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<title>Rello!</title>
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<description>Dogster diary for the dog &hearts; Sandy~SD &hearts;</description>
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<copyright>Copyright 2013 by &hearts; Sandy~SD &hearts; &amp; Dogster</copyright>
<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:54:14 PDT</pubDate>
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		<title>Remembering Whiskey</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/741518</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 29 Sep 2011 18:23:49 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>&amp;hearts; Sandy~SD &amp;hearts; ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I sit here with my mom &amp; we are talking about our memories of my dear brudder Whiskey who went to th ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I sit here with my mom & we are talking about our memories of my dear brudder Whiskey who went to the Rainbow Bridge 3 yrs ago. It hardly seems that long since he went to the bridge. 

I remember when I arrived here that I was smaller than he was. Now that sure didn't last too long. Whiskey used to call me a mutant Sheltie. Him & Rascal have me convinced that there is a lil part of me that is Sheltie. After all I am a mixed breed dog they would say. Whiskey taught me lots of things when I was little. Then there were times when both he & Rascy would wuv to tease their baby sister. Though once I got lots bigger then them they didn't do that as often to me. ;) Whiskey was a wise fur who past on a lot of wisdom to me. Now me gots to put it to good use now that I gots me a baby brudder.

As mom said to me Whiskey will always be never be forgotten & forever in our hearts.

Wuv, Sandy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>brudders</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/712320</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 20 Feb 2011 19:45:57 PST</pubdate>
		<author>&amp;hearts; Sandy~SD &amp;hearts; ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Now as most of you know I had two older brudders. Whiskey &amp; Rascal were two of the bestest brudders  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Now as most of you know I had two older brudders. Whiskey & Rascal were two of the bestest brudders a girl could have. Since they were older than me I was considered the one who was full of energy. We didn't play anything like I am currently doing with my baby brudder Midnight. That boy is so full of energy that I sometimes call him the energizer puppy ... BOL!!! When I need a break I usually go and lay down with my mom. He is starting to understand that I need a break from playing all of the time. When I was a young pup and mom was teaching me things Rascal helped her to teach me. So since I am the older fur now. I am helping mom to teach Midnight stuff. Me & Mom are very pleased with the progress he is making with his training. I am starting to teach Midnight to let mom know when he needs to go potty. Maybe this will stop the accidents he has on my bedding. 

Waggles & wuv, Sandy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Happy</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/712196</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 19 Feb 2011 22:02:33 PST</pubdate>
		<author>&amp;hearts; Sandy~SD &amp;hearts; ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I am so thrilled to have had my diary picked as Diary of the Day for 2/19!!! So very honored that Do ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I am so thrilled to have had my diary picked as Diary of the Day for 2/19!!! So very honored that Dogster HQ picked it.

Now things as going well here is my baby brudder Midnight. When we are playing I can see our pawrents watching us wiff smiles on their faces. As usual mom keeps taking photos of us. I just know that Midnight's page will soon be full of photos very fast. 

Well it's been a long day here and I am going to tuck Midnight in. Then help mom with whatever she needs help with. Afterwards the two of us will be off to bed.

Wuv & waggles, Sandy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>My Baby Brudder</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/711157</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 12 Feb 2011 19:49:49 PST</pubdate>
		<author>&amp;hearts; Sandy~SD &amp;hearts; ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Hi Everyfur,

Well two weeks ago we brought home my baby brudder Midnight. The boy is a handful to ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Hi Everyfur,

Well two weeks ago we brought home my baby brudder Midnight. The boy is a handful to say the least. Though I kinda recall Rascal telling me that I was a pawful back when I was a young pup. In any case my pawrents and me are getting used to having this energetic wuving boy around. Now Midnight does wear all of us out. I do have lots of fun playing with him. It did take me a few days to get used to having another dog in the house. Now there are times that I can just picture both Rascal & Whiskey BOL while sitting on their cloud watching me with the pup. I am looking forward to introducing Midnight to all of my furends.

Wuv & waggles, Sandy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Luck</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/688446</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 20:26:14 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>&amp;hearts; Sandy~SD &amp;hearts; ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>With everything that has been goin on here at my house one would think that if it wasn't fer bad luc ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ With everything that has been goin on here at my house one would think that if it wasn't fer bad luck we wouldn't be having any luck of late. 

It all started when we found out that da AC had been a leakin in da basement. Which cause a big ole MESS! Now here I was thinkin that da AC was house broken. Guess not :-/ All da stuff that was stored on da floor got wet. A number of items gots ruined beyond hope. Most of dat were my mom's artwork from her college days. Da rugs are total history also. Right now da basement looks like a hurricane hit it and pushed all da items up against da walls. Da other stuff was boxed off and taken away while da basement gets dried out. 

As it turned out da ole AC was one it's last legs. It has been replaced wiff a new non leaky one. YAY! Dem people did somethin to da basement to help it dry out. Also da mold inspector has inspected it. 

Just as I thought all was going well once again. My mom moved da wrong way & now her back is hurtin her somethin awful. She can hardly straighten up at da moment. Nor can she sit fer any length of time at da computer. 

Now I think it is time fer me to find dat guy Murphy from dat law named after him and tell him to get OUTTA MY HOUSE & LEAVE MY MOM ALONE! WoooF!!!

Wuv & waggles, Sandy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Thank You</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/678148</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 20 Jun 2010 20:17:35 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>&amp;hearts; Sandy~SD &amp;hearts; ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Oh behalf of me family &amp; me I would like to thank all of you for your kind words in regards to Rasca ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Oh behalf of me family & me I would like to thank all of you for your kind words in regards to Rascal going to the Rainbow Bridge. 

It has only been a few days since he left and the house feels so very empty with out him in it. I keep looking around for him from time to time. I knows it is going to take some time fer me pawrents & me to get used to him not being here. Just like we did after Whiskey went to da bridge.

Right now mom aka my typist is having a hard time coming to Dogster and not being in need of a tissue. In time I will be back to visiting ya'll and I knows that my angel brudders will be flying around sprinkling angel dust on all of you. Until then know you all are in my heart.

Wuv, Sandy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Sad News</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/677552</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 16 Jun 2010 16:02:53 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>&amp;hearts; Sandy~SD &amp;hearts; ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>It is wiff a heavy heart that I tell you that my brother Rascal is now an angel. He went to the brid ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ It is wiff a heavy heart that I tell you that my brother Rascal is now an angel. He went to the bridge earlier this evening wiff our pawrents and me by his side. Whiskey let me know that he arrived safely.

Wuv, Sandy :(

Rascal's page:
http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588824]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>A Rascal Update</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/672361</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 17 May 2010 19:15:54 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>&amp;hearts; Sandy~SD &amp;hearts; ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I just wanted to let everyone know where Rascal &amp; me have been. Though some of you may have already  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I just wanted to let everyone know where Rascal & me have been. Though some of you may have already figured that out. Well since my brudder Rascal hasn't been feeling well & mom caring fer him. It's has been wearing her out. Rascal's body clock is all messed up. Sometimes him is up late at night. Since he is dealing with da side effects of da medicine him taking him have a major balance problem. Which means he needs help getting up each time him go boom. All of that bending has aggravated her back & she is has been real tired also. When I watch how mom takes care of Rascal I can see da wuv she has fer  him. Lately there are times after she help Rascal that I need to lend a paw & help her. I don't need her going boom now. Sometimes she also gets kinda stuck in da bent over position & me help her to get straight again. One of the good things is that Rascal is not having seizures anymore. Them side effects of his medicine should go away in about 2 weeks. I am praying that them goes away sooner. All Rascal do right now is sleep, go fer a bery short walk outside, pace around da house, go boom.  He is still walking into me at times. Rascal calls me the "big brown roadblock" ... BOL. Him still have his sense of humor. 

Wuv & Waggles, Sandy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>update on my brudder</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/671446</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 12 May 2010 16:49:27 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>&amp;hearts; Sandy~SD &amp;hearts; ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Well we took Rascal to da vet on monday. While we was waiting I let all there know that I was there  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Well we took Rascal to da vet on monday. While we was waiting I let all there know that I was there also. Mom kept telling me to keep quiet. If I kept quiet how could I say hi "I am here" I ask you? We all went back wiff Rascal to see da vet. Our vet Dr. K is a real nice dogtor. He has taken care of all of da shelties in my family. They put Rascy up on da exam table & asked mom questions about da seizures he was having. Then Dr. K had Rascy taken off to get some blood work done. I wasn't too happy when he was taken from da exam room. Boy, was I glad when they brought him back. That is when Dr. K started checking him over from head to toe. He even had his temperature taken. We then went back out to da waiting room to wait fer the blood test results. Dr. K came over to discuss da results wiff our pawrents. He then took Rascy away again. I let it be known that I wanted my brudder back. Once Rascy returned I quieted down. He told me they just weighed him. Then Dr. K came back wiff some medicine to help Rascal stop having dem seizures. He also said that he more than likely has a tumor but since he is 14 that we isn't going to do nothing about that. They all agreed. Now the medicine Rascal was given will taken a lil bit to get totally into his system.

Now both on tuesday & wednesday he had a seizure. Dem seizures sure do take a lot outta him. Plus he has some side effects from dem. One of which he walks into things like me. He has managed to step on my head two times now. He also seems to be bery restless at other times. Like now. He walks around and around until he plops down fer a spell until he wants to walk around again.  I get tired from just watching him. One of our pawrents has to go help him get up & they make sure that he has his balance. 

That's all fer now.

Wuv & Waggles, Sandy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>My brudder needs POP</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/670735</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 8 May 2010 20:45:04 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>&amp;hearts; Sandy~SD &amp;hearts; ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>My brudder Rascal has had a number of seizures today. He has had 2 more since he wrote his diary. On ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ My brudder Rascal has had a number of seizures today. He has had 2 more since he wrote his diary. One of which I alerted my mom to. She had told me to watch him & I've been doing just that. After he has a seizure he has major problems standing up. It takes him a while before he can walk around. I can tell that my pawrents are bery worried about him.  Me not sure what going to happen if my brudder not gets better. So could ya'll please keep him in your prayers. Thank you oh so bery much.

Wuv, Sandy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>About my  paws photo</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/667797</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 21 Apr 2010 21:37:45 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>&amp;hearts; Sandy~SD &amp;hearts; ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Since mom is always taking photos of us we figured we do a photo challenge wiff a bunch of other fur ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Since mom is always taking photos of us we figured we do a photo challenge wiff a bunch of other furs. Well this week my photo (the one wiff my paw touching Rascal's) won fan pick this week.  I would like to thank all those furs again who picked my photo this past week. The comments from da judges was great also. They said that my photo is just a great photo. That it really shows the bond between me & Rascy. Also that mom was super creative also.  I knew my mom had it in her.  Now I just need her to keep being creative wiff me & Rascy when she takes our photos. 

I also just wanted to let ya'll know why we haven't been around as much as we usually are. Mom is having a bit of troubles wiff her computer. I heard her say something about getting the computer a pet ram. Now I wonders is this pet going to live in my home or inside da computer. Guess I should ask her about this.  In any event when da ram gets here it better behave or else! I will make sure it knows who is da boss.

Wuv & Waggles, Sandy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Winners</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/661435</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 22:01:57 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>&amp;hearts; Sandy~SD &amp;hearts; ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Today I can say that me brudders &amp; me are a family of winners. Each of us won something today. 

A ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Today I can say that me brudders & me are a family of winners. Each of us won something today. 

Angel Whiskey won because he got an answer to a question correct over in the Black & Tan Dogz.  Plus he has been answering trivia questions over in the PDPC correctly. He even gave me & Rascal some answers so we would win also.  Now today over in the PDPC it was announced that Rascal won fer best edited St. Patrick's Day Picture.  Now I won fer the limerick I wrote fer the limerick contest over in the PDPC.  Here is the limerick I wrote: 

I belong to the PDPC group
Some might call us a troop
We all are great furends
Who would rather not be in pens
But rather taking rides in a coupe. 

The three of us winning something on the same day was real cool & a wonderful way to make our St. Patrick's Day even nicer.

Me brudders & me hope that everyfur have an enjoyable St, Patricks Day!

Ruv & Waggles, Sandy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>I was picked DOTD!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/655630</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 22:54:13 PST</pubdate>
		<author>&amp;hearts; Sandy~SD &amp;hearts; ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I am so very honored to have been picked Dogster's Dog Of The Day for today. Thank you Dogster for p ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I am so very honored to have been picked Dogster's Dog Of The Day for today. Thank you Dogster for picking me fer this wonderful honor. It was such a wonderful surprise when we logged into Dogster and saw me on the main page.  Then I noticed all the wonderful rosettes, paw mail & furend invites that ya'll sent me. I would like to thank each & everyone of you fer sending me congratulations fer this wonderful honor that has been bestowed on me. I have been enjoying my day. All of  furs helped to make my day even better. 

Ruv, Waggles & Huggles, Sandy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>SNOW</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/653546</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 6 Feb 2010 15:32:24 PST</pubdate>
		<author>&amp;hearts; Sandy~SD &amp;hearts; ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I just ruv snow! We is having a blizzard as I type my diary. It started snowing yesterday and has no ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I just ruv snow! We is having a blizzard as I type my diary. It started snowing yesterday and has not stopped yet! Me thinks about 2 feet of snow has fallen. It is higher than that in some areas of my front yard due to the wind moving it around. My mom told me that is what is called a snow drift. All I know is that mom had to shovel away snow fer Rascal to make a path fer him. Me I just run right into it. I bounded from one spot to the next. Maybe my mom can get a video of me having fun in the  deep snow. My brudder doesn't want to play in it the way I do. He say it is way too deep fer him. Well he is shorter than me. I guess I can understand his point of view. Now the both of us do enjoy eating snow. I am looking forward to playing in the snow again tomorrow. 

Ruv & Waggles, Sandy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>My Barkday</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/652927</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 3 Feb 2010 15:30:01 PST</pubdate>
		<author>&amp;hearts; Sandy~SD &amp;hearts; ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Last thursday Jan 28th was my 5th barkday and I had a pawtastic day!!! 
I would like to thank all o ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Last thursday Jan 28th was my 5th barkday and I had a pawtastic day!!! 
I would like to thank all of my dogster furends fer all of the barkday wishes they sent to me as well as the rosettes. I just ruved them all. I even had a little pawty wiff my furends Sugar & Buster over in the WW group. All I can say is that I have  pawrific furends! I even got barkday wishes on my mom's FB page which I thought was wery cool! My pawrents gave me presents & I gots to enjoy some frosty paws. Which I shared wiff my big brudder Rascal. Tonight we gots some ice cream in honor of my barkday. WooHOO! Let me tell ya it was yummy!!!


Ruv & waggles, Sandy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Why I am not around recently</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/651244</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 21:05:49 PST</pubdate>
		<author>&amp;hearts; Sandy~SD &amp;hearts; ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Well on Monday I went to a few places wiff my mom. It was a real nice day out. The temperature was i ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Well on Monday I went to a few places wiff my mom. It was a real nice day out. The temperature was in the 60's. Now today it is back down in the 30's. Whenever the temperature drops like this it wrecks havoc wiff my poor mom's body. It make her arfuritis in her back and knee act up something awful. So I've been cuddling & snuggling wiff her quite often since we got home on monday. I knows when I lay next to her that it helps to make her fell better. Plus I am helping her whenever she needs me to. 
I'm off to cuddle her again.

Ruv & Waggles, Sandy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Thank You</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/639725</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 2 Dec 2009 23:08:33 PST</pubdate>
		<author>&amp;hearts; Sandy~SD &amp;hearts; ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>It has been way too long since I wrote. For now I am just going to tell ya'll about what has been go ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ It has been way too long since I wrote. For now I am just going to tell ya'll about what has been going on recently.

I entered a beauty pageant at the KKC. On monday night they announced the winners. Boy, was I shocked when I heard my name called as the winner of the KKC Elegance & Beauty Pageant. Now I heard my name called a second time. This time it was for Cuteness. I am still in awe that I got both of these titles. Now I would like to say this. Everyfur who entered the KKC Elegance & Beauty Pageant is a winner in my eyes. All of them are such wonderful furs. I am so honored to have been awarded these two crowns. At this time I would like to thank all who voted for me.

As of today my brudders, Rascal & Angel Whiskey, and me are now Admins at the Princess Diva & Prince Charming group aka PDPC. We are so honored to have been asked and are looking forward to being the best Admins we can be.

Ruv & Waggles,
Sandy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>I Got Tagged</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/625736</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 4 Oct 2009 23:27:46 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>&amp;hearts; Sandy~SD &amp;hearts; ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I have been tagged by my good friend Thumper  so now I am tagging you and 4 other friends! Here is w ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I have been tagged by my good friend Thumper  so now I am tagging you and 4 other friends! Here is what you are suppose to do:

Answer all questions, post them in your diary, then tag 5 friends by sending a rosie or pmail.

1. What color is your collar? - My collar is red.

2. What kind of food do you eat? - Whatever kind of dry dog food mom buys.

3. What are your favorite treats - I don't have any one favorite treat

4. Do you have a Valentine or significant other? Bentley

5. Do you get table scraps? On a rare occasions

6. What is your favorite toy? My tennis ball that squeaks.

I am taggin' these good friends ....

1. Bentley
2. Sugar
3. Sophie Claire
4. Binx
5.Virgie]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Home Sweet Home</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/616314</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 00:05:44 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>&amp;hearts; Sandy~SD &amp;hearts; ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I will have to agree wiff Rascal on this. It is good to be back home. Boy am I glad to see grass aga ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I will have to agree wiff Rascal on this. It is good to be back home. Boy am I glad to see grass again! I am real happy that Rascal is feeling much better than he did when we got on last week. It is good to see him acting like his rascally self again. I can't believe he tried snag some bread right in front of our pawrents. BOL!

Now we didn't do much this past week. I think all of us were real worn out from our trip. I think Rascal and Mom slept about the same about of time. Me thinks they slept so much cause they hurted so much. I knows on the last day in Brooklyn my did something to her back. I also knows them steps was getting to both Rascal and Mom. Them both have arthuritis. Glad they gots medicine that makes them feels better. Me hopes now that mom has rested up that me and Rascal will get back to our regular Dogster routines. I miss seeing my dogster pals.

Ruv 'N' Waggles, Sandy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Day 4 of My Trip</title>
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				<pubdate>Sun, 23 Aug 2009 00:52:22 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>&amp;hearts; Sandy~SD &amp;hearts; ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>This was to be our last day in Brooklyn. We went to visit wiff grandpaw in the hospital once again.  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ This was to be our last day in Brooklyn. We went to visit wiff grandpaw in the hospital once again. This time he was sitting up in a chair. After giving his hand a kiss. I cuddled up right up against his feet. Mom asked him if that my laying on his feet reminded him of what Kelly used to do. Kelly was my mom's dog many years ago. I think it brought back some fond memories. I really liked making my grandpaw smile.

Later in the afternoon we met up wiff someone mom had met online. They have been furends fer a while now and they finally got to met.  I really likes meeting the people and furs we make furends wiff through the computer.  Her furend has these real interesting birdies. She showed us them. Me liked listening to them sing.  Too bad Rascal didn't gets to meet her and the birdies. After our visit we when back to grandpaw's house. We rested up before we headed on home in the early evening.

Now the early part of our trip was uneventful. That is until Rascal started making these noises. Mom turned around while the care was moving to check on him. The furst rest stop we came to we stopped. I walked wiff mom and Rascal walked wiff dad. Rascal seemed kinda okay to me. Though I am not sure how steady on his paws he was. All I knows is that something happened to him on the trip home that made he uncomfortable. Him always ruvs to ride in the car. He is usually real quiet when he rides in the car. All I knows is I was real happy when we gots home.  Mom found out the following morning that something had bitten poor Rascal on his snout. Glad he didn't look in a mirror. He would have been shocked to see his snout. 

Ruv 'N' Waggles, Sandy

ps. Everything wiff my grandpaw was status quo today. Rascal is doing much better.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Day Three of  My Trip</title>
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				<pubdate>Sat, 22 Aug 2009 00:15:56 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>&amp;hearts; Sandy~SD &amp;hearts; ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>This was my second full day in Brooklyn. After our morning walk and  breakfast. Mom set up things in ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ This was my second full day in Brooklyn. After our morning walk and  breakfast. Mom set up things in such a way to keep my brudder Rascal from being able to reinspect them cables or anything else fer that matter. After that was done we headed off to the hospital to visit wiff grandpaw again. Originally was going to be in rehab but he got a fever and was kept at the hospital instead of being moved. Now I could tell that all of this walking was getting to my mom. We was walking much longer distances than what we usually do. Once again my Grandpaw was happy to see me. We visited wiff him fer a spell and watch some tv wiff him also.

Now after we got back to the house. Dad told mom that he would walk me and Rascal. Well that is what he thought but not me. I had decided last year that I will only walk around wiff mom while we was in Brooklyn. Well dad got me as far as the front door before I ran back to where mom was inside. Mom laughed at me and took me fer my walk. Now tell me how else was I supposed to keep a close eye on my mom if she wasn't walking wiff me? After all I am her service dog and since we weren't at home I wanted to keep a close eye on her. Now when we wasn't going places we rested. Needless to say mom took photos of us pups relaxing. 

Ruv 'n' Waggles, Sandy

ps.. My grandpaw was moved to the rehab place from the hospital today since he was stable. Me not sure how long he be there.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Day Two of My Trip</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/615619</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 19:56:39 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>&amp;hearts; Sandy~SD &amp;hearts; ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>My Furst Day in Brooklyn

After we checked out grandpaw's back yard it was decided that there was  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ My Furst Day in Brooklyn

After we checked out grandpaw's back yard it was decided that there was no way that it could be used like last year. This year it looked just like a little jungle. When I did go down to check it out I saw something lurking in the over growth of the yard. Me not sure what it was. All I knows is that after I WOOOFED at it mom called me to her. That was the last time I saw the back yard. Mom took me and Rascal for walks near the little park that wasn't too far from where we was staying. This park did NOT have any grass in it. I did managed to find little areas of grass around trees. The rest of the ground was cement. Now after mom did her best to Rascal proof grandpaw's house.  I went wiff her and dad to visit grandpaw at the hospital. The hospital in Brooklyn no have a parking area like the ones near my home. We parked the car on the street and then the 3 of us walked a long way to the hospital. The furst time we went they questioned mom about me. At furst they thought I was a service dog fer one of the patients. Mom told them that I was hers and that I goes everywhere wiff her. This isn't the furst time something like this happened to us when we goes places. While mom was all cool and collected about making things clear to them. My dad was the one who was getting all upset and wanting to tell them off. Mom told him to just relax that it was going to be just fine. She was right. It wasn't long before someone came and showed us the way to where we needed to go. We finally got to the room where grandpaw was. After my mom gave him a kiss hello. She let him know that I was there and he smiled at me. All I could reach was his hand and I gave him a kiss. This made him smile. We sat and visited wiff him fer a bit. Also met the nice lady that helps care fer him finally.
When we got back to grandpaw's house my pawrents got real upset wiff Rascal. He was a rascally boy. Only my brudder would think of inspecting the cables. Y'all can read about that in his diary. I'll just say that them cables needed to be replaced or we would not have been able to watch TV.

Ruv 'N' Waggles, Sandy

ps. Update on my grandpaw. He is stable and his fever is gone. This means he should be moved to the rehab place on friday.  Did I happen to mention that Rascal hasn't been feeling well since we returned home.  Something bit his snout.  Most of the swelling is gone now. Him still having some problems getting up.  Now we should keep in mind he did walk up and down stairs in Brooklyn. Something he rarely ever does at home. Me thinks it was a combo of things that make him not feel all that great.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>My Trip To Brooklyn</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/615389</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 21:35:19 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>&amp;hearts; Sandy~SD &amp;hearts; ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>day 1 ~ My Trip to Brooklyn

This year my pawrents decided to take Rascal wiff us. They also decid ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ day 1 ~ My Trip to Brooklyn

This year my pawrents decided to take Rascal wiff us. They also decided that we would drive up instead of taking the train like we did last year. Now me and Rascal rode in the back sit of the car. Him and me think we needs us a bigger car. He kept telling me that I was hogging the sit. All I knows is that we had to share it and I just happen to be a bigger dog than him is. We traveled in night time. There was hardly any traffic on the road when ever I looked out the window. Now we did make a few stops on our way to NY for them potty breaks. I took mom inside the bldgs. These places are called rest stops. Me and Rascal think the name should be changed to potty stops. That's what everyone I saw seemed to be doing there. It was fun watching Rascal get dad to open the window fer him. Rascal really likes it when the wind blows through his fur. Well we all arrived at grandpaw's house safe and sound in the wee hours of the morning.

Ruv 'N' Waggles, Sandy

ps. As of tues my grandpaw was still in the hospital due to a fever. Once his fever goes away he will be moved to a rehab place fer his continued care.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>busy, busy, busy</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/611458</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 4 Aug 2009 21:54:25 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>&amp;hearts; Sandy~SD &amp;hearts; ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>It sure has been busy around here. Been going on lots of errands with my mom. Sometimes my dad is wi ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ It sure has been busy around here. Been going on lots of errands with my mom. Sometimes my dad is wiff us. We is going to Brooklyn again. My grandpaw is not doing well. Him got bad kidneys. Hmmm, I knows what kidney beans are but me didn't realize even us dogs have kidneys. Well he in hospital. We needs to help take care of things there which is kinda hard to do long distance. Now yesterday we did errands. Today we did more. Plus I helped mom wiff the laundry. I am real good at taking the clothes out of the dryer. Me likes sticking my head in it. (BOL) Tomorrow there will be more errands to do. Then next day we goes to Brooklyn. This time we not taking the train but we going in the car. Rascal and me will be sharing the back sit. Gee, I hope me not sit on him too much. It get lumpy when me do that. ;)

Ruv 'N' Waggles, Sandy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>on cloud 9</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/610443</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 22:49:11 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>&amp;hearts; Sandy~SD &amp;hearts; ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Right now I am sitting on cloud 9. In two of the groups I belong I am been given honors. In the &amp;#10 ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Right now I am sitting on cloud 9. In two of the groups I belong I am been given honors. In the &#10084; DOGGIE CONNECTION &#10084; group. I have been picked Best Friend of the Week there.  Now that is honor number 1. Now honor number 2 is  from the ~*~Princess Divas ~&~ Prince Charmings!~*~ group.  My brudders and me have been picked as Royal Pets of the Month for August there.  I would like to thank all of my furends who had a paw in picking me for these honors. 

Ruv 'N' Waggles, Sandy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Think I got rid of Murphy</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/597768</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 21:53:49 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>&amp;hearts; Sandy~SD &amp;hearts; ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Today the cable guy came to our home to fix the problem wiff the tv. Well at furst I thought that I  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Today the cable guy came to our home to fix the problem wiff the tv. Well at furst I thought that I didn't do a good job in chasing Murphy away. The poor guy couldn't get things working. It seems that there was some sort of giltch which wasn't letting the cable box receive stuff from the cable company. He ended up leaving with not being able to fix the problem. Now a number of hours later my mom decided to watch a DVD. Boy was she surprised when the TV came on and we had all of the channels back wiff a nice clear picture. WooHOO! I did chase Murphy away afterall. What a relief.

Now while we had no TV. My mom the artist decided to do some drawings. Now all of you who have been to my page have seen the backgrounds of the cartoon looking dog. Well my mom is the one who has been drawing them fer me. Now she has made for some for my furends <a  class=bodyTextRev target=site href="http://www.dogster.com/dogs/247106">Johnny Thunder</a>, <a  class=bodyTextRev target=site href="http://www.dogster.com/dogs/233126">Cinnamon Bear</a> and <a  class=bodyTextRev target=site href="http://www.dogster.com/dogs/550809">Baby Ben</a>. Now she also put one of her drawings on my brudder <a  class=bodyTextRev target=site href="http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588824">Rascal's</a> page. All of us are so excited to have such special drawings on our pages. If ya like them feel free to p-mail me for information about getting one.

Ruv 'N' Waggles, Sandy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>The return of Murphy</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/597377</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 18:59:26 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>&amp;hearts; Sandy~SD &amp;hearts; ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I really think that guy Murphy really enjoys bugging my poor sweet mom. Well I wrote about him a lot ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I really think that guy Murphy really enjoys bugging my poor sweet mom. Well I wrote about him a lot earlier in the year and thought that I had gotten rid of the guy. But, no he returned. This time he started off wiff messing wiff the ISP signal that comes to the computer. So we would be doing something on the internet when all of a sudden we wouldn't be connected anymore. Just like that! They said that the cable had too much noise fer it to keep the internet signal. Now what me not understand is that this be the same cable that has always been used. Mom tried explainin it to me but it was getting kinda of boring to listen to so I didn't pay real close attention. Shhhh, dont tell no one okay. Now it has not even been a week since the new cable has been put in fer the computer. Mom had to reboot the computer two times already in one afternoon. I think I say smoke coming out of her ears. Ya see not only was this giving her a problem but we gots no TV since late monday afternoon and the cable man will not be here until wednesday afternoon. Mom told me she glad she have these things called DVDs. We been watching them since we lost the TV. Oh, mom even went and got one of them new converter boxes but that didn't even help the situation wiff the TV. Now we just gots to wait fer the cable person to show up. Me really hopes I have chased Murphy away fer a much longer time this time around!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>What a Day I had!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/590467</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 22 May 2009 22:11:11 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>&amp;hearts; Sandy~SD &amp;hearts; ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>This past thursday was one busy day fer me and my mom. We went to visit wiff my lil human buddy Jay  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ This past thursday was one busy day fer me and my mom. We went to visit wiff my lil human buddy Jay and his family. It has been awhile since I saw him. Jay, his mama, mom and me all ran a couple of errands. One of them was to walmart. Now people will usually give me and mom a smile when pass them in the store. Now add a lil guy who is 3 yrs old to the mix and boy do they smile. Jay was walking holding on to my vest on my left and mom was on my right using the riding cart. When he got tired he got to ride on my mom's lap. After we were done there we went to his house to have lunch. After lunch we all tried to rest except fer that 3yr old bundle of energy. After awhile it was time to head back out again. Mom had to pick something up at the doctors office. After that we went to pick up Jay's sister Zoie. I gave he a start when I said hello to her before she got into the van. Now what I have not told ya was that I made a new lil itty bitty furry furend. Her name is Prissy and she is a Maltese. Now I know how small they are compared to me. She didn't want to run around and play wiff me. I get the feeling she has the same opinion about Jay (BOL) Guess a 3 & 4 year olds are a bit much fer her. She is 10. 

My poor mom was so worn out from thursday that she slept most of friday away. I am glad she got up so I could attend a pawty and I will be making sure she gets enough sleep since I have a wedding to attend on saturday.

Waggles 'N' Ruv, Sandy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>buscuit window tip</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/585264</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 4 May 2009 18:08:50 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>&amp;hearts; Sandy~SD &amp;hearts; ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I really do enjoy working outside of the house. Being right by my mom's side is great. She knows she ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I really do enjoy working outside of the house. Being right by my mom's side is great. She knows she can count on me to help her no matter what it is. Today we went out to walmart and dad went wiff us. I think I drove mom slightly nuts because I kept looking to see if dad was right behind us. When we was done wiff the shopping mom took me fer my walmart power walkie. Boy, did I need that! After we were done we headed to the biscuit window again. While driving there I daydreamed of yummy in my tummy biscuits. Once we got there I got my biscuit. Now this is a good pointer fer all my furends. If you want at least one more biscuit you need to do the can I have more cute stare at the person. It works every time, trust me. 

Ruv 'N' Waggles, Sandy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>I have been a very busy SD</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/582176</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 22:36:46 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>&amp;hearts; Sandy~SD &amp;hearts; ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I have been real busy since last thursday. Now I have had a few days off from running around wiff mo ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I have been real busy since last thursday. Now I have had a few days off from running around wiff mom here and there. Let's see last thu we went wiff dad to his doctor's appointment. That is where mom was taking a bunch of photos of me while we waited fer it to be dad's turn to see the doctor. I waited very patiently under where mom was sitting. We didn't have to run anywhere until tuesday. That is when my mom got took that photo of me smelling the nice flowers. After that appointment was over mom called her other doctor and they said that they could see her when she got there. This meant we were headed to see another doctor. Which meant we were going to be out longer than I furst expected. After we were done there we had to go drop off some of them things called scripts. We also had to pick up a few things in the store while we was there. Mom gave me a nice power walk while we were in target. Boy, did I need to stretch my legs. That power walk felt good. Now on wed we had a couple of errands to do but this time we took both Rascal and dad wiff us. It was nice having Rascal wiff us fer a change. To my surprise we took him wiff us on thu also. He really likes it when the wind blows through his fur. On both days he stayed in the car while me and mom ran in to the places to get what we needed. Also on both day we stopped at the buscuit giving windows aka cvs drive thrus. We gots yummy buscuits both times.  Now you know why I have been a very busy SD.

Ruv 'N' Waggles, Sandy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Tag Prayer</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/582117</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 17:58:18 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>&amp;hearts; Sandy~SD &amp;hearts; ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Here is How it Goes:
Hi furs, if you are reading this you have probley recieved a paw mail, telling ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Here is How it Goes:
Hi furs, if you are reading this you have probley recieved a paw mail, telling you to come and read my newest diary entry!!

Please say a prayer for Baxter and pass this on to 10 furs! The goal is to see how many prayers we can get! I will start!

Baxter's Prayer: Lord, please help me to find my way home safely. Thank you for all you do, I love you.
Amen

1.Bentley
2.Skyanne
3.Virgie
4.Bridget
5.Webster
6.Johnny Thunder
7.Binx
8.Stinky Pete
9.Kasey
10.DaisyMae]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>the new thing I do</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/579669</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 22:13:02 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>&amp;hearts; Sandy~SD &amp;hearts; ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Furst off I gots to give credit to my brudder Rascal fer this. If it wasn't fer him moving our food  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Furst off I gots to give credit to my brudder Rascal fer this. If it wasn't fer him moving our food bowls around the house I do not think I would have thought to do what I do wiff our bowls. Well after watching Rascy carry our bowls around fer about a year. I decided that instead of knocking a bowl around the kitchen when I want more food. That I would pick it up and carry it to the nearest pawrent. Once there I hopes they will take the hint that me and Rascal would like some more food. I have found that my chances are better wiff dad than mom. Mom has a tendency to fill up my food ball. Which means if I want to eat a snack I gots to work fer it. She doesn't do this to Rascy but I think it's because of his age, but that's ok I ruvs him. Sometimes we gets nothing and other times we gets a treat. 

ruv 'n'waggles
Sandy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Rascal's Birthday</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/577886</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 9 Apr 2009 21:25:08 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>&amp;hearts; Sandy~SD &amp;hearts; ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Today was my brudder Rascal's 13th birthday. I did my very best to help him have a puptastic day. On ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Today was my brudder Rascal's 13th birthday. I did my very best to help him have a puptastic day. One of the things I like best when one of us has a birthday we all get a present. I do think the birthday pup gets more presents than the non birthday pups. Mom has been doing this ever since Rascal was a youngster. I think it is great! Today the toy I got was a orange squeaky tennis ball. Let me tell ya this is one of my very favorite toys. Mom said I broke my record fer killing the squeaker in the ball. I did it in under 5 mins. (BOL) Now I do not mind that it doesn't squeak anymore since I can still squash it in my mouth. I have been trying to take the ball everywhere I go. Mom did draw the line in letting me take it on the walks. Well I think I am going to head off to bed.

Ruv 'N' Waggles, Sandy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>I Got Tagged!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/576486</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 5 Apr 2009 18:52:36 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>&amp;hearts; Sandy~SD &amp;hearts; ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>If you got tagged, copy these questions, answer them yourself and tag other lucky pups or kitties!
 ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ If you got tagged, copy these questions, answer them yourself and tag other lucky pups or kitties!

I was tagged by Bentley so here I go!

1. What is your favorite color for Easter eggs? Pink

2. Would you rather be a bunny or a chick? Guess I rather be a bunny so I could hop real fast


3. How many Easter eggs do you think you'll find when you get to hunt them at your house? I would find the all!
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4. What kind of Easter basket are you hoping for? none since I celebrate Passover

I am off to tag Binx, Sugar, The Divine Miss B, Johnny Thumder and Talley]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>RELLO!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/575963</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 3 Apr 2009 20:47:33 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>&amp;hearts; Sandy~SD &amp;hearts; ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Gee, it seems like furever since I last wrote anything. Well my mom's back is still bothering her. T ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Gee, it seems like furever since I last wrote anything. Well my mom's back is still bothering her. Though not as bad as when it furst acted up. She still is fighting wiff Mr. Bronco Itis. Gee, I wish I knew how to chase him away already! Between her back bothering her and that lingering cough she gets tired much more easily these days. We goes shopping one day and then she needs at least two days to sleep before we can do something again. My poor mom. All I know is me is very glad that I am a service dog and am able to help her whenever she needs it. Now I added a new photo to my page. Mom took it while we was shopping. What was going on was this mom was talking to another person in the store so I decided to rest up some. After all I am the one doing all the walking. Plus mom had told me that she was going to let me do some power walking once she got what we needed. She is a woman of her word. I got to do my power walk in walmart. Mom rides the cart non stop and I walk next to her. Let me tell you it is fun to get in the groove when we don't stop and look at stuff. 

Well that's all fer now.

Ruv 'N' Waggles, Sandy

PS. I can hardly believe it is almost Rascal's borthday.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>how my mom is doing</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/572922</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 24 Mar 2009 22:51:39 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>&amp;hearts; Sandy~SD &amp;hearts; ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Some of you already know that my mom's back is hurting her something bad. I took her to the doctor o ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Some of you already know that my mom's back is hurting her something bad. I took her to the doctor on thursday. He said she is having some really bad spasms. Until the other night them spasms had eased up some. Then all of a sudden my mom let out this strange sound. I went to her right away to see if I could help. She told me that there was nothing I could do at that moment as she was having a real bad muscle spasm going on. Well all is starting to quiet down wiff her back. I hopes it continues to do so. Also Bronco Its is haning on. Geez, what does it take to get rid of that guy?

I would like to mention a few of my furends have recently gone to the bridge. Dear Duncan, Cammy, Billie Bob & Lassie you all will always be remembered and ruved. We are keeping your families in our prayers.

Ruv 'N' Waggles, Sandy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>How things are going</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/569591</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 13 Mar 2009 21:04:27 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>&amp;hearts; Sandy~SD &amp;hearts; ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Well I think I finally got Mr. Bronco Itis scared. He is not bothering my mom as often now. I was be ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Well I think I finally got Mr. Bronco Itis scared. He is not bothering my mom as often now. I was beginning to wonder if that guy would ever leave. Now this past tuesday went to the dentist wiff mom so she could have a toof pulled. Now that her gum is healing her mouf doesn't hurt as much anymore. Boy is this pup happy to hear that! With mom being as sick as she has been Rascal and me haven't been getting any time to spend on dogster. I hopes that Mr. Bronco Itis will finally get the hint and leave already. He has been here fer over a month already,  time to go away and leave my mom alone Bronco!

Ruv 'N' Waggles, Sandy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Where I have been</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/567111</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 5 Mar 2009 17:33:53 PST</pubdate>
		<author>&amp;hearts; Sandy~SD &amp;hearts; ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Me and Rascal haven't been around much the past couple of weeks because our mama is still trying har ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Me and Rascal haven't been around much the past couple of weeks because our mama is still trying hard to get rid of Mr. Bronco Itis. He is being real stubborn and will not leave her alone just yet. The doctor has told Auntie Biotic to help mama out again. You see after she left Mr. Bronco sneaked back. He is almost as bad as Murphy is. He is making her very tired and I am cuddling her as much as I can to help her feel better. Just wish I could catch sight of Mr. Bronco Itis. I would just ruv to chase him away wiff Rascal's help.

Rascal and me miss seeing all of our furends. As soon as our mama starts feeling better we will be around once more. 

Ruv 'N' Waggles, Sandy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>How My Mom is Doing</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/564880</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 26 Feb 2009 21:14:05 PST</pubdate>
		<author>&amp;hearts; Sandy~SD &amp;hearts; ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>My mom is still fighting wiff Bronco Itis &amp; Abby S. She still is doing a lot of sleeping. While she  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ My mom is still fighting wiff Bronco Itis & Abby S. She still is doing a lot of sleeping. While she was awake I finally got her to help me get the photos she took of me when we was at the doctor's office. While we was waiting in the exam room I walked over to the mirror. I moved closer because I saw this dog. I sniffed and sniff at it but I couldn't pick up it's scent. My mom told me the it wasn't another dog I was seeing but that it ws my reflection. No wonder there was no scent fer another dog. Since it turns out that other dog was me (BOL) Now after looking in the mirror I now understand why human keep saying that I am a cutie. Also that my bandana and vest look good on me.

Ruv 'N' Waggles, Sandy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>A Quiet Day</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/564573</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 25 Feb 2009 22:57:26 PST</pubdate>
		<author>&amp;hearts; Sandy~SD &amp;hearts; ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Today was a quiet day. I watched over my mom while she slept. Boy, Bronco Itis &amp; Abby S are not bein ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Today was a quiet day. I watched over my mom while she slept. Boy, Bronco Itis & Abby S are not being very nice to her. I keeps looking fer them but they keep eluding me. I think they took lesson from that Murphy guy. Now I hope the antibiotic helps her soon. Each time she got up to move around I was right there ready to assist her in any way she needed.

Ruv 'N' Waggles, Sandy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>My Busy Day</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/564273</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 24 Feb 2009 21:29:05 PST</pubdate>
		<author>&amp;hearts; Sandy~SD &amp;hearts; ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Today was a purrtty busy day fer me, mom &amp; dad. We took mom to see that pcp doctor. I just had to ma ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Today was a purrtty busy day fer me, mom & dad. We took mom to see that pcp doctor. I just had to make sure she got that cough she has had fer way to long looked into among a few other health issues. We had to wait fer a while in the exam room fer the doctor. When he did come in he asked me how I was and how things were going. I let him know mom wasn't feeling all the great. She has to take antibiotics just like I did fer my paw. Mom has Bronco Itis  in her throat. Plus that broken tooth has made her gum swollen. So the antibiotics should take care of the infection she has. Now wonder she has been getting worn out so much faster lately and feeling icky.  After the appointment we did some shopping in walmart. When we was done we dropped off them paper things the doctor gave mom at cvs. I ruv the drive thru they always give me a yummy treat. Lately they have been giving me jerky instead of biscuits. It is a nice change of pace. 

Now I know all of you will understand it if my brudders and me aren't visiting our usual groups often until mom starts feeling better. Well I am getting off now so I can  tuck mom in fer the night.

Ruv 'N' Waggles, Sandy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Separation</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/562642</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 18:05:37 PST</pubdate>
		<author>&amp;hearts; Sandy~SD &amp;hearts; ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Today while my mom went off to the dentist I stayed home wiff my dad and Rascal.  At furst I was ups ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Today while my mom went off to the dentist I stayed home wiff my dad and Rascal.  At furst I was upset when mom left but after a short while I settled down. Dad played wiff me while Rascal slept. We all went fer a really nice walk.

Now at the dentist's it turns out poor mom did NOT have her tooff pulled today. That is going to be done on March 9th. I have no idea how she is going to make it until then. I can tell when she isn't feeling good and it bothers me. I am doing my best to comfort her when she needs it. Also while mom was away I think she had some separation issues also. 

Ruv 'N' Waggles, Sandy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>I've been a busy pup</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/562402</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 23:07:02 PST</pubdate>
		<author>&amp;hearts; Sandy~SD &amp;hearts; ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Let's see on monday I went wiff my pawrents and a couple of errands. We had to leave Rascal at home. ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Let's see on monday I went wiff my pawrents and a couple of errands. We had to leave Rascal at home. I am not too sure about my brudder and them bugs and the trash can. I'll let you read his diary fer all the details. All the running around wore my mom out so on Tues it was just a rest day. I got in a whole bunch of cuddling wiff her. Now on wednesday we did I usual errands which included walmart. Mom is making a point that once she is done shopping that she gives me the walmart power walk. I really look forward to this and even am telling mom to hurry up and finish shopping so we can do it. BOL! Oh, we met the lady who works wiff the eyeglasses today. She and mom got to talking. Well one thing lead to another and mom showed one of the photos of me wearing my sunglasses. She asked mom if would be okay if she had a copy of it to put up in the eyeglasses place. Now I am not sure if I am going to the dentist wiff mom or not on thursday. Poor mom needs to have a very painful tooff pulled. 

Ruv 'N' Waggles, Sandy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>How My Dew Claw is Doing</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/559709</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 11 Feb 2009 19:51:19 PST</pubdate>
		<author>&amp;hearts; Sandy~SD &amp;hearts; ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Well it seems that the worse is most certainly over. I went back to work today as mom's service dog. ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Well it seems that the worse is most certainly over. I went back to work today as mom's service dog. Mom kept smiling at me while we were out. I think it had to do wiff the fact I kept saying hi to my human furends by talking to them. Usually I am quiet when I am out working. Mom told them that I just happy to be back working. She told them that I hurt myself and that I was doing much better now. Today we did a few errands and went to walmart were I did a modified power walk. I didn't walk as fast as last week or as much. It sure felt good to get out and work! My paw only hurt me a little bit afterwards. Mom told me it will keep getting better wiff each passing day. 

Also I am very proud of Rascal fer calling the trash can addicts hot line. You can read more details in his diary.

Ruv 'n' Waggles, Sandy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Update in my Dew Claw</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/559294</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 10 Feb 2009 19:48:24 PST</pubdate>
		<author>&amp;hearts; Sandy~SD &amp;hearts; ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I got the bandage taken off today. It feels kinda strange to be able to have air on it again &amp; be ab ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I got the bandage taken off today. It feels kinda strange to be able to have air on it again & be able to lick it once more. The nail still looks nasty but doesn't hurt me as much anymore. Thank you all my furends and your families fer keeping me in your prayers fer a speedy recovery. I knows it helped me. Now when my mom gently touches it I no longer cry out in pain. What a relief! Now I can safely go back to work as a service dog. The POTP is helping me so much!

Ruv 'n' Waggles, Sandy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Update on Me</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/558773</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 9 Feb 2009 17:26:58 PST</pubdate>
		<author>&amp;hearts; Sandy~SD &amp;hearts; ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>It is starting to feel a tiny bit better under the bandage. On Saturday night I took off the bandage ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ It is starting to feel a tiny bit better under the bandage. On Saturday night I took off the bandage the vet had put on. The darn thing was so annoying. Part of it went under the paw and was bugging me when I walked. It was more than enough that my dew claw was hurting that I couldn't take it. Once my mom saw I had the bandage off she set about putting a new one on me. She made it so it didn't do the samething the furst one did. Rascal told me that she was real good at taking care of boo boos. He was so right! Now I did cry out some when she put the new bandage on me. I am really hoping that when the bandage comes off tomorrow that it will not hurt like the other night.

Now furst off I would like to thank my brudders fer letting you all know what happened to me. Next I would like to thank all of you for sending me p-mails and rosettes with POP. This POP sure does work wonders. 

Ruv 'n' Waggles, Sandy

ps. I almost fergot to give my mom a big thank you not only fer taking such good care of me but also drawing the background picture fer my page.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Wounded Dew Claw</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/557792</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 6 Feb 2009 21:03:55 PST</pubdate>
		<author>&amp;hearts; Sandy~SD &amp;hearts; ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Late friday afternoon I injured the dew claw on my left leg. I broke it somehow. Not sure what I did ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Late friday afternoon I injured the dew claw on my left leg. I broke it somehow. Not sure what I did. All I know is that it sure did hurt me a lot! Mom took me to see my vet Dr. K. While we was waiting in the waiting room the nail broke broke off. Ouchy!!! Since where it broke off mommy told me that I was still going to see Dr. K. He is a really nice vet that has treated all the pups in my family. Went we gots to the exam room Dr. K gots on the floor to take a look see at my paw. This other person and him came back. That is when he put this stingy stuff on my broken nail. My nail is broken off near the dew claw pad. He gave me some medicine to take fer the next three days. That is also when mom can remove my bandage, Right now I am not messing wiff the bandage since my paw still hurts me if it is messed wiff. 

Ruv 'n' Waggles, Sandy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Puppy Power Walking</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/557076</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 4 Feb 2009 19:17:10 PST</pubdate>
		<author>&amp;hearts; Sandy~SD &amp;hearts; ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Today mommy and me went to walmart to do some shopping. Mostly when I go shopping it is purtty much  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Today mommy and me went to walmart to do some shopping. Mostly when I go shopping it is purtty much stop and go fer me. We stop when mommy picks out the thing she wants to buy. Today when mommy was done getting the stuff that was needed she decided to go up this mostly empty aisle that was the width of the store. Well once we got moving I really got into it. When we got to the end I just looked at mommy and she made a turn and we went the length of the store. Now I was really getting into it. We ended up going around walmart two whole times. I had a real blast walking that fast. I got in such a rhythm while walking that I ended up making the cart mommy rides on go faster. Mommy told me that she will do this wiff me more often since I enjoyed it so much. Let me time ya it is a good way to keep ones girlish figure in shape. Now when we got to checkout their were a few ladies that work at walmart who know me since I furst started going to there as a service dog in training. They all commented on how much I have matured and how good I am when I'm in the store now. I know my mommy was beaming wiff pride when she heard them give me the compliments.

After we got home and all the stuff had been brought in Rascal snatched a mini bagel out of the bag by making a hole in it. He then told me to take one before our pawrents noticed. Now when mommy took the bagels out of the grocery bag she did notice the hole in the bagel bag. I think my brudder is getting real daring. 

Ruv 'n' Waggles, Sandy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Murphy's Visit</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/555924</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 1 Feb 2009 20:36:39 PST</pubdate>
		<author>&amp;hearts; Sandy~SD &amp;hearts; ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Let me warn all of you that there is this guy named Murphy out there. He likes to cause trouble fer  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Let me warn all of you that there is this guy named Murphy out there. He likes to cause trouble fer folks. Recently he visited wiff my family. I hopes me and Rascy have kicked his tushy outta here finally. Keep your paws crossed that we did. Thanks. 

Now this guy Murphy messed wiff the car battery. We had to get a new one. Then he made Rascal limp fer a day. Made my tummydo flip flops fer a couple of days. Made the kitchen faucet LEAK and the turn off thingys under the sink not work to turn off the water. So the water had to be shut off fer the whole house. UGH, poor dad had to go up and down the stairs to the basement way too many times to turn the water on and off. Now mom started looking up online to buy a new faucet when she decided to check to see if she could get replacement parts fer it instead. Well she finally found the hardware store that had the parts needed in stock. At furst I thought it was just going to be me and her running quickly to the store. Well Rascal and dad ended up coming along fer the ride. Guess they both needed airing out. They both stayed in the car while me and mom went inside the store to get what mom needed to fix the faucet with. Then we returned home. Mom went to work replacing the different parts while me and Rascal laid in the kitchen watching her. When she was all done the faucet worked perfectly. WTG Mom! Rascal later told me that mom had installed this faucet before I was born. Now I do recall her working on the pipes under the sink in one of our bathrooms. All I can say she is one handy mommy. 

I am keeping a lookout fer Murphy. Don't want him back here anytime soon!

Ruv 'n' Waggles, Sandy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>My Birthday</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/554480</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 28 Jan 2009 16:30:47 PST</pubdate>
		<author>&amp;hearts; Sandy~SD &amp;hearts; ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Today is my 4th Birthday. I would like to thank all of my furends who have wished me a Happy Birthda ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Today is my 4th Birthday. I would like to thank all of my furends who have wished me a Happy Birthday. So far I have been having a pawtastic day.  I had hoped to play in the snow today but it wasn't soft like yesterday. It was all covered wiff ice, YUuuCK!!! It crunched and crackled under my paws. The sidewalks were like an ice skating rink. I made sure my mom didn't slip on the ice. I am always ready to help my mom whenever she needs it. As you can see in one of the new photos I added I got her bottle of water when she needed it. I do not mind working on my birthday. Now for my birthday I got some new squeaky toys. A pup can never have too many squeaky toys. One of the toys combines two of my favorite toys together. It is a squeaky tennis ball . So I have been having fun playing wiff my new toys. I also got a special yummy frosty paws peanut flavored treat. My mom caught me on video eating it. It is wiff the other videos of me. Don't know if my mom has anymore surprises in store for me or not. Rascal will not tell me.

Ruv 'N' Waggles, Sandy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Handy Sandy Update</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/554131</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 27 Jan 2009 21:04:55 PST</pubdate>
		<author>&amp;hearts; Sandy~SD &amp;hearts; ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Recently my mom has not been feeling all that great. She is working on trying to fix some of the hea ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Recently my mom has not been feeling all that great. She is working on trying to fix some of the health issues that have been bothering her the most. Plus this guy named Murphy has been visiting her alot recently. Let me tell ya if I sees this Murphy I am going to tell him to lay off of my mom. It seems that little things just have been going wrong. That is why in one of the new pictures I added you can see my tongue. Why you can is that I was giving my mommy loads of kisses before we got out of the car. I just figured she could always use some. 

My mom put together a really nice picture of me from when I was a tiny weeny puppy to a big girl. She told me she cant believe that I am turning 4 years old. Oh, wait it is after midnight my tine so it is my birthday!!! WooHoo, I am the birthday girl. I cant wait until later to open up my pressies. Also it snowed finally on Tuesday so I am going to do some more playing in the snow. Maybe mom will get some photos of me and Rascal when we are playing in the snow this time. 

Ruv 'N' Waggles, Sandy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Sandy the cuddler</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/551138</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 19 Jan 2009 19:27:50 PST</pubdate>
		<author>&amp;hearts; Sandy~SD &amp;hearts; ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Mom and me had a busy day on Saturday. We got a few things done that needed doing while we was out a ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Mom and me had a busy day on Saturday. We got a few things done that needed doing while we was out and about. I did score biscuits at the bank and cvs. WooHoo!!! Now on Saturday night before my mom went to bed she started coughing. When she woke up Sunday morning she was still coughing. Mom did a lot of sleeping on and off all day long. She never ever went near the computer so know she was feeling really rotten. I went into super duper cuddle mode so I could help her feel better. The cough is still wiff her but not as bad as the past couple of days. She told me that my cuddles do help her to feel better. (happy sigh) While mom was sleeping this morning I decided to give my dad as many bottles as I could find. He always gives me and Rascal a treat after I have given him a few.  Rascal told me to keep up the good work.

Ruv 'N' Waggles, Sandy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>follow-up to the update</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/548403</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 11 Jan 2009 21:25:52 PST</pubdate>
		<author>&amp;hearts; Sandy~SD &amp;hearts; ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Well after I wrote my update in the wee hours of the morning I went off to cuddle wiff my mommy. Me  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Well after I wrote my update in the wee hours of the morning I went off to cuddle wiff my mommy. Me and mom were sleeping until that is ... a sound was heard coming from the kitchen. Mom looked at me and wondered what was Rascal up to in the kitchen. We both got up to check it out. Once we got to the kitchen the look on my mom's face was priceless. Furst she was surprised at the sight of seeing Rascal standing on his hind paws with his face in the dog food, munching away. She tapped his tushy, he turned his head and flashed a oh hi mom innocent look at her. That is when mom and me started laughing . It gets better when mom asked him what he was doing. I just ruved his answer. He told her that he was checking fer bugs .  He said, "I saw some crawling up the side of the container our food is kept in mom."  Mom just said, "Oh Rascal, you had to find another rascally thing to do didn't you?" Wait until his counselor at the Betty Pawed Rehab Ctr hears this. (BOL)

Later this morning me and mom went out to pick up her meds. All went well at cvs and I got a few biscuits there. Then we headed off to walmart's pharmacy. Well this is were my mom kinda lost it. It turns out when she asked fer her med they told her that they didn't have it. She asked why not! and said, "I was told it would be in on friday". I just stood there listening to the person tell mom one reason then another. Sheesh, then tell her that maybe it would be in this coming friday. Good grief! Mom just got that script paper back. We went off to target and they can't get the med in the dose it is written fer. UGH! Mom is going to call the doctor tomorrow to ask fer a different med that is carried in stock hopefully. The poor woman really needs this med to help her stay awake. She crashed hard about an hour after we got home and slept fer a few hours. 

ruv 'n' waggles, Sandy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>a brief update ...</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/548401</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 11 Jan 2009 21:20:40 PST</pubdate>
		<author>&amp;hearts; Sandy~SD &amp;hearts; ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I actually wrote this in the wee hours of sunday morning.

I am trying my best to type quietly as  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I actually wrote this in the wee hours of sunday morning.

I am trying my best to type quietly as to  not  disturb my mommy ... I look around and noticed Rascal heading to the kitchen ... no he can not get into the trash since mom remembered to basically lock it up ... he has a look of disgust as he walks away from the trash can ... now he  has been going to the Betty Pawed Rehab Ctr fer his trash can addiction problem ... I think it is helping him some ...  my mommy has not heard back from the doctor about her blood test results yet ... I know she has been having a rough past few nights as I do my pup best to comfort when she is laying down I go into super cuddle mode ... she is so  sleepy most all of the time ... we gots to pick up that medicine that the pharmacy had to order fer her ... hope once she gets it she will feel more awake ... me sure hopes we hears from the doctor soon ... guess I better head off to bed since I hear my mommy stirring ... if ya reading this at night sweet dreams and if ya reading during the day have a pawtastic day

ruv 'n' waggles, Sandy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>My mom went to the doctor</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/546845</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 6 Jan 2009 22:48:32 PST</pubdate>
		<author>&amp;hearts; Sandy~SD &amp;hearts; ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I went wiff my mom to her doctor appointment on Tuesday. No she isn't sick wiff a cold or anything l ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I went wiff my mom to her doctor appointment on Tuesday. No she isn't sick wiff a cold or anything like that but we needs to figure out why she is so sleeeeeeeepy all of the time. Mom's pcp doctor is a nice man and me hopes that he figures out how to help my mom wiff this. She had to get some blood work done. While we were waiting for that she took  this photo of me waiting. Do ya see the pink bandana I am wearing? I got it from my secret Santa. Now one would think that when a human saw pink on me that they would realize that I am a girl right. Well they still say he or boy even wiff me wearing PINK! I just don't get it.  Now where was I? Oh yeah. After mom got her blood taken we went to another room so they could do some test on her. Then we waited around to find out how that went. Since it went ok  the doctor gave mom a script for some medicine that will help her feel more awake until he figures out what's not right wiff her.

Afterwards we stopped off to drop off her script at cvs. I just ruv that drive up window they got there. Well when we pull up I just stare out of the window at whoever is there and I always gets me a biscuit. I hit the jackpot today. The lady thought I was so cute staring at her that she gave me a handful to munch on. Such a nice lady. It turned out that they no got the medicine that mom needs so she gots the paper back and I got another handful of biscuits. WooHoo! Now I was tortured by my mom this time. She was testing my resolve to obey. Mom put a few of the biscuits on the front seat and told me to leave it. Guess what I DID IT! Yes, she did give me them after I listened so well. 

Ruv 'N' Waggles, Sandy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>I got tagged</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/546061</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 4 Jan 2009 19:37:30 PST</pubdate>
		<author>&amp;hearts; Sandy~SD &amp;hearts; ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
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		<description>Bailey decided to tag me again so here goes.

This is a game to help us all get to know each other ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Bailey decided to tag me again so here goes.

This is a game to help us all get to know each other.
The rules are simple, just state 7 facts about yourself and post them in your diary so we can all learn more about you. Then tag 7 pals, who have not yet been tagged, to continue the fun. Copy and send this note to let them know they've been tagged and to come and read your diary. Post the names of the pups you tagged in your diary so everyone will know. That’s it.
So come and read my seven facts, okay? 

1. I gots to meet Billie Bob, Talley, Bridget, Mimi & Molly!!! 
2. I ruv to romp around outside.
3. I ruv to go swimming.
4. I ruv to go shopping wiff my mommy.
5. I ruv playing in the snow when it snows that is.
6. I ruv going for short and long car rides.
7. I enjoy making new furends both furry and human.

The 7 friends that I am tagging are:

1. Kasey
2. Georgie Girl
3. Ringo
4. Clestis
5. Duncan
6. Bridget
7. Molly]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>The Meet Up of Dogster Furends</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/545729</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 3 Jan 2009 21:01:58 PST</pubdate>
		<author>&amp;hearts; Sandy~SD &amp;hearts; ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
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		<description>Today I went to Maryland wiff my mom to meet some Dogster furends.  We drove over the bridge, throug ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Today I went to Maryland wiff my mom to meet some Dogster furends.  We drove over the bridge, through the tunnel over another bridge before we gots to where was was goin. Now this was a very loooooong drive. Like um let me see the drive took over two hours cause of the traffic in places on the route we tooked.  Now I will say going through the tunnel was very interestering. It has lights inside of it and it was really neat goin in it! When mom and me furst got there we stopped Billie Bobs house. We visited Talley, Bridget & Billie Bob fer a spell. Then we were off to meet up wiff some more furends.  The meet up was at North East Park in Maryland. That is were all the new photos I added were taken by Billie Bob & Bridget's mom. We left Rascal home for this furst meet up. Now while in the park mom told me to enjoy myself and not to worry about being a service dog that I was off duty. She told me to just be a dog. I had a fun time being off duty. Mom said too bad she didn't get a photo of me when I tried going up the slide. You see Bridget was sliding down it. So I figured I would go up it. Do you know that it is not an easy thing to do? Needless to say I was not able to get to the top of the slide this way.  Well a fun time was had by all. Even the moms enjoyed themselves. 

Ruv 'N' Waggles, Sandy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>I have been tagged</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/545019</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 1 Jan 2009 21:19:18 PST</pubdate>
		<author>&amp;hearts; Sandy~SD &amp;hearts; ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/545019</guid>
		<description>I have been tagged by Bailey.

This is a game to help us all get to know each other.
The rules ar ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I have been tagged by Bailey.

This is a game to help us all get to know each other.
The rules are simple, just state 7 facts about yourself and post them in your diary so we can all learn more about you. Then tag 7 pals, who have not yet been tagged, to continue the fun. Copy and send this note to let them know they've been tagged and to come and read our diary. Post the names of the pups you tagged in your diary so everyone will know. That’s it.
So come and read my seven facts, okay? 

There are my seven facts:
1. I am a service dog.
2. I enjoy going places wiff my mom.
3. I ruv to swim.
4. I ruv picking up stuff.
5. I sometimes pick on my brudder.
6. I ruv to cuddle my mom when she sleeps.
7. I enjoy visiting wiff furends.

I'm tagging

1. Emma Rose
2. Daisy Mae
3. Miss Dixie Monroe
4. Lilly
5. Bella Donna
6. Pita
7. Hunny CGC]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>My Howliday Poem</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/544159</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 21:22:49 PST</pubdate>
		<author>&amp;hearts; Sandy~SD &amp;hearts; ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
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		<description>The Howlidays by Sandy

The howlidays are so jolly
I want to eat some challah

There are times  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ The Howlidays by Sandy

The howlidays are so jolly
I want to eat some challah

There are times I do sing out in glee
While other times I have ta pee

I must trim my claws
Before my visit with Santa Paws

I have tried to be nice
Even when I slip on the ice

Oh, how I ruv the snow
When I feel it under my toe

In the snow we pups run around
We run all over the ground

When we get all tired out
Rascal and me do not pout

We both are full of joy
Because we each got a squeaky toy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>In the early hours of the morning ...</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/543999</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 14:17:54 PST</pubdate>
		<author>&amp;hearts; Sandy~SD &amp;hearts; ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
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		<description>Well it all started around 1:30ish this morning. That is when mom and me heard yet another crash com ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Well it all started around 1:30ish this morning. That is when mom and me heard yet another crash coming from the kitchen. She just up and went to the kitchen and I went with her. Yes, you guessed it. We found Rascal with his head in the trash can this time. He really must try being stealth again for his own good in my opinion. Well mom got after him and then cleaned up. Next she put the bungee cord on the can and placed the broom and dust thingy against the can. Now this is a good trap as both Rascy and me know if you mess with the can the broom will hit ya. After all this was done we headed back to bed.

Now around 4 in the morning. It wasn't Rascal this time. Mom just needed to go potty so I helped her get to the bathroom. Well the toilet decided it was going to misbehave by spitting up water in the bathroom. That most certainly did not sit well with my mom. When I got to the bathroom I saw barefoot mom using this thing on the toilet. It made some weird noises and after a bit the toilet was behaving once more. Now you had to see mom trying not to step in the water lookin fur towels to put on the floor. After she got the floor covered she washed her feet. Then back to bed for us at about 4:40ish. It took poor mom a while to fall back to sleep. 

Ruv 'N' Waggles, Sandy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>My brudder was rascally ...</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/543242</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 28 Dec 2008 14:08:04 PST</pubdate>
		<author>&amp;hearts; Sandy~SD &amp;hearts; ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
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		<description>Rello Everyfur,

Let me tell you all I am not so sure what in the world has gotten into Rascal. He ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Rello Everyfur,

Let me tell you all I am not so sure what in the world has gotten into Rascal. He decided to raid the trash can yet again during the wee hours of Saturday morning. The boy has gotta relearn to go into stealth mode. Since he is waking mom up at these weird hours. This time he woke us up at 3:47am. This time mom did not give any warning that she was on the move. She caught him standing in front of the tilted trash can. My big brudder was busted! The look on his face was priceless. He wasn't able to knock it totally over before mom got to him. Mom told him that he better go back to sleep and to stop messing with the trash can.

What I can't figure out is why he just didn't play wiff one of the new squeaky toys he got. Mom would have only said not now Rascy and would not have gotten annoyed with him. We got some wonderful new squeaky toys and other stuff for the holidays. 

Ruv 'N' Waggles, Sandy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>I Met Jumper Cable</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/542343</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 25 Dec 2008 20:30:05 PST</pubdate>
		<author>&amp;hearts; Sandy~SD &amp;hearts; ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/542343</guid>
		<description>Rello Everyfur,

I have noticed that Rascal has been keeping you all informed about the goings on  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Rello Everyfur,

I have noticed that Rascal has been keeping you all informed about the goings on at home. Well that does leave me to tell ya about when I am away from home. Now mom and me have not been going to many places since she has been feeling kinda yucky. We went out Wednesday this week and last. Only difference is that this time the car did start once we was done. Last week after we was all done we gots into the car. Mom put the key in and turned it and nothing happened. The engine it stayed quiet. That is when mom started asking the peoples we know if any of them had a jumper cable. Luckily one of them did have one in their car. Now I have to wonder why would someone want something  that jumps around in their car? Is that why it is kept in the trunk cause it jumps too much? I know I am not allow to jump when I am in the car. Now mom and me had to wait a bit for the lady to gets the jumper cable. While we was waiting mom decided to get a couple of photos of us. The photos most certainly show off my eyes. I am still wondering  how come mom didn't get my whole face in the photos. I still like these photos in any event don't you? When I finally saw the skinny orange double headed jumper cable I decided it most certainly be best for me to stay inside of the car. Them teeth on it sure do look mean. I decided this is something a dog should not mess wiff at all. What I did notice was that the jumper cable has heads on both ends! Now this is one strange being. All I know is that it somehow help our car to go Vahvahrooom again. That is certainly a sound I like to heard, since it means I am going places. Like last week we went to a couple of places after our furst stop. The only difference this week was that the places we went to gave me yummy doggie treats! Now that most certainly is a plus.

Ruv 'N' Waggles, Sandy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Cool Handy Sandy</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/535349</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 5 Dec 2008 19:16:22 PST</pubdate>
		<author>&amp;hearts; Sandy~SD &amp;hearts; ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Rello Everyfur,

After we went grocery  shopping the other day. I decided to wear my sunglasses in ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Rello Everyfur,

After we went grocery  shopping the other day. I decided to wear my sunglasses in the car again on the way home. What I like best is when a human happens to look at me. They always do a double  take  when they see me. I ruv watching the big grin that appears on their faces. So glad I can make people smile by wearing my  sunglasses. Now I would have written this earlier if my mommy had gotten the photo from her cell phone to her computer  sooner. I amazed that a cell phone takes my picture and that it ends up on our computer. No idea how this works. 

Now after daddy brought all the stuff we bought into the house mommy puts it all away. I helped mommy by picking up the grocery bags that were on the floor and giving them to her. Now one of the bags had this big cereal box in it and that made picking up the bag hard. So I thought for a moment. Then I decided that I would take the box out of the bag first and give that to my mommy. Next I picked up the bag and gave to her. She told me that she liked the way I thought it out so that it worked  for me to give her everything. I just ruv being so helpful.

Ruv 'N' Waggles, Sandy    

Psst ... do you all like my smile?]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>I have been a busy pup</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/530880</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 22 Nov 2008 21:10:09 PST</pubdate>
		<author>&amp;hearts; Sandy~SD &amp;hearts; ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
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		<description>Rello Everyfur,

I have been on busy pup these past few days. My mom and me have been going over t ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Rello Everyfur,

I have been on busy pup these past few days. My mom and me have been going over to help out my rauntie who just had ankle surgery on tuesday. She is not allowed to put weight on it at all for a few months from what I can understand. All I know is that she is need of help. I just ruv to behelpful whenever I can be. 

As usual my mom was taking photos of all us dogs. I put a couple on my page. She got one of me just sitting and watching and waiting to see if either mom or rauntie needed any help. When we took Rascal with us to visit she got a photo of him keeping  a watchful eye over me.  

Besides going over and helping out rautie we have been doing some errands. Rascal sure does like coming on car rides with me and mom. He keeps bugging me about how much room I take up when we are in the car. 

Well it is getting let here so I am going to head off to bed,

Ruv 'N' Waggles, Sandy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Service Dogs Part 3</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/530872</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 22 Nov 2008 20:22:31 PST</pubdate>
		<author>&amp;hearts; Sandy~SD &amp;hearts; ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
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		<description>Rello ,I would like to tell you some of the things that I do to help my mommy as her mobility assist ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Rello ,I would like to tell you some of the things that I do to help my mommy as her mobility assist service dog. The following are just some of the many things that I do to assist my mommy and make her life easier.
1. I am my mommy's K9 cane as such I help her with her gait & provide balance support while she walks
2. If she falls I am her brace so she can get back up 
3. Help her going up and down on stairs (she goes down backwards so I need to alert her to when she is at the bottom of the stairs) 
4. Provides assistance on unsure terrain (I don't like it when she falls)
5. Help her up from seated position
6. Help her up from a laying down position when she needs it
6. Retrieves dropped items (sometimes she drops a lot of things)
7. Can put items in the trash
8. Removes clothes from the dryer (I find the inside of the dryer interesting) 
9.Carry things in my backpack aka saddlebags
10. Get items for my mommy and give them to her (ie. get her cell phone for her, her water bottle)

I mentioned before I am always learning to do new things to assist my mommy. Before I learned to do these things and more I had to learn basic obedience. Also so that I could go everywhere with my mommy. I had to demonstrate that I was safe to be in public and that my mommy could show that she has control of me at all times. Before I was a service dog/SD, I was a service dog in training/SDIT. While I was a SDIT is when I learned how to behave when we went to stores, restaurants, doctors offices, I had to get used to various situations and all kinds of noises. I did all of this for the first two years of my life. My mommy has been training me ever since I came to live with her. Now I did go to an obedience school when I was a puppy. Mommy has done all of my SD task training to suit her medical needs. As it so happens mommy's best friend is also a dog trainer. So she has been working with me also. She has told me that she is very proud of me. Now I still do have a few things that I am still working on. As you all have noticed my bond with with my mommy is so very special. As are the relationship of any service dog and their human partner. Now I am not saying that regular dogs do not have special relationships with their people at all. Rascal would get mad at me if I did. I am just saying that the relationship of a service dog goes to a whole other level with their person is all.Ruv 'N' Waggles, Sandy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Service Dogs - Part 2</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/528676</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 16 Nov 2008 18:16:07 PST</pubdate>
		<author>&amp;hearts; Sandy~SD &amp;hearts; ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
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		<description>Rello everyfur,

I wanted to tell you a little bit about the different types of service dogs there ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Rello everyfur,

I wanted to tell you a little bit about the different types of service dogs there are.

There are the Mobility Assist Service Dogs which I know the most about since I am one. Some of my furends are like me and others are other types of Service Dogs. Some of them help their humans who are Autistic, some are PSD which is a Psychiatric Service Dogs and Seizure Alert Dogs. While others help those who need alerting to medical conditions like diabetes. We service dogs are trained to monitor our humans’ medical conditions/needs, some of us are taught to pull their human who is in a wheelchair, alert their human to when they are having a seizure, alert when their humans' blood sugar goes too low. These are just some of the things these types of Service Dogs can do. Since we are able to do these things among other things for our human. I would say we service dogs help to save lives each and every day.
 
My service dog pals and me  give our humans more independence by always being there to help them whenever they need us. The relationship that we service dogs have with our humans goes deeper than that of a pet and their human. The two of us are loving and devoted partners. Many of us spend every moment of the day together. We service dogs do our best to give our humans more independent and easier lives. We dogs get satisfaction and joy of having a special job in life. I know I really enjoy helping my mommy whenever I can. I am also always learning news ways of doing that.

Ruv 'N' Waggles, Sandy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Service Dogs  Part 1</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/527991</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 21:51:35 PST</pubdate>
		<author>&amp;hearts; Sandy~SD &amp;hearts; ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Rello Everyfur,

I just wanted to share about what a service dog is with all of you since I am one ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Rello Everyfur,

I just wanted to share about what a service dog is with all of you since I am one. Most of us service dogs help people with disabilities of various degrees and ages. Think about how it would be if your human had problems with ordinary tasks such as picking up a pen, opening a door, or getting up after they fell down with no other human around to help. Picture a service dog staying right by their side, ready to help them to do what needs to done everyday. To people with disabilities like my mommy, a service dog like me is an valuable indispensable helper and friend. From what I have observed this kind of relationship takes the canine-human bond to another  level. Our relationship is very special one.
 
Us dogs who serve people with disabilities just ruv to work. How much work we have to do depends on the needs of our human on any given day. A service dog  like me can be trained to pick up dropped objects, open and close doors, carry things in a backpack, take clothes out of the dryer, help our human with mobility/balance, get something their human left in the other room and many other things. As far as I know we service dogs never stop learning how to help our human. Sometimes when we get to know our human we can sense when something is wrong with them before they even know it and alert them that something is not right with them. They know they need to listen to us. 

Take care everyfur.
Ruv 'N' Waggles, Sandy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Rascal is still being ...</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/526812</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 20:40:39 PST</pubdate>
		<author>&amp;hearts; Sandy~SD &amp;hearts; ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Rello Everyfur,

My brudder is still being a royal pain. Especially after our walks. He gets very  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Rello Everyfur,

My brudder is still being a royal pain. Especially after our walks. He gets very frisky and pokes me an awful lot. No matter where I move to he follows me. Now I am doing my best not to squash him. I have found that if I retreat to the recliner that he can't poke me. PHEW! Even when I am up on the chair he persists in bugging me. Well this morning I was in the chair and he was bugging me. Even when he bugs me I ruv him. So I decided that maybe if I kissed him enough he would leave me alone. Well mommy saw me kissing him in the face. You should have heard her say, 'AWE SANDY YOU ARE SO SWEET". Well this tactic did not work (drats). So each time he approached the chair I swatted him with my BIG paw. I nailed him in the head a few times. That is when he decided to try to poke me from the side of the chair. My brudder is one determined boy. Well just as he got his paws on the armrest of the chair I told him off!. Boy! did he get off fast. Now there are quiet times thankfully when he is not acting frisky. I wish I knew why he is acting so frisky. 

Ruv 'N' Waggles, Sandy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Happy Handy Sandy</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/524190</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 5 Nov 2008 23:20:36 PST</pubdate>
		<author>&amp;hearts; Sandy~SD &amp;hearts; ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Rello Everyfur,

Today I got to work outside of the house. I always enjoy when I get to help my mo ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Rello Everyfur,

Today I got to work outside of the house. I always enjoy when I get to help my mommy when we are out and about. We ran a couple of errands before we went shopping in the grocery store. I got to see a few of my human friends there. I have known them since I was a SDIT. I can tell when mommy & them talk about me. I heard my mommy say, "Sandy is aging like a fine wine" & my human friend agrees. I asked Rascal about this wine thing. He told me that he thinks it means that I am getting better at what I do as I age. Since that is what he thinks wine does. Hard to tell when one never drinks wine. We had a nice time shopping. Now when we were leaving the store there was a dog and it's human sitting outside. Now I did see this dog and didn't pay it no mind. We ended up going past this dog a total of 3 times. That was because mommy uses the riding cart. So once when we were going to our car, then when we were returning the cart & last when we were walking back to the car. Mommy only reminded me once that I was working and I didn't say anything to this dog even though it was talking to me. It is not very often that this situation arises. All I know is that mommy told me that I was a VERY Good GIRL! I ruv it when she tells me this. After we got home the both of us have been napping. Well actually mommy has been sleeping ;-)

Ruv 'N' Waggles, Sandy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Peanut Butter is so yummy</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/523643</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 4 Nov 2008 19:32:14 PST</pubdate>
		<author>&amp;hearts; Sandy~SD &amp;hearts; ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Rello Everyfur,

Like Rascal I added a video to my page doing the samething he did. He got to lick ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Rello Everyfur,

Like Rascal I added a video to my page doing the samething he did. He got to lick out of the peanut butter jar furst. Guess it has to do with his tongue being smaller than mine. All I know is that I totally enjoyed licking out the yummy tasting peanut butter.

Ruv 'N' Waggles, Sandy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Lookout &amp; Looking Good</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/522845</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 2 Nov 2008 23:30:23 PST</pubdate>
		<author>&amp;hearts; Sandy~SD &amp;hearts; ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Rello Everyfur,

My mommy just ruvs taking photos of us dogs. She just took the ones I added to my ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Rello Everyfur,

My mommy just ruvs taking photos of us dogs. She just took the ones I added to my page the other day. The one where you see the back of my head was taken when I was keeping lookout for the return of my daddy who had left mommy and me in the car. While I was busy on lookout is when I heard this click which meant mommy took another photo. I finally know what the back of my head looks like. Now the photos of me looking very cool were taken on a different day. I had gone with mommy on an errand. It was a very sunny afternoon so I asked her if I could wear my sunglasses. Now the part that I like best was the looks I got when we were waiting at a red light. The looks on those humans in the other car was priceless. Too bad my mommy didn't get a photo of them. BOL!!!

Ruv 'N' Waggles, Sandy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Helpful Handy Sandy</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/520034</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 25 Oct 2008 21:32:27 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>&amp;hearts; Sandy~SD &amp;hearts; ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Rello Everyfur,

On Thursday, I went with my mommy to the orthopedist doctor so she could get her  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Rello Everyfur,

On Thursday, I went with my mommy to the orthopedist doctor so she could get her stitches removed. While we were in the exam room waiting. Mommy had taken off the ace bandage. After she did so she just kept dropping it. This is when she decided to take a video of me doing this. I added the video on my page. Now the voice you hear mommy asking me to pick it up and give it to her. Now the doctor told mommy that it will take up to 3 mos for it to totally heal. Both doctor and the nurse  complimented me on how well I was behaving. Well they both remember me when I was a young SDIT. I have grown up a lot since then. 

Ruv 'N' Waggles, Sandy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>A Happy Handy Sandy</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/517821</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 18 Oct 2008 22:12:30 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>&amp;hearts; Sandy~SD &amp;hearts; ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Rello Everyfur,

Furst I would like to thank my furends at PDPC fur picking me pup of the day fur  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Rello Everyfur,

Furst I would like to thank my furends at PDPC fur picking me pup of the day fur 10/18/08. It is such a honor that I was picked & also for being a service dog. 

Next, I got to spend the day with my buddy Jayden. He is now 2 1/2 yrs old. It is really cool listening to my lil buddy talk up a storm. I just ruv the way he says my name. Since we hadn't seen each other in a few months. We sure did make up for the time we didn't see each other. Not only did he ruv on me but so did his mommy. Chole didn't get to ruv on me until after she came home from school. Me and mommy helped her do he homework. It was a reading assignment. I enjoyed listening to the story that she read out loud. What I liked best was how much Jayden would just walk over to me and just give me a great big hug. I hope we visit again very soon. Oh BTW, I did add a photo of Jayden and me to my page.

Now the only down side to mommy & me spending a whole day away from  home on thu. Is that mommy has been doing a LOT of sleeping. Hmmm, I think I need to take her back to that PCP doctor again. Now I can tell that mommy can not wait to get the stitches out of her paw. We will be going to the orthopedist on this thu to get that done. I am going to ask my mommy if we could go visit with Jayden before the doctor appointment.

Ruv 'N' Waggles, Sandy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Helpful Handy Sandy</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/517187</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 16 Oct 2008 23:02:32 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>&amp;hearts; Sandy~SD &amp;hearts; ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Rello Everyone,

Now mom works on training me to do new things to do to help her. The B&amp;W photo I  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Rello Everyone,

Now mom works on training me to do new things to do to help her. The B&W photo I added is of me with my head in the clothes dryer as I was picking out an item to give my mommy. I am really starting to get the hang of getting the clothes    out of the dryer and handing them to my mommy. Sometimes I do the same thing to a shirt  or other item of clothes that I do when I pick up my mommy's hat. It always makes mommy smile . Once I pick the hat  I give it a good shake before I give to mommy.  I just can's seem to help myself. 

Ruv 'N' Waggles, Sandy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Them darn FLIES!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/516586</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 17:53:01 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>&amp;hearts; Sandy~SD &amp;hearts; ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Rello Everyfur,

My mommy's paw is still healing. Rascal told me before our mommy did when she wil ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Rello Everyfur,

My mommy's paw is still healing. Rascal told me before our mommy did when she will be seeing the ortho doctor to get the stitches removed from her paw. We will be going there next thursday.

Now these flies are driving me nuts! They keep flying around my head. When they do that I go on  the fly hunt. Once I catch sight of one of them I do my best to catch them. I am still trying to figure out why my daddy LOL when he sees me doing this. Mommy just smiles and asks me if I am looking for a fly. At least she isn't LOL at me for being the family fly catcher. I had to leap several times in the air before I captured one of those annoying flies. Now I am still on the look out for the other one. Me thinks it went into hiding after I caught it's buddy. BOL! 

Ruv 'N' Waggles, Sandy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Handy Sandy's Afternoon</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/515965</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 13 Oct 2008 21:27:43 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>&amp;hearts; Sandy~SD &amp;hearts; ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Rello Everyfur,

Late this afternoon my mommy and me went to the grocery store. I always do enjoy  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Rello Everyfur,

Late this afternoon my mommy and me went to the grocery store. I always do enjoy going shopping. This was the furst time since mommy's thumb surgery that we went somewhere. It felt great to get out! I think I was starting to go house happy. Since I hadn't worked outside of home in a whole week. Yesterday I was walking around the house looking for things that needed picking up. Boy! You know I am getting desperate if I do that. In any case each time I found something I picked it up and brought it over to my mommy. Sometimes I would give my daddy something. While we were out shopping mommy stopped and talked with some people. Everyone was real helpful today. I think it had a lot to do with mommy's wounded paw. I am not too sure what one lady did but I know it was something extremely nice. I heard tell mommy that when she could that she would pass it on when she could. Mommy hugged this lady and said thank you so very nice. She then looked at me and told me that there still are people out there that still know how to do random acts of kindness. I think I saw a tear roll down my mommy's cheek while she was hugging me.

Ruv 'N' Waggles, Sandy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Handy Sandy News</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/514745</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 21:07:42 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>&amp;hearts; Sandy~SD &amp;hearts; ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Rello Everyfur,

I am reporting in on how my mommy's paw is doing. Quoting my mommy she said that  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Rello Everyfur,

I am reporting in on how my mommy's paw is doing. Quoting my mommy she said that it still hurts but not as bad as day one. YAY, waggle of joy on my part. One of the photos I addded was of me watching over mommy's paw even as I slept. I have been resting very close to her since she had the surgury. Now the other photo was taken while mommy and me were waiting in the exam room of the gastro doctor. I was listening to hear his voice and waiting to alert mommy that he was going to be entering the exam room soon. I will call the gastro doctor Dr.J for short, ok got it ... good. Now Dr.J really ruvs dogs! He is always happpy to see me. Dr.J even remembers the very furst time we met. Now this was back when I was much younger and in training to be a service dog. Back then I was learning to be quiet while mommy and me  waited in the exam room. Back then he didn't know who had a SD with them. Every so often while he was with another patient he would hear me talk to mommy. Each time he heard me he just wanted  to finish up so he could me who was making the sounds. When he walked into the room to see mommy he spotted me and said your the one i have been listening to. Then he asked mommy all about me. She then introduced us and we have been pals even since. I think mommy sneaks him a treat to give me for when he says hi to me. 

Ruv 'N' Waggles, Sandy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>handy Sandy update about my mommy</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/514446</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 00:18:49 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>&amp;hearts; Sandy~SD &amp;hearts; ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Rello Everyfur,

Sorry that I didn't tell you all beforehand that my mommy was going to have surgu ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Rello Everyfur,

Sorry that I didn't tell you all beforehand that my mommy was going to have surgury on her right thumb. This was done very early on wednesday morning. This is the furst chance that I have gotten to use my mommy's computer. I am not allowedto use it when she is sleeping. I stayed home with daddy and Rascal while rauntie Tara & runcle Allan came to take mommy to get the surgurgy she needed to fix her trigger finger thumb. It was done at what they call the out patient place for this kind of stuff. All I know is her paw is all wrapped up and it hurts her. Right now she can not really use her right paw. I will be taking her back to thr doctor in about two weeks to get the bandage off and stitches removed from her paw. 

Well I need to go tuck her into bed now and get some shuteye myself. I have been helping her around the house as much as I can.

Ruv 'N' Waggles, Sandy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Handy Sandy reporting in</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/512922</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 5 Oct 2008 19:50:16 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>&amp;hearts; Sandy~SD &amp;hearts; ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Rello Everyfur,

Well mommy &amp; me finally went shopping &amp; we took daddy wiff us. We had to run two  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Rello Everyfur,

Well mommy & me finally went shopping & we took daddy wiff us. We had to run two errands before shopping. Out first one was to pick up medicines fur my daddy. I really ruv those drive up windows. Especially the ones where I can stare at the person helping my mommy. If I look just the right way at the person I usually get another treat out of them. They can not resist the Sandy stare (BOL). After that we went to pick something up elsewhere. Then we were off to go shopping. There are some days that mommy does purtty okay and others she doesn't. Well today was one of the those days I was very glad I was wiff her. Since we are a team I am able to help her keep her balance whenever she needs me to. Today she really needed me for her balance. I am always so glad when I can help my mommy in any way that I can. When we came home all I heard as me and mommy approached the house was daddy saying Rascal, Rascal, Rascal. When I go into the house I got to see the mess my brudder had made while he was being a rascally Rascal. I helped my pawrents clean up as much as I could. I ruv my job as my mommy's service dog very much!

Ruv 'n' Waggles,
Sandy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Rello Furends</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/511952</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 2 Oct 2008 20:17:44 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>&amp;hearts; Sandy~SD &amp;hearts; ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Rello Everyfur,

Things have been pretty quiet here the past two days. My mommy really has been in ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Rello Everyfur,

Things have been pretty quiet here the past two days. My mommy really has been in need of rest. I am doing my best to make sure she gets it. Even if it means laying on her blankey so she cant get out of bed (teehee). I let her up for later in the day walks. Rascal and me get daddy to do the morning walk with us instead. We have finally finished reading all of your wonderful thoughtful p-mails to Whiskey and us. There have been times when she reads something and next I notice there is a tear in her eye. Either me or Rascy are with her. I Would like to think that I am helping Rascy cope when I get him to play with me. 
BTW, All of you Dogster furs rock!!! 

Ruv 'n' Waggles, Sandy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Handy Sandy Day was a Busy One</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/511267</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 20:26:28 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>&amp;hearts; Sandy~SD &amp;hearts; ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Rello Everyfur,

Today was a busy one for me. My had to see the dentist again. At least this time  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Rello Everyfur,

Today was a busy one for me. My had to see the dentist again. At least this time she didnt have any teeth pulled out of her head. Before we got to the dentist we was headed to pick up rauntie Tara. When mom got a message on her phone. Since she couldn't read it she called rauntie up. That when she found out the my rauntie was very sick. We just saw her last night and she was fine. Me don't like that bug that is attacking my rauntie at all! I know my cuz Jenni and Maggie are trying their pup best to watch over her. Well once mom found out that rauntie couldn't come to the dentist with us. (You see she does training with me while mommy is with the dentist.) She called up daddy and asked him to come with us to the dentist. Boy did she gave him a bunch of instructions on what to do with me. When they called my mommy back to see the dentist I had to stay with daddy. I did see how much I could get away with since it was my daddy. You know how daddys can be with their lil girls. ;-)  He didn't let me cry for mommy as much as I thought I could get away with. He really listened to what mommy told him to do with me. (drats) When mommy was done at the dentist we headed off to target to do a lil shopping. Then we got back in the car. I thought for sure we was going home but I knew I was wrong when we past the turn that we take to go home. We ended up dropping daddy off at one place while mommy and me went to another. Then when we was done we went back to get daddy. Then mommy told me that we was going home. I thought to myself FINALLY. By this time all I wanted to do was get home to see how Rascal was doing. He told me about what he did while we was gone during our walk mommy took us on. 

Now I would like to thank everyfur so sending so many p-mails and giving so many rosettes to my sweet angel brudder. First thank you all for being there for my family and me. Second give us some time to answers all the p-mails. We ruv all of you.

Ruv 'n' Waggles, Sandy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Dogster Friends</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/510538</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 28 Sep 2008 22:31:46 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>&amp;hearts; Sandy~SD &amp;hearts; ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Rello Everyfur,

As you all know I have been writting updates on Whiskey in his diary for him. I d ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Rello Everyfur,

As you all know I have been writting updates on Whiskey in his diary for him. I do have to say on my own behalf that all of you here on Dogster are truly wonderfully kind. You have been keeping my brudder in your prayers that he crosses over peacefully. But, you also are being so supportive to my whole family. You all are awesome. Your support is helping be strong to help my family through this. Thank you all from the bottom of my pup heart.

Ruv 'n' Waggles, Sandy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Handy Sandy had a very busy Tuesday</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/509096</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 19:38:39 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>&amp;hearts; Sandy~SD &amp;hearts; ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Rello Everyfur,

I just wanted to let everyfur know that sweet Whiskey is resting comfortably. He  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Rello Everyfur,

I just wanted to let everyfur know that sweet Whiskey is resting comfortably. He has been explaining to be that he will be crossing over the bridge soon and that he will be my angel brudder then. He is such a wonderful brudder. I ruv the lil guy very much.

On Tuesday my mommy and me took my rauntie Tara to see the ortho doctor. You see rauntie had one dozzy of a fall about 1 week ago and really hurt her paw very badly. When the ortho doctor saw rauntie he ended up putting her paw in a removable cast thingy for it. This is to protect her wounded paw. After the doctor visit was over we went to costco to do some shopping. Rauntie rode in the only riding cart available and I helped my mommy keep her balance while we walked together in the store. When we was done shopping mommy and rauntie stopped to eat something there before we left. Mommy and me stayed at the table while rauntie got the food. While they were eating I decided that rauntie's paw needed more protection while it was under the table so I rested my head on it. When mommy peeked under the table to see how I was doing she smiled at me and whipped out the camera to take a photo. This is one of the new photos I put on my page. Now after they were done eating we went off to this other place. After we was done there mommy put the key in the car and the car made no noise. RUT RO! She got back out of the car to find someone who had what she called jumper cables. Now I know what it looks like when I jump and these things sure didn't like that at all. BUT it did help make the car make noise again so we were able to go on our way again. I have to admit my mommy was pretty calm in taking care of making the car work again. I am very proud of her. Now we were off to walmart. Now walmart had a cart for mommy and for rauntie to use. Now each of them shopped separately. I kept a lookout for my rauntie. When I saw her I helped mommy's cart move faster to I could get to rauntie. I had to make sure she was ok, ya know. Now I got on mommy cart in front of her since rauntie was next to us so I could say hi to her. After I said my rello, my mommy gave me a great big hug. Guess what this time rauntie took the photo. Now I finally have a decent photo of me with my mommy. This is the other photo I added to my page. After walmart we were off to take rauntie home. By this time in the day a girl needed to go potty. I was so glad when we got to rauntie's house so I could go. Now it seems that it was what one would say had a very potent aroma. What made me BOL most was when my cuz Jenni came out onto the porch to greet us all she kept sneezing and making funny faces. She told me that I was a stinker! So did the humans (BOL) Once rauntie was all settled in mommy and me headed home. 

Ruv 'n' Waggles, Sandy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>A Handy Sandy Diary</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/508025</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 21 Sep 2008 21:36:05 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>&amp;hearts; Sandy~SD &amp;hearts; ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
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		<description>Rello Everyfur,

My mommy is starting to feel better from that fall she had the other day. Sweet W ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Rello Everyfur,

My mommy is starting to feel better from that fall she had the other day. Sweet Whiskey is still hanging in there right now. We are just taking it one day at a time. Since his meds are keeping him comfy.

Mommy has kept up with playing with my in the backyard. I am having a funtastic time jumping over and going under the bar. The newest photo on my page was taken yesterday. My daddy was on his way to the backyard to watch me go over and under the bar.  I was in a sit stay when I heard him coming long before mommy did. That is when she took the photo of me. She can be real sneaky when taking photos & videos of me. I need to figure our were the lastest video of me is so I can share it with all of you furs. Now today after playing in the backyard I was with my mommy while she used the weed whacker and the lawn mower. Both of these things are pretty darn LOUD!  Now I do like the way the grass smells after it is cut. It feels really great to roll around on freshly cut grass.

Ruv 'n' Waggles, Sandy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Handy Sandy reporting in</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/507354</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 19 Sep 2008 22:16:53 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>&amp;hearts; Sandy~SD &amp;hearts; ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
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		<description>Rello Everyfur,

Whiskey had a quiet day today. He is taking his medicine just like he should. 
 ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Rello Everyfur,

Whiskey had a quiet day today. He is taking his medicine just like he should. 

Today was basically another quiet day fur me. After our morning walk my mommy fell right back to sleep. She did wake up before it was time for the afternoon walk. She always does. She's a good girl! (BOL) Now in our backyard is my human brother's old basketball hoop thingy laying on it's side. So from time to time mommy has me jump over the bar. Today I decided to try going under it fur a change. So now I can go both over and under it. It was so much FUN! Then I decided to play fecth with a pine cone. I was bouncing around having a whole bunch of fun. Even rolled around in the grass. Ya know I need to leave my scent behind to let all the other neighborhood critters know that's it my back yard.  I know my mommy likes to make sure on the days that we do not go anywhere that I get to do things like this. Plus we also worked on me picking up different things today.

Ruv 'n' Waggles,
Sandy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>more about Handy Sandy</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/506959</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 18 Sep 2008 20:05:15 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>&amp;hearts; Sandy~SD &amp;hearts; ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/506959</guid>
		<description>Rello Everyfur,

Sweet Whiskey is still hanging in there. I think our mom is having a real tough t ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Rello Everyfur,

Sweet Whiskey is still hanging in there. I think our mom is having a real tough time with this. All I know is the me and Rascal are praying very hard that he crosses over the Rainbow Bridge in his sleep soon. We ruv our brudder.

Now when I wrote my last diary I forgot to mention a couple of things that happened on tuesday. When we were all at walmart. My pawrents and I were waiting in the pharmacy area since that is where the benches are for my pawrents to sit on. We were waiting for rautnie. While waiting well I was tracking a fly. Now mom had put me in a down stay and I didn't break no matter how much this fly teased me. Then the fly made one last final buzzing around my head. In one last fly by I just snapped at that fly and caught it! Now another thing happened while I was just sitting there. I heard my mommy ask daddy did he and he said no. Then she said oh it must have been Sandy. All I did was fart. All I know is the guy that was sitting behind my pawrents got up and left. Do you think I was a stinker?  ;-)  Not long after that we left for rauntie's house. One of the things that seems to tickle my rauntie Tara is when I pick up things that have been dropped. I really ruv helping by picking up whatever my mommy drops. Well while we were at rauntie's house. My rauntie had a very bad case of the dropies. She kept dropping one thing after another and I kept picking up whatever she dropped. Mom just looked on with pride. Rauntie was purtty surprised to find out that I do not slobber most of the things that I pick up.

Well I didn't write a diary yesterday because my mommy had one heck of a fall while Rascal, me and her where walking downhill. What started this was I think a cat that bolted right past Rascal & me. Well as soon as Rascal saw it he started barking and wanting to go after it. For that brief moment I forgot that mommy was on the other end of our leashes and joined him. Well it didn't take me long to figure out that this was a major oppsy on our part. I stopped and looked back only to see mommy laying on the ground and not making happy noises at all. I went over to check on her. She was hurt so I just stood right next to her waiting for her to tell me what she needed. Well I helped her get up off the ground and then helped her walk up the hill. Rascal was totally calm by this time. He knew that we did a major no no to our mommy. So mom has been sleeping and resting up since we had a busy day on tuesday and the fall on wednesday. 

Well it is just about time to tuck my mommy in for the night. 

Ruv 'n' Waggles, Sandy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Handy Sandy had a busy day</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/506276</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 16 Sep 2008 21:06:06 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>&amp;hearts; Sandy~SD &amp;hearts; ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/506276</guid>
		<description>Rello Everyfur,

Furst off Whiskey had a okay kind of day so Rascal told me. You see I was away fr ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Rello Everyfur,

Furst off Whiskey had a okay kind of day so Rascal told me. You see I was away from home most of the day today. 
We left early to pick up rauntie Tara. Once we got her  we were off to the dentist. Mommy had some strings removed from her mouth. What Rascal? OH! they were stiches. I guess the string in her mouth were called stitches. Hmmm, I thought when you stitched something you were making clothing. Gee, I am learning new things all of the time. After the dentist it seemed like we did a lot of driving. At least it felt that way to me. We made a stop at the bank and I made my usual two biscuit withdrawal. Not sure what my mommy did. From there we made a brief stop home to pick up my daddy. After we picked up daddy we stopped and got gas for the car, then stopped at walmart so we could get food for us pups and then we were off to rautie's house. We were taking daddy to meet Jenni's new sister Maggie. Maggie is one shy girl. It took her a little while to warm up to my daddy. Then she enjoyed the belly rubs he gave her. She and I are still in the process of getting to know each other. It is very similar to when I furst met Jenni. Now Jenni and I are great pals. I ruv my cuz and I can't wait for me and Maggie to get to know each other better. She and I are the same age. I can't wait for us to play together. We will have so much fun. When my pawrents and I were getting ready to leave I got to sniff Maggie. Rauntie was very happy with how nice I was to Maggie. After that my pawrents and me headed on home. Rascal was VERY happy to see us when we got home. Well both Rascal and Whiskey are sleeping. I think it is time for this girl to go to bed. I am all worn out from my busy day.

Ruv 'n' Waggles, Sandy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>update about Whiskey</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/505905</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 15 Sep 2008 19:22:20 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>&amp;hearts; Sandy~SD &amp;hearts; ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
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		<description>Rello Everyfur,

Whiskey has made it through another day. We have decided to wait until thursday t ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Rello Everyfur,

Whiskey has made it through another day. We have decided to wait until thursday to take Whiskey to the vet. My mommy has been in touch with the vet and the decision was made to wait just a couple of more days. I know my pawrents would prefer it if he could cross over the Rainbow bridge on his own at home totally surrounded with love. The vet agreed and had given us something to give him to make sure he is not in any pain. Rascal & me can tell he will be crossing over the Rainbow Bridge real soon. Poor Rascal is walking around the house with such a sad look on his face. He and Whiskey have been buddies for the past 12 yrs. I will help Rascal and my furmily get through all of this. I ruv them all so very much.

I would also like to thank all of you for keeping Whiskey and my furmily in your prayers and thoughts. Our Dogster pals are great!

Ruv 'n' Waggles, Sandy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Handy Sandy was very helpful girl</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/505573</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 14 Sep 2008 20:46:57 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>&amp;hearts; Sandy~SD &amp;hearts; ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/505573</guid>
		<description>Rello Everyfur,

Today I did something very nice for my brudder Whiskey. I went into the kitchen t ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Rello Everyfur,

Today I did something very nice for my brudder Whiskey. I went into the kitchen to check on him. Glad I went in there when I did because he was having trouble getting up. So I helped him by just standing there so he could lean on me as he was getting up. I was being a service dog for him. His time to cross over the Rainbow Bridge is coming very soon.

Ruv 'N' Waggles,
Sandy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Update on my brudder and more</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/505225</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 13 Sep 2008 21:34:50 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>&amp;hearts; Sandy~SD &amp;hearts; ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/505225</guid>
		<description>Rello Everyfur,

My sweet brudder Whiskey is still haning in there. He really apreciates all the k ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Rello Everyfur,

My sweet brudder Whiskey is still haning in there. He really apreciates all the kind notes you all have sent to him. We all think that all of our dogster friends are wonderful.

Now I wanted to tell you all about the lastest photo I added to my page. You can see me looking under a partition. Well you see this was taken on tues when I was at the dentist with my mommy and rauntie Tara. After mommy was done with the dentist we went off to the bathroom. I was in the stall with my mommy. When I realized that rauntie Tara was in the one right next to us. I poked my head under to make sure she was ok in there and she was. Now this photo was taken of me after mommy and me were no longer in the stall. I was wondering where my rauntie was. So I peeked under the door and checked that she was still there. She was and was totally ok. (phew) I didn't realize that I was going to have my photo taken though (BOL). 

The past two days I have been resting around the house with my family. We are all very concerned about sweet Whiskey. I think Rascal is having a hard time right now. My brudders have been together for the past 12 yrs. Which is why I think Rascal is kinda blue.

Ruv 'N' Waggles, Sandy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Handy Sandy was Handy</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/504540</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 20:50:35 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>&amp;hearts; Sandy~SD &amp;hearts; ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/504540</guid>
		<description>Rello Everyfur,

I just finished helping my brudder Whiskey write a diary. My family and I would l ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Rello Everyfur,

I just finished helping my brudder Whiskey write a diary. My family and I would like to thank all of you for the support that you are giving us right now.

Today I took my mommy to the orthopedist. He told he the only way to fix her thumb is with surgery. Which she will have in the beginning of October. After the visit to the doctor we went to a brand new grocery store. Let me tell you this place is BIG! I got one heck of a workout. I think we went up and down just about every aisle in the store. Everyone we met inside of the store was very nice. Mommy took the time to talk with some children from time to time about service dogs. It seems that some of the kids cartoons are telling them about service dogs. I think that is so fantastic that this is being done. While mommy was explaining some of the things I do for her. She would drop her hat and I would pick it up and give it to her. All the kids thought that this was so cool. To me it is something I just do to help my mommy. Now when we were finished shopping I thought that we were all done. I was wrong. We stopped by target just for a few items that we were not able to get from the grocery store. Boy was I glad that was our last stop. I am so worn out from all the walking that I did today.

Well my brudder Whiskey is sleeping right now and I am going to be doing the same shortly.

Ruv 'N' Waggles, Sandy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>My brudder Whiskey is in need of your paryers</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/504153</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 10 Sep 2008 21:48:28 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>&amp;hearts; Sandy~SD &amp;hearts; ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/504153</guid>
		<description>Rello everyfur,

Whiskey is coming to the end of his life. Could you PLEASE say a Prayer for my br ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Rello everyfur,

Whiskey is coming to the end of his life. Could you PLEASE say a Prayer for my brudder who is not doing well at all. We are taking it day by day right now.  Please PRAY that he will not suffer and will go in his sleep. If his doesn't go in his sleep our mommy will help him crossover the rainbow bridge on monday.

Ruv, Sandy and Rascal]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Handy Sandy had a Very Busy Day</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/503764</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 9 Sep 2008 20:46:22 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>&amp;hearts; Sandy~SD &amp;hearts; ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/503764</guid>
		<description>Rello Everyfur,

Well today was a very long and busy day for me and my mom. First off we went to J ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Rello Everyfur,

Well today was a very long and busy day for me and my mom. First off we went to Jenni's home to meet her new sister Maggie. Maggie is a shy sweet cute girl. I am looking forward to getting to know her better. We also went there to get rauntie Tara. Just want to remind you that rauntie is also my trainer. After our morning visit was over rauntie, mommy and me headed off to the dentist. My mommy ended up having three teeth pulled. Glad I sat in the waiting room with rauntie. Just the thought of it makes my mouth hurt. 

Now when mommy was done with the dentist we stopped by my house so rauntie could visit with Whiskey. She wanted to stop by to say good-bye to my brudder. You see it is just a matter of time now before he crosses over the rainbow bridge. When we stopped at the house my human brudder stopped by also. He stopped by to get his birthday card and pawsent we had for him. Plus he also said his final good-bye to his lil brudder. 

We then took rauntie home. On the way home we came across a downed power line. It looked like a semi-truck ran into the pole. So we had to backtrack so we could take another route to get rauntie home. When we got rauntie home mommy and me made a pit stop before we headed back home. Now the trip home started off nice a smooth that is until the highway went from three lanes to one. So mommy called rauntie and asked for an alternate route. Well we got to the alternate route only to run into that downed power line again. So mommy followed some cars to find a way around it on the side streeets. First she ended up on a dead end road. She turned the car around and somehow got to the road we needed. If you ask her how she did it she will tell you she has no clue how she ended up on the correct road. All I know is we where heading home. 

Right now Whiskey is sleeping but I do not know if my brudder will make it through the night.

Ruv 'N' Waggles, Sandy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>A Handy Sandy Day</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/499558</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:04:32 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>&amp;hearts; Sandy~SD &amp;hearts; ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/499558</guid>
		<description>Rello Everyfur,

Today mommy and me took daddy to his doctor's appointment. I have been to this of ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Rello Everyfur,

Today mommy and me took daddy to his doctor's appointment. I have been to this office many a time before. One of my favorite things in the wating area is a BIG water bottle that gives water into cone shaped cups. Mommy always gets me a drink of water. Those cone cups sure do not hold much water in them. I usually drink over the trash can that way I do not get the floor wet. The people in the waiting area were all very nice. There was this one man that was very anxious about something that was going to be done to him. He asked mommy if it was ok to say hello to me. I am so glad she said yes to him. Once he started petting me I felt him calm down a tiny bit. Today the three of us got to meet a new P.A. She is a nice lady. I liked the way she said rello to me. 
After we were done at there we went shopping. It felt really good to be out of the house working. I like it when I can help my mommy very much. Sometimes my mommy takes the time to talk with children about service dogs. Two of the children we met today knew to ask beforehand if they could say rello to me. Sometimes mommy does let children say rello to me. Today was one of them. These girls were very interested in what kinds of things that I do to help my mommy. Too bad some children do not know not to just run up to me without asking first. My mommy still will take the time to teach them that they shouldn't do this. I hope that they listen to what they have been told. This way the next time they see a service dog working they will know how to act.

Ruv 'N' Waggles, Sandy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Helpful Handy Sandy</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/499293</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:37:43 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>&amp;hearts; Sandy~SD &amp;hearts; ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/499293</guid>
		<description>Rello Everyfur,

All has been pretty quiet for me since my mommy was having some down time. Even t ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Rello Everyfur,

All has been pretty quiet for me since my mommy was having some down time. Even then she keeps teaching me the names of the things that I pick up for her. This evening I finally got to show her that I can help her when she does  laundry. First off she needs me for step help. You see the washing machine is in the basement.  I always make sure that she keeps her balance on the stairs. Rascal told me that I have to alert mommy a little bit better when she reaches the bottom of the stairs.  My mommy goes down stairs backwards. Since it is much easier for her to do so. Rascal used to help her before I got old enough to take over the job. So every so often he throws his two cents in. Mommy has been having problems getting the things that have been washed out of the dryer thingy. She has been taking with me that I was going to be helping her get stuff out of the dryer. I've been wondering when I would get a chance to try this out. I really enjoy helping and learning new things to do to help my mommy. Well tonight I helped her. All she did was use the laser pointer we have to show me that it was okay to put my head inside of the dryer. She was so very happy that I understood everything she was telling me to do. When she would name the item I would stick my head in the dryer and get it. It was interesting seeing the inside of the dryer. I liked it best when I took my vest out of the dryer. It smells all nice and looks so clean now. I am so glad that I was able to help mommy as much as I did this evening.

Ruv 'N' Waggles, Sandy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>A Handy Sandy Report</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/497545</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 23 Aug 2008 00:13:27 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>&amp;hearts; Sandy~SD &amp;hearts; ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/497545</guid>
		<description>Rello Everyfur,

Today was a pretty busy day for my mommy and me. Mommy had to go see her doctor.  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Rello Everyfur,

Today was a pretty busy day for my mommy and me. Mommy had to go see her doctor. He scratched my belly while I was laying on the floor. It felt really nice when he did that. My mommy had a few things to tell him. So while they were talking I was laying on the floor listening to everything. This way I made sure mommy didn't leave anything out. She did write something on a piece of paper which she kept dropping. Well can you guess who kept picking it up? Yup, you guess it me. After mommy was done talking to him she had to go get bloodwork done. Boy, am I glad that it was her arm and not my leg. (phew) We did get ti visit with Jenni and her mommy for a little while. I had  fun playing while I was there visiting. After our visit was done there we went shopping at walmart. The people in there were really nice. The greeter lady went and found a riding cart for my mommy to use. Then we were moving. Now that is the way I like it. I got a really good workout walking around the store today. 
After we got home we found out that Rascal was a rascally boy again (BOL). Now our daddy returned his bowl to it's proper place. Now I will tell you I did enjoy the food that fell out of his bowl onto the floor. It was yummy in my tummy.

Ruv 'N' Waggles, Sandy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Handy Sandy Reporting In</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/495091</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 16 Aug 2008 14:49:48 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>&amp;hearts; Sandy~SD &amp;hearts; ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/495091</guid>
		<description>Rello Everyfur,

This week was a busier week for me. I got to go a couple of places wiff my mommy  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Rello Everyfur,

This week was a busier week for me. I got to go a couple of places wiff my mommy on wednesday. Walking around a store really does give me a workout. Sometimes I think my mommy takes the long way around a store just so I do get a workout. We also went to a couple of places  on thursday and we took daddy wiff us. I really enjoyed getting out of the house and being able to work.  Especially after staying home for a number of days. Now since we did things two days in  row my mommy had a crash day friday. Last night I heard her say OH NO and I looked at her. Next thing I heard her say was that she needs to see the dentist this week. It seems like one of her teeth that was going to be pulled broked. All I know it sounds like it hurts. You should see some of the faces my mommy makes now. Now today, saturday, we went to the store to get some food. Most of it was for mommy. From what Rascal and I can tell she is eating foods that are real easy to chew. We think it has to do with the teeth problem she is having. Now while we were in the store my mommy was having problems dropping things today. So I got to pick up every item she dropped. People who walked by us kept watching what I was doing to help my mommy. I figured out why she was having problems holding on to things wiff her right paw. She still has a booboo thumb. I wonders how long it is going to take to get better for her. 
Oh, I added a photo of me resting in the grass after we got home. I was tired from shopping and the grass felt so nice under me. I watched my daddy carrying in the things we bought from our car to inside of our house. I really didn't want to get up to go inside of the house. That is because I was also catching a few rays. 

That's all for now. I hope all my  furends are doing well. 

Ruv 'N' Waggles, Sandy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Handy Sandy here</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/493728</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 20:34:08 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>&amp;hearts; Sandy~SD &amp;hearts; ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
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		<description>Rello Everyfur,

Recently I haven't been going anywhere with my mommy. After a busy couple of week ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Rello Everyfur,

Recently I haven't been going anywhere with my mommy. After a busy couple of weeks things have been real calm. There are times when my mommy just crashes. Which means she sleeps alot. Just because we aren't going places doesn't mean I do not work. Mommy still needs my help around the house. I help her pick up whatever she happens to drop, help carry her water bottle and anything else she asks. Mom also takes this time to teach names of new things she has me pick up. I always help her with her balance whenever she needs me to. One of my favorite things to do is cuddle with her when she isn't feeling all that good. So I have been getting a lot of snuggle cuddles in over the past few days. All I know is everything I do this with my mommy it always makes her smile. I really ruv it when I make my mommy smile. Just so you can see what I look like when I snuggle cuddle with my mommy I added a photo of my doing just that with her. Now I do doze off during a snuggle cuddle. I know she is feeling a little better when I hear her sigh because I am next to her. 
I do my very bestest to take care of my mommy.

Ruv 'N' Waggles, Sandy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>What a busy week I've had.</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/489547</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 2 Aug 2008 18:13:53 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>&amp;hearts; Sandy~SD &amp;hearts; ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/489547</guid>
		<description>Rello Everyfur,

I have had a very busy week for the past two weeks. Since I am my mommy's service ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Rello Everyfur,

I have had a very busy week for the past two weeks. Since I am my mommy's service dog some of my weeks can get real busy.  Let's see my poor mommy has problems with her teeth. So she needs to she that lady dentist who will remove those bad ones. My mouth hurts just thinking of what she is going through. She saw the dentist last week and this week. On thu she had one tooth pulled (YOUCH). Now I have been going to the dentist with her but I wait out in the waiting area with my auntie/trainer for my mommy. She will be seeing the dentist more. YIKES!  A little over two weeks ago Whiskey bit our mommy's paw. I know the ole guy didn't mean to do it to her but he caused her to have a problem with the thumb on her right paw. So this past tues wed saw the doctor. Hmmm what did my mommy tell me now. Oh yeah the orthopedist. Now when we go to doctor's office I do go back with her. This time I even got to see what an x-ray room looks like. Nothing what Rascal made me think it was going to look like. Anyhow the nice doctor told my mommy that she had trigger finger. So opted for him to give her a shot into her thumb with this stuff called cortizone. You should have seen her face when he stuck that needle in her thumb. Glad it wasn;t me. All I know it that her thumb is starting to work again. It is no longer getting stuck when she bends it. (PHEW) Now the nurses at the ortho doctor's office remember me was I was a SDIT(service dog in training) and I was much smaller then than I am now. They told me boy did I grow up to be a BIG girl and a very pretty one also. I sure do like it when I get compliments like those. On mon we saw the doctor my mommy calls a PCP. Auntie was with us that day also. So we went to target afterwards. One of the reasons my mommy saw the pcp doctor is because she is extremely tired much of the time. Which means if we are not running anywhere she is usually sleeping. She got some answers to why but she is still looking for more from what I have heard tell my auntie.
In the middle of all of this auntie and Jenni have moved to a new home. I love their new home. Now my mommy says I have to get used to having a fenced in yard to run around in. I am so excited about tomorrow. My pawrents and me are going with Jenni's pawrents to looked at some GSDs. They are going to adopt one! I can bearly contain myself. They are going to adopt a GSD to train to be auntie's service dog. My pal Jenni and my brudder Whiskey are coming to the ends of their lives. My told me it is never an easy decision to make. Boy is she correct.

I will try to write more often or as often as I can keep mommy awake enough so I can use her computer. (BOL)

Take care of yourselves my furends.

Ruv 'N' Waggles, Sandy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Today's car ride.</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/481495</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 13 Jul 2008 19:04:46 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>&amp;hearts; Sandy~SD &amp;hearts; ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/481495</guid>
		<description>Rello Everyfur,

Well today my mommy decided to take Rascal along with us. Since needed to pick up ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Rello Everyfur,

Well today my mommy decided to take Rascal along with us. Since needed to pick up some stuff from those drive up windows that belong to stores. Well we had to go to two of them. When mom was telling us to get into the car she told me to get in the back. Then to my surprise she told Rascal he could get into the front seat. I just thought to myself now I have the whole backsit to myself. As we were driving I think he got some payback in on me. He blocked the AC vent that blows that nice cold air to the backsit. Hmmm, I know he had one just for himself in the front seat. I have been up there a few times myself. I think he may have been getting even for when I kinda hog the backsit when he is back there with me. Hey I just happen to need more space than he does. Plus I love putting my head between the front seats so the cold air blows in my face. Guess I will totally let it slide since he usually is a really good sport about this. Now I will say this for having him in the car when we go to these places that we went to today. Now they know me but not him. Between the way he stared at them and me we got some extra treats. Which was way cool.  I enjoy it when Rascal joins me for car rides.  I know he used to go on many more than he does now before I was born.

Ruv 'N' Waggles, Sandy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>About my pleasent surprise!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/479561</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 8 Jul 2008 21:09:11 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>&amp;hearts; Sandy~SD &amp;hearts; ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/479561</guid>
		<description>Rello Everyfur,

Well after our busy day yesterday. My mom usually rests most of the day. One of t ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Rello Everyfur,

Well after our busy day yesterday. My mom usually rests most of the day. One of the reasons I made sure she saw the doctor. Now on with my story. I asked her if she could turn on her computer so we could check out what was going on here on Dogster. Now imagine my surprise when I saw the picture of my brudder Whiskey on the front page as Dog of the Day. I screamed out OMD. Rascal came running right over to see what was up. He did a double take when he saw the photo of Whiskey. He called out to Whiskey that I was telling the truth and wasnt pulling his leg that he really is DOTD. That is when he came over and I helped him get a close look at the monitor thingy to see himself. The look of surprise and joy on his face was priceless. I am so happy for the brudder.

Whiskey I ruv you big brudder and am so proud that you got picked DOTD!

Ruv 'N' Waggles, Sandy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Handy Sandy had a Busy Day</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/479164</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 7 Jul 2008 22:48:44 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>&amp;hearts; Sandy~SD &amp;hearts; ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/479164</guid>
		<description>Rello Everyfur,

Not everyday is a busy one for me. Now today was. I made sure my mommy went to se ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Rello Everyfur,

Not everyday is a busy one for me. Now today was. I made sure my mommy went to see the doctor. Now we saw a different one than we did last time. This doctor was a lady one and she was very nice. I like her right off. I can tell by the way they act towards me if they are really going to listen to what my mommy is saying. I want my mommy to get better and we need their help for this. Now mommy had the blood work thing done again to her arm. Better her arm than mine I say. Then she went and had this other test done. No matter what room we went to and we went to a few of then today. I laid down just like I was supposed to. I know by the look on my mommy's face that she was very proud of how I was doing. She says I am aging like a fine wine. Boy, I wish I knew what than means. I guess it means something good or I at least hope so. Now mommy wore a hat today. But she took it off when she was having that one test. Now instead of her walking back over to where the hat was I went and got it for her when she asked me to. Now the nurse watched me do this and was very impressed by this task that I did. I think getting my mommy's hat is a very easy thing for me to do.

After the doctor appt was over mommy took me over to Petco and got me & Rascal some rawhide which I picked out. Whsikey doesnt chew on rawhide anymore. Our next stop was to pick up what we forgot the other day from Walmart. 

When we were done with Walmart we went over to Jenni's house. We saw Jenni, her pawrents and human cousins. 

All in all I had a long but intersting day.

Ruv 'N' Waggles, Sandy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Handy Sandy has some fun</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/477711</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 3 Jul 2008 18:26:30 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>&amp;hearts; Sandy~SD &amp;hearts; ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/477711</guid>
		<description>Rello Everyfur,

Now there are time when I do just get to have some fun. I added a video of me hav ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Rello Everyfur,

Now there are time when I do just get to have some fun. I added a video of me having a grand time rolling around on the grass in backyard. Now how my mommy got this video of me doing this amazes me since I was moving so darn fast. Now to tell you about one of my other summer past times. I enjoy hunting flies. Yes, you heard me correctly I hunt flies. Those little guys just fly around my head, my home and just about anywhere. So I have taken on the job of being the offical fly catcher. I have gotten very good at it. There are time I get a fly before my mommy can with this thing called a fly swatter. My mouth works so much better than that swatter thing.

Have a happy and safe 4th of July everyfur.

Ruv"N'Waggles, Sandy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>I love to sunbath!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/477002</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 1 Jul 2008 23:01:44 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>&amp;hearts; Sandy~SD &amp;hearts; ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/477002</guid>
		<description>Rello Everyfur,

Now I added two photos of me that my mommy took of my sunbathing. I just really l ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Rello Everyfur,

Now I added two photos of me that my mommy took of my sunbathing. I just really like the way the warmth of the sun feels on my body. Also I don't mind laying on the ground. Others have a hard time understanding me when I lay on the HOT ground. All I know is that is feel good to this pup. Now Rascal does give me a strange look when he watches me from inside the air conditioned house. The furst one without my vest on was taken after a walk. I didn't want to come back into the house. I wanted to lay on the step and take a sunbath. Now I do this as often as I can since I enjoy it so much. Now the one with my vest on was taken on a day after mommy and me came home from food shopping. I decided that I wanted to take my rest in the sun before I went inside the house. 

Now do not get me wrong I do love air conditioned places. Like my home, the stores that I go to, doctor offices and any other place we go to in the warm months. 

This girl just really like to take a nice sunbath from time to time. The warmth feels so very good on my body!

Ruv 'n' Waggles, Sandy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Handy Sandy says Rello</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/476187</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 29 Jun 2008 23:54:30 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>&amp;hearts; Sandy~SD &amp;hearts; ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/476187</guid>
		<description>Rello Everyfur,

Now if you looked on my page you will notice a new photo of me hold a small box i ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Rello Everyfur,

Now if you looked on my page you will notice a new photo of me hold a small box in my mouth. You see the reason for me having this box in my mouth is really very simple. At least to me it is. My mommy needed this box, but it had fallen down onto the floor. She couldn'r reach it from where she was sitting. She she called me over showed me another box that looked just like the one she wanted me to pick up for her. I checked out the box that was in her hand. Then I listen and looked to where she was showing me where the box she needed had fallen. Needless to say I made my mommy very proud by getting it on my furst try. Now after I had gotten the box she asked me to sit still with it in my mouth just so she could take a photo of me holding it. All I know is I got a whole bunch of loving up for being such a good girl and helping her out. 

Now I do get some down time from working all of the time. Mainly when my mommy is resting or sleeping is when I don't have to work. My mommy really loves it when I cuddle next to her when she is having an off day.

Well that's all from Handy Sandy.

Ruv 'N' Waggles, Sandy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Handy Sandy was a busy girl</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/474709</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:38:46 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>&amp;hearts; Sandy~SD &amp;hearts; ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/474709</guid>
		<description>Rello Everyfur,

Today mom and I headed out kinda early. We headed over to were Jenni's mommy aka  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Rello Everyfur,

Today mom and I headed out kinda early. We headed over to were Jenni's mommy aka my Rauntie was having surgury on her knee this morning. We were helping to watch Jenni's human cousin's. We sat there for a while. Mommy got me a drink of water. I am so glad I know how to drink out of a cup. Everyone there was commenting on how well behaved I was. Well what did that expect? I am a service dog and must behave or else I wouldn't be able top work. While Rauntie was in surgury we took her girl cousin, Danielle, with us to pick up some stuff for both of our families. She is a sweet human kid. Once that was done we headed back to the surgical center. Our timing couldn't have been more prefect. Rauntie was just back in the room after coming out of the recovery room. After a we sat in the waiting room for a little bit me and mommy went back to see her. I was so very happy to see my Rautie. Now she did has some new smells about her. I think that might have something to do with the surgury she had done on her knee. All the nurses back there were saying how cute I was and how well I was behaving. I was doing a whole lot better than the human kids were, BOL! Well Rauntie is home resting. Tomorrow we are going to go over there to watch over Rauntie. We may even take Rascal over so he can visit with Jenni and meet her cousins. 

Ruv 'n' Waggles, Sandy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Imagaine my SURPRISE today!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/473949</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 19:55:31 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>&amp;hearts; Sandy~SD &amp;hearts; ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/473949</guid>
		<description>Rello Everyfur,

I got on here like I regularly do. This time when I went to check to see whose di ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Rello Everyfur,

I got on here like I regularly do. This time when I went to check to see whose diary was diary of the day. What did I see but my own photo. Boy am I on cloud 9 for having my Diary Picked for DOTD today!!! My brudders are so sweet they worked on something special to put on my page for having my diary as the DOTD. 

Well I have been very busy here on Dogster the past few days. On saturday we had a Barkday Pawty at the Cabana for our friend Jenni. Jenni is diffently coming to the end of her life. We just do not know when at the moment. I know she really did enjoy the pawty very much. It meant alot to her and her mommy.  Yesterday there was a wedding that Rascal and I attended at the Purrs N Woofs Village until the thunder storms hit our area & we had to ruen off our computer.  This evening once the thunder storms past I went to a Catchlorette Pawty at the Kit Kat Club. I really enjoy seeing all of my furends.

Well daddy, mommy & me went out to go grocery shopping. Which meant we left my brudders at home. Whiskey slept pretty much the whole time we were away. Now Rascal on the other hand did not do that at all. He thought that he would move mommy's lil trash can away from her desk. Well somehow he got it opened. He then took most everthing out of the lil can that he could. Now mommy could have sworn that she locked the cover to the can. But we all know my brudder does some very interesting things. His loves to keep surprising us.

Ruv 'n' Waggles, Sandy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>What I did on Tues 6/17</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/472611</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 21:20:47 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>&amp;hearts; Sandy~SD &amp;hearts; ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/472611</guid>
		<description>Rello Everyfur,

I finally got to the computer while both of my brudders are sleeping. They have b ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Rello Everyfur,

I finally got to the computer while both of my brudders are sleeping. They have been hogging it lately. 

I want to tell all of you about what I did on Tues. Furst all my mommy and me drove down to where Jenni lives. Before we could celebrate her barkday we had to take her mommy to another doctor's appt. This time I got to meet her three human cousins. They are really nice kids. I know that I will be getting to see more of them since they are spending the summer with Jenni. So the kids, Jenni's mommy aka Rautie, my mommy & me where off to the appt. While the girl cuz went in with rauntie. I stayed in the car with mommy and the two boy cousins. This time the doctor visit was a real short one for a change. We then all headed back to see Jenni. She stayed home to reat up for her barkday pawty. Our pal Muddy sent her one of her wonderfully yummy cakes. Just thinking of that cake make me drool. *wipes mouth before the drool hits the keyboard* The human had something with strawberrys. Jenni and me got that yummy cake. You can see a photo I just added to my page of me waiting to get some cake. Happy Birthday was sung and after that Jenni just woofed down her cake. Now I really woofed down the piece of cake I had gotten. Then wanted to Jenni to finish so I could clean up the crumbs she left on the floor. Rauntie said I was as good as a vaccum cleaner (BOL). I got to know her human cousins a bit more. 
Once we left Jenni's house and on the way home we stopped at a grocery store to get a few things. Then we were back on the road again heading home.
Next week I know we are going back to visit Jenni and family. Since her mommy is having knee surgury this coming wed morning. Mommy and I are going to get her cousins that wed morning. Then we are going to have breakfast in a resturant. On thu we are going over so my mommy can make sure rauntie is doing ok after the surgury. We are also going to take Rascal with us so he can visit with Jenni. Hmmm, I wonder what he will think of her human cousins.
The past two days have been quiet around here. My mommy has been worn out and sleeping a lot. I watch over her when she sleeps and when she is awake. 
Hopefully I will be around visiting with my friends here on Dogster more ofthen. I miss all of you very much!
Well that's all for now. 

Ruv 'n' Waggles, Sandy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>A Handy Sandy Diary</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/470841</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 14 Jun 2008 21:57:10 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>&amp;hearts; Sandy~SD &amp;hearts; ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/470841</guid>
		<description>Rello Everyfur,

On Thursday morning mommy and me took Rascal with us to visit with Jenni and her  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Rello Everyfur,

On Thursday morning mommy and me took Rascal with us to visit with Jenni and her mommy. Before we visited with them mommy took us both to Petsmart. It was nice walking around the store. They have this scale there and our mommy asked us each to get on it. She said that Rascal was about the weight she thought he was. Then when I got on it she said WHOA when she saw my weight. She just didn't realize how much this big girl weighs. (BOL) It turns out that I am 90lbs of muscle. I think Jenni & Rascal were about to kiss or something but I interrupted them when I did a big play bounce right between them (BOL!) You should have seen the look the both Jenni & Rascy gave me. 

We had to take Rascal back home because mommy & I were taking Jenni's mommy aka Rauntie to her doctor appt. Now at that doctor's office there was this one nurse who sure doesn't understand about the ADA Laws! Luckly the other nurse knows my mommy and me so we did get to go back with Rautite. Rauntie was very proud of how I acted in the doctor's office. You see Rauntie is also my trainer. After the appt we went shopping at a big store. Boy did I do a lot of walking in there with the both of them. I always enjoy going shopping. It is a great way to get a workout. When we were getting into the car a lady came running up to us. She was talking with mommy and rauntie. I heard her say wow another service dog in Woodbridge. It's nice to know that there is at least one other service in the city that I live. I went to sleep while the three of them were talking. The lady did say that I would be welcomed to visit her and her dogs. Now that sounds like it would be a whole bunch of fun! After that we took rauntie back home. My mommy & I visited for just a little while. I did meet Jenni new birdie brudder. Now she has two birdie brudders. Now I think I heard my mommy say something about having to take rauntie to another doctor appt on Jenni's barkday next week.

Now on Firday I went with my pawrents to pick up some paper at the doctor's office that we later drop off at CVS. All I know is that I enjoy getting to go places and helping my mommy whenever I can.

Last night I did something new with my mommy. Sometimes she has problems with her balance. When she does and it is at night. She just calls me and I come right over to help her out. What I did different last night was after she wobbled and I steadyed her. I put myself her front of her to let her know that I didn't think she was ready to walk anywhere just yet. I repeated this two more times before I put her back to bed. All I know is that she is very proud of me taking such good care of her. I just want to become the best service dog that I can be for my mommy.

Ruv 'n' Waggles, Sandy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Part 5: My return trip from Brooklyn, NY</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/469553</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 11 Jun 2008 08:53:29 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>&amp;hearts; Sandy~SD &amp;hearts; ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
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		<description>Rello Everyfur,

This diary will end my accounts of my trip to Brooklyn and back home to VA again. ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Rello Everyfur,

This diary will end my accounts of my trip to Brooklyn and back home to VA again.

Like when we furst got to NYC we needed to take the car service from Brooklyn back into Manhattan to Penn Station.. This time the driver took us back a different way than when we furst arrived. When we got to certain areas I could tell my mommy was going down memory lane again. Now I honestly don't see how she was going down a lane from inside a car! She saw the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens, the enterance to the Prospect Park Zoo, the Brooklyn Museum, a really BIG library at Grand Army Plaza. From what I could figure out these were places that she went to many a time when she lived there. After awhile we went over the Mahattan Bridge. Let me tell you going over the bridge was very NOISY! When we got into Manhattan I was able to look out of the window more than when we furst arrived. Now if you want to see some TALL buildings that is the place to see them! The streets were very crowded just like before. Only difference this time was when we had to walk to the entrance that we needed for Penn Station there wasn't as many people on the street as that fusrt day. Mommy told me that was because the circus was now longer at Madison Square Garden. Now when she said garden I looked and looked for grass, flowers the things that gardens have. Guess what the only thing I saw was a building and no garden. What is up with some of these names they give places? It makes a pup wonder about humans at times. 

Once at Penn Station we had to get to where our train was. Let me tell you I was a very happy girl knowing that I was going home. This time my mommy was ready for me & that gap between the train and the platform. She shoved me onto the train real fast. PHEW, those gaps are little scary! The train ride home was much louder than the ride to NYC was. Mommy was very proud of me once again for the way I took it all in stride when the train made it stops and people got off & on the train. Some of the people noticed me and smiled. Others saw me and looked like they were scared of me. I have no idea why they would be scared of a service dog, silly humans. 

After what seemed like forever we were back in VA. Boy was I one happy girl to be back near home. We took a cab home from the train station. When we got home boy did my brudders give us a big welcome home. We were very happy to see each other again. 

I really glad that I got to go on this trip to me it was a very interesting adventure.

Ruv 'n' Waggles, Sandy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Part 4: the time I spent in Brooklyn, NY</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/469014</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 9 Jun 2008 20:47:21 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>&amp;hearts; Sandy~SD &amp;hearts; ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Rello Everyfur,

As I was telling all of you in my last diary I learnt many things about where my  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Rello Everyfur,

As I was telling all of you in my last diary I learnt many things about where my pawrent grew up. When we would drive past something that was an old familiar place to my mommy. I was able to tell it meant something to her. Heard her mention when she was talking on the phone that the visit to Brooklyn brought back many wonderful memories for her. Before I came to live with her she has several mini strokes. Rascal told me all about how she was when she furst came home. Also how far she has come in the past 6 yrs since then. I know we as a team have come a long way together. Now since my mommy hadn't been back to Brooklyn in such a long time. When she drove from where Poppy was in the hospital back to his home. Well she would get a little lost for a bit but always got us back to Poppy's house where we were staying. I am not sure how she did that. One moment she would be totally lost and then the next felt she was going the correct way to get back to where we wanted to be. Now she did learn the shorter route back from the hospital by the 3rd day (BOL). Now it was the on one of these scenic drives through Brooklyn when we drove through where my mommy grew up. My mommy grew up in an area call Flatbush. Trust I looked for flat bushes but didn't even find one! Then she moved to the Sheepshead Bay area. BTW, that is where my daddy grew up & my Poppy lives. I looked for sheep but again could find any at all. Now I did see the bay. I have found out that the bay is in the shape of a sheepshead, no wonder I was confused and looked for sheep. Also my mommy told me that when they named many of the places in Brooklyn is was way back before she was ever born and things was really different back then. Hmmm, I think all of these fact were very interesting to learn for this VA pup. 

Ruv 'n' Waggles, Sandy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Part 3: More about my trip to Brooklyn, NY</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/468671</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 8 Jun 2008 23:50:09 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>&amp;hearts; Sandy~SD &amp;hearts; ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Rello Everyfur,

Now that Whiskey is doing better. I figured I would go back to telling all of you ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Rello Everyfur,

Now that Whiskey is doing better. I figured I would go back to telling all of you more about my trip. 

I just added a video that my mom took of me enjoying my rawhide bone. When we weren't going to the hospital to visit my Grandpaw Poppy. I did get to have down time to relax and enjoy a good rawhide bone. It was really good to chew on it after a long day. 

Well my Poppy is doing much better now. He is finally back home from what my mom told us pups. I was very happy to hear this news. All I know that I am most certainly not a city gal at all. Now I have been told that there are parts of NY that are not anything like NYC. 

When we furst got to NYC we were at Penn Station. Then we had to walk a little ways to where we were going to be picked up. We had to go from Manhatten to Brooklyn. I noticed that my pawrents usually refer to Manhatten as the City. I don't get it. They do something similar with Long Island. They call it the Island. Now how is one supposed to know what they mean if they weren't born in NYC, I ask you? My mommy's brudder lives in or is it on Long Island. I get confused about this stuff. I understand about being a service dog but I dont understand this stuff at all. I did find out many, many things about my grandpawrents & places in Brooklyn while I was up there. When we was driving in from the city to Brooklyn. Once we were in Brooklyn my pawrents kept telling my human brudder about certain places as we past them. Like I found out and saw where each of my pawrents went to high school. I also got to see the neighborhood where my mommy grew up. She had a major shock when we drove past it. The house she grew up in is no longer there. We also saw where is went to college. She showed pointed out to us where her graduation was on campus. I found it all very interesting to listen to. Every so often I did take a look out of the windows. 

That's all fur now. I am off to bed now. My mommy is giving this look which means I better get off her computer.

Ruv 'n' Waggles, Sandy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Another Update on Whiskey</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/467686</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 5 Jun 2008 21:40:42 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>&amp;hearts; Sandy~SD &amp;hearts; ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Rello Everyfur,

My family and I would like to thank all of our friends here on Dogster for keepin ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Rello Everyfur,

My family and I would like to thank all of our friends here on Dogster for keeping my brudder, Whiskey, in you prayers and thoughts. Besides our mom's TLC. I know that all of your prayers are helping my eldest brudder get better. He is hanging in there. He seems to be a little bit more with it with each passing day. Our mom is keeping a close watch on him still. She is still very concerned about Whiskey. Being her service dog I can tell she is worried about him. I do my best to comfort her. Rascal also does his best too. Rascal was telling me that is one month Whiskey will be 16 yrs old. Right now he is getting most anything he wants to eat. Mom just wants fatten him up. Too bad there isn't a way to transfer Rascal's extra weight to Whiskey(BOL). It kinda feels like the three bears arould here. One is too skinny the other to heavy and the baby is just right. Me being the baby (teehee). We have also been giving Whiskey lots of fresh air. Our young human friends have been giving him lots of extra loving also when they see us three pups outside with our mom.

Ruv & Waggles to all of you!
Sandy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Another Update on Whiskey</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/465644</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 31 May 2008 10:28:51 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>&amp;hearts; Sandy~SD &amp;hearts; ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Rello Everyfur,

Sorry I didn't do an update yesterday but my mommy had one of her crash days yest ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Rello Everyfur,

Sorry I didn't do an update yesterday but my mommy had one of her crash days yesterday. What that means is that she did a lot the day before and was all worn out.  We did do a lot of running around on thursday. She slept most of yesterday away. Except for the times she got up check on Whiskey & to take us fur our walks. 

Whiskey is very skinny. Mommy is doing her best to fatten the boy up. He still has problems with his hind legs giving out on him. Sometimes he is wobblely on his paws but not as often as when he furst got hit in the head. He doesn't mind it when I go into the kitchen with mommy. Whisk let's me check him over. When he makes eye contact with Rascy he barks and makes an ugly face at him. I don't get it. Rascy is just standing there quietly when he does this. I asked Rascy what he was doing and he told me he only wanted to look in on Whisk. On some of the walks Whiskey walks with the both of us. Other times our dad takes him & mom takes us on a much longer walk. Long walks are hard for Whiskey to do right now because of his legs. 

Our human brudder stopped by to see Whiskey today. Now those two go way back. He is the one who gave Whiskey his name. Hmmm let me ask Rasc how old our human brudder was then. Rascy said that he was 11 yrs old when Whiskey was a lil itty bitty puppy. Rascy met our human brudder when he was 15 yrs old. I met him when he was 23 yrs old. That guy is one big human I will tell you that much. Whiskey really adores him. From what Whiskey has told me they used to do many things together. 

Whiskey does alot of sleeping which is good fur him. Mommy is making sure he eats more often now.  He does voice his opinion on being in the kitchen from time to time. 

That's all fur now. Thanks again fur all of your  prayers!

Ruv 'n' Waggles, Sandy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>How my brudder is doing.</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/465129</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 29 May 2008 19:42:31 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>&amp;hearts; Sandy~SD &amp;hearts; ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Rello Everyfur,

Today wasn't the best day for Whiskey. He has been having some trouble with his h ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Rello Everyfur,

Today wasn't the best day for Whiskey. He has been having some trouble with his hind legs keeping him up. We are still keeping him downstairs with us. I think he misses being upstairs. That concussion really knocked him fur one heck of a loop. The vet told us there isn't much to do for him. Since he does have some other health issues and his age. My brudder is almost 16 yrs old. From what I understand most of his birth family is now gone. He is one of the only ones still around. Sighs... I ruv my older little brudder very much.

Rascal told me much of what I just told you. I was out helping mom on her errands. Mom and me saw my Auntie and my fur cuz Jenni. For those who know them Jenni is hanging in there and her mom is doing better. Her booboo was a doozy!

Again thanks to all of you fur keeping my brudder in your thoughts and prayers. It means so very much to my and my furmily.

That's all fur now. 

Ruv 'n' Waggles, Sandy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Update on my Budder Whiskey</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/464745</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 28 May 2008 18:24:10 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>&amp;hearts; Sandy~SD &amp;hearts; ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Rello everyfur,

Whiskey is doing much better today. His balance is really good today compared to  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Rello everyfur,

Whiskey is doing much better today. His balance is really good today compared to yesterday. He seems more with it today also. I accidently tackled him. Well sometimes I furget myself I want to play. Forgot how much bigger then him I am and that he is smaller than Rascal with is used to me doing that to him. I am not that used to him being downstairs that much. Especially after he has been hiding out upstairs for a long while. Mom wants him to stay downstairs so she can keep a watchful eye on him. Whiskey is eating more today also.

All of us would like to say thank you to all of our friends here on Dogster for keeping Whiskey in your prayers. It means a lot to all of us. Your prayers certainly are helping him heal.

Ruv 'n' Waggles,
Sandy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>My Brudder Whiskey Needs Your Prayers</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/464270</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 27 May 2008 12:23:26 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>&amp;hearts; Sandy~SD &amp;hearts; ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Rello Everyfur,

My brudder Whiskey isnt doing to well today. Furst, this morning when they came b ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Rello Everyfur,

My brudder Whiskey isnt doing to well today. Furst, this morning when they came back in from their morning walk the ended up getting into a fight. Well Whiskey ended up getting hurt on his snout. Second, early this afternoon we heard a thud from upstairs. Our daddy went up to see if Whiskey was ok. He came back downstairs carrying Whiskey. Told us that a piece of wood fell on Whiskey. Whiskey was really out of it at then and had lots of trouble walking. So he rested with dad fur a little bit until mom took him from dad to lay with her. She has a way with us pups. When he was doing lil better mom took him outside. They were out there fur what seemed like furever. When they came back in mom put him on one of our beds and he has been sleeping since then. We keep checking on him to make sure he is still breathing.

So plawease keep Whiskey in your prayers so he can get better. 
Thank you all so very very much!

Ruv, Sandy

PS. Hey it's me Rascal. Yeah I know I shouldn't have had a fight with my bro but it happens between us from time to time. Now my kid sister has this major issue with anypup who lays on our pawrents. Right now all most of us are resting as my bro sleeps. We are keeping him downstairs with us so we can keep a real good eye on him.
Thanks ahead of time fur keeping Whiskey in your prayers fur us.
Ruv you all, Rascal]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>My Diary Was DOTD again</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/453101</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 21:40:13 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>&amp;hearts; Sandy~SD &amp;hearts; ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Rello to all my pals,

First off I would say it is a honor to have my diary picked again for DOTD. ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Rello to all my pals,

First off I would say it is a honor to have my diary picked again for DOTD. This make the third time for me. I would like to thank all my pals who congradulated me on this honor. Now wouldn't you know I wasn't even on my mommy's computer yesterday since she nver turned it on. So imagine my surprise I saw how much mail I had. Along with all the invites to be pals with so many of you. I feel so honred to have all of you as my pals. A pup couldnt have greater pals than you here on dogster!

My adventures in Brooklyn will be con't ... so stay tuned.

BTW, Rascal is a little miffed right now. You see he is the only one on my family who has not had his diary DOTD. I sure hope he gets it one of these days. 

Waggles 'n' Ruv, Sandy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Part 2: The Backyard in Brooklyn</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/452039</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 18:41:54 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>&amp;hearts; Sandy~SD &amp;hearts; ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Rello to all my pals, 

I am really happy that I am back home in VA. Especially after having been  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Rello to all my pals, 

I am really happy that I am back home in VA. Especially after having been in Brooklyn. Let me tell you I really am not so sure how city dogs deal with all the noise that there is there. The air even smells different there than where I live. When I go for my walks I usually have grass under my paws. In Brooklyn there wasn't as much grass around. Mom always did her best to find a grassy spot when we were out and about. This girl likes to go potty on grass not cement or asphalt. Mom told me that when a dog grows up in Brooklyn it learns to use what is available. Well my Poppy has a back yard which I used on a very regular basis. Now I was told once upon a time that this was a very nice yard with flowers, vegetables and green grass. Now this is not how it is now. On my furst afternoon there my mom had to go into the yard with me and stomp down the overgrown grasses. It was just about as tall as my mom! I have a few of photo of me in my Poppy's yard on my page. Now I totally understand why the back yard is like this. My Poppy is going to be 93 yrs old tomorrow. When you get to that age you don't work in a back yard like you did when you was younger. 

Now one thing that impressed my mommy was the fact that I had to use an open staircase. I kinda had fun looking through the steps when I went up them. They was metal also which was a different feel under my paws.

Stayed tuned for more of my adventures in Brooklyn.

Ruv and waggles, Sandy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>About My Trip To Brooklyn, NY Part 1</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/450386</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 22:44:58 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>&amp;hearts; Sandy~SD &amp;hearts; ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Rello Everyone,

My mommy, daddy and me are back from Brooklyn, NY. We went there because my grand ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Rello Everyone,

My mommy, daddy and me are back from Brooklyn, NY. We went there because my grandpaw was very sick. He is doing much better now. He is still very weak and is now in a nursing home rehab place where he continuing to get well. All this girl knows is that each time I touched his paw he would smile at me. 

I have decided to tell you about my stay in Brooklyn is parts. Here is the furst part. We traveled up to NYC Penn station by Amtrak. This was my very furst train ride ever. Mommy was very proud of the way I handled myself. I have added the photo of me on the train wondering when the trip would be over. My mom and dad had to pull me off the train at Penn Station. I didn't like that GAP I saw between the train and the platform. It was scary looking to this gal. We took an elevator up to the street level. Where we waited for my human brudder. He came up for the weekend to see grandpaw too. We all then walked to where the car service guy was going to pick us all up. There were LOTS of people in the streets and LOTS of traffic when we crossed the street. Let my tell you this. NYC is one very crowded place and NOISY too!!! It was a long trip into Brooklyn with all the traffic. Brooklyn is better than Manhattan, not as noisy. 

The next day which was Sat is when we had to take my grandpaw aka Poppy to the hospital. He was very sick then with a real high fever. CHeck out my photos of me waiting in the ER for Poppy to be admitted.

As you can see I was one very mellow girl while waiting.

What can I say I sleep a lot when I have to wait around. What else  did you think I would be doing? (BOL) 

Now we visited Poppy everyday in the hospital until we left to come home. Everyone who worked in the hospital was very nice to me. My mom even let me meet and greet some of them. I enjoyed that very much.  This is when he started feeling a little better. My human brother had already returned to VA from this loud place. Let me tell you I am no city dog in any way at all. I like VA so much better I can  find the grass there it isn't as easy here. I have no idea how city dogs deal with this. I have been going different places with my pawrents here in Bklyn. Now me understands my mommy's nickname (teehee). I also got to meet my mommy's brudder and his wife  my uncle and auntie. I really like them very much!. I have a younger fur cousin whose name is also Sandy and she lives in FL, isn't that cool? 
Dont forget to check out the photos of my visits to the hospital to see my Poppy. Did  you see the beige socks in one of them??? Those are my Poppy's feet. We were so happy to see him sitting up in a chair. Those sneakers near my head are my mom's feet. On friday when we were traveling home Poppy was transferred from the hospital to the home until he gets he strength back.

Well that's all fur now. Wait until I write my next part and show you the photos of the backyard where i go potty alot (BOL) 

Oh, before Rascal gets mad at me. He had his Barkday this past Wed. We will be having a pawty for him soon. Have to make it up to him for being away from home on his barkday.


Ruv and Huggles, Sandy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>A Handy Sandy update</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/431717</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 29 Feb 2008 15:25:15 PST</pubdate>
		<author>&amp;hearts; Sandy~SD &amp;hearts; ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Rello All, 

Mommy and me visited with Jenni and her mommy (Auntie Tara) yesterday.  My mommy was  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Rello All, 

Mommy and me visited with Jenni and her mommy (Auntie Tara) yesterday.  My mommy was busy taking photos and videos during our visit. She got one of me playing with a sqeaky toy. Now they keep this toy at their place so that when I visit I will have a toy to play with. Now isn't that very sweeet of them.  I had mom add the video to my page. it looks like she added another video parts 1 & 2 plus a few photos of me. I really like posing for mom these days. Also think the videos she is taking are really interesting. I just do not understand how the picture moves in the video at all. Really, I just don't get it.

Waggles and Ruv, Sandy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>This Service Dog has to wonder .....</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/420608</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 2 Feb 2008 20:46:59 PST</pubdate>
		<author>&amp;hearts; Sandy~SD &amp;hearts; ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Rello to all my pals,

You are more than likely wondering what I am am wondering about. Well I wen ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Rello to all my pals,

You are more than likely wondering what I am am wondering about. Well I went shopping with my mommy today at the grocery store. Everything went just fine in the store. What I am wondering about is this human that spoke with my mommy. She did seem very annoyed at what he was saying to her (I can tell when she was  upset). I just listened as they spoke. Now when we are done shopping someone from the store will help us out with our groceries. They put the stuff in the trunk of our car for us. Less wear and tear on my mommy. Well today in the parking lot there was this man standing by his car. He said if I get a coat (referring to my vest) like that for my dog I can bring him into the store also. To which my mommy answered no. She told him that a dog needs to be trained to be a Service Dog. Then he told her that she looked just fine to him and walked pretty good also. He was thinking that my mommy is not disabled! OMD! What a jerk I thought. Mommy may look great on the outside but she has problems with mobility and balance. Now there are more things that I help her with and I have been training for to work with her since I was a puppy. Where did this man get off assuming that my mommy was totally okay??? Our car was parked in the handicapped spot. You can't park there unless the state approves it.  The woman who was helping us is a friend of mine at the store. She just gave mommy a look. The guy sounded kinda serious to me. Even though he said he wasn't. I am a pretty good judge of humans. This kind of human is the kind that makes it harder for people like my mommy who needs a service dog to take us places. These people can not bring a regular pet to any store just because it has a coat on. He just got my fur up on  my neck this morning. I just had to vent. 

Thanks to all my pals for listening to me rant a little.

 

Waggles and Ruv, Sandy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>My Barkday Jan 28th</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/418466</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 28 Jan 2008 17:28:07 PST</pubdate>
		<author>&amp;hearts; Sandy~SD &amp;hearts; ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Rello all,

The past few days have been so much fun for me. My brudders had a surprise pawty for m ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Rello all,

The past few days have been so much fun for me. My brudders had a surprise pawty for me on Saturday night here at dogster. The Bunker Boys and Dream House Girls were there. My brudder Rascal did most of the arrangements to get all of our pals to help him pull it off. He kept me busy so I wouldn't go near the Dream House for a couple of days. When I visited my pal Jenni-kate she never let on that she knew a thing about my pawty. A wonderful time was had by all on Saturday night. We ate, danced, ate some more and danced a lot more we even sang songs. It was a funtastic evening for this gal.

Now in today's mail there was a package. It was from our friend Mudrella aka Muddy. She sent me a barkday cake. Boy the gal can bake! The calendar that our mommy made also came in today's mail. It is so nice to see the pictures of me and my brudders in it! After dinner we had frosty paws and Muddy's delicious cake to eat. Check out the new photos that I added.

This evening in Dogster at the Welcome Wagon there was another Barkday Pawty for me. Got to see more friends and make some new ones too. Fun, fun and more fun for me.

Also my friend Ringo was picked DOTD yesterday. Another friend Sassy was picked DOTW today. Isn't that pawsome?

This has been one of the best barkdays for me yet. It feels good to be 3.

Waggles and Ruv, Sandy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>A Handy Sandy Update</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/415965</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 22 Jan 2008 09:45:09 PST</pubdate>
		<author>&amp;hearts; Sandy~SD &amp;hearts; ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Rello To All of You, 

I would like to tank you of you for the get well wishes you sent to me. Thi ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Rello To All of You, 

I would like to tank you of you for the get well wishes you sent to me. This girl is feeling much better now. Plus I really like the way cranberry juice tastes with my food. Rascy thinks I am nuts, but I like it. (BOL) 

On friday mom and me went to visit for a while with my pal Jenni and her Mom (I call her Auntie Tara). I gave Jenni a tennis which I played with. While I was playing with the tennis ball I kinda killed it (BOL). I will give my pal another one to replace my gift I killed. Then mom and me drove Auntie Tara to her appointment.  Mom took me on a nice walkie when we got there. Then the two of us waited in the car. Shhh , mom fell asleep for a little bit and I watched over her. After we took Auntie Tara home. We went to a grocery store to get food for me and the boys. A much needed item if I say so myself! 

It looks like mom and me will be going to the grocery shopping somwtime this week. We dogs need some treats. You know how that goes. She also needs to buy stuff for herself and dad. 

Last night I was bugging mom about my bowl being empty.  I was just hungry pup and wanted more food.

I am just getting excited since my barkday will be soon. Happy, Happy, Joy, Joy .... that's me! I can't help myself. Rascal just keeps giving me those older brother looks. (BOL) Whiskey isn't even paying any mind to me right now. I hear him muttering kids under his breath sometimes and shaking his head. Guess my brothers are just tired of me talking about my barkday.

Waggles and Ruv, Sandy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>I have been a busy Handy Sandy</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/411474</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 9 Jan 2008 20:43:42 PST</pubdate>
		<author>&amp;hearts; Sandy~SD &amp;hearts; ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Rello pals of mine,

My mom has been keeping me pretty busy lately. Last friday we went grocery sh ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Rello pals of mine,

My mom has been keeping me pretty busy lately. Last friday we went grocery shopping in the morning. Then we went to visit with my lil buddy Jayden and his family. His birthday is not that long after I have mine. He will be 2 on his day. He now can say dog the right way, but I always have understood my little buddy. 

We didnt go anywhere special over the weekend.  When monday morning came we left the house early in the morning. Mom had to go somewhere to get some bloodwork done. Which she had to fast for which I knew was hard for her to do. Now as it turned out she wasn't the only one who wasn't feeling so good that morning. My tummy was upset and I ended up. Well I think you can figure out what happened next. The man who was getting the information and stuff from my  mom was very understanding. He was very concerned about me and my tummy. I took a short nap and when I woke up I felt so much better. My didn't look to good after she had her blood taken. I made sure she stayed put until I thought she was ready to walk with me. 

Now today we checked out what groceries Target now carries. It was a pleasant change of pace from going to Walmart or the regular grocery store. We even made new friends.  I sure do get a workout when we shop. Since I get to walk all around the store. Now later this afternoon I had a real nice long walk outside. It warm out me wasn't sure that it was really still winter. 

From what I understand my week is far from over. We will be doing more things tomorrow so it's off to bed for the service dog.

Waggles and Ruv, Sandy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>A Handy Sandy Update for January 2, 2008</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/408801</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 2 Jan 2008 20:59:48 PST</pubdate>
		<author>&amp;hearts; Sandy~SD &amp;hearts; ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Rello reverypup,

I really do enjoy it when I get to go out someplace with my mom. Sometimes we do ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Rello reverypup,

I really do enjoy it when I get to go out someplace with my mom. Sometimes we do not go anywhere because she is not always feeling up to it. This past friday on the bedtime walkie with Rascal and me. My mom went crash, boom OUCH onto the wet ground. We pups accidently get her foot tangled up that mixed with her standing on wet leaves made for the little accident that happened. I can always tell when my mom gets hurt. She always seems to hurt more the next day. When she hurts real bad like se he was on Saturday she sleeps alot. Rascal and me tried to not bark as much since we was thinking that if we did it would wake mom up. She is doing much better now. Only her arm is still hurting her. Phew! 

Today we went out in the afternoon. Mom was on the telephone calling many places this morning. I napped most of the time she was doing this. Once she was done she napped some also. After she woke up we headed out. We stopped by the doctor office. one of the ladies there gave mom someting that she put in one of my vest pouches. Mom sometimes calls me her walking pocketbook (whatever that means). All I know is I like being able to carry stuff for her. Everyone in the waiting room smiled at me. This is getting to be a regular thing for me. Me tinks it is so nice when they all smile at me. Mom went to the area where I sit under the chair as much as i can get my body under it. I am not sure what the lady does to my mom's arm. The lady used to be kinda scared of me and all dogs for that fact. She is no longer scared of me. Whenever I see her I am always being a very good girl. If I wasn't I would disappoint mom and me not want to do that! It is nice to know that a person who is usually afraid of dogs is not afraid of me anymore. Cool isn't it.

We stopped next at this store that has lots and lots of cards and other stuff in it. My mom was looking for some Snoopy stuff. We pups like Snoopy also and his birdie buddy Woodstock. As you can tell from the things I have here on my dogster page.  Unfortunately they didn't have what mom wanted. We walked around the store and me checked out some of the stuffed animals they had there. Some of the people who work there remembered me from the last time we were there. They said hi to the both of us, wasn't that nice?

After we was done there went headed on home. Me and the boys had to pry mom away from her computer so we could use it. (BOL) My brudders are teasing me because me is doing a birthday countdown. Only 26 more days til me is 3. WhooHoo!!!

Waggles and Ruv, Sandy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>my friend has a page now</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/407457</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 30 Dec 2007 19:09:06 PST</pubdate>
		<author>&amp;hearts; Sandy~SD &amp;hearts; ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Rello to all of my Pup Pals,

My friend Jenni-Kate now has a page here on dogster that is all fill ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Rello to all of my Pup Pals,

My friend Jenni-Kate now has a page here on dogster that is all filled out finally. This is her dogster #688954. I hope that yous guys will check out her page. You can see a photo of us at her house among my photos. She is such a sweet pal of mine. Plus our mommies are pals also. Isn't that cool? Jenni just lives a car ride away from me. It is not that far at all to get to her house by car. BTW, when you read in her diary about Auntie Marlene. That is my mom ;-). Her mom is my Auntie Tara. Do any of you recall me mentioning that one of my mom's friends was going to do some training stuff with me. Well that person is Jenni's mommy. I know that my mom and Auntie Tara have been talking about me on the phone from time to time. Now I am not to sure of what I am in for the next time I see them now. (wonders as I am typing)

I hope all of you have read Rascal's Dairy recently. He wrote all about what Santa Paws brought us pups plus the stuff the came in the mail and a box that smelled familiar to me. Now I know why (BOL)

Mom kept me very busy Firday morning. We went to five different places in the morning. Yes, I said five! She sure did need to get a bunch of stuff done. After starting to go house happy I was very happy to get out and go places. I just didn't know it was going to be done all in one morning. Mom said that I did very good at all the different places we went to fridays morning. I will tell you all this when I got home I was TIRED! I took me a long nap. 

That's about all for now my pals.

Waggles and Ruv, Sandy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>my weekend</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/404900</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 23 Dec 2007 14:00:06 PST</pubdate>
		<author>&amp;hearts; Sandy~SD &amp;hearts; ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Rello my Pup Pals,

Saturday:
                                                                    ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Rello my Pup Pals,

Saturday:
                                                                                                                  
First of all my mom wanted me to say thank you to the boys who were in the bunker on Friday night  for all the birthday wishes you sent to her. My brothers and me also want to tank you for making our mommy smile!!!

Now I would like to tell you about the fun I ended up having on my afternoon walkie on Saturday.  Usually nothing much happens but every so often something fun does like today. I got to see my pup pal Toby. Our humans talked to each other. We then continued our walkie. When a human friend comes along with a dog I never saw before. Well we got to checking each other out. After we did that we started playing with each other. We enjoyed ourpupselves!

My new friend's name is Nicko. He is just a little bit younger than me. All that playing wore this girl out. After I got home I needed to take a nap before I could even eat my food (BOL). BTW, I did eat all of my food up after my nap. 

Now when Rascal, Mom & me were coming back in from our night time walkie, mom noticed a package sitting on our front step. She told us that us pups that the box for us pups. Rascal and I looked at her and we both woofed, "really mom, for us?" She said "yes and for Whiskey too". We both got excited after we started sniffing the box. Now it took us a moment to realize why some of the scents on  it were familiar to us. Well that was because it was from some boys who are our pals. We met in the Boys Bunker Only. Mom opened the box and then told that we have to wait until Christmas to open up the stuff with our names on it. The box as been reclosed and put out of reach, even for me. 

Sunday:

We early this morning I went out with mom to the store. the reason she we left so early mom told me was that there would be less people out shopping at that time than later. Also this way mom was able to get one of those riding carts to use in the store.  This thing in the kitchen called a microwave broke and mom needed to buy a new one. Now I don't get what this microwave thing does. I never see it waving at me not even itty bitty waves. Well maybe that is why mom got a new one today.  Mom bought a few other things. What she likes to do when she has gotten everything she wanted in a short time. Well she will ride around the store looking at things. Now don't get me wrong I like checking out stuff also. I found out that this is one of her ways to give me exercise. Espspecially since she can not take me on a long walk.  Now I do let her know when I have had enough of being in the store. Then she will go to checkout and pay for the stuff she has in that cart. Oh, I almost forgot to tell you I got a brand new leash. What I can't figure out is why mom got it as one of her birthday presents. Rascal said maybe they did that so it could be opened before Christmas. He could be correct. I also got two tennis balls as a gift at checkout. The reason I got them was this. When I see something on the floor I pick it up. When mom sees I have something she asks me to give it. Well as we going around the store I first found one and gave to mom and then the other one. Now at checkout mom told the cashier about the tennis balls. Since they were on the floor and no idea what they went to. He told mom we could keep them since I was such a nice dog. Mom said thank you for me to him. 

Oh wow I didnt 't realize I had written so much.  

Wishing everypup and their families a Merry Christmas.

Waggles and Ruv, Sandy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>I finally got mom out of the house!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/403918</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 20 Dec 2007 21:40:07 PST</pubdate>
		<author>&amp;hearts; Sandy~SD &amp;hearts; ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Rello one and all, 

Today I finally got mom out of the house so we could go grocery shopping. As  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Rello one and all, 

Today I finally got mom out of the house so we could go grocery shopping. As usual mom used the riding cart and I walked all around the store. It felt so good to be working outside of the house. Guess I left my paw prints all over the store(BOL) 


We did make one stop before we went to the grocery store. It was the drive thru window of the bank. I saw mom put some paper in a box. It disappeared for awhile. When it returned it had different paper in it and a TREAT for me !

Now I know tomorrow should be a very interesting day. If you are wondering why I say that it is because it is my mom's birthday. Not sure what her plans are yet.

Well that's all the news from me for this day. 

Waggles and Ruv, Sandy 

Happy Howliday to all of my pup pals!!!!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>the rest of this service dog's busy week (Dec.12 and 13)</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/402613</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 17 Dec 2007 23:32:55 PST</pubdate>
		<author>&amp;hearts; Sandy~SD &amp;hearts; ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Rello pals,

I finally got to the computer to write my blog. Last week I was kept very busy. Alrea ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Rello pals,

I finally got to the computer to write my blog. Last week I was kept very busy. Already told you about Mon & Tues. Now let me fill you in on Wed & Thus. 

On Wed we went to visit my buddy Jayden and spent most of the day with him and his mom. His mom was doing all the driving.   We rode in their van. I sit just in front of Jay in the back seat but I wiggle my body in between the front seats. Jay is saying more things now. We stopped by a doctor's office so mom could pick someting up. I took her up to the office and back down again. Then we were off in the van again. This time we went to Toys'R'Us. Were we met up with Jayden's daddy. Since the kid was napping mom and me stayed in the car with him, while his parents checked out the toy store. Our next stop was at Walmart. This time all of us went into the store. Mom had to pick up a few things for me and the boys. Then we caught up with Jayden and his parents. They got some presents. After we checked out we were of to Chole's school to pick her up. She was very happy to see me sitting in the car. Oh yeah and mom also. Now finally we were on our way back to Jayden's house, yay. 

Once there I got to play with the kids. Then I got to relax while I was there when mom kept the kids busy. Mom 

Now on Thu we went to Starbucks to meet with this insurance man. Mom needed to talk over some stuff with him. We waited outside until he arrived. It was nice just watching everyone go by. After he arrived we went inside. I looked out the window for a little bit. Then I settled down as much under the table as possible. Mom drank someting . Me got to watch the people come in and go out. Every so often someone would notice me laying where I was and smile at me. Once we were done there we went over to the grocery store  to buy some dog food that Whiskey likes to eat.

Now since Fri we havent done much away from home. Tues me wants to take mom to the grocery store to shop.

Waggles and Ruv, Sandy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>this service dog has been a busy girl</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/401742</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 15 Dec 2007 18:20:37 PST</pubdate>
		<author>&amp;hearts; Sandy~SD &amp;hearts; ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>rello pup pals,

me still getting you all caught up with my goings ons ... this is from Dec. 11
 ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ rello pup pals,

me still getting you all caught up with my goings ons ... this is from Dec. 11

This is a service dog's news update about how busy her mom has kept her the past two days. Also from what I hear there is more in store for me this week. YAY!

Yesterday started off slowly we didn't get an early start at all. It was a late one instead. We also took dad with us to Walmart. We sure did need a bunch of stuff. Especially for us pups. I made sure that we got most of what my brothers and me needed. Would you believe I forgot to remind mom to get regular dog biscuits for us. I made sure about the food, chews, stuff for our fur 'n' skin, and for our joints. The boys really need that last item. They have arfthitis. While we were shopping I kept looking behind to make sure dad was still there. There was one time is wasn't so I made sure I kept an eye on him. You know how humans can be in stores at times. (BOL)

Now today we left home at 10:30am and returned at 4:30pm. Now that is what this pup calls a rather long day. Our first start was at a place called Starbucks. Now I know bucks are animals but I only saw humans in there. They were very nice to me and gave me a cup or water to drink  . While she drink thing called latte . Me was very good there. Person she was going to meet there never came. So guess we get to go back another day to meet person. Then we went to bank drive thru thingy  . Mom put paper in and got different paper back with two treats. Me enjoyed them treats. They was yummy in my pup tummy! We then went to visit my buddy Jaydenfor a little while. Me thinks mom was taking a break before we went grocery shopping. Me got to drink  some water, have one of my bowls there. Always like it when can see my buddy. Going to see him again tomorrow. Think me will get to see his sister also. We left when they had to go pick her up from school. Off to the grocery store. Me like when we go shopping  cause me knows some of the people who work there. They say hi to me. Sometimes mom even lets me say hi to them and they give me a treat mom has given them for me. Cool isn't it. Now while in the store I kept talking to mom cause I was starting to get tired. After all we did leave early and here it was many hours later. 

Was happy when we got home. Both boys greeted me when me got home. That was nice of them. By that time me was hungry. I hit my bowl   or any bowl   I see when me wants me food. Do the same to water bowl when it be empty! A girl has to drink when she eats, ya know. Plus knew Rascy wanted some also. 

Was resting until started writing this blog. Oh, I got to chat with my pal Drea while I was writing this bloggy. Way cool!

That is about it for today. Not sure what will happen the rest of this week. It just means I will have more stuff to tell all of you. Well I am tired and think I will go to sleep.

Waggles and Ruv, Sandy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>A update that I should have shared on DEC 8th (BOL)</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/401478</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 15 Dec 2007 00:39:51 PST</pubdate>
		<author>&amp;hearts; Sandy~SD &amp;hearts; ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Rello Pup Pals,

Well since I have not written for so long I will just give you some of the highli ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Rello Pup Pals,

Well since I have not written for so long I will just give you some of the highlights of some of the tings that have happened to me.

Well I have gotten to see my lil buddy Jay (now 21mos old). He is getting so big. I know cause he can look over my back now. Plus boy is he gaining weight. I know he used to be light enough to sit on me. Now he can't! He tries and I move out of the way and he lands in his lil tushy. The last time I was visiting with mom it was for his sister's birthday  , she's 6 yrs old. I was sitting and he came up behind me. He started off giving me a hug. Then he tried to ride me, I am not a truck or a horsey.  I don't mind most things he does to me cause me ruvs him. He like to hug and kiss me and me kiss him back. He also knows where my treats are kept and asks for someone to get them out so he can give me one. One smart lil pal I have he knows I like my treats!

One day last week when mom & me was walking. There was this squirrel in the tree near where we were. Well it was talking to us or maybe it was yelling at us to stay away for his tree or someting like that. Now when we walked to the other side of the tree this little critter turned and was still yacking at us. Mom just kept telling me how good I was being for not barking at it.

Now I have a pup peeve. Now I don't mind cats  when they are inside my friends homes. It is the one's who are let to roam outside that are driving me to act a bit nuttier than usual . There is this one cat that sits under anyting and stares at me. I go wild and mom makes me sit and then we go the other direction. Now what me no understand at all is this. It has been cold outside why to these cats   people let them roam outside when it so cold outside? 

It snowed here not that long ago. Too bad there wasn't more if it to play in! Me made the most of what did stick to the grassy areas. It was so much fun to run  around in the snow     


Now mom has been to the dentist a few of times without me. Phooey!!! I really do NOT like being Left at Home. Now Rascal is a wonderful on those days. He let's me rest near him. Dad is good for treats, YummY! Well she has had a total of 5 teeeeth   yanked out of her head.  From what me understand there maybe some more yanked out but not til next year. PHew! Me knows her mouth still getting better. 

Well that's all for now my pup pals.

Waggles and Ruv, Sandy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Boy did Mom and me have a very busy day on thu, Nov. 8</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/388136</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 11 Nov 2007 20:50:26 PST</pubdate>
		<author>&amp;hearts; Sandy~SD &amp;hearts; ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Rello Reveryone, 

Our day started off early this morning Mom and I left the house at around 9:40a ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Rello Reveryone, 

Our day started off early this morning Mom and I left the house at around 9:40am this morning. We got into the car and away we went. Mom had to get her INR blood test done today or else! We would have been out of there faster if i didn't keep laying on their nice floor and then their nice carpet. We all know I have this thing about carpets. I really like the way the feel and the great smells they have in them. On the way out mom grab a cup of coffee and an empty cup for me. We met this nice man in the trick elevator. Well this elevator you get in the doors on one side and get out on the doors on the other side. Now to everyone who rides with us they are amazed that I will always that my mom to the other set of doors. Well from this doctor's office we were headed over to another's to pick of thees pieces of paper for medicine that my dad needs. Well let me tell you there is more than one way to get from first office to second. To me it seemed like mom ended up taking the longest one possible. Don't ask how she actually got us there. I am not even sure she really knows personally (BOL)  Well do you all know that every place we go to has a different scent to it. By the scent I can figure out which office mom needs to go to. Not bad huh. When we wait for the elevators I listen and can usually pick the one that will come to us first. My record is pretty good for picking the correct elevator. Now I will say this much for mom she does give me potty breaks before we get back into the car for the next part of our journey. (Phew) Now we headed off to another doctor's office which was a good distance away also from the last one. This time mom got handed a little bags with what she called samples. Now this was the end of going to doctor's offices. Now we were off to see my friend Jenni and her mom. BTW this is Jenni. Isn't she a cutie. She is a Jack Russell terrier. She is wearing her South Carolina tee shirt. She used to live there. Her mom got a couple of photos of us girls together. Pretty cool isn't it. Can't wait until she sends them to my mom so I can share them with you all. Just so you all know Jenni's mom is the one who gave me the work out on tues. Since mom got there so late today they didn't give me one. Anyway I was way tired from going to all the different places with mom today. I know mom is really tired. She has been on the go for the past three days. Now various times of the different times we were on the road we would hit traffic. Traffic is yucky in my opinion. Now when we said good bye to Jenni and her mom we were headed off to the CVS near home to give them those papers mom got earlier. We will get them tomorrow. I love going out so much in a given week, but I know it takes it toll on my mom still. I can;t wait until her thyroid thing is doing better. I is hoping with the medicine change a different doctor we saw about a week ago will start making her feel better. 

I think I wrote more than enough but hey I told ya it was a busy day for us girls. Plus I know mom wants to go to turn off her computer and go to sleep. 

Waggles and Ruv, Sandy 


PS. When I get the photo of my pal Jenni and me I will show it on my page. She is a sweet gal.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>a helpful girl</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/380840</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 24 Oct 2007 20:24:48 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>&amp;hearts; Sandy~SD &amp;hearts; ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Rello my pals,

Originally I was going to write an update on what I have been doing with my mom. F ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Rello my pals,

Originally I was going to write an update on what I have been doing with my mom. For example the places we have been and the poeple we have seen. But I changed my mind when I haerd this CRASH! I looked around and I saw what had made noise was my mom. Who was laying on the floor. I went right away to her. She told me good girl for coming and I do need your help girl. It seeems she leaned over in her desk chair and it tipped over and dumping her on the floor. That's why there was a crash.  I followed every direction that mom gave me so that I was able to help her off the floor. I know that she is feeling a liitle bit sore from the car tip over. i just never knew that a desk car on wheels could tip over. Now I know different. Glad I am never too far from her. When we are home neither is my brother Rascal. 

Take care my pals.
Waggles & Luv, Sandy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>I Have Been Tagged</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/378220</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 19 Oct 2007 13:10:19 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>&amp;hearts; Sandy~SD &amp;hearts; ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I've Been Tagged By Mudrella!
October 17th 2007 

The rules of the tag game!
Each player starts  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I've Been Tagged By Mudrella!
October 17th 2007 

The rules of the tag game!
Each player starts with seven random facts about themselves.
Dogs who are tagged,need to post in their diary the rules & their 7 pawsome facts.then choose 7 dogs to tag & list their names.Don't forget to bark them a pmail that they have been tagged & to read your diary or send them a fun rosette announcing they've been tagged!

1. I LOVE being my mom's service dog
2. I LOVE riding in the car
3. I like to pounce in my brother Rascal
4. I have fun saying hello to my other brother when he has been sleeping
5. I so dislike when squeaky toys that do not last
6. I HATE when I can't go with my mom
7. I LOVE when ge go visiting friends

OK here we go,Tag your It!
1. Sabrina
2. Kane
3. Katie
4. Dago
5. Roxy
6. Sassy
7. Raven

Have fun enveryone!
Ruv, Sandy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>my fun day sunday</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/368036</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 23 Sep 2007 19:27:00 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>&amp;hearts; Sandy~SD &amp;hearts; ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Rello rall,

Today started out as any other day does. We all went out for our morning walk. Now ev ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Rello rall,

Today started out as any other day does. We all went out for our morning walk. Now every so often I need to have an extra walk.  Today was one of those. So this morning I told mom I needed to go out. While we were out I saw this dog watching these guys washing their vehicles. I wanted to go see this new dog . Got mom to start talking with one of the guys who was washing his car. I knew it wouldn't take long before they started talking about us dogs. Just like I planned it . That is when I got to meet Toby and make a new friend. He is younger than me. We played together for a while. I was so much fun. We both went in after a bit. Rascal checked me over when once I was laying down for a rest.

Now when we went on our afternoon walk. My and me saw some of our neighbors out and we said rello to them. Then my friend Bella was out for a walk with her mom. We hadn't seen each other in a long time. So our mom's let us play while they talked. We had fun playing and catching up with each other. Rascal checked me and mom over once again when we returned home. 

When I was outside kept myself busy by checking for flies in the house. It seems as soon as I get one there is another to take it's place. What is up with these dang flies?

So all in all I have had a fun day sunday so far today.

Waggles and Love, Sandy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>I have been a  very good girl!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/366251</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 18 Sep 2007 18:42:50 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>&amp;hearts; Sandy~SD &amp;hearts; ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Rello Rall,

Well I figured that I would make up for hurting my mom's paw by being the best SD (se ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Rello Rall,

Well I figured that I would make up for hurting my mom's paw by being the best SD (service dog) I know how to be for her. We went grocery shopping on sunday. I helped her through out the store. Listened real close to all my commands. Never barked once or even pulled once. I made my mom proud  of me.

Mom did a lot of resting on monday. Both Rascal and me were quiet  as she slept. I helped her just about every time she got up. One of the things I do most for her is help her with her balance. Just after we got our bedtime treat mom told me that I was going to be working tomorrow. I drifted off to puppy dreamland with happy thoughts of working.

Now this morning we took dad to the doctor for his appointment. When we got into the waiting room it was crowded. A nice lady gave her seat to my mom and me. Mom signaled to me that I had to sit between her legs and under the  chair . This way I do not take up a lot of room. We waited for what seem like hours to hear our name called. I never seem to realize that they have called us. They never ever say my name. Mom said I need to learn our last name if I want to know when they call us. We past the docotor  in the hall and he said I see the family is here in force. That is when mom said Sandy wants to make sure her dad gets taken care of. The doctor laughed at this. Though I am not so sure why. 

We went to Petsmart afterward. Now this is my kind of store to go to.Woohoo!!! No sooner than we got to the isle that we needed that I told  mom I need to go potty. She asked why didn't you do this before we came in. I just looked at her, with am I don't know look.  Needless to say I felt much better when we returned. Mom was looking for something to help poor Rascal's itchy thigh. He has this rash that has been itching him an awful lot. She got something for him. Then I got to look at the toys. I found this tennis ball  that squeaked. We got 3    of them. Also got some rawhide bones and other stuff that tastes yummy. I got a biscuit at checkout.

Then we headed off to Walmart. We didn't stay long because they did not have any riding carts for mom to use. So we went back the car and headed on home. 

Mom gave us that new very tasty treat. Then both rascy and me wanted to play with the squeaky tennis   balls. Well it happened to me first, my ball stopped squeaking. Then to Rascal and then the third ball also stopped squeaking. Now this was about after 20 minutes playing with them. Now this happened to both me and Rascal. Mom called Petsmart and told them about it. She was told to bring the balls  back and they will replace them. I think mom is also going to contact the company that makes them. I wanna know how come squeaky toys never ever seen to last. Does any other pup have this problem??? This has prompted my mom into action. She said she is going to make squeaky toys for me. Something tells me it will be more of a challenge to destroy something that my mom makes. I will keep you posted on how this goes. BTW, I think that the dog toy company should hire me as a toy tester!

Waggles and Love, Sandy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>ut oh! what I did today by accident</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/365097</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 15 Sep 2007 20:00:46 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>&amp;hearts; Sandy~SD &amp;hearts; ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Rello Rall,

Well on this morning's walkie I saw this squirrel. I wanted to go after it so much. T ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Rello Rall,

Well on this morning's walkie I saw this squirrel. I wanted to go after it so much. That when I saw it I just ran. Now what I forgot  about was most of my 20foot leash was still in mom's hand. Big mistake on my part. Next thing I heard was SANDY LEAVE IT! Then I heard damn that hurts from my mom. Said to self ut oh what did I do? Did I caused my mom to get hurt?  Oh no! Well mom, Rascal & me went back inside. Mom just kept muttering things.  She fed all three of us. Now once she disentangled her left paw from the leashes. That is when I finally knew what the damage to her paw was.  Turns out her ring finger is badly sprained & middle one little bit. So she taped up the two fingers. She is such a wonderful  mommy. All she told me was that I needed to stop going after squirrels! She didn't yell or nothing at me. I feel so bad  that I was the reason she is hurt. Also part why she slept  most of the day away. She does that when she hurts an awful lot. Sighs . 

I was going to share more fun things today but think you rall understand why me did not. 

Waggles and Ruv, Sandy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>this dog just does not understand ...</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/364416</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 13 Sep 2007 20:48:41 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>&amp;hearts; Sandy~SD &amp;hearts; ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>On wednesday we went to a new doctor for mom. The people in the waiting room were nice and ask about ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ On wednesday we went to a new doctor for mom. The people in the waiting room were nice and ask about me. The nurse who took us back thought I was real well behaved. When the doctor first met us. She did say hello to me and asked mom about me. Mom told her that one of the things I do for her is help her with mobility. The doctor just didn't seem to understand how I could do that better than a cane or a walker. Mom said that neither of those items could keep her from falling or keep her balance better. That I was able to do this better. Also that she now falls less often now that she has me. Me not sure about why mom had to keep saying why I was better at it to this doctor person. When mom mentioned that I was able to alert her to when her blood sugar drops that doctor person said that no way a dog could tell. Me thinks mom is having second thoughts about changing doctors at this point. Plus this doctor said they treated many people with allergies. Now mom will be as considerate of people with allergies by making her appointment times at end of the day usually. They said that wouldn't work. Since the doctor does own dogs she said that I don't suppose leaving the dog in the car would be an option. I thought to myself is this person nuts to even think about leaving me or any other dog in a car. I knew what mom was thinking, but all she did was shake her head no. She also said that she would not travel this far without me either. She was now on a mission to point out other reasons why I would be needed at her appointments. One thing was they do not have a handicapped bathroom. How do they expect my mom or any other handicapped person to use it. Good grief if I was not with mom she would never have been able to use it. Also I helped mom out of the chairs that had no arms. So mom made it a point of telling not only the nurse but the doctor about this. Me thinks doctors should know more about service dogs. This is not the first time my mom and me have run into this. This doctor was asking mom to prove her need for a service dog. Now honestly folks why does mom have to proof this??? Not one of mom current doctors have asked for this why just a few like this new one? This service dog does not understand. BTW, there are many of my fellow service dogs who alert their partners to many different things and they are accurate. This was not an aspect my mom was expecting on this visit. I know she will ask on the phone before we go if they are okay with a service dog being in their office. They said no on the phone. Now sorry if this pup repeated herself as me was perturbed by this visit mom had. 
Waggles and love, Sandy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>the diffence a day makes to this service dog</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/362034</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 7 Sep 2007 19:31:51 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>&amp;hearts; Sandy~SD &amp;hearts; ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Rello,

Yesterday was one of the few times that mom had to leave me home when she went out. I real ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Rello,

Yesterday was one of the few times that mom had to leave me home when she went out. I really don't like it much. Especially since I can not keep an eye on her. I worry when we are not together. Rascal knew how upset I was and was a real comfort to me. He is a real sweet brother. It seemed like forever until I heard the close of the car door. Once I heard that I knew MOM WAS HOME!!! The boys joined me in my welcome home mom barking. I was also jumping up on the door. When mom got to the door she I heard her say, "Oh Sandy we need to open the door so mommy can come in." Well that is when I realized that there was no way she could have gotten in when my jumping like that. She has been teaching me to open different doors in the house. So I knew which way this one opened so no more jumping. That is when the door opened and there she was our mommy. I was so very excited I could not stay still. So she said hi to Whiskey then Rascal. Then she told me calm down girl. Do you realize how hard that is to do when you are so HAPPY? Mom looked so tired that I hoped that she would eat something and then lay down. Which she did. She did tell me before she fell asleep that realized how much I actually do. I wasn't sure what she meant by that when she said it. I had to wait until she was awake again. It was so nice to be able to watch her sleeping. When she woke up to get a snack. I took over her spot. (teehee) When she came back she gave me this really cute look and I gave her one right back. Well when she got to me I moved so she could lay back down. As soon as she had I jumped right back up for a cuddle with her. Figured we both needed it. She told me that the people at the dental clinic ask after me. That is when she told me all the little things she realized I would have done if I had been with her. Also that I was becoming a really good service dog. 

Now today was a totally different day. I helped mom on all of her errands. She was able to do more with me helping her than when she was alone. That made me feel real good inside knowing this. We went to CVS to pick up a biscuit for me & think mom got something also. Then off to a doctor's office to pick of something mom needed. I liked riding in the elevator. Out next stop was the bank where I made a biscuit withdrawal. Not sure what mom did there. Then we went grocery shopping. I got to see some of my friends who work there. Some of them give me snacks. Helped mom whenever she needed it. It felt real good to be with her. I knew for sure she was safe with me around. Well I am tired and think I will call it a night.

Ruv, Waggles & Huggles, Sandy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>my nice day</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/360857</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 4 Sep 2007 19:42:46 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>&amp;hearts; Sandy~SD &amp;hearts; ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Rello Pals,

my  day started out real slow ... woke mom up for the morning walk ... she fed us ... ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Rello Pals,

my  day started out real slow ... woke mom up for the morning walk ... she fed us ... the boys ate right away but not me ... then mom just went back to sleep ... well Rascal and me napped until dad came downstairs ... we watched him make his breakfast & eat it ... he always gives us something when he is done eating ... mom says that dad is a big softy (whatever that means), checked on mom only to find her still sleeping ... well I was kinda of glad since she had a hard time falling asleep last night ... I think it has to do with her teeth because she is going to the dentist without  me on thursday (phooey) ... there aren't too many places that I don't go with her ... okay back to today ... we kept getting dad to pet us ... even got a snack out of him ... finally I woke mom up because dad just didn't understand what I was telling him ... I knew mom would figure it out ... when she isn't sure she will ask me to show her and I do ... she had to ask me today ... so i took her to where my leash was ... she knew what I wanted ... the boys went with dad and me with mom ... we got back before them ... the sun was nice and warm ... so i wanted to sun myself alittle ... now mom went inside the house but she stood at the door and watched me ... then the guys came back I moved so they could get inside the house ... and returned to sunning myself ... no sure how long I was out there but it was so nice ... came back and lazed around ... until later in the afternoon when I asked mom to go out again ... this time I put my paws on my leash that was on a chair ... this time when we came back one of my human friends was outside ... there was another one lil human with her, now a new friend ... well we all said hi ... then they played with me while mom watched ... we all rested near my mom ... then my friend wanted to see if she could walk me ... well I wasn't going move away from my mom ... no way no how ... no matter how hard she tried there was no moving me ... that is until mom said come on Sandy ... not much longer after that we all said our goodbyes ... by this time I really need a drink of water ... Rascal gave me his usual welcome home ... after I rested for a little bit ... mom played with me for awhile ... we had fun ... I finally ate the food that was put out in the morning ... when I was done with it I started hitting my food dish ... I wanted more food ... mom said that I had to wait ... let me tell you it was well worth the wait ... we get some really yummy meals when our regular food runs out ... all of us did a great jobs cleaning our bowls ... now this means we will have one more real yummy meal ... also that I get to go to buy more with mom tomorrow ... woohoo I get to wear my vest and help mom in the store ... now I do want to let you all know I do help her around the house ... I am never far form where ever she is ... when I am not with her Rascal is ... he used to help her before I came (but only in the house) ... think I will go relax it the recliner now ......

aroooof, waggles & love, Sandy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>about the photos added</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/360030</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 2 Sep 2007 22:54:07 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>&amp;hearts; Sandy~SD &amp;hearts; ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Well the boys and me just found the lastest photos that we all added to our pages. These were taken  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Well the boys and me just found the lastest photos that we all added to our pages. These were taken when I was younger. I wasn't even 1 yr old yet in them. Mom has a hard time getting all of us in one photo these days. Esp. Whiskey since he stays upstairs most of the time these days. The next time we go to walmart I have to remind her to get some film for her camera. I know she also uses her cell phone to take photos. I sure do not understand how a phone takes pictures. Let alone how she gets them onto the computer. Got me stumped. 

Mom is always working with me to make me a even better service dog. I had to help her get up from a real tight spot the other day. When I say tight I mean tight. She told me what she and were she wanted me and I did it all the way she wanted. I've been doing much better helping her up and down the stair to our basement. Rascal used to help me do that before I joined the family. He taught me a few things. If I need reminding of the things he used to do. Mom has him do it for me to watch. He has told me how proud he is of how I can help our mom.  I tell him everything that I did when mom & me go out.  

waggles and huggles, Sandy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>hmmm</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/355220</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 22 Aug 2007 20:28:26 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>&amp;hearts; Sandy~SD &amp;hearts; ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>WOW ... I got so into writing some blogs at yahoo I forgot to come here ... yikes I could I forget t ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ WOW ... I got so into writing some blogs at yahoo I forgot to come here ... yikes I could I forget that I have all these new pup pals here ... I know it was the heat that got to me or maybe that I have been a hard working service dog ... it takes a lot to behave all the time when I am out working ... mom thinks it because it has to do with my age ... didn't know 2 1/2 meant something but it does to her and others ... think I heard the word teenager used ... think that I need to ask Rascal about this ... my brothers are doing fine and I will let them do their own updates ...teehee

I will do my pup best not to stay away so long ... but I do have to share mommy's computer with her and my brothers ... what a girl to do? ... Rascal just said wait for your turn like the rest of us ... silly brother

pup huggles, Sandy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>what kind of day I can have as a service dog</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/343708</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 28 Jul 2007 19:42:27 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>&amp;hearts; Sandy~SD &amp;hearts; ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Sandy told me that she wanted to do another diary entry and that Rascal would help her do it. All sh ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Sandy told me that she wanted to do another diary entry and that Rascal would help her do it. All she wanted me to do was set it up so she could do it along with Rascal. (he types better than her, he has smaller paws)


Hi everyone! Just to let you know Sandy is telling me what to type for her. You can see by the title it is better if me Rascal does the typing. After all Sandy is only 2 1/2 yrs old to my 11 yrs. So her goes about her life outside of our home folks.

Well I help my mommy out everyday and enjoy working very much. I get to go to the grocery store, walmart, doctors offices, visiting on a regular basis. Every so often I get to go somewhere brand new, which is always an interesting adventure for me. I really like being mommy's helper and companion. I do my best to behave all of the time but every so often I goof up. Mommy says I should get even better as I get older. 

Now my days at home are pretty much the same. I get to go on walks with Rascal. On rare occasions Whiskey will join us but not to often. There are many times I just go out without the boys and that is when I get to play outside. I really like playing with my big stick. Mommy will hold it up in the air for me. Then I run up to it with a flying leap into the air. That is fun to do. Oh!, I have a new puppy friend Cloud who is 6 mos old. She is grand to play with. We run with each other and just fool around like young dogs like to do. 

I will tell you about what I did so far a few weeks ago when I went out. Mommy gets me ready by putting my vest on. I am glad she took my saddle bags off my vest because of the HOT temperatures. It make my vest cooler for me, phew. I get seat belted into the back seat of the car.  Then we went to a doctor's office. Everyone in the office already knows me & says hi to me. I wag my tail at them in response. I even did what mommy calls a happy to be on carpet rub, yes I did it with my vest on! Now we had to wait a long time in the waiting room. Hey is that why the people call it that? Well while waiting so long, I let mommy know I had to go potty. She told them that we would be right back and with that we went back into the elevator and then got to go outside. When we headed back in I felt much better! Back up to the doctor's for more waiting. This doctor likes me and usually has a snack for me when he sees me. Now my working day was not over just yet. Mommy and I went to pick up our friends (their van was being fixeded). I really love my baby buddy J he is great lil guy! He got to sit in the back seat with me, yippee. We went to this place and got some stuff that was needed and then back to their house. This is when I got to take a break and get my vest off. I played with J. When I am resting he will lay down with me. Now I know mommy can't wait to get a photo of us cuddling together. I kiss him and he giggles and pets me. Then it was time to go home.

That is how some of my workdays go. Today went just a lil different since I went to 2 new stores for me. Made mommy proud and no barkies in the store. Now it was my mommy who didn't have a car only because she lent it to my boy(now this guy is real tall) Rascy how tall is he again? give me a sec sis, me thinks big bro is like ummm 6'2" which it BIG ... so our friend picked mommy & me up this afternoon. She had both the lil people with her. I got into her van and sit on the floor right in front of them and close enough to see mommy in the front seat. We had a nice drive to the first new store which was interesting but I kept wanting to find my lil buddy in his rollie thingy (methinks she means a stroller folks). Now his sister is 5 1/2 yrs old. We all got back into the van and drove to store number 2. Now this was a big store and mommy used one of them riding carts. Which I walk right next to. I always stays close to her. I gotta make sure she is ok when we are out. Our next stop after we got what was needed was our friends house where I got to relax and play. I of course had my potty breaks. Now that was not the end of my day. My boy came and picked mommy & me up so we could go pick up his repaired car. Now after this we got to go home. Rascal always gives me a wonderful greeting when I return home. Isn't he a nice doggy bro? Whiskey even came down to say hi kid to me. Oh yeah they also said hello to mommy. Now all I did since coming home is eat my food and sleep. That is until I asked Rascal to do this with me. Isn't he a nice guy for helping me with this? there sure are many many words here hope you all read them all WOOOFFY

typed by Rascal as told to him by Sandy  


BTW, I wanted to she a sweet thing Sandy does for me late last night when I asleep at the computer ... when she realizes this she will come over, nudge me until i wake up and then escort me to bed ... I am very proud  of my girl for doing this ... I'm so glad that she got me before I got keyboard face.  by Sandy's Mommy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>how tues went</title>
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				<pubdate>Wed, 25 Jul 2007 22:19:26 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>&amp;hearts; Sandy~SD &amp;hearts; ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Well I had to wait for my mom to turn on her computer, Rascal doesn't know how to do it either. Mom  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Well I had to wait for my mom to turn on her computer, Rascal doesn't know how to do it either. Mom did a lot of resting on wed. Well that was because we had a busy day together. We drove over to a friends home. Now they no pets, but there are to kids. You know those small people called kids. One is 5 1/2yrs and my lil buddy J is 16mos old. Now he and I have a blast together. He is getting bigger and can walk around now. Just love it when he gives me hugs. Mom always lets me know when we are going over for a visit like on tues. We didn't spend much time there before we all headed out again. Now they have a van and I sit with the kids. This way I can still keep an eye on my mom, after all is it my job to do so. We went to this place where I had been when I was doing my service dog training. The lady that we saw remembered me! She said that boy did I grow since she last saw me. She also commented on how well behaved I was being while there. My mommy looked very proudly at me. After we were all done there we piled up in the van again. Our next stop was walmart. Mom uses one of those riding thingys which I walk right next to. Every so often I had to go check on my buddy J. Love it when I get to go see what's what in the dog aisle. One of the best aisles in the store! After everyone paid for the stuff. We piled into that van again. When we got to J's house I got a really nice walk. Then I got to go inside and take my vest off. This means that I can go play with J and his sister. Now J does make nice to me, hugs me even gives me kissses. I am always very gentle with him. J also likes to climb over my body can you imagaine that? His sis likes to play ball with me. Which is loads of fun. In between playing I do check on mom. After mom was done resting some whe drove us home. Well Rascal is always the first one to welcome me home. Even Whiskey is coming down these days to say hi to me. I think they both like the way I smell ever since I had my bath. After saying hi to the boys I ate my food all up. Then it was time for a rest.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>how I came to live here</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/588817/diary/Rello/340751</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 22 Jul 2007 13:52:37 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>&amp;hearts; Sandy~SD &amp;hearts; ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Hi pup pals and their people,
I was one of 13 puppies born to Tigress and Sarge (my fur parents) in ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Hi pup pals and their people,
I was one of 13 puppies born to Tigress and Sarge (my fur parents) in MO. This happened on Jan 28, 2005. My mom had plans for me even before I was born. That was to become a service dog for her.  Now how about that? Anyhow it was very noisey when I was born. I was born somewhere in the middle. My mommy named me within a week of me being born. Benn called Sandy since I was a real lil puppy. I stayed with my birth family until I was 3 mos old. That is when I took a ride with my birth brother and person. Well person is also my mommy's bestest friend. No wonder we had such a looooong drive. Went from Mo - VA. Well enjoyed having my pup bro with me during the trip. 
Well we arrived at my new home. To my surprise there were 2 other dogs there. Now these guys looked nothing like my family, but they were nice.  Well that black one, who is Whiskey, decided to keep his distance from us pups. Now that big furry guy was interested in us lil pups. That was Rascal who decided to play some with us. Afterwards he just watched us. The boys were very happy to see mommy's friend again. I have found out that she had visited before I was ever born.  Also mommy knows my birth parents. Tigress is a Labrador mix and Sarge is a German Shepard/Belgian Malinois mix.
Well this tells you how I came to live with my family. 
I RUV THEM!]]></content:encoded>
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