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<title>Today</title>
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<description>Dogster diary for the dog Lil Sassy</description>
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<copyright>Copyright 2013 by Lil Sassy &amp; Dogster</copyright>
<pubDate>Sat, 25 May 2013 13:44:47 PDT</pubDate>
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		<title>I have been blessed by my bestest friend Lexi...</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/367357/diary/Today/577487</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 8 Apr 2009 15:10:15 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Lil Sassy ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>To: YOU
Date: TODAY
From: GOD
Subject: YOURSELF
Reference: LIFE

This is God.... Today I will  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ To: YOU
Date: TODAY
From: GOD
Subject: YOURSELF
Reference: LIFE

This is God.... Today I will be handling All of your problems for you. 
I do Not need your help. 
So, have a nice day. 
I love you. 
And, remember.... If life happens to deliver a situation to you that you cannot handle, do Not attempt to resolve it yourself! 
Kindly put it in the SFGTD (something for God to do) box. 
I will get to it in MY TIME. 
All situations will be resolved, but in My time, not yours. 
Once the matter is placed into the box, do not hold onto it by worrying about it. 
Instead, focus on all the wonderful things that are present in your life now. 
Should you decide to send this to a friend; Thank you.. 
You may have touched their life in ways you will never know!

Now, you have a nice day.

God 

God has seen you struggling, God says it's over.
A blessing is coming your way. 
If you believe in God, please send to ten furs who you think deserve to be blessed!. 

I WANT THESE TEN FURS TO BE BLESSED....

Todd
Goofy
Buddy of Corolla
Miss Jenna Pooh
Monnie
Sophie Claire
Gidget
Esperanza
Spring
Booger Butt da 2nd (Gizmo)
Lexi]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Ohhhhhhhh a new game</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/367357/diary/Today/557968</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 7 Feb 2009 11:44:36 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Lil Sassy ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Copy this diary entry, and paste it into your diary. Read and then delete my answers. Then you can f ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Copy this diary entry, and paste it into your diary. Read and then delete my answers. Then you can fill in your own! We can get to know our pals better!! Have fun!! Then send a rosette to 4 pals and ask them to post it in their diary!!!! 



1. What color is your collar? 

Mommy won't let me wear a collar unless she's here because I almost died with one on.  But I have a pink one I wear when she's here. 
 
2. What kind of food do you eat? 
We eat Purina moist bites and bolonga, vieanna's and treats.

3. What are your favorite treats?
Scrambles eggs, table food, and popcorn when mommy picks out da husks for me. 

4. Do you have a Valentine or significant other??
Nope, my Valentine is in heaven with Jesus. I miss you Dancer.

5. Do you get Table Scraps? 
All da time. I da baby, what you think?

6. What is your favorite toy? 
All of da toys are MINE. Der is nobody in dis house 'posed to have any toys, less I want dem to.

7. When is your Birthday?
July 11th, 2006........dat's me mommy's birthday too. Da day not year. 

8. How many times a day do you get to eat? 
Mommy or daddy put food down early in da morning, and it stays down for us all day cause dey not here. Den at night, mommy feeds me by hand.......I da Baby......ya know. 

9. Do you have a favorite color? 
All da colors of me toys......

10. Do you hope all your pals put this in their diary? 
Sure do...

I picked:

Miss Lexi
Lady
Sophie
Junior]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Simply Listening to God</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/367357/diary/Today/535436</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 6 Dec 2008 05:32:48 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Lil Sassy ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Listen to God and let him work through you. This is the time of year we need to slow down and take t ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Listen to God and let him work through you. This is the time of year we need to slow down and take time to listen. God is a great and wonderful God. Just Listen,
Love Forward always,

TO MEET SUCH A MAN
I sat, with two friends, in the picture window of a quaint restaurant
just off the corner of the town-square. The food and the company 'were both especially good that day.

As we talked, my attention was drawn outside, across the street. There, walking into town, was a man who appeared to be carrying all his worldly goods on his back. He was carrying, a well-worn sign that read, 'I will work for food.' My heart sank. 

I brought him to the attention of my friends and noticed that others
around us had stopped eating to focus on him. Heads moved in a mixture of sadness and disbelief. 

We continued with our meal, but his image lingered in my mind. We finished our meal and went our separate ways. I had errands to do and quickly set out to accomplish them. I glanced toward the town square, looking somewhat halfheartedly for the strange visitor. I was fearful, knowing that seeing him again would call some response. I drove through town and saw nothing of him. I made some purchases at a store and got back in my car. 

Deep with in me, the Spirit of God kept speaking to me: 'Don't go back to the office until you've at least driven once more around the square.'

Then with some hesitancy, I headed back into town. As I turned the
square's third corner, I saw him. He was standing on the steps of the store front church, going through his sack. 

I stopped and looked; feeling both compelled to speak to him, yet wanting to drive on. The empty parking space on the corner seemed to be a sign from God: an invitation to park. I pulled in, got out and approached the town's newest visitor. 

'Looking for the pastor?' I asked. 

'Not really,' he replied, 'just resting.' 

'Have you eaten today?' 

'Oh, I ate something early this morning.' 

'Would you like to have lunch with me?' 

' Do you have some work I could do for you?' 

'No work,' I replied. 'I commute here to work from the city, but I
would like to take you to lunch.' 

'Sure,' he replied with a smile. 

As he began to gather his things, I asked some surface questions. Where you headed?' 

' St.. Louis ' 

'Where you from?' 

'Oh, all over; mostly Florida . 

'How long you been walking?' 

'Fourteen years,' came the reply. 

I knew I had met someone unusual. We sat across from each other in the same restaurant I had left earlier. His face was weathered slightly beyond his 38 years. His eyes were dark yet clear, and he spoke with an eloquence and articulation that was startling. He removed his jacket to reveal a bright red T-shirt that said, 'Jesus is The Never Ending Story.' 

Then Daniel's story began to unfold. He had seen rough times early in
life. He'd made some wrong choices and reaped the consequences. Fourteen years earlier, while backpacking across the country, he had stopped on the beach in Daytona. He tried to hire on with some men who were putting up a large tent and some equipment. A concert, he thought. 

He was hired, but the tent would not house a concert but revival services, and in those services he saw life more clearly. He gave his
life over to God 

'Nothing's been the same since,' he said, 'I felt the Lord telling me
to keep walking, and so I did, some 14 years now.' 

'Ever think of stopping?' I asked. 

'Oh, once in a while,
when it seems to get the best of me But God has given me this calling.
I give out Bibles. That's what's in my sack. I work to buy food and
Bibles, and I give them out when His Spirit leads.' 

I sat amazed. My homeless friend was not homeless. He was on a mission and lived this way by choice. The question burned inside for a moment and then I asked: 'What's it like?' 

'What?' 

'To walk into a town carrying all your things on your back and to show
your sign?' 

'Oh, it was humiliating at first. People would stare and make comments.
Once someone tossed a piece of half-eaten bread and made a gesture that certainly didn't make me feel welcome. But then it became humbling to realize that God was using me to touch lives and change people's concepts of other folks like me.' 

My concept was changing, too. We finished our dessert and gathered his things. Just outside the door, he paused. He turned to me and said,
'Come Ye blessed of my Father and inherit the kingdom I've prepared for you. For when I was hungry you gave me food, when I was thirsty you gave me drink, a stranger and you took me in.' 

I felt as if we were on holy ground. 'Could you use another Bible?' I
asked. 

He said he preferred a certain translation. It traveled well and was
not too heavy. It was also his personal favorite. 'I've read through it
14 times,' he said.

'I'm not sure we've got one of those, but let's stop by our church and
see' I was able to find my new friend a Bible
that would do well, and he seemed very grateful. 

'Where are you headed from here?' I asked. 

'Well, I found this little map on the back of this amusement park
coupon.' 

'Are you hoping to hire on there for awhile?' 

'No, I just figure I should go there. I figure someone under that star
right there needs a Bible, so that's where I'm going next.' 

He smiled, and the warmth of his spirit radiated the sincerity of his
mission. I drove him back to the town-square where we'd met two hours earlier, and as we drove, it started raining. We parked and unloaded his things. 

'Would you sign my autograph book?' he asked. 'I like to keep messages
from folks I meet.' 

I wrote in his little book that his commitment to his calling had
touched my life. I encouraged him to stay strong. And I left him with a verse of scripture from Jeremiah, 'I know the plans I have for you,
declared the Lord, 'plans to prosper you and not to harm you; Plans to give you a future and a hope.'

'Thanks, man,' he said. 'I know we just met and we're really just
strangers, but I love you'

'I know,' I said, 'I love you, too.' 'The Lord is good!'

'Yes, He is. How long has it been since someone hugged you?' I asked.

'A long time,' he replied

And so on the busy street corner in the drizzling rain, my new friend
and I embraced, and I felt deep inside that I had been changed. He put his things on his back, smiled his winning smile and said, 'See you in the New Jerusalem.'

'I'll be there!' was my reply.

He began his journey again. He headed away with his sign dangling from his bedroll and pack of Bibles. He stopped, turned and said, 'When you see something that makes you think of me, will you pray for me?'

'You bet,' I shouted back, 'God bless.'

'God bless.' And that was the last I saw of him.

Late that evening as I left my office, the wind blew strong. The cold
front had settled hard upon the town. I bundled up and hurried to my
car. As I sat back and reached for the emergency brake, I saw them... a
pair of well-worn brown work gloves neatly laid over the length of the
handle. I picked them up and thought of my friend and wondered if his
hands would stay warm that night without them.

Then I remembered his words: 'If you see something that makes you think of me, will you pray for me?'

Today his gloves lie on my desk in my office. They help me to see the
world and its people in a new way, and they help me remember those two hours with my unique friend and to pray for his ministry. 'See you in
the New Jerusalem,' he said. Yes, Daniel, I know I will...

If this story touched you, forward it to a friend!

'I shall pass this way but once. Therefore, any good that I can do or
any kindness that I can show, let me do it now, for I shall not pass
this way again.

My instructions were to send this to four people that I wanted God to
bless and I picked you. Please pass this to four people you want to be
blessed.

This prayer is powerful and there is nothing attached. Please do not
break this pattern. Prayer is one of the best gifts we receive. There is
no cost but a lot of rewards. Let's continue to pray for one another.
God bless and have a nice day!

'Father, I ask you to bless my friends, relatives and e-mail buddies reading this right now. Show them a new revelation of your love and power. Holy Spirit, I ask you to minister to their spirit at this very moment. Where there is pain, give them your peace and mercy. Where there is self-doubt, release a renewed confidence through your grace, In Jesus' precious Name Amen.'

I sent this to more than four, but this story is so touching, I felt
each of you would enjoy it greatly.

GOD BLESS YOU, MY FRIENDS, AND FAMILY!!!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Okay me has been tagged</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/367357/diary/Today/523515</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 4 Nov 2008 15:41:03 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Lil Sassy ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Me bestest friend Lexi tagged me today so me's telling 7 things about meself and den me going to tag ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Me bestest friend Lexi tagged me today so me's telling 7 things about meself and den me going to tag sum other's.
1   I was born with no eyes

2  I love my mommy and daddy and I get to sleep wid dem every night.

3  Right now I've learned to hoard toys. I've got all the toys I can find and they are on my blanket behind daddy's chair. Den I lay down and guard dem. 

4 I no longer want mommy or daddy to hold me when they feed me. I have to be on the floor like the big girl I am.

5  I no like baths.

6 I no like for mommy to brush me.

7 I love my friends and Aunt Jenna is my hero.Miss Lexi is me best friend. But most of all, me wuvs me Dancer. Me lil luv bug.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>My world turned upside down today</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/367357/diary/Today/498673</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 05:51:34 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Lil Sassy ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Hi Diary,

Dis is such a sad day for me. Mommy got home dis morning from a sleep study her had to  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Hi Diary,

Dis is such a sad day for me. Mommy got home dis morning from a sleep study her had to do and when she signed on to the computer and her dogster account, we got some disturbing news. Me Dancer, me lil luv bug, me husband is gone. His mommy went to check on him yesterday afternoon and he was already gone to the bridge. Me don't want this to be real. Me want me Dancer back. Me wuvs him so much. What me gonna do wid out me Dancer?  Me no wanna talk, me no wanna play, me no wanna eat, me just want me Dancer back. 

Dancer, you will always be me lil luv bug. Me don't know what happened, but me will miss you with all of me heart. You will always be in me thoughts and in me heart. 
Take care me lil luv bug, until we meet again. Me luvs you.

Sad Lil Sassy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Me very first vacation</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/367357/diary/Today/485484</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:07:14 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Lil Sassy ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Hi Diary,

Guess What?????? YEP&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt; me went on me first vacation ever. Boy did me have fun. Ever ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Hi Diary,

Guess What?????? YEP>>>>>> me went on me first vacation ever. Boy did me have fun. Every body wanted to pet me or hold me and of all the talking to I got. Course mommy wouldn't let just anybody hold me. Dey had to be children and only den if dey were suppervised by der mommy and daddy. Mommy no take chance wid me and strangers.....................bol..............good mommy.
 Here's a run down of my vacation.

First things first, me got to go to da zoo. Yep, me was so quiet nobody knew me was der. Mommy took me in her purse/bag. Me was so quiet, Auntie Jenna would have been proud of me, her would. Me would pop me wittle head out every once in a while to see what was making all dem noises, but when dem noises would make again, me would hide in mommy's purse. Den close to da end, one of the workers saw me, and mommy and daddy were asked to go put me in the car while dey finished da tour. Humphhhh...........ME????? Left In A Car??????.......In All Dat Heat????????????,  me no tink so. Mommy and daddy said they were finished and left. Den we went on down to da beach. Mommy and daddy took me out on da beach dat first day and put me down. Mommy watched me close and when me raised me paw up and took a big ole sniff, me got sand up me snout. It was awful. Den me held up me odder paw and sniffed it. Same ting...........sand. Well, me couldn't get dat sand off me paws so me just sit right down. Me wasn't moving til mommy picked me up. Her had the nerve to laught at me.......................LAUGHED AT ME!!!!!!!!!!!! HUMPHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!! Den mommy calmed down and politely told me dat if me didn't like da sand on me paws, and up me nose, me certainly wouldn't like it on me butt. Ohhhhhh dat made it better????? NOT>>>>>>>>>>> Me den had to worry bout me butt wid all dat sand on it. Me stood up and started yelling at me mommy to pick me up. Her and daddy stood der and took pictures and laughed at me some more. By dis time, me is screaming dat me wants one of dem der divorces from me mommy and daddy and me wants some new mommy and daddy. Some dat won't let me get sand all in me paws, and butt and hair and up me nose, not to mention in me ears and all. Ohhhhhhh and let me tell ya about when daddy was at the waters edge and called me. Well, by den me had had it wid me mommy. So me started trying to find me daddy. When me made it to him, him was standing where the water came up on da beach. Me not knowed it. Me stood der waiting on daddy to pick me up and wondering why him wasn't picking me up. Can sum body guess why him not picked me up???????? YEP, you got it. Him was waiting on da water to come up and get me feet wet. Well, when it did, it was sort of a big wave and it knocked me completely down on me back. Now me is struggling to get up and me can hear me mommy and daddy laughing so loud at me. Me is sputtering and covered in sand, and wet,  and crying and carrying on. Didn't dey know dat princesses aren't 'posed to get wet like dat? When me got stood up, me mommy was laughing so hard all her could do was hand daddy a towel for me. Him was laughing so hard him almost dropped me back into dat sand. So me was hanging on for dear life, me was. Den, on top of all dat, mommy tooked me up to da bathroom and was gonna get sum of dat sand off me. When her went in der, dey had showers.............guess what happened?????????............YEP, you got it. Me got a bath!!!!!!! Now me was really screaming at me mommy. Den sum nice little girl came in wid her mommy to get cleaned up and her started petting me and me calmed right down. Her asked mommy why me was crying, and mommy told her dat me no likeded dat sand. Me no likeded dat bath either. So when me thought things were gonna be okay and we were about to go, mommy goes to dis funny looking ting on da wall and turns it up side down. Den her pushes a button and out came some  hot air. Her had da nerve to put me up to it to try and dry me hairs. Me yelled and screamed and kicked. Really, me was trying to kick me mommy. When dat was over, we went outside where me daddy was and him took  me from mommy. A nice lady came up to mommy and told her dat they didn't allow pets on da beach! WELL, ME NEVER!!!!!!!!!! After all dat, and come to find out me wasn't 'posed to be der in da first place. HUMPHHHHHHHHH, me wasn't too happy wid me mommy and daddy for da rest of da night. Me 'nored dem, dats what me did. 

Ohhhh and den, me got to ride on a ferry boat. We drove right on it, and mommy was scared cause it was her first time on one. Her and daddy got out of da car and started taking sum pictures of the rigs in da waters. Mommy could see jelly fishes swimming by da boat. Her seen some dolphins too. Her got lots of pictures...................and den, her handed me to daddy and was turning to get sum odder picture of a big standard poodle that was on board. Da boat hit a wave at dat moment, and SPLASHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH........yep, der went mommy's camera. All me good pictures are gone. Dey swimming in da ocean wid all da fishes, and eels and sharks and dolphins. Mommy cried and cried and cried. Her still crying today 'bout it. Me told mommy dat her would always have da memories of dat day. Da day mommy and daddy tortured me....................bol.

Well, da rest is about shopping and swimming in da motel pool, which me didn't get to do dat cause no pets allowed in da pool area. Me had a good time. Now, tomorrow, daddy's boss is sending him another 2oo miles from home to do a job dat will take Thursday and Friday to do. Mommy is going wit him and da boss man is paying for der room at a hotel. Isn't dat nice of da boss man? Yep, me tinks so too.

Me loves you all,
Lil Sassy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>I was one of Dogster's Diary Picks of the day.</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/367357/diary/Today/478577</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 6 Jul 2008 11:27:41 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Lil Sassy ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Yes me, wittle ol me was one of da picks for Diary of da Day today. It's an extra special day for da ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Yes me, wittle ol me was one of da picks for Diary of da Day today. It's an extra special day for dat reason and because me brudder Bammie is getting hitched..............'scuse me, Bama. Mommy says only Weedle is allowed to call him Bammie. 

Anyway, me so happy me was picked. Me don't know what me did to deserve it, but me so happy 'bout it anyway. 

Now an update on me:

Mommy has a new name for me and me no like it. Her calls me a thief!!!!!! Can you believe dat? Yeah me know, me don't know why her would call me dat either. Jes cause me likes to help mommy take the socks out of the dirt clothes basket so her won't forget to wash dem is no reason to call me a thief, is it? Me's helping me mommy. Wit out me to get all the socks out of da basket, mommy might forget to wash dem and den we'd be smellin' her and daddy's  feets every where. Me no want dat. Mommy would even smell up her patients rooms at work wit dem smelly feets. Oooooo dat would be bad. And me daddy, well, let's jes say dat me daddy's feets would smell up sumbody's house dat he was at putting up fences........bol. So why her calls me a thief, me don't know. Me will sniff out da socks in da basket and if one if close to da top of da pile, me will not stop til me has it. Den me takes it to da bathroom and plays wit it. Me just getting it ready to be washed. If der is a sock close to da side of da basket, me will pull and pull and pull til me has dat sock pulled out. Sumtimes me not able to get it, but mommy can still see's it cause it's stuck in da hole in da basket.........bol. Gee, a wittle girl can't even help mommy no more wit out being called a name. But dat's okay cause me knows her loves me anyway. 

Gotta go now and get ready for da wedding. Love to all me friends. 

Da sock thief,
Lil Sassy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Me Got Tagged by me Aunt Jenna</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/367357/diary/Today/476685</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 1 Jul 2008 06:56:46 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Lil Sassy ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Hello diary, 
I know it's been a while since me visited you, but me's been real busy........bol.
 ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Hello diary, 
I know it's been a while since me visited you, but me's been real busy........bol.

Me got tagged so now me has to do da tagging............here goes:

Name 4 jobs you have had:

1 Being da baby girl of da house.

2 Being daddy's baby girl when mommy's not home.

3 Being mommy's baby girl when daddy's not home.

4 Being spoiled rotten by everyone.


Name 4 places you have lived.

1 Wid me mommy and daddy.

2 Wid me doggie mommy and daddy

3 In a trailer dat we live in now

4 Wid me mommy and daddy...

Me too little to live anywhere else.

Name 4 places you have been.

1 To my new vets office. Me loves dat man.

2 To grammies house for all da holidays.

3. To da races wid mommy and daddy.

4  To Mobile and da Gulf Coast wid mommy and daddy.

Name 4 places you would rather be:

1 Wid me Dancer in Florida.

2 Wid me Auntie Jenna in NY cause her is me hero.

3  Wid me friend Sadie Bug cause her is so sweet.

4 Wid me mommy and daddy forever.

Okay now me has to tag 4 pups.
I choose:

1 Dancer cause him's my luv bug and me hubby.

2 Auntie Jenna cause her's me Auntie and me hero.

3 Uncle Buddy cause him's me Uncle and me luvs him.

4 Me budder in law Goofy cause him's big and me luvs him.

5 Sadie Bug cause her's my friend.

Me added an extra one................hehehehehehehe]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Up date on me</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/367357/diary/Today/435598</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 10 Mar 2008 12:33:45 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Lil Sassy ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/367357/diary/Today/435598</guid>
		<description>Well, it's been awhile since mommy has let me post in my diary. Shhhhhhhh don't tell her but me is s ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Well, it's been awhile since mommy has let me post in my diary. Shhhhhhhh don't tell her but me is sneaking this in. Not that she will mind, but you know how mommy's are, they have to approve everything their babies do. 

I've been doing great so far. No more throwing up and pooping bloody stuff. Mommy made me an appointment for the vet next Friday. She just wants me to finish my shots and get another check up. Nothing serious, we hope. 

Mommy and daddy have figured out something. You see, when we go to sleep at night, I always sleep next to my mommy. But then I growl and bark at whatever moves. Mommy can slightly move and I growl and bark. Sadie or Snuggles can move and I go crazy. But when daddy gets enough of my barking and growling, he has started getting me and putting me next to him. Now everyone knows that daddy's mean business. And we don't mess around with ours. He loves us, but him is the "What for " in this house. So, anyway, when daddy gets me and puts me beside him, he hugs me up really close to him and I get to snuggle all night with him. I never once bark or growl. No matter who or what moves. Mommy asked the vet the other day about this and he said that it's probably cause mommy takes up the most time with me and I am in a funny sort of way, protecting my property. Yes mommy is MINE, MINE, MINE. I own mommy, she don't own me........bol. 'Scuse me, lost my wittle head there for a minute. Anyway, I guess the vet is right cause I don't want Snuggles or Sadie Pearl near my mommy. After all, her is MINE, ain't she? That's what I thought. 

Anyway, I better go for now so I can go get Snuggles out of mommy's lap. A girl can't turn her head for on second around here. 
Lil Sassy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Me's been Christmas Tagged.......</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/367357/diary/Today/394013</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 25 Nov 2007 17:30:25 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Lil Sassy ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/367357/diary/Today/394013</guid>
		<description>Okay, me has been Christmas tagged by me loving Aunt Jenna. So me has to write Santa Paws a letter.. ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Okay, me has been Christmas tagged by me loving Aunt Jenna. So me has to write Santa Paws a letter.........here goes:

Dear Santa Paws,
You may remember me from last year. Me was very wittle then tho. Me not know what to ask for then but me does now. Are ya listening Santa Paws? Here's what me wants most this year. 
1. Me would love to have a lovely wardrobe so me could wear a different dress every day of da week. A wittle girls got to look her best you know!

2. Me would love to have more of me own toys. You know Snuggles, him no like to share wit me. Maybe you could bring him so coal for Christmas cause him's so mean to me sumtimes. 

3. Me would like to have sum of dem delicious treats from K-9 Bakery. Only me would like dem to be small enough for me to eat. Me has to eat dem in a hurry cause Snuggles takes um away from me if me mommy isn't watching me closely. 

4. Me wish me mommy could get some nice things this year. She always racks up with pressies, but me wish her could get everything her wants. Her is such a good mommy.

5. And Santa Paws, me would love to have me own soft, fluffy blankie and bed. When mommy and daddy leave, me would get in it and stay all day long, with some of me toys and some of me treats. 

Okay Santa Paws, me guess that just about does it. 
Merry Christmas to all me friends. 
Lil Sassy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>My Wedding Day</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/367357/diary/Today/383558</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 31 Oct 2007 12:50:54 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Lil Sassy ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/367357/diary/Today/383558</guid>
		<description>Hello Diary,
Today is my wedding day. Me is so happy, but me nervous. What if me messes up? What if ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Hello Diary,
Today is my wedding day. Me is so happy, but me nervous. What if me messes up? What if me trips and falls while walking down the aisle? What if me forget me lines? What if..........ohhhhh, me just full of "what if's". Me think everything will be okay. I have the best of everything. The best family that a girl woof could ever have. The bestest friends that a little woof could have, and the most adorable and wonderful groom that there ever was. 
Okay here is the line up for the wedding:

Dancer.......groom
Lil Sassy.....bride
Jenna.........Maid Of Honor
Sadie Pearl..Bride's Maid
Snuggles.....Father of the bride/escort
Buddy........Best Man
Goofy........Groomsman
Morgan.....Groomsman
Sadie Bug and Junior poop..........Flower girl and ring barer
Weedle and Bama.....Minister's
Ohhhhh if me forgot anyone, me not mean to. Me loves this whole bunch so much. They have made a special day seem more special.
Lil Sassy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Hi Diary</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/367357/diary/Today/366626</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 19 Sep 2007 18:53:39 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Lil Sassy ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/367357/diary/Today/366626</guid>
		<description>Well, mommy's been working so hard these past few days that we haven't had time to get on here and p ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Well, mommy's been working so hard these past few days that we haven't had time to get on here and post what all is happening in my life. Okay so here goes:

First of all, I'm getting married!!!!!!!!! Yes, little me, is getting married. Mommy still cries cause of the thought of her little girl grown up enough to get married. But me husband to be is so sweet. Him's name is Dancer and him loves me so much. Me in love with him, that's for sure. 
Now we are getting married on Halloween. Isn't that something diary? Me going to get married as Marie Antoinette and Dance is gonna be dressed as Napolean. Won't we be so cute? I think so. Then afterwards, we're celebrating by having a costume party, me thinks. All the details are being worked out so as soon as me know more, me will post it. 

Now, this past Sunday was me daddy's birthday so me wants to say a big HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU DADDY. ME LOVES YOU SO MUCH.  And also, me Aunt Jenna and Uncle Buddy and Dancer's mommy threw us an engagement party. We had a lot of fun. Dancer gave me a hair clip for me hair with diamond chips in it. Me gave him a diamond tie tact, but be forgot to tell him they came with cuff links too. Oh well, maybe he found them when he opened the box......bol. 
Me Aunt Jenna and Uncle Buddy are giving us a wedding trip. We are going to Hawaii, then Australia, Japan, Paris France, and the the Bahamas. We gonna have lots of fun. Aunt Jenna promises to have a photographer at each port so we can have pictures made of our trip. Me hopes so cause me will be too busy hanging on to me luv bug to care about pics, but me wants to share with everyone how our trip is going. 
Okay, that's all for now, but there's more, just you wait and see.
Lil Sassy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Me got a proposal</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/367357/diary/Today/363048</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 10 Sep 2007 10:53:29 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Lil Sassy ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/367357/diary/Today/363048</guid>
		<description>Hi every woof,
Me just wanted you all to know that me precious Lil Dancer, me luv bug has asked me  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Hi every woof,
Me just wanted you all to know that me precious Lil Dancer, me luv bug has asked me to marry him and I have accepted. Me so excited. Me gonna be Mrs. Dancer, we two are gonna be so happy. 
It was so excting. Me had to go through something called a scavenager hunt. Me went to me Aunt Jenna's page, then me had to go to me Uncle Buddy's page, and then on to me Uncle Goofy's page. Finally me could go to me and Lil Dancer's page, and there, there was the ring and the proposal. Me cried and is still crying. Ohhhhh, mommy says I need to go blow me nose, so me's gonna go. Just wanted you all to know that the love of my life wants me to be his wife.
Lil Sassy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>My 1st birthday party</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/367357/diary/Today/337700</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 16 Jul 2007 11:14:34 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Lil Sassy ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/367357/diary/Today/337700</guid>
		<description>Okay everyone. I had a wonderful time last night. You see, Wednesday was my 1st birthday and Aunt Je ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Okay everyone. I had a wonderful time last night. You see, Wednesday was my 1st birthday and Aunt Jenna and my luv bug Dancer waited until Sunday night to give me a birthday party. It was a surprise, it was. A wonderful surprise awaited me when I went to meet Dancer in the forums thread for his group. Everybody started to hollow SURPRISE and tell me happy birthday and all. There was dogarita's and punch and wienners and a wonderful cake that tasted like chicken that Aunt Jenna made. Her and Uncle Buddy visited the closet a few times and even stayed in there for a long time once. Sadie Pearl and Goofy visited a closet too, with remarks of using the icing or something or other. I don't know what they were going to do with the icing in that closet, but I had fun anyway. I got to dance with my luv bug and we danced and danced and did I mention that we danced? He held me really close a few times and gave me kisses all over my face too. He walked me home later so that I wouldn't be scared all by myself. Snuggles left early as Trixie Mae didn't come back. We know her has been sick. Me missed seeing Miss Dixie and hearing her play all the great music she plays at parties. She's the bestest DJ dogster has. So if your throwing  a party and need a DJ, contact her and she may hook you up too with some great songs. Aunt Jenna was playing matchmaker again. She sure is great at that too. Me love my Aunt Jenna so much. 
Okay, I just wanted to tell you what a great 1st birthday it turned out to be. I love you all and thank you again. 
Lil Sassy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>OOOOOOOOOOOO, me mommy is UPSETTTTTTT!!!!!!!!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/367357/diary/Today/326308</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 19 Jun 2007 14:02:46 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Lil Sassy ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/367357/diary/Today/326308</guid>
		<description>For once, my mommy is upset but it's not at us babies. Mommy has a friend that comes over ever so of ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ For once, my mommy is upset but it's not at us babies. Mommy has a friend that comes over ever so often to visit. She came over yesterday afternoon and stayed for awhile. Wait, let me back up.......
Okay, for several weeks now, I've been barking like crazy. Mommy says it's because I think Snuggles or Sadie is gonna take my food or toys from me. Snuggles, as you all may recall, used to growl at me when he would be eating and I'd try to go eat, so I stopped eating. Mommy and daddy had to start hand feeding me for awhile. They finally got Snuggles to stop doing that so I started eating again on my own. Well, mommy says she guesses that I heard it so much and learned to associate it with Snuggles having something he didn't want me to have so I've started doing it. I start growling and then I bark but while I'm barking my head off, I'm running in circles. I run in big circles or little circles, depending on how far away I want them to get from me. Mommy or daddy finally have to pick me up and love me and tell me that nobody's gonna take my toy or my food and then I'm okay. They always hold me for a little while so I'll calm down and then they put me back down and I'm usually okay then. I go and play or eat or take a nap or whatever. Okay back to yesterday.........
This friend of mommy's was trying to tell her about something and I started barking like that. At first, the lady thought I was having a fit. Then when mommy explained what I was doing, she thought it was cute. But when mommy holding me and softly talking to me for a minute didn't calm me down and I kept on barking, this lady had the nerve to tell my mommy she should spank me. Now mommy laughed cause she thought this friend of hers was kidding. Mommy said no and I'd calm down in a minute. Mommy picked me up again, and again it didn't calm me down and I kept on barking. The lady said again that mommy needed to spank me. Well, just mommy being curious, she asked the lady what she would recommend to spank me with. This lady told mommy that to start with she'd get a rolled up paper. If that didn't work, she' use an old house shoe, and then from there, she'd get a switch from outside. Then if that still didn't work to shut me up, she told mommy she'd get one of daddy's belts and as she put it, and I quote "I'd tear her butt up so bad she wouldn't be able to bark for trying to find a way to sit down or lay down". Now,  you all know I can't see, so I couldn't see mommy's face, but she picked me up, stood up, and told the lady that she had better leave. The lady started laughing and told mommy she couldn't believe how mommy was reacting to that and that everybody she knew that had inside pets did that for discipline. Mommy asked her again to leave, and again the lady laughed thinking mommy was kidding. Mommy had me in one hand, but with her other hand, she took the woman by the arm, hefted her up out of the chair, and pushe her out the door. Mommy told her that she better never come to our house again and that us babies were never spanked. Mommy also told her that if she found out who these "other" people were that was abusing their babies like that, she'd turn them in to the cops for animal abuse. 
Mommy was so mad she started crying and couldn't stop. Then daddy came home and she told him about it. Well, about that time, daddy's cell phone rang and it was the lady's husband telling him that his wife had bruises on her arms where mommy had attacked her. Then him and daddy got into it over the phone. Today the lady called and said she was sorry she was just being cute... Mommy didn't think so.....and is still upset about it all.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>I was tagged by Dancer</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/367357/diary/Today/312874</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 23 May 2007 16:24:45 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Lil Sassy ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/367357/diary/Today/312874</guid>
		<description>When you are tagged, you have to write down 7 awsome things about yourself in your diary, and then t ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ When you are tagged, you have to write down 7 awsome things about yourself in your diary, and then tag 7 other pups. You need to send them a note or rosette to let them know that they were tagged and telling them to read your diary entry so that they will see the rules of the game.

1. I am a tiny blind baby.
2. I can play and get around just as good as any other pup that can see.
3. I will be 1 year old on my mommy's birthday, July 11th.
4. I have a very cute boyfriend, Dancer and he's a celebrity. 
5. Miss Jenna is my Aunt Jenna and my Hero.
6. I love all my friends.
7. I love being on Dogster.

I am tagging:
Aunt Jenna
Miss Dixie
Dancer
Uncle Noah
Daddy Clay
Jiggs 
Kubbi]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>I GOT A BRAND NEW BOYFRIEND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/367357/diary/Today/306919</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 9 May 2007 16:59:18 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Lil Sassy ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/367357/diary/Today/306919</guid>
		<description>Ohhhhhhh sorry didn't mean to yell but I'm so excited. Dancer, yes our little celebrity Dancer wants ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Ohhhhhhh sorry didn't mean to yell but I'm so excited. Dancer, yes our little celebrity Dancer wants me, ME to be his girlfriend. Oh I'm so excited. I love my Dancer, and I love him for him. I wouldn't care if he never got on TV or in a magazine or anything like that. He's so cute and so sweet and, well, gosh, he's everything to me........bol. I love all my friends, but Dancer is so very special to me. 
Mommy says that she's very happy for me but that I need to calm down and stop acting like I'm having a fit or something. I'm doing happy dances all over the house. Aaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrroooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!. Uh Oh, Mommy is looking at me strange, so I better be good now. Me so excited.................
Lil Sassy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Ohhhhhhhhhh Boyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/367357/diary/Today/294486</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 7 Apr 2007 18:45:28 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Lil Sassy ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/367357/diary/Today/294486</guid>
		<description>Today, Miss Jenna Pooh, my hero, and Miss Dixie, my other hero, decided to make me the female mascot ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Today, Miss Jenna Pooh, my hero, and Miss Dixie, my other hero, decided to make me the female mascot of our group Rescued pups. I'm soooooooooo happy. I don't feel like I deserve it, but I'm glad anyway. I promised Miss Jenna that I wouldn't let her down. Besides, we have a very sweet little male mascot named Dancer and he's sooooooo sweet and cute. He's tiny like me too. 

Anyway, I just wanted everyone to know that and now it's off to see what I can get into ...........bol.
Lil Sassy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Just some thoughts from my mommy.</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/367357/diary/Today/291261</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 31 Mar 2007 09:42:38 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Lil Sassy ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/367357/diary/Today/291261</guid>
		<description>Today, I heard that song by Garth Brooks, The Dance.  I know it's on her site as one of her songs an ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Today, I heard that song by Garth Brooks, The Dance.  I know it's on her site as one of her songs and this is the reason why. It really speaks to my heart for several reasons. One is, you never know what life is going to throw  your way. Just like Lil Sassy coming into our lives. We didn't know when she was born that she would be blind. When we found out, there was never any doubt in our minds what to do with her or about her. My husband and I said at the same time............"You know we're keeping her", and that was the end of the discussion. Our lives are so much sweeter with her here with us. We have been truly blessed in the fact that we watched her as she was being brought into this world. We watched her struggle from the first breath she took to live. She was a very tiny baby. When we discovered that she wasn't making it to her momma to feed, we took it upon ourselves to make sure she ate by giving her bottles. When we felt it was the right time, we started giving her soft food like eggs and canned food. She ate with gusto right from the start. 
We have also been blessed with watching her grow and learn new things and try new things. She runs, and plays and hops and growls and barks and waits for her daddy at the back door with the other two when she hears him pulling into the yard. She's usually the first one to hear him coming up the road. Because she is blind, her other senses are heightened. She can smell food, we love to say, from a mile away, and she can hear you open a wrapper of any kind, no matter where in the house you are. She hasn't mastered jumping on the chair or bed (not that she don't try, cause she tries really hard) but that's just as well cause I'm not sure I want her to. She can't see how close to the edge she is and that would scare me to death if I thought she was jumping up in the chair when we weren't home and then falling off. She sleeps right between us so that when she moves it wakes us up and we wait to see what she's going to do. She has a cute little way of telling us she needs down to go potty. She will come over to our heads and lick our ears until we wake up and put her on the floor. If we go back to sleep and she wants back up in the bed, she'll come to my side and bark a sweet little soft bark. I pick her up and under the cover she goes and curls up either on my side or her daddies, and goes right back to sleep. 
But the best thing we have been blessed with is her love for us. She never, ever forgets to show us every day all day long how much she loves me and her daddy. When we pick her up, she immediately lays her head on our chest or shoulders and is so close to our necks. She cuddles herslef right there as long as we will hold her. Since I've been off for the last month, there is never a day that I don't hold her. She's in my lap right now while I'm typing this. If I'm watching TV, she in my lap. If I'm cooking, she's on my shoulder. If I'm washing dishes, she right there on the counter with me. She knows she's high up some how, and she just sits there and listens as I talk to her. She moves her head back and forth as if she can understand me and as if she can see my movements. She is a pure joy to my heart. Like the song says, " I could have missed the pain, but I'd have had to miss the dance". That is so true. I could have put her to sleep when I found out she had no eyes, but then I'd have missed out on this blessing in my life. I've always loved animals, and have had pups in the house all my life, but somehow, she has renewed my love for animals. Is she spoiled????? YOU BET!!!!! And I don't care who knows it. But when you really think long and hard about it, and you take a step back and try to look at the situation from someone elses point of view, her daddy and I are really the ones that are spoiled because she spoils us with her love and attention. We love her and wouldn't have missed this blessing for the world. She is our blessing, our joy, our love and our happiness. She is our hearts and souls, and she completes us entirely. 
Lil Sassy Mommy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>This Is For Everybody</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/367357/diary/Today/290967</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 30 Mar 2007 13:34:12 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Lil Sassy ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/367357/diary/Today/290967</guid>
		<description>This is for all those that have heard the expression........&quot;It's just a dog&quot;. Mommy gets so tired h ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ This is for all those that have heard the expression........"It's just a dog". Mommy gets so tired hearing that from her friends. They don't understand. Mommy and daddy couldn't have children, and we are her children so we mean more to her than anything. She works hard at keeping us safe and fed and watered and played with and in general, she keeps us happy. We are so loved and I don't know about the rest of you, but I sure feel like I'm more than "just a dog", at least I am to my mommy and daddy. We're their babies.....and always will be. When so many other's out there would have turned their backs on me because of my handicap, mommy and daddy cuddled me to them and promised to take care of me no matter what and they have done just that. Mommy says some people would have had me put to sleep, but not her and my daddy. Mommy even cried when the vet told her that I was born with no eyes and when she asked mommy if she wanted her to put me to sleep, mommy cried harder and said "I certainly don't! She's my baby!" The vet wasn't saying anything bad, and mommy had to call her with an apology after that, but she understood and told mommy she was just giving her some options. Mommy said that putting me to sleep WAS NOT an option to her. 
Mommy and daddy work with me alot and I get alot of attention and spoiled rotten too. Most of the time when they are home I'm in one of their laps, just as I am right now while I'm telling mommy what to write here. I can here her fingers working fast as I talk to her. But I'm right here with her. Mommy and daddy often carry me around the house and mommy said if she could afford it, she'd get one of them slings that you carry your pet around in. It's in a pet book we get every month but we haven't got the extra money yet. Then mommy says if she had that, she'd never have to put me down to do her house work...........bol.........I'd love that. I follow her around anyway!!!! Ohhhh and when I follow her, I'm so close that I swat her house shoes with my paws.....playing with mommy........that's what I love to do.
Anyway, here's this poem that was on another pups page, but we asked permission before putting it here on ours...........hope you like it and I hope it speaks to your heart as it did mommy's. 

It' Just a Dog

From time to time people tell me, "Lighten up,
it's just a dog," or,
"That's a lot of money for just a dog." They don't
understand the
distance traveled, the time spent or the costs
involved for "just a dog."

Some of my proudest moments have come about with
"just a dog."

Many hours have passed and my only company was
"just a dog,"
but I did not once feel slighted.

Some of my saddest moments have been brought about
by "just a dog,"
and, in those days of darkness, the gentle touch
of "just a dog" gave
me comfort and reason to overcome the day.

If you, too, think it's "just a dog," then you
will probably understand
phases like "just a friend," "just a sunrise," or
"just a promise."

"Just a dog" brings into my life the very essence
of friendship, trust,
and pure unbridled joy.

"Just a dog" brings out the compassion and
patience that makes me a
better person.

Because of "just a dog" I will rise early, take
long walks and look
longingly to the future.

So for me, and folks like me, it's not "just a
dog" but an embodiment of
all the hopes and dreams of the future, the fond
memories of the past and
the pure joy of the moment.

"Just a dog" brings out what's good in me and
diverts my thoughts away
from myself and the worries of the day.

I hope that someday they can understand that it's
not "just a dog"
but the thing that gives me humanity and keeps me
from being "just a
human."

So the next time you hear the phrase "just a dog."
just smile....
because they "just don't understand."

- Anonymous]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>WoooooooHOooooooooo</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/367357/diary/Today/286950</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 22 Mar 2007 09:08:23 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Lil Sassy ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/367357/diary/Today/286950</guid>
		<description>Hey everybody, I just got a rainbow rosette and a big cookie from The Pup Scouts. This is so excitin ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Hey everybody, I just got a rainbow rosette and a big cookie from The Pup Scouts. This is so exciting, and I want to say Thank You to whoever you are. I love getting all my rosettes and this one is so exciting. 
Thanks so much,
Lil Sassy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Hi Everybody, and diary too</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/367357/diary/Today/284028</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 15 Mar 2007 11:16:50 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Lil Sassy ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I just got my mommy to read my guest book entries to me. This is the first time she's had the time t ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I just got my mommy to read my guest book entries to me. This is the first time she's had the time to take a look at it. Thank you everybody for taking the time to sign it. It means so much to me and to my mommy when someone does something like that because of me. 
You know, after my mommy read all of them to me,  I asked her why everybody thought I was so special. She said because I am special. She said that everybody knows how special I am cause I don't go around crying and whinning about my handicap, and I don't try to get people to feel sorry for me, and I don't see myself as anything other than normal. I told her that I was normal, and then she laughed and said "see there". All I know is that I'm just me, just like mommy is just herself in everything that we do. We cry and laugh and get happy and get mad and sad, but we go on cause there are alot of other's out there that don't have it as good as we do. There are people out there that don't have a home and don't know where their next meal is coming from. Then there are doggies out there that don't have a home, or live in shelters with nobody to love them and then there are those that have homes but are being neglected or abused. 
Everybody thinks that I'm the lucky one to have been born into this family that I have, but mommy says she and daddy are the lucky ones. They have been blessed with having me and raising me and loving me. They have been blessed with watching me take my first breath, to watching me  pull back from deaths door to being happy and healthy. Yes I'm blind, but I don't act like it. Yes I'm little, but I don't think I am. Yes I still bump into things, but mommy bumps into things all the time and heck, she can see.....bol. Yes I know I'm lucky for having the family I have, but also for having such wonderful freinds on this site. Dogster, and my friends have made me a happy little girl. There are too many to name, but ya'll know who you are and I love each and every one of you with all my heart. Thank you all for being my freinds and for believing in me and my mommy and daddy when other's would have put me to sleep. Ohhhhh shoot, now I'm gonna cry........
Thank you all,
God bless each of you,
Lil Sassy and her mommy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Just some thoughts</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/367357/diary/Today/283544</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 14 Mar 2007 08:57:15 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Lil Sassy ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Hi diary and everybody that reads this. As you all know, well for the ones that really know me, I'm  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Hi diary and everybody that reads this. As you all know, well for the ones that really know me, I'm still little and will always be little. Mommy says that I am the size I will always be now because I'm 8 months old. I don't know about all that stuff, but what I do know is that I am so lucky to have the mommy and daddy that I have. They love me so much. They don't treat me like I'm blind, except for when I want to sleep in the bed with them. When I sleep with them, they make sure I am between them and one or both have their hands on me. Since I can't see, I don't know when I am close to the edge of the bed and I'll just walk right off of it, and then I get hurt and start to cry. So if their hands are on me, they feel me when I start to move and will wait to see what I'm gonna do and if I act like I want down, they put me down. I go potty and then come back to my mommies side of the bed and whine and she picks me up and off to snuggly sleep we go again. 
This past week, I thought we were gonna loose my mommy. Her heart started beating really fast and daddy had to rush her to the hospital. They had to give her medicine to stop her heart so that it would slow down. They had to do it twice and mommy said she was really scared. Grammy told mommy that when daddy called her to tell her that mommy was at the hospital, he was crying so hard she barely understood him. All she was able to hear was Rhonda, ER, Heart, test, medicine to stop her heart.....and then my grammy was crying and got off the phone and rushed to the hospital. Mommy got okay and is home and doing good, but we were so scared for her. 
So this got me to thinking how life can be so short sometimes. I'm so glad I have the mommy and daddy that I do. And all my aunties and uncles and grammies. They love me and take care of me so good. 
I love you mommy, 
Lil Sassy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Okay, enough of this teething stuff</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/367357/diary/Today/269602</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 9 Feb 2007 12:33:56 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Lil Sassy ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/367357/diary/Today/269602</guid>
		<description>Mommy says I'm teething and I hate it. It hurts so bad. When I get a toy in my mouth, I just walk ar ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Mommy says I'm teething and I hate it. It hurts so bad. When I get a toy in my mouth, I just walk around whinning with it. I don't know why, but my adult teeth are coming in behind my baby teeth and they haven't fallen out yet. Mommy said she may have to take me to the vet and let her pull them. OHHH NOOOOOO!!!!!!! I don't want to go mommy. I love Dr. Moon, but I don't like her very much. She's good with me and she lets me crawl all over her, but it's the things she does between the crawls and the hugs that I don't like. She pokes sharp things in my booty, and up my hiney, and pokes around in my ears, and mouth, and I don't like all of that. But I love her cause she hugs me after everything she does to me. That's the only way I'll calm down and let her continue. Mommy has to hug me through everything too. If she bathes me, I get a hug after it's over and that's fun cause it gets mommy and daddy wet too. If she brushes me, I get a hug, if she blows me dry, I get a hug. If she cleans my ears out, I get a hug......well, you get it. Other wise, I don't let them do anything to me.......bol. Stubborn? Maybe. Spoiled, exactly.....bol. 
Anyway, if anyone reads this and has a suggestion for my mommy on what to do about my teeth, could you please pawmail me and let us know. Mommy hasn't ever encounted this problem before now, and she's had lots of animals in her life. Gee Mom, you must be really old.........bol............oops......I'm sorry mommy. I love you!
Lil Sassy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>My Very Own Valentine</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/367357/diary/Today/266144</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 1 Feb 2007 09:17:19 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Lil Sassy ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/367357/diary/Today/266144</guid>
		<description>Hello Diary, 
I just wanted to write this down. I've got my very own Valentine. His name is Jiggs,  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Hello Diary, 
I just wanted to write this down. I've got my very own Valentine. His name is Jiggs, and he's so cute. Mommy described him to me and I think he's just adorable. He sent me a heart rosette and invited me to be his pup pal and then I made a Valentine pic of me and him. Mommy says I did a good job, but between you and me diary, mommy did all the work, I just told her what to do......bol. 
Anyway, with all that's going on with Sadie marrying Goofy, and Snuggles getting married to Trixie Mae, and Miss Jenna and Buddy getting married too, I kind of felt left out even though Miss Jenna has me as her flower girl. 
But I know this is there big day and mommy says when I get bigger, I may just have my big day too.
Okay, well, I've got to go hunting and find me some food........bol.....talk to you later,
Lil Sassy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>My day finally arrived.</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/367357/diary/Today/259235</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 16 Jan 2007 11:51:18 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Lil Sassy ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/367357/diary/Today/259235</guid>
		<description>Well Diary, my day to go and get my hair cut has finally arrived. Mommy came bouncing in the door th ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Well Diary, my day to go and get my hair cut has finally arrived. Mommy came bouncing in the door this morning and grabbed that blue thing that she carries me around in sometimes when we go visit my grammies. I couldn't see it but Sadie told me I must be going somewhere. Mommy started getting my blankie and one of my toys and put them in the blue thing. Now this blue thing was Snuggles when he was a puppy, but he's outgrown it, and I've outgrown my own carrier, so I guess it's gonna be mine now. I don't mind it too much cause it's really soft and warm. But the weather turned nasty over night and mommy wanted to be sure I'd be warm so she stuck my blankie in there. I love my blankie. 
Well, Mommy put me in it and hooked the small short, and I mean short leash to my collar. When she zipped it up, I was sort of mad so I turned around in it and stuck my butt up through the opening......bol. That'll show mommy that I'm mad, but she wasn't having any of that this morning, so she politely turned me around the right way and told me to behave myself. Well, diary, I decided to behave and see where I was going, well, not see exactly but you know what I mean. Anyway, we took a long drive and when we got out of the car, boy it was cold. I heard mommy open another door and then I heard this lady say could she help my mommy. Mommy said I was there for an appointment with the groomer. Now this isn't Ms. Crystal, but mommy grew up with this lady that's supposed to groom me. So she trusts her completely. I know mommy wouldn't ever take me to someone she didn't trust or like. Thank goodness. 
Well, I decided to pop my head up and have a listen so when I did, I scared that nice lady so much mommy said she jumped a foot off the ground. I don't know why, didn't she think mommy had something in that bag she was carrying around? Didn't she know it couldn't be a purse cause of the opening? Oh, well, I didn't mean to scare the lady and they laughed when it was over. Mommy took me out, hugged me really close and kissed me. She told me to be good for Ms. Angela and she'd have me a treat when I got home. So I was good and they cut my hair, but I still have hair so I guess all my friends were right when they told me not to worry and I wouldn't come home bald. I'm so glad, I was really worried I'd be a naked baby........bol. I've only been to the groomer once and that was just for a bath and to have my hair put up in bows. I was good that day just as I was today.....bol.
Anyway, that's my adventures for today, and I'm tired and going to take a nap now. 
Lil Sassy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>JUMPING UP, UP, UP</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/367357/diary/Today/257432</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 12 Jan 2007 09:14:26 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Lil Sassy ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/367357/diary/Today/257432</guid>
		<description>Well, hello again diary. I just thought I'd write and tell you that I've learned to jump. A little b ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Well, hello again diary. I just thought I'd write and tell you that I've learned to jump. A little bit anyway. You see Snuggles takes all the toys and puts them in mommy or daddy's chairs. I can't let that go cause I need something to play with. So, I've started jumping and trying to get up in the chair so I can get my toys back. That mean old Snuggles. Mommy keeps trying to tell him he can't have all the toys but does he listen? NO.  And, well, I WANT MY TOYS BACK!!!!!!!! Mommy says if I ever learn that I have back legs and feet that they would help me on up into that chair. But I haven't learned that part yet. I'm trying though. Don't I get an A for effort? I try really hard, but shoot, I can't seem to jump high enough. I don't know what I'll do when I do get up there. I think I'll get the toy I want and maybe just lay down on the chair and play with it. Maybe mommy or daddy will be home and they can get me down. I don't want to fall off, I might hurt myself. 
Anyway, I just wanted to share that with my good old friend, my diary.
Sassy girl]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>From Sassy's mommy</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/367357/diary/Today/250213</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 27 Dec 2006 08:31:45 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Lil Sassy ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/367357/diary/Today/250213</guid>
		<description>I just wanted to take a moment to let all of Sassy's friends know what she has been up to lately. Sh ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I just wanted to take a moment to let all of Sassy's friends know what she has been up to lately. She has been rearing up on her hind legs for some time now, and we all knew it was a matter of time before she started trying to jump. Well, low and behold, she has started trying to. She will come to us when we are sitting in our recliners and rear up on our legs. Usually we pick her up to sit in the chair with us, but over the Christmas holidays she decided that we wasn't picking her up fast enough, so she attempted to jump up into our laps. She didn't make it, but at least she tried. She knows when we are sitting down, and even when we are not in the chairs, she still is trying to jump into them. I think one reason is because Snuggles takes the toys and will hide them in the chairs and she knows that's where they are.  Now I don't know if  I should be worried because if she does get up there, she's more than likely to fall off trying to get down. Or if I should be proud of her for at least trying. Well, you know I'm proud of her, proud as punch I tell ya. Anything she tries, we let her. Is that wrong? I don't think so cause how is she going to know, and us for that matter, exactly what she can do and what she can't do. She's not affraid to run either. She runs in circles and the circles get wider and wider until she finally runs into the chairs or the Christmas tree, which it's been here lately. She isn't affraid of Snuggles even when she's trying to eat or play with a toy and he starts growling at her. Most often than not, she will get enough of it, and she starts barking at him. This is always his clue to leave her alone. She takes up for herself which I think is something tremendous. She plays with all her toys and steals Snuggles and Sadie's toys and plays with then too. She chases Snuggles through the house, and most of the time, she doesn't run into anything. She listens for his bells on his collar. She however, doesn't like the bells to be on her collar. I have come to realize that she can't determine which she is hearing, her's or Snuggles and Sadie's and that's why she don't like them. She follows us around just as if she could see, and when she want's to be held, she'll come up behind us, and scratch on our legs until we pick her up. We're having a little bit of trouble brushing her tail, she'll start growling and try to eat the brush, or bite it....but I still manage to brush it. 
Anyway, I just wanted to write all this down for her as she is chasing Snuggles and Sadie through the house at the moment, and doesn't want to take the time to come and do this herself. Ohhhhh, and the cutest thing is when the heat kicks on......she knows where every heating vent is in the house and which ever room she's in when she hears it come on, she immediately finds a vent and lays down on it. When it goes off and starts to get cool, she'll get up and off she's gone again to play. 
We love her and couldn't imagine our life or home without her in it. She's a very special puppy and she's growing and learning more than I ever dreamed she would. So to all who have blind babies, you already know that they can do things you wouldn't believe. To those that don't or have never had the privilage of caring for or owning a blind baby, please know that they will teach you things about loving and learning, and hope. Never give up on them as they will never give up on trying things, learning things, and the love they give you is something to cherish always. 
Thanks for listening to me ramble, 
Sassy's mommy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>It's Christmas Time.....</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/367357/diary/Today/244723</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 14 Dec 2006 10:38:17 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Lil Sassy ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Well, diary, it's Christmas time now. Mommy says we only got about 11 days till Santa Paws comes. I  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Well, diary, it's Christmas time now. Mommy says we only got about 11 days till Santa Paws comes. I heard that he's supposed to come down something called a chimney, but we don't have one. Does that mean he won't come to visit our house? I hope he can find his way in. I know!!!!!!!.........I'll sneak when mommy and daddy are asleep and I'll unlatch the sliding door for Santa. We want to be sure he gets in here cause mommy says he's bringing us lots of stuff. Mommy had to take all the Christmas presents and put them up the other day cause SOMEBODY pee'd on them. I won't say his name but his initials is Snuggles........bol. Yes he hiked on them. I'm having fun just running up under the branches and when they stick me in the back, I run around it. 
Ohhhhhh and diary, I've learned somethings since last time I wrote ya. When mommy comes in from work every morning, she always has and always will pick each of us up and love us. Well, when she picks me up, I snuggle really close to her just as I've always done, but when she puts me down and starts walking, I start batting the back of her legs. Each step she takes she gets a swat from my paw.......bol. I love to do that, it's so much fun. Mommy just laughs and picks me up again for some extra loving. And I'm rearing up on my hind legs now. When her or daddy talk to me, I rear up and then paw the ground. Mommy says I hop around like a bunny rabbit. Are those things cute? I don't know but mommy says they are cute when they hop. I also have started doing circles for mommy. She sits down and calls my name and then she claps her hands and for every clap, I turn around in a circle. I think that's so fun. 
I am kind of sad though today cause mommy came home and told us babies that grammy (the one that's been in the hospital with pneumonia) now has a rare, low grade leukemia. I don't know what that means, but it makes my mommy cry. I love my grammy, and I want her to be okay. Will she be okay you think? I hope so. I gave mommy lots of kisses and hugs this morning after she told us that. She is so sad to learn this. It's just my grammy and my mommy and her sissy, (my aunt Jen-Jen) left. Maybe Santa will cheer mommy up some. 
Anyway, I hope everyone has a very Merry Christmas
Sassy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>A poem with lots of meaning</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/367357/diary/Today/238853</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 30 Nov 2006 11:06:25 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Lil Sassy ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/367357/diary/Today/238853</guid>
		<description>Today, I read a poem that my mommy has been trying to find for some time now. Rambo had it posted an ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Today, I read a poem that my mommy has been trying to find for some time now. Rambo had it posted and after seeking his permission, we are posting it on all our pages. The war is not a fun thing, and it's not a game. We are at war for reasons that some of us have forgotten. And some just choose to disagree with the war. That's okay, we're not putting anyone down for what they believe in. But for us, around our house, the war means freedom. These men and women who are serving are doing so because they want to. They knew when they signed up for which ever branch they went into,that it was a possibility that there would be a war. They did it anyway. They choose every day to fight for us, for our freedom and for justice. They don't care that other's may not agree or even believe in war or fighting. They are fighting for what they believe in. In this time of sharing and giving and being with our families and friends, let us all please remember that there is a war going on, and we need to pray for the ones who are fighting for us. Weather we believe in the war or agree with it, it's happening and there is nothing we can do about it but pray......and pray hard. These men and women won't be spending the holidays with their families, but rather with their extended families in a land where they are hated. Some will be coming home when it's over, and some won't. They knew this before they joined up. So let us support the decision they made to fight for us. 

A Different Christmas Poem

The embers glowed softly, and in their dim light,
I gazed round the room and I cherished the sight.
My wife was asleep, her head on my chest,
My daughter beside me, angelic in rest.
Outside the snow fell, a blanket of white,
Transforming the yard to a winter delight.
The sparkling lights in the tree I believe,
Completed the magic that was Christmas Eve.
My eyelids were heavy, my breathing was deep,'
Secure and surrounded by love I would sleep.
In perfect contentment, or so it would seem,
So I slumbered, perhaps I started to dream.

The sound wasn't loud, and it wasn't too near,
But I opened my eyes when it tickled my ear.
Perhaps just a cough, I didn't quite know, Then the
sure sound of footsteps outside in the snow.
My soul gave a tremble, I struggled to hear,
And I crept to the door just to see who was near.
Standing out in the cold and the dark of the night,
A lone figure stood, his face weary and tight.

A soldier, I puzzled, some twenty years old,
Perhaps a Marine, huddled here in the cold.
Alone in the dark, he looked up and smiled,
Standing watch over me, and my wife and my child.
"What are you doing?" I asked without fear,
"Come in this moment, it's freezing out here!
Put down your pack, brush the snow from your sleeve,
You should be at home on a cold Christmas Eve!"

For barely a moment I saw his eyes shift,
Away from the cold and the snow blown in drifts..
To the window that danced with a warm fire's light
Then he sighed and he said "Its really all right,
I'm out here by choice. I'm here every night."
"It's my duty to stand at the front of the line,
That separates you from the darkest of times.
No one had to ask or beg or implore me,
I'm proud to stand here like my fathers before me.
My Gramps died at 'Pearl on a day in December,"
Then he sighed, "That's a Christmas 'Gram always remembers."
My dad stood his watch in the jungles of 'Nam',
And now it is my turn and so, here I am.
I've not seen my own son in more than a while,
But my wife sends me pictures, he's sure got her smile.

Then he bent and he carefully pulled from his bag,
The red , white , and blue ... an American flag.
I can live through the cold and the being alone,
Away from my family, my house and my home.
I can stand at my post through the rain and the sleet,
I can sleep in a foxhole with little to eat.
I can carry the weight of killing another,
Or lay down my life with my sister and brother..
Who stand at the front against any and all,
To ensure for all time that this flag will not fall."

"So go back inside," he said, "harbor no fright,
Your family is waiting and I'll be all right."
"But isn't there something I can do, at the least,
"Give you money," I asked, "or prepare you a feast?
It seems all too little for all that you've done,
For being away from your wife and your son."
Then his eye welled a tear that held no regret,
"Just tell us you love us, and never forget.
To fight for our rights back at home while we're gone,
To stand your own watch, no matter how long.
For when we come home, either standing or dead,
To know you remember we fought and we bled,
Is payment enough, and with that we will trust,
That we mattered to you as you mattered to us."


Lil Sassy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Santa Paws wrote me a letter!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/367357/diary/Today/238309</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 29 Nov 2006 07:47:13 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Lil Sassy ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I got a letter from Santa Paws today. Mommy read it to me and I was so excited I tried to do a flip. ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I got a letter from Santa Paws today. Mommy read it to me and I was so excited I tried to do a flip. Really I was bouncing around and jumping and all of a sudden,  I tried to do a flip or something. Mommy said she don't know what to call it.......bol. I'm so glad Santa and Rudolph will be visiting me soon. I can't wait. Snuggles and Sadie Pearl got a letter too, but I'm the most excited. Bama got one too and mommy said that made her feel good. 
Anyway, I'm so glad I got my letter.
Thanks Santa Paws and I'll be sure to leave you some milk and cookies for your trip.
Lil Sassy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>UHHHHHHOHHHHHHHHH</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/367357/diary/Today/235494</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 22 Nov 2006 07:28:50 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Lil Sassy ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
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		<description>Now I've gone and done it! Mommy was on the computer the other day and she kept hearing some snoring ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Now I've gone and done it! Mommy was on the computer the other day and she kept hearing some snoring going on behind her from the floor. She looked around and tried to determine if it was me or Sadie or Snuggles as we were all sleeping on our blankies behind her chair. She couldn't determine which one it was so she let it go. Now, today, I was sleeping behind her on my blankie, and wouldn't you know it, I was the only one in there with her and, well, sniff, sniff, IT'S ME! I snore. I'm so ashamed of myself. I'm just a little bitty thing but mommy says I snore like a big dog......and she's laughing at me about it too. She said she couldn't believe that that big sound was coming from my tiny body. Well, shoot mommy, I play hard and I run hard and I love hard, so it's a hard life and I guess when I slow down I'm so tired that I just gotta snore some. Now stop it, stop laughing at me, that's not nice! CAN SOMEONE PLEASE TELL MY MOMMY IT'S NOT NICE TO LAUGH AT THE BABY? Please??? 
Oh, well, I guess I'll go back over here and lay back down. Geezzzzz a girl can't even snore in peace. 
Till next time,
Bye bye
Lil Sassy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Mommy wrote a poem just for me</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/367357/diary/Today/233263</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 16 Nov 2006 14:12:46 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Lil Sassy ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
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		<description>Mommy wrote a poem and she said it's just for me and I wanted to share it all with you. I put it in  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Mommy wrote a poem and she said it's just for me and I wanted to share it all with you. I put it in my diary so that everybody can read it when they visit this page. Mommy says she knows it's not the best, but it's from her heart and that's all that matters.

Lil Sassy

I was born with no eyes,
I'll never gaze upon the skies.
For their beauty is not for me to see,
But that's okay, I've got to be me.

I was born tiny, frail and the runt,
But mommy and daddy decided to keep 
me without so much as a grunt. 

Mom and Dad love me you see,
For they looked beyond everything
that could be wrong with me. 

They love to watch me discover new things,
Be it a toy, finding my food, or them 
when they call my name.

I can find my toys and my bed,
Even though I may bump my head.
I can find my food and water just fine,
Even when Snuggles tries to eat all of mine.

I run and play, my favorite is outside,
But Mom and Dad have to be with me,
For I can do anything with them by my side.

I was born with not eyes you see,
But I will not let that stop me. 
I am loved so much, everyday,
I wish all the pups could feel this way.

My family loves me, this much is true,
And with love like that, there is joy
through and through. 

Sassy's mom]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Mommy says Santa is coming to town!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/367357/diary/Today/229392</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 7 Nov 2006 07:03:53 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Lil Sassy ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/367357/diary/Today/229392</guid>
		<description>WoW He must be a great man! My mommy says we're all going to go and have our pictures taken with San ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ WoW He must be a great man! My mommy says we're all going to go and have our pictures taken with Santa. I don't know who he is, but mommy keeps telling me all kinds of things about him. I don't know if I should be scared or happy. You know I'm just a baby, but I'm learning and I don't know about him. Will he like me? Will he know that I can't see him? Will he smell funny? Will he hold me tight enough and not drop me? Oh Boy! I just don't know. Mommy said since I can't write yet, I need to be thinking about everything I want for Christmas so I can tell him. Well, Gee, Mom! What is Christmas? I've never had one before. Mommy's trying to tell me all about it, but I just don't understand fully yet. I will though, I will. 
Anyway, I better go and get my bath and my hair done before we go. Yes I know it's still a week away, but hey, a girls got to look nice for meeting a man that important, don't she?
Lil Sassy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>New Poem just for me!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/367357/diary/Today/226077</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 30 Oct 2006 11:43:55 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Lil Sassy ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/367357/diary/Today/226077</guid>
		<description>Well, mommy says I shouldn't say it's just for me cause it's really for all the blind pups out there ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Well, mommy says I shouldn't say it's just for me cause it's really for all the blind pups out there and for the people who look beyond that. So Mommy wanted to post it here so that every one that reads my diary will see it and know that we are something special. Hope everyone enjoys it as we did when it was sent to us at our groups. 

I cannont see you Mommy, when you cuddle me so near.
And yet, I know you love me, it's in the words I hear.
I cannot see you Daddy, when you hold me by your side,
But I know you love me when you tell me so with pride.
I cannont see to run and play outside in the sun so bright.
For here inside my tiny head it's always dark as night
I cannot see the treats you give when I am extra good
But I can wag my tail in Thanks just like a good dog would.
"It cannot see. The dog's no good!" is what some folks might say.
"It can't be trained...will never learn...it must be put away."
But not you, Mommy and Daddy-You know that it's alright,
Because I love you just as much as any dog with sight.
You took me in, you gave me love and we will never part,
Because I am blind with just my eyes, I see you in my heart.
~Sherrill Wardrip]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>My very own group</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/367357/diary/Today/223272</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 23 Oct 2006 16:13:19 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Lil Sassy ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/367357/diary/Today/223272</guid>
		<description>Today mommy let me start my very own group. It's called &quot;blind pups rock&quot;, cause we do, ya know. And ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Today mommy let me start my very own group. It's called "blind pups rock", cause we do, ya know. And I can't wait to start getting lots of pups in the group. My idea is to start sharing our experiences of being blind with each other. Like learning something new, or just getting the hang of an every day task, like walking through the house and not running into anything. I'm learning all that myself, and mommy and daddy still pick me up and love me and kiss my boo-boo's when i hit something really hard and cry out. Most of the time I don't hit so hard, but if I'm in one of my moods and I'm running and spinning like a top, I tend to bump things harder and that's when I cry out. Mommy still says I look like a bronco spinning out of control when I do my little spins. She laughs and tries to steer me away from everything. Sometimes it works and sometimes it don't. 
OHhhhhhhh I've learned where my daddy comes in the house at. He always comes in the back door, the one that slides and every day now, when I hear his truck pulling into the drive, I run back there and I wait for him to open the door. Snuggles and Sadie run out onto the deck when he opens the door but not me. I'm there waiting for him to pick me up and love me. Which he does so good. 
Anyway, more later. Now I've go to go and see about this new group.
Bye all,
Sassy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>My Package</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/367357/diary/Today/221886</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 20 Oct 2006 05:25:05 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Lil Sassy ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/367357/diary/Today/221886</guid>
		<description>Yesterday, I got a package through the mail and it was just for me. You see, there is this wonderful ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Yesterday, I got a package through the mail and it was just for me. You see, there is this wonderful pup named Rosie Doodles and she and her mom sent me a pink bathrobe. It was too little for Rosie so she thought about me and told her mom she wanted to send it to me. They live all the way in Ireland. Mommy says that's a very long way.
I can't see it, but I know it feels so good. Mommy just had to try it on me last night and we got pictures. My daddy was holding me and he was clowning around and kept putting the hood on and taking it off and I tried to bite him but he wouldn't let me. Next, mommy wanted pictures of me with my new sweater on. It's a hoodie and well, go look at the pictures. You'll see what daddy did to me. I blame mommy too cause she started laughing and took that picture anyway. She could have waited and made daddy take that hood off. But NOOOOOOOOOOO, she had to have that pic. And now what's worse, is she's posted it to my page here on dogster. I'm so embarrassed. I might just go get in my hiding place and stay there all day long. Humans, they get amazed by the littlest things. But I love 'um. 
Gotta go now. Thanks again Rosie Doodles and her mom for sending me my very own bathrobe, and for my very first package. 
We love ya,
Sassy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>My day finally came</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/367357/diary/Today/221517</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 19 Oct 2006 05:30:13 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Lil Sassy ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/367357/diary/Today/221517</guid>
		<description>My day at the groomers finally came yesterday. Mommy took me and Sadie and Snuggles to see Ms. Cryst ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ My day at the groomers finally came yesterday. Mommy took me and Sadie and Snuggles to see Ms. Crystal. We didn't have our hair cut but we had baths and Ms. Crystal said I was so good. All those baths mommy has been giving me sure got me used to it and yesterday I was a good girl. Mommy told Ms. Crystal to do whatever she wanted to do to my hair and all and she did. I got my very first bow yesterday. It's pink and mommy said it was so pretty on me. Mommy also bought some more bows for me and Sadie Pearl to wear on different occasions. Ms. Crystal didn't cut my hair except to trim it out of my eyes. Mommy was glad cause daddy don't want my hair cut yet. It's getting long and mommy don't want it to start to get matted so she brushes me every night. Sometimes that puts me to sleep cause it feels so good when mommy does it. I had to stand there and endure that mean ole hot air blower yesterday and mommy told Ms. Crystal that I really didn't like that at all. She said I did just fine for the first time at the groomers. When we got home, mommy fed us and we all went nite-nite for about an hour. When daddy came home, he picked us all up, one by one and loved us and kissed us. Now kisses from daddy are rare but he always hugs us and loves us. Mommy said we got kisses yesterday cause we had all been so good at the groomers and we all looked so pretty. 
Well, I'm going to find me some breakfast cause I'm hungry. Talk to ya later diary.
Ohhhhhh I almost forgot. I didn't whine at all, not one little bit, but Snuggles sure did. Ms. Crystal said he whines every time mommy leaves him. He's such a big baby sometimes. 
Bye now,
Sassy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>A mean man!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/367357/diary/Today/218323</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 11 Oct 2006 06:57:07 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Lil Sassy ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/367357/diary/Today/218323</guid>
		<description>Last Friday, mommy took me for some more shots at the animal medical store she takes all of us too.  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Last Friday, mommy took me for some more shots at the animal medical store she takes all of us too. It's a store when you can buy small dogs, get shots, and all dog supplies and also see the vets.  Anyway, the lady that was giving me the shot also gave me some honey and some baby tylenol so I wouldn't get fever and my sugar wouldn't drop as it sometimes does in puppies when they get shots. This man was there buying some food for his doggy and he started asking mommy questions about me. I had my head buried in mommy's neck and he couldn't see all of me so he asked if mommy would turn me around so he could see my face. Mommy did and when he looked at me, he asked mommy why she didn't have the hair cut away from my eyes so that I could see better. Mommy explained that I was born without eyes and I was blind. When we finished and went outside, he was there and started asking mommy if she abused my doggy mom when I was inside her, and mommy said "NO". He then told her that I wouldn't amount to anything and she should have me put to sleep. Mommy told him that if he had a child that was born blind, would he have it put to sleep and he said that was different. Mommy said that since she couldn't have children, that I was her child and she didn't see the need to have me put to sleep and she was taking care of me and I was getting the best of everything. He still said I should be put to sleep and if I was his dog I'd have been put down the minute I was born. Mommy started to cry and called him an ugly name. Mommy told him that it's people like him that causes puppies and dogs to suffer needlessly and he should be banned from owning a pet of any kind. Then we got in the car and mommy had to calm down before she could even drive home. She called daddy, daddy always knows how to calm mommy down and he told her not to worry about that man. 
He was a mean man but that's not what mommy called him.............BOL. She felt so ashamed after she got home cause she had let him get to her like that but I just gave mommy some kisses and she was fine. 
I'm so glad I have a mommy and daddy that love me. 
Lil Sassy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Mommy was so upset at Daddy yesterday!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/367357/diary/Today/216190</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 6 Oct 2006 05:43:15 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Lil Sassy ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/367357/diary/Today/216190</guid>
		<description>Hi all,
Yesterday while my mommy was at work, my daddy decided to leave the sliding door open so Sn ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Hi all,
Yesterday while my mommy was at work, my daddy decided to leave the sliding door open so Snuggles and Sadie Pearl could go outside. He was outside and he left the gate open so they could get down the steps and into the back yard. Now, they know how to go down the steps and play and run in the yard. Mommy has let me run and play in the yard but she always carries me down the steps. Well, daddy was outside the fence at his shop pittling around with his 4 wheeler and he looked up and I was on the bottom step. I had went all the way down the steps by myself. He took me and put me back up on the deck and stood at the bottom and watched me. I certainly didn't like that at all so I decided to show him that I could go play in the yard when I wanted to, too. Daddy told mommy that after I came off that first step, I just bounced off the rest of them. He got up there by the steps in case I started to roll down them, but I didn't. I just bounced down all of them and when I got to the last one, I didn't know it was the last one, and then all of a sudden, I was out in the yard. I took off running before he could get me. 
Also, yesterday, my doggy daddy Snuggles started growling and barking at me cause he wanted mommy's attention and I got too close to him when he was trying to make her pick him up. After he barked and growled at me some, I got tired of it, and I backed up, stood up on my hind legs and I let him have it. I went to growling and barking at him. Mommy told daddy that I was fussing at him and I was. I fussed at him so much that mommy finally picked me up and loved me after she stopped laughing so hard. Snuggles didn't know what was going on and he went and got on the bed and under the cover. Like he hadn't done anything wrong...........I showed him, I did!!!!!!!
Gotta go play now.
Sassy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Growing</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/367357/diary/Today/214169</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 1 Oct 2006 18:21:10 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Lil Sassy ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/367357/diary/Today/214169</guid>
		<description>Mommy says I'm growing but that I'm still so tiny. Today, daddy was out in the back yard and mommy t ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Mommy says I'm growing but that I'm still so tiny. Today, daddy was out in the back yard and mommy took me to him. He put me on the ground and I ran and ran and ran cause there was noting I could bump into. 
Mommy says that I'm doing really good  at finding my way through the house too. Last night, I had a fight with the strap on my mommy's book bag. Now this is a small type book bag that she uses to keep all her medicine in and it's beside her bed. I found the strap that is used to loosen or tighten up on it if you put it on your back. I tried and tried to pull it around the room but it wouldn't budge. The more I tried the madder I got. I pulled and pulled so hard once that I lost my grip and went flying out into the middle of the floor. Mommy and daddy was watching to see what I'd do and I just backed up, growled at it a few times and went after it again. I attacked it. Head on. It still didn't budge though. And at 4 in the morning I woke up and thought about it and went under the bed to mommy's side of the bed and attacked it again. I woke mommy up though and got in trouble. She scolded me for being awake at that time of night and put me in bed with her and daddy. I wanted to play but daddy held me up, told me it was nite-nite time and laid me on his arm and I guess it felt cozy there, that's where mommy sleeps, but I had her place and I fell asleep. 
Anyway, I'm off to see what trouble I can get into tonight. Bye all........
Lil Sassy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Learning</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/367357/diary/Today/209680</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 21 Sep 2006 08:03:33 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Lil Sassy ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/367357/diary/Today/209680</guid>
		<description>Mommy is so proud of me, and daddy is of course too. I'm learning to give mommy kisses. Now, you may ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Mommy is so proud of me, and daddy is of course too. I'm learning to give mommy kisses. Now, you may think thats  silly, but it's not to me. Mommy keeps making this kissing sound and the other day I tried to make it and ended up kissing mommy. I got a treat for my efforts too. Yesterday, when mommy got home early from work, daddy was working on his riding lawn mower and she took me down to the shop where he was. Snuggles and Sadie Pearl had to stay in the yard and play. I got to go to daddy's shop and walk around in the dirt. My BBBBBBIIIIIIIIGGGGGGGGGGG outside brother Shilo was curious about me and kept wanting to check me out. Mommy was scared that he would hurt me but daddy was there and told mommy to put me down so Shilo could see what I was. Shilo always minds daddy really good.  When I started walking around, Shilo barked and scared me half to death. Well, I wasn't going to let him get the last word in so I done something I've never done before.........I barked right back at him. Mommy and daddy started laughing cause Shilo backed up and laid down. Since I am blind, my hearing and smelling abilities are wonderful and I could smell him ( or was it his fear of me that I smelled......bol) and I could hear him whinning. Shilo whines all the time when mom and dad are outside cause he wants their attention. Anyway, I wandered over to where I could hear him and he put his nose on the ground and I sat on it, and it was too cold so I backed up and sat down. I kept turning my head this way and that trying to figure out what he was. When he let out a big ol whine, I got my nose to the ground and my butt up in the air and I growled at him. He barked at me again, and I put up my paw and struck the air, only I got him on the nose. He barked at me again and I went crazy. I begin to bark at him and I kept on barking. He got up and ran into his house. Mommy was laughing so hard she couldn't move and daddy had to pick me up. I was still barking.  Mommy said Shilo was so big one of his paws was bigger than me, but hey, I'm a little girl and girls don't let boys have the last word................EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!. 
Lil Sassy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>These black sucky things</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/367357/diary/Today/207106</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 15 Sep 2006 08:14:11 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Lil Sassy ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/367357/diary/Today/207106</guid>
		<description>And what are these things on me that bite and suck on my blood? Mommy calls them fleas but I call th ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ And what are these things on me that bite and suck on my blood? Mommy calls them fleas but I call them annoying. I hate them too. Mommy says that it's daddy's fault I got'um cause he's the one that let me out in the back yard the other day. Mommy says I have to have another bath today cause she don't want no fleas in her house or on her babies. Well shoot, I don't want them on me nor do I want a bath. I just can't win for loosing somedays. 
Okay, well, mommy has promised to give me a doggie ice cream treat if I'm real good during my bath. I think I just may be good cause them things are gooooooooodddddddddd. 
Got to go now and get this thing over with so these black sucky things can DIE.
Sassy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>WHAT IS THIS THING AROUND MY NECK?????</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/367357/diary/Today/207105</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 15 Sep 2006 08:10:58 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Lil Sassy ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/367357/diary/Today/207105</guid>
		<description>Can someone please come help me get this thing off of my neck? It's sooooo irritating. I hate it. I' ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Can someone please come help me get this thing off of my neck? It's sooooo irritating. I hate it. I've spent all day and night trying to get it off but the darn thing just won't budge. Mommy got a great idea yesterday while she was at the animal medical store getting the puppies some treats and worm medicine. She saw this collar and had to have it. It's rainbow colors and she done went and put a dang bell on it too. My doggie mom and dad have one and mommy thought since I was staying I should have one too. I DON'T LIKE IT ONE BIT. 
Mommy says she wants to be able to keep up with me and find me since I've taken to hiding a lot. I keep telling her that when my sisters are gone I'll stop hiding. She says that the bell will let her know where I'm at. Well, I don't know what's wrong with her, but I don't need a bell to know where I'm at. I can find myself just fine without it. 
Please mommy, take it off..............it's got to go. I promise to be a good girl and come when you call me. .........................please?????????
Sassy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>BATHS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/367357/diary/Today/205278</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 11 Sep 2006 06:25:06 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Lil Sassy ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/367357/diary/Today/205278</guid>
		<description>Can somebody please tell my mommy that I'm too little to be THAT dirty? She keeps giving me baths an ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Can somebody please tell my mommy that I'm too little to be THAT dirty? She keeps giving me baths and I don't know what's wrong with her. Daddy just stands there and laughs at me cause I'm fighting her all the way. Well, most of the way. Oh, alright, I'll admit that when mommy starts to scratch my back and neck and ears and stomach and WELL SHOOT, just all of me, I love it. 
Saturday night, mommy took me to this place called the car races. It's a dirt track and all that noise scared me but it was okay cause mommy had me in her purse. I finally went to sleep, but it was hard to do. When we got home, it was late so mommy put me to bed, but the next morning, she threw me in the sink with all that water. Mommy has a rubber ducky about my size and she lets me play with it while she bathes me. Of course since I can't see it, I just bat the water and splash it all over the place. That parts fun cause mommy fusses and daddy laughs. When it's over I get to snuggle up with mommy. But she has this big ol thing that blows hot air and I don't like it none at all. When she turns it on, I try to run but it's hard to run when your being held in the air. Has anyone ever tried to run while being held in the air? Your feet don't touch nothing and you don't get anywhere, but it can really wear you out. Mommy just holds me up and starts aiming that thing at me, and pretty soon when I feel all that hot air, I calm down and let her finish. Mommy says she's getting me ready to go to the groomer when it's my time to go so I won't give Ms. Crystal any problems with my bath. Mommy says soon I'll have to have a hair cut. OH NOOOOOOO, will I come back home with no hair at all? I worry about that, but mommy says not to worry cause Ms. Crystal knows what she's doing. 
Well, that's all for now. I've wore myself out from laughing at my doggie daddy Snuggles. He got in trouble last night and is still in the dog house, so to speak. 
Talk to ya soon diary,
Lil Sassy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>My Bad News!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/367357/diary/Today/199557</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 28 Aug 2006 05:32:25 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Lil Sassy ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/367357/diary/Today/199557</guid>
		<description>Friday, my mommy took me to the vet to start my shots and have my eyes looked at again. Mommy got me ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Friday, my mommy took me to the vet to start my shots and have my eyes looked at again. Mommy got me in to see Dr. Moon, who sees my doggie mom and dad. She told mommy that my eyes were as open as they were going to get and that in order for me not to eventually have infections, which could go to my brain and kill me or cause mommy to have to put me to sleep, whatever that is, I would have to have surgery to sew my eye lids shut. My mommy is beside herself worrying that I'm too little to be put to sleep for the surgery. I keep trying to tell her that I'll be okay, but she won't listen. You know how mommies are. They get all up in the air about things when it comes to their children, and we are her children. 
I'm doing good on finding my way around the house. Last night mommy put me in my bed that is next to her bed and this morning she found me in the living room. I got up early and went 'sploring. I had to, that's the only time I have th house to myself anymore. Dr. Moon say's that I'm gonna be tiny, but I'll be okay once the surgery is done and I heal. I know mommy will take good care of me cause she loves me so much.
Sassy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>YEAH FOR ME!!!!!!!!!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/367357/diary/Today/198341</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 25 Aug 2006 08:20:05 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Lil Sassy ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Mommy has been working with me every day since she decided to keep me and last night I was tested. S ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Mommy has been working with me every day since she decided to keep me and last night I was tested. See, mommy says that I need to be able to find her when she calls me. So, when daddy got home and mommy came in from work, she told daddy that we had a surprise for him. She took me across the room and left me. She then went to the other side of the room and sat on the floor and begin to call me. Now I was scared at first cause I was all alone, but she kept calling my name and then, then this woman had the nerve to start making a clucking sound like she was some duckie or something. I had heard it before but not that much. She kept on making that noise and calling me and I found her! I found my mommy. It took me a few minutes but I found her. She was so happy and picked me up to love me and daddy took me away from her and of all the kisses and hugs daddy gave me while telling me how proud of me he was. Really! I didn't think daddy's did all the kissie-huggie thing but mine does. He held me and talked to me and kissed and hugged me til I thought he never would stop. Then mommy fixed me some more eggs and I ate and went nite-nite on daddy's lap. That is until they got ready for bed and then it was nite-nite right between them. My doggie daddy even seemed happy for me cause he was jumping around and barking and when we went to bed, instead of him getting on one side of mommy or daddy, he slept right in the middle with me. But then this morning he seems to have forgotten that he was proud of me last night cause he's back to growling at me again. Oh well! I know he's just jealous........bol......
Lil Sassy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>SCRAMBLED EGGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/367357/diary/Today/197745</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 23 Aug 2006 20:19:26 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Lil Sassy ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Wow! Last night mommy and daddy had this stuff called scrambled eggs and bacon. I don't know what ba ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Wow! Last night mommy and daddy had this stuff called scrambled eggs and bacon. I don't know what bacon is but, boy them eggs was soooooo good. Mommy smushed some up for me and let me sit on the table and eat some after they ate. They were so good I could have made myself sick on them but mommy said "no-no". I was so full when I finished. And guess what?!!!!!!!!???? Nobody else got any. They all had to eat dog food........hahahahahahahahaBOLBOLBOLBOLBOL..........

Gotta go now cause mommy's fixing supper and I may get some.....
Lil Sassy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Today</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/367357/diary/Today/196475</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 21 Aug 2006 08:34:11 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Lil Sassy ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Today my mommy started feeding me some puppy food, but I don't like it and really don't know how to  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Today my mommy started feeding me some puppy food, but I don't like it and really don't know how to eat it. I guess I'm still too little to eat on my own yet but my sisters are big and they are eating up a storm. My mommy had to get a bottle and some puppy milk and start feeding me that way. Mommy says that in another week or so I should be able to eat puppy food. I don't have any teeth yet and she makes it really soft, but I can't eat it. My doggie mom will feed me sometimes but it's not her fault that she don't know I'm not big enough to eat on my own. My doggie daddy loves me but sometimes he's cranky so I pretty much leave him alone. That milk was so good but I think the best part was having mommy hold me and fuss over me and knowing that the others can't have any. 
Luv,
Lil Sassy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>I got to play ball last night!!!!!!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/367357/diary/Today/196401</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 21 Aug 2006 04:58:43 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Lil Sassy ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I got to play ball last night with my doggie mom and dad and my sisters and my mommy and daddy. I he ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I got to play ball last night with my doggie mom and dad and my sisters and my mommy and daddy. I helped my doggie mom steal the ball once, even though I couldn't see it. I could hear all of them running and one time, the ball bopped me in the nose and I hit it with my paw and made the save for the girls. Mommy wouldn't let me play alot cause they all were excited to be playing and she was afraid they would step on me and hurt me but she did let me go once or twice and try to get it. But only because I escaped from her lap. I like having mommy and daddy in the floor with us. It was so much fun.
Lil Sassy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>My Tail of Devotion for Lil Sassy</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/367357/diary/Today/194876</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 17 Aug 2006 10:45:33 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Lil Sassy ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Sassy girl, my pretty little baby,
I just want you to know that I love you and I will always do wha ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Sassy girl, my pretty little baby,
I just want you to know that I love you and I will always do what\'s right for you. You have a long way to go, and I\'ll be beside you every step of the way. Right now, it don\'t look as if you will ever open your eyes, and I do not know at this time if an operation will fix it. You appear to have been born without eyes. If nothing can be done, I am prepared to do the following:
I will carry you every where you need and want to go. 
I will hand feed you if need be.
I will always make sure you know that you are loved.
I will keep you safe and happy as can be.
I will give you the best of care I can possibly give you.
You will go to your grammy\'s house every day when I have to work cause I don\'t want you to be alone. 
I will make sure you know where your water and food bowl is and that you can get to them any time you want to.
You will have lots of toys to play with and you\'ll know where they are and how to get them when you want them. 
You will go for walks to get exercise because I know you won\'t be able to run and play like other puppies do. 
You will always sleep with mommy and daddy no matter what. 
When you need to tee-tee or poo-poo, I\'ll be the one to make sure you go outside or on the puppy pads. 
In all Sassy, you\'ll be a very pampered pup to say the least. I\'m not prepared to put you to sleep as others might would. Being blind isn\'t the worse that could happen. It\'s not the end of the world and I don\'t want you to ever feel that way. You are my beautiful little girl, and I believe that God brought you into this world for me to love and care for. You just need lots more attention and care than your doggie mom and dad, but that\'s okay. With all the colors that run through you, you would make some one a very beautiful baby, but you\'ll stay mine cause I don\'t trust anyone else to care for you and give you the love and attention that I will. 
I hope you have a long and wonderful life ahead of you Sassy girl.
Love always,
Mommy
UPDATE:
Sassy girl, in this tail of devotion to you, there are a few things that have changed and I just wanted to post them here. First of all, you don't go to your grammy's house every day yet cause she's been sick and in the hospital. Second of all, you do run and play just like a normal puppy except you run into things and when that happens you just back up and start again. You do sleep with mommy and daddy, right in the middle but sometimes you act like you don't want to be on the bed so we have a big old body pillow right next to your daddy's side of the bed and that's where you sleep when your not in the bed with us. Everything else is pretty much the same. You are getting out and about with mommy more and more and by next summer, you'll be swimming with us in the pool. Your my baby girl and your daddy's little sweet girl. We hope you know how much you are loved. 
Mommy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Today</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/367357/diary/Today/194794</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 17 Aug 2006 08:14:21 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Lil Sassy ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
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		<description>Well, my mommy has added me to this thing called dogster. I don't know what it's all about as I'm st ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Well, my mommy has added me to this thing called dogster. I don't know what it's all about as I'm still too little to know much. I don't know but mommy and daddy were talking last night that mommys seems to think that I'm gonna be blind. Now her and daddy have thought about their options but mommy said they are going to keep me. I'll always get special treatment cause I won't know what to do without my mommy and daddy. I don't want to be blind, but if  I am I know mommy will take good care of me. She bought me my very own stuffed doggie yesterday and I slept with it last night until aunt Sinda's pup, the only one left of her's got in my box and started messing with me. I just started screaming my head off and my daddy came got me and put me in the bed with him and mommy. That's were I slept for the rest of the night, curled up between mommy and daddy. I think that's were I belong but my doggie daddy thinks so too. He curled up beside me and protected me for whatever it was he thought I needed protection from. He loves me too. My doggie mom was tending to my sisters and really don't have time for me now so my human mommy has started to feed me and care for me. I'm so glad I have a mommy like I do. 
Gotta go take a nap now, 
Sassy]]></content:encoded>
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