On a serious note....

Greetings fellow bloggers and friends -- Dugan is reluctantly allowing his Mom to talk to you (I'm the one he calls the "slacker"). There will be no pictures in this post, just some very heart felt THANKS from all of Dugan's family and all of Sophie's family.

I have a picture of Dugan on my wall at work with a quotation under the photo. I don't know who the quote is from, but it reads,"Until one has loved an animal, a part of one's soul remains unawakened" . Over the course of the last few months, it has become very clear to me that there are so many people out there whose souls ARE "awakened" because they understand what it means to love an animal.

The kind thoughts and words that have been sent wishing Dugan well and expressing sympathy on the loss of sweet Sophie have meant more to my family and to Sophie's family than we can ever begin to tell you. From Dugan's past blogs, you might know that Sophie's Dad had moved to New Jersey a while back and Sophie and her Mom moved there in the summer last year -- not nearly long enough to establish friends that could understand the pain of losing Sophie. Her Mom read all the comments on Dugan's blog and saw that "dog friends" are everywhere and share our sorrow.  We are grateful for every thought, prayer or kind word. Dog people truly are the BEST!

I am currently scanning the archives for a walk down memory lane with Sophie and our first Golden, Lager, and then Sophie with Dugan -- I will post some happy photo memories soon. Until then, again, THANKS so very much.

A sad start to the New Year....

My family and I are heartbroken this day --- our beautiful friend Sophie has crossed the rainbow bridge. She shared a wonderful 13-1/2 years with her family and friends and there is a hole in our hearts. We are so grateful for the time we had with her at Christmas. Please keep Sopie's family (especially her Mom) in your thoughts and prayers. She was one beautiful lady and I will miss her more than I can ever tell you.

Rest in peace Sophie -- we will always love  you.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Greetings to all my friends and family. I have been silent for a couple of months now. If you follow my friend Farley's blog, you know that I have been very sick. I have a serious liver problem, but as we celebrate this Christmas holiday I am feeling a little bit better so I wanted to take a moment to wish you all a very MERRY CHRISTMAS and a New Year filled with love, good health and happiness. 

I would also like to give a very warm and heartfelt THANK YOU to my best friend Farley and his humans and my friends Augie & Ti and their humans for all their well wishes and caring support... you have all helped me and my humans survive this ordeal and we are all truly grateful. And thanks to all who posted well wishes to me on my blog and Farley's -- every kind word, thought or prayer has been greatly appreciated.

Enjoy a few pictures of my annual visit with my beautiful Sophie (she's my 13-1/2 year old friend) and me. "Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night" :o)

 

P.S. My Mom will update you on my health after the first of the year. :o)

What a wonderful day!

So, perhaps you will remember, last weekend, I got loaded into the car twice and I ended up at my Doc's and then at "Shampooch", my bath house. Well, yesterday, Mom loaded me into the car again. Here's me in the back seat...

 

This trip was strangely different... we didn't go the same way.... we drove for a really long time..... I was restless.... up and down, up and down.... Mom thought I was hot... it was raining off and on..... Mom put the air conditioning on in the car to cool me down.... I was still restless..... driving, driving, driving. Then suddenly a bumpy road. One turn, then another, then one more.... all of a sudden I knew where we were. Look up the road MOM!!!! It's Farley's house!!!!! I love you Mom for bringing me to Farley's house...

 

Farley and I ran and ran and ran ... no fences, I love Farley's house.

Farley's Mom cooked some yummy lunch ...

 

Farley and I got none of their good lunch, but we sat like good boys anyway...

 

We played all day...it was wonderful...

 

And then, as always, good things must end. Mom and I had to go home. Thanks for having me over Farley.... I had a great day!!  Oh and sorry about messing up your human's rug... sometimes car travel makes my stomach kind of a mess. Feel free to return the "mess" at my house any time :o)

 

I'm baaaaaaaaack.....

Hi Friends! Strangely enough, I have been absent for awhile through absolutely no fault of my Mom's. She has not been slacking this time, but rather the victim of technical difficulties in the computer world........OK, so her computer wigged out and she couldn't upload photos. But, with some support and guidance from Farley's Mom, and some technical genius from one of my Mom's co-workers (thanks A.D.) we are back in business. Rather than bore you all with the details of the past few weeks, I'll just give you a few visuals of what I have been up to.......

Mom and I played a little tennis.....

 

Well, actually, we just tossed a tennis ball around on this big painted green sidewalk that was all closed in and divided by a net. For heaven's sake people, once again, I have no thumbs.... I can't play tennis!

Then, my Dad had a birthday. It was great fun. As much as I love my Dad, I love birthdays even more. I mean there is tissue paper to be shredded, gifts to be slobbered all over... the fun never ends.

 

 

OK, so I made a bit of a mess. Look on the bright side Dad, I didn't rip up any of your gifts.

Birthdays are so exhausting...

 

That's about all I have been up to. Hope all is well with my blogger buddies. See you soon.

 

Wordless Wednesday.....

What a day!!!

Happy Labor Day Friends -- hope you are all enjoying the long weekend.....If you don't mind, I will tell you about mine.....

It started out when my Mom arrived home from work on Friday. She changed her clothes and I thought we were going for a walk, but instead, I was whisked into the car and away we went. It didn't take long for me to figure out where we were going......the VET! Lucky for my Mom I love my Dr. Jeff and that's a good thing because I have to go there alot. Mom says nice boys don't talk about my ailment so let me just say that it has something to do with the malfunction of some very unpleasant smelling glands -- enough said. If you have been there, you understand and if not, trust me, you don't want to know. So in addition to that whole issue we don't discuss, I also had to get a shot and some junk scraped off my "pointy" teeth. Dr. Jeff has cleaned some stuff off my teeth the last two times I have been there -- something about I am such a good boy that I don't have to be sedated to get those big teeth cleaned. I am OK for the first couple of scrapes and then I have had enough -- Dr. Jeff knows the drill and does not push my patience.

Then came Saturday. Mom did some stuff around the house and then suddenly I was whisked into the car again. We went a different route this time..... but then I instantly knew where we were going.... A BATH!  I was being hauled into Shampooch -- the self-service dog wash. I was pretty dirty so I tried to behave. About an hour later, back to the car -- a whole new, clean and sweet smelling Dugan.

Later Saturday evening and on into Sunday morning, the human's were engaging in a great deal of activity. Cleaning, chopping veggies, putting stuff in bowls, fussing with some giant dead bird that smelled really good ... I knew something was up. I stood at the front door thinking that someone must be coming to visit....

I waited and waited and then.........could it be true.... it IS true.... my very bestest pal Farley is here again -- a second visit in less than a month. And this time he brought both his humans. We blew through my house and almost took out the screen door -- we were so happy to see each other.

The humans were having Turkey AGAIN.......my Mom really does know how to cook other stuff, but Dad and Mom wanted to try grilling a turkey so they made Farley's humans the "guiney pigs" for their experiment. Farley and I made sure they were doing it right...

And of course we had to check out the snacks...

And then it was time for the humans to eat.

Farley and I took a nap.

What do you mean the party's over??

Bye Farley, come back soon -- I had a blast ...

Today I mostly spent doing this...

What a great weekend -- hope yours was too.