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The Life of a Butterfly-dog

It's my party!!!

I had so much fun today!!! Mommy baked a special cake just for doggies, and she made liver brownies...yummm! And my friends Rhett and Molly came over just to play with me and share my yummy treats. We ate the cake and liver brownies. The humans had their own cake, too. It didn't look as good as mine, though. We ran around the backyard and had loads of fun. This was the best day. Mommy said she was afraid that it would rain, but there's no way it would rain and mess up MY party. I'm the Papillon Prince. After Rhett and Molly had to leave, Mommy brought over to see Deuce. Deuce's human has these odd creatures that live in the water. Mommy showed them to me. She said they are called Koi. I looked down at them, and they looked back up at me. Mommy wouldn't let me jump in and play with them. Well, I'm back home, and I'm tired. I'm going to lay down now.

Taking care of Mommy...

Monday, July 9, 2007
Hi, I haven’t written in a while. I have been busy taking care of my Mommy. She’s back at work now, but for a while she stayed at home, and I didn’t understand why. She explained to me that she wasn’t feeling well. She has been going to see doctors and having tests run. She said she has a pain in her tummy on the right side. I have been taking care of her by keeping her company and making her laugh. I love it when Mommy stays home with me but when she isn’t feeling well she can’t really play with me. She said that sometimes the pain is really bad. She sometimes sleeps a lot which she says is because of the medicine her doctor gave her. I really wish I could make my Mommy better, but she says I am doing a good job at keeping her mind off of the pain. That is an important job.
On a lighter note, Mommy says I have something called a “birthday” coming up soon. She says she is planning a party with other dogs and their humans. I don’t know what that means, but she says I will like it. I can’t wait to find out what a “birthday” is. Mommy says there will be yummy things to eat (for us doggies and for the humans) and fun games to play.

Busy couple of days...

Monday, April 09, 2007
I had a nice weekend. Mommy comes home early on Thursdays, and she takes me to the dog park. I really like going there. I get excited and start barking even before mommy gets the car parked. I am usually the smallest dog there, but it doesn’t matter. I let those big dogs know that I am the one in charge. I like to chase those big dogs to put them in their place. When they turn around and start chasing me, their humans put them in their place, too. They know that I am king of the dog park when I am there.
Normally, the next day after we go to the dog park, mommy has to go back to work, but this time she didn’t leave me. She stayed home! I like when she stays home because when they both leave, they close the bedroom door, and I can’t lie on the bed anymore. But when one of them stays home, I can stay on the bed. Mommy and I slept longer after her boyfriend left for his work. After mommy woke up, she was hungry. We got in the car and drove to a place called “IHOP.” When she parked the car, I tried to get out of my car seat to go with her, but she told me to “stay.” I had to wait until she got back. It took a little while, but when mommy did come back to the car, she had a bag with something in it that smelled very good. She put it on the floor of car in front of my seat. How can she put something that smells so wonderful out of my reach? I whined to let her know that this was not acceptable. She just kept telling me to be quiet. When we got home, mommy got whatever it was out of the bag and started eating it. It smelled so good; I got up in mommy’s lap to get a taste. Mommy told me “no,” and she put me on the floor next to her. I had to sit there quietly before she gave me a piece of what she was eating. It was so yummy. Mommy said it was “steak.” As long as I sit there nicely, I know mommy will give me some of her food. I have her very well trained. Anytime she eats anything, I always get a taste. That was a yummy breakfast. She also had pancakes and eggs.
Well, after we finished eating, mommy put on different clothes and we went for another ride in the car. I love riding in the car. When we would first go places in the car, I would sit in mommy’s lap, but after a while mommy got me that car seat. Now, I can’t sit in her lap anymore. But I can still see out the window and bark at anyone I see outside the car. Mommy tells me I am a good boy when I do that. When mommy finally stopped the car to take me out, we were at her friend Jenny’s house, and she has a big black dog named Molly. Mommy and Jenny sat in the backyard while Molly and I played. Then we went on a walk around the neighborhood. After the walk, mommy put me back in my car seat and we went to her mommy’s house. I played with Baby. After a while mommy took me to the dog park and her mommy and Baby came with us. I started barking and carrying on like I do when we get close to the dog park. Baby thought I was crazy. This was the first time Baby had come to the dog park. She was very nervous. I tried to get her to play, but she just stayed next to her mommy. We didn’t stay very long because Baby didn’t like it much. Mommy dropped off Baby and her mommy, and then we went home. I was so tired after that long day; I drank water from my bowl, and then took a nap. Mommy tries to get me to drink water at the dog park, but I won’t do it. How can she expect me to drink from a bowl that other dogs have drunk from? She even pours out the water and puts new water in it, but I still won’t drink it. She just doesn’t understand that I will only drink out of my bowl.