I'm packed and heading for an over night !

I am so excited. Very soon my Melissa will be picking me up and taking me to her house for an overnight. I am happy as can be. Melissa was recently married and is living away from me now. I love to see her so tonight I am going to spend the weekend at the new house. I am going to help decorate for the holidays too. Mom said she wasn't sure that was the "best" idea considering my love of anything I am not supposed to touch.
I promised mom I will be on my very best Tulah behavior. You know I would love to be invited back so I will behave as best I can, ha ha ha. I hope Phil's dog and now Melissa's dog Doc is happy I am headed his way. He is such a quiet, mellow guy.
I shake things up a little.....and I heard he got a brand new bed and it is as big as a sofa. Maybe we can both fit.
Mom said she is really going to miss me this weekend. I am her girl and bestest friend. I know I drive Mom nuts some days but she still loves me lots!
Oh wow! My ride is here!!! Can't wait!! Stay tuned!!
xoxoxoxo Tulah

Oh Happy Day!

Oh boy I am just loving this crisp fall weather. I love to get out there with Mom in the morning and really go for a good run.
If I am goodon our walk Mom will take me to the field where I can run off leash and REALLY let it ALL hang out....p.s. Mom says she can't keep up with me but it is supposed to be a secret...soooo shusssshhhhhh!!!
Next week we are going to be so busy. I am hosting Thanksgiving dinner at my house. I already know I am going to just LUV LUV LUV the smells coming from my kitchen. I am the kitchen helper you know. Mom tells me Elsa was her kitchen helper for years and years so she is happy to have me assisting.
The only thing is I have this thing about sitting right in front of the stove so I can get really good, deep whiffs of whatever is cooking and mom can't get around me and NO I WILL NOT BUDGE! It is my job and I am taking it seriously.
So for all of you fur babies out there who are hosting dinner at your house I have a few words of advice. Get up very early so you dont MISS a thing. Make sure all of the ingredients pass the sniff test and be sure to assist with the guests place cards. Seating the most likely to "pass you a bite" on the ends. Be on your very best behavior so everybody falls in love at first sight. No jumping, sniffing privates or drooling on anyone. This will insure you get a few tidbits and a good place on the couch for the after dinner football games.
Let me know how your day goes and I will be sure to share mine.

MORE NEWS!
Oh by the way if you get a sec check out the doggie finalists in the Coolest Dog Show. I made the JUMPER category. It shows me jumping into the Susquehanna up in Tunkhannock, Pa where my dad has his family farm. Check me out and if you like me enough to vote for me I would like that very very much.
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Luv Lots,
Tulah

Tulah's In The Dogster Photo Contest

Hi Pals,

The wedding is over and Mom has spent so much time with it that she wanted to do something special for me.
So.....she entered me into the Dogster photo contest.
Can you visit and vote for me?
Tallulah Belle
Thanks friends.
Can I see your entries too? Thanks!

Rest In Peace Kitty Unknown

Today as Tulah and I were coming home from our morning walk we came across a very sad site. Lying on the curb was a beautiful gray and white kitty. If you looked quickly he looked like he was taking a nap on the grass. To honor the kitty we wrote a small tribute on Rainbow Bridge Angel Babies Group page.
We are saddened by this death. It could be careless neglect, he could have run from his home. I do not know why he ended up on the curb. There is no satisfactory answer.
Welcome angel to the rainbow bridge. Rest in peace.
xoxoxo Guardian Angel Elsa, Tulah and Mom

Happy Monday I made Mom's TO DO LIST!! Uh Ohhhhoooo!

OMG, mom is writing up her "to do" list and I am on it.
Not in a good way either. I have to have a BATH! A BATH!!!
Not a swim in a creek or a river or the ocean NO! Clean water with doggie soap. YUCK! Mom thinks I smell a little "doggie"
Well of all the........I think I smell just great. I AM a DOG!! mmmmm I am catching a whiff now just like I like, mmmmm fresh as a daisy.......with a little eau de dog top note!
I feel a good roll in the grass coming on.
A BATH! Of all the silly nonsense.
xoxo Worried Tulah

My New Pics

Howlo Pals, Mom and I are updating my pictures today. I don't want everybody on dogster to think that I, Tulah, am still a baby. Cause I am not.
I am a big girl almost 20 months. I am learning how to behave like a proper labrador.
I have grown very large. I am over 72 lbs and quite tall. My legs are long and so is my body. I tower over my buddy Doc who is 5 years old and a black lab.
Melissa's wedding is 5 weeks away and everybody is getting pre wedding jitters. This is why mom and I took the time to update my pics. Something other than wedding to do's.
My email with dogster is bouncing so I sure hope they can fix it. Mom and I want to hear from our friends.
Today it is raining. We went for two walks so far because it is too wet to play in the yard. Darn it. Oh well. Mom says the flowers will grow pretty after a good rain.
I hope everyone is enjoying the summer. xoxoxo Tulah
p.s. I am also looking for a "date" for Melissa's wedding.
Anybody know any eligible young males???

Howlo from Tulah

Hi everybody, Tulah here,

I am no longer a baby I am one years old now. Mom says I am beginning to act like a "real" dog. I wonder what that means.
Well I do know for starters that I am a handful. I like to get into things. And I mean everything.
I am experiencing my first blizzard. Snow is just swirling around and I am loving it. This fits my personality just perfect. Mom calls me a dynamo and this snow is kind of fast and windy and swirly just like me.

Catch me if you can......

Hi Elsa. Do you have Pumpkin with you? He left us for the bridge this fall and mom says you and he are together watching over us.

I am getting to know my words and commands much better now.
I listen ( well sort of) and can act mature when I want to.

I walk nicely on the leash now and do not pull too bad. Unless of course I know I am heading to play with my ball and then I am in such a rush nothing can stop me. Mom says I am killing her back.

I am excited for christmas. Now that Melissa is moved out in preparation for the big wedding I will be the only one getting gifts in the morning of christmas ( well Pavorotti will be too but he isn't into it like I am). Mom and Dad are not exchanging this year because neither needs anything. SO I must be getting them ALL. ha ha ha I hope Santa knows this.

I have been really trying to be on my extra special behavior, not chewing or messing with the cat just to torment and I have not been swiping good eats off of the kitchen counter either.

Well I better go and check on my blizzard. It sure is pretty.

Did you send this for me Elsa???

Thanks.

Love Tulah

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