Life With Tula By Tallulah Belle

To my guardian angel, Elsa

Dear fur sister,

Mommy told me that today you left her a year ago for someplace called the bridge. She also tells me everyday that you watch over me.
Thank u for being there for me. You know I do need a guiding hand.
I am an excited wriggly, happy, sniffing, retrieving, jumping,
mess.
I am working on my puppy manners. Sort of. Isn't life grand though?
Hopefully I will be the kind of doggie you were, Elsa.
Calm, and respectful.
Maybe some day.

On your special day I want you to know that mommy and I are going to go to the beach. I know you just loved it.
Mom said if we sit still and listen we will be able to see you running with the wind and jumping high to catch your frisbee.
I can't do that yet so I would really like for you to show me.

I will try my very best to sit quietly and watch for u.

Happy Angel Day, Elsa

xoxoxo
Love,

Tulah the Tank
Tulah the Terror
NO NO Tulah
Tulah the Terrible
(don't I have a lot of names for one puppy)??

Hi From The Beach

Hello Friends,
Mom, Pavorotti and I are having a great time beachin it.

I am the official Ocean Keyes Welcoming and Clean Up Committee.
Mom gets mad when the vacationers leave their trash all over the complex and she and I grab a bag and go around and pick it up.
This way Mom doesn't have to keep saying "spit it out Tulah".
See, I had the clean up "idea" way before mom did. I love trash.
Especially the food kind. I have found banana bread, a pop tart, a piece of bread, all colors of gum, barbeque sauce and an entire discarded chicken dinner. I'm a shrubbery diver. For some reason this is where the "goods" are.
Yum.
NOT YUM! Mom grabs it away from me!
Maybe when people are away from their homes they aren't as careful as they should be with their left overs. Fine with me. lol
Today I met a little girl dog named "Jingles" she was cute and not barking and afraid of me like most of the little dogs here.
Especially little 5 month old Heidi. She is scared of me and barks at me even early, early in the morning.
Mom said every time we go out she is out too. We must be on the same schedule or something.
WAKE UP OCEAN KEYES! It's morning!!!! Geez.

I am making progress on my walking without pulling.
Mom has some big muscles now and I am learning how to walk with less pulling. On my first trip out I am very excited and pull but after a few I am less excited and calm down a bit. This makes mom happy
and saves the soles of her flip flops. And.....her back!

Believe me I am staying away from those nasty SAGO's. Mom went to a concert in the park last night and told the people up there with dogs.
Even if they live here full time they did not realize what danger they had in their yards.
Well have a good weekend buddies. I am sure I will be back with more
of the Tulah Times!
xoxoxoxo
Tulah the beach dog

Howlo from the beach!!

Hello to everybody!!

Tulah here from the beach. Boy am I having fun. I hope mom is having as much fun as me. There is so much to do and see here.
I am always on the go.
Being me and a handful as I hear them all say I am really trying to behave myself. I see lots of other doggies here all walking nicelyon their leashes and I am trying to copy this. Sometimes I do well and sometimes I get so excited I just can't hold myself back.

Mom says I have to stop going into other peoples condos. I see a door open and I pop in. Just a quick hello from Tulah.
At the beginning of the vacationers week they are shouting " there is a dog in here and laughing" at the end of the week they are saying "look, look Tulah's here". Gotta love me.

Yesterday I was minding my business playing with my yellow Orvis ball and a bunch of ducks swam close to the edge. Now you know I just had to take a look. Off I went. Into the lake. Swimming with the ball in my mouth.
Mom was calling me so I came back but I just had to let those ducks know who was the boss and in I went again.
I even picked up a stick to shake it at them.
They swam off and I came out. I went in a yellow lab and came out a 1/2 yellow, 1/2 black muck color.
I should have stayed out of the muddy part, mom said.

I had a shower and I was fine. Mom had to change her clothes again even though she had just changed to go out and look at places for Melissa's wedding. Oh OHooooooo!

I am happy to be able to provide the vacationers with many
Tulah moments. They laugh and laugh.

Mom has to do work today so after my walk I am going to take a rest.

p.s. Mom and I are telling EVERYBODY about the bad SAGO PALMS.
Pass the word as we do please. Our Association is going to include a piece about these bad plants in our new newsletter. YES!!

Back to u soon. Loving the beach and everything else.

xoxoxoxxo Tulah

Tulah Times

Howlo Pals,
Everybody here is soooooo busy preparing for my beach trip.
I can't wait. I am so excited. In keeping with the fast pace of the family, chores, shopping, working I thought I would help out this morning. I saw this week that mom and dad were busy in the yard.
Moving flower pots and mulch and stuff.
This a.m. I went underneath the deck and grabbed a pot or two and put it where I thought it would look very nice. Most if not all of the dirt fell out all over the yard but I think that adds a nice touch too.
Then I ran over and grabbed a pretty branch from a bush and put that in the yard as well. Dad dug a hole so I thought I would dig one too.
More dirt. Happy Tulah.
I was so happy with my helpfulness.
Then I went in to help mom with her work. She said "mom is busy today Tulah" go play......so I ran and got my very favorite new red squeeking bone. I love it. Squeek, squeek, squeek, all over the house.
The cats ran and mom came and took my toy. Geez. I was very busy with it. SQUEEKING TO THE MAX.
Next I thought I would help with the laundry and began pulling all of the clothes out of the basket. I betcha I could carry them quicker to the laundry room than mom can. Well, I did not get the chance to find out cause mom took the laundry too.
What can Tulah do?
I want to help too!
Maybe I'll just take a nap.
Snooze.
( I think I heard mom say.......thank you lord) I guess I should have prayed before my nap too.
xoxoxoxxo
Tulah

Calling All of My Dear Dogster Friends My Pal Rowdy Needs- Us!

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I AM A LUCKY PUPPY / MAY 20TH I POISONED MYSELF WITH A SAGO- PALM

Howlo Pupsters,
Very important info following: Pass the word. Warn your friends.
Keep your eye on the SAGO PALM plant.
They are beautiful, hardy and DEADLY to dogs, cats and human kids.

On May 20th I ate part of the base of my mom's SAGO PALM plant.

Two hours later I was vomiting repeatedly and violently.
I became weak and lethargic.

The Vets had never had a case of SAGO PALM poisoning so I was rushed to the PET ER.
The Pet ER had never had a case of SAGO PALM poisoning either due to this NOT being a plant normally found in Maryland.
That is changing now and they are everywhere.

The ASPCA Poison Control Hotline saved me. The Vets there
provided the treatment protocol to the ER that saved me.
THANK YOU ASPCA.

50-75% of All dogs who ingest any SAGO PALM go on to develop liver failure at 24 - 48 hours after ingestion. They die or have to be euthanized.

I was one of the very, very, very lucky ones.

With the repeated vomiting on my part, the intense and rapid treatment from the ER and with my guardian angel ELSA on my
shoulder I made it.

24 hours after exposure my liver was normal.
48 hours after exposure my liver was normal.
72 hours after exposure my liver was normal.

I was discharged to my home and family and have made it my
goal to TELL ALL about this plant.

DO NOT BUY IT. DO NOT ALLOW YOUR DOG NEAR IT.

These are all over in the south and are common plants used to landscape gardens in the south.
Now due to the popularity of tropical decorating themes they are being sold everywhere. Even in northern states.

I was the first SAGO PALM exposure in my area. This could have made my situation even worse if it were not for the expertise of the
ASPCA Poison Control line.

They contain cyanide and should have a warning label.
They do not.

See the ASPCA Poison Control Hotline. Keep the number handy.
Familiarize yourself with this plant and others that can cause a pup dire harm.

I have an angel on my shoulder.

Thank you Elsa!!!

I am one lucky puppy!!!!

Tulah is back from the beach

Pups and pals did I have a good time or what? It was amazing.
More than I thought. Much more.
I was into everything. Ducks, lizards, frogs ( dead ones) shore birds,
you name it I was ON it.

What a lovely place. Elsa you sure were a lucky girl to enjoy this beach community. I certainly did hear a lot about you. Everyone was Elsa this and Elsa that. You made your mark around there didn't you big sis?
I am trying to make you proud but some days I was sooooooo excited. I had a hard time reigning it in.

I swam, ran, rode on the golf cart, went to a beach boys concert up at the horseshoe, I got a nibble of ice cream, I chased ducks & lizards and found some really tasty dried froggies.
Mom said NO TULAH NO!

I love your beach place. I saw your pretty pictures Elsa. I hope one day we will post some pics of me around the place.
I was a very good girl for the long ride both down and home.

Your balcony is very nice to watch over the goings on at the pool.
Sometimes I barked at the swimmers especially if they were having a really fun time. Just for a minute though cause mom said NO!

Thanks for letting me share this with you Elsa. I am so glad you were such a great dog that mom and dad found me through you. I am very grateful.

Thanks for watching out for me at the beach. I know a couple of times your guidance was needed.


Mom is going to post some beach pics of me.

If you have facebook friends search for mommy, Mary Vosburg
and you will see my picture albums.

I am happy to be at home where everything is familiar but I will be ready to go back to the beach when mom says "Tulah guess where we are going"??

Love,

Tulah

I'm So Excited!!!!

Guess what guess what? In just a few days I am going to Elsa's first love THE BEACH.
How about that?
I have heard so much about this place and I have seen the pictures around my house. I am so happy to be able to get to see first hand what this is all about.
I have a new bag and a hat (yucky) and my own water bottle for my long jogs on the sand. (what's sand, mom?)
I am ready.
Mom says it is a long trip and I will need to be a good girl in my crate for the trip.
I have not yet mastered the art of car trips but I am good if I can be in my crate.
And oh guess what???? Pavorotti, my CAT is going. Of all the let downs.
I was so hoping to do this solo.
Mom says no, Tulah he has to go to give Pumpkin a break.
I guess I will have to be on my best behavior with him too.
Anyway........my excitement is building.
Elsa has told me about this special place and I am so happy to be able to see it soon.
Pictures will follow - stay tuned friends.
I will be taking the special frame from my dogster friends with Elsa's icture in the lovely frame.
It gets a place of honor.
Love to everyone,
Tulah

A little under the weather from my spay operation

Hello Buddies,

Tuesday I woke up in the best mood and I couldn't wait to get into the truck with dad. I know last time we went to the dog park. I was so excited. Mom and Dad were kind of quiet and I should have known somethin was up.
We pulled up and hey no park, no fun, it was the VETS!!
DARN! I was already here lots of times, mom.
Well, I figured another short visit and in I went. The Vet Tech took me back and when I turned around Dad had to go back out front.
HEY ......what was happening here? DAD?????? MOM ?????

Wouldn't you just know it. Nobody filled me in. I was in for a operation. They were gonna OPERATE on me. MOMMY?????

Mom was so sad and Dad felt guilty. It was time for me to be spayed.
No time is a good time Tulah they said. All day long they worried about me.
I was in good hands and before I knew it everything was over. No puppies for Tulah.
Dad came to pick me up.
I was not feelin too good at all. My eyelids were droopy and
the ride home made me very sick.
Mom and Dad gathered around me and I was put on soft blankets and
cuddled and I lay still feeling queasy.
All night long I threw up. I did not like the anesthesia and it made me sick to my stomach all night long.
Mom slept on the sofa and helped me all night to feel better.
By 3:30 am I was beginning to rest and could hold down an ice chip or two.
Boy did Mom and Dad feel bad.
They were a little worried cause Elsa flew threw her spaying with no problem. But just like some people react to anesthesia I must be the
type of pup who will become very ill from it.
My incision is dooing fine and by 8 am Wednesday I wanted to eat. Mom gave me a small amount and then I took another nap. It had been since monday night at 8 pm that I had my food. I lost a few lbs.

Well that was yesterday and today I am getting back to myself.
I greeted Pavorotti with my old enthusiasm and I had my old appetite back. Mom is feeling better that I am recooperating well and getting back to my Tulah antics.
Slow down Tulah she says. I am supposed to be "quiet" ha ha.
I am not allowed to run or rough house for 10 days.

Today I forced myself through the cat door on the gate cause I smelled something good and I wanted it. Mom was NOT happy I did this. Saying I am going to hurt my belly and I have to be careful
and blah blah. I'm fine MOM! Relax.
But I know she won't. She is a worrier. I tried to hold back and stayed in my yard and minded my own business. But it was such a nice day and Pavorotti and the squirrels were out and about
I just had to bother with them a little bit.

Well I wanted to update everyone on my progress. Soon I will be going to the beach. Now I can play on the beach and not worry about the other dogs wanting to ever bother me. And Mom said it is good
for my health and longevity to have the operation before my
first heat. I guess she knows what she is talking about.

Have a great weekend everybody.

xoxoxoxoxoxo Tulah

Did Somebody Say Garden? What's a Garden?

Hey Friends,

Happy Spring! Today and yesterday we are getting april showers on my house.
Pouring rain which leaves lots of nice muddy puddles for me to run in. Mom is just about up to her eye balls in wet dog today.
I just can't help myself. I see the puddles and I just HAVE to RUN in them. I am a "water" dog after all. Splash, splash. I love to spash and scoot - splash and scoot.

Mom laughs and says "where is Tulah" cause she says I went outside a yellow lab and come back a muddy mulchy wet mess. ha ha ha
Anybody have a towel for me?

Any hoo mom said april showers bring may flowers and this sounds like something I would like. Flowers.
Everyday the yard is getting brighter and where there were just sticks there are now pretty white flowers. I think I helped with this because every morning I went outside to prune these trees. I brought mom limb after limb.

I know I will be asked to help in the flower garden as well. Right mom?

Well, I better take a little nap. Mom says we have laundry to fold.
I love to snatch the warm clothes and run with them. They are so cozy and soft. Well they start out that way till I mush them up a bit.
Yesterday I took dads sock out into the yard in the rain and mud.
Mom had to wash it again. Oh well.

Have a nice day friends.

xoxoxoxo Tulah

La Di Da My First Easter

Wow, I am so excited tomorrow the Easter Bunny comes. I will be up and watching. I bet I will be able to sniff him out a couple of houses down. My lil nose is pretty powerful. Can I "pounce" on him to get a good sniff? Maybe not.
Mom says if I am good I will get a treat in a basket. I wonder if the basket is the treat. I love to chew on them. They remind me of sticks but neater.
I am being the best girl I can be. I love to be good.
Mom and Dad say I am very sweet, smart and loving. What more can a puppy strive for?
Well, I could walk better on the leash. I tend to become so excited that I pull. The only one in a rush is me. So I have to slow it down.
I have two special training collars.
Dad says these will help me to learn. Mom does not like them and uses them for only short walks.
Pretty soon I am going to the beach.
Lucky me.
I do not know what a beach is but I hear a lot about it.
I sure hope I am not disappointed. I wonder if there will be good smells there. I love to sniff around.
Game for anything that's me.
Happy Easter Everyone!
xoxoxxo Tulah

Tulah Girl Puppy Update

Hi Everybody,
Mom and I have been so busy with puppy lessons and this and that.
This is my first chance in awhile to help mom type an update on me.
I am getting to be a big girl. Over 35 lbs now and 4 months and 2 weeks old. In a couple of weeks I will go to Dr. Andrews for my spay operation. Mom is worried about missing me but I told her it would be okay. I would be home before she knew it.

I am learning my puppy manners each day. I am doing well on the leash, I sit, stay, give my paw and will come from anywhere at a full speed run if you say "Tulah Come". So be ready.

I know treat, ball and my own name. I also know Pavorotti, my gray cats name.
I love to scoot, curl up on all of the leather furniture and watch tv with the family.
I try to fool mom during the day. When it is time for me to go night night in my crate mom says Tulah nap time and I look into my crate then I jump up on the leather and put my head down really quick.
It never works I still have to go in my crate but it is worth a try.

I love to take naps on cloudy rainy days. Mom says I am like a little weather reporter. If it is cloudy and cold and rainy I like to sleep.
If the sun is shining and it is nice I am OUTSIDE watching everything in my yard.

In a couple of months I can attend formal dog training.
Mom hopes to get some in before we hit the beach for the summer.
She says in no time I am going to be over 50 lbs and I need to be a very, very good girl in public around other people and doggies.
The beach is a great place if you are well behaved.

I am learning and I do try very hard to please.

My guardian angel Elsa does whisper things to me when I am sleeping. I try very hard to do what she says but I make her repeat the same thing over and over to me. Some days it goes in one ear and out the other. Woops.
Especially about how to act when the door bell rings. Right now that sets me off. I run to the door and want to jump on the person trying to visit. Mom says big NO NO! But I don't listen too well.
I am going to try harder. Ok, mom.

Well that is all for now. I am getting tired. My leather (used to be dads) is beckoning me for a snooze.

Love to all,

Spoiled Tulah

Wow, Dogster said I am a featured Diary

Thanks friends,

I am so honored to be a featured diary of the day.
Thank you , Thank you, Thank you!

Wait till I tell Elsa. She will be so proud of little me.

I love it on dogster. Everyone is soooooo nice to me.
Even when I have a puppy "bad" day.
lol

Actually, ( knock on wood) I have been on my extra
special BEST behavior lately. Mom said I am turning the
corner or something like that.

Brrrrrrr it is so cold here. I hope I have not outgrown my
winter coat yet.

Mom I thought you said spring was coming.

Well I will deal with this snow for now. It's not too bad.

Love,
xoxoxoxox
Tulah

Baby Tulah Update

Hi Buddies,

Mom is helping me type this up because I don't know how to use the computer. I see mom busy on it during the day and I want to see what is going on here. Mom said NOT yet.

I am doing very well and getting bigger and stronger every day.
Mom can no longer hold me very well. I wiggle too much.

I am learning my pup manners and do pretty well most days but I do slip up every now and then. Sorry Mom.

We go on walks in the woods and I am learning to fetch.
I have a neon orange bumper ( just like the big field labs) to retrieve and mom wears a matching orange whistle. I am able to run off leash now cause when mom blows it I come "blasting" back to her. Mom says I am her little rocket.
I am trying to remember to "drop it" but I like it so much I want to hold it.
Mom taught me to sit by holding her hand up and open and I sit right down. I am also learning down/stay.
I can't give my paw yet cause everytime I want to bite the hand that is asking for it.

I am doing very well with my crate training. I actually like it in my house. I had my very first prolonged day alone on monday and I did very well. My "beach mom" Ms. Stephanie came over and let me out and gave me lunch and played with me while mom was gone.
I was very good until she sat in the leather recliner ( my chair) and then I "launched" myself at her. lol
You don't want to get to comfortable with me yet. I'll fool ya.

I have tons of fun smelling and chasing these cats. I try to play with them and I hunch down and do my scoot to impress them and they still want nothing to do with me. It doesn't hurt my feelings though cause I know they will come around. Everybody loves Tulah.

Mom says I am nosey. When we go for walks if we see any people,
even people far off in the distance, I sit myself down and refuse to budge until they talk to me. I am trying to meet everyone, MOM.
That is what I tell her.

Well time for a nap. I have been on the go since 6.

Bark to you later.
xoxoxo Tulah

Life With Tulah - According to Tulah

Hello Everybody,

Isn't life great? I have been having the best time.

Well, let me introduce myself to those who do not know me yet. I am Tulah, Tallulah Belle, officially.
I am the sister of Guardian Angel Elsa. She helped get me here.
Elsa and all of her angel friends on dogster.
She had the longest life with my family ( 15) years and they loved her so much and were so sad without her so along I came. I was a special delivery so they say. Elsa even marked me with "angel wings".

Tuesday I will be 11 weeks old. I weigh 20 lbs ( well that was lst week). ha ha

I thought I would tell you my perspective on being a puppy.

Mornings with me start out pretty darn early. My dad Rick wakes at 4 am and being in their room in my crate I can hear the alarm. Well I figured it meant everybody up so I wake up and whine a little to get out. Dad takes me out and then tries to put me back but I don't like it.
Mom has to get up and take me down to the family room ( Tulah Towne) and make up the sofa with blankets and Mom and I go to sleep there. Well at least Mom tries to sleep. Some mornings I do not want to sleep. I want to play. By dawn I am up no matter what. A new day is beginning and I have stuff to do. Right Mom??? Mom makes coffee while I eat my breakfast. One morning mom was so tired she dumped my food in my water dish. I ate it anyway. I told her maybe she should drink her coffee first THEN feed me. lol

After breakfast I play and play and play. This is my Tulah the terror time. I eagerly greet the cats who are trying to eat their breakfast in peace.
Mom has had to move their bowls out of my reach and for some reason they tend to stay beyond my gates. I don't know why they will not play with me. I scramble my blankets, I run in circles chasing my tail, I bite moms slippers, I shred my sticks, I chase my squeeky duck and roll my ball under the chair. I chase my ice cubes and dribble water all over the kitchen floor. I am having a blast. This puppy stuff is so cool.

I have my very own toy basket. It is overflowing with toys from everybody. Whenever a visitor comes they bring me a gift. Isn't that nice? I go to my basket and start digging around picking out what I want to play with at the moment. I can't decide so I take it all out.
I play for a couple of hours and then want to take a nap. Mom puts me in my crate ( I have one on each floor) and then goes to get dressed while I sleep. If I am still sleeping she will attempt to straighten up a little. I bring in a lot of sticks and mulch and stuff.
Mom calls me little pig pen. She said dirt sticks to me like a magnet.
So she sweeps. I like to hold the broom so she can sweep only if I am asleep. Not fair Mom. I wonder when she will let me help with the chores. I am good at wiping the floor up too. I love wet rags.

I love my yard. Last week it was ice and snow. Yhis week it is turning into something soft and squishy. Mom is not thrilled by this and I can't see why. It has such a nice feel to it now. I now have my very own terry cloth towel at the door. It is for my paws. I am learning to wait before rushing in and covering my floor with muck but some times I forget. Woops.

Mom and Dad are teaching me to retrieve. My favorite is a stick and my plush duck. I am beginning to learn to retrieve my pink ball.
Dad or Mom throw it and off I run. I am right on course bounding after that ball but sometimes I see a leaf and I have to get that first.
Or, a plane flies over and I have to look at it. Sometimes the ball goes in the bush and when I bring it back I bring some of the bush too.
Is that okay?

I am learning to walk with a harness on a leash. Last week for the lst time I left my yard. I was not so sure about this. There were things I had not seen out here beyond my gate. Mom walks me a few steps and I want to go back. NO Mom I say. I am afraid. Well Mom does not take NO for an answer so on we go. Well, it isn't that bad.
Lots of new things to smell. I wonder where I am and where I am going. By the weekend I would walk up to the corner. I see dogs looking at me from their windows. Some bark at me. I do not like this at all. I get scared. I look at mom and sit down so she will pick me up but she says NO Tulah you have to walk. You are getting to be a big girl. So on we go. These dogs are going to be your friends Mom says. I guess if she says so. I think one of them might not like me.
But Mom says don't worry Tulah. You have not met them yet they are saying hi to you from afar. After all my shots we can meet.
I saw a man washing his car on the corner and that just about did me in. I bolted for home. Mom was laughing so hard she just let me run all the way back home holding tight to my leash. She told dad I looked like Marley on the beach running like the wind. Mom likes to run so she is hopeful I will run with her.
Later she took me back to show me that the man was nice and there was water coming out of the hose. I liked that.

All of Moms friends and neighbors RUSH out to see me when we pass.
Oh is this the new puppy they say? Everybody is so happy to see me.
We have been so anxious to meet you.
They all say we LOVED your sister,Tulah and now we will love you.
They all kiss me and pet me and smooch, smooch, smooch. I wonder how Elsa put up with all of that, I can hardly sit still for it all. They call me precious and beautiful and sweet. I hope I can live up to the expectations around here. Thanks Elsa.



Dad has started to take me to the big field to run up and down the hill in the mornings. There are bunnies and woods and lots of sticks and bushes here. And smells. All kinds. Mom says watch for the red fox. What is that I wonder?
I love this. I go fast. Mom says to be sure not to take me too early cause I will wake up the other dogs and the neighbors will wake up.
I wonder why the older dogs are sleeping when there is so much to do.
Mom says it is only 7 am Tulah. This is called early.

Well I guess that is about all of my experiences so far. Aside from visiting with Dr. Andrew I have not been anywhere. We are being careful because I need all of my shots first.
I am learning every day. I can sit now. I am asked to sit for my food and sit for everything I want. I am trying to learn "shake" and "down stay".
I will sit and stay pretty well. I hear my sister Elsa was the sit stay
champ and won an award at doggie school. Well we will see about me.

Mom heard from my breeder mom, Kim, that my sister has already retrieved her lst (real) duck. A bufflehead. She sent mom a picture.
And mom showed me. Well, Tulah she says I guess you are going to be a mighty hunter of plush. Dad says well what about the ducks on the lake at the beach????? That brought a gleem to my eye. Hmmmmm........

Tulah Times

Hi New Friends,

I wanted to update you today on my progress.

I can now sit and come when called. I am almost house trained give or take a few minor mishaps and I love my crate.
Yesterday I moved up to the large crate that belonged to Elsa.
I use this during the day and I am still sleeping in the other one.
How snuggly I am. I sleep all night now. Mom is so happy.
She can now let up on the concealer and eye circle creams.

My main job right now until I am fully under control of my puppy manners is to watch the cats. I am not to touch nor bark but just keep my eye on them. Some days I slip up and bark a little. This usually brings on that blowing thing they do and I run. But I come right back. Can't let them think I am wimpy.

Today I went to the Vet for my check up and shots. Ouchie.
I was good though.
I ate a lot of treats while they trimmed my nails. What a good girl I am. I am not known as porky puppy I am up to 19.6 lbs. Mom is calling me oink oink. Just think tomorrow I am 10 weeks old.
At 7 weeks I was under 8 lbs.

I am learning to walk on my new red leash but this is difficult since we have a lot of mud and puddles everywhere now days due to the melting snow and ice. So I pretty much just look pretty and meet the neighbors.
Everyone is calling me cute as a button.
What's a button?

Well that's it for now. I have some napping to do. Tomorrow Mom says she has 12 boxes of avon to unpack and I can't help. Darn.
So, I am going to babysit the cats, again. When can I see your office, MOM??????? I know, I know. NOT yet, Tulah!

Woof Woof and a good night.

xoxoxoxo
Tulah

Monday Tulah Time

Hi Friends,

It is a cloudy monday here at home but that will not keep me from enjoying my yard. I have a little patch of snow left and lots of sticks to chew on. I am venturing out a bit further and now have found a little path that I like to travel round the garden, down the garden path, up 3 steps to another level and around the back of the pool.
It is so cool. There are lots of smells and some furry brown creatures in the trees that chatter at me.
Mom said tomorrow there is supposed to be more snow.
I am excited to hear that. I love it. It is cold and fun to lick and throw around.
Bye for now. I am supposed to be taking my morning nap.
I think this is when mom gets herself together or something.
love,
Tulah

Life With Tulah

Howlo again pupsters,
I hope you are having a grrrrreat day with your families. There are so many fun things to do in a day.
Dad says we should call me the Tulster cause I am a tomboy.
I throw myself into everything and I am certainly not dainty at least not at the moment.
Mom said she is going to "girl" me up. She already bought me a puppy vest trimmed in fur but it is a bit big. Give me a day. I will fit into it. For now I am wearing my sherpa which is snuggly. Dad says I look like I belong in Dr Zhivago in this coat.
Today I have been busy inspecting my yard. I go all around and underneath stuff. My absolute favorite place is underneath the deck steps. I have been carrying all of my best sticks and pieces of bushes under here. Yesterday I took moms outside shoes and put them under the steps. Now she can't reach them. Well they are
"outside' shoes. Right? I am a collector of shoes. Mom says there may be some hope that I turn out a little girly. Right now I am into mud and sticks and stones and anything that makes a mess.
Mom bought me some little soft baby blankets and I dig them up and lay on my hard plastic of my crate. I like coolness on my belly.
Mom says I am like a little piggie. I like to lay in mud and then lay in a cool spot. What fun.
We posted some new pictures of me on my page today.
My new pictures of my playing with my new toys from Angus and Kym and a few other pics.
I love the little soft teethers. Mom sais she is so happy they are pink. She had big plans for me being a bit of a diva dog and right now I would be very at home in a puppy flack jacket with a duck whistle in my pocket.
Little toughie Tulah!
Well I have to take a nap. I have been busy since 5:30 am.
Love,
Tulah

Cheyanne Invited Me To Play........

My first official dogster game. I hope I get this right I am not too attentive to detail yet.
I am going to woof 6 things about myself and then pick my team.
Be sure to give me a bone so I know you are playing on my team.
Am I right?

Okay here goes:

I am Tallulah Belle a.k.a. Tulah The Terror, Marleyetta, Porkie Pie

I was 7.7 lbs when I left my mama Cary's house and joined my new family. On tuesday a mere 10 days later I weighed in at 13.6 lbs.
Mom said thank the lord she doesn't gain like that. And that it must have been a result of leaving me with my dad all weekend long while mom recruited new beauty ladies at the mall. Dad likes to eat.

There is not anything I don't like right now I like everything.
Oh yeah, there is ONE thing. The black vacuum. It is nasty.
It makes noise and rumbles the floor. Mom was using it AGAIN - nothing to do with me, I am sure, and I wanted to get a round it
so I went behind the leather loveseat and got stuck between it and the family room railing. Mom heard me whimpering and got me out.

I love ICE! Mom puts chips in my bowl and I throw them around the kitchen. They make a great sound clinking and clinking.
Then they melt and I drink them up. The cats think I am strange
but I think they are a little weird themselves. They won't let me get close enough to give a good sniff. And when I try they blow air at me.
Can somebody say "tuna breath".

Am I playing right? Gee I don't know so on I go.....

I love to help prune the yard. Seems to me all of dads shrubs need a good clipping. So I grab them and tug. Then I run. I take them back to my deck. I love sticks, mulch and dirt.

I am learning when somebody is coming home. I hear the door creak and away I run to greet them. I wonder where they were without me?

I like biscuits. I love to eat them on the carpet. Mom gives them to me in my dish and I take them out to eat them. I break them into crumbles and eat a piece and go back every now and then for more.

Say,
is that good for now?

I am going to take a nap for awhile. Mom will be pleased.

Can the following pups please play on my team?

Angus The Warrior
Angel
Kodiak
Rocky
Doc

My Dogster Pal Angus The Warrior

Good Morning Friends,
What a glorious morning it is here in cold Maryland. I am loving the snow and the crisp air. Mom says it really revs my engine.
I have been going strong since 5:30 am.

I got the most delightful surprise box in the mail yesterday from my friend on Dogster, Angus The Warrior and mom, Kym.
It contained a beautiful labrador ornament in honor of my big sister
Elsa who left for the bridge this summer. It is gorgeous. Even to my young unexperienced eye I could tell it was so dainty and something to cherish for years and years. Mom let me sniff it but no touching.

I got two pink puppy gifts. You know pink is my fav color. I am known as diva puppy around here. Or Princess Poopie Doo.
I love them. They are soft and cuddly just like me. I carried the baby bunny toy all over the house. Then my Melissa's boyfriend Phil came over and he threw the loofah pink dog to me and I chased it and brought it back. I am learning to retrieve and this is perfect for my mouth.

Mom even had a special memento gift in there to honor my sister
Elsa and me. The new and the old. A treasure. Mom loves the pink bracelet with our names engraved. Mom LOVES jewelry. What a wonderful kind family Angus has.

This was most special and the nicest thing anyone has ever done for Mom and me. These friends are very special people indeed and
I am going to send them a nice thank you in return to remember me and Elsa.

Watch for pictures of me with my new toys on my puppy page.
Dad had to take the digital to work but when he comes home I am going to model for you and have my picture taken.

Go see my friend Angus and tell him how special he and his mom Kym are. They have really helped mom and my family during the sad days of missing my sister Elsa.

What a wonderful welcome I received. I feel very special.

Thank you to all of my friends and especially Kym and Angus The Warrior.

xoxoxoxoxoxo

Tallulah Belle

Thank you for your nice welcome every pupster!

Hi, I am Tallulah Belle Vosburg, aka "Tula". Today I am 8 weeks old and I am enjoying my new life. Being a pretty puppy is hard work.
I have so much to do in one day. Everything is new and I want to check it all out. I have a lot of helpers. My guardian angels friends of my big sister, Elsa, at the Rainbow Bridge. Hi Angels!
Well today this is my schedule:
Wake up at 6:30 am
Run right outside to my snow covered yard
Run right back in quickly - TIME TO EAT!!! Yum, Yum
Run right back to the yard - quickly now - time to go potty, again!
Run around the yard, sniffing, sniffing, stop fast, turn around, what was that.......I heard a noise - sniffing sniffing - eat some snow,
run up the steps to the slider door, time to go in.

Play with the cats. I heard mom say that the cats world has been turned upside down and they need attention. I better give them some.
Help mom clean up. I take one side of the cloth and pull, mom gets to hold the other.
Help mom with laundry. I grab something real quick and RUN mom chases me. In the morning my name is NO NO TULA!
Help mom sweep. Mmmmmm these bristles are scratchy but they have a nice flavor. Come on mom sweep faster.
Run and hide when the noise maker comes out. I think it is a vacum.
Yucky, I don't like this thing.
Run under the sofa. I saw a cat underneath. Here kitty kitty!
Run back outside - time to go potty again.
Find a spot to get underneath the deck steps. Run around under.
Can't get out. Cry for mommy.
Go back in to complete our chores. Mommy why are you still in your robe?
Help mommy print invoices - hey what is that blinking thing?
It is making a sifting noise. Mom says Tula it is a printer, don't touch.
Run to my bowl. Can I have some water please? Mom gives me an ice chip. I take it out and chase it. What fun. Hey mom be careful the floor is wet.
What is that smell? I smell food. Hope it is for me but no it is the kitty cats. Where is it? I see it now it is up high. Why is that I wonder?
Mom is coming down the hall. Are you looking for me, Mom?
I am being a good girl mom. What can we do next?
Time for a nap. In my cozy crate I go. Can I have a toy too Mom?
And some music?
Nighty night.
Puppy mornings are full of fun!
Love,
Tula