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<title>The life of Sammy</title>
<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/234279/diary/The_life_of_sammy</link>
<description>Dogster diary for the dog Sam</description>
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<copyright>Copyright 2013 by Sam &amp; Dogster</copyright>
<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 22:31:03 PDT</pubDate>
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		<title>cool weather makes for better walkies....</title>
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				<pubdate>Wed, 5 Sep 2012 20:48:11 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Sam ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Today me and Bella walked with Mommy at dusk! It was cool and windy and there was rain and everythin ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Today me and Bella walked with Mommy at dusk! It was cool and windy and there was rain and everything smelled so good. 

The best thing about today's walk was that I did a lot better in the cool air than I do when it's hot out. Mommy doesn't walk me when it's very hot, but if it's even in the 80's I get too warm and tired and I walk slow and Mommy takes me home early. But today I was full of energy and enjoyed lots of sniffies and I made peepee on lots of trees and rocks. Bella did too, and every time she does, she kicks the ground and dirt flies everywhere. She is silly. 

Yay for the first day that felt like Autumn! 

Love, Sammy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Guess what I sniffed...</title>
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				<pubdate>Thu, 30 Aug 2012 10:14:46 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Sam ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>This morning on our walkie I sniffed the most interesting thing! 

It was a wild animal poopoo, an ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ This morning on our walkie I sniffed the most interesting thing! 

It was a wild animal poopoo, and it had FUR in it! Me and Bella really investigated it. We have lots of gray foxes in our area, and Mommy thinks that is what made the poopoo. 

I love to smell wild animal stuff! Maybe sometime we will SEE a fox! Wouldn't that be fun? We only see deer (Bella barks at them A LOT and jumps up and down at the end of her leash, and I pull real hard to encourage Mommy to chase the deer with us, but it never seems to work). 

Mommy says fox poopoo is okay, but she hopes we don't ever see any mountain lion poopoo or bear poopoo!

Love, Sammy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>a fun day so far....</title>
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				<pubdate>Wed, 29 Aug 2012 11:51:37 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Sam ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Today has been a pretty fun day so far! 

I started the day by jumping on the bed and nudging Momm ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Today has been a pretty fun day so far! 

I started the day by jumping on the bed and nudging Mommy LOTS to tell her it was time to wake up and feed me! 

Then after breakfast I rested my tummy before Mommy took me and Bella for our morning walk. It was getting warm, and that makes me walk slower than usual (it was probably 80 degrees outside! Warm for walking!). But me and Bell sniffed and made peepee on lots of rocks and clumps of grass, and we kicked up some dirt afterward too! 

Then Mommy was going to run to the gas station, and when she was getting ready to go, me and Amy ran to the door to tell her "Mommy take us!"... and so she did! It was a lovely ride in the car and she even ran in and got us a yummy meat stick to share! 

Now it's nappy time and I am going to relax on the cool wood floor. 

Love, Sammy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>My evening walk with the girls....</title>
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				<pubdate>Tue, 3 Apr 2012 06:47:08 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Sam ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Mommy took me for a walk last night....with Autumn and Bella! I often go for a walk with Bella, we a ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Mommy took me for a walk last night....with Autumn and Bella! I often go for a walk with Bella, we are good walking buddies (we like to sniff and pee on the same stuff, hehe!), but Autumn sure added a lot of energy into the mix!! It was late and Mommy wanted to save time and so Autumn went with me and Bell rather than on her own walk after us. 

Me and Mommy think the experience was "interesting" with the tangled leashes and the big huge orange dog mixed in with the speckled ones.

I hope tonight I get my very OWN walk, and I hope we do some training too, 'cause I love training treats!

Happy Wags, Sammy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Halloween is coming!</title>
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				<pubdate>Sat, 23 Oct 2010 06:36:43 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Sam ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Halloween is coming! 

You know why I love Halloween? It's not because of carved pumpkins or scary ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Halloween is coming! 

You know why I love Halloween? It's not because of carved pumpkins or scary movies... it's because there's not only "trick", but there's "TREAT!!" Yay for treats! I love treats! 

On Halloween, I plan to not trick, just treat, at my house! For Halloween I will be a...hmmmm... well, I'll just be a hungry old dog, and I will follow Mommy around waiting for her to give me a treat! Why not do this? Isn't Halloween a night for giving out treats? It IS!! YAY!!! I can't wait for Halloween!!!

Love, Sammy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>I love learning new tricks!</title>
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				<pubdate>Mon, 7 Jun 2010 21:35:35 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Sam ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Mommy has the greatest book about training tricks, and me and Amy both learned a new trick today! 
 ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Mommy has the greatest book about training tricks, and me and Amy both learned a new trick today! 

High Five!!! I can give my Mommy High Five!! 

This is the greatest book ever, it's all about clicker training and teaching fun stuff! 

I hope I get to learn ALL the tricks in that book! 

Love, Sammy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>a nice morning so far...</title>
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				<pubdate>Sat, 5 Jun 2010 06:43:37 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Sam ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Started my day with a nice Coffee Walk... It's a beautiful morning and there were lots of good sniff ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Started my day with a nice Coffee Walk... It's a beautiful morning and there were lots of good sniffies to be had. I love checking my morning pee-mail while Mommy sips her coffee :)

Soon, my other favorite morning thing will happen: breakfast!

Love, Sammy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>I got a treat today</title>
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				<pubdate>Fri, 4 Jun 2010 17:32:36 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Sam ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Today Amy had to go to the groomer, and I went with Mommy to pick her up. When one of us has to go t ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Today Amy had to go to the groomer, and I went with Mommy to pick her up. When one of us has to go to the groomer, or to the vet, we get to go through the In-N-Out drive-thru afterward... so today I got a hamburger patty with Amy!! It was very yummy... and I didn't even have to get a bath first! YAY! 

Love, Sammy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Coffee Walk</title>
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				<pubdate>Wed, 2 Jun 2010 08:49:58 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Sam ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Mommy and I are carrying on a wonderful morning routine that she started with Bob. Each morning Momm ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Mommy and I are carrying on a wonderful morning routine that she started with Bob. Each morning Mommy and I get up nice and early, and she makes her coffee and pours it into her old silver travel mug... Then she leashes me up and we go out the door... It's the most peaceful, wonderful way to start the day. We stroll along, in no hurry, and I can stop and sniff as much as I want, and she relaxes and sips her hot coffee, enjoying the cool morning air and the beauty of nature. She does miss her Bob Dog so much, but she remembers him with a smile as she shares with me this morning walk that was such an important part of her's and Bob's life together. 

I love you, Mommy, thank you for the Coffee Walks, it is such a blessing to start each day together this way, and I know that Bob wags his Heavenly tail each time we go...

Love, Sammy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>I got tagged by my friend Saphira!!!</title>
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				<pubdate>Thu, 5 Feb 2009 14:12:27 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Sam ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>All right Pals! You made it here. I see you caught my foot ball pass. Here is what you should do nex ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ All right Pals! You made it here. I see you caught my foot ball pass. Here is what you should do next! Hurry and pass the ball to 5 of your team mates so they can make a touch down. You are also supposed to write down 5 things about yourself that are funny. Also please leave me a bone and ask all those who visit your diary to leave you a bone so you will know they have been there! Ok…Here goes the play!

Here are 5 funny things about me -- Sammy!!

1) I love to carry Mommy's shoes around! I greet her with a shoe when she wakes up, and when she comes home, and I bring her one if I want an invitation up onto the bed! 

2) My ears are silly! Sometimes they both flop down, other times I have one up and one down, especially if I am looking up at Mommy waiting for a cookie! You can see my silly ears on my page! 

3) I am a total Mommy's boy... which is funny because I was originally Daddy's dog! Mommy married Daddy when I was a year and a half old... but soon after that, I decided me and Mommy are best friends and we LOVE each other, and so now I am HER doggie! 

4) I am a very mellow relaxed boy, laying around, calm in the car, pleasant to walk... UNLESS IT'S COOKIE TIME!!! Then I am the most animated doggie in the world! I love cookies the MOSTEST! 

5) Mommy has often thought I'm not much of a play-d0g. When she is playing with the other dogs and tries to throw a toy for me, I might chase it once or twice, but I'm not that interested. BUT she has recently discovered a game I LOVE! It's chase!!! If she runs from me, I will ZOOM through the house, barking with my big, loud seal-bark (Mommy says I bark like a seal, heehee)! It is the most fun ever! 

Love, Sammy 

I am passing the ball to: 

Remington, Vista, Tempi, Rosie, and Merlin!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>I had a fun day!</title>
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				<pubdate>Mon, 1 Sep 2008 22:56:16 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Sam ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Today was a really fun day! 

This morning started out less than promising in that after Mommy too ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Today was a really fun day! 

This morning started out less than promising in that after Mommy took Bob for his Coffee Walk (she sips coffee and strolls along with Bob while he sniffs), I am supposed to go next. Well, she came home... and we didn't go for a walk! I was sad. Until...

She leashed me and Amy up and collected Daddy and we all went for a Ride In The Car! And guess where we were going? 

The DOG PARK!

It was really fun. I chased some doggies, and I hung around a lot with Amy. I loved it if Mommy and Daddy sat in the chairs in the shade when I was hot and tired, so then I could rest too! I found a really good smelly spot to roll in, and I stood in a mud puddle! I sniffed and sniffed and sniffed... doggies, trees, rocks, grass. I love to sniff! 

Then, after we stayed at the dog park for a long time, we went for another Ride In The Car and I thought we were going home, but...

Instead we went to In-N-Out Burgers and I got a Double Double with only meat and cheese (a double cheeseburger)! It was so delicious. 

Then we went home, and I rested in the car the whole way, and when I got home, I took a nap.

Later, we had dinner and it was delicious 'cause we got meat and veggies on our kibble. Yummy! 

And, tonight, we got Evening Cookies twice instead of only once since Mommy accidentally said the word "cookie" and we all got excited -- she couldn't disappoint us! 

What a wonderful day. Now it is sleepy time, and I will dream a little dream of Rides In The Car, the dog park, cheeseburgers, and cookies. 

I am a happy doggie. 

Love, Sam]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>I got to go to the dog park!</title>
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				<pubdate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 23:26:34 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Sam ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Today was really fun! I got to go to the dog park! Mommy took me and Amy, and it was really neat. 
 ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Today was really fun! I got to go to the dog park! Mommy took me and Amy, and it was really neat. 

We are both Mommy's little shadows, so Mommy walked all over the dog park and we followed her, so that way we met all the doggies! I chased some doggies, and when Amy started barking in excitement (Amy LOVES to bark!), I barked too! 

A very big Standard Poodle puppy kinda fixated on me for a while, and he wanted to jump on me a lot, and I gave him a little bark. I've never been in a fight, so Mommy didn't worry that I'd be mean to him, and of course, I wasn't. 

Another thing I did that was fun was I laid in the mud! It was pretty hot out, and the mud was so cool. 

After the dog park, we got to go through the McDonald's drive-thru and get cheeseburgers! Yummy! 

This was a really fun day, and I can't wait till the next time I get to go!

Wags, Sammy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Fun with a tennis ball!</title>
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				<pubdate>Wed, 9 Jul 2008 20:12:14 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Sam ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Usually, I don't much like to play with toys, I just like to chew them up. The other doggies love to ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Usually, I don't much like to play with toys, I just like to chew them up. The other doggies love to go down to the backyard and play with Mommy as she throws balls and frisbees around. Once in a while, I will run around them as they play, but only for a couple of minutes. 

Well, tonight, I was in the mood for something different! Bob and Bella were going a bit stir crazy 'cause we haven't had any walks or playing outside 'cause of the fires and the smoke and the heat. So, Mommy decided to play with them in the house. It was Bob's turn, and she was throwing a tennis ball down the hall for him... 

And boy was I carried away by a playful mood! I zoomed after Bob's ball, snatched it up, and zoomed through the house with it! Mommy gave Bob a different ball, and then she and I played! She would run after me and I would race around the house. Then I'd spit the ball out and jump all around and play bow! She would throw the ball, I'd zoom after it, and the whole thing would start again! It was SO fun! Mommy said she's going to try to get me to play with her in the house again (she's tried to get me to play outside, but I never really feel like it). 

Wags from a playful dog, Sammy!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>I am entered in a contest!</title>
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				<pubdate>Fri, 26 Oct 2007 22:32:21 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Sam ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>My Mommy' s favorite doggie Magazine is &quot;The Bark&quot;, and Mommy entered me in a contest where if I win ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ My Mommy' s favorite doggie Magazine is "The Bark", and Mommy entered me in a contest where if I win, I will get to be on the front cover of their magazine! To enter, she sent a really cute picture of me along with a paragraph telling why I am such a great doggie. 

I asked Mommy if I could put her paragraph about me in my dogster diary so all the other doggies could read it and she said yes! So, here it is:

"If there were a prize awarded to The Sweetest Dog in the World, my Australian Cattle Dog/Lab/Dalmatian mix dog, Sam, would surely be the recipient. Sam is a dog whom everyone loves, who snuggles and wags, who sits pretty and speaks. He is a dog who was accused of being a "plant" in his obedience class by the other handlers because he was perfect from day one. He loves people, other dogs... cookies (of course!). Sam is the All-American Mutt, the Heinz-57 that you see crowding the shelters, the dog who looks so ordinary, boring even, but who is in reality the most striking of dogs, an extraordinary dog. Sam is the dog everyone hopes they will get, the one who will lay at your feet while you read, who will go for long walks on cloudy days, whose life is complete simply because he is at your side. Sam is, without question, the perfect dog."

...Mommy

My Mommy thinks I am the perfect doggie! I think I will win the contest; after all, who better than a Perfect Dog to grace the cover of The Bark?

Wags, Sammy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>A Walk by Moonlight</title>
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				<pubdate>Sun, 21 Oct 2007 22:14:56 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Sam ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Tonight was really nice... Mommy took me for a walk after dark. It was a beautiful autumn evening, c ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Tonight was really nice... Mommy took me for a walk after dark. It was a beautiful autumn evening, crisp and cool but not freezing. Everything smelled so good and fresh here in the foothills. I love the smells of the woods and the animals and the other dogs who walk in our neighborhood. I sniffed their scents and left my own scent. I listened to dogs barking in the distance or from inside houses as we passed. Mommy brought a big flashlight, but we didn't even need it since the moon was so bright. I loved my moonlit walk. 

When we got home, I was all ready to settle down to some serious relaxing (I'm always ready for relaxing... I am a very relaxed dog!), but Mommy had one more surprise! See, the other day, we stopped at the dog bakery and she bought me some cookies that I crunched up right then and there. What I didn't know is that she'd bought some special ones to bring home! So, tonight after my evening walk, Mommy gave me and Bob and Bella each a special cookie! Bob's was shaped like a cupcake, Bella's was like a chocolate chip cookie (not with real chocolate, of course) and mine was bone-shaped with frosting on it. It was delicious! 

What a lovely evening I've had. Now it's time to curl up and dream of fresh cookies and moonlit walks. 

Goodnight... Sam]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Yay! It's Australian Cattle Dog Week!</title>
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				<pubdate>Mon, 25 Dec 2006 10:24:51 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Sam ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>How fun -- Dogster is celebrating Australian Cattle Dogs! I am part Cattle Dog. I get to celebrate t ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ How fun -- Dogster is celebrating Australian Cattle Dogs! I am part Cattle Dog. I get to celebrate three weeks with Dogster -- Cattle Dogs, Labrador Retrievers, and Dalmatians! Mommy says it's the Cattle Dog in me that makes me so loyal, a "follow dog" who likes to follow Mommy everywhere, and she says it's also the Cattle Dog in me that makes me so affectionate. Mommy loves Cattle Dogs, and she loves me! Yay for us Cattle Dogs getting a week all about us!

Wags from the sweetest most affectionate dog in the world, Sammy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>The Dog Park!!</title>
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				<pubdate>Sun, 2 Apr 2006 20:09:54 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Sam ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Today I got to go to the dog park! Mommy said she spent most of her time there being blinded by my h ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Today I got to go to the dog park! Mommy said she spent most of her time there being blinded by my halo 'cause I behaved so well.  It was really nice, I met lots of nice doggies and people and I sniffed and peed and just plain had a really nice time. Mommy had a wonderful time with me there, too. I am going to get to go to the dog park a lot! First I got to go to obedience class, and now I get to go to the dog park -- life is good!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Obedience Class!</title>
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				<pubdate>Tue, 7 Mar 2006 06:18:52 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Sam ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I'm in Obedience Class now! It's really fun and I get lots of treats! I'm so good at it that one of  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I'm in Obedience Class now! It's really fun and I get lots of treats! I'm so good at it that one of the other students said she thought I was a "plant" in the class so the rest of them could see how it's done, hehehe. I'm not, though, Mommy just works with me on her own at home so I already know lots of stuff like sit and down and roll-over. I can't wait to go to class this Saturday!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>I get to go to obedience school!</title>
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				<pubdate>Sun, 19 Feb 2006 10:47:06 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Sam ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Yay, I get to go to obedience school! I can hardly wait! Training is really fun 'cause my Mommy does ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Yay, I get to go to obedience school! I can hardly wait! Training is really fun 'cause my Mommy does clicker training, which I love. I am good at it, too! I got to go to a couple of Bella's classes and they were really fun and now I get to go to my very own classes. We're using the same trainer again. She's really great, she learned from Jean Donalson in San Francisco! My Mommy wishes she could go to that school for dog trainers with Jean Donaldson, but she can't just leave us and not work and drop out of her regular school (preparing for nursing school). Poor Mommy. We are both very excited to go this training class, though! Mommy went to orientation yesterday and we start next week! I'll write again after my new fun class! Bye for now, Sammy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>A fun walk</title>
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				<pubdate>Tue, 7 Feb 2006 06:55:22 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Sam ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Yesterday afternoon, Mommy played ball with Bob and Bella in the backyard till they were VERY tired  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Yesterday afternoon, Mommy played ball with Bob and Bella in the backyard till they were VERY tired (Mommy tries to do this everyday, mostly to burn some of Bella's Cattle Dog Energy!). I go in the backyard to play, too, but I don't get as much exercise because I don't really like to chase the ball when the other dogs are out there, I just like to zoom up and bite their butts as they run by (Mommy doesn't want me to "herd" them like this, and yesterday is sort of the first time I did that to Bella and I found out she REALLY doesn't like it 'cause she stopped playing and she bit me back and we got in a little fight! Mommy was not happy. I didn't bite Bella anymore after that because I was afraid she'd get really mad at me again and we'd have another fight). So at the end of our exercise/play session in the backyard, Bob and Bella were all tired out and I was still underexercised! So guess what!! Mommy took me for a walk! ME ONLY!! Usually she takes me and Bella together and then Bob gets his own walk, but last night I was the ONLY dog to get a walk!! And Daddy came with us (I still think I was the only one to get a walk with Mommy, though, since I don't really count it when she walks Daddy)! When I am the only dog going for a walk, I get to use the flexi leash -- it is so great to have all that room to run back and forth and pee on every tree and bush and twig on our walk (when I'm wearing my regular leash, Mommy has to follow me to every tree and bush and twig hehehe).  It was a great walk, a beautiful afternoon that felt like spring and there was so much to smell and other dogs behind fences to bark at and Scooter, our street's chronically free-roaming dog, to meet and greet. It was a great walk! I am going to beg Mommy for another wonderful ME-Only walk today! Wags, Sammy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>I'm on Dogster!</title>
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				<pubdate>Sun, 5 Feb 2006 18:05:25 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Sam ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Yay, Mommy has put me on Dogster! I have always wanted to be on Dogster. Mommy used the picture of m ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Yay, Mommy has put me on Dogster! I have always wanted to be on Dogster. Mommy used the picture of me with my ears up -- she says it is extra cute! 

I am a very calm, sweet, Cattle Dog mix. In my family, I am the most affectionate and relaxed of the three of us. My German Shepherd brother, Bob, and my Cattle Dog sister, Bella, are a lot more excitable than me! 

Today was a pretty relaxed day. It was a beautiful day, sunny and warm, and I spent lots of time laying in the sun. This morning Mommy played ball with Bella and Bob and instead of playing ball, I indulged in my single not-so-good behavior: chasing the other dogs while they're chasing the ball and biting their butts when I catch them. Nobody has fun when I do that except me, and Mommy told me to stop. No fair. Oh well, I had fun anyway. 

Now, I'm going to go take a nap and then bug Mommy for a cookie!]]></content:encoded>
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