Sometimes Life is Sad...

I have made many new friends on dogster. I love and cherrish each and every one of them. Since losing Little Bit many other doggies have came forward to chant for me.."cyst Be gone." I thank each of you for your chants. My chants were silenced after LB died. I just miss her so much. But...many others I have found also suffer from that horrible cancer Lymphoma. So in honor of Little Bit..and for each of them I will chant their chants "Die Cancer Die!!" Bandit is one of my new friends and he is very sick. It makes a pups eyes all wet and his heart sad because Bandit may be leaving us soon. Austin is another one of my new buddies and he too has Lymphoma. Sometimes life is so sad. So many sick furbabies and so many boss people who worry and fret and do everything they can to save their little ones. I thank God each and every day that I am as well as I am. You know the vet said five years for me...and I am now four going on five. I believe I am going to prove her wrong and live longer than five years...and hopefully many many more. I thank you all for your support and for the chants..but most of all I thank you for being my friend.
If any of my new friends get sick and go to the land of rainbows I want them to know my sister Sophie Marie will be there to greet each of you. She has a heart as big as her body and a soul so sweet. She loved each and every dog, person, kitty she met and will be a good guide for all of you. My hopes are that none of you leave us and will stay around and be my fellow chanters and friends for a long long long time.
My heart and prayers are with all my new friends and old ones. Each of you are so important to my boss mom and me. So on this day...and in honor of all that are sick....Light candles, pray hard and never forget how precious each and every day is. God Bless you. Rio...bowing in prayer and thanks...

This is for Little Bit...I miss her so very Much.

IN HONOR OF LITTLE BIT:
If Tears could Build a Stairway

If tears could build a stairway
and memories a lane
I would walk right up to heaven
and bring you home again.
No Farewell words were spoken
No time to say Good Bye
You were gone before I knew it
and only God knows why.
My heart still aches with Sadness
And secret tears still flow.
What it meant to love you
no one can ever know
But now I know you want me
To mourn for you no more.
To remember all the happy times
Life still has much in store.
Since you'll never be forgotten
I pledge to you today.
A hollowed place within my heart
Is where you will always stay.

I do not know the author of this poem..but it says everything that is in my heart. I would give anything to have Bitty girl back to chant with me.
I miss her so very much. Each night I came to chant and pray with her.
If I was not eating she encouraged me on. If she was undergoing treatment I prayed for her and asked God to give her a miracle.
She was the inspiration behind the chants and without her to chant with me...my chants are now silent. I honor you today my friend and I will love you and miss you forever.
Your fellow chanter...and friend. Dos Rio Yshula...bowing in prayer and saying..God Speed baby girl. I love you Itty Bitty Little Bit!!

Thank you for carrying on Little Bits chants for me!!

I was the lucky dog to have met a beautiful girl named Little Bit. Through her many of you have written to me, wanting to carry on in Little Bits name our chants of Cyst be Gone. I am honored to have had the chance to share a small part of Little Bits life. She gave me strength and helped me and mom through many a tough time. She will forever be a part of me.
It hurts alittle to have everyone chanting for me now, because Little Bit is not here. I am ashamed because she was one hundred times more deserving than I to have your support. But, I am very grateful to each of you for the prayers and chants that you have been sending to me. I believe in my heart that Bitty has a big part in this. So thank you, I will be indepted to each of you forever.
Rio...(missing his friend and wishing he had gotten his miracle for his special Little girl...Little Bit. I love you bitty girl. :*-(

My Thanks to Robin and Mike and Lyle for giving us the gift- of LITTLE BIT!!

There are not many things that happen in my daily life. One day I happened upon a little dog named Little Bit. We both had health problems and we formed a pack and we chanted daily for each other. Die Cancer Die..Cyst be Gone. During our daily chants I became quite enchanted by this beautiful baby girls spirit and her courage and bravery. She is possibly the sweetest and most caring dog I have ever met. Mom and I grew to care deeply for Little Bit. She became one of our own and our love grew for her each and every day. We fought bravely together...she encouraging me when I would become ill and me her...when she went for her treatments. With each treatment I would pray harder and harder not for me, but for her..for a miracle for this sweet brave girl. If any deserve it...it was that one. When I read her diary and her pmail on Friday...my heart almost stopped. No ..not my Little Bit. God, I said..I have been a good dog and have asked for little but in asking for one thing..it is a miracle for Little Bit.
We cannot question why sometimes our prayers are not answered but this time mine was not. So for now my chants have fallen silent and my heart is in grief. I share in her packs sorrow and in their pain. My heart truly does hurt right now and the pain mom and me feel is almost over whelming. We believed and prayed and now in shock...our little girl is gone. So to Little Bit..I can not say goodbye. You are in my soul and in my heart where you will always remain. No one can take that away from me. You may be gone in body..but a spirit as large as yours lives on in each and every dog and humans life you touched. For sharing your life with me, I am forever and ever grateful. I will miss you baby girl, but I will not say goodbye. I will say...someday when my time arrives and I am called to the land of Rainbows...I will find you and I will chant with you again baby girl. Until then...run free, and eat all the dairy queens you can for both of us. I love you Bitty...Today, tomorrow and always. Bowing in prayer and in memory; to my bestest friend...Little Bit. I WILL NEVER FORGET YOU BABY GIRL.
Rio...

I didn't know I could cry!!

Since finding out how sick Little Bit is my eyes have been flowing water like mad. Mom says they are tears and her eyes are the same way. I did not know what tears were until I read Little Bits diary. She just has to get better or mom and I may never be able to see again. I am asking again...for every dog on dogster to pray for Little Bit and please join the stroll : Treats for LB to show her how much she is loved. I could not have any treats coz of my kidneys, but we joined the stroll in her honor. We love You Little Bit. My chanting will continue and the prayers will keep coming. I hope you are alittle better today and can feel all the love and prayers and spiritual strength being sent to you. DIE CANCER DIE!!! I love you Little Bit.
Rio...wiping the tears with his paw....DIE CANCER DIE!!!!!!

Worried about Little Bit and her Pack...sending paw hugs and- prayers...

As I wrote last night my friend Little Bit is having a hard time right now with the dreaded Lymphoma. She is my strength and inspiration to battle my polycystic kidney disease. It was this wee girl that started the chants of Cyst be gone for me. She has given so much to so many that it is time for all of us to give back to her. My heart is heavy; worried that she may not come out of this last fight...BUT she JUST has TOO...for without her my heart will break and the chants will be silenced. So Please all of Dogster...all the doggies and mommies and daddys...please pray with me today for a miracle for my sweet friend. Light candles and send healing glow and pray harder than you have ever prayed before. Chant with me now...Die Cancer Die...Die Cancer Die....Leave our Little Bit alone...Die you evil Cancer Die....Sending love and paw hugs and all my healing energy to my friend and fellow chanter...LITTLE BIT!!! I love you little one.
Rio....its been a sad sad sad...twenty four hours...wiping tears with his paw...worried about his friend...LITTLE BIT

Our friend Little Bit...please pray hard...

Sometimes in your life you find a friend that means so much to you ...that you would do almost anything in the world to help her. Little Bit is one of those kind of friends. It seems her battle with that dreaded Cancer is coming to an end and we want everyone on this dogster to pray for a miracle for her. If any doggie deserves it ...it is Little Bit. She has fought with courage and dignity and has also ...always been there for any doggie that needed her. Well now she needs us more than ever. PLEASE pray hard for a Miracle for Little Bit. If the miracle does not happen ..then pray that she does not suffer and that whatever happens...God lets her not hurt. Mom has not stopped crying after reading her diary. She is so much a part of our hearts. Mom says its like she is ours...and in our hearts she is. So please light candles, pray hard and maybe...a miracle will happen. If not...maybe Little Bit..at least will not suffer and if she does happen to go to the land of rainbows...she will know that everyone was right there with her in spirit...holding her in heart...and praying for her. God Bless you Little Bit. We love you...and we will not stop chanting or praying...till you tell us you are tired...and need to go on another journey without us. Even if that happens...you will live on forever and ever and ever...in our hearts. You have been the bestest friend I could have ever have had...and if I could will you well...then I would. I am there with you my friend...Die Cancer Die...Leave our Little Bit alone. Die you evil Cancer Die..Die Cancer die...Please God...help my friend Little Bit. Rio...chanting and praying...for a super little Girl...who is small in body but large in heart and spirt. We love you Little Bit...Your candle is burning brightly....

Mudd Baths...

Its been really hot here. We set records on the ole heat index. But the last two days it has rained. A soft soaking...rain. It was wonderful. Especially since I love water...and Lexey hates water. She is a good hole digger though and that comes in handy at times. So while mom was at work Lexey dug this hole. It was no ordinary hole it was a hole that you could almost drive a car into. Well with that hole and the rain...it made for a wonderful mud bath. When mom got home she was agast at the sight of me. I for one thought I looked pretty handsome with a mud mask and bath. My hair was caked with mud which was especially handsome. Kind of like that ole stuff People put on their hair to spike it. Then when mom saw the hole...she kind of went into shock. She has been growing this lovely green grass this year. Watering it daily and nursing it so we would not have mud. Lexey and I fooled her though and dug a hole big enough to have a wonderful Mud bath. All you doggies ought to try one. Its wonderful for the complexion. I hope everyone is staying healthy and happy. I keep praying hard for a miracle for Little Bit and I hope all of you are doing the same. She just has to get her miracle. So pray hard...and try and get in a Mud Bath. They are Fabulous!!!!! Rio...

Little Bit goes back for more treatment today...Pray hard- and light candles

Hi everyone...my sweet beautiful friend named Little Bit is going in today for some more treatment for her cancer. I think if we all pray really hard and chant Die Cancer Die...while we light candles for healing glow for this special baby girl...maybe just maybe God will hear and a miracle might happen. Little Bit is so brave to go through all of this and we are so proud of her. Please pray hard with me today...and Chant...Die Cancer Die...Die Cancer Die...Die Cancer Die...leave Little Bit alone....Die Cancer Die...Die Cancer Die...
Sending in spirt love and healing glow to one brave little Girl; my friend Little Bit. (Rio ..bowing in prayer for his little friend Little Bit!!) Pray hard. Rio!!!

Thank you to a NEW Dogster friend named Caffrey

I just wanted to share my new animation photo with everyone. Isn't it cool. It shows my beating heart. Thanks to my new pal Caffrey and his mom for doing this for me. It was a get well wish from them. Dogster pals and their boss humans are just the best in the world. A very special thanks for doing that for me.
I have to go back in two weeks for some more blood work. I had some drawn last week but the lab lost my blood. How awful is that. First you get all stressed out from going to those ole vets then your blood gets lost. Makes a dog want to bark at them real bad. Well, hopefully I will get some good news with the next lab work. Moms been spoiling me alot. That usually means she is pretty worried. I just hope my blood work is OK this time so I do not have to go back again for a while. Going to the vet stresses a baby boy like me all out and being home with Lexey is even better than going to the vet.
Thanks again Caffrey. Rio...