Large and in charge!

I'm the boss! Since Daddy's gone for a while I have to work harder at keeping things in order around here! I must keep a VERY close eye AND short leash on Buddha - he's the only one of the two boys who listens to me!

That way if Buddha is too excited, I'll set him straight. Don't get too excited! If Frank gets too excited, I set Buddha straight. Don't let him get you excited, Buddha!

Frank WON'T listen to me! I TRY to tell him, but he puts on that 'dummy' face and then sits on me!

Frank is the master of denial! Ignorance is bliss! I think he's coming around with age, but he's got a long way to go!

Until then, I have everything under control! Mama thinks I'm a little harsh sometimes, but I know what I'm doing! I know what these boys need to keep them out of trouble! I was a puppy once too, and had little brothers!

I'm a goddess!

I'm a goddess!

I knew it, Mama knew it, we all really knew it, but today I PROVED IT!

Ya know HOW?!

I WALKED ON WATER!

Well, I scampered across the solar cover of the pool this afternoon! Scamper scamper scamper!

I didn't even get very wet! Just, you know, the bottom of me and my tail!

Mama was of course outside supervising and saw the end of it. She said I can thank Daddy for getting a fancy solar cover that is thick! But the ONLY way I was able to do that was because I'M A GODDESS!

Please send treats, small squeaky toys, and any other tithes to my manager, Mama. Thanks!

(Mama says goddesses need baths. HAH! How could you THINK that?!)

Mama Undercover!!

Do you know what my Mama did today? First she took me to the grocery and I guarded the car while she got EGGS and CHEESE! Nom!!

THEN I got to go to the vet with Frank! For moral support, you know. He had to get his heartworm test! He's a real freak at the vet and Mama said I could come too if I acted normal.

THEN, ALL OF A SUDDEN, we were at a GROOMERS!!! WTD?? I thought I was along for moral support!!! What is this?!?!

I had to get my NAILS TRIMMED?! I said, "NO WAY, LADY!!" Mama had to break the 'rules' and come in the back with me. I'm THAT MUCH of a Mama's girl! She held me tight and I was on a table with a strap CHOKING me. It was only for a second though.

Oh! My toes DO feel better! Whew! That was unexpected!

Can I ever trust Mama again?!?!

STRANGERS!!!

STRANGERS! Coming into our house!! WHA?!?!?!?

Does this happen to any of YOU???

WHAT DO YOU DO?!?!?

I mean, these ladies came over and met us, and I let them pet me and everything, but I didn't realize they would come over when MAMA AND DADDY WEREN'T HOME!!!

O.M.D!!!!!

Well, I did have to potty, so I went outside with Frank and we frolicked in the yard for a good while. It was nice to get out and stretch our legs!

THEN it was time to come inside. You know, the INSIDE is our SAFE PLACE! What was that LADY doing INSIDE?!?!

Since I'm the PACK LEADER around here, I decided to DEFEND!!!

WOOF! WOOF! WOOF!

Buddha did a good job of following my lead. Frank didn't understand why we were being mean to the nice lady!

THEN she BRIBED us! With PIG FEET!

Well, I CAN be bought! Nom nom!

The lady left Buddha uncrated when she left, but I kept him in line! He got the message and got in his crate anyway!

I'm the keeper of this house! I rule the roost!

What was that lady, anyway???? I like to go outside, but, um, it's WEIRD!

Talking in pictures!

I got to talk to Mama and Daddy through a medium last weekend!

I told her I could talk, but I was on duty! Being the protector of the house is NO JOKE!

I don't need a lot of stuff, like attention. I'm busy, working! Making sure things are good and secure around here!

I don't like things moving. It taxes me because I have to shift my awareness! Why did that MOVE?? Mama says this explains how I hoard toys and put them in certain places. That way I know where they are!

I knew Ulli was sick for a long time before anyone else did, but that's a no brainer.

I take care of business stuff so Mama and Daddy can tend to these silly boys! I am happy Buddha is here and I get onto him because I know Frank won't listen! I can tell when they get a LITTLE TOO excited!

I visit with Ulli a lot, she comes to see me and we're sisters, not by blood but by spirit! It's great! It makes me not miss her as much. She rolls her eyes with me at Frank's antics! BOL!

I try to talk to Frank, but he's really wrapped up in his own world! One day he'll simmer down!

Whew! That was COOL!! I feel like Mama and Daddy understand me more! And I understand them more too! We're a happy family!

Squirrel Updates...

No squirrel today.

I wonder if he took a vacation after the incident? Or had to go to the squirrel urgent care? Or maybe he's just staying with family while he recovers emotionally.

We keep looking, I have a feeling he, or another unsuspecting squirrel, will be back!

If we wish it, it will come! SQUIRREL! SQUIRREL! SQUIRREL!

Hunting!

We all have our own hunting methods. They're as different as personalities!

I am a patient, quiet hunter. I am the White American Shepherd. We know how to hunt, like professional style. I try to tell the boys this, but they get so excited they can't contain themselves.

I can sit and watch and wait for HOURS. HOURS.

Buddha is also patient and still, but he'll get caught up in the moment and whine and cry like a little baby! SHHH! You're giving away your position! Then he'll be quiet and still again, stealthily following squirrel movements with me!

Frank, oh Frankie-poo. He wants to play with that squirrel. He wants to talk to it and play tag. Oh, sweet Frank. He barks and yells and talks and jumps. THAT isn't going to get you anywhere, Frank! Unless you're trying to make furrends!

BUDDHA GOT THE SQUIRREL! How did THAT happen?!?! That squirrel obviously does NOT make very good decisions!

Then we had to go inside. Frank and I played SQUIRREL! I got to be the squirrel and laughed and taunted Frankie, like the squirrel had done to us ALL DAY TODAY!

It was FUN!! Let's eat, I've worked up an appetite!!!!

Boys will be boys

Am I the ONLY calm, mature female dog in this house?

Oh wait, I am! That question was really for effect, but now I realize the harsh truth.

These boy dogs just wanna play play play! Play and tumble and nibble and they want everything I have! Sheesh! They wear me out!

I just wanted to take a nap in the sunshine!

Boys boys boys. All young and frisky! They want to play play play!

I'm going to try to retreat to my comfy Mama bed for a morning nap, wish me luck!

I'm a princess!

I'm ALWAYS a princess, but now I'm a clean one!

I REALLY REALLY REALLY didn't want a bath.

Daddy carried me in the bathroom and I did this move I saw on TV - I stuck out my bottom legs and caught the door frame with my feet! It's a cat maneuver, but I was desperate!

Because I'm white I get washed TWICE. Oh, dog help me. Mama sung to me and I sung with her.

Luckily it was over kinda fast and we were DONE!

This morning I feel like a queen! Royalty! I got brushed and I'm so soft and lovely, I'm even walking more like my royal self! Oh, it's been so long!

Mama says if I roll in the dirt today she's gonna... oh, I can't tell, but it's bad! No rolling in dirt for me! Okay Mama, I'll try to remember! BOL!

Doggie PINKEYE!!!

I have doggie pinkeye!!

Mama noticed I was a little squinty. I told her it was 'talk like a pirate' day and my pirate accent is awful! So I needed me an eye patch to look like a pirate instead!

I got a first class trip to the dogtor! She put this cool glowy stuff in my eyes and said doggie pinkeye is the rage around here! Everyone's got it! No surprise, my paw is on the pulse of the trend!

The dogtor said I was the (are you ready for this?) MOST POLITE dog she's EVER met!! That's the way I take treats, anyway. Mama said that was a BIG BIG compliment, because she sees dogs all day long for her job!!

I'm a delicate flower.

This doggie pinkeye thing is SOOPER contagious! You don't even have to have eye-to-eye contact to catch it! A dog can sniff a plant, leave some goop, I sniff a plant, and POOF!! I have pinkeye!

Frank and Buddha are already exposed. Too late, suckers!! Mama noticed Frank had some bigger eye boogers, but nothing that looked like infection!

You know, I think what would help would be those eyedrops and MORE TUNA with our food. Vitamins! Protein! Good for healing! The immune system! I NEED SEAFOOD!!!

(Think they'll buy it?)