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Thanks to my pals for da rosettes and stuffs for my diary pick dis day. Kinda seems like my whole family are stuck in da DDP loop cept for my Finley and Maurice. Both Jezebel and Charlie has had DDPs this last week too. We's still missing dat orange dude round here, I howls at night (or early in da morning dependin' on what you consider morning) sometimes. I misses him, he'd sleep in da bed with me and momma.

Anyways, I has been having some fun. I's been going on walks but since it are getting to be HOT (it are sposed to hit 100 for da firstest time dis year tomorrow), da mommas is having to get up earlier and earlier to take us so we don't get da heats stroke or have a heartamattack or somethings. Which means my momma got to get up, BOL BOL!

I's also been playing da pool ball lots with my momma. Sometimes Finn wants to play, sometimes it are just me. I never don't wanna play!! My momma can't even go to da bathroom in da middle of da day without me going crazy thinkin she are puttin on a swimmysuit in dere. I just love da pool so much!

Hope y'all are having some summer fun too.

What da woof???

I knows I's a DDP today, but please don't congratulate me on it. It were not a diary I ever wanted to have to write. I miss my Charlie so much. I's just so sad, I been whimpering and just generally being down.

My bedroom still smells like Charlie. It are not a bad smell, but it are da Charlie smell. My momma can smell it too. We miss him a lot, it are just not da same without his cute fluffy orange face around.

So please, no congratulations on dis DDP, ok pals? Thanks.

Goodbye Charlie

My kitty, Charlie, had to go to da forever sleep today. I's really sad. I'd always wanted a kitty of my own and my momma finally got me one when Maurice moved out. Den I moved back here, and I had two boy kitties to love on.

And Charlie, he were one lovable kitty. He were just da bestest. We gots to be friends really fast, even though he were kinda scared of dogs because other dogs had been nasty and chased him and done who knows what to him. But he liked me. In Austin, we both used to sit up on da back of momma's couch and watch TV with her and snooze. And me and Charlie slept in da same bed a lot. He were a really sweet little dude.

Finley liked him a lot too. She and I both stuck up for him and defended him when Maurice wanted to play pouncy games dat Charlie weren't interested in. And all da kitties liked him too and da humans just all fell in love with dat little orange guy.

Da mommas buried him in da backyard with da ashes of Hanky Panky, my basset buddy. So now they's not gotta be alone. And da mommas were talking bout buying all kinds of pretty orange flowers (Hank were about da same color as Charlie, but with white on him too) and making a nice orange flower garden for da two of dem.

Some peoples been saying Charlie were lucky to have us, but we was lucky to have him. He were one pawsome little dude, and just da sweetest kitty around. I's gonna miss him so much. It are just not fair.

Bad News About Charlie

My kitty Charlie are not doing good. He has been going to da vet everyday for fluids and meds and his kidney numbers are still very high. And da vet says he's probably got cancer. Dere are no real "getting better" for Charlie cat.

We's all very sad - he are a good little kitty and we all thought we'd be getting lots more time with him. He won't eat any of his kitty food, even da really stinky yummy smellin' kind. And he are having trouble walking.

Da mommas been crying all day - dey say dat Charlie cat may be going to da Rainbow Bridge on Monday if he are still feeling so bad. He could really use some POTP and good thoughts, so please send 'em to dat little orange fluffy Chuck, ok??

Bad News

My kitty Charlie are having chronic kidney failure. He are at the vet getting Eye-Vee fluids. He wrote all about it in his diary and Finley wrote about it in hers. Please send him some POTP and keep him in your thoughts. My momma and me and everyone in our house loves little Charlie a lot and he has had a really hard life. He has only had one good year with us and we wanted him to have more.

It are a sad day around here.

Christmas in May??

So I just got a Christmassy card from my pals Rudy and Izzy. What da woof?? I guess it must be Christmas in May, all I wanna know is when I is getting my presents?? I should be getting 'em today since it are da 25th. But momma said just dat it were probably lost in da mail systems somewhere. I dunno, maybe dey should not hire turtles and sloths to be mailmen if it takes 'em over 5 months to deliver a Christmassy card.

I were very sad to read about Shakespeare going to da Rainbow Bridge. He were a pawsome pup and a good pal and I's gonna miss him a lot.

Happy Gotcha Day Charlie!

Happy Gotcha Day to my kitty, Charlie! A year ago, my momma gots me my own kitty since Maurice kitty had moved back to Plano with Ally. Now we all lives together and I got three kitties! Charlie had to go to da vet on his Gotcha Day and is still whining about it. Whatever, it are not as bad as da birthday I had to spend on a plane. Anyways, we's all happy we's got Charlie cat, he are a cute little guy and do not beat me up too much. But he seems to not like my barking, I do not know what are wrong with his ears, BOL BOL!

Happy Birthday Finley!!

Today it are my BFF Finley's 7th birthday! Happy birthday!!!!

We's been having a pretty good day - it got started with a nice long walk. And since we had all dat rains yesterday, it were cooler instead of being a billion degrees. But dat also meant we couldn't walk through da park next to da school cause of it being muddy. But we still had lotsa fun chasing squirrels and birdies. We even saw two bunnies!

Den we came home and Finley got to open one of her toys. I barked da whole time cause I wants a new toy too! Sure I gots a new flamingo yesterday, but I wants one today. Dat toy was an elephant from my momma. Da traitor.

Den we had breakfast which were scrambly eggy weggies and bits of bacon! OMD!!!!! Bestest breakfast ever! I wish everyday was somebody's birthday so I could get eggy weggy all da time!

Den Finley opened another toy, dis one were a trashcan with raccoons inside from her momma. Dere are still two more toys left for her to open. And nones for me, it are an unfair world. :(

We also played pool ball dis afternoon and dat were a lot of fun. I swum around and both of us hit lotsa balls. Momma said I needed to stop being such a ball hog since it were Finley's birthday. Yeah right momma, BOL BOL BOL!

I heard talks about cheeseburger dinners - I can't wait!

Just Call Me Ruffles

So today I went to go see da vet man. I has been getting real stiff lately and limping some. And not really walking da way I used to. I still like going on my walks and all, but I just wanna spend some time sitting in da field too. I don't know why da lazy momma can't fence the field for me and have dat be my backyard - it's about da right size! BOL! But I can still get real energetic and crazy if I's has da proper inspiration - like a squirrel or a bunny or a bird or another dog.

Anyways, I went to da vet man and he says I got someone named Arthur Eyetis living in my hip. Well, I don't know dis Arthur dude and I didn't invite him to take up residence in my hip. Anyways, I got a pill to take and a treat to take too. I'm happy bout da pill, I's been jealous of Finley getting pills for itchies, so it are about time I got one too. Da vet says if dat Arthur dude starts acting worse dat dere are all kindsa other stuffs to try including da acupunctures.

Momma asked da vet about da wrinkles on my back. See, I's gotted all dese back wrinkles all of a sudden. Momma has only had bassets before and dey got wrinklier as dey got older, but dey started out wrinkly to begin with. Da vet said it were not normal but dat he has seen other dogs have dem and dey don't mean something bad. Da vet also stole some of my bloods for tests, so we'll know all about dat soon.

Do any of y'all have wrinkles on your back from being old? Or is I really unique? Momma says my new nickname are gonna be Ruffles, cause Ruffles got ridges. Yeah, my momma are a real comedian, ain't she?

I'm a DDP!

Thanks Dogster for making me a DDP today!

Yesterday was da bestest day ever! Early in da morning, me and Finley went on our walk. It are getting too hot for us to go in da middle of da day anymores. It were like 90 degrees or somethings in da afternoons. Anyways, we had lotsa fun chasing squirrels and birdies and barking everyone.

Den in da afternoon, we went out back with my momma. Finley went inside because it got too hot for her. She really missed out because my momma jumped in da pool and I hopped in too! She put da float in for me while I was swimming around and I got to play pool ball! My balls from last summer are kinda deflated, so momma says she'll get me some new ones. But I had so much fun getting to play!

I's so happy pool ball season are starting early dis year!