Oh geez! Here we go again

Well, Mom had to take me to the vet yesterday. Don't know why she sometimes feels that the vet is the place to be. So many better places I can think to be. The best thing about the vet is that I get treats when I'm there. The bad part is, that Mom & Dad starve me for about 2 weeks afterward.

So, of course the first thing Mom wants me to do is sit on the scale. This I do because I'm a good girl & Mom has treats in her pocket. Mom's eyes grew wide & she said " Oh no! 2 more pounds?!" And those treats stayed in her pocket.

And so, the starving begins.

Mom & the vet talked for an awful long time and I heard the words "treats," "milketies," "cruncheties," "snaps" & "ronies". But Mom's pocket produced none of those! It was the worst vet visit ever! Even the vet gave me nothing!

When Mom told Dad, his response was " Oh well. She is just a big Rottie girl." Dad is pretty cool. Mom gave a heavy sigh and started talking about my hips, knees & love handles. & before you knew it, she had pulled Dad over to the dark treat-less side too!
Last night was a long evening - no cruncheties, milketies, snaps or ronies. At least they haven't taken away my bully sticks - yet.

I have a feeling this lean time will last more than 2 weeks. Dad might cave, but Mom looked pretty determined.

Mom says we have to go to the vet every other month & I have to sit on the scale. *sigh*. This I will do because ....well.. I like rides in the car, I am a good girl, & perhaps mom's pocket will produce a treat. A dog can always hope.

Bol!!

Mom was reading through my diary entries and realized she has the year of my birth wrong!!!! BOL! I was born in 2007 not 2006. I will be 2 years old on my next birthday. Silly Momma!

I've Been Tagged!

Aw - what fun. My pal Lily has tagged me & here is what I'm supposed to do:

1. Tell 7 interesting things about myself.
2. Tag 7 other Dogster doggies
3. Send them a pmail to let them know & direct them to my diary if they want to play.

O.k - here goes -

1. I can eat food off of a fork like a perfect little lady.
2. I will swallow my doggy food in one gulp, but will take my time chewing a peanut.
3. I won the wet t-shirt contest at Woofstock this past summer.
4. I love to work. & will sometimes bug mom by being whiny and needy until she & I work on some obedience or tricks.
5. The way to my heart is through cheese.
6. I try so hard to talk to my humans sometimes. I make the pitch of my voice match theirs. One of these days....
7. I go to work with my Dad at least once a week & am a perfect little store dog.


The friends I am tagging are:

Jody
Champ
Rex Mi Amor
Graycee
Buster
Jasmine
Little Foot

This was fun.:)

Today I am a Dog

On this day, Jan. 5, 2006, Sara the stray had puppies. She had wandered into Mom's friend's life a short time before. It is lucky that she did. If not, I may have never met my human mom and dad or my boy.

It's been a good year I think, and Mom thinks so too. I've learned a lot, played A LOT, slept some, ate well & am growing into a very fine dog. Least, that's what Mom & Dad say.

Last night, Mom was up very late making some good smelling stuff in the kitchen. Keep in mind that Mom and Dad don't eat meat. The holidays were pretty anti-climatic for this little pup! I took some ribbing at the dog park. After all - a Thanksgiving without turkey! Geez! But last night, the most wonderful smells were coming from the kitchen - BACON!!!!! Mom was cooking bacon! She only gave me a little bit But it was deeelicious!

Today, Mom told me that I would be going to work with her. I thought that was o.k. as long as the day was not too long. Well - soon after we got there my brother, Koda, showed up! I had not seen him since I was a very very small pup! It was so good to see him! We ran and played in the courtyard. & then Rascal came! Then I kind of knew something was up. 2 brothers at one time? Hmmmm. Then Little Man came & it was a Pawty! A Barkday Pawty for us pups. Not everyone could be there - but we had soo much fun. We played and ran & then went inside to visit with the residents. We had a ball catching contest - Rascal won. They made us put on party hats - a small price to pay. Mom had treats for everyone - cupcakes for the residents and treat bags for us pups - ahem. I mean dogs. & Auntie Connie, Rascal's mom, brought doggy cookies and rawhides for everyone!!

What a fun day! & how cool that we all got to meet again in the last place that we saw each other.

Happy Barkday!

Graycee Turkey Tagged Me!!!!!

This is a Thanksgiving tag. Each pup tagged must list 7 things he/she is thankful for and 7 other pups that she has tagged. Then notify the tag-gees by paw mail or rosette. Tell the tagged pups to read your diary for the rules.

O.K! I am thankful

1. That Mom and Dad allow me to sleep in bed with them.
2. for looooong walks
3. that Mom has signed me up for agility.
4. to go to the dog park and doggy daycare
5. that Dad takes me to work with him & I get to meet lots of "cool cats" ( that's musician talk for "People")
6. For treats!!!!
7. For my kitty brother and sister even though they don't understand puppy play.

I am tagging
Spirit Eyes
Queen Shelby
Zak
Snowball Brian
Tyler
Valborg
Fougere O'Chadwick Winsipa

What the heck!!!!!

Oh My Dog! What the heck is going on around here?

First the trees have started to lose all of their clothes! Their clothes are just swirling around in the wind! Fun to chase, but still kind of strange. & speaking of wind - the wind has been nuts!!!! Blowing every which way. Sending so many smells from every direction right to my sniffer. & Mom wants me to heel? With all those glorious curios smells coming at me from every which way?

Then, the other night, the trash cans came to life. Just jumped down on the ground & rolled over to one side like big old lumbering bears. BEARS I SAY! Good thing I had to go potty when I did! Dog knows what havoc those creatures may have wrought! Mom opened the door & I saw them and put them in their place I did. Held them back so mom could capture them and put them where they belong! No garbage can is going to shape shift and run amok while this pup is on duty! No sireedog.

Now lately, I've been seeing strange things when walking through the neighborhood - all sorts of odd and scary creatures in people's yards. Big things dressed in black with pale white faces and eyes that don't move. & people who look like they could be giant dog toys. They wear straw hats and plaid shirts and they look a little flimsy. & today I say a giant spider!!! THis guy was so big he'd built a web that covered the poor person's entire front yard!!! Oh, these poor people in my neighborhood. Each one of them needs a good dog to keep all of these creepies away. I've tried my best as Mom & I have walked by, but......there is only so much a pup can do. Especially when her mom just keeps walking as if every thing is normal!

& it may be too late anyway. Usually, it's pretty quiet at my house. Mom and Dad, the cats and I just kind of hang by ourselves. But tonight, the door bell rang. It.....was.....one.....of......THE CREEPYS!!!!!!! I swear to Dog I'm not making this up. & get this....... I barked, & I got in trouble. What a life. BUt the weird thing is......the creepys all smelled like kids. Yes, kids. I like kids. So, I guess it was O.k.? By the end of the whole ordeal, I had calmed down. I'll have to see what things are like tomorrow.

Like I said, I swear I am not making any of this up. Never in all my months have I seen things so strange and weird. No sireeedog. I'll keep you updated!

Peace & wags - Bella

Vote for me in the coolest dog contest

Mom entered me in this silly contest. Please make her day and vote.bol

http://www.dogster.com/show07/vote_pet.php?i=579 495


Peace & Wags - Bella

P.S - For some reason there is a space between the 4 & 9 on my page. I don't know why- it's just there - & it's not supposed to be. If any of my pup pals have any idea how to fix it, would you please let me know? If you are trying to vote for me - Thanks!

So much Excitement!

So, where do I begin. Mom has been putting off typing for me (as usual). She says she is too busy or tired or just too "brain dead" from work - whatever that means.

First I trapped a prowler. A very fat cat like critter - gray with a pointed nose and loooong tail tried to break into MY backyard ....... in the middle of the night no less! How rude! I had to go out to potty and woke up Mom to work the door. There I was minding my business when this fat cat,thing squeezed through the gate. Well, we will have none of this, I thought, & gave that thing a piece of my mind. AArroooo rooo rooo woof! I told it over and over. & I jumped at it then jumped back - then jumped at it again. Of course Mom came running to see what was matter. & she starts hollerin' at me. AT ME! I'm protecting her and Dad and my cat friends, and she's telling me to "come Bella. Bella, come!" PHFFT - right. So I chases the thing back to the gate - even nipped at its waddly butt a little bit. Then the thing turns and spits like & jumps towards me. ME! I'm the protector here. & mom is saying "Leave it leave it leave it" over and over again. She sounded really nervous - I don't know why. Everything was completely under control. But for her I gave that thing a warning to stay outta my yard and went inside. Apparently Mom and Dad knows the thing - kept talking about it by name - opossum. They sure have strange friends. But now Dad has the gate blocked off with pieces of wood to keep the critter out. Like I need any help.

The other day I was named Dog of the Day by All Fur Fun. How exciting is that!!!! I've never been named anything like that before. Dogster sure is a great site to hang out. Mom says that she usually stays away for forum boards and chats because often people are too argumentative. But she thinks the Dogster people are really very nice. Thanks dogster! Extra special thanks to AFF.

Here's waggin' at ya!

Peace

Back to Normal

Daddy went back to work this week & that means that I had to go back to the crate. Darn, just when I was getting used to having the run of the house. bol. But Momma bought a new Kong for me - a bigger one, that holds lots of peanut butter. So, at least there is something to snack on.

Oh! I graduated my novice obedience training - got a certificate & everything. Mom was so proud. I was really tired the night of class though. I had gone to puppy palace that day & Whew! I just wanted to sleep! Mom said it was a mistake to send me that day & she had learned her lesson. I did o.k. with the whole obedience thing but I was pretty cranky and snapped at my classmate, Belle. That wasn't very good, & I'd never done anything like that before. I like Belle!

Today I "helped" Mom pull weeds. Well, she pulled 'em & I ate 'em. Then I helped her dig. You know - she never did thank me for that. Geez.

Oh well - will bark more when something happens.

Peace

finally a diary!

Finally, my mom has gotten around to starting a diary! I've been hounding her about it for awhile.

Life sure has been good lately! Last weekend mommy & daddy took me with them on a ROAD TRIP!!!!
We went to a cabin far out ....somewhere. Mommy called it BFE. Don't know where that was, but it was a looooong ride in the car. I was very good - slept most of the time.

The first night in the cabin was kind of spooky. There were no lights, and there were huge trees everywhere. And there was something in the woods!!! Something white & glowing. I saw it when mommy took me outside to potty. I barked and barked. Even mommy was spooked even though she pretended not to be. In the morning we checked it out. And no wonder I was afraid! Mommy said it was one of the biggest propane tanks she had ever seen! Then she laughed. Don't know what was so darn funny.

Mommy and Daddy and I took long walks. And guess what - when we got to a clearing filled with tall grasses and flowers, they let go of my leash!! I was so excited and happy. I was sure to be good and only run ahead a little bit then come right back. That was so much fun! I love running through flowers and grasses. Mommy said I was so pretty. Of course, she didn't have the camera with her. Oh well.

Then all last week Daddy stayed home with me!!!!! Yay! We had such fun. We went to the river almost every day! I love the water!

I hope mommy can stay home with me sometime soon. She hopes so too. (I think she's a little jealous of Daddy right now. bol.