today is my birthday !~!!!!~!!!

Well -- not really but it is what mom and dad call my birthday because a year ago is when they adopted me and brought me home...

Wow -- I just cannot believe its been a year already....from living on the streets and sleeping wherever I could to being in a home, sleeping on a bed or couch and getting food anytime I want to...its amazing....

so I highly recommend adopting a do if you are looking for a new friend...its what saved me...

vote for me please !!!

snow...

Ok…being a southern girl, I will admit that I did not get what all the excitement was when mom and dad were running around saying “ooooh its so pretty out – look at the snow!!!” snow?

Ok, now I had two questions –
one- what in gods name is that?
and two – can I eat it?

Well we went outside and I have to say…it was a little freaky ! All this stuff flying at me, it was cold and I was not sure if it was going to hurt me or not but I was not taking any chances so in the house I went !!!

It was time for the after-dinner walk and this snow stuff was still outside ! It was EVERYWHERE ! Mom and Dad kept saying “Be careful, there is ice” and I kept thinking to myself – “what is wrong with ice? I eat it all the time”. Well that ice that comes out of the big box in the food place and the ice outside are TOTALLY different !!!

The ice inside is nice and crunchy with a hint of clean…the ice outside is mean !!! I would just be walking and all of the sudden I would be on the ground !!! I didn’t even see anything coming !!!

But I have learned that snow will not hurt me…and, dare I say it, its rather nice to play in. I can run around really fast and then slide into it and its all fluffy and soft. A little cold, but still nice…

The BEST place in the world…

…is on the bed !!!!


Mommie let me back in the room on Friday night – she told me that I didn’t do anything bad but that because I had stitches, I couldn’t jump anywhere and that meant the bed too…I acted like I was listening but I was just SOOOO happy to be on the bed that I didn’t care what she was saying…Mom laughed because I just would not get off the bed for anything. Well I did get off to eat but I mean honestly...you have to eat, right?

So Saturday we went car ride and got my stitches out…then I came home and we went out in the back yard. It took me a little while to see that mommie wasn’t attached to me but when I saw that the leash wasn’t on – I was off !! Running never felt soooooo good !!!

It was a little slippery because of the rain and the leaves but boy it was fun – I ran up the fence and then back to my digging spot where I dug a hole and then I went back out and ran around – mom said I was running for a good 20 minutes straight !!!

Then we went in because it was raining and I was still running and playing and happy – I was jumping on the couch and the bed and running all over – mom and dad were laughing and it was nice to be able to do all my stuff again…

I did get a little tired so I rested the rest of the night but Sunday I was up and running all over again !!!

Running, barking, eating, and sleeping…what better way to spend a day…

Love, Shelby

rough time !

Well I had my surgery last Wednesday.

They took a biopsy of my mouth and did something called a “spay”. I got all happy because I thought they were saying “play” but afterwards, when I had my tummy shaved and felt crappy, I realized that it was something totally different !!!

We just got the biopsy results back and it was NOT cancer !!! I had some virus or something so now my parents just have to keep checking my mouth (which my mom said was easy to do since she has to pull stuff out of it all the time)!

So this Saturday I go back and get my stitches out and then I hear that I will be allowed on the bed and to run around again !! Its been rough this past week – I feel ok, a little tired, but EVERY TIME I start to play – mom or dad (or sometimes both) yell at me to stop…

They say its for the best but I cant see how being yelled at at all is for the best of anything…but I know they love me so…

I just cant wait until Saturday !!! Bed here I come !

Kisses, Shelby

today ...

Today is a poopie day...Mom and dad found something in my mouth -- they say it is some sort of growth and so now i am going to go car ride to the doctors...

my doctors are very nice, so no offence to them, but i HATE going car ride...it just makes me very nervous...then to have to go in and have some people i dont know poke around --im sorry, not to be rude but its not fun...

So i hope this is nothing...it would make my mommie and daddie rest easy i think as they were all sorts of nervous last night...I just wanted to go and play with my sticks...

another weekend done !

This weekend was a busy one…

On Saturday, we all went to a dog park. And to be honest…I really didn’t like it too much…there were a lot of big dogs and they were all running around and trying to jump on me so I just let out a holler and voiced my opinion on how I felt about it…luckily my mom and dad understood and we left shortly after we got there –

Then on Sunday, mom ran around and did a whole bunch of stuff to the house…and that yucky purple thing came out of the closet and once it was plugged in and turned on, it made that sound and I was outta there !!! I just went into the bedroom and hid on the bed…I know mom says that the house is nice clean and stuff..but that purple monster is just too much for me…I think the house looks just great without it !!!

Then it was time for football so of course, as you can imagine, I got hardly any nap time from mom yelling and screaming at the TV !!! I was so happy at the end of the night, once dad got home, that it was finally time for bed !

All in all it was a very good weekend…

kisses –
Shelby

time to smell the poop...

As the days turn cooler and are getting shorter, I realized that time is short…and one should always stop to smell the poop…

“the poop?” you ask…yes…everyone always wants to stop and smell the flowers, the flowers are nice and pretty and smell nice and all that…but it is what my mom called a metaphor for telling humans to stop and take the time to appreciate the small things…and I think that is important…but…what about the poop…the bad stuff…

So I started thinking about all the stuff I have been through…my life as a stray and not knowing when or where I would get food…if that person who was acting all nice would actually try and hurt me when I got close…and I have come to realize that every now and then, you should stop and smell the poop. While you are in the middle of something bad…stop and look around…try and see what is in it…because I bet there are pieces of good things you can see. And while it’s bad now…it always gets better some how…may not be how you wanted but it’s always what is best.

Trust me, I didn’t want to go to that shelter and I was very scared there, but if I never went there, I would have never been saved by New Spirit Aussie Rescue, and I would have never been adopted by my parents !! So…stop and smell the flowers AND the poop…and always take the time to tell those you love that they are loved and valued…

Kisses –
Shelby

Wow...

...talk about busy !!!

On Saturday, after our morning ritual of eating and playing, my humans said “let’s go for a car ride”!! Well they were all excited, so I got all excited until I found out that that sentence means actually going over to one of the things sitting in the garage and going some place in it… See, I was in a lot of those things when I came up here from Alabama and while I don’t get sick or anything, I really am still scared of going in them. But Mom and Dad were very happy so after being put into it, we went to a place called “PetSmart”. WOW – what a great place…there are all sorts of people and other dogs and everyone (well almost everyone) pets you and talks to you in a nice voice…it was great fun and you know what? I got some pretty cool treats from that place AND I still went back home with my humans…so that was really nice.

Once we got home, we ran around and played and had some fun…I was getting really tired because all of this excitement was going on during my nap time, but I was having a great time. Then Mom went out and Dad and I hung out, had dinner and I finally got to curl up in my bed by the couch and sleep. Once my mom came home, we went to bed and it was nice…

The next day, I didn’t feel like getting up at 4:30…I just slept and when I finally had to get up to go outside, I work up Mom and she kept saying what a great job I did sleeping until 6…so we went for a long walk and it was very humid and yucky out. I didn’t like it and mom didn’t like it either.

Then she woke up dad and they were talking about if they were going or not (going where I don’t know, so I just settled down for my after-breakfast nap) and all of the sudden I heard those words again --- “lets go car ride” –
so we got in the car and I made sure I sat on dad’s lap in the front seat…I was so scared going but mom and dad kept saying we were going some place fun but still…I don’t like the unknown !! But we went to Grandma’s house and I got to run around in the big yard and meet Oscar (who I wanted to play with so bad, but they said that Oscar is older and doesn’t play like a 3 year old like me does!!) and then we went to Petco and walked around there – I guess this is what it means to be a socialite!!

All in all it was a busy but fun weekend…and boy was I glad that they left for work today…I need the rest !!!

this weekend...

I will say that this weekend was nice...except for all that rain...and because of that rain, I ended up getting was is called a "bath" on Sunday morning.

Ok...I don’t mind the water...the rain was a little cold and it was windy out...but not so bad (I have been in worse). This bath thing...yeah, I could do without that ! It wasn’t bad…and my mommy kept saying I was such a good girl so I guess I did well…but afterwards I ran all over the house and got to dry off on the rug and the couch and the bed…all with my human parents running after me – it was a great game of chase !!

Then, I tried to sleep, but keep getting woken up by my mommy yelling…she kept saying things like “ we got a touchdown” and “Yhoo-whoo” at the top of her lungs !!! So of course I had to go and jump on her to see what she was yelling at…it was fun but after a while, I was getting mad that I was missing my nap time and decided that nap time was more important than seeing what she was yepping about…they say this is something that will go on every Sunday so…I might have to find another nap place…

Anyway – thanks for reading –
Love and kisses
-Shelby !