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Jasmine's Journal

I'm a STAR!

Mom tells me all the time that I'm a star, but this time it's different cause I have been ON TELEVISION!! Yuppers, me and Karma and a whole bunch of other Pendragon Poodles. When we went to our reunion picnic in the summer, there was a camera crew there and I did some sits and waves at the camera. Last week, we were on the Animal Planet channel, in a show called Breeder of the Pack! We haven't seen the show yet cause apparently we don't get cable in this house, whatever that is. But on the Animal Planet website, there are some production stills pictures, and a promo clip and I AM IN THE BACKGROUND in one part of the clip. I am soooo excited to see the whole show!!! Mom is geting a DVD of it from someone who made a copy. If you are in Canada, you can see the show again on CTV on November 1. Maybe it will air in the U.S.A. too. I don't know about that, but I hope they like me, I really hope they like me!!

I Can SWIM

Last week at the cottage, I got to ride in the boat a few times, and once we went to the beach to play. The beach is pawsome fun, because there is lots of sand and water, and people too! My mom said we had to stay on the sand where the boats come in to anchor, but there was a little path leading to the beach where all the people were. The best fun was running through the little path when Mom wasn't looking, and meeting all the nice people on the other side. It is so much fun to see Mom run after me. It made me leap for joy!

The next best fun at the beach was chasing the frisbee. When we play frisbee at the park I just don't bother to chase it because Karma will never let me get it in a million years. But at the beach, Mom and Dad throw the frisbee into the water, and I have a little advantage over Karma because I am not afraid of the water at all, but Karma really doesn't like it all that much. So when she hesitates, I zoom into the lead and get the frisbee! Yay me!! Only too bad, when I try to grab it, my paw gets to it first and it goes under the water somehow. I have to figure that one out.

Anyways, Mom is very excited because at the beach I showed her that I really CAN swim all by myself, and I won't need a floaty for my butt after all. It is an awful lot of work to swim, but Mom says it will be easier as I get more practice and get better at it.

A Poodle Picnic

One week ago my family all got in the truck and we drove to where Karma and I were born. Lots of poodles were invited there for a party, you see. It was a very exciting time. When we arrived, we parked in a big lot, and then there was a very big long white car called a limousine that drove us V.I.P.'s (Very Important Poodles) the rest of the way to the party. It was pawsome! Lots of room to stretch out and really make ourselves comfortable!

When we got to the party place, Karma and I each got a special bandana with our name on it. Hers was red, and mine was blue. All the poodles with blue bandanas were my own sisters and brothers, cause we all had the same mom, Mailorder Annie! Same with Karma's red bandana, for Karma's mom, Porsche.

There were lots and lots of poodles at the party, and even more people. It was a nice hot day but there was lots of shade for everyone. Everyone was super friendly to me, and I got lots of petting, and lots of sniffing too.

All the people ate hamburgers and drank milkshakes, and there were tubs of nice cool water for us dogs. At the end of the party, I got a special party hat to wear, and there was CAKE!! Yummy liver cake, and every dog got a slice on a paper plate.

Best of all, we each got a LOOT BAG, and it had pawsome stuff in it like pigs ears and bully sticks, which I loooooove to chew on.

I got to meet my mom Annie and have my picture taken with her. She is smaller than I remember her though! Karma got to meet her mom too. I am going to put up some pictures from the party so everyone can see what a fun time we had.