The Adventures of Jelly

Pest

Mommy called me a pest this morning. Yep, you are hearing me right. The cute little loyal affie is called a pest. First I woke Mommy up at 5 am and she put me outside to potty. Then she said this is Saturday and a sleeping in day so she went back to bed. I was a very patient pup and I let Mommy sleep until 7:15 am and I woke her up again. My tummy was telling me it was breakfast time. I can't help that I want my breakfast at the same time as usual on a sleeping in day. This is when Mommy called me a pest. She got up and said, "Jelly you are a pest!". Mommy let me outside again and made me my breakfast. I hope she doesn't go back to bed because I would like to play with some toys.

Working Late Again!

Mommy came home from work late again today. This is getting to be a very bad habit in my opinion. How can a pup like me have anything interesting to bark about when I spend all my time just waiting for Mommy to come home? I like her other job better where she doesn't have to work as much. Anyways she did finally mail out my cards today. Now I have to get nipping at her heels to make me a Christmas page. It is getting rather embarrassing already to still have my summer page. After working late Mommy still didn't come home but went grocery shopping. She said something about it saving her lots of time tomorrow. I do like all the yummies that she brings home from that grocery store. One good thing is it is now the weekend and I am going to make Mommy stay home all weekend. I am off to have some fun with my Mommy. :)

Busy

Mommy got home from work late tonight which didn't make me happy. I sit at home all day like a good pup waiting for her to come home and then she comes home late! I am pretty happy that tomorrow is Friday which means the end of the week and then I have a whole weekend with my Mommy. This weekend I have to make sure Mommy mails my cards. Then Mommy says we have to wrap some gifts especially the ones that have to be sent out of town. This certainly is a busy time of year. We also had a sprinkling of snow so everything looks much more like Christmas.

Just Continued

I was so happy when Mommy finally got home tonight. I was still in a super lively mood and just continued this evening where last evening left off. I chewed on my rollover bone some more and it was sure yummy. Since I had played with all my toys in the box in the living room last night I decided I would play with all my toys that are in my big laundry basket in my day room. I had so much fun dragging all my toys all over the day room, the hallway and the living room. Mommy played with me and made the toys squeak and the monkey scream. She would throw them really far and I had to jump over my chaise lounge. Then the next time she would throw them down the hall. The fun just kept on and on. Fun, fun, fun! Now I am tired and taking a little nap. Maybe I will chew on my rollover bone some more before bedtime.

Found Gold!

I didn't get to bark a diary entry yesterday because my typist was getting slack on the job. My day time was my normal boring day waiting for Mommy to come home. In the evening I was such a happy pup. Mommy watched me while I dragged all my toys out and scattered them all over the living room. I usually just play with one or two toys but last night I wanted to play with all of them! :) As I was dragging out all my toys is when I hit gold! Yep, gold! In the bottom of my box I found a totally new rollover bone. How could I ever have forgotten a new rollover bone??? You may remember me barking about how much I like rollover bones. They are regular beef bones that are stuffed with rollover. I must apologize to my American pals because rollover bones are only available in Canada. Yummy! Now that I think about it I seem to remember that Mommy had bought me a new rollover bone shortly after my puppy was stillborn but I didn't feel like chewing on it then. I feel much better now and I am getting my appetite back so I wanted to chew my rollover bone. I chewed on it quite a bit last night. There is still lots more chewing to go yet so I hope my Mommy will get home soon so I can start chewing again.

First Christmas Card

The first Christmas card arrived today and it was for Mommy. Hmmmm.... I don't even know the person who sent that card so it is understandable that my name wasn't on the card too. If that person had met me then I guarantee it would have my name on the card. How can anyone forget such a cute little affie like me???? Mommy may be ahead in the Christmas card count right now but I will let her enjoy her glory because I know it won't be long before I have far more cards then her.

Barking about Christmas cards, I was nipping at Mommy's heels yesterday to write my cards. If I could I would do it myself but my paws just don't allow such a thing. Anyways my cards are now all ready to be mailed. I have to get Mommy to go to the post office to mail them.

Career Opportunity

Mommy and I were sitting in the dining room today reading the paper when we saw an ad looking for employees for a Petsmart store. They said they will be opening up in Winnipeg in 2010 and are looking for employees. What a great career opportunity!! I told Mommy that she should apply. Mommy said, "No Jelly, I prefer my job." How could that be??? How could there ever be a better job then working at a place like Petsmart?? I was feeling sad thinking about this missed opportunity when Mommy said she would take me there when it opens up. Hmmmm............. maybe being a consumer at that store would be better then being an employee. I can live with this compromise and I am now looking forward to their Grand Opening. :) I better rush to make a list of all the things I want to buy.....................................

Good Breakfast

I have not been eating well since I had my stillborn puppy. I have been a fussy eater before so that is not new. Mommy has been monitoring me and I have been feeling really good but I just didn't want to eat. That is I didn't want to eat until this morning. This morning I ate a bunch of kibble and some canned dog food. Yummy! After that I had a couple of doggy cookies. Mommy always seems happier when I eat my dog food. Will I be hungry at supper time?? We will see..................

Looking Like Christmas

I can't believe how it is starting to look like Christmas around here all of a sudden. When I looked out the window this evening I saw all the Christmas lights that the neighbours have on their houses and in their front yards. To add to the effect we got a light covering of snow too. Everything looks very nice. Mommy has my Christmas cards sitting ready to be addressed. I must say they are very beautiful and are a picture of me. :) I can't wait to send them out to all my pals. Mommy has also started to get the gifts ready that we have to mail away. I like Christmas. :)

No Working on Saturday!

I was so happy when I got up this morning because it is Saturday and Mommy is home. My happiness didn't last long because Mommy started to do the things that she does when she goes to work. She must be confused, yes that must be it. I tried to tell her that this is a non work day but she didn't listen to me. She said she has to go to work for half a day. Grrrrr............. I am sad right now because Mommy is about to walk out the door to go to work. :(

Still no turkey day

Mommy left real early for work today because she had a 7:30 am meeting and then she was late getting home too because she was working. I tried to tell her it was Turkey Day but she said no it isn't in Canada. Grrrr.... I thought if I barked about it enough times she might believe me and I could have some turkey. Can you believe I am only getting dog food today??? Mommy said she went for her shot today, the H1N1 shot. That serves her right for not thinking it is turkey day! BOL!!! Other then a bit of a sore arm she says she is okay. There seems to be lots of that nasty H1N1 around these days and I have heard that doggies can get it. I am happy that my Mommy got that shot so she can't bring it home to me. There used to be long line ups for that shot but not any more. Anyone can go now. Mommy said she didn't stand in line at all. She filled in the paper work and walked immediately to a nursing station and got her shot. She said she didn't even feel it. That nurse gave good shots! Then Mommy had to sit in an observation area for 15 minutes before they would let her go and drive. I am so glad they looked after my Mommy so well. :) Mommy said they were all very nice people.

Happy Turkey Day to all my American pals!

No Turkey Day

I have been reading the diaries of all my pals and I am feeling very jealous. Why you ask??? Because I love turkey, turkey and chicken are my most favourite food and I don't get any. Yep, you heard me right! No turkey for me!!! All my pals are barking about tomorrow being turkey day and me the diva Princess Jelly is getting none. Mommy says I had my turkey day in October and tomorrow is not turkey day in Canada. Grrrrrrr....... Can any pup send me some turkey?? I will starve without turkey!!! Have a great turkey day every pup! (as Jelly walks sadly away )

Fussy Again

I had an extra good supper tonight. First I had left over roast beef chopped up and mixed with my kibble. I ate the roast beef which was yummy but I didn't eat any kibble. For some reason I have become extra fussy with my eating again. I also managed to get a small amount of ice cream too. I love ice cream! I hope Mommy doesn't think that I will eat dog food for breakfast tomorrow. No dog food for this pup!

Best Wishes

I would like to send best wishes to my half sister Bounce. Today she had her surgery for a very complicated spay and did very well. She has to stay at the vet clinic all night and will come home tomorrow. She has to have a shunt to drain the area that can't be removed until Thursday. Get well soon Bounce! We are all thinking of you!

Walk

I finally got to go on a walk today. It has been so long since I last went on a walk that I can't even remember it. Mommy was away working most of the summer so I couldn't go walking. Then I came in season and I couldn't go walking. Then I got pregnant and I couldn't go walking. So finally today I got to go for a walk. I am going to quit whining about the negative and look at moving forward and barking about my great walk.

Mommy put on my cute purple shawl for my walk. My red leash that I usually use just didn't go with my outfit so I wore my purple leash with the butterflies. I must say I did look like the diva pup that I am. So off we went! At first we walked on a sidewalk that I have been on many times but eventually we reached a new asphalt path that I had never been on. It is a very nice 10 foot wide path that has a ditch on one side and on the other side it changes. At first there were apartments and then there was nothing but field and bush. That area sure made for good sniffing. We walked and walked and eventually we came to a skate board park. I enjoyed watching all those boys zooming up and down on those skate boards. At the skate board park is where the path connected back to an existing sidewalk. From the skate board park we turned around and came home. There was hardly anyone on the path so Mommy let me walk at the end of my six foot leash which made for more fun. I was a very considerate pup and I would always look over my shoulder to make sure Mommy was still coming and was okay. I didn't pull at all but just walked at the end of the 6 foot leash nicely. On the way home we passed one man who said he really liked my sweater. :) That man has good taste. In total I was gone for my walk for almost an hour. It was fun, fun, fun! I think I should thank the City for building me a nice walking path.

When we walked into the house we were struck with the most yummy roast beef smell. Mommy has a roast with potatoes, carrots and onions in the slow cooker. Yummy! Mommy can fill up on the salad, potatoes, carrots and onions and I will eat the roast beef. I can't wait for supper.

Saturday going fine

So far my Saturday has been pretty good. I got Mommy up at 7:30 am to potty and eat breakfast. After that we went back to bed until 9:30 am. Then Grandpa surprised us this morning and stopped in for a visit around 11 am. I love having company. When Grandpa left then Mommy went shopping for yummies. Mommy let me be loose in the house and even left the TV on for me. What a nice Mommy! I enjoyed my time looking out the window, napping, watching TV and playing with toys. Before I knew it Mommy was back home. Mommy said she was only gone for about an hour but I am a little pup and I don't know anything about that. Mommy brought lots of yummies home! She brought home two roast beasts as my pal Zoe barks. It is two roast beefs which were on sale. Mommy said we will make roast beef for supper on Sunday and the other one will go in the freezer for another day. Yummy! She had lots of other things in the bags too like yogurt, ice cream (yummy, yummy,yummy!), cheese, lunch meats, pepperoni sticks, cookies and I could go on and on. It is so much fun helping Mommy unpack the groceries. Now Mommy says we have to wipe that thing with the long handle on the furniture and use the sucky machine. Grrrrr...... I hate the sucky machine. After that we have a lovely evening planned of eating pizza, cuddling and watching TV. :)

Doing Fine

I am doing fine. My milk is drying up and I am starting to feel like my old regular self. I will always miss my baby girl but I know life must go on. Mommy is now home for the weekend which makes me happy. Mommy said we will go for a walk this weekend. :) I haven't been able to go for a walk since before I got pregnant. The City installed a new walking path that I haven't had a chance to try out yet. I am looking forward to sniffing around there.

Thank-you

My Mommy and I would like to thank every pup for all the pretty presents on my page and all the p-mails and nice comments we have been receiving. I am very sad because I lost my precious baby girl puppy but all your love and caring has made it so much easier. Thank-you so much every pup.

I am doing fine. I woke Mommy up at 4 am when I passed my placenta. That is fancy words for some of the after birth after having a puppy. Mommy gave me a nice bath yesterday which even I have to admit made me feel better. I don't like wearing my in season pants but I know it is necessary because I am still "dripping". The vet told Mommy to watch my temperature for a few days to make sure I don't get an infection. So far all is well with my temperature. I really didn't want Mommy to go to work this morning. Usually I just jump into my bed and watch quietly as Mommy leaves. This morning I was jumping on Mommy and giving little yelps saying, "Don't leave me, don't leave me!" The same thing happened when Mommy got home. Usually I wait very quietly for Mommy to open up the baby gate on my day room but today I started to give little yelps as soon as Mommy walked in the door. I just want to be near Mommy. Mommy will be home all evening now so I am happy.

Thanks again pups for all your concern and love. I am proud to have each and every one of you as my friend. xoxoxoxo

Sad News

My poor baby was stillborn. I worked really hard at delivering my baby. My water broke at 1 pm. It didn't take long for us to realize that my baby was going to be a breech birth. (back legs first) First it was one leg, then the tail then another leg. Mommy helped me so hard. Finally my baby was born at 2 pm. There was no signs of life at all. Mommy rubbed the baby, swung the baby to get the fluid out, did mouth to mouth, called the vet. We worked on my baby far past the time that there was any hope. My baby was black and just perfect weighing 3.9 oz. Rest in peace my beautiful baby girl.

Update

My temperature is back up again this morning. So far I am not interested in breakfast. I am laying very still and not acting like myself. Mommy is debating if she can go to work for a couple of hours or if she should stay home. This is the tension time. I could be find but then maybe I won't be.

Even more waiting...........

Mommy had to go to an evening meeting tonight. Grrrrr....... When she came home she had a burger from the magic window place. Mommy shared her burger with me. :)

My temperature is again down about 1 degree F. Mommy thought I was looking restless, moving from place to place and I even dug a bit. Then Mommy picked up her car keys and I totally forgot about any thoughts of having a puppy and came running with my tail wagging. I want to go for a car ride!! Maybe I could have my puppy in the car??? For some reason Mommy didn't like that idea.

Back Up

Mommy came home after work this afternoon and took my temperature. It is now back up to normal. I am acting normal. When will my baby arrive? I think that baby is very comfortable being the only pup inside my tummy and he/she doesn't want to come out.

Still Waiting!

Mommy came home at lunch time to check on me. During the morning I had ate my breakfast that Mommy had left. Mommy checked my temperature and it is still down 1 degree F. I have been looking out the window since Mommy got home. I am not doing any digging yet. Mommy will go back to work for a couple of hours this afternoon and then she will rush home to check on me. :)

Getting Closer

My temperature went back up last night and things were normal. This morning my temperature is down a whole degree and I only ate a small amount of breakfast. Maybe my baby will arrive later today or tomorrow???? This waiting is hard for me and for Mommy too.

Waiting some more...............

My temperature is down about half a degree F from where it normally is. Does that mean my puppy is going to be born soon??? Mommy will keep a watch on my temperature tonight. I am still acting normal. Right now I am busy looking out the window.

My pal Toby Girl made a nice picture for me. Check it out at:

http://www.dogster.com/dogs/468260

Thank-you Toby Girl! It is beautiful!!! My baby will love it.

Puppy Report

I still have not had my puppy. This is day 62 from my 1st visit with Casper and day 61 from my second visit. Normally it is 59 to 63 days to have a baby. My temperature is still normal and I ate my breakfast this morning. I went outside and sniffed around and I have played with my toys. Mommy is keeping a close eye on me and I am exhibiting no signs of a puppy coming. My puppy and I are enjoying keeping Mommy alert. BOL!

My Guest

Mommy went out this morning to meet a friend at a restaurant for breakfast. That didn't make me very happy but there was nothing I could do about it. I wonder who Mommy was meeting??? It didn't take long for me to find out because they came to visit with me after breakfast. It was Pam who came over which made me happy because I like Pam. Mommy said I was a pest but I am not a pest because I am a cute little affie girl. When Pam comes over I know she comes to visit with me so I want 100% of her attention. Instead Mommy hogs in on my time and distracts Pam by talking. Mommy had the whole breakfast time to talk to Pam so it was my turn. When Pam was distracted by Mommy I would go over to Pam and kiss her on her arms. If that didn't do it then I would scratch her with my front paws. Then when Pam looked at me it was time to play! Yahoo!! Game on!!! I would bring her my loofa dog and I would go into the play pose and give cute little barks. I had a great time with MY guest. I just wish that Mommy wouldn't distract Pam so much.

No Puppy Yet

No puppy has arrived yet. Mommy took my temperature this morning and it is totally normal. I ate a big breakfast and right now I am busy with my favourite pastime of looking out the dining room. I just had lots of fun barking at the dog from across the street. Mommy is hoping that I hold off until at least tomorrow because our vet has been out of town all weekend. It is always hard to use a different vet when you don't know them. Anyways it looks like there will be no puppy for at least the next 12 hours. Tonight I get my temperature taken again.

For those pups that don't know why we are doing all this temperature thing it is because a Mommy dog's temperature will drop between 12 to 24 hours before the puppy is born. It is good to get a good base recording of the temperature because every pup's temperature varies over the day. Mommy says she could tell the time with my temperature because it naturally varies at different times of the day. BOL! It is good for any pup to take a recording of their temperature because if you ever get sick then you know what "normal" is. That is my piece of advice for today. BOL! I am now off to look out the window and bark.

Worst Part

Right now I am doing great. I sleep a bit more then normal but other then that you wouldn't know I was pregnant. On the X-ray we saw that the baby is all stretched out so it is making it more comfortable for me with no lumps or bumps. I bet my baby likes his/her comfort too and being the only pup there is lots of room in there to stretch out. I am still enjoying looking out the window, eating treats, sniffing around the back yard and everything else that I normally do. The part that I don't like is when Mommy takes my temperature. She bought me a new thermometer and you can guess where she keeps sticking it. She sticks it in a very private place. :0 Yep, she is doing this three times a day now. We will know when my baby will be coming because my temperature will drop. I guess if it helps Mommy to be at home at the time that my baby comes then I will have to put up with that horrible thermometer.

Jack or Jacqueline

If you are a regular reader of my diary you may remember that when I saw the animal communicator person I barked to her that I wanted a boy puppy and I wanted to name him Jack. Since I only have one puppy it must be my baby Jack. Mommy said that I shouldn't be so sure because it could be a female puppy called Jacqueline. I am like every Mommy out there and I just want my puppy to be healthy and I will love either baby Jack or baby Jacqueline. What do you think? Will it be Jack or Jacqueline??

Vet Trip

Today is day 59 from my first visit with Casper. It was so long ago that I have forgotten about him already. Mommy took me to the vet for my final check. The first thing we did when we walked in was to stand on the scale. The vet clinic has the scale right by the door so every pup who is a regular client knows to step on the scale first thing. Well, I now weigh 9 lbs which is a whole pound more then I did before I got pregnant. Right after that the vet just grabbed my leash before I knew what happened. I was busy looking at a cute little 5 lb. Yorkshire Terrier and bam there I was being dragged by the vet. Stop! Where is Mommy? I got dragged to the back while Mommy just sat on the chair and watched. Why wouldn't Mommy jump up to protect her little pup? Once I got back there it was okay because all the vet technicians were fussing over me and saying how cute I am. :) Then I had to lay still on a table while they took a special picture called an x-ray. The vet then took me back to Mommy with the picture. We looked at the picture on a lighted screen and there was my baby! One beautiful baby. The vet said everything looked good. The baby is facing in the right direction and he/she doesn't look too big and I should be able to have my baby naturally. I wonder when my baby will arrive? It could be any time from today until next Friday. Any guesses???? I think I am going to hold a contest. Give me a date and time and I will give a rosette to the first pup that guesses the closest date and time. For example you could guess Friday, Nov. 13th at 9 pm. Oh yes, the time is the time where I live.

Bad Grooming

Mommy pulled out the torture table (aka grooming table) and all the tools of torture (brush, comb, scissors etc) and I tried to be invisible. It worked for awhile but Mommy did find me. On the table I went. Everything was like normal - brush, comb, brush, comb. It wasn't until the end that Mommy did something very different. She made me lay on my back on the torture table and she clipped off all my belly hair. Wait one minute! Isn't winter coming??? Doesn't that mean snow??? Remember I am a little pup and my belly drags in the snow very easily! I don't think I will win any doggy shows looking like this. Mommy said she had to clean my belly so my puppy can eat and not get caught up in the hair and so I won't get all full of mats. If that is the reason I guess it is okay. It is one bad grooming job!

Cherry on Top

That is what Mommy says every day when she feeds me, "A cherry on top". It isn't a real cherry but just a tasty little tid bit that she puts on top of my food. I eat wet (canned) food in the morning and Mommy puts a tasty little tid bit on top and says, "Here is your cherry on top". She means she puts a tid bit called a vitamin on top. That little tid bit is yummy! Then for supper I eat kibble and she puts a different little tid bit on top and calls that "a cherry on top". It is a yummy little tid bit made from real salmon that is good for a pup's coat and skin. Yummy! I love having "a cherry on top" of my food.

Finally!

It took a long time but Mommy finally got my pictures and my video on my page. At least I think we will get the video up because it is uploading right now. The video is me with my birthday balloon. My pictures are me sitting with all my presents on my birthday. There is a couple of pictures of Mommy torturing me in the bath tub. I got so mad at her that I wouldn't even look her in the face. That serves her right! Then there is a picture of me being a pumpkin on Halloween.

Puppy Time Soon

My baby puppy will be arriving soon. I am due anytime starting Friday to about next Wednesday. On Friday I have to go to visit my vet. They only saw one puppy when I had my ultra sound but we are hoping that there will be a second one. As long as the puppy is healthy we will be happy with what we get.

I had a nice quiet day with my Mommy. Mommy said to enjoy it because I won't be having many of those for awhile with the arrival of my puppy. Having a puppy is lots of work and I know I will be busy. Anyways, today I spent some time outside in the yard enjoying the sunshine. This afternoon Mommy and I were tired so we cuddled up in the big bed and had a sleep. This evening I lounged in the computer room while Mommy talked on the phone and did some work on the computer. It was a very nice quiet day and may be one of my last for awhile.

Missed Barking :(

I didn't get to bark my daily diary yesterday because Mommy forgot all about it. She is just so busy thinking about human things that she totally forgot about my daily bark. That is not good! Maybe it was just as well because nothing much happened last night. Mommy got home late then she was busy talking on the phone about more human things. I was just happy to have her at home and happy because I knew that she would be home all day today. Anyways, I am off to go look out the window now.

Fun in the yard

I didn't bark about how much fun I had yesterday after Mommy got home from work. Mommy came out with me and I got to run in the big yard. It was so much fun even though I didn't run much since I am an expectant Mom. I did enjoy the nice weather. I like to look over the 6 ft fence but I can't do that on my own. Mommy lifted me up real high and I got to look all over. I sniffed around and just in general enjoyed myself.

I had so much fun yesterday in the big yard that I wanted to go in the big yard again this evening. I asked outside but I came right back to the door until Mommy opened it up to let me in and then I ran to the entrance to the big yard. Mommy closed the door and went back into the house leaving me outside. Again I came to the door and waited for Mommy and again when she opened the door I ran to the entrance of the big yard. This went on about six times and Mommy just wasn't getting it at all! Eventually after many repetitions Mommy finally understood that I wanted in the big yard. She said NO! Grrrrrr......... Mommy said it was too late and it was dark so I couldn't go in the big yard. She said I will get to go in the big yard again on Wednesday. That is a long ways away! I just can't wait to go in the big yard again.

Notme Returns!

I just can't believe that the bad, bad pup called "Notme" returned again today. That is twice in one week. That "Notme" should give me a break and go and visit with a different pup. Isn't one time in one week enough to get one little pup in trouble?? "Notme" doesn't come to my house for months and months and then all of a sudden he/she is always at my house. This time "Notme" struck in the morning. Mommy said she was smelling poopy smells and I must say it did stink. She looked around the house but didn't see anything. Finally she took a closer look and found that the bad "Notme" pup had been very sneaky and pooped in such a way under the dining room table that the legs of the chairs and table blocked the evidence. Bad, bad, bad pup! Be careful Zoe because "Notme" usually goes to your house after my house. Be careful every pup!

Two Buzzy Clock Morning

I barked about my paw techniques yesterday with the magic bed and the TV changing thingy. My pal Tyson is good at shutting off the buzzy clock that always ruins a pup's beauty sleep. I decided I had to learn how to shut off the buzzy clocks too. I have an extra big challenge with buzzy clocks because we have three of them. Yes, you heard me three of them! Actually two are buzzy clocks and one is the loudest ringing ever. One is on the table at one side of the bed, the other is on a table at the other side of the bed and one is up real high where Mommy has to get out of bed to shut it off. Mommy says it depends on how tired she is how many of these clocks she will set. She also said if I did my job and woke her up when the clock starts to buzz she wouldn't need three clocks. Grrrrrr............ How can a pup ever shut off three buzzy clocks?

Today is Sunday and usually Sunday is a zero buzzy clock day but not this Sunday. This morning it was a two buzzy clock morning. Grrrrr.......... I hate that. Why would we need to get up on Sunday??? Mommy says she has to go to work today for a few hours. Grrrrrrrr.....!!! I sure wish I could shut those buzzy clocks off. I wonder if my pal Tyson would know what to do with all my buzzy clocks????

Paw Techniques

My pal Tyson barked in his diary the details of how to turn off the buzzy clock. He says the trick is to practice lots with using your paws. I am very good at using my paws so I should be good at turning off the buzzy clock.

I wanted to share with you pups how I use my paws.The first trick needs a magic bed which some of you pups may not have. It is a bed that goes up and down with the head and up and down with the feet and gives just the best massages. It is the massages that I like the best. You have to find the thingy that your humans press to make the magic bed work. Some humans put it on the side table and others just leave it in the bed. I am a very lucky pup because my Mommy usually leaves it in the bed. You just take your front paws and press all those buttons until the bed starts to give a massage. Sometimes it will go up and down and you will know you are pressing the wrong button. Once the massage starts you stretch out on the bed for the best massage ever. The next very useful trick has to do with the TV. You need a TV in the bedroom for this trick. Again, the humans have a thingy that they press to change the channels and turn it off and on. You have to find that thingy which again will either be on the side table or in the bed. Humans will quite often fall asleep with the TV on just the most boring channel. You again take your front paws and press on the buttons until you get your favouite Animal Planet station. While your human snores away you can relax and watch the animals which sure beats what the human's had on.

If you don't have a magic bed or a TV in your bedroom then you should ask for them for Christmas. Before long you too will be laying on the magic bed enjoying a massage and watching Animal Planet.

I am off now to learn how to operate the buzzy clock................. Thanks Tyson for the instructions!

Oh No!

I was happy yesterday when Mommy got home. She was late getting home but still it was Friday and I was so happy that the weekend was here. I have barked many times about how much I enjoy the weekend because Mommy is at home. I was at home this morning until the alarm clock went off just like on a work day. It must of been a mistake I said. Mommy then gets up and starts to get ready for work. Mommy is really confused, I wonder if she is feeling well? Then she told me that she had to work ALL day Saturday. Oh, no!!! What about the weekend??? Doesn't a princess diva future Mommy dog like me that stays home nice all week deserve to have a weekend with Mommy??? This isn't fair! Can any pup help???

Tired

Mommy and I were too tired to bark into my diary last night. Can you believe that??? Yes, it is true. Mommy got home from work late and we had supper. Then I cuddle in the big reclining chair with Mommy and we fell asleep. :) It was wonderful. After that we went to bed. Not much to bark about but I sure had a nice relaxing evening with my Mommy. :)

Notme was at my house

That bad pup called "Notme" visited at my house last night. Mommy and I were getting ready for bed when we found a poopy in the dining room. The little Princess affie didn't do such a bad thing so it had to be "Notme". I hope "Notme" has left because I don't like having such a bad pup around. Mommy cleaned up the mess and said the pup who did that mess was very, very bad. Grrr.... to "Notme".

Window Watching

It is sure getting dark early these days and this is interfering with my window watching. In the mornings we are too busy to look out the window and by the time Mommy comes home from work it is dark. Mommy likes the curtains closed when it is dark so I don't get to look out the window. My window watching is limited to the weekends now. :( I have a window in my day room (aka nursery) but it is too high for me to look out. Maybe we should get a new window installed so I can look out. I will have to start working on Mommy............... She should do that for her beautiful little affie girl that is about to be a Mommy dog.

Christmas Cards

I was so busy barking about cookies that I forgot about Christmas cards. Mommy ordered MY Christmas cards on the Internet on Saturday which was so cool. I got to pick the picture that I want on them and everything. The Internet said they would be ready for pick up in 2 to 3 weeks. Guess what?? Mommy got an e-mail yesterday saying that they were ready for pick-up at the store. That was only two days! We were very surprised to get that e-mail so I got Mommy to stop on her way home from work to pick the cards up. They are beautiful! Now I want to send them out but Mommy says it is too early and we will have to wait. :(

More Cookies

I barked about cookies yesterday and I am going to bark about cookies again today. Today Mommy looked into my puppy box and to her surprise she found a number of cookies all tucked under the rails in the box. I barked yesterday how I hid my cookies under that rail. I had other cookies hidden in my day room (aka nursery) and today I decided I liked the place under the rails so much to hide them that I gathered them all up and put them there. Mommy thought I was eating all my cookies every day but I wasn't! Mommy figures I had to be real busy today gathering up my cookies and putting them under the rails in the box. She asked me where I was hiding them but I wouldn't tell her. A pup has to keep a stash of cookies just in case she gets hungry. Mommy saw me go into my box this evening and get a cookie, take it out to the living room and eat it. :)

Cookies

I thought I would bark about cookies today. I love cookies, all kinds of cookies. Anyways, every morning when Mommy leaves for work she gives me two cookies. It is always two different types of cookies and the types also vary. I never eat my cookies when Mommy gives them to me and I always hid them in my day room which is now my nursery. Today I hid my cookies in my puppy box under the rail that goes around the box to prevent me from squeezing my puppies. Then every evening I bring my cookies out and eat them. Sometimes I eat them as soon as Mommy gets home and sometimes I save them for dessert and eat them after supper. I do this every day. I guess I don't feel like eating them during the day. Or maybe I prefer to eat them when Mommy is at home. Whatever the reason that is what I do every day. I do love cookies.

Another Birthday and Other Activities

Today we celebrate Grandpa's birthday. Grandpa is 79 years old. OMD does that ever sound old! Mommy took Grandpa out for lunch and I had to stay home. :( They did come home later and I got to help Grandpa open up his birthday presents. I am a real good birthday present opener! Grandpa stayed for a couple of hours and then he went home. It was a fun birthday party!

After Grandpa left Mommy got really busy. First she order MY Christmas cards from the Internet. She should be able to pick them up in 2 to 3 weeks from the store so that should be okay. My beautiful picture will be on the cards again this year. :)

After the Christmas card job Mommy made a beautiful box for me and my puppies/puppy. She got me to try it on for size and she marked the right spot to put the rails. The rails are all along the edge of the box so I won't accidentally squeeze my puppy when I lay against the box. Mommy thinks of all the good safety things. Then she put a cozy pad in the box and a towel over the top for a roof. Then she took my day bed out of my day room and replaced it with my puppy box. From now on I will be sleeping in my puppy box when I am in the day room. This is so I get used to the box. Tomorrow night we are going to do some more organizing of my day room which will now be called "the nursery". So when you hear me bark about my nursery you will know it was the day room.

It was a very productive day.

Breakfast

I finally did settle down at about 4:30 am. I cuddled up next to Mommy in the big bed and I let her sleep in until 8:30 am. Then I decided it was time to get up because I was really, really thirsty after all that eating I did at 3:30 am. BOL! Normally I wake Mommy up very gently with little kisses. I am an expectant Mommy so now I am very demanding since the world really needs to revolve around me and my puppy/puppies. I just woke up and bounced on Mommy and started to walk all over her. Wake up, wake up, wake up!!!! That sure got Mommy up fast! The nice gentle route takes about 20 minutes to get her up but this way she was up in a minute. Maybe I should keep this technique because it works much better??!!! Any whys, as soon as Mommy put me on the floor I ran to my water dish and had a drink. Then it was outside to potty with a big pee and poo. Now I am back in and Mommy asks me if I want breakfast or if 3:30 am eating was my breakfast. Silly Mommy!!! My puppy/puppies and I want breakfast immediately!!! Mommy gave us some real yummy canned food for breakfast. Yummy, yummy!!!! What a nice Mommy to feed a variety of foods. Then I helped Mommy with her breakfast and had some yogurt and some toast. Yummy again!

Starving

At 3:30 am I woke up and I was starving. Mommy said to go back to bed but I was too hungry. Finally she got up and put me outside and said now we are going back to bed. No, no, no! I am starving! I bugged Mommy until she got up and finally she fed me. She gave me kibble with some freeze dried chicken mixed in. Yummy! I was so hungry that I gobbled up the freeze dried chicken and ate most of the kibble. She just couldn't believe that I ate that much because I had a big supper. I am going to be a Mommy dog and the puppies wanted to eat!!! It is now 4 am and I am standing looking at Mommy and wagging my tail. I think it would be nice to play with my toys but Mommy says no we have to go back to bed. I don't want to go to sleep, I want to play!

Happy Halloween

After we finished celebrating my birthday it was time to get ready for Halloween. This year I was a pumpkin. I have a cool pumpkin shirt that I wore. I like this costume because there is nothing on my head. Mommy and I then gave out little bags of chips to all the kids that came to the door. This year we got 44 kids in total which is 10 more then we got last year. We don't have many kids where we live when you consider people in other parts of the City can get 200 to 300 kids at their doors. I am glad that we only got the 44 kids because that was a big enough job. Mommy had bought a box of 60 bags of chips so there is now some chips left over. I sure hope I get to taste some of those yummy chips.

Birthday Part III

It took awhile but I finally got the birthday that a diva future Mommy dog should have. Mommy went out in the morning for breakfast and she bought special snow tires for her car. She is starting back at her other job this week and will be required to do some highway driving this winter so she decided the time had come to get rid of the all season radials for the winter and get real winter tires. If it will help keep Mommy safe then I am for it. Anyways I have digressed and I really want to bark about my birthday.

This afternoon we celebrated my birthday. Mommy brought me home a ballon filled with helium that says, "Happy Birthday". I had fun barking at that thing and Mommy took a video of it. Then I got my presents. I got a plush fox with a squeaky and a crinkly tail, a roll-over stuffed bone, salmon treats and yummy chicken treats. For supper Mommy cooked me two big pieces of chicken, one I ate tonight for supper and one I will eat tomorrow. Yummy! We also took pictures. I will have to get Mommy to put my pictures and video on my page. I had a wonderful birthday!

Birthday Part II

Well, I just had the world's worst birthday! First every person and every pup forgot about my birthday at Bounce's house. What is with that?? Then Mommy didn't get me home until 11:30 pm. Then instead of celebrating with the "birthday girl" Mommy started to torture me. She put me in the bathtub and lathered me up with shampoo and made me sit with it on for 10 minutes. Then she did it again, more shampoo and ten minutes of sitting. It was horrible! It seems that miserable little kitty that I barked about had a couple of fleas on her. Auntie Lorna sent Mommy home with some awful shampoo to bath me in so I don't get fleas and my babies don't get fleas. Grrrrrrr........ to the kitty. Grrrrrr............. to Mommy for torturing me! After the bath I had to stand on the torture table and have the hot blowing thing on me. Grrrrrrr............... Thank dogness I have two birthdays, I knew they would come in handy. Mommy said we will celebrate my birthday on Saturday instead. I wonder what Mommy got me for my birthday??? Stay turned for Birthday Part III.

My Birthday

Today is my birthday! Actually I have two birthdays, yep two birthdays! My litter was born on Oct. 30th and then I surprised everyone and showed up on Oct. 31st. I guess I wanted to be a Halloween puppy so I waited to be born. Yep, that is it! My registration papers say I was born on Oct. 30th but it was really Oct. 31st. This is great to have two birthdays, now I just hope to get double presents! BOL!

Thank-you pups for all the wonderful presents on my page and for the nice p-mails.

Mommy just got home but I am not home yet. Mommy called and left a message for me at Bounce's house. No humans are here so none of us pups could answer the phone so I guess we will have to wait for the humans. I wonder what Mommy got me for my birthday?

Mixed Up Kitty

I am at Bounce's house now until Friday. It was so nice of Bounce to take me in. When we got to Bounce's house I was in my crate and my crate was put in the middle of the living room. The only animal running loose was that kitty. It is just a small kitty being only about 8 weeks old. That poor kitty was found in an empty field starving when it was only about 5 days old. The kitty was brought up on a bottle. Can you believe that kitty thinks she is a dog??!!! She has been brought up with dogs so that is what she thinks she is. She runs to the door when someone comes in just like a dog. She will follow people around just like a dog. That kitty sure has a personality complex and I am certain is going to need some professional counseling. I don't think I should break the news to her that she isn't a dog, she will find out soon enough. That kitty was teasing me when I was sitting in my crate. She jumped on top of it and she kept putting her paws into it. Get away from my space you silly kitty!!! Then she jumped on Mommy and wrapped herself around Mommy's neck and started purring. Hey Kitty, dogs don't purr and you do, that is a hint! She hasn't learned to be gentle with her claws and teeth because she didn't have a Mommy kitty or litter mates to teach. She also likes to climb up the human's legs and OMD do they ever jump when she does that. The dogs in that house are tolerating her and the people are trying to teach her to be gentle. Yep, like I said that silly kitty will need professional counseling.

Abandoned

Last night Mommy tortured me and tonight she is going to abandon me. How mean can Mommy get! I have to admit that I am not being abandoned but I am going to spend a couple of days at Bounce's house. If it wasn't for the generosity of Bounce I would be abandoned. That counts doesn't it?? Mommy has to go out of town for a few days to work and will be home on Friday. She said that will be the end of her going out of town until the puppy (puppies) are older. :) Friday is my birthday so I can't wait for Mommy to get home. I know she has birthday presents for me.

Invisible

I was having a good evening just relaxing around the house when Mommy started to pull out the tools of torture. I was in shock that Mommy would even think of torturing a future Mommy dog. Right away I left the area and made myself invisible. Mommy brought out the grooming table, a brush, comb and the very worse thing of all - the nail clippers! :0 I was able to stay invisible for a short time but then it quit working and Mommy found me in the computer room. She put me on the grooming table and tortured me. Yep, she tortured a future Mommy dog! How could she??? She used the comb and brush and made sure there wasn't a single mat or tangle. Then she cut each one of my nails. After that she put me on the floor and I ran and became invisible. I didn't make myself visible again until I saw all the tools of torture were put away.

Diary Pick

Wow, I couldn't believe that I was a diary pick again today. Thank-you so much to the pups who sent nice words and pretty presents for my page.

Blurry Eyed

I have been pretty blurry eyed the last couple of days because I am so tired. I normally get tired on the weekend keeping up with Mommy but this weekend was worse. For two nights now Mommy has been having strange dreams and waking up every 1 1/2 hours. When Mommy wakes up then I wake up too. I think she is getting too stressed about the puppies. One dream was that I had three puppies and she left me and the puppies with Grandpa and went out of town. Once she got out of town she realized that Grandpa couldn't handle it so she tried to contact Auntie Lorna and couldn't get hold of her. She couldn't get a flight home or anything. Now, that is a real night mare if you ask me. Grandpa looking after me and my babies..............no way never! I tell Mommy not to worry because it is just a dream and she would never abandon me with Grandpa. I sure hope Mommy sleeps better tonight so I can get some sleep. At least she is going to work tomorrow so I will be able to sleep during the day.

Fun Saturday

I had a fairly good day today with it being a typical Saturday. Mommy went out this morning to run some errands but after that she was home with me all day. :) She bought me some of my favourite canned food today. It was on sale and she had a $3.00 coupon too so we got a real good deal. Yummy! After lunch Mommy asked me if I wanted to lay on the big bed and watch a movie. Yes, yes, yes! This month we get free pay per view movies on our TV so there is more movie watching going on. I just love cuddling up to Mommy and watching movies. After that we did laundry, dusting and the dreaded sucky machine. : 0 I wonder if we are going to watch another movie tonight???

Not a good day!

Today was a pretty boring day. To start with Mommy went to work like usual. I was so much waiting for her to get home. It is Friday and my favourite day of the week because it starts the weekend. Two whole days at home with my Mommy! :) I was just so excited when Mommy got home but right away I could sense that something was up. Mommy changed out of her "go to work clothes" but instead of putting on "weekend clothes" she put on her "go out to somewhere nice clothes". Those clothes usually mean that I get stuck at home alone. I wonder if I were to chew up those clothes if Mommy would never go out "somewhere nice". It is just a thought............hmmm................. I will have to think about that. Anyways back to my story. Sure enough Mommy got dressed up and before I knew it I was in the day room and Mommy was out the door. She didn't come home for five hours!!!! I had to sit home by myself on a Friday night while Mommy went out. Then to make matters worse I smelled her breath when she got home and she had roast beast smell (like my pal Zoe would say). I love roast beast aka roast beef and she didn't bring any home for me! Mommy was even bragging and said she had never seen so much roast beef per plate at a dinner before. Grrrrrr............ Guess what I got for supper???? Kibble and ground beef! Grrrrrr.......... Thanks to Zoe I did get to have a couple of pieces of my "Bit O Luv" treats for dessert. It wasn't a good day for me. Is that any way to treat a future Mommy dog????

The Nursery

Mommy is still working on getting all the things that we are going to need for my nursery. Today Mommy bought two new things, one that I like and one that I don't. The good thing is a little heating pad. It will be just right to keep my puppy/puppies warm when I am outside going to potty or just taking a break. The second thing I don't like at all. It is a thermometer. Do you know where she plans to stick that thing??? It is just so embarrassing that I can't say it but I bet you can guess. She says we will start to take my temperature morning and night for a few days and get a base line of what my normal temperature is. She said when I am getting close to having my puppy/puppies my temperature will take a significant drop. She said it worked like a charm when her schnauzers had puppies. I am trying to tell her that it may have worked on schnauzers but it will never work on an affenpinscher. NO, no, no! OMD, I am not looking forward to that thing being stuck you know where. Grrrr........

Preparations

Mommy and I are busy preparing for my puppy/puppies. The last time Mommy helped a Mommy dog have puppies was in 1991 so she has to buy new things or think really hard where some of her old things are. The first thing she did was make a big list of all the equipment that we are going to need. Today she bought some Esbilac which is substitute puppy milk in case we need it. I sure hope we don't need it but it is a good feeling to be prepared. She also bought a cute little bottle for the puppies "just in case". Then she went to another store and bought the perfect box for me to have my puppies in and some nice clean newsprint for the puppies too. This weekend we are going to prepare the box by cutting a hole in it for me to get in and the puppies not to be able to get out. Also we have to put a rail all around to prevent me from accidentally squishing my babies against the wall of the box.

When Mommy got home from work she thought she would look for the Fisher Price nursery monitor that she used to use with puppies. That Mommy is so smart that she found it right away in the closet. She figures she bought it sometime in the 1980's and it is in brand new shape still in it's box and even in the bag from the store. We hooked it all up and it works perfectly. I love it! Now I will be able to be in the box with the puppies and if I need something I will just make a noise and Mommy will come running. There is this transmitter thing in the room and Mommy walks around with the receiver. She will be able to hear me where ever she goes in the house. I think I like this quite a bit. Mommy is thinking that she might get to sleep in her bed more if she has the receiver thing with her. I don't think so! Mommy is talking about getting a camping mattress of some sort so she can sleep in the day room with me. That is more like it!

We also put towels, garbage bags, kitchen scale and paper towels in my room. The kitchen scale will be used to weight the puppies. Every day Mommy keeps a written record of the puppies weight. This way if a puppy isn't doing well or isn't getting enough to eat she will see it right away. What a smart Mommy!

We are going to do more work on my room this weekend so I am certain I will have more to bark about then. We did get a good start preparing for the puppies today.

A Present from Zoe

This morning while Mommy was at work and I was at home alone the mail person came to our door. They rang our door bell but I couldn't answer the door. I barked, "I am here, I am here! Please leave the parcel between the doors." I just knew the parcel had to be for me. Sure enough, when Mommy got home she found the parcel between the doors and it was addressed to ME. It was from my good pal Zoe and I knew it had to have cool stuff inside. Mommy and discussed if I should open the parcel today or should I wait until Oct. 30th which is my real birthday to open it. I wanted to open it now because I knew that would put pressure on Mommy to get me something else for Oct. 30th. I am always thinking and I am a smart pup. Yahoo, I got to open my parcel. Zoe sent me a beautiful squirrel to play with. He is life size and even has two squeakies in him! One squeakie is in the tail and the other is in the body. Fun, fun, fun! Zoe also sent me just the most yummy treats! They are Bit o Luv treats that are chicken flavoured. Zoe knows that chicken is my favourite flavour. Those soft little pieces of chicken flavoured treats are so yummy. I don't think I can get them where I live so I was so happy that Zoe sent me some. I have posted a couple of pictures and I am currently in the process of posting a couple of videos of me with my presents. Thank-you Zoe! Thank-you Zoe's family! I love my presents.

Window Watching

When Mommy gets home from work I just love looking out the dining room window. That dining room window is my version of the human TV. So much happens out there. I watch the dog across the street, I watch the squirrels in the next door trees, I watch the cars, I watch the bikes, I watch the neighbours, I watch the people walking by and I bark at the pups walking by. It is just so entertaining. After I have been out to potty Mommy opens up the curtains on the dining room window and puts my chaise lounge under the window so I can look out. It is getting darker earlier and earlier and my time looking out the window is getting shorter so every minute counts. Once it gets dark outside Mommy likes to shut the curtains again because she says she feels like a fish in a fish bowl. BOL! Mommy is not a fish in a fish bowl! So why am I barking about all this?? I thought it was important to set the context of what happened today. Like normal Mommy opened the dining room window curtains after she got home and then she started to work on de-cluttering the closet in the bathroom. Wait, one minute Mommy! I think you forgot something here! Yep, Mommy forgot to put my chaise lounge in front of the window. I am a small pup and if I put my front paws on the window frame and stretch as tall as I can I can just barely see out the window. I kept going to Mommy telling her that she forgot about my chaise lounge. Did she pay attention to me? NO! Finally when there was only about 20 minutes left of day light she noticed that she had forgot to move the chaise lounge so I could look out the window in comfort. I had hardly any time this evening for window watching. :( Mommy is getting very sloppy in her job of caring for my needs.

Christmas Decorations!

Today was a nice sunny and relatively warm day. It was still fall and the humans wore their coats outside but I was quite comfortable. I also got some really interesting happenings to watch while I was looking out the window. The neighbours across the street were putting up their Christmas decorations today. It is hard to believe that it is that time of year already. It was so cool to watch them climb up high on those ladders and put up all those pretty lights. They also put out all different Christmas ornaments on their lawn. While I was watching the whole Christmas decorating thing a police car came roaring down our street with the lights flashing and the siren going. We live on a quiet residential street so that doesn't happen often. Then about 20 minutes later another police car came roaring down with the lights and sirens. I sure don't know where they were going but it was interesting to watch. Even the people putting up the Christmas decorations stopped and looked.

For supper I had my kibble with ground beef mixed in it. After that Mommy made a really yummy supper. She made a chicken stir fry which I just love. I then had some rice mixed with chicken and vegetables. Yummy, yummy! I saw Mommy put the leftovers in the fridge so I bet we will have left over chicken stir fry tomorrow. Yummy!

Supper

Mommy fed me my kibble mixed with some ground beef for supper. Yummy! Then Mommy was getting hungry but she didn't feel like cooking. So she took a frozen pizza that she had bought this morning when she was grocery shopping and cooked that. That pizza sure did smell yummy. I went over to Mommy and gave her my best "I am starving look" and I got some little pieces of pizza. Let me tell you it sure was good. I had a little bit of pepperoni and some crust with sauce - Yummy, yummy! I am now eating for both myself and my puppy/puppies so I am playing this up as much as I can. Mommy just can't refuse me now although she is always generous with the food because I don't have a weight problem. Mommy always says I should enjoy it while I can because I will very likely have to watch my weight when I get older. Well, that isn't now so bring on the food!

Up Early

This morning the alarm went off at the same time that it does when Mommy goes to work. I thought she was confused and didn't realize it was a Saturday. But no, she said we had to get up. I was enjoying my morning eating a real yummy breakfast and then I was looking out the window. All of a sudden a white van pulled into our driveway and a worker guy jumped out. There sure are lots of worker guys around! Anyways, this worker guy was a mechanic type of worker guy and he came to give our snow thrower a check-up. I watched through the window while he started the snow thrower and made it go forward and backward and turnaround. He then put new fluid into the machine. He turned it on it's front end and did something to it. He then started it up again and moved forward and backward. That was interesting to watch. Mommy says our snow thrower got a clean bill of health and is ready to do it's work when we get our first big snow. I have had a busy morning so I think I will go and nap while Mommy runs some errands.

A Watching Day

This was a pretty exciting day. To start my day off it was garbage day and I love garbage day. Early this morning (7 am) the garbage truck came down the street. It is always so much fun to watch those guys throwing the garbage in the truck. Then the recycling truck came down the street and I watched those guys too. Mommy said that garbage day will be different in a few months because we will be getting special roll out garbage bins that are picked up by the truck. Hmmmm......... that may be interesting to watch too.

Then this afternoon there was a squirrel running all over our front yard and on the street and on the property across the street. We think that squirrel is living in the neighbour's trees so I guess I have a squirrel for a neighbour now. It is fun watching the squirrel.

Then this evening the worker guy came to install our new bathroom floor. He was pretty quick and did the whole job in 2 hours which was from the time he arrived to the time he was pulling out of the driveway. Mommy thinks the bathroom looks really nice. We have a new tub and surround, new toilet, new counter top/sink and now a new floor. It just needs to be painted. Bye-bye 1967 bathroom!

I am kind of tired after all the watching I have been doing today. A future Mommy dog needs her sleep so I better go and have a nap.

Yard Work

I was disappointed today when I learned that the worker guy wasn't coming to my house. Oh well, he is coming tomorrow so I will enjoy watching him then. I got my share of entertainment this evening because Mommy decided we had better pull all the frozen plants out of the ground. I love watching Mommy do yard work so I had a good time. We pulled all the plants out and put them in big garbage bags. I then had to help Mommy haul all the bags to the curb because tomorrow morning is garbage day. I think tomorrow is going to be a great day. First, it is Friday so I know the weekend will start which is always a good thing. Also I get to look forward to barking at the garbage guys and the recycling guys tomorrow morning. Then in the evening I get to watch the worker guy. Fun, fun, fun!

Nice Surprise

I had a real pleasant surprise this afternoon when Mommy came home from work at lunch time. Mommy no sooner got home and there was a strange man at our door. OMD, another worker guy! He came in to look at our bathroom because he is going to be installing new flooring. Mommy picked out the flooring a couple of weeks ago but it took awhile to get the worker guy over here to look at the job. Anyways he looked it over and said he will install the flooring tomorrow evening in about 1.5 hours and that is lifting up the toilet and everything. I am going to have to time him to see if he is really that fast. He was only in the house for a few minutes and then he left. After that Mommy caught me up on the love seat looking outside and she said,"No, no, no". I am not allowed to look out the window from the back of the love seat because I get so excited that I fall off when a dog walks by. It was Mommy's fault that I looked out from the love seat because my chaise lounge was not against the dining room window. Mommy is going to have to be much more careful to make sure my chaise lounge is by the dining room window so I can look outside. Mommy said I have to be extra careful now that I am pregnant but she is going to have to be extra careful too. Anyways tomorrow evening should be full of excitement watching the worker guy.

Puppy

Well, today was the big day for me to go to the Vet for my ultrasound to see if I am going to be a Mommy. The answer is YES, I am going to be a Mommy. There is one puppy and one empty sack with no puppy. Dogs can reabsorb puppies so the Vet thinks that is what happened to the empty sack. Anyways, I won't dwell on that and I will just think of the precious puppy that is in my tummy. My puppy is due around November 18th. There is always a chance there may be another puppy that we didn't see but we don't think so.

Now Mommy is thinking about all the things she has to get ready so I can have my puppy. Get working Mommy! I will let Mommy know how I want my puppy room to be.

My husband "Casper" was told tonight too about my puppy. He told me that he won a Group 2nd and a Group 3rd at the doggy show this past weekend. I know my baby will be very proud of his/her Daddy. I am an independent woman and I don't think I will keep "Casper" as my husband for long but he will always be the Daddy of the puppy.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Canadian Thanksgiving to every pup! I love Thanksgiving because it means that Mommy gets an extra day at home and I get to eat turkey. Turkey and chicken are my favourite food. :) Mommy said she was tired from her week in Montreal so we had a quiet day at home. I didn't mind one bit. I got to play with toys, look out the window, have an afternoon nap with Mommy in the big bed and eat turkey. Did I tell you how much I love turkey??? Turkey is just so yummy. Yummy, yummy turkey. I think you may be getting how much I love turkey. Happy Thanksgiving!

Turkey Weekend

Tomorrow is Canadian Thanksgiving but we celebrated it today with a traditional turkey dinner. Well, maybe it wasn't so traditional. I was disappointed because Mommy only cooked a turkey breast and not the whole turkey. She didn't put it in the oven thing like usual either. No, she cooked our turkey breast in our slow cooker. I must say it was yummy and even a bit fruity. Mommy had put apples and cranberry sauce into the slow cooker too. I wonder who had the turkey without the breast since we only took the breast???? Mommy made a special meal for me with kibble, turkey, potatoes, beans and gravy. Yummy!!! Then it was pumpkin pie time. Yummy again! Mommy said we will have left over turkey dinner tomorrow too. Yummy! I love Thanksgiving weekend or should I say Turkey Weekend. :)

Snow Day

I was outside today running around and sniffing in the first snow of the season. Mommy says this is real early for snow and we really hope it all melts. Mommy took a video of me in the snow. Check it out!

I am home!

I am home now. Mommy didn't buy me anything in Montreal. All she bought was a pair of winter boots. She said they will go really nicely with her new winter coat. What about me? Nothing! I think Mommy read my pal Zoe's diary where her sister bought her nothing but pocket lint and a penny. Mommy said I could have pocket lint and a penny too. Grrrrr........ We have to find a way to stop our pawrents from reading our diaries!

I think the weather wanted to get even with Mommy for just buying winter boots and nothing for me. It is snowing like crazy right now and Mommy even had to do some shoveling when she got home. That serves Mommy right! If she thinks winter boots is more important then a present for me then she can have the weather to wear the winter boots. What goes around comes around is my motto.

Mommy is home!

Mommy just phoned me at Bounce's house. She is home and she talked to me on the phone! I still don't understand that phone thing. I wag my tail and get all excited that I can hear Mommy. I even gave the phone a kiss but I would much rather kiss Mommy. I looked out the window for Mommy and then I looked all over the house. I couldn't find her anywhere and there is no way I am going to believe that Mommy is in that phone thing. Mommy's plane got in late which makes me sad but I am happy she got home safe and sound. Now she is coming to get me so we can have our long weekend. This is Thanksgiving weekend in Canada so Mommy will be home for three days. :)

Time to Bark

I haven't had any chance to bark the last few days because Mommy is in a place called Montreal. She is still in Montreal but because of technology we can all stay in touch. Mommy called on Sunday night and I was doing well. I did hear Mommy's voice on the phone and I went looking out the window for Mommy. Mommy is having a good time in Montreal going to her convention and walking all over the place. She was in China town and in old Montreal. I will be home on Friday. Maybe I will get another chance to bark before then. Bark at you later pups!

Back to Bounce's House

Well, that box from the basement meant exactly what I thought it did. Mommy was packing up to go on a trip. She said I was going to Bounce's house. We got out my pink back pack that has my name on it that was a present from Zoe. I packed my treats, my food and a special toy. In the front pouch I put my red leash and collar. I sure am happy that I don't have to pack my treasures in a box any more. This pretty pink back pack is so much better. Anyways, I have digressed. Mommy took me over to Bounce's house and I am going to have a great few days. Mommy comes home next Friday which is just in time for us to have a long weekend together. Next weekend is Canadian Thanksgiving. Yummy! I can taste the turkey now.

The Box from the Basement

Somethings happening and I just know it. How do I know??? Mommy brought the big box with the zippers up from the basement tonight. She did laundry tonight. I see some piles of clothes forming. Every time this happens then Mommy goes away for awhile. She was talking about a place called Montreal yesterday. I wonder where Montreal is??? I hope it is close so Mommy won't be gone for long. Other then that Mommy and I had a nice couple of hours laying on the big bed and watching TV. :)

Home Alone

Mommy was too tired yesterday to type for me so now I have to bark about yesterday's adventure today. Grrrr....... Things like this happen so I say forget it and move on.

Now to my adventure! Being home alone is not something new for me. No, I am home alone all day while Mommy goes to work. I stay in my day room. Mommy has been letting me have the run of the whole house when she goes out for a short time - like an hour. I like the run of the house because I can look out the window and I have the choice of all the doggy beds in the house to sleep in. Well, yesterday evening Mommy went out for about a million hours and she left me loose in the house. (Mommy here: Jelly don't exaggerate! It was for about 3 hours.) When Mommy left it was light out but it got dark before she came home. We have a magic light in the living room that will come on all by itself. The problem is it isn't coming on early enough so I was in the dark for awhile. It didn't bother me and in a short time the light came on. Mommy says she will have to adjust that light to come on earlier since it is getting dark earlier. I was real happy to see Mommy when she got home. I had been a good pup and everything was fine in the house. :)

Mommy had been shopping AGAIN! She is going for a week to some place called Montreal and she said she needed a few things. There was nothing at all exciting in the bags. The least she could have done was buy me a treat. A pup that is good all by herself for three hours in the house deserves a treat.

Evil Machine

I had trouble with an evil machine today and it wasn't the sucky machine. Today it was the paper shredder. Mommy had been doing some decluttering and she had papers to shred. As soon as Mommy started shredding paper I rang the bells to go outside. I played in the backyard until Mommy was finished. I am a smart pup and I waited for a few minutes to make sure Mommy was really finished with that shredder before I asked to come in. I don't like machines that make loud noise like that. The four worst things in the house are the sucky machine, the hair dryer, the oven hood when the fan is on high and the paper shredder. Grrrrr......... Next "Give Away" weekend I am going to have to work really hard at getting those items out by the curb.

New Car/Frost

Mommy said our car went into the car doctor yesterday to get all the hail damage repaired that I barked about this summer. She brought home a new car yesterday since our car will be at the doctor all week. It is a black car called a 2008 "Pontiac Grand Prix". That must be the car's registered name and I will call it "Prix". I hope I get a ride in "Prix".

Last night I had to help Mommy cover up all the plants. We were suppose to get frost so we wanted to protect the little plants. I hope the plants lived and I have to go outside now and uncover them.

Nice Sunday

First our summer was so cold that our tomatoes did not ripen. Now our September has been summer type weather we have too many tomatoes. They like tomatoes at Bounce's house so Mommy asked if I wanted to go for a car ride to deliver the tomatoes. Yes, yes, yes! I got to sit in my car seat with my seat belt done up. It was wonderful riding in the car and looking at all the sights. When Mommy pulled onto Bounce's street I started to whine because I knew where we were and sure enough there was Bounce's house. Auntie Adele knew we were coming so she came outside. I was so happy to see her that my tail almost fell off it was wagging so hard. Mommy took me out of my car seat so I could say hello to Auntie Adele. We talked for a few minutes, left a big bag of tomatoes and we were off in the car again. This time Mommy asked me if I wanted to go for ice cream. Yes, yes, yes! We went McDonald's and drove by the magic window and got a raspberry/blueberry ice cream sundae. Mommy and I shared the sundae and was it ever yummy! After that we drove to a mail box because we had a letter to mail. Then it was back home to check on our supper. When we walked in the door it smelled real yummy because Mommy had a roast with potatoes, carrots and onions (I can't have onions) in the slow cooker. Yummy, yummy! I have to run now pups because that yummy roast is almost done and my mouth is just watering!

Good Pup/ Will Never Believe It

This morning I was a really good pup. I woke up just after 7 am and I woke Mommy up. I had to go potty so Mommy let me outside and said I was a good pup. Then I went and sat in my spot in the computer room and waited for breakfast because I was hungry. Mommy wanted to go back to bed but when she saw I was hungry she gave me breakfast. Yummy! After that Mommy went back to bed and I was a good pup again and kept quiet and let her sleep. I went into the living room and played quietly with my toys. At 8:45 am I decided that was enough sleeping for Mommy and I went and woke her up again. I didn't want Mommy to waste the whole day sleeping. She got up and shared her breakfast with me. :)

Mommy was sitting at the dining room table reading the paper and I was looking out the dining room window. This is when the most amazing thing happened that you just won't believe! That neighbour kitty jumped on the window ledge and there I was face to face with that kitty with just the glass between us. Mommy said that both me and the kitty were in shock for a few seconds because we did not expect that to happen. The kitty gave me a real snarly face and I barked at the kitty to get away from my window. I was the winner and the kitty ran away. :) OMD, that sure was excitement for the morning.

Happy Mommy = Happy Jelly

Today was the first day of "Give Away" weekend. I am sad to report that I was unable to drag any of the items on my list out to the curb. Mommy said, "NO!". She said we need our sucky machine and everything else that was on my list. My Miniature Schnauzer pal Buddy reminded me that the tub and the hair dryer should also go out to the curb. I will try that tomorrow but Mommy loves using the tub and the hair dryer so I have a feeling she will stop that too. Mommy sure likes strange things.

Mommy went shopping today (again) and came home with a new winter coat, some warm winter mitts and a new purse. All last winter all I heard was Mommy complaining about needing a new winter coat and that she was going to get one this year. Thank dogness she got one so now I don't have to listen to that any more. Mommy wanted new mitts last year too but she couldn't find any because she looked too late in the season. So again, all I heard was the fact that she would shop for mitts early in the fall this year. The purse was something that I haven't heard much about but it is important to have a nice purse to hold the money that Mommy spends on me. When Mommy got home she decided she had to go through our front door closet because there was no room for her new coat. We have now bundled up 5 winter coats and 5 spring/fall coats to give to charity. I helped Mommy bundle up those coats and I have lived here for three years and I have never saw her wear any of those coats so I guess it was time to get rid of them. She now has lots of room in the closet for her new coat. :) I should have a happy Mommy now and a happy Mommy always means a happy Jelly! BOL!

I had a great day today playing with toys, napping, eating treats, playing in the yard and looking out the window. To make my day extra special I was a diary pick again today. Another good Miniature Schnauzer pal Lexie was a diary pick today too. Congratulations Lexie! I sure am glad that we got to share our special day.

Giveaway Weekend

This weekend is "Giveaway Weekend" in our City. Does any other pup have a "Giveaway Weekend" where they live? This is our first "Giveaway Weekend" so we are curious as to how many people will participate. What you do is put anything that you don't want any more out on the front street by the curb and put a sign on it saying "Free". Then people can drive up and down the streets and take anything that they see that is marked "free" that they need. The idea is to recycle used items that are not needed. I have been preparing a list of the items that I will put out by the curb tomorrow morning. They are:
1. Sucky Machine (aka vacuum)
2. Torture table (aka grooming table)
3. Grooming supplies (combs, brushes, shampoo...)
4. Winter booties
5. In-season pants
6. My red snow suit

Hmmm .......... I will have to think about this some more. I have until tomorrow morning to complete my list. I may have to recruit some help to drag these items to the street. I do feel rather guilty putting that stuff out so another pup will be tortured with them. All I have to say is it is better them then me! BOL!

Tagged

I have been tagged by my good pal Scooter. Thanks Scooter!

Answer all questions, post them in your diary, then tag 6 friends by sending a rosie or pmail.

1. What color is your collar?
Which collar? I am a Diva pup and I have lots of collars. My every day collar is red with a red matching leash. I also have a pink collar with a pink matching leash. My dress-up collar is purple with butterflies on it with a matching leash. :)

2. What kind of food do you eat?
My main food is kibble - Royal Canin Special 30. Mommy also will make me some homemade food. :)

3. What are your favorite treats?
I love freeze dried chicken breast. I also love stuffed roll-over bones. Mommy buys me a variety of healthy treats but I must admit I do like good old fashioned milk bones!

4. Do you have a Valentine or significant other?
I am a single pup. I love my Mommy. Does that count? My good pal Drover was my special valentine last Valentines day. (*Jelly blushes*)

5. Do you get table scraps?
Yes, Mommy always gives me some food off her plate. It isn't the scraps like fat etc. She feeds me the nice yummy healthy vegetables and lean meat.

6. What is your favorite toy?
I love all my toys and eventually play with them all but my ultimate favourite is my purple loofa dog.

I am now off to tag 6 pals.

I Saved Mommy

Yep, I really did save Mommy today. How did I save her?? I saved her from being late for work. Mommy was really, really, really tired last night. The alarm clock went off at 6:35 am and Mommy didn't get up. To set the scene you have to know that I was not in the big bed but I was sleeping in a doggy bed right beside the big bed. I go through periods where I want to sleep in the big bed with Mommy and periods where I want to sleep in the doggy bed. Anyways, this is now one of those periods where I am sleeping in the doggy bed. After the alarm went off I waited and waited for Mommy to get up but she didn't. Then I decided I had to wake her up. I am a little pup so I couldn't jump up on the bed and my stairs were not there so I couldn't get up on the bed that way. When I stood up on my back legs I couldn't reach Mommy either. So I started to dig on the bed while standing on my back legs. I was saying, "Wake up, wake up lazy Mommy! You will be late. Get up!" Finally after what seemed like forever Mommy woke up to my scratching. By this time it was 7:30 am and did Mommy ever jump out of bed. BOL! She has to be out of the house by 8:10 am at the latest or she would be late. Mommy hurried and because of me she was not late. :) I was thinking of myself too because Mommy always says she has to go to work to pay for my kibble and my toys. I need my kibble and toys so it was important to get Mommy to work. After Mommy went to work to earn money for me I went back to sleep. I would say it was a job well done.

More Renovations

Mommy is back planning the home renovation stuff again. It seems all I have been listening to lately is renovation talk. Boring! We have had so many worker guys in our house over the past few months too. Exciting! This time we are getting a new bathroom floor and Mommy brought a sample home today. I know she brought it home just to show me. :) I gave it my approval although I would approve any floor because they all look the same to me. Boring! That just leaves the main floor bathroom needing to be painted and then it will all be done. Does that make Mommy happy??? No!!! She took a big measuring tape thing and went to our basement bathroom and was measuring down there. She wants to replace the shower, toilet, counter top/sink, strip off the wall paper and paint. She drew a picture of the bathroom and went around measure and write, measure and write. She has run into a big problem with the shower. Our shower is only 30" and they are illegal now so Mommy can't find a 30 " replacement. She says we don't have room for a bigger shower so we may have to be happy with the old one. I certainly wouldn't be disappointed if she just removed it. Then she brought her big measure thingy upstairs again and was measuring the living room and dining room windows. She said we need some new window coverings. She said the window coverings will have to wait because the Federal Government is not giving income tax rebates on them but they will on bathroom renovations. She says they will give rebates on kitchen painting so maybe she should do that since that is all we have left to do in that room. There goes Mommy off to look at the kitchen................. (*Jelly trails behind shaking her head*) "Mommy, Mommy, Mommy.............."

Diary Pick

I was so excited to be a diary pick today. Thank-you to all the pups for the presents on my page and all the sweet words. You sure are a great bunch of pups!

More Work Required

Everything was going really well this evening. I got to look out the window and I had a real yummy supper. Mommy was playing with me too. Then everything went wrong when Mommy went to get the torture table (aka grooming table) and all the tools of torture (grooming equipment). What could I do? Then I remembered how my very good little pal Zoe barked about going invisible. I thought that I would try very hard to go invisible too. By the time Mommy put the table out she could not find me. It works, it works! I am invisible. She looked in the living room, the kitchen and my day room and I was no where in sight. I am a black dog and I went into a dark room and made myself as small as possible and thought "INVISIBLE". Mommy walked by the computer room where I was and she didn't see me. It is still working! INVISIBLE!! Then Mommy came back and turned the light on and the invisible quit working. :( She picked me up and tucked me under her arm and walked to the torture table and put me down. I am going to have to work harder on that invisible stuff. Maybe Zoe can give me some more tips. Oh yes, I did survive the torture session.

Out of Order

Mommy and I have a routine that we do every morning when Mommy goes to work. We get up, I go potty, I eat my breakfast while Mommy works on the computer and then Mommy goes and splashes in the water in the human potty room. I like my routine. I am a routine type of pup. This morning that was all shattered. We got up and I went potty like normal. I went and sat in "my spot" waiting for my breakfast and my breakfast did not come. Instead Mommy went splashing in the water. I went into the human potty room and pawed at Mommy. Mommy, you forgot something! Your cute little pup is going to starve to death. Mommy says she didn't forgot anything and we were just going to do things in a different order. This was even worse because forgetting I can understand but deliberately placing me lower down the list of things to do is not good. I don't like my routine changed. After Mommy finished splashing around she did feed me my breakfast. Thank dogness! Mommy says this may be our new routine. I don't like the new routine, I want the old routine. I don't do well with change.

Two Jobs

Mommy said we had two jobs that we had to do today. First she wanted to take all the metal handles off the kitchen cupboards and the bathroom cupboard and replace them with new ones. That job was pretty boring. I watched Mommy for awhile but I decided it was more interesting to look out the window. After Mommy was done I couldn't see what the big deal was because it looked the same to me. A handle is a handle! Then came the job that I didn't like at all. It was changing batteries in our smoke detectors. One smoke detector was making funny clicking sounds which Mommy said meant it needed a new battery. She also said that while she was changing batteries she would change them all. Out came the ladder and Mommy climbed up at each detector and took out the battery and put in a new one. That was all okay. The part I didn't like was when she tested each smoke detector by pressing a button. It was so loud! I don't like it when that loud sound goes off. It made me think of my pal Drover who really doesn't like loud noises. I don't think he would have liked the clicking sound that the one detector was making either. Drover, you sure are lucky that you weren't at my house today! We shouldn't have any more smoke detector problems for awhile now.

Wrong Address

This afternoon was a beautiful afternoon. It was warm but not too hot. There was a slight wind that kept the mosquitoes away. Mommy and I took advantage of the beautiful conditions and we were sitting outside. Mommy was reading a book and I was busy spying...........I should say watching the neighbours, sniffing around and enjoying the sun. Then Mommy noticed that I was asking to go into the house. She thought that was really strange because I never ask to go in the house if Mommy is sitting outside. Mommy got up and let me in and I went running down the hallway barking a serious alarm. I was at the front door barking and barking. Mommy came and then she heard the knocking on the door. We don't know why the person didn't ring the door bell but they didn't and were knocking on the door. Mommy couldn't hear the knocking outside but I sure heard. Mommy opened the door and there was a girl with a big armful of pizza that she wanted to hand to Mommy. Mommy said we didn't order pizza and then the girl noticed she had the wrong address. Wait, stop one minute! Mommy should have taken that yummy smelling pizza. She should have considered it as having won the big pizza lottery. I was sad when I saw the girl walk with the pizza down our driveway. :( On the positive side Mommy said I sure was a good watch dog. I can keep tabs on what is happening in the front of our house even when I am in the backyard. :)

Summer is here

It was a hot day today going to 29 C or 84 F. We had a cool summer and it seems that our summer is now in September. Oh well, I am not complaining. Mommy and I both found it a bit hot but we have the air conditioning to come into. I have a short muzzle so heat is harder on me then an average type muzzled dog. Mommy doesn't like heat either so we get along very well in this regard.

This morning a strange man rang our door bell and Mommy was expecting him. He was here to do our yearly furnace check. It was already hot outside and we had to stop the air conditioner and put on the furnace. Crazy! Mommy and I went down into the basement with him and I was sure sorry that I did. After he opened up the furnace he turned on his sucky machine and OMD was it ever loud. Finally he left and we could turn off the heat and turn on the air conditioning. I made sure he took that horrible sucky machine with him.

After he left Mommy went shopping for a couple of hours and I got the run of the whole house. I just love having the run of the whole house because I get to look out the windows. When Mommy came home I was right at the door to greet her and I was all excited.

After that Mommy and I had the remainder of the afternoon and evening at home. :) It was a good day.

Finally it is the weekend

Thank dogness it is finally the weekend. I am so happy because Mommy and I have two full days together. I won't be able to go for a walk because I am still in season but I can think of lots of fun things for Mommy and I to do. We could play in the house, have an afternoon nap together, play outside, go for a car ride, go for ice cream, go shopping........... There is just so much to do. I hope Mommy lets me look out the window and I would also like to chase some squirrels. I hope that cat doesn't come back. I have a feeling that something is happening tomorrow. Mommy was busy this evening washing the filter for the furnace. Maybe the furnace is getting company??? We will see.............. Have a great weekend pups!

Neighbour Cat

Does any pup want a cat? I have a neighbour cat that is driving me crazy. You can have it for free or maybe I can even give you some of my money with the cat. That cat is always walking around my yard even though cats are not suppose to be loose the same as dogs are not suppose to be loose. When I look out the front window that cat will stand right in the middle of MY front yard and look at me and tease me. Yesterday I went running outside when the cat was on the fence. I was just going crazy jumping and barking at that cat. I was being very brave because that cat is at least double my size. Then the cat started to move towards me hissing and curling up his lip. Come on down here you miserable kitty!!! Mommy thought things were getting out of hand so she stepped forward and the cat backed off. Grrrrr............. Mommy said I wouldn't have liked it if the cat fought with me. Grrrrrr............... Then I thought I was finally rid of that cat. Auntie Lorna came over to my house yesterday evening and she left her car window open. When we weren't looking the cat must have jumped into her car. I was watching Auntie Lorna back out of our driveway when all of a sudden she stopped and opened the door, got out and that miserable cat jumped out. Then Auntie Lorna drove away. Wait Auntie Lorna! Your forgot something! The kitty wants to come home with you!!! I thought it would be a good idea to send the kitty to live with Bounce but it just wasn't to be. Maybe that cat will jump into someone elses car and go far away.............

Worker Guy

This morning we got up a bit earlier then normal. Actually I should have connected it to the fact that last night Mommy took everything out of the bathroom cabinet but I didn't. Mommy got up but when she got dressed she didn't put her "go to work" clothes on but she put her "weekend" type of clothes on. Does this mean you are staying home? Is so, why did we get up so early??? Stay at home usually means we sleep in. I got my answer at 7:30 am when a strange guy was ringing our door bell. OMD, another worker guy! I had almost forgot about these worker guys since we haven't had any of them in our house in a few months. This worker guy went into the bathroom and he installed a new sink, taps and counter top. Actually the counter top and the sink are all one piece. He also installed a new light fixture. I don't see the big deal but Mommy likes it. Hmmm....... we have a new swimming pool (aka bath tub and surround), a new white water bowl (aka toilet) and now the new sink/taps. I heard Mommy talking to the guy about painting the room and putting in new floor. She said the bathroom will be completed then. It is a 1967 bathroom transformed into 2009. Sounds good to me.

The Worker Guy really liked me. He patted me and he got down on the floor and even played with me. He can come back any time he wants.

I was nicer

I went and visited with Casper this evening. I really didn't want to visit with Casper because I wanted to visit with Wind. Mommy said I couldn't visit with Wind. :( I was nicer to Casper then I was the other day. I am told I have to visit with Casper again tomorrow.

Camcorder Horrors

Mommy started to experiment with our new camcorder. Grrrrr........ She charged the battery and read the basic booklet on operating and she put that round disc thing into the computer and did something with that (she said it was so she could put the movies on the computer). She hasn't downloaded the manual yet so she knows there are lots more settings she can use to make our videos better. Then she decided it was time to take our first video. I just couldn't believe what she took a movie of - me with my in-season pants! I have barked so many times how I hate my in-season pants. What you see in the video is what I do every time Mommy puts those pants on me. It is my way of protesting. I stand perfectly still and then I hop around on one leg. I hope someone will rescue me but it never works. Then as you can see in the video I can walk perfectly fine in those pants and away I go. I can go through this multi times per day. Yep, Mommy takes my pants off so I can go outside and potty and when I come back in and she puts the pants on I go through the whole thing again. It is just terrible but Mommy isn't getting the message. Grrrrrr..................

Oh yes, I didn't go and visit Casper today but I think I have to visit him tomorrow.

Check out my video and see how mean Mommy is to me with those in-season pants.

No Go!

Today I went to visit with Casper and I can tell you no puppies will result from that trip. I am in my 10th day of my season and I would not let him near me. He came over to sniff me and I tried to kill him. Yep, he was not coming near me. No way!!! Auntie Lorna brought me back home and I am going to visit Casper again either tomorrow or Tuesday. I have no idea how I am going to react the next time I see him. I will keep the humans in suspense.

While I was visiting with Casper Mommy was out having a good time. She went out for breakfast with a friend and then they went shopping. Mommy was so happy because she got so many good deals. My Mommy does not like crowds and she is extremely organized and did lots of her Christmas shopping today. Then she told me that she bought a present for the puppies. What puppies I ask??? I think she is counting her chickens before they are hatched. Hee-hee! What did you buy Mommy?? She bought a camcorder that was on sale and was another one of her great "finds". Mommy knew exactly what camcorder she wanted to buy and when she saw it for a price she couldn't refuse she bought it. I told her that it wasn't a present for the puppies because they quite frankly couldn't care less about things like that. I would say it was a Mommy present and she is justifying the expense by saying it is for the puppies. I don't care as long as I have a happy Mommy. I am getting this feeling that I am going to be seeing lots of this camcorder thing over the next few days. The things I do in order to have a happy Mommy! I guess if I am not going to cooperate with Casper I had better cooperate with this camcorder thing.

Important Decision

I had a very important decision to make this week that could be life changing. It was such an important decision and I thought about it long and hard. I finally made the big decision which is I am ready to try to have puppies. Yes, I hope to be "Mommy Jelly". Let me tell you about all the things I thought about this week that lead me to this decision. I made a big check list of requirements and then I went through them to see if I qualified. They are:

1. Am I the right age? I am 3 years old so I am not too old and not too young. I have matured and would be able to handle both mentally and physically having puppies. So a big CHECK mark went here.

2. Do I have the qualities that would be needed to pass on to puppies? I am a show dog and I have proven that I am a good representation of the breed. I have also gone to obedience classes and agility classes and did well so I have shown I have a sound temperment. Another big CHECK mark on this one.

3. What about health concerns? I have been checked medically and I am healthy. My vet has known since day one that this was something we were thinking about and we got the so called "green light" from her. So another big CHECK on this requirement.

4. Who is the potential Daddy? With the help of my breeder I picked out a wonderful boy called Casper . He is a champion and a proven producer of quality puppies. He comes from a long line of champions with both his mother and father being champions. The humans were interested in something called a pedigree which I don't know much about. They said our pedigrees go well together. So another big CHECK mark here!

5. What about experience with affenpinschers? We are working with my breeder on this who has 30 plus years experience in showing and breeding affenpinschers. So another big CHECK mark!

Wow, I just can't believe that I am getting through this list of requirements! Now on to the list...............

6. What about experience in having puppies and caring for puppies. My Mommy used to breed and show Miniature Schnauzers so she is experienced in looking after pregnant Mom dogs and puppies. My breeder is also there to give any additional advice. So another big CHECK!

7. What about homes for the puppies? We already have homes for any puppies that I would have. All the puppies will get good homes and the homes have to pass a serious screening process. So another big CHECK!

8. What about finances? Having puppies can be quite expensive at the best of times with all the things that they need including medical care. There could also be emergencies although we hope not but we have to be prepared. My Mommy says she is financially able to handle this. So another big CHECK!

9. Why would I want puppies? Both my Mommy and my breeder want to improve the affenpinscher breed and produce show puppies. They are going to show my puppies. :) I am told that Casper and I compliment each other very well. We want to keep a puppy at my house. There is lots and lots of love in my home for another puppy. Another big CHECK!

Hmmm.......... it seems I can put a big CHECK by every requirement. So for all these reasons I decided that I was ready to try to have puppies. I am going over to visit with Casper tomorrow to see if I can have puppies. This sure was a big decision but now that it is made I am very happy about it.

Potty Time

While Mommy was at work today I really had to go potty. I tried to wait until Mommy got home but I just couldn't. I never potty when Mommy is at work. Today I just had to and I went on the pee-pee pad that Mommy always leaves out for me for that purpose. That pee-pee pad has been there for months and I never had to use it. Mommy wasn't upset and seemed to understand that I was in a desperate situation. She said I was a smart pup to use the pee-pee pad. The next time Mommy goes out there will be a new pee-pee pad there. I wonder how long that pee-pee pad will last?

Not Impressed!

Mommy came home from work early yesterday which I was really happy about. My happiness only lasted for about 1.5 hours when Mommy said she had to go back to work for a couple of hours during the evening. Grrrr........ Well, I sat at home and I waited and waited and waited for Mommy. Finally after about 5 hours Mommy got home. Mommy, I thought you only had to work for a "couple of hours" which means two hours not five hours! I had been so worried about Mommy and I ran to greet her when I smelled IT! IT is the smell of another dog and two cats all over Mommy. Here I am sitting at home waiting and worrying about Mommy and she didn't even come right home when she finished working. No, she went and visited a friend of hers who has a dog and two cats. Grrrrrr.............. I am not impressed!

Yard Work and Red Tomatoes

When Mommy got home from work today she said it was yard work time. Yahoo, I just love supervising the yard work. First Mommy cut the grass and I got to supervise from my posts at the windows. After that it was time to do some gardening. I haven't quite figured this out because Mommy seems to not like some of the green plants and pulls them out and other green plants she protects. It doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me. I don't really care because I enjoy being outside when Mommy is doing that. Then it was time to water all the plants which is a fun job too. Then Mommy got all excited because some of those little green balls on the tomato plants have finally turned red. We got a bunch of little red ones that are my size and Mommy called them "Tiny Tim" tomatoes. We also got one bigger red tomato from another plant. Yummy, our first tomatoes of the year! We are going to have supper now and enjoy some of those red tomatoes. It is also garbage night which means Mommy and I have to put the garbage out by the curb before we go to bed. This means I am going to have an exciting morning watching the garbage guys. I can hardly wait!

I Broke Down

I broke down this evening and wore my in-season pants. I love being with my Mommy and I especially like snuggling with Mommy. In the evening we sit in the big chair together and at night we sleep in the big bed together. Since I have been refusing to wear my in-season pants I just haven't been getting my snuggle time. :( After three days of no snuggle time I was getting desperate and I really wanted to sit in the big chair. That is when I broke down and put my in-season pants on. It was wonderful with Mommy and I falling asleep on the big chair for four hours. :) It was worth wearing in-season pants.

Choices

I have barked that I am "in season". Being that I am a show dog I can't have the spay operation so I come "in season" a few times per year. The big thing that I don't like is wearing "in season" pants. I hate "in-season" pants and I will do anything to avoid wearing them. Mommy says I am a very lucky pup because I really don't have to wear them much because I have very little discharge and I really only need them when I am laying in one spot for a length of time. The time that I need "in season" pants is at night. Since I hate those in-season pants so much Mommy gave me a choice where I slept last night. She said I could sleep with her in the big bed like I usually do but I HAVE to wear the "in-season" pants. My other choices were I could sleep in my crate or I could sleep in a doggy bed beside the big bed and not wear my "in-season" pants. :) Mommy puts washable bedding in my crate and puts a washable blankie on top of the doggy bed so I wouldn't need my "in-season" pants. What a nice Mommy! What did I choose? I chose to sleep on the doggy bed right by the big bed. Mommy hangs her hand over the edge of the bed so I can get pats any time that I want. :) If I paw at her then she will hang her face over and I can give my "Jelly kisses". This arrangement worked very well and it was a good compromise. I think I will do the same thing tonight. :)

Car Ride

Since I can't go for a walk Mommy tried to make it up to me by taking me for a car ride today. I was so excited when she put me in my car seat and did up my seat belt? Where are we going? We were going to the car wash because the car needed a bath. I have been there before and it is so much fun. It is the touchless type that has lots of water and soap hitting the car. Mommy and I drove up to the car wash and Mommy punched some numbers into a computer thingy and then the door opened up and in we drove. Right away the water starts to splash and a sign tells Mommy to stop. Mommy shuts off the car and we sit and watch all the water and soap swishing around. I am not scared at all and I love watching the water and the soap and that big arm thing go around our car. Then after awhile a sign tells Mommy to drive and she drives slowly through a hot blowy thing. It is okay because the hot blowy stuff doesn't go on me. I sure am glad that Mommy doesn't send me through that wash thing. Then we are finished and we drive out. After that we stopped for ice cream which sure was yummy. I had a good day. :)

Change in Plans

I had been looking forward to going for a walk today when Mommy noticed a little drop of blood on the bed sheets this morning where I was laying. Oh-oh, that means I am coming into season. One of the down sides of being a show dog is I can't be spayed and I have to put up with these seasons a couple of times each year. It also means no going walking around the neighbourhood. :( Mommy says that we have to be careful when I am in season so no neighbourhood dogs get at me. It makes me feel good that my Mommy is looking after me. I don't like the idea of not going for a walk but I am the kind of pup that looks at a half full glass instead of a half empty glass. I have three whole days to be with my Mommy regardless of what we do which is always a good thing. So, Mommy and I spent a quiet day at home. Mommy was puttering around with different jobs and I was playing with toys and looking out the window. It was a nice day.

The Start of a Long Weekend

I am so excited because today is the start of a long weekend. Mommy and I will be together Saturday, Sunday and Monday. :) The weather is suppose to be nice and sunny all weekend. I barked awhile back about the City building a new walking path and it is now finished and ready for my inspection. Inspector Jelly is going to have to check this path out. The only problem is all those pesty mosquitoes. They are so bad that we can't even be outside. What did you say Mommy?? You aren't teasing me, are you? Wow, Mommy just said that the City is going to spray for mosquitoes in my area tonight. Bye-bye pesty mosquitoes! That is why Mommy made me go outside to potty before 9:30 pm. The City sprays between 9:30 pm and 6:30 am so Mommy doesn't want me to be outside during those hours. I am one very happy pup!

New Pests and Stink

We have new pests - mosquitoes! They are really bad right now for the first time this year. Our City is spraying them every night moving systematically around to different areas. We haven't been sprayed yet. When Mommy came home she said it was grass cutting day. Before she could go out there she put on old clothes and she sprayed herself with mosquito spray. I don't know why they call it mosquito spray because the mosquitoes don't like it. Mommy really stinks when she has that stuff on. I stayed in the house and supervised the grass cutting from the window. Then when Mommy came back in the house she took off all her stinky clothes and she washed and washed. She still smells like that mosquito spray. She may have to get a bath in tomato juice. Mommy says that is for skunk and not for mosquito spray but I think it just might work. Maybe she shouldn't be allowed in the bed tonight since she stinks...................

Security Alert!

Just when I thought I had got over the worst of the threats to my property there was a major breach of security in the front. In the front five border collies with two humans came walking down the sidewalk. They were armed with tennis balls and those long plastic poles used to throw tennis balls. As soon as I saw I was being invaded I had to sound the alarm. Security alert, security alert! I wanted to move them along as fast as I could and then IT happened! What is IT you ask?? One of those border collies stopped and pooped right in front of my house. This just put me into the absolute highest alert possible. I was barking like crazy at them. Of course the whole pack had to stop while the one invader pooped in front of my yard. I think it was just a tactic that they used to case my property out. I made myself look and sound as mean as I could. The humans were in on casing my property too because they were real slow at picking up the poop. They did look at me and they must have been scared because that is when they walked away. I hope I don't get any more major challenges to my security today.

Security Duties

My home security duties were getting out of hand this morning. I am only one little pup and I was running my little paws to the bone. First there was that renegade BIG pup across the street that was running loose. You never know when he would cross the street to invade my property. At the very same time the squirrels were acting up in the back yard running along my fence. I had to make sure that they didn't decide to attack my property from the rear. Then to make matters worse Mommy was in the indoor swimming pool splashing around. (aka bathtub) My job was to keep an eye on her and make sure she didn't drowned. OMD pups, I would run to the front and warn that pup then I would run to that back and warn those pesty squirrels then I would run in the bathroom and give Mommy a little kiss telling her to be careful and it was then back at the front. At one point I had a double attack happening at the front when the garbage guys came down the street. I am now exhausted but happy to report that I chased off both the front and back attacks and that my Mommy is safe.

I am home!

This evening Mommy called me on the phone again. She called on her cell phone while she was driving on the highway. She said she was about 1 hour away and asked if I wanted to go for a car ride and go home. Of course, I got all excited about that! I went running to the window to see if Mommy was there but she wasn't. I kept looking outside for her and finally I saw our car pull up to the house. I knew it was Mommy and I got so excited! Mommy picked me up at 9:30 pm. I was just so happy! Mommy says she is going into work a bit late tomorrow so we can sleep in for about an hour. :)

I Phoned Mommy

I barked that Mommy called me this morning. Unfortunately I was outside playing at the time so I couldn't bark at Mommy. This worried me so I got Auntie Adele to phone Mommy so I could bark at her. Mommy talked to me on the phone and asked what I was doing and if I was chasing the squirrels. This phone thing is very confusing and there is nothing that will convince me that Mommy is inside that little box. Even so, I gave the receiver all kinds of kisses so this phone thing can give the kisses to Mommy. Mommy was kind of reserved but she still talked to me. She said they had just finished a meeting and she was driving in a car with a co-worker. She said this person is going to think she has a crazy person working with her who talks with dogs on the phone. What is crazy about that I ask??? Mommy said if I had have called five minutes earlier she would have been in her meeting and she wouldn't have talked with me. Grrrrrrr............ She said the whole town would have been talking about this crazy person from Winnipeg who talks to dogs on the phone. Maybe the next time Mommy calls me I won't talk to her. That will serve her right! The other pups may think I am a crazy pup who always has her Mommy calling. Grrrrrr....... (*Jelly stomps off*)

Reece Escaped

Mommy called this morning to see how I was doing. Well, I am a busy pup and I am always doing something. When Mommy called I was busy playing outside. I had lots of fun last night and this morning. My half brother Reese was suppose to be sleeping in his crate last night and I was loose to sleep where I wanted which is normally on a human bed. Reese got out of his crate and we sure are not going to say how he did that because it is a secret. Maybe he will be able to escape again tonight. :) Reese and I then curled up in my crate for the night. We woke up real early in the morning and decided we wanted to play. So we were playing and playing and my Daddy Wind was getting real upset with us because he wanted to play but couldn't because he was in his crate. He is such a party pooper and made all kinds of noise and woke the humans up. They then separated Reese and me and made us go back to sleep. :( Oh well, it was fun while it lasted! I wonder what adventures I am going to have today?

More Exciting Day

As I barked I am at Bounce's house for a few days while my Mommy is working out of town. I was busy playing with all the pups today. I also looked out the window at squirrels and I did some barking. Mommy had a boring day with mostly driving. Yep, Mommy said she had to drive for 7 hours. Mommy told me that most of the time she was the only car on the road. There were lots of dragon flies that hit her window. Mommy took an audio book out of the library before she left and listened to about 5 hours of 8.5 hours. Mmmm..... that means she has another 3.5 hours to listen to on the trip home. I think I had a more exciting day then Mommy had. Three more sleeps until Mommy comes home..............

Back at Bounce's House

Yep, I went back to Bounce's house today. It was nice of Bounce and the other pups to let me stay with them for a few more days. I heard that Bounce missed me when I went home. Mommy will come and get me on Tuesday. Until then I am going to enjoy playing with the pups and looking out the window at those pesty squirrels.

Two Timing Mommy

Yes pups you read the title right. As hard as it is to believe I have a two timing Mommy. Grrrrr........... The story only gets worse just when you think it can't get any worse. My Mommy was two timing me with a kitty. :0 It still gets worse! She did all this right in front of my eyes! :0 I will tell you the story for those of you that haven't fainted. Mommy was cutting the grass and I was looking out the window being the good supervisor that I am. Then along came this black and white cat. I started doing my growling at him telling him to get out of here. This is my yard! Then do you know what happened? Mommy called the kitty over and started to pat it. Grrrrr......... I was really telling that kitty to get lost then! Finally Mommy came to her senses and started to cut grass again and the kitty left. This two timing act can't go unpunished! I think I will poop on the floor, I won't eat supper tonight and I won't sleep in bed! That will show Mommy! She will think twice about two timing me next time. Hmmmmm........ on second thought maybe I would be better off to try and eat Mommy out of house and home and try to push her out of the bed tonight. Yep, that is a better punishment. I will still poop on the floor!

New Walking Path

I am very happy to report that my City is in the process of building a new walking path near my house. For pups this is big news because one of the most important things for us is going on walks. Mommy and I have been keeping track of the construction progress and this morning they are starting to asphalt the path. First the survey people came and laid it all out, then they dug it up and then they put down gravel. Now the final stage is the asphalt. It is going to be a long path that goes behind a housing development and then by a very large open field. The important part is this new path connects to other sidewalks. This will just open up so many new routes for me and Mommy to walk. This is going to be so much fun! I hope I can start sniffing around there next week.

National Dog Day

I was pretty excited when I heard that today was National Dog Day. Wait one minute Mommy, why didn't you stay home on this very important holiday? Mommy said it was not the type of holiday that humans can stay home from work with. I think that is totally wrong and I am going to have to lobby the government to make it a stay at home type of holiday. Maybe I should start a petition. Is any other pup interested in helping me make this a stay at home holiday??? What good is National Dog Day when the pups can't have their humans at home to celebrate???? Anyways, I made the most of it and Mommy and I had a nice evening at home. A special thank-you to the anonymous pup who gave me a rosette and also gave Jennifer and Cadbury one to celebrate National Dog Day. Thank-you Anonymous Pup! Happy National Dog Day to every pup!

Consoling my Loofa Dog

Last night Mommy woke up in the middle of the night and got up for a few minutes. I am a good pup and I always stay in bed when Mommy gets up like that. When Mommy was on her way back to bed she stepped on my purple loofa dog! :0 That poor loofa dog cried (squeeked) and I perked up my ears. Mommy then picked up the poor loofa dog and gave him to me in bed. I went back to sleep hugging my loffa dog knowing that the he will get over being stepped on by morning. In the morning I wanted to run out of the bedroom like I usually do but Mommy said, "Jelly, don't forget your loofa dog!" Oh yea, I almost forgot I had my loofa dog with me. I grabbed my loofa dog and took him right to the patio door and laid him down while I went outside to potty. I am happy to report that my loofa dog has totally gotten over being stepped on. :)

Here we go again!

I just couldn't believe my little ears today! Mommy told me that she had to go out of town again. What is with that? Mommy just got home and I was just getting my life back to normal and in a instant that all changed. Mommy says I am being a drama queen and it isn't that bad. She says it is just for a few days to finish up something that she started when she was out of town. She has to drive over 6 hours away on Saturday and then work on Sunday and Monday and drive home on Tuesday. Grrrrrrr................ I wonder if Bounce and the other pups will let me come back to their house??? I think I was nice to them...... at least if you ignore the fact that I was always pulling on the sides of Bounce's face. What is that Mommy?? Oh, Bounce and the others said I could come back to their house. Thank dogness for that! I wouldn't want to be a homeless pup but I don't think Mommy would let that happen.

Two Lucky Breaks

OMD, did we ever have a storm this morning. I woke up to an absolute down pour of rain and lots of thunder and lightening. I got lucky and the storm let up so I ran out and did my potty. What a good pup I was! Mommy was worried about going to work and specifically about parking. In her temporary job that she is in now she parks on the roof of a building. She didn't think it would be very safe to be walking around on the top floor being exposed to all that lightening. Well, she got lucky too and the storm let up just as she got to work. She parked on the roof and ran to the door of the building. I guess Mommy and I both got lucky today.

Now where is Mommy? It is after 6 pm and Mommy isn't home. I am just waiting and waiting and waiting.....................

Back to Normal

This was the first relaxing Sunday that I have had at home in what seems like forever. Lately Mommy has been leaving on Sunday afternoon to drive out of town for her job. It was so nice to have a quiet Sunday at home with Mommy. I spent the day looking out the window, playing with my toys, playing in the backyard and generally following Mommy around. Mommy made some real yummy ribs for supper and I got to have some small bites. Yummy! Then we had a quiet evening of watching TV. It is so nice to have things back to normal. :)

I Feel Terrible

I just feel terrible pups. I feel like a failure, I feel stupid, I feel like the worst pup in the world. I don't know if I will ever get over this. How could I do such a stupid thing? What did I do? I am so ashamed to say that I bit my Mommy! (*as Jelly slinks into the corner*) My beautiful Mommy! It was an accident pups because I would never, never hurt my Mommy. I was barking at a pup at the window and I was trying to bite the pup through the window too. Mommy tried to stop me from barking and her arm got in the way of my mouth. One little tooth made contact with Mommy. I would never, never hurt my Mommy. There was a little bleeding spot on Mommy's arm. What a bad, bad pup I am! I am just a failure.................

In Training

It is very important for every athlete to stay in shape and be in training. This is especially important if your job requires you to be in shape. For example police officers work on staying in shape and life guards work on staying in shape. I am a hunter of vermin and it is important for me to stay in shape too. This brings me to the subject of the big 15 inch mouse that I have. I have had comments from pups about how big my mouse is. This big mouse is what keeps me in shape and is part of my training. Would it be good for my house if I can only defend it from the small squirrels and other small vermin? The answer is no because I would be over run by big squirrels before I know it. I practice with my big mouse toy. I attack it with great bravery, I pick him up and shake him and I grab him by his neck and run all around the house with him. Any big squirrel who sees me in action would be shaking in fear and would know to stay away from Jelly. I am in training so I can defend my house from any of the vermain, regardless of size, who may try to invade my house.

Steak! Yummy!

Mommy grilled up a big T-bone steak tonight for supper. I have been such a lucky pup to have steak two times really close together. Mommy isn't a big meat eater so she doesn't make steak often. I just don't understand how she can prefer vegetables over steak. This time Mommy left lots of meat on the bone and I got to have it. Don't worry pups, Mommy wouldn't let me take the bone myself. Mommy held the bone and let me pull and chew all the yummy meat off the bone. What a nice Mommy I have! That steak sure was yummy!

First Day Home ( Wednesday, August 19th)

Things were uneventful for my first day home. It rained and rained and rained all day. I got to enjoy my Day Room for the first time in a long time when Mommy went to work. Since it was still raining all evening I couldn't go outside in the evening except to potty. I looked out the window and played with my toys and napped and played with Mommy! Mommy got down on the ground with me and we had a great time playing. I enjoyed my first day at home. :)

Presents

Mommy came home today to stay. I am just so happy! To celebrate Mommy brought me home a couple of presents. The first thing she got me was a stuffed 15 inch mouse! :0 The belly makes a honking noise, the ears make a crinkle noise, both legs have squeakers and both cheeks have squeakers. That toy is as big as me but I still attack it and make it honk and squeak. I also grab it by the arm and zoom around the house. Jelly the Affie is a mouser and I won't let any mouse stop me regardless of size! The second present was some treats. They are all healthy treats with no wheat and are salmon and dill flavour. Yummy! I tried a couple of those treats and they sure are good. I am so happy with my presents and having Mommy at home. :) Check out the picture of me sitting with my mouse.

Bad Poetry Day

Today is bad poetry day so I decided I would write a poem. I am glad it isn't good poetry day because I would have nothing to write. BOL! Here is my bad poem:

Today is the Day

Today is the day called "Bad Poetry Day".
I think it is great to have my say.
My poem may be rather late
But at least I got the right date.

Today is the day that I got home
So it is great to write a poem!
My Mommy and I will have so much fun
When we walk and play in the sun.

Today is the day that I will get a gift
I know it will give me a really big lift.
What is it that Mommy bought?
I know it is something that I sought.

Today is the day that I will have fun
Because Mommy's work out of town is done.
Mommy and I are again together
and it is forever and ever!

Waiting............

Yep, I am waiting for my Mommy to pick me up. Mommy is home but Auntie Lorna isn't home from work yet. To celebrate my arrival at home I am having a big virtual barbecue for the next 24 hours. I will barbecue mountains of steak and have ice cream for dessert. Yummy! My favourite! Please come and help yourself. Please let me know if you come to my barbecue. Let's party! (*Jelly does the affie dance around and around*)

Big Day Tomorrow!

Tomorrow is the big day! Yep, one more sleep and then Mommy is coming home. As much as I love playing with all my family at Bounce's house I am still looking forward to Mommy coming home. Hurry home Mommy! I wonder if she bought me a present....................

Back to Normal Soon

I am going back to Bounce's house this afternoon. I won't be there for very long because Mommy comes home on Tuesday and stays home. Life will then get back to normal with Mommy working during the week and me staying in my Day Room. We will have the weekends and evenings together. :) Mommy and I can go for walks, play in the backyard, snuggle on the big chair, play with toys and sleep in the magic bed. Life is good!

Rain and then Sun

I eventually made Mommy happy and I pottied just after lunch. I just didn't feel like doing my potty in the rain. I think a princess like me should at the very least have an enclosed potty area. It was worth doing my potty outside because Mommy finally quit watching my every move. It did quit raining and we had a nice evening. Mommy sat outside with me and read a book while I sniffed around. Then she started to measure things up outside. What are you doing Mommy? Mommy said she would really like a gazebo and she was measuring to see if we have room. We just have a city sized lot and after a double garage, a deck and a patio MY yard is not that big. Mommy seems to think that we could fit a gazebo in. Mommy and I spend so much time in the screened porch at the lake that I think I might enjoy a gazebo too. I think a gazebo has now been put on our list of renovations to do. After that came the good part - barbeque!!! Yep, we had yummy steak. Yummy!!! The store had t-bone steaks on sale so Mommy wanted to try one. That steak was so good that Mommy better go and buy a few more. Mommy and I enjoyed our day and we are both looking forward to Tuesday when she finally comes home to work.

Rain, Rain, Rain..................

Yep, rain, rain, rain is all it is doing outside today. Mommy and I slept in this morning because we heard the rain and the thunder. At 9 am we got up and Mommy put me outside to potty but I wouldn't do a thing. Mommy then fed me breakfast and back outside I went and I still did nothing. Then Mommy ate breakfast and back outside with me again and I still did nothing. Mommy won't let me out of her sight because she says she doesn't want to find any "surprises"! BOL! Mommy had a bath and she locked me in the bathroom with her. After the bath it was outside again and I still did nothing. Mommy then was mean and wouldn't let me in the house but I just stood on the deck and got wet. Mommy said it would be just easier to potty and get it over with. Now it is lunch time. I guess Mommy will try to put me outside after lunch. Mommy then has to go out so if I haven't pottied I will not have the run of the house. I will have to go in my day room with a pee pee pad. I don't know what I plan on doing............... I know I am getting Mommy frustrated!

Mommy is home!

I am now home with Mommy. Mommy got home earlier then she usually does which was a nice surprise. When Mommy first arrived to pick me up we looked at the damaged car. My poor, poor car. I had a little tear in my eye. There are lumps and bumps all over the hood and I heard the humans wondering if they would even bother fixing it. The roof has some craters in it but not nearly like the hood. The sides are okay. Then there is the broken mirror. Once we started to drive home it drove just like the same car so I was happy about that.

Once we got home Mommy went outside to cut the grass and I did my supervising from the window. After that it was supper time. Mommy opened up a new bag of kibble and I sure do love new kibble. She mixed half home cooking with half kibble which was very yummy!

Right now I am sound asleep in my tent. I sure do wear myself out at Auntie Lorna's. It takes lots of energy to play with my Daddy Wind, to play with Reece, to beat up on Bounce (BOL - really just rough playing) and then watching out the window keeping track of those squirrels. Busy, busy, busy! I am sure looking forward to that magic bed................. Sweet dreams pups!

Damaged Car! Damaged House??????

My poor car is damaged and I will be very sad when I see my damaged car. Mommy called "Autopac" (our insurance) and has an appointment next week in Winnipeg for an appraiser to see our car. The hood is full of craters from the hail. The roof has some craters although not as much as the hood. And there are also a few dents in the side. The driver's side mirror also got smashed. Poor, sick car! Mommy said it will cost us $200.00 to get our car fixed. Two hundred dollars would pay for lots of cookies so that makes me sad. My pal Zoe suggested that Mommy rent a red convertible to drive while our car is being fixed. I think that is a great idea because I would look so cool in a red convertible.

It hailed in Winnipeg too and now Mommy is wondering if our house got any damage. We will see.................... Mommy says we have insurance on that too.

Hail Damage

Mommy went downstairs in her hotel for breakfast and all the talk was the hail storm early this morning. Lots of people had damaged cars. Mommy checked our car and yes it is full of little craters where the hail hit it. Grrrrrrr............. I am very mad because our car got damaged. How can a diva pup like me drive around in a damaged car! Mommy says not to get so upset because it isn't that bad and the insurance company will fix it. Our poor car!

Storm

There was a real bad storm last night in the City where my Mommy is. It was pouring rain, thunder, lightning and hail. Yep, big pieces of hail! She said she thought the hail was going to break through the window. Now Mommy is worried about going outside and seeing what damage happened to our car. She can see the car from her hotel window and it looks okay from there but there could still be hail damage. She said she would be surprised if there wasn't hail damage with the force those pieces of ice were hitting. This all happened shortly after 4 am. The downpour and hail were so bad that Mommy couldn't even see out the window. She also didn't feel safe by the window because the hail was hitting so hard. Afterwards the ground was coated in hail. It is still raining and thunder there. Mommy has to go to work for a little while and then she is going to come home. Drive safe Mommy!

Mommy called!

Mommy called today on that thing called a phone. I still don't understand it but I am not going to loose any sleep over it. She said she is coming home for the weekend! Yahoo! I just started to do the affie dance all around the house! My Mommy is coming home, my Mommy is coming home, my Mommy is coming home...........(*Jelly is doing the affie dance and singing*) It is suppose to rain all weekend but I don't care. Mommy and I can have fun in the house. We can look out the window, play the Jelly Belly Tickle game, eat treats, read books, watch TV and play with toys. Fun, fun, fun! Then Mommy just has to go away for Monday and Tuesday and she comes home some time on Tuesdy to stay! I am so happy!!

Paws and Toes Crossed!

I am crossing all my paws and toes that my Mommy will be able to come home this weekend. This is the last weekend that my Mommy will be out of town. She will just have to go back on Monday and Tuesday and then come home some time on Tuesday to stay. Mommy thought she was going to be too busy finishing up a number of things that she might not get home on the last weekend. Things have been much slower then she thought it would this week so it is looking good for her to come home. I am just hoping that things are slow on Thursday and Friday and then Mommy will be home. I can hardly wait! I want Mommy home so badly that she doesn't even have to bring a present. I will be happy if Mommy takes me for a walk this weekend, plays the Jelly Belly Tickle Game, plays with toys and we get to sleep in the magic bed together. :)

Animal Communicator II

I am still growling at that Animal Communicator lady. This was the third year that I barked with her and she was nice before but this time she was mean. She said I had to stop growling and snarling at dogs. She said I was older and wiser and I had to think more clearly when I saw a dog. Grrr.........

On to nicer things. I told her I was ready to be a Mom. She asked what qualities a Daddy should have and I said he must be brave, feisty, have pretty eyes and be bigger then me. Then that bad Animal Communicator asked if I didn't think I had enough feisty genes for the gene poll that I wouldn't need more. Grrrr........ I think that was a low blow. I said I wanted Mommy to help me with the puppies.

I also said I wanted Grandpa to take me for a walk around the block.

That was about it for the Animal Communicator. It wasn't the best conversation I have ever had and I don't know if I would want to bark with her again.

Hi Summer!

Hi Summer! It is nice to finally meet you. Where have you been?

Are you wondering who I am barking to?? I am barking to the summer of 2009 which has just arrived in my City. I have been waiting and waiting for summer but it just wasn't coming here. July was the 3rd coldest July in history so I don't have to say that summer wasn't here. This week summer has finally decided to arrive. Yep, this will be our first week with summer type weather. The highs for this week range from 26 C (79 F) to 30 C (86 F). This is such great news that the arrival of summer was the top headline on the front page of our paper this morning. The headline was, "Welcome summer - we've missed you". I don't have to say any more.

Animal Communicator

If you have been reading my diary for the past couple of years you may remember that Mommy takes me to talk to the Animal Communicator every year at the August doggy show. Well, I had just won my major and I had just been back with Mommy for only half an hour and we had an appointment at the Animal Communicator. I didn't really feel like going to that. Can you guess what she talked to me about???? I will give you a hint, just think about my ooops dog show on Friday and I bet you will guess it. Yes, she talked to me about being snarly and growly at some pups. I told her that I was afraid and that is why I did that. I said that I didn't think Mommy or Auntie Lorna could protect me. That Animal Communicator was being rather rude this time. She said she talks to lots of dogs and big dogs especially don't like it when little dogs go crazy. She said if I didn't smarten up that one of these days I would be "taken out" by a dog. I told her I didn't like the way she was talking to me. She said she had to be stern because it was serious. She asked me if I had any other feelings when I go crazy with another dog. I said it is like my body just does what it wants and I have no control over it. (she called it "paralized will") I also said that I have had guilt. She asked me to explain and I said that one time when I went crazy snarling and barking at a dog I scared some little kids and I felt guilty afterwards. Mommy can't remember this at all but I do. I told her I feel the most safe when I am in my crate when big dogs are around. Then that Animal Communicator got all mean again. She said that when I go in my crate to be safe then I have to be quiet too. We will see............... I told her that when a scarey dog is around I need Mommy to tell me the dog is okay, the dog wouldn't hurt me and that she will protect me. This would help me quite a bit.

We talked about other things but I don't want to bark about them right now because it bothers me to think about how mean that Animal Communicator was this year. I will share one more thing with you. She asked me what I thought about my "major" win. I told her it was nice but the people didn't clap loud enough. Yep, Mommy can clap louder then that all by herself. Hmmmmm............ I don't think I was in a good mood when I was talking to that human. If I feel better about it tomorrow I will bark more about our conversation. For now I just have to go and "chill out".

Sunday Again

I am back at Bounce's house. Mommy is out of town again to work. It is almost over and Mommy will be back at home full time on Aug. 18th. I do like visiting with my doggy family but I look forward to being home with Mommy too.

I had a great weekend as you may know with winning my "major" at the doggy show. It was also cool to visit my sister Puppet. I also talked to the Animal Communicator at the show too. I will have to bark about that another time. This is the third year in a row that Mommy took me to talk to the Animal Communicator. Then on Saturday I got to go home over night with Mommy. I slept in the magic bed with Mommy and I got to have a nice massage. Mommy made me some real yummy food to take over to Bounce's. She boiled up some ground turkey and let me have a taste and it sure was yummy. Turkey and chicken are my favourite!

I can't wait for Mommy to come home full time. I know that Mommy would like to come home too. She misses me. :) Tonight she called even though she had only been gone for a few hours. She talked to me on the phone and I must say this phone thing is just too confusing for me. I don't believe that Mommy is in that little thing that you hold up to your ear. She would never fit in there! Do they think I am a stupid pup to believe such a story! After I heard my Mommy's voice I went and looked out the window because I just knew Mommy had to be out there somewhere. But I never saw her. :( I just can't explain it..........

Thank-you

Thank-you every pup for all the warm wishes, bones, rosettes and special presents on my page. First it was my diary pick and a couple of days latter it was my "major" win at the dog show. It is just so much fun to share all my special days with all my Dogster pals. Thanks again pups!

Ooops and Win!

Yesterday was one of those "ooops days" at the doggy show. I was showing fine and everything was going right along the way it should. What happened next was not my fault, no way! It was the fault of an Old English Sheep dog. Normally I totally ignore the dogs outside the ring when I am in the ring but this particular Old English Sheep dog pushed his luck and walked right by the opening of the ring. He may have come into the ring and attacked us so it was my job to sound the alarm and OMD did I ever sound the alarm! I was snarling and growling and carrying on just like all the terriers do. The judge was "Mr. Prim and Proper" and he didn't care for that at all. A real stick in the mud type of judge if you get my drift. Anyways he didn't pick me and I lost. :(

Then came today and I knew I had to redeem myself. Also today my Mommy was there so I wanted to look good for my Mommy. I went into the ring and showed beautifully and I ignored all the dogs outside of ring. I won!!!! Not only did I win but I got what is called a "Major". A major basically means it was a big win and every pup has to get at least one major to get their Canadian championship. So now I just need five more points to finish my Championship. Mommy said she was so proud of me. :)

Thursday, August 6th - Torture Day

Today my fun was disturbed with having to get ready for the show that I will attend on Friday. The worst part was the bath. I get this special shampoo on that has to stay on me for what seems forever before it can be washed out. Take a look at the picture of me with that shampoo on last time and I can tell you that is exactly what I looked like this time. After the shampoo it is the hot blowy thing that almost suffocates me. After that it is standing on the table and being trimmed up. Finally all that torture was over and I now look beautiful for the show.

Family Reunion

I barked that I am going to be in a dog show on Friday and Saturday. Friday is a toy dog specialty show and Saturday is a regular show. What I didn't bark about is the fact that this is also goig to be a family reunion for me. My litter sister "Puppet" is going to be at the show too. She is coming all the way from Calgary, Alberta and I haven't seen her since I was a tiny puppy. It will be nice to see her again.

Mommy called

Mommy called today to see how I was. Wasn't that nice of Mommy? :) I am doing great. No more soft poopies. I even got to play the Jelly Belly Tickle game today. We are now busy getting ready for two dog shows this weekend. My Daddy Wind, my half brother Reese, Saucy and me are going. On Friday there is a toy dog speciality show. I am going to have lots of fun playing in the dog show ring. Wish me luck pups! I would sure like to win some ribbons for my Mommy.

Holidays Again

I am back at Bounce's house and Mommy is in her hotel getting ready to go to work tomorrow. When I arrived at Bounce's house this afternoon Bounce and my doggy Mommy "Teddy" were right there to greet me. I barked and announced that "Jelly is back!". Auntie Lorna is on holidays for the next two weeks so I am kind of excited. Holidays are always fun! Auntie Lorna was feeling sick today so I hope she gets better real soon. It is holiday time and you can't be sick on holidays! Mommy is going to work and I get to be on holidays again. Heee-heee!! I think this whole thing worked out well. I think I might be on to something here. Does anyone else have holidays coming up that they would like to share with a cute little affie???

Remembering

Mommy says that today is the day that we remember Grandma. Twenty-five years ago today Grandma went to the Rainbow Bridge. She was only 51 years old when she went to the Bridge. I never knew Grandma but I sure wished I did. She loved pups and had a Miniature Schnauzer called Tuffy. I wish that I knew Tuffy too. We will always remember you Grandma.

Great Day

I sure am enjoying my weekend at home with Mommy. It is nice that it is an extra long weekend too. Today Mommy and I had a quiet day at home. Mommy took a nap in the afternoon and was mumbling about the fact that I got her up too early. I didn't want to sleep so I let Mommy sleep by herself while I looked out the window. We did some laundry today and we were outside in the yard too. Mommy played a bunch of games with me which I just loved. My favourite game is the Jelly Belly Tickle Game. I was having a great time just flying over my chaise lounge and generally zooming around the house. Fun, fun, fun! Mommy cooked a bunch of yummy food today too. She made food that I can take with me to Auntie Lorna's. Yummy! I better get Mommy to bed now or she won't want to get up in the morning.

Woke up Mommy!

I woke up Mommy this morning so she could let me out and feed me breakfast at 7 am. She said it was too early but she got up. Now it is 8 am and Mommy is wide awake and I am sleeping. Hee-hee!

You be the judge

I am having more poopy troubles. You may remember that last weekend I had soft poopies when I was home with Mommy. I had to eat pumpkin and hamburger and rice. During the week it all got better. Now again I am having more soft poopy troubles when I am home with Mommy. Again it is more hamburger and rice and pumpkin. Am I just excited to be at home or am I getting even with Mommy for leaving me??? I will never tell! You can be the judge. Hee-hee!!!

Home with Mommy :)

I am having a great time being at home with my Mommy. I slept in bed last night with Mommy. This time I stepped on the remote and I made Mommy's head go up. Hee-hee! She woke up for a second and just fell back to sleep. In the morning she woke up with her head up high. Later in the day Mommy cut the grass and I got to supervise. After the grass was cut I sat outside with Mommy. We played the "Jelly Belly Tickle Game" for awhile. Then Mommy sat outside reading and I was chasing squirrels. It was so much fun! I love being home with Mommy!

Happy Pup!

I am so happy because I am home with my Mommy. To make it extra special it is a long weekend so I can stay at home until Monday! Mommy brought me presents home just like she promised. I got my roll over bone! Yummy! I am going to really enjoy chewing it over the next three days. She also bought me some little soft heart shaped treats that we haven't been able to get for a few months. They are special treats for skin and coat and have salmon as the main ingredient. Yummy! Then she bought me two different tins of food to try. One is EVO and the other is Eagle Pack Holistic Select Chicken formula. Mommy knows that chicken is my favourite! :) Then Mommy bought a bunch of chicken pieces that she is going to cook on the weekend. Yummy, yummy!!! I am looking forward to a nice massage on the bed tonight too. Mommy is also going to take me for a walk this weekend. I am one very happy pup!

Friday = Mommy

Tomorrow is Friday which means my Mommy is coming home! Yahoo! I am doing the affie dance all around the house. Mommy is coming home, Mommy is coming home, Mommy is coming home....................... I can just feel that Mommy went and bought me presents today. I asked for a Roll Over bone and I bet she got me one. What else will she bring me? Check back on my diary and find out! I have a request for this weekend! I want to eat some yummy chicken??? Mommy, can you make some yummy chicken pieces??? Please, please, please!

Hump Day

Today is Wednesday and is also called "hump day". I don't really understand that but it has something to do with being in the middle of the week. This means in two more days I will see my Mommy! I am sending brain thoughts to Mommy saying that I would like a stuffed Roll Over bone for my present this weekend. Yummy! It is a long weekend too so I could really enjoy that bone! I can hardly wait!

My Art Work

I have barked a few times about the beautiful art work that I do on windows. Most are a combination of nose and paw art. My art work can be seen on our dining room window, our patio doors and the front passenger side window. Today Mommy had to go on a two hour highway road trip for work. Half way to her destination was the lake that we go to every June. On the way back to her hotel Mommy stopped at the lake. What does this have to do with my art work you ask? It has lots to do with it because when Mommy was driving slowly by the beach that we go to and driving by all our favourite spots she looked over to my side of the car and the sun was just right for her to see all my beautiful art work. She said it made her feel that I was right there with her and she did start to think about me. Mommy was wishing that I was right there with her to enjoy the lake. It makes me happy to think that my beautiful art work made Mommy miss me today. :) I love my Mommy!

Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday Auntie Lorna! Today is my Auntie Lorna's birthday so I am doing an affie dance around the house. Humans can be touchy about their ages so I don't think I better say how old Auntie Lorna is today. I am just looking after my own welfare because I am staying at Auntie Lorna's and I am dependent on her for all my meals. If I bark too much I will be put on kibble and water. So I will just leave it at barking, "Happy Birthday!" Are we going to have some yummy special food today to celebrate???

Gas Troubles

Last night I was just settled in Mommy's bed for a nice long sleep when Mommy said, "Ohhhhh Jelly, you sure do stink!" What are you talking about? Mommy said, " I just don't understand how an 8 lb dog can have such stinky gas." It isn't may fault that I have gas! Finally the stink floated away and Mommy and I fell asleep. At about 5 am I woke up and I really, really had to potty. Mommy was sound asleep so I decided to walk on her so she would wake up. It worked! Mommy woke up and looked at the clock. She said it was too early to get up. I didn't give up and I kept walking on Mommy until she finally realized that I really needed to go out. Mommy let me out and did I ever have to poopy! It was kind of soft so Mommy decided that I should get a dose of pumpkin. Mommy always keeps a tin of pumpkin on hand just for this reason. I hate pumpkin and Mommy had to stuff it into my mouth. Grrrrrr............. Finally, Mommy said we could go back to bed. I fell asleep but then at 8 am I woke up again and again I had to potty. Again I walked on Mommy and again she woke up. This time she hurried me outside and I again had some soft poopy. Then again I got more pumpkin. Grrrrr...... I was feeling just great but I just had soft poopies. Mommy then decided that she would make me some hamburger and rice. One thing about having soft poopies is it usually means some yummy hamburger and rice. I had to wait awhile for my breakfast but it sure was yummy. The pumpkin and the hamburger and rice seemed to be working because the rest of the day I was okay. Mommy had to go out of town again for work :( so she took me back to Bounce's house. :) Mommy packed up my pumpkin and my hamburger and rice. I say loose the pumpkin but we would take the hamburger and rice. I hope Auntie Lorna forgets about the pumpkin!

Good to Bad

I had a great day at home, at least the first part was great. Mommy went out and cut the grass so I had to be the supervisor. After that we did the laundry. Then we had a yummy lunch together. The afternoon was quieter and Mommy and I just spent time hanging out at home. My Auntie Lorna's birthday is coming up so I bought her a gift and Mommy helped me wrap it. This is when things started to go bad. Mommy said she was going to a restaurant for supper to celebrate Auntie Lorna's birthday. Can I come, can I come? The answer was NO! I bought a gift and everything and I couldn't go. That is very mean. Mommy went to the restaurant without me. :( She even took my gift to give to Auntie Lorna. At least I made sure that it only had my name on the card. Auntie Lorna will know the gift is from me and not from Mommy! I will be at Auntie Lorna's house on Monday when she has her real birthday and Mommy can't be there. Hee-hee! Serves Mommy right! I bet we will have a big celebration and Mommy will be jealous.

I am hungry

I don't know what it is but I am just so hungry this morning. I am not hungry for just any old thing. No, I want the extra yummy food. No kibble for me! I ate a whole container of my wet food which is usually enough for me. I then begged Mommy for more food. She gave me a dog biscuit and I ate that. Then I asked for more food. Then I got a few of those yummy "mini bite Rollover" treats. Yummy. Now I am asking for even more food. Mommy said she will make toast for breakfast and I can have some. I need to gain a small amount of weight so Mommy doesn't mind all this eating although she wished it was my kibble I would eat. Forget the kibble Mommy and lets go and make that toast!

I am home for the weekend

Yep, I am home for the weekend. The first thing I did when I got home was to check out my toys. Thank dogness we had no robbers and all my toys were just the way I left them. I had a very happy reunion with my Loofa dog. Mommy even brought me a present home. I got a cute little squeaky dog that looks like my armadillo toy and some yummy liver and garlic flavoured treats. Mommy used the sucky machine before she came to get me. That was so considerate of her to do that so I don't have to be here when the sucky machine is going. I am tired now and think I will go to bed.

Doing Good!

Mommy e-mailed today to see how I am. I am great! Actually I am too busy playing with all the other pups to worry about Mommy. That will teach her to go away without me!

New Yummy Treat

I tried a new yummy treat yesterday. The humans didn't give it to me but they were enjoying it themselves. A real yummy drink in a glass. I waited until I could sneak a few licks because it sure smelled good. Finally I had my opportunity and it was as yummy as it smelled. The humans said it is something called "kaluha and cream" I want to get a bowl full of my own but the humans are mean and won't give it to me. Do you think Mommy will give me a bowl of kaluha and cream???
Mommy here: Don't wonder too long Jelly because the answer is no!
Jelly back: Mean Mommy!

Monday Again

Today is Monday so that means that Mommy had to go out of town for work again. To think I didn't like her going to work before never thinking it could get worse. I am a lucky pup because I got to go back to Bounce's house. Last night I got to sleep in a human bed that has a window that I can look out of while I am laying down. How cool is that!!!! I am kept very busy here with the activity of the other pups. I have to go check out those squirrels right now so I will bark at you later!

Extra Time with Mommy

This morning Mommy decided she would drive the two hours to her job tomorrow morning instead of tonight. I was kind of worried that she might go tonight after I played that trick on her and got even. (see my last diary entry) Mommy is a good sport and she got over it quickly so I was happy. Because Mommy is going tomorrow I got a few more hours with her today. Extra time with Mommy is always good. Now I am at Bounce's house for my fun filled week. I am going to try to keep busy this week (which isn't hard to do) so I don't think too much about Mommy. Hopefully Mommy will come home next weekend. Remember to buy me a present Mommy! That is the least you can do for your loyal sweet little pup.

Getting Even

This morning when Mommy went to make the bed she found a little tiny puke mark. She didn't realize that I had done that until then. She remembers I gave a cough like something was in my throat and I guess the puke came out at that time. Instead of being all concerned about her precious little Jelly she is mumbling about having to wash the sheets when we only slept in them one night. How can she be so mean??? What did you say, Mommy?? Quit being a drama queen and that I am perfectly fine. Hmmmm.......... we will see.............

Anyways, I didn't have to wait long to get even with Mommy for that statement. On Sundays Mommy likes to take a long relaxing bath which I just don't understand. I have to keep checking on her and make sure she doesn't drown. Can you believe she sits in the water and even reads a book. Geeee........... I will never understand humans. So to get on with my story, I let Mommy get all nicely settled in her bath which was about 15 minutes into it. Now I can strike! I started to ring the bells and ring the bells and ring the bells to go outside. It sounded really desperate. Again Mommy started grumbling as she got out of the bath and put her robe on. She said, "This better be a desperate situation Jelly!" Heee-heee - I have her now! She opened the door and I ran out and had a pee just so she wouldn't feel too bad. Mommy then went back to her bath grumbling some more. Heee-heee! I thought I had got even enough so I left Mommy alone for the rest of her bath (like another 45 minutes). The moral of the story is don't mess with me because I always get even.

Nice Saturday

I had just a great day at home with Mommy today.

First, I ate well for Mommy today which always makes her in a good mood. I am having trouble again this year with my heart worm medication making me not wanting to eat. This is now two different kinds of medication and they all make me not want to eat. This morning for breakfast Mommy tried me on a new type of canned food and I gobbled it up. Then for supper I had a whole burger with ground up kibble. Mommy takes the kibble and grinds it up with a rolling pin and puts it in the yummy burger meat. I really can't separate the ground up kibble from the burger meat so I eat the whole thing. Then for dessert I had some yummy vanilla ice cream. Also during the day I had some doggy cookies. So, it was a good eating day.

In the afternoon Mommy and I went for a walk. It was a nice walk along the creek that is close to my house. I saw a squirrel, a bunny, a couple of dogs and a few people. It was very nice to go out walking with Mommy. We walked for about 45 minutes and had a very good time.

In the evening Mommy and I went outside and watered all the plants. After that we played in the backyard. We played the "Jelly Belly Tickle Game" which is always so much fun. Mommy says "run, run, run" and I take off running all over the yard. Then Mommy tries to catch me. She really is slow and I play along with her. Eventually I roll over on my back and Mommy gives me a belly tickle. Then we start again with "run, run, run". It is lots of fun.

I am getting tired now and I think it is time for bed. Maybe I should step on the bed control so I can have another massage.....................

Massage

My Mommy and I have an adjustable bed. Mommy can press a button and the head goes up and down or the bottom half goes up and down. Mommy enjoys it for watching TV or reading and I could really care less. I like having a ride and going up and down. This morning I stepped on the control for the bed and it started to vibrate. Mommy never told me it vibrates! OMD, was it ever nice. I just stretched out on the bed and enjoyed this wonderful massage. Mommy was enjoying watching me so she just let the vibrate thing keep going. Now that I know that feature is there I am going to have to step on that control more often and have a massage. It is so relaxing! Just think, I can have a massage any time that I want. I would recommend an adjustable bed to every pup.

I am home!

I made it home for the weekend! Auntie Lorna groomed me right after work and I even had to have a bath. She wanted to try out some new special shampoo on me. I must say I look beautiful. I didn't even mind being groomed because I wanted to look nice for Mommy. Mommy came to pick me up and I was just so excited! Mommy then took me in the car and we stopped for gas and then came home. I checked out my whole house and everything is right where I left it. That is a big weight off my mind! I then checked out the back yard and there were no signs of those squirrels. Another lucky break!

Mommy bought me a present while she was away. She bought me a nice fuzzy dog pad that would normally go into a crate. It is padded but not very much. This is exactly what we were looking for. When I sleep on the bed with Mommy she puts down a towel which is "my spot" right beside Mommy's head. Now a diva pup like me shouldn't have to sleep on some old towel. This fuzzy dog pad will be perfect to mark my spot in bed. I think I am really going to enjoy sleeping on it in bed. I will try it out tonight. :)

We have to go out and water the plants, then Mommy has to eat supper (and share with me) and then I am going to bed. Bark at you later!

Having a Good Time

I am at Bounce's house and I am having a good time. I was sad at first when Mommy left but what the heck life has to go on! I slept in my crate last night but I did get to sleep on the human bed this morning. :) I have been playing nice with the pups including my doggy Daddy and my doggy Mommy. It is nice to re-connect to my family from time to time. I have been spending my time watching squirrels and I had to even bark really loud when a strange dog came into the yard today. I also am making a big list of things I need to buy with my $40.00. I really think I will need more money.............. Mommy, can you transfer the money to me on the Internet?

Packed Up

I am now at Bounce's house. Mommy packed my pretty back pack that my pal Zoe sent me. You may remember that my back pack even has my name on it. Thanks to Zoe I don't have to look like a homeless pup with my treasures in a cardboard box. Auntie Lorna told Mommy not to pack any food because I won't eat it anyway. I only eat what the other pups are eating and it tastes so much better when you steal it too. It took the humans long enough to figure this out, sometimes humans are really slow. So I packed my treats, my vitamins, my armadillo squeaky toy, my collar, my leash and my show leash.
You will never believe what else is in my back pack! I now have my very own money in my back pack. Mommy gave me $40.00 for my very own to put in my back pack. This is so I can buy anything that I want. Why are you saying no for Mommy??? Mommy says it is to buy anything that I need. That is what I said, anything that I want! BOL! Hmmmm............ I wonder what I am going to buy with my $40.00. If I run out of money I will just ask Mommy for more! I have to run now pups. Bark at you later.

Affie Tears

I have big affie tears going down my face right now because I found out my Mommy is going away to work. She is going for 5 weeks. I am going to miss my Mommy so much. My Mommy has human tears too because she is going to miss me. Why is she going if she is sad? She should stay home and be with me.

In all this sadness there is a small shining light and it is the fact that I get to stay at Bounce's house. If I can't be at home then my second favourite place is Bounce's house. Mommy says I have to be nice to all the pups right from day one and not be miserable for a day. My Mommy hopes to come home on most weekends and I may not get to go home. Mommy says coming home may not work if I have trouble for a day or two readjusting every time I go back. I promise I will be good Mommy, I promise! Can I please come home on weekends????

Safe and Sound

Did we ever get lots of rain today! It rained lots in the morning. Then there was lots of rain, thunder and lightning in the afternoon. I was all by myself at the time but thunder and lightning doesn't bother me at all. We even heard that a house in our City got hit by lightening in the afternoon. On the trip home from work there were many traffic lights not working but I was so happy to hear that they all worked for Mommy on her route home. Then this evening the rain and lightning and thunder came again. Mommy and I looked out the window together and enjoyed watching the show. I was just happy to be safe and sound in my house with Mommy. :)

In Trouble

I think I am in really deep trouble after all the barking I did with our company. I am only trying to protect my house, my belongings and my Mommy. I do not want to share my Mommy with no one. There is talk about spraying lemon juice in my mouth and there is talk about some ultra sonic evil sound machine. How could they talk about such terrible things when all I want to do is protect what is mine? I am just a cute little pup.

Back to Normal

I am so happy to bark that things are back to normal at my house. No more people coming and going. No more people taking attention away from me. No more people with suitcases. Life is back to normal. I got to enjoy today just with my Mommy. I looked out the window and I followed Mommy around doing chores. You don't realize how much you enjoy what you have until you don't have it any more. I love my regular day-to-day life.

Company Gone!

I am so happy that our company is gone. This is the first time that I have ever had over night company at our house and I don't like it. Normally I just have to tolerate company for a few hours and not a few days! This house is for me and Mommy and no one else! I had to be on guard the whole time our company was here. Mommy said I have to learn to be more flexible and more accepting of company. She said that I have lived too sheltered of a life. I like people every where else but not in my house. I don't think Mommy likes it much when I don't like the company. Mommy is thinking about how she is going to address this issue and I don't think it will be something that I will like. I was so happy when Mommy and the company were loading up the car at 6:30 am to go to the airport. Bye-bye Company!!!!!! I am so tired now and think I will rest all day.

Company

A friend of Mommy's came to our house late last night and Mommy said this was our company. This person doesn't even go home at night and slept in our living room last night and tonight. I don't think I like this company because Mommy was out most of the day. Mommy says not to worry because we are taking our company to the airport early, early in the morning so they can go on their trip. Good! I don't like company that takes time away from me.

Slurpee Capital

Today my city of Winnipeg was named the Slurpee Capital of the world for the 10th straight year. Here is an article:

http://www.canada.com/Winnipeg+Slurpeetoba+crown ed+Slurpee+capital+world/1779868/story.html

Why would we be the slurpee capital of the world?? We have such a short summer with so much cold in the winter that you would think we couldn't possibly drink all those slurpees. A hotter climate like in Florida or Texas would be a more logical location to be the Slurpee capital. Could it be the shock of going from the cold winter to the hot summer that makes us drink slurpees??? Mommy says not likely because the slurpee machine is busy even in the winter. I can't explain it but I can testify that those 7-11 stores are sure busy selling slurpees. My Mommy should be ashamed because she isn't doing her part to keep us the Slurpee Capital. Mommy only drinks one or two slurpees each summer. Hmmm........ I better start nipping at her heels and get her to do her patriotic duty and start buying those slurpees. Tomorrow all the 7-11 stores will be giving away free slurpees in our city. What a celebration it will be! Congratulations Winnipeg!

Show Down Time

I have gone back to being rather fussy with my eating again. I don't know why but I have. Mommy had been holding out really good with only giving me kibble and I held out too and I wouldn't eat kibble. It was show down time at the OK corral! BOL! BOL! Guess who won??? ME!!! Last night I was so hungry that my stomach thought my throat had been cut. Yep, so, so, hungry! I was not going to eat kibble. No, no, no!! I found a small stash of cookies that I had hid and I ate those. Then I started to beg Mommy for food and I wouldn't give up. The kibble was sitting right in my dish but I wouldn't even look at it. I bugged Mommy and bugged Mommy and bugged Mommy! Finally Mommy gave me some yummy homemade food that she had frozen in the freezer. Yummy! This morning Mommy gave me some yummy canned food and for supper I got some yummy home made food. Yummy! It does pay to be persistent. After all which human could refuse my pretty little monkey face??

Found Out!

I found out why I got the surprise visit of Mommy at lunch yesterday and it wasn't good. Mommy came at lunch time to let me go outside and potty because she had a meeting after work. Yes, you heard me right! She didn't come home for me after work. And to make matters worse it was a supper meeting and she didn't bring me anything home. Hmmmm......... maybe I didn't get as good a deal as I thought???!!!! Then on the way home from the meeting Mommy did some grocery shopping. If that wasn't enough she still didn't give me much attention when she got home because she was busy with the long handled dusty thing and the sucky machine. :0 She said we are getting company today. This part could be good..............

Surprise

I had the best surprise ever today. Mommy came home at lunch time! I am doing the affie dance around the house right now. Have to go now pups so I can spend some time with her before she goes back to work.

Another Busy Evening!

We had a busy evening tonight. First Mommy came home and said we had to cut our grass tonight. I was kept busy supervising the grass cutting and the grass trimming. After that a truck drove up in our driveway and at first I thought it was a stranger but it really wasn't a stranger. It was one of the kitchen guys who did our kitchen work this winter. I am a smart pup and I remembered him. This time he went and looked at our bathroom. Mommy wants to get a price on a new counter top, sink and taps. He measured and wrote lots of things in his book and said he will call Mommy with a price in a couple of days. Mommy was looking at different samples of counter top to pick what she wants. If it isn't one thing getting ripped out of our house it is another! BOL! I am getting tired now. I have peace and quiet all day while Mommy is at work and then she comes home at 5 pm and there is excitement until we go to bed. Mommy says we are going to have a very exciting weekend but she is not telling me what it is. I will bark and let you know as soon as I know!

Garbage Guys and Walks

Today was a pretty good day considering Mommy had to go to work. For my morning entertainment there were the garbage guys. I don't think I have barked about the garbage guys but they are an important part of my life because I get the pleasure of watching them every week. Our garbage guys work on a five day cycle from Monday to Friday. Every time there is a holiday they don't work so everyone's garbage day is backed up by a day. We had garbage day on Monday mornings but since there was just Canada Day we now have garbage day on Tuesday. Those garbage guys drive down our street three times. Yep, three times just so I can have three times the pleasure of watching them! BOL! First the regular garbage guys come at about 7 am and take all the garbage that people put out by the curb from both sides of the street. Then around 7:30 am some different garbage guys come and take the recycling items from the other side of the street only. Then about 8 am they come back and take our recycling items. After that Mommy and I go outside to bring our blue box for recycling back in. It really is an entertaining morning. After this Mommy leaves for work and I spend my day napping, playing with toys, eating some treats and drinking water. I mostly nap but it is good to have options to do other things.

After Mommy got home she took me for a walk. I walked by one house with a chain link fence that had a Miniature Schnauzer and a Golden X. Both those pups came to the fence and we enjoyed sniffing each other. We wanted to play but it was hard with that fence between us. We walked further down the street and this time a black lab X came running to the fence. This made me think of my good pal Zoe who recently got a new pup at her house called Tux who is a lab cross. I almost rolled over laughing because this big pup had a tennis ball in his mouth and wanted to play with it. It must be a lab thing because Zoe barks that Tux is exactly the same. We then continued walking and got to the creek. Mommy and I then sat down on a bench and just enjoyed the beautiful weather. I sprawled out on the grass and quite enjoyed myself. We finally went back home and were gone for about an hour.

Sad Day!

Today was a sad day because my Mommy had to go back to work. OMD, those three weeks of vacation sure did fly! When Mommy got home she took me for a walk so that made it better. It was kind of hot so we only walked for about 25 minutes. It still was nice. Later we went out and watered the plants and put out the garbage. It is garbage day tomorrow so it will be fun watching the garbage guys pick up the garbage at 7:30 am.

Wood Tick

I got my first wood tick ever today. Mommy and I were laying on the bed this afternoon when Mommy found the tick under my chin. OMD, did she ever jump up. Mommy got a pair of tweezers and grabbed that wood tick as close to the skin as she could. She then slowly pulled on the tick until it came out. She said we got the head and everything. Mommy then flushed it down the toilet. Bye bye tick! Thank dogness, Mommy got that thing. I am on "Revolution" for heart worm but the vet warned Mommy that Revolution is not good for ticks because it takes 3 or 4 days to kill them. We couldn't wait that long! Anyways, I sure didn't appreciate that thing hitching a ride on me and sucking up my blood. The strange part is I never got a tick at the lake but I got one right in my backyard. I hope there is no more ticks in the yard.

Quiet but Fun

I had a quiet but fun day today. Mommy took some extra time and played with me this afternoon. She crawled on the floor with me which is always fantastic. She also laid flat on the floor and tickled my tummy. Then when she had the long dusting thing out she chased me around house. We also played with my toys. I had toys scattered all over the living room. We also went outside in the backyard. I love it when Mommy is in the backyard with me. Fun, fun, fun!!!! After that we topped it off with burgers for supper. Yummy! I liked today.

Wiggle Butt

Wiggle Butt is what Mommy called me today. Hmmm.... that is a new name. Is it good or bad??? Why did she call me "Wiggle Butt" you ask. I will explain. I always lay in the big chair with my Mommy in the evenings watching TV. Usually I don't move at all and I just fit in perfect between Mommy and the arm of the chair. For some reason tonight I was moving all over. I would stretch and sprawl all over Mommy's lap. Move and stretch and move and stretch. I think I was disturbing Mommy's TV watching. Finally Mommy said, "You are sure a Wiggle Butt this evening!" Mommy says she hopes I won't be a "Wiggle Butt" tonight.

A BIG Surprise Today

I got a big surprise today. Mommy was in the front yard this morning cutting the grass and I was looking out the dining room window and supervising. Then all of a sudden a big red Canada Post truck drove down our street and right into our driveway. The man had a box in his hand and I knew it had to be for me. He signaled to Mommy that he was leaving the box on the stairs and Mommy just kept on cutting the grass. That mean Mommy made me wait until after she had finished cutting and trimming the grass before I could see the box that came. Finally after waiting forever Mommy finally brought the box in. Yes, yes, yes, it was for me! It was from my good pal Zoe. I was just so happy because Zoe always sends me nice things. Mommy helped me to open up the box and I got a Bottle Buddy dog toy, some yummy treats and two pretty postcards. The Bottle Buddy dog toy has a plastic bottle inside of it and it crinkles really good. The treats are just so yummy! I will have to get my Mommy to post my video and my pictures. Thank-you Zoe and Zoe's family!

Happy Canada Day!

Today is July 1st and is Canada Day. Happy Canada Day to every pup!

Today Mommy said our job was to stain the deck. Since we don't get shade there until the afternoon we took it easy this morning. After lunch we headed outside to stain the deck. I was a good pup and I kept my distance from the deck. Mommy said I had better or I would become "navaho red" in colour. No thank-you, I like being a black affenpinscher! Again I put my supervisor skills to use. I spent the whole afternoon relaxing in the grass and watching Mommy. I am pleased to report that the deck looks good.

I better run now because the fireworks are just starting outside. Mommy and I are going into the backyard to check them out. Happy Canada Day!

Reminder

I just thought I would remind all you pups who take/apply heart worm preventative that this is the 1st of the month. Most pups tend to take/apply their preventative on the last day of the month or the first day of the month. So it is heart worm preventative time! I just applied my "Revolution" a couple of minutes ago. Revolution is a liquid that is applied to the skin and is so easy to use. I lay on Mommy's lap and she parts my hair and applies the "Revolution" to my skin. I then stay on Mommy's lap for a couple of minutes for some pats and scratches. So easy!

Fathers Day

Happy Fathers Day! BOL! It was Father's Day for me today because we were away on vacation on Father's Day. So today Grandpa came over to celebrate Father's Day. First Mommy took Grandpa out to a nice restaurant to eat. Can you believe that they didn't even bring anything home for me?? After they ate they came home and visited with me so I guess it made it up. Grandpa got to open up gifts and everything! I had a good time.

In the morning Mommy went to the Doctor and she has tendonitis in her elbow. She said she thought that is what she had because she had it 9 years ago. The Doctor said she will get it back when she over does things. Now I have to make sure that she follows Doctor's orders and puts ice on it three or four times a day. I have a feeling that she isn't going to slow down enough because I know she has at least one more project planned for while we are on vacation. These humans will never learn! If that was me she would have me in a crate on bed rest!

Pictures and Video

I finally got Mommy to download my vacation pictures and video. We took over 100 pictures on our vacation so it was really hard to determine which 18 pictures we wanted to post on my Dogster page. I also have two videos but only one would load. The other video we tried to download it twice but for some reason it never appeared. We will have to try that video on another day. Anyways, check-out my 18 new vacation photos and my video.

Painting Day

I woke up this morning wondering what type of activity Mommy had planned for today. I love being on holidays and having different activities every day. Well, Mommy said she wanted to do some painting on the garage but it looked like rain this morning. So we waited until later in the morning until Mommy thought it wasn't going to rain and out we went to do some painting on the garage. Our garage only needed the double car door, the people door and the window frame painted. The garage is mostly stucco and has aluminum fascia and soffits to match the house so it is rather low maintenance. Mommy put my outside lounger on the deck so I could sit in comfort while I supervised her work. First she painted the whole garage door and frame. I was enjoying bathing in the sun on my lounger while I supervised. Then we went in for a late lunch which was a welcomed break. It is hard work doing all this supervising. After lunch Mommy went out and painted the people door and the window. I must say that Mommy did a good job. Then Mommy said we were out of milk and bread and she had to run to the store. I got to stay loose in the whole house again while Mommy ran to the store. She didn't bring back anything exciting from the store although I will likely enjoy the bread tomorrow morning toasted. We then had a nice quiet evening.

Missing Cedar Bush

When we got home from our vacation we were missing one of our cedar bushes from the front yard. I know a thief must have taken it because I wasn't here to protect my property. Can you just imagine that??? Next time we go on vacation I am going to have to rent a pup to guard our property. Do you know any pup that would like the job? Mommy says that she got someone to take the bush out because it was old and too big. I don't believe Mommy for one minute because she is just saying that to make me feel better. It was a bad thief! Maybe it was the same thief that stole our doors this spring???? Anyways, today was the day that we had to replace it. I went with Mommy to the plant place and we bought another little round cedar bush. Then we came home and Mommy said we had to plant it. Mommy got a shovel and dug a big hole. I was so proud of how good Mommy can dig holes, slow but good. We then put the bush in the hole and put earth back in the hole. Then we watered the bush. After that we sprinkled some grass seed around that area and watered it. I hope everything grows well. I will have to keep alert and make sure that thief doesn't come back!

I hate rain!

Rain, rain, rain is all that happened today. This rain really gets in the way of my enjoyment of the backyard, my potty breaks and my looking out the window. It is obvious why I wouldn't enjoy the backyard as much or my potty breaks may be problematic in the rain. So you are likely asking what is the problem with looking out the window?? It is just plain boring looking out the window in the rain. No one and no pup goes out in the rain so I have nothing to watch. Boring! To break up my boredom I did get to go for a car ride today. We went to the paint store. Hmmm......... what project does Mommy have planned now???? She bought paint to paint the garage door and stain for our deck. It is suppose to be sunny next week so I guess this is one of our projects. Then to top off a boring day Mommy decided to do some house work when we got home. Everything was fine until the sucky machine came out. That darn rain was a problem again! Either I had to stay in the house with the sucky machine or stand out in the rain. What kind of a choice is that???? I ended up suffering with the sucky machine. Hopefully the sun will come out tomorrow.

Window Washing

This morning Mommy decided we should clean the big living room and dining room windows. Good idea Mommy! All the better for me to look out of! Hee-hee! I was the inspector of the windows from the inside. Mommy would squirt the hose water right at me while I looked out the window. Then she took this long handled thing and scrubbed the window. After that she hosed it down again. Then she got on the ladder and squirted some blue stuff on them and wiped them down. After she did the outside then she came in and did the inside. Yes, they are all nice and clean and ready for me to look out of for another year!

After that Mommy said she had to go grocery shopping. I like it when she comes home with all the yummy groceries but I can never go because dogs are not allowed. Grrrr.......... Mommy said for a special treat she will leave me loose in the whole house while she is out shopping. I had the whole house to myself for over an hour. Mommy thinks I spent my time looking out the window and sleeping but I won't tell her and I am keeping her guessing. Nothing was out of place so she knows I was a good pup.

In the afternoon it started to rain so that was the end of our outdoor work. Mommy and I then decided to have a little nap on the big chair. We had a 2 hour nap which was heavenly. I love taking afternoon naps with my Mommy! :) Then it was supper time and Mommy made yummy chicken. She cut up some yummy chicken and mixed it with my kibble. I just gobbled up the chicken and kibble. Yummy!

Tomorrow it is suppose to rain all day. I wonder what Mommy has up her sleeve for tomorrow?

Ice Cream Tag

I have been tagged by my pals Dee Dee and Afro Ken. The question is "What kind of ice cream am I?" I love ice cream. Ice cream is one of my favourite foods. I mostly eat vanilla ice cream because Mommy says the chocolate ice cream is not good for me. I would say that I would be strawberry ice cream. I can be a diva and pretty pink ice cream would be me.

Now I will have to think about who I will tag.................

Busy First Day at Home

Mommy and I had a busy day today. We slept in a bit but not too much this morning. Mommy was acting like she was expecting someone to come over. Yep, sure enough about 10 am a strange man came to the door. Mommy showed him to the side of the house where the air conditioning unit is and also to the basement to see the furnace. She told him it was a very old air conditioner and she wanted it looked at prior to the worst heat of the summer. He confirmed by the serial number that our air conditioner is 39 years old. OMD, that is ancient! He had all kinds of gauges and wires. He took the temperature in the sun and the temperature in the shade by the air conditioner and the temperature in the duct work. He hooked up wires to the air conditioner and was taking all kinds of reading. After it was all over he reported to Mommy that the air conditioner is working good. He told Mommy that he has seen air conditioners that were much older then ours that is still working. We only use air conditioners about 2 months of the year so I guess they can last. Anyways, that whole ordeal was rather interesting to watch. My favourite part was when he took the garden hose to hose the air conditioner down and the nozzle wasn't working right and he got all wet. BOL!! I thought I was going to be rolling all over the grass after that! Silly humans!

It seemed like the air conditioner guy was at our house forever. Finally he was done. Mommy then said we had to go to get gas for the lawn mower. She said we would fill up the car too and run it through the car wash. The car was full of bug guts and tree sap from the lake. So away we went with me sitting in my car seat. I just love going into the car wash. It is a touchless car wash which means no brushes touch the car but it is covered in water and soap. Mommy bought the super heavy duty wash and in we went. I sat and watched all the spraying water and soap. At the end a hot blowy thing goes on the car to dry it off. Then Mommy said we could go to the magic food window for lunch again one last time. What does she mean by that?? She said food from the magic window isn't very healthy and we should just go there occasionally. So off we went and picked up some food. They didn't make a mistake this time so I didn't get my own sandwich. This time we had a chicken sandwich. I think Mommy was feeling guilty and thought that a chicken sandwich would be healthier. Anyways, we went home and had lunch. Mommy shared her chicken sandwich with me. :)

Then Mommy went out and cut the grass and trimmed it with our new trimmers. Yes, it is looking quite good. Mommy was then not too impressed because she found three new ant hills in our lawn. Those ant hills seem to be popping up all over. We just got rid of two in the front yard and now we have another two in the front. I think the ants just moved to a different place. BOL! Then there is one in the backyard too. Mommy has some stuff to put on the ant hills in the front and she doesn't worry about it because I can't get to the front yard. It is the back yard ant hill that concerns Mommy because she doesn't want to use any poison on that one. Does any pup know of a way to get rid of ant hills that will not be toxic to me???

After the grass cutting Mommy went and did a small amount of shopping including buying some ant stuff for the front yard.

Then it was laundry time. Mommy and I did two loads of laundry. I enjoy laundry in the summer because Mommy likes to hang some things out on the line. It is lots of fun to go in and out of the house to put clothes out. In-between loads of laundry Mommy and I watered the plants. OMD, those plants sure did grow while we were away. I think Mommy is giving them good fertilizer!

That about covers our day. I just ate my supper and I think I am tired out and ready for a nap. We do have to go out again to bring in some laundry.

I wonder what Mommy has on the agenda for tomorrow? I just love holidays!

My Vacation

I had a great vacation at the lake. We rented a cabin for 10 days and it was wonderful. The weather was very warm and sunny the whole time we were there. We arrived on a Sunday and were about an hour behind when we wanted to arrive but it was no big deal. As soon as we arrived the three Shiz Zhu boys next door just barked their fool heads off at me. I was being very good and tried to ignore them. Mommy and I were in and out and in and out of the cottage unloading all our stuff. I sometimes think that Mommy gets carried away with all that packing. We no sooner got unloaded and there was a knock on our door and it was my schnauzer pals Shelby and Snoop with their Mommy. Shelby, Snoop and I had to go through our growling routine but that pretty much covered the growling between us for the whole time. S & S (Shelby and Snoop) Mommy asked my Mommy if she wanted to go to the Pizza Place for supper. Grrrrr....... No, no, no!!!! My Mommy said yes and before I knew it I was left alone for a couple of hours. Now this isn't a great way to start our vacation.

I want to digress and bark about our cabin. We rented a different cabin this year and it was very nice. It was small - open concept type with everything in one room. It had a sleeping area, a kitchen area and a living room area. We had a screened in porch, air conditioning, satellite TV, full modern kitchen with a dishwasher, a ceiling fan, a sky light, a little electric fireplace and a queen size bed. Mommy and I were very comfortable in there.

Mommy and I got in a routine very quickly at the lake. We were up early every day and met Shelby and Snoop at 7 am most mornings for a walk. We would normally be gone for 1 to 1.5 hours. We had great walks down by the beach and all around the town site. One morning we walked through the camp grounds. It was just so great to walk during the coolest part of the day. After our walk we went home and Mommy and I would have breakfast. Then it was time for another walk to go and buy a newspaper at a local gas station (the gas station wasn't open when we went for our first walk). After we got the paper Mommy and I would spend the rest of the morning in our screened in porch. Mommy would read the paper and drink her tea and I would sun bath and watch the happenings in the area. I liked to bark at any pups I would see, watch the people and look for squirrels. In the afternoon we did different things. Sometimes I would go out with Mommy and sometimes I stayed home when Mommy went out and other times both Mommy and I enjoyed chilling out at the cabin. Every evening we went for another long walk for about an hour. I wish my Mommy always had this much time to go for walks.

I have some sad news to report. There were hardly any squirrels at the lake this year! Last year the squirrels were everywhere and this year we hardly saw any. The ones we did see were just so small. We have no idea what happened to all those squirrels. Mommy thinks that it may have been our extra harsh winter this year combined with the fact that they were over populated last year. I hope there is more squirrels next year because I sure do love to chase those pesty creatures.

Now for some good news. You may remember from past years how I just loved going for ice cream. I have my favourite ice cream store across the street from the beach. This year that store had a special treat for pups called "Licksy Pups". They are just so yummy! They are frozen organic yogurt mixed with homemade turkey and chicken broth and each one has a yummy treat on the bottom. Yummy!!! We brought one home with us and it is in our freezer for one day that it is really hot.

I had a special treat one evening when I was invited to a big cabin for supper. I was the only pup there with four humans, it was heavenly! I got so much attention and every human thought I was so cute. I showed off to the humans too. When Mommy went to get her food (buffet style) she told me to sit and stay beside her chair and I sat there and did not move. She then told me to lay at her feet while everyone was eating and I did that too! The humans were sure impressed with my obedience skills. I got some extra treats for being so good. Hmmmm....... this obedience stuff can be profitable after all!! Another day Mommy wanted to go into a store that pups are not allowed (Grrr....) and she told me to sit and stay and she went into the store just for a couple of minutes. Mommy took no chances and tied me up too but I stayed perfectly and did not move. More humans were admiring me and saying how obedient I was. This is so cool!

The ten days just flew by and before I knew it it was time to come home. Today was really hot for our trip home and I was sure glad we have air conditioning in our car. Half way home we stopped at a magic window and got some lunch. It was right at noon so there were lots of cars and trucks lined up for that yummy food. Mommy and I were going to share a burger. After we pulled away and looked in the bag we realized that we got two burgers by mistake. My lucky day!!! Mommy said she couldn't eat two burgers so I got a whole burger patty all to myself. Yummy. Shortly after that we were on the road again but I was restless. Mommy stopped at a rest stop thinking I needed to potty but that was not the problem. Finally she decided to offer me some water and I just guzzled it down. Yep, that burger can sure make a pup thirsty! I then curled up in my car seat for the rest of the trip home.

We have pictures and a couple of videos of my trip and I will have to get Mommy to post them. I can't wait to go back next year! It was a great vacation!

I am home!

I just got home from the lake. We had a wonderful time and the weather was just beautiful. I have lots to bark about and I got Mommy to take lots of pictures. I will get Mommy to type for me later. For now she is worried about our grass that looks like a "hay field", all the laundry that needs washing and the whole car that needs to be unpacked. I don't know why humans worry about such silly things. Anyways I will bark later about my adventures. I just wanted to let every pup know that I am home!

Leaving Today!

I am off to the lake today. I packed my pink back pack that my pal Zoe sent me. There wasn't enough room so I had to pack a box too. Some of the things that Mommy packs could very easily have been left at home like a comb, brush, waterless shampoo, regular shampoo ......... Grrr...... What a waste of space!!! I wouldn't allow any of those things to go into my pretty pink back pack. No way! Zoe sent it for only good things like my treats, food and toys. No bad things are allowed in my back pack! I wonder if Mommy understands now.

We still have some chores to do - water plants, put out garbage and pack the cooler. We hope to be on the road by 10 am. I don't have internet access at the cabin so I won't be barking much. The only internet access is at the laundromat where you can rent a computer. I don't like Mommy going there because no dogs are allowed. I may let Mommy go there one time so I can bark but we will see. I am certain you pups can understand my need to not allow Mommy to go somewhere that pups are not allowed. I will bark when I get home. I am off on vacation! Yahoo!!!

Busy Day!

We have been busy, busy, busy today!!! Mommy went first thing this morning and got an oil change on the car. I normally get to go but she said not this time. :( She said she wanted to run errands on the way home where I couldn't go and it would waste time to have to take me home. :( Grrrr....... Mommy then went to "pick up a few things". OMD, she got carried away and bought some new clothes for our week at the lake. Why would she need new clothes for the lake? She tried on one pair of pants for me and the legs were way too short. Silly Mommy! Mommy calls them Capri pants and they are suppose to be like that. I don't really care as long as Mommy can walk good in them. Then Mommy did a bunch of laundry. After that we have just been so busy packing and packing. We are almost where we want to be for this evening. We sure are getting a big pile of stuff in the dining room and I don't know if it is all going to fit into our car. That is Mommy's problem! BOL! I can't wait to be sitting in my car seat and hitting the road!

Now I've Seen Everything!

This afternoon I was watching out the dining room window like I usually do. I saw people walking by and I saw pups walking by. I am quiet when the people walk by with no pups but if there is a pup I bark like crazy. I saw little pups, big pups and every size of pup in-between. Then I saw something that my little affie eyes couldn't believe. I saw a cat on a leash going for a walk with his human right by my house. Yes, I am not kidding - it was a kitty on a leash! OMD, I have never seen this before! I barked at that cat and told him to stay away from my house. The cat didn't walk very fast so the human had to go quite slow with him. I also had to do much more barking then normal because I had to bark the whole time that I could see him. That goofy cat just got out of sight and there he was again going back the other way. So again I had to bark the whole time that I could see him. A kitty on a leash going for a walk, now I have seen everything!

Vacation Time!

I am just so excited today because Mommy is now on holidays for three weeks. Yahoo! (*Jelly does the "affie" dance around the computer room*) "Happy days are here again................". Then to top it off we are heading to the lake for our yearly June vacation . Just think, it is all about spending 24/7 with Mommy, chasing squirrels, going for walks, having ice cream, visiting with my schnauzer pals Shelby and Snoop! We are staying at a different cabin this year but I know I will love it.

Mommy was real busy today getting ready for the lake. She went grocery shopping after work. When she got home we didn't put the groceries away in the cupboard like we usually do but we put them in the box in the dining room that is waiting to go to the lake. Mommy also bought me some special treats to take to the lake. She even asked me what toys I want to bring with me. Also this evening Mommy went outside and cut the grass. Mommy says we have lots and lots of jobs to do tomorrow so we can leave for the lake on Sunday. To make it even better the weather forecast is for beautiful warm weather. I can hardly wait to go! :)

It is Mommy's Fault!

I don't really have much to bark about today and it is all Mommy's fault. Yep, all her fault! First she goes to work all day. When she gets home I am so excited to see her. I just go crazy with happiness and Mommy lifts me up in her arms and I kiss and kiss. I am just getting settled in for a nice evening with my Mommy when everything changes. Just imagine my disappointment when Mommy is only home for one hour and then she takes off for a meeting. Two hours later she is back home. I then help her water all the little plants. We are again back in the house and the phone rings then Mommy talks on the phone and has no time for me. After all that it is time for bed. I hope tomorrow goes better........................... This was all Mommy's fault!

Coming Home Late.

Mommy got home a bit late today and this usually means she did some shopping. Can't she get it straight that it is her job to come right home from work?? She didn't even buy anything interesting. There was a small bag that just contained salad stuff, I don't like salad stuff. Then there was a long skinny thing that Mommy calls a grass trimmer. She was all proud of her purchase because she thinks she got a good deal. What kind of deal is that when we already has one?? Mommy said she was tired of using the old one because it had to be attached to the wall all the time. I know Mommy says bad things to that long leash every time she uses it. This one doesn't have to be on a leash and Mommy says it runs on a battery. She even held up a metal rectangular thing and said it even came with an extra battery. I don't like the old grass trimmer so I doubt I will like this one. Mommy never lets me out with her when she uses it because she says I could get hurt.

Anyways Mommy made up for being late by taking me for a walk. At first I thought our walk would be very short because it started to rain as soon as we got outside even though the sun was shining. I made Mommy keep walking and it didn't rain much. Nothing special happened on our walk but it was still nice. We took a quieter route today then we took yesterday. I saw a sheltie walking with his people and a cute little Min Pin cross was walking with his Mommy. I also saw a black lab in his yard. A couple of teenagers were out jogging and ran by us twice. I also saw a few people walking. All and all it was a nice walk.

Later in the evening Mommy and I played in the living room. Mommy got down on her hands and knees and played on the floor with me. I just loved it. I did my zoomies around and around. I would stop from time to time to give Mommy a big kiss and then back to the zoomies. We played with some of my toys too. It was lots of fun. I wish Mommy would crawl on the floor more often.

Nicer Weather

It finally stopped raining today. When Mommy got home she took me for a walk. It sure was nice to go walking in the neighbourhood and sniffing around. We walked on a route where there are more busy streets then we usually see. The cars and the trucks just go zooming by but it doesn't bother me at all. I walk on the sidewalk like a good pup and just ignore those zooming cars and trucks. I saw bicycles, kids being pulled in wagons and people on in-line skates. There were a couple locations where there was a big dog behind a big fence. I couldn't see the dog but I sure knew he was there. I saw one big pup across the street going for a walk. There were people in their yards doing yard work. I also saw a few squirrels. Those pesty creatures seem to be everywhere! Regardless, it was fun to be out and seeing all the summer activities.

When we got home I had to help Mommy pull the sheets off the bed and wash them. For some reason this morning I puked a bit on the sheets. Sorry, Mommy, I didn't mean to. It was just one of those things when a pup gets something in their throat. It was just such a tiny amount that I couldn't see why Mommy would want to wash the sheets because they were almost all clean except for about a 1 cm spot. Oh well, we will have clean sheets tonight.

Mommy and I shared some real yummy fish for supper. I do love fish. When it came time for my kibble I didn't want to eat it. I surprised Mommy and produced a yummy cookie to eat instead. Hee-hee, I always keep a stash of cookies hidden just for such emergencies. A pup never knows when they won't feel like eating their kibble and would want a cookie instead. BOL!

Boring Day

Today is Monday and my least favourite day of the week. Mondays mean that Mommy has to go to work for five days in a row. Grrrrr....... It is kind of boring around here today because all it is doing is raining. I can't go for a walk and I don't want to play in the yard. It has even been so cold in the house that we had to put our furnace on again. Mommy says she doesn't remember ever needing the furnace on in June. She had been worried about whether or not our old air conditioner would make it through the season. Mommy, at this rate I would doubt you will even have to put that air conditioner on. BOL!!! Since it was so boring around here tonight I spent my time looking out the window, playing with my toys and Mommy and chewing my bone. I don't think tomorrow will be any better with rain in the forecast again. Where is summer???

Baby Falcons

Check out this site to see live coverage of Winnipeg's baby falcons:

http://www.cbc.ca/manitoba/features/falcon/

T here is a pair of falcons that build a nest every year on one of our hotels downtown. Last year they had tragedy when a big rain storm drowned the poor little babies. I barked about the attempted rescue in my diary on June 7, 2008 but it failed. :( This year they built the falcons a container for their nest that will drain. Check out the babies, they are so cute! I hope they make it this year.

Plants and Armadillo

It did get very cold here last night. At 5 am it was -3 C or 26.6 F. Mommy and I were sure glad we covered up all the little plants and put the pots in the garage. In the morning I helped Mommy to take all the plants in pots out of the garage and to uncover all the outside plants. Wake-up, Wake-up little plants! They were all fine but if we didn't cover them up some would have froze to death. Mommy and I took good care of them.

Mommy treated my poor little armadillo toy very mean today. I love my armadillo and for those of you that don't know he is a small plush squeaky toy. What did Mommy do you ask? Well, first she drowned him by putting him in the washing machine. If that wasn't enough she hung him outside on the line by his poor little neck with a clothes peg. I knew he was out there and I kept going to look at him. I would stand right underneath him and look up. I tried and tried to get him but I just couldn't. After he hung out there for a few hours Mommy finally released him to my tender loving care. Now I won't let my armadillo out of my sight. I am so happy that he still squeaks although he does smell kind of funny. Why can't Mommy be nice to my armadillo like she was to the little plants?????

Feeling Better and Cold Weather

I sure was feeling much better today after getting those anal glands all cleaned out. Mommy was talking to my breeder and she said I acted very much like some of my relatives when they need their anal glands cleaned. We don't lick our butts and we don't rub our butts on the ground like a regular dog. Oh no, we have to be much more dramatic and act like we are going to die. The vet called today to see how I was doing too because she couldn't get over how dramatic I was over all this. BOL! I sure got every ones attention!

When Mommy got home from work today we went for a walk and were gone for about 50 minutes. I saw a house where a tree had fallen over and smashed into the roof. Further down I saw a man high in a tree cutting branches. How did he get up there??? Hmmm......... I will have to think about that. There were a couple of wild pups in their back yard that barked like crazy at me. Also in a parked van there was another pup who barked at me. Other then that I only saw a few people walking. I don't understand why I am not seeing any other pups out walking??? Strange....

It was a real cool day for June with a high of only 11 C or 51.8 F. We missed having the lowest high temperature in history for this date by only a fraction of a degree. I don't think that is something I would want to be proud of. Then today Mommy says it is suppose to get to -2 C or 28 F so we were worried about all the plants that we planted last weekend freezing. Mommy hauled all the plants that are in containers into the garage. Then we had to take old sheets and cover everything else up. I sure hope the plants will survive tonight. I can not believe that our furnace will likely go on tonight and we haven't turned our air conditioner on once this year. Hmmm.............. something else I don't want to be proud of! When will the summer weather ever get here??? September is just around the corner and we could get snow again. Grrrr............

Back to the Vet Again!

This morning I woke up and I wasn't feeling good. I acted like I was scared and I was shaking, I didn't want to move and my tail was in-between my legs. Mommy says I am a "drama queen" and I always make things out to be much worse then they are. I was not! There was something wrong with me and I wanted Mommy to fix it right away. Mommy didn't know what was wrong with me. I wouldn't eat my breakfast, I wouldn't eat yogurt, I wouldn't eat cheese but I did eat a bit of lunch meat. Mommy went to work and came home at lunch time to check on me. I was still acting all scared and shakey. Then Mommy went back to work and she rushed home at the end of the day to see if I was any better. No, I was not!!! I seemed to be in pain if I tried to stand on my back legs so I would not put my paws up on Mommy's leg to say hello, I would not stand up to look out the window and I wouldn't stand up and scratch on the patio doors. Mommy fix me!!! Mommy phoned the vet and got an appointment right away. The lady on the phone asked if we could be there in fifteen minutes and Mommy said yes. First she picked up one of my poopies in a little bag and we were off to the vet. The vet lady came in and gave me an examination. She listened to my heart, she looked in my eyes and ears, she took my temperature, she felt my back and my back legs for ouchies and examined me all over. She said everything was normal except my anal glands were really, really full. Do you remember that I had soft poopies and I had to take pumpkin and yogurt?? She said that sometimes when a pup has soft poopies for awhile the stuff in the anal glands can't be expelled and fills it up. The vet emptied my anal glands and couldn't believe how much stuff came out of there. This is rather embarrassing so I am not going to describe it. It was not infected but just full, full, full. She said that the anal glands could have been my problem. Mommy then said that I am real whimpy and any little thing that happens I exaggerate so it could be something as small as anal glands. I didn't appreciate Mommy saying that to the vet lady. I know when something isn't right and is it too much to want Mommy to fix it quickly??? They also checked my poopy sample and everything was good there. The vet said to take me home and see if I am feeling better now that my anal glands are empty. It was like a miracle when I got home!! I felt really good. I jumped up and looked out the window, I played with my toys, I ran in the backyard and I ate my supper. Life is now back to normal. Mommy said that $60.00 was a very expensive anal gland emptying. I say it was worth every cent because I feel so good now!

Dental Hygienist

Mommy left this morning extra early because she said she had a dentist appointment. Hmmmm............. this is going to be an extra long day. Was I ever surprised when Mommy walked in about an hour later!! She said she had about a half an hour before she had to go to work. Mommy had her teeth all cleaned and polished and checked. I was so happy when I heard everything is good and there is no cavities. My hard work has paid off again. You see I supervise Mommy twice a day when she brushes and flosses those teeth. I make sure that she does a good job. Thanks to my supervision ability my Mommy has good teeth. Just call me "Dental Hygienist Jelly". I was rewarded by sharing breakfast with Mommy. Yummy!

Busy Evening

When Mommy got home from work today we went for a walk. I always love going for walks. We walked for about 45 minutes. It was quiet in my neighbourhood today. It didn't matter that it was quiet because I was a pup on a mission. This wasn't just a fun walk but rather we had a job to do. We had to go and mail a letter. Just any old mailbox wouldn't do either. The closest mailbox had mail pick-up at 5 pm and it was already past that time. So Mommy and I walked twice as far to a mailbox that had 9 am pick-up tomorrow morning. I am pleased to report that I got the letter to the mailbox safe and sound. Now the rest is up to Canada Post to get that letter to it's destination safely. I relaxed after I got the letter safely in the mailbox. We had a nice walk home enjoying the cool air, green grass and all the leaves on the trees. After I got home I had another job to do - water plants. I went with Mommy and helped her water all the little plants. We had a brief storm yesterday and we think one of the plants got bent too much by the wind and may die. I will have to keep my eyes on that plant. After that we had a yummy supper and I got to look out the window, play with my toys and run in the yard. It was a busy evening.

Mathematical Ability

I got a new rollover bone. I just love my rollover bones. I actually got it yesterday but since Mommy didn't type about it yesterday I thought I had better bark about it today. This bone was a bit bigger then normal so Mommy weighted it on the kitchen scale. It is a one pound bone. Mommy says that is pretty big for an 8 pound dog. No problem! I can carry it around and I can chew it with no problem. What size bone would you have to have to be the same size relative to you??? Let me do the math........ that is a ratio of 8:1. A 15 lb dog would have a 1.875 lb bone, a 25 lb dog would have a 3.125 lb bone, a 50 lb dog would have a 6.25 lb bone and a 80 lb dog would have a 10 lb bone. Mathematics does come in handy! I got Mommy to take a picture of me chewing my 1 lb bone and I will get her to put it on my page. I hope you get a 8:1 ratio bone! They are yummy!

Pup Idol

I just couldn't believe it today when I received the honor of becoming the first Pup Idol in a group that I belong to called Schnauzers Rule. We were asked to submit a video for the contest which mine was Triathlon Jelly. Please check my video out. I was then a finalist which was an honor in itself. Now I am actually the Pup Idol! How cool is that???

I would like to thank all the administrators of Schnauzers Rule for their hard work everyday. They are behind the scenes volunteering to make this a great group. Also thanks to all the pups who entered the contest and/or voted. Participation is also a very important ingredient in a successful group. All the videos entered were just pawsome!

Worries and Problems

I was getting very worried just a few minutes ago. Mommy went to type my diary and we couldn't get the computer to go. First it said it didn't support the signal. What is that stupid computer talking about???? Mommy pulled some wires from the monitor and reconnected them but no good. Then all of a sudden the computer had no power and was dead. Mommy then pulled a bunch more wires out and put them back in. Finally everything went. We have no idea what the problem was. We are going to watch the computer carefully because it is still under warranty.

Anyways I am here and I am able to bark in my diary. I am still having trouble with soft poopies. Mommy didn't know if she should be feeding me pumpkin which does tend to firm up those poopies. She was thinking that my problem may be that I had been on antibiotics for 14 days and they have wiped out the bacteria in my intestines so she should be feeding me yogurt. So do you know what happened?? She is feeding me both pumpkin and yogurt. BOL!! I love the yogurt and eat that up real good. It is the pumpkin that I don't like. Mommy has to put it in my mouth and make it stick to the top of my mouth so I have no choice but to eat it. Grrrr........

Today was a regular Saturday. Mommy went out this morning to do her regular Saturday morning shopping. She went to five different stores and came home with lots of bags. She even brought me home a new rollover bone. Yummy!!! Hopefully I will be able to enjoy it tomorrow afternoon. While I was outside playing in the yard Mommy got the sucky machine out. I was so glad that I wasn't in the house when the sucky machine was out. We also had to water all the little plants tonight and they are looking good. Mommy says we are going to have a quiet day tomorrow. I am looking forward to tomorrow. :)

Working Hard!

OMD, my Mommy and I sure have been having busy evenings. Again this is Mommy's plan to do chores in the evenings so we can have some free time on the weekend. I barked about how WE cut the grass on Wednesday evening. On Thursday evening Mommy went and picked up a bunch of plants and came home and started to do planting. Now this evening Mommy did two loads of laundry and worked and worked on the planting. She was determined that she would finish it. She even had to run back to the store for a few more plants. I was with Mommy the whole time helping her. Finally just before 10 pm we finally got the planting done. What a big job that was! I had my kibble supper earlier but Mommy didn't eat any supper because she was too busy working. She said she is really hungry and she asked me if I wanted to share a burger and fries with her. Of course I said yes, yes, yes! Mommy is too tired to cook so she is going to pick it up at the magic window where people hand you food. Yummy! Quit typing Mommy and go and get our burger and fries! Bark at you later pups................... (Jelly runs off to wait for food.)

I had a problem today

I had a very big problem today when Mommy was at work. I had to potty so badly that I couldn't hold it. I have been staying in my day room when Mommy goes to work for about 11 months and I have never done my potty in my day room. I am clean every day and I do my potty outside. Even though I never go potty in my day room Mommy still leaves a pee-pee pad out. Today I did three poopies and a pee-pee. Mommy could tell that I really, really had to go because the poopies were kind of soft. The only thing that Mommy says bothered her is I didn't do any of my potty on the pee-pee pad. I had it spread all over the room but nothing on the pee-pee pad. I spread it out so I wouldn't walk in it and make a big mess. I didn't walk in any of my potty so Mommy should be happy. I have a feeling that Mommy is going to leave more pee-pee pads out tomorrow. I sure hope I don't have to use them.

More Mail Again!

I was pretty excited when I got another postcard from my pal Zoe today. It was a card from Yellowstone National Park. I just love it! Thank-you Zoe!

Tonight Mommy decided that she was going to cut the grass. This is part of our mission of trying to do a household chore every evening after Mommy gets home from work so we don't have to do everything on the weekend. I always have to stay in the house when Mommy cuts the grass. I think I like staying in the house because that lawnmower is very loud. I can watch Mommy for most of the yard. When Mommy is cutting the front yard I watch out the dining room window. When she cuts the back yard then I look out the patio doors. It is only when Mommy is doing the side yard that I can't see her. I do know she is there because I can hear the lawnmower. Mommy did a good job! Tomorrow evening we might start doing some planting. This means we are going to have to go back to our watering routine again. I like helping Mommy water plants every evening. :)

I got mail and I saw a bunny!

Today when I got home Mommy told me that I had mail! What is it, what is it? It was a post card from my good pal Zoe. Zoe had to stay home but her Mommy and Daddy and sister went on a road trip. Zoe sent me a nice post card from that road trip. It is a picture of bison. I told Zoe that they look very big and I think she should learn to deal with Mandy first. For those of you that don't know Mandy is a new big pup that has come to live at Zoe's house. Zoe said she sent me another card too so I will be anxiously waiting for the postman tomorrow! I put the card up in my day room so I can look at it all day when Mommy is at work.

This evening I was in the mood to just look out the dining room window. I saw kids playing on bikes and wagons. I saw people walking by. I even saw pups walking by. There are lots of different types of dogs in my neighbourhood and Mommy says we can just sit at the window and see a parade of breeds. Lots of them come by in groups of two and quite often the two look exactly alike. We see Miniature Schnauzers, Westies, Miniature Pinschers, Bedlington Terriers, Bichons, Poodles, American Eskimo dogs, Labs, Golden Retrievers and the list goes on and on. I always bark and growl at the pups when they go by. I tell them , "Keep going! Do not stop here! Stay off my grass! This is my house!" Then out of the corner of my eye I saw something that didn't look like a dog. It was hopping around my front yard. Yep, it was a brown bunny. I didn't bark at the bunny but I was getting quite excited. The bunny then hopped across the street and disappeared in the bushes. I wonder if he will come back?

Great News!

I had to go back to the vet about my lumpy bumpy. You may remember that Mommy took me to the vet about a lumpy bumpy and there was lots of controversy about what it was. It could be a hernia, it could be fatty cells and it could be infected lymph nodes. Just before I went to the doggy show I started on 14 days of antibiotics. Mommy thought the lumpy bumpy was smaller when I got home but it was still there. So that takes us to today. Mommy took me to the vet and didn't know what to expect. The vet said that it was significantly smaller and now that the swelling is gone she can feel it really good. She said what is left is just a fatty deposit and nothing to worry about. There is no hernia!!! She said I had an infected lymph node around the fatty tissue and it was the fluid from the infection that we saw on the ultra sound. She said I was good to go now!!! Both the vet and Mommy gave a cheer and clapped their hands and were so happy. I thought my Mommy was going to do the Affie dance around the exam room! BOL!!! The vet fed me some yummy treats and said it is nice to be able to give some good news instead of all the bad news she has been having to give pups lately. We didn't ask for details but we do feel sorry for all the pups that have received bad news. For us we are happy, happy, happy!

New Keyboard!

Yahoo, we have a new key board. Our computer is only 6 months old so Mommy took our broken keyboard back to the store where she bought the computer package. They tested it and confirmed it was broken. The nice man then handed Mommy a brand new keyboard! It is even a better keyboard then we had before and worth about twice as much. I am just happy that I can bark again. I guess I have been barking too much so I broke the keyboard. :( Mommy said I didn't have to worry because we have a couple of extra keyboards in the basement from old computers that we could have used. A happy end to this story...............

BrokenKeyboard!

Ourkeyboardisbroken!Wecannotspaceandwecannotusesomeletters.

Mommy,etitfixedsoon!Iwanttobark!Tislookssilly!

Great Trip!

I had a great trip with my Auntie Lorna to Flint, Michigan. I had the best seat in the car with my crate on top of another pup's crate so I could look out the window. It was the next best thing to traveling in my car seat. Two handsome affie boys were on the trip too so I had lots of company. We had a very long trip down which was much longer then expected. There were so many road closures and detours along the way that we didn't arrive until about midnight of the second day. OMD, that was the longest car ride that I ever have been on. We stopped for potty breaks along the way and I really don't like doing potty on my leash. When I go for walks with Mommy I never, never potty on a leash. The end result was I had a few accidents in my crate. I don't think Auntie Lorna was very impressed with me but when a pup has to go she has to go! There were lots of affenpinschers entered in the show and I have never seen so many affies in one place at the same time. Since it was a National Specialty the competition was very stiff which means there were lots of beautiful affenpinschers. I just loved being in the doggy show and playing in the ring with my Auntie Lorna. I made Auntie Lorna run to keep up with me. BOL! I place in my class all three days and even won first place one time. My Mommy says she is very proud of me and is admiring my beautiful blue ribbon with the pretty candle that I won. The candle is in a nice container with a picture of an affenpinscher on it. Mommy has given it a place of honor in our curio cabinet. :)

I took full advantage of the dog show situation. I know that humans want us pups to eat so I simply refused to eat any of my kibble. Hee-hee. My Auntie Lorna was busy buying me burgers and chicken! Yummy! This morning when Mommy fed me my first meal at home I just gobbled down my kibble! BOL! I know how to get those humans wrapped around my paw.

There was another interesting event when I was at the doggy show and barking like crazy in my kennel. I was told to be quiet but there was no way I would be quiet. There was a mouse running around that the humans didn't know about that I was barking at. My breed was originally bred to be mousers so it was my duty to hold up my heritage and bark at a mouse. It wasn't until later that the humans figured out what I was barking at. Humans can be slow to catch on sometimes. Just think that mouse could have bit them before they figured out what was going on. Humans...................... It is amazing they can even function!

Anyways, I just loved my trip. When are we going again???.............

I am a Finalist!

I came home to find that I am a finalist in the 2009 Schnauzers Rule Pup Idol contest. Schnauzers Rule is one of the best groups on Dogster and I am just so honored to be a finalist. Check out my video "Triathlon Jelly" to view my submission. Thank-you to all the pups who voted for my video to make me a finalist. All the videos entered are so great. If you would like to see all the videos do a video tag search of "SRPupIdol". They are sure worth watching!

I am home!

I am finally home! I feel like I have been away from home for a long time. I am tired and Mommy is tired. I think we will just sniff around Dogster for a bit and then go to bed. I will bark more tomorrow.

Bye Pups!

Bounce here

This was my last day at Jelly's house. It was a pretty good day. JM had to go to work but she came home at lunch time for me. That sure was a nice surprise. I got to run in the backyard and to share some lunch with JM. Yummy! When JM got home we had supper and then we took a car ride to my house. It sure was nice being the only dog for a few days. When I got home all the pups welcomed me. JM is now off to a meeting in Ottawa.

Jelly is suppose to be home tomorrow. She is staying at my house until JM comes home on Saturday. The next diary entry that you read will be from Jelly. Bye pups! Bark at you another time!

Happy Victoria Day

Bounce barking!

Happy Victoria Day to every pup! Today is a holiday so JM (Jelly's Mommy) didn't have to go to work. It was cold out today and quite windy. This morning JM took me for a walk. I quite enjoyed it. The streets were very quiet still because lots of people are out of town for the long weekend. A couple of big dogs barked at me from their backyard and JM said they always bark at Jelly too. I also saw a Sealyham Terrier walking across the street. We both tried to say hello but it is hard being that we had a whole street width between us and neither human seemed to want to cross the street. Once we got home JM started to dig in the dirt. It was quite enjoyable to watch. JM said she was digging up the flower beds to get them ready for planting. She said she wouldn't plant anything yet because it is still freezing at night. JM then went away for about an hour and came home with some bags of dirt, grass seed and fertilizer. I really don't understand why she needed dirt because the yard is full of dirt. Oh well, I guess JM just likes dirt. We then had a nice supper and a quiet evening watching TV.

Walks and Grass Cutting

Bounce here again.

This is the Victoria Day long weekend in Canada. This weekend is known as the weekend to open up cottages at the lake and to go camping for the first time in the season. Those cottage goers and campers got a surprise because the lakes got lots of snow on Friday. According to the news people are tough and they are still opening up cottages and camping in trailers. Most of the snow should have melted today. Anyways associated with the long weekend there is always lots of fireworks. Last night there were fireworks from a location not too far from Jelly's house. It didn't bother me in the least and I just ignored it. Jelly is the same way with ignoring fireworks. JM (Jelly's Mommy) is happy about that. There will be more fireworks tonight and again tomorrow night. This is not a good time for pups who don't like fireworks.

This morning JM went out for a late breakfast with a friend and then they went looking around the mall. Again there were no dogs allowed so I was home by myself. I was sure sleeping when JM got home and I didn't even hear her come in, it was rather embarrassing actually. It wasn't until she walked into the room where I was that I woke up suddenly. I tried to pretend that I knew JM had come in the door but I don't think she believed me. Once JM got home we went for a walk and were gone for about an hour. It was real quiet in the neighbourhood because a number of people are out of town at their cottages. Even though it was quiet I still had a nice walk. We stopped and sat at a park bench by the creek (on the opposite side of the creek from where I was yesterday) for about 10 minutes and I sure did enjoy just sitting there. After we got home JM decided she was going to cut the grass for the first time this year. She said it wasn't very long but there were some shaggy areas that she wanted to fix up. I know that Jelly always supervises so I had to supervise too. I stood by the patio door just like Jelly and watched the whole grass cutting process.

No word from Jelly. Her shows are all finished now and she will be home on Wednesday. The problem is that JM is going to Ottawa on Wednesday and won't be back until Saturday. I am going home on Tuesday and then Jelly will stay at my house until next Saturday. She won't be back home barking in her diary until next Saturday.

A Nice Sunny Saturday

Bounce barking again.

JM (Jelly's Mommy) sure wasn't kidding when she said she had lots of errands to run today. It took her from 10 am to 3 pm to do all that running. I couldn't go because every place she went was "no dogs allowed". :( The list she had was very long and included the Credit Union, the library, the insurance place and three different stores. I had a quiet five hours while I waited for her to get home. Finally she came home and she had all kinds of bags and some library books. We then had a late lunch at 3:30 pm that JM says will likely be her supper too. What???? No way, I want my supper!!! Then JM asked me if I wanted to go for a walk. Yes, I did. Finally it was a nice sunny day so I could go on a walk. JM put the nice pink collar and leash on me and away we went. She took me to the creek. I can sure see why Jelly barks about the creek so much because it is a great place to go for a walk. I saw a couple of Golden Retrievers walking with their Mommy and Daddy. Then I came across a real cute little Shih Zhu called Jasmine. JM stopped to talk to Jasmine's Mommy and Jasmine and I got to play. We sure had a great time and played for about 10 minutes. We then continued walking. It was just a beautiful sunny day and JM and I sure were enjoying it. On the way home we came across Jelly's American Eskimo pal Joey. Joey wasn't terribly friendly today and just sat on the steps of his house and didn't even come to sniff hello. I will have to tell Jelly about that unfriendly Joey! After I got home from my walk I had my supper. I was a bit worried that JM wasn't going to give me supper since she said she likely wasn't going to have supper.

Now for an update from Jelly. We haven't heard from them yet. We do know that her show tomorrow is at 11:15 am Flint, Michigan time. Please send good wishes to Jelly at that time.

Friday, May 15th

Bounce here again!

JM (remember it means Jelly's Mommy) and I fell asleep in the big recliner chair watching TV last night and when we woke up I didn't feel like barking in Jelly's dairy and JM didn't feel like typing. Jelly wouldn't be impressed but like I barked before what she doesn't know won't hurt her. BOL! So, it is Saturday morning and I am barking about Friday.

JM had to go to work like usual. She did tell me something that I totally forgot which is this is a long weekend. Yep, Monday is a holiday being Victoria Day so JM doesn't have to go to work. My job is to be company for JM over the next three days and I think I can handle it well.

Friday was a real miserable day weather wise. JM left me in my crate when she went to work but she put my crate right by the patio doors so I could look outside. Yesterday it was cold and rainy and we even got some snow in the afternoon. The wind was blowing so hard that the snow was coming down sideways. Grrrr.......... when is summer going to ever get here? Summer??? I would be happy to see spring at this point! BOL! It was too miserable for there to be squirrels or birds outside yesterday so I didn't see any of those. Finally JM got home and we could start our long weekend. JM said she had lots of errands to run on Saturday so she wanted to do the house work last night. I helped JM tidy up and go around the house wiping the furniture and the top of all the door and window sills with this long fuzzy thing. Then JM brought out the sucky machine. At this point Jelly would normally be at the patio door ringing the bells like crazy. I don't like the sucky machine either but I don't make a big deal about it. When I was here before Jelly taught me how to avoid the sucky machine and that is what I did. Finally we were done and we settle down to watch some TV and that is when I fell asleep.

For a Jelly update, Jelly has another show today at 10:00 am Flint, Michigan time. So please think of her about that time. We haven't heard anything from them since they left but I will tell you if and when I hear something.

I have to go now pups to start my day. Bark at you later. Remember to think about Jelly!

An Occupation Idea/ Jelly Update

Bounce here again!

Well today is my second day at Jelly's house. I heard JM (remember it stands for Jelly's Mommy) on the phone today and she was telling someone that Jelly was away at a show. She went on to say that she had a "loaner dog". My ears perked up because this sounded strange. Is JM talking about me??? As I listened I heard my name and I knew she was talking about me. Me, a loaner dog?? Like a loaner car? At first I wasn't too impressed but as I thought about I thought there could be something in this. Now I am a pup that just loves attention and I mean I really, really love attention. I just love being with people and being with people is my number one goal in life. I love to play with people, I love to hug people, I love to kiss people and I just basically love to do anything as long as it is with people. All the attention of being the only dog is really quite cool. Now it came to me that I could make an occupation out of this. People who only have one dog and have to be separated for a length of time might just want to pay to have a "loaner" dog. I could be the "loaner" dog and not only would I get all the attention but I could get paid too. With the money I could buy treats which is my second love in life. I need to make an ad which could go something like this:

"Are you separated from your dog? Do you miss your dog? Then you need a "Loaner Dog". One very affectionate dog for rent as a "loaner" dog. Only approved homes with one absent dog need apply. Must be prepared to offer lots of attention, have lots of toys and have lots of treats. Cost is $10.00 per day. (Note: I can buy lots of treats with $10.00 per day) Book now to avoid disappointment"

This sounds good! I think I have found my new occupation. Do you think any one would apply to my ad?

Now for an update on Jelly. Tomorrow is Jelly's 1st show and it is the Affenpinscher Specialty. Her class starts at 1:30 pm Flint, Michigan time. So please send lots of positive thoughts her way tomorrow at that time. Thanks pups!

First 24 Hours

Hi, Bounce here. I have spent my first 24 hours at Jelly's house. It is nice here with no pups to bug me.

First, for a report on Jelly. Jelly left Winnipeg at about 8:20 am this morning. She will be spending her night in a hotel room in Madison, Wisconsin. Tomorrow morning they will be driving to Flint, Michigan.

As to my day, JM (remember it means Jelly's Mommy) went to work this morning. When she got home she was kind of hurrying me up to potty so I knew something was up. Sure enough we had a repair guy come to the door. He was here to work on the dryer. I can now report that the dryer is working again so JM doesn't have to buy a new one. Jelly will be happy about that when she gets home.

After that JM asked if I wanted to go for a short walk. It had to be short because it was 0 C or 32 F and very windy. I came with a red collar but I didn't bring a leash. JM said there were extra leashes so we looked at Jelly's stash. We decided that I might look nice in pink but a red collar and a pink leash would never do so I wore the matching pink collar with the pink leash. JM told me that the leash and collar used to belong to a schnauzer named Jennifer. The collar even has a nice little tag on it with Jennifer's name. That didn't bother me at all and I must say I look very nice in pink. We went for a short walk and JM told me I was very good at walking on a leash. :) I just have to hope that the weather will get nicer so I can go on a longer walk.

I have to run now pups because JM hasn't had supper yet and she said she is starving. I have to help with the cooking! BOL!

Happy Birthday!

This is Jelly again.

I forgot to bark that today is Manitoba Day and is Manitoba's birthday. For those of you that don't know Manitoba is the province that I live in. Manitoba is now 139 years old. Happy Birthday Manitoba!

Hi Pups!

Hi every pup! This is Bounce barking. You may remember that I am Jelly's half sister and you can find pictures of me in Jelly's photo album. I am staying at Jelly's house for the next week to keep Jelly's Mommy (from now on called JM - get it JM for Jelly's Mommy) company. It is my job to also guard the house against those pesty squirrels and to keep those kitties away and to bark at all the pups that walk by. Jelly told me to be extra nice to her Mommy. She also told me not to get too comfortable because she will be claiming her territory back when she gets home. Actually what Jelly doesn't know won't hurt her! BOL! I have now hijacked Jelly's diary for the next week which should be a blast. Let me see................. What do I want to do this week??? This will be interesting for me because it will be the first time in my whole life that I have been the only dog. Just think - all the attention for me, all the treats for me, all the toys for me, all the doggy beds for me! Wow, this week is going to be all about me! Bark at you later!

Big Road Trip

Tonight when Mommy got home I could tell something was different. Mommy didn't waste any time and immediately made her supper. Then she made my supper. After I ate she tried to choke me again and stuck her fingers deep in my throat to give me my antibiotic. Then we packed up the car with my treasures and we went to Auntie Lorna's. I heard the humans talking. Auntie Lorna said she was going to give me a bath tonight. Grrrrrrr........... Then we go to bed and we get up early and go for a really, really long car ride. Tomorrow we are going as far as Madison, Wisconsin which is about 11.5 hours away. Then on Thursday we drive from Madison to Flint Michigan which is about 7 hours away. I have never been on such a long car ride before. I then go to the National Affenpinscher Specialty Show on Friday and two more shows on Saturday and Sunday. I am going to get to stay in a hotel and everything! I wonder if we are going to go by those magic windows that hand you food??? I hope Auntie Lorna remembers that I like burgers and ice cream. I will bark again as soon as I get a chance. I think my Mommy is going to miss me.

What Happened?

Mommy and I are now playing this new game that I call "hide and seek". Mommy hides my pill in some yummy food and then I look for. It is a great game because I get so many tasty little pieces of yummies. She hides my pill in ham, in salami, in yogurt, in cheez whiz, in peanut butter and the list goes on. It doesn't matter where she hides the pill I always find it! I always win at this game!!!! Then Mommy turned into a poor loser which is very bad because a Mommy is suppose to be mature and know how to loose gracefully! This morning she said, "What is the use!" and with that she took the pill with her fingers and stuck the pill way down my throat. She then held my head up and kept my mouth closed until I swallowed the pill. Grrrrr......... I thought I was going to choke! I had no choice but to swallow and the pill went down. I hope Mommy enjoys winning by cheating! Maybe I did push a good thing a bit too far........

New Medication

When Mommy got home today she had new medication for me to take. What a nice Mommy to go to the vet and get me new medication! This time I have to take one pill every 12 hours. Mommy gave me my supper and then she gave me a dab of peanut butter with the pill in it. I knew that pill was there and I spat it out. It doesn't matter how Mommy conceals pills I always find them! Mommy then took her finger and stuck it way down my throat with the pill and kept my mouth shut until I swallowed. I thought I was going to choke to death! Finally I swallowed the pill. I think I am going to be fine because it has been 4 hours and I don't have an upset tummy and I haven't puked. Mommy is going to have to try to get another pill down me tomorrow morning. That should be fun when she is in a hurry to get to work. Heee-heeee! I have lots of tricks up my paw to use on her!

I am leaving for a doggy show in Flint, Michigan on Wednesday. Tomorrow I have to go to Auntie Lorna's and then we leave Wednesday morning. Mommy was busy packing for me tonight. I saw her pack kibble, treats, leash, collar, pills, dish, toy, bedding, rabies certificate and a health certificate. I need those documents to cross the border. This will be my first trip to the USA. I wonder if I will see all my American Dogster pals? Mommy says likely not because it is a very big country and the pups are all miles apart.

Happy Mother's Day

I was feeling much better this morning after all that puking stopped. I only had a few tid bits of breakfast because I am a smart pup and I know it is best not to eat a full meal after having an upset tummy. Mommy and I spent the whole day at home. I gave Mommy lots of special hugs and kisses for Mother's Day. I love my Mommy! Mommy unthawed some home cooked food for my supper that was real yummy. By that point my tummy was totally settled down and I was hungry as a horse. BOL! I just gobbled up my food. I also had a few doggy cookies for dessert. Mommy shared her supper with me too which was yummy boneless chicken breast, sweet potatoes and salad. I skipped the salad part but I sure enjoyed the chicken and the sweet potatoe.

The only bad part about today was our dryer quit working. Grrrrr....... It has been acting up for awhile by not having enough heat. We did one load and it was nice and hot so Mommy thought the problem with over. With the second load it was hot but it wouldn't spin. So I had to help Mommy hang the clothes outside. I loved all the extra trips outside with Mommy. Mommy says we have to get it checked quickly because we can't be without a dryer. It may mean a new dryer since it is old and not worth fixing. Now Mommy is thinking maybe we should get a new washer and dryer team that are the front load type. Whatever, I don't really care! I just want my Mommy to be happy and if that makes her happy then I will be happy.

Tomorrow Mommy has to phone the vet and get some different medicine for me that won't make me puke.

Happy Mother's Day to all the Mothers out there!

I Puked!

Mommy gave me my first antibiotic pill this evening and it wasn't long after that and my stomach was upset. Mommy fell asleep in her big chair in the living room and I was feeling even sicker. When Mommy woke up she couldn't find me and started to look all over the house. I was in the dining room where I had puked in three different places and I even puked on my chaise lounge. Mommy cleaned it all up and looked up the name of my antibiotic on the Internet. A side effect of my antibiotic is gastrointestinal problems including puking. Mommy said she won't give me another one of those awful pills and will phone the vet on Monday morning. We hope she can give me something else where I won't puke.

SNOW : 0

I woke up this morning and I couldn't believe my eyes. There was snow coming down like crazy. The lawn had a thin layer of snow and the deck had a thin layer of snow. It is currently 0 C or 32 F. Mommy wore a light winter coat yesterday to her anniversary and she said she was glad she did because it was a cold walk from the car to the building. I think it looks like Christmas. Maybe I can get some Christmas presents???? Merry Christmas!

Another Anniversary!

I can't believe it was another anniversary today. Today it was the 100th anniversary of Mommy's elementary and junior high school (kindergarten to grade 9). OMD, that is old! What?? You didn't go there 100 years ago Mommy?? BOL! Grandpa went to that school and so did Auntie Lorna and Auntie Adele. Grandpa picked Mommy up to go there tonight and I could not go! They went for something called a wine and cheese. I wouldn't care much for the wine but I sure could have enjoyed some of that yummy cheese and crackers. Mommy saw Auntie Lorna and Auntie Adele there too. I should have been able to go. Instead I sat all by myself at home. :( Tomorrow is more 100 anniversary stuff and I have a feeling I will be stuck at home again. Grrrrr........

Is It or Isn't It???

I have sure been on a roller coaster ride this week with my lumpy. First I went to the vet and we were told they thought it was fatty tissue. They said that all the muscles seem nice and tight and there was nothing to indicate a hernia. To be safe they stuck a little needle in me and took two samples. One sample looked like more then just fatty tissue so it was sent to the lab to see if they could tell what it was. Now things were swaying towards a hernia. I then had an ultra sound and the vet said she was 85% certain it was a hernia that she saw. Today the lab results came back and it seems to be indicating that it isn't a hernia. The lab said there is some benign lymph node cells that indicate an infection. The vet thinks it could just be an infection and the whole area is swollen. So now we are going to try 14 days of antibiotics to see if that will make it at least go smaller if not go away. I like this diagnosis better but we have to see what happens with the antibiotics. So for now my hernia surgery is on hold.

Happy Anniversary Mommy!

Today is the 30th anniversary for my Mommy at work. Yep, 30 years ago today she started working for that employer. OMD, that sure sounds like a long time! She said there was no celebration. Grrrrr...... Mommy said they make a big deal out of 25 years but at 30 years they are waiting for the person to retire. Retire???? Mommy, that sounds like a great idea!!! Retire means more time for me which is always good. Hurry up and retire Mommy!

Anyways I celebrated Mommy's 30 year anniversary with her tonight. We had yummy pizza with tender pieces of chicken and spinach and cheese. Yummy!

Surgery Day

My surgery day to repair my hernia is scheduled for May 25th. I have never had surgery but I some how don't think I will like it much. :(

Back to the Vet

I was back at the vet today. Mommy wanted to get something called an Ultra Sound done to look at my lumpy. First they put cool jelly on my tummy and then they rubbed this thing on it and looked at some screen. Well, it is now 85% certain that I do have a hernia and will require surgery. They seem to think I will be okay to go to the upcoming shows but I think we may be getting a second opinion. This surgery thing doesn't sound like fun.............................

Vet and Dog Show

Well, first of all the vet phoned today which is not a good thing. She said she looked at the samples from yesterday and thinks there is now a chance that my lumpy is a hernia. She is going to send it to the lab. If that is not conclusive then I have to go for an ultra sound. We will just have to wait and see now what happens.

Of course this happens right when I was suppose to leave next week for the National Affenpinscher Specialty Show plus two other shows. Will I be able to go to the show?? I don't know!

We are still planning like I am going to the show and I went for show handling classes today. My Mommy drove me over to Bounce's house and Auntie Lorna took me to school. She said I was looking beautiful! :)

I do have one complaint with my Mommy. Mommy waits for me when I go to classes. I couldn't believe all the two timing she did while I was gone working my poor paws to the bone. She had three affies on her lap - Bounce, Saucy and Reese. Yep, and she even patted a Rottweiller! To put the icing on the cake she had a kitty in her lap!! :0 This is just terrible and I think I am going to have to make her pay for this. My pal Zoe had the same problem with her Mommy today too. I think Zoe and I are going to have to have a serious bark about how we will make our Mommies pay!

My Vet Trip

Today Mommy took me to the vet to get my little lumpy checked. I know that Mommy was worried. I will just cut to the chase here and let you know that the vet thinks it is a fatty deposit and nothing to worry about. They took me to the back and used a little needle to take a sample and only got fatty tissue and some blood. The vet said she will look at the sample under the microscope and will phone us if she sees anything unusual but she doesn't expect to. I had two vets examine me so I feel good about what they said.

Now for the exciting part of my visit to the vet. When Mommy and I walked into the vet office there was a little black pup that looked just like me sitting on her Daddy's lap. We were surprised to see another Affenpinscher but when we got closer we saw it was a Brussels Griffon. That is very rare to see too. Mommy talked to the Daddy and he said the little Griffon girl is 6 years old and came from a Rescue Group. She came from one of those bad puppy mills. She has a few health issues that are relatively minor that they are working on clearing up and she should eventually be fine. I was so happy to see that cute little Griffon in a forever home.

Rest in Peace Mulligan

Today was a very sad day because I found out that my pal Mulligan went to the Rainbow Bridge. He went far too young only being 6 years old. We don't know what happened to him but we do know it was sudden. Mulligan was quite the pup looking after his compound and having many adventures. Mommy and I looked forward to reading his diary all the time. Our thoughts and prayers are now with Mulligan and his family. Rest in Peace my good pal!

Too Much!

I am a very pampered pup and I enjoy every minute of it. I have my own day room that is filled with all my treasures. I am used to having things to myself but I must say there is a limit to it. This morning Mommy announced that I am going to have my own shower! OMD, I don't want my own shower! I don't even want to share a shower! I will give all the showers away. Mommy got thinking (which usually is bad news! BOL!) after last nights shower in the bathtub. Mommy usually puts me on a little table in the bath tub and uses a hand held shower thingy to give me a shower. I just hate it! I almost drowned every time I am in there! Mommy has decided that she doesn't want the mess in the main floor bathroom any more and she wants me to use the basement shower stall. She said she can put a table in the shower stall and buy a hand held shower head with a long hose and there would be an instant dog bathing shower! Mommy says since she never uses that shower that it could be my own personal shower. This is a little too pampered for my liking!

Presents

Mommy brought presents home for me! Yahoo, I love presents. There is a little pet shop where Mommy went for her convention that usually has some nice things. It is a small shop but still Mommy always comes home with something different. The big gift was a cookie jar in the shape of a bone. It is white with paw prints on it and a black bone shaped handle. I will get Mommy to post a picture of that cookie jar. It does look very nice in my day room. She also bought me some yummy organic treats. She also bought me a package of Barnsdale Farm 2" Steak Cuts. I haven't tried one yet but they are yummy looking smoked bones. There are three bones in the package and I am sure looking forward to trying them. Yummy! The good part about Mommy going away is that she usually gets me presents.

Not So Happy To Be Home!

I was real happy to get home. I enjoyed playing with the pups at Bounce's house but it is still nice to come home. I said hello to my loofa dog and my lamb and my Hydrant Man and my gecko and my.... (Mommy interrupts: "Jelly you can't list every toy you own!") Hmmmm........ I want to list every toy I own but I guess I won't. Anyways I said hello to all my toys! Then Mommy was going, "sniff, sniff". Humans have terrible sniffers so I didn't think too much about it. Finally Mommy said, "Jelly, you stink!" How insulting was that!!! Mommy then sniffed the blanket in my crate and it smelled like pee-pee! I have been known to pee-pee in my crate in the past so Mommy was not surprised. Then she said the terrible word, "B-A-T-H". I ran and hid in my tent but it did no good! Mommy dragged me out and gave me a shower. First she tried to drowned me with the water. Then she put the shampoo on. Then she wanted to drowned me again. That still wasn't enough torture! She then put some conditioner on my leg, head and beard and then drowned me again! After that I was wrapped in a towel and then combed out and the hot blowy thing was blowing hot air on me. Now Mommy was trying to cook me! It was terrible!!!!! Finally Mommy put me on the floor and I ran away. Mommy says I smell beautiful and the only good part about this is I know I will get extra hugs and kisses! :)

Mommy is Worried

Mommy is worried but she is trying to not be too worried until she finds out if she has something to worry about. While I was away my Auntie Adele found a lumpy thing in my left groin area. It is very soft and very wiggly and moves around. When I sit in certain positions it is even hard to find. Mommy is going to phone the vet first thing on Monday and make an appointment for me. We will see what it is but until then I am feeling great and I just want to play.

Mommy is home!

I just barked at my Mommy on the phone and she is home! Mommy called about an hour ago but there was no human home and none of us pups could answer the phone. I told Mommy that I had a great time playing with all the pups but I sure would like to come home! Mommy is coming right now to get me. I can hardly wait to do some barking in my diary.

Bark at You on Saturday

Mommy is going to a convention out of town today so I have gone to spend a few days at Bounce's house. Mommy packed my pretty pink nap sack that I got from my pal Zoe that even has my name on it. Thanks to my good pal I no longer have to pack my treasures in a card board box. I like the fact that my name is on my nap sack too. All the pups at Bounce's house will now know that everything in the nap sack is mine and they should stay away. Mommy packed my kibble, my treats, my bowl, my collar and leash and a toy. Mommy comes home on Saturday so I will bark at you then.

Intruder Kitty

My favourite pass time these days is looking out the dining room window. I can watch everything that the neighbours are doing, watch all the people that walk by, see the cars and bark at the pups. I even see a squirrel or a rabbit sometimes. Today a real cheeky kitty came to the window. I was barking like crazy and that kitty wouldn't move. It just sat there and watched me. I kept barking but nothing. The kitty sniffed around in my bushes and just ignored me. Then he walked slowly back and forth in front of me just going to my property line and back. What a bad kitty! I ran to Mommy for help. Help, help, help! There is an intruder kitty! Let me outside so I can chase that kitty away! Mommy just looked at the kitty and wouldn't do anything. Eventually that kitty just strolled away. I hope it never comes back!

Monday, April 27th

Mondays are my least favourite day because Mommy always has to go back to work for a whole five days. Grrrr......... Anyways I got through my least favourite day and finally Mommy came home from work. Yahoo! Mommy took me on a nice walk to celebrate making it through Monday. There wasn't much to bark about other then it was a pleasant walk. I saw a few people out walking but there were no pups at all. Later in the evening Mommy and I went out in the backyard to play. This is one of the first times this year that I have got out into the big yard. All winter I was confined to a smaller area by the door. I had to wait for the snow to melt and then for the yard to dry out and finally for the yard to be raked before I could go out and run on the grass. Mommy took a video of me playing in the yard and it is posted on my page. As you can see the grass is still half dead looking from the winter but it should come to life quickly now. I had a nice evening with Mommy. :)

Dull Day But Nice

Today was a dull day weather wise. It was cool outside and cloudy most of the day. It kept looking like it would rain but it didn't. Mommy and I had a nice quiet day at home. My theory is that any day with Mommy is better then the best weather day without Mommy. Mommy worked on her computer, read a book and did a few things around the house. I got to look out the dining room window, play with my toys, chew on my Rollover bone, have treats and nap. Mommy also played some games with me. It was a nice peaceful day with Mommy. :)

V-E-T Again

Yes, I had to go to the V-E-T this morning. It all started this morning when Mommy asked me if I wanted to go for a car ride. Silly question!!! Mommy put my car seat into the car and buckled me in with my special doggy seat belt. It was a beautiful sunny morning and I enjoyed the ride so much. Then we arrived at the V-E-T. The first thing that happened was I went on the scale and I weigh 8 lbs. This is 0.2 lbs less then I weighted a few weeks ago. Mommy said it is because we are walking again so I lost weight. She thinks it would be a good idea if I ate a bit more during walking season (spring, summer and fall) so I can keep my weight up. At this point in my life I don't have to worry about putting on too much weight and Mommy says I am lucky. She says she just has to look at food and she gains weight. BOL! Silly Mommy, that is impossible! I then sat in the waiting room for a bit and played with a Golden Retriever and a medium sized cross bred pup. Then those vet people ripped me from Mommy's arms and took me to the back of the clinic. They were vampires and took blood out of me. Yep, there are vampires and I witnessed it. They then brought me back to Mommy, thank dogness! After that we sat there for longer and Mommy fed me some treats that were in the jars on the table. Yummy! While I was sitting there two boston terriers came in and shortly after two little shiz zhus came in. The Shiz Zhus were just freshly groomed and looked exceptionally cute according to Mommy. Finally the vampire lady came to the front counter and said I tested negative for heart worm. That was a good piece of news. It was decided that I would use a different type of heart worm preventative this year. You may remember if you read my diary that the pills for heart worm upset me last year and I wouldn't eat. This year I have the type that is a liquid that is put on my skin. The vet said this type would bypass my digestive tract so it shouldn't bother my eating. That was good to hear. From there I had a nice car ride home. Now, what will I do for the rest of the day...................................

Choices, Choices............

This morning Mommy and I got up extra early. We had a full two hours before Mommy had to leave to go to work. Normally Mommy has her routine that she does every morning that involves looking after me and getting ready for work. This morning we had extra time so Mommy decided she would do a few things around the house. One thing that she did that she never does is to open up the curtains so I can look out the dining room window. Thank-you Mommy! That was very nice of you. The dining room window is just the best place to look out because that is where all the action is. I watched people driving their cars, people walking down the street and a special treat was the fact it was garbage day. I saw the garbage guys come and pick up all the garbage. Then the recycling guys came and emptied all the blue boxes on one side of the street. This is about the time that I had a dilemma. Mommy started to make her lunch and there sure was some very yummy smells coming from that. At the same time I didn't want to miss any of the action outside especially when I knew those recycling guys would be back. I ran back and forth and back and forth between the kitchen and the dining room window. OMD, I am only one pup and I can't be at two places at once! What should I do??? I was just torn between the two choices. Finally it was just too much when Mommy brought out some real yummy meat so there I was with Mommy waiting to get some yummy mouth fulls. Yep, my stomach won out! Yummy meat is more interesting then watching a bunch of recycling guys!

Lost Pups

When Mommy got home from work we went for a walk. I am really enjoying getting back to our routine of going for a walk every day. Our winters are just too cold to continue this routine all winter. Anyways I am looking forward to a long spring, summer and fall of walking.

In my neighbourhood we never see dogs running around loose so we were very surprised when two Corgi X's came running between a house to greet me. Those pups just wanted to be friendly and play. There was a person out in the front yard and Mommy asked if she knew who owned the pups and she said no. The humans were standing there wondering what to do when a car drove up. It was the pups' Daddy. Yahoo!!! We were all so relieved that those two pups got found. Their Daddy had been driving around looking for them and said they had dug under their fence. He opened up his car door and the pups were very happy to jump in. I don't think those pups realized that they were lost but they sure would have if they had to spend a night outside. I am glad the pups are home safe and sound.

The rest of my walk was rather uneventful. I saw a few pups going for walks. I also saw people in their front yards raking and doing their spring clean up. There was also kids out playing and riding bikes. We were gone for a total of 50 minutes. It was a nice walk.

Walk and Yummies

When Mommy got home from work today we went for a walk. We walked by a church parking lot and there was a bunch of human kids playing ball hockey. OMD, did that ever look like fun!! I wanted so much to chase that ball but I couldn't because I was on a leash. Grrrr.... We passed a number of people who were out walking but they were rather boring. We walked by the creek and it is way down from where it was before but it was still flooded and we couldn't walk on the path. :( Then we stopped to talk to the shiz zhu called Pepper who was out walking with his Daddy. Pepper is my next door neighbour and lives right behind me. We don't get to sniff very often because his Daddy has a garden by our fence and Pepper is not allowed in there. We do bark at each other sometimes from a distance. This was the first close up visit that I have had with Pepper since last fall. I wanted to play with Pepper but he was kind of standoffish. Hmmmm............. that is not a nice way to greet your neighbour. Mommy and Pepper's Daddy stood on the corner and talked. Then Pepper's Daddy asked if I would want a treat. Yes, yes, yes!!!! He gave me some yummy little bites of milk bone. I sure do like Pepper's Daddy. After we were talking for awhile Pepper started to warm up to me and it looked like he was going to play. His Daddy then said they had to go home. Maybe the next time I see Pepper he will want to play right away.

When we got home Mommy made supper. She had bought herself a new toy called a "rice maker" and she wanted to try it out. It worked really good and Mommy made rice, salmon, peas and a salad. I don't like salad but I got some nice yummy bites of rice, salmon and peas. Then when it came time to make my supper Mommy mixed some rice and turkey in with the kibble. Yummy!!! For dessert I had one of the yummy cookies that Zoe sent me.

It was a good day because I sure got a nice walk and lots of yummies.

Playing Dog Show

Tonight is Tuesday and has turned into the night that Mommy drives me over to Auntie Lorna's house. Mommy then waits at Auntie Lorna's house while Auntie Lorna and I go to a big building and play "dog show". Playing dog show can be lots of fun because you get lots of treats. This week I had a special treat because Auntie Lorna made chicken just for me. :) It had been awhile since I played dog show so I sort of forgot how. Last week was a bit confusing because it was my first class in a long time but I have figured it out again. This week was so much more fun. You just walk around on a tiny leash called a show leash and you don't even have to heel. I get to walk in front of Auntie Lorna and it is her job to keep up with me. BOL! I really can move for my size and Auntie Lorna has to run to keep up. I also have to stand pretty and look at the yummy chicken. While I am standing pretty I get rewarded with bites of yummy chicken. Another part of playing dog show is I have to stand nice on a grooming table and let the judge touch me all over. Don't worry pups there is no grooming involved. Believe it or not that tool of torture (aka grooming table) can be lots of fun when it is used right. While I stand on the table I get more yummy bites of chicken. Yummy!!! I had so much fun tonight. After we finished playing dog show Auntie Lorna took me back to her house and there was Mommy waiting to take me home.

A few months ago I went to an animal communicator and I told her I would go to dog shows if I could get some ice cream. If you are a regular reader of my diary you may remember this. Mommy promised me ice cream and she has kept her promise. :) We now have yummy vanilla ice cream in our freezer. Mommy says she loves ice cream a bit too much so we don't usually have any in the house. I can't see how it is possible to like ice cream too much. Whatever! People can be weird. Anyways, back to the ice cream. When we got home tonight Mommy and I shared some ice cream. Yummy!!! I think I made a great deal to exchange ice cream for playing nice at the dog show game. I won't tell Mommy but I do like the dog show game with the yummy chicken. The ice cream just makes it better! Anyways a deal is a deal and Mommy and I have a deal for ice cream.

A Puppy????

Three times in one day people asked if I was a puppy. Yep, I just couldn't believe it! When Mommy got home from work she asked if I wanted to go for a walk. Yes, yes, yes!!!! It was on this walk that we ran into all these silly people. First it was the pawrents of a cute little cocker cross. I met the little cocker and I wanted to play. I was jumping around on my leash and just having a great time. Then the cocker's Mommy asked if I was a puppy. She said that I was so small and playful that she was certain I was a puppy. No, no, no! I am three years old and all grown up. A little while after that we came across a senior gentleman that also asked if I was a puppy. Again it was no, no, no! I am three years old!!! The topping on the cake was when one of our neighbours from across the street honked her horn at Mommy and stopped and asked Mommy if she just got a new puppy. Mommy said no and that I have lived across the street from her for three years! BOL!!! That lady sure isn't very observant. BOL, BOL!!! Mommy walks me regularly from spring to fall so she must have seen me before. She said that Mommy used to have a bigger dog and she thought I was the same type of dog only a small puppy. She was talking about Jennifer who was a Miniature Schnauzer. Yes we both are black and we are related way back in our history but we are totally different breeds. Mommy had to explain to her that Jennifer was a Miniature Schnauzer and I am an affenpinscher. How is it possible that I ran into all three silly people in one day???!!! I repeat I am not a puppy and I am three years old! BOL!

April Showers

April showers bring May flowers. If this is true then I am very happy that we got rain today. It was and is just a light rain so it shouldn't have too much of a negative impact on our flood. All day was cloudy, sometimes it was just a misty rain and other times it was very light. I enjoyed just being home and playing with my toys, napping and looking out the window. I also got to enjoy a couple of those yummy cookies that my pal Zoe sent me. It was a very nice day. I am sure looking forward to seeing those May flowers!

A Surprise

After my day of torture I got home to find a big surprise. While we were gone the mail person (I have to be politically correct because I don't know if it was a mail man or a mail lady) came to our house and put a package in-between our doors. Mommy read the words on the package and she said it was for me from my pal Zoe. Yahoo!!!! It is just like my good pal Zoe to send me a surprise to cheer me up on the day that I was tortured. I just couldn't wait to open up the package. Mommy took the scissors and cut the tape for me and opened up the box. OMD, it sure did smell good. I nosed around in there and pulled out a pretty purple gecko toy. It is a bungee type toy with two squeakers. I just love it! There was still something else in the box that smelled sooooooo good! Mommy pulled it out and it contained the most yummy homemade cookies ever. Mommy gave me one right away and I ran into my tent to eat it. Then Mommy gave me a second cookie and I ate it on my chaise lounge. After I knew that I was not going to get any more cookies (Mommy said we had to save them for later) I played with my gecko toy. Zoe and I are just perfect twins in so many ways. I bought a lamb toy to send to Zoe and because I liked it so much Mommy bought me a lamb toy. Well, the very same thing happened with the gecko toy. Zoe bought me the gecko toy and she liked it so much that her Mommy bought her one too. Now we both have a lamb toy and a gecko toy to play with. That is just too cool!!! Even though we can't play together we can play with the same toys at the same time. Mommy took some videos and pictures of me with my presents from Zoe that I will get her to post. Zoe even sent me a copy of the recipe for those yummy cookies so I am going to have to get my Mommy to make them for me too. Thank-you Zoe and Zoe's family for my presents!

Day of Torture

Today started out really nice with Mommy asking me if I wanted to go for a car ride and go and visit Bounce and Saucy. Of course I said I wanted to go! Mommy loaded me up in my crate which isn't as good as my car seat but I can accept that. We got to Bounce and Saucy's house and Mommy just left without me. What is going on here??? I didn't bring any of my belongings with me so I know I am not here for the night. Well it didn't take very long for me to figure out that I was there to be tortured. Yep, I was up on the grooming table being stripped, clipped, scissored, combed and brushed. Then to make a terrible situation even worse I was put in the bath tub and given a bath. I thought I was going to drowned!!!! Now, tell me is this any way to treat a guest?? Finally things were started to look up and I was taken outside with this itty bitty leash called a "show leash" to go for a walk. Well, I must tell you it was the most pathetic walk I have ever seen! It was a few feet one way and then a few feet back and on and on and on. I wanted to get going for a long walk so I was pretty excited but no that was not to be. We went back in the house and eventually the torture was over and I could play with the other pups. I was having a good time playing when all of a sudden Mommy came to get me! The humans were busy talking about how beautiful I looked and Mommy said that Auntie Lorna did a good job grooming (aka torturing) me. They were also talking about those shows that I am going to in May. I also heard some talk about going to show classes again on Tuesday. Sometimes I must say those humans have a one track mind! The worst part in all this is Mommy was out having a good time while I was being tortured on the grooming table. She went to see a Saturday afternoon movie and then she had burger smell on her breath. She didn't even bring one bite home for me. I guess she was feeling guilty because on the way home we stopped at Dairy Queen and shared a blizzard. Yummy!

Neighbourhood Happenings

Mommy and I decided we would go on a walk to check out a couple of happening in our neighbourhood. The first thing we went to check out was a third bridge that goes over our creek. If you remember I barked about bridges 1 & 2 a couple of days ago and I even put up two videos showing them. Bridge 3 was really flooded! That water was just churning over that bridge! Mommy and I stood there for a few minutes and just watched the water. After that we walked down a normally busy street to get back to our street. The street was really quiet because no cars could get across the flooded creek. The only problem is there were a few idiot drivers who thought they would take advantage of the closed street and make it into their drag strip. Rooaarrr.......... went the cars down the street. There has been no spring clean up either because everyone is working on the flood so the dust was really flying. Grrrrrr........ to those people! Maybe the police will show up and give some tickets. Mommy said she had something else to check out and these drag racing drivers likely explain the whole thing. Right at the intersection of my street and this busy street a car had ran over the curb and boulevard, rammed through a fence and smacked right into the back of a house. OMD, the fence was gone and there was a big hole that was boarded up on the house. Some driver had done that during the early hours of the morning and came within a couple of feet to where the people were sleeping. Mommy had seen this on the news and she wanted to check it out. That was two pretty exciting things as things go around our neighbourhood. We then walked down our street to go home. Mommy's pocket started to ring and it was that little tiny thing that she talks into. (aka cell phone) So we walked the rest of the way home with Mommy talking into that little thing. She was telling that stupid little thing all about the creek and the house with the hole. I don't understand it but I ask no questions. That was a fun walk!

This and That

This morning Mommy was complaining that I take up too much of the bed. How could that be? I am only an 8.5 lb pup and Mommy is......... I think I better not bark that if I know what is good for me. Mommy says I have to learn to stretch out length wise on the bed and not width wise. We woke up this morning and I was right in the middle of the bed stretched out width wise and Mommy was right on the edge almost falling off. BOL! I must say I was quite comfortable!

Anyways, I didn't let that bother me too much. The first thing we did this morning was get our garbage and recycling out to the curb. It has to be out by 7 am because it is our garbage day. Mommy was too tired to do it last night so we put it out this morning. She said she was too tired to type for me last night too so she is typing for me now. After putting the garbage out I ate my breakfast. Then I played with my white sheep. I hope Zoe plays with her white sheep today too. We live far apart but we still like to play with our toys together. We get our pictures taken with the same toy, we play a little bit with toys that we send each other and we play on the same day with the same toy. That is as close as we can get with playing with each other. Mommy says that Zoe lives far, far away and it is too far to walk over for a play date.

We are still in the middle of our flood. Mommy and I are high and dry for now. Our biggest worry is sewer backup but Mommy says there is nothing we can do and we have to just keep going, don't worry about something out of our control and hope for the best. So that is what we are doing!

Now since I couldn't bark a diary entry last night I didn't bark about Mommy coming home late from work. Yep, she came home about an hour late. Usually when she comes home late it is because she did some shopping but there were no shopping bags. What kept you Mommy? Mommy said they had a fire alarm in their building about a half an hour before quitting time and everyone had to leave the building. She said everyone was standing outside in the parking lot and big fire engines came. She hasn't found out yet what the problem was but they stood out there for a very long time before the firemen would let them back in. Mommy said she had taken her coat and purse but forgot her car keys on her desk so she couldn't go home. I hope Mommy learned her lesson and the next time there is a fire alarm she will take her car keys so she can come home.

I seem to be barking about this and that in this diary entry. Oh well, it was fun to bark about all the little things.

Walk and Flooded Creek

I went for my first walk today without my booties. Yep, until very recently we have had snow everywhere. For the past few days it has been too wet to go for a walk with all the snow melting. It was much drier today and Mommy would pick me up and carry me over the wet spots. I don't mind going through the wet but Mommy didn't want me to get wet. I really didn't care as long as I got to go on a walk.

Today Mommy decided we should go for a walk and look at our creek. There are four roads that cross our creek one of which we knew was flooded and one we knew was okay. We went to the bridge that we knew was okay and looked at the creek. My path is totally covered in water. :( We then walked to another bridge that goes over our creek that we didn't know the status of. OMD, when we got there we saw that the water was over the road. Mommy took videos at both bridge locations and put them on my page. Now that accounts for three of the four bridges - 2 flooded, 1 okay and 1 unknown. I wonder if the fourth bridge is flooded???? With those two bridges flooded it sure made more traffic by our house.

I enjoyed my walk. It was a nice sunny day and there was lots to look at. I saw a little daschund running with his Mommy. I also saw a bull dog and a cute little bichon called Muffin. I am looking forward to a long spring, summer and fall of walking. Grrrrr.... to the snow!

Pooper Scooper/ Classes

When Mommy came home from work today she had a package. Yahoo, this means she was shopping. What is it? What is it? I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw what she had bought - a pooper scooper!!! Yep, a regular pooper scooper with long hands with one collecting end and one spade type end. Why would she waste money on that???? Mommy says our existing pooper scooper has seen better days since it is over 30 years old! OMD, it should be in a museum! Is there a pooper scooper museum out there that would like our old pooper scooper (slightly used)??? Also it doesn't help that it is buried in a block of ice!!! Even with it being hot all day the ice block still hasn't melted. Since there were some little surprises that have been surfacing since the snow has been melting Mommy went out and cleaned them up. My potty area is now all nice and clean. :)

After we finished with the poop cleaning Mommy said we were going to visit Auntie Lorna. Yahoo, I always love to go and visit Auntie Lorna who by the way is my breeder (for those of you that don't remember from previous diary entries). As I barked before Auntie Lorna is taking me to a big show in the USA next month so she wanted to take me to some classes. Mommy drove me to Auntie Lorna's and then Auntie Lorna took me to class. Mommy stayed at Auntie Lorna's house and visited and had tea. Mommy was waiting for me when I got back. Auntie Lorna told Mommy that I did a good job but that should be no surprise to any pup. She told Mommy I need some more practice on the grooming table. Mommy said she isn't surprised because all we have been doing on the table is grooming and we haven't been practicing standing pretty. I have a feeling that I am going to be standing on the grooming table this week. I had a good time and I get to go back again next Tuesday.

This was a busy evening and I am now ready for bed.

Not Me Strikes Again!

That bad pup called "Not Me" came to my house today. We have not seen him in months and months. I feel sorry for "Not Me" because I don't think this situation was his fault. I will tell you what happened. Tonight Grandpa came for supper. Mommy was busy cooking turkey and generally just talking to Grandpa. Mommy can have a rather one track mind and she was so "into" what she was doing that she ignored everything else. That poor pup called "Not Me" must have been ringing and ringing those bells to go outside and Mommy didn't hear him. Eventually that poor pup had no choice but to do his poopy by the door. The poopy was right up against the door so I could tell that "Not Me" was really trying hard to go outside. After Grandpa left Mommy asked me if I wanted to go outside and that is when she found the poopy. Mommy cleaned it up and didn't say anything. I ran into the living room so Mommy wouldn't get any ideas that it was me that did that poopy. This time it was Mommy's fault because she didn't listen for those bells. Poor "Not Me"!

On the bright side, I got a yummy meal of turkey and kibble for supper. Yummy! Turkey is my favourite!

Worker Guys

Today is Monday and the alarm clock went off like it usually does on a working day. Mommy was hurrying around the house to get ready for her day. When she filled my water dish up in my day room that usually means that she is leaving for work right away. This morning she filled my water dish up and I ran and sat on my day bed waiting for Mommy to leave. Mommy said today was still a holiday and she didn't have to go to work. Yahoo! I ran out of the day room and right to my post looking out the window. Then I got to thinking about this............ Hmmmm............ if Mommy isn't going to work then why did we get up with the alarm clock and why was Mommy rushing around to get ready???? Ready for what is my question??!! It didn't take long for me to get the answers to my questions. While I was looking out the window in backed a big truck and out jumped two worker guys. OMD, now what are they going to do?? I am getting that I am used to having worker guys around. Last week I was upset when some thieves came to our house and stole our two storm doors when Mommy was at work. Is this related????? Yep, these nice worker guys were replacing the storm doors that the thieves stole. So it was lots of banging and drilling which lasted for about 2 hours. Once I figured out what the worker guys were doing I decided I would just cuddle up with Mommy. Mommy and I cuddled up on the love seat and read a book. I think the new doors look good. This is what our doors look like. They are the plain tri-lites at the bottom. Mommy has them so the screen opens at the top so I won't damage the screen when I look out the window. :)

The Easter Bunny Came!

The Easter Bunny came to my house. I don't understand it but I also don't ask any questions because I love the gifts. I got a little basket that had a roll over bone, a 4.5" carrot crunch cookie, a bag of Rollover Mini Bites (liver treats), a bag of Zuke's Mini Natural Chicken treats and a wobbly wobbly ball. Beside the basket was the coolest toy - a white sheep with 5 squeakies! Yep, 5 squeakies in one toy. I just love it! Mommy took some pictures and she will post them later. She forgot to charge up our batteries last night so the camera had just enough power to take the pictures before it died. Once the batteries are charged up I will get Mommy to post the pictures.

Happy Easter to every pup!

Homemade Treat

I had just the most yummy homemade treat tonight. You may remember how much I always bark about my rollover bones. I just love rollover bones! They are real bones stuffed with yummy rollover. Yummy. Tonight Mommy made me a homemade rollover bone. She took my kong and she stuffed it with rollover. Mommy watched TV this evening and I worked on my rollover kong. Yummy, yummy! It took me a couple of hours but eventually I got all the rollover out of the kong. I want Mommy to fill it up with more rollover. She said I had enough tonight but she would stuff it again another day. I can hardly wait! I wonder if the Easter bunny is going to bring me another rollover bone???? I won't tell the Easter bunny about my homemade rollover bone in case he decides I don't need one. I still need a real rollover bone! I do think it is so talented of Mommy to make homemade rollover bones.

Ring, Ring, Ring the Bells!

If you are a regular reader of my diary you may know that I ring bells to ask outside to potty. It works really well for us and when I ring the bells Mommy comes running to let me out. No matter where Mommy is she responds to those bells. First she says, "I hear those bells! I am coming!". Then she starts to walk down the hall and she usually says, "Here I come like a herd of turtles!". BOL! BOL! Even I have to admit that Mommy is slow. Anyways I have digressed but this will give you some background information. I use the bells for more then wanting to go outside to potty or play. A very important part of the bells is to ring them to go outside when Mommy is doing something I don't like. I figure if I ring the bells I can get out of the house and it may be the old "out of sight and out of mind" theory. When Mommy brings out the sucky machine I ring the bells. When Mommy wants me to wear my in-season pants I ring the bells. When Mommy wants to put my booties on I ring the bells. Today Mommy decided she wanted to comb and brush me and she brought out the torture table (aka grooming table) and do you know what I did??? Yep, I ran and rang the bells. After Mommy finished torturing me with the brush and comb she gave me a break. It wasn't a very long break and she brought out the nail clippers. OMD, more torture!!!! I bet you know what I did???? Yep, I went and rang the bells. For some reason I just can't make Mommy believe that I have to go outside when I am avoiding things. Hmmmm....... maybe I had better poop on the floor the next time I am avoiding something so Mommy will start to let me outside when I ring the bells. Yep, that sounds like a plan! Mommy is a slow learner but I will eventually get her trained!

Handypup Jelly

Grandpa came to visit this afternoon with his tools. I always love it when Grandpa comes to visit. I don't think I barked about the fact that the hand rail that goes down to the basement had broken. Yep, the metal piece that hooks to the wall just broke in two. Mommy got a big, big bruise on her leg from it hitting her. She said it could have been much worse. Anyways Mommy bought a new metal piece to fix the rail but she wanted to borrow Grandpa's drill. When Grandpa comes over with his tools that usually means that he fixes whatever needs fixing. BOL!! Today was no exception and Grandpa fixed the hand rail while I supervised from the top of the stairs. Between Grandpa and I we did a very good job. Mommy then made lunch for us. I got some yummy bites of tasty meat, bread, cheese, garlic sausage, pickles and cookies. Yummy!!! Grandpa and I got a good lunch for doing such good work on fixing the hand rail. :) Just call us handyman Grandpa and handypup Jelly!

Dodging the Bullet

So far we have been dodging the bullet so to speak in regards to the flood. Today was a good day and those bad ice jams have moved. It is now reported that we are back to regular flood conditions and not that new situation with all the ice jams. Here is the latest report . I never thought I would bark that I am happy to see flood conditions or at least regular flood conditions. Now I will just keep my paws crossed that things continue to go well. We are suppose to get rain on Sunday and Monday which is not a good thing for a flood situation. More thought is needed..............

I Forgot

This morning I woke up at 6:30 am which is the exact time that the alarm always goes off. I waited and waited and there was no alarm. Hmmm.... I better wake Mommy up so she won't be late for work. Yep, it is Friday which is a work day. I started to give Mommy some nice Affie kisses on the face. Wake up Mommy, Wake Up! (Kiss, kiss, kiss) Wake up Mommy, Wake up! (kiss, kiss, kiss) Finally Mommy woke up and she said there was no work today and she didn't have to get up. "Go back to sleep Jelly!" I slept for about an hour then I decided it was time to get up regardless. No sense in wasting a good day. Again it was kiss, kiss, kiss. This time Mommy got up. I have had a great morning playing with toys and looking out the window.

Flooding

We are now in a very critical time with our flooding. Winnipeg sits on the junction of the Red and Assiniboine Rivers and is often threatened with flooding in the spring. We have a floodway around the City which is like a big, big ditch that takes flood waters around. Our spring has been very cold so with this flood problem we have an additional complication of ice jams. Crews are monitoring the rivers 24/7 watching for these ice jams. Tomorrow we are suppose to reach our highest crest. There is always a threat of flooding because of ice jams and of sewer backup even with the big floodway. This is a video showing the river from Selkirk to Winnipeg. You will see ice jams, sandbagged houses and the floodway.

Missed Opportunity

I don't know how I have been doing it for the past 3 years but I have been missing a golden opportunity for tasty little morsels of food. Call me a stupid little puppy or naive or what ever else you think of but that is what has happened. How you ask?? Every morning Mommy makes a yummy lunch to take to work. Where she works there is no cafeteria, no restaurant and not even a lunch room. So if she doesn't want to drive somewhere to a restaurant she has to pack a lunch. For some reason I have never paid any attention to this lunch packing ritual. In the mornings I go out to potty, eat my breakfast and then I play with my toys. While I am busy playing with my toys Mommy is getting ready for work which includes packing a lunch. All of a sudden it came to my attention that she packs some really yummy items. There is mouth watering little pieces of deli meats, cheese, cookies, apple and pretty much anything that is a leftover. OMD, I don't know how I missed it!! Now every morning I venture onto the slippery kitchen floor and stand right beside Mommy while she makes her lunch. I always get a few yummy bites of something. :) I wonder if I can claim for all those mornings of missed yummies???? I think I should get all those missed bites of goodness with interest! Hmmmm.......... I will have to think how much three years of missed morning yummies would add up to.

Easter Weekend

I am so excited because the Easter weekend is almost here. The best part is that Mommy gets four days in a row off of work. Yep, Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday! This is just heaven!! I sure hope that Easter bunny comes to my house and brings me toys and treats. The Easter bunny has come here every year so he should come again. I can't figure out how he gets in and out of our house without me knowing but I am too happy to get the treats and toys to worry about it too much. Another good thing is that our turkey is in the fridge unthawing. Turkey is my very favourite food! I can't wait to eat some yummy turkey. The only thing that is really strange about this year is all the snow that we have. Usually it is much nicer by Easter time. The weather is suppose to be warm so hopefully lots of that snow will melt over the weekend. I have to get to bed now so the weekend will come sooner! Bark at you later!

Mommy's Birthday

Today is my Mommy's birthday. I started the day by giving her some special hugs and kisses. I was disappointed when she had to go to work today. Humans shouldn't have to go to work on their birthdays! When Mommy got home she had bought me a present. I love birthdays because I always seem to get something. Mommy bought me a roll of "Rollover" organic turkey and vegetable. She said we will cut it up in small pieces to add to my kibble. Mommy always adds a little tasty tidbit into my kibble. :) Anyways, back to Mommy's birthday. Grandpa came over and took Mommy out for supper. Grrr........ I had to sit at home. Grrrr......... Mommy went to a yummy place called Rae and Jerry's Steak House. I could just smell it off her breath! She had roast prime rib of beef for supper and apple crisp with ice cream for dessert. I love roast beef and I love ice cream and I love apple crisp. Did Mommy bring anything home for me??? No! Not even one yummy mouth full! Hmmmmm............. I had my kibble with Rollover in it for my supper. That Rollover didn't look as good as it did earlier before I knew about the roast beef. I was a good pup and ate my Rollover and kibble. Happy Birthday Mommy!

We were robbed!

We got robbed today! Yep, it is true and I will tell you all about it. Mommy went to work like usual when all of a sudden I heard a noise at the front door. There was lots of banging noise and it didn't take me long to realize that a strange man had removed the storm door and put it in his truck. I was barking like crazy! "Robber, Robber! Thief, Thief! Get out of here!!! Help, help!!!" I was locked in my day room and there wasn't anything that I could do. I just had to hope that the neighbours would hear my barking. Where is Mommy??? Then the guy went to the back door and stole that storm door too. Bark, bark, and bark!!!! I barked as loud as I could! The neighbours were not hearing me. The neighbour pups were not even answering my barking! I heard no police cars. I heard no alarms!!! No one came!!! Then the guy covered the frame with white metal at both the front and back door. He then made his escape. Bye-bye doors!!! I was so worried what Mommy would say when she came home. I think I need my own phone in my room so I could call 911! Yep, I have to be able to call 911 emergency! I don't understand why those guys would want to steal both our doors. Much to my surprise Mommy wasn't upset with the situation when she got home. She said we were getting new storm doors. Hello, yes we are getting new doors because the old ones were stolen! Mommy says not to worry because they were suppose to remove the old doors and "cap" the frames with metal. Grrrrr.... I don't like this one bit!!!! She says that new doors will be installed. I will believe it when I see it!

Happy Birthday Niece!

Today is our niece's birthday. Yep, she is 19 years old today. She lives far away from us so we couldn't see her today. Mommy and I phoned her this afternoon to wish her "Happy Birthday". Happy Birthday! I think I should get a special treat today to celebrate her birthday.

Easter Basket

My life is made up of Easter baskets these days. First Mommy posts that picture of me sitting in an Easter basket (it is currently my main picture). She thinks I look so cute in there. Would you like to find me in your Easter basket?

Then last night we played a game with Schnauzer's Rule which is a group here on Dogster that I belong to. I had to go through all the clues and sniff out the threads in the group to find the treasure. I found it first! There it was another Easter basket. You can see the Easter basket I found on my page.

I love Easter and Easter baskets!

Negotiation Time!

I think it is negotiation time or maybe I should say blackmail time. Hee-hee! Let me explain the situation. I heard Mommy talking to Auntie Lorna on the phone today and they were talking about me going to a doggy show in the USA. They want me to go to show handling classes for a "refresher" and want to see how I behave. If I show well then I go to the show but if I decide I am going to walk around with my tail down then I stay home. Now these humans seem to want me to go to this show. So as far as I am concerned if they want me to show nice then it will cost them big time! I am in a good position to negotiate and I should be able to get lots out of this. Maybe I should even hire an agent like the big sports stars have and get a really good contract. Does any pup know of an agent that would like to negotiate for me?? Let me see what my demands should be:

1. I want ice-cream after every show and every handling practice. (I am reasonable and know it would melt and be messy if it was used as bait.)
2. I want a new rollover bone every week for the next six months.
3. I want Mommy to take me to the lake for an extra week this summer.
4. Mommy is to take me on a 45 minute walk every day.
5. I want to go to Assiniboine Park every weekend all summer.
6. I want to eat some yummy chicken every week.
7. I want to travel in the best of style. I want an air conditioned car and a soft cushion to sleep on in the car. I also want an air conditioned hotel room.
8. My loofa dog must come to the show with me.

This is just for starters and I think I can think of some more demands.

Friday's News

Mommy was too tired to type for me last night so I have to bark yesterday's news today. Grrrr......... I was very happy it was Friday because that means that Mommy is home for two days. Mommy is still on her mission not to leave all our work for Saturday and Sunday and I think I can get into that. More time on Saturday and Sunday means more time for me! So with this in mind Mommy did two of our Saturday chores on Friday after she got home from work. First she went grocery shopping and brought some bags of food home. I helped her put everything away. Then after that we did laundry which meant Mommy went up and down the stairs to the basement. I don't go in the basement much so I stand at the top of the stairs and listen carefully to make sure Mommy is okay. I wait there for when she comes back up. Of course I played with my toys which I do everyday. I also chewed on my Rollover bone that I just love. I have pretty much got all the rollover out of that bone and I hope I get another one for an Easter present. They are just over $7.00 each with taxes so they are not cheap but they sure are yummy. I got a rollover bone for Christmas and another one for Valentines Day so hopefully there will be one for me for Easter. Anyways back to my Friday. After laundry Mommy and I watched some TV but Mommy was tired and said we should go to bed. We went to bed and I cuddle up to Mommy. Both Mommy and I slept very sound and didn't wake up for 7.5 hours. There was no alarm clock to wake us up this morning which I liked. I have barked before about how much I hate alarm clocks. Anyways I am full of energy for my Saturday!

Quiet Around Here!

It is kind of boring around here today. First it just won't quit snowing and even though it isn't snowing much it is still snowing. When I go outside I am jumping around in a bunch of snow so I would rather stay in the house. Mommy is real tired tonight and said it is because she got to bed late last night because we were out late at my classes and then she had to get up extra early this morning. This means that Mommy isn't doing anything exciting. So in the absence of any excitement a pup has to find their whole entertainment. I have been amusing myself playing with my toys, chewing my bone and looking out the window.

I almost forget there was one little piece of excitement. Mommy came home with a bag that smelled real yummy and said it was my Easter present. She hid it on the top shelf of the cupboard in my day room. I wonder if I can find a way to get up there????? Maybe that will be my project tomorrow.

I am happy that tomorrow is Friday and the weekend is almost here! Maybe Mommy will have more energy on the weekend???

Doggy School Night

It was still snowing when Mommy got home from work although not too much. Tonight was doggy school night so Mommy hurried and made her supper and cleaned up around the house. While Mommy was doing that I was busy looking out the window and barking at everyone who walked by. At 7:00pm Mommy settled in to watch one of her favourite shows called "Medium". It was boring so I looked out the window. At 8 pm the action started and we got ready for class. By 8:15 pm we were on the road going to doggy school. When we go to school we drive right through downtown. I don't get to see downtown very often so it is interesting to me. At one bus stop there had to be 30 people standing around and I barked at them. We got to class about 8:50 pm which is just enough time to comfortably be prepared for our 9:00 pm class. We started the class with all the pups heeling around and around in a circle to music. I like this part. After that we did some work with that stupid wood thing (aka dumb bell). Mommy was very bad and she hadn't been practising with me with the stupid wood thing. How am I suppose to improve with that stupid wood thing if Mommy never helps me practise. Bad Mommy!!!!! Then we moved on to doing some stays and recalls. This time the people put their pups all over the place in the centre of the ring and the humans stood all around. One by one the owners called their pups and then put them back into the centre. This meant I had pups coming from all over and I had to stay. When it was my turn to come I had to pass lots of pups that were staying. We did this a number of times. Then we did some more heeling with about turns and halts where the pup has to sit. Then we did this exercise called "go". The owner and the pup stands back from a pole and sends the pup out by saying "go" and then "around" to go around the pole and come back to the human. It was kind of interesting. Then we did some jumps and I sure do like jumps. Mommy would tell me to stay and then walk way to the other side of the ring and say, "Jelly high". This meant I am suppose to jump the high jump and run to Mommy. I went really fast and I must say I love that game!!! After that we did some stands or sits for examination. It was up to the humans whether they did a stand or a sit. Mommy had me do a sit because I am leary about having strangers come and examine me when I am away from Mommy. Then we ended the class with some ordinary sit-stays. We all sat at one end of the ring in a row while the humans were at the other end of the ring. We sat for over two minutes. The pup beside me got up and his Mommy came in to put him back and I did not move! Mommy said I was very good. After this we hopped right into the car to come home. I curled up in my dog seat for a nap and Mommy drove and talked on her cell phone to Grandpa. Bad Mommy again!!!! You should not talk and drive! Bad, bad, Mommy!!! By the time we got home it was after 11 pm and I was getting pretty hungry even though I had lots of treats in class. Mommy fed me my kibble and I ate most of it and I am now settling in for a nice nap.

April Fools

Nature played a very nasty joke on Mommy and I for April Fools this morning. Last night Mommy looked at the weather on the Internet and it said we would be getting 2 cm of snow over night. No problem, 2 cm is nothing!!! Well, Mommy and I got up and the first thing we noticed when Mommy opened the door to let me out to potty was the deep snow on the deck. Oh no, this is much more then 2 cm!!! Then Mommy looked out on the driveway and it was a winter wonderland! Yep, snow everywhere!! It had blown in too and there were drifts that were almost up to Mommy's waist. I know I do tend to exaggerate but this time I didn't exaggerate at all. Mommy went out with a shovel and she said she felt like she was shoveling with a teaspoon because she was getting no where fast! BOL!!! Mommy then had to get the big snow thrower machine out and clear all the snow. Mommy was even an hour late to get to work but luckily they are understand. Happy April Fools to me and my Mommy!!! BOL! I don't think this was a very good April Fools joke to play on us.

Wild and Crazy

Tonight I was a super wild and crazy pup. I don't know why but that is the way it was. I was full of energy and really happy so all I wanted to do was play, play, play. I upset the basket of toys in the computer room and had toys everywhere. BOL!! Then I was pulling out all different toys in the living room. I was playing with soft fuzzy squeaky toys, soft fuzzy screaming toys and latex squeaky toys. I took my toys to Mommy and bugged her lots. Throw the toy Mommy, throw the toy!!!! Yahoo, it was so much fun. In between I looked out the window and barked at pups going by. Then it was play, play, play again! Then I chewed on my bone for awhile. Then it was play, play, play again! Fun, fun, fun!!!!! I have barked enough and I am off to play some more. Bark at you later pups!

A Nice Sunday

Mommy went out early this morning for breakfast and she didn't take me. :( The good part is she was home by 9:30 am and she said we could go for a walk. Yahoo! She pulled out my collar and leash and I was happy. She pulled out my coat that I got from Lexie and I was happy. Then she pulled out my booties and I was not happy and ran away. BOL! She caught up with me and I rolled over on my back in protest. No, no, no! I don't want to wear the booties!!!! It did me no good at all and before I knew it those booties were on my feet. Once I got outside I forgot about the booties. Just minutes before we left our house the sidewalk plow came by and cleared the snow from the sidewalk. This made it much easier for me to walk. That machine was leaking some pink fluid and all along the sidewalk was little drops of pink. I wanted to investigate but Mommy wouldn't let me even have a sniff. Oh well, I had lots of things to look at so I forgot about the pink spots. I saw a squirrel running from one tree to another and I wanted to chase him but I couldn't because of that stupid leash. Grrrrr...... I went by three yards that had pups that barked at me. I just ignored those bad pups. We went on another street and Mommy and I had to walk single file because the sidewalks had not been cleared yet. I walked in front of Mommy and lead the way! Then we saw the snowplow guy clearing sidewalks. Mommy and I went into a driveway to let the snowplow guy go by. That plow sure made lots of noise but I wasn't scared at all. After that it was so much easier to walk and Mommy and I walked side by side. Then I noticed the little pink dots again. About every foot there was a little drop of pink. Mommy said if that snowplow guy kept going long enough he was going to run into trouble because all that fluid would be gone. We just kept walking and went by the creek. There was a big backhoe sitting on the bridge with a man sitting in there doing nothing. Yep, he was doing nothing. They kept a backhoe on the bridge so if there were any ice jams he could reach down with the backhoe and break it up. Mommy says there is someone in that backhoe 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. We looked at the creek and it was one solid sheet of ice so we don't think that guy was going to have too much to do. He is preventing the ice jams so our houses don't flood. That is very nice of him to do that. Anyways, we kept walking and we got back home. Mommy and I then had to shovel by our driveway where the snowplow guy left a pile of snow. On the whole walk I didn't see a single person or a single pup walking. Mommy said it was too early on a Sunday morning for many people to be out. After that we went in the house.

Once we got into the house Mommy started to make yummy barbeque ribs in this big pot she calls a slow cooker. It wasn't long before there was a wonderful smell throughout the house. I spent the rest of my day looking out the window, playing with toys and napping. Finally eight hours later our ribs were done. I got a little taste and I must say they were yummy.

I had a great day today and the only bad part is that tomorrow is Monday and Mommy has to go to work for five days. Grrrr..... I wish every day was a weekend day. Mommy said that is called retirement. I sure would like my Mommy to retire...............

Vet Visit

Today I went to the V-E-T. It wasn't bad at all but don't tell Mommy I barked that. First I got to go on a car ride to the vet which was fun. We went in and Mommy made me lay down and be a good pup which spoiled my fun. I had to lay quiet and no barking and no growling!!! Party Pooper is Mommy's new name! I saw two kitties come out of the exam room in their carriers. I also saw people coming and going picking up food and medication. I then had to go on the scale to be weighted. I am now a whole 8.5 lbs and Mommy says I am in perfect weight. It does help that I eat my food well now. BOL! Just think I have doubled my weight since I came to live with Mommy at 4 months old. I sure was a small puppy! BOL! Then we went into the exam room and I was put up on the tall table. Before I knew it Dr. S walked in and she was nice to me. She gave me a yummy treat right from the start which put me into a good frame of mind. She looked at my teeth, looked at my ears, looked at my eyes and generally examined me all over. She listened to my heart and moved my back legs around. I then got a little prick with the needle which was my distemper and parvo shot. Dr. S said that everything looked good. I have to come back sometime after the middle of April for my heart worm test. Mommy then went and paid the bill and before I knew it I was back in the car riding home.

After I got home I spent my day looking out the window and barking, napping and playing with toys. It was a good day.

Saturday Chores were Friday Chores

I had a real good sleep last night. Mommy did the laundry yesterday when she got home from work so that meant we got clean sheets last night. I just love the smell of nice clean sheets! I think I still like new bags of kibble better but clean sheets is a close second. Mommy also did her grocery shopping on the way home from work yesterday too. I was so surprised when she came home with all those bags of yummy food. What is with all this Mommy?? We always do these things on Saturday. Mommy says we have to try and "free up" our weekends and do more chores during the week. I can go for that if "free up" means more time for me. So Saturday Chores were Friday Chores....... What are we doing today? I am hoping Mommy forgets about the V-E-T! I wonder what those chores will be next week??? Wednesday chores or Thursday chores........ Who knows!??? All this change is a bit too much for a little pup like me to understand.

V-E-T

I have to go to the V-E-T tomorrow morning. :0 9:30 am is the dooms day time! Yep and I will even need S-H-O-T-S! I will get poked and probed and weighted. This is some sort of strange spring activity that we do every year. Then later in the spring I have to go back so those vampires can take some of my B-L-O-O-D (aka heart worm test). I can't even say those words they are so awful! Mommy says not to be so dramatic because I like Dr. S. Hmmmm.... I don't remember that part. We will see...............

New Kibble Bag Day

Today was one of my favourite days because we opened up a new bag of kibble. I just love kibble when the bag is first opened up. I wish I could open up a new bag of kibble every day. I gobbled up a 1/4 cup of kibble for breakfast and a 1/4 of a cup of kibble for supper. Yummy!!!

More Winter Storm

Well that storm continued all night and then most of today. This morning when Mommy got up she had to do a bunch more shoveling of snow to get the car out. All day it was snow and wind so I bet you know what our driveway looked like when Mommy got home tonight. Yep, it was full of snow again and Mommy couldn't get our car in the driveway. Again Mommy had to get that big blowy machine out to remove the snow. Again I looked out the dining room window and supervised Mommy doing the snow clearing. We watched the movie Ground Hog Day last night and I was beginning to think I was having my own Ground Hog Day! BOL! Our street has lots of deep snow and Mommy has lots of trouble getting the car from our driveway to a major street. The City won't plow the residential streets because the snow is suppose to melt in a couple of days. Until then it will be hard getting around.................

Winter Storm

I have so much to bark about that I don't know where to start. We are having a "winter storm" which we sure hope is our last for this year. Last night while Mommy and I were watching TV the lights kept flickering and flickering. Finally at 11 pm the lights went out and did not come back on. We were sitting in the dark! :O Mommy said we might as well go to bed because there wasn't much else to do. BOL! We walked around the house with a flash light and got ready for bed. The lights didn't come back on until 6:15 am! By this time the temperature in the house was down to 14 C/ 57 F. Mommy and I were nice and warm cuddling under a blanket together all night. When the electricity came back on Mommy said we would stay in bed under the covers for awhile so the furnace could warm up the house. I loved this part! Eventually Mommy said we had to get up and she started to get ready to go to work. The lights went out again! This time they were only out for a few minutes. Outside it was snowing and blowing and Mommy headed off to work. Mommy said the roads were just terrible and a normal 25 minute drive to work took over 1 hour. The snow on the roads was very deep and Mommy had to be very careful not to get stuck. It snowed and blowed and snowed and blowed all day! When Mommy got home from work she could not get into the driveway because the snow was too deep and she couldn't find a spot to park on the street where she wouldn't get stuck. There was a trail down the street to drive on and that was it. Finally Mommy had to park illegally beside a fire hydrant because it was the only place she wouldn't get stuck. She came into the house by climbing through deep snow banks and changed her clothes to go out and clear all that snow. I got to watch her from the dining room window. Mommy got that big blowy machine going and worked and worked on the driveway to clear the snow. Finally the snow was cleared and Mommy went to bring our car into the driveway. Oooops, the car was stuck in the snow!!! Mommy went forward and backward and forward and backward and eventually the car got unstuck and Mommy drive it into our driveway and into the garage. When Mommy got in the house she said we weren't going to dog classes tonight because she didn't want to drive to the other end of the city on those bad roads. That is just as well because I was happy to just enjoy the rest of the evening in the house. It is still doing some snowing out there! I think Mommy is going to have another bad driving day tomorrow. Poor Mommy!!! I will think of her while I am enjoying my day room and my routine of playing with toys, napping and eating treats.

Waiting in My Spot

I have a special place in the computer room where I eat my breakfast and my supper. It is right beside the computer. When Mommy feeds me she always keeps me company and works on the computer while I am eating. I really like it that she sits at the computer because it would be much too hard for me to keep track of Mommy and to eat too. The special place where I eat is called "my spot". When Mommy goes to make my meals I run and sit right in "my spot" and I wait for her to serve my supper. While Mommy is measuring out my kibble and putting in the extra yummy pieces which she prepares in a different room she always asks, "Jelly, are you waiting in your spot?" She should know the answer to that because I always wait in my spot for my meals. I am a very good pup!

Presents and Apple Pie

I don't normally like Mondays because Monday is the beginning of the week and Mommy has to go to work for 5 days. This Monday started out like all the others with Mommy going off to work. Then the evening came and everything changed. First our niece came to visit with her friend. I just couldn't believe that she brought me a present. She gave me a nice container with paw prints on it with a lid that would seal so I could keep my yummy treats fresh. Then there was the best present of all, a funny stuffed pink hydrant type man that just made the neatest noises. Every time I shake that toy it makes that noise. I just love, love, love my pink hydrant man! After a couple of hours the door bell rang and in walked Grandpa! Yahoo! More company!!! It was then tea time and the humans had tea and apple pie. I got to have some pieces of that yummy pie. I think we should get company every evening if it means presents and apple pie.

How could I know?

Today is Sunday so Mommy was spending extra time in the swimming pool (aka bath tub). She loves to sit in there and read a book. I don't like that much because it is so boring. The end result is I have to amuse myself on Sunday when Mommy is in the swimming pool. I was looking out the window and then checking on Mommy. Back to the window and then check on Mommy. I think you are getting the picture. On one of my trips and back forth from the window to the bathroom I caught a couple of interesting items out of the corner of my eye on the deacon bench by the front entrance. What is that?? There was a stuffed bunny and a stuffed ducky. Mommy must have brought some new toys home for me. I had a real hard time trying to get them because they were out of my reach. I worked real hard and stretched as far as I could and eventually I got the bunny. I grabbed that bunny and took him into the living room. What a nice toy! Then I tried to get the ducky and Mommy heard me making noise. I heard her from the bathroom, "Jelly, what are you doing?" I stopped right away and went to tell Mommy how much I love the bunny and the ducky. "Please Mommy come and help me get the ducky!" Finally, Mommy got out of the swimming pool! When she came into the living room she took my bunny away and said this was her toy and not mine! No, no, no Jelly!!!! She said it was our Easter decoration and was not a toy. Something about the eyes and nose can come off and they are dangerous for pups to play with. How could I possibly know that?? They look just like my toys!! This is too much for a little pup to understand. Now Mommy has the ducky and the bunny up very high where I will never be able to reach. :(

I am so sad

I am so sad today because my dear friend Duncan has gone to the Rainbow Bridge. He went far to young at only 8 years old. Dear friend I will miss you so much. Our thoughts and prayers are with you dear little Duncan.

No Grass for Me Yet!

Spring is finally here or at least that is what the calendar says. My yard is still full of snow and I haven't seen even one blade of grass yet. The temperatures are warmer and the snow is melting so we have lots of water and ice around. I don't really like going outside right now even though it is warmer because I don't like the water, wet snow and ice. I just go outside to potty quickly and come right back in. I have been listening to the radio and I am told we have a high risk of flooding this spring. We should be okay because our City has a big ditch that will protect us. The forecast for the next few days is for rain and I am told that if we get lots of rain it will almost certainly create a flooding situation this year. I am hoping for very little rain. I am really looking forward to the snow going away and the grass coming back. I love running on grass, rolling on grass, laying on grass and even eating grass. Good-bye snow and hello grass!

Puppy Update

As I barked yesterday I am now an Auntie which I am just so excited about. My sister Puppet had her puppies yesterday and it is official that I now have a niece and a nephew. Welcome little affies! I love being an Auntie.

Auntie Jelly

I became an official Auntie today. I am just so excited. My full litter sister Puppet had her litter today. In the x-ray there were two puppies. At last report one boy puppy had been born. I hope everything went well for her. I will have to get an update. I think "Auntie Jelly" sounds really nice. Now my Mommy isn't the only one who is an Auntie!!

Wednesday = Dog School Night

I just couldn't believe that it was Wednesday night already which means it was dog school night. Time sure does fly! Mommy hurried right home from work and got busy and made her supper. Now something is wrong with this picture. How come Mommy can have supper before we go to school and I can't??? Isn't this a special evening for the pup?? Why should the pup go hungry??? Makes no sense to me. Anyways back to my evening after my little rant! BOL! Then Mommy packed up everything we needed to take with us and put it right by the door. There was my car seat complete with seat belt and most importantly my training bag. In my bag were lots of treats which is the most important item. There was also my stupid wood thing (aka dumb bell), my clicker, my leash, my gentle leader (Grrrrrr.....), Mommy's wallet (in case I want her to buy something ) and our cell phone. Yep, it all looked complete! We still had lots of time before we had to leave at 8:00 pm. Mommy decided that she would watch TV from 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm and watched "Medium". At 8:00 pm Mommy took my car seat out to the car and hooked it up and then loaded me and my obedience bag into the car. It was an uneventful trip to school and I just barked at a few people especially when we went past that big shopping centre. We arrived about 15 minutes early for class so we just chilled out in the puppy training room. Then it was time for classes. I was looking around for Bounce and Auntie Lorna but they did not show up! :( I rather enjoyed classes tonight. We did lots of heeling. First we did heeling as a big group to music and then we did a bunch of heeling individually. We did normal speed, fast speed and slow speed. After that we did some sit-stays and down-stays. Then it was time to do some sit-stays again and a lady came around and examined each pup. The pup was not to move! I didn't move! :) After that we had lots of fun with jumps. I was jumping a high jump and a broad jump. Fun, fun, fun!!! I love to jump! Then we did some practice with our hand signals - stand, sit, stay, down and come. By this point the whole hour class was over and it was time to go home. I heard Mommy talk to the teacher about the stupid wood thing and they were discussing what Mommy and I should practice this week. Grrrr......... It was a fun hour with lots of those new yummy treats that Mommy bought. Do you think that Mommy has a method to her madness???? Lets see, one hungry and starving pup and lots of treats. Hmmmmm.......... I guess that could equal lots of learning. I have got side tracked again! BOL! There isn't really much more to bark about. It was time to go home so back in my car seat I went and I slept all the way home. When I got into the house I had the zoomies for some reason and just roared around the house a few times. Then it was out to potty and time for supper. I wasn't too hungry after my treats and ate about half my supper. Now I am ready for a good nights sleep.

Happy St. Patrick's Day

Happy St. Patrick's Day! I hope every pup had a nice St. Patrick's Day. I got to celebrate St. Patrick's Day with a BIG cookie. It is made of all natural ingredients and is so big that it takes me a few sessions to eat it all up. It was real yummy! I can't wait until tomorrow when I can continue to eat it. St. Patrick's Day is a yummy day!

Stupid Wood Thing Game

When Mommy got home from work we played that silly game with the stupid wood thing (aka dumb bell). I had been giving that stupid wood thing a kiss and then Mommy clicks this clicker thing and gives me a treat. She got real fussy where I kiss it too and I had to kiss the long wood piece. If I kissed the end pieces there was no click. Since I want a click I only kissed the long wood piece. I am a smart pup! Today Mommy quit clicking when I kissed the long wood piece. What is up with this??? Mommy is changing the rules of the game!! This should not be allowed!! How can a pup play a game when the rules are always changing??? I then tried to sit, lay down, give a paw and just about anything that has worked in the past for a click and a treat. I thought Mommy had a one tracked mind and she wanted something to do with that stupid wood thing. I kissed it again and no click. Hmmmm............ I have to think about this??? Then I opened my mouth and put that stupid wood thing in my mouth. CLICK!!! Yep, the clicker went click and I got a treat when I opened my mouth and put that stupid wood thing in there. It worked time and time again! No click for kissing but a click for putting it in my mouth. I have a feeling that Mommy will change the rules of this game again. I wonder what she will want next time????................

Another Beautiful Day

It was 6 C /43 F today and sunny. The snow was melting like crazy again. Our driveway is a combination of a big pool of water and ice. When Mommy got home she tried to scrap off a bunch of ice and made a path right from the garage to the front door. It didn't help much because as fast as she was scrapping away the ice it was filling up with water! BOL! I had a great time watching her from the window. Eventually Mommy decided this wasn't helping at all and gave up. After that bit of entertainment I went outside and sniffed around. The back yard is still all snow except most of the snow on the deck has melted. I then enjoyed looking out the dining room window until it got too dark and Mommy shut the curtains. One day down and four more to go until the weekend. I love weekends!

Sunbathing Outside!

I had a very nice Sunday. The weather is just so beautiful! It was 6 C /43 F and the snow was melting like crazy!. This morning I started my day by gobbling down a whole bowl of kibble and then I sniffed around outside for awhile. I spent lots of time looking out the big dining room window and barking at all the pups and humans that went by. I was saying, "Keep going! Do not stop here! Keep going! This is my house!" It must of worked because no one stopped. I really have to keep my eyes on the pup across the street. His Daddy smokes and he stands outside on his front steps to smoke. Let me tell you he sure smokes more now that the weather is nicer. Every time he goes outside to smoke that big black lab comes out too. That pup runs down their driveway and I bark like crazy, "Stop right there! Do not cross the street!" Sure enough it works again and the pup goes back. I also had a good time playing with all my toys this afternoon. In the afternoon it was so nice outside that I lay on the deck and enjoyed the sunshine for the first time since last fall. It was just heavenly! Our deck is very sheltered and much of the snow had melted and the temperature on the deck always seems warmer then the air temperature with the sun beating down. I hope I can get lots more outside sunbathing in. Then I got an extra special treat for supper - Mommy's home cooking. Mommy made a batch of home cooking and froze it into individual portions. Every Sunday I get a special meal of home cooking. Yummy! All and all it was a great day.

Cali is 17 Years Old!

My good pal Cali is 17 years old today. Not too many pups make it to 17 years of age. She is a beautiful Miniature Poodle and is just so photogenic. Please go over there today and visit her page. Show her some love and send a p-mail, some bones, a pup pal request or even a rosette. I know she will love to hear from you!

Delightful Day!

It is a beautiful day today. The sun is shining and it is -1 C / 30 F. The snow is melting everywhere. To top it off today is Saturday so Mommy is home. Mommy did her Saturday routine of going out to do her errands. She brought home some yummy human groceries that I am certain I will be enjoying too. She went to the library and brought home 3 books. I love reading books because I can cuddle up to Mommy while she looks at those books and flips the pages. As much as I love reading books I can't see how Mommy will ever get those books read by April 4th which is their due date. Mommy said it is no problem because she can just renew the books on line if she doesn't get them read. Anyways back to Mommy's errands and I have left the best for last. She brought me home some treats. She said my yummy freeze dried chicken pieces were on sale so she bought me another bag. Yummy, I can't have too many of those tasty little chicken snacks. She also brought me home a new treat called, "Wellness Just for Puppy Treats". They are holistic little squares of lamb, salmon, fruit and veggies. Mommy said she thought they would be perfect for our training treats. She would take a square of the treat and cut it up into small pieces. So, she wanted to see if I liked these treats. I took a piece and let me tell you they are absolutely delightful!!! I think I might even cooperate with Mommy when it comes to that stupid wood thing (dumbbell) for these treats! I have to run now pups and check out the activity from the front dining room window. Bark at you later!

New Game

I have a new game that I call the "Splash You" game. It is kind of like my Jelly Belly Tickle game with no tickles but with splashes. I have found that I get bored when Mommy is in the swimming pool (aka bath tub). I want to play! I will go and put my paws up on the bath tub and give Mommy that "get me" look. She takes her fingers and splashes a bit of water in my face and says "I am going to get you! Run, run, run". With that I take off with the zoomies running all around the house. I then come back and I just stick my head around the corner again to see Mommy and she says, "I am going to get you! Run, run, run!!!". I take off again with the zoomies. This game is so much fun! If I want more excitement I go right up to the swimming pool (aka bath tub) and Mommy will splash me again and you got it! She says, "I am going to get you! Run, run, run". I take off again! I just love those little splashes of water in my face! It is so exciting to get splashed in the face and do the zoomies around the house.

I Puked!

Last night I went to bed with Mommy and I just didn't settle in. It didn't take more then about 2 minutes and Mommy could tell that I was going to puke. She didn't want me to puke in the bed so she put me on the floor. Right Mom, worry more about the bed then me! Sure enough I puked a small little bit of clear/cloudy stuff. Then I was upset and I ran to my day room and jumped on my day bed. Mommy says I always seem to scare myself when I puke. I was sitting on my day bed and shaking because someone called Mommy had to be responsible for this happening to me since I was laying next to her at the time. This used to concern Mommy and as she says she used to play into it. That isn't what I would call it but I would describe it as she used to be concerned about me. Mommy said that she has had other dogs that will puke a bit of clear stuff and I was to get over it. Can you just imagine a Mommy saying those things??!! Mommy invited me back to bed but no I wanted to sleep on my day bed. I wanted no part of Mommy since she caused the puke and she wasn't being concerned. Mommy said fine and that she was going to bed and she left me. Well, I am a stubborn pup so I slept in my day room all night. This morning Mommy woke up and called my name and I had totally forgotten about last night and I came running into the bedroom with my tail wagging. I just finished eating my whole bowl of kibble so Mommy knows I am feeling good.

Looking Out the Window

My favourite activity these days is looking out the dining room window. All winter it has been dark when Mommy goes to work and dark when she comes home so I have only been able to look out the dining room window on weekends. Mommy wouldn't keep the curtains open in the evenings when it was dark because she said she felt like a fish in a fish bowl. BOL! With these longer days and the time change I get much more time to look out the window. Today I looked out the window from 5 pm until 8 pm. It was so much fun. There wasn't much activity and in fact I didn't see a single pup. It was just so nice to look around. I can report that my neighbourhood is secure and I will get a good sleep tonight.

Mean Tricks and Kissing Wood Things!

Today is Wednesday and Wednesday nights are now my obedience school night. Mommy came home and made her supper and watched some TV. I was enjoying the extra day light and spent most of my time looking out the dining room window. Our class doesn't start until 9 pm so we had time to relax after Mommy got home from work. At 8 pm Mommy started to load things up and about 8:15 pm we were on our way to classes. There seemed to be fewer dogs there tonight. We did the usual heeling exercise and some other exercises to build up our skills. There were a couple of things we did that you just won't believe! One of these things was our sit and stay and our down and stay. Now doing sit-stays and down-stays are very common but I couldn't believe what happened next. Mommy told me to sit and stay and then she left me and walked about six feet away. Boring, I have done this a million times. Then this lady came up to me with food and told me to go down. Of course I wanted the food so I tried to be a good pup and go down and Mommy corrected me and said, "NO" and made me keep sitting. I couldn't believe that those humans would pull such a nasty trick on a little pup! They then did the same thing again and again I tried to go down and Mommy said "NO". Mean humans!!!!! Then we moved on to the down-stay. Mommy told me to down and stay and she went six feet away. Again this same lady came around with food and told me to sit. Of course I want to obey so I tried to sit and again Mommy said , "NO". Those mean humans were playing another mean trick on a little pup. I sure hope they feel superior tricking a sweet little pup like me. Grrrrrr.......... After I got over this dramatic incident we moved on to those stupid wood things that Mommy calls a "dumbbell". They sure are a "dumbbell" in my opinion! Mommy used this clicker thing that we have used before. Basically what happens is when the pup does what the human wants then the clicker will click and the food follows. I try to do all kinds of different things until I find the action that makes the clicker click and the food come. This is a crazy game that those humans made up but I play along. I couldn't believe what Mommy was having me do today. Today I had to kiss the wood dowel piece of the dumbbell to get the clicker to click and a treat to follow. Imagine kissing that piece of wood!! I hadn't had any supper yet and I was hungry so I kissed the wood thing and I got the food. OMD, I wonder what they will be wanting me to do next with that stupid wood thing???? After all this craziness the class was over and I came home. Finally I got my supper and now I am totally beat. I think I will sleep well tonight.

Mommy Froze

I felt so sorry for Mommy today when I heard about her day. It was a very cold day today and when she got into work the boiler on her half of the building had shut off and it was freezing in her office. She said the building is only two years old but they have been having one problem after another. If you have been reading my diary you may remember when Mommy had rain falling on her desk and it ruined her computer. Well, they didn't drowned Mommy so now they are trying to freeze her. Grrrrrr..... She said the heat didn't come on until about 12:30 pm and she sat there all morning freezing. Poor Mommy! I was nice and warm in my day room while my Mommy was freezing. I do feel sorry for her.

Where is Spring?

Where is that spring?? It seems like it will never get here. Right now it is -21 C / -6 F with a wind chill of -35 C / -31 F. It is just freezing out there and I thought I was going to freeze my little butt off when I went out to potty. We also have a 60% chance of flurries this evening. Where is spring??

My Dear Monkey

I can't believe that I had totally forgotten about my dear monkey. Mommy and I were going through my big laundry type basket full of toys and way at the bottom I found my Dear, Dear Monkey. I haven't seen him in months! He is actually Monkey # 3. Monkey #1 and Monkey #2 lost their voices so I got Monkey #3. Monkeys #1 and #2 were also at the bottom of the basket. I was just so excited to see them. My tail wagged like crazy and I grabbed Monkey #3 and took off to the living room. Most of the evening I played with my Dear, Dear Monkey. I just love the way that he screams! I also have five other monkeys. I have a bigger monkey that squeaks, a medium sized monkey that squeaks and a smaller monkey that squeaks. I also have two smaller monkeys that scream. That is a total of 8 monkeys. Mommy said that a monkey faced pup like me needs lots of monkeys! BOL! My favourite is Monkey #3. I love everything about Monkey #3. He is the perfect size and he screams so well. I just had so much fun this evening when Mommy got all the monkeys screaming at the same time. There was Monkey #3, Monkey #1 who has a very weak soft voice and then the two little monkeys. It was music to my ears! Mommy says she remembers when I was a little pup and I got Monkey #1. Can you believe that I was scared of my monkey when he screamed?? I wouldn't even go in the living room I was so scared! What a crazy little pup I was!! I sure do love all my monkeys! I did make sure that I played with my loofa dog too so he wouldn't feel left out. :)

A Silver Lining in My Cloud

Mommy must have been listening to me when I barked about my pet peeve the other day about alarm clocks. Like I barked before I hate alarm clocks! Last night Mommy didn't set the alarm clock which was heavenly. This is the first morning in weeks that we haven't had that no good alarm clock. I always get up between 8:00 am and 8:15 am when there is no alarm clock set. I have my own little clock all built inside. This morning I got up and I couldn't believe it when Mommy said it was 9:00 am. How could that be?? I am always up at 8:00 am, there must be a mistake!! Mommy then explained that we lost an hour last night. Where did that hour go??? This is terrible!! Now if we have to loose an hour why don't we loose one while Mommy is at work and not during our sleeping time. I am going to have to take this up with someone of authority, maybe I should call the Prime Minister because he is suppose to be the leader of the pack. What is going to happen now??? Am I now going to get up at 9 am every day???

As the saying goes every cloud has a silver lining. As much as I am growling about loosing an hour it did make for much more day light this evening. It gave me a whole extra hour of looking out the dining room window before Mommy shut the curtains. Maybe this isn't all bad.........

Some Excitement Today

There was some excitement around my house today. This morning before 9 am our door bell rang. I went charging to the door barking like crazy! Mommy picked me up and let a strange man into our house. They went and sat at the kitchen table and worked with some numbers. I don't know anything about numbers but Mommy said we are now getting two new storm doors. OMD, there will be more worker guys at my house to bark at! He left and I thought that was all my excitement for the day. Later in the morning the door bell rang again and it was Canada Post with a package. That caught us by surprise because we don't get mail delivery on Saturdays................ hmmmm, I will have to think about that. Anyways, back to my story. I was just so excited because I get much more packages in the mail then Mommy so it must be mine. I was jumping up and down and doing the affie dance because I knew it would be something cool. Mommy opened the package up and my little heart just sank! It was nothing more then a big binder with lots of paper in it. Mommy said it was for her for work. Grrrrrrr......... that was so disappointing. I wonder if I will be able to get my teeth on that binder and rip up some of that paper??? I like ripping up paper! Mommy has put the binder away so I don't think I will get at it. Oh well, I guess a pup has to live with disappointment sometimes. I got over it quick and spend my Saturday like I always do. I looked out the dining room window and barked at the pups going by, I had a nap by the patio doors where the sun was coming in and I played with my toys. It was a pretty good day.

Pet Peeve

I thought I would bark about one of my long standing pet peeves. It is alarm clocks! I hate alarm clocks. Today is Saturday and Mommy had the alarm clock on. To begin with no self respecting pup should have to get up before 8 am. Also there should be no alarm clocks allowed on Saturday or Sunday. During the week that goofy alarm clock goes off at 6:15 am. Grrrrrr...... I just cuddle closer to Mommy and tell her to ignore it and to sleep for longer. She hits the alarm clock and we go back to sleep. Then do you know what happens??? That stupid clock goes off again in five minutes. Grrrrr........ Mommy hits it again! Hit it harder Mommy and smash it up!!!!! And again in five minutes it goes off again. Grrrrrrr........ Then in another 5 minutes it goes off again. Grrrrrr.... Throw that clock on the floor or out the window!!! By this time it is 6:30 am and Mommy says we have to get up. I don't know how that clock knows but once Mommy gets up it doesn't ring any more. I am going to have to figure out something to get rid of that alarm clock so I can sleep until 8 am every morning. Any ideas???

Quiet Evening

We had a quiet evening tonight. Thank dogness for that after our busy night yesterday. Mommy came home and heated up leftovers for supper. Yummy, I love leftovers! After that we had a quiet evening watching TV and I napped in the chair with Mommy. Every pup has to have a quiet evening at home with their Mommy. It is time for me to go to bed now.......

Surprising Busy Evening

What a day I had today pups. It started out so normal with Mommy going to work. Mommy and I had plans to have a quiet evening at home. Now Mommy has been talking for the past few weeks that she should call the doggy school place and find out when a session of classes was starting. Do you see this heading somewhere??? BOL! Well, she just kept forgetting to call and today she finally thought about it and guess what???? Yep, you are likely right, tonight a new session of classes started. So Mommy quickly changed our plans and decided we would go to classes tonight. It came as quite a surprise when Mommy came home and said we were going for a car ride and going to doggy school and we would see Auntie Lorna. OMD, all my favourite things at once! Now the thing is that the class doesn't start until 9 pm. Around 8 pm Mommy started to load everything up. First she went out with my car seat and set it all up. She then put my halter on so I could be seat belted in and she took my obedience bag. Finally I was all loaded up and on my way. It had been a long time since I had sat in my car seat and I sure did enjoy the trip there. At one light a big shaved Old English Sheep Dog walked right past our car so I really barked it up so it would be crystal clear to him to keep on going. When we got to classes Mommy signed me up for a class called "Competitive Novice Obedience". This class prepares a pup to compete at the official shows in novice obedience which is the first degree. They also start to do some of the "Open" work which is the second degree. We hadn't been there for very long when Auntie Lorna and Bounce walked in. Let me tell you we sure had a good family reunion. Bounce and I were just wagging our tails off and running between Mommy and Auntie Lorna. Fun, fun,fun!!! Then it was school time. We started with the music playing for "Pretty Woman" and we had to do heeling to the beat of the music. Around and around the ring we went. After that we did a number of exercises to fine tune our skills in heeling, sitting, figure eights and finishes. I couldn't believe how all those things started to come back to me. Mommy was impressed because I haven't been in any classes for about 8 months. We also had to do a sit-stay for 3 minutes and a down-stay for 3 minutes. We started to work on signal exercises for sit, down and stand. The stupidest thing was this silly piece of wood that Mommy wants me to hold in my mouth. Mommy called it a "dumb bell" and I can't really see that because it doesn't look like a bell at all. I would call it a dumb piece of wood. Anyways, Mommy even bought me one of those stupid "dumb bells" and I have a feeling that I am going to be seeing lots more of it.

When the classes were over Auntie Lorna and Mommy decided that they wanted to practice some of my show skills for the conformation ring. You just can never please these humans!! They weren't happy that I did such a good job with my obedience and insisted on the show stuff too. I walked around and looked pretty for both Auntie Lorna and Mommy. I had to do the standing pretty and everything. While I was doing this there were people pushing brooms all over the place. At one point they even started up a sucky machine!!! Lucky for me they only used the sucky machine on the rug at the front door and they didn't come onto the rubber matting. Anyways, Mommy and Auntie Lorna said I was looking beautiful. :)

By this point it was 10:30 pm and we had to go home. Mommy and I walked into the house about 10:50 pm. At this stage I was starving because I had not had supper yet. At classes I had some yummy pieces of dried liver but I still wanted my supper. Mommy made me supper and I gobbled it down. I am now real tired and I think I will sleep well tonight.

My Anniversary

I had a wonderful 3rd year anniversary with my Mommy. I had to wait all day for Mommy to come home from work before I could celebrate but it was worth the wait. When Mommy got home I got my presents. Mommy bought me another package of salmon snacks (yummy!), a package of freeze dried chicken pieces, a rollover bone, a large cheese dog cookie (in the shape of a bone) and a new toy. My toy is a "just for me" road kill squirrel. It is like a skinneez toy but smaller because Mommy got me the small size. It has a squeak in the head and the tail is fluffy and makes a crinkle noise. I played with my new squirrel for awhile and had some salmon treats. Then it was time for Mommy to make our special supper. She made burgers with 100% extra lean ground beef. I got a burger mixed with some kibble for supper. It was yummy although I didn't eat much kibble. Then we each had a cookie for dessert. Mommy got some super big human cookies from the store and she had one of those and I had my cheese cookie. I was full so I just carried my cheese cookie around for a bit. I know I will eat it later. After that I cuddled up with Mommy in the big chair to watch TV and we fell asleep. It was just heavenly! I can't believe how long we slept in that chair, from 9 pm to 3 am! BOL! It was a great evening.

I want to give a special thank-you to all the pups who sent presents for my page and nice messages for my anniversary and my diary pick. I will make sure that Mommy contacts each of you individually and I promise I will be nipping at her heels tomorrow to get typing! Thanks so much pups!

Double Super Day!

I just can't believe that two super good things are today. First I found out that I was a diary pick today. It is so nice to be recognized for all my barking. BOL! Then on top of it today is my 3rd year anniversary with my Mommy. Yep, three years ago today I was four months old and my Mommy came to my breeders house to take me home. We are a match made in heaven. :) I love my Mommy and she loves me. Mommy says we are perfect for each other and I would agree. Mommy just got home from work so I have to run now pups so I can celebrate my anniversary. I have presents to open, games to play, a Mommy to give attention to and a special anniversary supper to eat. I will bark all the details later!

Monday, March 2nd

After work today Mommy came home with a bag of stuff and put it away in my cabinet in my day room. I know it is stuff for me! Tomorrow is my 3rd anniversary with my Mommy and I think she bought me some presents. I am going to have to wait until she gets home from work to see what she bought me. I love presents!

This evening Mommy had this little red thing in her hand that was making all kinds of noise. I kept looking at it and turning my head from side to side and Mommy was laughing at me. Mommy said it is a new cell phone and she was trying out all the different "rings". OMD, I just couldn't believe it when she said that the phone can take pictures and videos too. Mommy always takes that silly phone with her everywhere she goes and now I will never get away from the camera!

This evening I was having lots of fun playing with my hol-ee roller dog toy. It is basically a ball with lots of holes in it. I haven't played with that toy in the long time but it was lots of fun. Mommy would throw it down the hall and I would run after it and bring it back. I like that ball because it is easy for me to pick up in my little mouth. Here is a picture of some balls exactly like mine:
http://www.retailpets.com/holleeroller.html
After that I was tired out and I slept in the big chair with Mommy. :))

Stinky Pictures

Mommy got it into her mind today that we would take St. Patrick's Day pictures. Now I have learned it is just much easier to go along with her then to fight her. She moved my chaise lounge into a proper spot for picture taking and she got out some St. Patrick's Day props and then the camera so I knew what was happening. I just jumped on my own on top of the chaise lounge to get my picture taken. Come on Mommy and hurry up and get this over with!!! As picture taking goes it wasn't going too bad at all because Mommy had those yummy salmon snacks to feed me. She would take a picture and give me a snack, take a picture and give me another little snack. Yummy!! This is when things got really bad and Mommy decided she wanted me to wear this crazy green hat. I hate hats! Even for salmon snacks I still hate hats!!! Mommy says the pictures with the hat on my head are terrible but let me tell you they could have been much worse if she didn't have salmon snacks. At least she got a picture of me looking at her with the hat on which she wouldn't have got if she didn't have salmon snacks. You can still see how much I hate that hat. Check out my pictures!

Was it a Lamb or a Lion?

The saying goes if March comes in like a lion it will go out like a lamb or in like a lamb then it goes out like a lion. I was sure hoping that March would come in like a lion so spring would come sooner. Now I just don't know if it came in like a lion or a lamb. I would imagine it really is up to the individual perspective. This morning it was -22 C or -8 F. Now if I asked a pup in Florida I am certain they would say it was a lion because they are used to warmer temperatures. The problem is by our standards it wasn't that bad because it may have been cold but it was nice and sunny. So the question is, was this weather a lamb or a lion??? I want to say it was a lion. What do you pups think???

Sucky Machine Day

I have decided to call Saturday "Sucky Machine Day". Yep, it makes sense because this is the day that Mommy always uses the sucky machine (aka vacuum cleaner). I decided to make the most of it and I played a game of chicken with the sucky machine. I would run as close to the big sucky machine as I could and run right by. Yep, I had the zoomies playing the chicken game. Zoom I went one way and zoom I came back running the other way. It was actually a fun game. Maybe next Saturday I will play chicken with the sucky machine again. I also spend lots of time looking out the dining room window and barking at the pups that went by. Fun, fun, fun!!! In-between I chewed on my "rollover" bone and I got the whole rollover centre out of the bone. Yummy!! I didn't eat much supper tonight because I was full of rollover. This was a fun day.

Another Letter

I got another letter yesterday from my dear snowbird pals Shelby, Snoop and their Mommy. Just to remind you Shelby and Snoop are a pair of very cute Miniature Schnauzers that are at the lake with us in the summer. I just love going for walks as a pack with Shelby and Snoop at the lake! :) They are spending the winter at Kissimmee, Fl and I sure think they are lucky pups. They had a cool January but now they report they are having a warm February. They have heard about all our cold and freezing rain and they are happy they are not here. They are considerate pups too and they sent me a colour picture from their local paper of the affenpinscher "Taser" who was at Westminster Kennel Club. It is a nice picture of "Taser" but he has his tongue sticking out. He is with his handler guy so I bet he just had a yummy piece of liver and he is licking his lips. I would lick my lips too if I had a yummy piece of liver. If I get to see "Taser" in May at the shows I will have to tease him about his tongue sticking out in the picture. BOL!!! Anyways I have digressed and back to Shelby and Snoop. My pals say they will be back in Winnipeg by March 16th or 17th. I can hardly wait to see them! Have a safe trip Shelby and Snoop!

Couldn't Wait.......

Mommy and I have our regular routine that we do every morning when Mommy goes to work. Part of that routine is just before Mommy leaves she puts me into my day room where I can sleep on my cozy day bed. In addition she gives me a cookie that is for my afternoon snack. Normally Mommy gives me tasty healthy cookies and I always put my snack on my day bed to eat later in the day. I do love to have a little snack in the afternoon. This morning Mommy decided to give me a regular "Milk Bone" which I haven't had in a very long time. I don't know what it is but I sure do love those "Milk Bones". There was no way I was going to save my "Milk Bone" for later so I ate it right away. It was so yummy and I just couldn't wait to eat it. Mommy left for work and she didn't even give me another cookie to save for my afternoon snack. I was sad that I didn't have a snack this afternoon. :( Mommy did make it up to me when she cooked some yummy salmon for supper and I got to have a few delicious bites of it. Yummy! The salmon made me think of my good pals Zoe and Drover. I had sent them some salmon snacks and they thought the snacks were delicious. I bet they would have loved the salmon that I had today.

More Worker Guys

Today we had more worker guys in our house but they didn't stay for long. I couldn't believe that it was the same worker guys that worked on our kitchen. This time they came to work in our bathroom. Wait a minute, I though they were kitchen guys but now they are bathroom guys. This makes no sense to me. OMD, what are they doing now??? We just got a new swimming pool/ rain room in there (aka bath tub) and now these guys are installing a new white water bowl (aka toilet). So out went the 42 year old green water bowl and in came a new sparkly white water bowl. Mommy said it is environmentally friendly being a dual flush 3 litre/6 litre. Our old water bowl used 18 to 20 litres per flush. OMD, we are sure going to conserve lots of water! It only took them about an hour to finish the whole install. I had just settled down to have a nap when another worker guy showed up at our front door. I had to bark the alarm on this guy because he is new and I have never seen him before. Mommy told him that we need two new storm doors and he took a tape and measured up the doors while Mommy looked at pictures of different doors. The man then sat at our kitchen table and gave Mommy some figures for the cost of the door. Mommy said she will get back to him. Hmmm........ that is enough excitement for one day! I hope I have a quiet evening.

Instructions for Bounce

I just found out that I may be going to a doggy show in Michigan in May. Yep, I may be going although it is not 100% certain and is still a "maybe". Well, at least the humans are talking about it so that is a good thing. Michigan is very far from where I live. I am going with my Auntie Lorna and my Mommy is staying home. Thank dogness I have a good family and my sister Bounce has agreed to come to my house and look after my house, my yard, all my belongs and very importantly my Mommy. I just thought I should come up with instructions for Bounce. So here is my first attempt at it:

1. Don't eat too many treats because they belong to me.
2. Patrol the backyard regularly and make sure those pesty squirrels don't take over my yard.
3. Watch out the dining room window and bark at all the people and pups so they know they can't take over my house.
4. Go for walks with my Mommy every day because she needs her exercise. I sure don't want to come home to an out of shape Mommy!
5. Do not wake Mommy up when she is sleeping because she needs her rest. This rule came to me from Angel Jennifer and I am now giving it to Bounce.
6. Take care of my toys and my day bed. Especially look after my loofa dog.
7. Keep a close eye on Mommy when she is doing yard work and especially when she is using the grass cutting machine.
8. It is your job to keep Mommy company because I know she will really, really miss me. In the evenings you have to sit in the big chair with Mommy. It would be a nice touch if you give her a kiss once in awhile.
9. Keep out of the way of the sucky machine. I have given you sucky machine lessons so remember what I taught you. I wouldn't want to come home and find you all sucked up! BOL!
10. Keep an eye on the neighbour dogs. There are three very big dogs living next door. They are quiet but make sure they know you are there protecting my territory. There is a small dog directly behind me and usually that pup can't get to the fence but sometimes he goes into the yard with his Daddy and will bark at you. Bark back as loud as you can. I sure don't want that pup moving in!
11. I will add more instructions as I think about them.

Bounce has stayed at my house a few times and has been a good apprentice so I think she will do a good job.

Good Entertainment!

It sure did snow here for a few hours today. It started in the early afternoon and snowed hard until about 7:00 pm. Around 7:30 pm Mommy decided she should go outside and clear the snow. Poor Mommy, she sure didn't have a good time. We had no power in the garage so Mommy couldn't start the snow thrower (electric start). Our garage is on a timer to save electricity with the car plugged in and Mommy said she didn't want to come all the way back into the house and into the basement to turn the power on. I say it was being lazy and the whole thing back fired on her. Then she tried to use her big scoopy sled type shovel and it was frozen into the snow bank with all the freezing rain we had a week ago. So then Mommy just used some regular shovels and cleared away the snow. It took her a whole hour and lots of hard work. Mommy, I think it would have been easier to come back into the house, go into the basement, turn the power on and use the snow thrower. BOL! I watched all this through the patio doors in the computer room and the window in the dining room. It really was good entertainment! BOL! BOL!

My Loofa Dog

For a few months I have been sleeping in my crate but about a month ago I decided I wanted to sleep with Mommy again. I don't know why I wanted to sleep in my crate for a few months but I did and it is over now. It is heaven sleeping with Mommy. When Mommy gets ready for bed I go and sit on the mat by the bed waiting for Mommy to lift me up. Last night I decided that I wanted to take my loofa dog to bed with me. If you have been reading my diary you will know that my loofa dog is just my most favourite toy. I love my loofa dog! I was so happy when Mommy let the poor loofa come to bed. We put him to bed and even tucked the covers up under this chin. I was able to sleep so much better knowing my loofa was safe and sound. You just never know when we might get burglars and I know they would want the most precious thing in the house which is my loofa. In the morning I was standing on the edge of the bed waiting for Mommy to lift me down when Mommy reminded me about my loofa. Ooooppps ....... thanks Mommy, I almost forgot about my dear loofa. I grabbed my loofa in my mouth and Mommy lifted me down onto the ground. My loofa had a very good sleep last night. :)

Quiet boring day!

It was kind of a boring day today but Mondays usually are. I didn't eat much breakfast this morning but Mommy was thoughtful and left me a turkey and cranberry cookie for a snack. I ate my cookie during the day while I waited for Mommy to get home. When Mommy got home she was only home for about an hour and she said she had to go out for a short time. Grrrrr......... I sure didn't want to go back into my day room! Mommy was gone for only an hour so it wasn't too bad. I just finished my supper and I was hungry tonight and gobble down my kibble. Now I am ready to settle in for some serious TV watching. Sometimes it is nice to have a quiet boring day.

Fun Sunday!

Today was a pretty good day. We got up a little later then we normally do on a working day. Mommy said she was going out for a late breakfast with a friend of hers and then they were going shopping. Hmmm......... that means that I stay home by myself. Much to my surprise Mommy baked an apple pie before she left and let me tell you there was sure a nice smell in our house. Mommy said they would be back after shopping for tea and pie. OMD, I could hardly wait! It really didn't seem that long and before I knew it Mommy and her friend Pam were at home. Time for pie, time for pie!! I was not disappointed and the kettle was on for tea and in no time we were sitting around the dining room table. I got some nice yummy pieces of apple and some pieces of tea biscuit. I really do like Mommy's friend Pam. She owns a German Shepard and a couple of kitties. Mommy and Pam were busy talking about their day and all the bargains they got. I was sitting on the floor between them and all of a sudden they started to laugh at me. What is that all about???? They thought it was so funny because I was listening so closely at what they were saying and turning my head from person to person as they were talking. What is so funny about that??? I just wanted to hear all about the shopping trip too!!! After the tea and goodies were gone Mommy and Pam both played the "Jelly Belly Tickle" game with me. OMD, did I ever have fun! Then Pam had to leave so she could get home and make supper. :( I wish we could have kept on having fun. After Pam was gone Mommy said we should go for a walk. Yes, yes, yes!!!!! It was a nice walk but I saw no people and no pups!! I did hear my pal Joey barking in the distance but we didn't walk that way. :( Oh well, I had a good walk anyways. All we saw were cars zooming by on the busy street. After we got home I got another pleasant surprise because Mommy made my favourite supper - chicken! Mommy gave me a few tender yummy bites of chicken. I am now napping in the computer room while Mommy types. I will bark at you later but for now it is time for my nap.

I went for a walk

Mommy went out this morning to run a bunch of errands which is typical of a Saturday. When she got home she had bags and bags of yummy groceries. I was right there to help her put everything away. After that it was lunch time and Mommy shared a few pieces of her pizza bun with me. Yummy! I then spent a couple of hours looking out the window in the dining room which is always good for some interesting entertainment. Then Mommy asked if I wanted to go on a walk. Yahoo, I will never say no to a walk. She brought out my collar, leash, booties and jacket and I didn't even run to hide. I think I am starting to understand that I really do need those booties as much as I don't like them. We had a really nice walk in the crisp air and sunshine. I love going by one house that is just down our street because they always have a million birds there and when I walk by they all go flying. BOL!!! That house has a number of bird feeders in the front yard which is what attracts them. We then saw a jogger going down the sidewalk on the other side of the street. We really don't understand how he can jog because it is so icy. Mommy is wearing those wire things on her feet to stop from slipping and I am just slipping and sliding around in those booties. We then walked down a busy street and I saw all kinds of cars and trucks driving by. After that we were back on a quiet street and I saw a couple of people in their driveway and they said I looked so cute in my coat and booties. :) After that it was just a quiet walk where we enjoyed the sunshine. I didn't see even one pup on my walk! Once I got home I spent my time looking out the window, napping and playing with toys. It was a nice day. :)

Friday, February 20th - "Flexible"

I was so happy to see that it was Friday because that means the weekend is here! I only had a three day week this week and I don't understand how I ever survive the five day weeks. Mommy says her workplace is talking about "flexible weeks" so she might start having some four day weeks. She said it is a way to get people to work there because there is a shortage of people who do the type of work Mommy does and these people won't come to work unless there is "flexible" work week. Now this word "flexible" sounds good to me. I wanted to look up the word "flexible" in the dictionary and it said "easily adapted to fit various uses, purposes etc". Well, that sounds even better. In order to adapt the work week to my purpose I think Mommy should have 5 day weekends and 2 day work weeks. Mommy says it doesn't work like that but I say it has to because that is the only way to adapt to my purpose. I will let Mommy go to work two days per week because I really do need my rest but five days per week I am ready to go! Sounds good to me!

Letter from the Snow Birds

Mommy and I got a letter today. Yep, it had Mommy's name on it and my name on it too. Mommy said it has been a long time since she has gotten a personal letter since most people send e-mail. It was from my pals Shelby and Snoop who are just terrific Miniature Schnauzers and their Mommy. You can find a picture of Shelby and Snoop on my main page. They don't use a computer at all and send letters the regular post office way. Of course it was on very pretty Miniature Schnauzer paper. I am rather jealous because Shelby and Snoop get to go to Florida every winter and get away from the cold and snow. Their Mommy is retired and my Mommy says they are "snow birds". I don't get it because they are getting away from the snow and they most certainly don't look like birds. Those lucky pups are enjoying the warmer weather and all their walks. I am really getting jealous now! They barked that they just got groomed which makes things much easier. It seems that the Palm trees shed their needles this time of year and it kept getting into their skirt and legs. Their Mommy says they now are in their "shaved pig look"! BOL!! I hope they take some pictures so I can see the "pig look"! BOL! BOL! They also barked about how much they are looking forward to being at the lake with me this summer. :) I can't wait to go to the lake. Mommy and I are going to have to bark a letter back to them. I think I will start it off with : Dear Snow Birds.............. BOL!

Longer Days

I can sure tell that spring is just around the corner because we are getting much longer days. I just love it when Mommy comes home and it is still light outside. Even though we have some colder weather now so we are not going for walks it is still nice and bright. What these longer days mean is that I now get some time in the evening to look out the dining room window. Earlier in the winter it used to be dark when Mommy got home so I couldn't look out the dining room window at all because the curtains were closed. The sunset is now at 5:52 pm and Mommy gets home at 5:00 pm which gives me an hour of time to look out the window. Tonight even when it was getting dark I was still looking out the window. I just love looking out the window. I kept looking out the window and looking out the window. Finally at 6:30 pm Mommy said we had to close the curtains because she feels like a fish in a fish bowl with the curtains open after dark. I don't see that at all because she doesn't look like a fish in a fish bowl to me! To start with there is no water........... Silly Mommy!! I was sad when Mommy shut the curtains! :( I am looking forward to tomorrow for some more window watching!

Mommy was home today

Mommy took today off work so I was really happy. We slept in this morning and then Mommy went out for awhile. After Mommy got home we went for a walk. I sure didn't like getting those booties put on again! Since everyone was at work there wasn't much happening on our walk. I saw a few people but nothing really to bark about. There was this one pup that was upset that I was walking past his yard. He roared to the fence at full speed and was barking his fool head off. I told him to "suck it up" and get used to it and just kept proudly marching down the street. It was another bright and sunny day and a pleasant walk. When I got home my Mommy gave me the other half of my carrot cookie from the other day which I gobbled down. After that it was time to look out the dining room window. I really enjoy watching everything that goes on in the neighbourhood. Tomorrow is garbage day so this evening I had to help Mommy gather all the garbage and recycling up and I watched her put it out by the curb. I just finished my supper and I surprised Mommy in that I gobbled it up even though I ate all that cookie this afternoon. That walking sure can make a pup hungry! Now I am set for a nice quiet evening.

Holiday Day

Mommy didn't have to go to work today because it was Louis Riel Day. I love it when Mommy doesn't have to go to work. She went out real early this morning for breakfast and had her absolute favourite which is an apple pancake . I sure wish I could go for an apple pancake but no dogs are allowed. Then Mommy went and did some shopping at noon because that is when the stores opened up. After that Mommy said we were going for a walk. Yahoo! Finally some time for me! I have real mixed feeling about getting ready for walks. I love it when I see my collar and leash, I am okay about my coat but I sure do hate those booties. Mommy thought I would get to like the booties after I associate them with going for a walk but there is no way. I always try to hide when I see those terrible booties. Mommy always finds me so I am going to have to try to hide better. Now, where would be a good hiding spot............??? Anyways, Mommy found me and put on my booties, then my collar and leash and then my coat. Once I get outside I forget all about the booties. It was -17 C/1 F and sunny today when I went for my walk. It was still quite slippery from the rain we had earlier in the week. Mommy was wearing those wire things on her feet that she stretches over her boots so she wouldn't slip. What did I have so I wouldn't slip???? Absolutely nothing!! Nope, I was wearing those stupid booties that made me slip and slide all over. Now I have to ask if that is fair??? We did have a nice walk although we went slowly so Mommy wouldn't fall. There weren't too many people or pups out so I just enjoyed the fresh air and sun shine. Mommy said her legs were getting cold so she thought I might be getting cold too so we went home. We walked about 1 mile round trip. After I got home I spent a couple of hours looking out the dining room window which is always so entertaining. This evening Mommy and I are having a quiet time reading and watching TV. I would say this was a nice day.

Supper Company

Mommy and I had a real busy time today because we had to get ready for supper company. Mommy even set the dining room table and used the good dishes. I helped Mommy clean and I helped her prepare food. Then Mommy said I had to get combed and brushed so I would look nice for company. I didn't like that very much. Then to make matters worse Mommy made me wear a pretty pink bandana. I wore it for the first half of our company but I did manage to ditch the bandana about mid evening. One of our company was Grandpa. I just couldn't believe the topic that he discussed, it was Saucy!!! Yep, he was telling everyone what a nice pup that Saucy is. The love feast that he had going with Saucy was just unbelievable when Saucy was staying with us. Now she is gone and I am still hearing about it! I just about choke listening to all of that. I bet if Saucy knew my Grandpa was here tonight she would have begged to come over. Grrrrr........ enough on that topic! Other then that we had a nice evening. The food was great and I had lots of fun. Our company is now gone, the dishwasher is running and I am having a nap.

Oh, almost forgot to add, Mommy is home tomorrow. Yahoo! It is Louis Riel Day tomorrow so Mommy gets a day at home. She said she is going out for breakfast in the morning but she will be home with me for the rest of the day. She gets to go to the place that has the best apple pancakes in the world. I sure wish I could try those pancakes.

Bark at you tomorrow pups!

Happy Valentines Day

I hope every pup had a real happy Valentines Day. My day was mostly good. I have already barked about opening my present from my very dear pal Zoe and my special Valentine Drover a few days ago. Then today I opened my present from my Mommy. All of this was fun, fun, fun! The bad part was when Mommy brought out that sucky machine. Once the sucky machine was put away we were back to good stuff. Mommy made a real special supper with Beef Wellington. Yummy!! I just loved sharing some of that tender beef wrapped in pastry with Mommy. It was so good!!! In the evening we watched movies and I played with my Wubba toy that Zoe and Drover gave me. I made Mommy throw it while she was watching TV. I was only thinking of her and giving her practice multi-tasking. BOL!! Happy Valentines every pup!

Valentines Day

I am sure having a great Valentine's Day this year. The best part is that Mommy is at home with me and I just love it. Mommy gave me my presents for Valentines. I got a silly red plush toy with legs, arms, bunny ears and a squeaky. It is fun, fun, fun! I also got a cute little pillow that says, "The Princess Sleeps Here". We are going to hang it on my day bed. It feels good that everyone will know that I am the Princess and exactly where I sleep. Then I got two packages of treats. I got some nice little soft treats made of all healthy ingredients that taste like chicken. I haven't tried them yet but I bet they will be yummy. The other package is salmon snacks that are very yummy. I got different ones then I sent my pal Zoe because Mommy bought them at a different store. Then to top that off I got a big carrot doggy cookie. I have eaten about half of that cookie and it is yummy too. I love Valentine's Day. :) Check out my pictures to see my gifts.

Happy!

I am so happy that I am doing the affie dance in the middle of the computer room. Why am I happy? I am happy because my dear pal Zoe and my Valentine Drover received their parcel from me today. Thank dogness it made it there for Valentines! I can hardly wait to see their pictures.

Still no package!

I just can't believe that my little pal Zoe still didn't get the package from me. Check her page out and you will see how she is waiting so patiently by the window. I am just too sad! Pups, we have to keep singing Zoe's song only LOUDER!!! Sing pups, sing!!!!

Zoe needs our support

I just barked about my poor pal Zoe waiting for her Valentine's gift from me (see my previous diary entry). She wrote a very touching song about her wait for the postman. I thought it would make her feel better and it might even make the post office hurry if we all sang Zoe's song. To help us in doing this I have put the music on my page and here are the words:

Stop!
Oh yes, wait a minute
Mister Postman.
Wait
Wait Mister Postman.

Please Mister Postman look and see
Oh yeah
If there's a package in your car for me.
Please, Please, Mister Postman
Why's it takin' such a long time
For me to hear from that pal of mine?

There must be
Some word today
From my pal
So far away.

Please Mister Postman
Look and see
If there's a package
A package for me.

I've been standin' here
Waitin' Mister Postman.
So patiently
For just a card
Or just a package
Jelly says she sent
Home to me.

So many days
You passed me by
See the tears
Standin' in my eyes.

You didn't stop
To make me feel better
By leavin' me
A package or a letter

Why don't you check and see one more time
for me
you gotta
Wait a minute, wait a minute...
Mister Postman
Mister Postman look and see.

C'mon deliver the package, the sooner, the better!

Mister Postman


Okay pups, now all together let's sing!

I am Worried

I am just getting so worried because I sent my very dear pal Zoe and my special Valentine Drover a Valentines gift and they have not received it yet. Zoe wrote a very touching song with the help of the Carpenters about her wait for her parcel (check her diary under the title "Mr. Postman"). My Mommy sang me the song and let me tell you there were tears in my eyes. Those poor pups are waiting and waiting for the parcel every day and it is not arriving. I can just see Zoe sitting on the back of the love seat looking out the window and seeing the postal truck drive right by. It is so sad. Hopefully they will get there parcel tomorrow. Mommy has her receipt from sending the parcel and we sent it on Jan. 31st. The lady said it would take 7 days and this is more then 7 days! Please Mr. Postman, please deliver the parcel!!!!! Please, please, please!

TV Watching

We have been spending the last two evenings watching the Westminster dog show on TV. They were good evenings to watch TV because it was raining outside and very slippery. Tonight I got a real yummy Rollover chip to snack on while we were busy watching. After I finished my Rollover chip I went and crawled up on Mommy's lap and fell asleep. I did wake up for the best in show judging and I watched those pups. Those pups were lucky I wasn't there because I know I would have been Best in Show. Mommy said I shouldn't be so sure of myself but I know I would have been Best in Show. Oh well, another Westminster show has come and gone. Maybe next year I will get my opportunity.....................

Rain, Rain Go Away

OMD, I just can't believe that it is raining today. It is extremely unusual for us to get rain this time of year since it is still winter. The newspaper said we have only had rain on this day 7 times in the past 132 years so you can see it is unusual. The temperature today has stayed at 2 C/34 F all day and it is suppose to stay there all night. This morning it was real slippery and cars were in the ditch, schools were canceled and the garbage trucks couldn't pick up the garbage. When I went out this morning I was slipping around doing my potty even though I have "four on the flour". BOL! Mommy found it hard just walking from the house to the garage to go to work. She said it wasn't bad once she got out to a main street because it was all sanded. When Mommy got home from work it was still slippery when I went potty and our driveway is a skating rink. Mommy has to put those special no slip things on her shoes just to walk outside. It is suppose to rain all night. I really wish it would stop raining because it is just going to cause all kinds of problems.

Getting to Know You

Ida Claire barked this game to me.

Copy this diary entry, and paste it into your diary. Read and then delete my answers. Then you can fill in your own! We can get to know our pals better!! Have fun!! Then send a rosette or pawmail to 4 pals and ask them to post it in their diary!!!!

1. What color is your collar?
The collar that I use every day is red. I also have another collar that is purple with butterflies on it. In addition I have a lime green colllar that used to be my sister Jennifer's collar.

2. What kind of food do you eat?
I eat Royal Canin Special 30 as well as some homemade food.

3. What are your favorite treats?
I love my freeze dried chicken breast treats. I also like my rollover bones. I am currently eating a hard cookie treat that is turkey and cranberry.

4. Do you have a Valentine or significant other??
My special Valentine is Drover who is a real handsome Miniature Schnauzer.

5. Do you get Table Scraps?
I get some pieces from my Mommy.

6. What is your favorite toy?
My purple loofa dog is my favourite although I play with all my toys.

7. When is your Birthday?
My official birthday is Oct. 30th which is what is on my registration papers. I was really born on Halloween, Oct. 31st in the early hours. Since the rest of my litter was born on the 30th that is the date on my registration papers. This works for me because it means I have two birthdays. BOL!

8. How many times a day do you get to eat?
I eat twice per day. Mommy tries to keep me on a schedule of 7 am and 7 pm.

9. Do you have a favorite color?
I am always told that I look the best in pink and red so I guess those are my favourite colours.

10. Do you hope all your pals put this in their diary?
I sure hope so because I like to read about my pals.

A Nice Day

I got to go for a walk today. This afternoon it was -3 C/27 F so the weather was pretty nice. Mommy made me wear my booties and I wore my coat. As soon as we got out on our driveway a big boxer and a little pom walked by. We sniffed for a few seconds and then we were off on our walk, they went one way and we went another. The next pup I saw was a Border collie but they didn't stop to sniff at all. We had a really nice walk with the sun shining and there was no wind. It was so nice to go outside and just enjoy the sights and sounds and not to be hurrying because we were so cold. We were getting close to home when we saw two beautiful jet black Miniature Schnauzers. Mommy said she has seen them around the neighborhood a few times when she has been driving but I had never seen them before. Their Mommy didn't stop at all and just kept going. I hope I see them again and maybe we can stop to sniff. After that we got home.

A sidewalk plow had come down our sidewalk last night which had made our walking easier but there was a bit of a windrow at our driveway so Mommy had to shovel that away. I was a good pup and stayed right with Mommy while she shoveled. After that we went into the backyard and Mommy picked up all my poopies. BOL! It sure was nice out there! I am looking forward to lots more nice days.

Valentine Present

Today I opened my valentine present from my dear little pal Zoe and my special valentine Drover. It was a pretty pink Wubba toy. I don't have one of those toys so it was very new to me. OMD, did I ever have fun with it this afternoon. It squeaks really well but what I like the most is the way I can play tug of war with it. Fun, fun, fun!!! I got Mommy to take some pictures and a couple of videos of me with my toy. They are on my page now so check it out. Thank-you so much Drover, Zoe and family! I just love my Wubba toy!

Saturday :)

Today is Saturday which is always a good thing. I couldn't believe it when we got up with the alarm clock just like we do during the week. Usually we sleep in a bit but Mommy said not today. Mommy said she had to go to get groomed first thing this morning. I would love to see what a human grooming place looks like. Do they make Mommy sit on a table? It must be rather boring because they only groom the top of their heads. When Mommy came home her hair did smell all funny. Mommy lifted me up and let me sniff her hair all over. Hmmm........ I am going to have to sleep beside that all night. After the grooming session then Mommy went to do her regular grocery shopping which she does most Saturdays. She came home with bags of yummy food that I helped her put away. After that it was time for our regular house cleaning. My pal Zoe just barked that her Mommy does the house cleaning on Fridays and we do ours on Saturday. First Mommy starts the laundry so during the whole house cleaning session she is also going up and down the stairs to do the laundry. First she tidies things up. Then she takes this long handed thing and rubs it on all the furniture to get the dust off. After that she shakes out a few small mats outside. Then it is cleaning the bathroom. She cleans that big bowl of water with a brush. Then she cleans the counter and rubs it with a cloth. Then she sprays stuff on the mirror and wipes it. The very last thing is the worst which is the sucky machine. While Mommy was doing all that I was busy looking out the window and barking at any pups that went by my house. I hope tomorrow is a nice day and I will get to go for a walk.

Valentine Picture

Valentines is sure turning out to be lots of fun. My special Valentine Drover and I decided we would be valentines so we could have more fun. First there was poems, then gifts and now we even have our special picture. Did you see it as my main picture?? Drover's human sister made that picture for us. Thank-you Drover's sister for the picture. It is just beautiful!!

My Valentine Present Arrived!

When Mommy came home she said that I had mail. Yahoo!!! Where is it? Who is it from? What is it? It turned out to be a present from Zoe who is my very good friend and my very special Valentine Drover. I know Zoe will say it is all from her but that is just the way she is, she wants to be in charge of everything. I sent Drover and Zoe a present too and I am really hoping they will get their gift tomorrow or Monday. The big question now is whether or not we should wait to open our gifts on Valentines Day or to open them ahead of time?? I will see what my special Valentine Drover wants to do. Thank-you so much Drover and Zoe and family! I can't wait to see what is in my gift.

Warmer Weather Means a Walk

Today it was warmer then it has been and the wind had died down so Mommy said we could go for a walk when she got home from work. Mommy said I had to wear my booties but I didn't want to so I ran down the hallway to get away. Mommy caught up with me and put those stupid boots on. Grrrr.......... Then I got my nice leash and collar on and my pretty coat from Lexie. Once I was outside I was so interested in everything around me that I totally forgot about my boots. It was a fairly quiet walk. I heard one pup barking but I couldn't see him. I just loved being outside and seeing all the cars. I saw a man filling up his bird feeders and he said hello to us. On the way home I saw my first pup. There were two people approaching us with a little maltese. This was so great and I was excited to meet that pup. When the people got about 100 ft away from us they picked up their pup and walked by us. Wait!! Stop!!! Your pup wants to meet me!!! That pup was just wiggling and growling and snarling as he went by me. That poor, poor pup always getting picked up and never being able to socialize with other pups. I was very disappointed that I didn't get to meet that pup. I then continued my walk enjoying the scenery and the fresh air. I hope the weather stays nicer so I can go on more walks. I think I am getting cabin fever having to stay in the house so much all winter.

Valentine Poem

I wrote a little poem for my handsome Valentine Drover . Here it is:

Roses are Red
Drover is Sweet
He is my Valentine
Isn't that Neat?

:)

I likely won't win any literary contests but I think it is a nice poem for Valentines Day.

House Rules for Mommy

My good pal Scooter wrote house rules in his diary for his Mommy. I thought it was such a good idea that I would do the same.

House Rules for Mommy

1. You are always to come straight home after work. No errands, no visiting! Come straight home for your pup.
2. You must spend your lunch hour at work running all your errands where pup's are not allowed. I can't be with you during that time so you might as well run errands where I can not go.
3. You will not buy any human food that I can't share. This will include but not be limited to chocolate, grapes and raisins.
4. I am to get a minimum 45 minute walk every day weather permitting. No walking in the rain or extreme cold.
5. My snow suit will be given away.
6. I am not a very big barker so you will tolerate the barking that I do when I look out the window.
7. Every evening you will play games with me.
8. Every weekend we will do something special like go to the park or go shopping.
9. When I go outside you will stand right by the door and open it up when I want in the very second that I get to the door. This is extremely important when it is cold or raining.
10. You will sit with me when I am eating my breakfast and supper. No pup wants to eat alone!
11. You will share little bits of all your food with me. (take special note of rule 3)
12. There will be no more grooming allowed and this includes no more baths and no more nail cutting.
13. It will be my choice whether I sleep in my crate or in the big bed at night.
14. I will get cuddle sessions upon demand and they will last until I feel it is over.
15. I reserve the right to add, delete or modify any rules at any time.

I think that about covers it. Number 15 will keep me covered! BOL!

National Carrot Day

Did you know today is National Carrot Day?? I didn't until I received a rosette from an anonymous pup telling me that it was. Thank-you anonymous pup for the rosette! I like carrots and I am always game to celebrate so here I am celebrating National Carrot Day by doing my affie dance in the computer room. Happy National Carrot Day! BOL!

A New Game

I read about this game in my friend, Pippin's diary, and thought I would play.
Here is what you do:
Welcome to the new edition of "2009 Get to Know Your Pals"

Copy this diary entry, and paste it into your diary. Read then delete my answers. Then you can fill in your own! We can get to know our pals better!! Have fun!!

Here we GO!!!!!

1. What color is your collar?
I have two collars although my main collar that I wear is red with a matching leash. I also have a purple one with little butterflies that also has a matching leash. A diva like me has to be coordinated!

2. What kind of food do you eat?
I eat Royal Canin Special 30 kibble. I also get some home cooked meals as well.

3. What are your favorite treats?
I really like soft treats. I love my "Purebites" freeze dried chicken breast treats and my "Zuke's" mini naturals. For a hard biscuit I like many different ones. Right now I am eating "Northern Biscuit Company" turkey and cranberry biscuits. Good old milk bones are yummy too.

4. Do you have a Valentine or significant other??
My Valentine is a real handsome Miniature Schnauzer named Drover. We both have our Mommy's as our first love so we are just Valentines to have some fun this year.

5. Do you get Table Scraps?
I get tid bits off my Mommy's plate all the time.

6. What is your favorite toy?
My favourite toy is my old purple loofa dog. Mommy just can't see why I like this toy so much. I have lots of toys because I don't destroy them and I do rotate around playing with them.

7. When is your Birthday?...
My birthday is Oct. 30th.

8. How many times a day do you get to eat?
I eat twice a day. Mommy tries to keep me on a schedule of 7 am and 7 pm.

9. Do you have a favorite color?
I like red and pink the best.

10. Do you hope all your pals put this in their diary?
I sure hope they do! I love, love, love to read my pals' diaries.

Ruined Evening!

I was so happy to see Mommy when she got home from work today then she ruins it by bringing out the grooming equipment. As soon as I saw that little grooming table come out I went and started to ring the bells so I could go outside and escape. Mommy let me out and said I wouldn't last out there for long. Sure enough it was pretty cold outside and I wasn't wearing a coat so I had to come back in. I tried to hide in the dark bedroom but Mommy found me. On the grooming table I went. Mommy brushed and combed me. I even had to lay on my back so she could get all my chest hair. I wouldn't tell Mommy but it wasn't too bad, I only had two small tangles. Then Mommy decided that we had to cut my nails. Oh no!!! Not the nails! Mommy said they were disgustingly long and had to be cut. I lay on my back on Mommy's lap to get my toe nails cut. I sat nicely for the first three feet but then I started to revolt. That Mommy just won't take no for an answer and I finally had to give in. I then sat still for the last foot. As soon as Mommy put me back on the ground and ran into my little tent and didn't come out until all the grooming equipment was put away. What a way to ruin an evening!

Miserable Groundhogs

I just can't believe what happened with those groundhogs. They came out today and saw their shadow so we get six more weeks of winter. Grrrrr........ There was Wiarton Willie from Wiarton, Ont, Sam in Nova Scotia and Balzac Bill in Calgary all of which saw their shadow. Then to make matters worse our American groundhog Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow too. Grrrrrrrr....... Next year I am going to take charge of this situation, yep I am! I will assign a pup to every groundhog and make sure those miserable creatures don't come out and see their shadow. We will stand guard and won't let them out until they don't see their shadows. Pups want an early spring so we just have to take this situation into our own paws! Do I have any volunteers for next year?

Window Watching

This morning I was busy watching out the window and barking it up at everyone and every pup who passed. There seemed to be lots of pups going by this morning, big ones and little ones and I sure let them know that this was my house. Sometimes they would even stop and look at me. "Keep going, do not stop here! This is a non-stopping zone! Go, go, go!" There is one house that I particularly keep an eye on and I don't think I have ever barked about it before. Two houses down and across the street there is a black lab. That pup sure gets lots of outings because he has a pawrent who smokes. We assume that the pawrent is not allowed to smoke in the house so they are regularly standing outside their front door smoking. Every time that pawrent goes out to smoke the pup comes out and runs around in his driveway. He has never left his yard but you can never be too careful. I keep my eye on him and bark at him too. It seems like that pup gets to go outside on smoke outings every hour or so.

An added benefit of all my window watching today is that I did a bunch of beautiful paw and nose art on the window. It looks just beautiful and is one of my best works. Maybe some day I will be discovered for my art talent and then I will be rich! Unlimited cookies for me! Yahoo!

This afternoon Mommy was going to take me on a walk but it got too windy again. It was snowing a small amount but that wind blew the snow around so much that at times it was hard to see across the street. I guess it wouldn't have been a good idea to go out in that.

My Valentine

I have a special valentine this year and he is a real handsome Miniature Schnauzer named Drover . I decided to take matters into my own paws and I asked Drover to be my Valentine and he accepted. I think this is just the perfect match because:

1. He is a very handsome boy
2. He is very much a gentleman
3. His first love is his Mommy and my first love is my Mommy. We both agree we can make room to have a pup for a Valentine.
4. Drover loves to play and so do I.
5. Both Drover and I are not interested in becoming an "item" but we want to be independent and just have a fun Valentines Day.
6. Drover is used to being bossed around by girl pups so he should have no problem because I do tend to be a bit bossy. BOL!
7. To top it off Drover said he would be my protector and my defender. He said he would protect me against all the big dogs that think I am a squeaky toy. Every little diva like me needs some pup to protect them.
8. In return I told him I would share my toys and even my treats.

Now doesn't this sound like the perfect match for a Valentine??

I Love Saturdays!

I just love Saturdays because Mommy is home. This morning we slept in and I had to wake Mommy up at 8:15 am. It is a good thing that she has me because I wouldn't want to think how long she would sleep if I didn't get her up. I think 8:15 am is long enough to sleep in because it is two extra hours then what we get during the week.

Mommy went out this morning to do some shopping. She said she bought one of those fancy water bowls for the bathroom (aka toilet). It is a dual flush type that uses 3 litres and 6 litres of water. Mommy says we are trying to do our share of protecting the planet and we will save on the water bill too. Now we have to wait until after Feb 21st to get it installed so we get the government rebate. Hmmm............. it looks like there is more worker guys in my future to bark at! BOL!

I just had the best surprise this afternoon when Mommy gave me a yummy "Roll Over" bone! OMD, I haven't had one of those in a few months. They are beef bones that are stuffed with yummy "Roll Over". The "Roll Over" in my bone was chicken flavoured. Yummy!!! That bone kept me busy all afternoon. I chewed on it for a couple of hours and then I went and had a nap on Mommy lap. Then it was back to more chewing. It still has lots of good chewing left in it.

I wanted to go for a walk today but Mommy said it was too windy and that a small pup like me would get blown away. The wind was 50 km per hour (31 mph) with gusts of 80 km (50mph). OMD, it was really windy. We got all kinds of debris in our yard from the neighbours trees. I also found a big piece of cardboard that had blown in. Oh well, I had my bone to keep me busy. Maybe tomorrow I will get a walk..........

I got a present!

Today when Mommy got home she said that I had mail. What is it, what is it?? Who is it from? She said it was from my pal Lexie
I just couldn't wait for Mommy to open it up. It wasn't a parcel and it wasn't a letter but it was in a big envelop. It was a beautiful green Land End coat with reflective strips on it. Lexie used to wear that coat but it is too small on her so she sent it to me. What a kind considerate pup Lexie is. Mommy tried it on me and it fits absolutely perfect. To top it off it matches my booties. Now when I go walking I have reflective material on my coat and reflective material on my booties. Then I asked Mommy if we could try out my new coat and she said yes! Yahoo!! Mommy put on my booties, then my collar and leash and then my coat and away we went. We took a picture of me in my coat and a short video of me on my walk. We wanted to show Lexie and all my other pals how good my coat fits. I had a very nice walk. Thank-you Lexie for the really nice coat!

Quiet Day

Things have been very quiet around here lately. Lucky for me tomorrow is Friday which means the weekend will be here. Hopefully things will be more exciting on the weekend. I think I will just go to bed and dream about the weekend.............

Congratulations Saucy!

Saucy had been putting on some weight and she had to go on a diet. When Saucy got home she went to the vet to be weighted. Guess what? Saucy lost a whole 1.4 lbs while she stayed with us for two weeks. Congratulations Saucy!! Mommy can sure be strict when she wants to be. She knew that Saucy was getting weighted so she very carefully managed Saucy's food. Every meal Mommy would measure it with a measuring cup. That poor Saucy didn't get even an extra kibble!! I suffered too because Mommy wouldn't give me as many cookies as I usually would get because Saucy couldn't have them. It was tough not getting my usual amount of cookies but I did my part to help Saucy loose weight. Keep up the good work Saucy!

Bad Night

I was tired today and the reason I was tired is because Mommy kept me up all night. Mommy couldn't sleep so that means that I couldn't sleep. This is very unusual for Mommy because she always sleeps well. The TV was on which kept me awake and Mommy was restless and would toss and turn and she even got up a few times. OMD, that was sure a long night! We finally got to sleep at about 4 am and that crazy alarm clock went off at 6:30 am. Mommy and I both slept right through the alarm. When Mommy did get up she was running late and was running around like a wild woman getting ready for work. I was sure glad when she left for work because I had to catch up on my sleep. I hope Mommy has a better night tonight................... If she doesn't you are going to be a seeing a little affie with big bags under her eyes. BOL!

Eating Adjustment

It was very quiet around my house today with just me and Mommy. I did eat a good breakfast which made Mommy happy. I am adjusting to eating when there are no pups around wanting my food. It certainly is an incentive to eat when another pup wants your food. When Mommy got home from work she made some chicken and I got to have a few yummy bites. I love chicken. For supper I ate about half of my kibble. Later in the evening I was hungry and Mommy said I had to learn to eat my kibble at meal time and she wouldn't give me the remaining kibble to eat. She did break down and give me a bedtime cookie. Maybe tomorrow I should eat my kibble at meal time......................

I act differently!

Saucy went home this afternoon. Auntie Lorna came over to get Saucy and I was sure excited to see her. At first Mommy held me and let Saucy get all the time to greet Auntie Lorna. That is not fair at all!! Finally Saucy went into her crate and it was my turn to greet Auntie Lorna. The humans then went into the bathroom to admire the new swimming pool (aka bath tub). Geee...... I will never understand humans! Then Auntie Lorna was gone and so was Saucy. My dogness this is the first time in weeks that it has just been me and my Mommy alone in the house. It did seem kind of quiet. I went and snuggled into one of the doggy beds in the living room and had a nap. When it came to supper time I only ate about half of my kibble. There was no need to eat the kibble up when there was no pup breathing over my shoulder wanting to get at it. Then this evening I slept all my myself in a doggy bed while Mommy watched TV. When Saucy and Bounce were here I had to sleep on Mommy's lap all the time because I had to make it very clear that she is my Mommy. Now that no pup was here to try and steal my Mommy I didn't need to be on Mommy's lap all the time. I actually could put my guard down for awhile. I do act differently when pups are here. Mommy says I am going to miss the company.

Slacker Mommy

Mommy was sure slacking on her job of looking after us this morning. We got up and had breakfast as usual. Then Mommy went to try out the new swimming pool in the bathroom (aka bathtub) and she totally forgot to fill up the water dishes. Mommy was in the bathroom for such a long time that I thought I would die of thirst. The water bowl in my Day Room was totally empty, yep it was bone dry! A sweet diva pup like me shouldn't have to walk down the hall to the computer room to get a drink. Now I thought I would over look this incident and I walked down the hall for a drink. What did I find??? I found a water dish only half full with yesterday's water. Really, a diva like me just can't accept this. As soon as Mommy was out of the swimming pool (aka bath tub) I made sure to point out Mommy's error. It worked and she filled up both dishes with nice cool fresh water. Don't let it happen again Mommy or I may have to report you to my Dogster pals!

Grandpa

My Grandpa came to visit yesterday because he wanted to see what the bathroom guy had done in our bathroom. My Grandpa visiting is not unusual at all so you may be wondering why I am writing a special diary entry about it. I will explain it to you. Up until now my Grandpa had only seen black affenpinschers which comprised of me and Bounce but this time he got to see Saucy who is not black. Well let me tell you it was love at first sight. Yep, my Grandpa fell in love with Saucy and Saucy fell in love with my Grandpa. It was quite sickening to see actually. Saucy was sucky, sucky up to Grandpa and Grandpa was making all kinds of cutie baby sounds patting Saucy. When Grandpa went to leave Saucy wanted so badly to go with him. She went right to the door with him and backed into him and sat on his feet. I guess she figured Grandpa couldn't move if she was sitting on his feet. It really didn't bother me at all because I am a smart pup and I know if Saucy is with Grandpa then I get Mommy all to myself. No more sharing Mommy sounds real good to me.

I am An Instigator

I am still having relationship issues with Saucy. Most of the time Saucy and I just ignore each other. Mommy said that is fine if we ignore each other but no fighting and no growling. Except for a few growls here and there we have been fine for the past few days until this afternoon. Mommy didn't see what happened but we got into another one of our "in your face" type of fight. We were both making real growling noises and were up on our back legs and right in each others faces. Let me tell you the air was blue! BOL! Since young pups read my diary I can not tell you what was said but it sure wasn't for the weak of heart. Mommy pulled us apart and I wanted to get right back into it. Mommy made me lay on my side in a submissive position until I got those ideas out of my mind. What can I say, Mommy is the pack leader so I have to listen to her. Then came feeding time. I was sitting in my position in the computer room waiting like a nice pup for my food. Then Saucy came in wanting to eat and she made too big of a curve to go into her kennel and was invading my space. Invading my space is not good at any time but especially not when I am waiting to eat. I went to go after her again but this time Mommy saw the whole thing and put a stop to it before it even started. Mommy says that the more she sees the more she thinks I am the instigator. I don't know what an instigator is but it must be good. I bet it is a fancy way to say that I am a nice pup, a leader, a charming personality, a diva, a princess...............

Free Book Download

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Football Tag!

Alright Pal! You made it here. I see you caught my foot ball pass. Here is what you should do next! Hurry and pass the ball to 5 of your team mates so they can make a touch down. You are also supposed to write down 5 things about yourself that are funny. Also please leave me a bone and ask all those who visit your diary to leave you a bone so you will know they have been there! Ok…Here goes the play!

1. My favourite game is the "Jelly Belly Tickle Game". Mommy says "run, run Jelly" and I run and I eventually roll on my back and wait for Mommy to give me a belly tickle. I do have a video of me playing this game in my video library.
2. I have my own Day Room with my very own Day Bed.
3. I am kept very busy protecting my backyard from those evil squirrels.
4. I love going for walks and I am kind of sad now because it is too cold to go for walks every day.
5. I sit in the car on my own booster seat with a doggy seat belt. It is better to be safe!

It was my good pals Mini Mischief who tagged me. Thank-you Rudy and Izzy for all the fun!

Bathroom Guy

I thought something was strange this morning when Mommy didn't go to work but I sure wasn't going to remind her it was a work day. It is Thursday and Thursday is always a "go to work day". Mommy must be confused and thinks it is Saturday, yep that is what it must be. Then there was a knock on the door and Saucy and I barked. Who is it? Who is it? Mommy said it was the "Bathroom Guy". Hmmmmm.......... just a couple of weeks ago we had two "Kitchen Guys" and now we have a "Bathroom Guy". Just like his name suggests he went right to the bathroom and started banging and making lots of noise. Mommy just can't believe how quiet Saucy and I are. We barked when he first came in and now we are sitting in the computer room 100% quiet. The Kitchen Guys were here for three days and Bounce and I barked it up almost the whole time. Now with the Bathroom Guy we only bark for a couple of minutes. Is it that I am getting used to all these worker guys in my house or is it the positive influence of Saucy??? More thought is needed on this................... I think Bounce will be disappointed that she missed being here to see the Bathroom Guy.

My Relationship with Saucy

I must report that I have been behaving myself and Saucy and I have not had a fight for 48 hours. Mommy says that we have to be friends.

Last night when we were watching TV and Mommy was holding both of us and she said that any pup who growls has to go on the floor. I wasn't going to growl and end up on the floor with Saucy sitting in my Mommy's lap. No way! There were no growls. Eventually Saucy wanted on the floor because it was getting too hot for her and I must say I wasn't disappointed to have my Mommy all to myself.

Then today Mommy was eating supper in the dining room. I was right there waiting for some yummy little pieces. Saucy was in the kitchen and she started to come into the dining room so I growled at her. "Stay out of the dining room Saucy if you know what is good for you!" Saucy just turned around and went away which was nice to see. Then you will never believe what happened!! Mommy called Saucy into the dining room and said she has as much right to be there as I do. What are you talking about?? I live here and not Saucy so I should have more rights to the dining room! I tried to tell Mommy that I was only thinking of Saucy's well being because she is on a diet and shouldn't have any of the yummy food but Mommy didn't buy that story.

Being a nice hostess is sure getting to be a drag!

Congratulations to our Human Niece

Congratulations to our human niece for her great University marks in 1st year nursing!! She just found out that she has a 4.0 GPA which is all A's in her first term courses. She took courses that I know nothing about including biology, anatomy, sociology, computers and aboriginal studies. Keep up the good work! Right now she has that terrible flu so we hope she gets better soon because she has lots of school work to do.

New Bag of Kibble Day

This is one of the best days because this is a "New Bag of Kibble" day. Yep, I don't know what it is but I sure do love my kibble when we open a new bag. It is the same kind of kibble but it just tastes so much better when it is a brand new bag. We buy the smallest bag on the market so I can get my kibble as fresh as possible. I wish I could have a new bag of kibble every day but I would settle for every week. I suggested to Mommy that we should give away my bags of kibble after a week to the poor pups at the shelter and get me a new bag every week. I think that is a great idea because we would all benefit, I would get fresh kibble every week and the shelter pups would get good kibble. Mommy doesn't seem too keen on getting me a new bag of kibble every week. My bag of kibble only costs $20.99 plus taxes so that is a small price to pay to keep me and a bunch of shelter pups happy. Mommy says we will keep track of how long this bag takes for me to use up but it should last about a month and kibble should stay good in the zip locked bag that it comes in for a month. There is suppose to be 17 cups of kibble in the bag and I eat 1/2 cup per day so that means a bag should last for 34 days. I wish the company made even smaller bags. I want fresh kibble every week!!!! Do you like your kibble better when you open up a new bag?

Relationship Building

Saucy and I are still trying to work out our relationship. When Bounce was here it was me and Bounce together all the time and Saucy was on her own. Now that Bounce has gone home it has changed the whole dynamics in the house. Yesterday evening and this morning Saucy and I just pretended that the other didn't exist. We would be in the house and totally ignore each other and we would go outside and totally ignore each other. Then this evening we had a big blow up and had another in your face type of fight. There is a real shortage of doggy beds in the computer room because our beds went to be washed. Mommy doesn't know exactly what happened because she was working on the computer. I was in Saucy's crate and all of a sudden Mommy saw me rush out of the crate and Saucy and I were fighting. We were both up on our back legs and making lots of growling noises and were face to face. The language we used is simply not suitable to repeat! Mommy broke us up and made us behave. Now we are back to ignoring each other. Mommy put my beautiful bed from my pal Zoe into the computer room for me to sleep on. Thank dogness I have a good pal like Zoe and that Zoe's Mommy can make such a nice bed. I now don't have to go into Saucy's crate to find a soft place to sleep. I am just in heaven sleeping in my little bed beside Mommy in the computer room. Mommy says that Saucy and I better work on building our relationship. Whatever that means.................

Bounce went home :(

Bounce went home today. I think I am going to miss her and it is going to be lonely in my Day Room tomorrow. Saucy is still here so there is still another pup around for one more week. Saucy and I don't play together but rather we co-exist. I growl at Saucy and she growls at me. This afternoon it did escalate and we were really growling and standing up on our back legs and getting into each others faces. Mommy broke it up but she said it was all noise and no action. Mommy said I have to be nice to Saucy because she is a guest. Hmmmm.... we will see about that! Mostly we just ignore each other and growl in passing. Mommy says that Saucy is a very sweet pup. Wait one minute!! Doesn't Mommy know that I am the only sweet pup around here?

Saucy has to go to the vet in one week to get weighted and she is suppose to loose weight. Mommy has been very closely monitoring Saucy's food so hopefully she will have lost some weight when she goes to the vet.

A Nice Saturday

Today was Saturday which is always good because Mommy is home for two days. Yahoo! This morning Mommy went and had the tire from the car fixed and found out the problem was a nail. :0 After that she went grocery shopping and brought all kinds of bags into the house with yummy food. Bounce, Saucy and I helped her put the groceries away. After that it was lunch time and we got to have little pieces of pizza bun and chicken soup soaked crackers. Yummy! Then we settled down and watched a movie in the afternoon. Movie watching in the afternoon is rather rare for us because Mommy is usually busy but I must say we sure did like it. I spent part of my time looking out the window and barking and part of my time sleeping on Mommy's lap. It was heavenly! After that we did some laundry and some dusting which I enjoy. Then came the part that I did not like, the sucky machine!!! My Loofa dog stayed safe and sound today. Bounce has learned all about the sucky machine and she didn't get trapped even once. I was kind of concerned what Saucy would do but she dealt with the sucky machine like a pro knowing exactly how to stay out of the way. Now we are having a quiet evening at home.

Mommy was late!

I thought today was going to be really good because Mommy said she was going to be home early from work. Well, Bounce and Saucy and I waited and waited and Mommy did not come home early. Finally her regular time to come home arrived and she still was not home. She normally gets home about 5:00 pm. Well, we waited and waited and waited. 6pm and no Mommy. 7 pm and no Mommy! 8 pm and no Mommy! Where could Mommy be???? Finally about 9 pm she came home. Mommy said she had a real bad day and would tell me about it later. First we had to go out and potty and have our supper. Bounce and I did some pee pee in the day room and Mommy said she didn't blame us because it was such a long time. What happened to you Mommy?? Mommy said she was heading home at about 2:15 pm and got a flat tire. She wasn't in the best part of the City but was right by a restaurant. She phoned the motor league to come and change the tire and they said they would be there in about an hour. So in the real cold weather she sat in the car for an hour and called them back. They said that was a mistake and it would be more like 3 or 4 hours before they could get there. Since the weather was so cold they were getting lots of calls and the calls were being put into three categories. People who were at home would have to wait about 24 hours. People stranded on the road would get help asap. People like my Mommy who were stranded but had a warm place to go would be fit in after the stranded people. Mommy said she went into the restaurant and it took the motor league until 8:15 pm to come and rescue her. Yep, she waited for 6 hours total! Now Mommy has to go and get the tire checked tomorrow. The man told her that there may be nothing wrong with the tire and with the extreme cold we have been getting it is very common for the tires to loose their air. I am sure glad my Mommy is home safe and sound!

Notme Strikes Twice in One Day!

That bad pup called "Notme" is really getting bad because he has now struck twice in one day at my house. This evening he got into the bathroom garbage again and had tissue all over the floor. I didn't show Mommy the mess this time because she blamed me last time. This time Mommy found it all on her own. Can you believe that she is blaming me for it again??? Now Mommy has put the garbage can on top of the counter. That bad pup "Notme" can get up there I am certain. Nothing will stop that bad pup!

"Notme" Returns Again!

That bad pup "Notme" has been showing up at my house this week. He showed up on Tuesday and then again today (Thursday).

I will bark about Tuesday first because that is when "Notme" was the worst. Saucy came to stay with us on Monday evening so Tuesday was the first day that all three of us were left in my "day room". That bad pup showed up during the day when Mommy wasn't at home. Do you know what that pup did? He did lots of pee pee on two of my doggy beds. Don't worry Zoe, it wasn't my nice bed from you. Also it wasn't my day bed. It was two older beds that Mommy left on the floor for us. When Mommy got home one bed was full of pee and the second bed had a few pee pee spots on it. Mommy doesn't believe it was "Notme" and thinks it was me, Bounce and Saucy. She said we had a "Pee Fest" and were trying to decide our pecking order by covering up each others pee pee. No, no, no!! It was the bad pup called "Notme". Mommy says that one pup could not pee pee that much in 9 hours and it had to be the three of us. That "Notme" is really bad and has lots of pee pee so it had to be him. What a bad pup he is to get three little angel affies in trouble!

Then today that bad pup got into the bathroom garbage. I brought a piece of tissue from the garbage into the computer room to show Mommy what that bad pup had done. Instead of being grateful that I showed her what that bad pup had done she blamed me for getting into the garbage. No, no, no , it was not me! Next time I won't show Mommy what "Notme" has done and I will just let her find it for herself. That will show her!!!

That bad pup "Notme" better stay away from my house because there are now three of us to chase him away!

Weather Report

It has sure been cold here. Right now it is -29 C or -20 F with a windchill of -40 C or -40 F. We sure do run outside fast to potty! I think my pee pee freezes as fast as it hits the snow! BOL! Tomorrow is suppose to be even colder with a wind chill of -49 C or -56.2 F. Brrrrrrrrrrr........ It is suppose to start getting warmer after that. I sure hope so! It would be nice to go on a walk.

I am a good hostess!

I am being a good hostess to Saucy and Bounce. I share my toys, I share my beds and I even share my Mommy. When Saucy came she brought some doggy cookies that I have never had before - yogurt and fieldberry fusion. Saucy shared her cookies and we each had one and they are very yummy. This evening Bounce and Saucy sorted out their differences with the doggy beds in the living room. Saucy decided she preferred a different bed which made Bounce happy because she got her bed back. Right now I am not very happy in the computer room. My Mommy better work on it because there are only two beds in here and three pups. Yep, 2 beds and 3 pups which doesn't work very well. Bounce has one bed and Saucy has the other so I am sleeping on the carpet. That Mommy better put another bed in the computer room. Hmmm..... maybe this will work out after all because Mommy just put me on her lap. I now have the best spot! :)

Company!

I was just so excited this evening when my Auntie Lorna came over to see me. Bounce was really confused because she thought that Auntie Lorna was here to see her and to take her home. I growled at Bounce to get away from Auntie Lorna because she is all mine and Mommy picked me up so I couldn't growl any more. Grrrrrr...... That kitchen seems to be getting more attention then I like and Mommy and Auntie Lorna went to look at it. I still wanted all the attention from Auntie Lorna. She didn't stay for very long and away she went. Auntie Lorna left Bounce so I was right that she was here to see me and not Bounce. Wait one minute!!! What is in this crate by the front door making all that growling sounds??? Stop, Auntie Lorna, you forgot something!!!! Inside the crate was a little affenpinscher called Saucy. Hmmmmm, now there are two of them in my house. First came Bounce and now Saucy. Mommy said that Bounce will go home on Sunday and that Saucy will have a turn at staying with us. We then settled in to do some serious TV watching. I kind of feel sorry for poor Bounce because within minutes Saucy had taken over her favorite sleeping spot. Bounce just wandered around and didn't know what to do since she lost her sleeping spot. Mommy had to encourage Bounce to sleep in another one of my doggy beds. I think Bounce finally accepted it and we had a peaceful evening.

I am honoured!

I am so honoured to be given an award for bravery from the Loofa Dog Society for my valiant rescue of my precious loofa dog from that mean sucky machine. (vacuum)

I wrote about the rescue of my loofa dog in my diary a couple of days ago. For those of you that missed it my Mommy was using the sucky machine. I have Bounce staying with me and she keeps getting trapped by the sucky machine so I was giving her all my attention when all of a sudden I saw my loofa was in the middle of the hall with the sucky machine heading right for it. There was no time to call 911 so I ran in with no thought of my own safety and saved my precious Loofa Dog.

Thank-you Loofa Dog Society for recognizing my act of bravery. Special thanks to my good pal Toby Girl for making the beautiful picture on my page. Thank-you TobyGirl

I want dessert!

Is it too much for a pup to want dessert? I gobbled down my kibble for supper and then I started to paw at Mommy because I wanted dessert. It took her awhile to figure out what I wanted. People like to have dessert after they eat so why shouldn't pups?? I pawed at Mommy to get her attention and then went to where the treats are kept. Finally she caught on! Mommy gave both Bounce and me a doggy biscuit for dessert and it was sure yummy. That hit the spot perfectly and I went to have a nap afterwards. I think I will ask for dessert after supper again tomorrow.

It was a Busy Day

We did have a busy day today. At first I thought my Mommy was going crazy. She took all the food out of that big white chest in the basement called a "freezer" and put it into those big black garbage bags. Stop, stop Mommy!!! Don't throw out all that yummy food!!! It was just too much for me when I saw a whole turkey go into that big bag. OMD, OMD! Then she carried all the bags upstairs and put them into the snow bank outside. She told me not to worry because she was going to defrost the freezer. I still worried about all the yummy food and I was just thinking about turkey, roast beef, roast pork, chicken............... After Mommy got the freezer cleaned out she brought the food back in the house and put it back into the freezer. Thank dogness is all I can say!!

After we finished with the freezer we had to put my cabinet together for my day room. Mommy got out her screw driver and her hammer and we went to work. Eventually we got it together and into my room. In the cabinet we put my fussy blankets, my towels, my shampoo, my conditioner, my bug spray, my food, my treats and many more of my treasures. Mommy couldn't believe how we filled it up! She just looked around the room and was shaking her head saying something about all this for one little 7.5 lb pup! BOL!!!

While we were doing the freezer and the cabinet we were also doing laundry. I was starting to get tired by this point and was glad to see that the laundry was all finished. Mommy said we still weren't finished! OMD, now what???? It was time to dust and Mommy went around with her little dusty thing. I like that game. Then out came the sucky machine. OMD, NO!!!!! I must say I think Bounce has finally figured out the sucky machine or at the very least she now knows to follow me. She didn't get trapped once and she didn't bark once either. There was one emergency that happened because I was so busy keeping track of Bounce that I forgot about my Loofa Dog. The sucky machine was going down the hall and there was my loofa dog sitting right in it's path. OMD, call 911! Emergency, emergency!!!! It was too late and the only way my loofa dog could be saved is if I saved him. With no regard to my own life and ran past the sucky machine, snatched up my loofa and ran. I saved my loofa!!!! Maybe I will get an award from the Loofa Society???

I am now very tired and my loofa and I are enjoying a well desired nap.

Busy Day Planned

Mommy only has two more days before she has to go back to work. She has been off since Dec. 23rd but it has gone by too fast.

Yesterday Mommy was out quite a bit. In the morning she went grocery shopping. Then in the afternoon Grandpa came to visit. After that Mommy went out to see a movie and then she went to a restaurant for supper. Grrrrrr........ How could she go out for supper and not take me?? She didn't even bring me anything home. Bad Mommy! Bounce and I had to sit by ourselves in the day room.

Today Mommy isn't going out at all. Yahoo! She says that we have lots of work today. I wonder what we will be doing?? Anything is better then Mommy going out.

Kibble Report

It has been a long time since I have done a kibble report. If you are a regular reader of my diary you may remember how much trouble Mommy had getting me to eat. I am now a good eater and it started about the time I turned 3 years old. I get 1/4 cup of kibble for breakfast and 1/4 cup of kibble for supper and I eat it all up. In the morning Mommy puts a small amount of freeze dried chicken breast in my kibble and in the evening she puts a small amount of a soft all natural peanut butter flavoured treat in my kibble. Yummy! Mommy is happy to have me eat so well. She puts the food down and in 15 minutes it is gone.

I've been tagged

I was tagged by Deshi. Here are the rules: Write 7 things about yourself others may not know, then tag 7 of your pals by paw-mail or rosette. Have fun!

Here are my 7 things:

1. My favourite toy is my purple loofa dog.
2. At age 3 I am finally a good eater.
3. I love looking out the window.
4. I have my own day room with a real doggy day bed. I call it a day room because I don't sleep in there at night. I stay in there when Mommy goes out or to work.
5. I love my car seat and seat belt.
6. I just love going for walks.
7. My half sister Bounce is visiting me right now.

More Company

I just found out that we are going to have more company. A cute little affenpinscher called Saucy is going to come and stay with us for a few weeks starting Monday. Saucy lives with Bounce. I think the three of us are going to have a good time.

One Down Many More To Go!

The renovation in the kitchen is now complete. Thank dogness! Now Bounce and I can get some beauty sleep during the day instead of keeping track of those Kitchen Guys. Mommy seems happy too. She was busy this afternoon putting everything back into the kitchen. Mommy will never be happy with the renovations and will always want more. Do you know what she did with the Kitchen Guys before they left today??? She dragged them into the bathroom and showed them what she wants done in there. Here we go again! BOL!

Renovations Continue

It was another busy day for renovations. Everything is done now except the grout around the tiles. The Kitchen Guy is coming tomorrow between 7:30 am and 8:00 am. to do that. OMD, I just don't know how Bounce and I are going to get up early enough for that. Mommy likes us to have been out to potty a couple of times and our breakfast eaten by the time he gets here. Hmmmm.... maybe Bounce and I should be trendy and have a brunch instead so we can sleep longer. I better go and bark to Bounce about it..........

That Mommy of mine is just never happy. Now that she sees the kitchen she decided that she needed new cover on all the switches and plug ins. So off she went shopping! BOL!! She came home and pulled out that screw driver and the new covers are on. Then she brings in this great big box and says it is for me! What is it, what is it??? Mommy said it is a cupboard for my day room that has four shelves. She said I need a place to store my fuzzy blankies, my towels, my shampoo, my conditioner, my kibble, my treats and anything else that doesn't fit in the drawers. I think Mommy got cheated because it is all in pieces. Now Mommy has to put it together. OMD, more comedy for me and Bounce to watch! BOL, BOL!

The Kitchen Guy is back!

The Kitchen Guy is back! He was here before 8 am so Mommy was barely ready for him. She isn't used to worker people that come on time or come early. BOL! I didn't bark at the kitchen guy at all. With the help of my pals I decided that he complimented me yesterday when he called me an Ewok. Thanks so much for the feedback pals! His compliment was confirmed today when he said I was a "cute little Ewok". He is now my friend. :) Bounce barked at him today and I really don't know why. I told her to be quiet!

Today the kitchen guy brought in our new oven hood. Boring! He said he is going to do the tiles and put up the microwave shelf. Tomorrow is the grouting and the oven hood. Then the kitchen will be finished!

I have decided that I like home renovations because Mommy is at home. Mommy, I want to start another renovation right away!

Insult or Compliment???

Sometimes those humans say things and it makes me wonder if it is an insult or a compliment. The kitchen guy said that I look like a "Ewok". Yes, I guess there is a resemblance. Would this be an insult or a compliment??? I really need to figure this out before he comes back tomorrow. Should I be friendly or should I growl?? What do you pups think??

Kitchen Update

Well over half the day is now gone and we have had lots of excitement around here. Two kitchen guys arrived this morning and Bounce and I had to sound the alarms when these intruders entered our house. The one kitchen guy is here all the time and the other kitchen guy seems to come and go. Mommy says that the one that comes and goes is the pack leader and he does bark orders to the other kitchen guy. The old 1967 counter has been removed as well as the back splash and sink. We had lots of excitement at one point when it was raining in the kitchen. Yes, I am telling you the truth, it is freezing outside but was raining in the kitchen. The kitchen guy had shut the water off, removed the old sink and installed shut off valves under the sink. He went and turned the water on and it started to rain! The rain went upward and hit the ceiling. OMD, did that guy ever run to shut off the water. He had left one of the valves under the sink on with no sink attached! BOL! This is more entertainment then watching out the window!!! BOL! (*as Jelly is rolling all over the floor*) He cleaned up that mess and continued with his work. So far our counter is installed, the sink is installed and he is now doing the plumbing under the sink. Bounce and I are getting used to him and we are now sleeping in the computer room. The one benefit of all this is that Mommy has to stay here and she is not running all over. She works on the computer so Bounce and I nap. She reads a book so Bounce and I nap. She watches TV so Bounce and I nap. Are you seeing a pattern??? BOL! Every once and awhile she checks on the kitchen guy and we jump up and become real alert. Then when the kitchen guy goes out or comes back in or the other kitchen guy arrives we bark. Life is so predictable!

My Early Morning

This morning that alarm clock went off at 6 am. OMD, Bounce and I haven't got up that early since before Christmas. What is with this Mommy?? We don't get up this early when it is a working day!! Mommy said we had to be ready for the kitchen guys when they come at 8 am. First it was out quick to potty and let me tell you it was cold! This morning it was -32 C (-26 F) when I stuck my nose out the door. Hurry, hurry Bounce! I want back in!! There was no relaxing breakfast this morning either! Hmmm............ this day is going from bad to worse. Mommy gave Bounce and I breakfast and she went right in to shower. Wait, wait Mommy!! We like it when you sit at the computer while we eat!!! But no, Mommy was rushing around. At 8 am the kitchen guys phoned and said they were running a bit late and would be at our house at about 8:30 am. Well at least I got to complain... or I should say bark about my morning. I wonder what it is going to be like with the kitchen guys today???? Something tells me I am not going to get much sleep. It is now 8:15 am and we are waiting................. Bounce and I are having a little nap right now but I think that will be the last one for the day.

Cold Weather

OMD, I don't think this cold weather is ever going to go away. It snowed on Friday night and most of Saturday. Mommy didn't go out to clear the snow until this morning (Sunday). When she went out it was -29 C (-20.2 F) with a windchill of -42 C (-43.6 F). It took her about 1.5 hours to do all the snow and when she came in she said she wasn't cold at all. I find that very hard to believe. Bounce and I sat in the warm house and watched her from the window. As I am barking right now it is -28 C (-18.4 F) with a windchill of -37 C (-34.6 F). I really don't understand those numbers but I can tell you from my most recent potty experience that it is cold. Tomorrow morning it is suppose to have a windchill of -45 C (-49 F). Brrrrr......... I don't think it will be fun to go outside and potty tomorrow.

Have you noticed that I am giving the temperatures in F as well as C?? I am such a smart pup! BOL!

Lessons for Bounce

We had a pretty busy day today. Today we took all the Christmas decorations down. OMD, that tree is really strange. Mommy packed it away in a box in three pieces to use next year. BOL, I doubt that tree will survive packed away in a box. After the tree it was time to say good-bye to the Christmas Village. I sure did enjoy watching those little skaters go around and around. Bye-bye until next year! Then it was all the other ornaments in the house that got packed away. I just don't understand it but Mommy said that Bounce and I were getting in her way so she put us in the computer room with the baby gate up! Hmmmm....... that is some fine way of showing gratitude to your pups for trying to help!

After all the decorations were put away Mommy brought out the sucky machine. I just loved playing my game of chicken with the sucky machine. I run like grease lightning right past it and it never got me!!! Bounce needs some lessons on sucky machines. She just doesn't think ahead and always seems to get cornered by the machine. At one point I thought she was going to get sucked right up! Yep, it sure was close!!! Mommy had to hold the sucky machine back to allow Bounce to escape. Giving Bounce lessons on the sucky machine will be my top priority!

Busy, busy, busy!

OMD, did we ever have a busy day today. This afternoon Mommy started to set the table in the dining room with all our fancy china so I knew something was up. We were having a party!!! Actually Mommy said it was a family dinner. Mommy had all kinds of yummy smelling things cooking that were of a real interest to me and Bounce. The Christmas tree lights were on and the Christmas Village lights were on and Mommy said to enjoy them because this would be the last day. About 4:30 pm our company started to arrive. We had a great evening with lots of yummies. It is now 11 pm and all our company is gone. Mommy is just taking a break so she can type for me and she is going to go and clean up. She says she doesn't want to get up in the morning to this mess. I don't see anything messy about it but whatever!

Tomorrow we are going to take down all our Christmas stuff and then on Sunday we have to prepare for the kitchen guys who are going to give us a new counter and backsplash. Also it is suppose to snow tonight and tomorrow so Mommy will likely be busy removing snow too. Then on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday the kitchen guys will be here making lots of banging noises. I think those will be busy barking days.

I think I had better go and get my beauty sleep so I will be prepared for the next few days. Mommy, get cleaning so we can go to bed!

New Years Day

It snowed last night and I found a really good use for Bounce this morning. She is bigger then me so in the morning I let her blaze the trail through the snow so I could go outside and do my potty. Bounce doesn't seem to mind the snow at all and she plowed through that snow like a champ and beat it all down for me. By mid morning she had been out a few times and the snow was so beaten down that it was easy for me to go outside. Thanks Bounce!

After breakfast Mommy went outside to clean the snow. I told her to just take Bounce with her to beat it all down but Mommy said it wouldn't work. I don't know why not because it sure worked for me. Bounce and I watched out the window while Mommy cleared away the snow on the driveway.

Then Mommy started to do cleaning and she even used that terrible sucky machine. I am getting brave with the sucky machine and I play a game of chicken with it. I will run right by the sucky machine and see how close I can get to it. I have to run fast or it might suck me up. It really is great fun and really gets the adrenaline going. I am a real dare devil pup and I will run right past the sucky machine when it is in the hallway. That takes lots of bravery because there isn't much room to run past. One mistake and the sucky machine will have me inside of it! I wouldn't recommend a hallway run to novice pups. My recommendation is to get lots of experience running past the sucky machine in more open areas before you attempt a hallway run. One mistake and........ well you know what will happen.

Then Mommy said that we are going to have a family supper at our house tomorrow. OMD, I couldn't believe it when Mommy started to pull out the fancy china. We don't use that china very often so it must be an important dinner. I am a real party pup and I am looking forward to this dinner. I asked for turkey since we didn't have turkey this year because Mommy went out for Christmas dinner. Mommy said no to turkey. She said all the humans are turkeyed out so we are going to have a beef roast. Grrrrr...... Don't get me wrong, I love roast beef but turkey is my favourite and I didn't get any this Christmas! :( Mommy says we have a turkey in the freezer and we will be cooking it later. Okay, I guess I can survived with a beef roast.

My Kind Side

I barked the other day about how I have a cool game where I torment Bounce. In summary, I eat my treats very slowly while Bounce gobbles her treats down fast so I end up tormenting her with my treat. She has to sit and watch me eat my treat piece by piece. Now while this is true I wanted to also show you my kind side. When Bounce and I eat our meals I eat in the computer room while Bounce eats in her crate. When we are done Mommy lets Bounce out of her crate. Normally I don't totally finish my kibble and Mommy lifts up my bowl and Bounce always finishes her kibble. I always make sure that a few kibble pieces from my bowl end up on the carpet for Bounce. When Bounce comes out of her crate she always runs to where my bowl was and eats those 3 or 4 pieces of kibble that I knocked out of the bowl just for her. This proves that I also have a kind side to me.

Diary Pick

OMD, I just can't believe that I am one of the diary picks today. What a great way to start off the New Year! I would like to thank all the pups who write diaries, read my diary or bark at me during the year. It has been so much fun getting to know you ! Please keep reading, writing and barking this year!

Wags and Affie Kisses
Jelly

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year to every pup! I hope you have a great 2009.

Today is an extra special day for us because it is Angel Jennifer's birthday. Mommy says she remembers that day like it was yesterday. She got home from work and decided to stay home on New Year's because the puppies were due any time. She was laying on the sofa when Jennifer was born right in Mommy's hand. It just happened so quickly! Jennifer did have a hard start and was not breathing right. Mommy kept rubbing her and swung her gently to get the fluid out of her lungs. Mommy had two friends that wanted to see puppies born so Mommy called them. She didn't think they would come but they both canceled their New Years plans to be there. A total of six beautiful pups were born. It did take Jennifer a few hours to really get going. As Mommy was whelping puppies she got one of her friends to keep rubbing Jennifer. Mommy said it was the best New Year's Eve she ever had.

Jennifer wasn't as strong as the other pups and within a few days the others got much stronger and kept pushing poor Jennifer away. Angel Cadbury just so happened to be having a litter too and only had one puppy about a week later. Mommy decided to try Jennifer with Angel Cadbury and Angel Cadbury was an excellent Mom and looked after Jennifer very well. I never knew Angel Cadbury but she sure sounds like a nice pup. Thank-you Angel Cadbury for taking such good care of Angel Jennifer. I bet the two of you are having a good time together at the Rainbow Bridge.

OMD, this day always brings back lots of memories.

Getting back to the present it is now time for me to celebrate New Years. I am so happy that Mommy is staying home this year and celebrating with me and Bounce. We just finished our supper and Mommy put in some extra yummy treats with our kibble. In a little while we are going to have pizza too. Yummy! Bark at you later pups!

Congratulations to our Human Niece

My Mommy's human niece is in first year nursing at University. It is a four year program and she is working very hard. She just got her final grade for two of her courses from 1st term. She got an "A" in anatomy and an "A+" in biology. Wow, such great marks!!! Congratulations Kristie!!! Now we are waiting in anticipation for her final marks in the remaining three courses. Good job! We are proud of you!!!

Snoop and Shelby Update

We had some excitement at my house today. This morning about 10 am the door bell rang and there was some worker guy at our door. Mommy let him in and took him down to our basement. He was down there for awhile and I was concerned about what he was doing. I did bark the alarm because I was in my day room and I couldn't go and check him out. Mommy said he was only doing the yearly check of our furnace. I was happy to see him leave.

Later in the day Mommy went out to a restaurant to have supper with Snoop and Shelby's Mommy. Do you remember Snoop and Shelby??? Yep, they are the Miniature Schnauzers that were at the lake last summer. The very ones that I just love to go walking with. I was very disappointed that I couldn't go for supper. Mommy said that Snoop and Shelby weren't at the restaurant either. I think that was very inconsiderate of the humans to leave their pups at home. I would love to see Snoop and Shelby. Do you know that those two lucky pups are going to Florida in two days?? They are getting away from all the cold and the snow and spend the next few months in some nice sunny weather. I sure wish I could go with them especially after my face plant in the snowbank with my snowsuit incident. Do you think I could hide out in their luggage??? Mommy says she would like to hide out in their luggage too. Silly Mommy, she is too big to fit in their luggage. BOL! They get to stay in Florida until spring. Lucky, lucky pups! Mommy when you retire can we go to Florida for the winter????? The good news is that Snoop and Shelby will be at the lake again next summer when we are there. I am going to go to bed now and dream about all the squirrel hunting and good walks that we will be able to do. Fun, fun, fun!

Teasing Bounce

I have been enjoying teasing Bounce. Yep, I really have been enjoying it. First you have to understand that Bounce really likes her food and she just gobbles up anything that Mommy gives her. When Mommy gives us a treat Bounce will eat it up right away while I take my treat and go and lay down and I put the treat between my paws. The fun begins after Bounce has finished her treat. She knows that she better not come close to me when I have my treat. So I torment her and I just lay there with my treat sitting between my paws. I am really good at it and I don't let on at all that Bounce would love my treat. Bounce just keeps her distance and watches my every move. Then I take my treat and I gradually chew it. I take little bits and I chew each bit very well with the end result being that I make my treat last as long as possible. All this time Bounce is watching me and feels like she is being tortured. Hee-hee! Even after I finish my treat Bounce will keep on staring at me because she wants to lick up any crumbs that I leave. I just stay where I am so I can torment Bounce for even longer. Finally when I get bored with this game I get up and Bounce goes running to look for crumbs. What a silly pup that Bounce is and what a fun game this is. Mommy says I am mean and I am teasing poor Bounce. I don't think so, it is fun, fun, fun!

Trying it out!

This morning I went running outside with Bounce to do my potty but I didn't do anything and I came running in. Yes, it was cold outside but just a typical average day. Mommy said that we would have our breakfast and then I would go outside again. Bounce and I were eating breakfast and Mommy was on the computer. I left the room without Mommy noticing and I went into my day room. Now this is where the story starts. In my day room I have a pee-pee pad that is there just in case I need it when Mommy is at work. Mommy leaves me for about 9 hours so she feels better leaving me a pee-pee pad. In all the time that I have been in my day room I have never used the pee-pee pad, never, never! Well today I decided that I should try it out since I didn't go potty outside. I could blame this on that bad pup called "Notme" but I wouldn't blame him for something I did. I actually see nothing wrong with it because is it not a pee-pee pad? Isn't a pee-pee pad a place for a pup to pee-pee? And doesn't the box say that it is scented to encourage the pup to do their pee-pee there? This means that it must be okay for a pup to pee-pee on the pee-pee pad. So, I rest my case, it was perfectly okay for me to do my pee-pee on the pee-pee pad! After all I just wanted to try it out!

Quiet Day

Today has been a rather quiet day. Mommy was working on sorting through our drawers in the kitchen. She was making four stacks - keep, give to charity, recycle and garbage. I tried to help her but for some reason she didn't really want my help. Bounce and I decided that if our help was not needed then we would spend our day playing and napping. Mommy said we looked so cute this afternoon cuddled up together on my day bed. She tried to get the camera to take a picture but Bounce woke up and jumped down. Oh well, Mommy will have to try again. Overall we had a nice day at home with Mommy.

I am really happy because Mommy doesn't have to go to work all week. I wonder what we are going to do tomorrow?? The grass doesn't grow under my paws so I am certain I will find some excitement.

Sad Day!

This has certainly not been one of my better days. First I came in season, actually Mommy thinks it started yesterday. That means that I have to wear those stupid in-season pants! Grrrr........ Mommy says that is the price that I have to pay for going to dog shows. Maybe this dog show thing isn't so great after all. More thought is needed on this......... Bounce and I are now miserable together because we both hate in-season pants. Grrrrr.......

The worst thing for today is we received some very sad news. Our pal Murphy went to the Rainbow Bridge. He was a very handsome 14 year old black Miniature Schnauzer. Murphy lived in Brampton, Ontario. Our thoughts and prayers are with Murphy and his family in this time of sorrow.

Happy Boxing Day!

Happy Boxing Day to every pup! I hope every pup is having a good day. Last year I got a number of questions about Boxing Day and I had a diary entry explaining what it was all about. I thought it would be appropriate to re-post that entry. Here it goes:

Boxing Day is celebrated in a number of countries including Canada. It is celebrated on the day after Christmas. From what we have heard it started in Victoria era Britain. At that time it was the day after Christmas when the rich would box up gifts and bring them to the poor. It was also a day to give gifts to servants and service people. The Christmas carol Good King Wencelas sings about giving gifts to a poor man on St. Stephens Day (Boxing Day).

In Canada it seems to mean different things to different people but it is a holiday. It is known in a number of provinces as a day to shop. On this day retailers hold big clearance sales. People who get money for Christmas can go out and get some real deals. People are known to stand in line for hours before a store opens to get some of the special deals. Often there is a limited supply of the real special deals like only 12 per store, or 20 per store etc. My Mommy has gone to a few of these sales although she has never stood in line for hours. The year she remembers the most was a few years ago when she wanted a VCR and there were super deals. She had out of town company for Christmas but her and her brother-in-law decided they would go. They left everyone sleeping in the morning and got to the store about half an hour before it opened. When the store opened the people piled in and Mommy went running to where the VCR's were kept and grabbed one of the last three. You can't stand around and decide if you want something but you just grab what you need. She also got an answering machine for real cheap. She made her purchases and was back home before the rest of the family even woke up. There are also good sales that are not so limited and don't have the same "panic" mode. Gradually these boxing day sales have expanded to the whole week. Electronics seems to be an item that have big sales.

Boxing Day is also considered another day to continue celebrating Christmas. Different families seem to have different traditions for this day. Some families will celebrate Christmas with family on the 25th and then get together with friends on the 26th. Others seem to spend Christmas with one side of the family on the 25th and then the other side of the family on the 26th. Or others will spend Christmas with immediate family and then socialize with the more distant family on the 26th. Others use it just as a day to relax after Christmas. Regardless it has a real festive atmosphere.

Merry Christmas

I hope every pup at a wonderful Christmas. I had a real good Christmas and got lots of presents. It was extra fun because Bounce is staying with me so I had another pup to play with.

I just have so much to bark about that happened yesterday. The first thing we did in the morning was to run out and see what Santa Paws had left. I have already written a diary entry on this so I don't think I have to bore you and repeat myself. Just read my previous diary entry to find out what Santa Paws left. I am still confused about all the grooming stuff I got but Santa is only being nice because he wants me to look beautiful. Beauty does come at a price!

After that I opened up all my gifts. I was a very good hostess to Bounce and I did let her share all my treats and play with all my toys.

I was real excited to open up my present from my good pal Zoe. We have posted a video of me opening up that present. I got just the best toy. It is one of those small squeaky mats with a million squeakies that is made to look like a squirrel. Sounds cool doesn't it? The squeaky mat is the body and then there is a nice long squirrel tail that I love and a squirrel head that rattles. I love the rattle noise when I shake it. Also in the box was a beautiful dog bed. We think that Zoe's Mommy may have made it but I will tell you for sure when I find out. It is reversible and is full of nice soft stuffing. It wasn't long after I opened it that Bounce went and had a long sleep in it. After Bounce had her nap I had a nap in it too. It is just so comfy and I know I am going to enjoy it so much. Thank-you so much Zoe and Zoe's family for my gifts.

I also got gifts from three beautiful kitties called Porker, Q-Tip and Fidget. They are my cousin kitties because they live with our human niece. The kitties must have known that I am a real Princess and they sent me just the most beautiful clothing. They sent a red dress with lots of sparkles, a purple shawl that is just so chic and a very pretty red sweater with a detachable red hood. In the box was also a plush toy hippo. Thank-you so much Porker, Q-Tip and Fidget.

Then I also got presents from Mommy. In my Christmas stocking was lots of different treats. I got a rollover bone, rollover chips, rollover mini bites and some yummy peanut butter treats called "Mini Naturals". Also in the stocking was a tag for my collar that says "Purebred Princess" and a cute little plush lamb toy. Then I got a box from Mommy that had four plush toys in it. I got a Christmas bear, Christmas snowman, a Christmas cheetah and a Christmas leopard. It is fun, fun, fun!

After we opened up all our gifts Bounce and I were tired and had a nap. In the afternoon we had a great time playing and playing. Did I tell you that I let Bounce play with all my new toys??? What a good pup I was was!

Then was the bad news, Mommy went out for Christmas dinner and Bounce and I couldn't go with her. We had no Christmas dinner at all and had to eat kibble for supper. Hmmm........ is that any way to treat a diva pup like me??? I told Bounce that we should go to her house because I bet there was a yummy turkey dinner there. Unfortunately Bounce and I couldn't get out of the house to go there. Anyways, I think it would be too far away for little pups like us to walk. Mommy is making a nice dinner today so it wasn't so bad and we will make up for it.

We took a bunch of Christmas photos that we hope to get on my page in the next day or two so please stay tuned to my page!

Santa Paws Was Here!

Yep, this morning I went running out to the living room and I saw right away that Santa Paws had been here. You see in our house Santa never wraps gifts. Mommy said that is the way it was when she was little and that is the way it is now. Mommy said each member of their family used to have their Santa Paws gifts unwrapped by the tree with just their names on it. When I ran to the living room I found my Santa Paws gifts on my chaise lounge by the Christmas tree. I was a bit surprised at what Santa had given me. I got some special conditioner, some special shampoo, a red towel with paw prints, a dinosaur plush squeaky and a box of organic peanut butter cookies. Mommy said I have to start keeping my legs "in oil" so I will grow lots of leg hair for the shows so that is why I need the special conditioner and shampoo. She said it is the very same products that she used to use on the Miniature Schnauzers when she showed them. That was very nice of Santa to bring me all those things so I will look beautiful. I must admit that I like the toy and the treats much more! Right now I am eating my breakfast and after that I have to go and open my stocking and my other presents. More reports to follow............

Santa Paws will be here soon!

OMD Santa Paws should be arriving at our house soon. I have to go to bed before Santa Paws will come. I don't understand how a total stranger can come to our house and I don't even realize it. I am normally a very good watch dog and I sound the alarms for Mommy when someone comes into the house. I am going to have to think about this some more.............

We had a really nice Christmas Eve. Mommy had to go out during the day to pick up a few things at the store. She went in the morning and said the stores were not too busy yet but said they will likely get real busy in the afternoon. She also had to deliver a few gifts. Bounce and I stayed home. In the afternoon I got to look out the dining room window and I showed Bounce how to jump up on the chaise lounge to look outside. Mommy also took some pictures of us by the Christmas tree. For supper Mommy had yummy pizza which is becoming a tradition here for Christmas Eve. Bounce and I got to have some of the crust. Yummy!!!

I am now off to bed and I can hardly wait until morning.............

Troubles

I don't think I specifically barked about the fact that Bounce is in season. Bounce always comes to live at my house when she is in season because the boys at her house go crazy when she comes in. So far I am not in season. When we come back in the house from outside Mommy is always standing there with one pair of in season pants. Bounce and I put our ears back and try to become as small as can be and hide from Mommy. No, no,no I don't want to wear those in season pants! I don't care that they are my in season pants, I still don't want to wear them! So far Bounce has been loosing every time and Mommy puts the pants on her. I really can feel Bounce's pain but I think it is better her then me! BOL! BOL!

Christmas is almost here!

Wow, Christmas is almost here. My little count down Snowman on my page says less then one day until Christmas. Mommy came home from work today and she doesn't have to go back to work for a long time. She was suppose to be off until Jan. 5th but now that our kitchen renovations start that day she will be off for a few days past that. OMD is it ever nice to have Mommy at home for such a long time. Bounce is happy about that too since she benefits when I benefit. My presents are wrapped and Mommy said I have to share them with Bounce. I am suppose to be a gracious hostess and let Bounce have some of my treats and play with my new toys. Hmmm......... that will be hard to do but I guess I can. I have a present from my good pal Zoe, a present from the kitties and a present from Mommy. Mommy is lazy and wrapped a few things together in one box instead of wrapping them individually. BOL! Then I have my Christmas stocking that is getting full of stuff. What a lucky pup I am!

Monday, Dec. 22nd

Today Bounce and I stayed in my "Day Room" together while Mommy went to work. It was nice to have company during the day. Mommy was wondering what the day room was going to look like after a day with the two of us. Everything was pretty much uneventful. From what Mommy can see it appears that we had a quiet day. The toys weren't moved very far so Mommy thinks we mostly slept. We did do some chewing on my Nyla Bones which is a quiet activity. Both Bounce and I were very happy when Mommy got home. After we went potty we got to check out a couple of boxes that Mommy had picked up at the bus terminal. They were full of Christmas presents! I wouldn't want it to go too far but I got a Christmas present from three kitties. Yep, even though I treat kitties rather badly always wanting to chase them I still got a present from three of them. These kitties live with my Mommy's niece and I have never met them. We sent them a present too. Mommy then had to go out for a couple of hours in the evening which didn't impress me and Bounce. After Mommy got home for the second time we played for awhile. After that both Bounce and I cuddled up in the big reclining chair with Mommy and we fell asleep watching TV. Mommy says she was really nice and warm with the two of us on the chair. Mommy has a blanket that she uses when she is sitting on the chair in the evening. I always like to cuddle under the blanket but Bounce found that to be too hot so she cuddle on top of the blanket. It was a very pleasant evening.

My Loofa Dog Returned!

I can't believe that I forgot to bark about the return of my loofa dog. It may be just as well because I think the return of my purple loofa deserves it's own diary entry. The last time I was at Auntie Lorna's house I hid my loofa dog so well that no one could find it. So I have lived for a couple of months without my purple loofa dog. It doesn't matter that I have a red loofa dog, a pink loofa dog, a green loofa dog, an orange loofa dog and millons of other toys, the fact remained that I lost my favourite purple loofa dog. While I was at Auntie Lorna's my loofa dog found it's way back into my crate by the time I was going home. It was quite a joyous reunion! I took my precious loofa in my mouth and squeaked and squeaked him. It was just music to my ears! What a wonderful Christmas present to get my loofa dog back! Welcome home precious loofa dog!!

Lots to bark about!

OMD did I ever have a busy day and I have lots of things to bark about. Mommy opened the door for me to go outside first thing this morning and I jumped onto the deck and there was a big snowdrift on the stairs. There was no way I could go down there. Mommy encouraged me to go down but no, no, no! I did have to potty so I just had my pee pee on the snow on the deck. Right after breakfast Mommy said she had to go outside and do all the snow again. I watched out the patio doors in the back and the dining room window in the front and I watched Mommy doing the snow. She used the big blowy machine again, she shoveled and she used a broom. About 1 1/2 hours later and she was back in. She let me outside again and the stairs were shoveled so I could go down and have a pee pee. When I got back into the house Mommy found that "Notme" had struck again! Yep, that bad, bad, bad pup had come back. He was really bad and he had done a poopy on the carpet by Mommy's bed when Mommy was outside doing the snow. I bet he couldn't go down the stairs either this morning to do his poopy. Lucky for me we didn't have much time to dwell on this topic because Mommy said we were going for a car ride to Auntie Lorna's. Yahoo, I love car rides and I love visiting Auntie Lorna. Before I knew it we were there. We went into the house and Mommy and Auntie Adele left to go shopping and I stayed home with Auntie Lorna. Auntie Lorna put me on the grooming table and started to groom me. I wasn't too impressed to have my coat stripped and having that beauty stuff put onto my head and neck. After I was groomed I got to play with the pups while I waited for Mommy to come back. Finally Mommy got home and all the humans were talking about how beautiful I am. Auntie Lorna does a very good job grooming. Thank-you Auntie Lorna!! They also were making plans about the doggy shows that I will be going to. I like doggy shows so that sounds fine to me. I was being a bit naughty towards the pups at this point because I don't like sharing my Mommy with them. Mommy belongs to me, she is all mine! One of the kitties showed themselves a couple of times and I chased them away. Mommy said I was being a bad pup. Then I jumped into my crate to come home and much to my surprise Auntie Adele put Bounce into our car. Mommy said that Bounce is going to spend Christmas with us. For those of you that are new to my diary or who don't remember Bounce is an affenpinscher just like me and is my half sister.We got home and I wasn't being a very good hostess for the first half an hour. I went into my tent and just ignored Bounce. After about half an hour I decided that it may be nice to have Bounce around and I played with her. We both decided we were tired and we slept in the living room while Mommy watched a Christmas movie. Now we are in the computer room eating our supper while Mommy types for me. Both Bounce and I polished up our kibble. We have to go now to go potty outside. I am certain you are going to be hearing a lot about the upcoming adventures of me and Bounce!

Saturday, Dec. 20th Continued

I will continue on from where I left off in my last diary entry. Saturday morning was mostly consumed with all the kitchen details that I barked about. In the afternoon I had a great time looking out the dining room window. During the week I rarely get a chance to look out the dining room window so on weekends it is a treat. You see during the week Mommy just rushes around in the morning to get ready for work and she doesn't open that curtain. Then during the day I am in my day room so I can't look out the dining room window. And then when Mommy gets home from work it is dark so the curtains on the dining room window are closed. That means that I only look out the dining room window on weekends. Mommy says today is the shortest day of the year and the days will now start getting longer. I can't wait for it to be light in the evenings so I can look out the dining room window more. Have you got the message that I love looking out the dining room window?? Yes, I really, really love it! BOL!!

Anyways, it was particularly exciting on Saturday to look out the dining room window. That is because all the neighbours were out cleaning the snow. I also watched Mommy with the big blowy thing (aka snow thrower) clearing the snow off our driveway. I must admit I go a bit nuts when pups walk by my house. Then I got a disappointment when Mommy went out for supper and she didn't take me. I had to sit home all evening in my day room. Finally at about midnight she came home. I heard the car driving up in the driveway and I listened carefully. The garage door opened but the car didn't go in and it stopped right by my day room. You see the driveway runs right along my day room so I can hear everything. Then I hear the sound of shoveling of snow. Hee-hee that serves Mommy right for leaving me all evening!!! The snow had built up so much while Mommy was away that she couldn't get into the garage. There was a big drift right in front of the garage door. Finally I hear the car drive into the garage and Mommy comes in the house. I was happy to see Mommy. Mommy then lets me outside and OMD there was so much snow on the stairs of the deck. I hesitated at first but I did plow through the snow and went potty. Mommy better get this snow cleaned up too!

Ongoing Kitchen Saga

This whole kitchen upgrade sure seems to be taking us lots of time. It all started on the day in the summer when I almost got drowned with the evil dishwasher that was putting water all over our floor. That was when Mommy decided that if she was going to replace the dishwasher she was going to replace all the old gold coloured appliances and we got a new white dishwasher and a white stove. OK, I can live with all this and with those strange guys coming in our house to deliver the appliances. Then Mommy and I went to a few kitchen places to see what we could do about getting some work done in the kitchen. Finally we got a quote that Mommy liked and she said someone was going to come and give our kitchen a face lift. One thing just lead to another and with all that was going on Mommy decided she needed new pots because our old ones were not that good for the glass top stove. Yesterday Mommy walked in the house with a big box of pots. OMD, I helped her open that box and I was quite disappointed to only find stupid boring pots. Mommy was quite happy because she got a real good price on them with 70% off. This morning we had to give all the new pots a bath which I didn't want any part of. Then Mommy put the old pots in the box and put our new pots in the cupboard. I don't know if I am happy about this because those old pots sure made lots of yummy food. Will the new pots be able to make yummy food too??? After that I heard Mommy on the phone with the "kitchen guy" and she confirmed the new oven hood and the microwave shelf we would be getting and the date of Jan. 5th was set for our kitchen renovation. They said it would take almost 3 days to install new counter tops, backsplash, oven hood, microwave shelf and do some plumbing. I think I am going to have lots to bark about on those days....

Notme Strikes Again!

That bad pup Notme has been coming to my house lately. This time the target of his attention was one of my little beds in the computer room. It isn't an expensive bed but I really do like it. It is oval and has a soft cushion inside of it. That bad pup Notme has been playing with the bed far too rough and now the plastic bottom has ripped. The hole seems to be getting bigger all the time and it is about one foot long. Now when I hide one of my toys under the cushion and try to carry the bed away my toy falls out. Bad, bad, bad pup!

Slightly Used Red Snow Suit

We are having a heat wave, yep a warm -23 C is what the temperature was when Mommy got home from work. BOL! Things are bad when it seems warm at -23 C. Mommy said since it was a bit warmer that we should try going for a walk in all our extra warm winter gear. Let me tell you this was sure an ordeal. First Mommy put my booties on and that takes awhile because I have to lay on my back on her lap and it takes a couple of minutes per bootie to get them on properly. Then she put my snow suit on for the first time. Yep, I was wearing that red snow suit with the four legs. Then Mommy put on her ski pants, parka, hat and mitts and we were finally ready to go. I was so bundled up that I could hardly walk and I didn't like it very much. Here we were walking down the sidewalk in the dark when it was -23 C. What a sight we were! I didn't want to walk and Mommy was encouraging me along. At one point pups I tipped right over and landed on my face. Help, help!!! I couldn't get up and Mommy had to set me back on my feet. It was not a pleasant experience! That snow suit is just so bulky that I have trouble moving. We walked a short distance and then we came back home. Mommy said we will try it again and I will get used to the snow suit but I don't think so. Does any pup want a slightly used red snow suit???

Typical Day

Well not too much is happening around here and it was a pretty typical day. It was also another real cold day. My day consisted of:
1. Get up in the morning, potty and eat some kibble for breakfast
2. Lounge in my day room while Mommy is at work.
3. Mommy comes home from work. Yahoo! I go out and potty
4. More mail for me today, 3 more Christmas cards and Mommy gets 2 Christmas card and a bill. BOL!
5. Play with toys
6. Help Mommy eat some yummy fish for supper
7. Eat kibble for my supper
8. Go potty
9. Play with more toys.
10. Nap and watch TV
11 Dictate to Mommy so she can type for me.

Well that is about it for today. I think I will go and nap some more while Mommy watches more TV

Cold, cold and more cold!

We are sure in the middle of a cold snap. This morning Mommy had to go to work but before she could go she had to shovel out enough snow so she could get out. I watched her shovel from the patio doors and I sure was glad I wasn't outside. It took her about 20 minutes to get out of the driveway. I settled in for a nice warm day in my day room. After work Mommy came home and let me outside. OMD, was it ever cold. I made the fatal mistake of stopping to listen at a noise and then my feet were too cold to even pee pee. I just came running back into the house and Mommy held my feet to warm them up. After I was warmed up I went out again and had a quick pee and I was right back into the house. Mommy then said she had to finish the snow clearing. She sure did look funny with her ski pants, big parka, boots, hat and mitts. I again had the good fortune of being able to stay warm and looked out the patio doors. Mommy worked and worked on the snow for a whole hour and finally she was done. I couldn't believe it when Mommy said she wasn't cold at all! How could that be???? When Mommy was outside it was -28 C with a windchill of -38. No way I would ever be out there for an hour even with my booties and my snowsuit! We then had a nice evening in the nice warm house. Mommy watched some TV while I playing in the living room with my toys. It is going to be real cold tonight again with a low of -33 C and a windchill of -46 C. All I can say is I am happy to be sleeping in a nice warm house tonight.

More Mail!

I was pretty excited to get more mail today. Today I got 2 Christmas cards and Mommy got 2 Christmas cards. Don't tell Mommy but one of her Christmas cards was really for me. It was from my Schnauzer pals Shelby and Snoop. I barked about those pups last summer because we spent a week at the lake together and had a great time walking and playing. Their card is so cute because it has a special spot to put their picture in and yet it is a Christmas card. What we really liked about it was the card was from the Winnipeg Humane Society. Mommy said that next year we should buy cards from the Humane Society and support all the shelter pups. Anyways I have digressed and back to my mail. Shelby and Snoop sent me extra hugs and kisses in the card so I know for sure it was for me and not for Mommy. So the count today is really 3 cards for me and 1 card for Mommy. Oh yeah, I forgot to bark that Mommy got a bill too! BOL!

I was reprieved!

It sure was cold Sunday with the windchill factors being in the -40 C. range all day. In the afternoon I kept ringing the bells to go outside and Mommy kept letting me out. She would stand right by the door to let me in so I didn't have to spend a second more then I had to outside. It was just too cold outside for me to do my poopy before my feet got too cold. I kept trying and trying and eventually Mommy said she had to put on my boots. My boots are very nice and warm but they do take time to put on. Mommy puts me on my back on her lap and puts on the boots and it takes a few minutes. Normally by the time Mommy puts the boots on and puts me outside I have forgotten why I wanted to go out in the first place. This time was very different because I was just so grateful to be able to go outside without my feet getting too cold. I went out with my coat and my boots and I was finally able to do my poopy! I felt so good that I did a few zoomies in the yard but it didn't last for very long and I was back in the house. Mommy says she will look for some cheaper type boots for me that are easier to put on. She said they would work better for me to just go outside and potty quickly.

I had barked that today was going to be the day that I was going to Auntie Lorna's and she was going to groom me. I was the luckiest pup because I got a reprieve from my grooming. My Auntie Lorna has a very bad cold and had to cancel my grooming. I was very sad to hear that Auntie Lorna was not feeling well and I hope she gets better quickly but I was not sad about missing my grooming. I was feeling very good about my reprieve from grooming when Mommy ruined it and pulled out my grooming table and put me on it. What is this??? We are not suppose to do grooming! Mommy combed and brushed me and she even cut my toe nails! : 0 I had a few little knots in my arm pits and Mommy gently got rid of them. Finally my torture was over and Mommy let me back on the ground. I ran right away into my little tent in the living room and hid in there just in case Mommy decided she wanted to do more grooming. Once Mommy put all the grooming tools away I came out. I am a smart pup!

I spent a good portion of today standing on my chaise lounge and looking outside. There was a big black lab that walked by and I really told him to stay away from my house. Mommy and I also had fun playing games. We played the "Jelly Belly Tickle Game" and we played with toys. I love playing with Mommy! :)

Notme Strikes Again!

That bad pup called Notme struck again at my house this morning. Now I must say that I do have some sympathy this time for that pup. You are likely asking what it was that he did?? Notme had a big poopy right in the living room! : O Yep, that is what he did!! We have been having some really, really cold weather so I bet Notme found that his feet got too cold outside to stand around to have a poopy. Mommy was working in the computer room so he didn't want to poop where Mommy was so he went to the opposite side of the house in the living room. Now doing a poopy inside is very, very bad but we do have to have some sympathy for the pup in this cold weather.

Speaking about cold weather, it is getting colder and colder all the time! Tonight it is going to -31 C with a windchill of -48 C. I sure wouldn't blame Notme if he had to do another poopy in the house.

Freezing!

It is just freezing cold here today. It must be a million and zillion degrees below zero today! Mommy said that I shouldn't exaggerate and I should say it is going down to -28 C with a wind chill of -39 C. That is a million and a zillion degrees below zero in my opinion!!! See, I am not exaggerating at all. Regardless, it all boils down to being very cold. I had to do my potty in two stages today. I had to run out to pee-pee and then my little feet were frozen so I had to run back in. After my feet warmed up I had to run out again to poopy! A diva pup like me shouldn't have to put up with this.

My Mommy had a terrible time too and I felt so helpless because I couldn't help her. She went out to a meeting this evening and didn't get home until about 10 pm. I was so excited that she got home but she couldn't get in the front door because the lock was too cold to work. She then went to the back door and because of ice she couldn't get the storm door to open. She was outside in that million and zillion degrees below zero and she couldn't get in the house. She took a shovel and pounded away at that ice until finally she was able to open the door. Thank dogness that she got in!!! I was so worried that she would freeze out there!

Mommy and I sure didn't have a good day with all that cold !

I am not so brave now!

My pal Zoe barked in her diary about having to go to the groomer for what she calls "hair shrinks". She was not happy at all about having to go and thought a "hair shrink" was a terrible Christmas present. I took on the role of a knowledgeable pup and I barked to her that it was only for her own good even though it might not be pleasant. Well pups, I am afraid to report that this whole thing has now been turned onto me. Mommy told me that I have to go and visit Auntie Lorna on Sunday and normally I love going there. This time the catch is that Auntie Lorna is going to groom me so as Mommy says I will "look beautiful for Christmas". I do tend to differ on that opinion. Mommy now thinks this is funny because I was very brave when I explained the whole thing to Zoe but I am not very brave now!

More Renovations

A strange man came to our house today shortly after Mommy got home from work. He came in and measured up our kitchen counters and wrote all kinds of things on a piece of paper. Mommy then gave him something called a deposit which was just writing on a little piece of paper. Mommy said we are going to get a new kitchen counter top, back splash, sink, tap, some plumbing under the sink, oven hood and a microwave shelf. They are going to come right after New Years to do the work. Yahoo! Mommy has been trying to get this done for a few months now and finally it looks like it will be a reality.

I got along just fine with this man. As a breed I am suppose to be leary with strangers and I much prefer the types of humans that just ignore me and let me go to them. This man just did his work and ignored me and I went over and sniffed at him and decided he was okay. He then told Mommy that he really liked me and my breed would be the perfect type of pup for his daughter. His daughter only has a 600 sq ft house and would like a small pup like me. He liked that I was not yappy and that I listened well to Mommy. Mommy told me to sit on my mat in the kitchen and not to move while they were doing the measuring and I stayed. Mommy told him that this just doesn't happen naturally and that it takes work with the pup going to doggy classes. Mommy said she is so proud of how well behaved I can be. :) Now, don't get me wrong because I am not a goody-goody type pup. I can get into mischief as good as the next pup but I really do like listening to Mommy because she says all kinds of nice things to me when I do.

Mail Report

Back to barking about the mail. BOL! Today I got three cards and Mommy got one card. BOL!! I am glad that Mommy finally got a card because I was beginning to think that she would be sad. We also got one of our cards returned because Mommy didn't address it properly, she forgot to write the street address and name. I think she was getting pretty tired of writing after about 50 cards and was getting sloppy. I will have to bark at that pup where the card was suppose to go and explain the situation. I will get Mommy to re-send the card.

Treasure Hunting

Mommy said she had to go out and do some "treasure hunting" in the backyard. She said she hasn't been as good as she likes to be with the "treasure hunting" and she doesn't like all the surprise presents that spring brings. I can't really figure her out because she thinks my poopies are treasures! BOL!!! I went out "treasure hunting" for a short time but it was much too cold so I asked in and watched Mommy from the patio doors. There was Mommy outside on a cold dark night sifting through the snow looking for all the little treasures that I left behind. Lucky for Mommy I usually leave all my treasures in one basic location so she didn't have to look too far. I think she was fairly successful and she found a number of the treasures. It is suppose to snow again tomorrow so Mommy was glad she went "treasure hunting" tonight.

More Mail!

I barked on Friday that I got 5 Christmas cards to add to what I had already received. The funny part is that Mommy got none but she wasn't forgotten because she got a utility bill. BOL! We don't get mail delivery on Saturday in Canada so I had to wait until Monday to see what else would arrive. Well, I had a repeat performance on Monday with 5 more cards addressed to me. This time Mommy got nothing at all! Well, what do you think happened today (Tuesday)?? I got three more Christmas cards and all Mommy got was some advertising! BOL! This sure shows you who the important one is that lives in our house! BOL! BOL!

All my beautiful Christmas cards are coming from members of a group I belong to called Schnauzers Rule. I know, I know, I know that I am not a schnauzer. These very nice and thoughtful schnauzers have welcomed this little affenpinscher into their group with open paws. This exchange of Christmas cards is just so much fun!

Helping Santa

This whole Christmas thing has been quite exciting so far. I have barked about my Christmas stocking and there is even a picture of it on my page. When I walked by that stocking today did I ever get a good aroma coming from it! There are already treats in there! I thought since the stocking belonged to me that it would be just fine if I helped myself to some of the contents. I was standing up on my back legs getting a good whiff of my stocking and trying to figure out how to get some of the contents out of there when Mommy saw me. She said that I wasn't suppose to have anything from the stocking until Christmas day. To make matters worse she even hung it up higher so I can't reach it. I am going to have to think how I am going to get into that stocking. By eating some of those delicious smelling treats I would only be making more room for Santa to leave me some more presents. Yep, that is it, I was only helping Santa. That is my story and I am sticking to it!

Window Watching

I love the weekends because Mommy is home. One of the great things about having Mommy home is I get to look out the window. Today was no different and I spent a large part of today on my chaise lounge looking out the window. There is a picture of me looking out the window on my page and that is exactly what I looked like today. Our street is just an average type of residential street but there is enough going on to keep my attention. I watch the neighbours coming and going all day. There are also cars driving by, people walking and the most exciting is when a pup comes walking by my house. I am a quiet pup and I didn't bark all day. I do lots of growling when a pup walks by just to warn them to keep walking and to stay off my property. Don't get me wrong because I can really bark the alarm when I need to. Just have one of the those people or pups step on my property and I start barking like crazy. As long as they stay off my property and just go by I am quiet.

After a full day of window watching an added bonus is the beautiful art work that I make on the window. I use my nose and make a real beautiful picture. Just to add a different type of texture I put my paws on the window too. It is just so beautiful but for some reason Mommy always washes it away. I bet she is just being nice to me so I can have a clean canvas for another day of window art.

This evening I was tired after a full day of window watching so I spent most of it cuddled up with Mommy watching Christmas movies.

Jackpot!

Yep, I hit the jackpot for mail today. Today I got 4 Christmas cards and all Mommy got was one bill! BOL!!! I can't wait until next week to see what I get in the mail!

Wild and Crazy

"Wild and Crazy" is what Mommy called me today! After Mommy got home from work I was just so busy playing. I played all evening and I kept pulling out all different toys. I would get Mommy to throw some toys and I would play with the toys all by myself. I squeaked toys, I tossed toys and I shook toys! It was fun, fun, fun! By the end of the evening I had toys scattered everywhere and Mommy went around and picked them all up. The toys are now ready for me to have more fun with tomorrow. I can hardly wait to be a "Wild and Crazy" pup again! BOL!

My Parcel Arrived!

I have been getting quite a bit of mail lately with this Christmas thing. Mommy says I get more mail then her and that something is wrong because I get all the Christmas cards and parcels and she gets the bills. BOL! Yesterday the door bell rang while Mommy was at work and I knew it was the mail person with a parcel for me because they only ring the bell when it is a parcel. I couldn't get out of my day room to answer the door so the mail person left a card telling us to pick up my parcel at the Post Office. I sent Mommy to pick up the parcel today and it was for ME from my good pal Zoe. There is a picture of me sitting with my parcel by the tree. Thank-you Zoe and Zoe's family! I can hardly wait to see what is in the parcel. Mommy says we have to put it under the tree and open it up on Christmas Day.

Mommy plays with toys

This whole Christmas thing is really getting crazy. First Mommy puts up a fake tree and is all happy about. Silly people! Then she buys me this big human stocking and says there will be gifts in there for me. Tonight Mommy brought up a big box from the basement and started to unpack it. I couldn't believe that it was full of toys! It had little buildings, little people, little trees and a skating rink. The skating rink is the coolest because it lights up, plays music and the people move all around. Mommy put it on the floor for a few minutes so I could have a closer look. Mommy then spent a bunch of time organizing all of this into something that she calls a "Christmas Village". This village even has a pup! Mommy says we should be able to finish putting out all our Christmas ornaments tomorrow night and then we have to put all the boxes back in the basement. I must say I am enjoying watching Mommy working every evening.

Strange Christmas Happenings!

Mommy came home today with a bag which is usually good news because that means she has been shopping. She said it was for me. Yahoo, lets see what is in the bag! Mommy pulled out this big thing in the shape of a human foot that was nicely decorated with little paw prints. She said it is my "stocking". She wouldn't let me play with it and hung it up beside another "stocking" . She said that the other stocking was hers and that this new one is mine. What good is that I ask?? Mommy said that I will get presents in my stocking that I can open up on Christmas Day. Hmmm... I think I could get into this stocking thing! Christmas sure causes lots of strange things to happen. First, we get a tree that isn't a tree and now we have these stockings hanging up. I wonder what will happen next?

Not a tree!

My Mommy is really confused right now. She told me that she was going to put up a tree in our house. A tree?? That sure seemed strange! I was wondering if a squirrel was going to be living in that tree and I started to worry about all the security issues that I would be dealing with. Mommy then brings this big box up from the basement and builds what she calls a "tree". This thing comes in three pieces and Mommy put it together. I didn't want to hurt her feelings and tell her that it isn't a tree because she seemed so happy to have a "tree" in the house. It is something that kind of looks like a tree but trust me pups it is not a tree. She then put bright lights on it, some round balls and some shiny stuff called garland. Mommy called this thing a "Christmas tree". I don't think these Christmas trees are anything to get all excited about.

Mommy didn't understand

I am usually a very quiet pup in general and specifically I am quiet when Mommy comes home from work. Mommy was very surprised when she got home today that I barked like crazy when she opened the door. I was just trying to tell Mommy what happened but she didn't understand at all. She would not come and let me out of my day room until I was quiet! :( I didn't like this much because all I was doing was trying to tell Mommy something important. Why does she not listen to me? I quieted down and Mommy came and let me out of my day room. Later in the evening she found out why I was barking! We had had an intruder in the house during the day. Yep, Grandpa had come into the house to drop something off . He told Mommy that I barked like crazy when he came into the house. Of course I was barking!! No one, not even Grandpa, is suppose to come into our house if Mommy is away. I was barking, "Go away! You are not allowed in here when Mommy is gone. Go away!". Now Mommy knows why I was barking when she got home.

A Nice Sunday

Mommy and I are having a nice day today. We slept in until about 9 am which was nice compared to our weekly schedule of getting up at 6:30 am. Our house is sure smelling nice right now because Mommy put all the ingredients for a yummy beef stew into the slow cooker this morning. I sure hope I get to have a taste.

This afternoon we went for a walk again. I didn't want to put on my booties but Mommy put them on anyways. She said I will eventually get excited about putting them on because I will associate them with going for a walk but I don't know if I would believe that. Anyways, once I get outside I forget about those booties and I just enjoy my walk. It was rather quiet outside this afternoon and we didn't see as many pups walking as we usually do. I was walking along when all of a sudden I came upon a treasure! There was a bunch of potato chips scattered all over the sidewalk. Yummy! Mommy wouldn't let me have any which I just don't understand. :( Can you believe there were yummy chips on the ground and she made me walk right by without even having a taste!! Some other pup is going to get a nice treat although Mommy said it will likely be for the birds. We continued walking when we came to a lady who got off the sidewalk totally in order to avoid me. Can you believe that she was scared of me?? I was just walking nice minding my own business and she was scared of all 7 lbs of me! She totally froze as we walked by and all she could say was, "Nice doggy, nice doggy". Mommy said she feels sorry for her that she is that scared of dogs. Oh well, we just continued on. On the trip back home we came across something we never see which was a dog walking loose all by himself. Yep, there were no pawrents around at all! As we approached him I started to wag my tail but he didn't want any part of us. He just darted down a side street and ran as fast as he could. He was a Jack Russell type pup and Mommy thinks he may be lost. There was nothing we could do to get him to come to us. I sure hope that pup is going to be okay. We walked a little further and we ran into some people that Mommy knew from work but hasn't seen in a few years. We stood and talked for a few minutes and they thought I was very cute. :) That is about it for our walk because after that we got home.

After I got home I enjoyed spending a couple of hours looking out the window and watching the front street. Now we are going to go and put up the Christmas tree. This will be the first year that we have had a Christmas tree up in our house since I have lived here. Mommy is not going out of town for Christmas this year like she has done for the other years so we need to have a tree up. Yahoo! I think I am going to like it but we will see......

Rescued Dog Christmas Poem

Tis the night before Christmas and all through the town,
Every shelter is full - we are lost but not found,
Our numbers are hung on our kennels so bare,
We hope every minute that someone will care,
They'll come to adopt us and give us the call,
"Come here, Max and Sparkie - come fetch your new ball!!

But now we sit here and think of the days..
We were treated so fondly - we had cute, baby ways,
Once we were little, then we grew and we grew -
Now we're no longer young and we're no longer new.

So out the back door we were thrown like the trash,
They reacted so quickly - why were they so rash?
We "jump on the children:, "don't come when they call",
We "bark when they leave us", climb over the wall.

We should have been neutered, we should have been spayed,
Now we suffer the consequence of the errors THEY made.
If only they'd trained us, if only we knew...
We'd have done what they asked us and worshiped them, too.
We were left in the backyard, or worse -let to roam-
Now we're tired and lonely and out of a home.
They dropped us off here and they kissed us good-bye...

"Maybe someone else will give you a try."
So now here we are, all confused and alone...
In a shelter with others who long for a home.
The kind workers come through with a meal and a pat,
with so many to care for, they can't stay to chat,
They move to the next kennel, giving each of us cheer...

We know that they wonder how long we'll be here.
We lay down to sleep and sweet dreams fill our heads..
Of a home filled with love and our own cozy beds.
Then we wake to see sad eyes, brimming with tears --
Our friends filled with emptiness, worry, and fear.

If you can't adopt us and there's no room at the Inn --
Could you help with the bills and fill our food bin?
We count on your kindness each day of the year --
Can you give more than hope to everyone here?
Please make a donation to pay for the heat...
And help get us something special to eat.
The shelter that cares for us wants us to live,
And more of us will, if more people will give.

Finally a Walk!

OMD I just can't believe that I finally got to go for a walk. I have not walked since before it snowed. Mommy went out of town for awhile and she didn't want to walk because it was too icy. Yesterday she bought special things to put on her boots so she won't slip so we got to go walking. First Mommy put on my booties and my coat and then she put on her coat and her booties with the special non slippy things. At first I was not impressed because I didn't want to wear my booties but once I got outside I forgot all about them and just enjoyed a nice winter walk.

The first pup we came across was a small white poodle type about my size named Muffin. Muffin was all excited and making all kinds of noise and her Daddy picked her up and said she was vicious to other dogs. Mommy and I didn't think so and just thought she was excited. We stopped and talked to them and gradually the Daddy got brave and started to let Muffin down. Every time Muffin made a noise he wanted to correct the poor pup and told her she was bad. Mommy just kept working with them and finally when the pawrents relaxed and let Muffin go we had a real good play together on our leash. That poor pup just wanted to play and her pawrents thought it was being vicioius and kept her away from all pups. Poor Muffin! You should have seen how proud her pawrents were when they left us after seeing what a good pup she really is and how she plays nicely. I hope Muffin gets to play with pups now.

Then we walked for a bit and came across Daisy the Jack Russell Terrier who I have barked about before from one of my other walks. Daisy and I sniffed each other and played while our Mommies were talking.

Then we walked for a little while longer and we came across a senior gentleman who was out mailing Christmas cards who stopped to talk to us and said how cute I was. He told Mommy that he had had Boston Terriers over his whole 45 years of living in his house and he really misses the last one that he had to put down for cancer. Mommy could actually see the tears in his eyes. She asked him if it was just recently and he said no it was four years ago. He said he just can't bring himself to getting another pup. He will be getting a kitty from his son soon because his son has to move into an apartment and can't keep the kitty. They chatted for awhile and then we continued on.

We walked some more and we got back home. My boots kept my feet nice and warm and Mommy's non slippy things worked really well. Mommy said we will go for another walk tomorrow. :) I can hardly wait to go!

Nice Evening

I had an enjoyable evening last night. Mommy got home from work late and she sure did have lots of bags filled with stuff with her. Of course, I helped her to put things away. Some of the bags had groceries in them which is always a good thing. Another bag was from one of my favourite doggy stores. I must mention that I have been really eating my kibble good lately so in the bag was a new bag of kibble. Since I am such a small pup we only buy kibble in small bags, 4.4 lbs which is 17 cups. Considering that I eat less then half a cup a day that bag lasts me for over a month. I am sure glad Mommy bought me that kibble because it is the only type of kibble that I will eat! I have digressed and should get back on topic! Also in the bag from the doggy store were just the funniest looking things that were made from rubber and metal. Mommy took them and stretched them over the bottom of her shoes. She said they will help her to walk on ice and slippery snow. They look pretty goofy in my opinion but I really don't care as long as it means we go outside more. There was something else in the bag that Mommy hid and wouldn't let me see, that happens all the time near Christmas. After we got everything put away we had supper and settled in to watch some TV for the evening. All I wanted to do was to play with my toys. I had such a good time playing while Mommy sat there and watched TV. I made Mommy squeak toys and throw them for me. Fun, fun, fun! After awhile I got tired and I scratched on Mommy's leg to pick me up and I cuddled up with her in the big chair. A movie was just starting and I think both Mommy and I saw about two minutes of it before we fell asleep. When we woke up the movie was over. BOL! I think we are going to have to watch it again.

Found!

I never got a chance to bark to you about my loofa dog with all the computer troubles that we had. When I went to stay at Bounce's house I took my loofa dog with me but when it was time to come home we couldn't find it. :( My poor pretty purple loofa dog! I am always hiding my loofa dog and I guess I did such a good job hiding it that no one could find it. I was just told today that finally my loofa dog has been found! I had hid it under the cushion in one of the other pup's crates. I can't wait to be re-united with my loofa dog. I think it will be a very joyous event!

Christmas Poem

This is a very informative Christmas Poem. Share it with everyone you know. It is a funny way to express the sad truth about puppy mills and Pet Shops Post it far and wide, who knows it might stop even one person from running to buy a Christmas pup in a Pet Store.



Merry Christmas: From Ye Olde Puppy Shoppe !!!

We love our puppy customers -
They're our #1 bread and butter,
Especially right now at Christmas time
With their MasterCards all a-flutter.

Oh sure, they've heard about puppymills -
They don't live in a cave.
The tree-huggers dreamed THAT whole thing up.
They're really quite depraved!

All OUR pups came from "Local Breeders".
These signs around TELL you so;
We paint 'em up and hang 'em high
'Cause we want you to know!

"We don't put a price on honesty but
That pup will cost eight hundred dollars.
You don't think that we make the big bucks
Selling fish food and martingale collars!"

But back to our Christmas Greeting
And why we wish you all Good Cheer;
You see, you are $pecial folks to us
At this festive time of year.

We love you because you're lazy,
Though very well-connected.
You just won't take the time to find
A breeder who's respected.

You so rarely do your homework.
(Santa, send us MORE trusting fellas
With no time to learn about Legg Perthes
or Luxating Patellas!)

Zoonotic's not a word you learned
Playing Scrabble or at school?
Color Mutant Alopecia ? Duh!
We LOVE it, man, you're COOL!!!

Cryptorchids must be flowers from Hawaii you say?
We will sure not tell you better.
And you don't need to know Brucellosis, my friend,
Unless, of course, you get 'er!!!

You think that CERF-ing's what cool dudes do
Somewhere out in California?
And OFA's just another old workplace law?
We're sure not going to warn you!

But should we stumble upon someone
Who IS savvy in any way,
We'll just start extolling the wonderful work
Of the grand ole USDA !!!

We love you 'cause you just don't care -
You buy it because you want it.
You can lay your cash on OUR counter, ma'am,
If you've got it, you OUGHT to flaunt it!!!

We love the things you DON'T ask!!!
It makes our job so easy.
If you saw the sights behind the scene
You'd get quite queasy.

You'll never see the breeding dogs
Who suffer on the wire,
Or pups die of hyper-thermia
When their truck gets a flat tire.

We'll keep you from our back room, too,
And put a padlock on the freezer.
Those tiny puppies stiff and cold
Would not be a crowd pleaser.

We hope you have a vet you like -
That pup's probably gonna need him.
Ivomec wears off in thirty days -
That's how long we've guaranteed him!!!

Who cares when you get that blue slip home
And find out that it wasn't true.
Your Local Breeder's way out in Kansas?
HO! HO! HO! That joke's on you!!!

So come and see us,one and all -
Join in our Christmas Cheer!
We've strung the tinsel all around.
If we could, we'd serve you beer!

We've got the carols playing
And a Santa, for good reason;
We're all scrubbed up and lookin' good
So you'll make our Christmas season.

As you walk away with your new pup
We'll shed a happy Christmas tear.
Don't change ONE THING about yourself-
Just DO come back next year!!!
(ka- ching !!!)

I am back!

OMD, I just can't believe how long it has been since I have been able to bark in my diary. First my Mommy went out of town and I went to Bounce's house for a few days. When we got home we found we had terrible computer problems. Our computer wouldn't even turn on!! Mommy spent a few days trying to find out what was wrong with it and the end result was that it wasn't worth while to fix. Then she had to go shopping for a whole new computer. Tonight on the way home from work she picked up our new computer. I was pretty excited when she started to haul in all the boxes. Our other computer was a second hand computer and this one is brand new! We now have a nice new computer with a big screen and new speakers, new keyboard etc. I was a real helpful pup and I was right there helping Mommy set up the computer. When Mommy was on her hands and knees sorting out all the wires I was right there giving her big affie kisses. Big affie kisses are a very important ingredient for a successful computer hookup. I must say I am very proud of my Mommy because she successfully got the whole computer set up. She even got us back hooked up to the Internet! She says it is going to take us a few days to get everything back the way we like it but for now I am just happy that I can bark in my diary.

Off to Bounce's House

I had a nice day today at home with Mommy. Mommy was happy to be home with me but she was mad because we had another "no show" of the furnace company today. We waited all day and they did not come. I played the Jelly Belly Tickle game, went outside many times, looked out the window, cuddled with Mommy, shared lunch with Mommy and in general had a great day. I should give that furnace company a present for not showing up and making Mommy stay home for two whole Saturdays with me! Nice furnace company!

Mommy phoned Bounce's house today and I heard her talk to Bounce. Yes, she really did talk to Bounce. I also heard that I am going over there tomorrow morning. Mommy has a six hour car ride to do tomorrow with 3 other people and they are all meeting at our house at 12:30 pm. I don't like the idea that so much is going to be happening at my house when I am not there. I also over heard that I am going to get a makeover when I am visiting Bounce. I will be having fun at Bounce's house until Wednesday.

Packing my bags

.......... or I should say I will be packing my back pack tomorrow. My Mommy is going out of town on Sunday and won't be back until Wednesday so I am going to live at Bounce's house for a few days. I am really looking forward to playing with Bounce because we are best friends. This time I am not going to have to pack my treasurers in a card board box because I have my pretty back pack with my name on it that my pal Zoe gave me. It will be nice to travel in style for a change!

Mean Mommies

What is with all the Mommies being mean to their pups these days?? My Mommy was mean to me today and I was just so sad when I read the diary of my pal River because her Mommy was mean too. River's Mommy went to River's store and came home with a big bag of stuff. She only gave River a few things and then put everything else away. Mean, mean, mean! Everything from River's store should belong to River! I bet you are wondering what my Mommy did?? My Mommy went to work today and I was so looking forward to a nice evening with her. Is that too much for a little pup to ask? Mommy came home for about an hour to let me potty and to give me my supper and then she left again. She didn't come back home for four hours. That is just such a mean Mommy!!!

River asked for advice as to who she could report this terrible act. I told her she should report it to her breeder because breeders are concerned about the welfare of their pups. I bet her breeder will set her Mommy straight! If that didn't work I think she should report it to the Humane Society. I am going to report my mean Mommy to my breeder. My breeder reads my diary so I know she will get mad at Mommy and tell her she has to be nicer to her precious little Princess Jelly!

Has your Mommy been mean to you lately???

Hide and Seek

Today when Mommy got home from work we played a game that I like to call "hide and seek". This game is lots of fun! I have to stay in the computer room while Mommy goes and hides my purple loofa dog somewhere in the house. She then comes to me and says, "Where is your loofa dog?". I run and look for my loofa dog. We usually start with Mommy hiding it in easy places for me to find but she then starts to hide it in harder and harder places. Some of the hiding places for my loofa dog are in my tent, on or under my chaise lounge, in my crate, on my day bed, under a table, behind a door, behind some furniture and under a pile of toys. I am getting real good at staying focused and looking for my loofa dog. I love this game!

Tagged Again

I have been tagged again! This time I got tagged by Missy and Peachy Pie.

Rules: Tag your furiends too, post 7 fun facts about yourself.. (make sure that you message, or send your furiends a rosette letting them know that they have been tagged!

7 fun facts about me:

1. I love all my toys but my favourite is my old purple loofa dog.
2. I love going for walks.
3. I am real good at making up games with the latest being "The Jelly Belly Tickle Game".
4. I am a fussy eater and I munch my food kibble by kibble.
5. My favourite time of the day is when Mommy comes home from work.
6. I ride in the car with a car seat and a seat belt
7. I have been to obedience classes.

I am now off to think about who I should tag!

Kibble Report

I haven't barked a kibble report in a long time. I am basically a fussy eater and for the longest time I had Mommy wrapped around my little paw. I think I pushed it just a bit too much and Mommy just quit worrying about me. I know it is unbelievable but true! Mommy offered me my kibble every day and if I didn't eat it she just ignored me. She just made sure I ate something three times a day so I wouldn't get an upset tummy. I really gave it my best and I was even on a hunger strike for about two weeks. Finally I had no choice but I had to start eating my kibbles. I am still not a great eater but I have been eating kibble. I am a very slow eater and I eat my food kibble by kibble and I chew each piece of kibble. I eat kibble and look out the window. I take a break and drink some water and come back and eat more kibble. I do the best having my food divided into three meals - 7 am, 5 pm and 10 pm. I still rebel over eating kibble and have my days where I don't eat much. This evening I was starving to death and I was begging and begging Mommy for some treats. Mommy was heartless and said I had my allotment of treats for the day and I should eat my kibble. I begged for about 20 minutes and did everything I could think of. I gave Mommy the cutest affie look that you have ever seen and it did no good. I played cute and it did no good. I did tricks and it did no good. I even gave Mommy the sweetest affie kisses and still no good. I scratched at Mommy's legs and still no results. Finally I had to break down and eat kibble. Now is that any way to treat a princess?

"Notme" strikes again!

I have not seen that pup called "Notme" in a long time but he was at my house today. It all happened after supper when we were relaxing in the living room. It was Mommy who heard something strange that really got her attention. That Mommy sure can hear well for a human! She put the TV on mute and sure enough she heard something in the kitchen. The first thing she said was, "Jelly, what are you doing?" I don't like the way she right away assumes that I am causing the noise. Well, I just had to show her what that bad pup "Notme" did and I ran into the living room with some of the packaging from the beef roast that Mommy had cooked for supper. "Look Mommy, look! See what "Notme" is getting into?" Mommy was not impressed and she took it from my mouth and went into the kitchen. There she saw what that naughty pup "Notme" had done. That bad pup had been in the garbage and had garbage all over the kitchen floor. That bad pup "Notme" seems to be getting more naughty all the time. This is the first time he has ever been in the kitchen garbage and up until now had limited himself to shredding tissue from the bathroom garbage. Bad, bad pup! Mommy still thinks it is me that did this terrible act. How could a princess pup like me ever go into the garbage??? It would just knock that tiara off my head! In fact Mommy is now calling me "Garbage Guts". Is that a way to treat her little princess??? Bad Mommy! Bad, bad "Notme"!

Deprived Pup

I am a very deprived pup. As you may know we got our carpet cleaned today so Mommy and I are limited to being in the kitchen, our bedroom and the computer room. This evening Mommy and I were in the kitchen having supper. After supper Mommy was on the phone talking. There I was, a poor little pup sitting in the kitchen without a single toy to play with. I scratched at Mommy's leg to tell her that it was an emergency because I didn't have any toys. She just didn't seem to get it! Finally I decided I had to draw her a picture so to speak. I started to pretend I was playing with a toy, yep that is what I did. It worked!! Mommy started to laugh at me and said, "Poor deprived Jelly with no toys! Do you want some toys to play with?". Finally she understood and got me some toys to play with. Humans can be so slow sometimes to figure things out!

My day is not going well

I am not having a good day at all. First we get up at 7 am and the house is cold. We had no electrical power. Even though we have a natural gas furnace it won't run without electricity. Mommy phoned Manitoba Hydro and a recording confirmed that our area had no power because of ice on the lines. Mommy had to use a flash light in the bathroom because there is no windows in there. For breakfast we couldn't make toast so we just put peanut butter on bread. Mmmmm...... not a good start! Mommy and I were getting chilly so Mommy put a sweater on me and a big sweat shirt on her. Finally at 9:30 am the power came back on! Yahoo!!! My troubles just continued after this. I barked yesterday how Mommy had removed as much as she could out of our living room and dining room for the carpet cleaner guys. As soon as the power was back on she took out the sucky machine and gave the carpet a good vacuuming. She pulled out all the remaining furniture and vacuumed and vacuumed. I hate that sucky machine so I ran into the computer room. She had just finished when the carpet cleaner guys came. OMD, they had the biggest sucky machine ever. Everything ran off their truck and they again moved the furniture and sprayed the carpet and used that wet sucky machine. The hose they used was so big that it could have sucked me up! It was also just so noisy! Finally they left and Mommy seems to be happy with how nice the carpet looks. Now Mommy says I have to stay off the carpet for at least 24 hours. Mommy and I will be living in our bedroom, the computer room and the kitchen. What else is going to happen to me today??? I don't even want to think about it!

Crazy Mommy!

I just can't believe what Mommy is doing to our house. She is taking everything out of the living room and the dining room that she can move and putting it into my day room, the kitchen and the computer room. I go into the living room and my chaise lounge is gone, my tent is gone and my two beds are gone. I walk around and around the room and I just can't believe it! Where is a pup suppose to take a nap?? Then I try and go into my day room and I can't even get in there because it is so full of stuff. I can't even sleep on my day bed! My toys are in the far corner of my day room and I can't get to them. Mommy said not to complain because she has kept a couple of toys out for me. Really, a Princess like me needs more then two toys! Mommy said that people are coming tomorrow to give the carpets a bath. I don't think I am going to like this.

Winter is here!

Yep, winter is here. We got a bunch of wet white snow yesterday and today. Mommy spent about 50 minutes cleaning the driveway before she went to work this morning. She said the snow was very wet and heavy. Then when she drove to work the roads were slippery and she saw a couple of accidents. Then when Mommy got home she cleared out the snow off the deck and out of a section of the yard for me. I don't think the snow is going to go away until next spring. I have been a good pup and I am doing my potty outside in the snow.

I have been tagged twice!

I have been tagged twice. I was tagged by Angel Tazmanian and Dotty. Fun, fun, fun!

Rules: Tag your furiends too, post 7 fun facts about yourself.. (make sure that you message, or send your furiends a rosette letting them know that they have been tagged!

7 fun facts about me:

1. My favourite place to be is with my Mommy. I don't care where she is, as long as I am with her it is my favourite place!
2. I weigh 7.5 lbs and I am about 10.5 inches tall.
3. I have my very own "day room" with a doggy "day bed".
4. My favourite TV station is Animal Planet
5. My favourite activity with Mommy is to go for a walk.
6. I have dual citizenship because I am registered with both the Canadian Kennel Club and the American Kennel Club.
7. I love plush squeaky toys.

I am now off to tag some pups!

Snow!

I couldn't believe my eyes when Mommy got home from work because there was white stuff everywhere! Yep, I remember this stuff, it is called snow! We were suppose to get about 20 cm of that white stuff but we don't think we will get nearly that much. Mommy said most of it has been coming down as rain/snow pellets so right now we just have a covering of snow. This is suppose to keep up for another 24 hours so it could still get real bad. I will report what happens tomorrow.

I didn't go for a walk today because the weather was so miserable. When Mommy went to work this morning it was raining and when she got home the ice pellets were coming down and it was really windy. She said the ice pellets hurt because they were beating against her skin. I just ran out to potty today and came right back in.

I think this weekend is going to have some very mixed reviews from me. Mommy took a vacation day from work on Monday to make a super 4 day weekend with Tuesday being Remembrance Day. That is the real good part. The bad part will be that a carpet cleaning company is coming to our house on Saturday to do our carpets. They will have machines to wash the carpet that are big sucky machines with water. I don't think I will like them.

Nice Evening - Nov. 5th

I had a great evening. When Mommy got home from work we went immediately for our walk. We were still walking in the dark but I guess I had better get used to it. We were just having a nice walk when we came across a little cocker spaniel that was being walked by his Daddy. Immediately that pup and I started to play. We found out that his name is "Buck" and he is only 3.5 months old. Mommy and his Daddy stood and talked for about 10 minutes and let us play while on our leashes. OMD, did we ever have fun! I sure liked playing with Buck and I hope we see him on our walks again. He is a bit bigger then me although Mommy says he has lots of growing to do yet and will be quite a bit bigger then me eventually. As soon as we got home from our walk Mommy was asking me if I wanted to run an errand with her and go for a car ride or if I wanted to stay home. Silly Mommy, of course I want to go for a car ride! Mommy loaded my car seat into the car and soon I was going for a drive. It was a little trip because we were only going for gas for the car and to fill up a little jug with gas in case we have to use our snow blower. Yep, you heard me right! There is a Colorado low moving through here and depending on where it goes we may get snow. I think you pups in Colorado should just keep your "low" thing because we don't need snow. After the man at the gas station filled up our car and the jug with gas Mommy disappeared into the building for a couple of minutes. I kept my eye right on the door and she reappeared quickly and we were heading home. Once we got home Mommy had to try on some clothes. She had gone shopping during her lunch time at work and was showing me her clothes. To begin with I thought lunch time means you are suppose to eat lunch but Mommy does her shopping during that time. Maybe it should be called "shopping time". BOL! Anyways I have digressed again! I don't get this clothes thing because it all looks the same to me but I am a good pup and I patiently watched Mommy trying on her new clothes. Finally the new clothes got put in the closet with the other clothes and we got to go and have supper. Mommy had made some home make spaghetti sauce so we had yummy spaghetti with that meaty sauce. Mommy shared with me and gave me pieces of noodle off her plate. Yummy!!!! After that we had a quiet evening (what was left of it) watching TV and I got to sit in the big lounging chair with Mommy. :) I would say this was a very nice evening.

I can't explain it

Over a year ago Mommy bought me a real nice "Bowser" donut bed that cost her over $70.00. Much to Mommy's dismay I didn't like the bed. I wouldn't go into it at all. That went on for a couple of months and finally Mommy just put it away. I had totally forgotten about that bed when all of a sudden it appeared in my day room. I immediately decided I now like this bed. I jumped right into it and curl up and it is so comfy. I can't explain why I have changed my mind. A diva princess like myself has the right to totally change my mind for no reason.

Who turned out the lights??

OMD, it was sure dark when Mommy got home from work and we went for our walk. You must understand that I blame everything on Mommy. When it is raining it is Mommy's fault, when it is cold it is Mommy's fault, when it is windy it is Mommy's fault and of course when it is dark it has to be Mommy's fault! Mommy is the pack leader so everything happens or doesn't happen because of Mommy. Yep, I have the whole system figured out! I don't know why Mommy turned out the lights! Mommy said it is now going to be dark for a few months when she gets home from work. Hmmm... I don't think I like this. Because it is dark Mommy said we will have to keep our walks to streets with street lights and she would feel much better if we stay to streets that have traffic. That means no more walking by the creek in the evening. So off we went in the dark on our walk. We walked a totally different route today and kept on "well traveled streets". When we got back home Mommy was shocked to find that we did the whole thing in 35 minutes because she expected it would have taken us 45 minutes or so to walk that distance. Mommy does walk much faster in the dark!

Turn the Clock Back Day

Today was "Turn the Clock Back Day". The good part about it is Mommy and I had an extra hour of sleep this morning. The bad part is when Mommy comes home from work it is going to be dark. Mommy said we will still go walking and all I have to say is thank dogness for street lights. Another part that I don't like is it was also time to change the batteries in the smoke detectors. Mommy does this twice per year every time she changes the clocks. I just hate it because after she gets the new battery in she has to press the button and test it. It is so loud that it hurts my ears!

I had a fun afternoon because Grandpa came to see us. We were celebrating Grandpa's 78th birthday. I just love trying to help Grandpa open his presents. He got real boring things but I sure loved the paper and bags. :)

Mystery Solved!

I think I really had luck on my side today. First I took that embarrassing fall off the back of the love seat and I did not get injured. I barked more details about this in a previous diary entry. Then I had the best luck ever and I will tell you the story. This morning Mommy moved some of our furniture away from the walls but just in certain locations. I had no idea what was going to be happening but I sure sensed it was going to be bad news. Mommy waited and waited for someone to come and she was mumbling about the fact that she had been told they would be here around 1:30 pm to 2:00 pm. We waited and waited and no one came. She even tried to phone their office but there was no office workers there on Saturday. She just kept mumbling about how she was wasting her Saturday sitting around and how she had made the appointment 3 weeks ago and how the man had phoned yesterday with the time. Now I don't think it was a waste of time because I got to have a whole day at home with Mommy. I still didn't know what this was all about but I did know Mommy was not happy. Eventually at 6 pm she put all the furniture back! Now she was mumbling that they should have at least called if they couldn't make it. What is it? What is it? Finally Mommy told me and OMD I must say I was so happy that they couldn't come. Mommy said it was a company who would come with the biggest sucky machine ever on the back of their truck and they were going to suck up all the dirt in our furnace ducts. How could I have ever been so lucky that that bad company didn't come here??? I was such a lucky pup today!

Embarrassing!

Today I was standing guard on the back of the love seat. This is just the perfect place to be to watch out the front window and protect my property. Everything was quiet. I saw a few people go by and a few cars and all is well. I don't bark at people or cars that go by. Then all of a sudden this big black lab came by walking with his humans. I had to sound the alarms and I started barking like crazy. Keep away from my house! Keep away from my yard! I just got so excited and that is when it happened, I slipped off the back of the love seat and fell between the love seat and the wall/window. I very sheepishly came out and there was Mommy who had seen the whole thing. At first she was worried about me because she was scared that I would have broke a leg or something. No, I am in one piece. Mommy said that is it, I am now not allowed on the back of the love seat unless she is sitting with me. Mommy says she does not need me to break some bones. I haven't tried to get up there at all since I fell. :(

We have another big window in the dining room that is just as big as our living room window. Mommy said she would like to get a platform for that location that is safe for me to sit on to look out the window. She just hasn't found anything that will work there yet.

What is going on???

Mommy is busy cleaning the house and moving the furniture. She has moved some of the furniture away from the walls. Now she is going to go down in the basement to do the same thing. I just sense that something really big is going to happen. What is it????? I will report with new developments when they happen. Does any pup have any idea what is happening??? My Mommy won't tell me what it is but only says I have never experienced it before. Is this good or bad???? I am sensing BAD!!!

Happy Halloween!

I hope every pup had a nice Halloween. I had a pretty good day. When Mommy got home we went for our walk immediately because Mommy said that all the Halloween kids will be coming soon. Once we got home I had to put on my Snow White Costume which I wasn't too impressed about. I especially didn't like that bow in my hair and I kept taking it off until Mommy just gave up. BOL! Mommy took a picture of me in my costume. Then the kids started to come. In past years Mommy made me stay in the kitchen with the baby gate up. It wasn't too bad because I could still see who was at the door. This year Mommy said I would have to be on my leash but I could come to the door with her and help give out the treats. I sure liked this much better! I was a big hit at the door and all the kids just loved my Snow White costume. You could hear them run back down the driveway to where their parents stood and tell them there was a dog dressed like Snow White that was so cute. :) A couple of the parents even had to walk up the driveway and take a look for themselves. It was so much fun! We had a total of 34 kids at our door which isn't many compared to other parts of our City. Maybe this Snow White thing isn't so bad after all!

About 9 pm everyone on the street was turning off their lights and there were no more Halloween kids to be seen so we turned off our lights too. Mommy then thought I should have a treat. For the first time I tried one of the treats that I got for my birthday. OMD, that has to be the best treat ever! It is made of 100% pure freeze dried white chicken breast. Yummy!!! Since chicken is my favourite it should come to no surprise how much I liked those treats. I begged for another treat and Mommy gave me one. I could have eaten that whole bag but Mommy said we have to safe them for other days. That was sure one yummy treat!

Zoe is one smart pup!

OMD, OMD, we just noticed the picture that my pal Zoe put on her page for my birthday. She took a picture sitting on the bed with her birthday cake that I sent her for her birthday with her goose that is exactly like she sent me for my birthday! Are you following this??? The picture looks just like the picture that I took of me for her birthday. The beds even look so much alike with a similar type of head board. This is just too cool! She did this so we could celebrate my birthday together. You are a smart pup Zoe!

My Birthday!

I had just a wonderful birthday. This morning Mommy sang "Happy Birthday" to me which was so great. When she left to go to work she gave me one of my teddy bear birthday cookies. It was so yummy! I waited for Mommy to come home and I was real excited when she did.

The first thing we did was to open up my presents. Mommy said she wanted to take my videos while there was still daylight. We don't have a camcorder and use our camera to take our videos. It works fairly good outside but it is always dark in the house. We had the drapes open and all the lights on and you can see yourself that our videos are still dark. Oh well, I think you still get to see everything and that is the main point.

The first present I opened up was from my pal Zoe. She sent me a beautiful goose and a chew bone. I think I got the same goose that Zoe did for her birthday. I bet she picked out my goose and her family saw how much she liked it so they bought her the same thing for her birthday. Zoe sure knows how to pick out good presents! Thank-you Zoe and Zoe's family. Take a look at my video playing with my goose. I got to have a good chew on the chew bone later in the evening too.

The second present I opened up was from my Auntie Adele and Auntie Lorna and all the pups and kitties. They sent me a plush squirrel. OMD, was that toy ever full of smells! I could smell all the pups on that one and I knew right away where it was from. I also got a card with a squirrel on the front. Thank-you so much for the beautiful toy and card!

After that I opened up my gifts from Mommy. Mommy gave me a plush monkey, a small tennis ball that fits in my mouth, a Halloween loofa dog and some freeze dried chicken treats. Thank-you Mommy!

We then took another video of me with all my presents and a few pictures. Then it was off for a walk. I had a very nice walk and we even met one of our old neighbours and stopped to talk for a few minutes.

When we got home it was time to cook the chicken. Mommy cooked two big plump delicious chicken pieces. One piece was for Mommy and one piece was for me. When the chicken was done Mommy took all the meat off the bones from my piece and cut it up and put it in my dish with some mashed potatoes and some green beans (my favourite veggie). That sure was a yummy supper! I then had another teddy bear birthday cookie for dessert. Yummy!

I had just a great birthday! I would also like to thank all the pups who sent me warm wishes in p-mail and nice rosettes and gifts on my Dogster page. Thanks so much to every pup!

Good, good and bad!

Good, good and bad is the way my evening went. Mommy was at work today as usual and I was sure happy when she came home. I just get so excited to see her and she just has to lift me up for some affie kisses and hugs! The first thing we did when Mommy got home was to go for a walk. It was a nice evening and we were walking for 50 minutes. We had a really nice walk. After we got home we did something else good which was to bake my birthday cookies! I was right there to help Mommy the whole time! She mixed pumpkin, apple sauce, rolled oats, cinnamon, water and whole wheat flour together and we got cookie dough. Then we rolled out the dough and made little teddy bear cookies. On the cookie sheet they went and into the oven. I got 34 teddy bear cookies. Mommy even let me eat one tonight and I must say it was so yummy! Now for the bad part. Mommy made me stand on the grooming table and get combed and brushed out. Grrrrr...... I even had a couple of tangles that Mommy got out. She did do it very gently but I still didn't like it. So that was my good, good and bad! BOL!

Tomorrow is my birthday and I am so excited! Mommy has to go to work but when she gets home the whole evening will be all about me!

Oh, I almost forgot! Today is my Grandpa's 78th birthday. Happy Birthday Grandpa!!!!! We talked to Grandpa on the phone today and we are going to celebrate our birthdays together on Sunday. That will be fun!

My Birthday is Soon!

I am starting to get real excited thinking about my birthday on Thursday. I can't wait to see what Zoe sent me and then I know my Mommy will have presents for me. Mommy said I will get a chicken dinner on my birthday. Yummy! Chicken is my favourite food along with turkey. Tomorrow night Mommy and I are going to make cookies for my birthday. We have just the cutest little teddy bear cutter to make those cookies with. This year I am having cookies instead of a birthday cake. I think it will be yummy!

I have had a real good evening so far today. When Mommy came home we went out in the back yard and we played the "Jelly Belly Tickle Game". I barked about this game a few weeks ago in my diary. Today I had the zoomies and I was just flying around the yard. So much fun!!! After that Mommy and I went for a walk and we were gone for 50 minutes. Mommy was on a mission to look at all the different doors - inside doors and storm doors. She is trying to decide what she wants to do with our doors. Our inside doors are fine but we do need a couple of new storm doors. Mommy looked at doors and I looked for pups, rabbits, people and squirrels. We went up and down and up and down the residential streets so Mommy could look at doors. Boring! I met a big Newfoundland dog and let me tell you was he big!! His Daddy didn't stop so we just got to have a quick sniff. After that we met just the nicest lady going out to her car. She knelt down and started to talk to me. She thought I was just beautiful!!! What a nice lady! I gave her a lick on her hands. She said she is an animal lover and has four cats and one dog. She talked to my Mommy for a few minutes and at the end she asked me to come trick or treating to her house on Halloween. She said she would have a special doggy treat for me if I come. I sure hope Mommy takes me there. I have to run now to see what Mommy is making for supper.

New Snowsuit

Last night my Mommy was on the phone talking to a few of her friends. During one conversation they got on the topic of walking all winter long and the equipment that a pup would need to do that. Now I like the idea of going for walks all winter but I didn't care too much for the idea of boots and snowsuits. I do have a winter coat but Mommy decided that if we were to do some serious walking I had to have a snowsuit. When something gets into my Mommy's brain she just goes after it like a bulldog until she has it figured out. BOL! I barked yesterday about the fact that Mommy looked all over the Internet and found that a company in Toronto that sells top quality boots called muttluks also has snowsuits called "Muttopia". Mommy decided that before she would order the suit she would call around to the stores today. At one of my favourite stores called "Raining Cats and Dogs" they had a few Muttopia snowsuits. By my measurement I should take a size 10 but they didn't have a 10 but had a size 12. Mommy decided that we should go and take a look at it and even if it didn't fit me we would at least get to see the suit before we ordered it. At this point the store was going to close in 40 minutes so Mommy took off like a shot! I have not seen her move this fast in a long time. BOL! She grabbed me and my car seat and before I knew it I was all buckled in and going for a car ride. Now a car ride is always a good thing and going to Raining Cats and Dogs is always good too but to get a snowsuit is a totally a different thing! I was quite certain that suit would be too big so I wasn't too worried and I just enjoyed the car ride. We played our game of "Do you see???". I am going to have to bark about that game in another diary entry. Well we got to the store and I was real happy to go in. The lady showed us the snowsuit and Mommy tried it on me. OMD, the suit actually fit!!!! How could that be????? Now I was real worried. Mommy put me on the ground and I had to practice wearing the stupid thing. It was even a red one that would match my leash so nicely. Then Mommy bought it. Mommy was happy because it was much cheaper to buy at the store then to order right from the manufacturer. She paid $61.59 with all taxes and it would have been $86.10 on the Internet. To make matters worse for me and better for Mommy we also got the right size because we would have ordered the 10 inch which would have been too small if we had have ordered off the Internet. (and then I wouldn't have been able to wear it!)

When we got home Mommy decided that I now needed to practice walking in my snowsuit and my booties all at once. OMD, I have to tell you I was not happy about this and I wouldn't move a foot. I was certain if I didn't move then Mommy would have to return the suit. Then Mommy was really bad and she tricked me. She opened the front door and rang the door bell and I came running like a shot to the door barking like crazy. Rats, I got caught!!!!! Now I had no choice but to walk in the suit and the boots and I did. At this point there was no sense in trying to make Mommy think I couldn't walk in it. I do think that was mean of Mommy to fool a little dog. She then took a couple of pictures of me in my new snowsuit and I will get her to put one on my page. Mommy said I will get to like the snowsuit and the boots because it will mean we will go walking. I think the jury is still out on that idea............

Getting Ready for Winter

I just can't believe that we are getting ready for winter. Today Mommy got out my booties and tried them on me. She was very happy to see that they still fit. We took a video of me trying them out in the backyard and it didn't take me long to catch on to them again. I will have to get Mommy to put that video on my page. Then I had to try on my winter coat and my sweaters. It was boring trying on all those clothes. I tried to escape to the living room but Mommy was too quick. I am happy to report that everything fit nice! Now Mommy was saying that I should get a snowsuit if I want to keep going for walks in the winter. She found some cool "muttluk" reversible snowsuits from Toronto. The "muttluk" boots are well known for quality so she figures the snowsuits should be too. I now have the big decision of what colour I would want. Would I look better in a yellow/black reversible (one side is yellow and the other is black) or a red/blue reversible? You can see the snowsuit here

Abandoned!

My Mommy abandoned me tonight! Yep, you are hearing me right. I was a good pup and I was home alone all day. Mommy got home at her regular time and I was so excited to see her. I was also happy because my present from Zoe arrived. I won't get into the details about my present because I have already barked a diary entry about it. Back to what Mommy did.............. I should have known that something was up when Mommy rushed me out the door real fast to go on a walk. Hello, what is the big rush??!!! I was just starting to enjoy my walk when the first thing I knew we were going back into the house. Wait, one minute! Do you call that a walk???? We were only gone for about 10 minutes. Grrrrrrrrrrrr... Then Mommy starts to get dressed all fancy so that usually means one thing namely I get left home and she goes out. She said she had a big dinner to go to at the Convention Centre in our City. Within 20 minutes I was back in my day room and Mommy was out the door! This is not looking good! How can she abandon me all evening when I was home alone all day???? Mommy was gone for a full four hours! I could smell her breath and I could tell she had lots of yummy food and to make matters worse she didn't bring anything home for me. I am real good and I could smell the whole menu on her breath which consisted of:

Sweet Potato and Pumpkin Bisque Soup
Roma Tomato and Bocconcini Salad with Balsamic Vinegar
Breast of Chicken Baked in a crust of chives, walnuts and mustard seed served with vegetables and tiny potatoes
Key lime cheesecake

Mommy, I thought you were wanting to loose more weight? You will never loose weight this way! I am going to have to work her double tomorrow! It will serve her right! Guess what I had for supper? Kibble! Is that fair?

I Got Mail!

I got a parcel in the mail today from my good pal Zoe. I know it is a birthday present because Zoe said she was sending one. I was all alone in the house today when the parcel came. The post person rang the door bell and I know I barked real hard just like Zoe did when her parcel arrived. I wanted so much to open the door but I am too little and I can't reach the door knob. The nice mail person left the box kind of wedged between the mail box and the thingy that holds paper. It was right there in plain sight when Mommy drove up the driveway. I was pretty excited when I saw the box because I know a present when I see one. I wanted to open it right away but Mommy said I have to wait until my birthday on October 30th. OMD it is going to be real hard to wait. Hopefully I can get Mommy to take a picture of me with my present tomorrow so all you pups can see. Thank-you Zoe and Zoe's family for my present! Bark at you later!

Just in Time!

This evening just before we left to go for a walk I heard this crash, crash sound. Now what could that be??? Mommy was wondering what that was too! We looked around the house and couldn't find anything. Finally we noticed that a couple of tiles on the outside of the indoor swimming pool (aka bathtub) had come crashing down. Mommy said she knew those tiles where loose. From reading my diary you may know that my Mommy is attempting to get some renovation work done around the house. Just yesterday she signed the contract and paid the deposit to get a new indoor swimming pool (aka bathtub). What a smart Mommy! I thought the swimming pool looked just fine but I guess it isn't and it is time for a new one. Now we just have to wait until January 22nd to get it installed! I think I will take extra caution in that bathroom from now on.

New Friends

I have been busy making new friends the last couple of days. Yesterday when I went on a walk I met the cutest Jack Russel Terrier named Daisy. Daisy is quite submissive and she met me by laying on her back and showing me her tummy. Yep, I can be good friends with that girl! Once Daisy realized that I wanted to be friends she was up on her feet and wanting to play. We found out that she is also friends with my pal Joey. The humans had a good talk while we sniffed and played on our leash. Today I met a cute little Westie girl named Phoebe. She was a real friendly sort and we were friends right away. Again the humans stood on the sidewalk and talked while us pups sniffed and played on our leashes. I wonder who I will meet tomorrow??

Today when I got home from my walk I played with my plush birthday cake toy that plays the song "Happy Birthday". It was my pal Zoe's birthday today and I had sent her a plush birthday cake and told her I would play with my birthday cake today too. It is as close as we could get in the cyber world of playing with each other. You can see a picture of me with my cake toy on my page. Happy Birthday Zoe!

Life Guard Jelly

If you are a regular reader of my diary you will know that I take on many roles around the house. I am "Hunter Jelly", "Personal Trainer Jelly", "Supervisor Jelly" and the list goes on. Today I want to bark about being "Life Guard Jelly".

I assume my role of "Life Guard Jelly" when Mommy is in our indoor pool. (Mommy: Don't exaggerate Jelly, it is called a bathtub) No, no, no, it is a swimming pool! I can swim in it so it is a swimming pool which isn't much different then my outdoor pool. Anyways I have to give you the lay of the land so to speak. The swimming pool room a.k.a bathroom is really two rooms. There is a door from the hall into the first room and then a sliding door that leads to another little room that has the swimming pool and the big white bowl with water. Mommy always leaves the doors cracked just a little when she is in the swimming pool so I can keep my eye on her. I will squeeze through both doors and check on Mommy. Sometimes she is standing up and lets it rain on her and sometimes she sits in the pool and splashes around. When I see she is okay I leave and then I come back a couple of minutes later and check her out again. I am a very good life guard and I keep my Mommy safe.

This morning Mommy wasn't thinking about safety and she forgot to keep the sliding door open wide enough so I could get in. I went through the first door from the hall and then when I got to the sliding door it was only open wide enough so I could see Mommy but I couldn't go in. I gave her a few little soft whine noises to get her attention to make sure she was okay. Are you okay Mommy??? You forgot to open the door!! I was quite worried about her and what I would have to do if she needed to be saved. I think I am going to have to write Mommy up for that safety violation. Never let it happen again or I will have to ban you from the swimming pool! I am just doing my job as "Life Guard Jelly".

Big Surprise!

I got a real big surprise yesterday. The day started like normal with Mommy going to work and I was spending my time in my day room relaxing. All of a sudden I heard a noise at the door. Who was it? Was it another intruder? No, it was MOMMY!!! I was just so surprised because Mommy doesn't usually come home at that time. Are you okay Mommy? You are not sick?? No, Mommy was fine and she said she thought she would just come home at lunch time and take me for a walk. Wow, that was a double surprise! What a nice Mommy! Let's go! We went for a walk and I was just so happy marching down the street in front of Mommy. I saw my pal Joey in his yard. No time to stop Joey, Mommy has to go back to work!!! So I just had a quick sniff with Joey and we continued on our walk. Mommy could only spend about 20 minutes walking but I sure did enjoy it. I went back into my day room for the afternoon. After work Mommy took me on another walk. This time we walked for about 40 minutes. Mommy and I have a number of different routes that we like to walk. She said that we are getting so good at our walking that we are now finishing the routes faster. She also said that we are going to have to revise our routes to make them longer so we can walk about the same amount of time. It suits me fine to make our routes longer. We have 20 minute walking rouutes, 40 minutes walking routes and 1 hour walking routes.

Good Weekend

I had a really good weekend. The weather was beautiful fall weather being cool and sunny. Mommy and I went for really nice walks on both Saturday and Sunday. On Sunday we were gone for over an hour and did we ever have fun walking along the creek. I love walking on the leaves and I love all the smells. I also got to meet a number of other pups who were out walking.

Mommy and I got to sleep in both Saturday and Sunday which I love. Mommy was busy working all weekend and I was helping her. I had to supervise the grass cutting and Mommy also pulled out all our plants. She said it is likely only days before we get frost so we had to pull out the plants when we had the time. I also helped her with the laundry and I just love hanging laundry outside. We also got to relax and we watched a couple of movies. It was a great weekend! I am now sad because tomorrow is Monday and Mommy has to go to work. I guess I will just have to dream about next weekend.

I Caught a Mouse!

This is just the most exciting day for me because I caught a mouse. Yep, I did and I am proud of it!!! Today I proved my worth as an affenpinscher because I showed I still have the ability to do what my breed was bred to do which is to catch vermin. Once before I caught a bird but I didn't have a witness to the act. With the bird Mommy just heard the noise and came running and there I was with a bird in my mouth. You know it doesn't take much to put 2 and 2 together and get 4 which is I caught the bird. This time Mommy saw the whole thing. I was nosing around by some tall grass in the yard and all of a sudden I moved like lightning and I had something in my mouth. I crunched it and shook it and by the time Mommy came running across the yard at the speed of a turtle (BOL!) the mouse was dead. Now I was pretty proud and I was walking around with it in my mouth and looking for a good place to eat my catch. Yummy, mouse for lunch! That silly Mommy made me drop it and made all kinds of strange noises. She then took my beautiful kill and picked it up with the pooper scooper and put it in the garbage. :( I just don't understand this! Now you would think that Mommy would be treating me like the champion that I am but no! She takes me in the house and washes my beard and brushes my teeth! I say that is no way to treat me! I am now in the elite class of affenpinschers because I can truly be proud that I have proven that I have beauty (show points) , brains (obedience classes) and natural hunting ability (bird and mouse) all in one package.

Rest in Peace Raccoon

I sure got a big surprise this morning when Mommy asked me if I wanted to go on a walk. I just couldn't believe my ears! I very rarely get to go on a walk during the week in the morning because Mommy has to go to work. We had a very nice walk in the crisp morning fall air. As I was walking I saw something in the middle of the road. What is that???? I started to pull so I could check out what it was. There in the middle of the road was a raccoon sleeping. Wake up raccoon!! For some reason he didn't want to wake up and Mommy wouldn't let me go over there to check him out. Mommy said the raccoon was "road kill" which means he was dead. Poor raccoon! Rest in peace little raccoon.

Nice but Uneventful

Today was rather uneventful. Mommy went to work and I spent my day in my day room sleeping on my day bed. My good pal Zoe is busy barking at all the big machines that are in the field across from her house. She said she would bark at a truck for me today and I sure hope she barked at a big one! Anyways back to my day! A few naps and a few treats and a bit of playing with toys and before I knew it Mommy was home. I sure got excited today when Mommy got home. I make Mommy take me for a walk as soon as she gets home. We had a really nice walk today by the creek. I just love walking there. We were gone for a whole hour and OMD did I ever have a good time.

Strange Man in our Bathtub

Yep, I am telling you the truth! Today Mommy got home a bit early and I was sure happy to see her. Lets go for our walk, lets go for our walk! She said we couldn't go right away because we had an appointment with someone to come and see us. Who could that be? I didn't have to wait for very long and the door bell rang. Mommy let in a strange man. He seemed kind of nice and I didn't mind him at all. This is where everything got crazy. Mommy showed him our bathroom and do you know what he did? He just walked into out bathtub with his clothes on! I just couldn't believe my little eyes. I just sat there waiting for the water to come pouring down on top of him but for some reason it didn't. He was measuring and writing and measuring and writing. When he got out of the bathtub I did bark at him but Mommy told me to be quiet. Don't you think this is strange behaviour Mommy?? Mommy said he was there to give us a price for putting in a new bathtub. First we replace appliances that work perfectly well now we are replacing a bathtub that is functioning. Hmmm... I don't like that bathtub and I wonder if I could get him to take it away but not put another one back??? That sounds like a good idea to me but I don't think Mommy likes it. We then had to look through his big book. I sat in Mommy's lap at the kitchen table and we looked at everything. Mommy picked a style of tub, a surround including a ceiling, taps, shelf type, soap dish type and grab bar. I was going dizzy looking at all the pictures and the samples. He then wrote us out a price and left. Mommy said she wants to think about it over night but she thinks she will get the work done. Whatever!! By now it was one hour later and I was sure glad to see that guy leave. He was kind of strange standing in the tub with his clothes! (*Jelly shakes her head in disbelief*)

Now it is time for a walk! Yahoo, away we went. We walked for about 40 minutes and now I am home waiting for my supper. I want turkey, turkey, turkey and more turkey!!! Bark at you later pups!

Bad Pups!

I have really got to the point where I look forward to going on a walk when Mommy comes home from work. When she gets home my tail just doesn't stop wagging and I follow her around until she takes me on my walk. Today I had a great walk by the creek and we were gone for a whole hour! I just loved sniffing around and walking through the leaves. It was a rather uneventful walk until we got close to home. I saw three dogs in the distance and I was sure looking at them. When they got closer I could tell there were two Jack Russell Terriers being held on leash by one human and a lab cross being held on leash by another human. OMD did those three pups ever go ballistic when we passed each other. Since they were being so vocal I had to also give them a few growls too. The one lady picked up one of the Jack Russells and I think her arm was really getting scratched up and the other Jack Russell was barking and pulling like crazy. The lady with the labX could hardly hold her dog back and we think she got bit by her own dog. Holy moly, was I ever glad to get by them. Overall Mommy was happy with me because I didn't go crazy like I can do and I listened to her. I sure had to use lots of self restraint in that situation and Mommy said that all our hard work is paying off. We were right near my good pal Joey's house and I ran up to the fence to see if he saw what happened but he was not outside. :( I will have to tell Joey all about it when I see him next time.

Turkey!

My main focus today has been turkey. It has been raining and raining outside so I had a nice quiet day inside the house. It wasn't long before the smell of turkey just filled our house. Mommy took some pictures of me with the cooked turkey and I had her put them on my page. Aren't I a good pup to do a sit-stay right next to the turkey?? The smell was just so tempting but I did not move from my stay. My reward was a turkey supper! I got turkey, potatoes, beans, gravy and cranberry sauce. Oh my dog, was that ever good! To top that off I had a small piece of pumpkin pie for dessert. Yummy! I can hardly wait for leftovers tomorrow.

Computer Trouble

Is any one else having trouble with "Google" or is it our computer? When we do a search on Google we get a list of results like normal. The description of the results is normal but the websites that it sends us to is wrong. It sends us to commercial sites and quite often it won't let us off. If we do the same thing with Yahoo we have no trouble. For example, if we use Goggle and search for "affenpinscher rescue" we get a list of results that look normal. We click on what looks like "affenpinscher rescue" and we come to a site that has dogs for sale in our city and it won't let us out. When we do the same search with Yahoo we have no problems. Is this our computer or is it a problem with Google??? We have tried this with many different topics and always have a problem with Google. I sure hope our computer is not sick because I don't want to loose any Dogster time. We are scanning out computer right now for viruses.

Turkey Day

Yep, today is turkey day. That means today is the day that Mommy cooks a turkey. Yummy! Canadian Thanksgiving isn't until tomorrow but we are having turkey today. I have not been eating my kibble very well lately so I would sure love some turkey. Turkey is my number one favourite food!

I hope our new oven can cook turkey just as yummy as the old oven did. I will just never understand Mommy! Our old oven cooked perfectly yet Mommy got rid of it because she didn't like the colour. Isn't that discrimination?

Today is rain, rain, rain! I wish it was sunny so I could go on a walk. Oh well, as long as Mommy is home for three days with me I am happy. I am extra happy because I get TURKEY!

I am off to have my morning nap and dream about TURKEY! Did I tell you that turkey is my favourite food? Yummy, yummy turkey! Sweet dreams to me!

Canadian Thanksgiving

I was just so excited when Mommy got home today from work because this is a long weekend! Yep, three whole days with Mommy at home. Monday is Canadian Thanksgiving. We are going to be having a turkey and all the fixings and even pumpkin pie. Yummy!

To celebrate this great weekend Mommy and I started it off with a long walk. Lots of leaves have fallen and the trees are a real pretty colour. It is getting colder outside and Mommy said she is going to have to start wearing gloves on our walk.

Today we walked down a bunch of residential streets and Mommy was busy looking at the houses. I had better things to look for and I did find them! I found a squirrel running along a fence and I saw a cat running across the road. I stopped to sniff at a basset hound called Molly and a little poodle called Buddy. A man that look like Grandpa said I looked real cute. He told Mommy to give me a treat when we got home. I sure do like that man! We walked for 50 minutes and I was not tired at all. I had a great walk!

I was soooo scared!

This is not a nice story so please read this with caution. This morning Mommy and I were outside in the backyard about 7 am and I was sniffing around for that perfect potty place. I heard a dog on the front street but I could not see him. I then heard a man yell at the dog to "Come here!". The next thing I knew I heard just the worse yelp from that dog. What happened to that pup? Did the man hit the pup??? I did not know what happened but I sure knew I didn't like that yelling and I knew that yelp was not nice. I ran as fast as I could to the patio door to go into the house. Let me in, let me in before it gets me too! Mommy let me in and I just ran as fast as I could into the living room and I hid in my little tent. Mommy looked out the window and she couldn't see anything, no dog and no person. We have no idea what happened. I just knew that pup yelped some terrible thing and I didn't want that terrible thing to get me! Mommy went and got ready for work and I was still hiding in my tent. Mommy then talked nice and said that the danger was over and that she would protect me so I came out. Since I hadn't done my potty yet Mommy suggested that we go back outside. Since Mommy was going to protect me I felt fine and went outside to potty. Mommy then put me in my day room and said not to worry because she would make sure the house was all locked up so that mean thing couldn't get me. I am pleased to report that the mean thing didn't come into my house.

Jelly Belly Tickle Game

I have received quite a bit of mail about my Belly Tickle game. It just makes me so happy that other pups like my game too. My good pal Zoe suggested that I call my game the "Jelly Belly Tickle Game" and that I should patent this game. I am going to get on it right away and see what I have to do to patent my game. That Zoe sure is one smart pup! I am off now to play some more "Jelly Belly Tickle Games". BOL!

Diary Pick!

I was pretty excited today when I found out that I was one of the diary picks. Mommy got a special e-mail in her human e-mail to tell her I was a diary pick. This is what it said:

"Dogster wanted you to know that Jelly is one of today's featured diaries and it will be displayed all day on our Diary Central page at http://www.dogster.com/diary/dcentral.php under 'Today's Picks'.

I know I know, we're barking like mad over here too!

Thanks so much for running with the Dogster pack and keeping a diary.

Much Woof,

Dogster
For the love of dog
www.dogster.com"

I would like to thank all the pups who sent me special wishes, bones, rosettes and presents on this very special day.

Belly Tickles

I have another game that I wanted to show you called "belly tickles". When Mommy got home from work she took a video of me playing this game. The purpose of the game is obvious I think and that is to get belly tickles. How the game works is Mommy says "run, run, run". The best part of this game is you can run as much as you want. Sometimes I really have the zoomies so I do lots of running and other times I don't feel like running as much so I don't have to. This makes it a real versatile game because the pup can decide how much running they want to do. When you have done the running part then you roll over on your back and Mommy tickles your tummy. In the video I didn't want to do lots of running so I didn't. If you don't run as much then you get more belly tickles, it is totally up to you. I just love this game and you should give it a try. So much fun!!! Take a look at my belly tickle video.

Interesting Walk

Mommy took me for another walk today when she got home from work. She said she is finding that I have a much better appetite when I go for a daily walk. I got thinking about this and it doesn't make sense. Mommy likes to walk so she will loose more weight but she says that I eat more when I walk. If I eat more when I go walking then Mommy should eat more when she walks and then she will put on weight and not take weight off. Hmmm.... this makes no sense at all. I am going to have to think about this.

Anyways back to my walk! We walked down a street that runs along the creek and has lots of trees. Mommy and I were sure enjoying our walk and looking at the colours of the leaves. At a couple of houses I could hear the pups barking at me from inside but I couldn't see them so I just ignored them. After we had been walking for about 20 minutes Mommy said we should go down by the creek. The bank was sure steep and I went down very slowly with Mommy. Mommy only has two legs so it was much harder for her to go down then it was for me. I went very, very slow and stayed right beside Mommy to help her down. We did get down to the creek without incident, thank dogness! I sure wouldn't want an injured Mommy! I had never been at this part of the creek before. There was no walkway and just a path that was made from people walking there. I sure did love the smells! Normally I march in front of Mommy when we go walking and lead the way but not here. There were just so many interesting smells that I was lagging behind Mommy. Then I found a treasure! I found a tennis ball that some pup had lost in the bush. What a find!!! Mommy made me leave it behind because she said the other pup may be back looking for it. I just was getting over my disappointment when we went around a corner and I came face to face with a black and white cat. Holy moly was that cat ever big! I wanted to play with him and I was just wagging my tail. He didn't seem too friendly and he ran all the way up to the top of the bank. Mommy and I stood and talked to him for a few minutes and then we continued on our walk. After that we saw a man riding a bike, a couple of teenagers sitting on a bench and a couple of people walking. I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw that we were getting to a place on the creek that I know just behind the hockey arena where I saw the pile of snow the other day. We walked up the bank which wasn't nearly as steep at that location and then we sat on a park bench for a couple of minutes. We were looking at the other side of the creek and Mommy said she has never walked on that side so maybe we should go there tomorrow. I thought that was a great idea! While we were sitting on the bench we heard a pup that was just barking it's fool head off. The sound got closer and closer until we saw a man with two little shih tuz type pups. One pup was just barking at everything. Geeee...... my ears were hurting already! We let them go by and then we headed home. I sure am looking forward to my walk tomorrow.

Rainy Monday!

I was very disappointed this morning when I got up to see that it was raining. I just didn't feel like going out in the rain and I turned to go the other way. Mommy kept asking me to go out but no I was not interested. She then came and used force (picked me up) and put me outside! How mean is that! I wasn't going to do anything unless Mommy came outside and got wet too. She really wanted me to potty before she went to work so she eventually came out. Ha-ha-ha! I felt much better since I wasn't the only one getting wet. I rewarded Mommy for that and I ran and did my poopy and my pee.

I had a nice quiet day at home in my day room. I was much happier when Mommy got home because it wasn't raining. Everything was still wet but at least there was no rain. Mommy then asked if I wanted to go for a walk and of course I did. We went and walked along the creek which was very nice and peaceful. I had to jump some puddles and some were so big that we walked around them but it was still nice. After we got a long ways down the creek we came to a busy street where lots of people were driving on their way home from work. I walked nicely down there but it wasn't for long because we cut down a residential street that had no sidewalk. Mommy and I walked on the road and Mommy kept a good eye out for cars. We got a little ways down the street when a lady walked out and said I was cute and asked what breed I was. She stopped and patted me which I liked. We then continued down the street and we saw a man who was dragging a big garbage can to the street. I was leary of that big garbage can because it was making lots of noise. The man stopped and looked and me and he said I was cute too and also asked what breed I was. I let him pat me but I wasn't too sure of him because of that garbage can. I do tend to prefer women to men anyways but that is only natural because for my whole life it has been the female human species who do all the nice things for me. At this point I was feeling pretty good with all these people paying attention to me. We continued walking and we eventually got to my pal Joey's house. If you have been reading my diary you may remember that Joey is an American Eskimo Dog and I quite often visit with him. I was walking up to his fence so happy to see Joey when all of a sudden Joey and some other pup came running to the fence and just barked their fool heads off. Joey, it is only me! I think that silly Joey was trying to show off for his pal that was with him. What a silly boy! Joey's human Daddy came outside and explained that the other pup was called Brody and was there visiting. I could see it was that goofy Brody that was the cause of all this foolish barking. Brody looked like a beagle cross and he sure liked to bark! Mommy was impressed with me because I didn't bark at all and I think I was just disgusted that my pal Joey would bark at me just to show off to Brody. I sniffed Joey through the fence and he came to his senses and settled down. Then Brody came to the fence and we sniffed too and then he was okay. I had had enough of those boys so I left them rough housing in Joey's backyard. Now I am back home and having a little nap. Hopefully it won't be raining when I get up and I can go outside again.

Grrr to my leash!

I went on another walk this afternoon. Mommy is asking silly questions these days. Today she asked if there was a precious little pup that would like to go for a walk?? Doesn't she know the answer already??? It is me!!! So off we went in a totally different direction then we normally do. We had a really nice walk down the street that has lots of trees. At one point I saw a squirrel and I sure wanted to go and get him but I was on a leash and couldn't. :( After that I heard two pups barking at me from their back yard. One was just the cutest little pom that I sure wanted to go and play with. Again I was on my leash and I couldn't go! :( We just kept walking and walking until finally we got to this super big street called Portage Avenue. This is a major street in our City and there were millions of cars going really fast. (Mommy: Don't exaggerate Jelly!) I am not exaggerating, there were a million cars!! I know all about cars so it didn't scare me one bit and I walked down the street like a good pup. We got to this building that sure had the most yummy smells! A man was coming out and had the door open so I tried real hard to sneak in. Again I had my leash on and I could not go! :( Grrr....... this leash is starting to get to me! Mommy said that building was something called a Greek Restaurant where they serve Greek food. I sure hope I get to go there one day. Shortly after that I heard just the loudest siren and then this big red truck came speeding by. Mommy called it a fire truck. Again I was a good pup and I just stood on the sidewalk and watched. After that we kept walking and then Mommy opened a door to a building and we walked in. Hmmmmm.............. this building did not have any yummy smells. Can't we go back to the Greek building???? Mommy said no and that we want to talk to the people in this building. If you have been reading my diary you may remember that my Mommy wants to get some work done to update our kitchen. I guess the new stove and new dishwasher need a nicer home. Anyways I listened to this conversation and it was rather boring. Mommy was picking out counter top and a back splash and she was busy talking to the lady. Boring!!! Finally the lady said that someone will come out to see our kitchen. Mommy sure seemed happy when we left that building, something like I would be if I got some ice cream. I will never understand humans! After that we kept walking and went by another building with yummy smells. Again I couldn't go in there because of my leash. Grrrr to this leash! Mommy said it was a regular Canadian restaurant. We just kept walking and finally we got back home. I was pretty tired after that walk!

Elections, elections!

It seems like there are elections everywhere. Here in Canada we are in the middle of an election campaign to decide which political party will govern us in Ottawa and by default who the new Prime Minister will be. At the same time there is an election in the USA for President. You are asking what concern this is for a little pup like me? First I see it all the time on TV and it doesn't matter what stations we watch it is all about elections. On our American channels we see Obama and McCain and on the Canadian channels it is Harper, Dion, Layton and May. When Mommy and I go for a walk I see all kinds of election signs that have popped up on the front lawns and there is even one in my front yard. If I was a male dog I think I would be very happy because there would be new places to pee but being a female pup I don't pee on them but I do like reading the pee messages. Today on our walk we even saw a couple of yards with Obama signs and Mommy said that American citizens likely live in those houses. She said when she was out for breakfast this morning she even saw a small rally of supporters for Obama. They were encouraging all American citizens to vote and one person was being interviewed by the media. With all this excitement I think I would like to vote too. I have lots of questions for these politicans. First I am concerned about Mommy and whatever is better for Mommy is better for me. I would be concerned about the human issues such as taxes, the environment, the economy and health care. I would also have my own issues. What is their position on puppy mills? Grrr... Do they own a pup? (I wouldn't want my vote to go to someone who doesn't like pups) Do they have plans for some more National parks because pups like to go to parks? Will they support humane societies? What is their position on health care for pups? I would take the time and make a very informed decision on how to vote. I was just getting so excited about voting and Mommy told me I am not allowed to vote. How could that be??? I have dual citizenship because I am registered with both the Canadian Kennel Club and the American Kennel Club and I have the papers to prove it! I want to vote in both elections and how can they stop me when I have my documentation of citizenship? I think Mommy is wrong and I really do get a vote in both countries. I am off to check it out...........

My Walk

I just barked a diary entry about seeing 3 ft of snow. I thought that was very significant so I wanted it to have it's own entry. Now I have to bark to you about the rest of my walk.

When Mommy got home from work she said, " Would precious little Jelly like to go on a walk?". Now I thought that was a very nice way to ask a little princess like me if I wanted to go for a walk. My answer was, "Absolutely!". At this point things started to fall apart. Mommy got on the computer and I just couldn't get her off. She looked at her e-mail and for some strange reason she started to do some Internet research for her human niece. She said this is her niece's first University paper and she was just helping her to narrow down a subject and get some basic research. Excuse me, but didn't you ask me if I wanted to go for a walk??? Also who is it at University and who will get the grade???? I bugged Mommy and finally I got her attention and we headed out on our walk. It was a very nice walk and I saw a couple of people doing the power walking thing. It was beautiful outside and Mommy and I were just having a good time. Then all of a sudden Mommy decided we were going to do some obedience! What a way to ruin a perfectly good walk!! I had not done any official obedience in a few months so I was rather rusty. After a few about turns and stops/sit I was getting the idea again (unfortunately). Mommy made me do a sit/stay from the end of my 6 ft leash. She would walk behind me and then back out to the end of the leash and I had to stay sitting. Then the challenges came! One pup came by that was pulling his owner like a sled dog and he was trying hard to distract me. Then another pup was across the street and was jumping up and down like a crazy rabbit and barking his fool head off! How inconsiderate those pups were! Can't they see when a pup (namely me) is trying to concentrate on their work??? I love fun like the next pup but I would sure appreciate it if the pups would be quieter and let me do my work. Regardless I ignored them and I stayed seated. Mommy said she was very proud of me. :) After that we walked around the big building and saw the pile of snow. This is where my last diary entry starts.

Three Feet of Snow!

Did I get your attention??? I really did see three feet of snow today. It was at the end of our walk and we were behind this big building. Just as we got around the corner I couldn't believe my little eyes because there was something that looked like snow! I got up closer and I touched it and it was cold and white just like snow. Holy Moly!! How could it just snow in this one spot??? I looked all over and I didn't see any other snow but this one three foot high pile. Mommy of course knows everything and she said we were behind a hockey arena and the snow was from the machine called a zamboonie that clears the ice. Mmmmmm...... it makes no sense to me!

Frost!

Yep, you heard me say that terrible word! Frost, frost, frost!!! We are suppose to get frost outside tonight. Mommy and I went out and covered up all our tomato plants so they won't get cold and freeze. Mommy was using some sheets that used to be on our bed. She covered them up and tucked them in for the night. I then looked at the flowers and I told Mommy that we should cover those up too. Mommy said no! Can you believe she is going to let the poor little flowers just freeze???? She said they are close to the house so they may be okay and if they do freeze we will pull them out. :( What a mean Mommy! Why does she like the tomato plants better then the flowers?? I prefer the flowers with all their pretty colours.

Exciting Evening

There was lots of excitement at my house this evening. First a strange man came to our house and pulled our stove out and started banging and making noise behind the stove. I was a good pup and I only barked a few woofs when Mommy let him in. I know when Mommy lets someone in the house so I don't bark but let me tell you I have proven that it is a totally different situation when it is an intruder and Mommy isn't home. Anyways I have digressed. This guy banged around for about 20 minutes and then he left. Hmmmmm....... what was that all about?? Mommy said we are getting a new stove and the old stove was "hard wired" and the new regulations require it to be plugged in so the man installed a plug. Whatever, that sounds boring to me! He was only gone for a short time when a big truck with two men showed up at our house. First they came in and took away our stove and our dishwasher. If you remember that dishwasher almost flooded our kitchen so I was not unhappy to see that go. Then they brought in a new stove and a new dishwasher. One man called me the "killer dog" and that is good so he knows that I am here to protect my house. After the work was done he told me I was a real cute pup and he gave me lots of pats and scratches. I like him. After that they left and Mommy has been reading the manuals and registering our stove and dishwasher on the internet. That was a pretty exciting evening!

Quiet Day

Today was just a quiet day and not much to report. I slept and I went outside to inspect my backyard. Then I slept again and went outside again. I think you get the message. It was nice out today, a typical fall day. I do like fall although I don't like winter all that much.

Yesterday evening seemed like winter at our house. Mommy and I were so cold that Mommy decided we had better put on the furnace for the first time this year. We had that smell that the furnace always gives off when it comes on for the first time in the year. It didn't take long before we were warm and comfortable. I guess winter is on the way.............

I have been admiring my beautiful backpack that I got yesterday from Zoe. Zoe barked today that it was her Mommy and her human sister that put my name on my backpack. OMD they sure are creative! Check the picture out on my page.

My Mail

Now that we had the confusion all sorted out over the mail it was time for me to see what Zoe sent me. I was just so excited to find out what was in the box. I am a very experienced pup when it comes to getting mail and I know that when a box comes with my name on it there are always good things inside. Mommy was slow like usual and made me pose with the box. Now really, every box that comes she makes me pose with it but you would think that one picture with me and a box would be as good as another picture with me and a box. Whatever!! Finally we started to look inside the box! What is it, what is it! I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw what it was! It was just the most beautiful pink backpack with my name on it!! My Mommy always makes me pack my treasures in a cardboard box when we go away and that just isn't the way a princess like me should travel. This is what Zoe said in her note, "So you don't have to carry your tiara in a cardboard box!" That Zoe sure knows what she is barking about!!! Inside my backpack was a nice snack for me. It is a package of microwave doggy pop corn in bacon flavour. We have never seen anything like this before. It sure smells yummy and I can't wait to try it out. Mommy says we should save it for the weekend. There was also a small travel size toy inside the backpack which will be so handy on my travels. Thanks so much Zoe and Zoe's family! I just love my presents!

Confusion!

Yep, I got mail from my good pal Zoe. At first there was lots of confusion about my mail. Zoe's Mommy addressed it to : Jelly "Last name" in care of my Mommy. We were not home when it was delivered and so a card was put in our mail box telling us to pick it up. The card said it was for J. "Last name" c/o of Mommy. Now the confusion came because my Grandpa's name starts with "J" so Mommy and Grandpa thought it was something for him. They were busy discussing what this could be that was addressed in care of Mommy. Mommy suggested that maybe it was someone he knew who was sending him a birthday present since his birthday is this month and they didn't know his address. It was just a big mystery! I just can't believe that neither Mommy or Grandpa realized that Grandpa isn't the only J. "Last name" here because my name starts with J too. Jelly starts with J!!!! To top it off Mommy even knew we were expecting a box from Zoe. Silly, silly humans. It wasn't until this morning that it finally dawned on Mommy that the box could be for me. After work today she went to pick up the box and sure enough it was for me!!! I bet they will never make that mistake again. Now Mommy has to phone Grandpa and tell him there is no box for him. I hope he isn't too disappointed.............

Intruder, Intruder!!

This morning Mommy went to work and I was relaxing in my day room having a nap on my day bed about 10:30 am when I heard a noise at the door. What is that??? Is Mommy coming home early to surprise me??? Then I heard the door unlock! It must be Mommy, it must be Mommy!!! I was excited and then who do I see walk in??? It was Grandpa!!! Grandpa doesn't usually come in the house when Mommy is at work. I just started barking and barking saying "Intruder, intruder!" No person should ever come in our house when Mommy isn't home and that goes for people that I know too!! Grandpa called Mommy on the phone at work and she heard me being the good watch dog that I am! I was just barking as loud as I could so she would know I am doing a good job and that I am trying to chase intruder Grandpa away. "Come back later when Mommy is home!" is what I was telling him. Finally he listened to me and left. That sure wore me out for the whole day!! Thank dogness Mommy has me at home to protect our house while she is at work.

Renovation Blues

Yep, "Renovation Blues" is what we have had our house. Mommy wants to get some work done around our house and she just can't seem to get any one to do it. This summer she was talking about redoing the bathroom and she looked and looked for someone and finally gave up. Now she is trying to get some work done in the kitchen and so far she isn't having much luck. One contractor said they are booking for April 2009 right now. Another contracting firm said they are booking at the end of November to come out and give estimates so who knows when they will do the work. Two other firms are charging to give estimates and even then you have to wait for months to get any work done. Another firm verbally gave a totally inflated price without even seeing the job and said that the cost would start there and go up once they see exactly what has to be done. What is going on??? Is the country going crazy doing renovations after watching all those reality renovation shows about on TV??? Mommy says we may have to wait a year or two and see if the economy cools down and then we may have a better chance of finding a contractor.

Bad Mommy

Yesterday I felt sorry for Mommy because she forgot her lunch and breakfast at home and didn't get to eat until the afternoon and as a result wasn't feeling good. This morning I made sure that she packed her bag and took her food with her to work. Then she gets home about two hours late this evening and she is running around our house like a crazy woman doing things and late into the evening I hear her say,"I am hungry and I think I forgot to eat supper." Now really, one day is sympathy but two days is just too much. There is no sympathy for Mommy today and if she isn't feeling well then it is just her own fault. There! Do you think I told her????

Poor Mommy!

I felt sorry for my Mommy this morning. This morning was like every other work day. Mommy fed me my breakfast and she got ready for work. I sat and supervised her making her lunch to take to work and she also packed her breakfast. She says she likes to take her breakfast to work so she can eat it first thing when she gets to work while she is reviewing all her e-mail and stuff. Everything was going fine and Mommy left for work. Guess what Mommy forgot??? Yep, she forgot to take her breakfast and her lunch with her. I wish I could have taken it to her but I couldn't get out of my day room. It wouldn't have mattered much because I wouldn't have been able to get out of the house and then it would have taken me forever to drag that big bag all the way to her work. OMD, does she ever eat lots of breakfast and lunch! Don't tell Mommy that I said this. BOL!!! When Mommy got home she said she got a headache by 11 am because she didn't have any breakfast. She did go out to eat for lunch but the headache didn't go away. Mommy took a couple of pills and we had a quiet evening at home so her headache would go away. I didn't even get to have a walk but I didn't mind because I knew Mommy wasn't feeling good. She is feeling much better now after I looked after her all evening. I will have to make sure that she takes her food with her tomorrow. OMD somethings I think if she didn't have her head screwed on she would forget that too! BOL!

Helping Mommy

I was very busy today helping my Mommy. This was Mommy's first weekend at home since she had been away working so we just had so much work to do. First Mommy was tired so I was a good pup and I let her sleep in this morning. After that it was laundry time and oh my dog, I have never seen so much laundry being done in one day before. It was a beautiful day so Mommy wanted to hang lots of the laundry outside instead of using the dryer. I just love going outside to hang up laundry! Mommy and I were in and out of the house all day putting laundry out and bringing it back in when it was dry. I also helped Mommy change the sheets on the bed and she even put a new cover on the duvet. That was just so much to jump on the duvet when it was on the floor. After that I went with Mommy to get the car washed and let me tell you that was an experience. Mommy drove the car into a house that produces rain. Once the car was in the house Mommy shut it off and all the sprayers with water and soap moved all around the car. Mommy said it is called a "touchless car wash" but I don't really agree with that because lots of water and soap were touching our car. At one point there was so much soap on the windows that I couldn't see out. Then the water came and rinsed all the soap off. After that some hot wind came down on the car and dried it up. All of a sudden it all stopped and the door opened and Mommy drove the car out. Once we got home from the car wash we made chicken for supper. I got to have some of that chicken and it sure was yummy. I sure hope that our new stove makes food taste that yummy. After supper Mommy and I sat out in the backyard and enjoyed the beautiful evening. I am starting to get real tired now after my exciting day and I think it is just about my bedtime. I must say I had a good day!

Saturday, September 20th

Today was Saturday and that is almost always a good day. Mommy is now busy with our kitchen. You may remember me barking about how the dishwasher almost downed me a few weeks ago. Well right after that happened Mommy went away to work so she had not been able to deal with it. She said it was an old dishwasher so she wanted to buy a new one. She is rather fickle too and wants all the kitchen appliances to be the same colour, I just don't understand that. This week Mommy went out and bought a new dishwasher and a new oven. Our oven was perfectly fine and sure makes some real yummy tasting food but Mommy wants everything to be the same colour so out it goes! I sure hope Mommy doesn't decide she wants a different coloured pup........ Anyways, the new dishwasher and oven will be delivered on Oct. 1st. Today Mommy went to a few different places to see about getting a new counter top and a new oven hood. She brought home all these little samples of counter top and she was busy laying them on our counter trying to decide which one she wanted. That was kind of boring. I have a feeling that this is going to lead to strange people being in our house making lots of noise.

Mommy said she was real tired and hungry from being in the stores all day so we had pizza for supper. I sure do love pizza! I got to share some with Mommy. Yummy! After that Mommy took me on a another walk. First we went by Joey's house and he was even in his backyard. Joey is an American Eskimo dog and is a good friend of mine. OMD, I hadn't seen Joey in a few weeks so we had a good time sniffing and catching up on news. After that we were walking along when we came across two little Yorkshire Terriers going for a walk. Well let me tell you one of those pups was sure barky. He just barked his fool head off when they were passing us so his Mommy didn't stop to talk. Bad pup! The other little Yorkie seemed embarrassed and just walked along nicely. We just kept walking and I was having a good time looking around because we were going a route that we haven't been on in a long time. We walked by some condos and inside one of them another pup was barking and barking at me. His window was open so I heard him really well and I must say he sounded like a big dog. I just pranced by with my regular little attitude, "Na, na, na, I am outside and you are inside!" BOL!!! After that it was pretty non eventful and Mommy and I just enjoyed the cool air and the nice fall weather.

Friday, Sept 19

I just love Fridays because I know that Mommy is home for two days. This morning I ate out of my "princess" dish for the first time. I think food tastes better when it is served in a "princess" dish.

When Mommy got home from work she said we had to cut the grass. As usual I supervised her working from inside the house and watching through the patio doors. Mommy did a good job and my yard now looks nice with freshly mowed grass.

After the grass was done Mommy asked me if I wanted to go for a walk. Yes, yes, yes!!! This is the first walk that I have gone on since before Mommy went away to work. It was 7:45 pm and it was getting dark already. Things were very quiet in the neighbourhood. We walked along watching all the geese in the sky that were heading south. Mommy says they go south for the winter to avoid the cold weather. I think I would like to go south too but Mommy has to stay here to work so I guess I better be a loyal pup and stay with her. We were just walking along when all of a sudden the strangest looking bunny just ran out in front of us. I have never seen a bunny that looked like this one, it was partly brown and partly white. Mommy said that the bunny was changing it's colour to white for the winter. My dogness, all these animals are busy getting ready for winter. Since I have to stay here for the winter I was thinking that I should get ready too. Now, I am a pup that doesn't like to wear clothes too much even though at first glance through my pictures you would think that I do. I do appreciate a nice warm coat on a cold day. I think I should pull out my winter coat and sweaters and make sure I am ready for winter too. I have digressed and we should get back to my walk. After seeing the bunny we walked for a little bit and then we saw a lady with a scottish terrier. Do you know what that lady said to Mommy????? She said, "That doesn't look like a Schnauzer." I love schnauzers, I am related to them and even Jennifer was a schnauzer but there should be no doubt that I am not a schnauzer. It seems that Mommy knows this lady but she hasn't talked to her in a few years and she associates Mommy to schnauzers. The Scottie's name is "Piper" and we got to sniff at each other while our Mommies stopped to talk for a few minutes. Piper was a pretty nice pup and I hope we run into him again on our walks. After that my walk was pretty uneventful and we got back home. I sure did enjoy that walk!

My First Day at Home

Today was my first day at home in a long time. Mommy went to work and I got to relax in my day room. I spent most of the day sleeping on my day bed, snacking and playing with some toys. It was nice and relaxing although I was really happy when Mommy got home. We went outside and I ran around the yard. Mommy even played a game of chase with me which I just love. After Mommy finished supper she asked me if I wanted to go for a car ride. Of course the answer was yes, yes, yes! Mommy put my car seat into the car for me and I really enjoyed sitting up there looking at everything that went by. Mommy was asking me really stupid questions. She asked if I could see the squirrels. I looked and looked but there were no squirrels! Then she asked if I could see Bounce. Again I looked and looked but Bounce was no where around. Then she asked if I could see Saucy. I looked and looked and Saucy was also no where around. I concluded that silly Mommy was just trying to trick me. I am too smart for that! Finally we got to our destination and it was one of my most favourite dog stores called "Raining Cats and Dogs". Don't worry it really wasn't raining cats and dogs because it is just a name. They sell lots of treats, food and toys. I was on my leash and I just loved walking around that store and sniffing all the good smells. There were lots of good food smells and also lots of smells of other pups. Mommy bought some toys but she would not let me see them because she said they are going to be a present. She said she had not planned on going there tonight but she had phoned about a specific item today and they only had one left so she had to go and pick it up. I wonder what it could be??? Mommy bought me some yummy treats as well and then we left. We had a nice car ride home and I again enjoyed watching everything. Once we got home Mommy got some unpacking done. She said she was tired and that was enough. We still have some boxes to unpack, Mommy sure is slow! After that Mommy gave me a present that she had bought when she was away. It is just the cutest food dish for my day room. It is black with the word "Princess" on it in pink. It also has a pink dog collar with a pink dog paw tag around the top. We took a picture of my new dish and put it on my page. Isn't it beautiful??

I think I am about ready for bed. I will bark at you tomorrow.

I am home!

Yep, you heard me right, I am finally home! Mommy was away working for 5 weeks and I was living at Bounce's house. Mommy said she would get home yesterday and she did but it was too late to come and get me. :( That meant that she couldn't come and get me until this evening. I checked my whole house out and had to make sure everything was the way I left it. I went outside to make sure the squirrels have not invaded my yard and thank dogness they hadn't. I then tried out my chaise lounge, my day bed and my tent to make sure they were okay. I am pleased to report that everything is fine at my house. My house is a bit junky right now with all of Mommy's boxes that she hasn't put away yet. She said tomorrow evening we will be working on putting her things away. I was eating a new food when I was at Bounce's called "NOW" that is a very healthy food. Mommy bought me a bag of it and she hopes I will keep on eating it. You can check my food out at:
http://www.petcurean.com/index.php?page_id=160

My Lake

It is now only two more sleeps before Mommy gets home. Yep, Sunday night and Monday night. My Mommy and I are communicating by mental brain waves again. OMD, do our brain waves ever have to travel far! It is a beautiful day today where Mommy is staying and she is going to spend her lovely last Sunday afternoon at our favourite beach. Yep, I just can't believe that she will go there without me. It is the same beach where Mommy and I rent a cabin every year. She is going to walk along the beach and on the dock where I love to go. She is also going to go to all the little stores where her and I go shopping all the time. To top it off she is going to go for ice cream at our favourite ice cream place. I will be with Mommy through mental brain waves but I would much rather be there physically. Mommy says that she wished I was there too. Mommy says her work is done where she is and she is taking some time for herself and just wrapping things up on Monday. She hopes to be able to leave early on Tuesday and come and get me.

Only Three More Sleeps

My Mommy will be home in only three more sleeps. That means Saturday sleep, Sunday sleep and Monday sleep and then she is home on Tuesday! I wonder if the squirrels have taken over my yard in all that time? What about my toys, are they safe? Did some robbers steal my treats? OMD, I am going to have so much to check into when I get home! I am also going to be happy to get my typist back so I can bark about all my concerns.

Good Luck Kristie!

My Mommy's human niece will be attending university for the first day tomorrow. Would that make her my human cousin?? Regardless, she is in the Faculty of Nursing at University and will be attending her first day of classes tomorrow. She is going to get something called a Bachelor degree in nursing which takes a full four years to obtain. I don't know much about it but it does sound important. Good luck Kristie!!! We know you will do great!

Nine More Sleeps

Mommy has told me by remote mental waves that I only have nine more sleeps before she is home. I am having so much fun at Bounce's house but I am still looking forward to having Mommy at home. There is nothing like "Home Sweet Home". I wonder if I can speed up the nine more sleeps??? Maybe if I go to sleep for an hour and wake up and then go to sleep for an hour again and repeat this cycle nine times then Mommy will be home. Do you think that will work????? I am off to give it a try......................

Grooming

My Auntie Lorna has groomed me and Mommy got some pictures sent to her. Oh my dog, did Auntie Lorna ever have to take lots of hair off me. Mommy thinks I look just beautiful. :) I will get Mommy to post the pictures on my page so you pups can see me in my new makeover. I must admit I feel so much better now with my haircut. Thank-you Auntie Lorna for making me look beautiful! Thank-you Auntie Adele for taking the pictures and sending them to my Mommy! I just love this technology because I can keep in contact with my Mommy. Mommy says she loves me and misses me very much.

A Squirrel Dressed Like Me??????

My Mommy is still away working and I am staying at Bounce's house. I have been very busy here and my Mommy has been very busy working far away so I haven't been able to bark in my diary much lately. Mommy got an e-mail saying that I was really eating lots. I am eating breakfast and supper and also cleaning up after the other pups. Mommy wrote back and said that was great but it didn't sound like me. Then she got an e-mail that said it was a mistake because it really was a squirrel dressed up like me! BOL!!! There is no squirrel that is dressed up like me. It is all about me, me, me, me!

Almost over................

Yep, the time to vote for me is almost over. Tomorrow, Friday Sept 5th is the last day. Please get those last votes in. I have had a great time being in my first contest and I want to thank all the pups who have voted for me. Mommy says it doesn't matter what happens in the contest because I am her "Canine Idol". That is all that matters to me!

A Good Hostess

My pal Zoe p-mailed me and said I am being a good hostess by sharing my day bed and my patio doors with Bounce and Saucy. Mommy said that she agrees that I am being very good. I have never had a total of 3 dogs in my house before but it doesn't bother me at all. I am sharing all my things which include my day bed, my patio doors, my yard, my chaise lounge, my little palace tent, my toys, my treats and the most valuable thing of all which is my Mommy. I am sharing everything with Bounce and Saucy. In the computer room we did demand that Mommy put a third bed in there for us. If Mommy is on the computer then all three of us want to be there with her. There was only two beds which meant one of us had to lay on the carpet. Whoever was on the carpet would give Mommy those real sad looks so she would feel sorry for us. If you left your bed then the pup on the carpet would take it over and you would be the pup on the carpet. Mommy finally got the hint and put a third bed into the computer room. She said she thought we should share those beds but no, we each want our own bed. Things are going great now! Bounce and Saucy like to watch Mommy in the kitchen but I don't! I just can't believe that they will lay on that hard floor. I think they are waiting for some food to fall but I am not a real food driven pup so my comfort in a cozy bed is much more important to me then a few nibbles of food.

I can't believe it!

OMD, OMD, I just can't believe it. I just visited the site of the Canine Idol contest and I saw that the grey and red squirrels are voting for me. Yep, it is true, they said they have voted me as their canine idol. What do you think this means??? Do they consider me the big threat that I am and are trying to get on my good side? Or do they want to lull me into a false sense of security and then invade my yard. I just don't trust those squirrels. Check out my voting page and see the comment for yourself! While you are there please vote for me. vote

I am home!

I am finally at home again with my Mommy. It was real exciting to come home. For some reason Bounce and Saucy decided to come home with me. I don't know why but I guess they wanted to come to my house. I don't mind at all because Bounce is my bestest friend in the world and Saucy just kind of does her own thing and ignores us. Mommy took a video and a picture of us so I will have to get her to put them up on my page.

Mommy is home!

Yep, I know my Mommy is home because she was talking on the phone. I also heard that Bounce and Saucy and me are going to my house tomorrow. Bounce has been to my house before but Saucy never has so I want to show her my backyard and all my toys. A big surprise for Bounce will be my day room because she has never seen my day room before. Bounce and I are just the bestest friends!

Remember to Vote

I want to make sure that I keep a clickable link for my voting on my front page so it is easy for all the pups to vote. My Mommy isn't very good at this but she will try it again. Please remember you can vote every day until Sept. 5th and to click on the "vote for me" button above my picture. Here goes another attempt at a clickable link:

VOTE

What Mommy won't do for me! BOL!

I Miss You

Jelly's Human Mommy here:

I miss you so much my little sweet Jelly since I have been out of town working. I know you are being cared for very well which does help our separation but I still miss you. Let me list the things I miss:

1. I miss your little affie kisses in the morning.
2. I miss the feel of you sleeping beside me.
3. I miss you greeting me when I get home like I am the most important person on the face of the earth. It doesn't matter if I am away for half an hour or 8 hours, I always get a great greeting.
4. I miss playing with you with your toys.
5. I miss the way you make me laugh with your comical actions.
6. I miss the way you follow me around the house.
7. I miss taking you for walks.
8. I miss the way we share our "yummies".
9. I miss the ringing of the bells to go outside.
10. I miss watching squirrels with you.
11. I miss playing in our backyard.
12. I miss our many weekend adventures whether it be to a park or shopping or where ever we go together.
13. I miss taking you to doggy school
14. Yes, I even miss your fussy eating habits.
15. I just miss every thing about you!

For all these reasons and others that are too numerous to list you are my "Canine Idol".

Please vote for Jelly every day until Sept. 5th to become a "Canine Idol" at:

http://www.winnipegfreepress2.com/canineidol/index.ph p?action=details&id=1423

Kitties Welcome!

I am just so excited today because Mommy's human niece has added her kitties to Catster. You should check them out! Their names are Porker (809185) and Q-Tip (809212). I have never seen them but Mommy says they are both nice kitties. Porker is a porker! BOL!!! He isn't fat but just big and Q-Tip is more my size at 6 lbs. I think I would really like to play with Q-Tip.

Please remember to vote for me and remember to click the button above my picture. Thanks so much!

Confusing

So many pups are getting confused when they go to vote for me. When a pup goes to vote they have to click the vote button above my picture. There is another section to leave comments but that is not voting. I think that newspaper set that web site up really dumb! Grrrrrrr....... Pawlease, pawlease vote for me and remember to click the button above my picture. You can vote every day from now until Sept. 5th.

Please Vote for Me

My Mommy entered me in my very first contest and I sure would appreciate if you could vote for me. You can vote every day from August 23rd until September 5th. Please ask your pals to vote for me too. It would be so pawsome to get lots of votes.

You can vote at: Jelly

Anonymous Heart

I received an anonymous heart rosette and I just wanted to thank the pup who gave it to me. Thank-you anonymous heart rosette giver! I love it!

Misery Loves Company

Misery loves company and that is exactly the situation that I find myself in right now. I have barked about the fact that I am in season. I don't mind that but what I do not like are those awful in-season pants that I have to wear. It just so happens that Bounce and I are both in season together and that I am staying at Bounce's house. Usually I have to fight this issue all by myself but now I have Bounce to help me. I am not eating very well because I am not happy about wearing those pants. Bounce likes to eat so she isn't stopping eating just because of the pants. I really thought Bounce had a solution for her troubles because she was able to get her pants off! I was thinking that now I just have to learn how to take them off too. I just couldn't believe what happened to poor Bounce. My Auntie Lorna went and bought her baby sleepers that she can't get off. Now she is even in a worse situation then I am because she has to wear those baby sleepers. That sure made me think twice about taking my pants off. I personally perfer doing my pee-pee in them. That just shows everyone what I think of those pants. Bounce and I try as hard as we can not to wear our in-season clothes. When we are outside we won't come in because that means we have to put them back on. Sometimes I will run in real fast and try and hide so I can't get my pants put back on. Another good trick is to be always asking out and then the pants come off. OMD, Bounce and I are sure miserable right now but it does feel better to have a buddy with me enduring the same torture. I now really know what they mean by that saying, "Misery Loves Company!"

Stupid Pants

I am staying at Bounce's house right now. One thing I didn't bark about is the fact that I came into season on Sunday. To top it off Bounce came into season too on the very same day! BOL! Now our activity is limited because we have to take turn with free time with the boys. I wish Mommy was home so Bounce and I could be at my house and we wouldn't have to share free time because we would get all the free time! Bounce and I could enjoy my day room all day and then we could have the run of the house in the evening when Mommy is home. All the free time is much better then half the free time. Hmmmm..... The worst part of being in season is I have to wear those stupid inseason pants. My best trick to get out of wearing them is to do a pee pee in them. I tried this with Auntie Lorna yesterday and it didn't work at all. She just changed the pad and put them back on me! Bounce and I are going to have to figure out how to get rid of these in season pants because we both hate them. Maybe when the boys have their free time Bounce and I could brain storm and come up with some ideas of how to get rid of in season pants. Yep, that sounds like a great plan to me.

Great Weekend!

I had a great weekend at home with my Mommy. It was really hot outside so I would go outside for a little while and then want to come back in the air conditioned house. Mommy had lots of work to do but that doesn't matter because I just love supervising her work. WE cut the grass, watered the plants every day and did the weeding. WE also did lots of work in the house including laundry. Laundry is one of my more favourite jobs especially when Mommy rips all the blankets and sheets off the bed and I get to curl up in them on the floor. Since Mommy was going away again on Sunday we had supper at lunch time and we had my most favourite meal. CHICKEN! I got a whole chicken leg and thigh all to myself and it was a big one too. Mommy took the meat off the bones and mixed in some potato and beans and I just thought that was yummy! When Mommy took my back to Bounce's house I found out they were going to have turkey for supper. Yummy, yummy! I sure know what I am doing. Chicken for lunch and turkey for supper! BOL!

I Am Home!

Yep, I am home. I had a great time at Bounce's house playing and watching the squirrels. Actually the squirrels are very tame and they come right up to you. It was good luck for that squirrel that I was being held when he was within arms length of me or I would have got him.

Since I got home I have checked out my backyard, checked out my toys, checked out my day bed and had a big supper of home cooking. Mommy says she is too tired to type and I think I would like to go to bed too. I will bark at you tomorrow pups!

Old Cardboard Box

I knew something was up today when Mommy got home from work and she started to pack things in boxes and in those special zip up boxes that she puts her clothes in. Sure enough, she told me I was going to go and stay with Bounce for a few days. I enjoy staying with Bounce but I would really like my Mommy to be at home. Mommy is going out of town to work and I hope she will be home by Friday. Do you know what Mommy packed my precious treasures in?? She packed them in an old cardboard box!! I think I should have a pretty pink suitcase for all my treasures. Right now I am at Bounce's house getting ready to go to bed. Tomorrow I will have to check out those squirrels............................

Tragedy Has Hit Again!

I have sure been getting my share of tragedy lately. First I almost bled to death with my toe nail, then I almost drowned when the dishwasher flooded the kitchen and now another tragedy. This time I am suffering an emotional tragedy. One of my loofa dogs died today. Before you get too upset I must say thank dogness it wasn't my favourite purple loofa dog. I don't think I could survive if my purple loofa died. This was my curly pink loofa. I have hardly played with that loofa and with the last toy rotation Mommy put it in my toy basket in the computer room. It was a very healthy loofa just a couple of days ago. Today I went to play with it and there was no squeak! I took it to Mommy and kept trying to squeak it so she could see we had an emergency. Mommy then took my poor loofa and tried it and sure enough there was no squeak. Mommy said she can not make him better. :( She said I could play with him without a squeak but that would be too boring. I just dropped him on the floor and went to play with my old faithful purple loofa. I hope this is it for tragedies. Aren't bad things suppose to happen in threes??? If so, that was number three so go away tragedy!

Water, Water Everywhere!!!!!

OMD pups, I almost got drowned today or at least my house almost got drowned. Mommy loaded up the dishwasher and put it on and then we went into the living room to relax while the dishes washed. It seemed that it was taking an awful long time for those dishes to get done so we went to check it out. You will never believe what we saw??? There was water all over the floor and the water was coming out of the dishwasher door. Mommy told me to stay out of the water and stand by the entrance to the kitchen and I did listen to her. I stood there like a good pup and watched Mommy cleaning up the mess. Mommy had to shut the dishwasher off. Then she mopped a whole bucket of water off the floor, opened the dishwasher door and bailed another big pail of water out of there and then she got smart and used the thingy that sucks water out of a fish tank and got another pail of water out again. Mommy says she thinks the pump that removes the water from the dishwasher is broken. It is an old machine that came with the house when Mommy bought it in 1988 so Mommy says she is not fixing it. She has been looking at new dishwashers anyways so we will get a new one. For now Mommy has to go and hand wash all those dishes and hand wash dishes until we get a new machine. On the bright side we were wanting to get away from the old gold appliances and get white ones anyways. That is two down and only a new oven to go.

Schnauzer of the Week

I am just so excited and honoured to be named Schnauzer of the Week this week. I belong to a group called Schnauzers Rule who have given me this great opportunity. Now, you are likely thinking to yourself that I am not a schnauzer. You are correct! The group did welcome me with open paws even though I am not a schnauzer. It is just the greatest group! They have contests and games and are very caring.

As you can see from my page I am an Affenpinscher. Affenpinschers and Schnauzers are related, yes we are!!!! Miniature Schnauzers originally came from breeding affenpinschers to small Standard Schnauzers. At that time affenpinschers were likely bigger, more the size of what a Miniature Schnauzer would be today. My Mommy has had schnauzers before and it is because of the schnauzers that she became interested in the affenpinscher. She says there are lots of similarities between us and some differences too. She said we are both a very cool breed!!!

I would like to thank the Schnauzers Rule group for giving me this great honour of being the "Schnauzer of the Week". I know I am going to really enjoy my week in the spot light! Thanks again!!!!

Conversation with the Animal Whisperer

I barked in my last diary entry that I got to talk to the Animal Whisperer at the doggy show. It was the same lady that I talked to last year. You can see the details of my last years conversation in my August 11, 2007 diary entry. The Animal Whisperer is a very nice lady and I do enjoy communicating with her. This is a summary of my communication this year:

1. She asked me if there was anything I wanted to say. I said that I enjoy riding in the car so much more now with my new booster seat.

2. She said that I am barking less at Grandpa but why do I still bark sometimes. I said that Grandpa is jealous of me and thinks I am spoiled. I said that I am not spoiled. I also said that I do not like the fact that Grandpa always sits in Mommy's chair when he is over. (our lazy-boy recliner). That is the chair that Mommy and I always sit in. The Animal Whisperer said I had to learn to be more gracious and let him sit in that chair. She said I could either sit in the chair with Grandpa or sit on the sofa with Mommy. She asked me if I wanted to sit with Grandpa and I said no. I said I would sit on the sofa with Mommy.

3. The Animal Whisperer asked if I wanted to have babies and I said I would. I only want one litter. She asked if I had any questions about having babies. I said I wanted Mommy to help me. I also said I would have three babies and I had names picked out. Mommy can choose from the names: Licorice, King of Spades, Black Jack, Crown Royal, Casino and Black Pearl. I did not, I repeat did not want a puppy named "Black Cat". I asked if I could have my puppies at home and she said yes. I also asked if we could keep one and again the answer was yes. I said I want to keep a boy puppy and call him Black Jack. I think it would be cool to have Jelly and Jack. I also said that we had to buy all new toys for the puppies and that we would have to potty train them.

4. I said I would like some no fat cottage cheese.

5. The Animal Whisperer asked me if I liked my day bed and I said yes. She asked me how I would want my day room decorated and I said "sunny yellow" with black accents. She didn't know but that is exactly what the colour is now. So basically I just want it to be painted the same colour. I did say I wanted my TV playing and I wanted to get a DVD. I am getting tired of the movies that Mommy plays for me now and I want some new ones. I said I liked animated movies. I also said that I like watching dog shows on TV with Mommy. Then the Animal Whisper asked if I liked staying in my day room when Mommy goes to work. I said I would rather go to work with Mommy. She said that is not possible. :(

6. She then asked if I would like to go to obedience shows. I asked if I would have to do a "stay" and she said yes. I said I get worried about doing a stay away from my Mommy because I am afraid that Mommy will forget about me. The Animal Whisperer said that at the beginning I will only do a stay when I can see Mommy. I don't mind that so much. She said at higher levels I have to do a stay with Mommy out of sight but that Mommy would never forget me. I asked if I could go to sleep when I did my stay and she said it would be hard to sleep if I was suppose to sit. She also thought there would be lots of things for me to look at that I wouldn't want to sleep. I said that I would worry about the puppies if I went to an obedience show. She told me not to worry about that because we wouldn't go to an obedience show until the puppies were old enough to be on their own. I felt better about that.

7. She then asked me about the fact that I am a fussy eater. I told her I don't like to eat breakfast and I prefer to eat later in the day. She said it is better for dogs to eat two meals per day. I said I would "re-write" the book. BOL!!! I said that Mommy could leave some food out for me when she goes to work and I will graze. I said I like chicken.

9. The Animal Whisperer asked if I communicate with Jennifer any more. I said no because Jennifer is now in doggy heaven.

10. I just interrupted and said I don't like tuba music.

That is about it for my conversation with the Animal Whisperer.