Sometimes life is like chasing your tail-round & round and- trying not too get too dizzy

Hello Everyone,
My mom says she wants all our dogster friends to know that we are still here on Dogster, it's just been ruff for awhile. You know, sometimes life can get more full of picking up poop then it can with chasing balls. After my sister Fawn went to the Bridge, mom just dug-in deep with working, and also with trying to raise awareness about puppymills (they are the monsters that sent Fawn to the Bridge). And then I started needing some surgeries to remove lumps. Although they hurt, mom was happy (geesh, humans! they sure are doggone hard to figure out). She said the surgeries gave her barkarific news becaiuse they meant that I don't have "the big "C"", which is what sent my sister Sasha to the Bridge. Mom was really sad though because when I woke up from the last surgery, I woke up totally deaf! Mom was crying so hard and so much. I licked her face all the time and tried to show her I was ok. She spent a lot of time on the computer with her friends in the puppymill rescue group and they all told her to watch me and see: although she is upset I will adapt like nothing is any different. It took a lot of licking and running around, but I think mom finally saw that they are right; I am enjoying life like I always did. but life-ahh-that crazy whilrwind...Unfortunately, it's hard to play fetch for fun when the balls keep bouncing and sending you crazy...see, now I need another surgery! This one is to remove a piece of bone that is causing me pain in my little bitty elbow. Mom is scared to pieces about another surgery, but she says I will feel better when it is removed. I didn't want to worry mom, so I tried hard to be brave and run around anyway so she wouldn't notice, but mom says she can tell "something is just not right". So yesterday she took me to see an Orthopedic specialist and he agrees that this is what is best. I heard mom whispering to him something about my age and me thinking I am a young pup, but them knowing different. Mom went on to say to the docter that it doesn't matter to her if I am aging, and deaf, and losing my eyesight now, nor would it matter to her if I limped, because she will love me just as much as ever. She said she just wants me to be pain-free and have a "good quality of life"...I am not sure why she said that because I already love my life BOL When the doctor left the room mom started whispering in my ear. I know this was a serious heart-to-heart mom was having with me because she got all choked up....oh, mom says that she feels it is finally time that she write a tribute on my sister Fawn's page so I have to get off the computer now. Paws up to all our friends and nose-licks on your faces!

All in a Doggie Day: No cookies, yucky clothes, monster- camera but lots of fun and love

Yesterday was a bit of a boring day. Mommy was busy making 300+ cookies (and she said I couldn't even have any-hump!). That kept her so busy we really didn't have a lot of time together.
I kept waiting for us to go to sleep, like we always do in the day because she works at night...and just about the time I was giving up all hope of fun, mommy surprised me----she took me out in the yard and threw the ball to me over and over. I was having such fun!
Then she went and got that black thingy with the flashing light that I really don't like (she calls it a camera, I call it a monster). She made me put on a few outfits, too-yuck, yuck, and more yuck!
But, after that was over, guess what she did? She hugged me and told me what a good boy I am and that she loves me and that I am mommy's baby (I like when she talks like that)--but BEST OF ALL---she got down in the grass and rolled around with me and let me jump on her tummy (which must tickle 'cause it made her laugh!). I wish every doggie and kitty and other companions all had mommies to "fuss" over them! I think, no I KNOW, that us dogster pups are so lucky to have mommies like that! But my mommy says it's the mommies that are so lucky to have US...she says that we "fuss" over our mommies too---and here I was, thinking that she didn't understand what all my yapping was about!

Thank You Friends

WOW! I can't believe these old canine eyes of mine! 26 Apr and I am DOGGIE OF THE DAY!! Mommy was soooo excited, she kept hugging me and kissing me and dancing me all around! Once I could get her to stop all that people non-sense, she showed my the Dogsters Home Page and..yup, there it was...a picture of little ole me! Then, she explained to me about what a great honor this is! And then, well, then I got all excited and starting licking her face all over and wagging my tail so fast I could hardly stay in her arms! Then, my mommy showed me all the special presents I got: bones, stars, all sorts of those different pretty rossette thingys and lots and lots of mail saying CONGRATULATIONS! I am so happy that mommy joined up me and my sister, Angel Sasha, here at Dogster. You are all like family. I can't thank you all for making me feel so special! It's totally PAWSome to have such BARKarific friends! I am HOWLING HAPPY!! (only mommy said she;d prefer it if I tried to keep the howling to a minimum..jeez...what's a puppy to do?) PAWS UP TO YA"LL!
Paw hugs, Your new Dogster Pal, Mikail!