what is this???

mom put all her stuff AND my stuff in boxes and took it away! then she and i drove for like ever!

Now, the house is different! The yard is different! the weeds are different! the dirt is different! the fence is different! the carpet is different! the door is different!

and ... there are these bushy-tailed things that chatter and run up and down the trees. I WANT THEM.

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i'm sitting here on the floor in mom's computer room dictating to her what to type while I stretch out by her feet, close enough to give the occasional nose kiss or lick to her toes. I'm reveling in the feel of dirt worked into my fur and the pleasant exhaustion of 2 days of chasing Merlin, my doggy friend.

I soooooooo love camping.

No leash, sometimes; lots of humans who pet me and love me; better food than at home (why won't mom give me more table scraps at home????); sleeping in the cloth house with mom on the bouncy bed; fresh creek water to drink; allllll kinds of new smells and things to lick and chase; and getting to run around with my friend! Why can't we just live here in the woods all the time? I don't want to come home. I want to go back.

she left me!

Mommy left me! she was gone for many many sleeps! i was so sad. i like the lady who feeds me and plays with me, but i miss my mommy.

Mean lady

Somebody yelled at us in the park the other night. I don't understand why. I just wanted to say hi! Mom and I have been going on a lot of walks and runs lately. It's really fun and there's ALL those PEOPLE but mom won't let me say hi to any of them unless I'm sitting down! It's so frustrating. I know they are just dying to pet me and tell me how beautiful I am because everyone I have ever met loves to do that. Mom says that there are people out there who don't like dogs but I don't believe her. Anyway, mom was really mad and upset after the mean lady yelled at us. Mom yelled back a little and then we kept running. We saw the lady twice more in the park before we left but she and mom didn't say anything to each other those times. Why don't humans just wrestle and be done with it? Then they'd know who was stronger and the weaker one would have to shut up. It works for me.

yay

I got to go on a walk without a leash today! it was so awesome! I hate that thing around my neck! I hope mommy lets us go farther next time we don't use it. Sometimes she even breaks out of her slow-ass human shuffle into a slow jog, which is way more fun, but then she starts breathing funny and has to stop. Humans are so weak.

cats

Well, I guess it's here to stay. It could be worse. Mom cuddles with it, but lucky for me, it loves to bite and scratch so I still get the bed at night. She puts it in a kennel for the night. Sometimes she lets it out, but I chase it until she gets mad. So while it's kind of in my way and I'm not the center of attention anymore, it's not too bad--neither is he.

Otherwise, mom has been pretty busy with work. She still manages to spend time at lunch with me where we play frisbee. I'm getting pretty good at catching it! And last weekend was GREAT because I got to go with her. On Saturday we went to the mountains and took her Jeep offroad. I don't really like the bouncing sometimes, but it's not so bad. I'm not really scared, I just get nervous. But I don't try to climb in her lap or anything, I just like to be able to lean on her arm. And there was another dog there I got to say hi to, only his dad let him off his leash and mom made me stay on mine. She says she's afraid I'd run off, but I don't know about that.

Sunday was even better. We went to the motocross track where mom is in too poor of shape to ride the whole time nonstop, so every little bit she'd come back and visit me. The noise of the motorcycles doesn't bother me anymore, not since last summer when mom talked to me while sitting on hers and I could tell it was her. So anyway there were tons of people around who said hi to me and I got to stay by the Jeep. It was pretty fun.

She keeps talking about going running. I don't know if this is ever going to happen or not, but it might be fun.

cats SUCK!

So mom brought home a new toy, only she won't let me play with it! He is black and white like me, and he runs soooooo temptingly across the floor, but I get told NO when I try to chase him. I can't bark at him, I can't try to dig him out from under the couch or the bed ... and I can't eat the yummy treats he leaves for me in the sand-filled box of his! Or his food either for that matter!

What is wrong with Mom????

wow ....

I LIKE this Thanksgiving stuff. There were lots and lots of PEOPLE in mommy's and my house! Her pack came to visit. I got a little jealous when her boyfriend was here but her mom and dad and brother were great! They petted and played with me the whole time and I got to sit on everybody's lap and give kisses and they bought me toys and gave me food ... I got these weird jiggly things that came out of the peopel food and they were not too interesting at first. I liked them after I played with them for a while.

love and hate

I LOVE the state park! I HATE my halti-leader!

Mom took me to the state park on Sunday, thank goodness, because she sat around on her butt all day Saturday. She said it was because she was tired after working long hours all week since her boss was gone, but I don't really care, because she certainly slept enough to make up for it. Anyway, we walked all over the gravel paths, through the weeds, through the trees, down to the reservoir's edge (she didn't want me to get in the water because it smelled bad but there were some FASCINATING slimy things washed up on the shore!).

But she put that THING on my head again. I think she may plan to put it on me any time we go for a walk. UGH! I can't scrape it off with my paws no matter how hard I try! It's not so bad while walking, but any time I try to explore or sniff something it pulls me. Hate it, hate it, hate it.