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<title>It's a Chocolate Life</title>
<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life</link>
<description>Dogster diary for the dog Hershey</description>
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<copyright>Copyright 2013 by Hershey &amp; Dogster</copyright>
<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 04:45:50 PDT</pubDate>
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		<title>New treat!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/824955</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 27 Apr 2013 21:30:19 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Today we went on a wine country adventure.  When we go there, one thing mommy and daddy do is have a ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Today we went on a wine country adventure.  When we go there, one thing mommy and daddy do is have a picnic.  This involves all kinds of yummy-smelling people-food that they eat outdoors.  Winkie and I are not supposed to get any.  We're not even supposed to want any.  But, unlike when mommy and daddy eat indoors, like at home, on a picnic they tie us to the table.  

If I'm gonna be tied up to a table, I want what's up there!  (Winkie doesn't care, he just curls up and naps!)  So I pester daddy.  (It's no use pestering mommy, don't even try it!)  I paw at his legs, or I try to jump up in his lap or onto the table.  Over the years, I've trained him to bribe me with doggy treats and chews.  He has spent my whole life looking fur chews that will keep me occupied a l-o-o-o-n-g time, so he can eat his food!

He may have found it.

Mommy bought this thing she called a him-o-layin' chew.  It's long and yellow and squarish.  When daddy furst gave it to me I kind of sniffed at it, but I wasn't interested.  I didn't know what it was. Daddy said, "Well, that's a failure." He gave me one of the chicken-y bone-ish thingies I've been getting fur awhile.  But honestly, those are kinda boring.  We just left the him-o-layin' thing laying in the grass.

Pretty soon I gave it another sniff, and then a lick.  Hmmmmmm, this thing had pawsibilities. I tried to get a tooth on it, but it was really hard!  Hmph.  So I left it, but pretty soon I tried again.  And the more I chewed at it, the more I liked it!  Then just when I got one end kinda softened, it was time to go home and it got put away.

When we got home we got a small din-din, because of eating treats during the day.  That's mommy's dumb idea.  But then, daddy hauled out the him-o-layin' chew and gave it back to me!  OMD!!  I'm nevfur letting that thing out of my mouf again!  I trotted all ovfur the house with it!  I chewed it here, and I chewed it ovfur there, and then I jumped up on the couch with it--which I've nevfur done with ANY chew befure--and when I got tired and my eyelids started drooping it was still in my mouf.  Mommy says my jaw will be sore in the morning, but I'm not dropping it!  I'm gonna dream about it all night!  ZZZZZZZzzzslrphzzzzzzmunchzzzz..........]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Not That Much Fun</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/823745</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 16:00:32 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Mommy and daddy had to go away fur a few days to the land of sleet and snow. Winkie and I couldn't g ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Mommy and daddy had to go away fur a few days to the land of sleet and snow. Winkie and I couldn't go, and we couldn't stay home alone, so we had to stay someplace else.  Usually we stay at the Wag Hotel, which is furry nice.  But there is no grass there fur Winkie to eat, and Winkie NEEDS his grass.  So mommy and daddy found another place.  

It sounded nice.  We'd be spending the days outdoors with other doggies, in a big fenced field with lots of grass.  At night when all the other doggies went home, we'd stay at the lady's house with her and her five doggies.  That's a lot of doggie-ship!  Although pawsonally, I prefer hooman-ship.

We were okay with the daycare.  Winkie likes to run around off-leash and play.  Me, I mostly look fur a lap or other comfy place to lounge.  But at night, it wasn't like being at home.  We had to sleep where there were no hoomans.  I don't like that, and I said so!  HOOOOWWWWLLLLL!!!!!  

The lady didn't like that.  Her roommate didn't like it.  I wasn't sure they liked <u>me</u>.  I couldn't wait fur mommy and daddy to come back. 

We're home now, and I have my own crate and my place on the couch right next to daddy, and all is right with the world!  We even got new toys, because it was Winkie's Barkday while mommy and daddy were gone.  We're not evfur going back to that place.  Daddy promised.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Champ!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/822248</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 4 Apr 2013 08:05:28 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>OMD, my pal Champ is a star again!!  

Evfurry morning mommy goes to Freekibble to answer a trivia ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ OMD, my pal <a  class=bodyTextRev target=site  onClick="alert(\'Dogster Alert: You are about to visit an outside link that was submitted by this pet owner.\');" href="http://www.mnn.com/family/pets/stories/photographer-finds-daily-inspiration-in-her-dog">Champ</a> is a star again!!  

Evfurry morning mommy goes to <a  class=bodyTextRev target=site  onClick="alert(\'Dogster Alert: You are about to visit an outside link that was submitted by this pet owner.\');" href="http://www.freekibble.com/default.asp">Freekibble</a> to answer a trivia question and win some kibble fur shelter doggies.  (Your mommy should do that! It's fun and mommy learns a lot, too!)

So this morning the question was about a doggie mommy who wins phodography awards, and it turned out to be Champ's mommy Candice!  You can see a bunch more pawsome photos on his page: <a  class=bodyTextRev target=site href="http://www.dogster.com/dogs/243451">Champ</a>.  

WTG Champ and mommy!!!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Sad and sadder</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/820976</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 12:28:46 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Last night we heard that Brenda, Rudy Patudy's mommy, had left fur heaven.  I'm sure Patches, Coco a ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Last night we heard that Brenda, <a id="img1424492550"  class=bodyTextRev target=site href="http://www.dogster.com/dogs/371386" onmouseover="var el = $j('#img1424492550');var c=String.fromCharCode;var q=c(34);var l=c(60);var r=c(62);var a=c(39);var p=c(43); el[0].onmouseover = null; var n=$j(document.createElement('div')); n.insertBefore(el); n.html(''.concat(l, 'img src=', a, 'http://www.dogster.com/dogs/371386', a, ' /', r, l, 'BR /', r));">Rudy Patudy</a>'s mommy, had left fur heaven.  I'm sure Patches, Coco and Chester were furry excited to see their mommy at the Bridge and help her with her new wings!  Now they can all cross ovfur togefur! 

But down here it's a furry sad time.  We're pawraying fur daddy Ken, and Rudy, Freddy and Elmer kitty.  Their lives will be so different now.  Dogster will be different, too.  With his mommy gone, we won't be hearing Rudy's little bark and funny language anymore.  We won't be watching Freddy grow up. My heart hurts.

Owwwwwwoooowwwwwwoooooww!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Thanks, Nonny-Mouse!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/819654</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 14 Mar 2013 09:35:48 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Nonny-Mouse sent me a green hat!  It's right there on my page, you can see it!  Only, I don't know w ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Nonny-Mouse sent me a green hat!  It's right there on my page, you can see it!  Only, I don't know who Nonny-Mouse is.  Anywag, thanks, Nonny-Mouse!  I love my hat!  Erin go Bragh!!!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>A Day Out</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/819194</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 10 Mar 2013 10:44:37 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Not this day, but yesfurday, we went on a little adventure.  We went in the car, in the direction wh ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Not this day, but yesfurday, we went on a little adventure.  We went in the car, in the direction where the ocean is on mommy's side.  It wasn't a long ride.  There's a fun beach down that way, but we didn't stop there.  Instead, we went the other way, up a hill, and then we stopped and got out on a street with houses.  Daddy picked one, and we could smell lots and lots of doggy smells there!

We didn't go inside.  We met a nice lady, and two big doggies!  The doggies were both relaxing in their crates, but we touched nosies and they were furry nice.  Daddy and mommy and the lady did a lot of talktalktalk, and the lady gave us treats!  I think I heard them making plans fur Winkie and me to come fur a visit!

Soon we got back in the car and headed fur home.  Daddy stopped at the place where they burn MEATZ™.  As usual, he got lots of it fur himself and mommy and NOTHING fur us.  But at home we got greenies while they ate, and then we spent the rest of the day loafing!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Well, THAT Was Different!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/816702</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 16 Feb 2013 22:29:18 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>We went on an adventure today.  It was a long car ride, to the picnic place and the castle where we  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ We went on an adventure today.  It was a long car ride, to the picnic place and the castle where we usually go at Christmas.  But this time it was way different.  It started the same, with daddy packing our traveling bag with extra treats, and filling our traveling water bottle.  But we didn't leave. We sat. And we waited.  Then at last there was a knock on our door.  Daddy opened it, and there was a lady there I nevfur met.  Of course I jumped all ovfur her, but she didn't mind.  I liked her!

Next we went to get in the car.  But not our car.  We got into a different car, with the lady and a man.  Mommy lifted Winkie into the back seat just like always, and then she climbed inside.  Then daddy lifted me (because it was too high fur me to jump), and then HE climbed inside.  In the BACK seat, with ME!!  OMD, Winkie and I got to trade mommy and daddy laps all the way up, and all the way back home again!!  It was wonderfur!!

We also got lots of treats at different places while the hoomans were eating and all.  If we ran out, I reminded daddy by pawing his leg or putting my paws up on the table.  Mommy would say, "BAD Hershey!"  But the man and lady said they furgot we were even there.  They said they wish their dogs were as well-mannered as we are!  So when we got home mommy said she was proud of us, and gave us extra big snuggles, and promised we can go on that adventure again!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>A Nonny-Mouse!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/815460</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 8 Feb 2013 19:18:25 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>My pal Freckles found a Big Kiss on his page from a Nonny-Mouse, and today I got one, too!  This mou ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ My pal Freckles found a Big Kiss on his page from a Nonny-Mouse, and today I got one, too!  This mouse is pretty smart.  She (or he?) can quote from my favfurite movie, Lady and the Tramp! Thanks, Nonny-Mouse, whoevfur you are!!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>My Turn</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/814947</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 4 Feb 2013 20:27:31 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Winkie began the month of January with a trip to the vet and a bunch of pills.  That got him some ex ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Winkie began the month of January with a trip to the vet and a bunch of pills.  That got him some extra attention, so I decided to do the same.  I started February by pooping in the house, which I NEVFUR do, and then my poop got all runny.  So I went to the vet on Saturday.  He gave me two shots, and gave mommy two bottles of pills.  Daddy gave him some of my poop to look at.  I've been eating chicken and rice fur four days now!  

Today mommy called and found out that I do NOT have a virus or a bacterial infection.  She didn't find out what I do have, though.  They said maybe a parasite?  They said keep feeding me chicken and rice and pills.  I like chicken and rice, AND I get the pills in yummy pockets! I feel fine and I'm pooping real poop again.  All in all, I'd say this is a good way to start any new month!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Mommy Has New Tires</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/814469</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 1 Feb 2013 10:37:33 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I haven't seen them, but she swears she's re-tired now, and she's nevfur lied to us.  She seems pret ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I haven't seen them, but she swears she's re-tired now, and she's nevfur lied to us.  She seems pretty happy about it!  I wanted to help her celebrate, so I started two sleeps ago, leaving her some runny messes on the dining room carpet!  She got furry excited, let me tell you.  I've noticed since then that, if I even look like I'm THINKING about going outside, BOOM!  I'm outside!  BOL!!!

Winkie's helping, too.  Mommy found some fleas on his belly.  So many good gifts fur Mommy!  So we both got Frontlined a day early, but Winkie's fleas haven't packed up yet.  (Fleas don't show up so well on me.  If I have them, I'm not talkin'.)]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Abandoned!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/812953</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 18 Jan 2013 21:30:13 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Most of the time, mommy is home with us.  Daddy leaves evfurry day. &quot;Bye-bye daddy!&quot; after breakfast ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Most of the time, mommy is home with us.  Daddy leaves evfurry day. "Bye-bye daddy!" after breakfast.  He comes home after our din-din.  Once a week, sometimes twice, mommy leaves with him.  Then I have to wear my calming collar and be a Big Boy until she comes home.  Sometimes I nap and wait patiently, sometimes not.  Sometimes I BARK!BARK!BARK!  But either way, she's always home in time fur our mid-day brush-and-walk.

So today, not long after daddy left, mommy took us out fur a business walk put my calming collar on.  So I knew she was leaving.  I went into my crate fur a nap.  

She didn't come back.  I rolled ovfur.

It got to be time fur our brush-and walk, but still no mommy.  hmmmmmm.....  Got a drink.   ZZZZZzzzzzz....

Time went on.  Where's mommy?  Maybe she furgot where the door is?  Here, mommy!  BARK!BARK!BARK!

I kinda needed to go outside.  BARK!BARK!BARK!

Then it got to be time fur our din-din, and still no mommy!  Where was she?  We hadn't been outside ALL DAY!  No brushing! No playtime! No...you know.  And what about din-din??!!!  BARK!BARK!BARK!

FINALLY she came back!  OMD, we couldn't get out fast enough!  And then we got our din-din.  Well, okay then.

We've nevfur been left on our own at home fur even HALF that long!  We were good boys, and mommy feels guilty, so that's like money in the bank!  So I'm asking, what do we demand?]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>My Gotcha Day!!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/810936</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 2 Jan 2013 11:33:01 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Today is my Gotcha Day!  It was a cold and rainy day in 2006, but today it's cold and dry, BOL!!  Mo ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Today is my Gotcha Day!  It was a cold and rainy day in 2006, but today it's cold and dry, BOL!!  Mommy took us on an extra long walk, and I got a brand-new toy to add to the Christmas ones! And I got to skip my brushing!  

I want to thank all the pals who have sent me gifts and photos and spawcial greetings today.  I have the best pals on Dogster!!  Thank you
Droopy
Nina
Riley
Bailey, Buttercup and all my pals at PDPC, where I am the Royal Member of the Day!!
Lexi, Monnie and Roscoe
The Kirk Furs and CDAC
Zaidie 
Demon Flash Bandit and Angel Zoom Smokey
Tinkerbelle and Natasha
Angel Whisper and Dixie
TJ, Sox and fambly
Ciao-Li, Weezer and fambly 
Abby and Buddy
Walker, Alex, Molly, Pooks and all the kitties
Rubio, Blaze, Tango, Sparkle and fambly
Freckles
Jeannie and Nora
Zoe
Bear and Oscar
Mazy and fambly 
Abby, Lucian and the kitties
Dino, Buddy and Buddy B.
Harley and Jazzi
Fizzy
Shaki
Charlie, Abbie, Teddy and fambly
Austin and Doo
George
Ringo, Webster and fambly
Whitley
Angelica and fambly
and Scarlett, Elise and Anya!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Back to the dark side...</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/810550</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 30 Dec 2012 18:21:02 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I'm re-thinking my reformation.  Late last night, after mommy and daddy were sleeping, I realized it ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I'm re-thinking my reformation.  Late last night, after mommy and daddy were sleeping, I realized it's almost time fur mommy to put all the Christmas stuff back in its boxes.  All that wonderful, chewable stuff!  I remembered where some was waiting outside of its closet, down on the floor in mommy's office, in easy reach.  And I made my move.  I found a wreath with red berries on it, and I helped myself!  

Only, they weren't real berries.  They weren't even tasty.  That made me so mad I started barking at the wreath!  That was a mistake, because daddy heard me and came in and caught me red-mouthed!  He was NOT happy. He took me downstairs and put me in my crate, like I was a little baby or something!  Can you imagine?  I mean, if that wreath wasn't there fur my chewing pleasure, why was it on the floor??!

After mommy and daddy went to church this morning, Notme visited our house. Mommy got some cooking stuff fur Christmas.  It came in jars, with a pretty tea towel.  She put it all on the sideboard.  Notme found a way to stretch up and reach a corner of the new towel, gave a tug, and all the jars came tumbling down!  They landed on the carpet and nothing broke or even opened, but mommy was NOT happy when she got home.  Only, she wasn't sure who to be unhappy with. Winkie and I are not telling.  It was Notme.  That's our story and we're sticking to it.  But mommy said no treats fur us today.   

This afternoon on my walk I pooped out a few fake berries. So there.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>*ahhhhh-CHOOOOO!*</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/810042</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 25 Dec 2012 21:41:52 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>OMD, this diary is so dusty!  I can't believe mommy has let it go so long!  Let's see, where were we ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ OMD, this diary is so dusty!  I can't believe mommy has let it go so long!  Let's see, where were we?

Well, shortly after my barkday Winkie and I went to spend a week at the Wag Hotel. That was lots of fun, but we were glad to see mommy and daddy again.  I don't think Winkie was expecting them to come back, BOL!!

Then the season of adventures began!  There was the day we went fur a car ride to the Christmas tree forest to choose our tree.  I picked out the best one, that's my job, and then daddy cut it down.  When we got home mommy put it in a bucket of water outside the back door.  I almost furgot about it.

It was about this time that I decided I'd try to get on Santa's Naughty list this year.  Mommy was putting decorations around on the lamp tables and coffee table, low enough fur me to reach. I've nevfur paid attention befure, but this year they looked irresistible. Daddy was leaving things around, too.  Evfurry night when things got quiet I'd start nosing around to see what I could snatch.  Mommy always caught me and made me get Down! and Leave it!  So one night I wated until she went to bed and daddy was snoring on the couch.  That's when I made my move!  By the time daddy woke up I had chewed up his wallet, cell phone and headset.  BOL!!!  So much fur Mr. Goody Two-Shoes Hershey!   

The next weekend we went to the vet because I needed new shots.  I like it there!  The vet looked me ovfur and said I'm in good shape, even my teefers! *whew!* 

Seven more sleeps, and daddy brought the tree inside and all the furniture got moved around.  I know mommy and daddy put packages under there, and I was looking furward to getting into some more mischief, but this year mommy put a fence around it.  She said she was worried about Winkie, who is a known scavenger.  But the truth is, she wanted to foil ME.  

She succeeded.

So the tree and all the extra lights and ribbons and garlands and evfurrything went up, and the house began to smell like cookies and apples and roasted MEATZ™.  All things considered, I decided it would be better to be on the Nice list.  So I began to mend my ways.

Eventually the time came fur the Big Pawty, when all of mommy and daddy's friends come to eat cheese and cookies and talktalktalk and watch a Christmas movie.  There were supposed to be some toddlers coming, and I had high hopes of dropped food! But they didn't come, and the only thing I snagged all night was one Hershey kiss. 

The next day we went fur a ride in the car again, this time to the place where the wine has bubbles in it, and they let doggies sit inside at the tables and give us big cookies.  After that we went to the big castle. That's a fun place to explore, up and down and inside and outside!  It was rainy and we saw a big rainbow!

The day after that Winkie and I went to the Wag again.  Then the next day, yesfurday, the sun came out and we got dressed up in our Christmas bandanas and went downtown to look in the Christmas windows and see the lights and let people pet us.  Mommy and daddy ate at a sidewalk cafe and I got more cookies and bullies.  

Today was Christmas Day!  My job is to make sure mommy and daddy get up early, and I did that.  But I was pretty exhausted after that big weekend, and to tell the truth my tummy was upset. So I've spent most of the day napping.  I also have a sore paw that hurts to walk on.  Winkie and I opened pressies, though!  We got some furry nice toys from Monnie and Roscoe and Angel Lexi!  Mommy and daddy got us toys, too, and more treats that mommy says we can wait fur. 

I'm sorry this is so long, but if you've read it all you're up to date now.  BOL!!!  Mommy says she'll do better in the New Year!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>7 and 7!!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/802291</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 22 Oct 2012 21:45:14 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Today was my Barkday!!!  I'm 7 years old!  It was a furry nice day, even if I did have to start it i ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Today was my Barkday!!!  I'm 7 years old!  It was a furry nice day, even if I did have to start it in my calming collar.  That was fur when mommy went to the office with daddy.  But we just napped, and she was home befure we knew it.

All my Dogster pals have been so kind and generous!  I've been getting pressies and rosies and p-mail and pal requests and greetings all day long!  PDPC made me the Royal Member of the Day!  My BFF Lexi threw me a furrific pawty with a boat ride on a chocolate river and a real baseball park to run around in, and tons of food!  Me and Walker and Winkie went swimming in the river and came out all chocolatey!  BOL!!  Thanks to all of you!  I'm trying to send out thank-yous as quick as I can! 

Mommy and daddy got me a BIG barkday cookie, and pressies too!  But I thought I'd NEVFUR get to open them.  See, not only was today my 7th barkday, it was also the 7th game in a baseball series that my daddy is FURRY exited about!  So I had to wait until he had his lungs all yelled out, and then I got my cookie.  I also got a tug toy and a squeakie toy!  AND, they were wrapped in paper that I was allowed to EAT!  (Mommy says the ink was made out of soy or something.  I dunno.  I didn't really eat it anyway.  But I COULD have, if I wanted! BOL!!)

I even got a package in the mail!  My pal <a  class=bodyTextRev target=site href="http://www.dogster.com/dogs/1051973">Pepper</a> has a blog, and sometimes she has contests.  So I like to enter, and last week I won!  I won a cool rope toy, and it arrived on my barkday!!  (There was some flea stuff, too. That's mommy's business.)  

So it was a furrific day!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Road Trip</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/795512</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 1 Sep 2012 20:55:56 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>When the days start to get warmer and shorter, mommy and daddy load up the car and we go on a two-sl ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ When the days start to get warmer and shorter, mommy and daddy load up the car and we go on a two-sleep road trip.  I know the drill now--or I thought I did.  We drive and drive with the ocean on daddy's side of the car, and we stop here and there fur eating and pooping and walking around.  Late in the day we stop at a place where mommy and daddy UNload the car, but it isn't our house.  It's the place with a big meadow and strange birds, and inside there's a BIG doggie biscuit waiting fur me!   

Usually we go hiking around by the ocean befure bed time. Then the next day we go look at a lot of flowers and then hike around by the ocean in a different place.  But this time as soon as the car was empty the furst evening, we all got back in and drove some more.  We got out at a train station, but there was no one there.  We just sniffed around some and then went back to the sleeping place that isn't our house.

The next day we got up furry early and went back to the train station.  This time there were lots of people there, and a couple of doggies, too!  Mommy and daddy got breakfast and then we all went into a shop where daddy bought a new hat, and then we got on the train!  This was a different kind of train than I've ever ridden.  We sat inside, on big soft seats!  A lady came by and took our picture.  A man came by and sang to us!  We rode fur a LONG time, through a forest and ovfur bridges.  Lots of people gave me chin scritchies and played with my ears.  (Hoomans always like to play with my ears fur some reason.)  Winkie pretty much slept through the whole thing.  Put Winkie inside a moving vehicle, he's gonna curl up and sleep, BOL!!!

Then the train stopped and we got off and I could smell MEATZ™ burning, but we didn't get any.  We just walked around a little and pooped and said Woof to the other doggies and then we got back on again.  Only this time instead of riding inside on the comfy seats, we rode in an open car where we all had to stand up.  (Well, Winkie curled up and slept on the floor, but the rest of us stood up!)  It was warm and you could smell the trees and something mommy called "steam."  The man sang to us some more and one of the other doggies rode with us, too.  When the train stopped again, we were back where we had started.  I thought that was LOTS of fun!  Mommy will be posting some pictures on my page soon!

The next day we took mommy shopping, and then we started fur home.  We went a different way, not by the ocean.  It doesn't take as long.  We were all tired when we got home, though.  

Today we got up all early again, and mommy gave us a quick brushing, and then we went to spend the day at the Wag Hotel!  We played and made new furiends and had a great time!   Mommy and daddy were furry tired when they FINALLY picked us up, so we're all going to bed early!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Four Years!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/793022</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 14 Aug 2012 09:27:39 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Today is my 4th Dogster annifursary!  That's right, it was four years ago today, while mommy and dad ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Today is my 4th Dogster annifursary!  That's right, it was four years ago today, while mommy and daddy were watching the Greatest American Dog program on TV, that mommy decided I should join Dogster.  This is my mommy we're talking about.  The mommy who doesn't "do" social networks.  The mommy who doesn't understand confusers.  Shy mommy.  Tech-challenged mommy.  

We started right out joining groups, and we joined a bazillion of them!  Way too many to keep up with!  (New doggies, take note!) Some of our furst ones were <a  class=bodyTextRev target=site href="http://www.dogster.com/group/Princess_divas_and_prince_charmings-5258">Princess Divas and Prince Charmings</a>, and <a  class=bodyTextRev target=site href="http://www.dogster.com/group/Fur_frenzy-16007">Fur Frenzy</a>, and <a  class=bodyTextRev target=site href="http://www.dogster.com/group/Pif_paw_it_forward-14428">Paw It Forward</a> (P*I*F).

We started meeting other doggies and making pals.  Some of my oldest pals are <a  class=bodyTextRev target=site href="http://www.dogster.com/dogs/855465">Molly</a> and her fambly (who joined Dogster the day after I did!), and <a  class=bodyTextRev target=site href="http://www.dogster.com/dogs/930039">Zaidie</a>, and <a  class=bodyTextRev target=site href="http://www.dogster.com/dogs/948225">Mini</a>, and <a  class=bodyTextRev target=site href="http://www.dogster.com/dogs/1150526">Harley Diva-Girl</a>.  And so many more I can't even name them all.  OMD, we were all having so much fun!!  We started buying zealies, BOL!!!

Some groups invited me to be an admin.  I didn't really know what that meant, but of course I became more active in those groups.  And some groups were just lots of fun.  I started making breakfast fur the gang at Billie-Bob's in P*I*F, and got to know <a  class=bodyTextRev target=site href="http://www.dogster.com/dogs/1160057">Lexi</a> and her sisfur Monnie, and <a  class=bodyTextRev target=site href="http://www.dogster.com/dogs/1172239">Dino</a> and his brofur Buddy, <a  class=bodyTextRev target=site href="http://www.dogster.com/dogs/1051973">Pepper</a>, and <a  class=bodyTextRev target=site href="http://www.dogster.com/dogs/463404">Chauncey</a> and <a  class=bodyTextRev target=site href="http://www.dogster.com/dogs/993555">Tiki</a> and their famblies.  We had pawties, and went on adventures! 

One of the most exciting things we've done was to go to the <a  class=bodyTextRev target=site href="http://www.dogster.com/group/Dc_magic-16227">D/C Magic</a> meet-up in 2010.  We got to meet our Dogster pals and their pawrents in pawson!  We had a picnic, and took tons of photos, and played and played!  I think you can still see the photos if you click the link!

But there have been sad times, too.  Some of my pals have had to go to the Rainbow Bridge.  I wasn't expecting that.  Furst Duncan, then Dino's brofur Buddy, then Billie-Bob, then Lexi, and since then Ernie George, Katie Lynn, Beatrix, Chauncey...oh my, so many.  Just recently Banners, and Abby, and Sunny.  Mommy cries ovfur each one as if they were hers.  

Time marches on, pals and groups have come and gone.  Dogster has gone through some changes.  Sometimes it hasn't been easy, but we still love it here.  There is always something going on somewhere, if you just follow your nose. I keep making new pals, even if I don't join too many new groups anymore.  Mommy's learned more about her confuser, and about taking and sharing photos.   We learn about doggie products here, we get great advice, we join contests.  I've received honors and won prizes!  And now my brofur Winkie is a member, too!  He's learning his way around.  I know he's having as much fun here as I always have.  

We love you Dogster!!!!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Bad to the Bone</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/792511</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 9 Aug 2012 20:25:43 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>We walked past it twice today, mommy and me.  I sniffed it, and she pulled me away.  Twice.  It smel ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ We walked past it twice today, mommy and me.  I sniffed it, and she pulled me away.  Twice.  It smelled like heaven.  It was a plasticky kind of package, and once it had held some kind of meatzy treats fur hoomans.  It was back under a hedge.  It was empty of acfural MEATZ™, of course, but there was still some oil left inside.  I had to have it.  I said, I'll wait until my daddy-walk.

Daddy isn't so picky about what I sniff.  Daddy isn't as quick as mommy.

Sure enough, when daddy got home and took us out, I made a bee-line fur my treasure.  And befure you could say Slim Jims, it was wedged in my mouth.  I would not, WOULD NOT "Drop It." Oh, no, not after waiting all day!

Daddy thought he could grab it and pull.  HA!  I said.  GRRRRRR!!!  I said.  He thought he could bribe it out of me with a treat.  HA!!! I said.  

When we got home, mommy thought she could mom-stare me down.  Not this time, mommy!  GRRRRRRRRRR!!!! I said.  I'll KILL you furst, I said.  So mommy told daddy to pull out the Big Guns.  The cheese.  OMD, real cheese, or Slim Jim ghosty oil?  

Okay, I caved.  But I did score a piece of cheese. That's a win, right?  It must be, because daddy and mommy both said I was a furry Bad Boy!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>DDP!!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/791925</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 4 Aug 2012 22:22:28 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Mommy didn't bring me to Dogster this morning until it was afternoon!  And when we finally got here, ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Mommy didn't bring me to Dogster this morning until it was afternoon!  And when we finally got here, we found rosies and p-mails and all kinds of love all ovfur my page because I was A Daily Diary Pick!!  So I want to say thanks to HQ and all my pals!!  My knee is much better, but I still have to take Auntie Bottick's pills fur another week.  I don't even know who Auntie Bottick is!  ::shrugs::]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Update...</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/790591</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 27 Jul 2012 10:53:05 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I have more to add to my knee story, but it's kind of yucky. Remember when my knee exploded a couple ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I have more to add to my knee story, but it's kind of yucky. Remember when my knee exploded a couple of weeks ago? Mommy thought she had it all taken care of, with a week of antibiotic pills and putting medicine on it. She thought it was healed. It's up under where my fur is really thick and long, hard fur her to see, but she nevfur felt anything.

Well, yesfurday she was brushing me as usual, and when she swiped ovfur my knee I went YELP! And the brush came back with a bloody plug or scab on it! OMD I bled and bled, and some other stuff came out, too. So we had to go to the vet right away! He said it was an abscess, and we have to start all ovfur again. Only now I have a big bald spot the vet made, so mommy can see it better. I'm not letting her anywhere near my knee to clean it, though. Nosireee!!! Well, maybe later. Meanwhile, I'll keep it all licked. The vet said I could do that. I have TWO weeks of pills to take this time. 

I feel just fine, though! Winkie and I had fun at the Wag last night, and we're going again tonight!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>The Engagement Annifursary</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/789372</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 18 Jul 2012 22:00:10 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>My pawrents have a lot of traditions.  Like once a year, they go back to the beach where they got en ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ My pawrents have a lot of traditions.  Like once a year, they go back to the beach where they got engaged, a L-O-N-G time ago!  Of course, I've been going with them fur the last six years. This year Winkie came, too!  Here's how it works:

Furst, evfurrybody gets up, just like it was a normal day.  Only, we don't do Bye-Bye Daddy at the door.  Instead, he hauls bags out of the play-closet and loads them in the car.  Then he and mommy load us!  And then we drive, through the city and across the Big Orange Bridge, like we were going to the wine county.  But when we get out of the car we're in a little town we only see on this day.  We poke around there fur a bit, mommy and daddy get breakfast, then daddy gets picnic food and we all get back in the car.

When we get out again, we're at the beach!  I used to be able to run off-leash, but now I'm not allowed.  So mommy got me a big long rope that's just as good, BOL!!  This year she tied me to one end and Winkie to the other, and wrapped the middle around a big log!  Next, mommy and daddy picnic and we pester them, daddy gives us some treats, and then we nap while they play beach games.  After awhile, we pack up and move on.

We don't go straight home.  Daddy likes to drive the curvy, winding country roads, so we do that.  Our last stop is at a place by the water that smells fishy.  Mommy and daddy get still more stuff to eat (that they don't share!), and we get more treats.  

Then we come home.  ZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...........]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>OMD, DDP!!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/789018</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 16 Jul 2012 07:00:51 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>BOL, I'm a Daily Diary Pick and I didn't even write anything! Thank you, HQ!!! All the other DDPs ar ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ BOL, I'm a Daily Diary Pick and I didn't even write anything! Thank you, HQ!!! All the other DDPs are my pals, too, so that makes it an extra speshial day!  Condogulations Cleo (a brand-new pal!), Fizzy (who hasn't been feeling too well), and DFB (whose mommy might appreciate a pawrayer or two!)!!!

As long as I'm writing, I'll quote our latest Wag Hotel report card, from yesfurday:
"Hershey and Winkie had a lot of fun in All Day Play today!  They played a lot with Lance, a Lab-Rottie mix, and also mingled with the other dogs.  They enjoyed getting attention from the staff!"

I used to get my own report card, but Winkie always sticks to me like a shadow, so now they lump us togefur!  BOL!!!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>I 'Sploded!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/788182</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 9 Jul 2012 19:32:21 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Two sleeps ago, I went to the vet.  I love my vet!  But he wasn't there.  Instead there was a lady v ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Two sleeps ago, I went to the vet.  I love my vet!  But he wasn't there.  Instead there was a lady vet.  She was furry nice, too, so I didn't mind.  I was there fur a needle, but mommy always has a list of other stuff to ask about.  One thing was the cyst on my knee.  It's been there fur awhile.  We've been watching to see if it would grow.  So the vet lady found it (under all my fur!) and said, "Oh look, there's a discharge.  So she wiped a little, and then she squeezed a little, and then WHOOOSH! all the gunk came out and now I don't have that lumpy any more!  That means I won't need surgery fur it!  Mommy and the vet couldn't believe it.  Daddy couldn't look, BOL!!  

In other news, Winkie and I went to All Day Play at the Wag today!  Here's our report card:
"Hershey and Winkie had a great time in All Day Play!  They loved lying around in a circle with the other mellow dogs in the room like Cody, Luna and Biscuit.  They also really enjoyed meeting all the other spaniels.  Hershey liked Nanu and Winkie stuck by Oakley (both Cavaliers).  It was really cute to see them all together!"

We're going again tomorrow!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NASCAR Saturday</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/785973</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 24 Jun 2012 18:53:58 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>One time evfurry year, after the weather turns sunny, we all get up early in the morning and take a  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ One time evfurry year, after the weather turns sunny, we all get up early in the morning and take a long road trip.  We stop when we get to daddy's friend's house.  He has a little poodle doggy named Babbay who always yaps and snarls at me when we go there.  So then he gets picked up, and daddy lets me off my leash, BOL! I go running all ovfur Babbay's house to find all his leftovfur bullies and piggy ears and treats!  Mommy thinks it's rude, Babbay thinks it's an outrage, and daddy and his friend and his friend's pawrents think it's hilarious!  I think it's pawsome!  BOL!!

We fill up the back of the car with lots of his friend's stuff, and then we sort of head home.  Sort of, because it takes us all day.  We go through the wine country and make lots of stops.  We start at Ravenswood winery, where I'm the official mascot.  The nice lady there was so happy to see me yesfurday, and gave me a special tag fur my collar!  Then we went to the place where the hoomans get their lunch, and then to the one where the wine has bubbles in it, and then to a new one where they let me and Winkie in, but they were furry fussy about where we sat.  

Daddy was so tired when we got home that he fell asleep in mommy's chair without even taking off his shoes!  His friend brings a bed fur the floor that inflates itself like a big balloon!  Pretty soon we were all asleep.

This morning daddy and his friend got up way early and we said bye-bye and he's been gone all day.  At the NASCAR race, mommy says, whatevfur that is.  Mommy and Winkie and I have just been lounging around, napping and watching movies.  I hope daddy gets home soon!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Out on the Bay</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/784215</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 12 Jun 2012 22:44:49 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>We had fun today!  Daddy didn't go to his office.  Instead, we all went to the place where we can wa ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ We had fun today!  Daddy didn't go to his office.  Instead, we all went to the place where we can walk around on wood ovfur the water.  They call it the Wharf.  There are shops there fur mommy, and one of them is fur us doggies.  We got to go in, and the nice man gave us cookies!  We also saw the sea lions who sun themselves out on the dock.  I don't know why they call them lions.  They look like doggies and they bark a lot.  Although, I don't understand their language.  And they smell like fish and the sea.

Then we went fur a ride on the ferry, across the Bay to where mommy likes to shop.  Daddy likes it, too, BOL!!  It was Winkie's furst ride on the ferry.  He wrote all about it in his diary.  He was funny, instead of riding up on a seat where he could see where we were going, he mostly rode under daddy's feets!  It was fun being out on the water, and walking around the town meeting other doggies and their people, and getting treats while mommy and daddy were eating.  We should have fun like that evfurry day!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Furst adventure of the summer!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/783949</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 10 Jun 2012 20:28:47 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Okay, maybe it's isn't officially summer yet.  But around here, where we have cold fog something lik ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Okay, maybe it's isn't officially summer yet.  But around here, where we have cold fog something like 300 days out of the year, we take a sunny day when we can get it!  

Today it was not only sunny, but acfurrily warm!  So I decided it was a good day to take my new brofur to the beach!  Daddy drove.

We went down to Montara Beach.  Today a lot of other doggies had the same idea!  They were there with their people, and because there were so many of us we all had to be on our leashes, most of the time.  Winkie is such a kid!  You'd think he'd nevfur seen the ocean befure!  Well, okay, he never had seen the ocean befure.  He didn't know which way he wanted to go!  He looked this way and ran that way and then he turned around to run the other way, and then he'd see another doggie and tried to run that way!! He even went into the water with daddy and got his feets and belly all wet!! 

Mommy and I don't go in fur all that sort of thing.  We walked up higher where it was dry.  I tried to crash a couple of picnics, but other than that I just mostly helped her keep up with daddy and Winkie.  

After the beach we went to a couple of places where mommies and daddies and doggies can sit outside and eat and enjoy the smells and the views of the ocean. When we go to places like that, daddy always brings yummy treats!  

Then we came home and got a light din-din, and Winkie fell asleep almost right in his supper dish!  He's such a kid!  BOL!!  Bo.....ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzz..........]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>OMD! DDP!!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/782698</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 2 Jun 2012 10:23:38 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I'm a DDP today!!  Thanks, Dogster!  I haven't even written anything since last weekend!  BOL!!

I ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I'm a DDP today!!  Thanks, Dogster!  I haven't even written anything since last weekend!  BOL!!

I want to thank Nina fur my bootiful award piccie!  Also Zoe and Harley and Jazzi and Angel Whisper and Dixie and Anya and Lexi and her fambly fur my blue ribbons!  (Anya, Winkie says thanks fur his rosie, too!)  And Zaidie fur the steak and Hershey Kiss, and Walker and his fambly fur my baseball!  

YOU ARE ALL THE BEST!!!!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Big day fur the Winkster</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/781844</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 26 May 2012 20:06:12 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Today we went on another adventure!  This time we went across the big grey bridge.  We hardly evfur  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Today we went on another adventure!  This time we went across the big grey bridge.  We hardly evfur go that way anymore.  In fact, the last time was when we went to pick up Winkie from his foster fambly.  And that's where we went again today!  The little hooman, Savannah, had a birthday pawty, and Winkie was invited.  We all got to come, because it's too far fur him to walk, BOL!!

There were lots and lots of people there, especially the little ones who always smell so yummy!  And there was a big Bouncy House!  OMD, all my pals at FF would have been so excited to see it!!  Except, me and Winkie and his foster brofur Kilo all had to stay on our leashes.  I nevfur even got close enough to sniff it!

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It was hard to score any dropped hot doggies or cake or anything, because someone always had me by the leash.  But we still had fun!  Everyone was making a Big Fuss ovfur Winkie, because they knew him when he wasn't as healthy and handsome as he is now. (Don't tell him I said that!)  They fussed ovfur me, too!  Well, I've always been healthy and handsome, BOL!!

It was sunny and warm out, and eventually all we wanted to do was find some shade and take our naps!  When we had sniffed evfurryone and all the food was gone or cleaned up, it was time fur us to come home fur din-din.  Winkie said he had a furrific time, and so did I!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>On the road again!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/781700</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 25 May 2012 23:07:55 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>We had a surprise this morning!  Well, mommy and daddy didn't seem to be surprised, but I was!  We w ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ We had a surprise this morning!  Well, mommy and daddy didn't seem to be surprised, but I was!  We were getting ready fur an adventure--you know, the after-breakfast brushings, the travel bag and water bottle out of the closet--when all of a sudden there was a knock at the door.  It was mommy and daddy's friend Melanie who I met last year!  She was furry happy to see me and to meet Winkie, and I was FURRY happy to see her!  After we said all our hello-hello-hello's we all got in the car and drove up to where the wine doggies live. Mommy sat in the back seat with me and Winkie.  Whenevfur we went slow, mommy opened the window.  From her lap, I was tall enough to stick my head out and let the wind blow my ears!  When we got to the town, we met lots of people who fussed ovfur us, and quite a few other doggies, too!  It was windy, and it even rained once, but we nevfur got wet. There was eating, and what mommy calls shopping, and then we came back home again.  Melanie says she'll be back to see me next year!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>It's been awhile!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/779819</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 12 May 2012 22:01:39 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Today we went on an adventure!  We haven't done this in a long, long time, but today we all got up e ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Today we went on an adventure!  We haven't done this in a long, long time, but today we all got up early and I saw daddy getting all our adventure gear together: his special backpack that holds my treats and traveling bowls and extra leashes and all, our water bottles, and all the stuff mommy and daddy need fur eating outside.  (They call it a picnic.)

We all piled in the car, and Winkie and I had our harnesses buckled.  That means it's gonna be a road trip!  Today we went where mommy loves it best, up where the wine dogs live!  

We drove and drove, and Winkie slept almost the whole way!  I don't know how he does that.  I don't even lie down in the car! 

The furst place we stopped was the place where they let me sit inside!  Only, today it was nice and warm, so we sat on the patio.  There were lots of people there, and they all liked me and Winkie furry much!  We each got big bone-cookies!!  

Next we drove to "my" winery, Ravenswood, where they made me the mascot last year!  We all sat outside again, so more people could come by and fuss ovfur me and Winkie.  These trips are lots of fun!  

Next we went into town, and daddy got all the picnic food for him and mommy.  We met a JRT and two Huskies!  Then we went to our picnic place that no one else knows about, and mommy and daddy ate, and Winkie and I got some more treats and sniffed around in the grass.  Picnic places are full of treasures, especially dropped food from previous picnickers!! The day was warm but not too warm, and there was a nice breeze to blow in our ears.  We all got furry tired and furry happy, and then we drove back home to sleep!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Report card</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/776710</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 22 Apr 2012 21:38:31 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>We went to the Wag Hotel yesfurday to play with the other doggies.  Here's my report card:
 
&quot;Hers ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ We went to the Wag Hotel yesfurday to play with the other doggies.  Here's my report card:
 
"Hershey is a really cute dog.  He did well in playgroups and made a good buddy in Otsu the husky mix.  We look forward to seeing Hershey and Winkie again soon!"

We're going back next week!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>That's more like it!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/772911</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 30 Mar 2012 23:30:22 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Auntie Myrna came twice this week!  I can't remember if she's evfur come to walk me twice in one wee ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Auntie Myrna came twice this week!  I can't remember if she's evfur come to walk me twice in one week, but thus week she did!  AND this time mommy remembered to give her my treats!  

I love walking with my Auntie Myrna, but like evfurrything else, it's different with Winkie.  Now mommy comes, too.  Mommy takes Winkie's leash, and Auntie Myrna takes mine, so in a way it's like it always was.  Only, I have to Watch My Manners when mommy's around.  I have to keep my butt on the ground when Auntie Myrna gives me a treat. And sit at intersections.  Stuff like that.

We still have fun, though!  I get a treat when we get to the big grassy circle, and another one fur going around once, and another fur going around twice!  In fact, you nevfur know when Auntie Myrna might give you a treat.  It's good to keep your eye on her, BOL!!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>DDP!!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/772347</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 27 Mar 2012 07:31:52 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>What a surprise to come to Dogster today and find my piccie in Diary Central!!  I'm a Daily Diary Pi ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ What a surprise to come to Dogster today and find my piccie in Diary Central!!  I'm a Daily Diary Pick!  I wrote about our Big Walk on Friday.  You can go read about it!  Thanks, HQ!  And thanks to Zoe, Dixie and Angel Whisper, Freckles, Coco Rose and Puff, Molly and her fambly, Harley and Jazzi, Abby, Sophie Claire, Chauncey and her fambly, Mazy and Finley fur the congrats and rosies!!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Walking With Winkie</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/771841</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 23 Mar 2012 23:19:09 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Today was a sunny day, so mommy decided to take advantage of it and walk us to the doggy store!  It' ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Today was a sunny day, so mommy decided to take advantage of it and walk us to the doggy store!  It's a long walk.  I knew where we were going as soon as we went up the stairs to the big street.  I try to pull mommy up those stairs all the time, BOL!!

Along the way is what mommy calls a college.  There are lots of people there who spend their time dropping food around on the grass fur doggies who pass by.  That's furry nice of them, but mommy wouldn't let us have any.  I got a cracker when she wasn't looking, BOL!!

I knew where we were going, and I was pretty focused on getting there.  But Winkie is another story.  Winkie is furry good at going, but not so much on focusing.  He doesn't hear much, and he doesn't see much.  He's all nose, and he likes to follow his nose wherevfur it wants to go.  Mommy keeps him on a short leash that's fastened around her waist.  Otherwise we'd nevfur get ANYWHERE!  He goes this way and that way and back again, and if we do stop to sniff, he goes around in circles!  And he wants to go FAST!

I got us all to the doggy store as quick as I could, and I got pets and treats and smelled all the wonderfur stuff!  Then we headed fur home.  I usually take it easy on the way back, but evfurrything's different with Winkie.  He doesn't know "take it easy."  We went back exactly the same way we had come, but you would have thought he'd nevfur sniffed it befure.  He zigged, he zagged, he went here and there and back again.  He probably walked twice as much as mommy and me, and he wasn't even slowing down!  Until we got home.  Then he got his apple and I got my carrot and we both pretty much checked out fur the rest of the day!  BOL!!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Two-walk day!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/771355</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 20 Mar 2012 18:24:51 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Today was going pretty much like evfurry day.  We got up early, sent daddy off to work, then mommy d ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Today was going pretty much like evfurry day.  We got up early, sent daddy off to work, then mommy did some laundry, and Winkie and I napped until it was time fur our brush-and-walk.  The walk was fine, it's kind of cold out.  Not too may other doggies around.  We came back home and went back to our naps.

But then, someone knock-knock-knocked on the door!  I ran up the stairs to get mommy, and down the stairs to bark, and up again and down again and then around in circles until mommy opened the door and there was Auntie Myrna!  OMD! OMD!!

She came in and of course she had to pet Winkie, but as soon as she sat down I was all ovfur her lap!  She and mommy talktalktalked fur a while, but then I decided it was time fur a walk!  So off we went, Auntie Myrna with my leash and mommy with Winkie's.  It was almost like old times!  Except, Auntie Myrna didn't have any treats.  What???!

I'm sure it was just an oversight.  She'll be back next week.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Second childhood?</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/770255</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 13 Mar 2012 21:37:59 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Lots of things have changed since Winkie came to our house.  Fur one thing, we have a big blankie th ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Lots of things have changed since Winkie came to our house.  Fur one thing, we have a big blankie that my pal Lexi sent, and all our toys are piled on it.  That will be important later, so remember.

My walks are different, because Winkie comes along.  And Winkie is like a little whirlwind on a leash, darting around this way and that way and pulling and getting our leashes all crissy-crossy.  When we get home he's so wound up that he heads straight fur the toys and starts squeak-squeak-squeaking whatevfur he can get his mouth around.  

I like toys.  That is, I like them when they're brand new.  I play with them fur an hour or a day or something, and then I'm done.  That's how I roll.

But Winkie, he just loves all the toys!  And I have to admit, he has me re-thinking my whole toy philosophy.  I remember, I used to love to squeak things, too.  

So tonight it was raining.  In fact it rained all day, and mommy was working and it was a furry long, boring day.  When daddy finally got home he took us out one at a time, me furst, so he could dry us off easier.  After me, Winkie went out, and when he got back he took a dive into the toy pile and came out with a squeakie bear.  And I'm telling you, he was just having so much fun, I couldn't help myself!  Befure I knew what I was doing, I was jumping all ovfur him and wagging my tail and he chased me and I chased him and we bonked and rolled and OMD it was FUN!  Mommy and daddy were furry happy and kept telling me what a good boy I am!  Just fur playing?  Pawrents are funny! 

Maybe we can do that again!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>DDP, BOL!!!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/769799</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 11 Mar 2012 09:23:39 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Don't get me wrong, I'm honored to be a DDP today! Thank you, Dogster!!  But the joke is on my brofu ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Don't get me wrong, I'm honored to be a DDP today! Thank you, Dogster!!  But the joke is on my brofur Winkie!  He wrote a new diary entry yesfurday, and I haven't written one fur a week!  I guess we know where the writing talent resides in THIS fambly!  BOL, BOL, BOL!!!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Good times!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/768733</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 4 Mar 2012 21:39:39 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>This new brofur business is a pretty good deal!  Yesfurday we went on lots of adventures in the car! ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ This new brofur business is a pretty good deal!  Yesfurday we went on lots of adventures in the car!  Furst we introduced Winkie to my vet.  He got stuck some, and then I got stuck some, but it didn't hurt. Dr. R said we are both Good Boys.  Winkie got a new tag fur his collar.

Next we went to the other vet.  We didn't see him, we just went to the desk and daddy talktalktalked and gave them a bunch of papers.  And they all said Hi Winkie, Hi Hershey!

Next we went to the Wag, and I thought we were gonna stay and I got all excited, but all that happened was daddy went to the desk and talktalktalked and filled out some papers, while Winkie and I got petted and loved on. 

Next we went to the office where daddy pays our rent.  We had to sit and wait, and then daddy filled out more papers and talktalktalked, and Winkie got his picture taken and got another new tag fur his collar.  Now he jingles as much as I do, and he won't sneak up on mommy so much, BOL!! 

After that we went to the big meadow doggie park.  It was a furry warm day, and lots of doggies were there.  Daddy took our leashes off and Winkie TOOK OFF!  OMD that little doggie loves to run!!  He followed evfurry doggie and evfurry mommy and daddy and nevfur looked back!  Mommy and daddy and I had to walk and run and chase him down, and then he had to have his leash put back on!  BOL!!  It will have to be a lot smaller place when he goes leashless again!  

Today we all went to Fort Fun!  Winkie will always be on leash there, because he could disappear in...well, in a wink! BOL!!  But I'm good at staying by daddy, so my leash came off and we had a furry nice walk.  It was another warm day.  We don't really get many of those!  There were about a bazillion doggies, and Winkie wanted to sniff evfurry one of them!  He's not a bit shy, that one! BOL!!  

I think we'll both sleep fur about the next decade!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Winkie is home!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/767522</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 26 Feb 2012 15:45:27 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Yesfurday we all got up furry early, even mommy!  I knew something was up, because I got my brushing ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Yesfurday we all got up furry early, even mommy!  I knew something was up, because I got my brushing right after mommy ate her brekkie.  Next thing I knew we were in the car and crossing the long bridge. Soon we were in the country, but not the wine country.  We stopped at a house and went inside, and there was the fambly we met last week, and there was Winkie!

The people had to talktalktalk, so I ran around sniffing Winkie's house.  It was furry nice and evfurrything, but I finally felt like we'd been there long enough, so I decided to poop in their entryway.  Mommy scooped me right up and stopped me ALMOST in time, BOL!!  She was NOT happy.

So then we got back in the car, and Winkie got in with us!  I sat on my side and he sat on his side.  He's pretty quiet.  

When we got home we took Winkie on a walk around the block, and then we came inside to let him sniff my house.  He wasn't sure how to go up the stairs, so I showed him.  He moves kinda slow.  We played with mommy and daddy on the floor and took pictures and all that stuff, and then he pooped in our kitchen, so now we're even, BOL!!

He has his own supper dish, across the room from mine.  He eats slow.  And mommy made him a bed ovfur by the couch but he didn't go into it.  He can't jump up on the couch by himself, but he likes it up there.  So do I!  He snores.

Daddy fell asleep with the two of us on the couch last night, and when he woke up this morning he couldn't find Winkie!  He looked all ovfur, and then realized Winkie was in his new bed!  Mommy thinks he's pretty smart.  How smart do you have to be to find a comfy place to sleep? 

This morning mommy gave us each a brushing, but she was kinda kidding with Winkie because he's almost bald, BOL!  Then we went on a long walk ovfur to the doggie run, where we can take our leashes off.  Mommy threw a tennis ball and I was chasing it, while Winkie went around sniffing.  But then he started eating grass, so we left.  He eats grass.

He has a lot to learn--how to sit when he's told, and how to wait fur mommy to go out the door furst, and how not to pull on his leash--but I think he has potential.  I guess it's okay if he stays.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Guess what? Guess what??!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/766332</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 19 Feb 2012 21:42:28 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I have a new brofur!!  His name is Winkie.  Well, really it's Van Winkle, but we're gonna call him W ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I have a new brofur!!  His name is <a  class=bodyTextRev target=site href="http://www.dogster.com/dogs/1235208">Winkie</a>.  Well, really it's Van Winkle, but we're gonna call him Winkie.  You can go to his page to read his story and all that stuff.  Mommy took some photos.  They're all on his page, too.  We'll pick out one fur my page, mommy says.  

He isn't acfurrily here at our house yet.  We only met him today.  I sniffed him some, and he sniffed me some.  But he came with a lot of people, and they really liked me so I mainly hung out with them, BOL!!!  I wonder if they're all gonna be living here?]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Funday Monday</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/765172</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 18:36:12 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I hardly evfur go to the Wag Hotel on a Monday.  Why would I go on a Monday?  But I went today, and  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I hardly evfur go to the Wag Hotel on a Monday.  Why would I go on a Monday?  But I went today, and I found out that at the Wag, Monday is Funday!  Some doggies go there evfurry day, and I could tell they were kind of excited. Apparently you nevfur know what a Monday will bring.  Today, it brought a giant sandbox fur us to play in! I'm not a digger, but some of my playmates started digging around and guess what!  There was buried treasure!  Tennis balls, and things that went *Squeak!*, and ropeys!  OMD we had so much fun!  Here's my report card:

"Hershey had a blast today exploring the play area, digging in the sandbox and hanging with his buddy, Molly."  (She's a golden retriever!)

I hope I get to go to a Funday Monday again!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Lennox</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/764574</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:24:34 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Today is my pal Lennox' barkday.  He will not have a happy day.  He may not even get to see his famb ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Today is my pal Lennox' barkday.  He will not have a happy day.  He may not even get to see his fambly.  He won't get any treats or toys, or snuggles.  You see, Lennox is in prison.  He lives in Belfast, Northern Ireland.  The authorities stole him from his fambly because they don't like his breed.  You can go to his page to read about him, and he also has websites and stuff.  If you want to help, there are things you can do.  But will you at least say a pawrayer fur Lennox today?

<a  class=bodyTextRev target=site href="http://www.dogster.com/dogs/1149530">Lennox</a>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Tag, You're It!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/764518</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 9 Feb 2012 22:10:41 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>My pal Coco Rose posted this in her diary and challenged everyfur to copy it!  It's a good way to ge ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ My pal Coco Rose posted this in her diary and challenged everyfur to copy it!  It's a good way to get to know each other! 


1. WHAT COLOR COLLAR ARE YOU WEARING? – chocolate, like me!

2. DOES YOUR LEASH MATCH YOUR COLLAR? – yes!

3. WHAT’S WORSE? An EVIL NEMESIS SQUIRREL bouncing around in the trees or across the fence, a Crow strutting around in your yard or Neighbor People outside talking? – We don't have squirrels around here.  When I see crows I try to chase them, but it's hard because I'm always on leash.  People making noise outside when I'm inside are the worst! BARK!BARK!BARK!

4. DO YOU HAVE A FAVORITE SNACK? – carrot sticks!  No, bullies! No, popcorn!  No, Zukes!  No, hot dog bits! No, ... 

5. WHERE WAS YOUR LAST CAR RIDE? – We went up to the wine country fur mommy's birthday!

6. DO YOU STICK YOUR HEAD OUT THE WINDOW ON CAR RIDES? – No, I have a harness and the window only goes part way down.

7. DO YOU HAVE A FAVORITE TOY? My stuffless raccoon!  No, my light-up ball!  No, my Hershey Kiss stuffie!  No, my squeaky lamb! No, my tug rope!  No, ...

8. DO YOU HAVE A BOYFURIEND OR GIRLFURIEND? No, I'm a confirmed bachelor!

9. DO YOU HAVE A FAVORITE WALK? Fort Funston, where there are lots of other doggies, and trails up above the beach!

10. DO YOU GO TO DOG PARKS? Yes, Fort Fun is kind of like a dog park without fences, and there are other parks here and in towns around here.

11. WHERE DO YOU SLEEP AT NIGHT? Either on the couch or mommy and daddy's bed.  Wherever daddy falls asleep, BOL!!

12. DO YOU SNORE? I do!  Daddy and I compete!

13. DO YOU SLEEP UNDER THE COVERS? No, but I rearrange them if they're too neat.  

14. DO YOU HAVE TO WEAR CLOTHES? No, daddy won't allow it.  I do wear bandanas.

15. ARE YOU THE FAVORITE DOG? BOL, I'm the ONLY dog! 

16. WHERE IS YOUR FAVORITE SPOT TO SLEEP IN THE HOUSE? On the couch or the water bed.

17. WHAT’S THE BEST HUMAN FOOD YOU’VE EVER BEEN FED? hot dog bits!

18. DO YOU GO TO A DOG GROOMER? Yes, every six weeks!

19. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF BATHS? That's a secret.  Only my groomer bathes me.  What happens at the groomer stays at the groomer.

20. WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOU ARE BORED? I paw at a pawrent leg, or I scratch at the door, or I pace.  As a last resort I growl under my breath.

Have fun, everyfur!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>National Parks Against Doggies</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/763267</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 2 Feb 2012 19:12:03 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I wrote in my diary awhile back about the threat to our off-leash dog areas here in San Francisco by ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I wrote in my diary awhile back about the threat to our off-leash dog areas here in San Francisco by the National Park Service, who are taking over management of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area (GGNRA).  If you live in California (or even if you don't), you can help us protest their most recent abuse of power:

Take Action: Protest the Use of a Taser Against a Dog Walker Join the call-in day on Friday, Feb. 3!

This week, a Montara resident who was peacefully walking his dogs at Rancho Corral de Tierra open space was shot in the back with a taser gun by a GGNRA ranger. Eyewitnesses have reported that the Ranger was not being physically threatened in any manner by the unarmed person who was being detained and issued a ticket (see eyewitness account below). He was walking two 11-lb. terriers, one off leash.

Please call GGNRA Superintendent Frank Dean as well as U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein and Congresswoman Jackie Speier to protest this use of excessive, unwarranted force!

CONTACT

* GGNRA Superintendent Frank Dean
Tel. (415) 561-4720. Email: Frank_dean@nps.gov

*U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein

Tel. (415) 393-0707. Web email form: https://www.feinstein.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/e-mail-me

*Congresswoman Jackie Speier
Tel. (650) 342-0300. Web email form: https://forms.house.gov/speier/webforms/email_jackie.shtml

Want to call more public officials about this incident? Click here (http://www.eco-dog.org/get-involved/be-heard) for contacts for local, state and federal elected officials TALKING POINTS

I insist GGNRA management initiate a full investigation by an independent group with complete transparency about the events and circumstances of this incident, and to:
▪    Conduct formal interviews with all witnesses and others who were at Rancho Corral de Tierra at the time.
▪    Immediately cease all ticketing of people walking dogs at Rancho Corral de Tierra.
▪    Allocate reasonable space for off leash dog walking at Rancho Corral de Tierra, where it has been allowed for decades.
▪    Disclose guidelines for use of force and how Rangers are trained to handle dog walking violations.
▪    Disavow any harassing, hostile or abusive behavior by GGNRA personnel toward people walking their dogs at any GGNRA park unit.

ENDORSERS

DogPAC of San Francisco, Ft. Funston Dog Walkers, ProDOG, Save Off Leash Dog Walking in the SF Bay Area, SFDOG and others

MORE INFORMATION

Below is an eyewitness account of the incident that was circulated by the Montara Dog Group:

Yesterday my husband and I walked our two border collies on the cement trail of Ranch Corral de Tierra. On our way home a woman walking her dog told us to leash our dogs because a park ranger was handing our citations. So we leashed our dogs and we encountered a man in his late forties with his two little dogs (no bigger than the size of a beagle) being cited by a park ranger for not having them on a leash. Since we had never seen a park ranger during our 7 years of walking our dogs there, we asked her why she was patrolling the area. She quickly responded that the area was now under GGNRA control. The man she was citing had already leashed his dogs and provided her all his personal information. He asked her if he could go home and she said No. He than asked her to provide him a ticket or tell him why he couldn't leave. The park ranger was very rude and told him he could not leave until she heard by from her base but didn't tell him what she needed to hear from them or why he was being detained. After ten minutes the man asked her again to let him know why he could not leave or just cite him but she gave him no answer. My husband even asked her why she was not letting the man go on his way and she told him to stay out of it. Eventually, the man just started walking in our direction so he could go home. This really upset the park ranger and she told him to stop and that he could not leave. Once again the man asked why and just told her to give him a ticket or let him know if he was being arrested. Note that he had already leashed his two small dogs and was puzzled at the fact that he could not leave. Since she did not respond as to why he was being detained nor tell him the type of jurisdiction she had over him, he started to walk away and she told him that she would tase him if he walked another step. The man replied that he had a heart condition and to not taser him as it could be life threatening. He gave her his back to look at me and my husband in disbelief to what was going on and the park ranger fired her taser at him. The poor man fell to floor and you could see that he was in a lot a pain. An elderly man was walking right by the man when he got tasered and luckily the passerby was not hurt. It was completely incredulous to see what was going on over two small dogs that were not leashed. About ten minutes later the sheriff came and hand cuffed the man. He asked us to take his dogs home and tell his wife what just happened.  We heard ambulances on their way and believe that instead of going to jail (for doing nothing) was taken to a local hospital.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Furst Adventure of  2012</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/762731</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 22:15:59 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>At my house you can tell when you're about to go on an adventure.  Fur one thing, I get my brushing  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ At my house you can tell when you're about to go on an adventure.  Fur one thing, I get my brushing really early in the morning.  Also, daddy gets the travel bag out of the closet, the bag that holds my special leash and all my treats!  Mommy gets her camera, and the water bottle that's usually strapped to my crate.  Put it all together, and it adds up to -- car trip!

Today we went to my mommy's favfurite place so she could do her favfurite thing, which is going in and out of shops.  This place is nice, because most of the shops let me go in, too!  There are lots of doggies in town, and lots of hoomans who like to pet us! When mommy and daddy stop fur lunch, that's when daddy starts pulling treats out of my bag.  The best one is a really yummy chew that lasts a really long time!  After lunch we went in all the shops mommy missed befure lunch, BOL!!!  I sniffed so many sniffs and met so many doggies and hoomans, I can't even remember them all!  I'm worn out. ZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzz..........]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>My Gotcha Day!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/757911</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 2 Jan 2012 10:52:57 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>My Gotcha Day was yesfurday, Jan. 2.  It was a dark and stormy day six years ago, I woke up as usual ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ My Gotcha Day was yesfurday, Jan. 2.  It was a dark and stormy day six years ago, I woke up as usual with my mommy and littermates, and then these peepole came and bundled me up and took me fur a long ride in their car!  I liked them, and they liked me, and the rest is history!

I had a wonderfur day yesfurday.  Daddy didn't have to go to work, so we lounged around on the couch watching football while mommy put Christmas away.  Then we went fur a jog!  I got a petometer fur Christmas from my BFF Lexi and her fambly.  It looks like a bone.  It hooks on my collar and tells daddy how far we run!  We ran 1.72 miles.  Daddy runs slow, BOL!!!

My pal Tiki threw me a pawty at an aquarium where we could walk around underwater and all the fishies swam around our heads!  The food was pawsome, too! Look at my <a id="img2760880643"  class=bodyTextRev target=site href="http://files.dogster.com/pix/dogs/01/854601/lg_854601_1325547305.jpg" onmouseover="var el = $j('#img2760880643');var c=String.fromCharCode;var q=c(34);var l=c(60);var r=c(62);var a=c(39);var p=c(43); el[0].onmouseover = null; var n=$j(document.createElement('div')); n.insertBefore(el); n.html(''.concat(l, 'img src=', a, 'http://files.dogster.com/pix/dogs/01/854', '601/lg_854601_1325547305.jpg', a, ' /', r, l, 'BR /', r));">cake!</a>

I also got lots of rosies and photos and gifts from all my Dogster pals!  Like this, 
<a id="img9519606799"  class=bodyTextRev target=site  onClick="alert(\'Dogster Alert: You are about to visit an outside link that was submitted by this pet owner.\');" href="http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc6/neuzat/BalloonBirthdayCake.jpg" onmouseover="var el = $j('#img9519606799');var c=String.fromCharCode;var q=c(34);var l=c(60);var r=c(62);var a=c(39);var p=c(43); el[0].onmouseover = null; var n=$j(document.createElement('div')); n.insertBefore(el); n.html(''.concat(l, 'img src=', a, 'http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc6/n', 'euzat/BalloonBirthdayCake.jpg', a, ' /', r, l, 'BR /', r));">cake</a> from my pal Peek-a-Boo!

I can't put evfurrything in here, but I want to thank
Walker and his fambly
Suzy Q and her fambly
Mr. JackFreckles
TJ, Sox and their fambly
Jolanda and Jojo
Abby
Thunder
Fizzy
Abbie and her fambly
Sunny
George
Mazy
Droopy
Dino and Angel Buddy
Whisper
Chauncey, Al and their fambly
The MN Gang
Anya
Tiki
Coco Rose and her fambly
Mini and Kiki
Whitney
Lexi, Monnie and Roscoe
Harley and Jazzi
The Divine Miss B. and her fambly
Buttercup
Tiki and Colossus
Buddy, Maggie and Peanut
Bailey
Demon Flash Bandit and Angel Zoom Smokey
and Zaidie, who sent me <a id="img0845843866"  class=bodyTextRev target=site  onClick="alert(\'Dogster Alert: You are about to visit an outside link that was submitted by this pet owner.\');" href="http://dl7.glitter-graphics.net/pub/967/967387kuyhnzq2yq.jpg" onmouseover="var el = $j('#img0845843866');var c=String.fromCharCode;var q=c(34);var l=c(60);var r=c(62);var a=c(39);var p=c(43); el[0].onmouseover = null; var n=$j(document.createElement('div')); n.insertBefore(el); n.html(''.concat(l, 'img src=', a, 'http://dl7.glitter-graphics.net/pub/967/', '967387kuyhnzq2yq.jpg', a, ' /', r, l, 'BR /', r));">this</a> to prove that chocolate is more sustaining than MEATZ!

I don't think I missed anyfur, but if I did, just bark and I'll fix it!  Thank you all so furry furry much fur making my day so special! I have the best pals on Dogster!!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Christmas Day!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/757121</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 20:51:12 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>So after Christmas Eve comes Christmas Day!  I got up furst, because I always get up furst.  Daddy g ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ So after Christmas Eve comes Christmas Day!  I got up furst, because I always get up furst.  Daddy gets up with me, but this time mommy got up as well!  After my business walk, there she was in the kitchen making hot chocolate!  Daddy read from his favfurite book, the part about shepherds and angels and stars and the Baby.  And then he started pulling packages out from under the tree again!  Instead of papers to play with, I got a bone-treat to chew on! 

Pretty soon there were knocks on the door, and my uncle and auntie were there!  They had bags with more packages in them, and my auntie went into the kitchen and made breakfast.  I had already had my breakfast, so I didn't get any. I smelled bacon and sausages, though! 

After they ate, guess what they did?  Yep, they piled up more papers and ribbons I wasn't allowed to play with.  It was okay, though, I was getting kind of tired.  I jumped up in my uncle's lap on the couch and checked out fur a bit. ZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzz.........

Next thing I knew we were saying bye-bye to my uncle and auntie, and then daddy said I had one more pressie!  He opened a box and pulled out a round thing with places where he put treats, and then he put covers ovfur the treats to hide them from me.  My job was to uncover and eat them!  It's harder than it sounds, but I'm getting the hang of it!  It might be the funnest Christmas pressie I evfur got!  

After all that I was so tired I just flopped on my new blankie from my pal Lexi (thank you, Lexi!) and called it a Christmas. 

Postscript: Daddy didn't have to go to work the next day, so we just spent the whole day on the couch!! I'm not sure which day was more pawfect, BOL!!!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Where was I...?</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/756949</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 22:40:33 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Oh yeah, Christmas Eve Eve.  Well, after that comes Christmas Eve.  Here's the drill:  We all get up ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Oh yeah, Christmas Eve Eve.  Well, after that comes Christmas Eve.  Here's the drill:  We all get up early, and I get a brushing.  In the MORNING.  Mommy and daddy dress up fancy. Then we get in the car, and I go to the Wag.  I spend most of the day in Play Group, catching up on the news.  We bark about where our pawrents are and what they're doing WITHOUT US.  We're just guessing, we don't really know.

Then mommy and daddy come and get me and the day turns pawsome!  We go downtown, where there are lights and music and gazillions of peepole and good smells and dropped food and everyone wants to pet me and take my picture!  We walk up here and down there, and look in store windows, and sometimes I get to go inside!  In one of the windows I saw another doggie, and she saw me and we tried to bark a greeting but couldn't hear each other!  Mommy said she was up fur adoption.  I hope she found a good home.  I also got lots of treats fur being good while mommy and daddy stopped to sit and drink their coffee and hot chocolate.

Finally we went home.  This year when we got there mommy and daddy started taking things out from under the tree and making paper piles!  I wanted to help, but then I got a new toy, a lambie with lots and lots of squeakies, so I got distracted.  

After all that it should have been bedtime, but mommy and daddy put their coats back on, and I got a Kong and befure I knew it I was Home Alone.  I was supposed to be on guard dooty, but to tell you the truth I curled up fur a nap.  Soon mommy and daddy came back, and we all went to bed.

To be continued...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Christmas Eve Eve!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/756017</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 20:50:24 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I haven't had much to write about fur a few days or weeks or something.  Mommy and daddy have been f ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I haven't had much to write about fur a few days or weeks or something.  Mommy and daddy have been furry busy, and I've been home alone or at the Wag a lot.  But today we all went on an adventure!  I could tell it was gonna be more than a short trip, because daddy packed my backpack full of treats!  (It is my backpack, even though daddy wears it!)  And mommy strapped me into my car harness!

We drove and drove and drove.  Finally, daddy said we were There!  I got to jump out and stretch my leggies and do my business, and then we went inside.  I know this place!  We go evfurry year!  They like doggies, and we all have treats, and mommy and daddy drink something with bubbles in it.  And then we got back in the car.  

But we didn't go home.  Not yet.

We went to the place that smells like meat and cheese!  I can't go inside there.  They have tables outside, and daddy goes away and I watch and watch fur him, and finally he comes back with lots of stuff fur him and mommy to eat.  This year I got a BIG treat! It took me a l-o-o-n-g time to eat it.  When I was done, there wasn't any of mommy and daddy's food left fur me to sniff!  I think daddy did that on purpose!  Next, mommy went off to "shop."  Then we all got back in the car again.

But we didn't go home.

Next we went to the Castle!  That's what mommy and daddy call it.  It's a big big place all made of rocks, and I can go inside!  We go up stairs and down ramps and there are towers and big rooms and little rooms, and way down in the bottom a room with lots of peepole and lots of bottles stacked up all ovfur.  A man let daddy taste some of the stuff that comes in the bottles, but I didn't get any treats.  I did get a lot of attention, though!  Then we walked around some more, so mommy could shop.  Mommy loves to do that!  Then we all got back in the car again.

And this time we came home! 

 ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzz........]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Christmas at the Wag</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/753261</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 7 Dec 2011 22:44:04 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Daddy and mommy have a lot of Stuff they do at Christmastime.  I guess it's secret stuff, or stuff w ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Daddy and mommy have a lot of Stuff they do at Christmastime.  I guess it's secret stuff, or stuff where I'm not allowed to go, because I spend a lot of time at the Wag Hotel.  That's where I went today.  During the week in All Day Play they have special activities fur the howlidays.  Today there was a gift exchange!  I got a tennis ball that I wasn't allowed to unwrap until I got home.  It's red and green and I love it!  I played with Buck the miniature poodle.  We also had a treasure hunt!  Here's my report card:

"Hershey was very excited about hide-and-go-seek and he ran around and found several treats!  He is such a gentleman. :)"

 If there are treats around, I'll find them!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>I'm sorry, pals...</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/752152</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 22:27:08 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>... if I missed your Barkday, or your Gotcha day, or a Dogster honor in the past few days.  Condogul ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ ... if I missed your Barkday, or your Gotcha day, or a Dogster honor in the past few days.  Condogulations, and I hope you had a pawsome day, and got lots of treats and attention and pressies!!  

I try to keep on top of things, but mommy's confuser has been out of commission.  Daddy took it to the office on Monday, and mommy didn't get it back until last night, and then it was all different and she didn't even know how to use it!  A man from the office had to come today to show her what to do.  I liked him, and he liked me, too!  I soopervised while he poked at mommy's confuser, and he scritched my ears.  

Mommy's still trying to figure it all out, but I did get to visit a few groups tonight.  And I saw my pal Rascal was Dog of the Day!  And Jelly, DFB and Whisper were all Daily Diary Picks!!!  I already knew Beanie was Dog of the Week!  I love having famous pals!!!  

Mommy is still wrapping pressies and trying to turn our house into a cross between Bethlehem and the North Pole.  She hasn't even started addressing my Christmas cards!  And now she has to start working again, if she can figure out how, BOL!!  But she promised to let me come play on Dogster just as much as she can!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Thanks, Dogster!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/751188</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 25 Nov 2011 08:02:30 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>OMD, I'm a Daily Diary Pick!  I'd better write a new entry, BOL!!

I'll write about yesfurday, whi ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ OMD, I'm a Daily Diary Pick!  I'd better write a new entry, BOL!!

I'll write about yesfurday, which was Thanksgiving.  I heard an awful lot about food in the past week, especially turkey.  Well, I didn't get any special food.  In fact, I spent the whole day at thew Wag Hotel, and I got kibble for din-din, like always.  That's okay, I love my foodz!!  

It was furry crowded at the Wag.  I guess a lot of pawrents were doing whatevfur my pawrents were doing.  I had a lot of fun!  Here's my report card:

"Hershey spent Thanksgiving in Tiny Town, a playgroup for the cuddly cute littlest All Day Play pups.  There, he got to cuddle up with staff and play with his friends while they discussed whether or not they should go to Pawtrero or Pet Food Express to score some Black Friday savings!  Today he is thankful for tennis balls, soft beds and his family."  My playmates were Sophie the spaniel mix, Brownie the mini dachshund, and Cupcake the terrier mix.  I was bigger than all of them, but they didn't mind.  

I'm going back again today!  I wonder who will be there?!!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>OMD!  OMD!  OMD!!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/750628</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 09:01:43 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I got a package in the mail!!!  And it isn't my barkday or Christmas or anything!!!  

Mommy had j ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I got a package in the mail!!!  And it isn't my barkday or Christmas or anything!!!  

Mommy had just lifted me up onto the grooming table fur my brushing, and we heard *knock! knock! knock!* on the door.  I couldn't jump down (it's too far!), so I BARKBARKBARKED while mommy went to see.  And there was the postman with a box!  Mommy put it down until after my brush-and-walk.  She didn't even tell me it was MINE!!!

When we got home she opened it so I could see <a  class=bodyTextRev target=site href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-CGfqOutq-B8/Tsr9XWOMMDI/AAAAAAAAFvc/WcpCsllVFvY/s800/P1050731.JPG?gl=US">inside</a>.  There was a note from my pals Abby and Lucian!!  I could smell them!

Inside the box I found <a  class=bodyTextRev target=site href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-4VKewGBYbkQ/Tsr9ZSEVgbI/AAAAAAAAFvg/hP0uGexlCSE/s800/P1050732.JPG?gl=US">a Hershey bar!</a>

and <a  class=bodyTextRev target=site href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Yq0ziJmq2QU/Tsr9brVeDLI/AAAAAAAAFvk/jg7XO7_w1NE/s800/P1050727.JPG?gl=US">a giant kiss!</a>

OMD, I LOVE them!!  They even squeak!!  I might not even de-stuff them.  I'm still deciding.  Thanks, Abby and Lucian!!!!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>An Adventure</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/750224</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 19 Nov 2011 21:29:53 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>This morning mommy and daddy took me to the vet so he could see how much better my ears are after hi ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ This morning mommy and daddy took me to the vet so he could see how much better my ears are after his ear-scrunching bandage came off.  He says I'm just fine now!

From there they took me to the Wag Hotel.  Again!  I spent the last two evenings there, and today I got to spend the whole day! They put me in All Day Play so I could have fun and meet the other doggies.  I sniffed Hello to everyfur, then I found a comfy bed and curled up and went to sleep!  BOL!!

At the end of the day mommy and daddy came back fur me. When we went out to the car, it had been peeing!  Daddy drove it fur a few blocks, and then it started beeping at him and a light came on.  He had to stop, and there was steam coming out of the front of the car!  Mommy took me to find some water to drink.  When we got back we saw a big truck with flashing lights.  There was also a big man, and he was chaining our car to his truck!  The next thing I knew, mommy was strapping me into my car harness.  I figured we were on our way home, but mommy and daddy didn't get into the car.  They disappeared!  I couldn't see them at all, and then the car started to raise its nose in the air!!  I was in the back seat all by mywoof!  And then the car started moving!  I couldn't see where I was going, but I decided it was kind fun, driving the car all alone, with its nose in the air like that!  I was the king of the road!!

Finally the car stopped, and all of a sudden mommy and daddy were there!  They let me out of the car and I looked around--and we were home!  I think I did a pretty good job!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Free at  last!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/747327</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 3 Nov 2011 12:36:07 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I'm back from the vet, and my ears have been LIBERATED!!  He took that awful bandage off my head fur ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I'm back from the vet, and my ears have been LIBERATED!!  He took that awful bandage off my head fur good, and he took the stitchies and staples out of my neck and I feel like a dog again and not some kind of mummy!  My ears are kinda sore and itchy, though.  Mommy keeps wanting to squirt junk in them and wipe around in there and squirt more junk.  But at least when it's ovfur I can jump down and shake and scratch and rub them on the carpet!  I'm free!!!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Getting better...</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/746187</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 10:54:45 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>This is just a quick update, becuz I promised!  Mommy took me back to the vet this morning to get my ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ This is just a quick update, becuz I promised!  Mommy took me back to the vet this morning to get my bandage changed. Just when I had almost gotten it off!! He took off the old, dirty, ratty one I'd been working on, and put on a new one just like it!  All clean, the way mommy likes it. Now I have to start all ovfur!! That's the bad news.  

The good news is that my lumpy was a benign sebaceous tumor, and it's all gone!  :0)  So now I only have to get the bandage changed one more time, and after that I'll get the stitchies and staples out, and then I'll be as good as new!

All of you pals have been so kind and generous with your pawrayers and rosies and encouragement, I can't thank you enuf!  I just want to say to Coco, there is a light at the end of the tunnel!!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Six plus one day</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/745553</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 23 Oct 2011 18:28:04 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Well, Mommy took me to the vet this morning after daddy furgot to give me my brekkie! 

This isn't ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Well, Mommy took me to the vet this morning after daddy furgot to give me my brekkie! 

This isn't my usual vet, but he was furry nice. I don't remember much, I took a nap almost as soon as I got there. When I woke up I felt kinda loopy and my neck hurt. I had to stay in a cage fur a little while, but it was okay, I napped a little more.

Befure I knew it, mommy and daddy were there to take me home. But furst mommy and the nurse put a sweatshirt on me, with a hood that was supposed to go ovfur my head. That was the vet's idea.  Only the hood was too small and kept popping off, BOL!!! That was okay, because my neck was really itchy and I wanted to scritch it. But evfurry time I did, mommy and daddy would yell "NO!!" and try to grab me. Then mommy would pull the silly hood up again and we'd start all ovfur. 

That was fun until I got a really GOOD scritch, and then I sprung a leak and started bleeding all ovfur! Mommy had to get a dishtowel to hold against my neck, and back to the vet we went!

This time he put staples in my neck, and then he wrapped bandages all around my head so I can't get to the itchy place. It kind of hurts, too, but mommy gave me a pill after din-din, and now I'm napping again. There's a piccie on my page of me in my bandage, crashed out in daddy's lap!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Six!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/745127</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 20 Oct 2011 18:53:53 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>It's a momentous occasion.  Truly monumental.  Today, I turned six years old!  You might bark, &quot;What ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ It's a momentous occasion.  Truly monumental.  Today, I turned six years old!  You might bark, "What's so special about that?  I know furs who are more than twice that old!"  Well, of course evfurry barkday is special, and the more we have, the happier our pawrents are!  But at my house, six is a milestone.

You see, both mommy and daddy have had other doggies in their lives.  But neither of them has evfur had a doggie fur more than five years.  Daddy had three little doxies growing up, and one after the other they each went to the Bridge befure turning six. :(  And mommy's doggies all had to leave her fur new homes, or she had to leave them, sometimes after only a year or so. 

I'm the furst doggie they've had togefur, and they wondered when they got me if I would break their streaks.  They always knew we'd celebrate my sixth barkday in a big way!  Oh yeah!!  I'm six today!!  And I'm happy as can be!  No one knows the future, but my plan is to stay right here for at LEAST another six years!  Happy Barkday to ME!!!

But, we're not having the kind of celebration we expected.  I have to spend the day at home, with a donut on my neck.  This week mommy found a boo-boo on my neck.  It got worse and worse until we had to go to the vet last night.  And the vet says I need to have an operation to fix it.  He wanted to do it today!  But mommy and daddy said it was my Barkday and he said it could wait until tomorrow.  Meanwhile, I can't go to Fort Fun in case I got some dirt in my boo-boo, and I have to wear the donut because I keep scritching at it.  

On the plus side, after the vet we went shopping fur a barkday toy and I got a new loofa guy! And I have some furry special treats my pawrents got while they were visiting daddy's mommy.  And really, there isn't much I'd rather do than spend a day on the couch with daddy anyway!  Happy Barkday to ME!!!

I also want to thank all my pals who have sent me rosies and photos and cards and other wonderfur barkday gifts!  I love you all SO MUCH!!!  I always say, I have the best pals on Dogster!!!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>There's No Place Like Home</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/744222</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 14 Oct 2011 15:23:06 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>It was an unusual day from the furry beginning.  We all got up early, and mommy gave me my brushing  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ It was an unusual day from the furry beginning.  We all got up early, and mommy gave me my brushing while daddy was still in the shower.  I know what that means: an adventure!  Soon we were in the car, and the next thing you know, we were at the Wag Hotel.  I go there a lot.  Sometimes I'm in an all-day play group, and then mommy and daddy come and we all go home.  Or sometimes I go in the evening when there is no play group, but I get my own place to hang out in and nap, and then mommy and daddy come and we all go home.  This day it was All-Day Play!  I wagged my tail bye-bye and trotted off with the Wag lady, and had a furry nice day with lots of other doggies.

But at the end of the day mommy and daddy did NOT come fur me. Instead, I got a room and my din-din and a new stuffie that smelled like them, and I spent the night. Well, maybe they just furgot.

The next morning I got my brekkie in my room, and then I went into All-Day Play again.  I made some new furiends and sniffed around and took up my post to nap...er, supervise, and had another furry nice day.  But mommy and daddy still didn't come, and it was was back to my room fur the night again.

The next day, it was the same story.  I was beginning to get the picfur.

I had a new life and a new routine.  Not a bad life, spending my days with some furry nice doggies, and lots of different people who gave me lots of attention and snuggles.  A guy could get used to this!  But, where was my daddy?

It went on like that fur seven days or years or something, until TODAY!!!  I got up and had my brekkie and went into All-Day Play as usual, but just as I was settling in, the get-out gate opened and someone said MY NAME!  And the next thing I knew, I was on my furry own leash and on my way out to the front desk, and mommy and DADDY were there and OMD OMD OMD!!!! They took me outside and I jumped in my car and they brought me home again!!!  And my supper dish is still here, and my water bottle and my crate and all my toys and my couch and EVFURRYTHING!!  Daddy took me around the neighborhood so I could catch up on my pee-mail, and now we're both snoozing on the couch!  The Wag is furrific, and All-Day Play is a lot of fun, but there's NO PLACE LIKE HOME!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Us Versus Them</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/739855</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 20 Sep 2011 19:27:56 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>In today's Dogster Newsletter is an article about our doggie parks here in San Francisco:

Us Vers ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ In today's Dogster Newsletter is an article about our doggie parks here in San Francisco:

<a  class=bodyTextRev target=site href="http://dogblog.dogster.com/2011/09/13/its-us-versus-them-again-dog-restrictions-in-national-park-highlight-community-tensions/?v=1">Us Versus Them</a>

I've written about this befure.  My pawrents and I are sure hoping I don't lose my fun places!  

Tomorrow I get my stitches out!  Tonight when daddy came home he took the donut off my neck FUR GOOD !!  And the next evening he has free, we're going to Fort Fun!!!  That's one of the places they want to lock me out of. :(  So I have to play there as much as I can, while I can!!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>DDP!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/737815</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 10 Sep 2011 09:40:21 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>WhooooHOOO!!  Dogster picked my diary again today!  Not only that, but my pals Puff and Lucy are DDP ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ WhooooHOOO!!  Dogster picked my diary again today!  Not only that, but my pals Puff and Lucy are DDPs, too!  That's so fun!  I don't know the Diary of the Day puppy, but he's so cute I sent him a PPR!  <a id="img9055647797"  class=bodyTextRev target=site href="http://www.dogster.com/dogs/1204851" onmouseover="var el = $j('#img9055647797');var c=String.fromCharCode;var q=c(34);var l=c(60);var r=c(62);var a=c(39);var p=c(43); el[0].onmouseover = null; var n=$j(document.createElement('div')); n.insertBefore(el); n.html(''.concat(l, 'img src=', a, 'http://www.dogster.com/dogs/1204851', a, ' /', r, l, 'BR /', r));">Willy</a> is brand new to the world and brand new to Dogster, and mommy thinks he's ALMOST as cute as me.

Now, I'm furry honored of course, but my furst thought was "Oh no!  Everyfur will see the photo of me with that donut on my neck! Even pups I don't know!"  Furst impressions are important, you know.  And then I thought, maybe if a lot of furs will leave a comment and tell my mommy to TAKE THIS THING OFF OF ME, she might cave!  So, Thank you Dogster!!!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>A day at the vet</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/737399</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 7 Sep 2011 19:21:34 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>For a couple of years now, my vet has been saying I would need to have my toofies cleaned &quot;soon.&quot;  W ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ For a couple of years now, my vet has been saying I would need to have my toofies cleaned "soon."  Well, "soon" finally turned into "now," and today was the day.  I didn't get any breakfast!!  

But it wasn't just my toofies.  I've also had a "fatty tumor" fur a couple of years, and the vet said he might as well take that out, too.  And mommy felt a few other little bumpies, so those came off.  AND, yesfurday my groomer said I yelped when she tried to clean my ears and she found goop in there, so today I also got them flushed.  It was quite a day!  And did I mention that I didn't get any breakfast??!!

I stayed there all day, and then daddy and mommy came and got me.  I'm a little groggy and wobbly, and my feets aren't doing what I tell them.  And here's 


<a id="img9047395735"  class=bodyTextRev target=site href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-3tRjHUX0KIg/TmgbkVffrpI/AAAAAAAAFMY/aOhXdzoKsi4/s720/P1050392.JPG" onmouseover="var el = $j('#img9047395735');var c=String.fromCharCode;var q=c(34);var l=c(60);var r=c(62);var a=c(39);var p=c(43); el[0].onmouseover = null; var n=$j(document.createElement('div')); n.insertBefore(el); n.html(''.concat(l, 'img src=', a, 'https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-3tRjH', 'UX0KIg/TmgbkVffrpI/AAAAAAAAFMY/aOhXdzoKs', 'i4/s720/P1050392.JPG', a, ' /', r, l, 'BR /', r));">my boo-boo</a>

I got a big din-din, but that doesn't mean I'm gonna furget about the missing breakfast.  I'd stage a protest right now, but I'm...kinda...s-l-e-e-e-p-y.... ZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzz....]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Road Trip</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/736853</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 4 Sep 2011 22:11:45 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I've been out of town.  Almost a week ago, when it was time fur daddy to go bye-bye in the morning-- ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I've been out of town.  Almost a week ago, when it was time fur daddy to go bye-bye in the morning--he didn't!  Instead, he and mommy started packing things in the car, including my crate and food and brushes!  That can mean only one thing: road trip!!

Soon we all jumped in the car and off we went.  It was like going up to the wine country, except we kept going and going and going!  The road was right by the ocean, all twisty and turny the way daddy likes it.  We stopped evfurry now and then fur peeing and leg-stretches.  We saw big trees, and big rocks on the beaches, and cliffs, and big doggies mommy called "cows" and "horses."  I smelled smells I nevfur smell at home.  But I remembered them.  We've been up this way befure.

When we finally stopped, we were at the place with the big meadow, where we all sleep togefur in a little tiny house.  Daddy lets me run in the meadow off-leash, even though I pick up a bazillion burrs!  There are lots of critters around there.  I can smell them, and sometimes I see them and bark at them!  We stayed at that place fur two nights.  During the days, we went hiking and running on the beaches and shopping.  I can go into most of the shops at this place.  Mommy and daddy like that!  It was sunny but not hot, and we were all furry tired at the end of each day!

Finally it was time to pack up the car again and go back home.  We went a diffurent way and didn't stop as often because it didn't take as long.  But I don't sleep in the car, so when we got home I was one tired cocker spaniel!

The next morning, yesfurday, we got up early again, but this time it was to take me to the Wag Hotel!  I was in All Day Play, but to tell you the truth I didn't play all that much.  My buddy Max and I mostly just chilled.  I slept furry well that night.  This morning the same thing happened.  Up early and off to the Wag.  Today I hung out with a new pal, Jake, a King Charles spaniel.  I also grabbed a nap or two!  But I still don't feel like I've caught up on my sleep.  Daddy says tomorrow he and I are gonna spend the whole day snoring on the couch!  Works fur me!  BOL!!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>DDP!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/735324</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 28 Aug 2011 13:50:26 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>OMD, what an exciting day I had!  So many pressies and well wished from so many wonderfurl Dogster p ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ OMD, what an exciting day I had!  So many pressies and well wished from so many wonderfurl Dogster pals!  Thank you Zoe, Harley and Jazzi, Pepper, Jojo, Walker and family, Bailey, Austin and Doo, Freckles, Tiki and Colossus, Sunny, Lexi, Monnie and Roscoe, and Pepper!  And thanks, Dogster, fur picking my diary!

If you do Facebook and wanna see my official mascot piccie from the pawty, you can go here:

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		<title>V.I.P.</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/735210</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 27 Aug 2011 19:35:35 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Some of you know, I'm the official mascot fur the Ravenswood Winery Tasting Room.  It doesn't come w ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Some of you know, I'm the official mascot fur the Ravenswood Winery Tasting Room.  It doesn't come with any treats or anything, but I get a lot of lovin' and my picfur taken whenefur we go there, BOL

So today, they were having a big pawty!  A 20th Annifursary, whatefur that means.  Last time we were there, mommy promised that we'd all come.  But mommy's been sick all week, so she wasn't sure she was up to the hour's drive.  This morning, she decided it would be good to get some sun, and she had promised after all.

We went to another winery furst, where I was fussed ovfur while mommy and daddy had some wine with bubbles in it.  And then we went to Ravenswood.  But when we got there it was furry crowded, and they had parking guys who were taking everybody's cars somewhere else to park them.  The parking guys said they'd be sure to find a shady spot so I'd be comfy in the car, because this event was No Dogs Allowed.

WHAT????!!!!

No way mommy and daddy would EVFUR leave me in a car!  Furst of all it's just cruel, and second it's illegal!  Mommy was ready to turn around and go home, but daddy told them, "He was invited!  He's the mascot!"  So the parking guys sent me and daddy up to talk to the people in charge while mommy waited in the car.  Daddy talked to one guy, and then another girl, who went to talk to my friend Kristin, who said, "OMD (or something like that), of course HERSHEY can come!"  She even walked me and daddy back down to the car and tied a V.I.P. badge around my neck just like mommy and daddy's, and told the parking guys I was A-OKAY!


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So then we went right up to the deck and staked out our chairs, and fur the rest of the day I entertained my fans and wagged my tail and begged fur treats and got my picfur taken and mommy even gave me two bites of HER cheese!  It was a pawsome day!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>It's my Annifursary!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/732530</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 14 Aug 2011 13:48:40 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>As of today, I have been on Dogster fur three whole years!!  And mommy furgot!!  Furtunately, my old ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ As of today, I have been on Dogster fur three whole years!!  And mommy furgot!!  Furtunately, my old pal Molly reminded us!  She always knows, because her fambly joined the day after me!  We've been pals furevfur!!  

I've made lots and lots of pals ovfur the years, and I love you all SO MUCH!  We've laughed and barked and whined togefur, we've seen good times and hard times.  Some I've even met in the fur, especially last year at the DCMagic meet-up!  

My pal Tiki got me a cool T-shirt fur my annifursary and I wanted to post it on my page but I can't.  You can see it in a diamond Tiki sent me, though!  It will make you laugh!!  I also have a bootiful picfur from the Pawrayer and Pawraise group that my pal Harley made.  I can't wait to share that in my photo book!

Which reminds me, I've been wanting to say, I know there is stuff not working quite right since Dogster did the server upgrade.  It's pretty frustrating.  But the Techno Dogs are working just as hard as they can to get evfurrything fixed as soon as possible!  If you're not already in the Upgrade group, you should join so you can talk to them.  You can also meet furs from all kinds of groups, and you'll see that whatevfur problem you're having, you're not the only one.  

Anywoof, I just want to say on my third annifursary, I think Dogster ROCKS!!!!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Bye bye Borders :(</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/729440</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 22 Jul 2011 16:08:15 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Today the sun came out at my house!  This is a rare event, and it makes mommy want to go on Big Walk ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Today the sun came out at my house!  This is a rare event, and it makes mommy want to go on Big Walks.  Today we went to the doggie store!  I was a good boy and sat fur the clerk and got two little cookies!  Mommy also bought me some treats fur my Kong. 

Befure we headed back home we walked ovfur to the Borders store.  Mommy is furry sad about it closing.  Honestly, I don't care one way or the other.  I wasn't allowed in there, and they didn't sell anything fur me to eat anyway.  She thought they might let me in, since they're getting rid of evfurrything.  When we got there, a bazillion people were there ahead of us.  So we didn't even try to go in.  I was tired anyway.  I made mommy laugh, because on the way TO the doggie store I have to drag her, and on the way BACK she has to drag me!  BOL!!!!

I have a new pal.  She's a bootiful cocker gurl.  Her name is <a  class=bodyTextRev target=site href="http://www.dogster.com/dogs/1195075">Precious</a>, and she's new to Dogster.  She needs more pals!  Pawlease make her feel welcome!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Beach day</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/728919</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 18 Jul 2011 19:03:32 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Last night daddy started pulling all the Road Trip stuff out of the closet!  I could hardly sleep, w ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Last night daddy started pulling all the Road Trip stuff out of the closet!  I could hardly sleep, wondering where we were off to!  This morning daddy pulled the car around and put all the bags and stuff in the trunk, and I got strapped into my place in the back seat and off we went!  

We drove ovfur the Big Orange Bridge, which usually means the wine country, but instead we headed fur the ocean,and then I remembered!  It's the North Beach day!  Pretty soon we stopped at the little town where mommy and daddy buy their special breakfast pastries.  Then daddy and I sat on a bench and I said Hi to a lot of people while mommy went shopping.  Then mommy and I sat on a bench and I said Hi to a lot more people while daddy bought food and drinks fur the beach.  And then we were off again!

At last we arrived at the beach!  This is one we only go to once a year.  (It's where daddy asked mommy to marry him!)  It's always a question, what the weather will be like.  This year, it was cloudy and then sunny and then cloudy again.  It was a little warmer than I like it, but I had plenty of water to drink.  Mommy and daddy sat and ate, then tossed different kinds of balls around, then sat again.  I'm supposed to be on leash there, so mommy ties a l-o-o-o-o-o-n-g rope on my collar.  It's so silly, I nevfur go more than ten feet away from my daddy!  BOL!!  I mostly spent the day staring at him and waiting fur treats.

Finally we packed evfurrything up again, and daddy took the long winding way home 'cuz he likes to drive those roads.  We're all home and salty and sandy and tired!  This was a good day!  I'm glad mommy said Yes all those years ago!!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Better Late</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/728093</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 10 Jul 2011 20:19:53 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>My pal Pepper just got back from an adventure in Mendocino!  That's a furry dog-furiendly place!  We ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ My pal <a  class=bodyTextRev target=site href="http://www.dogster.com/dogs/975468">Pepper</a> just got back from an adventure in Mendocino!  That's a furry dog-furiendly place!  We go there evfurry fall.  Her diary reminded me that I haven't written anything about my adventure in Carmel, and that was a week ago!

We left furry early on Friday morning and drove down the ocean road, with a couple of stops along the way fur sniffing and treats.  We arrived in Carmel around lunch time, and headed straight fur the shops.  My pawrents both like to shop, but I can't help them anyplace else in the world.  In Carmel I can go evfurrywhere with them!  All the shops have water bowls and treat baskets and dog petters!  I had a wonderfur time!  After din-din (eating with my pawrents at an outdoor Mexican restaurant--I got my kibble), we walked down to the beach to watch the sun go down.  We made furiends with three young men from Norway who took my picfur!

The next morning it was foggy and cold, but we went down to the beach anyway.  Daddy and I walked from HERE all the way down THERE and all the way back again.  I met about a bazillion other dogs, including TWO ZAIDIES!!  Their picfurs are in my Photo Book.  Mommy tried to follow us, but she's a lot slower, BOL!!!  

After that, we went back up into town fur more shopping.  Mommy isn't slow about that, BOL!!  We went into every, every shop, and I got petted and petted and petted.  And THEN the best part of all!  They have a restaurant with a whole patio that's just fur doggies and their pawrents!  And there's a whole special doggie menu!  Daddy helped me order some grilled chicken strips, and they brought me a big bowl of water!  OMD, I was in doggie paradise!! (They sell T-shirts in Carmel that say that, but daddy didn't get one because the picfur on it isn't a cocker spaniel!  BOL!!)

After that we went back home.  I had a wonderfur time in Carmel, but I sure like my couch!!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>A Walk to Remember!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/726906</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 29 Jun 2011 13:24:36 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Let me tell you about my Auntie Myrna.  She isn't really my auntie, she works fur my daddy.  She als ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Let me tell you about my Auntie Myrna.  She isn't really my auntie, she works fur my daddy.  She also takes care of all the doggies of the other people who work where daddy and mommy work.  She stays at their houses and dogsits, or she feeds them and walks them if their pawrents go away.  Me, she comes evfurry Wednesday and takes me fur a long walk and gives me treats!  I LOVE my Auntie Myrna!!  

But today she and mommy told me this would be our last walk because Auntie Myrna is moving away.  :0(  What will I do without my Auntie Myrna?  Mommy and daddy don't do treat-walks.  What if I nevfur get another treat in my WHOLE LIFE???

Maybe it was the prospect of my treatless future, or maybe I just wanted to make our last walk a memorable one, but here's what happened.  See, I was on THIS side of Auntie Myrna, and the treat bag was on THAT side, and the more I thought about it the more that just seemed wrong.  So I made my move!  Befure she knew what was happening, I darted around behind her looking fur treats!  I was like lightening, so quick!  I pulled her right off her feets and made her fall down *BANG!* right on her knees!  

I think mommy's mad at me.  Auntie Myrna said it wasn't my fault, she should have been paying better attention.  But mommy said that's the trouble with me and treat-walks.  I think I'm doomed!  I hope Auntie Myrna knows I didn't mean to hurt her. :0(

Bye-bye, Auntie Myrna!  I wuf you!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Vote fur me!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/726046</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 21 Jun 2011 09:14:54 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Mommy entered me in another photo contest!  Pawlease vote fur me!  I'm #3 of 3! (You have to be on F ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Mommy entered me in another photo contest!  Pawlease vote fur me!  I'm #3 of 3! (You have to be on Facebook.)

<a  class=bodyTextRev target=site  onClick="alert('Dogster Alert: You are about to visit an outside link that was submitted by this pet owner.');" href="http://projectdog.net/2011/06/20/vote-for-the-purebred-cocker-spaniel/">Pawlease vote fur me!!</a>

Tell all your furiends!!

Thanks!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Annifursary, Day 3</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/725224</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 13 Jun 2011 12:25:23 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>We all got home so late last night I couldn't write this until now!  

Day 3 started like a regula ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ We all got home so late last night I couldn't write this until now!  

Day 3 started like a regular Sunday.  My pawrents went to church and I guarded the house with my Kong!  When they got home, mommy went food shopping and daddy and I watched sports on TV.  But then, all of a sudden daddy said I was going to the Wag!  So we all got in the car and off we went.  

It was too late in the day fur me to get into All-Day Play, but I got my furry own room, and to tell you the truth I was still so tired from the past two days it was just fine with me!  I napped and napped.  I did spend a little time out on a "business walk" and played with a couple of other guests.  Befure you knew it, mommy and daddy were back to get me and we all went home and then to bed.  I'm still tired, BOL!!!  But this was a furry nice weekend!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Annifursary, Day 2</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/725062</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 11 Jun 2011 18:56:36 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Today we were supposed to go to the beach.  That's what daddy said.  But when my pawrents FINALLY go ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Today we were supposed to go to the beach.  That's what daddy said.  But when my pawrents FINALLY got up, the weather was gray and windy, and daddy said maybe not.  So they puttered around and I napped, and finally it looked like the sun might possibly try to peep through after all, and daddy said, "Let's try it."  Sometimes when it's gray here, it's sunny down there.

It wasn't sunny.  But it wasn't windy either.  If you ask me it was PAWFECT!  I got to run off-leash and I went exploring.  I ran ovfur HERE, and then I ran up THERE, and then I ran back again, and then I took off in THAT direction!  Mommy said I had my Christopher Columbus hat on!  (I didn't have a hat on at all!) Mommy needs to get some photos of me running around, so I was helping!  I only met one other doggie.  He was furry big and full of energy, but we had a fun scuffle!

When I was worn out we got back in the car and went to a restaurant by the ocean with a patio where mommy and daddy sat by a fire pit and had some wine while I entertained a series of visitors.  The hoomans could see me from inside, so after their lunches they came out to say Hi. 

Finally we went to another restaurant where mommy and daddy got their meal and I got treats fur staying Down.  We sat by a fire pit there, too.  Daddy left my doggie pack open by his chair, and I found a special big cookie in it!  Daddy thought that was furry smart of me! Mommy wasn't that impressed.   The cookie was wonderfur, but when I got home I only got half a din-din!  Well, I wasn't that hungry!

I'm liking this annifursary business!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Annifursary, Day 1</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/724968</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 10 Jun 2011 19:50:04 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>My mommy and daddy are celebrating their wedding annifursary this weekend.  They've been married s-o ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ My mommy and daddy are celebrating their wedding annifursary this weekend.  They've been married s-o-o-o long, it takes three days to get all the celebrating done.  So, daddy didn't go to work this morning. Instead, we went down to the wharf and took a ferry across the water to a little town they like a lot.  I love riding on the ferry!  We go all the way up to the top deck where the wind blows in your ears and you can ALMOST lick a seagull as they fly alongside!    

In the town we went into some galleries where they have treats fur doggies.  Mommy went into some shops while daddy and I waited outside so I could say Hi to the tourists!  Then mommy and daddy had lunch.  I've helped them find a lot of good restaurants where they can eat outside, BOL!!  I got some more treats, cuz daddy does that.  Mommy just rolls her eyes.

After lunch we explored a little more, and then mommy and daddy wanted ice cream.  Lappert's was too crowded, so they found another place and mommy went furst, but when she came out she was not happy.  She said the ice cream was crummy and the serving was stingy.  So daddy said he was going to Lappert's anyway.  We found a seat on the bench.  Daddy got his ice cream pretty quick, and mommy decided she was getting some, too, so...are you ready?...this NEVFUR happens...SHE GAVE ME THE REST OF HERS!!!  Real ice cream fur the doggie!!!!  happydance*happydance*happydance*!!!

After that it was time to go home, so we got back on the ferry!  It was furry crowded on this trip, but we still got seats up on top.  Daddy was so tired he fell asleep!  Right on the boat!!  BOL!!!

I'm pretty tired, too! ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz........]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>DDP!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/724435</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 6 Jun 2011 06:50:52 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>WhoooHOOOO!  I'm a Daily Diary Pick today!  Thanks Petey, Harley, Jazzi, Pepper, Zaidie, Finley, Zoe ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ WhoooHOOOO!  I'm a Daily Diary Pick today!  Thanks Petey, Harley, Jazzi, Pepper, Zaidie, Finley, Zoe, Pepper Love, Abby, Lexi and Monnie, Krickette, Buttercup, Anya, and Molly's fambly fur the rosies!!  Condogulations to the other Picks, too: Lolly Lu (Diary of the Day!!), Pennie, Zoe and Chase!

I didn't even get my latest entry written yesfurday!  BOL!!! It's no big deal.  I was at All Day Play the Wag Hotel, and here is my Report Card:

"Hershey is so 'sweet!' Ha Ha Ha!  But seriously, he's awesome.  Always happy to see the staff, ready with a butt wiggle, and gets along great with the group.  And his haircut is the envy of all the spaniels!  Today he napped by Max the Cocker Spaniel and enjoyed a long back rub!  I ♥ Hershey!"

That was written by my furiend Ashleigh.  I ♥ her, too!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Reflected glory!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/724136</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 3 Jun 2011 08:09:19 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I don't think this has evfur happened befure.  I always start my day at the Community Page, to see i ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I don't think this has evfur happened befure.  I always start my day at the Community Page, to see if any of my pals are having barkdays or getting honors.  Today, I actually know evfurry one of the Diary Picks!  Josh, who won Diary of the Day, is in the DDPC3 photography group with me.  JoJo, Molly, Dixie and Petey are the Daily Diary Picks, and evfurry one of them is a pal of mine.  I've known Molly almost since the day I furst came to Dogster!  I'm even pals with Demon Flash Bandit, the Dog of the Week!  And yesfurday my pal Izzy was Dog of the Day! And I just found out my good pal Kiki is the Grand Prize winner in the Adopt 2011 contest!!! Condogulations to all of you!!  I'm so proud to be your pal!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Another Wag day!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/723719</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 30 May 2011 21:59:38 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I spent all day at the Wag today!  My Report Card says: &quot;Hershey enjoyed his day with the pack.  Whe ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I spent all day at the Wag today!  My Report Card says: "Hershey enjoyed his day with the pack.  When he cane in he was super interested in Dash, a Shih-Tzu.  Besides Dash he liked Wellington, a Westie puppy."

Mommy and daddy were showing their friend around our city.  I think I had more fun, because they came home all tired and sore-footed!  And they didn't even get Report Cards!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Great day!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/723605</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 29 May 2011 21:55:52 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>We had a super fun day today!  It started out like any other Sunday, mommy and daddy left me in char ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ We had a super fun day today!  It started out like any other Sunday, mommy and daddy left me in charge of the house and I got a Kong!  But when they came home, they had another hooman lady with them I had nevfur met befure!  She was furry nice and gave me lots of pets and scritches.  We showed her around the house a little, and then we all got in the car fur an adventure!!  We drove through the city and across the Big Orange Bridge, and the lady kept saying Ooooooh! and, Look!!  She was funny!  Mommy rode in the back seat with me so I could sit in her lap.  We liked that a LOT!

We went up to the wine country, and when we got to the furst winery we found mommy and daddy's goddaughter and her pawrents there ahead of us! They all sat at a table togefur and talktalktalked, and I sniffed and begged a little but there were no treats there.  I did make furiends with a lot of other hoomans and a couple of doggies as they passed by.

At the next winery the hoomans got food fur their lunch.  I got some treats fur being good while they ate and talktalktalked.  A lot of peeple came by to say hi to me.  Mommy and daddy's friend couldn't believe how that kept happening all day, BOL!!

Last of all we went to the winery where I had my picfur taken last time.  (I didn't write about it here, but my picfur went up on the winery's Book of Faces page.  It was pretty cool!)  The nice camera lady wasn't there, but a LOT of other peeple were!  My pawrents and my new friend sat outside and talktalktalked some more (they nevfur stop!!), and I met more doggies and their hoomans.  

I was pretty tired by that time, so I told daddy it was time to head home.  He and mommy and their friend felt the same way.  It took a long time, because a lot of other famblies must have been going home, too.  But finally we got back to my supper dish.  Daddy filled it up and I emptied it and then I jumped up on the couch and now we're ZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz......]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Daddy's home!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/721506</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 9 May 2011 17:11:35 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Oh happydancehappydancehappydancehappydancehappydance!!!  Daddy came home two days ago!!  I would've ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Oh happydancehappydancehappydancehappydancehappydance!!!  Daddy came home two days ago!!  I would've told you earlier, but just befure he got here, mommy's confuser caught an ugly virus!  She's using a stand-in now and I can't stay long.  But there's a picfur of our reunion on my page if you want to see!!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>When is Saturday?</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/720865</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 3 May 2011 11:54:50 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Mommy says daddy will come home on Saturday.  Is that a furry long time off?  I hope not!  I've been ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Mommy says daddy will come home on Saturday.  Is that a furry long time off?  I hope not!  I've been a good boy.  I'm eating just fine, and sleeping almost all night, and only barking when it's REALLY important. I even went to the groomer today so I'll look my furry best!  I just can't wait to see my daddy!!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Grampaw is in heaven</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/720691</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 1 May 2011 22:55:40 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Thanks to all my pals fur your thoughts and pawrayers and rosies.  I've lost another grandpawrent, m ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Thanks to all my pals fur your thoughts and pawrayers and rosies.  I've lost another grandpawrent, my daddy's daddy.   Mommy says he would have liked me furry much, he was always a doggie lover.  Her face windows are all leaky, and we still don't know when daddy can come home.  I need to go snuggle her now.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>On the other paw...</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/720404</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 29 Apr 2011 10:26:14 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I'm beginning to think mommy might have something here.  We are sort of compromising.  Last night sh ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I'm beginning to think mommy might have something here.  We are sort of compromising.  Last night she stayed downstairs longer, and then we both went upstairs.  I decided to just stay there in the Big Bed.  I nevfur jumped down fur a drink-and-bark, not all night long.  And you know what?  It wasn't half bad!  If mommy wants to go to bed earlier tonight, I think I will, too.  

Meanwhile, I'm making up fur it by barking my head off today!  BOL!!

We both wish daddy would come home soon.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Doing Without Daddy</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/720258</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 27 Apr 2011 23:44:29 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Daddy is still not home.  I know we said bye-bye-daddy at the airport, but we say bye-bye-daddy evfu ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Daddy is still not home.  I know we said bye-bye-daddy at the airport, but we say bye-bye-daddy evfurry morning, and he always comes home fur din-din.  

Mommy's still feeding me, so I don't mind so much.  Our days are going pretty much as usual.  But mommy doesn't understand at all how things are supposed to work at night!  When daddy is here, he and I stay downstairs on the couch fur a long time after mommy goes up to bed.  Daddy does stuff on his confuser or watches TV, and I keep his knees warm.  Together we keep the house safe.  That's my nighttime job. 

Now daddy's not here. But mommy still wants to go sleep upstairs.  She says I can stay on the couch if I want, but there are no knees to warm!  She invites me to join her upstairs, but she wants me to be quiet and sleep.  She doesn't understand that there are night noises, and the downstairs has to be protected.  I have to be down there!  But not alone.  If I'm down there alone, I have to barkbarkbark to make sure mommy knows about the night noises, too!  I'm trying to teach her, she needs to stay downstairs with me.  I like the Big Bed as much as she does, but there is a time and place fur evfurrything!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Pawlease pawray fur my daddy</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/720077</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 26 Apr 2011 10:55:18 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
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		<description>My daddy's daddy is sick.  He lives furry far away and I've nevfur met him.  Daddy got a call from h ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ My daddy's daddy is sick.  He lives furry far away and I've nevfur met him.  Daddy got a call from his mommy on Easter morning that grampaw had been rushed to the hospital.  Now daddy just called and mommy says he's on his way home and we're taking him to the airport.  She says he's going to see grampaw and she doesn't know how long he'll be gone.

Mommy's eyes are all leaky and she says I should ask everyfur and their pawrents who pray, to pray.  And she says Thank You.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>My day with daddy!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/719061</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 17 Apr 2011 15:42:29 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I love it when daddy is home all day!  Mommy's home almost all the time, and that's furry nice, too. ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I love it when daddy is home all day!  Mommy's home almost all the time, and that's furry nice, too.  But spending a whole day with daddy is my favfurite thing!  Even if all we do is nap on the couch, BOL!  But today we've been on two adventures.  Furst, we went to the doggie food store.  It's always fun to go there, because the smells are delicious, and a lot of people want to pet me!  If mommy had gone, I'd have gotten a new toy! But Daddy bought me new bags of din-din, and some new bullies, AND I got a cookie from the nice lady who takes daddy's zealies!  

Then, we went to Fort Fun!!  It isn't a bootiful day by hooman standards.  It's foggy and cold.  But it isn't a drippy fog, and it isn't windy enough that it blew sand in my eyes.  We walked both loops, up here and around there, and then down and around and back again!  We saw lots and lots of other doggies.  We're still worried that the People In Charge are going to spoil it fur us and make us wear leashes there.  But fur now, we can all run and play and do all of our doggish stuff.  It's wonderfur!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>I Got to Go!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/717804</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 6 Apr 2011 09:41:50 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/717804</guid>
		<description>Mommy has been telling me fur weeks that my pal Anya was coming to live here, furry close to our hou ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Mommy has been telling me fur weeks that my pal Anya was coming to live here, furry close to our house.  Anya and her mommy were flying on an airplane, and my mommy and daddy were going to pick them up at the airport.  But they said I couldn't go.  Anya is a big dog, and they would have luggage, and we don't have a furry big car.  Plus, mommy and daddy didn't know if I would like sharing my car with another dog.  I showed them my Friendliest Pooch award from DC Magic last year, but they were still skeptable. I thought the matter was settled.

Last night was the night!  Anya was on her way!  And when daddy got home from work, he started wondering why I couldn't go to the airport after all?  What's the worst that could happen, he said.  Mommy was really tired and couldn't see why not, so I got to go!  I couldn't go inside the airport, so daddy and I waited in the parking garage while mommy went to collect Anya and her mommy.  We waited and I kept wagging and wiggling at all the people who walked by.  Then mommy came back, with Anya and her mommy! Anya and I sniffed each other and said hi, and then I sniffed her mommy and their luggage and helped daddy load the bags in the car.  Then we all got in. I got to ride up front in mommy's lap!  I didn't care that Anya was in my seat in the back!

When we got to Anya's new home, two more doggies came running out, but they were NOT happy to see us!  They barkbarkbarked, and their daddy came out and told them to be quiet, then he took them back inside the house and I nevfur saw them again.  Anya and I sniffed the house out, and then it was time fur us to go home.  I'm sure Anya will make furiends with her new roomies, and I think we'll be seeing more of each other!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Ut-oh...</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/714147</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 8 Mar 2011 20:49:46 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Where I live, there are lots of furry nice places where doggies can run off-leash.  Two of my favfur ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Where I live, there are lots of furry nice places where doggies can run off-leash.  Two of my favfurites are Fort Funston (we call it Fort Fun!) and Crissy Field.  They both have beaches, and also trails and open spaces fur playing and fetching and stuff.  Bazillions of doggies and their pawrents go there all year round.  It's wonderfur!  

But, all these furrific places are owned and run by the National Park Service, and the National Park Service does NOT like doggies off leash.  They are threatening to make all of my favfurite places leash-only or No Dogs Allowed.  They're holding meetings with the people who run our city.  And lots and lots of doggy pawrents are going to the meetings and writing letters and trying to stop this from happening. I sure hope the pawrents win!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>A fun day!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/713832</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 5 Mar 2011 22:36:20 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
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		<description>Today we went on a road trip!  Oh, I love to ride in the car.  We went up to mommy's favfurite place ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Today we went on a road trip!  Oh, I love to ride in the car.  We went up to mommy's favfurite place, where the wine dogs live.  The vines are all brown and sleepy now, but the grass is bright green and full of yellow flowers!  We sat and looked at the hills and vines at one place, and then we went into town.  Daddy and I hung out and greeted all the citizens while mommy went into shops.  I always get a lot of attention in that town. LOL!!

FINALLY we came to a shop I could go in, and they had all kinds of treats and toys and leashes and stuff.  Mommy said I needed more treats!  I love my mommy!  She picked out a bag of this and a bag of that and a bag of these other things, and daddy got me two cheese sticks fur lunch.  They found a restaurant with outside tables (the only kind I can go to), and we all had a wonderfurl lunch.  I got lots of attention from people walking by, but I was mostly focused on my treats!

It was starting to rain, so we all got back in the car and came back home.  Mommy said I had had enough to eat today, but daddy gave me my din-din anyway.  I love my daddy!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Finally, something to write about!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/713693</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 4 Mar 2011 17:22:09 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/713693</guid>
		<description>We've been furry low-key at my house fur a couple of weeks.  Mommy's been working and I've been napp ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ We've been furry low-key at my house fur a couple of weeks.  Mommy's been working and I've been napping.  But today I went to the Wag fur All Day Play!  Here is my report card:

"Regal Hershey lounges on the floor with his hair flowing around him and contentedly surveys the room.  Always polite and respectful, he is warmly welcomed by his friends and enjoys their company! :)"

I think that paints a pretty accurate picture of my position in the play room! But mommy says it's a just a yoo-fem-izum, and what it really means is that I don't do anything but lay around like a lump all day, just like I do at home.  

So after mommy and daddy picked me up today, daddy took me to Fort Fun to get some exercise! We haven't been there fur a furry long time.  It's always been either dark or raining!  But today was dry and ALMOST warm.  I had a lot of fun getting caught up on the pee-mail there, and meeting new furiends, and just running around off-leash!  AaaaaaROOOOO fur longer days!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Days of Rain and Roses</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/712947</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 25 Feb 2011 23:03:09 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>It's taken me a while to get mommy to update my diary.  We haven't been doing much, to tell you the  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ It's taken me a while to get mommy to update my diary.  We haven't been doing much, to tell you the truth.  I spent a lot of days at the Wag last week, and this week I've been spending a lot of days just hanging out and keeping mommy company.  The most exciting thing that happens is the doorbell.  People keep bringing us flowers.  That's furry nice.  Makes mommy smile.

We hear there could be snow flurries at our house ovfurnight.  Daddy's skeptical, mommy and I are hopeful, BOL!!  It only snows here about once evfurry three hundred years or something.  So far it's only raining.  In fact it's been raining a lot.  And it is furry cold.  It means we don't get outside much, but then all the flowers are making our inside feel kind of outsidey, so we're good!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>My gramma</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/711528</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 14 Feb 2011 22:24:01 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/711528</guid>
		<description>My gramma went to heaven yesfurday.  I was supposed to go visit her in the afternoon, but she went t ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ My gramma went to heaven yesfurday.  I was supposed to go visit her in the afternoon, but she went to heaven in the morning and mommy says we can't go there fur a furry long time.  She says gramma didn't even stop at the Bridge, because she had no furbabies waiting fur her there.

My gramma wasn't really a pet-person.  Her pawrents were farmers, and a lot of times farmers keep working dogs, and they keep barn cats fur catching mice, but they don't keep pets.  At least, that's how it was with gramma's pawrents.  So she nevfur had pets, and didn't feel comfy with them in the house.  But I loved my gramma.  I knew the way to her front door right away whenever we went to her building.  I would run ahead of daddy and wagwagwag my stubbie! And gramma tried furry hard to love me, too.

Mommy is furry sad, even though she says gramma is happy now and feels a lot better.  That makes no sense to me.  But anyway, I'm working furry hard snuggling her.  We're both hoping to be spending more time on Dogster furry soon! I want to thank everyfur who has sent me rosies and kind messages fur my fambly.  I have the best pals on Dogster!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Please excuse me</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/708863</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 27 Jan 2011 06:43:20 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I'm having a hard time getting my mommy to bring me to Dogster these days.  Her mommy, who is really ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I'm having a hard time getting my mommy to bring me to Dogster these days.  Her mommy, who is really really old, broke a bone and has to be in the hospital and mommy has to be with her a lot.  That means when she's here she has lots of work to do.  Also, it's her birthday this weekend and she and daddy are doing birthday stuff.  I'm spending a lot of time at the Wag Hotel this week, and no one there knows the way to Dogster.  So if I miss a barkday or special award or pawty somewhere, please excuse me.  Condogulations anyway, and Oh Boy!  and Good fur you!!!  I'll catch up when I can!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Grrrrr  turns to happydance</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/708332</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 22 Jan 2011 16:31:24 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
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		<description>Yesfurday my pawrents each had smoke coming out of their ears.  Furst mommy, who was expecting a man ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Yesfurday my pawrents each had smoke coming out of their ears.  Furst mommy, who was expecting a man to come work in our bathroom where there's paint peeling.  We waited and watched fur him all morning, instead of doing laundry and stuff, and he nevfur came.  Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.

Then daddy tried to get the peeple at the TV store to replace the lemon they sold us.  It looks like a TV to me, but daddy says it's a lemon.  Anyfur, they won't do anything, and that made daddy's ears smoke.  Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!

It turned into a good thing fur me, though!  Today we had to take the TV to a repair shop, and that was all the way across the bridge!  After daddy dropped it off we found a furry nice doggie park by the water, filled with furry nice doggies I nevfur sniffed befure!  I met a whole fambly of King Charles Spaniels, and a fun pup named Archie whose front half was cocker spaniel and back half was golden retriever. He was just a pup, and had a LOT of energy!  BOL!!!

After that we went to a restaurant with a deck where I could sit outside with my pawrents, and daddy gave me lots of treats while they ate.  It's always best to sit by daddy.  Mommy's stingy with the treats.   Now we're home and it's nap time!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Update on Dayzee</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/708006</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 19 Jan 2011 21:33:58 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Remember I told you about my pal Dayzee who hurt her neck?  We've been furry worried about her, beca ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Remember I told you about my pal <a id="img3328775892"  class=bodyTextRev target=site href="http://www.dogster.com/dogs/519632" onmouseover="var el = $j('#img3328775892');var c=String.fromCharCode;var q=c(34);var l=c(60);var r=c(62);var a=c(39);var p=c(43); el[0].onmouseover = null; var n=$j(document.createElement('div')); n.insertBefore(el); n.html(''.concat(l, 'img src=', a, 'http://www.dogster.com/dogs/519632', a, ' /', r, l, 'BR /', r));">Dayzee</a> who hurt her neck?  We've been furry worried about her, because she couldn't get the care she needed unless her mommy came up with a gazillion zealies to pay the vet dogtor furst.  So a <a id="img0274382591"  class=bodyTextRev target=site href="http://www.dogster.com/group/Miss_dayzee_support_and_fundraiser_group-18269" onmouseover="var el = $j('#img0274382591');var c=String.fromCharCode;var q=c(34);var l=c(60);var r=c(62);var a=c(39);var p=c(43); el[0].onmouseover = null; var n=$j(document.createElement('div')); n.insertBefore(el); n.html(''.concat(l, 'img src=', a, 'http://www.dogster.com/group/Miss_dayzee', '_support_and_fundraiser_group-18269', a, ' /', r, l, 'BR /', r));">group</a> was started to help her and a bunch of our pawrents sent the vet zealies.  But she needed help NOW, so another pal of ours, Doo, asked her mommy to DO SOMETHING!!  So Doo's mommy called the vet dogtor and found out how many zealies she needed and then paid the WHOLE THING!  WTG Doo's mommy!!!!

Dayzee was able to go to the vet dogtor, and we all pawrayed and pawrayed.  They took picfurs of the inside of her neck, and they found out it isn't broken and she just needs to rest and NOT MOVE too much fur a couple of weeks and she'll be fine!  WTG Dayzee!!!  Thank you Lord!!

Now, Dayzee's mommy wants to pay back Doo's mommy.  And Dayzee's mommy makes blankies and quilts.  They are BOOTIFUL! You can see them <a id="img5821467135"  class=bodyTextRev target=site  onClick="alert('Dogster Alert: You are about to visit an outside link that was submitted by this pet owner.');" href="http://s295.photobucket.com/albums/mm123/dayzee1948/?albumview=slideshow" onmouseover="var el = $j('#img5821467135');var c=String.fromCharCode;var q=c(34);var l=c(60);var r=c(62);var a=c(39);var p=c(43); el[0].onmouseover = null; var n=$j(document.createElement('div')); n.insertBefore(el); n.html(''.concat(l, 'img src=', a, 'http://s295.photobucket.com/albums/mm123', '/dayzee1948/?albumview=slideshow', a, ' /', r, l, 'BR /', r));">here</a>.  And your pawrents can buy them, and then Dayzee's mommy can pay back Doo's mommy.  If that sounds good to you, send Dayzee a p-mail.  Sound good?]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>What kind of adventure was that?</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/706687</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 9 Jan 2011 13:04:03 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I love rides in the car!  And I love when a ride in the car ends up where the winery dogs live!  I d ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I love rides in the car!  And I love when a ride in the car ends up where the winery dogs live!  I don't always see the winery dogs, but I do meet lots of hoomans and get lots of attention and rubs and pets!  And at some point, mommy and daddy always have lunch.  They have to eat outside because of me.  Sometimes they sit at a restaurant patio, and lots of times daddy goes to a food shop and gets lots of cheese and stuff and they have a picnic.  Either way, I get a treat-lunch.  That's daddy's way of keeping me from pawing his leg fur cheese.  BOL!!!

So yesfurday we took a car ride, and we ended up at a winery.  It was furry furry cold, and I got to go inside where there was a fireplace while mommy and daddy tasted some wine.  I usually wait outside and only daddy goes in, and then we go have our lunch!  But this time when we left, instead of lunch daddy went shopping fur a shirt.  And then we went to the restaurant with the doggy-friendly patio, and there was nobody there!!  "Closed," daddy said.  Mommy said it was too cold fur a picnic, so we just got back in the car and came home!  

I did love the car ride, and I did get a lot of attention and rubs and pets.  But I got NO treats!  What was the point of even going??!!  Daddy felt so bad he gave me a bully appetizer befure my din-din!  Then we both just fell asleep on the couch!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>The routine</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/706525</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 7 Jan 2011 23:33:16 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Things are back to normal at my house.  Here's the routine:
5:30 a.m., wake up daddy and go outside ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Things are back to normal at my house.  Here's the routine:
5:30 a.m., wake up daddy and go outside
5:45 eat breakfast, snuggle with daddy on the couch until he gets up again
7:00 go jump in bed with mommy and get her up
7:25 say Bye-bye daddy
7:30 to 9:00 or so, follow mommy around while she has breakfast, does laundry or whatevfur she does until she sits in her chair upstairs with her confuser
9:00 to 12:30 sleep in my crate, move up to the big bed, move to mommy's office, move down to the living room, move up to the landing
12:30 paw mommy fur my brushing and walk
2:00 come back from walk, get carrot stick, return to crate
4:30 go upstairs to remind mommy about din-din
5:00 eat 
5:01 snuggle or play with mommy 
6:30 take up position at the front door until daddy gets home

Today was a little different. We had an earthquake!  Not furry big or scary.  I didn't even bark!  But it made the afternoon more interesting! 

Tonight we got some sad news about my furiend Dayzee.  She has a foster brofur and they got in a fight a couple of days ago and the vet says her neck is broken.  She needs surgery, which means she and her mommy need all of our pawrayers.

<a id="img5365386768"  class=bodyTextRev target=site href="http://www.dogster.com/dogs/519632" onmouseover="var el = $j('#img5365386768');var c=String.fromCharCode;var q=c(34);var l=c(60);var r=c(62);var a=c(39);var p=c(43); el[0].onmouseover = null; var n=$j(document.createElement('div')); n.insertBefore(el); n.html(''.concat(l, 'img src=', a, 'http://www.dogster.com/dogs/519632', a, ' /', r, l, 'BR /', r));">Dayzee</a>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>A Banner Day!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/706308</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 5 Jan 2011 18:30:31 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>What an exciting day it's been!  Furst I saw that FOUR of my pals had their diaries honored by Dogst ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ What an exciting day it's been!  Furst I saw that FOUR of my pals had their diaries honored by Dogster!  Max the Great is a furry new pal (and a furry new doggie!), and he was Diary of the Day!  And Zoe, Harley and Kiki were each Daily Picks!  My furiends are celebrities!  

Then mommy finally FINALLY got all the Christmas stuff back in its boxes and the boxes into the Christmas closet!  I have room to s-t-r-e-t-c-h out on the carpet again!  The bad news is, she got the Sucking Monster out of its closet and chased me all ovfur the house with it.  

After my brushing, my Auntie Myrna came to take me fur my walk!  Auntie Myrna always has treats!  I don't even have to do anything, she just gives them to me.  We have an understanding.

The rest of the day, when she wasn't working, mommy was chasing me around with her camera.  She's in a photo challenge group.  I can't wait until THAT'S ovfur!  But there were some treats involved in that as well, so I put up with it!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>My Gotcha Day</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/706016</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 3 Jan 2011 14:13:20 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I was too tuckered last night to write about my big day!  It was especially big here on Dogster!  PD ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I was too tuckered last night to write about my big day!  It was especially big here on Dogster!  PD&PC made me the Royal Member of the Day and I got to wear a crown and issue decrees!  I also got to go to a spa and get a massage!  Then my good pal Tiki threw me a casino pawty on a boat!  You should have seen all the FOOD!!!  OMD, I piled my plate so high I couldn't even see all my guests as they arrived!  Pepper and Teddy and Harley and Jazzi were there, and Molly and Walker and their big fambly, and Tiki of course, and Thunder and Lexi and Monnie, and Abby and her Kitty Krew, and Chauncey!  (I hope I'm not furgetting anyfur!) I got a lot of pressies, too!  

And we had a gazillion cakes!  The kitties got into the frosting, and pretty soon they were all red and green and yellow and blue, and running all over the place!  

After we ate we went to play the slot machines.  We used round treats fur coins.  I found out they work better if you DON'T take a nibble furst.  They paid off in treats, too!  Pepper found the Diamond machine, and when she hit the jackpot a whole FLOOD of treats came out!  They kept coming and coming, until the smaller doggies were getting buried!  Abby had to run in there and let them climb up on her (she's a Great Dane), and the rest of us were eating treats as fast as we could to dig them out!  We thought we'd nevfur find Pookah, but his brofur Walker finally pulled him out with a grin on his face and a treat hanging out of his mouth!  I ate so many I had to run outside and urka!  ::blushing::  The kitties were already sticky with frosting, and pretty soon they had treats stuck all ovfur them!  They looked good enough to eat, BOL!!! 

After that Tiki got out the inflatable rafts so we could "float" on top of the flood of treats.  We were in boats on a boat, BOL!!!  It was amazing!  I even took a little spin on the roulette wheel!

Lexi and Monnie got me a brand new bed, and it sure was welcome at the end of the day!  I also have new toys from Thunder and Ms. Alex and Harley.  And from my mommy and daddy, BOL!!!

Thanks to all my pals who sent me rosies and greetings and made my day so special!  I'm sure glad to have a wonderfur furever home, AND a wonderfur place to play, on Dogster!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Happy New Year!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/705834</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 1 Jan 2011 22:02:34 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>The way hoomans look at things, yesfurday was one year, and today is a whole different one.  For som ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ The way hoomans look at things, yesfurday was one year, and today is a whole different one.  For some reason, that meant yesfurday daddy didn't have to go bye-bye in the morning.  Instead, we all got in the car and went to the big bridge.  Mommy was clicking and clicking and clicking her little picture box, but it was okay, I had fun on the beach!

Later I went to the Wag Hotel.  Not fur playing, though, just fur sleeping and getting snuggles while mommy and daddy played with <u>their</u> friends.

Today mommy and daddy took all the dinglies and danglies off of my tree in the living room, and then daddy took the tree outside.  I nevfur did get to mark it, in fact I got shooed away from it a lot.  But I'll miss it.  Mommy is still changing the house back to the way it was, so Christmas will be ovfur.  I wonder why, when it's her favfurite time of all?  I'll nevfur understand hoomans!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>A dry day</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/705507</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 30 Dec 2010 22:58:12 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>It didn't rain even once today.  And it was so cold and windy yestfurday that even the grass dried o ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ It didn't rain even once today.  And it was so cold and windy yestfurday that even the grass dried off!  (The grass around here is ALWAYS wet!) So mommy bundled all up and we went fur a l-o-n-g walk.  It was the kind she calls a sniff-walk.  I had a lot of pee-mail to catch up on!  We went up this street and down that one, and over to the doggie run, and around by the meadow and then back again.  I met Mi-Shu the Shih Tzu, who has blue eyes, and my hooman friend Marcy who drives around in a little cart, and my furiend Cocoa the Chihuahua.

When we got home I got my carrot stick and curled up fur the afternoon.  But daddy came home early, while the sun was still way up high!  Mommy bundled up again and we got in the car and went to Fort Fun!  It was cold and windy, but there were a lot of doggies there, including my furiend Sebastian, the golden retriever.  His daddy gave me a greenie treat!  And the man in the big hat was there, who always gives me BIG scritchies until my tongue hangs out!  OMD we saw him TWICE!  

Daddy says he'll be home all day tomorrow, and we're going on an adventure!  I need to get some sleep!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Grooming day</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/705279</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 28 Dec 2010 22:46:27 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
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		<description>Yesfurday mommy took me to the groomer.  My groomer's name is Michelle and I LOVE her!  It's fun to  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Yesfurday mommy took me to the groomer.  My groomer's name is Michelle and I LOVE her!  It's fun to go there, because when I'm not being worked on I get to play with the other doggies.  It's nice to be able to see mommy and daddy without a lot of hair in my eyes, BOL!!!  

It was raining all day, but after I got home it really started coming down!  And it was furry windy, too!  Our big rainstorms always seem to become big snowstorms fur my furiends who live where the sun comes up.  I hope you enjoy it!!  Pawsonally, when I had to go outside, I did my business in record time!

Mommy found another little bumpy on my head.  She says it's like a mustard seed.  I don't know what that is, but it bugs me and I HAVE to scritch it, until it bleeds.  It was easy fur her to spot this time, with my new haircut.  Anyfur ever get stuff like that?]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Christmas Day</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/704866</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 25 Dec 2010 22:38:10 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I was the furst one awake.  I always am, but this morning I slept late.  It was almost light out whe ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I was the furst one awake.  I always am, but this morning I slept late.  It was almost light out when I told daddy I needed my morning walk!  When we got back, mommy was up, too!  Furry unusual.  She was in the kitchen making something that smelled sweet.  But all I got was my kibble.  Daddy put Christmas  music on, and then mommy lit some of her firesticks.  Daddy read something from their big book about Jesus.  And the next thing I knew, he started pulling all the boxes out from under the tree, and they opened them all up and made lots of happy-hooman noises and let me sniff all the stuff inside.  It wore me out.  I jumped up on the couch fur a nap, and when I woke up we were putting on coats and leashes and jumping in the car!  It was raining like crazy. 

We went to gramma's!  It wasn't raining there.  Mommy and daddy and gramma had a yummy-smelling dinner, and I was a good boy and let them.  I got a bully stick and a couple of treats.  Then daddy and I took a long nap on gramma's couch.  When we woke up it was raining hard and getting dark, and we said bye-bye gramma and got in the car again.  It took a long time to get home, and by the time we did, it was mommy's turn to take a long nap.  

I missed all my Dogster pals, especially because they were so nice to send me rosies and messages fur being a DDP today!  I hope everyfur had a wonderfur day!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>DDP!!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/704785</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 25 Dec 2010 10:57:59 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/704785</guid>
		<description>Merry Christmas to ME!!  When I got to Dogster this morning, I found out I'm a Daily Diary Pick!  Th ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Merry Christmas to ME!!  When I got to Dogster this morning, I found out I'm a Daily Diary Pick!  Thanks, Dogster!  I have been trying to write more often!

I have to tell you about yesfurday!  I spent the morning at the Wag Hotel.  Here's my report card:
"Hershey had a tag-along type friend today in little Stella, a terrier mix who loved to follow Hershey everywhere he went!  It was cute to watch them!"

In the afternoon mommy and daddy came to pick me up, and we went downtown to look at lights and watch ice skaters and stuff.  But I have to say, my tummy wasn't really feeling right.  I had skipped breakfast, which worried daddy.  Then I wouldn't eat the kibble they brought fur me.  Mommy said I've been getting too many treats fur Christmas.  So we were walking around, and we came to a hotel with a doggy inside, and we tried to sniff each other through the glass until finally a man invited me inside!  I said *sniff* to the other doggy, Romeo, and then urka'd all over the lobby rug!  Mommy sent me and daddy right outside and I urka'd again!  Mommy was so embarrassed, but the man was fine and cleaned evfurrything all up. 

I felt much better after that, so we kept walking around and I got lots of attention until it got late and we came home.  I had a nice din-din and settled in fur my long winter's nap.  But then mommy and daddy left and I had to sit and howl at the front door until they came back.  And then it was Christmas!!

And it still is, so I'll write about today later!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Road trip!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/704546</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 23 Dec 2010 20:43:59 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Today I got a big ride in the car!  It's been a furry long time.  We went up to the vineyards, which ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Today I got a big ride in the car!  It's been a furry long time.  We went up to the vineyards, which are all bony and bare this time of year.  But mommy likes to go there anytime. We stopped at three places.  The furst one serves something bubbly fur my pawrents to drink, and I'm allowed INSIDE!  The second one has a lot of picnic food.  That's what daddy likes, so we all ate outside.  I got lots of treats fur keeping my four paws on the ground, BOL!!!

The last place is mommy's favfurite, look:

<a  class=bodyTextRev target=site  onClick="alert('Dogster Alert: You are about to visit an outside link that was submitted by this pet owner.');" href="http://www.castellodiamorosa.com/">Castello di Amorosa</a>

Daddy tasted some drinks there, but mommy said she wasn't thirsty anymore.  She likes to go exploring with her camera.  I like meeting new people and getting pets and attention.  I was wearing my Christmas bandanna that Pepper's mommy made fur me, and I got lots of compliments on it!

Tomorrow is  Christmas Eve.  Mommy is SO EXCITED. I'm going to the Wag fur the morning, then downtown to meet more peeples.  Merry Merry Christmas, everyfur!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Merry Christmas!!!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/704353</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 22 Dec 2010 16:10:10 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Last night when daddy FINALLY got home, we all got in the car and went to PetCo!  I was almost out o ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Last night when daddy FINALLY got home, we all got in the car and went to PetCo!  I was almost out of food, and bullies!  I don't always get to go, but this time I did because mommy wanted to go, too.  After getting my food, they got some nummy-smelling food for them, because mommy said she was done cooking until after Christmas! 

When we got home, daddy pulled a HUGE box out of the car and brought it inside.  It was full of a lot of smaller boxes, and smelled like people I've nevfur met.  Daddy put all the smaller boxes under the tree.  I sniffed them a little, but none of them are fur me. 

A lot of my furiends here on Dogster are traveling, or their pawrents are furry busy and can't bring them here to play.  I won't be here myself much between now and Christmas.  
Tonight I'm going to the Wag while my pawrents go sing Christmas songs at a concert.  Then tomorrow we're driving up to where the wine dogs live!  The rain is supposed to hold off until Christmas Day, so we can do all our favfurite fun Christmas stuff!  

I want to wish all my good pals a furry furry Merry Christmas!  I hope you all get lots of treats and toys and snuggles and attention!  I wuff you!!!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Tagged!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/704059</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 20 Dec 2010 13:19:32 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>My pal Maizy tagged me!  This is a short game, and if you want to play all you have to do is copy it ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ My pal Maizy tagged me!  This is a short game, and if you want to play all you have to do is copy it into your diary, and change my answers to yours!  You can also send it to some of your pals in p-mails if you want to tag them!

What's your name? Hershey

Any Nicknames? Boo, Boodle, and some my mommy uses that are too embarrassing to mention! 

Whats your favorite toy? Anything I can play tug with! I like those stuffless stuffies a lot!

Your favorite treat?  Hot dogs!  I'll do ANYTHING fur a bite of hot dog! ::drool, drool::

Were you from a rescue, breeder, etc? I came from a breeder.  She thought I'd be too small to show, and I actually turned out almost too big!  BOL!!!

Do you love Dogster?  I do, I do, I do, I do, I do!!!!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>The Pawty</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/703754</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 18 Dec 2010 10:05:17 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
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		<description>OMD! OMD!  Last night every hooman my pawrents know in the WHOLE WORLD came to our house.  Furst two ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ OMD! OMD!  Last night every hooman my pawrents know in the WHOLE WORLD came to our house.  Furst two and then two more, then three, then two more and it went on like that FUREVER.  You never saw so many feets and laps in such a small place! Mommy and daddy had put out all kinds of No-Hershey and Down-Hershey foods all ovfur the sideboard and dining room table, and when the peeple got here they started taking it into the living room and eating it on the chairs and couch.  That's when the games began between me and my pawrents.  One would hold me fur a while until I would wiggle free, then I would worm my way around all the feets and laps to see what I could snag, then the other one would grab me and we'd start ovfur.  It was so much fun!  All the peeples liked petting me, but they were stingy with their food, like mommy and daddy.

I tried my furry best, pals, I really did, but all I managed to snag all night was one cracker.  (One of the hoomans was furry small and dropped stuff fur me!)  I'm really worried about my snagging license being revoked.  I did get two or three napkins and even a tinsel thingy off the tree.  I was naughty and Resource Guarded that, but I lost.  Once I managed to snag an ornament in my ear and pranced around with that fur a minute, but daddy took it off me again.  In my defense, I had two bully sticks to get through, so my snagging time was seriously impaired.  

I'm exhausted.  I'm spending the day at All Day Play at the Wag today, but my plan is All Day Snooze!  BOL!!!!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>I have cool pals!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/703622</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 16 Dec 2010 22:14:16 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Mommy got a cold in her head and skipped my diary fur a night or two, but I nursed her back almost t ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Mommy got a cold in her head and skipped my diary fur a night or two, but I nursed her back almost to health.  I had to write tonight because FOUR of my furiends are winners in the Coolest Dog Contest!  YAY fur Derringer (Most Patriotic), Noel (Sleeper), Champ (Water Dog, you gotta check out his PAWSOME photo) and Zaidie, who has won the coveted Naughtiest Dog category!  I knew you could do it, Zaidie! 

Condogulations to all the other winners, too!  All the photos we saw were furrific!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Comings and goings</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/703062</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 12 Dec 2010 21:55:29 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>There were a lot of comings and goings at my house today.  Furst mommy and daddy both left, then the ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ There were a lot of comings and goings at my house today.  Furst mommy and daddy both left, then they came back and then daddy left. Then mommy left, but she came back right away. Finally daddy came back, and then he and I left fur a nice long walk.  

Today was also the day to submit this week's photo in the Dogster Digital Photo Challenge group.  My partner Chuppy had a fun idea, and we both had our mommies take photos of us in Christmas boxes, BOL!!  She was furry surprised that I would just sit there in a box while she took about a gaziliion pictures!  Tomorrow is the Reveal, when we see if we stay in the contest or get eliminated.  We're up against some pretty tough competition!  ::biting his nails::]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Wag today</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/702933</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 11 Dec 2010 21:51:15 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Mommy, maybe if you would take a minute to write something in my diary evfurry day, or almost evfurr ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Mommy, maybe if you would take a minute to write something in my diary evfurry day, or almost evfurry day, then you wouldn't have to write a book once a month!

I spent the day at the Wag again today, so mommy and daddy could go to the movies.  I was in All Day Play.  There was no pawty today, and to tell you the truth I was still pretty tired from yesfurday.  Here is my report card:

"Hershey made today all about kicking back, relaxing and taking it all in.  From various viewpoints on the floor, Hershey observed the whole group (over 40 different dogs)!"

I got four more cards in the mail today, and the pawrents got one.  Hershey 19, pawrents 3, BOL!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Fa la la la la!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/702816</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 10 Dec 2010 22:54:38 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I know, it's been a dog's age since I wrote in my diary!  Mommy is so furry busy this time of year,  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I know, it's been a dog's age since I wrote in my diary!  Mommy is so furry busy this time of year, we can barely keep up with my furiends' diaries, and mine just gets put aside.  But I'm having a furry nice Christmas!  I helped daddy pick out our Christmas tree, and we cut it down and brought it home.  It sat in a bucket of water fur a long time outside our back door, and then daddy brought it in and stuck it in another bucket of water, and he and mommy hung lights and stuff all ovfur it.  Mommy's been hanging dinglies and danglies all ovfur the house.  It smells really interesting!       

Mommy found all my special Christmas toys and she's been doling them out to me, a new one evfurry couple of days.  I'd furgotten about them!  One I like especially is a little furry house with three stuffies inside that I have to pull out.  I could do that all night!!

I've been getting a lot of cards in the mail from my Dogster furiends all ovfur the world!  Today seven came fur me, and only one fur my pawrents!  BOL!!!  I'm not one fur keeping score or anything, but if I were, the score would now be Hershey 15, pawrents 2!  ROFBOL!!!

Today mommy and daddy were both going to be gone all day, so I went to the Wag.  They were having a Christmas pawty!  We had bully sticks and special treats and games, and I got my picfur taken with Santy Paws!!  I played with the other doggies all day, and then I got to stay in a room with music playing and a camera so my pawrents could see me from wherever they were.  I was so tired all I did was sleep, though!  I didn't even eat my din-din!  But I got a bag full of Christmas cookies to bring home!  (You can bet I got my din-din when I got home, BOL!!)

Mommy's been taking my picfur a lot fur a Dogster group where there is a challenge to meet evfurry week.  There are judges and reveals and eliminatons, just like on the TV shows mommy and daddy watch.  This week we did our challenges with a partner, and my partner is Chuppy.  He lives far away from here.  He's a furry nice doggy, and furry smart when it comes to cameras and confusers.  He had an idea fur our photos, and mommy took a bunch and sent them to him.  Now I'm furry nervous, because we'll either be passed or eliminated as a team, and I don't want to let him down.  He said he likes my picfurs, though.  ::biting my nails until Monday::]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>My Turn!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/700815</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 24 Nov 2010 16:00:10 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>It's been almost a month since my last diary entry.  You might think, Hershey must have a furry bori ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ It's been almost a month since my last diary entry.  You might think, Hershey must have a furry boring life!  Well, I have to admit, my life was way more boring than my pawrents' lives this month.  They went here, and they went there, and I stayed home or went to the Wag. Don't get me wrong, I love my house and I love the Wag.  But the truth is, there were a lot of adventures I missed out on.

That all changes now! I already got a Christmas pressie and card in the mail!  That's right, the mail came and the biggest envelope in the stack had MY name on it!  It was from my furiend Pepper who lives way ovfur THERE somewhere, so far away that it isn't even the same time as it is here.  Inside was a furry handsome bandana fur me to wear to all my Christmas pawties and outings.  Pepper's mommy made it!  It's furry handsome, and I love it!  There was also a handmade card and a photo of Pepper and Baron, who's sort of her cousin, with Sandy Paws.  I'm pretty sure I can smell them!

The point is, I got the FURST Christmas mail! HA! Last year, I got more cards than mommy and daddy!  I'm gonna break that record fur sure this year!  This is gonna be MY month, MY Christmas! HA!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>I've got mail!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/698288</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 4 Nov 2010 17:52:13 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>WhooHOOO!!  When the mail came today, mommy found a postcard from my furiend Pepper!  She sent it fr ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ WhooHOOO!!  When the mail came today, mommy found a postcard from my furiend Pepper!  She sent it from some other world!  Mommy said it wasn't really another world, but it was from the other side of the country.  And Pepper's pawprint was RIGHT THERE!  I sniffed it.  Best of all, neither mommy nor daddy got any mail at all, BOL!!

You don't need to read the rest of this diary entry if you have something else to do.  I spent the day at the Wag Hotel yesfurday, and mommy likes to copy my report cards in here.  It's so embarrassing.  But here goes: 

"Hershey is the sweetest (and softest) blanket spaniel.  Today he enjoyed resting with Lilly (a terrier mix) as well as his buddy Oakley (fellow cocker),  He got tons of ear scritches and back itches. :) He is always a great boy and pleasure to have in All Day Play."  They drew chocolate kisses all ovfur it.  ::rolls his eyes::  Mommy thought it was nice, BOL!!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>World Champions!!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/697960</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 2 Nov 2010 08:19:18 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Yesfurday, mommy and I did something we've never done befure.  She packed my backpack fur daddy (it' ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Yesfurday, mommy and I did something we've never done befure.  She packed my backpack fur daddy (it's where he carries all my treats and toys when we go play), and we got in the car in the middle of the afternoon!  When we got to where we were going mommy called daddy on her little ear box, and pretty soon there he was!  We were near his office, and we were all dressed in orange and black, and there were lots of other people (and a few dogs) and they were all dressed in orange and black, too, and evfurrybody was furry FURRY excited!

We walked a little ways, and came to the place where the big houses are.  Mommy calls it Civic Center. There's a kind of park there, but it isn't a dog park.  You have to be on leash.  In fact, I had to have my head collar on.  I did not like that at all!  But mommy insisted, because there were about a bazillion people there.  Daddy found a spot where he could stand and mommy could sit on her stool if she wanted.  There was a big TV screen at one end, and daddy's giants were playing fetch up there!  Daddy said it was a HUGE game, so I guess they wouldn't fit in our TV at home.

Here's how the evening went.  Mommy had her stool by a tree, and my bag with my treats and my water.  She had brought my din-din, so I ate.  After that, I pretty much spent my time sniffing the food people were eating around us, and looking fur dropsies, and getting fussed ovfur.  People kept coming and coming, until I was standing there in a forest of legs!  Sometimes everybody would yell and scream and jump up and down, like daddy does at home!  Then he would pick me up so I wouldn't get stepped on, and we'd do our little dance!  But I did NOT bark.  Sometimes mommy would sit down, and then I would jump in her lap.  I really liked that best, but she wouldn't stay there.  She was watching the giants, too.  

Finally evfurrybody stated yelling really REALLY loud, and they kept yelling and yelling and yelling!!  Daddy picked me up, and we danced and danced and he yelled and yelled, and all the people were laughing and hitting each other's paws and jumping around like they were crazy!  You wouldn't have believed it.  After awhile we started walking back to the car, and all the way back there were still people yelling and there were car horns honking but I did NOT bark.  When we got in the car, daddy started honking his horn, too!  And even mommy was yelling out her window and waving MY rally towel at people, and they were yelling back and all the car horns were honking and I did NOT bark. It was like that almost all the way home!

When we got home daddy turned on the TV and watched evfurrything all ovfur again until he fell asleep.  I fell asleep right away.  In fact, I'm still worn out.  Mommy says I was a furry good boy! I think I behaved better than either of them!  OMD my daddy is so happy!!!!  And that makes me happy, too!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Pawlease pawray</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/697009</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 26 Oct 2010 12:50:33 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Pawlease pawray fur my pal Sunny.  He's back in the hospital, getting antibiotics to help his tummy. ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Pawlease pawray fur my pal <a  class=bodyTextRev target=site href="http://www.dogster.com/dogs/963261">Sunny</a>.  He's back in the hospital, getting antibiotics to help his tummy.  He hasn't been feeling well fur a furry long time, and nothing his mommy and the dogtor have tried seems to be working.  The dogtor told Sunny's mommy that it might be time to think about his Quality of Life, but he's only 2 1/2 and she isn't ready to think like that! When he comes home she'll probably ask a different dogtor, just to see if there are different things to try. But we know that pawrayer works better than anything, so pawlease pawray, and send a note or a rosie to let them know they're not alone!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Yay!!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/696681</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 23 Oct 2010 22:40:08 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>THE GIANTS WON THE PENNANT! 
THE GIANTS WON THE PENNANT!!

Daddy told me to write that.  I'm not  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ THE GIANTS WON THE PENNANT! 
THE GIANTS WON THE PENNANT!!

Daddy told me to write that.  I'm not sure what it means.  I know that there are giants in our city, and in the summertime they play fetch with balls and sticks and daddy likes to watch them and he yells furry LOUD.  One time every summer I get to go with mommy and daddy to a big park where the giants are playing.  I don't know why they're called giants.  They're not that big.  There's a lot of dropped food at the park, that's what I remember!

I also don't know how you win a game of fetch. Pawsonally, I don't play fetch.  But anyway, the giants seem to have won the right number of games or the right game or something, so they get a flag.  (That's what a pennant is, mommy says.)  And they get to keep playing, when most of the fetch players are now playing golf or something.  So Daddy and a lot of other people in our neighborhood are furry furry excited.

Flags are nice, I suppose.  We see them around sometimes.  They blow in the wind if they're outside, and I bark at them.  I think it would be fun to chew on one.  I'm not sure what it is about this flag that has all the hoomans honking their horns and jumping up and down yelling.  I've nevfur seen a hooman eating a flag.  Hoomans are strange.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>I'm FIVE!!!!  Part 2</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/696494</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 22 Oct 2010 17:48:02 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>OMD, what a day I've had!  Thank you Tiki fur my wonderfur pawty at Hershey's Chocolate World!  My f ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ OMD, what a day I've had!  Thank you Tiki fur my wonderfur pawty at Hershey's Chocolate World!  My furiends and I saw a 3D movie with chocolate flying at our faces, and we rode a big loop-de-loop roller coaster, and the merry-go-round, and we ate and ate and ate, and we saw candy bars actually walking around!  And then we designed our own candy! 

And that was just in one group!  In other groups I got all kinds of well wishes and piccies!  We played in a bouncy house at Dogs Who Want to Have Fun!  I was even named Royal Member of the Day at Princess Divas and Prince Charmings! 

Not only that, but mommy let me skip most of my brushing today, and gave me an extra yummy treat, apple wrapped in bacon!  And I got a new collar, and when daddy comes home from work I think we're going to the toy store!!  We don't get to go to Fort Fun tomorrow like we planned, though, because it's raining.  But I don't care, I'll still be with daddy!

Mommy and I spent all day sending thank-you notes fur all the rosies and pressies I found on my page!  You all know who you are, so I'm not going to make a list here.  I love each and evfurry one of you, I love Dogster, and I love Barkdays!!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>I'm FIVE!!!!!  Part 1...</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/696425</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 22 Oct 2010 08:33:26 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Today is my Barkday and I'm five whole years old!  Mommy says I'm quite the young man!  I guess that ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Today is my Barkday and I'm five whole years old!  Mommy says I'm quite the young man!  I guess that's a good thing!

I've received so many rosies and pressies!  I can't reciprocate each one, but I'll be sending thank-yous AFTER all my pawties!  My furiend Tiki chartered a bus to take a lot of us to Hershey's World, can you believe it??!  OMD my own world!!  And my furiend Abby set up a bouncy house in Dogs, Who Want to Have Fun!  And mommy hasn't even had breakfast yet!!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Thanks fur your  pawrayers! (UPDATE below)</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/695671</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 16 Oct 2010 10:02:32 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>One of my bestest furiends on Dogster, Buttercup, is furry furry sick.  She is little older, and she ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ One of my bestest furiends on Dogster, Buttercup, is furry furry sick.  She is little older, and she has had tummy trouble fur awhile, along with allergies and other things.  But she had an attack of gastritis way last Thursday and has been to her vet and the ER and hasn't stopped crying.  She hasn't eaten much either, and she can't sleep.  Her mommy is furry worried about her, and I am, too.  Will you pawlease pawray fur her, and maybe leave her some love on her page?  We love her and need her furry much in the PD&PC group!

<a  class=bodyTextRev target=site href="http://www.dogster.com/dogs/396743">Buttercup</a>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Am I the Coolest Dog?</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/694950</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 10 Oct 2010 20:49:15 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Maybe, or maybe not.  Of course mommy thinks so, so she entered me in the 6th Annual Coolest Dog Con ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Maybe, or maybe not.  Of course mommy thinks so, so she entered me in the 6th Annual Coolest Dog Contest.  If you want to vote fur me, there's a little badge on the right side of my page, or you can click <a  class=bodyTextRev target=site href="http://www.dogster.com/show10/vote_pet.php?i=854601">Vote fur Hershey</a>. 

But then what I really want you to do is just click <a  class=bodyTextRev target=site href="http://www.dogster.com/show10/">Coolest Dog</a> and go looking through all the wonderfur photos from doggies you don't even know.  You can vote fur as many photos as you want!  Some doggies don't have as many furiends as others, and maybe they'll have a harder time getting votes.  But I think the best photos ought to win, no matter whose they are! Don't you?]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Quick! See Hershey on TV!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/694626</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 8 Oct 2010 18:16:46 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>See Hershey on TV!
They said the link won't be up long, so you have to watch NOW.  Click on &quot;Fans E ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ <a  class=bodyTextRev target=site  onClick="alert('Dogster Alert: You are about to visit an outside link that was submitted by this pet owner.');" href="http://www.kron.com/News/tabid/36/Default.aspx">See Hershey on TV!</a>
They said the link won't be up long, so you have to watch NOW.  Click on "Fans Enjoy Stunts..." to the right of the video.  That's my mommy in the red hat!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Wanna see something cool?</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/694454</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 7 Oct 2010 15:20:57 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
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		<description>Amazing dog! ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ <a  class=bodyTextRev target=site  onClick="alert('Dogster Alert: You are about to visit an outside link that was submitted by this pet owner.');" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZNtiqK2wPM&feature=channel ">Amazing dog!</a>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Haiku</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/693554</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 1 Oct 2010 07:49:40 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>My furiend Zaidie, the poet barkeate of Dogster, wrote a haiku just fur me:

~BBD~
(Beeyooteeful  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ My furiend Zaidie, the poet barkeate of Dogster, wrote a haiku just fur me:

~BBD~
(Beeyooteeful Bwown Doggie)

Hershey, my gud fwiend!
Hims furs r made ob choklit.
Stay outta da sun ☀!!

BOL! BOL! Isn't that great??!!!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Indian Summer</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/693133</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 27 Sep 2010 21:40:16 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Furst, people start moving in to our apartment community.  Mommy calls them &quot;college students.&quot;  I l ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Furst, people start moving in to our apartment community.  Mommy calls them "college students."  I like them, but they nevfur seem to sleep.  So I bark more at night.  They leave a lot of interesting stuff around on the sidewalks fur me to sniff!

Next, the sun starts going down sooner.  How can that be?  I don't know, but when daddy comes home and we go to Fort Fun, we can't stay as long.

Then, the trees start throwing leaves at me.  I bark at them, and sometimes I try to chase them, and sometimes they try to chase me.  Nothing is supposed to move on the ground.  I'm furry firm about that.

Finally, the fog goes away and the sky turns blue and it gets hot here.  Mommy calls it Indian Summer, I don't know why.  Here's what I know: it's H-O-T.

It was so hot a couple of days ago, we went to the beach.  And guess what!  This time, there were lots and lots of other doggies there with their famblies!  Daddy took my leash off and I began introducing myself.  If anyone would pet me, I flopped right down and settled in.  I sniffed the dogs and the little hoomans, and then daddy would say "Come on" and we'd move on to the next fambly.  We made our way all the way to one end of the beach that way, and then we turned around and went all the way back. I made LOTS of friends!  

But I miss the fog.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Mommy just found this!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/692852</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 25 Sep 2010 20:14:26 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>God and Dog ...</description>

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		<title>Back to real life!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/692439</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 22 Sep 2010 22:05:23 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>This is the time of year when the sun comes out at my house.  Mommy smiles more, and daddy comes hom ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ This is the time of year when the sun comes out at my house.  Mommy smiles more, and daddy comes home from the office a little earlier so he can take me to Fort Fun befure the sun goes down!  Pawsonally, except fur the Fort Fun part, I prefer the fog.  

I got to spend two days back-to-back at the Wag Hotel last weekend.  My furiend Max was there, too.  He's a cocker spaniel like me, only black and white.  We have a lot of fun togefur!  

So between that, and Fort Fun almost evfurry night, I'm one pooped pup!

Mommy wants to give a big THANK YOU to the Morris fambly fur telling her about Comfortis.  We got some last week, I thought it was just yummy, and mommy has only found one flea on me in the last four days!  I'm not scritchy-scratching anymore, and we're all sleeping better!  ::BIG SLOPPY LICKS TO BUDDY, MOLLY AND SCOOTER'S MOMMY!!::]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Epilogue</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/692138</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 20 Sep 2010 22:46:51 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>One of the Princess' subjects had opened a tavern many years before, befure he had left fur the pala ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ One of the Princess' subjects had opened a tavern many years before, befure he had left fur the palace.  That's where he returned, and found his tavern still open, and villagers enjoying themselves there.  It warmed his heart.

One by one his furiends from the palace began to find their way to the tavern as well.  Their hearts were knit together, you see.  Soon they were all there, hugging and greeting one another as if they had all escaped a great disaster.  They were safe at last.  They were happy to meet the villagers, and they were made to feel very welcome indeed.  The tavern wasn't as grand as the palace, but when they were all together again they found that it was every bit as full of love and light and laughter.  

Because you see, it isn't where you go, it's the love that you give and receive when you get there, that makes a place your home.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>The End of the Story</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/691977</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 19 Sep 2010 21:53:58 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>As the Princess' loyal subjects began to clean up the palace and put things back in order, they bega ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ As the Princess' loyal subjects began to clean up the palace and put things back in order, they began to discover little piles of poop and rude pee-mails here and there, left by the newest arrivals, the ones who had been driven out.  They realized these had been Bad Dogs.  No one missed them.

When the work was finally done and the palace clean and sparkling once more, everyfur gathered togefur as they loved to do. Most of them, anyway.  Some had been wounded in the fray, and some more had fled.  But the mood in the palace was happy.  These were close furiends, united now in trial as well as in joy.  They talked, they joked, they ate and drank and teased one another.  It is said that the Princess herself came to visit, but it may have been her spirit.  They were all tired, halfway between waking and sleeping.  They went to bed early.  The kitties purred again in their sleep.  The doggies couldn't stop their tails from wagging.  It was just like old times.

None of them knew that it would be the last time.

When they awoke in the morning, they found that the gates had been unlocked.  It seems that the Princess' guardians, who held the deed to the palace but had seldom or nevfur visited there, had learned of her disappearance and decided to move in. The palace was full and filling with strangers, including the Bad Dogs.  The furniture had all been rearranged. Breakfast was sloppily served. The coffee had a bitter taste, and the new proprietors didn't even know where the creamers were stored.  The armory was bare.  Worst of all, the Princess' elderly nurse, who had fought valiantly in defense of the palace, had died of her wounds.

The new proprietors invited the Princess' furiends to stay, but in fact they were no longer welcome.  There was no longer any room fur them.  One by one they packed their satchels and one by one they left, casting a last, long, tearful look ovfur their shoulders, remembering all the light, all the laughter, all the love that was in that place, if only for a season.  And they nevfur furgot that place.  And they nevfur, evfur furgot their Princess.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Once upon a time...</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/691463</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 16 Sep 2010 16:00:01 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Once upon a time there was a Princess.  She was pretty, and had a heart bigger than the whole kingdo ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Once upon a time there was a Princess.  She was pretty, and had a heart bigger than the whole kingdom, but she was fearful and a little shy.  One day her Auntie said, "Princess, I'm going to build you a palace.  It will be a place of light and love and laughter, and there you will learn to open your heart and give your love to others so it can grow."  And that is what she did.

The Princess moved into her palace, and began to invite others to come and play there.  It was a lovely place, with games and pawties and always plenty to eat.  And if anyfur was sad or needed a hug, they knew they could come to the Princess fur comfort.  She worked furry hard sending invitations to furs all ovfur the kingdom, both kitties and doggies, and each was welcomed with joy, and treated with dignity and respect.  

One day a handsome young pup showed up, and he saw the Princess and fell in love with her.  She soon fell in love with him, too.  Things went along as things go, and the day came fur them to be married.  What a day of celebration that was!  Everyfur was invited, there was a great ball and banquet.  The Princess and her Prince just looked at each other with starry eyes, and smiled.  And then they danced. Oh, how they could dance!

But not everyone rejoiced.  A girl with dark eyes also loved the Prince, and she began to hate the Princess.

The days were beautiful at the palace. It turned out that the Prince was a little shy, too, but the Princess helped him find his gifts and share them.  He liked to have fun, and he worked furry hard on celebrations of everyfur's special days.  The pawties got more and more elaborate, and the entertainments ever more spectacular!  More and more furs were coming. That made the Princess furry happy, and she grew more and more beautiful.

But the Prince began to be unhappy.  He saw how much the Princess was beloved, and he said, "They love you but they don't love me."  The Princess and all their furiends did their best to reassure him, and most of the time they brought his smile back, but sometimes he growled.  Sometimes he pooped in the palace.  He was not a Bad Dog, but he was unhappy inside.

The Princess did her best to keep all of this from her guests, and it has to be said that she growled at the Prince sometimes herself.  But often she wept into her pillow at night.

The dark-eyed girl watched, and she waited.  She found furs who had once been furiends of the Prince, and she poisoned their minds against the Princess.  They devised schemes, and plotted how they might ruin the Princess and take over her palace.  Sometimes they would disguise themselves and come to the balls as spies.  The Prince and Princess knew who they were, but still welcomed them with love, because that was the way of the palace.

Things went along that way until one day the Prince didn't just growl, he snapped at the Princess.  "You aren't my Princess anymore," he barked, and he pooped on the Princess and ran away from the palace.  

He wasn't a Bad Dog, but he was furry furry unhappy.

The Princess hardly knew what to do. Remember, she was fearful by nature.  And now she was all alone.  She was afraid the Prince would return to do more damage, and she was afraid he may never return. She still loved him, but she feared him.   She also loved the furs who had come to her palace and who felt safe and happy there.  She felt responsible fur them.  Finally she decided that the only way to spare evfurryone from harm was to go away herself.  So one night, she packed a small bag with her fondest memories, saddled her dappled mare, and rode away from the palace and out of the kingdom.
 
The dark-eyed girl saw her opportunity.  She put on a disguise, and called the old furiends of the Prince, who also disguised themselves.  They rode to the palace and pretended to be sad that the Princess had fled, but encouraged everyone to stay and enjoy themselves.  They even offered to move into the palace themselves, to take the place of the Princess so everyfur could still enjoy the banquets and balls.  They were furry Bad Dogs.  It looked as though the Princess' worst fears were about to be realized.

But some members of the Princess' court recognized the enemies in their disguises. They ran to the armory, where they found weapons that the Princess had stored there and rarely had to use.  Almost befure the enemy spies knew what had happened, they found themselves thrown out of the palace, with the gates securely locked against them.

Now, many in the palace were hurt and confused.  Where had their Prince and Princess gone, and why had their newest furiends been banished?  A farewell note from the Princess was discovered, in which she expressed her love fur them, her sadness in leaving, and her hope that someone would continue to care for the palace so that it would always be a place of love and laughter and light.  

Some furs were so brokenhearted that they left the palace.  Some even left the kingdom.  Others resolved to honor the Princess' wishes, and took it upon themselves to care fur the palace as she had done. Still others hovered in indecision, wanting to stay but finding it oh, so painful without their beloved Princess.

That's the story so far.  How would you write the ending?]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>A Most Unusual Day!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/690364</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 9 Sep 2010 16:45:02 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Usually, after breakfast, mommy and I stand at the front door and say &quot;Bye-bye Daddy&quot; and I know he' ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Usually, after breakfast, mommy and I stand at the front door and say "Bye-bye Daddy" and I know he'll be gone all day.

Today after breakfast, daddy and I sat on the couch and said "Bye-bye Mommy"!  THAT was strange.

Usually, after a bye-bye, daddy comes home at dinner-time.  

Today, mommy came home befure lunch.  I wonder where she went?

Usually, I get a bath at Michelle the groomer's.  It's not time fur that yet.

Today, we got in the car and went to a place that was a lot like PetSmart, but in the back there was a room that looked like my groomer's, but it wasn't.  Michelle the groomer wasn't there.  Mommy and daddy closed a gate behind us, put on big rubber aprons and daddy put me in a big tub and he and mommy sprayed water all ovfur me and gave me a bath!  I was a good boy and wagged my tail the whole time, to let them know they were doing it right, BOL!  (I have a lot more experience with this than they do!) Mommy told me she hoped to see a bunch of fleas jumping off of me, but she didn't.  It took them a long time to get me dry.  I feel better and I'm not scritchy-scratching!  

Usually, it's cold and cloudy at our house.  But today the sun is shining!

It has been a most unusual day!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Catching up</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/689890</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 6 Sep 2010 15:27:46 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Last week my pawrents and I took a mini-vacation.  Mommy took her baby confuser so I could keep up w ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Last week my pawrents and I took a mini-vacation.  Mommy took her baby confuser so I could keep up with my Dogster life and write about our adventures in my diary.  But where we went, the confuser couldn't always find Dogster at all!  Even the cell phones weren't working!  So now I have to do it all from memory.

Furst, though, I have to say that Dogster is a lot smaller place today since my furiend Ernie George has flown to the Bridge fur his Lifetime Achieverment Award.  Ernie is one of the funniest pups I've met on Dogster.  He loved his food, and he loved his fambly, he loved Dogster and all his pals, and he loved life.  His ginormous hinder is legendary, full of charm and wit!  I'll miss you furry much, E.G.!

So, six days ago mommy and daddy packed up the car with my crate and food and dishes and towels and blankies and my backpack, and some stuff fur themselves, and we all got in the car!  I got strapped in, so I knew we were taking a Road Trip!  We drove with the ocean on Daddy's side, but when we got to the places where the wine doggies live we still KEPT GOING! We stopped now and then fur drinks and eating and peeing, and finally we stopped fur good.  I could tell we were "there," because mommy and daddy took all my stuff out of the car again!  We were sleeping in a little house.  I remembered this place from last year.  Mommy and daddy had snacks on the deck and then we all went to bed.  The bed was a lot smaller than my bed at home.  I almost had to kick mommy and daddy out!

The next morning, a miracle occurred!  You have to understand, one thing we've learned is that if pawrents want to eat and they have a doggie with them, they're eating outside.  Period.  So imagine our surprise when we found a place where I could have breakfast INSIDE, WITH my pawrents!  We had a whole little parlor to ourselves, with a waiter and everything, and I got my own pawsonal bowl of diced ham!  I have nevfur had that befure!!  I made sure to be on my best behavior!

After that we spent the day driving around and hiking on the beaches and by the sea cliffs.  It was a lot of fun!  My pawrents got ice cream at one place, and I got my own bowl!  But when we got to the last beach, I took off running to where the sand was wet and cool, and I flopped down and told daddy, "I'm DONE!"  But this was a furry nice off-leash beach, so I went with him when he wanted to walk up and down.

Later my pawrents had a nice dinner (on a deck, I got treats), and then we went back to the little house.  We were sitting on the deck and two labbies came to say Hi, a black male and a yellow female.  They were FURRY furiendly, but we nevfur found out their names or who their pawrents were.  Finally we all retreated inside.

The next morning the fog had come back.  After we got up, mommy and daddy packed evfurrything back in the car.  It was mommy's day to go shopping in the town, and daddy and I followed her around until it was time to head fur home.  I was one pooped pooch, but I sat up all the way home, like I always do.

The next day I was at the Wag in All Day Play, but fur me it was All Day Sleep, BOL!!!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Fleas??!!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/688397</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 15:09:07 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Some of my pals know, mommy's been finding some fleas on me lately.  I've been on Frontline (Plus) m ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Some of my pals know, mommy's been finding some fleas on me lately.  I've been on Frontline (Plus) my whole life, and I've nevfur had a flea. But three days after my last regular application, mommy found a live flea in my brush.  And then again the next day, and the day after that.  Ut-oh.  After a week, she gave me another application, but it didn't help, and now I had the itchy-itchies real bad, too.  

After another week, mommy was still finding fleas, so she got a fresh package of Frontline, thinking the old package had gone bad or something.  She gave me application #3.  So now I've had three applications in three weeks, and today the fleas were not only in my brush but jumping around on my grooming table! UT-OH!!! She had already called the vet, in fact two vets I go to.  And I've talked to lots of my Dogster pals.  So what we're trying today is a switch to Advantage.  I sure hope this works!  ::scritch! scratch! scritch! scratch! scritch! scratch!::]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>What the heck is Error 3??</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/688019</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 23:13:45 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Dogster isn't letting me post a comment on my diary!  What I wanted to say was...

Jolanda, it mus ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Dogster isn't letting me post a comment on my diary!  What I wanted to say was...

Jolanda, it must be pawsome out at Fort Fun this week!  Watch out fur armed dog owners!  We're still pawraying fur Jojo.

Zoe, the average temp at my house is probably around 60, all year.  We're close to the ocean, like your skin brother.  They say the fog will be back tomorrow!  Pepper, that will make the schoolkids happy, I guess!

Thanks, Abby, Daddy is almost all better!
 
Freckles, mommy thinks my urka-gurkas are from the prednisone she gives me to stop the itchy-itchies.  It's like a trade-off.  It could also be from the bogus Frontline Plus we used that did NOT stop me from getting fleas this time!  Grrrrrrrrrrr!!

If anyfur knows what Error 3 means and how to fix it, pawlease let me know!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Summer came!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/687860</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 21:23:42 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Today was 25 degrees warmer than yesfurday! All of a sudden the sky is blue, and my thick coat is fu ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Today was 25 degrees warmer than yesfurday! All of a sudden the sky is blue, and my thick coat is furry uncomfortable.  Luckily, I got to spend the day at the Wag, where it's air conditioned.  But befure I left home, I urka'd in the kitchen!

Here is my Wag report card:
"Hershey had a quiet day amongst the K9s.  Hershey liked lounging about, watching the dogs play.  Found a friend in Sadie--they sniffed at each other for a good long time.  Hershey's a fantastic dog, and we're always happy to have him in All Day Play!"

That's their nice way of saying, I slumped like a lump all day!

I get to go back on Wednesday and do it again!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Taking care of daddy</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/687294</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 10:21:44 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>My daddy has been furry sicky all week.  He hasn't really moved off our couch fur three or four days ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ My daddy has been furry sicky all week.  He hasn't really moved off our couch fur three or four days or months or something. He doesn't smell right, and he doesn't talk or play, and he doesn't take me outside.  Sometimes he coughs.  Mostly he sleeps.  

I'm helping as much as I can, by trying to keep his feets warm.  If he sits up, I move to his lap.  I'm trying not to bark a lot unless there's a REAL danger I can hear or sniff outside.

I also have the itchy-itchies really bad this week, and twice I had to wake mommy up late at night for urka-gurkas.  I'm sure she doesn't mind, because she's been up a lot with daddy anyway.  It gives her something else to think about.  And she gets to take me on my midnight patrol.  I do my best to help out, you know.

Mommy says to tell you, if I sound really stoopid in posts this week, or miss a barkday or something, it's only because she's sleep deprived.  I don't know what that means.  ::shrugs::]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Two years on Dogster</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/686415</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 14 Aug 2010 12:46:59 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>The furst good thing that happened this week was a visit to my groomer, Michelle!  I love going ther ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ The furst good thing that happened this week was a visit to my groomer, Michelle!  I love going there, because it means a lot of pets and snuggles and even treats!  I don't mind the bath or the clipping, until she gets to my front paws.  Mommy loves being able to see my face again, BOL!!

Two days after that, I got to spend the day at the Wag.  My pawrents went to watch some giants play fetch (they enjoy that, I'm not sure why!).  I was a good boy.  Here is my report card: "Hershey is the coolest cocker around. :)  Always super sweet boy with his bum wiggling!  He makes a great blanket sitting on your lap and is a major snuggler."  I think that's all good, BOL!!

I've also been having a fun time at summer camp in the PD&PC group!  Bailey and Buttercup have all the food and activities organized.  We've taken field trips to a farm and a natural history museum and aquarium!  Okay, we got in a little trouble at the aquarium, over a little misunderstanding concerning the dolphin pool.  If there was a No Swimming or No Fishing sign posted, we didn't see it!  We sure had fun!  We've also gone spelunking and rope climbing, and mountain biking, and we've had art and cooking lessons!  You can see the pictures in my photo book! 

In another group, P*I*F, we had a Howloween in July or Maybe August costume pawty!  My furiend Pepper and I made tons of food, and Abby made spectacular desserts!  Lexi tended bar.  She knows about a million different cocktails, including lots of chocolate ones!  Dino is our DJ, the best on Dogster!  And Tiki decorated Billie-Bob's with balloons and lights and even a fog machine!  A lot of furs came, and I even learned a couple of dance moves!  There's a photo of that on my page, too! I'm the one in the black Zoot suit, BOL!!

Today is my two-year annifursary on Dogster!  I didn't even remember, but my furiend Walker and his fambly did, because their two-year annifursary is tomorrow!  We met each other  almost right away, and we've been pals evfur since.  We're in a lot of the same groups togefur.  That's the absolutely best thing about Dogster, all the furiends you make here.  We play togefur, we laugh togefur, we pawray togefur, and sometimes we even cry togefur.  I just want to say that I love all my Dogster pals SO MUCH!  If you're reading this, consider yourself LICKED!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>We found the sun!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/685598</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 8 Aug 2010 17:22:35 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>It's been so cold and dreary around here that we had to get in the car and drive ovfur the big bridg ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ It's been so cold and dreary around here that we had to get in the car and drive ovfur the big bridge to go find the sun!  We did that yesfurday.  We went to where the wine dogs live.  Mommy and daddy had their picnic and I got some treats and met some new hoomans.  

Personally, I prefer the cold weather.  I have this big furry coat I have to wear all the time!  But mommy was pretty happy to feel some sun on her skin fur a change, BOL!

Our company went home today. But not befure I chewed his cell phone charger into confetti. Hehehehehe!!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Company</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/685297</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 6 Aug 2010 12:03:46 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>We have company.  He smells furry nice and I like him a lot, but he doesn't like me.  Mommy says he  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ We have company.  He smells furry nice and I like him a lot, but he doesn't like me.  Mommy says he just doesn't like doggies.  I jump all over and run in circles and wag my tail like crazy, even jump in his lap when he sits on MY couch, but he acts like I don't even exist.  Sits there with his arms folded.  I even let him sleep on MY couch all night, without so much as a pat on the head fur a thank-you.

So this morning while he was still sleeping and daddy was in the shower, I stole his socks and chewed them all wet.  Mommy was NOT happy, but I felt like he had it coming.  Hrowfff!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Just a word...</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/683745</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 10:57:19 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Thanks fur the love and support so many of you have shown to my furiend Lexi and her mommy.  P*I*F i ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Thanks fur the love and support so many of you have shown to my furiend Lexi and her mommy.  P*I*F is Lexi's group, and we've been gathering there to comfort and encourage one another.  It's a sweet place to be.

I have to say, though, that one fur has come in and done evfurrything she can to make Lexi's mommy feel even worse.  I'm not going to go into details, but this is a made-up animal with a made-up illness just like Lexi's, and none of her posts were about Lexi but only about herself, trying to steal our pawrayers and get us to leave and go to her group.  It made it hard fur us to grieve, and it made some of us furry mad.  

I just want to say (and I know everyfur reading this diary already knows this) that Dogster is not the place to come and live out sick fantasies.  It isn't a place for jealousy or trying to grab attention.  It may be a "virtual" place, but there are real feelings that can be really hurt.

Lexi's mom is a soldier, and we're all helping her as much as we can.  And Lexi has flown by with her bootiful new wings, so we can see how happy and well she is now!   She's the kind of fur that makes Dogster such a pawsome place!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Too sad</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/683350</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 24 Jul 2010 21:19:26 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>My furiend Lexi has gone to the Bridge.  Mommy can't see the keyboard for the water pouring out of h ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ My furiend Lexi has gone to the Bridge.  Mommy can't see the keyboard for the water pouring out of her eyes.  I have a big hurt inside. 

Oh, Lexi.

Ow.  Ooow!

OOOOOOooooooOOOOOWWWWWW!!!!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Pawlease pawray fur Lexi</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/683049</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 21:08:25 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>One of my bestest Dogster pals, Lexi, had to go to the hospital today.  She is on an IV and her kidn ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ One of my bestest Dogster pals, Lexi, had to go to the hospital today.  She is on an IV and her kidneys are shutting down.  This is totally out of the blue, and her fambly and her husband Dino are so worried.  She's only six.  Pawlease say a pawrayer fur Lexi.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>It's not hot here!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/682491</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 11:24:07 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Everyfur keeps barking about how hot it is, and I suppose that must be true somewhere.  But here, th ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Everyfur keeps barking about how hot it is, and I suppose that must be true somewhere.  But here, the weather is perfect.  We haven't seen the sun in weeks, not even on our adventures!

Last Saturday we went to the beach where daddy proposed to mommy a long, long time ago, befure I was born.  Befure my daddy was born.  Befure my granddaddy was born.  Befure my great granddaddy was born. Befure my great-great granddaddy--well, you get the picture, BOL!!  Anyfur, we go evfurry year.  Sometimes it's bright and sunny, and sometimes, like this year, it's foggy.  I like foggy much better!  

It's a long car ride to get up there, and we drive through the country, where there are cows and sheeps and horses and big kinds of birds we don't have in the city. We stop in a little town on the way, where mommy and daddy get breakfast and pick up the beach food.  But NOTHING fur the dog!  I only get stuff they bring from home!  And dried kelp I find in the sand, BOL!!  I'm not allowed off-leash on this beach, but mommy puts me on a rope that's about ten miles long, so it FEELS like I'm off-leash, BOL!!  Silly hoomans with their silly rules!  You won't believe this, but mommy was wearing a jacket and jeans and her UGGs.  Daddy was wearing shorts, because he says you have to wear shorts on the beach!  But he had a sweatshirt as well.  I was cool and comfy!!  I met two other dogs there (NOT on their leashes!), black labbies.  Reef was 11 years old and liked to bark!  Dune was only 11 WEEKS old, and he just liked to run around saying Hi to evfurryone!

After the beach we drove some more and came to the place where mommy and daddy eat fishy things on a deck ovfur the bay (not our bay, but one up north) and I get my din-din.  Sometimes we can watch the sun go down there, but not this year, BOL!!  I was watching the sea birds, and enjoying the attention from the hoomans coming and going.

Mommy says we'll get the sun in September, but you can keep it fur all I care!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>The adventure continues...</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/680169</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 3 Jul 2010 21:38:33 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>This morning I woke daddy up early so we could do our dawn patrol.  I usually bark my head off to ge ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ This morning I woke daddy up early so we could do our dawn patrol.  I usually bark my head off to get the sun up and put the birds on notice--Hershey is on duty!  But in  Carmel I wasn't sure where the sun would come up, and the birds had a funny accent.  I only barked a little, and they didn't seem impressed.  There are, after all, a LOT of doggies in Carmel.  I'm pretty sure I was the furst one up, though, BOL!!

When mommy FINALLY woke up, we packed up the car, got in and moved it closer to the beach.  It was still early, but we found a lot of doggies and their pawrents already there, getting their morning exercise.  We walked a long way in one direction, and then we walked all the way back.  I can't remember the names of all the furs I sniffed, but they were all furry nice.

After that my pawrents spent most of the day going into shops and galleries, and I spent the day greeting the salespeople and getting treats.  I learned a new trick!  If someone wanted to pet me, I put on my most pitiful face and tried to rub off my head collar on their leg or foot.  I got a lot of extra treats that way!  It didn't work for mommy at all, though.  Daddy might have caved if not fur her, but she's a hard nut to crack.

When they were done, we all went to a restaurant with a whole patio set aside just fur doggies and their pawrents!  They even have a doggie menu!  There were so many famblies there, we had to wait fur a table!  It was lunch time, so mommy ordered me the chicken strips.  The doggie next to me got a hot dog!  Mommy says next time we should have dinner there, and then I can have steak!

After that, it was time to drive home.  I'm so full and tired, I think I might sleep fur about a thousand years!  Tomorrow I'm spending the day at the Wag Hotel.  That's a good place fur naps!  ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz............]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>An Adventure!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/680041</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 2 Jul 2010 22:40:14 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>It's furry late, and I'm not in my own house.  This morning mommy and daddy put my crate in the car, ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ It's furry late, and I'm not in my own house.  This morning mommy and daddy put my crate in the car, and some of their own stuff, and my food, and we all drove off.  When we stopped, we were in a place I remember.  They call it Carmel, but I call it The Best Town Fur Doggies in the Whole Wide World (TBTFDWWW).  In this town, doggies can go evfurrywhere their pawrents go, unless people are eating there.  You don't even have to be a service dog (which I'm not)!  It's full of shops and galleries.  There are bowls of water in almost evfurry doorway.  In evfurry shop, the doggies get pats and rubs and snuggles and scratches and water and TREATS!  Most of the stores sell stuff fur mommies and daddies, but my favfurite one sells stuff fur doggies, and it is PAWMAZING!!  I picked out a whole bagful of delicious treats to take home.  I could have picked out a new toy, too.  They have things I've nevfur seen befure!  But the treats were SO much more appealing!  Mommy bought me a 4th of July bandanna to wear.  I think I look furry dashing, and I got a lot of compliments the rest of the day!

Because they love the doggies so much here, there are lots and lots of doggies evfurrywhere to sniff and tangle leashes with. They come from all ovfur the world! But we all understand each other just fine.  And if you keep going on down THAT way, you come to a beach with a million miles of sand that is soft and white, and you don't have to be on leash!  There are even more doggies there.  And evfurryone who meets you likes you and pets you, and most of them have TREATS!

So we're sleeping in this strange bed tonight, and tomorrow we get to do it all again!  The only not-so-good part is, I have to wear my new head collar.  I'm trying to mount a major protest, but to tell you the truth, I furget about it most of the time.  But when I do remember, I try to rub it off.  Mommy and daddy are NOT sympathetic.  Especially mommy.  Well, I suppose it's okay, if it means I get to come to TBTFDWWW!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Sad news</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/679092</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 26 Jun 2010 23:29:32 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>One of my furry good Dogster pals, Ernie George, has been feeling poorly fur a few weeks.  We just h ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ One of my furry good Dogster pals, Ernie George, has been feeling poorly fur a few weeks.  We just heard today that he has lymphoma, and he may have to go to the Bridge befure too long.  Here is his link: http://www.dogster.com/dogs/811767.  If you go back and read some of his older diary entries, you'll find out what a wonderfurl fur he is.  He's funny and brave and proud, and a furry good furbaby and furbrother.  If you don't already know him, you'll want to!  But whether you know him or not, pawlease pawray fur him and his mommy Mel and daddy Ezra and fursister Izzy.  I have to go now because mommy is leaking something awful out of her eyes and she needs to squeeze me.

How do you suppose squeezing a furbaby fixes leaky eyes?]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Catching up</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/678491</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 19:26:04 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I got a new kind of collar today.  I don't think much of it.  It's called a Gentle Leader and it hoo ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I got a new kind of collar today.  I don't think much of it.  It's called a Gentle Leader and it hooks around my muzzle so I can't pull on the leash.  I don't really pull furry much, except when I'm in a crowd, like at a festival or parade or something.  I'm looking fur new furiends and fallen food!!  It was always fun fur me, but I guess it's ovfur.  We tried the new  collar out at a Yappy Hour they had tonight where we live.  Mommy and daddy both loved it.  Mommy said, "Wow, my arm is still in its socket!!"  Furry funny, mommy.

I haven't told you about Father's Day.  Actually, Father's Day Eve.  We went fur a car ride, to go get daddy's friend Howie.  He rode in mommy's seat, and she rode in back with me!  I love that, because I can snuggle in her lap and she snuggles and talks to me the whole way!

We went to a couple of places where the wine dogs live, and then we had a picnic.  Daddy gave me lots of treats to keep me off the table, BOL!!  I have him well trained!

I was furry tired when we got home, and so was daddy.  We all went to bed early.  Then daddy and his friend got up FURRY early and went bye-bye.  So, no Father's Day at our house.  He called it NASCAR instead. Mommy and I stayed home all day with just each other and watched her favfurite movies.  Daddy didn't get home until after bedtime, but we waited up fur him.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Today was NOT a Saturday...</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/677568</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 16 Jun 2010 18:25:44 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>...but it sure behaved like a Saturday.  Daddy did NOT go to work, and I got my brushing while he wa ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ ...but it sure behaved like a Saturday.  Daddy did NOT go to work, and I got my brushing while he was in the shower.  Then we all got in the car...

Sound familiar?  This kind of thing happens quite a bit when the weather gets warmer.  For one thing, our local giants come out to play fetch at this time of year.  Mommy and daddy like to go watch them, and when they do, I go to the Wag.

So I was in a play group all afternoon.  But to tell you the truth, I'm still recovering from last weekend!  Here's my report card:
 "Hershey had a very relaxing day, spent napping and dreaming about doggy treats and dino-sized bones."  (How do they know that's what I was dreaming about?! They must have dream spies!!)  "Hershey also enjoyed hanging out with the Wag staff and lounging about amongst his pals."  (My pal Max was there!)  "Hershey is so kind and patient--we really enjoy having him in All-Day Play.  See you next time, Hershey!"

I really love it there!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Secund Adventure</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/677065</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 13 Jun 2010 18:09:21 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Saturday started out just like Friday.  Which is to say, it was like a Saturday, BOL!  Mommy slept i ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Saturday started out just like Friday.  Which is to say, it was like a Saturday, BOL!  Mommy slept in (not quite so late!), and I got my brushing while daddy was in the shower.  That's a sure sign of an adventure coming up!  We got in the car, and went the other way.  Not too long, and we came to a beach we've nevfur been to befure.  It was furry nice, and not too crowded even though we're having a little heat wave here.  Don't get too excited; heat waves in San Francisco mean 90 degrees, and last about three days.  Then the fog comes back.

Anyway, the beach allows doggies so I met a bunch of new furiends.  We even found a couple of places where daddy took my leash off.  Not that it mattered, I stick pretty close to him anyway, BOL!!!

From there we went to two places where mommies and daddies can sit and eat and talktalktalk, and doggies are welcome there, too.  It was my pawrents' annifursary, so I let them spend most of the day doing mommy/daddy stuff.  Sit/eat/talk/drink/eat/talk/sit.  It was warm and blue and wonderful by the ocean!

Then today we all got up early and I went to the Wag!  Mommy and daddy went to church and then to see the giants play fetch.  (We have giants here!)  When we got home mommy brought me to Dogster and I found out I won the Madd Hatter Award for the week at Dog Park USA!  AAAARRRRROOOoooOOOO!!!!

I'm gonna go into a coma now.  ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...........]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Furst Adventure</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/676766</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 11 Jun 2010 22:36:28 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Today was not Saturday. But it sure ACTED like a Saturday.  Daddy did NOT go to work.  Mommy didn't  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Today was not Saturday. But it sure ACTED like a Saturday.  Daddy did NOT go to work.  Mommy didn't get up until WAY late.  I got my brushing while daddy was in the shower.  And then we all got in the car!  

We went to where the boats and sea lions live!  There are always a lot of peeples there, and I get a lot of attention.  I also find a lot of dropped food!  So we walked around there fur a while, and then we got on the Boat.  This is one of my favfurite things to do.  You walk on  a wiggly sidewalk and then into a room and up a bunch of stairs and then you're out in the sunshine and way up high.  And then the Boat moves, and you go across the Bay with the wind in your ears!  WHOOOOO-HOOOOOO!!

When we got off we were in the town where mommy likes to shop and daddy likes to eat!  So they did that.  While they were eating I kept reminding daddy that I wanted food, too.  I would scratch his leg, and he would say "Down!" and give me a treat.  It's like a game we play.  

It was kind of hot out, so when they were done, we went across the street and daddy bought ice cream fur himself and mommy, and frozen yogurt fur me!  It was so yummy!!  But after two or three licks I urka-gurka'd my treats.  Oooops!  Was it the heat?  Was it too many treats?  That dropped food?  I dunno.  After that I was fine, and finished my yogurt.  ::happy dancing!::

We took the boat back, and then drove back home.  Daddy even gave me a little dinner.  I'm gonna sleep like a DAWG tonight! 

We're going on another adventure tomorrow!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Gotta love Saturdays!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/675791</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 5 Jun 2010 22:34:15 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>On Saturday, Daddy doesn't go to &quot;work,&quot; whatevfur that is.  He stays home with me, or if he goes so ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ On Saturday, Daddy doesn't go to "work," whatevfur that is.  He stays home with me, or if he goes somewhere, he takes me with him.  (Oh yeah, and Mommy usually comes, too.)

Today after the Dawn Patrol we came back inside and snuggled on the couch fur HOURS until mommy got up.  Then we went fur a jog!

Then we went fur a ride in the car, and when we got out we were at a place full of stores where dogs are allowed! The furry furst one sold doggie treats, and mommy bought some. Then we went into other stores selling mommy and daddy stuff. There were a lot of other doggies to sniff!  Then we all had lunch, at an outside restaurant. Then we went to the cupcake store and I got a pupcake! Then daddy and I found a place to sit and nap while mommy shopped some more!

After we came home, I got a bully stick!  I'm just sayin', Saturdays rock!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>A Daily Diary Pick...</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/675292</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 3 Jun 2010 07:47:59 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>..should really keep a daily diary!  Sometimes mommy gets lazy (she has another word for it: busy),  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ ..should really keep a daily diary!  Sometimes mommy gets lazy (she has another word for it: busy), and everyfur must think my life has...just...stopped.  But it hasn't!  Fur instance, two days ago I got to spend the whole day at the Wag doggie hotel, and it was Wild West Day!  The whole place was decorated with cowboy hats and boots, and we played special cowboy games, and I got my picture taken with a real wild west bandanna!

That was the third day in a row that I was in All Day Play at the Wag.  Yesfurday I stayed home and SLEPT.  When Daddy got home he took me to Fort Fun where I could run around off-leash by the ocean.  I met a couple of other furs my size and we had a game of tag.  That was fun!

Today I got my regular food fur breakfast.  I sure liked that canned sensitive-tummy food, but I'm all better now, so it's back to my normal diet. I think that means I can start getting treats again, too! 

Thanks, Dogster, fur reading my diary!  And thanks to all my pals who read it, too!  We love you all!!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Lessons learned</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/674387</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 29 May 2010 19:59:28 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I had to spend over an hour at the vet's today.  Not my usual vet, because he took the howliday week ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I had to spend over an hour at the vet's today.  Not my usual vet, because he took the howliday weekend off.  So we went to the back-up vet hospital.  They're nice there, too, and FURRY thorough!  

Mammy and daddy did a lot of talktalktalking, and the vet people did a lot of writing and taptaptapping on their confusers, and evfurrybody kept sniffing me.  The dogter agreed with mommy: NOT skunk.  He thought something plantish, like a compost pile or maybe some fertilizer.  He said it may or may not be why I got the urka-gurkas.  Then he took me into the back where they took pictures and gave me a shot and sucked stuff out of me and poked around. They were furry gentle and nice.  I didn't make a fuss.

A l-o-o-o-o-n-g time later mommy and daddy came back, and the dogter told them:
it is not a virus
it is not an object I ate
it is not a liver or stomach or intestinal or heart thing
it is probably something I got into and then licked

So I had the shot to stop the urka-gurkas, and mommy has to give me pills, and I got a new food (canned!) fur this week.  BUT I can't have anything to eat until tomorrow!  And the dogter said to give me a bath in Dawn dish soap, like they use on the oil-soaked birds, to get the nasty stuff off of me so I don't ingest any more.  That made mommy feel guilty, because she didn't give me a bath yestfurday, but the dogter said a regular shampoo wouldn't have done any good anyway, it needs to be Dawn to get rid of the oily stuff I probably licked.

So when we got home, I got a bath.  Now, you have to understand, I don't get baths at home.  That's what we have Michelle the groomer for!  But mommy bought a bottle of Dawn and we all shut ourselves into the bathroom, and we managed.  Now I'm wet and starving, but relaxed.  

Mommy still thinks I stink, though, BOL!!! Daddy thinks I'm better.  I think we're all gonna survive this!  Thanks fur your pawrayers!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Stinky Dink</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/674179</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 28 May 2010 18:28:20 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>That's what mommy's calling me.  I think I smell furrific! 

I was out on my Dawn Patrol with dadd ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ That's what mommy's calling me.  I think I smell furrific! 

I was out on my Dawn Patrol with daddy this morning when I thought I saw a critter running into a hedge.  Daddy uses the retractable leash that mommy hates, so I was able to give chase!  I bolted into that hedge until the leash stopped me.  I didn't catch any critter, but I came out smelling SO GOOD!  Daddy was so excited he got mommy up so she could enjoy it, too.

She got out my grooming table right away, and started wiping me with doggie cleaners, and spraying me with doggie fresheners, but nothing is getting this smell offa me.  In fact, I have the whole house smelling nice!  We don't know what it is.  It is NOT skunk.  Mommy says it smells more like natural gas, with metallic overtones.  She calls me Stinky Dink.  That's a compliment, right? 

Meanwhile, we're getting used to the new Dogster look.  Some of my pals are having flea problems, but evfurrything seems to be working pretty well fur us.  Some ads are getting in the way in the forums, but I bet that'll get fixed.  I love having all this grass to roll in!!

The BEST thing is, we have MEATZ in the Gift Shop!  Hot dogs and hamburglars, and they're all FREE!!!  My pal Zaidie is beside himself with delight, BOL!!!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Adjusting to my new life...</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/673731</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 26 May 2010 11:23:51 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Life at the Wag is way different than life with mommy and daddy.  I sleep in a little room, sort of  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Life at the Wag is way different than life with mommy and daddy.  I sleep in a little room, sort of like my crate at home.  But the door is shut and I can't go fur a wander in the middle of the night.  And my water is in a bowl, instead of my rabbit bottle.  My ears get wet when I drink.  Also, I have a bully in there, and my rope toy that smells like mommy and daddy.

In the morning someone--not always the same someone--comes to get me and take me fur a "business walk" and then I get my breakfast.  After that we all go into the big playroom.  There are lots of other doggies in there!  Some I know and some I don't.  Some you see once and some you see evfurry day.  There are hoomans, too, like my good furiends Diana and Steve.  If I don't feel like playing with the other doggies, I can play with the hoomans, or just cuddle up fur snuggles.  If the sun would come out, we could go up to the roof and play outside.  But it's cold and rainy right now.  

I don't get a brushing evfurry day, but some of the doggies do.  Some of them get baths and other things, too.  Some go swimming, but I don't like the water so I just stay in the big room.

When it's time fur dinner, they put me in a crate with a bankie ovfur it so I can eat in peace.  It's kinda like my own private dining room, BOL.

Bedtime comes, and I'm furry tired, so after my last business walk I'm glad to get back to my room and my bully and my rope.

So I figured this was my new life.  It wasn't awful, but I missed my mommy and daddy.  

And then guess what!!  Last night, in the middle of the night when I was sound asleep, the nighttime hooman came and opened my door and put on my collar and leash and pointed me toward the lobby!  I took off running, I can tell you!!  And when I turned the corner, there was my DADDY!!!!!!  And behind him, there was mommy!!! OMD I was SO HAPPY!!!!!  We hugged and snuggled and smiled and grinned and I jumped all ovfur in circles and then we all got in the car and now I'm HOME!!!!! 

I'll probably sleep fur a week.  :o)]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Back after this...</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/672671</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 19 May 2010 21:23:49 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>It's happening again.  It's never happened at this time of the year, but I know the drill by now.  M ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ It's happening again.  It's never happened at this time of the year, but I know the drill by now.  Mommy and daddy are putting their clothes in boxes with wheels.  Mommy stopped buying groceries.   I saw her packing my food in little plastic baggies today.  "Dinner, breakfast, dinner, breakfast, dinner, breakfast, dinner, breakfast, dinner, breakfast, dinner."  That can mean only one thing: they're leaving town, and I'm not going with them.  

Actually, mommy already told me.  They are going on an airplane to a place called Saint Loois Misery, where daddy's pawrents live.  And I'm going to the Wag Hotel.  I don't know about mommy and daddy, but I'm gonna have a ton of fun!!  I love it at the Wag.  Evfurrybody knows me there, and they're always happy to see me.  And I'll get to play with other doggies all day, evfurry day!  Or chill.  Whatevfur I want.  At home I only get a bully stick once a week, but at the Wag I'll get one evfurry other day!  Daddy arranged fur that.  And only one brushing, instead of evfurry day.  Mommy arranged fur that, BOL!!!

I don't know if I'll be able to come to Dogster.  Mommy has a baby confuser she's taking with her, and she says maybe we can come sometimes.  How can that be, when we won't be togefur???  I don't know.  And, they will have lots of stuff to do.  So if it looks like I've disappeared, don't worry.   "I'll be back!"]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Mother's Day</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/670958</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 9 May 2010 20:14:04 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Here's what happens on Mother's Day at my house.  Mommy and daddy go to church, and then they go vis ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Here's what happens on Mother's Day at my house.  Mommy and daddy go to church, and then they go visit mommy's mommy.  I can't  go, so I go to the Wag fur the day.  I play all day, then come home and crash.  Happy Mother's Day!

But yesfurday, mommy and I (and daddy, too!) had a furry fun day!  We went fur a car ride!  And if that wasn't furrific enough, when we got where we were going we found a lot of furry furiendly people there, and some winery dogs.  And the people were eating snacks, like cheese and crackers.  Best of all, they didn't have plates, just paper napkins, so they dropped a lot of snacks on the floor fur ME!!  Mommy and daddy didn't really understand that those floor snacks were mine, but I managed to get a few anyway!

Next we went to the place up on the hill where mommy and I sit in the big wooden chairs outside while daddy goes inside and gets something.  I like this place, because there are more furiendly people, and they all like to say hi and pet me.

Last, we went to the ice cream shop!  That was fur mommy.  I didn't get any ice cream, but mommy and daddy brought treats fur me.  I met two furry nice little girl hoomans, and if I would sit and lie down fur them, mommy let them give me treats!  I was up and down like a yoyo, BOL!!!

So mommy says, yesfurday was her Mother's Day, because she got to spend it with me and daddy.  And today was Gramma's!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Daily Diary Pick 5/1</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/669578</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 1 May 2010 23:31:04 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>What a surprise to wake up this morning and find myself a Daily Diary Pick!  Thanks to all my furien ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ What a surprise to wake up this morning and find myself a Daily Diary Pick!  Thanks to all my furiends who sent me rosies and p-mails and sweet messages.  I'm glad you like my piccies from the D/C Magic picnic!  I hope you can all come if we do it again!
{{{hugs}}} and ::licks:: to everyfur!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>My D/C Magic Photos</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/668764</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 07:53:50 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Just click on this:

DC Magic 4-24-2010

I hope you enjoy them! ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Just click on this:

<a  class=bodyTextRev target=site  onClick="alert('Dogster Alert: You are about to visit an outside link that was submitted by this pet owner.');" href="http://picasaweb.google.com/martywal/DCMagic4242010?authkey=Gv1sRgCKmX1qv8gYDUDw&feat=embedwebsite"></a><a  class=bodyTextRev target=site  onClick="alert('Dogster Alert: You are about to visit an outside link that was submitted by this pet owner.');" href="http://picasaweb.google.com/martywal/DCMagic4242010?authkey=Gv1sRgCKmX1qv8gYDUDw&feat=embedwebsite" style="color:#4D4D4D;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;">DC Magic 4-24-2010</a>

I hope you enjoy them!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>D/C Magic</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/668566</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 06:57:59 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>It's been two days, and mommy is finally letting me tell you about the D/C Magic Dogster meet-up.  I ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ It's been two days, and mommy is finally letting me tell you about the D/C Magic Dogster meet-up.  It started with a ride in the car, already one of my favfurite things.   We went to the same place we'd been to a week befure, only this time befure we even got out of the car I saw a familiar fur.  It was Bonzer!  He was bigger than I expected, and I couldn't wait for daddy to park so I could get out and sniff him!  He was with his mommy, and I liked her a lot!

On the way from the car to the picnic tables, we saw Reba.   I couldn't sniff her, because she's a little shy, but her mommy was real nice, too!  

Daddy and mommy and I took a few walks from the car to the picnic tables, and more dogs kept arriving.  I met Mickey and Jenny, otherwise known as the Roo Crew.  Then Josephine and Jolanda came, and then George and Merry.  They're married, but they hadn't actually met until last week.  My daddy thought that was furry strange, BOL!!

There were also two stuffy dogs, who are on tour.  They are being sent from Dogster to Dogster around the world, and they both just happened to be in San Francisco this week.  Lulu is staying at our house, and Fetch came with Josephine and Jolanda!  They mostly kept to themselves, but on the way home Lulu told me she had a furry nice time!

After that the dogs came so fast I couldn't keep track!  We all had to stay on leash, but daddy was furry nice to let me lead him from butt to butt so I could say hello.  I met Satiba and Nala and Tillie and Joey and Sara and Mia and Kitai and Casper!   And all their mommies and daddies!  My nose and my tail were furry furry busy, I can tell you!  I even met mommies who had to leave their furbabies at home, Alex's mom and Abbie's mom and Guido the kitty's mom.  They were furry furry nice and good fur extra attention!

And there was much more to sniff than doggie butts!  The hoomans all brought truckloads and tables full of FOOD!  I sniffed chicken and cheese and fruit and egg rolls ad taquitas!  Bonzer's daddy had brought moose!  And salmon!   He made fires and cooked mooseburgers, and Abbie's mom gave me a little taste of the raw meat!  (shhhhhh!  Don't tell my pawrents!  They never give me human food on purpose!)

The eating and cooking and talktalktalking went on fur quite a while.  It was a little warm in the sun, so most of us doggies found spots in the shade to lie down and let the hoomans pet us.  I really couldn't settle down, though.  I kept seeing someone over THERE I wanted to say Hi to!

Then there was a big commotion, and the next thing I knew the Dogster Dog was there, walking around with Lori form Dogster HQ and her dog Lucy.  Now, I had nevfur seen him befure.  He's BIG!  Taller than mommy, and he walks on his hind legs and he doesn't really smell like a dog.  Most of us were pretty suspicious of him, but fur some reason our pawrents all wanted us to stand right next to him while they snap-snap-snapped their camera boxes.   

The next thing the hoomans decided to do was get us all together fur a group photo!  Boy, was THAT fun!  Daddy was holding me up in his arms, so I couldn't play with the bigger dogs, but I had a pretty good view.  When a hooman would say Sit!  or Look this way!, the doggies would turn around or find a better place.  BOLBOLBOL, they really had their hoomans going!  But finally all the cameras were going snapsnapsnap and then it was over.  After that the Dogster Dog disappeared.

By this time we were getting kinda warm and tired, so the hoomans decided it was a good time to see our tricks, if we had any.  Lucy was furst.  She can jump straight up in the air fur a treat!  Bonzer can jump up, too, to give his daddy a kiss.  He really only has to stand up on his hind legs, he's so tall.  Josephine can count!  Her mommy would hold up her fingers, and Jojo would bark how many.  Jolanda was supposed to fetch a shoe, but she wasn't into it, BOL!!!

Then they started giving out prizes and pressies and awards.  Merry won an award for coming the farthest, all the way from New York!  They called mommy's ticket number twice, so she won a book and I won a bag of treats!  Josephine won Most Talented,  and I won for Friendliest Pooch!!  

After that it was time to clean up and get back in the car to go home.  I'm gonna remember this day fur my WHOLE LIFE!  I wish all my pals could have been there.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Lulu arrived!!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/668146</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 23 Apr 2010 19:32:54 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Mommy left me to mind the house in the middle of the day, and while she was gone the mail came.  Not ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Mommy left me to mind the house in the middle of the day, and while she was gone the mail came.  Nothing special, but I barked my head off anyway.  It's my job.

Right after she got home, our mail carrier knocked at the door.  He nevfur comes twice, but he had found a package in his truck and it was addressed to ME!!!  It came from Baci in Pennsylvania!  Mommy said, "It's Lulu!"  But it smelled like Baci to me.

Now in case you don't know, Lulu is one of two stuffed doggies that are taking tours around the world from Dogster to Dogster.  We've been waiting and waiting fur Lulu, because here's an amazing thing: the other dog, Fetch, is also here in San Francisco!  We've been hoping that Lulu and Fetch would be able to get togefur at the D/C Magic Dogster Meet-Up picnic.  But the picnic is tomorrow, and we had almost given up on Lulu.

BUT SHE'S HERE!  If you look over on the right-hand side of my page, you can watch a slideshow of me opening my package.  Besides Lulu, Baci was nice enough to send me two keeper toys.  Oh, I LOVE them!!!

I have evfurry intention of tearing Lulu into tiny pieces and pulling all her stuffing out, but  mommy seems to have other ideas.  This is not, apparently, Lulu's last stop.  But she's mine fur a little while, and I'm gonna make sure my smell is all ovfur her befur she moves on!

Mommy promises to take pictures tomorrow at D/C Magic so you can see Fetch and Lulu and all the rest of us.  AAARRROOOoooOOOOO!!!!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Who's chicken?</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/667249</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 18 Apr 2010 22:08:40 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Today we went fur a ride in the car up to where the winery doggies live.  We visited two of the wine ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Today we went fur a ride in the car up to where the winery doggies live.  We visited two of the wineries, and then had our picnic in our favfurite place by the viney-plants.  It was warm and the grass is still green because of all the late rain, and I met a lot of furry nice doggies.

On the way home we went to the place where the big Dogster Meet-up picnic is gonna be held next Saturday!  It's a furry nice place.  It has a lot of grass and trees fur sniffing and peeing, and a little park fur playing off-leash, with agility stuff and evfurrything.  There are animals there that are not dogs, in a pen where hoomans can pet them.  Mommy was taking pictures fur all the famblies that are coming.

When we were going back to the car, I saw some big birds walking around.  Not as big as me, but bigger than any bird I evfur saw!  Daddy called them "chickens."  I didn't like the look of one, and I told her so!  "BARKBARKBARK," I said.  "BARKBARK!!!"  (I was on leash or I might have got in her little feathered face!)

I thought she might have been deaf, because she didn't pay any attention to me at all.  She just stood there, and strutted around a little.  So I barked another thought.  I admit it wasn't furry nice.  I guess it was the last straw, because all of a sudden she turned in my direction and screamed at me and got all flappy with her wings!

OMD!  I was so startled, I started screaming as if she'd pecked me, even though she was nowhere near close enough!  I nevfur saw anything like that in my life, and I backed up QUICK!  Mommy said, "Who's chicken now, Hershey?!" 

What the heck does that mean???]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Ut-oh</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/666595</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 08:36:00 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>My furiend Zaidie had a lumpy on him that worried his mommy.  But they took him to the vet and it tu ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ My furiend Zaidie had a lumpy on him that worried his mommy.  But they took him to the vet and it turned out to be just a reaction to a shot he had.  It's gone already.  YAY!!!

That's not the ut-oh.  I have a lumpy, too.  I've had it fur a furry furry long time.  (A year or so, mommy says.)  We're pretty sure it's a ::blushing:: fatty tumor, but now she and daddy and Susan my sitter all think it's gotten bigger.  So we're all going to MY vet on Saturday to get it checked out.  (Well, not Susan, BOL!!)  

Mommy's not too worried, but you know how they are.  If you are a pawraying pup, pawlease pawray we get good news like Zaidie!  Fanks!

UPDATE 4/20:  Mommy just called the vet, and he says my lumpy is a "fatty deposit," even though he says I'm not fat!  This kind of thing can't even get infected, so it's nothing to worry about.  Thanks fur all your pawrayers and concern!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>I love my daddy!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/665232</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 7 Apr 2010 07:53:02 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Yesfurday I went to the groomer.  I don't mind it at all, in fact it's nice to get the fur out of my ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Yesfurday I went to the groomer.  I don't mind it at all, in fact it's nice to get the fur out of my eyes!  

While I was gone, mommy washed and cleaned all my blankies and towels and efurrything I like to sleep and roll around on.  She always does that.  It makes a lot of work for me to have to start over, but we have this agreement.

But it was such a nice day that when daddy came home, he decided to take me to Fort Fun, where I can run around off-leash!  Oh boy, I had fun!  It's by the beach, so it's sandy and the wind was blowing and I made a furiend and we played tag!  So now I have a BIG head start on getting the house back to Doggy.  I even got sand in mommy and daddy's bed!

Mommy just rolls her eyes.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>My Easter</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/664802</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 4 Apr 2010 20:32:34 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
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		<description>This morning my pawrents both got up furry early, before the sun was up.  Befur even I was up!   Dad ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ This morning my pawrents both got up furry early, before the sun was up.  Befur even <b>I</b> was up!   Daddy fed me and befur I knew it, they were out the door and I was home alone with my Kong.   I wasn't real happy.

Finally the sun came up, and pretty soon mommy and daddy came home.  They got all dressed up and mommy gave me a brushing and then we all got in the car.  Where to?  The Wag!  Oh boy, All Day Play at the Wag!  I had a fun time, and got a good report card:
"Hershey had a great time in All Day Play.  He loved running around with the other pups while [take note, pawlease] <u>they</u> all played fetch. [I'm just sayin'!]  Hershey also loves to receive pets from the staff.  [I sure do!]  He is such a good boy!"

When mommy and daddy came to pick me up I was so tired I was just stretched out on the floor.  But I perked right up when I saw them!  Outside, it was POURING down rain!  I got soaked walking from the car to the front door when we got home, and mommy and daddy had to towel me off in their good clothes!  HAHAHAHA!!!

I've had my dinner, and now I'm just gonna take a little na........ZZZZzzz.....]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>DDP!!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/662888</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 26 Mar 2010 07:35:14 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/662888</guid>
		<description>OMD, I'm a Daily Diary Pick again!  Not only that, but so is my furiend Jojo AND the Dog of the Week ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ OMD, I'm a Daily Diary Pick again!  Not only that, but so is my furiend Jojo AND the Dog of the Week, Pogo!!  (Maybe I should change my name to Hoho fur the day!)  Thanks fur putting me in such stellar company, Dogster!!  Congrats to all the other Picks, too!!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>The Good Life</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/662045</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 18:02:19 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
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		<description>I don't know where mommy and daddy went this weekend, but I guess they couldn't take me.  So mommy p ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I don't know where mommy and daddy went this weekend, but I guess they couldn't take me.  So mommy packed my overnight bag and I went to the Wag Hotel.  I stayed all day yesfurday and then overnight, and half the day today.  That means I got two report cards:
"Day 1: Hershey is definitely a Wag favorite!  He's such a sweet, loving little guy, and he gets along so well with everybody.  He hung out with all the usual suspects in All-Day Play, including Dylan the Puli and Ollie the greyhound mix.
"Day2: Hershey had a great time in All-day Play over his stay.  Hershey is super social and he listens very well.  He is a great dog.  Hershey played with Steve the doodle, Brody, Cody the Bichon and Lucy.  He also loved running around with the pups while we played fetch."
Notice, it doesn't say <b><u>I</b></u> played fetch.  I'll chase anything, but I do not, do NOT, do <b>NOT</b> fetch, BOL!!!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>The Wearin' o' the Green</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/661358</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:16:38 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/661358</guid>
		<description>I wasn't going to say anything.  It's so embarrassing, not having anything green to wear on St. Patr ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I wasn't going to say anything.  It's so embarrassing, not having anything green to wear on St. Patrick's day.  Daddy's wearing green. Mommy's wearing green.  I see my Dogster furiends in green bandanas and green coats and with green bobblies on their heads.  (Okay, I don't think I'd put up with a bobbly on my head, BOL!)

I know, I have a photo that <i>looks</i> like I have a hat on, but I don't really.  I was so afraid I'd get pinched today. 

But I have a furiend named Savannah, and she has a mommy who is SO TALENTED and SO GENEROUS!!  She offered to make me a collar tag, a slip-on kind with my name in needlework.  She asked me what color I wanted.  I wasn't even thinking of St. Patrick's Day, but we both thought emerald green would go nicely with my chocolate fur.  And guess what?

<b>IT CAME TODAY!!</b>

It came just in time fur my walk, so I could go outside with my head held high and NO ONE was gonna pinch ME!  

I put a picture of it on my page.  You can't see furry well, but it even has a Hershey's kiss over there on the left.  SO COOL!!!

Thanks so much, Savannah!!  And Savannah's mommy!!!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Pretty Exciting Weekend</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/659569</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 8 Mar 2010 18:55:11 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
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		<description>It was such a busy weekend, I haven't had a chance to write about it until now!  On Saturday morning ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ It was such a busy weekend, I haven't had a chance to write about it until now!  On Saturday morning my Uncle Milt and Aunt Mary came to our house.  We all got into their car, and Aunt Mary drove me to the Wag fur All-Day-Play!  WHOO-hooooOO!!

Here's my report card: 
"Hershey enjoyed his time at All Day Play so much!  His tail was near constantly wagging, and he excitedly spent the day going from one dog to the next to exchange sniffs.  He was pretty relaxed but super friendly, and of course enjoyed some staff pets.  He's really an awesome dog!"

Mommy loves that stuff!

The hoomans were spending the day going places where I'm not allowed.  At one place, guess what!  My mommy met the man who started Dogster!!!  They were just walking around shopping, and she saw this man in a Dogster shirt, so she stopped to say Hi.  (He didn't have his doggie with him, either!)  Mommy was so excited when he told her who he was!!  She shook his hand, and daddy told him how she spends almost all her waking hours on Dogster, BOL!!

Yesfurday daddy took me fur a jog.  He says we ran two miles, but I could have gone farther.  Then it was Oscar Day, a big deal at our house.  It means I get popcorn!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Top o' the Mornin'!  It's the St Paddy's Day Tag!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/658307</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 6 Mar 2010 10:17:30 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/658307</guid>
		<description>I just got Tagged by my pal Snow Angel! She askd me...
(*Directions on bottom)

Q.-Are you Irish? ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I just got Tagged by my pal Snow Angel! She askd me...
(*Directions on bottom)

Q.-Are you Irish?
A.-No

Q.-Do you and /or your family celebrate St. Patrick's Day?
A.-Yes

Q.- How?
A. -My Mom wears green, and sometimes we go to the St. Patrick's Day parade

Q.-Will you wear Green?
A.-No, I don't have anything green :(

Q.- What?
A.-n/a

Q.-Do you like Corned Beef and Cabbage?
A. If it's edible I like it! But I've never had it.

Q.-Do you believe in leprechauns?
A.-Not really.  But I like to pretend they're real!

Q.-Why?
A.-Maybe because I'm not Irish, BOL!!


Q.-What would you like to find at the end of the rainbow?
A.-Never-ending Food!

I am off to tag some furiends...

1. Charlie
2. Hershey Kisses
3. Whitley
4. Brendal
5. Howard

*Here is what you have to do now. Copy & paste this entry into your diary. Please include these instructions, also! Delete my answers and enter your own. Be sure to mention or thank the furiend who Tagged you ! Send a paw-mail or zealie  off to the furiend/s you would like to Tag. That's it! You may want to read your furiends Diary entries afterwards and thank them for playing. Have fun!

For anybody who may be reading this who has not been Tagged /yet... consider yourself Tagged by me! :)

May the Luck of the Irish be yours, my furiend! Happy St. Paddy's Day! :)]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Daily Diary Pick!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/658527</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 3 Mar 2010 07:28:44 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
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		<description>AARRROOOOooooOOO!!!  Dogster picked my diary as a DDP today!!  Thanks, Dogster!  Mommy and daddy wil ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ AARRROOOOooooOOO!!!  Dogster picked my diary as a DDP today!!  Thanks, Dogster!  Mommy and daddy will be so proud of me!!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Report card</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/658051</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 28 Feb 2010 18:44:48 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/658051</guid>
		<description>Here is my Wag Hotel report card for 2/28/2010:

&quot;It was great to see Hershey in all day play.  He ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Here is my Wag Hotel report card for 2/28/2010:

"It was great to see Hershey in all day play.  He had a ball playing with old friends Kwazi and Mr. Bingley.  Hershey also made new friends including Oliver a young cocker, Oliver a Jack Russell, Coby the bichon, and Mu the terrier.  Hershey received a lot of love from the staff as always, because he's such a sweetie!"

I love the Wag!!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Poor daddy!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/657849</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 27 Feb 2010 14:58:08 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
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		<description>Daddy gets up early most days and spends a little time with me and then we say Bye-Bye and he goes a ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Daddy gets up early most days and spends a little time with me and then we say Bye-Bye and he goes away until dark.  But two days a week he stays home.  I love those days!  We usually go on an adventure of some kind.  He calls it the weak-end, I don't know why.

So this weak-end he told me we might go to Crissy Field or Fort Fun!  ::happy dancing!::  But when he got up this morning it was raining.  He looked so pitiful, standing there by the window looking out.  I finally got him to get down on the floor with me and play some tug, but I could tell his heart wasn't in it.

Tomorrow he thought we were gonna watch the USA/Canada hockey game, but they changed the time.  He and mommy are going to my grandma's fur lunch right when it's on, and my grandma does NOT like sports.  So daddy will miss the game, unless they go somewhere there's a TV.  I'm going to the Wag, so maybe <b>I'll</b> be able to watch, BOL!!

Oh look!  Is that the sun coming out?!  Daddy and I are going fur a jog!!  Yay daddy!!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>When grooming day is a rainy day</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/657063</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 17:37:57 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/657063</guid>
		<description>I go to the groomer evfurry six weeks.  That's just the way it is, rain or shine, because Michelle i ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I go to the groomer evfurry six weeks.  That's just the way it is, rain or shine, because Michelle is furry popular and you have to get in line.  Sometimes I get lucky, and it's raining on my groom day.  That means, befur I even get inside the front door when I get back home, I'm all wet and muddy-pawed and I have to be toweled off and NO ONE would mistake me fur a show dog, BOL!!!  That's what happened today.  It's good in so many ways.  Mommy isn't following me around with her camera like she usually does after I'm groomed.  A lot of that sweety-soapy smell got washed off.  And I have a good head start on my dirt layer fur the next six weeks!  This was a good day!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Dog of the Day!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/654120</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 9 Feb 2010 09:25:08 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/654120</guid>
		<description>OMD!  Mommy was so surprised to open her confuser this morning and find 27 pawmails fur ME!!  And th ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ OMD!  Mommy was so surprised to open her confuser this morning and find 27 pawmails fur ME!!  And then we saw that I am Dog of the Day on Dogster!  What an honor.  :: blushes ::  She's writing down everyfur who is sending a message or gift or PPR, but we already know we aren't gonna be able to thank you all pawsonally.  Just know that we love each and evfurry one of our Dogster and Catster furiends, and I feel furry much love in return.  

Mommy thought she was gonna get a lot of work done today, BOL!!!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>B-o-o-o-o-r-i-n-g</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/653825</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 7 Feb 2010 20:13:01 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/653825</guid>
		<description>This has been a long, boring weekend.  My daddy spent all day yesfurday and today out playing with h ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ This has been a long, boring weekend.  My daddy spent all day yesfurday and today out playing with his friends.  Mommy thought it was supposed to rain, so all she planned for us to do was cuddle on the couch and watch old movies.  Well, the rain didn't come, but did she change her plans?  Oh, no.  

It wasn't all bad.  I can sleep fur hours and hours, and we did go fur our normal walks.  We played some tug and tag.  She even skipped my brushings, because she said we were all taking the weekend off, BOL!!  I got popcorn AND a bully stick.   

But if daddy had been home we would have gone somewhere in the car, maybe Crissy Field or Fort Fun.  We would have roughhoused on the floor.  I sure missed him.  

Okay, the movies weren't bad.  (Mommy made me add that.  MOM!!!!)]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>If it were not for tags...</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/652436</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 1 Feb 2010 19:45:21 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/652436</guid>
		<description>...I may have no diary at all!

My pal Jolanda tagged me!  This one is about things I love.  I thi ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ ...I may have no diary at all!

My pal Jolanda tagged me!  This one is about things I love.  I think I'm supposed to list ten, so here they are in no particular order:
1. treats
2. food
3. being outside
4. riding in the car
5. daddy and mommy 
6. Dogster
   ..a. all my pals
   ..b. all my groups
     ..c. reading diaries
   ..d. spending zealies :o)
7. being off-leash
8. my dogsitter
9. snuggling on the couch
10. the Wag Hotel

Now I'm going to tag:
Cedar
Sadie Pearl
Gucci
Lil Sassy
Izzy

...and anyfur else who wants to play!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Thanks, everyfur!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/650489</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 22:54:44 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/650489</guid>
		<description>This was a furrific day, thanks to Dogster making me a Diary Pick!  I made some new pals!  Woof Dais ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ This was a furrific day, thanks to Dogster making me a Diary Pick!  I made some new pals!  Woof Daisy and Ella, Cookie, Riley and Rosie!!  And I got pressies and messages from a lot of my old pals!  Thanks Walker and family, Austin and Doo, Dino and Lexi and Buddy and Monnie, Jojo and Jolanda, Harley Diva, Goofy and family, Zaidie, Arnold, E.G and Izzy, Chauncey and family, Pepper and Bailey, Flicka, Krickette, Buttercup, Nina, Snow Angel, Geordie, Charlie, and General Patter!  Thanks to all my furiends in all my groups who posted condogulations!!  I love you all!!

DOGSTER ROCKS!!

It rained all day, of course, but my Auntie Myrna came to take me fur my Friday walk anyway.  That was after my daily brushing on "my" (mommy's) new table.  I guess I'll let her keep it.  And then after daddy got home my dogsitter Susan came ovfur!  Mommy and daddy went somewhere, I don't know where, but Susan and I had a furry nice time keeping the couch warm, BOL!!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>DDP!!!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/650329</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 08:20:22 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/650329</guid>
		<description>AROOOOooooOOOO!  I'm a Dogster Daily Diary Pick!!  

Thanks, Dogster!!  (I gotta go back and see w ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ AROOOOooooOOOO!  I'm a Dogster Daily Diary Pick!!  

Thanks, Dogster!!  (I gotta go back and see what I wrote!!)]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>A Most Unusual Day</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/649951</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 08:39:51 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/649951</guid>
		<description>The storms continue to come our way, but yesfurday we had weather like I've nevfur seen befur.  It s ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ The storms continue to come our way, but yesfurday we had weather like I've nevfur seen befur.  It started with loud rain on the roof, befur we were even up out of bed.  And some kind of BOOM! that made my ears perk up.  It rained most of the morning, and then it stopped.  In fact, the sun came out!  The sidewalks dried up and all we could see was blue sky, so mommy and I decided to do a load of laundry.  Then she gave me a thorough brushing and we went on a nice long walk.  

She was just finishing her lunch when all of a sudden it got furry furry dark, and the rain came down again.  But this wasn't just rain, this was like an ocean wave breaking over us!  And then there were flashes of bright light and BOOM!  big loud BOOMS!  Mommy called it thunder.  All I know is, I don't remember anything like that in my whole life.  Finally I barked at it and it went away.

In the middle of all that, the doorbell rang.  I ran upstairs and got mommy, and when she opened the door there was a man standing there with a BIG box.  Mommy said it was fur <b>me</b>.  The box was all soggy and easy to open, and inside was a kind of table like the ones my groomer puts me on to cut my hair.   Mommy hasn't put me up on it yet.  She says it's gonna make our lives easier.   

I wonder what she means by that...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Dodging the Storms</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/649450</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 17 Jan 2010 21:10:30 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/649450</guid>
		<description>The weather people are telling mommy and daddy that there are five rainstorms heading our way in the ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ The weather people are telling mommy and daddy that there are five rainstorms heading our way in the next few days.  So daddy decided we'd better get out and have some fun while we could!  

Yesfurday we went to Crissy Field, even though it looked like the rain could start any minute.  We walked all the way out to THERE, and then we turned around and walked all the way back.  It didn't rain, it wasn't even windy.  We've had worse weather out there in the middle of July, BOL!! There were lots and lots of other dogs.  I guess all their mommies and daddies had the same idea!  Then we found a new place for mommy and daddy to eat, where we can all sit outside.  It didn't start raining until we got home!

This morning more rain came in while mommy and daddy were at church.   And then it stopped, and then it started again, and then it stopped.  Daddy decided he and I should go out fur a jog.  He has a special belt he wears with a kind of leash fur me that attaches to it.  It's one of our most fun adventures!  Today we went a mile and a half  (he says; I don't know what that means), and he was furry proud of me for keeping a good pace.  I always do.  I love running with my daddy.  I love doing <i>anything</i> with my daddy!  It didn't rain on us, but I got good and wet anyway from the wet grass, BOL!  The rain started right after we got home!

Tomorrow mommy will see if we can dodge the rain to do the laundry.  (We have to go outside to a laundry room.)  No matter how you look at it, I'm gonna get wet evfurry day, because when a dog's gotta go, a dog's gotta go!  You'd never know I went to the groomer last week, BOL!!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Guided tour</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/647176</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 6 Jan 2010 14:33:30 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Last fall I had the pleasure of showing a few of my Dogster pals around my home town of San Francisc ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Last fall I had the pleasure of showing a few of my Dogster pals around my home town of San Francisco.  It was a lot of fun, and I've been hoping fur another opportunity.  So this month when the snow and the howlidays kind of sidelined the RV Road Trip in the PD&PC group, I suggested everyfur come out and see me in Sunny California!  We just started today, so if you're reading this and you're tired of ice and snow, come on over and join us!  (Even if you were on the other tour, it would be fun to do it again!)

Here's the link: http://www.dogster.com/forums/group/thread/629922/163]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>What a Day!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/646468</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 2 Jan 2010 23:26:32 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>This was one pawsome day!  Fur one thing, daddy stayed home all day!  And I got a furrific new toy.  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ This was one pawsome day!  Fur one thing, daddy stayed home all day!  And I got a furrific new toy.  It's a well-documented fact that a cocker spaniel can nevfur have enough toys.

In the afternoon we went to to Fort Fun, one of my favfurite dog parks, and there were about a gazillion other dogs there.  I haven't been there in a while!

When we got home I got my dinner and then a bully stick, and we watched a movie about a cocker spaniel like me!  Only she was a girl and her name was Lady, but it's a furrific movie if you haven't seen it!

And all day long I was getting gifts and greetings and going to pawties on Dogster with all my wonderfurl furiends!  Mommy was so busy keeping up with my thank-yous, we almost didn't see that I have been named Prince of the Year at PD&PC!  OMD, what an honor!!!  My co-regent, Princess of the Year, is my good furiend Maizy, and my furiend Edwina was named Kitty of the Year.  And, I got to share the day with my furiend Snow Angel, who was also celebrating her ninth barkday!  It's all very overwhelming!  I think I'll take a nap!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Four Years Ago Today</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/646336</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 2 Jan 2010 10:58:03 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>It was a dark and stormy day.  I woke up as usual in my little box, among what was left of my litter ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ It was a dark and stormy day.  I woke up as usual in my little box, among what was left of my littermates (several of them having moved away already), looking fur something to eat.  Just an ordinary day.

About mid-morning, my mom (she was my mom then) came and got me and took me into the hooman part of the house.  I'd only been there a couple of times.  But on this day there were new humans there.  They smelled vaguely familiar, but I was just a little thing, I didn't really remember that we had met before.  

There was a lot of holding and passing me back and forth and talktalktalk, and the next thing I knew I was wrapped in a blankie with my favfurite toy and getting my furry furst car ride!  (A preview of many wonderfurl adventures to come!  I love car rides!!)  After a while we stopped, and that's when I furst met my grandma, mommy's mommy.  She is a little afraid of doggies, but I liked her just fine.

Then we got back in the car and finally came to this place, my furever home!  I had a new little house with a gate on it and a water bottle (I still nap in there!).  And my furst collar, and a supper dish of my furry own and lots and lots of toys!  Best of all, I had two new hoomans to take care of me!!  I love them so much (especially daddy, BOL!!), and we have had so much fun togefur all these years.  It was probably the best and most important day of my whole life!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>An Important Day</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/645931</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 31 Dec 2009 14:16:59 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Today is my furiend Billie-Bob's barkday.  He's at the Bridge now, where he just turned 16.  We wren ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Today is my furiend Billie-Bob's barkday.  He's at the Bridge now, where he just turned 16.  We wren't furiends fur very long, but I looked up to him and loved him a lot.  This is what I wrote when he went to the Bridge last March:

I don't know if this was a really good day or a really bad day. My furiend Billie-Bob had to go the the Rainbow Bridge. He was an old doggie, he got to the Bridge by way of his vet-dogter because he was getting very sicky. So now he's feeling much better and meeting old and new furiends. That makes it a good day! But he's not with us anymore, and his mom is very sad, and he's not in his office at P.I.F., and what if he furgets to keep sending us young ones his good advice?

I learned a lot from him.

*It's important to always have a job, like hunting varmints.
*Even if someone has to help you up, a ride in the car is always a good idea.
*You're never too old or too busy or too sick to make new furiends.
*You can find something to love about ANYBODY.
*When someone is scaredy, sometimes all you have to do is lie down quiet next to them and they feel better.
*No matter how bad you feel, going outside will make you happy.
*If it's green, pee on it.

Happy Barkday, Billie-Bob!!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title></title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/645349</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 08:38:03 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>OMD!!  My last diary entry is from Christmas Eve Eve!  I haven't told you about Christmas Eve!  Or C ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ OMD!!  My last diary entry is from Christmas Eve Eve!  I haven't told you about Christmas Eve!  Or Christmas!!

On Christmas Eve morning we all got up early so that mommy and daddy could take me to the Wag!  I guess that was part of my Christmas present.  I was in all-day-play there until almost dinner time!   Then mommy and daddy picked me up, and we went downtown to see all the lights and the BIG tree in Union Square again, and so that anyone who hadn't already had a chance to pet me and take my picture could do that.  I posed and wiggled and begged, and it was great fun!  Finally we went home, and when it got really late mommy and daddy left me to guard the house while they went to church.

On Christmas morning we woke up early again.   Mommy lit all the Advent candles and daddy read the Christmas story, and then I got to open a pressie!  It was a stuffie!!  A monkey!  I haven't decided whether or not to de-stuff him, because his arms and legs are tug ropes and that's even more fun!  While I played with him, mommy and daddy started making a big bag of papers.  I suppose those are for me to rip up later, but they haven't given them to me yet.  Oh, and I also got some bullies, and a ball of treats from the dogs around the corner, Auger and Chase.  And I got something like a gingerbread house but soft, and inside are a gingerbread man and a cookie and a tree!  As soon as I pull them out, mommy stuffs them back inside and I have to start over.  We did that for quite a while, BOL!!!

When that was all done we got ready and drove to Grandma's, across the bridge.  My aunt and uncle were there, too.  I smelled a lot of interesting hooman food, but of course I never got any.  What I did get was a nice big bully stick!  They all made more bags of papers for me, but someone made a mistake because I'm sure those bags didn't get packed in the car when we came home.

The next day I went to the Wag again.  I'm still trying to catch up on my sleep!!  But it has been a furry furry nice Christmas, and I can't wait to do it all again!!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Christmas Eve Eve</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/644309</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 22:49:44 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Christmas Eve Eve was nevfur a howliday fur my pawrents until I came along.   But now instead of wor ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Christmas Eve Eve was nevfur a howliday fur my pawrents until I came along.   But now instead of working they spend the whole day with me.  Here is what we do:

We get in the car and we drive, with the ocean on daddy's side, up to where the wine dogs live.  Our furst stop is a place where they make wine with bubbles in it, and I can go right inside while mommy and daddy taste it!  The people who serve the wine also bring me a bowl of water and a <b>ginormous</b> biscuit, and I get lots of pets and attention.  I love it there!

Next we go to another place where they make wine, and mommy and I find a table outside while daddy goes inside and prepares a feast--well, fur him and mommy.  They have sammiches and cheese and fruit and stuff.  I get treats if I stay down and be good.  The vines are all bare this time of year, and bright yellow flowers grow under them.  Mommy says it's "mustard grass."

Last of all we go a to castle.  Yes, a real castle where (guess what!) they also make wine, and where I can go evfurrywhere.  We explore long passageways and courtyards, go up into turrets and down into dungeons and over a moat!  Oh, it's furry exciting!  I get lots of attention and pets there, too.   

And evfurrywhere we go there are lights and bows and bells and sparkly things all over, special smells and music and happy people!

AROOOoooOOOO  for Christmas Eve Eve!!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Tagged!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/644094</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 22:40:37 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>My furiend Jojo tagged me, oh, a few days ago and mommy is finally ready to focus and pass along sev ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ My furiend Jojo tagged me, oh, a few days ago and mommy is finally ready to focus and pass along seven furry interesting facts about me:

1. I sleep with mommy and daddy on the waterbed.  Down at their feet, with my nose toward the door in case I want to make a fast exit!

2. I'm a boy but I'm often mistaken fur a girl.  I don't know why.

3. I have so many more Christmas cards than mommy and daddy that they stopped counting, BOL!!!

4. I like to watch cartoons on TV.  I've seen the Charlie Brown Christmas one three times this month, BOL!!  

5. I can shake hands with whichever paw you want!

6. I don't like music with bells or loud drums in it, and I will bark to let you know!

7. I'm always the furst one up in the morning!

If you're reading this and you want to play, we'll all love reading about you!  Consider yourself tagged.  If you don't have time right now, that's okay!  Have a furry furry Merry Christmas!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>A Most Unusual Day</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/643390</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 19 Dec 2009 23:48:11 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Mommy and daddy both stayed asleep a furry long rime this morning, after their pawty last night.  Bu ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Mommy and daddy both stayed asleep a furry long rime this morning, after their pawty last night.  But finally the day got underway, and the furst thing we did was to go over to the meadow down at the other end of the community where we live.  It looked so funny, because right in the middle of the grass was a big pile of white dirt!  I'm serious, it was pure white, and even a little sparkly.  Mommy and daddy called it snow.  They said it was brought down here in a truck from the mountains.  It was all covered with small hoomans, and they were picking up pieces of it and throwing it around, and building sort of peeple-looking things with it, and running and sliding on it.  I wasn't allowed to play in it, but someone threw a chunk of it in my direction and when I went to sniff it, it was COLD!  Like an ice cube!!  Well, I just nevfur saw anything like that in my life.  So, that's snow.  Not at all like I imagined from what so many of my furiends in colder places have told me.

After that we went downtown to look at all the Christmas windows and lights.  I'm not allowed in stores, but I poked my head in a few doorways.  We saw the big tree with a bazillion lights on it in Union Square, and the furs up for adoption in the Macy's windows.   We saw people sliding on a big white yard with knives on their feet!  Daddy called it "skating."  A lot of people stopped to pet me and take my picture.  That always happens.  We walked through Chinatown where there are so many smells, to North Beach and had dinner at Calzone's, where we sit outside under big heaters and they always bring me a bowl of water.   

And when we got home, there were two cards in the mail fur me, and none fur mommy and daddy, BOL!!!  I love my Dogster pals!!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Pawty?</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/643182</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 19 Dec 2009 00:35:27 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>It's called the Cheeseball Extravaganza.  Every year at about this time there comes a day when all t ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ It's called the Cheeseball Extravaganza.  Every year at about this time there comes a day when all the dining room chairs get moved into the living room, other chairs come down from upstairs, and mommy spends all day making sweet things in the kitchen and bringing them out.   Then daddy comes home early and starts slicing up salamis and beef sticks and cheeses.   The dining room table fills up with food.  The sideboard fills up with food.  Even the coffee table gets  laid out with food.  And all I hear is NO, Hershey and DOWN, Hershey and GET OUT OF THERE!  Why do they put all that stuff where I can see it and smell it if I'm not allowed to eat it???

And then mommy lights all her little fires  on sticks all over the house.  And then people start knocking on the door.  And they keep coming and coming.  My Auntie Myrna, who walks me, came!  And my Auntie Cecilia, who brings me toys sometimes.  Some others came that I've sniffed befur, and some strangers.  One was a very new little hooman.  And they all got to eat my cheeses and meatz (Zaidie!  Such meatz!!) and cookies, and they all talk talk talk talked.  

All I wanted to do was graze, but daddy held on to me almost the whole time, or else mommy would grab my leash and take me outside.  Sometimes I got to roam around looking fur dropped food, but all I got were a cracker and a couple of napkins.  Everybody wanted to pet me or hold me, and there was so much music and talk talk talk and so many smells I thought I might just EXPLODE!

Finally they put the movie on (it's always the same movie, about a boy and a beebee gun and Christmas; there are some dogs in it but you don't see them much), and some of the people left and I got a bully stick and a chance to catch my breath.

My pawrents call this a pawty.  It was no pawty as fur as I was concerned.  It was work, and I'm glad it's over.  I think I'll sleep fur the next three days!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>I'm just sayin'...</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/642698</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 18:13:06 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Christmas card score: 
Hershey 17
Mommy and daddy 7

HA!!!! ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Christmas card score: 
Hershey 17
Mommy and daddy 7

HA!!!!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Santa's Little Helper</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/641938</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 13 Dec 2009 16:58:40 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>You have to understand, I am a cocker spaniel of extremely refined taste and sensibilities.  I know  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ You have to understand, I am a cocker spaniel of extremely refined taste and sensibilities.  I know where things are supposed to be.  I know how things are supposed to be done.  I know, fur instance, how a Christmas tree is supposed to look.  When I see something out of place I will fuss at it or growl at it or poke at it or stare at it until it is set right.

So this year when mommy and daddy were done with the tree, even though I had supervised the whole project, it ended up with four (4) ornaments inappropriately positioned.  I pointed it out immediately and repeatedly, but the only response I ever got was "Hershey, get away from there."

Obviously, I had to take matters into my own paws.  

So the other night, after mommy had gone up to bed and daddy had fallen asleep on the couch, I removed the offending ornaments.  These were stuffed fabric ornaments--tree, wreath, candy cane and angel--this being the "toy tree" year and not the "glitter and glass tree" year.  I removed them, hooks and all, and then I chewed off the strings that the hooks were attached to, just in case anyone got the idea they could re-hang them.

I did NOT chew up or de-stuff the ornaments.  I want to make that clear.

When daddy woke up and found the ornaments in the place where I had relocated them (over by my toys, coincidentally), he warned me that mommy would be mad.  He wasn't too happy either.  I don't know why.  It was a distinct improvement, as anyone could see.

When mommy got up the next morning, daddy told her I had been bad.  BAD!!  I had done them a huge favor!!!  But all mommy wanted to know was, Where are the hooks????  It hadn't occurred to daddy to look fur them.  She was way more mad at him than she was at me, BOL!!!  After all, I hadn't actually harmed the tree or the ornaments.   And I have a sneaking suspicion that she agreed with my revisions.

I didn't eat the hooks, BTW.  Why would I eat a hook?  But daddy and mommy crawled around all over the floor and looked and looked until they found them.  I think I actually heard mommy growl at daddy, BOL!

Now they don't trust me.  Mommy sprayed something stinky around the tree, and they're always watching me whenever I go near it.  You'd think this was my furst Christmas tree!!!  True artists are never appreciated in their own homes.

But Santa Paws will be pleased.  Oh yes, I'm sure of that.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>The tree!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/641242</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 9 Dec 2009 23:21:20 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Two nights ago, daddy brought in the tree that we cut down way back ...then.  It had been sitting in ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Two nights ago, daddy brought in the tree that we cut down way back ...then.  It had been sitting in a bucket of water outside, and now it's sitting in a bowl of water inside.  Today daddy stayed home from work and we all decorated it!  Daddy goes furst. He puts the lights on, and I help.  Only this time, when he checked to see if they would light up, the furst string did but the next two didn't.  BOL!!  Daddy had to put on his coat and get in the car and go to the light store!  When he came back mommy said he didn't buy enough, and she was right, so he had to put his coat on again and go BACK to the light store!  ROFBOL!!!!  Silly daddy!!

Meanwhile mommy was in the kitchen making pawsome smells.  Things to eat and things to drink, but not fur doggies.  :-(

After daddy and I finished with the lights they ate, and then mommy opened the ornament box.  Oh, what wonderfurl stuff is in there!!!  All kinds of little toys!  They're fur sniffing, not playing or chewing, though.  Most of the things smelled vaguely familiar, and some were new.  There are some with my name on!  Mommy would ask me where to hang things, and sometimes I would show her but mostly I let her decide.  Daddy doesn't ask anyone, BOL!!

When it was all done it was getting dark outside, so it looked real pretty with all the lights shining.  Mommy lit her little fires all over and daddy put fa-la-la-la-laaa music on and we snuggled down on the couch and this was a furry furry nice day!

And then mommy realized she didn't take a single picture.  MOMMY!!!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Not fun anymore</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/640132</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 4 Dec 2009 18:33:53 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Okay, I know I said I could get used to being carried up and down stairs like a prince and all.  Wel ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Okay, I know I said I could get used to being carried up and down stairs like a prince and all.  Well, that was THEN.  I'm SO over it.  If anyone reaches down to pick me up now, I'm history.  Not interested.  Here's my tail.  

If they think I'm putting up with this for another week and a half, they can just think again.  I feel fine, thank you furry much, and if I want to climb stairs I will climb them or not go up at all.  

Hrmph.

Today I spent the whole day at the Wag, but did I get into a play group?  Oh, no.  Not Hershey.  Hershey is on "cage rest," and has to stay in his room and be still. Well, at least I got a personal visit and walk three times, and snuggles and tummy rubs.  But don't tell my pawrents that part.  I want them to feel guilty for putting me in Solitary.

Hrrmmphh.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Owie</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/639478</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 1 Dec 2009 21:55:30 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Here's what happened.  Two nights ago, I went to jump up on the couch as usual but--OW!  I couldn't  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Here's what happened.  Two nights ago, I went to jump up on the couch as usual but--OW!  I couldn't do it.  Front paws okay, rear end not so much.  Mommy and daddy got That Look, and the next thing you know (well, the next morning) mommy's on the phone to the vet dogter.  

So this morning I had an appointment with Michelle, my groomer.  But instead of going there, mommy and I went to the vet.  Gab gab gab, talk talk talk, and then I got a shot.  And another one, and then one that HURT.  Then mommy had to walk me around and around the little room fur awhile, and I began to feel, well, sleepy and slow and dizzy all at once.  Then the dogter came back and took me and mommy to another room and I had to lie on my side and be furry furry still, and I did NOT like that. 

After all that we finally did go to the groomer, but I still felt really funny.  I almost fell over a couple of times, BOL, and they were laughing at my droopy eyes!  It was really kinda fun!

Now I notice that if I want to go up or down the stairs, or if I want up on the couch or down again, I get picked up and carried.   I could get used to this!

<i>(Mommy here: The X-ray showed calcium deposits in Hershey's spine, especially at the base of his tail, which probably caused a pinched nerve.  He got a cortisone shot, and a tranquilizer for the X-ray, and as long as we were there we got his rabies shot, too.  He has to take Prednisone for two weeks, and no running or jumping or going up and down stairs.  It's going to be a challenge!  Except for the jumping, he doesn't seem uncomfortable at all.  He's his energetic, wiggly little self, and I'll have my hands full keeping him under control!)</i>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Ho! Ho! Ho!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/638941</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 18:47:48 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Guess what!  Guess what!  PD&amp;PC had their Thanksgiving Day parade today.  It was way cool, because t ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Guess what!  Guess what!  PD&PC had their Thanksgiving Day parade today.  It was way cool, because there were all diffurent kinds of floats and all my furiends were on them.  I love parades, but it's even more fun when you can wave at somefur on a float and they wave back at YOU, because they know you!  

We also had balloons and hot pretzels and cotton candy.  I got into something of a mess with the cotton candy, got my ear stuck to my nose, and while I was working on that I got a sudden itch and got it on my back foot, so I was sticking to the pavement when I walked!  

We were all waiting fur the last float to come.  You know, the one with Santa.  We knew Santa was gonna be the Special Guest at the parade, but nofur knew who it was.  Buttercup was giving hints, and it sounded pretty familiar, and then...the float came into view...and there was Santa... and...it...was...

MEEE!!!

And my elves!  Charlie, and Teddy, and Tyler, and Duncan, and Buttercup!

HO! HO! HO!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/638757</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 23:11:10 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Here's what happens the day after Thanksgiving.   We all climb in the car early in the morning, and  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Here's what happens the day after Thanksgiving.   We all climb in the car early in the morning, and we head in the "other" direction; not where we usually go, but with the ocean on mommy's side.  Mommy and daddy are going to something called a crafts fair, and I'm going to a different hotel, not the Wag.  Because I only go there once a year, daddy thought we should take all my vet papers, just in case.  So we left the house, and daddy had my folder in his hands and also a lot of other paper that he dumped in the recycle bin.

We drove and drove, and finally got to my hotel.  They didn't need my papers, but mommy asked daddy to be sure he still had them, and that's when he realized--he never had them.  All my vet records were probably in the dumpster back home!  So when we all got back, daddy had to go dumpster diving!  ROFBOL!!!  Mommy was holding my leash in one hand and a flashlight in the other, and daddy had a long reachy kind of tool, and a lot of stuff had been dumped on top of my stuff during the day, but we found the papers.  Silly daddy!!

Today we drove up the regular direction, up to where the wine dogs live.  But today we were there to go to the Christmas tree farm and cut down our tree.  I get to go off leash and help choose.  It's a lot of fun, and I think we got a good one.  The people there are really nice.  They have lots of animals--turkeys and chickens and goats and pigs.  I don't see <b>that</b> every day!  From there we went to the apple farm where mommy and daddy always get chili and apple pie and hot cider.  I have to be leashed there, but I always meet other dogs and their owners, and the smells there are really different from the ones at home in the city.  Mommy shopped fur some more crafts and juices and jams and stuff, and then we came home.  

I'm exhausted, which is just as well, because mommy has all the tables and a lot of the floor covered with things coming out of the Christmas closet and things being boxed up to go <i>into</i> the closet until after Christmas.  She leaves me my spot on the couch, though, BOL!!!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>The calm before...</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/638126</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:27:24 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>It's Thanksgiving Eve.  I've been around long enough now to know what that means.  Today evfurrythin ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ It's Thanksgiving Eve.  I've been around long enough now to know what that means.  Today evfurrything is normal.  All the furniture is where it belongs.  It smells like Home.  

But tomorrow it all changes.  Tomorrow, I will spend the day at the Wag Hotel.  And when I get home, I won't be able to find a place to stretch out and nap.  Mommy will open the Christmas closet, and start pulling things out of there.  Boxes and boxes of glittery, jingly, dangly stuff!  Evfurrything that's sitting on tables and shelves today will go away, and all the stuff from the Christmas closet will go there instead.  My favfurite pillows--gone.  Replaced by pillows I'm not allowed to drool on.  Chairs moved around.  And in her office, not a square inch to put a paw without stepping in ribbons and bows and papers and boxes.  There will be long hangy things all over the windows and bannisters that I may sniff but not chew.  Mommy will spend days and days changing our house into a Christmas house, and even then she won't be satisfied. 

Even the music will change.  Daddy will open the Christmas music drawer, and from now until Christmas we'll be hearing bells (that make me bark!) and choirs and angel voices, and mommy will sing along all the time.  

On the weekends we'll take car trips here and there...  Well, I'll try to keep you up to date as events unfold.  But for tonight, it's quiet.  And evfurrything is in its place.  And I can curl up on my blankie on the couch with daddy.  And I'm furry furry thankful fur my life and my pawrents and my furever home here.  And fur all my Dogster pals!

Happy Thanksgiving, everyfur!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Thanksgiving Tag!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/637349</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:32:45 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
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		<description>I was tagged by my pal Bailey.  Here are the rules:

*List 10 different items you're thankful for. ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I was tagged by my pal Bailey.  Here are the rules:

*List 10 different items you're thankful for.
*5 will start with the first letter of your name, and the other 5 will be the first letter of your Mommy's name. (Or typist, daddy, ect.)
*So my first five will be H, my last five will be M's.
*Tag AT LEAST 4 pals
*You can do rosettes, send a pmail, or anything.
*Copy and paste this entry into your diary, only replace my answers with yours
*Everytime you do this, add another name to the list. I'd love to see how far this game gets!

1. Health
2. Holidays
3. Hugs
4. Home
5. Happy pawrents
***********************
6. Mommy
7. Milkbones
8. Michelle my groomer
9. Movie night 
10. Mozart (to keep me company when I'm home alone!)

Wow that was fun! Now I'm tagging:

Gizmo
Three
Pepper
Teacup]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Tagged!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/634500</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:56:09 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/634500</guid>
		<description>Sometimes, if it wasn't for tags, I'd have no diary entries at all!

I was tagged by my pal Tinker ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Sometimes, if it wasn't for tags, I'd have no diary entries at all!

I was tagged by my pal Tinkerbelle.
The Question was:

<b>What is your favorite treat?</b>

I'll do ANYTHING for a bit of hot dog!


Now I need to tell 7 things about myself.

1.) I fix breakfast evfurry morning at Billie-Bob's in the P*I*F group.
2.) I also have my own cafe, Hershey's Place, in the Furiends Furever group.
3.) I NEVER get enough to eat.  (I might have mentioned that befur.  It's a FURRY important fact!)
4.) I like going to the dogter.
5.) I like trying to play tag with other dogs when I'm on leash, but unhook me and I lose interest pretty quick.  (What I <i>really</i> like is trying to get mommy tangled in the leashes!)
6.) I don't get people food.
7.) I don't wear clothes, except the fur coat I came with.

I will tag:
Bailey
Miss Bella
Sir Winston
Teddy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>I am 4!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/630050</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 22:22:58 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/630050</guid>
		<description>What's better than having a woofday?  Having a woofday on Dogster!!  OMD, I heard from so many pals  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ What's better than having a woofday?  Having a woofday on Dogster!!  OMD, I heard from so many pals and got so many pressies!  I even made new furiends!  And we had a furrific pawty in the P*I*F group, eating until we burst (thanks Dino!) and popping balloons!  We laughed and laughed!

We had a pawty at Furiends Furever, too.  More food (thanks Alexandria, Austin, Doo and Edwina!) and more balloons and pressies, pressies, pressies.  I got cards and pawmails and messages in my other groups, too.  It all kept mommy busy at the confuser all day, BOL!!

I'd try to list everyfur who made my day so special, but I'm sure I'd leave somefur out and I don't want any feelings hurt.  I felt like the King of Dogster all day, and I'll remember it fur a long, long time.

Meanwhile, at my house I was also the King today.  Mommy let me off from having a brushing, and we went on a furry furry long walk and she let me stop and sniff whatever I wanted.  She gave me Frosty Paws fur lunch--and I NEVER get lunch!

Then when daddy came home from work we all jumped in the car and went to Fort Funston, where I can run around off-leash and sniff gazillions of other dogs.  I met another cocker spaniel!  That doesn't happen furry often.  After that, we went to my doggie store and I got to pick out a new toy!  It was a hard choice, but I'm really happy with my new squeaky furry froggy!

So, 4 is starting off pretty promising!  Even though Zaidie says I don't look a day over 3 1/2, BOL!!!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>The 7 Things Tag</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/628999</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 19:23:27 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/628999</guid>
		<description>I've been tagged by my good pal Jake. Here are the rules of the game:
Tell 7 random facts about you ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I've been tagged by my good pal Jake. Here are the rules of the game:
Tell 7 random facts about yourself. Post these facts and the game rules in your diary. Then tag 5 dogs (don't forget to list their names) who must tell 7 random facts about themselves. Let these dogs know they've been tagged by sending them a Paw-mail or rosette.

Okay, here I go!

1. I will not WILL NOT <b>WILL NOT</b> fetch!
2. I will turn 4 on Thursday.
3. I love to ride in the car!
4. I love loud, roaring noise!
5. I can jump furry high, when I want to.
6. I'm an only fur.
7. I have my furry own fire hydrant right in front of my house.

I have tagged Gracen, Derringer, Tula, Bobbie and Chugs]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>An Adventure!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/628977</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 18:08:22 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Yesfurday daddy said, &quot;Hershey, we're going on an adventure!&quot;  That means, we're going someplace we  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Yesfurday daddy said, "Hershey, we're going on an adventure!"  That means, we're going someplace we haven't been before.  So mommy and daddy and I all got in the car.  We drove with the ocean on daddy's side, up in the direction mommy loves best.  When we stopped, we were at a dog park!  Not the biggest dog park I've ever seen, but this one had things to play on.  Mommy said "agility."

I got to run through things and jump over things and climb up and down things--it was so fun!  I don't do this stuff, and mommy and daddy were furry proud of me fur figuring it all out.  I don't know...I was just having fun!

After that we kept going on up to where the wine dogs live, and we had a picnic and ran around crunching leaves.  BOL!!  It was a furry fun day!

Today we didn't do anything.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Howlowe'en Tag</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/628800</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 22:52:10 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/628800</guid>
		<description>I've been tagged by Juju!

This new tag game will be about HOWLOWE'EN! Just answer the following m ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I've been tagged by Juju!

This new tag game will be about HOWLOWE'EN! Just answer the following multiple-choice questions and tag some furs! (any # of pups may be tagged!)

1. What Costume?? Your pawrents are taking you out Trick or Treating! They're both ready in their costumes, but you're still stuck in your room choosing yours! Gotta hurry! What do you do?

a. Just grab a random costume and put it on! Who cares?? You know you always look good in any outfit!
b. Take your time and just find the purfect costume! Mom and Dad can wait, can't they?
c. Run to your pawrents and go trick or treating without any costume at all! Anyways, still got my fur.

<b>Answer fur me: C. I never can find a costume that I enjoy wearing!</b>

2. Sugar Rush! Looks like you caught the eye of the person at the first stop! She thinks you're so adorable she decided to let you choose the candy you want! What do you pick?

a. CHOCOLATE!!! It may not be good fur pups, but it's so worth it!
b. Cherry Lollipops, makes me look sassy!
c. Bubblegum! I just wuv the bubbles!

<b>Answer fur me: A, chocolate!  Isn't it obvious?</b>

3. Scary Monster!!! Oh noes! There's a huge scary monster on your front porch! Of course, you gotta protect your pawrents somehow! How will you do it?

a. Growl at the thing. Might be even be afraid of you!
b. Push your pawrents aside and run along with them! It's best that you're all safe.
c. Hide behind your pawrents. They're stronger, and not to mention braver, let them do the work.

<b>Answer fur me: A. I'll not only growl, I'll bark my head off!!!</b>

4. Opinions?? So, what did you think about this game?

<b>I've never done a multiple-choice tag before!  Different is good!</b>

So far, I've tagged Cedar, Macy and Gracen!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Blue Angels</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/627612</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 16:46:51 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
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		<description>OMD!  I've been so busy telling my furiends in groups about my weekend, I almost furgot to write abo ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ OMD!  I've been so busy telling my furiends in groups about my weekend, I almost furgot to write about it here!  

Not this day (as my furiend Zaidie would say) but three days ago mommy and daddy and I got in the car and drove to the Wharf.  There were a lot of other people there, like always, but they weren't walking all over the place. No, they were all standing around on the edges of the piers, looking up.  And then I remembered, because we've done this befur.  The Blue Angels!  I don't think they're real angels, but I don't really know.  They aren't white, for one thing.  And they are <B>LOUD</b>!  They fly up and they fly down and they fly fast and whatever they do, they do it <b>LOUD</b>!  OH I <i>LOVE</i> THAT!!!!

And right in the middle, a furry funny thing happened.  (You need to know that there are six Blue Angels that fly.)  Sometimes the Angels need to fly around and come back, so there is a lull.  In one of those lulls, we looked and saw six pelicans flying, in a perfect V-formation, right down over the water.  They flew right by us, and evfurryone cheered and cheered!!  BOL BOL!!!  They were just as good as the Blue Angles!  (But not as loud...)

It was a good thing we saw the Angels that day, because the next day it got too cloudy and they didn't fly at all, and the last day, yestfurday, they had to change their program and just fly low.  Like the pelicans, BOL!!!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Tagged!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/626193</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 6 Oct 2009 21:04:01 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/626193</guid>
		<description>I have been tagged by my pal Abby who was tagged by Doodle! Here are the rules: Tell 7 random facts  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I have been tagged by my pal Abby who was tagged by Doodle! Here are the rules: Tell 7 random facts about yourself. Post these facts & the game rules in your diary. Then tag 5 dogs (don't forget to list their names) who must tell 7 random facts about themselves. Let these dogs know they've been tagged by sending them a Paw-mail or rosette.

Hmmm lets see...my 7 facts...
1. I am an only pup.
2. My favfurite toy is my furry stretchy tuggy thingie.
3. I go to the groomers every six weeks, and mommy brushes me evfurry day in between.
4. I will turn 4 this month!
5. I love to hike and run off-leash wherever I can.
6. I sleep on the waterbed with my pawrents.
7. I NEVER get enough to eat!!!

Thanks Abby for tagging me!

OK, I'm gonna tag:
1. Juju 2. Sancho Panza 3. Sandy 4. Sedona 5. Hershey

OK everyone...YOU'RE IT!!!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>My double life</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/625143</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 2 Oct 2009 09:50:07 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
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		<description>This has been a very odd week.  Furst of all, we never did a bye-bye daddy in the morning like we us ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ This has been a very odd week.  Furst of all, we never did a bye-bye daddy in the morning like we usually do.  Wherever it is that daddy goes almost evfurry day, this week he never went.  

This was also different: Evfurry morning, we all got in the car togefur.  Me and mommy and daddy.  But I never knew where we were going.  The furst day, I went to the Wag.  That was a lot of fun, and I made a new furiend.

The second day, we got on a ferry and went across the Bay and then took a furry furry long walk, all along the water. 

The third day, I went to a diffurent doggie camp to spend the day.  It was furry nice, with a big indoor grassy place to play and lots of new furiends.

The fourth day, we slept late and then went to a park here in the city where daddy and I had nevfur been.  We climbed up and up and up and then mommy and daddy went ooohh and ahhh for awhile and then we went back down and down and down, and I didn't have to be on leash!  

Today mommy says we're going to Grandma's.  I'm liking this furry much!!  Maybe daddy will nevfur go away all day again!

:--:--:--:--:--:--:--:--:--:--:--:--:--:--:--:--:--:--:--:--:--:

Meanwhile, I had a bunch of my Dogster furiends from the Furiends Furever group here to show them my City.  Zaidie and Doodle and Mini, and Pookah and Walker and Alexandria and Jerry and Edwina and their whole fambly came.  They all stayed at my house, and at night we told ghostie stories and laughed and laughed!  During the day we went all over so they could see my favfurite dog parks, and ride a cable car and a ferry and see Alcatraz and Chinatown and evfurrything.  We even went up north to see the redwoods and play with a bunch of winery dogs.  We had the best food, and we saw "The Wiz," and I just had the best time showing them around!

No time to rest, though, because I'm touring Virginia with the PD&PC group this month and today we're at the State Fair!  OMD, there is so much to see and do and EAT!  

Who knew life could be so BIG???!!!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Alioto's menu</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/624260</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 10:56:35 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/624260</guid>
		<description>This was for my furiends visiting me this week in San Francisco.  We sure ate well! ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ This was for my furiends visiting me this week in San Francisco.  We sure ate well!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>RV Tour</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/623028</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 08:21:13 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
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		<description>I just realized that I haven't been keeping up with my notes from the RV tour I'm taking with the PD ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I just realized that I haven't been keeping up with my notes from the RV tour I'm taking with the PD&PC group.  This month we've been in Maryland and Washington, D.C. and we've seen and learned a LOT.  Buttercup is our tour guide.   We saw dinosaurs at the science museum in Baltimore, and I did a ton of shopping around the harbor.  We also went to the Naval Academy.

In Washington, we saw all the monuments and learned all about them.  Did you know that a soldier has to memorize and recite 7 pages of history before he gets to walk guard duty at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier?!  We also got to meet Bo, the First Dog, and he showed us around the White House.  Oh yeah, we met his humans, too.  

Tonight we're going to the Orioles game, but we got to take the field furst.  I put the photo on my page.   Bailey is our photographer.

Best of all, we're all eating like the princes and princesses we are, BOL!!!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Tagged!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/622770</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 08:24:19 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/622770</guid>
		<description>I've been tagged by my furiends Jake and Benny!  If you're reading this and haven't been tagged yet, ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I've been tagged by my furiends Jake and Benny!  If you're reading this and haven't been tagged yet, you can consider yourself tagged!  

Here are the RULES of the game:

Answer all questions, post them in your diary, then tag 6 friends by sending a rosette or PawMail.

1. What color is your collar? - my evfurryday collar is brown, but I have special collars for special days, like a red and green one for Christmas and a red-white-and-blue one for national holidays

2. What kind of food do you eat? - Eukanuba

3. What are your favorite treats?  I'll take pretty much anything, but soft and meaty is best.  I'll !o ANYTHING for a bite of hot dog.
 
4. Do you have a Valentine or significant other? - yes **blushing**

5. Do you get table scraps?- No I don't.  The only people food I get is carrot sticks.  

6. What is your favorite toy? My stretchy squeaky furry tug toy!

7. When is your Birthday? -October 22, 2005

8. How many times a day do you get to eat? - Twice a day.

9. Do you have a favorite color? - not really

10. Do you hope all your pals put this in their diary? - I like reading my furiends' diaries, no matter what they post!

Hope to see your answers soon!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Chocolate festival</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/620674</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 12 Sep 2009 20:29:09 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Today we went to a chocolate festival!  I know what you're thinking, doggies can't have chocolate.   ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Today we went to a chocolate festival!  I know what you're thinking, doggies can't have chocolate.  And that's right, I didn't get any. Well, maybe a few chips and crumbs here and there off the ground.  The thing about food festivals is, there are always droppings to graze!  My biggest score was a skewer of meat someone dropped!  It was furrific--until mommy caught me.  She's just too  quick.

But the best part was all the attention I got.  There is just something about humans, they were all so excited to see a chocolate dog at a chocolate festival.  I don't know why.  It seems perfectly logical to me.  They all wanted to pet me.  And they thought it was so funny that my name is Hershey.  (Why is that funny??)  There were about a million people there, and the only one who stepped on my foot was daddy!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Grooming Day</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/619753</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 8 Sep 2009 15:07:31 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Today I went to the groomer.  Mommy put Before and After photos on my page.  She thinks that's so fu ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Today I went to the groomer.  Mommy put Before and After photos on my page.  She thinks that's <i>so funny</i>.  ::sigh::  

Anyway, my groomer's name is Michelle, and I LOVE her!  She always tells me how handsome I am, and she gives me treats, and she never puts me in a cage, and when we're all done I feel s-o-o-o-o relaxed, all I want to do is sleep!

I guess it's nice to get all the dirt and dust and hidden burrs and stuff off, from our vacation, but I sure smell funny!  It always takes me a week or so to get my nice doggie smell back, BOL!!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Happy Labor Day!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/619577</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 7 Sep 2009 18:47:54 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>This was a special day at the Pets That Love Fun group: their second annifursary!  We all celebrated ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ This was a special day at the Pets That Love Fun group: their second annifursary!  We all celebrated with a trip to Hawaii!!  I tried to learn to limbo, but I was confoosed because they said I was s'posed to go under the stick, but I always get treats for jumping <u>over</u> sticks.  I won the Coconut Award for finding hidden pictures, and took a tour to see real live volcanoes!  Then we had a luau and it was just wonderfurl.

Right in the middle, though, mommy shut off the confuser and we all got in the car and I found myself at the Wag Hotel.  That was a lot of fun, too.  I thought I saw my furiend Zaidie there!  But it turned out to be a Westie puppy named Napoleon.  He was the only one who had enough energy to keep up with me today, because I was in a mood to <i>play!</i>

Now I'm in a mood to <i>nap!</i>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Vacation!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/619393</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 6 Sep 2009 23:12:38 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>We went on a car trip!  OMD, I love car trips.  But I knew this one was different, because we loaded ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ We went on a car trip!  OMD, I <i>love</i> car trips.  But I knew this one was different, because we loaded a lot of Stuff in the car, <i>including</i> my sleeping crate.  The last time <b>that</b> happened, we drove a <b>whole day</b>, with the ocean on mommy's side of the car, and then spent a whole week in a new city with beaches and parks and lots of fun stuff.  So I was furry furry excited!

This time we drove for about half a day, with the ocean on my daddy's side of the car.  When we got to the end, we had a little house to stay in, right by the ocean, with a big bed and a deck and a big yard in front, just for ME.

The furry furst thing we did was go for a long walk, all around the little town, along the cliffs and trails above the ocean.  Daddy was furry proud of me and called me "sure-footed" because I wanted to run up and down all the rocks piled up.  

The next day we took two more long walks.  One was in a place where there were a lot of gardens and trees and flowers growing.  So many different smells!  Then we went to another place and hiked from the edge of the land down into a deep woods.  Up and down and this way and that way, and lots of sand and dust and <b><i>so many smells!!</b></i>

The next day daddy and I walked around the town and along the ocean again while mommy went shopping.  Mommy LOVES to go shopping.  And then we drove home again.  I was so tired, I didn't even eat my dinner!

Then yestfurday mommy and daddy took me to the Wag Hotel for all-day play.  All-day play??!!  Were they kidding??  But, once I got there, I did play most of the time. 

Today daddy and I mostly napped on the couch.

I think vacations are furrific!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Royal!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/618121</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 17:50:00 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>OMD, I've been named Royal Dog of the Month at PD&amp;PC!  What an honor!  I haven't even been in that g ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ OMD, I've been named Royal Dog of the Month at PD&PC!  What an honor!  I haven't even been in that group furry long, but they sure are a friendly pack and they really know how to have fun!  

I wonder if being a Prince means I can issue decrees...?]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Bad to the bone...</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/617502</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 23:58:38 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I don't know what it is about those yarn coasters, I just HAFTA have them in my mouth!  Tonight I pu ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I don't know what it is about those yarn coasters, I just HAFTA have them in my mouth!  Tonight I pulled the one off the coffee table again, but something went very wrong.  See, for some reason mommy and daddy try to anchor them down with glasses and mugs and cans full of stuff they're drinking.  This one had a can of soda on it, almost full.  I was stealthy, I was quick, I made my move and it was a thing of beauty.  I grabbed that coaster and was about to make my getaway, when the next thing I knew mommy and daddy were yelling at me *HERSHEY, NO!!*  and the can was flying through the air and I was so startled I dropped the coaster without even getting a treat for it!

The soda is a lot darker than the carpet.

I think it looks kinda nice.

Mommy disagrees.  She says I'm bad to the bone.

I'll probably never be within reach of one of those coasters again.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Catching up</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/617404</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 14:22:27 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I had better bring this diary up to date before I forget what I've been doing this week!  Way back o ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I had better bring this diary up to date before I forget what I've been doing this week!  Way back on Sunday I went to a pawty celebrating the furst annifursary of the P*I*F group.  There were special prezzies and honors for Lexi and Jenna, who started the group.  There was also a TON of food, all kinds of meat and fish and desserts and snacks, made by Lexi's husband Dino, and after we all ate there was music (Dino is also a DJ) and dancing.  If you're not in P*I*F, you should join!  We have a lot of fun there, everyfur is <u>furry</u> nice, and I make breakfast evfurry morning at Billie-Bob's Fambly Meeting Place.  

Speaking of Billie-Bob's, more and more furs are coming in all the time!  This week has been furry busy, and you've never seen so much hugging and licking and sniffing!  A new member named Oreo has been bringing in sweet treats and we're all just pigging out!

I've been busy at my own place, too, Hershey's Place at Furiends Furever.  We don't have as many furs stopping by, at least not yet, but I just got a new espresso machine and if I'm there I always make anything anyfur wants to eat.  We have big leather furniture to stretch out or curl up on, and a balcony where the kitties like to perch, and a deck outside with a spectacular view.  There's also a huge stone fireplace that'll be furry nice in the winter.

Two nights ago my pawrents went out and left me with my pupsitter, Susan.  I <i>love</i> Susan!  When she comes I have to spin around in circles I'm so excited!  And sometimes she shares her dinner with me!  (That's a secret between the two of us.  Mommy wouldn't like it!)  But I did a bad thing. I got a coaster off the coffee table, made of yarn, and I wouldn't Drop It.  Instead I growled at Susan, real mean.  I do that sometimes, it's like I lose my mind.  She had to bribe me with a treat to get me to let it go, and then she tattled on me.  I'm hardly ever a Bad Doggie.   :(

Yestfurday the sun came out, which it hardly ever does here, and now it is H-O-T!  My Auntie Myrna came to take me fur a walk today and when I got back I had to drink about five gallons of water!  I'll sure be glad to see that fog roll back in, BOL!!!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>My furst year on Dogster</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/614105</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 23:49:55 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Today was my furst annifursary on Dogster.  It's hard to believe it's only been a year, I've met so  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Today was my furst annifursary on Dogster.  It's hard to believe it's only been a year, I've met so many great furiends and joined furrific groups and had so much FUN!  I would try to tell you who my best friends are, but I'm sure I'd furget somefur and hurt some feelings.  You know who you are, and I love you furry furry much.

There have been happy times--pawties and woofdays and exciting adventures.  There have also been sad times, when furiends have been hurt or got sick or went to the Rainbow Bridge.  I especially remember Duncan; and Billie-Bob, who had a very long and happy life; and little Katie Lynn, who never saw her furst woofday.  Furever in my heart.

Even my mommy has made friends with some other mommies, and that makes her furry happy!  She says we spend too much time here, but I think she would <b>live</b> on Dogster if she could!

So thank you Dogster for being here, and thanks to all my wonderfurl furiends, too!  Here's to an even better year to come!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Diary Pick of the Day!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/613646</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 10:43:38 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>OMD, what a week this has been!  So many honors, my head is just spinning.  I was going to call toda ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ OMD, what a week this has been!  So many honors, my head is just spinning.  I was going to call today's diary "Oh my aching paws!" because I've been out jogging with daddy the last two nights.  But instead, let me say a big THANK YOU to Dogster and all my wonderfurl pals, especially--
Crystal fur the bootiful card (it's on my page),
George and the gang from Best Little Doghouse fur the yummy steak,
Walker, Alexandria and the rest of the fambly fur my heart,
Zaidie the cutie fur ANOTHER steak!  (Oh YUM!)
Echo the Photomaster fur my new photo and a bright red ribbon,
Beanster, Chaz, Toto and their fambly fur the camping tent, 
Dion, Pinto and their fambly fur a pool to splash around in!
My brand-new pal Savannah and her fambly fur a big trophy,
Oscar and Bear fur a bright blue ribbon,
Little Geordie fur the ice cream cone,
Coco and her fambly fur the delishus slice of watermelon,
Another new pal, Holly, fur a juicy steak,
AND all my furiends at Furiends Furever, Fur Frenzy and P*I*F and other groups fur their love and good wishes.

And guess what?  Tomorrow is my one-year annifursary on Dogster!!!!

TIME TO PAWTY!!!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Overwhelmed!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/612833</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 11:41:40 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Another honor!  I'm Royal Member of the Day at Princess Divas &amp; Prince Charmings!  I can't take all  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Another honor!  I'm Royal Member of the Day at Princess Divas & Prince Charmings!  I can't take all this attention!  I'm gonna go grab a nap...

A ROYAL nap!  BOL!!!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Way better day!!!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/612566</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 9 Aug 2009 13:47:50 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Wowf, what a diffurence from yestfurday!  I have to say, daddy and Uncle Howie took off again, and l ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Wowf, what a diffurence from yestfurday!  I have to say, daddy and Uncle Howie took off again, and left me home alone with mommy.  I wasn't too happy, but then mommy got on Dogster and OH MY WOOFNESS!!!  So many pawmails!  So many PPRs!!

Why?  Well, furst we found out that I was named DOTD at the Kit Kat Club!  Can you believe it?  I mean, I only joined yestfurday.  I don't even know my way around there yet!  Those are some very furiendly furs, I'm telling you!

Then I found a brand new beachball on my page, that I won in the Find the Starfish game at Fur Frenzy!  I'm having a lot of fun with that! *bounce!  bounce!*

I also found an ice cream cone, that I won by answering questions about one of the mansions we're touring in the PD&PC group.  That was very good, especially since the weather has actually warmed up here today.  

Best of all, two of my furiends who live in Scotland have FINALLY joined Dogster!  If you're reading this, please send PPRs to Breeze #1021742 and Zephyr #1021744 and make them feel welcome.  Tell them Hershey sent you!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Long, boring day</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/612432</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 8 Aug 2009 21:30:02 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I thought this was gonna be a lot funner day than it turned out to be.  Daddy left early to go fetch ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I thought this was gonna be a lot funner day than it turned out to be.  Daddy left early to go fetch my Uncle Howie (daddy's friend).  I waited for hours, but when they came back all they did was drop of a bunch of stuff and then they left again.  Left me home with mommy.  And mommy spent the whole day in front of her confuser, and all I got was a walk outside when I scratched at the door and this was a VERY BORING DAY.  Now it's dark and late and mommy's tired and daddy and Uncle Howie still aren't home.  Maybe we'll get to play more tomorrow.  

One good thing that happened was I got invited to a new group, the Kit Kat Club.  Looks like that's gonna be a lot of fun.  And I'm touring Athens, Georgia with the PD&PC group.  Today we visited some huge antebellum mansions.  So I guess this wasn't a TOTALLY boring day after all!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Fun!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/610893</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 2 Aug 2009 20:37:56 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I missed the pool pawty today at Billie-Bob's in the P*I*F group, but my furiends Sassy and Snuggles ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I missed the pool pawty today at Billie-Bob's in the P*I*F group, but my furiends Sassy and Snuggles fixed me a plate with all kinds of furrific food, so I'm writing wif my mouf full.  YUM!  

I need to tell you about yesfurday first.  Or, last night.  I knew someting was up, because mommy changed my collar to the black and orange one that looks like a lot of daddy's shirts.  I seemed to remember, that means we're going to...to...  What was it?

Oh yeah!  The big park where gajillions of people sit around the grass and watch some men play with balls and sticks.  To me, it seems like it would be more fun to actually <b>play</b> and not just watch.  This is one of those human mysteries that will never be solved.  

This is one of the places mommy and daddy go when they leave me at the Wag.  But one time a year they're allowed to bring me!  Now, if you've never been to this kind of place, I have to tell you: the smells are furrific!  Hot dogs and popcorn and peanuts and pizza!  But guess what?  I wasn't allowed to eat ANY OF IT!!  Oh, how I tried!  I wiggled and squirmed and stretched and pleaded.  But all I got were doggie treats.  (Well, I have to say, at least I got way more of <i>those</i> than usual!)  

Except for the food part, we had a lot of fun.  There were a bazillion other dogs there, and a lot of them were wearing funny costumes.  (Anyway, their humans thought they were funny, BOL!!  I felt sorry for them.)  We got to walk around the grassy part, and then we went up to where people sit to watch stuff.  Mostly, I watched for falling food!  But it was fun sitting in laps (I switched between mommy and daddy) and sniffing the other furs and sometimes jumping up and down with daddy.  When it was time to go home, he was very happy and I was very tired!

Today mommy and daddy left me to watch the house for a couple of hours (they do this once a week), and when they came back we all got in the car!  You know I love that!!  This time we went to where the grapes grow, the place mommy calls the "whine country." (Another mystery.)  Guess what!  That's where the sun has been living!  We haven't seen it at our house for weeks, but up there it was bright and warm.  Mommy and daddy got some food and I was a pretty good boy about not jumping up and begging.  In situations like that I think (I'm not done testing this out) that when I go Down it's a good thing and I get a treat.   But if I put my paws on a person or a table I get a mean face and a "No!"  The only thing I don't understand yet is why I should stay down when the really good food is up there on the table.

We spent the whole day there, going to this place and that, until it was time to come home.  So the pawty was long over at Billie-Bob's, and I'll have to wait for another time to sail me pirate ship.  But I had fun anyway!  And now it's serious nap time!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Copied...</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/609537</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 22:26:11 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I went to the groomer today, which means I smell funny and can't keep my eyes open.  So while I slee ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I went to the groomer today, which means I smell funny and can't keep my eyes open.  So while I sleep it off, you can read some random facts about me. My pals Shula and Mini had this in their diaries; I just copied it.   

How old was your typist when they got their first dog?
She was 8. Her mom didn't like dogs, but a relative offered them a little dachshund named Eddie.  After only a week, her mom made them give him away again.  She didn't get anther dog until she was all grown up.

Has your typist ever been bitten by another dog?
No.

Spaghetti - with or without meatballs?
Who needs the spaghetti?

What is your typist’s favorite song right now?
Right now?  "Hallelujah" by Leonard Cohen.  Don't ask me why!

How many dog parks do you have in your area?
Gazillions.  Well, six or seven that I go to regularly.  

What was the last movie that your typist went to see?
"Up"

Is animal shampoo tested on humans?
It should be.

How often do you get your teeth brushed?
Oh look!  A bird...!

Collar or harness?
Collar.

Do fish get thirsty?
Only if they eat pretzels.

Where is the last place your typist went to for vacation?
St. Louis, to see my daddy's pawrents.  

PetSmart, Petco or _____?
Pet Food Express.  We go to all three.

Besides Dogster, what’s another one of your typist’s favorite web sites?
Besides Dogster???!!!

Have you ever caught a squirrel?
I've never even seen a squirrel...

Are you more of a sniffer or a licker?
Sniffer. I don't do tongue.

When’s the last time you were at the vet?
Last Saturday, for a shot.

How many packets of Kool-Aid would it take to fill the ocean?
Eleventy bazillion, give or take a few.

Does your typist spend more than two hours a day on Dogster?
Way more!  Daddy wants to turn her in to Dr. Phil.

What’s the name of the dog on the Cracker Jack box ?
Bingo

If you could meet any ‘famous’ dog past or present, who would it be?
Maybe Ch. Obo II, the first "official" cocker spaniel.  (Well, he's famous to us!)]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>The bad and the good...</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/608916</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 26 Jul 2009 22:35:38 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>No quiet weekends here!  Yesfurday morning we went to the vet dogter where I got a shot.  That was n ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ No quiet weekends here!  Yesfurday morning we went to the vet dogter where I got a shot.  That was no problem, I didn't even feel it.  But mommy just can't leave well enough alone.  Asked about my weight, asked about my toofies, asked about my ears.  Oh no, not the ears!  Okay, maybe they're a little pink.  They aren't bothering me.  But they bother mommy.  The vet dogter called it a pre-infection condition, common to cocker spaniels.   It's cuz we have floppy ears and small ear canals.  Whatever those are.  So now I have to have drops two or three times a week.  Grrrr on ear drops!

Today I got to spend the whole day at the Wag Hotel!  Here's my report card: "Always a pleasure to see Hershey in 'All Day Play.'  He's such a great guy!  He plays <u>so</u> well with all the dogs, and they all love him!  He has quite a few pals now.  His old buddy Stewart (Brussels) was here!  Hershey had lots of fun today!"  That made mommy and daddy happy!  I'm pretty tired.  I don't know what mommy and daddy were doing, but they're <i>exhausted</i>!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Beach Day</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/606716</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 18 Jul 2009 22:48:49 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
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		<description>Today we all got in the car--always a good thing!--and after kind of a long ride we got out again an ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Today we all got in the car--always a good thing!--and after kind of a long ride we got out again and we were at the Other Beach.  This is the one with the grainy, coarse kind of sand where I'm not allowed off-leash.  It's okay, though, because mommy puts a long, long, long rope on my collar and it's pretty much like being off-leash.  I especially liked it there today, because it was cloudy and cool.  Very comfortable for a chocolate doggie!

Mommy and daddy usually play with their toys on this beach, but today they just sat there eating.  So I went sniffing around and found a lot of good stuff to chew on, including a piggy ear that some other fur was nice enough to leave behind!  Mommy didn't really want me to have it, but I would NOT give it up, and daddy was on my side.  (I LOVE my daddy!)   I also found a lot of long, brown tuby things.  They smelled just like the green stuff I peed all over at the Powdery Sand beach, but here they were all dried out and crunchy.  I chewed a bunch, but didn't actually swallow any.  They were salty, and made me very thirsty!  Mommy wonders if my tummy will be upset, but so far all I am is sleepy!  BOL! :::yawn:::]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Tagged!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/606516</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 18 Jul 2009 08:45:08 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/606516</guid>
		<description>My good furiend Pookah tagged me!  I got it before from Mini, but it bears repeating.  If you're rea ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ My good furiend Pookah tagged me!  I got it before from Mini, but it bears repeating.  If you're reading it, pass it on to <b>your</b> good furiends!



Facts of Friendship

A simple friend has never seen you cry.
A real friend has shoulders soggy from your tears.

A simple friend doesn't know your parents' first names.
A real friend has their phone numbers in his address book.

A simple friend brings a bottle of wine to your party.
A real friend comes early to help you cook and clean.

A simple friend hates it when you call after he has gone to bed.
A real friend asks you why you took so long to call.

A simple friend seeks to talk with you about their problems.
A real friend seeks to help you with your problems.

A simple friend wonders about your romantic history.
A real friend could blackmail you with it.

A simple friend, when visiting, acts like a guest.
A real friend opens your refrigerator and helps himself.

A simple friend thinks the friendship is over when you have an argument.
A real friend knows that it's not a friendship until after you've had a fight.

A simple friend expects you to always be there for them.
A real friend expects to always be there for you!

A simple friend will read and throw this letter away.
A real friend will keep sending it until he's sure it's been received.

Pass this on to anyone you care about....]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>You won't believe this!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/605888</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 21:37:09 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/605888</guid>
		<description>Look who needs a furever home: http://www.dogster.com/dogs/1010232.  Go check it out, and then come  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Look who needs a furever home: http://www.dogster.com/dogs/1010232.  Go check it out, and then come back.

No, that's not me!  Had you fooled for a second, though, right?

His page says he isn't housebroken, but his house got broken.   Please help if you can, and please pawray.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Pooped pup</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/605581</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 22:20:03 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
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		<description>Some days, I think mommy and daddy are trying to wear me down to a rug.  See, the thing about my mom ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Some days, I think mommy and daddy are trying to wear me down to a rug.  See, the thing about my mommy and daddy is, they like to walk.  I mean, they could walk to the moon and back and not even start panting.  And they seem to think because I have twice as many legs, I can too!

So today when it was time for my brush-and-walk, instead of the usual tour around our neighborhood, mommy and I headed up to the big street.  I know what that means: we're going to the petfood store!!  I couldn't get there fast enough, and it's no short walk.  I pulled and pulled on mommy all the way, BOL!!  And when we got there I got a new toy and some bones!  I didn't even notice how hard I had worked to get there, until...we had to go all the way back.  Now mommy had to pull on <i>me</i>.

I barely got settled in to rest when mommy was putting the leash on and we were off again.  This time we didn't go far, just to our neighborhood park.  But when we got there, a whole bunch of other doggies and their people were there, and there were free treats for dogs and humans, and I had a great deal to do, meeting and greeting everyfur and making sure no treats fell on the ground unnoticed.  Finally daddy met us there, and he had some human treats and we all walked home.

Now, you might think that would be that.  But oh, no.  After dinner (a very small dinner, I might add!  Because of the extra treats, mommy said.  Bad mommy!), <u>daddy</u> put the leash on and we went for a very long walk while he talked into the little box he always carries in his pocket.  It was AFTER DINNER!  We only take short walks after dinner.  

I think they're trying to wear me out.  Tomorrow I'm not going <u>anywhere</u>!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Friendship Tag</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/603529</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 7 Jul 2009 20:15:27 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/603529</guid>
		<description>I got this from Mini
If you're reading this in my Diary feel free to send this to someone who's a f ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I got this from Mini
If you're reading this in my Diary feel free to send this to someone who's a friend of yours. Make them smile...

You've been tagged because you're a friend...

Facts of Friendship

A simple friend has never seen you cry.
A real friend has shoulders soggy from your tears.

A simple friend doesn't know your parents' first names.
A real friend has their phone numbers in his address book.

A simple friend brings a bottle of wine to your party.
A real friend comes early to help you cook and clean.

A simple friend hates it when you call after he has gone to bed.
A real friend asks you why you took so long to call.

A simple friend seeks to talk with you about their problems.
A real friend seeks to help you with your problems.

A simple friend wonders about your romantic history.
A real friend could blackmail you with it.

A simple friend, when visiting, acts like a guest.
A real friend opens your refrigerator and helps himself.

A simple friend thinks the friendship is over when you have an argument.
A real friend knows that it's not a friendship until after you've had a fight.

A simple friend expects you to always be there for them.
A real friend expects to always be there for you!

A simple friend will read and throw this letter away.
A real friend will keep sending it until he's sure it's been received.

Pass this on to anyone you care about....
if you get it back you have found your true friends]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>4th of July</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/602972</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 5 Jul 2009 20:56:46 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/602972</guid>
		<description>Yestfurday morning mommy changed me into my red-white-and-blue collar and leash.  Here's what always ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Yestfurday morning mommy changed me into my red-white-and-blue collar and leash.  Here's what always happens when I wear that: we get in the car and go someplace where mommy and daddy eat outside, and I get extra treats and sometimes some of their food drops on the ground and then it's MINE.   Yestfurday I got a couple of crackers.  Mommy and daddy were watching a bunch of humans wearing red coats and making noise with shiny things in their mouths.  After that we went walking where I sniffed a lot of trees and flowers, and then we came home.  I was still tired from the day before, but every time I drifted off something would go BANG! and I had to bark.  It was a long night.

Today I got to spend the day at the Wag.  I was still pretty tired, but I went to two play groups.  Here is my report card: "I made new friends named Coco and Sammy and Moody and Sampson.  Coco, Sammy and I had a cocker spaniel love fest during playgroup.  We were 'unseparatable!'  I am so sweet and all of the Wag staff love me. I enjoyed my day stay!"  I love the Wag people, too, but I was sure happy to see mommy and daddy when they came to get me.  Boy, am I gonna sleep tonight!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Worth the trip!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/602478</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 3 Jul 2009 23:17:02 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
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		<description>Today started like most other days, with me waking daddy up early.  That's one of my jobs.  Today, t ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Today started like most other days, with me waking daddy up early.  That's one of my jobs.  Today, though, mommy and I didn't say bye-bye daddy.  Instead, all of us got in the car and went for a l-o-o-n-g ride.  We didn't go to the place where we usually go, where the grapes grow.  On this ride the ocean was on my mommy's side of the car instead of my daddy's, and the ride was a lot longer.

When we got there, I got to go off-leash, and there was the ocean!  Now, I don't like the water and I was very careful not to get too close.  Not like daddy, who got his feet all wet.  Mommy and I stayed dry and just walked in the sand.  Well, mommy walked.  I mostly ran, back and forth between mommy and daddy.  There were lots of other dogs there, and their very nice people.  I remembered this place.  We've been there before.  The sand there is like soap powder, all soft and white.  And there is a funny kind of green stuff, some kind of plant that smells like the ocean.  I don't know what it is, but I peed on as much of it as I could.

We walked all the way to the end of the beach and back again.  I was so tired and thirsty, even though I had drinks of water along the way.  I thought we'd get in the car and go home then, but I forgot there is also a town, with places mommy and daddy like to go in and look at human stuff.  Usually, that means one of them goes inside and the other waits with me outside.  But in <u>this</u> town, I can go right in every place with them.  I see why they like it!  I never smelled so many different things in one day!  I met a lot of dogs in the town, too.  And the best place of all was full of dog toys and treats and leashes and bowls and, well, just everything!  What a great place!

The drive back was also long.  By the time we got home it was dark out.  Daddy is already asleep on the couch, and I'm going to bed, too.   Good night!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>The Chocolate Pearl</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/600745</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 00:11:49 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
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		<description>The days I love the best are when mommy and I don't have to say &quot;Bye-bye daddy&quot; in the morning.   Th ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ The days I love the best are when mommy and I don't have to say "Bye-bye daddy" in the morning.   This morning daddy and I got up early as usual, but after our walk around the block we curled up on the couch and pretty much stayed there.   Eventually mommy got up and went out and came back again with bags of human food and some bully sticks for me.  By that time daddy was ready to go out, too, so he took me to Fort Fun where I ran and played and met some very nice furs!  Then we all got in the car and went to the place where sometimes daddy gets out and mommy and I come back home without him.  That's when the <b>real</b> fun began!  

You see, I've been lugging this pirate ship all over Dogster for days and days, looking for a pool to launch it in.  I went to one pool party last week, but no one was there.  But yesfurday my pal Mini invited me to another one, and it was today.  Wowf, was it fun! When I got there I took a running jump and SPLASHED! into the pool with my ship, now christened the Chocolate Pearl, and sailed around playing pirate games with a great fur named Checkers.  "Avast thar!" "Shiver me timbers!"  (I'm a pretty fierce pirate!)  More and more furs came, including Mini, and Daisy, and so many more I can't even name them, and we splashed and floated and ate and there was music and we just had a furrific time.  Then a <b> HUGE INTRUDER</b> came!  At first we couldn't see him, but it was an elephant! And he was trying to drink all the water out of the pool!  But someone had brought giant peanuts and we used them to lure him away and I even put them in my ship's cannons and BOOM!  BOOM!  ran him off!  I also found a treasure with my map, but I'm keeping that secret for another time.

Well, we were just playing, of course, but I really love my pirate boat that Frodo gave me and I think it's sea-worthy enough to last the whole summer!  Long live the Chocolate Pearl!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Report Card</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/597744</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 19:55:04 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
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		<description>I got to spend the day at the Wag again today.  Sometimes I get a report card; sometimes they forget ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I got to spend the day at the Wag again today.  Sometimes I get a report card; sometimes they forget.  Today I got one, and it says: 

"Hershey is SUCH a friendly, happy guy, and we love having him in playgroups.  Today he especially liked Mia and Tony the chihuahua mixes, but he really gets along with everybody.  What a good boy!"

That made mommy and daddy very happy!

Arf, am I ever tired...!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Before I forget...</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/597419</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:24:26 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/597419</guid>
		<description>Here's what happens:  By the time mom's ready to bring me to Dogster it's already almost bedtime.  I ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Here's what happens:  By the time mom's ready to bring me to Dogster it's already almost bedtime.  I make a few visits to my groups, say woof to a few furiends, play a few games and before you know it, it's time for night-night and I haven't written in my diary.  So tonight I'm starting here.

I wanted to tell you about last weekend before I forget.  It started on Friday, when I got to spend the whole day at the Wag playing, while mommy and daddy went off somewhere.  I have so much fun there!  There are always a bunch of other dogs to play with, and humans to make sure we have fun and water and toys and stuff.  I was so tired when I got home!

The next day we got in the car again, but this time I didn't get dropped off anywhere.  Instead, we drove across the orange bridge and up to the place my mommy loves.  (She calls it the whine country, but I don't know why because she's always happy there!)  We went to to a place we've never been, with fields and trees and long trails I could run on off-leash.  WhoooHoooooo!!  I had so much fun!!  Then we explored some other places where humans can eat and stuff, and last of all a store I could go in, where daddy bought me a cookie and a pupcake for later.  By the time we got home, I was almost too tired to eat my dinner!  Then I had to get a major brushing, because of the foxtails.

The next day I found myself back at the Wag.  Not for an all-day play this time.  Oh no, I was still much too worn out for that.  This time I got my own room where I could just sleep--after the morning play group!  Well, a guy can always play.  But then I really crashed.  I was up for the afternoon play group, though,  and the weather was so nice we all got to go up on the roof!  That's a special treat because the regular play groups are indoors.  I like to be outside!  It was almost (ALMOST!) disappointing when mommy and daddy came to get me.  

That was Sunday.  Yesterday I was so tired I didn't even help mommy with the laundry like I usually do, and the only walk we took was just around the block.  Today I went to the groomer.  Boy was I dirty!  BOL!!  It felt so good to get the hair out of my eyes finally.  And Michelle found a foxtail mommy had missed.  The bath relaxes me so much, I think I'll just sleep for the next three days!  (I hear I'm going to the Wag again tomorrow...I hope I can catch up on my sleep!)]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Tagged by S'Mores</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/596639</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 14 Jun 2009 18:05:29 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/596639</guid>
		<description>WHISKEY MADE THIS GAME UP!!!   He wrote:

Mum was up late last night and was looking at my adorabl ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ WHISKEY MADE THIS GAME UP!!!   He wrote:

Mum was up late last night and was looking at my adorable pictures and suddenly she got hungry. She thinks I look like vanilla ice cream with warm caramel. She thinks I look like food! Help keep me safe from the ice cream snatcher!

What a cute game that would be!

I am going to start a new game! Here we go......

I am going to tag 10 friends and tell them what kind of ice cream I look like. Then you need to tag 10 friends and tell them what kind of ice cream you look like.

Lets see if it comes back to me! Just make a copy of this and put it in your diary so everyone knows what flavor you look like! Sprinkles count too!


I look like...kahlua or espresso    ::drooling!::]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Walker tagged me!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/594501</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 6 Jun 2009 19:31:22 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/594501</guid>
		<description>Hey I tagged you you need to tag 6 more pups after you answer and post these questions on your diary ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Hey I tagged you you need to tag 6 more pups after you answer and post these questions on your diary here are the questions.....

1. What color is your collar?
Brown, but not chocolate

2. What kind of food do you eat?
Eukanuba


3. What are your favorite treats?
Omega Treats, especially the salmon and duck

4. Do you have a Valentine or significant other?
Yes, I call her my Firecracker

5. Do you get Table Scraps?
never :(

6. What is your favorite toy?
A furry stretchy tug thingy

7. When is your Woofday?
October 22

8. How many times a day do you get to eat?
two times a day

9. Do you have a favorite color?
not really


10. Do you hope all your pals put this in their diary?
If they want to play.

I tag...
Wilbur Bud
Snuggles
Harv
Hershey 
Barney
Myles]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>What an honor!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/592568</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 30 May 2009 19:02:39 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/592568</guid>
		<description>Today I was named Member of the Week in my Love of Pups 'n' Cats group!   It's a fun group where we  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Today I was named Member of the Week in my Love of Pups 'n' Cats group!   It's a fun group where we play games and have a good time making furiends.   I hope you'll come by to visit, and even join the group!  I feel so honored!

It was a good way to end a kind of not-so-good week.  Mommy thought one of my ears was looking a little too pink, so she's been putting drops in my ears all week.  Even though I've made it VERY clear that I do NOT appreciate that.   Finally she ran 0ut of the drops, so this morning we went to see my vet dogter and he gave her more.   In fact he gave her a nice big bottle, because she uses it for a lot of things.  She calls it my "magic juice."  I call it a nuisance!

As if that wasn't bad enough, mommy also tattled on me, that I had been chewing on my paw.  The dogter couldn't find anything wrong--because there IS nothing wrong, I just like to keep my paws clean!  But then they decided it would be a good idea to clip the fur on my paws real short.  This is the vet dogter, mind you, NOT Michelle my groomer!  I tried to explain that I do NOT like anyone messing with my paws, but no one would listen and everyone was pinning me down and the clippers were buzzing and tickling and I was not having any fun AT ALL.

But then we were done and I got a treat at the front desk, so I guess it was a good visit after all!  I really like going to the vet.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>The Wedding</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/590922</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 24 May 2009 19:37:05 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/590922</guid>
		<description>Today was Lexi and Dino's wedding.  I know Lexi from the Paw*It*Forward group.  I've never really be ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Today was Lexi and Dino's wedding.  I know Lexi from the Paw*It*Forward group.  I've never really been to a Dogster social event before.  Oh, I was looking forward to it so much!  I even got there half an hour early!  The chapel was just bootiful, with flowers everywhere.  I put my gift on the table and found a seat.  I was there as the wedding party began to take their places, Bille-Bob came and read a bootiful letter from Lexi to her pawrents, the music started, and then...and then...

Then the stoopid compooter farted (as Mini would say), and went blank for the next TWO HOURS!!!  Not only did I miss the ceremony, but most of the reception as well.  It took mommy and daddy both bopping buttons and moving cords and wiggling jigglies to get the pooter going again.  By the time I got to the reception, Lexi and Dino were just leaving, and so had all my furiends.  There was still lots of food, so it wasn't a total loss.  But I'm pretty disappointed  :::sigh:::

Oh, well.  It wasn't my day, it was theirs.  Pawrayers for you, Lexi and Dino, and all my best wishes!!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>I didn't win.</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/588759</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 16 May 2009 18:17:53 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Today was Dog Day at Parkmerced.  They were announcing the winner of the Dog Ambassador contest.  Fo ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Today was Dog Day at Parkmerced.  They were announcing the winner of the Dog Ambassador contest.  Four dogs got added to the ballot, so there were seven in all.  We had high hopes, especially when only two of the other candidates weren't even there.  It was a fun day, with music and food for the humans, and lots of treats and toys for all of us furs.  We met people who walk dogs, and people who groom dogs, and people who take photos of dogs, and people who sell food and stuff for dogs.  Some of my friends from the Wag Hotel were there, and a lot of furiends from the neighborhood.
They had other contests.  One was a doggie fashion show.  (I didn't enter that one.  All I ever wear is my collar and leash.)  One was for doing tricks.  (I didn't enter that one either, but daddy thought we should have.  I can shake hands!)  One was called "Mini Me," and it was for owners and dogs who look alike.  Mommy and I entered that one and WE WON!!  It's because her long hair looks like my long ears.  BOL!!  I got a medal, and mommy and daddy got concert tickets and a coupon for a massage--whatever that is.
But when the time came to announce the Pet Ambassador, the winner was Buddy the Basset.  We were disappointed, but he's a nice dog and it will be fun to see his photo all over.   His daddy was very happy!  I was very tired by that time, and ready to come home!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Big day for me</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/585695</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 5 May 2009 22:28:22 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/585695</guid>
		<description>I feel so much better!  Today I got to go spend the day with Michelle, my groomer.  I really needed  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I feel so much better!  Today I got to go spend the day with Michelle, my groomer.  I really needed a haircut and a bath--even though it'll take me awhile to get my nice doggie odor back again.  Since it's spring (even though it's rainy here this week), I got most of my long winter coat trimmed away.   That'll make it a lot more fun when we go running and playing in the warmer weather.  And it'll be easier for mommy to find burrs and foxtails before they do me any harm.

While I was gone, mommy got a message that I'm in the running for Parkmerced Pet Ambassador.  (Parkmerced is the name of the apartment community where we live.)  Two other furs are also running, and people will vote on their compooters.  On May 16 they're having a Dog Day event, and the winner will be announced then.  The Pet Ambassador will be the spokesfur for four-legged residents of Parkmerced for a whole year!  I don't know yet who the other two furs are.

So now I'm in two photo contests!  Since I don't do tricks or agility or anything, this is the easiest kind of contest for me to enter.   Winning would be fun, but just getting my photo out there is a big thrill for my mom!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Busy Busy</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/584783</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 3 May 2009 00:07:26 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I've been on Dogster for eight or nine months, and I've joined several groups.  But I didn't really  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I've been on Dogster for eight or nine months, and I've joined several groups.  But I didn't really know what it was all about until the beginning of April when I started to sniff around and play a couple of games here and there.  Soon I made a new pal, Mini, and she invited me to be an admin in the Furiends Furever group.    I didn't even know what that meant!  But I said okay, and before I knew it I had a LOT of new pals and I've been having a LOT of fun!  I like word games especially, and Mini taught me how to do "hover" games.  Those are not only fun, but we learn a lot about all kinds of things.  Best of all, I make at least one new furiend almost every day.  Now I make my rounds most every evening, visiting different groups.  Sometimes I meet furiends and we play together.   I've won some prizes!  And sometimes someone is lost or sicky, and we pawray together or swap advice.  

I've been so busy, I haven't had time to update my diary!

When I'm not on Dogster, I'm enjoying the longer spring days.   We've been to the ginormous dog park at Pt. Isabel twice.  Next week I'm going to the groomer to get my summer haircut.  That's so I can run around and not worry so much about burrs and foxtails.  (Although mommy always gets the comb out when we come back from an adventure.  I don't really mind except when she messes with my feet!)   

Also, mommy has entered me in a photo contest at the local shopping mall.  If anyone reading this lives near Serramonte Mall (you know who you are!), I'd appreciate your vote!  I'm Number 0037.  You have to go there in person, so I know most of my Dogster pals can't help.  Mommy says that's okay, she's just proud to see my photo up on the wall there!  

Also if you're reading this, please say a pawrayer for my furiend Baxter, who still hasn't found his way home.

**Special note to my Firecracker:  Are you free on May 24?  I thought you might like to go to Lexi's wedding with me.  ::licks::]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Baxter tag</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/582292</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 10:46:52 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
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		<description>Hi furs, if you are reading this you have probably received a paw mail, telling you to come and read ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Hi furs, if you are reading this you have probably received a paw mail, telling you to come and read my newest diary entry!!  http://www.dogster.com/dogs/947856

BAXTER'S DIARY ENTRY
Hi, my name is Baxter, I am a male Boxer! I am 3 years old! If you don't already know, I ran away 4 days ago, but if you read my previous entry, I am having a blast *wink*! I started this game to get furs praying for me to return home! Here is what you do!

Please say a prayer for me 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

I tagged:
Benny
Bizkit
Walker
TJ
Lil Miss Sassy
Spencer
Gucci
Sox
Angelbelle
Beanster]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Now that's what I call a weekend.</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/580836</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 19 Apr 2009 20:31:10 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
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		<description>There is a pattern to our lives here.  Five days in a row, my daddy leaves early in the morning and  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ There is a pattern to our lives here.  Five days in a row, my daddy leaves early in the morning and doesn't come back until dinner time.  Then for two days, he's home most of the time.  I really look forward to those two days!  Daddy calls it The Weekend. 
This weekend started on Friday evening.  The sun is up later these days, so before dinner sometimes daddy and I go out to play.  This Friday he took me to Fort Fun, and we walked and ran and ran and walked and I sniffed and peed and I got SO tired.  ALMOST too tired to finish my Friday night bully stick!
Saturday morning early, daddy took me to the Wag Hotel for All Day Play.  I was still playing (with the BIG dogs!) when they came to pick me up at 6:00.  When we got home I had dinner and then fell asleep right there on the floor.  And stayed there.
Today it got really warm outside, so when mommy and daddy came home after church we all got in the car and drove across the bridge to what I call the World's Biggest Dog Park.  I had fun running around, but I was still pretty tired and the sun was so hot (and my fur is so thick!) I had to keep looking for shady spots to flop down in.   I'm gonna sleep now for a very long time, and dream about running and sniffing and peeing!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Tagged!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/580266</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 22:05:25 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/580266</guid>
		<description>My sweet Furiend Sox tagged me!
Now, TAG YOU'RE IT!!! YOU ARE CONSIDERED ONE OF MY SWEETEST FURIEND ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ My sweet Furiend Sox tagged me!
Now, TAG YOU'RE IT!!! YOU ARE CONSIDERED ONE OF MY SWEETEST FURIENDS ON MY LIST. ONCE YOU HAVE BEEN TAGGED YOU HAVE TO TAG 5 OF YOUR SWEETEST FURIENDS AND LET THEM KNOW THEY ARE SWEET, AND TO MAKE THEIR DAY HAPPY!!

Send this to at least 5 furiends including me if you care.
Besides being my pawmail buddies You are my friend, you make me smile and truly warm my heart.
Send this to all your furiends you want to keep forever.
If you get 5 back you are LOVED!
So, to Sweet and Fun-loving Furiends who always make me smile:)
I'm tagging:
Lil Sassy
Mr. Muddles
Angelbelle
Dixie
Sluggo]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>I'm a BIG BOY now!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/579950</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 20:32:19 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/579950</guid>
		<description>So here's the way it's been:  Ever since I was a pup, whenever mommy and daddy have left me in the h ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ So here's the way it's been:  Ever since I was a pup, whenever mommy and daddy have left me in the house alone for more than five minutes, I've had to go into my crate, with the door closed.  Even after I proved that I'm not a chewer or a garbage raider, they were afraid I'd fuss and bark and annoy the neighbors if I was home alone and loose.  It's been okay.  I like my crate, I go in there myself for naps  all the time.  And there was always a nice treat whenever the door was gonna be closed.  

But lately, I haven't much wanted to get locked in there,  you know?  A guy can't get a real good stretch inside a crate.   And I need to patrol the house every now and then, and bark at the mailman--I can't really do my work from in there.  So I've been dragging my paws when it was time for crating.

Well today, when mommy was about to leave for wherever it is she goes on Thursdays, I went upstairs and would not, would not, WOULD NOT come down.  I knew what she was up to.  She tried a few tricks, like opening and closing the front door to make me think she had left, and jangling her keys.  That usually draws me like a magnet, but not today.

Finally she left for real, and here I was, all by myself, loose in the house for almost three hours.  (I know that's commonplace for most of you furs, but it was a BIG DEAL for me!)  And I was a very good boy.  When mommy came back, everything was just like she left it and I wasn't upset or anything.  You know why?

Because I'm a BIG BOY now!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Blessings tag</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/577599</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 8 Apr 2009 23:18:22 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/577599</guid>
		<description>My pal Gucci tagged me:

To: YOU
Date: TODAY
From: GOD
Subject: YOURSELF
Reference: LIFE

Th ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ My pal Gucci tagged me:

To: YOU
Date: TODAY
From: GOD
Subject: YOURSELF
Reference: LIFE

This is God.... Today I will be handling All of your problems for you.
I do Not need your help.
So, have a nice day.
I love you.
And, remember.... If life happens to deliver a situation to you that you cannot handle, do Not attempt to resolve it yourself!
Kindly put it in the SFGTD (something for God to do) box.
I will get to it in MY TIME.
All situations will be resolved, but in My time, not yours.
Once the matter is placed into the box, do not hold onto it by worrying about it.
Instead, focus on all the wonderful things that are present in your life now.
Should you decide to send this to a friend; Thank you..
You may have touched their life in ways you will never know!

Now, you have a nice day.

God

God has seen you struggling, God says it's over.
A blessing is coming your way.
If you believe in God, please send to ten furs who you think deserve to be blessed!.

I WANT THESE TEN FURS TO BE BLESSED....

Talley
Snuggles
Wolfgang
Jenny
Missy
Lucky
Abbi
Paco
Sadie Lady
and my sweet Kasey Kaye]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Why I would be good at luring</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/575837</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 3 Apr 2009 10:26:43 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/575837</guid>
		<description>My pal Spencer likes to go luring.  It isn't really a cocker spaniel sport, but he loves it because  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ My pal Spencer likes to go luring.  It isn't really a cocker spaniel sport, but he loves it because you can run fast to chase something, and you don't have to fetch it back.  (Spencer and I are almost the same dog!)  I've never been luring, but I got to practice some yesterday.  It's been REALLY windy here, and trash cans are blowing over.  That lets all the trash out to blow along the street.  When I see that, I take off!  If it wasn't for the darn leash, I could chase all that trash all the way to the ocean!  Mommy was trying to run with me, but she's so s-l-o-w.  

Someday I'm going luring with Spencer.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Tagged again!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/575401</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 1 Apr 2009 22:23:28 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/575401</guid>
		<description>**EASTER TAG**
If you got tagged, copy these questions, answer them yourself and tag 6 other lucky  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ **EASTER TAG**
If you got tagged, copy these questions, answer them yourself and tag 6 other lucky pups or kitties!

I was tagged by Sox, so here we go!

1. What is your favourite colour for Easter eggs? 

Still chocolate!

2. Would you rather be a bunny or a chick? 

Bunny, for jumping and running!

3. How many Easter eggs do you think you'll find when you get to hunt them at your house? 

We don't hide Easter eggs, but I'm hoping for one anyway!

4. What kind of Easter basket are you hoping for? -

A Big One filled with my favorite treats!

Now I'm tagging my good pals:
Gigi
Ticoi
Stewart
FeeFee
Lucky
Bono]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Tagged!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/574902</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 31 Mar 2009 17:21:00 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/574902</guid>
		<description>If you got tagged, copy these questions, answer them yourself and tag 6 other lucky kitties or pups! ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ If you got tagged, copy these questions, answer them yourself and tag 6 other lucky kitties or pups!

I was just tagged by my furiend Mini, so here we go!

What is your favorite color for Easter eggs?
Chocolate, of course!

Would you rather be a bunny or a chick?
I would be a bunny, running and jumping all day! 

How many Easter eggs do you think you'll find when you get to hunt them at your house?
I hope I find one!   Preferably from the doggie barkery.

What kind of Easter basket are you hoping for?
If it was made out of bully sticks, now THAT would be something!

The friends I am tagging are......

Toto
Gucci
Angelbelle
Monty
Sir Winston
Prince

and the last one is... YOU! If you're reading my diary, then feel free to take notice that I just tagged you too! BOL! Have fun!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>BIG day</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/574020</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 28 Mar 2009 19:09:55 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/574020</guid>
		<description>Today we went to the BIGGEST dog park in the WHOLE WORLD.  I think.  It's 21 acres, daddy says.  All ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Today we went to the BIGGEST dog park in the WHOLE WORLD.  I think.  It's 21 acres, daddy says.  All I know is it goes on and on and on, and then turns a corner and goes on and on and on AGAIN.  Up and down hills, over bridges, down trails.  It's on the edge of the bay, across a bridge from where we live.  There's beach if you like sand, and water if you're a splasher.  There's a gravel path, and asphalt if you're more fastidious, and enough big meadows to throw a ball way...over...THERE!  (Of course, I don't fetch.  But I'll run after anything if it's thrown!)  I met another cocker who does what I do, runs between mommy and daddy if they separate.  And at one end there's a doggie store with lots of toys and treats, and places for the muddy dogs to get bathed before they go home.  And there's a place for the humans to get stuff to eat and drink, too.  They even sell Frosty Paws there, but it was too cold today.  And no one rides bikes or skateboards or anything to scare you.   We are DEFINITELY going back there!!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>What a week!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/573448</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 26 Mar 2009 18:41:33 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/573448</guid>
		<description>Last week I was asked to be an administrator in a group, Furiends Furever.  I was nervous at first,  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Last week I was asked to be an administrator in a group, Furiends Furever.  I was nervous at first, I've never served in that role before.  But I'm having a lot of fun!  We play a lot of games there.  And new members are joining all the time.  I made a fun new furiend, Mini.  

Today a newsletter arrived from our apartment community, and there I was on the front page,  Pet of the Month!   It was funny, because I had just been out on my afternoon walk, and a lot of the neighbors I love were also out.  Everyone wanted to pet me, and one called me a "neighborhood celebrity," but I didn't know why.   I just like to wag my tail and make everyone smile.

I met a new puppy around the corner, Dodo, who really likes to play tag!  We had a great time, even though I was on leash.  Dodo wasn't, but he's only three months old, so I guess his daddy doesn't think he's going anywhere.  We're always s'posed to be on leash here, though.

Tomorrow is Friday, which means my Auntie Myrna will come to take me for my walk at lunchtime.  I like her a lot, and she gives me lots of treats!  Tomorrow night my sitter, Susan, will be here!  I get so excited when she comes over that I jump around in circles!  Fridays rock!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Walking daddy</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/572785</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 24 Mar 2009 13:06:44 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/572785</guid>
		<description>Last night when daddy came home I took him for a walk at Fort Fun where I can go off-leash.   Most o ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Last night when daddy came home I took him for a walk at Fort Fun where I can go off-leash.   Most of the time mommy comes, too, but she is slower!  When it's just me and daddy we can go fast, and last night I taught him a new trick: Come!  I'd run off ahead and wait for him, "Come, Daddy!"  And then when he caught up with me I'd run ahead again.  We had a lot of fun and he said I was a very good boy because when I ran ahead to the parking lot,  he told me to Stay so he could put my leash back on, and I did!

Today I'm at the groomer.  My fur's gonna be a lot shorter, now that the warmer weather will be coming.  And the burrs and foxtails coming, too!  So it will be easier for mommy to brush me every day.  But right now I'll need a blanket, I think!!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Training mommy</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/571486</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 20:38:22 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/571486</guid>
		<description>The weather has been warmer and dryer.  That means longer walks, and sometimes a romp in the communi ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ The weather has been warmer and dryer.  That means longer walks, and sometimes a romp in the community dog run.  I've been training mommy to fetch.  She's a slow learner.  She's good at throwing the ball, and I like to chase it.  I can run pretty fast!  But then when I find it, she just stands there, as if she's expecting ME to bring it back to HER.  In fact she says so: "Fetch it, Hershey!  Bring it here!"  Clapping her hands, smiling.   Oh, no.  No, no, I do not fetch.  I chase.  Eventually she figures it out, comes and picks up the ball and throws it again.  I chase it, turn around and say "I found it!"  And then she starts in all over again.   Humans!  But I know if I keep working with her, she'll have it down by the end of the summer.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>What I Learned from Billie-Bob</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/568976</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 11 Mar 2009 19:31:12 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
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		<description>I don't know if this was a really good day or a really bad day.  My furriend Billie-Bob had to go th ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I don't know if this was a really good day or a really bad day.  My furriend Billie-Bob had to go the the Rainbow Bridge.  He was an old doggie, he got to the Bridge by way of his vet-dogter because he was getting very sicky.  So now he's feeling much better and meeting old and new furriends.  That makes it a good day!  But he's not with us anymore, and his mom is very sad, and he's not in his office at P.I.F., and what if he forgets to keep sending us young ones his good advice?

I learned a lot from him.

*It's important to always have a job, like hunting varmints.
*Even if someone has to help you up, a ride in the car is always a good idea.
*You're never too old or too busy or too sick to make new furriends.
*You can find something to love about ANYBODY.
*When someone is scaredy, sometimes all you have to do is lie down quiet next to them and they feel better.
*No matter how bad you feel, going outside will make you happy.
*If it's green, pee on it.

I'll miss you, Billie-Bob.  :(]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Dog tired</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/568021</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 8 Mar 2009 20:06:21 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I'm worn out.  Yesterday, because the rain finally stopped and it was Saturday, we were able to go t ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I'm worn out.  Yesterday, because the rain finally stopped and it was Saturday, we were able to go to Fort Fun.  Lots and lots of other furs were there, too, and I was so busy sniffing and peeing it took us almost an hour to go from one end to the other.   I had to run a lot, too, because sometimes mommy and daddy would get separated and I always have to run between them until mommy catches up!

Then today I spent the whole day at All Day Play at the Wag.  And it was so nice out that we went up on the roof, wher ethey have a nice big play area!   First I jogged all around it, checking it out, and then I ran laps with some of the newer doggies.  And then I played some ball with the big dogs.  Boy did I have fun!  When mommy and daddy picked me up, all I wanted was my dinner and then a place to stretch out and s-l-e-e-p.  

I will dream of my sweet friend Katie Lynn, who just went to the Rainbow Bridge.   Someone poisoned her.  I am very sad, and so are her mommy and daddy.  We'll miss her very much.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Diary of the Day!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/566888</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 4 Mar 2009 21:55:50 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
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		<description>Wowrf!!  Thanks, Dogster, for choosing my diary!  The best part is, I got to make friends with a who ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Wowrf!!  Thanks, Dogster, for choosing my diary!  The best part is, I got to make friends with a whole bunch of furs I never met before!  It makes me feel so special.  (Mommy says I'm special all the time, but you know...she's my mommy.)]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>A very very good boy!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/566181</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 2 Mar 2009 22:15:47 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Mommy says today I was a hero.  She thought I was being very very bad, when really I was being very  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Mommy says today I was a hero.  She thought I was being very very bad, when really I was being very very good.  See, she spends a lot of time every day upstairs punching at her computer.  She calls it working, but she barely moves.  Anyway, I usually hang out with her up there, or I sleep on the couch downstairs.  But sometimes I'm just not sleepy, and sometimes I want some attention, and sometimes I hear murderers outside and, well--sometimes a fur's just gotta bark.  Mommy doesn't like that very much.

Well today we were all quiet and going along, and I was downstairs and all of a sudden I had to bark REAL LOUD.  And no matter what mommy did I would NOT stop.  And I would NOT come when she called me.  She warned me a couple of times, I knew she was getting mad, and then she came down, too.  And then she saw what I saw: the front door wasn't closed.  It was open and the wind was blowing and ANYBODY could have come in!  (We live on a very busy street.)  So instead of being put in my crate to be quiet, I got a great big snuggle and a lot of  "Good good boys" and a yummy rice cookie from the doggie bakery.

I expect I'll be getting a little more respect around here from now on.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Cold and wet</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/562021</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 17 Feb 2009 21:07:44 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I really don't like to be wet.  It was storming on my Gotcha day three years ago, and it rained almo ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I really don't like to be wet.  It was storming on my Gotcha day three years ago, and it rained almost every day while I was being housebroken.  I guess I didn't mind it then, but my coat wasn't as long and thick then either.   Now when I go out in the rain I have to get rubbed all over with a towel when I come back in, and even then I'm not really dry for awhile.  That makes me shiver and itch.  And it's been raining a lot here lately.  Last week I went to the groomer, then got rained on.  Today mommy brushed me all up, and it wasn't raining so we went outside, but the rain caught us before we even got around the block.  Back to the towel, back to the uncomfortable messy fur.  I just want to be wrapped in a blanket and snuggled in mom's lap.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Spaniels Rock!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/559739</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 11 Feb 2009 20:55:20 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>We're all smiles today because a spaniel won the Westminster Dog Show again this year, like two year ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ We're all smiles today because a spaniel won the Westminster Dog Show again this year, like two years ago.  Stump isn't a cocker, but a spaniel is a spaniel the way we look at it.  Mom thinks he looks like me in the face.  I marked the occasion by going to the groomer!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Look! Look! Look!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/559321</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 10 Feb 2009 21:04:28 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Today I've had a lot to bark about.  I barked all day.  Here are some haiku we read on Quinton's pag ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Today I've had a lot to bark about.  I barked all day.  Here are some haiku we read on Quinton's page.  Guess which ones applied to me today.  Which ones apply to you?:

I lie belly-up
In the sunshine, happier than
You will ever be.

I sound the alarm!
Paper boy -- come to kill us all
Look! Look! Look! Look! Look!

I sound the alarm!
Garbage man -- come to kill us all
Look! Look! Look! Look! Look!

Today I sniffed
Many dog behinds -- I celebrate
By kissing your face.

How do I love thee?
The ways are a numberless as
My hairs on the rug.

My human is home!
I am so ecstatic I have
Made a puddle.

I HATE my choke chain
Look, world, they strangle me Ack!
Ack! Ack! Ack! Ack! Ack!

Sleeping here, my chin
On your foot -- no greater bliss -- well, 
Maybe catching rats.

Look in my eyes and
Deny it.  No human could
Love you as much as I do. 

The cat is not all
Bad -- she fills the litter box
With tootsie rolls.

Dig under the fence -- why?
Because it is there.  Because it’s
There.  Because it’s there.

I am your best friend,
Now, always, and especially
When you are eating.

I happily drink
Water for the porcelain pond
You close the lid. Why?

My owners' mood is
Romantic - At their feet I
Let loose a loud one.

I lift my leg and
Whiz on each bush - Hello Spot
Sniff this and weep.

-author unknown to me]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Vote for me!!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/556521</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 3 Feb 2009 10:25:43 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I've been nominated as Most Valuable Pet!  Of course, it was my mommy and daddy who nominated me, so ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I've been nominated as Most Valuable Pet!  Of course, it was my mommy and daddy who nominated me, so maybe it doesn't count.  But anyway you can vote for me in the MVP box on my page.  I'm not sure how many treats I get if I win, but I promise to share!

It's been nice and warm and sunny here.  A lot of trees have flowers on them.  I like flowers.  They smell good and some of them are tasty, too.  When trees have them, sometimes when the wind blows they fall on your head and you can chase them around.  Some of my pals in other parts of the country talk about snowflakes.  I don't know what those are, but it sounds like the same thing.

Today is laundry day, so I have to help mommy.  It's one of my most important jobs.  I have to show her how to get to the laundry room and back, and make sure she gets everything in and out of the right machines.  I don't know what she'd do without me!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Mom's barkday</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/554443</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 28 Jan 2009 14:46:08 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Today is mom's barkday.  She calls it her birdday, or something like that, but I guess she's just co ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Today is mom's barkday.  She calls it her birdday, or something like that, but I guess she's just confused.  We don't even own a bird.  Anyway, daddy and I have been working on a lot of surprises and she's gonna be so happy!  But first I have to go in my crate while they have dinner someplace not-at-home.

I made her laugh this morning.  I have to take a pill for my itchy-itchies, really just half a pill, every other day.  Mommy was cutting one, and one half flew onto the floor.  Anything on the floor is mine, if I get there first, so I just gobbled it up!  Mom thought that was so funny, because most furs she's known won't take a pill even if you hide it in their food.  I can't see why.  As far as I'm concerned, anything I'm allowed to have in my mouth IS food!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Too much fun!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/553291</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 25 Jan 2009 17:50:28 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Have you ever noticed that just when things settle into a nice, predictable routine, humans seem to  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Have you ever noticed that just when things settle into a nice, predictable routine, humans seem to like to stir things up?  This past week, for instance.  Instead of saying bye-bye to daddy every morning and then spending the day with mom, last week there were two mornings when we ALL got in the car, right after breakfast.  I don't know where mommy and daddy were going, but I got to spend two whole days at the Wag, playing with all the other furs!  Then we had one "normal" day.  I was so tired from playing, I just slept.  Mommy had to wake me up in the afternoon to take me out (in the rain!) to go pee.  The next day it was back to the Wag again!  I could get used to this!

But...I hope it doesn't mean mom is tired of having me around.  After she went out this afternoon, I made sure to give her an extra big welcome to let her know I missed her.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Tagged!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/553276</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 25 Jan 2009 17:04:50 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Woof!  I been tagged by my furiend Sheleg.  Here are 5 things about me:
1) I NEVER get enough to ea ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Woof!  I been tagged by my furiend Sheleg.  Here are 5 things about me:
1) I NEVER get enough to eat.
2) I like to ride in cars, on boats, on trains, and anything else that moves.
3) I like going to the dogter and the groomer.  (I like going ANYWHERE.)
4) I do NOT like being left home alone, unless I'm safely in my crate.
5) My main job is to bark at noises outside.  I'm applying as a taster of human food, but no one's hiring...

Now I have to tag five friends.  I pick Alexandria, Katie Lynn, Sha, Stewart and Lexces.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Pest?</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/550735</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 18 Jan 2009 19:09:08 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Yesterday we had a lot of fun.  It started with a ride in the car.  That's ALWAYS a good thing!  We  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Yesterday we had a lot of fun.  It started with a ride in the car.  That's ALWAYS a good thing!  We went up to where the grapes grow, but the vines are all dry and brown now.  Daddy bought a picnic lunch in the town, and then we drove to one of the places where they make something out of the grapes that mommy and daddy like to drink.  So they had their picnic and I got extra treats, and there were a lot of other people having picnics, too.  I met three Labradors who live there, a golden one and a black one and one that's chocolate like me. I wasn't very interested in them, though.  My mind was on FOOD.  Then daddy decided to let me off my leash and I ran all over to the other picnic tables to see if I could get something to eat.  Lots of times people drop food on the ground, you know.  Mommy said I was being a pest and kept calling me to come, and mostly I did.  But then she and daddy started playing a game where they roll balls in the dirt (too big and too heavy for me), and I snuck off.  Soon I found a table with food on it and I jumped right up there!  The people were very nice, but mommy wasn't happy at all and the next thing you know I was back on my leash, tied to a post.  When will she understand that cockers need to EAT!!!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>A hot time</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/549715</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 17:15:51 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>This has been a terrific week!  For some reason the weather changed from colder-than-usual to warmer ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ This has been a terrific week!  For some reason the weather changed from colder-than-usual to warmer-than-usual.  So warm that on Sunday we (and every other dog family in San Francsico, or so it seemed) went to Fort Fun for a nice long off-leash romp.  I've never seen so many furs there!  Our walks have been longer all week.  It's a little uncomfortable since I'm in my winter coat--longer and thicker--but the nights are still cold and good for snuggling.

Last night I met my (human) cousin Dan for the first time, even though he lives pretty close to us.  I'm not sure what a "cousin" is, but he was a lot of fun and we played a really good game of tug.  He said he might be getting a pup of his own.  I hope we'll see him a lot more!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Score!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/546827</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 6 Jan 2009 21:01:55 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I got two dinners tonight!  See, usually daddy feeds me when he gets home from work.  But mommy thou ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I got two dinners tonight!  See, usually daddy feeds me when he gets home from work.  But mommy thought he was gonna be late, so she fed me.  Then when daddy got home he didn't ask her, and he fed me again.  I didn't say a word, oh no!   Only, mommy heard me crunching from the other room, and she wasn't happy.

Too bad, mommy!  

Put 'er there, Sheriff!!!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>My Gotcha Day</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/545327</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 2 Jan 2009 17:35:47 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Today is my Gotcha Day, the day I came home with mommy and daddy three years ago.  It was very rainy ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Today is my Gotcha Day, the day I came home with mommy and daddy three years ago.  It was very rainy that day, and it rained again today.  That's okay, I like to catch raindrops on my nose!  We're all very happy today, remembering all the adventures of the last three years.

Mommy's been busy yesterday and today changing the house back to the way it was before Christmas.  I wonder why she made all those changes if she didn't like them?  The worst thing is, yesterday daddy took my tree outside, and today it's gone!  I never got to mark it, so now I don't know how I'll ever find it.  Maybe from all the needles it dropped on the way out...

Happy New Year!!!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Afterwards</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/542973</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 27 Dec 2008 16:58:04 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>After all the excitement with paper and ribbons and new toys and a visit to Grandma's two day ago, y ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ After all the excitement with paper and ribbons and new toys and a visit to Grandma's two day ago, yesterday I had to go in my crate for a couple of hours while mommy and daddy went out.  And then I could hardly get their attention when they came back.  Trouble is, they have a new toy.  It's kind of hard to explain, but we have this box in the living room that has people in it.  Mostly we just sit and stare at it, watching the people.  But with their new toy they move around and wave their arms and stuff, and the box makes music I don't like and sometimes odd noises.  I'm trying to warn them, I bark and bark, but they just laugh and keep going.  

Today we all got in the car and went to a different dogter than I usually see.  I thought we were going to the pet store--maybe for some new toys!--but inside was a vet's office.  That's okay, it means I'm about to get a lot of attention.  I like that.  I also got a shot, but I didn't really feel it.  This one had something to do with my "temper," if I heard right.  Anyway, then we went to another place where daddy went in while mommy and I walked around outside.  When daddy came back out I said "Hi!" and then threw up all over the sidewalk.  Mommy said that was from the shot, and afterward I didn't feel too good, but I'm fine now and ready for dinner!  If I can get get daddy to put away his new toy--!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>My favorite holiday!!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/541476</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 23 Dec 2008 15:38:08 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>We've been having so much FUN!  Mommy and daddy went out one night last week and came home with bags ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ We've been having so much FUN!  Mommy and daddy went out one night last week and came home with bags full of people food that smelled so good you wouldn't believe it.  Cheese and meats and crackers and chocolate!  I kept trying, but couldn't get any.  On Friday they put it all out on trays and tables, some I could just about reach!  But mommy has eyes in the back of her head, and as soon as my front paws left the floor she was all over me.

All day Friday people were coming to our house!  The doorbell kept ringing and ringing, and after it got dark a lot more people came.  Some I had never smelled before, but most I remembered from last Christmas.  I just knew there would be someone who would give me people food!  I kept sniffing and hinting--really, I put on my very best Starving Cocker eyes, but no one gave me anything.  And every time I got my nose close to something irresistible, someone would sneak up behind me and pull me away.  I suspect they had all been coached!  But I had a lot of fun anyway, getting rubbed and held and petted and fussed over. I was so tired I couldn't even move after they all went home.

The very next day we went for a long ride in the car, and when we got out we were up north where it smells like grapes.  We went to some different places where daddy bought something in bottles, and then we had a picnic.  Last of all we went to a big house all made of stone.  Mommy called it a castle.  It was so much fun, because there were lots of rooms and hallways to explore, and everyone there really likes furs.  I had so many treats that day!  And I was so tired when we got home I didn't even notice that I didn't get any dinner.

On Sunday it rained and we all stayed home and rested.  I hardly opened my eyes, but when I did I could see the lights on my tree, and candles everywhere. 

Tonight if it doesn't rain we're going downtown to see the store windows and the big tree in Union Square.  (Don't ask, you can't even get close enough to sniff it, let alone mark it!)  Then tomorrow I'm going to the Wag to play with other furs all day, and then we'll all get in the car again and ride around looking at lights in the different neighborhoods.  

And the next day will be CHRISTMAS!!  And I know there's a present under the tree for me from my far-away grandparents, and then we'll get in the car and go to my grandma's and I'll have to be very very good but there will probably more presents there, too.  And treats!

Christmas is ABSOLUTELY my favorite holiday!!!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Pawty!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/538328</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 14 Dec 2008 19:20:39 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Today was the best yet!  We went to a pawty for furs at the SPCA, where I went to puppy school when  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Today was the best yet!  We went to a pawty for furs at the SPCA, where I went to puppy school when I was little.  There were lots of other furs there, and tables full of food for humans and furs, and a lot of people had treats in their pockets.  Most of us furs were off-leash and we could run around all over.  At one end of the room they had all kinds of play structures set up, and I found out that I could get treats by jumping over bars or through tires, and running through tunnels or up and down a ramp.  It was amazing!  I got treats from people I didn't even know, just by sitting instead of jumping on them.  But I was SO EXCITED that I forgot my manners and jumped up a lot.  Anyway, I had SO MUCH FUN!  I especially loved running up and down that ramp, but daddy got really excited when I showed him how high I can jump.

I wouldn't do anything without a treat, though.  Maybe once or twice, but no more.  You have to take a stand.

The only bad thing was when I got home, I got NO DINNER!  I'm too full and tired to stay awake, otherwise I'd let my objections be known.  But right now, I'm just gonna take a little nap.....]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Itchy-itchy</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/537630</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 12 Dec 2008 13:57:29 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Woof, I'm SO EXCITED!  Lat night my sitter came over 'cause mommy and daddy went out.  Her name is S ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Woof, I'm SO EXCITED!  Lat night my sitter came over 'cause mommy and daddy went out.  Her name is Susan and I LOVE her!  She's like a grandma (except my real grandma is afraid of furs--can you imagine???).  And she knows she's not supposed to, but she lets me share part of her dinner. :::shhhhh, that's a secret:::   

Then this morning we went to the vet, because I've been itchy-itchy for a couple of weeks.  He gave me a shot, but I didn't feel it.  And I might have to take some pills later.  He said "allergy," whatever that means.  I like him a lot, and the lady out front, and the dog that sleeps behind her.  I get SO EXCITED when we go there!

Then my Auntie Myrna came for our Friday walk.  I get SO EXCITED to see her, I run around in circles until mommy opens the door.  Auntie Myrna lets me jump up on her, and gives me a treat every time I do what she says.  Not like mommy, who only treats me sometimes, and other times just says "Good boy" and pets me.  (Well, that's good, too.)

And mommy says Susan is coming again tonight.  I'm SO EXCITED!

And tomorrow I'm going to All Day Play at the Wag.  Arf!  I'm SO EXCITED I don't think I can stop my tail!!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>You should see...</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/536800</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 9 Dec 2008 22:22:11 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>So mommy and daddy brought my tree inside on Friday night.  My own tree, right in the living room!   ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ So mommy and daddy brought my tree inside on Friday night.  My own tree, right in the living room!  But I was only allowed to sniff it a little bit.  There's a lot of other stuff mommy and I have been putting up around the house, too.   We work as a team.  She pulls something out of a box and holds it for me to sniff my approval, and then she hangs it somewhere or puts it on a table or shelf.   The house looks way different, like a big party!

Anyway, on Sunday daddy made magic on my tree and now it lights up!  Then we all hung shiny stuff all over it.  It was a lot of work for me.  I must have sniffed a hundred balls and miles of stringy stuff.  I have to say, my tree doesn't look much like a tree at all anymore.  And now boxes are beginning to show up underneath it.  I'm keeping my distance, but it is intriguing.  

We also have music playing all day, different than the usual music.  This kind has more bells, and I like to bark along.  AND I have new toys!  They're way more fun than the glittery stuff on the tree or the stuff underneath.  And I have a soft new pillow at my spot on the couch.  And there are all kinds of new smells in the house.  My nose is getting tired!

When I go for my walks these days, I get a lot of compliments on my Christmas collar and leash.  This is so much fun!

Oh yes, Christmas is definitely my favorite holiday!!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Now I remember!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/533960</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 1 Dec 2008 16:30:55 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>It's Christmas!  Oh, I remember now.  Everything inside of mommy's special closet comes out, and the ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ It's Christmas!  Oh, I remember now.  Everything inside of mommy's special closet comes out, and there are boxes all over the house so it's hard to find a clear path for ball chasing.  And everything smells new or different, and some of it MUST be tasty but I'm hearing a lot of "No, Hershey" and "Leave it."   But I also remember this: in a week or so the whole house will look different, and there will be lots and lots of new smells from the kitchen and lots of people will come over and some will bring me toys!

On Saturday we went for a long ride in the car, to a kind of forest.  Daddy got a sharp stick of some kind and we all went on a hike.  I got to go off-leash, and a couple of times I got so excited exploring that I forgot I was supposed to stay close to mommy and daddy.  It was a funny hike, because we kept going in circles.  We'd stop and look at a tree for awhile (it's the only time my humans ever take so much interest in trees, but they never mark them!), and then we'd hike around some more.  We kept going back to the same trees, first five or six and then three and then two, and finally one.  We all liked this tree so much that daddy used his sharp stick to cut it down and we got to bring it home!  It's sitting in a bucket of water outside the back door, and mommy lets me smell it when we go for our walks.  My own tree!  The only thing I can't understand is how I'm supposed to mark it in that bucket--and why can't I drink the water?  Oh well, it's still my very own tree, and I love it!

Christmas IS my favorite holiday!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Something's coming</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/531124</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 23 Nov 2008 17:03:58 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Something about the mood around here is changing.  Mommy and daddy are spending a lot of time talkin ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Something about the mood around here is changing.  Mommy and daddy are spending a lot of time talking and writing things down and checking their calendars.  Three times in the last two weeks I've been left, either with my sitter for the evening or at the Wag for the whole day.  That's where I was yesterday. (Don't worry, my lovely Firecracker, Akira wasn't there!)  In the evening when they brought me home, there were all kinds of bags full of stuff that wasn't there when I left in the morning.  And today mommy hauled papers and ribbons and scissors and tape out of her special closet and spent the whole day upstairs playing with all the new stuff.  She calls it "wrapping."  I played a little, too, chewed some ribbon and stuff for her, but I don't like the scissors.  And now all the stuff is back in bags again, but it looks different.  She's been changing the house, too.  Some things are missing from their places, and some things have been moved.  

Actually, this all seems vaguely familiar, but I can't quite put my paw on it...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>I'm a new dog</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/529899</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:40:10 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Today I went to the groomer.  I've been getting all itchy, so I was really ready to go.  Only :::yaw ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Today I went to the groomer.  I've been getting all itchy, so I was really ready to go.  Only :::yawn:::, now it will take weeks to get my smell back to normal.  My humans seem to like this smell :::yawn::: better.  Sometimes I just don't  understand them.  :::s-t-r-e-t-c-h:::

I love my groomer a lot, even though she won't leave my front paws alone.  I fuss about them, but she's not a softie like mommy.  She just keeps cutting and trimming.  :::yawn:::  When she's not working on me I don't have to go into a cage like other places I've been before.  This groomer just lets us furs all run around together.  I don't know what I like better, that or my bath.  The bath :::yawn::: is sooooo relaxing.  When I get home, I pretty much just want to sleep.  I think I was going to write more, but I'm just gonna close my eyes-s-s-z-z-z-z-z-z...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Two days in the life...</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/528358</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 15 Nov 2008 18:53:24 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Yesterday I got to spend the whole day playing with other furs at the Wag Hotel.  I made a new frien ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Yesterday I got to spend the whole day playing with other furs at the Wag Hotel.  I made a new friend, Akira.  We had a great time!  On my report card they wrote that it was a "love connection," but that's because they don't know about me and my Firecracker!

Today was even more fun, because my daddy was home all day. I never let him out of my sight!  We lounged around all morning on the couch while mommy was gone, and then we all went out for human food (it smells so good, but I never get any!) and then to Fort Fun, my favorite place to roam off-leash.  I sniffed a lot of new furs there, but mostly I stuck close to daddy.  Sometimes mommy would lag behind and I had to stop and wait for her.  She always brings a little silver box that she holds up to her eye and then clicks a button.  I don't know why.  But daddy just keeps on walking.  Then I have to keep running back and forth between them until they're together again.  I'm all worn out!

Tomorrow we're going to my (human) grandma's.  Oh boy, a ride in the car!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Tagged by Abigail</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/527843</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 16:35:49 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
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		<description>Now I must tell 7 things about myself:
1) I love to ride in the car, but I never lie down back ther ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Now I must tell 7 things about myself:
1) I love to ride in the car, but I never lie down back there
2) I NEVER get enough to eat
3) I have a girlfriend I call Firecracker 
4) My job when I'm inside is to bark at noises outside
5) The best part of my day is when daddy comes home from work
6) My birthday is October 22
7) My Gotcha day is Jan. 2

Now I will tag 4 pals: 
1) Spencer my bud
2) Good ole Micky
3) Richter who's resting
4) Sweet Macy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Lots of excitement today</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601/diary/Its_a_chocolate_life/526819</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 21:37:08 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Hershey ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>This morning in the middle of my nap we heard a lot of sirens outside.  Of course I helped and added ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ This morning in the middle of my nap we heard a lot of sirens outside.  Of course I helped and added my own howls.  Mommy and I smelled smoke and when she looked out front there was a big red truck hooked up to MY fire hydrant.  Lots of humans in black hats and coats were running around.  We snuck out the back door to see what was up, and there across the back lawn was smoke coming out of another townhouse!  Some of the men in the black coats were up on the roof, chopping a hole in it and making lots of noise.  We watched for awhile and then went back inside, but I could still smell the smoke and I let mommy know, all morning!

Later when we went for our walk we saw a lot of black smelly house stuff out on the sidewalk but I didn't bark at it.  The humans who owned it seemed sad, but they said they were glad to be alive.   I couldn't make them smile.  They drove away.  I wonder if I'll ever see them again.  

I need to catch up on my sleep!]]></content:encoded>
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