been 100% more interesting if Oakley had written it. (Putting a bug in your ear).

    • cellarmouse says:

      thanks … wasn’t sure it was “heart of darkness” … there were shades of “i love the smell of napalm in the morning” … either one”the horror, the horror” …

      but cute doggie is pure “catch 22″/ mash cpl klinger … he knows what he’s doin’ …

  3. Laura says:

    NTMTOM, your story is outstanding! I am laffing myself silly, not that I wasn’t already silly!

  4. gizmo says:

    Saigon. I’m still only in Saigon. Every time I think I’m gonna wake up back in the jungle.

  5. Theresa says:

    “LOVED YOU IN WALL STREET!”

  6. Rachael says:

    I love the smell of bacon in the morning.

  7. marthamv2 says:

    Driving daddy’s boat…? Sounds a little spoiled to me.

  8. Nikki says:

    “…I watched a snail crawl along the edge of a straight razor. That’s my dream; that’s my nightmare….”

    The Horror…The. Horror.

    • Theresa says:

      “One through nine, no maybes, no supposes, no fractions. You can’t travel in space, you can’t go out into space, you know, without, like, you know, uh, with fractions – what are you going to land on – one-quarter, three-eighths? What are you going to do when you go from here to Venus or something? That’s dialectic physics.” :LOL:

    • kar says:

      Stay in the boat. Stay in the boat.

    • blair says:

      He’s a good boy, sent by Petco clerks, to collect a biscuit.

  9. Mary (the first) says:

    I Love Chase! Looks like he had to stop to read the map or something, he has reading glasses in the second photo .. sunglasses in the first. He looks very dashing in either/both!

  10. lifediving says:

    Stud alert.

  11. homoDM says:

    I <3 schnauzers

  12. medusa0813 says:

    I love the smell of bacon in the morning :-)

  13. FTW(for the win)
    Apocalypse Now reference………;

  14. JohnnieCanuck says:

    And the John Deere collar? Is that part of his cover story?

  15. Saffron says:

    The loons Norman! The loons!!!

  16. earlybird1 says:

    AHHHHAHAHAHA! He looks like a little old man! He reminds me of someone’s beloved grandpa, the one who smoked a pipe and always had a hilarious story to tell. LOVE IT!!

    • victoreia says:

      There is a striking resemblance to one of my grandfather’s cousins…..especially the “whiskers”…… 8-O

  17. earlybird1 says:

    I can just hear him harrumphing and grumbling about kids these days. XD

  18. earlybird1 says:

    Actually in the first pic he looks like an old Harley Davidson buff.

  19. Mrs Psmith says:

    “I’m not even a dog – I’m a MAN!”
    “Well, nobody’s perfect”

  20. Brandi says:

    Yaaaay! My schnauzer isn’t so ‘mini’ too! Rimski says Hiiiii Chase! :)

  21. ^oo^ says:

    It’s Charlie Allnut from “The African Queen”!

    Hang on to your corset Katharine!

    • songbrdnurse says:

      That’s EXACTLY what I was gonna say…..he looks like a furry Bogie! *gasp* Was that a wink in that 2nd pic, or is it just me? Sigh…heart’s aflutter :-D

  22. Captain Chase says thanks for posting his pictures! We sent them in almost 3 years ago… and we just happened to be surfing the web tonight and shrieked like little kids when we saw our baby on cuteoverload!

    By the way… Chase has a new boat now and lives in Texas. :O)

  23. JoAnn says:

    I tried to tell Rover that there are lots of animals that other people think are cute on CO, so the chances of them having a miniature schnauzer were pretty slim, but he insisted. And this is the first thing up.
    On top of all his other amazingness, it seems that he is also psychic.

  24. dmaufer says:

    Awesome post!

  25. mie says:

    Do they move to Autumnville in September?? O.O

  26. kzgz says:

    “Never get out of the boat.” Absolutely g-d right! Unless you were goin’ all the way… Kurtz got off the boat. He split from the whole f-n’ program.