DAY 437, Sunday, 5/19/13

I put a scare into Bob yesterday. At the picnic, someone dropped a chocolate chip cookie. Bob tried to keep me away from it, but I finally got the upper paw and snatched it up. Of course, Bob was worried that the chocolate might harm me, but so far, it hasn’t.

It was such a beautiful day today. Bob and I went out to the grassy “valley” out front and ran and played. Then, I foraged for little critters in the grass. They’re not crickets, but they’ll do.

DAY 436, Saturday, 5/18/13

Bob and I went to a picnic today. It was sponsored by an organization that we work with. There were about 35-40 people there, and, naturally, they all wanted to pet me. Well, I couldn’t disappoint them, could I?

DAY 435, Friday, 5/17/13

Phooey! Bob went back to the conference today and didn’t take me with him. He said that I talk too much in the meetings. Can you believe that? HE said that I talk too much!

DAY 434, Thursday, 5/16/13

Well, as you might expect, I was the hit of the conference today. I was the opening speaker, so speak I did. I led off and then turned it over to Bob, who gave a fairly decent presentation. He closed by having Dr. Sara Gibson sing one of his songs while he signed it. It was a big hit too. Of course, that’s because Dr. Gibson has an amazing operatic voice. She sings even better than I do—if you can imagine that.

DAY 433, Wednesday, 5/15/13

I went to the beauty shop today and got all gussied up. You see, tomorrow is the start of the big annual conference that our agency sponsors, and Bob and I are the opening speakers. Bob went to the beauty shop last Friday. Of course, it didn’t do much good, but that doesn’t really matter ‘cuz when we’re together, all eyes are on me anyway.

DAY 432, Tuesday, 5/14/13

Wow! What a busy week at the office. This morning, Bob and I made a site visit to one of our providers, but most of the afternoon he left me alone in the office while he ran from meeting to meeting. I was not a happy camper. He and I are going to have to have a nice, long face to face over that.

DAY 431, Monday, 5/13/13

I missed writing in my diary yesterday because, frankly, my tummy wasn’t so good. You see, a few days ago, Tony and Bob had steaks for dinner. Now, they never give me any of their food, but just this once, Bob decided to give me his leftover steak bone. Of course, I’m not used to anything but my Blue Buffalo (and, of course, the stuff I dig up before Bob can stop me). Anyway, the long and short of it is that I got a little sick and kept Bob up all night. I’m a little better tonight; we’ll just have to see if it lasts.

DAY 429, Saturday, 5/11/13

Bob sometimes makes fun of me. This morning, for example, he laughed at me because when we started to go out for a walk, I went back to my corner and picked up my bone. Then, when I got back to the door, I decided to take the bone back to the corner and leave it behind. Then, I went back and forth several times, trying to decide whether or not to take it outside with me. Bob can laugh all he wants, but he doesn’t have big decisions to make like I do. Besides, I never laugh at him…well…not out loud anyway.

DAY 428, Friday, 5/10/13

There are lots of parties going on tonight. That’s because it’s graduation time at the university. I don’t blame them for wanting to celebrate. I remember how proud I felt when Bob graduated from obedience school. It was a long and tough slog, but I managed to get him through it.

DAY 427, Thursday, 5/9/13

Honestly, Bob can be so dense sometimes. Remember that bone that my friend Mary Ann brought me a couple of weeks ago? Well, Bob assumed that I had chewed it all up, but actually it had slipped under the couch. I’ve been trying for over a week to tell him where it was, but he just didn’t seem to get it. And he calls himself a linguist! Finally, this morning he looked under the couch and found it. Since then, I’ve been trying not to let it out of my sight.