What a Busy Dog I Am!!!

Hello Pals!

Wow! I've been so busy that I hardly know where to begin this Diary entry!!! Lots of news to share this time, so let's get right into it!

First of all, you probably noticed that I have a brand new Summer look to my page. That's just how my Mommy is! Just when I think I have the perfect Dogster page, she gets on a kick for an entirely different look! But I must say, I really like this one. I LOVE Summer! I love when it's warm, and I love swimming. So this is a special time of the year for me. I enjoy laying out in my yard, too. And BBQ-ing with my family! The only thing I DO NOT enjoy is firecrackers in July and ANYTHING that flies during the Summer months (bees, fly and mosquitos!). Of course, with a new page comes new pictures of me. So don't forget to check out my Dogster-Plus Photo Album ... there's lots more pictures in there! But if you want to see an older picture that I had on here, I have my own website on my Mommy's site! Hers if full of recipes and things like that. Mine is all about ... well ... ME!!!! You can visit my pages at: http://cheddarbay.com/Shiloh/shiloh1.html

And speaking of my Mommy's site, she & Daddy have a wonderful project that they're working on, and maybe you and your family might want to get involved. Did you know that an overwhelming number of those horrible puppy-mills are owned and operated by the AMISH??? It's true! And being here in the heart of Amish country (Ohio ... but it's bad in Indiana & Pennsylvania, too!), Mommy & Daddy are contacting every State Representative and Senator they can think of and encourage them to support legislation that will ban these Amish-run death mills from operating. There's no limit to the number of doggies they have in these places, and sometimes their barns house HUNDREDS of dogs & puppies in small cages stacked one on top of another. These poor brother & sister dogs of our NEVER GET OUTSIDE and in fact, their little paws never even touch the ground. And once they're too old to make puppies, they're usually shot or drowned in a pond somewhere.

Well, those Amish folk don't know what they're in for until they meet my Mommy!!! She can be a WILDCAT on things like this! And I say, "GOD BLESS HER!" She's even protesting with Krogers because they sell Amish potato salad in their Deli!!! Mommy & Daddy are boycotting EVERYTHING that's Amish made, including not eatng at Amish-run restaurants and especially not supporting their lifetype by contributing to tourism. We'll just stay clear of Amish County, thank you!

It's way too involved for me to into this here on my diary, but if you want to read more about it, just go to that section of Mommy's web site at: http://cheddarbay.com/0000Amish/amish.html (I'll warn you first, the pictures at the bottom are a little hard to look at ... but the puppy-mill dogs need you!).

On a much nicer subject, I want to say a very special THANK YOU to my friend Minister Misty (# 532808) for inviting me to be a part of a very special group here at Dogster called "Light a Candle" (it's found at http://www.dogster.com/group/Light_a_candle-8427). It's a church for dogs! I had never been to a church before, but now I go every day. You can pray, light a candle or just sit and meditate for awhile. And oh, you feel SO GOOD when you leave! Thank you, Minister Misty, for touching my life with this special gift! I hope all my friends can drop in and visit sometime soon!

This is getting to be a long entry, so I'll stop here for tonight.

Wags & Wiggles,
Shiloh