Wanna play?

You should really get out and play more. It's fun, and it makes your tail wag. So let's go!

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Aren't I pretty?

Maybe you saw this already, but my Mommy painted my portrait this weekend. See?



That's me getting comfortable on one of the cushions on my couch. That's right--MY couch. Mommy and Daddy keep trying to convince me otherwise, and they often need to be reminded who the Princess is in this house. Arrooo!

I am starting to feel a little better. I think that by the weekend I will be all back to normal. I hope so, because I would really like to visit my half "brother" Duffy at my Mommy's parent's house. I haven't met him yet, but I hear he is REALLY big, and REALLY crazy. They think he's part Yellow Lab, but he might be part Lion too because that's what he walks like. Sounds like my type of guy! Anyone who plays with me will be my best friend forever. My home dawg. My bowl mate.

Not only that, I hear that Thursday is TURKEY DAY! And that turkeys are like chickens but bigger and yummier! Could that be possible? This might end up being the best week ever. Gobble gobble gobble, gonna gobble me up some turkey meat!!!

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:(

When will I ever stop feeling so weird?

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I feel weird.

This weekend was a very eventful and emotional weekend for me. First, it was the first time that Mommy and Daddy left me overnight and had someone else come into the house to take care of me. Two people, actually, and two of my favorite kids on the block, in fact. Lexi and Kimberley came over like 5 times to play with me, take me outside, feed me and help me back into my Cave. I was happy to see them but I still missed my Mommy and Daddy, especially in the middle of the night.

Lately I have been waking up 3 or 4 times a night to go outside and go "chop chop." I don't know why, and neither did my Mommy. But then on Sunday night something happened and I thought I was very sick. I had to go outside ALOT and there were red spots on my bedding. I was scared. I thought I was going to be in trouble for messing things up, even though I couldn't help it.

When Mommy came to me in the morning she noticed what was happened and made me feel better about it. She said that it is completely natural, that my body is going through changes. Ohh, so that's why I've been feeling so weird. I don't know how to explain it, except that I don't feel like a little baby anymore. I feel like I am growing up. Mommy says so too. She also says that in a few weeks I will feel normal again, and then we will take a very special trip to the vet for a very special grown-up operation. I don't know what that means, I'm not sure how to feel about it. I'll let you know more when I figure it out.

What I do know is--I am what people call a "teenager." But at the same time, I am still a puppy. I feel like I need my Mommy more than ever. Does that make sense to you?

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Jumping and Falling

This picture was taken a month ago, when those crazy trees first started dropping their leaves on my head. At first it was really scary, feeling these leafy things fall on me out of nowhere. Hearing them fall all around me in the dark. "What was that!?" I would bark. "Was that a cat? Was it a squirrel? Maybe a bird? Or a big scary monster? Mommy, I'm scared!" and BARK BARK BARK BARK. My Mommy explained to me that it is "Fall" and that is when leaves fall off the trees.

"But I like the leaves where they were, on the trees," I cried. "Why must they fall off?"

"Because they are getting ready for the snow," she said. Oh, of course. Snow. Wait--ssssnow? What is THAT? And why would it make the trees drop all their leaves? They were so pretty before!

This is all so new to me. Every day there is a new surprise. I am not sure how I feel about surprises. Unless, of course, that surprise is a TREAT.

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