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a day in janes life

march 30 2010

can i say i hate winter in chicago???? its cold, and theres that white stuff on the ground, that i like to eat but i hate stepping in it? makes me feel cold. so happy its finally warming up again and moms starting to walk us. shes been gone a lot lately and been sick a lot but hopefully she will start making more time for us to walk. i like knowing whats going on in the neighborhood, yanno? well other than that nothing stuff that the beagles bark and bark and bark about. i swear you would think they are so abused. but its been kinda nice hearing someone say how well behaved me and my sister maggie are and how they cant wait to start taking us to bbqs when it starts getting warmer out. i dont know about going to those kinds of things but i am looking forward to going to the river. i think that would be fun especially if theres room to lay around in the shade like we used to in arizona. sometimes i miss living in arizona. i definately dont miss okc. but i am so glad that we are still a family together. we have been meeting some foster dogs who are looking for forever homes and sometimes i feel sorry for them unless they jump all over me. i dont know them and dont like strange animals jumping on me. well back to laying on the couch.. hopefully mom will walk me tomorrow!

august 2009 update

so its been quite a year! we were living in okc and then in may mom decided to move back to chicago. we were living in okay place but i loved having the park next door. mom didnt like how i was always barking at the dogs in the neighborhood. but i had to let them know we were here and protecting our space! well we have since moved into another neighborhood. mom doesnt take me and maggie out as much but we get to go for more walks and with so many dogs in the neighborhood theres smells a plenty on the walk! the people here are so friendly and loving. theres a frail old lady who lives downstairs but she just loves on us, but most people wouldnt want to mess with me and maggie cause we are so big. the only thing i dont like about this neighborhood is the darn beagles next door who bark and bark and bark about NOTHING. thank goodness mom keeps telling us what good dogs we are and how she wouldnt give us up for nothing! well, the petsmart near here had their open house yesterday so mom took me and maggie over to check it out. she did leave us to play with the petsitters while she went and went on the tour of the pethotel though. i wasnt too crazy about that at first since i didnt know this girl (since each dog has their own petsitter) but dont tell her i was having so much fun i didnt notice when she was back where i could see her! after a while though, it was just way too many people and too many dogs there. mom keeps talking about taking us to chicago to go to a dog beach but shes waiting for it to warm up a bit, something about how its colder down there. i hzd fun when we went to the beach before so i sure hope we go! course i doubt maggie will go into the water cause she hates water but thats okay mom and i can run around in the water :) i am just glad that mom takes us to where we can hang out and see new places and smells. sometimes i dont like the other dogs though. some of them are just plain ole mean. course i have to admit its just been mom, maggie, ebony and me for so long we are just a tad spoiled. well time to tell mom its time to go out again!!

one day

this move i think was the most traumatic for me. when we moved from arizona to oklahoma maggie, eb and i rode with mom in the car with her mom. eb didnt like that much. but hes a cat so what do you expect? so when we moved this time he seemed to like it better cause it was just mom and us. maggie and i ended up riding in the car behind the truck and eb rode in the carrier in the truck with her. she got me and eb in the truck but when she couldnt get maggie in the cab with us she went ahead and hit the road but she was crying and upset for the next hour because she couldnt see maggie and she was worried that it was too hot etc back there. i couldnt figure out how to comfort her. but when she stopped to let us go to the bathroom she just let me ride with maggie. this was better cause i couldnt get comfy in the cab of the truck, there was too many strange smells and i couldnt get comfy. i think i like the place we are living at. it does have wood floors so i dont have to sleep on carpeting all the time. and theres a park next door so i am able to watch the birds, squirrels, and whatever else comes our way. and eb seems to be pretty happy here and not as spazzy.