Dog gone...

JACK

I'm a bit sad.  I had a lovely time here, but I have to go back to my real mammy today.  I'll be glad to see her but it was great here.  Every day I got up early, had some breakfast, then went for a long walk in the park.  Everybody we met said hello to me, some of them rubbed my head and one even gave me treats.  And when we came back from the park I went to work with the small blond one and Rusty.  Although it didn't seem very much like work.  I didn't have to wear my jacket and I had lots of toys to play with, and I also got to snooze in a nice warm bed.  I did want to sleep under the desk like Rusty does,

but the blond one said that there wasn't enough room for me, Rusty and her legs, so I had to sleep beside the filing cabinet.

I tried to eat it but it didn't taste very nice.  I did find some very nice apples in the garden to eat, but there wasn't very many of them.  We also had loads of visitors who brought things for me to play with.  One of them brought a toy that was only for Rusty, but I took it when he wasn't looking.  Then I ate it.  Another small visitor brought some balls, she threw them for me and I chased them, it was great fun for a while, then I ate them too...

I'll miss the blond one, the tall dark one and my best pal, Rusty.  I think he'll be lonely when I'm gone.  I hope I can come back here again for another holiday soon.

RUSTY

At last, I'll get some peace.  The young pup will be gone tomorrow and I will once again reign supreme!  There will be no more fighting for my place under the desk!  And I won't have to listen to all that 'ooh-ing and ah-ing' that goes on in the park every morning while I'm trying to get on with my walk.  Some good did come out of this episode tho', I finally got the recognition I deserve for my years of good service and was rewarded with a lovely toy by one of the visitors.  But, I can't seem to find it now...

ME

It was a very quick week!  Jack's gone back to his full time walker.  The house is very quiet now.  We had a storm here on Sunday night and it did some damage to my garden.  But it was nothing like the damage that hurricane Jack did.  He ate the apples off the tree (lucky there were only two) and when he was finished them, he ate the tree!  He also ate a rose bush, thorns and all.  And whatever he didn't eat in the garden he brought into the kitchen.  The floor in the kitchen is covered in chewed up bits of plants.  The floor in my office is covered in chewed up tennis balls and string from a rope that somebody brought for him.  It will take me a week to clean up, if I can ever find the energy.  I'm exhausted from the 6.30am wake up calls!

But I don't care.  We had great fun with him.  His crazy antics kept us laughing,  And much to Rusty's annoyance he followed him everywhere.  And if Rusty paid him no attention, he would nip one of his back legs, and then all hell would break loose!  Jack was the toast of the park, where everybody had time for him and wanted to know how he was getting on.  But we had to follow all the rules and keep him 'working' so I couldn't really let him play too much while he was on the lead and 'training'.  It seems a shame that he can just be a pup all the time.  But as my Dad said he (Jack) is going to go out into this world to do great work.  We are all wondering who will get him when he is fully trained, or what his duties will be.  It's hard to imagine this mad puppy being somebody's eyes or ears.

Anyway, I'd love to stay and chat but  I have some cleaning up to do, although you'll have to excuse me for a minute, 'cos I think I have a little tear to shed first....