A huge shock to my system.

Hi folks,

I've been absent for a little while, but I wanted to come on and tell you about my loss. I lost my dad yesterday, I was his little boy.

Boy I don't know what to do with myself now. I'm so sad and I lay outside his door waiting but he's not there. I miss him so much.

I don't mean for this to be so short, but I have my other family members, mom and my sis's to cuddle with. It helps a little, but it isn't the same.

Jobie

I miss my sis! *sad, sullen puppy face*

I don't know what to do with myself. For almost a month, a member of the family just up and vanished! I've been searching everywhere, but I've turned up no clues, but I have heard her no less, on a strange thing, dad holds to my ear, she's in ther I know it, so I keep searching hoping one day to turn her up. To find where she is hiding. I've been wearing my paws out, wandering around looking for her everywhere.

Here's how it went. ..(Takes you back to Feb. 3rd - Feb. 5th)

Everything was going great, sis was a flurry of motion and excitement, she was paying more attention to me than usual. And She pays a LOT of attention to me. She even let me come up to her room and help put together a bed that they called a futon. Well sis left with her friend and they came back with a stranger. A woamn, I sniffed her out, she didn't smell like she was from around here. She stuck around for a few days, I don't think she liked me to much, she petted me but wouldn't give me kisses, hugs or zerberts no matter how long I stood and stared at her, climbing into her lap was in vain as well, it just got me shooed off the couch.

Well it so happened on the third evening that Sis came down with a big green bag and a small blue bag and she sat on the floor all tearful and hugging and kissing me. I was enjoying it so much. The stranger was there too, she had a smaller blue bag and a long black one. Everyone was hugging and talking and Sis was playing with me and my (cat) siblings, kissing and hugging us (I got jealous and sat in her lap.) Well everyone started to pile into the kitchen, my (other two human sisters, our housemate and my human sisters mate, everyone was there including mom and dad and my human nephew and niece! It was a kitchen full!) I went to lay by the bar, to get out of the way.

Sis came around the pet me, I didn't understand why she was still crying, I thought maybe those darn cats gave her allergies, I made plans to get them later, but dad put them in the hall to stay out of the way (DARN!). Well soon I closed my eyes, then everything got quiet. I went off for a drink and to investigate and (My three sisters AND the stranger were gone!) I searched and wandered. I queried dad and mom and our housemate but no one would talk to me.

I went outside, had a looksie and nope, no one. Well I settled down, it wasn't unusual for those silly humans to come and go in packs. (And they say dogs are bad at that? Yeah right!)

Well it's been almost a month now! One sister came back, then another came to visit but SIS isn't back. They one who fawns over me and was so sad. The stranger hasn't been back. I'm so sad, dad put the funny smooth thing to my head and I HEARD Sis! I heard her! I got so excited and then I got SO sad. I listened to her talking and then I couldn't help myself I started to keen and grumble. I was trying to ask her where she went, why wasn't she home? I missed her so much! But she just kept talking, telling me she missed me and she loved me and that she couldn't wait to see me.

She couldn't wait to see me? I was looking for her! I wanted to see her too! I think that stranger had something to do with her going away. If I see the stranger again, I'm going to bite her and bury her up to her neck in the backyard for making Sis get lost and stuck in a box that everyone has to hold to their head to hear her.

I'm so sad..so very sad. So I sit here tonight, wondering...where is she ? Is she okay? Why can't I find her? And when will she be back? She better bring me some kisses and treats when she comes home!

P.S. If you see Sis, tell her I miss her, I want her to come home and that if she can, bring me a busy bone! I'm fresh out. (By the way, what's this strange word vacation that dad keeps saying? What's it mean? Everything is a mystery lately!)

High Paw! *Let it slide* Yeah that's they way to do it.

Jobie -Out

Today was my rotten day....

I was plannin' last night to have a REAL fantastic day, but it all went down hill when I woke sis at 4am for kisses on my cheeks. Hey I needed a fix! Apparently she doesn't appreciate my whiskers up her nose that early. Well *hrmp* on her.
So after we got all settled down, she kicked me off the bed cause I was pacing back and forth trying to get a kiss, she kissed me then promptly put me off the bed. Anyhow, I woke up at eight and dad took me outside to do my business, I barked and barked and we went in, had some breakfast and I took my nap.
Well around three Sis took me outside and I got to run around and bark for the umpteenth time today, my favorite past time. So later she came out to paint some toys and mom pulled in right when sis went inside to do something and I ran for mom's car and got in SOOOOO much trouble that everyone scolded me and I had to stay inside till later, napping. I was so embarrassed cause sis scolded me and gave me a spankin, that I went and sat with dad, laying my head down. Well I'll remember not to go up to cars anymore when they're running! That's for sure!
Well later, mom and dad's other daughter came by and visited with her son and friend, and I barked at them and ran around, they let cousin Jessie out of her pen, (she's staying with us for a little while) she can outbark me! And she's real noisy! I don't like her to much cause she shows me up in barking and always steals my pen when she's out. Well we all went inside after the visitors left and I played with dad and we had mcdonalds and then I took another nap. Well Sis woke me up with a present! It was Ice! I was so happy that she wasn't mad anymore and that I got ice!
I'm sleeping with sis again tonight and I promised her, not to wake her up again. But we'll see. tee hee hee.
Well I gots ta go to bed! I hope today is a better day then yesterday was! Sis said we might go on a drive today, if I be good. Everybody, cross your paws!

Barks and Woofs,
Jobie

Yap! Yap! Yap!

That's what I got to say about being penned up outside! I love it! Except I can't wait to go in once I get out there, cause I get SO hot and SO cold so easy. I gots me a fan to sleep in front of in the summer and a heater in the winter. Mom and dad say I'm not spoiled, so why does sis call me spoiled rotten brat dog? Oh well I don't care, I pull her hair. Scrunchies are evil! They must stop their hold on human kinds hair! So today, I watched sis paint the kids spring ride on toys, I yipped at her, cause she had on her headphones instead of listening to my beautiful yapping. Hrmp... So I got her back and am laying on her pillow typing this out while she's sleepin. Hehe. I want to give a woof woof! to all my new friends. I really appreciate all your emails and the paws up! Gives me an ego boost.
I'm considering chewing up Sis's headphones if I can pull them off the desk, she forgot to give me my nightly ice and that's a real bummer! She better make up for it tomorrow or else the headphones get it!
She caught me playing in the trash today and I gave her a real innocent look and pretended like I was lookin for my toy, which was in the front room. I couldn't help it! She threw away chicken scraps! Chicken Scraps you hear me? What a waste! Hrmp. Then she thought it was funny when she fed me some rice, she didn't think it was so funny when I spit it out on the floor and looked at her. I think she's jealous and is trying to do me in. She did that to me once before, with a pickle. Then she tricked me, wrapping the pickle in some roast beef and I didn't know it, till it was to late! She's so mean, but she gives the best kisses, so I gotta forgive her I suppose.
So today was a fun day, I got to go outside a lot and then sleep in front of the air conditioning to cool off, it was a real scorcher, 94 degrees in the shade! I thought about jumpin in the pool, but then remembered I don't like water. I visited with my sis's kittens today, she had them out playing and I was chasin them around, they're real cute. I keep tellin her to put them up here to show everybody, she won't though cause she's to worried about them to bother with that yet, cause two of their siblings died. I was so sad, cause one of them was one that ran up and down my belly when I was standing, it tickled lots and I liked it. I was sad for a whole day, I still miss them. But we're taking real good care of them, sis says she don't know why they died either, cause they were all healthy as horses. I remember seein a horse once and I don't think they resemble a horse at all, but then again sis is weird.
Mom's wanting to get me a ew toy since I demolished my green cow. Sis keeps promising to sew him up. I loved shakin the stuffin out of him! It was so much fun!
Well Sis is awake and tellin me to go to sleep,
Barks and Woofs!
Jobie

Now I heard o' Neutering but never o' Shaving!

I was sittin mindin my own business, pantin up a storm in front of my fan, yes m fan so paws off! Anyhow I'd been itchin lik crazy for a month straight, I was just reachin for another itch, you know those crazy ones right behind your ear, when I heard dad go, "Alright, that's enough! I seen him suffer long enough and nothings worked so far," I quickly put down my foot and turned to look at dad thinkin "Hey! I'm gonna get something good!" So I put on my poor sufferin doggy face, you know to up the treat ratio I was hopin for some sherbert, mmmm that's some tastey stuff! So I stopped to grab that itch and suddenly I'm floatin! Yeah same thing I'm thinkin! Where'd the gravity go? I turn my head and oh, it was just dad pickin me up. I lick his face wildly, you know, just to get that last bit of something he mighta left for me after dinner? Well nothing, nothin I tell yah, *huff* so Dad takes me out to the kitchen, we head towards the freezer and right now I was thinking oh boy! Sherbert! But we stop just short of the freezer and dad hands me to my sister and she gives me zerberts*, next thing I know, I'm layin on my back lookin at the ceiling, musta been those zerberts I think. So I go to get up and I'm stuck, well there's the gravity back, extra strong, nope, dad and sister is holdin me down! Then there's this loud whirrin sound and I look down and they're pokin me with that annoyin shop vac! Grrrr I bark and growl at it and struggle to get up, then suddenly I feel real good and look down and they're suckin all them fleas away! Cool! I think, well I got this done for three days before dad decided to put me down again, but this time I got out his clippers and scissors, I hears snip snip whirrrrr, I'm thinking they're making a doggie shape rug outta the carpet for me to lay on! I get picked up after a while of layin there, I think I feel asleep once, and when sis takes me to the bathroom and I bark and grr. There's another dog! A short hair version of me! And a clone of sis! I thought that was outlawed!
Well apparently it was cause it turned out to be me and sis lookin in a mirror. I had short hair! All my long purty hair was gone!
I moped around for a few minutes before I went outside to do my business, then I realized I could feel a breeze where I couldn't before! This was great! No more heavy pantin and the fleas was gone! Cool! I think. Well that's all about me gettin shaved. Dad and sis assures me and so does mom (after she stopped laughin at my hair, I pulled her pant legs, I'll show her!) anyhow they assure me I will get my hair back beefore the snow comes in, so I don't freeze my little hairless butt off.
Well that's it for now, Barks to you! Nite Nite!
Jobie

Jobie Pawnotes:
*Zerberts - Raspberry kisses on my cheeks. I love uhm!