crazy times

Hey everyone. Me again. Man these humans of mine never stop I mean it! They just got back from one trip, and they all packin' for another one! Washin' their clothes, only to repack them again. We dogs got baths, and the humans been runnin' around to different stores. Today we went to the store that freeks Winston out. I think it's called cabellas. Anyway they have animals in there that look and smell real, but they ain't. Winston don't like them that much. He did ok this time though. There was another dog in there though. A golden like Winston. Excuse me! What he doin' in the store! He wasn't even wearin' any harness or vest or nothin'! Shoot why he in here! I was tryin' to get close enough to tell him to leave, but mom made me sit. "No Reba! Leave it Reba! Sit Reba!" Shut up ma let me at that dog! Well, we left that store, and since bein' back home, I just been watchin' the humans run around packin', cookin', and cleanin'. I think mom and me are goin' somewhere for a longer time than the rest cuz I saw mom pack more stuff than everyone else. I'll have to post about that when I figure out what my crazy mom's gettin' us in to now. Everyone and their mother kept askin' to pet Winston and me today. Shoot people! Go away! I'm workin' here! And doin' a good job too mom said. I'll be back at y'all later.

Reba the dog.

 

Camping Vacation

Actually I don't know why that says vacation. Sure didn't feel like one for me. I been on campin' trips before with my mom, but I never see my harness usually at the camp ground. I can just be a dog. But this time, mom needed me. She worked me in harness a lot. I guess if it gets down to it I did enjoy it. Mom took me out every mornin' for a walk down to the pond. And yes, I was a good lab and found it for her. And I found the truck and camper on the way back too. Mom gave me lots of praise and my tail went non stop the whole time. The trip was great though. Lots of it was spent tied up while the humans sat around the fire or ate, but hey! That's cool too cuz I get to check out other dogs around. The humans say it's cool to people watch, I say it's cool to dog watch. Though humans are quite amusin' to watch too. I did my share of barkin' to alert the humans if somethin' was too weird for my likin'. Got in trouble for that though. Excuse me! Shoot one dog one mornin', yeh he looked innocent enough. Mom and I encountered him on our walk. He was tryin' to sneak up on my mom though. Him and his owner bein' all quiet. No way! I saw him. He was a big black dog and as we got close I tried to let him know I had my eye on him and not to try anythin' funny. Mom got after me though. Good grief ma I was just sayin' hi!

Ok so humans are so weird! They went away one morning, then came back with more stuff. Course they did! Humans always buyin's stuff. But they got shirts for us dogs. Mom always doin' this. She buys shirts and puts them on me. Shoot girl can't you see I already got fur on? Tons of it? I mean it I'm bout roastin' in this thing. But I wear it happily cuz it makes mom happy. Here ma, let me put a fur coat on top of your clothes and we'll see how you feel. That night the humans took us out and we got on this weird contraption that ended up bein' some sort of restaurant. Least that's what I thought till the thing started movin'. Excuse me! What on earth did mom get me on. I later figured out it was a train. It was cool though. Didn't go that fast, and for the rest of the evenin', I had to listen' to high pitched voices, guitars, they were tryin' to solve some mystery. I slept through most of it, but boy the humans sure were enjoyin' themselves. The next day we just sort of hung out, my mom, April, Winston, Dasher and I. Good we got to stay in the cool camper not tied up. Other than that, it's been more dog watchin', pretty relaxin' really. I'm mad at my April cuz the whole trip almost she wouldn't let me sleep with her. Excuse me! That has always been my spot when we camp. With my April on her bed. Winston gets too hot and he too big. O no though, every night it's Winston with my April. Fine. I'll go sleep on the hard floor. No it don't matter that I'm getting' old and my old bones hurt in the mornin' from sleepin' on the hard floor. Mom won't even let me sleep with her. But that ain't no surprise. She hardly lets me sleep with her when she's in a big bed. I'm used to it from her. But my April? Shoot! Mom did let me sleep with her one night. I was shocked.

One day it rained pretty much the whole day. We spent a lot of time inside that day too, but in the afternoon we got to go for a walk. Course I had to work, and Winston didn't, but that was ok I guess. Mom needs me. We saw a dead snake in the middle of the road. Shoot Winston almost stepped on it. What a blond. . We went down this trail and then all the sudden, my April lets Winston loose. Dasher got let loose too. And here's me, still in harness. Mom wouldn't let me go. Shoot ma! I wanna run too! So what if I don't come back when you call! I'm just sniffin' here lookin' for left hamburgers and hot dogs! Winston the goody goody stayed right with the humans and even went and swam in the pond. I have to say I did a good job leadin' mom through the woods though. She praised me up a lot all week. I was such a good dog. Winston even grabbed a hamburger on the walk. I laughed at him too cuz he got in big trouble. But I was jealous too. Least till I saw my April get it out of his mouth. He didn't even get the reward. We're back home now and it's good to be back in my crate. I got my cookie, and I'm signin' out for now. Y'all behave.

Reba the dog.

 

I'm bored

Hello all, Seems like I had another post several months ago that was entitled, I'm bored. Well, what can I say, I can only eat so many apples before I get bored. Speakin' of apples, that fool Squirrel! I'm gunna get 'em I mean it! He had the nerve to pick an apple off the tree and throw it, you heard right, throw it at Dasher. Dasher told me about it later. Said he pulled a mussle in his foot goin' after the dumb thing. Well I'm gunna get him for real! You don't mess with Dasher. Stupid squirrel comin' in here thinkin' he owns the place. Shoot! He lucky the humans don't pop him off with a gun or somethin if he gunna act like that. They think they so special cuz they can climb trees and jump from tree to tree. They ain't nothin' but cowards. Ok, enough of that rampage.

So I had to devise a plan to amuse myself today. I came up with a pretty good one too. Even if it did annoy the humans big time. Hey, I like to annoy the humans. So again, Winston was my helper in this. I told him, go to the door, and you see any movement, I mean anything, you alert us. So he did. And man did he do a good job. I ran over to the door so many times barkin' loud enough to scare anything. Then Dasher got in to it. Honestly, I think he gets the humans more upset than the rest of us. His bark really gets them upset. He starts barkin', they come runnin' to snatch him up. So this was fun for several times. Winston alerting us, me barkin' him growlin' and squeelin' in fear cuz he afraid of his own shadow, Dasher just barkin' cuz I am, and the humans gettin' up to make peace again and again. This one time, this lady came to our door, and we all went nuts. Mom comes over, and immediately goes for loud mouth Dasher. So she's got him quiet under one arm. Then she goes for Winston who by this time is about wettin' himself to get outside to greet the lady. He's jumpin' up and snortin' and all the rest of it. So mom grabs his collar with her other hand to pull him back. And here's me, dancin' around laughin' my head off cuz it's just so funny! Mom couldn't grab me, and then my Dasher mom came in all upset, this poor lady was just tryin' to give us a piece of paper. Dude I'm still laughin' about it right now. The humans threw us outside though soon after that. That wasn't cool. Shoot! I'm back to eatin' apples. I've already nocked over the apple bucket a bunch of times. Sure I can get apples off the ground, but why do that when they're nicely put in a bucket for me to just take.

We went on a walk tonight and Winston had to work too like me. I was glad. I don't like bein' the only one workin'. It was a nice walk, and mom said I did a good job. Though we were both hot when we got back. I think that's all my news for now. Stay tuned cuz I heard my mom talkin' to my Rachel, and apparently, mom messed up my twitter account so bad that she has to start over, and that means getting me a new e-mail address too. Shoot ma! Way to mess everything up! There she go! So, at least I still have this, and I'll update you all as to my new address and new twitter when that happens. Humans. Mom should have had my Rachel do it in the first place. Still though, I gotta give her credit, she did get it sort of workin', I can at least tweet. Ok y'all behave. I'll catch y'all later.

Reba the black dog.

 

a bunch of stuff

Ok y'all, I got a few things here to discuss..

First, a man came today to help me and mom cuz she fallin' apart over there. Shoot she don't trust me as much or somethin'. Anyway, he helped her and me get better with our team work. In all fairness I been slackin' too. I like to pull mom left and she doesn't want that. But I'm catchin' on. I think it helped a lot, I know it wasn't stressful, and mom was relaxed, and the guy had treats so you better believe I was right behind him my tail justa goin'. That was the first part of our day. After that I slept for a very long time cuz workin' like that wore me out! Well soon Dasher alerted us that the menis was back. This squirrel with a chip on his shoulder keeps comin' in our yard. Dasher has tried and tried to catch him, but can't quite do it. So I've determined to catch him myself. A leaderdog isn't sposed to chase squirrels, but I ain't in harness, and he drivin' me nuts. So Dasher alerted us to him, and Dasher mom opened the door and out we flew. Dasher and Me, after the squirrel. Winston, well he was sayin' somethin' like oo goody! Let's run and play. Clueless. Anyway, I take a flyin' leap from the deck and land near the tree he likes to run up. Then with another leap I was on the tree. I was tryin' to climb up after him. Dasher stopped mid run lookin' at me like I was nuts. Guess I was pushin' it. Dogs can't climb trees and here I be miss black panther climbin' a tree. I didn't get him though. But man I was close I mean it! I'm gunna get him before the summer's over. I'll do it again.

Later in the day mom decides to brush my teeth. I tollerate this act, but really mom, is this necessary? Shoot! So I figured out somethin' for you dogs to try if ya don't want your human to brush your teeth. Mom's brushin' away and it dawns on me. Hmmmmm. I gotta sneeze I think. I know! I'll work up a big one and do it right in her face. So I'm sittin' there, she's still brushin' away, and here it come. So I didn't even lower my head. Just blew a sneeze all over her face. I laughed so hard till I figured out she was laughin' too. Shoot ma it wasn't supposed to be funny! Unbelievable! So because I sneezed so violently, I then had a sneezin' fit while mom walked away just laughin' her fool head off. Well that backfired. Here I am sneezin' my branes out and she in there laughin'. Whatever. Maybe it'll work better for you and your human.

We went on a walk again tonight and I was real good for mom. We even ran a little. Mom just needs to learn to trust me more. And I need to learn that I can take charge again. That mom will let me take charge again. Relax ma! I got us covered. Just keep talkin' to me. Other than those adventures, I been sleepin' eatin' apples, and lovin' life. Accept that man who came today, shoot he agreed that I was over on my wait. What in the world! Excuse me! You were sposed to agree with me Mr.! Shoot! Now mom's really diggin' in her heels about the whole diet thing. Guess I'll just waste away. By Reba! Shoot!

I'll be back with more adventures soon, till then, look for me on twitter. My twitter thing isn't workin' all that well. I want mom to cansel it cuz I don't think anyone's gettin' my tweets, but she's still got it goin' for me. Humans. Bless her. She probably set it up herself. Should have asked my Rachel to do it. My Rachel! Fix my mom will ya? You're better at computers than her and knowin' mom she probably messed it all up.

Reba the dog.