My Final Entry

Mom, I'm here at the Rainbow's Bridge waiting for you and the others to come meet me. It's beautiful here and Mom, I feel wonderful again like when I was young. I can run and play and I don't feel angry with everyone that comes near me like I did when I lived with you and the others. I use to hurt so much I was afraid they would bump me and make my pains worse, so I would growl and snap at them to keep them away.

I know you felt bad about having to let me go and I heard your cry so hard that morning as Dr. Nygard helped me to this wonderful place, but Mom please don't cry for me and don't worry about me not understanding. I do understand and I am thankful. Besides we both know we'll be together again someday along with all your other fur babies.

All My Love
Your Ben

Adding To The Family

Well I guess I should of know this would happen one day. Yes it was just a matter of time. My mate from way back when I was a youngster and our son are coming to live here with us. Dogs, if I thought it was crowded before with Bo, Annie, the two cats, and lets not forget the ferret, then I best prepare myself for the added family.
Oh I'm sure we'll all get alone most of the time, but I'm also sure there are going to be differcult times also. I for one wold rather just to be left alone to sleep where I please, but that rarely happens when you have other dogs in the house.
Well we'll just have to wait and see how it all works out. Iheard Mom mention this Thursday. OH DOGS! That's one two days away! I best go get my rest now while it's qiet..

Getting old is tough

First let me tell everyone that I have to have someone else to type for me. Today it happens to be Bo.
Say hi Bo..

Hi all!! (Bo)

Alright now let me tell you the reason why I have to let someone else do all my typing. You see I'm getting up in the years and I'm blind in one eye and am having a hard time to see out of the other one. Mom is making me do all my walking by myself because the vet told her to. The vet says I'll do fine even if I loose complete sight, but I know Mom still worries. I hear it in her voice when I miss a step and she rushes to help me. I get mad and give a little growl. I can get around alright as long as everyone stays out of my way and I know the right places to step.

As in every other old creature, be it people or animal, my bones are getting old and I move slower then when I was young. I guess the Maker Of All Creature sets us up that way so as we don't go rushing into things and get hurt.

In any case.. I am still excepting friends to my page and will try to get to any and all that post to me. I got one request from a very lovely lady by the name Lillith. Thank you Lil for asking for my friendship.

Naked Again

Yes my mom did it again! she shaved me right down to my skin, but I have to admit it does feel good. so good as a matter of fact, It makes me feel like I'm alive again. My thick curly coat is great for the winter, but it sure does make it hot for me in the winter. This time though, Mom even shaved my tail.

Oh well I'm cool and feeling good and that's all that matters.

Hair Cut Day

Yesterday Mom gave me my usual summer hair cut or rather shave. She says the ticks are very bad this year because of the mild winter we had. I thought it was a great winter. Not much snow and not many really cold days, but I guess the ticks thought so too. In any case. I got shaved and now I have to admit I do feel much better. I almost feel like a young pup again.

I just wish it would stop raining. Without my thick coat to repel the rain, I get wet and cold. I need my rain coat to go out and I don't reallylike clothes you know. Oh well at least when it stops raining I'll be all set.

Spaghetti

Tonight for supper Dad made his famous spaghetti and sauce with meatballs and bits of pork and mushrooms and... Dogs do I love it! I could eat it till it comes out of my ears. Mom says it's not really very good for me, but I don't care. the others like it too, but not like I do. I rush to eat mine and then try to get to theirs, but they guard their food well and I don't often get much of it except the scraps. Mom took a pic of me with a spaghetti face. Every one that looks at the pic says I look like I'm smiling. I AM! After all I just ate my most favorite food.


Before I go I'll leave you with another doggie fact...

The hot dog got its name one day at New York's Polo Grounds when a New York sports cartoonist overheard a vendor yelling "Get your red hot dachshund dogs" (referring to the shape of the sausage). After drawing his cartoon, he realized he couldn't spell the word dashshund, thus he just left the word out of the caption. Voila, hot dogs were invented.

I Made New Friends

Today here in Dogster I made some new friends and they are Bella Bean, Abby Nayeli, Te quiero, Mini, and Tiki. Mini and Te quiero are residents of the Rainbow Bridge, but they're still my friends. They al have very awsome pictures, but that Bella... Ooo Laa Laa! And her little sister isn't bad either.

It's been a tough week with that little huzzy Annie sashaying her wears around the house and Bo thinking he stud man. I tried to be good but all those old memories of me and my mate back when I was young kept coming to my mind making me feel young and excitable again. Well it's finally over and done and I'm glad of it.

Before I go I'll leave you with this fact about dogs:

The phrase "man's best friend" comes from an 1870 speech by country lawyer George Vest, representing Charles Burden's dog, Old Drum, who had been shot to death. In one of the most elegant speeches ever given, the accused was found guilty by a teary-eyed jury which returned a judgement of $550 in damages instead of the $150 asked for.

Feeling Like A Young Stud Again

Boy that Annie sure is looking good these days. She's all grown up now and for the most part acting it also. She's just my size and Oh so cute. When she comes near me to sit or lay I get all young inside and want to show her my affections for her, but I'm a gentleman and I just act calm.

Last night the silly girl had me chasing her around the livingroom like a young stud. I'm not sure she even knew what she was doing to me but I sure knew. Mom put a stop to it, making me go lay down and told Annie to do the same or else she would go in her pen.

Oh well it's the thoughts that count at my age. For that short while I felt young and reckless. Today I'm pretty much back to myself and Annie is quietly hanging around leaving us guys alone.

It's Been A Long Winter

It's spring!! Horay! I've heard them say it was a easy winter, but they aren't old small dogs. Any amount of snow is rough on me and the cold is no easier. To me 4 inches of snow is up to my chest and therefore a tough tredge through it just to go to do my duties. Most of the time the snow sticks to my fur and then I have to let Mom brush it out when I get inside only to feel damp and cold for a long while. She gives me extra blankets to snuggle in but still I feel wet and I hate that.

A few weeks ago after most of the snow and ice melted, we went for a walk along the trail in our back yard. Mom noticed something still half frozen in the pond and went to look. She saw that it was some kind of dead animal and rushed us home. The next day when it was warmer and lighter, she and Dad went back to it and Dad pulled it out of the water. It was a dog. Apparently it had fallen through the ice and drowned. The day after a man ( Mom called him a Dog Officer) came and took it away. Mom seemed sad when she came in and hugged us dogs one after the other. The poor guy was a familys pet Samoyed that had gotten out of the gate. They had been looking for him for almost a month.

I guess Mom does have her reasons as to why she keeps us so closely watched all the time. We are never allowed out of her sight outside and she gets really nervous and mad when one of us try to go out of her sight. We understand Mom and that's why we all stay together.

Snow

This is my tenth snow season and I still hate it! You'd think I would be use to it by now, but no! It's cold and it makes me have to work to get anywheres. Thankfully Mom makes little paths for me to walk in. Hopefully the sun comes out and melts it all real soon.