One worn out lab

What a week this has been y'all. It started out bad. I got really sick one night. I ate somethin' that just did not agree and I messed my bed and crate all up. Mom spent half the night cleanin' from my mess. I'm sorry ma! I couldn't help it! So what does she do? The next mornin' I overhear her tellin' my Dasher mom, no more carots or apples for Reba for a while. Shoot ma! It was just one bad apple I mean it! Come on don't say that! Then she went away and left me in my crate. Wouldn't even take me with her! I was still feelin' kind of sick, but shoot I would have gone with her. O well. She came back later and took me with her that night so all was good. The thing is though, I thought it was just a normal church service, boy was I mistaken. I think somethin' got in to those people. There was a lot more singin', and the humans were clappin' and havin' a good old time. Then next thing I know, a whole group of guys is yellin' different things while people from the croud put money in buckets these guys were carying. It's just money y'all, somethin' you spend every day. But they were yellin' stuff like amen, and halalooia, runnin' up and down the isles gettin' money. I thought for sure I was gunna get stepped on. So much for a nap tonight. Everyone was smilin' and havin' a grand time about it too. Mom said something later that it was called old fassioned Sunday. They had a special speaker and before he spoke, he did an act with a puppet. It was a dog. So he's makin' the dog talk, and then he makes the dog let out this howl! Said the dog was gettin' excited too. Well can he get excited later? I'm again tryin' to take a nap here. And nothin' accept food is that excitin' to a dog. It was pretty funny to watch though. All the humans were laughin' and loved it.

This week we went campin' again, but y'all, this was the weirdest campin' trip I've ever been on. Normally, this is the routine for the humans campin' trips. Dasher Dad brings the camper home, they all load it with their stuff and our stuff, then we all pile in the truck, drive a long ways, park in the woods and camp. That's how we always done it before. This time though, I saw mom packin' a bunch of stuff, she loaded it in the truck, then put me and Dasher in the truck, and Dasher dad took off with us. Well I was all concerned. Shoot I thought he left my mom! We drove to get the camper. Well then I just figured I was along for the ride. But Dasher dad brought the camper to a camp ground, with more like bushes than trees, and parked it. He got out and hooked me up and started setting up the camper. By now I was real confused. Guess I'm campin' with just Dasher dad. Dasher didn't really know what was goin' on either. Then, a while later, Dasher mom shows up with mom! O I was so excited I had to vocalize about it. I'm sure the whole camp ground heard me. So, the rest of the week, we spent campin'. Weird part was, this camp ground was so close to our home. I mean we went to our home a few times during the week. I'm tellin' ya it was the strangest thing. Humans are so weird! They must have gotten tired of their house and wanted some new scenery or somethin'. It was weird campin' without my April and Winston. Cool thing was, I got my April bed all to myself. Sweet! And it was strangely quiet without squeal head around. Dasher got to be loose the whole time. Goody goody. One day we spent doin' a lot of walkin'. Around a beech, and inside a shop where the humans bought more stuff and I was admired as always. If I could role my eyes I would. Where's Winston when ya need him. He's not only cute, he's big. I can easily be overlooked when he around and that's how I like it. We went in this nature place, O man y'all, I have never had such a nose overload in my life. I'm like ma you better not correct me I'm goin' nuts with all the animal skins in here. I found a fox, I sware it was alive. I sniffed and sniffed it waitin' for it to move. It never did, but I still say it was real and alive. We went on another walk after that through the woods. I had to walk mom on this boardwalk thing. She said I did a good job. Kept her a safe distance from the edge of the thing.

Today was the strangest day ever. It's that time of year where humans dress up and look even funnier than they normally do. Well even mom dressed up. She put on this black wig, my Dasher mom put black stuff on her face, she wrapped herself in a sheet and thought it was the funniest thing ever. I don't get it! Kids kept comin' to the door too and Dasher mom was givin' out candy. Cool! I want some candy! Here kid, take my goose while I get your candy! Unfortunately that didn't last long. Mom put me away in my crate. Shoot!

Speaking of candy. Last night the humans went to this party thing, and yes, there was food there. Lots of it. I had to wear my gentle leader too and I was so mad! There was this collie there who wouldn't leave me alone and I was tryin' to be good and mom put the dumb thing on anyways. Guess I was pullin' too much. Come on ma! I'm tryin' to figure this out here! As the humans were getting' food I talked a bit to the horse standing there watchin' all the commotion. I said how does it feel to have all these humans invadin' your home? He just laughed and said he didn't care. Shoot I would. Y'all get out! This is my space. Unless you've come with food for me, then we'll talk. So the humans ate, sittin' around this enormous fire. I mean y'all, it was the biggest fire I've ever seen. Then mom puts me on yet another hay ride. I have ridden three of those things now. This one was by far my favorite because of the candy. So mom picks me up, puts me on the wagon, climbs on after me and away we go. Well, she takes my harness off. Now, you all need to know, as soon as my feet hit the hay, I knew there was somethin' sweet barried in that hay. I had to plan how to get it carefully. When mom took my harness off, I snatched that opportunity. I began roling around, doin' the, I'm a cute dog act for everyone. All the while rubbin my nose deep in the hay lookin' for that candy. I kept actin' like I was playin' till finally, Score for Reba! I found the candy. But shoot! Someone took it away from me! Hey I worked hard for that I mean it! So with much grumbling I went back in to the itchy hay to look for more. Mom was watchin' by now though, I knew I had to act fast. I found another piece and was happily chewing away when someone told mom. Shoot! Mom reached down and pried open my mouth, so embarrassin'! Then threw the candy off the wagon. Shoot! I was so close too! I was tryin' to get the wrapper off. It was a fun ride though. Even though I spent most of it candy hunting, I got lots of attention while doing so. One kid was tryin' to barry me in hay. That was pretty funny.

As you can see, this week has been busy for the humans and us dogs. Mom came to get me for a walk today and Dasher thought he was goin' too. Poor guy always gets so disappointed when I get to go places he can't. I try and tell him it's really not all it's cracked up to be, he don't believe me. But I can't say as I blame him. I always wanna be with the humans too. If nothin' else, they provide a constant source of amusement for me. They may not always give me all the food I want, but really, I can't complain. I'll write again next week after seeing what it holds. Lots of stuff happenin' around here. And happy haloween everyone. For all you dogs, Haloween is where you try your hardest to get as much candy from the humans as you can. Just don't get sick though. Then they'll know what you did.

Reba the dog.