Where's my Dasher mom and dad?

Hey folks,

Ok so somethin's up. My Dasher dad and mom went away last night, and they ain't come back yet. Mom's not worried at all about it. What on earth! Shoot! So this mornin', Dasher and I devised a plan. Until they do come back, we each gotta take turns guardin' both my mom and the yard. Well, there's two of us, so at all times, one of us has to be in the yard while the other is with my mom. So it's been workin' so far. Mom lets me out, Dasher comes in. Then when he goes out, I come in. So all bases are covered till they get back. I haven't a clue where they went, nor why mom's just like whatever about it. She must know somethin' we don't. O well. I don't care. I'm at least doin' my part. This a short post, I gotta go back outside. It's my turn for yard patrol. Till later y'all.

Reba the dog.

 

Finally! Some work again!

Hi there folks,

Well, lots to comment about in this entry. And to think it's only been 5 days since I last updated. First off, we're back home. Thank goodness! I slept for at least a day. But after that I was ready to go again. Would you believe though today's the first day mom's worked me since bein' home? Hello! We been home for 4 days woman! I was tired, but I ain't that tired shoot! Mom went out yesterday, and she went right around dinner time too. She went out the door and I, her faithful leader dog who goes everywhere with her, trotted after her. She looks down at me and says, no you have to stay. I do not! I jumped in the truck. In her seat too. Do you know what she did? She lifted me out of the truck like I was Dasher or somethin'! Excuse me! I wanna go with you! And what's worse, who's gunna feed me! My dinner time is literally 10 minutes away and I know you ain't comin' back in 10 minutes. Dasher mom can't feed me, that's mom's job! I was so upset that she put me back in the house. Turns out though they did get back fast, and they had Dasher with them. That brings me to my second topic.

Dasher had to go to the vet to get somethin' done. Think he got that teeth job that I had to get a year ago. The difference is though, they pulled a couple of his teeth, and they cut off some bumps on his body. Poor guy looks kind of funny too with bald patches everywhere with stitches. I call him patches now. He ain't too happy with me. Come on Dasher! I was nice and let you sleep on my new birthday bed last night, Eventually, and I brought you my toys, and acted, pretty concerned, I wasn't too much of a pest. Patches cumeer! O and he should be happy too cuz I got that dumb squirrel out of the yard earlier that mornin' too. I never chase those things. They just ain't worth my time, but Dasher wasn't around, I figured I better step in. So I let him have it. He didn't expect the big black dog to come after him. He may never come back again. Dasher's doin' lots better now. He's still getting' a lot of attention from the humans though. Well cool! When has Reba ever turned down an opportunity? They been feedin' him more often, in smaller meals. Well they assume, Reba's a good girl, she won't go in the kitchen, she knows she ain't aloud in there. Shoot! I go in there all the time when they ain't around. Anyway, I see mom fillin' that bowl of Dasher's again and again. Funny thing was, a few times, I was the one who emptied it not Dasher. It'd of went on this way too if mom hadn't caught me red handed. Shoot! I got in so much trouble too! Good grief ma! Well, least I got some of the food.

Speakin' of food, mom went with Dasher dad to a different store than usual to get my food tonight. I was all excited walkin' all through the store cuz Dasher dad had my food in the cart. Sure I'll follow him wherever with that bag of food. Now open it and let me have some.

Dasher and I got baths this week, and all the stuff that goes along with them. Mom even washed my bed. Sweet! I think that's about it. It's only been 4 or 5 days, but the humans have been runnin' it seems non stop. Mom was so proud of me tonight cuz before we went to the store, we went to a coffee shop and I did such a good job followin' my Dasher dad all over the place, then to our seat, then did the same going back outside. Mom was payin' attention to me, and we worked real cool together. I think my tail wagged all night. Shoot I was just glad to be in that harness again and goin' somewhere. Mom pulled it out and I was so excited I could barely stand it! Finally! I get to go somewhere! I'll be back later y'all. I'm getting' tired. Y'all behave.

Reba the dog.

 

Major stress and confusion

Ok y'all, I am so confused right now. Mom and I are in a hospital again, I think it's again for my mom's grandpa. I say that cuz we been to their house, and he ain't there. I haven't seen him though.

I'm gunna see if I can try and explain what I think's been goin' on. Then you'll see my source of stress.

Dasher mom, my mom and I drove up here and we stayed at my mom's aunt's house. She has a curly black poodle named Sasha Ray. I just call her curly. Black curly. So I was havin' the time of my life there, everyone was laughin' and havin' a good time. The next mornin' everything changed. The phone rang, the humans then began runnin' around and I just knew somethin' was seriously wrong. Mom fed me huridly, gave me water and got me in the truck and we sped down the road. Soon we arrived at my mom's grandparents house. The place where I get to be as obnoctious as I can be. Mom can't stand it but o well. That's where buddy lives. Or tan curly as I call him. So I look out the window, and there are cars everywhere, and I smelled smoke. Somethin' was definitely not right there. Dasher mom got out, I don't know where she went. Mom got me out and harnessed me up. Yep, somethin' definitely wrong. Mom never harnesses me up here. I get to run with the deer here normally. So I guided mom in to the house, where the smoke smell was worse, and everyone was just frantically tryin' to figure out what to do. There had been a fire. A pretty bad one too. That's when it started. The unsure feeling I have continued to have. From then on, I've just been tryin' to stay close to mom. Don't leave me mom, don't forget me. We took several road trips, been in this hospital a lot, I rode down here with mom in our truck, but it wasn't Dasher mom drivin'. I finally saw Dasher mom here, don't know how she got here, Dasher dad showed up, and he had Dasher too. O y'all, this was funny. I don't think Dasher is aloud in here, but the humans are smugglin' him in anyways. They stuff him in a bag and zip it up. I laugh so hard every time they do it. Dasher hates it! He does it, but I can hear him grumblin' from inside the bag the whole time. He keeps sayin', "Why can't they get me a smaller harness like yours Reba"? I'm like cuz Dasher you too small. You can't be a service dog. He gets all offended then. Goes on and on about how that's discrimination and whatever just cus he ain't the right dog breed, and how he's a better dog than me, better behaved and all that. Whatever! He really gets goin' about it. Poor guy.

So anyways, that's what's been goin' on in the last few days. I been glued to mom. As long as I'm with her, and she makes sure I have my food, I'm ok. I've been workin' a lot too. I'm tryin' to learn this hospital, but I'm sadly failin' I'm afraid. It's very confusing and I can't seem to get any turn right.O

! This is another thing. So I'm layin' at mom's grandparents house, all the sudden mom comes out holdin' somethin'. Well I'm instantly interested. This thing was movin' and it could fit in mom's hand. I don't know what it was. Mom said it was a kitten. But I ain't never seen a cat that tiny. I was sniffin' it, I wanted to see it bad! No ma I ain't gunna leave it! Let me see it! Ma! I ain't gunna sit or lay down let me see the squeaky. By now it was squeakin'. What is it! She brought out two more of them too. Had her lap full of them! Where they comin' from! Let me see them! Forget it ma you can't keep me away from them.

I'm sorry this entry is so confusin'. I literally don't know where I be goin' next. Just this mornin' I watched mom packin' her stuff again. So we must be goin' somewhere else. We stayed here for two nights. But since mom's packed up, we must be spendin' the night somewhere else tonight. I saw her pack my stuff though so I'm ok. I think. I'm layin' on the bed now. Mom actually let me use the computer. Can't believe that one. I was gunna write about what we did earlier this week, but I can't remember from all the flurry of activity. I know mom almost fell off one of those exercise machines again. I'm tellin' ya she's gunna kill herself on those things. Why can't she be more careful I mean it! Ok y'all, I'll go for now, till I can figure out again what's goin' on and have some sort of security back in my life. Thank goodness I got mom. I just left the bed to go lay by her. They're all rather annoyed with me right now cuz I'm stressed, and when I'm stressed, I tend to clear the room. Shoot I'm sorry! I can't help it! I'll write again when I can y'all. And I'll keep you posted as to when I will have my own facebook up and runnin'.

Reba the dog.

 

It's my birthday

Ok cool! Today was national give presents to Reba day! Otherwise known as, my birthday. Now I be eight years old. I got all kinds of stuff today. Extra treats, a new bed from my Dasher mom and dad, a collar from mom, and a big new nylabone that mom said was from my April. Sweet! O and I got ice cream too. That was the coolest. I'm the happiest dog in the world right now. Accept I'm a little miffed at my Dasher mom right now cuz she in the kitchen cuttin' stuff up and she ain't sharin'! Hello! It's my birthday! Give me that! Even my Dasher dad gave me a carot today! So I finally gave up and now I'm layin' on my new bed. Had to kick Dasher off cuz he likes it too. It's mine go away!

A few house keeping matters, Mom says I may have some new readers. She's been promotin' my blog on her facebook page. Cool. She's supposed to be getting' me on facebook but bless her she havin' trouble. My Rachel! Help my ma again! Dude she can't even get me on facebook! She did get rid of my twitter though. Bet she got help from my Rachel to do that too. Again, bless her. That was a big mess. I think I'd be more likely to update facebook anyways, and I'd get more readers. So stay posted y'all. I'll let you know if and when I get on there.

But anyways, welcome to all my new readers, hope you enjoy this lab's writin's.

Since I last wrote, mom's been to that place with the machines again, this time she took me around with her as she moved from machine to machine. I felt a little better about that. Least I was close to her. Yesterday we were out a long time. Shoppin' in different stores, mom and my Dasher mom spent 20 minutes in the dog food isle in one store. Hello! I gotta walk up and down this dog food isle and smell this food and don't even get any of it? Guess it's like humans when they buy their food. They spend a long time picking it out. But shoot they don't have a nose that can smell an apple from a mile away!

On Sunday I went with mom to a place where there are a lot of older people. They just thought I was the greatest thing ever. I wagged my tail some at them, but they didn't have food so I wasn't too interested. Some of the people didn't seem to like me though. One lady kept pointin' at me, and shaking her head no as she talked to my mom. Sounded like they were sayin' I couldn't be there. Hello! I can be anywhere with my mom! Mom must have told them that because they left and I got to stay. Good! Leave me alone!

Well, that's about all for now. Looks like we goin' on another trip. I saw Dasher mom packin' a bunch of stuff, and mom was packin' a bag too. I'll have more to report when I either get back, or find out where we're goin'. Until next time then. Peace out.

Reba the dog.

 

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.

 

Teachin' Dasher, and tryin' still to understand humans

Hey everyone,

Not much too excitin' has happened since I last wrote. We went up north for a brief, and I mean brief visit. It was a strange trip. My mom's grandpa was real sick so we visited him in a place called a hospital. I did a good job leadin' mom around that place. I found the pop machine for her, found the restroom, found the elevator, and found the room her grandpa was in. She was real proud of me. Especially cuz I was bein' nothin' but bad out of harness at the house. Hey I can't help it. There's so much wild life up where they live I can't help it. I couldn't settle down for nothin'.

We were only there for a day though. Spent more time in the truck than anythin' else. Since bein' back, mom's gone to that place with the machines a few more times. Once she dropped her little music thing, she bent down to pick it up and the machine almost killed her! I mean she almost fell off the thing. Hello ma! And she tells me to just lay back down and stay. Excuse me! That machine's gunna hurt my mom I just know it. She ain't the most careful human. She's always hurtin' herself she don't need help from a big machine.

So the other day, I was happily sleepin' on my April's bed, mom comes in and literally sits right on my head. Excuse me! I'm here! She must not have known I was there. But still! She's all like O sorry Reba. Tryin' to pet me and stuff. Shoot ma leave me alone I'm tryin' to sleep here. I can't wait to sit on her head when she's layin' somewhere where I can do so. See how it feels.

Dasher figured out a way to get in the garden to role in that black muck. The dumb part is, he did it in front of the humans. Hello fool! Shoot! Dasher mom caught him, and then Dasher dad came out to close off the way in. Man! I gotta do some serious trainin' with that old dog. He didn't even role in the muck. He didn't have a chance too. I'm like thanks Dasher. Now I can't try it either cuz you did it when the humans were watchin'. shoot!

We went to the mall yesterday and there were tons of people there. I did a pretty good job weevin' in and out of the croud. I followed Dasher mom pretty well. Got off a few times, but I think mom was pleased.

I'm still gettin' apples and carots from Dasher mom and dad. Shoot I love it here! Mom gives me cookies, Dasher mom and dad give me apples and carots, I get to go outside whenever I want, enjoy the fresh air.O

 That reminds me. Mom's been takin' Dasher and me for walks too like she do when my April and Winston are home. Usually when that happens, my April walks Winston and Dasher together. Winston isn't usually workin' cuz my April can see better than my mom. Mom's been workin' me more on just walks around the neighborhood. So now, when mom walks us, I work, and Dasher just walks. So I been teachin' him a thing or two about keepin' mom safe. The first walk, Dasher started on the right side, but ended up everywhere. He wanted to be on the left so he could sniff and mark every blade of grass. So annoyin'! And he was gettin' his leash wrapped around mail boxes and signs. Ok, First off, I'm on the left dude. That ain't gunna change. I'm doin' my job here. I don't care if he is alpha. Not with my harness on. We on a mission Dasher we ain't playin'! Do that in the backyard. So then he'd leave that and come out to the road walkin' in front of me. Hello! I'm workin' here you can't just walk in front of me! So we had a serious talk. I don't care if he older than me. This is how it needs to be. I'm tryin' to keep mom safe here and tryin' to keep myself from getting' popped. Don't you dare ma! It's Dasher falt! He all over the place over here. So the next time, mom again put Dasher on her right side, and this time gave him a shorter leash so he couldn't get up to his usual tricks. Much better. He sulked for a while, but finally I think he got over it. I showed him some of the stuff we service dogs do to help the humans out. He'd ask what each command ment so I'd explain. It was a nice walk. I hope mom does more of those. Least that's better than the machine thing. Cuz I get to walk too. How am I supposed to lead mom when she's on a dumb machine.

Well, that's about it. It's been rainin' for a few days so I'm all smelly and I have to get a towel rubbed all over me whenever I come in from outside. Dasher too. I'll write again when I can. Right now I hear a weird noise. Gotta go check it out!

What? Ok y'all, if this ain't the weirdest thing. I'm watchin' my Dasher dad, he on a bike, peddlin' like crazy, but he ain't goin' nowhere. I mean it! Why do humans do this kind of stuff. Take the bike and go somewhere. I don't know why I even bother tryin' to figure them out. Bein' a dog is so simple. Eat, sleep, and play for most, and throw in some work for others of us. Ok, y'all be good. Matilda, I heard from my mom you are again bein' seen by a trainer. Girl? Shoot! I thought I told Winston to straighten you up. He too nice I guess. Whatever. You better keep my Rachel safe. That's our job you know. Anyway I don't know why I try with pep talks with you. All you say is play! Peace out y'all. It's nap time next to mom's bed now.

Reba the dog.

 

Happenin's at home

Hey there everyone. Still writin' from Ohio. I feel I have to keep sayin' because we seem to be movin' around a lot lately. I'm kind of sad cuz my April and Winston went away a few days ago. Dasher and I been wanderin' around sort of lost for a while. The cool thing is though, mom got out all my stuffed toys. The ones Winston can't have cuz he slobbers too much all over them and gets them all grose. I been on cloud 9 caryin' those around.

Before Winston and my April left, the humans went to another place with a maze and pumpkins. This place had apples too though and boy was I in heaven. We rode another hay wagon and when we got off, instead of pickin' a pumpkin, the humans got to pick a few apples. Well shoot the ground was littered with them so I picked a few too. There were other dogs and animals at this place and mom was proud of me because although I was excited, I listened and obeyed her when she said leave it. Now give me a carrot ma. I was a good girl. Winston was the one to get us out of the corn maze this time. I seriously don't know why the humans do that. And really, the whole apple thing didn't make sense either. They have a perfectly good apple tree in their back yard, and they go to another place to get apples. O well, all the more in the back yard for me. Accept Dasher dad keeps pickin' them up and throwin' them away! Hello!

The other thing Dasher and I been doin', Winston did it some too, is rolin' in this black stuff near the garden in the yard. It smells aweful and gets the humans all upset. They touch us, then recoil all grosed out. We get instant baths. O well. They ain't got nothin' better to do anyway. Now though, Dasher dad put up a fence around that area. Shoot! We can't role in the muck anymore. Man can't have no fun I mean it!

Mom washed all my bandannas today and my shirts. I have so many of those things. I'm wearin' one right now actually. Mom says it has cherries on it. Looks like just dots to me. Whatever.

My last bit of news, mom's startin' to go to this place we never been to before. There are lots of big machines there that humans get on to walk or run, or there's some that look like bikes only they don't move they stay still. Well it all looks rather concernin' to me. The first time we went, mom told me to lay down and stay. So I did until I saw the machine she was on start movin'. Hello! That thing's gunna hurt my ma excuse me! Ma get off that thing! Mom kept tellin' me to stay. I didn't listen. I moved to the other end of the machine so I could make sure to be there if the thing suddenly pushed mom off. I couldn't save her from where I was. Dasher mom told on me though and mom moved me back to the wall. She finally got off the thing and was going over to the bike lookin' thing. She again told me to stay. Uh no ma! I'm even further from you if you ride that thing. And I don't care if it ain't movin'. It might, and I gotta protect you from it. I got up and ran over to mom waggin' my whole body. She let me come and lay next to her. See ma? That's all I wanted. I laid perfectly still the whole time she was on it too. Well today we went again and would you believe it, mom got smart. She hooked my leash to the machine that the humans walk on. Shoot! I was now trapped. I had to stay and watch. Honestly though, I knew what to expect this time though so it wasn't as bad. I don't understand humans. If you wanna walk or run, do it outside. Why they gotta have a machine to do it. If you wanna walk faster, walk faster. No they gotta push buttons to make the machine go faster. Same with the bike. Just ride a bike outside! Least then you actually go somewhere. Seems all rather pointless to me. Humans are so weird! Well, I think that's all I have to report for now. I'm off to see just how many carrots and apples I can get from my Dasher mom. Cool!

Reba the dog.