I GO ON A TOOT

Mom stayed home today, but instead of spending all of her time paying attention to me and itching my butt and rubbing my belly she was doing other things like vacuuming and paying bills and just boring non dog related things. So I asked to be let out. When I was outside, one of the Rebels was out too, so I barked and barked and barked at him. Then I decided to follow him to see what kind of trouble he was getting into. Well, I followed him right past my best friend's house, Pork Chop, so I let Rebel go on his way and I thought I would visit with Pork Chop for a while. I heard mom calling me, but it had started to rain, and I was nice and dry on Pork Chop's porch so I just stayed there. Rebel came back and went down behind Pork Chop's house to the creek. I decided to go with him because sometimes there is something good to eat that has washed up on the creek bed. But just as I got down to the creek bed, mom showed up and I knew my big toot was over. Oh well, It was raining anyway. Take a look at my photos. There is a new picture of me on Pork Chop's porch when I ran away.

A Case of Mistaken Identity

I only heard this gossip second hand. I sure wish I would have known what was going on at the time. My dad spoke with the neighbors who live behind the house. Their mom told him that there were new neighbors in the neighborhood. The new neighbor lady must have seen me walking down the street after I walked past their house. She said to her husband, "dear, quick, take a look, there is a pig walking down the street." Well, I must have heard her get her husband's attention, so I turned around and they got to see my face. That's when he said, "that ain't no pig, that's a dog." Good thing I have high self esteem. I sure wish I was a pig, then I could eat even more and have a good reason too.

MOM FIGURES OUT MY CLEVER PLAN

Brrr! It was so cold in the house last night that I actually slept under the covers nestled up against mom and dad so comfy and cozy. But today when mom got home I wanted to go for a walk. Mom was not ready for that because it was still so cold out. She thought I would just go out to the yard for a minute, but I was on my way before she even had her coat buttoned up. First I ran to Pork Chops, but mom got me off his porch before anyone could come out with food, so I had to put my clever, clever plan into action. I went behind this van where mom couldn't see me and I waited until she turned the corner and then I headed on back to Pork Chop's house. But as I was turning around who was standing right in front of me but Mom. She somehow figured out my clever plan. I don't know how. So it was straight home. I had to eat mom's cooking too.

MORE BABIES AND SOME SAD NEWS

First I have some sad news. My very oldest friend, Whitney, is on the rainbow bridge now. Whit was the first dog I met when I came to live with my mom and dad. She and I chased each other around and almost tore down the Christmas tree. I will really really miss her. The reason I know is that today, Whitney's mom and dad and baby came to visit and I kept waiting for Whit but she wasn't coming. Then mom told me what happened, that she was old and tired and not feeling good and so she went to the rainbow bridge where she feels better. So I tried to be extra nice to Whit's mom and dad and her baby. But, I have had too many babies lately. This baby was very busy too and he liked to be in charge of opening and closing all of the doors in the house. He also played the harmonica and the slide whistle. And He hardly dropped any food at all for me to eat. But, we did have panecakes and I managed to get my own pancake. So that was good. And the weather is spring-like so we got to go on a long long walk. Now the baby is back at his house and I can relax and take a big nap.

I FIND OUT WHAT BABIES ARE GOOD FOR

Today, one of mom's work babies came to our house instead of mom going to his house. The last time he was here, all he did was eat and sleep, but this time he could walk and squawk and get into everything. At first I was not too happy that he was here, I mean he was climbing all over mom and mom was loving on him and giving him all kinds of attention and I was a little jealous. But, mom told me to behave or go to bed and I did not want to miss anything so I tried to be good. The baby got into a basket that usually has dirty clothes in it(but it was empty) and mom gave him a ride in it. Hey! if I had known that I would never walk anywhere I would just sit in a basket and let mom push me around. Then the baby found where I keep my secret stash of dog bones and he tried to eat one! I think he reburied them( or maybe mom put them up) because I can't find them now. But here is what babies are good for. When they eat, they miss their mouths A LOT. And anything that falls on the floor is mine. It was like a feast- Corn dogs, cheese sandwhiches, macaroni and cheese. And then he turned the peanutbutter cookies upside down and mom was doing something else so I had a ton of peanutbutter cookies before mom could clean them up. Thank you baby. (But now I sort of have a stomache ache.). Then when the baby went to sleep, mom just laid him on the couch. What was she thinking? He could fall right off and hurt his head, so I laid down right beside him so he wouldn't fall. When he got up, I pretended like I didn't care and barked at him and he just laughed and laughed at me.

LATE NIGHT ROMP

Last night I just really needed to go out, so mom finally got out of bed to let me out and guess what? It was snowing. So I decided since I was already out I would take advantage of my favorite weather. I rolled around and walked in everyone's yard and ate a lot of snow. I was having a good time. Then mom came out, but she did not want to play. She made me come in and go to bed. Mom did not seem happy about my late night romp. I heard her saying something about it being two o'clock in the morning and she has to get up at 6 to go to work, but gee mom I don't have to go to work, I can sleep all day.

A PERFECT SNOWY WALK (ALMOST)

It snowed today. So when mom got home she and I went for a perfect walk on a winter day. It was cool and crisp and quiet. All that snow for me to walk in and to put my footprints in everyone's yards. There was no one else out, until we got to Shiloh's house and then our perfect walk was less than perfect because of course Shiloh came with us for the rest of the way and he came in my house and ate my bones. I think we are having something good for dinner tonight. Got to go sniff it out.

A DAY WITH DAD

Mom had a special girls day and I wasn't invited. Aren't I a Girl? But mom told me that today was a day to spend with my dad. So me and Dad and Freckles went for a big long walk. We walked all around the nieghborhood, but since my feet were so tired from the puppy rescue yesterday(we haven't seen them since so we think they found their way home) I had to take my time and rest and visit with everyone. Freckles wanted to run but she showed patience waiting for me to catch up. When mom got home I acted all mad at her, but mom knew I was just pretending. Especially after she had a cookie to share with me. Then I decided to sit with her on the comfy couch again.

PUPPY RESCUE

When we went on our walk today,Trixie's mom (Trixie is a little wiener dog) told us about these beagle puppies that were stuck on one side of the fence and their mom was stuck on the other side of the fence. Trixie's mom was trying to reunite them. So we went to help. One of the puppies was easy to catch but the other one just kept getting away. Mom said to call him Trouble. Finally all the humans cornered this pup. They put them back over the fence. So the mom could be with her babies. These pups were about 2 months old. We hope they weren't drop off's but a family that just got loose somehow. I thought it was especially exciting because I got to go into yards I have never been in and meet some dogs I have never met before. Of course Shiloh was there helping out too. Then to make sure the pups and the mom got together, me and dad went down the railroad tracks to see. They all seemed to be heading towards each other, so me and dad made our way home. I was exhausted. It was a super long walk.

MOM IS A BIG FAT LIAR

Mom is a big fat liar!!! Remember how she told me yesterday that they were giving out free hams in the neighborhood, but I missied it because I wouldn't walk with her? Well, that was not true at all! I know because when I went on my walk today, I went to every house I could to find the free hams. There were no free hams. I asked around, no one got a free ham. I got so far behind mom and dad looking for the free hams that I missed when they turned and I couldn't find them. So I came home through the back yard, disappointed in not getting any hams. The gate to the back yard was locked so I had to bark and bark and bark until mom finally heard me and let me in. I was still mad at her and dad, but what made it even worse(besides the lie about the ham) Shiloh was on the front porch eating my bones. Mom says maybe next time I will keep up and walk with them.(Hey you know teenagers don't like to hang with their parents.)