Hoppy Easter...

Hiya pals, Thanks soooo much for all the beautiful fun prezzies,Easter & HOlidays blessings, wishes and Eggies galore!! I have lots of places to hide tham all here inside and outside under pillows even,bol!! I wish you and yours a Blessed Easter,Passover and Spring dear ones!! Thanks HQ for the goodies and new fun!! We are getting used to the changes.

Thanks dogness we are finally settling in at our new place(we rent). I have a yard again - Big WOOHOO, rooms upstairs/down and the whole house is ours!! It is a very old CApe Mom says,needs lots of loving but we like it so far. I even have my OWN..... PARLOR!! Yes it is DARLA MARLA's PARLOR"!! DaddyO has christened it as I go there now "Ven I VANT To be ALONE"!! Poor humans do not have such luxuries as Privacy. I follow them EVERY where if they move or even when they don't,BMTO. It is otherwise known as a LR but I usually get it to myself as we have a Sunroom where the main TV and Cecils BUdgieManor are. It is on a VERY Busy Main road but lots of new sniffs to check out,Trains passing.trainyard nearby & restaurant smells too. I have a doggie on the fence,wish he was a REAL Dobe. I have moved quite abit with my family in my almost 8 years with them and this is the FIRST time I did not get sick with Colitis,truly a blessing!


I have missed you all soo much,thanks for all the PAw that got us through. We lost Poppa March 2nd(Moms beloved Daddy) the weekend we moved. He is at Deserved Rest after a Couragoeus fight and Faith over the years. He is Missed terribly and just hitting Mom and the family now. He is Missed as all our Passed over loved ones are and in our Hearts forever. It has been crazy for awhile here and I apologize for all my missed posts and replies. Time really flies too fast. It is too quiet aroud Dogster and I do not want any to think you are forgotten. Especially those who are newer, I do hope NO fur thinks they are forgotten or dog forbid that No furcares! Dogster and Catster are loaded with caring furs, that would be awful. PAws crossed The fleas will subside soon and hope all will come out to woof and Purr!!! Let's all PAW In and keep the Love flowing!!


I keep you ALL always in heart whether I woof often or occasionally and whatever your celebration I truly want to say you are ALL LOVED! I send our PAW, Prayers and love, extra to those who are sick, fighting the good fight furred and human and all who have Journeyed Across in our absence our love & Condolences.

PAws Up... Hugs & Pokes for ALL!! Darla,Mom and family

~ Cecil,Budgieboy, tweets he would like a BIRDSTER!! ~

XOXOXO Blessings & PAW for ALL! XOXOXO

Here We Go Again......

I just wanted to Wish All My Dear pals a Happy Valentine's Day, February and A wonderful year. Thanks for all the lovely prezzies and most of your friendship,PAW & love. We have been busy looking for a new place to live for awhile due to our Landlord losing his house soon,causing alot less Dogster time. We finally found a house rental that accepts me & Cecil Bird,NOT easy around here & expensive plus Utilities which are sky high. It is very trying to move especially on my folks. Brother is upset it is not close to his job ( he can walk from here to work and his friends closeby etc). It is not too far a drive but he needs his own car soon. We will miss the neighborhood here with our fantastic Bakery, Italian Market/butcher and all in walking area. DaddyO Will have to make stops when taking bro to work hehe in the plans.:)

It will be fun to have my own yard again but it is Full wood fence not chainlink so I can't see much. I love to WATCH the goings on. I do so quietly once I get to know the locals. Mommy says the stairs(it is an OLD Cape) will get me and her in better shape,bol. It is on a VERY busy road but I won't be out front without my lead. Another good point is it is across from Moms lifelong & Now families favorite Chinese restaurant,hehe. Please when you can send some paw & Positive vibes for the house, the move & that we all make it through this in good stead. I Always get Bad bloody colitis attacks when we move so hope that will not be the case this time,paws crossed. I have moved, just with my Furever family, 5 times so far!! Nanny alls us Tinkers!Bol


I will have to get used to the traffic,cars, trucks(Busy Dry cleaners next door). The Sidewalk with people walking close to our door, The Railroad tracks are pretty much across the street, RR yard is just 2 or so blocks over,the Main FireHouse about 4 houses away & Jr High school 1 block behind us & grocery store shooping strip mall. So we have lots of noise with cars,pedestrians,trucks & Sirens . Thankfully I don't HOWL a long with the sirens,bol! It would freak the folks out,lucky them huh??? ;). Sheesh this is now suburbia.


We send our love,PAW,prayers and good wishes to all of You EVERY day. It will take awhile to get things settled as it usually does once in.more each move it seems. Right now we are sorting and packing to get there which is crazy. We also recently got to get the heavy clean up done over there for March move in. I will love the place I am sure. Maybe they will build me a Bay Window like the one I now hav,bol. It is excellent to lay on with my Cecil boys & his Budgie Manor.Funny how MY chair placement is among top decorsting Ideas,bol. MY CLub chair will go by the front window as I MUST Survey my world!! I wish all the best and we will pop in as we can during it all. Forgive my misses and accept my thanks for all your support. We Love you bunches & So grateful to be part of this Community! Hugs & Pokes, Darla,Cecil & family xoxoxo

I am 8 Today

Boy oh boy A wonderful Birthday to be 8!! So thankful to celebrate it after an eventful year & Surgery this past Summer. I got good clearance on my recent Urinalysis/ bloodwork and the "Lumpys" are at bay,thank Dog. One teensy skin ridge on the incision scar, Dr thinks it is scar tissue. We will watch just to be sure it stays same. The PAW really pulled me through which we are FOREVER grateful for!

It rained heavily on & off today so We did not get to go to the Park as Mom wanted for me. I got yummy Venison canned which I LOVE,some goodies & Bully Chews. Mom tried to take a picture of me but I skulked off. Hey she put THOSE glasses on and a camera. I KNOW she wanted to cut my Bear claws,Umm nails. I can read minds,as I am a Mind Melder you know,bol. Yes still the loveable little weirdo I am.;) Thanks for all the Good wishes,prezzies & Most of all your friendship pals. Mom got things squared away with My PLUS finally,thanks HQ. I can't live without my Dogster/Catster fun & pals!

As ever Love & PAw with all who need it & all my pals every day. HAppy Wooday & PUrrsday to all who share My St Francis Feast day. It's Nice to have the patron of Animals share the day with. We Missed the BLessing this year as we couldn't find out where/when it was this weekend. Well I Off to revel in Moms tissues,umm "take care" of her,hehehe. She is sick with a VERY Wicked head/Chest cold and stinks of Mentholatum. It is cooler now here and My very FAVORITE time of year!! SOon Wonderful Stinky Colored leaves to sniff too. Yippy Skippy my dear pal Muffin taught me to say- Autumn is hereHugs & Pokes, Darla

We love you Mama and So happy to see you turn 8!!! YOu made us laugh so hard when we sang happy Woofday tonight and you Moaned along. Hoping our singing didn't HURT your ears that much,bol. Keep on keeping on grrlie. It was nice to hear you have the bloodwork of a pup nearly half your age. Brother will have lots of fun as he learns so much at the Drs work. he can "take care" of you too. Now if only he would clean his room. I know you LIKE it "messy". Little did we know you would get to be a more "Spunky" Missy as you got "older". You are really such a good ,well behaved girl we shouldn't complain. It makes us remember how lucky we have it right?? Some other pups eat things beside tissues like sheetrock and other crazy things or run away yikes!! We treasure your Pokey nosed,Butt bunking,your famous soft dry Kitty-dog kisses, moany woowoo talking self. We Thank OUR lucky stars Everyday to have you in our lives. Sending those "tolerable" Hugs,Kisses & ALL Our Love, Mommy,DaddyO,BrotherB ,GF/Sista S and Cecil aka THe Cecinator! xoxoxo

ETA: I will get cracking on My thank yous! Forgive delay due to Mommy.

Candle Lighting Tonight

We joined with All who Lit their Candles for Cancer Rememberance of Those passed,Healing & HOpe for Those who Fight Still,Comfort for the families. SUch a Moving VERY beautiful night. It is VERY hot here in 90s tonight as we started and Dead Calm Air,not a breeze for two days. We Placed our candles,White in memorial,Green for Healing & Hope and some lovely Incence. We thought our Glowing Pup would be a nice addition.

As we placed our candles and went to Light them A Great Gust of Wind Blew Up . Out of NOWHERE it came...It truly went through Mom & touched me deeply. Fearing it would blow out the lights but did not. We said our prayers and sent our love,comfort & healing thoughts out to all. As We sat A Robin Red Breast came to tree near deck watching & calling. Mom tried to capture his picture but he moved branch to branch calling out then flew off after a bit. I went out at first then inside due to heat then backout as Mommy was there with out me. After dark we brought candles in and added a purple Candle of Thanksgiving for my Great Blessing and successful surgery It was also in Thanksgiving of ALL My dear fiends whose Support &love helped give us this miracle. LOVE lives on...Death nor time can erase it. We FELT the Energy of all who participted and KNOW as Many here do of The Power of The Paw. THANK You to all for participating and your Prayers,Healing thoughts and Love for ALL.xoxo Hugs & Pokesxoxo

DIE CANCER DIE!!

CandleLighting SAT July 23,2011

Here is a small favor to ask of you All. As Some of you Know I recently had Surgery for Mast Cell Mammary Tumors. I just got GOod News Yesterday regarding NOt needing Heavy Treatment beyond the Surgery/Strict FollowUps. For which we are BEyond Grateful. Your PAw & Support Pulled Me through & Continue to guide me back to health. I now need it for others & their families. FAr too many of us have been touched by this in Our beloved Furs & Human lovedones!I know First hand how much Support,PAW & Prayers mean & How they DO make a Difference! TIA for Reading All this and hopefully you can pArticipate too!
xo Darla & Mom xo

Copied from My Dear pal Cleo's Diary:

On Saturday July 23rd at 7:30 P.M.EDT Wyoming's Mum will be having another Canine Cancer Hero Candle Lighting at Sierra's Garden in Maine for our heaven and Earth angels. They will be lighting each and every stake in Sierra's garden that has our angel's names burned on them, and a healing section of candles for our heroes that are living through the challenges of cancer.

Sadly each year the number of names in the garden grows .....There are Over 800 Stakes with OVER 1300 Names Burned on Them.:((

So I'm sure that our angels will have something special planned for that evening. Every year they seem to show up and give us the gift of their presence.


If everyone can please light Outside One candle at 7:30 PM EST so our angels can see our tribute of love for them in all different parts of the world, and a sSecond candle to show our unity for positive thoughts of healing for those battling this disease and their worried Families too."

2004-2010 Candle lighting-Sierras GArden


It is long but if you take the time to view it you will see how very special it is and how honoured we would be to know all our pals are lighting candles at the same time too.

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So that's it, just a simple favour that you join us and light two candles wherever you are at 7:30 PM EDT Saturday 23rd July so all the Angels know how much they are missed and loved. The Second Candle is for All Fighting this Evil Foe!


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Please read Wyoming's Diary,View her pictures too !

Wyomings Diary

http://www.dogster.com/dogs/896980/diary/The_da ys_of_my_life/728234


If you can take/post to your page a picture of yours and let Wyoming & Cheyennes Dear Mom know that would be great. She will forward it to ORganizers to include in their Yearly Video,thank you!
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Drum Roll Please, Results Are In......

We Finally got a call today from the Internist. There were delays at the Lab in Michegan and he apologized for keeping us waiting longer. It as really starting to get to Mom & family too all the waiting to say the least. Sooo here it Is......

!!!!NO CHEMO.. NO RADIATION!!!!!
NO further therapy needed at this time.
It is more moderate diversified Level II MAst Cell Tumours.
Which is VERY good not the higher Mutation as they feared. Considering Location was in the Mammary gland,not always so great!

I Now have to be checked about Once Month for about 6mths, then every other month for next 6 mths! I then go Every 3-4 mths for next year check for any recurrence! As they can & often do come back they want to catch anything right away. Of course to go sooner If we Find anything amiss. So LOTS of boobie, bumpy body checks happening!

We are OVER the Moon!:

THANK YOU ALL sooo much!!! The PAW works AGain!!!!
We would be lost without all your loving support!!:

Mom is kind of wiped out. I guess it is All the waiting and weeks of worry taking care of Me! We are Soooo very Grateful for this Huge Blessing & Good News! We should get the report soon as they can mail it out! As ever Our love,Prayers & PAw with ALL who need it each day! Check those bumpies out on your Kittys,Pups, Your Self Humans & other critters too! Give your Furs a GOodie & hug for us. Furs give your Folks a soft dry kissy & bum Bunk for me too!

Hugs & Pokes, Darla, Mom Jeanie, DaddyO,
Brother B,Girlfriend S& My Cecil bird xoxoxoxo


We really liked this Site among others for Mast Cell Info!


Crash Course In K9 Mast Cell Tumors


Pet Cancer Center

http://www.kateconnick.com/library/mastcelltum or.html

http://www.petcancercenter.org/Cancer_Types_mast_ cell_dog.html


As Usual Mom is a day late & Dollar short with some things,bol. She forgot all about the Vet Assistance programs & Cancer programs. She JUST remembered about Canine Cancer Awareness.Org & Vincents Wonderful Listing ,thanks Cleo,Vincent & pals! We wanted to post links here as well.

Canine Cancer Awareness.Org

http://caninecancerawareness.org/


VEt Assist List-Dogster Vincents Diary



THANK YOU PALS!

Happy & Safe 4th of July

I'm A Yankee Doodle sweetheart who came home Furever on the 4th of July!! I love allthe BBQ treat but please don't throw off those scary noisy bombs. It terrifies me but I've got me some Melatonin, Thundershirt, AC & air purifier noise to help me a bit. My family won't leave me home alone to quake & drool. Mom says would you leave your human kid with the Circus clowns if he was terrified of them?? we sure wouldn't and brother used to be scared of them as a little kid. They spend the holiday with me,some folks don't understand why they do though. This Year we are EXTRA thankful for my Doctors,for my surgery and ALL our wonderful friends who give us such Paw support & Love!! Like the great Yankee Doodle James Cagney I can give a good poke & a spin or two as well! Ok the spins are on their way back as soon as the booboo belly heals all the way!


Have a Safe,fun,Happy 4th of July pals!! A Happy Canada Day to our Northern pals. I came home 7 years ago on the 4th of July as a tiny scared 9-10mth old. I am now greying and older but BETTER with Age as they say! Enjoy the Holiday and PLEASE keep an eye out for Lost & Scared furs who may have gotten out of their homes or yards. It is sadly a VERY busy time for Animal Control & hope those who get out safely find their home again. Brother is busy with all the boarding Furs at work this weekend too. There is a Group on Yahoo called K9 Amber Alert also have one for Kittys,very active and you can post there if you find a lost soul or if Dog forbid your fur gets away.

Check your yards for fireworks debris before letting your furs out . Spray down everything with water before and after the celebrations.
Hugs & pokes, Your Shakey quakey Melatonin buzzed pal Darla!;)

Thanks to All who Serve/Served! BLess & Protect our Troops everyday!
It is easy to take liberty for granted, when you have never had it taken from you. ~ Author unknown ~
For this great gift we give Thanks! Arrrooooooo....

Three Cheers

I Saw My Internist/Specialist

I saw the Specialist Wednesday. WE LOVE Dr H and had seen him for special consults in past. So very grateful our VEt called them and they got us in so soon. They are JAMMED being a large Specialty Center doing ER 24hr, Diagnostics,Oncology,Heart and other specialties for All types of creatures. It was a LONG day Exams,Sonogram and Xrays. They are sending out to the Univerity for the SPecialized tests ans stains for more detailed grading and typing. They will take 10 days or so to come back. This will dictate what if any extra treatments need to be done. I enjoyed the other Furs and animals there.

He is very modearate,informative and very calming Dr. He is not alarmist or rush into heavy treatments that are not warranted. He did say looks like good margins as they could get were taken. The "other" Bump on my chest,that went missing completely by surgery, could still be a Sebaceous cyst and will be watched. The inial views of XXrays and Sonogram look good he said for which we give a HUGE Yippppee of Thanks!! The PAW at work again,thak you Pals!!!! He also said very good I am not having Digestive issues as MAst cells like to attack the digestive sytems as well and can cause big problems there.

I got a Super Expensive "HAircut" and need to get anohter Job ASAP! According to DaddyO and my family,bol. Over $1100.00 bucks just for today! SO what type job can I get? I thought I HAD a job watching my home,family & neighborhood. SO long as they don't ask me to Clean my brothers room we should be ok,bol.

Thanks for all the Love & Support! We feel confident ALL WILL BE WELL!!! I am just still feeling quite "Mushad" as my DaddyO calls it. I AM eating, doing "business" and most things going fine.I am still not going up in my wondow too much which makes Cecil call me and folks feel bad. It is my favorite spot. I am trying to get lots of extra goodies which Mommy is not soo keen on. Watch yur figure she says,your tummy is Showing in that revealing cut!! Pffft I need energy woman.

ETA: MY Fur Service Announcement:

Grrls and Boys,Pups & KIttys PLEASE Check for Lumpy Bumpiess Keep an eye on them & Get them checked out by your Vet. Especially if they hurt,bleed grow rapidly etc. MANY of Us furs get them,especially with Age. Most ARe nothing bad BUT Some Can be A Bigger Problem. Thank you!

OMD...ME??? Dog of the DAY! :)

Umm Mommy thinks her very sleep deprived mind is really playing tricks on her. I got some PPRs & Prezzies that say I am DOG of the DAY???? Me????? Holy Sheep & Cats I am beyond HONORED and so very thankful TO Dogster and ALL my dear pals!!!!! Thanks for the Extra Loving on TOP of all the PAW I am receiving!!! HOw do I do a screenshot save? Yikes Mommys fingers are shaking and she is all blubbery. She better go check her emails quick. We will be back to update this properly.....

Thank You Dogster!!!
For this HUGE HUGE Honor!!!!


Thank you to ALL my Pals,Old & New ,for ALL your Love, Support,Pawrayers & Prezzies too!!!PArty's On.....
With Loving Thanks!!

Hmm this went to draft after publishing and just noticed.

Sunday

I am doing pretty well,just tired and very low key. I got a little spunky today and Mom had to say "No Mama STOP!" when I went to run. It didn't last long but felt good! I have trouble kicking after I do business and "making up" my bed still from the stiches & owies. I have a Super special method requiring LOTS of Spins,turns,Nosing and Pawing. Mommy says I am doing WAY better then most humans would after an operation. All will be well!!!

My Brother Cecil,the bird, is Really extra spunky & Brave lately. As usual He has been singing and "talking" his speedy low Budgie talk. It is WAY faster than us NYers talk Mom says. The BIg news He is Now Climbing ALL his toys and even the rope!! He rings ALL his bells and has done Kiss kiss when Mommy asks him too. He is kind of a scardy bird about certain things,ahem. He calls out to me as I ALWAYS sit near him in the window and have not been. I think he is making up for me to make my pawrents laugh. I did my bark and "go tell you Mother" when DaddyO went to take me out tonight. A cute "trick" that happened by accident a few years ago. Mommy said ot him don't think its cute one minute and Uggh the next,bol. See we do Listen to you Parents!! BOL......