I'm a Tired Pup Tonight

I spent my 2nd barkday locked up half the day cuz mama had to get her eyeballs checked then she came home with some yummy busy bones fur all of us. Thank you mama fur making my day special after all. I furgives you fur locking us up. NOT!!

Thank you to all my furiends fur the barkday wishes and making my special day brighter. I wuffs you all. p.s. Mama gots pig ears fur us...we get one tomorrow. Yay, it's gonna be a great day.

I'm a Diary Pick fur Today

OMD...I cannot believe the week I'm having. Furst I celebrated my Gotcha Day on Monday then today I'm in the spotlight cuz I barked about strutting in Downtown Lafayette! I even furgive mom fur not including my purty face when she entered my fursibs in the Petco photo contest. It don't matter cuz if they win then I win too...we all share whatever comes into the house. BOL!! Aaarrooo!

I'm mom's newest helper of the house. She was cleaning under the sink today and there I was sticking my nose into everything. She said, "Now Rosie how am I going to get this done if you keep getting in the way?" Don't she know I wasn't in the way....I was helping...making sure she did a good job!

She's been talking about Howlaween costumes again...oh, no should I be scared?!

I Strutted in the "Strut Your Mutt" Campaign

I'm jumping in here real fast before mom shuts off the computer. She's an emotional wreck tonight, but I'll be licking her face in a little while to make her feel all better. BOL!!

Just gotta brag about mom taking me to the big event on September 22nd in downtown Lafayette. I made her very proud cuz I was a very good girl. I didn't bark or whine like a baby. The only thing I done was sniff a few doggie butts and try to jump up on a few hoomans. Overall, mom said she was so proud of me on my very first public outing. Whoo-hoo!!

I got to walk alongside my cousin Grace fur the best cause in the whole wide world...to help the homeless pets. I was one of them homeless pets last year at this time...probably wandering the streets looking fur a bite to eat. That's seven years ago in dog's life so I kinda furget when I was taken fur a ride and dumped on the side of a road somewhere in Rayne, LA. Thankfully I wound up in a furtastic furever home with Bella, Scooter and Jiffy. Do I ever have it made!! BOL!! I sleeps in the hooman bed every night right next to mom, gets lots of belly rubs & scrubs, have lots of room to run around every day, have 3 fursibs to play with, get lots of good foods & treats, have hundreds of toys all over the house, and doggie beds in almost every room. Oh, my I got off topic a little bit, but had to brag about my life today compared to what it was last year. My Gotcha day is soon coming up and mom needs to help change my profile picture on here with a new one...good grief we all know she's got hundreds of them on that camera card and on the computer. BOL!!

Back to strutting. Mom was a bit disappointed in one of the local news reporters cuz that woman told mom in a message she would make sure we got our picfur taken with Ian Somerhalder, some big TV star who kicked off the strut. That woman was co-hosting with the big star. Mom was excited more fur me cuz she knew I'd give that guy a lot of kissies and would take a good picfur. That woman lied to my mom and lost what mom calls "integrity." Who cares if I didn't get a picfur with that big star. I got to walk with my mom, my skinbro and cousin. That was a furtastic day and to top it all off mom brought in the most money in the online fundraising fur ARF-LA. She told me she brought in the most last year too and won a spa day prize, but gave it back to ARF-LA. BOL!!

I was a little upset mom entered a photo of my fursibs in the Petco Halloween photo contest and left me out! She said it's cuz the photo with all four of us isn't as clear. Then she told me to think of it this way...I got to hang out with her all alone in the special Strut Your Mutt event while the others had to stay home. I kinda feel better about that now...just a little. BOL!!!

Time to call it a night...Spike's celebrating his barkday at the Bridge today and I heard rumor he's coming fur a visit tonight to make sure we're not tearing up his ottoman.

I Bagged a Bird

OMD...I'm sneaking in here real quick while mom is putting clothes in the dryer. This morning at approx. 7 a.m. I caught a bird and started to bring it in fur mom to see when all of a sudden she comes out the door like a mad woman. She said, "ROSIE, put that bird down, BAD GIRL..." I dropped the bird cuz mom's voice scared me, but I stood close by with feathers sticking out of my mouth. Mom kept calling me bad so many times it must be my new name. She was mad at me cuz the bird died right there before her eyes and there was nothing she could do. Mom was sad over me sending birdie to the Rainbow Bridge this morning. She scooped birdie up and put birdie in a plastic baggie then gave birdie a "decent burial." She kept saying how bad I was and I'd better not go near birdie's final resting place or I'd be in big troubles. Good grief...don't us doggies supposed to catch the birdies and bring our prize catches to show off?! I am a confused "BAD ROSIE." Later...and I do have other stuff to bark about which is good things in mom's eyes, but will do it later. Woof-woof!!

OMD!! I'm a Diary Pick Today

and the day's about over. What's wrong with mom fur not letting me get on the computer earlier!! My diary pick was me barking about Deacon and my being a bad girl at the groomer's on Friday. BOL!! Mom still calls me "sweet girl" lots of times over and over, but that's cuz I really am a sweet girl always giving kissies and of course begging fur attentions.

We got lots of water in the front of our house yesterday. At least it didn't come in the house like that flood water in March which also brought the snake into our yard. Mom said the snake can stay since he/she is a harmless Kingsnake. She said he/she is probably keeping down the rodent population and it won't bother us if we don't bother it.

Whoo-hoo time fur celebrations so come on mom bring on the extra treats!!! Rosie is popular today!!!

Life's Full of Ups and Downs

The biggest downer I heard today was my twin buddy Deacon of the "D" Dogs has to find a new furever home cuz he was really bad in ripping two big holes in Duffy's neck which made poor Duffy go to the dogtor fur surgery. OMD...that's scary. I hope Deacon finds a new furever home who will let him stay on Dogster so we can keep being pals and keep up with his life. I pray Duffy has a quick recovery.

Another downer today is all of us got groomed and Ms. Erin told mom I was bad. I wanted to bark back at her to let her know we already got a bath earlier this week so why two in one week!!?? Anyhoo, I was just tired of this grooming stuff and snarled at Ms. Erin. She told mom about it and told mom she spanked me on the rump then I behaved. Then mom told on me about how bad I am sometimes when she tries to take them big old cicada bugs away from me when I'm trying to crunch 'em down. Mom told Ms. Erin how I showed her my teefies sometimes too and act like I want to bite her, but don't. Mom spanks me fur doing that and she also says I'm "bad."

Oh well, the day is over, it's raining really hard here, but we're all dry and happy pups.

Stressful Day Fur Mom

If I didn't already know it I sure know it now...Mom loves me!! Where do I begin...with me, cuz I'm a mischievous little girl...at least that's what mom says. BOL!! Aaarrooo!! This afternoon was very "stressful" fur her. This is what she wrote to one of her friends who was checking on our gate progress, which is another tale all in of itself:

Mom's message that I stole from her FB mail (BOL):

"OMG...just had the scare of a lifetime because that idiot gate guy was here earlier, but he fastened it which is something I always check before letting the dogs out. Well, just about 15 minutes or so ago GOM decides to go look at what they did today. Mind you, he should have gone out there to talk with them before they left. Anyway, to make a long story short because my heart's still racing, Rosie disappeared and I thought for sure he let her out because he had it wide open. He told me he hollered at them all to stay in. I yelled at him telling him before he goes opening that darn gate to let me know so I can get them in the house. Why in the heck does he think I'm extra vigilant about making sure they're accounted for and I have these doggie gates at the front door and garage door. I'm still fuming mad too, but thankfully all is well. I thought she was gone and drove all over the neighborhood and out onto the busy highway looking for her because I couldn't find her anywhere in the house or the back yard. She didn't come when I said the magic word "Greenie" so my gut instinct said she got out. I was shaking when I got back home and ran to get my cell phone to call Tim so he could come help me look for her. Darn phone was dead; battery and I was standing there plugging it up while muttering to myself about the situation when all of a sudden there was Rosie jumping on me. I still don't know where she was if she was hiding in the house or if she came back and GOM let her in the back door because he was still outside near his car. He said no, but my mind is still going 90 mph in a whirlwind. All I can say is thank God she's here and if anything this taught him a lesson to double-check before opening that gate. I keep telling him it only takes her just a few seconds to get out.
If you see spelling errors please forgive me as I'm still shaking over this."

Nobody knows but me where I was. I didn't mean to shake up mom so bad, but I know she loves me lots and lots cuz she told me so and squeezed me so hard it hurt. I gave her lots of licks all over her face and hugged her back. I wuff my mom and I'm not going anywhere cuz I have it made right here where I'm at. Who would want to leave?

I heard mom tell dad it's bad enough every morning she has to check the gate to make sure that guy isn't here because he won't call...just shows up and starts working. And of course she got mad at dad fur tearing down the temporary fence cuz he said it was in his way. She said it will be a huge relief when it's all done cuz she don't want to leave the house. Tomorrow will be another day of being cooped up in the house with trips out on the harnesses & leashes. Jiffy hates that...he likes to be free, but the rest of us tolerate it although we'd much prefer to be free too. We can't even stay out fur very long...just enough to take care of business and that's all. No playing, running or tumbling!! That is until the gate is closed and secure for the night. Oh well...we all hope it's completed soon so mom can relax a little.

I'm Confused

Cuz mom called me bad girl last night when I grabbed a Cicada from Jiffy and ran off under the tree to gobble him up. Mom said that was disgusting fur me to do that. Me and Jiffy say they shouldn't be coming in our yard. BOL!!
Then today mom said I was a special girl fur hanging with her the whole time she was doing crafty things. It was too hot outside to play, but the others were laid out flat on the big hooman bed under the ceiling fan. The question is am I "bad" or am I "good?" I try to be a good girl and mom has said I'm better at that cuz I come when called from the far end of the yard although some days & nights I'm a little stubborn. BOL!!

Oh My What a Week it's Been

From last Tuesday through yesterday it's been run, run and more run plus lots of fun in between. I'm exhausted like mom who's been going non-stop since last Monday.

When mom arrived at Ms. Erin's fur our grooming day on Tuesday I got so excited that I pawed like crazy dog on her left shoulder when she was trying to get out of her seat belt. She tries her darndest to keep us all contained in the back of the Jeep by putting up that net thingy which keeps us from jumping into the front seat area. It don't keep our feets from reaching through on the sides of the seats. I was so excited to see Ms. Erin that I did a "no-no." Well, I just couldn't help myself and I accidentally scratched mom's left ear lobe tearing the earring out which tore mom's ear. She bleeded fur quite awhile, but Ms. Erin gave her paper towels to help clean it then told mom she may need a shot, but mom say I'm a healthy girl and she not worried about that. Then Ms. Erin tells mom if she gets some Soft Paws she would put them on my front feets. Well, mom done that and now not only am I groomed, but I have the manycured nails like them womens who gets acrylic nails. I am special!!

I'm mom's biggest helper of all!! While she works on flower beds I lay on the landscape fabric before she places it. BOL!! Oh, and Jiffy was gonna rat on me, but I beat him to the computer and will document here in my diary in case anyone reads it they see it here first. BOL!! One day in all my excitements to get to mom who was out in the front yard working on that big flower bed I tried to get closer look through the window by jumping on her little crafty table and knocked over all her purty things onto the floor. I'm still a good girl cuz I didn't take any of those things to the back yard or eat 'em. BOL!! I just don't understand how she knew it was ME who done that!! OMD...you should have seen her facial expressions when she saw the stuff on the floor...first thing she picked up was the special little blue crystal thingy cuz she told me if that was broke no treats fur a week. Phew!! It was all in one piece like nothing ever happened. :) Thankfully fur me the treats came as usual. When mom went back outside she closed all them doors that has windows fur me to see out there. Boo on mom!!

The big excitements of yesterday was my skin bro brought over Ms. Jenny to meet & visit with us. He say to visit mom, but it was us she played with. BOL!!! She are special young lady whom remembered me from being at her clinic before mom adopted me. You see she works with Ms. Kelli who picked me up after I was dumped near her house last year. Ms. Kelli brought me to their animal clinic and kept me in a cage fur TWO weeks before I met my mom. As Miracle always said it is the "doggie jail" cuz they lock you up where you can't go anywhere. Mom learned from Ms. Jenny that I was there fur two weeks and Ms. Jenny remembered trying to clean out my jail cell. She said I was always right up front in the cell door scratching like mad woman to get out. I wuf Ms. Jenny. And...of course I wuf Ms. Kelli fur taking me in and putting me in a safe place, but I not like being jailed although mom said it was fur my own good. They are special peeoples who care about us doggies who get throwed away like yesterday's trash.
Dog bless them all fur making a huge difference in so many fur's lives.

It's My First Barkday

I'm a big girl now! I'm seven years old (one in hooman years). BOL!! Mom gave me a nice purty fleece blanket with roses all over it. It come from Ms. Flecken's mom who makes them....this is just pawfect fur little ole me. We're all chewing on bully sticks today and of course we are gonna play til the cows come home in a little while.

Thanks to all my fuiends fur the barkday wishes and rosettes. I've had so much to bark about lately, but mom don't let us on the computer much...OMD!!

I had the most pawtastic visit from Auntie Mel! I got to sleep in the bed with her the first night. Mean old dad said that was not right fur mom to allow me in there. Mom said if Auntie wants me to stay with her it was fine with her. I'm sure Bacon, Beanie and Ms. Izzy was jealous when she got back home with all of my smells on her.