I have a new home!

I have gone to live with a widower on a 105 acres that wanted a sister for his 8 year old Pyrenees/St Bernard son. I am well loved, totally adored with a lot of room to run. As Mommy & Daddy are going to end up traveling for work again, a 28' travel trailer is no place for me! So I now have a wonderful Daddy, a grumpy older dawg brother, my sisfur kitty Tabico (we were adopted together), and a bunch of yard kitties to protect. I love it here. My new Daddy is going to GPS me so he can keep up with me as he worries when I'm gone too long from the house. My Mommy gets updates almost weekly so she can keep everyone informed.

Woofs and wags Dear Furiends,
Sally the Horse Dawg

Wow it is cold :)

OMD! It is 11.4 degrees this morning! Wind chill factor of 1. You know we live in T-E-X-A-S. The highest temp in the state is 32 at Brownsville, Tx.

Punxsutawney Phil did not see his shadow this morning! So an early spring! That is good news!!!! Last year on the first day of spring we got 8 inches of SNOW! He saw his shadow last year.

I refused to come in the laundry room last night, but I was ready to come in at 4am this morning! I love the cold, but was ready for a nice warm nap BOL!

Hope everyone has a good day. Stay safe and warm.

Woofs & Wags
Sally the Horse Dawg

Thank you!

Mommy apologizes for being so far behind!

I wish to THank my Secret Santa from Pen Paws.
I wish to THank my Secret Santa from Trading Dog Goodies.

I just loved my toys, treats, and the donation made in my name. Please forgive us for being so late. As soon as possible Mommy will load my X-mas pictures. You can read my last diary entry, things have been quite hectic BOL!

Thank you, tail wags and big ole dawgie slobbers,
Sally the Horse Dawg

Happy New Year

So sorry I have not been on, below will explain.

We hope everyone has a safe, fun, and happy New Year's eve and a healthy, safe, happy 2011.

This is what is going on as of right now;

Cast:
Mommy
Daddy
Sister- Mommy's daughter (lives with us)
Sissy= Daddy's daughter
Bubba- Daddy's son (They live with their Mother)
Grand Dad- Daddy's Dad
Paw Paw- Mommy's Dad

Thur Dec. 23:
Go in to wake Grand Dad from his nap so he can have his dinner. Grand Dad has passed in his sleep peacefully. Call 911.
Ambulance comes, Police come, the JP/ME comes. Full interrogation. Finally all leave. Make phone calls. Mommy had
arrangements postponed til Monday.

Fri Dec 24:
It had been explained that Bubba (13), Sissy (17), and her boyfriend were coming for Christmas from noon to 2pm. That was our allotted time frame. Did not feel like cooking the Christmas dinner, so took a vote and made a big pot of spaghetti. Sissy and boyfriend show up at 7:30pm. Open presents and gone in an hour. The ex will drop off Bubba sometime Sat or Sun.

Sat Dec 25: Merry Christmas! ?
No word from ex. Not answering phone or text messages. Watch FOOTBALL!

Sun Dec 26:
2pm, ex texts she will bring Bubba between 3-4 to get his presents and "visit". 4:30 shows up, does not drop off Bubba but stays.Very awkward. Stay about an hour and leave. (Have not seen kids since last Xmas, not by choice)

Mon Dec 27:
Make funeral arrangements.

Tue Dec 28:
Visitation

Wed Dec 29:
Grand Dad;s service is at 1pm. Not going to gravesite as it is chilly and raining and Grand Dad's 94 year old Sister in Law would have insisted in going. She did not need to be out in the weather. Run errands. Pass by the cemetery and see they are finishing up Grand Dad's burial.
Get home @ 2:30. But the day is far from over!!
Mommy had scheduled Paw Paw a Dr's appointment for 4pm. At 3:15 the Dr's office called and asked could she bring him on in as the Dr needed to leave. She says ok. Tells Paw Paw he needed to get dressed and let's go. He says "I don't think so, call 911" (The Dr is only 4 minutes away, hospital 20) He refuses to co operate. Mommy calls 911. SAME ambulance, SAME crew. To top it off Paw Paw is joking with them, dresses himself, and walks and gets on the stretcher he insists he needed. (Another 20 feet, he could have been in the car or truck for us to take him)
He is in the hospital with fluid on his left lung. Mommy and Daddy are fuming over him having to have the display of having the ambulance to come get him.
It was unnecessary, and you'd have to be here to fully understand.


And how was your week????

Thank you everyone for your purrs, prayers, and support.
Love,
Pepper, Allie Kat, Sally the Horse Dawg, Daddy, and Mommy (Deb)

I went to the Vet

I do not mind going to the Vet. I get to meet new animals and peoples. I love everyone! What I do not like is all of the medicines I am on and the fact I now have to be penned, I can no longer romp and play all of the time :( .

I at 16 months am already showing lameness in both hips and both shoulders. I must stay slim, I am at 75lbs., and can run and play some, but especially for the next 2 weeks must either be in the house or in the pen only. After that supervised playing, running and only short allowances of roaming. I also have to take gluecosamine, omega 3, and vitamin C everyday.

Mommy has never allowed me to really jump since she has had me, but I love to run and romp when I play and go in the woods. I also keep getting ticks from the woods and have to keep being sprayed with Frontline as the tubes do not work for me and all of my hair BOL. I am on pills for 10 days in case I have inflammation from the ticks. Mommy keeps the yard sprayed down, but I am always off in the woods looking for old bones to bring home and checking MY property! :)

Mommy says I must stay close anyway to help care for MY kitten I found. Y'all must go by and visit her she is such a baby (7 weeks/1.07 lbs). There are pictures of us on her page.

Time for a nap. Bark at y'all soon!
Woofs & Wags
Sally the Horse Dawg

OK, now what?

Today my dawgie niece Dallas has gone home. Now I do not know what to do with myself. I have had so much fun playing and running with her. I had a blast with Dallas's daddy too while Mommy was gone for a week with that brat Pepper. Sister took my room over when they got here and kicked me out! I had to sleep in the hall! The nerve. In two weeks they will be back and I will also get to meet MY Daddy for the first time in two weeks. Mommy says he will love me but I must be on my best behavior, whatever that means. BOL! I guess I will go and try and nap before I find something to get into!

I'm in T R O U B L E!

I chewed the corners of the fouton matress. Mommy is HISSED. Even more hissed than when I chewed all of the pillows. She said I blew it this time and my room is now the laundry room. She thought she had finally gotten the spare room puppy proofed after I had chewed and broken about all I could chew and break. I have lots of dog toys and bones plus my flowerpot and my cat bed, and my bird house, my pair of shoes, my toy box, my football, and sticks.

Mommy took the little cat carrier from me she uses for the guinea pig, the broom, the small table, the lawn mower cover, a blanket, her shoes, her purse, and the phone book. She just won't let me have any fun.

Mommy brings me in between 9 and 10 at night and closes Pepper's cat door, for the night. This way the deer and critters are free to come and eat. She puts a gate up at the hall and I have my room, the hall, and her room. I am not allowed in the bathroom. I sleep in my room and wake Mommy up in the morning when it is time to go outside usually from 5:30 to 7:30am.

We shall see how this goes.

Hi Everyone!

I thought I'd write in my diary before we go and get the newspapers. For some reason Mommy got me up this morning at 4 am! I let HER sleep until at least 5-5:30, sometimes as long as 7:30. I guess I will never understand humans. Do you realize how much trouble I'd be in if I tried to get HER up at 4 am?

Mommy has banished me to the laundry room a few times, she does not appreciate when I go out and come back from the pond all wet and full of mud. She said she is going to get me a kiddie pool to lay in and I am not allowed to use it as a giant chew toy. Well, I just don't want one then! Hurrrmmph.

Mommy and I have been playing frisbee. Mommy says I just don't get the concept. I watch her throw it, when it lands I go and get it. I do not see any reason to waste my energy by trying to catch it in the air.

Learning "stay" is not going well. How can I stay and be glued to Mommy at the same time? She just does not understand.

I love going on rides now. I am NOT allowed to chew the seat belts. She says she is waiting to return to the car and it looks like Tom Hanks car from Turner and Hooch. Mommy says I am not allowed to watch that movie. BOL!

Pepper still won't play with me, no matter how good my puppy play dance is, she just spits and swats me. She is just mean, I can be minding my own business and she just walks up to me and hisses. I run and tell Mommy but Mommy won't do anything about it. I think she should be banished to the laundry room.

I'm going to get Mommy and let her know I am ready to go and get the newspapers. Will bark at y'all soon!

Wags n Woofs
Sally aka The Horse

Pepper was NOT amused!

Hi Y'all!
I am trying so hard to get along with Pepper. Yesterday afternoon she was laying on the patio. I went bouncing up to her to play. She hissed. I saw one of my bones so I bounced over, picked it up and came bouncing back to her. She just looked at me. I tossed the bone to her to get her to play, and it clunked her in the head. OMD, was she upset. I could not understand the problem, so I rushed over and managed to give her a big slobbery kiss across her back. That just made things worse. Mommy was so busy laughing at us to help. What is a pup to do? I am trying to be the bestest baby Sisfur ever and she hates me! She lays on Mommy's bed and laughs at me because I am not allowed on the bed. We have touched noses twice. I just want to play, hold her and cover her in big slobbery puppy kisses. Oh well, I will continue trying!

Woofs & Wags,
Sally

Today we are not doing anything!

Mommy says today is our day off and we can just laze around. Well that may be what she has in mind, but I want to wrestle and play!

Mommy put me outside night before last, fixed me up and told me to enjoy my night. I was so upset that she closed her blinds in her room, I could not look in and check on her. I checked the doors and the one on the patio was not shut tight so when I pushed on it, it openned. I was so happy, I ran straight to Mommys room and laid down next to her bed. She got up, saw the door open, went out and saw there was still deer food out and told me the heck with it that I could stay in for the night to let the deer finish coming up to eat. Mommy-0/Sally-1.

I woke Mommy up with a sloppy kiss at 4:50 am. She put coffee on, leashed me, we went went to the road to get the papers (I must be leashed Mommy says to go to the road), came back and she fixed my and pepper's breakfast. She drank a cup of coffee, put me outside to play and went back to bed. At 8:00 am she woke up to me barking at the hall doorway to her room. Grandad was up walking with his walker and I had to alert Mommy. Mommy goes out and the doors are closed. She then watched as I got down and shoved myself through Pepper's kitty door to go outside. Mommy-0/Sally-2

Last night Mommy put the plastic door partially down to close half of the kitty door but Pepper could still get through. Well I figured out that if I get my big nose in, I can lift it all the way up and get in anyway. Mommy says she heard me and did not have the heart to get up and argue with me. So I quietly slipped in and went to sleep on the floor on Mommy's side of the bed. I woke her at 7:30 this morning with a big puppy slobber. We fixed coffee, got papers and had breakfast. Mommy-0/Sally-3

I am outside right now and Mommy has the kitty door locked shut. Pepper lets Mommy know she wants in or out by jumping in Mommy's window. Mommy lifts it up for her, but not for me! I keep a check on Mommy through the window. She says i can come in later when we put out the deer feed so they can come and eat. That is my day so far!