My sister went to Heaven and I am sad

Hi Dogster Pals.

I don't think things can get any worse for my family. Our Grandma (Patches first Mommy) who lives next door to us, went to Heaven on September 18, and on September 30, a Sunday, my big sister Idgie that is smaller than me didn't want to eat.
Idgie LOVES to eat, probably more than anything in the whole wide world.

So on Monday, Mommy took Idgie right to Dr. Farr, who is the best doggy doctor and Mommy has been taking all of her fur children to for 18 years.
Dr. Farr felt a mass on Idgie's spleen and sent her and Mommy to a hospital in Branchburg immediately, where they did an ultrasound and found cancer in Idgie's liver and in her spleen. Idgie lived for exactly one week and then Dr. Farr had to help Mommy send her to Heaven.

Idgie was perfect and beautiful and the picture of health. Idgie was almost 15 years old, but a vet that was filling in for Dr. Farr about 9 months ago thought that Idgie was only 7 or 8 years old. Mommy feeds us only healthy holistic food. Idgie had her complete physical at the end of July and everything was perfect.

We are so shocked and devastated, that we still can't believe it.
What will I do without my Idgie....my big sister. Idgie was little, but she took care of me and washed my face every day. Idgie always told me what I should do and what I shouldn't.

Oh, my little heart is so broken and all Mommy does is cry. I'm so sad.
Please keep us in your prayers.

Love,
Jordan Savanna

My Great Grandma is going to Heaven soon...

Hi Friends -

Mommy just told me that our Great Grandma (Mommy's Grandma) is going to be going to Heaven soon. Grandma is very sick and has bad things on her liver and in her kidney called tumors. The doctors told Mommy that we will only have Grandma for about 3 months more - and we are all so sad.

I have been trying my best to take care of Grandma. I know she doesn't feel good, so when we go over her house, I put my two front paws on her lap and I give her a kiss and then I rest my head on her chest. I like to hear Grandma's heart beat. It makes me feel happy and safe.

We built our home right next door, 5 years ago (that was before I was even born!) , so that we could all be happy and be together - and now our Grandma is leaving us - just like Grandpa did 2 years ago.

Grandma loves me.
Grandma always scratches my back.
Grandma lets me kiss her and hug her.
Grandma gives me nice treats.
Grandma tells me I'm beautiful and that I am her good girl.
What am I going to do without her? I am so sad. I love Grandma.

Thank you, Jordie!

Dear Jordie -
I gave you a new song. It reminds me of how you melted my heart and made me feel love again.
You brought happiness and joy into my broken heart after losing my Savanna, and I thought my heart would never feel that again.
Thank you for making me happy again.
YOU are the song in my heart!
Love,
Mommy xo xo xo

Jordie's adoption song now on her page!

From Jordan's Mommy:

This is Jordie's adoption song. We adopted Jordie from American Brittany Rescue when our Savanna died. Idgie was SOOO lonely without Savanna, so we had to find her a sister right away. The people at ABR were so incredibly wonderful, they knew what a mess I was and how my heart was broken - so they put me on top of lots of applications.

They called us and told us there was a Brittany in Atlantic City, so we went to see her. Idgie had to pick who she wanted. It was all up to her. Needless to say, the one in Atlantic City was a lunatic and Idgie made it quite clear that she wasn't "the one." Idgie doesn't take any Guff! She was so angry and put off when the other dog jumped all over her!

Anyway, they then had a baby for us to go see, 7 months old, in Pennsylvania and we made plans to take Idgie to see her the following Saturday. I was pretty much resolved to the fact that we were wasting our time.
Idgie was 11 years old and a BABY would NOT be compatible for her, but we drove 2 hours to PA anyway just to check it out.

The very moment we walked in, Idgie fell in love with this baby. They automatically "clicked."

Savanna used to do this thing with me...She never really kissed my mouth, but she would put her mouth next to mine and kind of bump me a few times very gently. No dog has ever done this to me, only my Savanna.

Well, this little bugger (Jordan) walked over to me, looked deep into my eyes, then "bumps" on my face!!! This was my sign from Savanna, that she was definitely "THE ONE"!

I named her Jordan Savanna. Jordan means "flowing down." I hope for all of the beautiful and perfect and gentle things from my Savanna, to flow down into Jordan. I think it's beautiful. Savanna is also a wonderful guardian angel to Jordan. There are several times when Jordan was little, that she did things that could have hurt herself, and she probably shouldn't still be here. But Savanna has kept her safe each and every time.

Jordan was alot of work, and if she wasn't potty trained when we got her, I think I may have had a nervous breakdown! She was my little wild child, she has (thank GOD) calmed down and is now my cuddly, snuggly little couch potato. I look at her little face sometimes and I can NOT believe that her family didn't want her, and gave up on her. I'm glad they did though. She is worth all of the struggles we have been through and I wouldn't change one thing about her.

I cannot imagine my life without her, especially after losing Savanna.

Anyway, I love this song.
It reminds me of what Jordan would have said to us, when we were adopting her....because her other family had given up on her and not "followed through." Love takes time sometimes. But love is a cure all for anything that's wrong. My Jordan needed unconditional love. She needed to know that we weren't going to give up on her too - and that we would love her and be her family forever.

I just love songs about unconditional love, cause there's nothing more amazing in this whole wide world - than unconditional love! It rocks!

So, here's to you, my Jordan Savanna! As I tell you all the time...God blessed the day we found you! You were MEANT to be! You are a miracle. And you are precious and perfect EXACTLY the way God made you! Special...Just for us!
You are the song in my heart, lovey! Thank you for loving me back.

Love,
Mommy xo xo xo

My video on YOU TUBE

Mommy just can't seem to get my video to work on my dogster page!
She is VERY upset.
So she put the new video of me singing on YOU TUBE.

Here's the link if you want to watch me SING!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZzcklDvmR8

Mommy's friends said that I should try out for the next American Idol - because I'm better than MOST of the people that audition!!!

BOL! WOOF!

Love,
Jordie xo xo xo

By the way, yesterday was a SPECIAL day for us! Mommy adopted me 3 years ago from American Brittany Rescue!
www.AmericanBrittanyRescue.org

What a great singer I am!!!

Hi everyone!

Mama says that I am a wonderful singer!
When Mama is getting ready for work in the morning, she always has the radio on - and I have found out that I have a new talent!

Whenever a song comes on by Michael W. Smith - I sing my little heart out.
I sing through the whole entire song! Mommy says that I must like piano music, because I also sang for her when she put her John Tesh cd on!

Mommy is leaving for Jamaica this Saturday, November 11 - but she said when she comes home, she will try to put my new singing video on my Dogster page!!!

Yup, those Mommies are going to their beautiful Jamaica again! I hate when they leave, but that means Auntie Andrea comes to live with us for the week.
That means lots of treats, lots of snuggles on the couch, and lots of hugs and kisses and SEVERE SPOILING to be done!!! Auntie Andrea lets us sleep on the bed with her too - cause she knows that we miss the Mommies!

I hope she puts Idgie the BEDHOG on the other side of her - so I can get some sleep! I'll have to tell her!

Love,
Jordan Savanna xo xo xo

My Tail of Devotion for XO Jordan Savanna XO

This is a special Tail of Devotion

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Mama's BAD FOUR LETTER WORD place!

Wow! Yesterday, Mommy Kelly-Anne took my sister Idgie and I for a RiDe! She washed our little faces and combed our hair, and made sure we looked very PRETTY! She told us that we were going to Mama's W-O-R-K.

W-O-R-K??? Work is that BAD FOUR LETTER WORD!!! Work is a BAD place! It's that BAD FOUR LETTER WORD that keeps our Mama away from us during the day! Why would we want to go THERE???

Anyway, Mommy Kelly-Anne helped us into the back of the car and told us to be very good girls. I don't know why she says that, because we ALWAYS are good girls.

We went for the drive! We love the car, because we get to look out the windows at all the cool stuff going on outside.

Sometimes, we even make funny faces at the other drivers!!!

After a few minutes, we pulled into this huge parking lot, with a huge building, and lots and lots of new cars and trucks everywhere! It was quite overwhelming! Guess who ran out of the huge building, and over to us???
It was our MAMA!!! Boy, were we HAPPY to see her!!!

Mama got us ready and took us into the huge building. As soon as we went inside, all of these big Italian guys came over to us! At first, I was a little nervous, until the big boss guy, Mr. Dino said, "Oh I LOVE them. They're so beautiful!"
With that, I knew that I was safe - so I parked it right in front of him, so that he could scratch my back.

Let me tell you, I have these humans trained pretty well!!!
When I turn around and back it up right in front of them, they seem to KNOW that this is their cue to start SCRATCHIN'!!!

It was very strange in a way, because although I didn't know anyone - they ALL knew ME!!! How could this happen??? They ALL even knew my NAME!!!
The only reason I could come up with, is that they ALL must have some special PSYCHIC super powers or something.

Mama took us up in this thingy that she called an E-L-E-V-A-T-O-R.
It was a little scary, but I went in, because I know that my Mama would never take me somewhere bad or unsafe. I know that wherever she takes me is a GOOD place.
After we came out of the elevator, we were in a whole new place! We went down a hall and into a big room with LOTS of ladies. They all knew my name too!!!! They all told me how beautiful I am, and what a good girl I am! Mama told me that they all have fur babies too!

I guess that that bad four letter word - work - isn't such a bad place after all! All of the humans seemed very nice and they seemed like they really loved us. Mama explained to us that if we want good food and good treats, that this is where she HAS to go during the day, otherwise we will have to eat Alpo and rawhide!

This morning, when Mama left to go to work, I gave her a nice kiss and a hug and told her to have a nice day. I didn't give her my usual sad face.
I think she's a pretty good Mama - I love you my Mama! I am a good girl and she is a good girl!

Love,
Jordie xo xo xo

The Rumbly in Idgie's Tumbly...

First, I want to let everyone know that I am a good girl now.
I love my Mama's and my older sister Idgie that is smaller than I am - and I listen to them. I give them hugs and sometimes kisses, and I LOVE when they hold me and snuggle me.

I even snuggle more with Idgie now. She is getting older, and needs me. Sometimes, I even wash her face and her eyes.

I know that she loves it, because she nuzzles me and it almost sounds like she's purring.

Anyway, getting back to the Idgie getting older part of my story...
Oh boy, guess what Idgie did to me???

The Mama's went over to their Grandma's house next door for a few minutes, and there was a RuMbLy going on inside Idgie's tummy! I could hear it really loud, and I wasn't even that close to it. Obviously, I THOUGHT that I wasn't that close to it ----- BUT I MUST HAVE BEEN CLOSE ENOUGH!!!

Well, Idgie had a poopy accident and guess what happened???
She got the poopies all over my ARM!!!
And guess what else??? When the Mama's came home, they weren't even concerned with my POOPIE ARM and what happened to me!
They were so worried that Idgie was sick and didn't feel well. But thank God, Idgie was okay after her little Poopie on Jordie episode!

My Mama picked me up and washed my arm with a LOVELY amaretto flavored shampoo! I wasn't even scared! That's cause the whole time she washed me, she kissed me and told me what a yummy girl I was! The shampoo smelled good enough to eat - so I did, and it was quite TASTY!!!

Mama said that I was so sweet and good, and it made me very proud of myself............. BUT...........
Guess what everyone was calling me???!!!
J O R D A N - P O O P I E - ARM !!!!

Finally, now that it's been a few days, I think they've forgotten about it!
I'll tell you something...
The next time I hear a rumbly going on inside Idgie's tumbly - I'm moving fast, and FAR away!

No more Jordan Poopie Arm for me! Let this experience be my first - and my last! I love my sister Idgie, but I don't love her poopies!

Love,
Jordan Savanna xo xo xo
(NOT Jordan Poopie Arm)

NO MORE GREENIES!!!!

Hi Furry Friends!
Mamma says NO MORE GREENIES!
And when she said it, she said it with a FURY!
It's a shame, 'cause we really loved Greenies more than anything...but that Mamma....She knows BEST, and she said she did it for our own good!

Mamma was very upset to find that LOTS of fur-kids were either made very sick, or died from Greenies - all while their manufacturer said that they were safe and healthy for us, 100% digestible, veterinarian approved, and great for our teeth.
Meanwhile, so many fur-kids are sick or dying from intestinal blockages or choking. Even if they chew the Greenies really well.
And the mean Greenies company is IGNORING US!!!

One of the fur-kids was Burt, and another fur-kid was Mamma's niece's dog, Annie.

Please look at Burt's website.
His parents need LOTS of love and support from the Dogster community!

You can find Burt's website at www.BurtsCause.com

Burt's parents are trying their best to make this company admit that what they did was wrong, and hold them accountable for what happened to Burt and so many other fur-kids. This way, it doesn't happen again, and their won't be any more sad families.

Please, please don't eat any more Greenies!
**** IT'S NOT WORTH TAKING THE CHANCE! ****

Even if you knew there was even just a small chance of something bad happening, why take the risk?

We have lots of wonderful and HEALTHY and SAFE treats to eat now --- that we love even more than Greenies. Mamma got us Sam's Yams, Merrick Flossies and Wishbones, and Merrick Golden Crispers - and we just can't get enough of them! She found them at www.SitStay.com and www.Dog.com and on Amazon!

BYE BYE GREENIES!!! HELLO NEW AND DELICIOUS YUMMIES!

Love & Kisses,
Jordie xo xo xo