Winter, 2009/2010

It has again been awhile since I've updated my diary. It's winter again and it's cold, that means we don't go away very often. Mom and dad don't like being out in the cold so we mostly play in the yard chasing the squirrels and in the house with our squeak toys. Mom and dad are worried that we're all putting on some weight. We had a nice Christmas, there was once again those packages all wrapped under a tree in the living room and I got to open some of them! It's so much fun to open them and find a new toy inside! We got a lot of new toys and of course Santa Paws didn't forget to bring us some new coats and sweaters too. I have a new red sweater and two new coats. For Halloween we went to "Howl and Boo" at the Humane Society, it was fun, there were lots and lots of other dogs to sniff and treats and toys. We also went to the opening of a new doggie park, mom and dad let me, Sarge and Cory join. It isn't like Shaggy Pines where we usually go, it's smaller but there are new smells to enjoy. Well, that's about all we've done, winter time isn't much fun but mom and dad try to find things for us to do, I know they do their best. Goodbye until my next update, hopefully it will be more interesting.....Toby

Tobys Summer, 2009

It's been a long time since I've updated my diary, summer has come and is about over now. We've had some good times and some bad times this summer. I'll tell you about one of the worst times. At the end of May, my brother, Sammy Jo, who will always be my very best buddy, got really sick. I mean, he was taking medicine for a long time but now he got worse. He coughed a lot and had a hard time walking at the dog park. One day at the dog park mom thought he was right behind her but when she turned around he was way way behind and just sitting. Mom went back and picked him up and carried him for awhile. After that mom and dad got him a stroller. He loved his stroller and was so proud when he was riding in it. I was happy for him because he wouldn't have been able to go for walks anymore with me and mom and dad. Then on June 4th, my best buddy passed away. Mom cryed and dad was so sad. I was sad too and just layed around the house. I didn't feel like playing. Mom and dad were worried about me and took me places, I tried to enjoy the dog park but I never was there without Sammy Jo. I still miss him so much and I know mom and dad do too but I am doing better. On June 14th, in Sammys honor we got a new brother. His name is Sarge and he's a 2 year old Japanese Chin. Mom and dad were so hoping that Sarge and I would become good buddies but, as much as I like Sarge, he will never be Sammy. I play with him sometimes, and sometimes we fight too, something that Sammy and I hardly ever did. Mom and dad call him Sarge Sammy Jo. They said that because of Sammy, Sarge got the chance to have a forever home, so Sarges middle name is Sammy Jo. As for the rest of the summer, we've spent many hours at the dog park and we went camping a couple of times. Mostly we just spent time with mom and dad and that's what we like doing the best. Well, I'm pretty tired tonight, we went to a birthday party today, mom and dad said we were invited to go along this time and we had a good time playing out in the yard and going for a walk out in the country, but all the fresh air has made me sleepy so I think I'll go find my bed and get snuggled in for the night. Good night all......Toby Jo

Just Updating

Well, I keep telling mom I need to update my diary. I know not much exciting has happened but we made it through winter. Even though it's still cold out and we just got a lot of snow a few days ago, mom says it's spring now and we can go back to the dog park! Mom and dad have been taking me and Sammy and you wouldn't believe the MUD! Of course mom and dad hate for me to go through the mud and my brother Sammy is so afraid of getting dirty but I love mud! Oh yeah, we had to go to our vet to get ready to go back to the dog park and guess what?? You will never believe this but she said I am FAT! She said I gained some weight over the winter and need to go on a diet! Can you imagine? Me fat? Me....on a diet? I don't think so!! Well, gotta go see if mom or dad will give me a treat............Toby Jo

Toby's Vacation

We just got home yesterday from a camping trip. Mom and dad are both on vacation so we went camping for 4 days. It was a lot of fun. Dad and mom took us for a boat ride, I love to ride in the boat and go fast! It's fun to look out and watch the boat going through the water. I stand up on the seat so I can see better. They took us for a long walk on the trails and mom took us up a sand dune, we took the stairs all the way to the top. We could see lots and lots of sand and trees and Lake Michigan from up there. My favorite time was when dad held me on his lap at night by the campfire and I fell asleep. Camping was a lot of fun but it's so nice being home and sleeping in the big bed again without having a tie out hooked to our collars, and today mom and dad took us to the dog park. We love having mom and dad home all week, it gets lonesome when they have to go to that place called work. Mom is calling, it's time to go to bed.............Love, Toby Jo

I Can Swim!

Guess what! I discovered I can swim and I love it! I was at the dog park, standing in the pond on a hot day just relaxing and cooling off when that Tinker came bouncing in and splashing me, wanting me to chase her. Girls! Well I kept going out deeper to get away from her when all of a sudden there was no bottom! That was when I found out I can swim. It scared me the first time when the bottom dropped out from under my feet and I had to swim back to the shore but the next time mom took us to the dog park, I decided to try it again and I found out it isn't so scary after all! Now I take a little swim everytime we go to the dog park! It's really fun, all you do is paddle your feet and you can swim, even if you can't touch the bottom, you won't sink! Isn't that awesome? Every dog should try it..............Toby Jo

Update

Hi Diary, it's raining outside so I asked mom if I could update my diary. We've been having a fun summer, lots of trips to the dog park and to the lake and the doggie beach. Mom and dad joined two meet up groups, one is a "Small Dog" meet up where we've met some new friends, two little Poms and a Bichon. The other is a Dachshund meet up. No I'm not a Dachshund and either are my brothers Sammy and JoJo but our brother Cory is. It's held at a dog park so mom and dad take all of us. You should see all those doxies! They are all long and have short legs, kind of funny looking if you ask me. Last weekend our cousins Casey and Dante came over for a visit and we had so much fun! They used to live here with us you know and we haven't seen them in a long time. It was so great to see them again and our aunt Gale. Last Sunday mom and dad took us to the doggie beach on Lake Michigan, we got to have our leashes off and we ran and played with lots of other dogs. We didn't go in the lake though, the water was really cold, and that sand...it was really hot! Yesterday mom and dad took us to our favorite dog park. Tinker, our friend that lives with us came along too. She just loves that pond at the park and wouldn't leave me alone. I was just standing out there in the water and here she comes jumping and hoping around, getting me soaked so I went out a little farther hoping she would leave me alone but she followed me. I tried going out farther yet and she still followed me, so I tried again to go out even farther and all of a sudden the bottom of the pond was gone and I found myself swimming! That was it! I had enough and got out of that pond. Girls! they can be such pests! Well diary I hear mom and dad talking and I think I heard them say something about going to the doggie beach, I think I better go get my leash ready in case they want to go tonight. Bye for now........Toby Jo

Winter is Over!

Hi Diary, well finally the cold and snow are gone. Mom and Dad take us to my very favorite place on earth....THE DOG PARK!! We have been there a lot lately and yesterday they opened the pond so all of us dogs can go play in the water now! I was so excited when I saw the fence around the pond was gone that I went full speed into that water! I slipped and my face got all wet. My brother Cory went in with me and we waded around for a minute and then the big dogs got kind of wild so we got out. Then me and Cory and Tinker found a nice big mud puddle, you should have seen moms face when she saw the three of us splashing around, I guess puddles are not ok to play in. We got out when we heard her say the "B" word....BATH! Today mom said we can't go to the dog park because she had to do yard work, we felt bad but decided to help her so maybe she can take us tomorrow. We didn't know much about doing yard work so we followed mom around and made sure she was safe, we barked if we heard any noises, that way mom could keep working and not have to worry about strangers . I think she felt very safe knowing we were on the job, and we were happy to be able to help out. Well, it's time for a nap now.

Nothing New Here

Hi Diary, Mom says it's been awhile since we wrote in our diaries. I don't have a lot to tell you, just the same old stuff, go to the doctor and get my shots, I'm very good about that even though I don't like it. Mom and dad say it's too cold to go to the dog park so we haven't been there in awhile. It's my favorite place to go and I really miss it. We got to go twice just before Christmas. Mom and dad said that would be our Christmas gift this year. We had a nice Christmas, we got new toys and lots of treats and new bowls for our food, and we each got a new collar. There were lots of people here that day so we had lots of attention! We got to go shopping last Saturday with mom and dad, we went to a new store that sells pet stuff and we got a lot of treats from the people there. It was fun but I ate way too many treats and got sick in the car on the way home. Well, got to go see what my brother is barking about downstairs so I will let you know if we do anything interesting. arf arf for now....... Toby

Happy Halloween

Hi Diary, yesterday mom and dad took us to a halloween party at the dog park. We wore our new costumes, I was Elvis Presley, (who ever that is). They had hot dog bobbing and we had to get our piece of hot dog from a bucket of water. I wanted that hot dog sooo bad but I didn't want to put my face in that water. Well, after I stared at it for a few minutes the nice lady took it out and gave it to me. It was yummy! We aren't allowed to eat hotdogs at home so that was a special treat. Plus they gave all of us home made dog biscuits, they were yummy too. We got to play out in the park with all our friends and show off our costumes, there was a big dog there dressed like Elvis Presley too. It was fun, I wanna go again next week!

Tobys Vacation

Dear Diary, we went on vacation. I don't know what a vacation is actually but I think it's something that can't be done at home. We had to go away to a place where we had to live in that house made out of cloth again. We loved going for walks with mom and dad and barking at the other dogs was fun but being tied up outside was NOT fun. Our tie outs got tangled up and we kept spilling our water dish. We got dirty from camping and that probably means a bath is in our near future. I liked the trails we went on with mom and dad, we went for a long walk and there was so many new sights and smells, I have to admit I really liked that. One day when mom and dad took their grandkids to a fishing thing we had to stay at the camp with my human sister and her husband, boy did I play a trick on them! It started raining so they put me and Sammy and Cory and their two dogs Skyanne and Tinker in their truck to keep us out of the rain. When the rain was done they were getting us out of the truck but I didn't want to get out, the ground was wet and I didn't want to sit on the wet ground so I just hit the power lock on the door and they couldn't get me out. Then I saw my human sister going around the truck to the other side and I thought oh oh, there's another door.....I hurried over to that door and before she could open it I hit the lock on that side too. They had a hard time getting the door open because the keys were inside with me!! Well, they found a way to get in and they were pretty mad at me. I bet they'll never leave the keys in the truck again! hee hee.....That's all for now, good night diary.