Haven't said it lately, Phred

Killian and Shiloh, here.

Thanks for all your prayers. Mom says I need em. I feel ok. I just don't like eatin' as much as I used to. I still get around.

He-he, Cinder and Smokey! Me and Shiloh do the exact same thing! We even add a running start to the spot and stick our noses way inna grass. Hehehe. Then at the "back 40" we have our wood pile with a tarp on it. Some little chippy-monkey things live in there. So I always go stickin my nose in there, too. Mom is already trained. Whenever we go out in the dark time, she takes her flashbeam stick and shines it on us. We fool her sometimes and split up on each end of the yard. He-he then I can eat some yummy grass and not get yelled at! Mom says we look like devil dogs when the beam thing shines in our eye sockets. She said they shine pink and blue!

Gotta go to sleep now. Just checked the yard and it's free of creepy crawly, mean monsters. So.....g'night!!

Hey Cinder, Smokey, Hannah, Tucker, Killian, Shiloh, Miss Daisy, Perry (Honey and Lilly, you guys out there?) and all my buds! Star here. Wow, Cinder and Smokey, night-nightime at Phred's ranch sounds jest like bedtime at my house. Glad ta hear though that Smokey picked up real quick like on all those "team" maneuvers that keep our 2-leggers hoppin! :D How's yer G-Mom? We're hoppin and prayin real hard that she stays well and outta the big, white house. Hope yer Dad knows we're thinkin of her all the time and put her in our doggie prayers every night. Are you guys doin anything extry special today? Hope yer gettin lotsa lake time and trakter trips and all. We sure would have fun rompin and chasin and barkin together, don't ya think?? :)

Killian, Shiloh, we have a chippy haven in our wood pile too. :) And me the Codster jest love playin tag team, ya know, good dog-bad dog, and makin Mom chase us back inna house widda lite stick till her bedsocks are soakin wet; just like Smokey's dad! Have to tell ya we been pretty good not makin one of em a bedtime snack lately :D

As fer my pukies. All's well. Didn't bother me much. Mom sure hadda nervis fit tho. Think I'll stick to snackin from da rapsberries bush from now on though. And Auntie Rachel, Hannah and Tucker. We don't have crabby :(apples, but we gots regular apple trees in our back 40. Right now some a the little green ones are fallin off and when mom's hadda nuf a throwin the ball and frisbee, me Cody just love sittin under the tree and chompin on all the deeeeelicous apples, worms an all! Ain't summer great?

Miss Daisy, pukin on mom's lap :D That'll teach her bout takin us girls to the nasty room widda silver table. I won't even get on it. I fuss and squirm till they leave me onna floor and get down to my level. I won't even sit still for the sharpy stinger thingy till mom gives me a krunchie. Perry sounds just like Cody. Too well behaved for my thinkin! What a pink-noser!

Killi, me and Cody and Mom and all the furkids here are prayin so hard for ya every, every day and night. We're feelin specially bad fer yer Mom, Auntie Sue. She loves you so much. And we all love ya both lots and lots. Please get well soon, OK?

Well, better start plannin my buzy day. Lots a sunshine to catch! Woof and licks to all my pals from Star and Cody!! Special labbie love is being sent xpress to G-Mom and Killi!!

[ July 21, 2001: Message edited by: tatsxxx11 ]

Hi, Killian! ~ Howz ya feelin, Big Guy?

Sorry to hear all the good Hoomin grub got taken off your menue :(. Maybe yer Mom can make you happie wiff some home-made gravy or boullion added to yer special dawg food. But ya gotta keep eatin ;), the Two-Leggers get reel worried iffin we don't eat rite! We think bout you an yer Mom every day!

Hey Star*Burster ~ We furgots to mention that Dad thought bout us turnin inta fire investigation K-9's, but when we found out summa the details, we declined. All them special Sniffer Dawgs gotta learn to *sniff* for their meals! No treats, no meals, no grub at ALL wiffout their Hoomin layin out a buncha sample cans wiff different stuff in em. Ya gotta *hit* on the bad stuff, neber onna "control substance", afore ya get wun krunchie. An this goes on several times a day, eber day of yer career. An then ya gotta crawl around fire scenes - no runnin or jumpin, cuz ya might get hurted - stinky work! An nobuddie's loud ta pet an play wiff ya - cuz yer supposed to be a "pro". We're to happie-go-luckie for that job! We get enuff "stink" from Dad's firefighter gear what rides onna floor inna kar - alluz stinks after he plays firefighter wiffa hoses an ladderz.

As fer SmokeMan's bum kneebone ~ we're watchin that till it's time for my owchie shotz next munth. Smoke's gonna ride along so Doc Mike, our White Coat, can take a furst look atta Kid. Meantime, he jest skips along like a happie kamper - don't seem ta matter whether he's got four onna floor or ownlee three :D.

Dad skaroowed up our "spot" on Satadee - he took Odd Job and Woody, the lawn eaters, out to grind up the brown grass an high weeds we call "the yard". They munched up our "spot" an we lost track of where it wuz! Tried to play our game that nite an we boff went ta different places :mad:! Couldn't conn Dad inta commin out inna dew-dropz :(. I wuz gonna take Smokey down to our pond an chase summa the froggys, but that usually results in wet paws an stinky pond wadder onna tummy. Late at nite that means a kold shower wiffa hose :eek: an sleepin inna basement ~ so we passed on that idea an jest chased the bats that were eatin skeedows at the pole lite!

It wuz reelee hot an muggy on Sundee, so we dint get to go see GranMom - hadda stay inna kool basement while Dad went by hisself. Dad sez she's gettin better now that she's out of the Big Lab an back in her own Health Center, but she's still kinda week and has a cough :(. We preesheate alla kind thoughts towards her gettin better!

Hi Fours to All; We'll Yap at ya all later :cool:

Hi my Nawteedawger friends, Hannah has to weigh in on the late nite activities. Mom says I am the Queen of Yap and Nighty time is when some extra yapping is needed. Mom don't unnerstand this. How could she? She doesn't hear what I hear or see what I see, having them ordinary human senses, not those that are honed to perfection like me. Anyways she's makes a big deal 'bout the neighbor's not wanting to hear my yapping. Ordinarily I will kind of cooperate when she says "Hannah, no bark". Well, after she says it a couple times anyway. But at nighty-night time, it seems I drowned out her "no bark" with my yapping. So now when we take our last trip out to the yard, I am put on the 30 ft. line. It's soooo embarrassing, having a fenced in yard and being put on a tie out. And of course, perfect boy, Tucker doesn't have to be on a tie.

Hi Hannah, these people just don't understand us naughty girls. If we didn't let them know about those noises they would never jump up and get exercise. I like a little excitement in the house, and Perry the Nerd, just lays on Dad's lap like the goodie two shoes he is. Dad is always saying to Mom "Look how good Perry minds". Mom says to Dad, "Well Daisy is a little independent", boy do I have them snowed.
Tomorrow I will fix Mr.Goodie two shoes, when he takes my toy away, I'll go running to Mom, all she has to do is look at him and he drops my toy.
:D

Star here...Me too, Hannah! ALL that fenced in yard, and come nite-nite, I'm only allowed out clipped onto the ropey thing! Geeez. So, a woof woof here, woof woof there...I'm only protectin my den; and mom of course! And Daisy, well, we've yapped about this before.... Cody's always getting the "Miss Goodie Two Paws" head pats! :mad: I love my sis, but c'mon mom! I can't be bad all the time, can I???? :D