I'm HOME!

Whew! I'm back at home and my teeth look great! I don't feel like my normal self though. I feel kinda tired and just like lying around all day. AND when I woke up at the puppy doctor's, I had a big bandage on my paw. I wondered what that was about but I wasn't gonna let anybody near it to take it off that first day! Daddy took me to visit Mommy's little nieces the next day, and since I wasn't allowed to act grouchy with them, I decided he could take my bandage off there. That's when it all started coming back to me! The puppy doctor shaved the hair off my leg and poked me with a needle! That's why it hurt so much! But that's also why I went to sleep so they could clean my teeth. Bottom line is I made it through it, I've got some sparkly pearly whites and I hope I don't have to do this again anytime soon! Not to mention the fact that my hair probably won't grow back 'til Christmas! Oh, the things I go through for my people!

The Very Scary Day

Today I have to go to the puppy doctor to have my teeth cleaned. :-( Mommy says they have to put me to sleep to do it. I thought "put me to sleep" was a bad thing for puppies. I have to admit, I'm a little nervous. How can I keep up my tough-guy-ness if I'm - gasp! - scared? Hmmm. Maybe if I chew on some onions they won't want to open my mouth. No, can't do that. Daddy says onions are bad for dogs. There's gotta be something really stinky around here that will do the trick. Oh, I don't know. Maybe I should just go do it and get it over with. I'll have to report back to everyone tomorrow and let you know how it went. (I wouldn't want any other puppies to be scared if they didn't have to be.) Wish me luck!

Winter - finally!

Here it is, Monday again! But guess what? There's snow on the ground and it's COLD outside! Only 8 degrees this morning! That's alright with me though. I am one HOT DOG! I like the cold weather. Keeps those pesky kids off of my street. For some reason it doesn't keep Mr. Mailpest away though. He still comes every day - rain, snow, sleet, hail, whatever - and puts papers and stuff in our mailbox. Doesn't he realize I can't get to them way up there? (Daddy says I'm part Corgi and that's why my legs don't reach up to the top of the fence.) This is no fun at all! I would just LOVE to make some confetti out of the stuff that goes into that mailbox! Well, it's still fun to charge the fence when Mr. Mailpest comes by. Hehehe! Every day it's the same thing. I smell him coming from a block away. I wait patiently by the porch steps. Then as soon as he comes into view, I bark and bark and bark at the top of my voice until he is outta sight. And every day he jumps like he's scared of me. You'd think he'd be used to it by now! Oh well, keeps the adrenaline pumpin', I guess! Maybe I'll give him a break today. Since it's so cold outside, I'm indoors this morning. I don't usually get to stay in the house by myself, but Mommy put me in here when she went to work this morning because she didn't want me to be too cold. Unfortunately she closed all the doors in the house to keep me out of the bedroom and the bathroom and the trash cans that are in those rooms. Humans will never understand the enjoyment we get out of tearing up paper and tissues and stuff like that! If only they'd try it. Just once. But anyway, it's getting late and Dad should be getting home from work soon, so I guess I should turn off the computer, get back to bed and act like I wasn't doing anything but sleeping while I was in here by myself. Don't want to take any chances, you know! They already say I'm smarter than the average bear! If they figure out I know how to type, they might actually put me to work or something!

Monday, November 1, 2004

Mondays - I don't like 'em! Mommy doesn't get home from work until 10:oo at night, and Daddy sleeps 'til then 'cause he goes to work at midnight. So I'm either stuck in the house with nothin' to do but tear up the toilet paper, tissues and dental floss in the wastebasket, OR I have to lie on the porch and bark at all the kids that insist on walking by my gate! Then they YELL at me to be quiet! Hmm. Can't they see I'm waggin' my tail? Well, anyway, winter's on its way and they won't be outside much in a couple of weeks. The good news about yesterday was that it is the start of November and that means I made it through Halloween - without having to wear any costumes this year! My dignity intact! What is it with humans? Why the need to wear these outfits and look like someone else? I'm a dog. I like being a dog. Most times I act like a kid, but the fact is I'm a dog and I don't think we're supposed to dress up! Last week Mommy and Daddy went to a party and he put on a big green mask face and she put all this green makeup on hers! She called him Shrek and he called her Fiona! What in the world does this mean? What happened to Mommy and Daddy? I was SO relieved when they came home later and looked like themselves again. But, for the most part, I just don't understand costumes!

But back to the Monday thing. Mommy got home and came over to my house and let me in. I was out front chewin' on a big soup bone and I snuck it in the house without her seeing it! Hehehe! When Dad woke up, he heard me gnawing in the living room! Uh oh! He came running in there and threw the bone outside! THEN he told Mommy to keep ME outside all night! All because I chewed a bone in the house. :-( He finally gave in and told her she didn't have to leave me outside. I don't think he knows it but she probably wouldn't have listened to him anyway!