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| A Dog’s Life By: Renee Snowden 9-7-05
What a week this has been. I couldn’t get all my naps in this week because there was drums and etc. going back and forth past my house. All the humans in the home seem to love them, but not me. I couldn’t sleep. Then my humans gave me another bath. And you all know how I feel about that. It’s like they must give me a bath every two weeks. I just don’t understand it. As if that wasn’t bad enough on Friday there was way too much traffic and noise. The humans kept talking about the Honey Festival. I don’t know what it was, but it was too crowded and loud for my taste. Then to tope things off on Saturday morning Daisy and myself had cornered a cat in our fenced in yard. To my surprise, the humans got it down and brought it inside the house. They even gave it a name, Black Medallion. I have even heard them saying if no one claims it within a week then it would be living here. I can’t let that happen. It’s bad enough living with one cat. They serve no purpose. Samantha, the one who currently lives with me, has started licking me on the face and loving on me. I don’t do anything because I’m such a well-behaved dog, but I don’t like it at all. It is very much undignified. Cats are just odd. So as you can tell, I’ve had a stressful week. I’m trying to make up for it now by making my humans brush me more than normal and pamper me. A Dog’s Life By: Renee Snowden 8-18-05 It has been an extremely busy week and weekend. Things were actually going pretty well until last Wednesday morning when I was awoken by the sounds of screaming and opening and closing doors. I immediately ran outside to find that school was back in session. It was really loud, cars were driving by, kids were shouting. I could not get them to leave; therefore, I could not get all my beauty sleep in. I now also have a 7:30 a.m. visiting every morning by one of my human boys, Cameron. My other human boy, Keegan, started Kindergarten this year. There has been talk in the house that he is having trouble adjusting. All I can say is that my boy had better be well taken care of because if I get upset, well an angry barking Collie/Shepherd isn’t good. I love my boys. Ok, I also had a bath during the weekend. I went on and took it like a good dog. However, my humans didn’t seem to be happy when I immediately ran outside and got in the dirt. Sometimes I just don’t’ understand them (humans). They can be so hard to please sometimes! A Dog’s Life By: Renee Snowden 7-28-05 This has been a strange week. Several unidentified humans have been outside my home disrupting my yard. They have been removing several trees and are cutting the grass. I have tried barking at them through the door, only to have to door closed. I look out the window and bark, only to be moved away by my own humans. It’s like they don’t understand that I’m trying to protect them from these unidentified human creatures that are outside destroying my yard. As if that was not enough, it’s been extremely hot on me when I’m outside. I normally love to be outside and enjoy the fresh air. During the day, I find it comforting to know that I’m there on the porch and bark if intruders get to close. However recently, it’s just been too hot for me to do so. So instead, I have to sit inside by the door. I personally don’t think it works as well when I bark this way. My human children have also been over to visit me this week. The little one, Cameron, loves to climb on me. It makes me very uncomfortable when he does this, so I move upstairs. I really like it when they come over though because they share their lunch with me. They will be eating and when they are finished, they just walk away and leave the rest for me. I think that is just wonderful. I’m honestly a very lucky dog! A Dog’s Life By: Renee Snowden What a week! I thought after my last bath that they would learn, I guess not. Last week when I got my bath from the humans, I immediately ran outside and got in the dirt. Of course it resulted in me staying outside a lot longer than normal. Oh well! I thought they’d gotten the point however. Yesterday I heard Samantha the cat meowing like crazy, and that’s when I heard the water. Well, up the stairs I went. It wasn’t long after that until a wet honked cat came running up behind me. She said, beware! Next Daisy the Terrier got hers. She just took hers and then ran into hiding. If you ask me, it was a little late for hiding. But then again, she’s not as smart as I. It wasn’t until an hour later that they finally captured me sneaking into the other room. Well when they did, I did put up a fight. It took two people to push me into the bathroom. Once I got there I just decided to go on and take it. I thought, I’d try cooperating. So after my bath I was so polite, unlike Daisy, I waited until I was outside before I shook myself dry. Well once I came inside, they refused to let me get on my couch and sleep. I mean I was so nice and let them give me a bath and everything. Sometimes, I just don’t understand humans at all. A Dog’s Life By: Renee Snowden 6-30-05 What a week already. We’ve had company since the weekend, and I’m so tired. As usual when we have company, it’s my job to make sure the other animals in the house behave. Of course, I also have to keep the humans safe. The good thing about the company is that I get more food. So it’s actually nice having more humans in the house, because the more humans there is, the more food there is. What a plus! Daisy, the dog has been a bit shy this week. She seems to be staying close to me. I guess she may finally be growing up and wants a good trainer like me. As you can tell in the picture, I have gone upstairs to relax and get away from it all. I’ll tell you, being a perfect dog is hard work. But, then again, I am a perfect dog! A Dog’s Life By: Renee Snowden 6-28-05 After two whole weeks of being on my best behavior and protecting the company that has been in. I can’t believe the humans are now going to give me a bath. I just can’t believe it. Samantha the cat got one yesterday, and I even felt sorry for her. She was definitely giving her views on the whole situation though. I wonder if the humans understood what she was saying? How could they not? She was pretty clear how she felt about getting a bath. Daisy was supposed to be next, but she lucked out. So they decided to wait. Then I heard my name, so I decided to take off up the stairs, and luckily I’ve been safe so far. I came back downstairs, however, when I hear water running, I’m outta there. I wish I could understand what it is with these humans and baths. A Dog’s Life By: Renee Snowden 6-9-05 Well looking through old pictures, my human came across this one of one of my boys, Keegan, and Daisy the Terrier. My human thinks this is a cute picure, and in a weird sort of way it is. However, I think Daisy is teaching Keegan too many bad habits. As you can tell from the picture, Keegan is acting like Daisy as she sits back as if she’s totally innocent. Things will be fine just as long as Keegan doesn’t start barking loudly, chasing the cat, or stealing my dog food. I will never understand why it’s so hard to teach that silly puppy how to be a good dog like myself, who is 100% perfect A Dog’s Life By: Renee Snowden 5-22-05 PHOTO HERE This has been a rough weekend for me. It all started when my people decided to cut the grass outside. This caused me problems due to the fact that it was too loud, and I couldn’t sleep. Everyone who knows me can tell you that my beauty sleep is extremely important to me. Next my mother tricks me into the bathroom where she gives me a bath. It’s bad enough that she gave me a bath, but she also got it my eyes. She told me that she was sorry, and I do believe her. However, I did let her have it when I got out of the tub. I didn’t give her time to get the towel on me or get me outside. I shook water all over her. Something funny did happen though, Daisy the Terrier and Samantha the cat that live with me also got baths. Daisy shook water all over my mother too. Samantha was just totally upset with the whole situation and hissed all night long. The picture above is Daisy and myself showing her our backside and just how we were after our baths. |
| Happy Mother’s Day By: Renee Snowden 5-10-05 I sat here as Mother’s Day approaches So many mothers out there, so many children. Some are birth mothers or mothers by adoption. I sat here and think about my life I literally had no mother in my life until I meet you. Regardless of whether or not we have a blood connection, Or if there are any legal papers. Because that’s not what is important. To me a mother is what I feel for you. You have been there and are always there for me when I need you. You’re a mother sent from heaven You have stuck by me in my times of need, Whether I’ve done right or wrong, I knew I could always count on you to be there. You are my mother, and my best friend. Happy Mother’s Day! |