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Shadow Lands: A True Dog's Tail..er Tale

Oh yeah it was nice....

Sleeping outside was GREAT fun last night and waking up this morning to the sunrise was too, I slept out on the cement cause it was so cool out. Dad put a tarp over the front of the pen so I'd have shade in the morning without having to sleep in the doghouse, plus it keeps my water and kibble cool too.
Dad came out calling my name this morning and I was to lazy to look at him and he came hurrying over and woke me up, shouting. I looked at him, he looked real worried then real relieved. Apparently he thought I'd walked over the Rainbow Bridge in all my glee last night, cause he said I looked like I'd fallen over and died this morning when he came out. I got up and breathed on him so he'd show me what I looked like. hee hee. I'm so rotten sometimes. I got to watch sis paint the kids toys today, I want to try it out when she's done, you sit on them and they rock back and forth. I went over and sniffed them day before, cause I thought they had an over sized chicken and duck and I thought, WOO HOO! Dinner! But no...they were metal. Hrmp.
Not much to tell today though, cause I was real busy trying to find the best laying spot in my whole cage today. I did see my cousin Jessie though, she's my other sister I guess. But She don't live with us. Jessie does though, for now. I don't like her much either cause she yaps all day and all night and boy was I grateful to dad for getting me away so I could sleep. I mean she's okay and kinda cute, she's a pug begal mix, but she doesn't like to listen to anybody. She once told me that she didn't have to cause mom and dad and sis weren't her owners. I told her that I'd pee on her head too andbite her if she caused them any grief. She doesn't, but still doesn't listen, I'm hoping they get her a muzzle one day, maybe for christmas. hehe
I have a new pal I talk to everyday, her name is Rosie, she's REAL cute and REAL nice. You should go visit her and feed her some bones and give her some paws cause she's super. She's on my friends list. If I had rosette's I'd stick it to her forehead, cause she's silly. hee hee.
Well time to go find this big dipper sis was tellingme about. I'm hoping dad gets my phone and electric hooked up soon, so I can write my diary's myself. I also got to find a big paw enabled, keyboard. Cause It's just to hard typing with my toenails.

Bark more later!
Shadow

Yes! It finally happened!

I have been waiting SO very long for this moment, the moment that I can FINALLY stay outside and look up at the stars at night and wake up to the sound of my dad and mom leaving for work...AT SIX AM!...Come on, let a dog rest in peace!
I finally got my dog house! It's great! It's big enough for me to sit up in, stretch out in and keeps the sun of fmy back and the rain out of my hair. I love it! You can see a picture of it behind me in my new pictures. I have one doghouse already, but dad didn't want to take my winter house out of my indoor pen, since I need it and it's real heavy and big too. Dad wouldn't let me stay out cause he didn't want me not having any shade or a play to nap in the day and night, and if it rained he was afraid I'd get a cold. Dad's really good to me, he cares a lot about me and my siblings. He's going to have sis put some blankets in it for me. My brother doesn't need a house cause he lives inside and can't just do what he wants, cause of all the house rules. Me? I'm a free spirit and love outside and didn't want to live inside.
Anyhow, Our real nice neighbor gave it to my dad for me, remembering that he had a big doggie like she had had. Her doggie Heidi a Rottweiler had passed on a few months back, and dad got it for free. It was so heavy that it had to be dragged during the winter to our house, by a log chain and a big truck, which I barked at ferociously, if I do say so myself. So it sat over teh cold COLD winter by my pen, until one day a week ago Dad got to working on it, fixing it up for me, he wouldn't let me see it till he was done. So today he brought me out of my inside pen and put me in my outside pen and I about fell over. Dad had cleaned ALL the rocks out of my pen, from the chipping cement and had cut a really big hole in the back of the fence and him and sis had rolled it till it fit right into place. Dad had pulled all the old yucky siding off of my new house and cut the door big enough for me to crawl into. No shimmying! Yes!
Anyhow, dad then told me I got to stay out all night long. I was so excited I jumped against the fence and woofed at him, panting in his face happily, while he took a step back and pet me from afar. Dad says I have stinky breath but he still loves me anyhow. So here I am, dictating to Sis from my new doghouse, since dad hasn't gotten the internet and electricity hooked up in here yet.
Well I'm going to go have another peek at the stars and look for skunks, I know he's out there, sis screamed one night a couple of weeks ago, when she about walked into it. I never seen her run SOOOO fast!
Sis is busy painting some stuff this week and she's going to paint my name on my doghouse when dad finishes putting a new coat of paint on it. I'm just so excited! Don't forget to look at it when you're done reading. It's about five feet tall! Real roomy!
I'll Bark more later!
Shadow

P.S. I made a lot of new friends today! I wanted to give a bark out to them all! Thanks guys! We're gonna be GREAT friends. Bark! Bark!