What a year this has been! Mom and I have had a rough year. Russell had another back surgery in August of last year and is just really getting around good now. We had an unexpected litter of pups - just two of them - but they brought Monkee to me, she is my bestest friend. Ranger left us to wait at Rainbow Bridge. Zeke moved in the house. School was great this year! New kids, everyone lending a hand to help me learn to be a therapy dog! I got my CGC!I have not grown much since my last entry in February. I am about 11 inches tall and 14 lbs. I think I may be as big as I am going to get. I can run sometimes, I can jump off the couch all the time but jumping up is really hard unless I have a running start. My back legs get stiff and hurty sometimes. I have to take a day off of school every once in a while, especially when it is cold.
The school year started out rough as Russell has back surgery on August 1st. He was in bunches of pain and was really grumpy! I did my best to make him feel better but there were days that even I could not make him smile. I would just try harder. Mom was very worried about leaving him home alone. I reminded her that Kate and Ranger would be there to take care of him. She felt much better after that and off to school we went.
On 9/10/11 puppies were born at our house. Daisy has two girls. Daisy was kinda mean to me the first week the girls were born. she made Mom move my steps to get up to the bed. It was hard to get in the room! Mom talked to Daisy and then Daisy got nicer to me. I loved the puppies! By the next week I was laying in the box with them and Daisy. Daisy took care of all of us but she would not let me nurse with the girls that is one thing she really put her foot down about! Three months later Amy went to live with Liz, Ronnie, Kenzie, Middle, Little, and Ro. I really missed her but Monkee was still at home with us.
Monkee is a wild beagle! She is really little about 9 inches or so. She doesn't look like me you know all dwarfy, she is perfectly porportioned. She climbs and jumps on every, and I mean everything! She can jump! Monkee is such a great name for her. Mom tried really hard to find her a great home. I was hoping she would never find her a home because I knew Monkee was mine! Just like Mom knew that I was hers! Monkee is my best friend, she can go places I can't but she always knocks the important stuff down so I can see/have it too! She is smaller than me so when we play I don't get hurt! Well not too often anyway!
Ranger was my great great great grumpy grandpa. He would let me get in the chair with him to sleep during the day. He would grump at me when I wanted to bite his ears, run between his legs or when I would bark to wake him up. We slept together on Mom's bed and in his favorite chair! He got a bad thing called cancer. The vet said that there was no way to make him better to just take him home and love him. He got to eat the best things for the last month of his life, he didn't want to share. Mom was very sad when he left us I did my best to make her happy. I didn't understand why she was so sad, she did explain to me that Ranger wasn't coming home ever again and that she needed time to be sad. I just stayed close to her while she was sad and pretty soon she was happy again! I miss Ranger but now I have Zeke!
Zeke is my uncle there are a lot of greats in front of that uncle! Zeke is not as grumpy as Ranger was but he can get darn grumpy when I take his toys! We play a game called "rabbit" Zeke is never the rabbit, he is the chaser! He is not as fast as Monkee and he can't run on the tile like I can so we have bunches of fun laughing and play with Zeke!
This was an explanation blog so much happen this year. Summer vacation has begun and Mom and I will rest for another week and then get started on working on next years lessons!
