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Growing Up As Clover Grace

Update

I haven't updated in a while, so Mommy said I should. I looked over my past entries and I have come a long way since then! I no longer have a daddy. He got mean and mommy almost had to get a restraining order for him to leave her alone. He also got a new lady friend and decided against ever seeing me again. So he can kiss my tail. I love my mommy better anyways! And my Auntie Dawn, Gramma, and Granpa!

I started attacking the mail lately. Mommy tells me it isn't a good thing. I try to ignore it, but I can't resist it! It is so fun! I even tried getting the mail lady, which made mommy really mad.

I got a new cousin! Auntie Dawn adopted another shelter dog, Winnie Rose (well, Winifred, but no one ever calls her that), but she is still a puppy. She drives me nuts some times. She always wants to play! She usually sleeps with me and mommy because she can't get up and chew things she is not supposed to. Winnie is my friend on here.

My mommy still dresses me up in clothes. After a car accident last year, I use my doggie seat. It was a hot day, so mommy let me unhooked from my car seat so I could reach the window, but then this lady pulled out and I hit the dashboard! It totalled her sable, but now we have a cool truck that is all mine!

Mommy cleans cats for a rescue group. She cleans them at Colliers and Petsmart. I am a good girl. I go with her and sit in a kennel at Colliers until she's done. At petsmart, I get to roam free cause we're in a little room. It's funny cause mommy is allergic to kitties, so I get to see her sneeze a lot.

I discovered new doggie treats, too! I love pigs ears! Mommy said they are alternatives that come in a green package. I do not care, they are just good! I like to chew on hooves, too, but we three dogs fight over them, so the last one got thrown out. :(

I spend lots of time with my mommy now. She even got me a pink and green camo bed that says "major diva" on the inside. She said it is from Target. I want to go and pick out my own stuff, but she says they won't let me in the store. :( I like to curl up on that bed and sleep. It is next to mommy when she is on the computer.

I still go to the animal shelter with mommy. She has not been happy, though, cause I randomly hate other dogs. I wish I could explain it to her, but I can't. One day I will hate a dog, like Patrick, Auntie Petra's foster dog. But now we are fine together. Mommy calls me picky and whenever I decide I don't like a dog, for some reason she puts me in my kennel. I try and tell the dog I do not like it and go away, but she says I am too loud and a bad dog when I do it.

Mommy went away overnight this weekend. I did not like that. She did bring me a treat, though! I was so excited to see her! I kept jumping on her to have her pick me up, which is something I never do. She smelled like Lucy, but did not bring her home for me to play with.

My wardrobe has gotten so big now. It is bigger than mommies! I share with my cousin. Of course I get to wear the cutest clothes first! I still do not like wearing clothes, but I get used to it. Especially when people tell me I am cute.

Okay, that is it for now. This entry was exhausting! I need a nap!

Like Mother Like Daughter

Recently I've started this habit of licking my mommy's blankets. Mommy did some research and found out it can start out of boredom then turn into a small bit of OCD. She started laughing like she was crazy. I was a bit scared, but I was next to Grandma, so I thought she would protect me. Then Mommy told Grandma and Grandma started laughing like she was crazy! Mommy said we may not win a look-a-like contest, but we can win a most-a-like contest. The more I do, the more I act just like my mommy!

Superstar!

Wow, it as been a while since I have written. I have much to say! To start with, I can say, "Neener neener!" For a couple months now, I have been blamed for getting into the bathroom trash and dragging out unmentionables. Late last night, my mommy went into the bathroom and almost tripped on my Auntie Thistle scurrying out of the room. She was the perpetator! I am set free! Whoo!

Auntie Dawn decided she wanted a doggie of her own (a cousin! eeee! I'm so excited) and has passively started looking. She wants a female, smoothcoat dachshund, more from a rescue group than a breeder. I hope it's someone my age so I can play with her!

A couple weeks ago I turned two! Happy birthday to meeeee! I got lots of nifty presents and an awesome birthday party. Sampson and Delilah celebrated their first birthdays then, too. The photograph of me in the pink dress and lei is my birthday outfit. (Mommy said I look funny in frilly clothes. Her and Gramma say I'm a tomboy.) Not only did lots of doggies come, but their owners came, too. We all had lots of fun. The day after the party, I slept a lot. I was exhausted!

Do I look like a star? Old Navy is looking for a new mascot and Mommy entered me in the contest! Celebrity Judges will choose 6 dogs that the public will get to vote on. I hope they choose me as one of the six! It would be so cool to make it that far! After all, Mommy is always telling me how cute I look!

You should come visit me at the Salinas Animal Shelter. I have lots of friends there who need a home.
Clover Grace