My christmas adventure!

Me and my brother Scout went up north for christmas! I was soooo happy when Mommy put me in the car with all our toys and food. I love to go for car rides but that sure was a long one. It didn’t bother Scout because he says he has done lots of long rides with them. Before we went up north, we went to Grandma and Grandpa’s house and got toys and foods. They even gave me and Scout some turkey, that poor bird! But yummm, it was so good.

Then while we were up north, there was lots of snow to play in and pee on. I love to mark up my winter wonderland. And Mommy and Dad took us for walks twice a day, yay! It was real cold too, below the 0 number on the round thing. Once when Dad took me and my brother, we didn’t have leashes. Cool! I took advantage of it and ran away… It was fun being on my own but I got cold and scared. I stayed in the backyard of the house I ran behind and Mommy came looking for me. When I saw Mommy, I jumped on her to say “here I am!!” Mommy wasn’t too happy with me. I thought it was fun what I did but I must have been bad. Daddy said to always stay with him and to come when he calls me. Mommy said no, that I must always be leashed! Drat!! So remember if your mom or dad leash you, they do it because they love you very, very much and don’t want you to be lost, cold or scared.

on my knees for vacations....

Wow, it sure took a long time to get my mommy to sit down and transcribe this for me. I wonder if she is fat and lazy like Scout? Is she listening while I dictate? The vacation up north at Grandpa’s was a long, long drive like Scout said. They did take me and it was fun except for the parts where we had to go out in the boat on the water. I don’t like water and the boat was loud and bumpy, it scared me. Mom and Dad were with us every day and my other Grandma & Grandpa came up north to see us too which made me and Scout happy. We went for walks everyday all over these hills and fields and some park where they hit a little ball around for nothing and chased us away. I slept with Mommy at night and Scout slept with Daddy. Shhhhh…. Don’t tell Grandpa. Scout was supposed to sleep with me and Mom but the bed was too small.

And then some time later, Scout and Mom left me and Daddy home alone. They went very far out west in some plane that take off in the sky and then crash down somewhere else. He was going camping with other shibas. Daddy said they don’t have camping for dogs like me. I don’t know why?? But Dad said he was happy to be home alone with me and he took me for a walk everyday in the morning and at night. He gave me popcorn and watched tv with me. I was very happy when we went for a ride and saw Mom and Scout again. I jumped up and down in the car to see them. They were gone a long time and I thought I would never see them again.

I have been hurting myself lately. When I jump down from the couch or bed, my knees hurt and I cry a little. Mom got worried so she took me to the doctor and they said that I have something wrong called Patellar Luxation. It means I can’t jump anymore from high places. It is so bad that my Mom and Dad are thinking of keeping me off the furniture because I would need surgery otherwise which cost a lot of money. I want to have fun, I am little guy and I like to run around. That would be awful if I can’t jump anymore?? Oh noooo…. How do I get me a pay pal button? Do I go on ebay? The Max Winston foundation for luxating patellas… How does that sound? Then I could be the fun little dog I’ve always been. Mom! Dad??? Oh no…. Mom is getting a gag to put over my mouth now.. mmmpghtht….

My Progress Report

I have been remiss in giving a progress report since I have been in my new home. I love it! Scout is the bestest brother any tibbie could ever hope to have. He lets me bugs him to play all the time and it is my favorite thing to do. He doesn’t mind when I sleep on him or hump his head to show him I'm boss. He lets me steal food from him and doesn’t fight back. I can pilfer all his toys and he just stares with those wimpy eyes like he has 4 broken limbs. He is a total pussy, yeah.. he’s a cat. He should be on catster.com, snickers!! But if anybody bullies him, I’ll beat them up, all 15 lbs of me.

Anyways, Scout keeps telling me he is going away very soon with mom and dad. I don’t know how he knows but he says they are doing those things like bringing out bags, moving our things and cleaning up the dogmobile. Should I be worried? He says it is a very, very long drive and you fall asleep, you wake up and they are still driving, then you fall asleep. When you wake up again, Mr. Moon is out and they are still driving. When you finally get to another house, there is an older man there and mom and dad know him. Scout says he likes him because when he comes to visit, he takes Scout for walks and gives him food when mom and dad are busy at work or hiding somewhere. Scout doesn’t know if I am going. I am afraid everybody will forget about me **sad face** I would like to go, I have never been gone away with anybody. It sounds like fun. I think I will go find a little prayer wheel to sit with and keep turning. I hope I succeed. Hmmm, I see a whirligig out there on the grass that might work.....

My new home

At my old home I used to live with a dog named Abby but she told her mom she didn't like me, so they took me to the pound which made me a very sad dog. I don't remember very much of my life before that. They claim I was a stray dog. I am a tibbie spaniel and our breed comes from the mountains of Tibet. Y'see, the monks like us dogs and let us live with them and turn the prayer wheel for the Dalai Lama, a very important man. We don't bark very much or eat very much food. But that doesn't explain how I got all the way across the big ocean and landed in the streets of Detroit now, does it??

So there I was, laying on my blanket all depressed in the cage when Mom came by one day looking at the dogs. She reached in and stroked my hair. I didn't get my hopes up because so many people do this but then they keep on walking by and all the lonely dogs howl and cry all day and all night. But then, wonder of wonders she came back and they opened the cage to let her hold me and play with me. I got excited and sat on her lap, trying to lick her. I was going to show her how grateful I was so she wouldn't leave me behind. She kept putting her hands in front of her face going "enough". Then she left me and I wondered what I did wrong, all puzzled and sad again.

After a little while, a man came back and got me. He brought me up to a room and put me back in her arms. I was soooo excited. She left with me and took me to a house. When we went inside there was another dog there and he was bigger. She said his name was Scout and he was going to be my brother. He sniffed me out and plopped down. I ran around the house and then she let me out in the yard and Scout & I ran around the yard.

Now I am very happy with my new family and brother. I hope Scout will love me and that Mom won't take me back to the pound like Abby made that other woman do. I wrestle every night with Scout and we go for walks or to the dog park. At night we sleep with mom and dad. And Scout even lets me share his water and food too. This is the life and I think it is probably just as good as living in the mountains with the monks.