This Week, on The Guiding Leash

In a shocking development, Reginald Van Snord, believed to have been accidentally shot, stabbed, poisoned, drowned, impaled, electrocuted, decapitated, poisoned again, and eaten by crocodiles which were in turn eaten by piranhas, returns to reclaim his family’s vast median-strip real estate holdings.

Meanwhile, Sheila Crackleflacker, under pressure from the Amish Mafia to repay her gambling debts, agrees to rent her vital organs for scientific experiments.

And a tearful Emma Bunnyslipper bravely confronts Blake Drake, the cad who savagely chewed Emma’s twin sister Abigail in Tangiers.


This is Eloise. She is a Chihuahua puppyluv. Shot by Christy @ www.BonBonChihuahuas.com

96 comments … read them below or add one

  1. sabrina rose says:

    OMG!! Run for your life, Emma! (But don’t go to Tangiers)

  2. blair says:

    it was aww a dweam

  3. wee says:

    Reginald Van Snord sounds like Rasputin.

  4. Jae says:

    “How could? It was easy. Let me show you.” (omnomnomnomnom)

  5. jujube says:

    That’s the funniest thing I’ve read in months! It’s a good thing I had already finished my coffee or it would have come shooting out my nose!

  6. Fird Birfle says:

    Mike — on which network does “Guiding Leash” air? Animal Planet??
    I’m on the edge of my seat, to watch the next episode and I don’t know to which
    channel to tune in!!!

    (Actually, I think that would be delightful if such did broadcast there)

    • bookmonstercats says:

      You…. you… mean …. IT MIGHT NOT REALLY be a proper TV soap opera??? Gaaaah!!!111!!!!

      1. It needs to be. Cue Cuteevee. Meg producing, NOMTOM writing, Sharpy and Theo editing, Teresa arranging distribution…. I can see it all…..

      2. I want spotty bunny slippers.

      3. I want Eloise as the leading lady (I’ll give her back, once she’s been snorgled).

  7. Mela says:

    Her name is Eloise?!! I am not normally for dogs having people names but that is just so gosh darn adorable!!!! It suites her to a T!!

  8. ashagato says:

    i forgive the pup. emma’s twin sister was a bitch anyway.

  9. Dub1 says:

    Dramatic music: bun bum BUN!!

  10. RosieLB says:

    Quiet now. Mama is watching her stories.

  11. EGG says:

    I just did one of those silent “Awr” faces, it happens when I see something so cute, no sound can be made. A little tear also appears in each eye and I proceed to show everyone in the house!

  12. 260Oakley says:

    Blake was jealous of Abigail’s relationship with his arch-enemy, Dr. Scholls.

  13. Mina says:

    That staring contest is going to last forever.

  14. tracylee says:

    and ten years later, Marlena is still possessed by the devil and Hope has come back from teh ded again?! Oh, she was ded from the Cute.. I see…
    (don’t worry, happens all the time)

  15. Rhea says:

    But what about Sophronia Bracegirdle?

  16. Martha in Washington says:

    I am so changing my name to Sheila Crackleflacker. And everywhere I go I will have people page me over the intercom.

    • Mary (the first) says:

      At minimum, when you have to leave your name at a restaurant, don’t tell your real name. Tell them “Crackleflacker” or whatever. (Used to have a friend who would tell them “Wilde” because he liked “Wilde party of four”… )

      • Nikki says:

        I have a friend who would always give them “Donner” for the last name at restaurants. Invariably, when the hostess called “Donner Party…” he would crack himself up. Evidently this joke never got old to him.

        • Emmberrann says:

          This comment made me laugh so hard (if silently) , I had tears in my eyes! Your friend must be quite a cut-up! *snrking*

      • 6Rabbits says:

        LOL!

  17. Berg says:

    “Amish Mafia”–snort! Next thing you know, the Quakers will have a mafia, too.

    Eloise is adorable, and I need to get me a pair of polka dot bunny slippers.

  18. Bluebird says:

    Oh what a fat little pumkin. She can come to my house and intimidate my footwear anytime. Oops I don’t have bunny slippers. Will a stripy toe-sock do?

  19. Kari Callin says:

    “Hi there! You must be new around here! My name is Eloise, what’s yours?”

    ” ”

    “Not much of a talker, are you?”

  20. y knot says:

    wah-wah sez yr feetsies steenk and teh bunny slipper is totally not amused. Stand by for the next episode of “General Horsepital,” followed by yet another day of “As the Stomach Turns” with yr fav guest animal voice overs

  21. First of all Eloise .. is adorable..
    second of all

    OMG POLKADOT BUNNY SLIPPERS! Soooooo cute.

  22. Gigi says:

    Abigail should have known better than to go to Tangier with Blake the snake Drake.

  23. ceejoe says:

    omg, I want to kees that leetle forehayd! The puppeh, not the bunneh slipper. :)

  24. Talie says:

    Puppy vs Slipper.
    My vote is on the pup.

  25. kar says:

    Reginald? Or Rasputin.

    Hey, you gotta be careful with the Amish. They just indicted a bunch of folks in Ohio for assault. Knocked on a guy’s door and when he came out they grabbed him and forcibly removed his beard. They then ran away on their push scooters.

  26. flutter-by says:

    This entire thread is so enjoyable, espeshully starting out with NTMTOM’s mad genius writing skillz and ever-awesome imagination!

    Thanks all peeps for giggles and snorts of mirth!!!

  27. victoreia says:

    …..

    BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!1!1!!!!!1!!!!!1!!!

    *staggers away, giggling madly*

    • Fird Birfle says:

      *walks around in the zig-zig patterns, behind victoreia, with a small bed mattress, in case she suddenly collapses, or trips on the leg of the coffee table….*

  28. Mary (the first) says:

    There seems to be a huge market for polka-dot bunny slippers here. If Christy knows where we can get some, please tell us!

  29. renni says:

    We meet at last!

  30. Emmylee says:

    Ack! Does Eloise live in a hotel too?! Such a cutie!

  31. chris c says:

    accidentally shot, stabbed, poisoned, drowned, impaled, electrocuted, decapitated, poisoned again, and eaten by crocodiles which were in turn eaten by piranhas

    -Talk about a bad day.

  32. Nikki says:

    And in a stunning upset, Susan Poochi has once again lost out on winning the Dogtime Emmy Award for Best Actress to upstart Sheila Crackleflacker. One of the Academy members, in a confidential interview, remarked that Susan Poochi was growing long in the tooth and Sheila’s organ rental scheme was fresh and exciting, exclaiming, “Sadly, Ms. Poochi’s repertoire has become somewhat stale. I guess it’s true that you can’t teach an old dog new tricks.”

    Miss Poochi, ever the professional, demurred, “Well, it was an honor to just have been NOMinated.”

    And finally:
    1. Eloise is ridiculously adorable.
    2. NTMTOM is ridiculously brilliant. Standing O.

  33. belphebe says:

    Every time I come back to this page, I read the opening section as “accidentally shot”, “accidentally poisoned”, “accidentally decapitated”, and so on. Not only was poor Reginald subject to so much abuse, but they were all accidents! Whoever inflicted all that harm on him didn’t really mean to do it, which makes the pain that much worse!

    I’ve spent too much time writing and editing, I think. I just hope that Emma doesn’t get accidentally nommed!

  34. Evan Waters says:

    ¿Por QUE?

  35. Theresa says:

    I’m looking for Dr. Lipschwitz, myself.

  36. JME says:

    Having an identical twin seems like much less of a stretch if you’re a member of the Bunnyslipper family.

  37. If I HOP, will you Hop?

  38. Sheila Rusk says:

    “You know it’s not personal, right?”

  39. Jean Bearrick says:

    Think you’re pretty cute, doncha.

  40. Tim Zander says:

    Geeeee, I don’t think I can finish another bunny slipper…..(burp)

  41. Kariann64 says:

    Really, really cute and sweet pup. Such concentration to figure out what is this “animal” in front of me, huh??

  42. bailsabub says:

    thats not a bunny slipper. Its a boo boo bunny. Ive been in boo boo bunny assembly lines, I know a boo boo bunny when I see one.