RIP SWEET GEOFFREY

It is a very very sad day. Our little friend SWEET GEOFFREY went to the Rainbow Bridge last night. He was such a sweet little guy. Geoffrey had a very hard time finding his furever home, but when he did, he hit the jackpot! He had a wonderful mom and brother. I am so thankful to them for letting SWEET GEOFFREY know what it was like to have a home full of love. We will miss you so much SWEET GEOFFREY. Run free now little boy. You are whole and well again. We will always love you and never ever forget you!
Please stop by and visit SWEET GEOFFREY'S page

OUR MOM

Our mom ask us to post something here for her. She wants to first think everyone for all of our families gifts. They mean so much to her and to us!
Mom has not been able to be on the computer as much as she would like. She is having some health problems. We hope she is better soon. She will be having some test done and seeing more Drs. next week. She will keep you posted. Thank you to everyone for being our pals. Love you all!!

UPDATES

Our humom is going to be using our Tw0 and A Half Girls page for updates etc...for a while. Please stop by. She just posted a new update on us, Phoenix and Atticus. We are Dogster # 812204. Love to all!!

MY BIRTHDAY

Guess what!!! My humom missed my birthday. Well she knew it was my birthday on Jan. 6., but she did not get it posted for me in my diary!! She has a sinus thing, plus trying to work..PLUS she had a procedure done at the hospital. So I forgive her. She and I want to share this poem with you all for my birthday:

Every dog must have a soul
Somewhere deep inside
Where all his hurts and grievances
Are buried with his pride.

Where he decides the good and bad,
The wrong way from the right,
And where his judgement carefully
Is hidden from our sight.

A dog must have a secret place
Where every thought abides,
A sort of close acquaintance that
He trusts in and confides.

And when accused unjustly for
Himself, He cannot speak,
Rebuked, He finds within his soul
The comfort he must seek.

He'll love, tho'he is unloved,
And he'll serve tho'badly used,
And one kind word will wipe away
The times when he's abused.

Altho' his heart may break in two
His love will still be whole,
Because God gave to every dog
An understanding Soul!

DIARY OF THE DAY!!! PLEASE VOTE!!!

OMD!!! OMD!!! I am sooooo happy today. Thank you so much Dogster for giving me the honor of diary of the day. Humom is very excited too. She told me I could have something extra special today! I sure hope it is frosty paws...BOL. I am so lucky to be here on Dogster with such wonderful pals. Thank you all so much for being my pal!
I have to take this opportunity to ask you again to vote in the Care2 shelter contest for Southern Cross. If we win, this would get my pal Atticus all the medical care he so badly needs. If it were not for Southern Cross my pals Phoenix and my fursis Hannah would not be here. All you have to do is click on the button on my page. The one with the cute pup in the Santa hat. Thank you sooo much in advance for voting. Thank you again Dogster for being here and this honor!!

FAVOR TO ASK

Hello to all my pals. I have a favor to ask. Care2 is holding a shelter contest. The prize is $10,000.00. Would you please copy and paste this link and vote for Southern Cross German Shepherd Rescue Group. They are in Clarksville Georgia. Without this wonderful group, Phoenix, Atticus or my fursis Hannah would not be here. This would help Atticus so much. He still needs over $4,000.00. Thank you all so very much. Love to all!!
http://www.care2.com/animalsheltercontest/75533/?refe r=4208.13.1228237622.7757

MY VET TRIP

Well me and my crazy humom went off to the vet today. She was so worried about me.
I went to the groomer about 10 days ago. My groomer is a the vets office. On that day, I had a Rabies vac. The nodule is a reaction to that vac. She knew I had it, just did not know where. It never crossed her mide. They said nothing to worry about. Just watch it. Give it 3 months to go away. If it does not go away or gets 3 times bigger it will need to be removed.
She always thinks the worse. She is happy now, which means I am too! Thanks for crossing your paws so tight for me. It worked!!!

WORRIED

We are so happy it is Lakota birthday! Humom is very upset and worried today. She is trying not to show it cause it is Lakota's day. Humom found a large nodule on my right hip this morning. It just showed up she said. She is trying not to let me see she is worried, but I see she is very worried. I am worried too! I have lost a little weight. I eat like a pig too! I usually take my time with my dinner. Most of the time, I am last to finish. Not the past week or so. I gulp it down so fast. I know what she is thinking. This is how Brock did when he got sick. I guess I will be going to the vet tmorrow. I will write more when I find out something. Please keep your paws crossed for me.

OUR DEAR FRIEND DONI

I wanted to share this with everyone. Our friend Doni has stepped up and is working hard to help us raise funds for Atticus. This was her letter out today:
This week we celebrate a time of giving thanks. While I doubt that Native Americans embrace the original holiday as a time of celebration (not to mention the turkeys) it is still a time of remembering those blessings we have.
In today's economy it is easy to lose sight of the things we are blessed with. Most of us can easily find things we do without. For some it is "minor" things like not having the car we want to drive or the clothes we would like to wear. For others it is much more serious; not knowing how we're going to pay the rent at the end of the month or where the money is going to come from to put food on the table for our children. No matter what your personal situation is, it is important, for your own personal well being, to reflect on the things we have instead of always looking at things we don't have. If we only look at the things we don't have, it is easy to become consumed by the "lack" around us. Through the act of acknowledging and giving thanks for those things we have, we lift our souls from the dark place we otherwise reside in, a place filled with want and despair.
One of the acts of acknowledging our blessings is to share freely of what we do have with those who may not have the same blessings. People tend to get hung up in the belief that if they don't have money to give, they don't have anything of value that others might want or need. Nothing could be further from the truth. Giving of ourselves is a much more valuable commodity than money will ever be. There are so many opportunities out there and they don't have to involve a lot of time. What it does require is looking around outside of yourself and seeing what needs other have that are right in front of you. What do you see that needs to be done that you have the power and ability to do? Maybe it's offering to give a neighbor a lift to the store when their car is not working or they don't even own a car. Perhaps it's taking a few minutes and visiting with someone who is a shut in to see if there is anything they need or just giving them your company. It might be going down to the local shelter and volunteering to walk the dogs or clean out the pens. It could even be stopping from running long enough to give a hug to someone who least expects it.
It is easy to do things to "take care" of the people we love and care about. It is much more difficult to commit to spending time, energy, and yes, sometimes money, to help others that we may never have a day to day interaction with. They may even be people (or animals) that you will never meet. But the impact your efforts have could be life altering for those on the receiving end.
So as you are letting your dinner settle on Thursday, take a few minutes and think about what you have that you are grateful for. Then ponder on what you can do to make life better for someone else with the gifts that you have. Be creative. While waiting for an appointment I recently overheard a conversation the staff was having about instead of doing the $20 gift exchange at the office party this year that they thought it would be a better idea to put the money towards a local charity. I enjoyed eavesdropping in on their own plans to step outside of themselves and look to how they could help others.
For myself, I am thankful that I am as healthy as I am. I appreciate and relish the love and support I receive from my family and friends (both human and other species.) I am grateful for having a job and a roof over my head.
When I first thought about opening the web site my belief was that I could do more for the animals if I used my talents and helped animal welfare groups to raise funds for the work they do than I could by any amount of efforts on my own. In line with that, and as part of my own personal celebration of thanksgiving for the blessings in my life, I have opened a second, temporary site, that is being used to raise funds for a young dog in Georgia who needs surgery to live as normal a life as possible.
Atticus was dropped off at the pound when he was only 5 months old. He has what has been determined to be an acute injury that makes it so he can only get around using a kangaroo hop. It is believed that through surgery they can correct a lot of the problems on his spine and with rehabilitation he can gain a more normal means of getting around and possibly prevent him from losing even more mobility from his spine deteriorating. By going to www.eaglerosepro.com/donistest/AtticusInfo.html you will find more information about Atticus. You will also find links to pages where you can purchase personalized and custom holiday ornaments and t-shirts. There is also a page where you can purchase raffle tickets for an 8" X 10" plaque that will be given away in time for holiday gift giving that will be printed with the image of the winners choice. 100% of the proceeds from these pages will be donated towards Atticus' surgery and rehabilitation. Take a look at these pages. I guarantee you can find something truly unique and personal for anyone on your gift list, no matter how difficult they are to buy for.
My own wish for this Thanksgiving is that each of you will be surrounded by those you love, and that you will each find your own cornucopia of blessings, however hidden they may be.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Doni

HOPE IS MISSING!!

Like Sully and Socks, we do not know Hope either, but we want to help too! We got this from Sully and Socks's diary.

OK, we don't really know "Hope" or her family yet, but Daisy Mae posted this in her diary today and we just had to jump in to try & help. Mom copied Daisy Mae's entry and is grateful to Daisy Mae's Mom for writing such a touching entry. Here goes:

Do any of you remember the thread about the "elusive dog" last year that Kenyons Mom was trying to catch? The dogs name then was Baby- she tried for many months(8 or 9) to rescue Baby and finally got her. They renamed her 'Hope". She had injuries that were treated- she was spayed. Her people spent lots of time and money fixing a warm-comfortable and secure place for her to come home to live in. She was still insecure and afraid of almost all people except her new Mom and Dad. She would let them pet her a bit and would sit fairly close to her Mom. Over 6 1/2 months - she grew to trust and love them so much that with colder weather coming- she was ready to be moved indoors- first to the heated garage and then the house when she was comfortable. Then the day before Halloween arrived and
someone broke into the kennel and scared Hope very badly and she bolted. Her Mom and Dad saw her not to far from them looking terrified and she ran away so fast and wouldn't come. Her Dogster ID# is 693563. We are putting her picture on our page and that she is lost- perhaps you might like to also.

It goes without saying that her Mom and Dad are totally devastated.


**before Hope was captured- she had a litter of pups (6- I think) during the winter. Her Mom and a friend Lucy looked for days trying to find them. When they were found they were rescued-fully vetted-spayed/neutered and transported to a great rescue in New York where they found safe and secure forever homes.**


Thanks for listening. You might leave a kind pmail or a pretty on her page. HOPE's DOGSTER ID# 693563.

Thanks Pals!!