Goodbye...

I joined the angels last month...at least, that is what I heard everytbody saying at home...something called kidney failure that my heart could not help it...strange...but I am right here, in the house, seeing my family and next to my mom.

Mom is very upset. Crying a lot. I don't like that. She says that she will always miss me and that she loves me very much...better saying, she will always love me.

I just wish she could hear me saying "I love you back too".

Pipoka xxx

Birthday Girl :)

Well, well, well....I am 7 years old today...can you believe that? Mom can't! She said that I am still the same (apart from a few white hair in my face). I was happy to talk to Mum over the phone today...she is still in Italy doing her year abroad...she misses me terribly...but luckly the volunteer work that she does at the local rescue centre, helps her cope with my absence. She says that there are so many dogs, and a few of them have already touched her heart...as soon as she graduates she said to me that we are flying together to the rescue centre in Italy and pick one of them to live with us...the only problem she says...is to pick one...cause she is in love with them all...

I am not jealous, I know my Mum...She has a big heart and can share her love with anybody...after all, if we are too many dogs to sleep in the bed, then she will come and sleep on the floor (at the dog beds) with us anyway....so I don't have to worry about a thing.

It was good to talk to Mum and to see that I got an e-mail from DOGSTER as well...wishing me a happy B-Day...thanks!

Gotta go now...I am eating a special meal that grandma made me...cooked liver with rice...I love that!

Take care of your human.

With love,

Pipoka XXX

Here comes CRUFTS!

Dear all,

Mom is all excited because she is going to CRUFTS tomorrow! She said that she has managed to buy a very good ticket on E-bay on the weekend that allows her to visit the show every day for the price of an one-day ticket. She is so excited!

Last year mom went to CRUFTS but just on the final day and she is really happy that she can attend this year all four days...even though it is going to be without me :(

For everybody who is going to CRUFTS I hope you have fun!!!

with love,
PIPOKA xx

February already??????

Dear all,

Mom can hardly believe that February is already here....oh Gosh! Where did January go? She told me she has been very busy with her dissertation...and tomorrow she is starting her volunteer work at the local kennel.

I think that all those dogs who need a house and lots of love are going to enjoy themselves with Mom, as she loves all dogs: big or small! Trust me....if my grandma hasn't been the boss...the house would be filled with dogs...it would probably be 2 humans and 30 dogs around the house....that is my mom...she is nuts about dogs.

She told me had she had a wonderful time at the Eukanuba National Championship last month. It was great!

Oh! She also asked me to apologise in her behalf that she is not writing to her pup pals as often as she would like....her dissertation + volunteer work + university abroad has been a difficult load for her to keep up daily. She loves you all and wish you all the best!

Happy Valentine's day to everybody!

with love,
PIPOKA xxx

December is here :)

Dear all,

What a nice month! I had my x-mas present earlier: my grandma came to visit me! Yeah! It was great...well...not at first...as I did not recognised her so I kept barking but after it was all love!

Spoke to mom couple of days ago...she is going to the US for X-mas to see grandma and also to go to the Eukanuba Show. Is anybody else coming too?

The good news is that mom will start her volunteer work at the local kennel in January - she can't wait!!! Her only worry is to fall in love with all the dogs over there and not being able to rescue them...but I told her that she is going to be giving lots of love to them and I honeslty say that I not jelous (ok...just a little bit, she is my MOM!).

I would like to say that if you have some time please vote for my friend Bowie at the dogs finalits (here at Dogster)! I have already done it! Go for it girl!!!

Ok, it is too cold to stay on the pc...I am going to head back to my nice comfy bed.

For all of you: Merry X-mas and Happy new New!

Pipoka xx

NEW Photos!

Dear All,

Mom has finally learnt how to compress pictures so she managed to add a few pictures of me. What do you think? These are somekind of old pictures (1 year old some of them - like the one I am wearing pijamas) as this was the last time I saw my Mommy before she went to uni and had to leave me at home with my dogsister Pearl (yeah..the balck poodle wearing pijamas also! We were ready to go to bed).

Life in Italy is going great. She tells me that she has been to 2 dog shows so far...and next week another one is coming up in Genova. Her research is going well. Dog owners in Italy are very nice people and talk to her when she asks them questions etc...

My mom's mom (my grandma) heard about a dog radio in the USA and told my mom about it. She hasn't had time to listen to it yet, but she has checked out the webpage and it looks nice and cool! I have put the info and the address for all of you at the forum (Other barks and woofs).

I must apologise for not writing as frequent as before...it is hard for my mom to freely use the net in Italy at uni..so she can't tell me much about her life there and therefore I don't have much to write.

I hope all of you are doing just fine, taking care of your humans alright...

With love,

Pipoka x

From Italy to you!

Dear all,

I have received news from Mom. She is already in Italy trying to settle down and get used to the different lifestlyle over there but and as an overall she is enjoying herself!

She told me that she misses me even more as everybody in Italy seems to have a dog. She sees dogs everyday on the street with theirs owners and she thinks of me...She hasn't had time to go to the Kennel yet, because she needs to sort her timetable at university first....but she really can't wait.

It has been over two weeks since she has arrived and she has already learnt how to make home-made pizza (I am specially happy with this news as it means that I can have all the pizza that I want once she comes back!). She is feeling more confident with her Italian and her housemates are lovely.

She lives in front of the university however classes have not started yet because teachers are on strike. The weather is much warmer than in England but if there is only one downside so far it has to be the limited use of internet facilities in the campus and outside it...after all, she lives in a small city.

I will keep you posted of her new adventures as soon as I get them too! And whoever that hasn't asnwered her survey about dogs yet, there is still plenty of time (till January) and she says THANK YOU!

Take care of your human!
with love,
PIPOKA xx

A Word before Italy

Dear all,

Mom is going to Italy for a year tomorrow. She is really excited about it but sad that once more she can't take me with her...well...let's see how things are over there...

I don't know when I will be able to return to the PC to write my entries again, but I promisse that I will try a.s.a.p!

Thank you for all of you who have been answering my Mom's survey!

Wait for my news!

Pipoka

On the way to Italy

Dear all,

My Mom made it :D !

She got her study visa to go to Italy for a year. I spoke with her over the phone this weekend and she is quite happy about it. She told me now that she is going to try to find out information on how can I join her in Italy and then after that come to the UK with her for her final year. It has been so hard for my Mom to live without me by her side...I am ok as I have other humans and dog sisters to play with....but she finds it so hard.

I told her to cheer up a little bit as once in Italy she is going to start writing her dissertation about dogs and intends to do some volunteer work in a Kennel there....so she is going to be in contact with others dogs and give them lots of love (ok, I am just a little bit jealous) but at the same time that she smiles at this thought she says to me that she would rather be with me cause I am her "baby" (yeah...I am nearly 7 years old and she stills thinks that I am a puppy).

Anyway, I don't care...all this fuss is because she loves me a lot. I am a lucky girl.

I hope you are all ok...take care of your human,
with love,
PIPOKA x

Why so complicated?

Hello dear all,

My mom is having a tough week...she is trying to obtain her Italian study visa to go to Italy as part of her course :S . It is not easy at all! It has been the second time that she had to travel all the way to London to bring some papers and there is always something else that they want that she was not told before....but hopefuly this Friday it may be the day she she will get it! - Paws crossed!

At times like this I wonder how hard it must be to travel with your dog. What I mean is...if it is so hard sometimes for a human who has been accepted in a university in Italy, got a scholarship, a letter of acceptance and all the papers ok to get the final approval...imagine what else around the world embassies ask in order for the human take their dog with them.

My Mom is thinking of taking me to Italy with her, then I can live with her over there for one year and after that return to the UK without having to go through the quarantine....but at moments like these where she is finding hard to get her own papers...she told me that she wonders how it would go regarding me: would they let me in? Would I have to be separated from her? Would I be able to stand it? - after all, I am not as young as I was before (I am 6 years old) and I have never lived away from my humans in my life, never!

I told my Mom not to give up hope....that one day we are going to be together again in the same country...but she misses me so much that she wishes that all this was over now...that I was with her at the moment and we could travel together anywhere.

This travel around the world thingie is new to my Mom. She has never travelled with any of her dogs before in her life...so maybe that is why it seems so complicated....or maybe because we come from a country that has got a high number of rabies cases (although I take my shots every year and am looked after properly) and people out there may think that I am one of these sick dogs...

Before we can be re-united again, I will carry on with my dog life here at home: sleeping, eating, watching people passing by my house, playing with my other dog sisters, talking to Mom on the phone and doing dog stuff. My Mom...well, I guess it is going to be harder on her...as she is on her own, no dogs near here to confort her....but I told her to hang on and wish upon a star that we are going to be together again.

Take care of your human everybody!
love,
PIPOKA