A SPRINKLER!!!! INSIDE THE HOUSE!!!

Guess what I just found out? My parents have been hiding something from me. They have their very own sprinkler to play with INSIDE THE HOUSE! Man, I love the sprinkler! I'm crazy for the sprinkler! BRING IT ON!

Here's how I found out about the secret sprinkler IN THE HOUSE. One morning dad got up to go to work. I got to sleep late with mom. When it was finally time to get up, mom went into the bathroom and TURNED ON THE SPRINKLER! I didn't even know it was there! So mom got to play in the sprinkler INSIDE THE HOUSE and all I could do is bark and jump and bark some more and hope she noticed me and let me play with the sprinkler that she so selfishly had kept hidden from me.

I mean, if I had a sprinkler INSIDE THE HOUSE, I'd never have to go outside to play anymore.

I can't believe they never told me about the sprinkler they were hiding INSIDE THE HOUSE!

You should see the neat hat I get to wear!

I got in a little argument with my sister Asta the other day. We were arguing about who got to lay on the bed and things got, well, out of hand. I got a couple staples in my shoulder and to keep me from removing them my Dad got me a neat hat called an elizabethan collar. It was kind of strange the first day but then I found out I could do everything with it on that I could do with it off.

Dad had to get out the tape a couple times because I keep cracking it on doors, fences, trees, you name it. I think it looks just swell with the tape. Makes it look "lived in." Anyway, I look great in my hat! It makes me feel special and gives me that extra swagger when I'm out running around the yard.

And besides, the other dogs can't have my hat. It's mine and I'm not sharing...

The educated dog

Crystal completed her basic obedience training in September.