Duke Here. . .

Hi, Duke here. Mom is sleeping again.

I don't know why she is so tired since I got here.

She says I'm a "handful" - I guess that's a good thing.

We did have one "Oh Oh" this morning. I was shredding a newspaper

while she was starting a fire, and she reached over and grabbed it right out

of my mouth! Without even trading! I hardly had time to do all the

 warning signals, but I managed it. Stare, Stiff, Growl,

 but then I snapped at her. Oops!!

 I was sorry afterwards. She was too, so we both

apologized. I'm trying to be good, but everybody has

to do things the same way all the time, then I'll know what

to expect. We cuddled on the sofa later, so I hope it's OK

now. Lets see, what else did I do today . . .

There's a bunch of noisy men outside with buzzy things cutting up a big

tree, so I had to keep barking for the longest time. I got

pretty tired, but I know that's one of my jobs. I have a lot of

them. I made a big poop outside and one of the men almost stepped

in it. He called me an "elephant." I've never seen one of those.

I got a butter wrapper off the counter and ate it. It was yummy!

I'm being such a gentleman sharing my toys with Sunny.

She just thinks I'm wonderful, actually, she's not bad

looking, but for some reason I'm just not interested in fooling around.

I guess I think of her as a sister. She doesn't want my toys

anyway, she likes the soft stuffie ones.

The food is pretty good here, mom sprinkles a little cheese on top at breakfast,

and for dinner I had a spoonful of Chicken Pot Pie for dogs on top!

I'm trying hard to be good, Love

The Duke