Two therapy dogs!

It's official. Me and Scout are BOTH therapy dogs!

I got my official therapy dog ID card in the mail today. Mommy said that now we can find a place for me to to therapy and maybe a new place for Scout since he didn't really like being in school.

I have to remember to be really good when I do therapy. No peeing on stuff and no eating stuff. I'm actually a pretty good boy when I go out to visit people. And I look pretty in my new moo cow collar and leash. So I'm going to be a good therapy dog.

Mommy said me and Scout both need baths because we stink like the stinkiest things in the whole wide world, and stinky dogs are not allowed to do therapy. I don't know if I'm going to like being a therapy dog if I have to have baths. But I get to go places in the dogmobile with Mommy, so maybe I will after all!!

If you need a therapy dog to come to visit you and snuggle you and make you smile, you just let me and Scout know and we'll be there to give you therapy!
Love,
BANDIT

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Merry Christmas!!

Two pups waiting for Santa

Me and Scout had a great Christmas! On Christmas Eve, we wanted to see Santa when he came to bring us presents but Mommy said we had to go to bed. So we told Murphy to wake us up when Santa came.

Murphy tried to wake us up, but Mommy wouldn't let us get out of bed. Murphy made noise and made noise and ripped up the garbage can bags. But Mommy said, "Stay!" whenever me and Scout tried to run downstairs. Rats. Santa is my pal and I wanted to say hello to him and his reindeers.

Anyway, on Christmas Day, me and Scout opened some presents. We got new collars and leashes. That is like people getting socks. My new collar and leash are green and they have moo cows and Scout's are blue and red and have bones and hearts. They are supposed to be guaranteed if they get chewed. So I ate my leash.


This is my new leash. Daddy took this pictured with his new camera.

This is my new leash about eleventeen minutes later.

After we opened our presents, we had so much fun we opened some more presents under the tree.

Scout likes to open presents. When he finished with his, he opened Cassie's.

I opened my present and then tried to get Daddy to give me some of his breakfast.

Then the best part of the day happened. Everyone came to our house! Nana and Grandpa Art and Grandma and Cassie and Uncle Ryan and even Officer Steve came in his uniform! He parked his police car in the driveway. We bet everyone thought he was coming to arrest me for being a bad dog. Hahahaha!! But he loves me.


This is Uncle Ryan!



Even Daddy has some fun!



Grandma and Nana. Nana moved. She's not always blurry.

 

Grandpa Art is telling Cassie a big fish story.



Nana didn't move this time. And look, Officer Steve came over on his dinner break!



Daddy had some fun with his new camera. He took this silly picture of me and my tongue.

There was a lot of food to eat. Ham and cheese and dips and crackers and shrimps and Grandma's fresh banana bread and crunchy vegetables. And you know I wanted to get right up on the table and eat it all. Except I didn't. I just put my paws on the table a few times and tried to get some licks off of people's plates. Grandpa Art and Nana said I am a bad, bad dog. Except they don't know how bad I have been so they don't know how good I was actually behaving!

I think they should bring Lily next time and we can get into some good trouble.

Anyway, everyone drank lots of wine and ate lots of food and had lots of laughs and it was some good times.

Then yesterday, we napped all day. It's super c-c-c-cold outside again today and Mommy said, "Let's stay in our jammies and snuggle." Except me and Scout want to go romp and play.

And guess what? The chickens are laying A LOT of eggs! Lucy and Ethel started laying eggs again so everyone else decided to lay some eggs, too. Mommy had about fortyleven million eggs in the fridge.

So we had some great times at Christmas even though me and Scout didn't get to see Santa. We got some presents and we got lots of eggs and we drank lots of wine and had lots of laughs.

Now we get to play party time again on New Year's eve!

Love
BANDIT

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Dear Santa

Dear Santa,

That thing with the mailman was an accident. Honest.

Love,
Bandit


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Dear Santa,

Can you take Bandit back to the North Pole with you for a while? I need a break.

Love,
Scout

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Mommy got the best Christmas present ever!

Flow and Brigtte, who are the mommies of our pals Kona and Killian (who we can't bark at through the fence anymore; boo), gave our Mommy THE BEST present ever.

They took stuff from my blog and turned it into a super fantastic beautiful book!!

Mommy almost cried when she saw it, because she knows how much time it took to make it and because she isn't as good a friend as she should be to deserve this great gift.

But me and Scout love it because we published a book!! Maybe we will do on a book tour on our street.

Kona and Killian have the best mommies. They are super smart and talented and are nicer than any other dog mommies we know.

Merry Christmas!!

Love Bandit, who is now a published author


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Eating shoes and emergency poop

I got very bored today and ate some stuff, like paper and an envelope and part of Mommy's shoe.

The part of the shoe I ate is not something you are supposed to eat. It's a squashy thing that goes inside and helps Mommy's feet feel happy when she walks.

I didn't eat a lot of the shoe. Just part. But now I have a tummy ache and emergency poop. That means that when I have to go outside to poop I have to go out fast. It's not a code red emergency. But it's close.

So you should know that if you are going to eat shoes, you probably are going to have emergency poop. So stay near the potty. Just in case.

Love,
Bandit

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We got a Christmas tree

Hurry up, Daddy! We're ready to go get a tree!

Mommy and Daddy and Scout and me went to Mr. Swagler's today to get a Christmas tree. Yay! That means Santa is coming soon!

Daddy and us dogs at Mr. Swagler's.

I sat nice for a picture.

Scout likes to bury his whole head under the snow!

Me and Scout were really good. We only peed on one or two trees. And the tree man didn't even care! He said, "It's not the first time" and told us that his dogs pee on everything, too. Hahahaha!!

Daddy stuffed the tree in the truck and then stuffed us dogs in there with it.

Hmm. Smells like Christmas!

Then we went home and put it in a tree holder with water and Mommy puts lots of twinkly lights on it. If you turn off all of the lights, it's nice to sit and look at the pretty Christmas tree.

OK, Santa! We're ready!!

Love,
BANDIT!!!

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Mommy takes a picture of the ghost puppy

Mommy's new camera is a super camera. It took a picture of the ghost puppy! The ghost puppy was busy taking toys out of the toy basket.

See! Everything is not always my fault!!

Love,
BANDIT!!!

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The ghost puppy pees on Mommy's leg

So me and Scout and Mommy went to the park the other day to romp in the snow. Our new pal Devo was there with his mommy.

While the mommies were talking, us dogs were romping, and someone sneaked up behind Mommy and went potty on her leg.

She didn't feel it because she had on fortyleven pairs of pants. But Devo's mommy said, "Oops, someone peed on your leg. It wasn't Devo but I don't know which other dog did it."

You know who got blamed.

I don't remember peeing on Mommy's leg. I think it was the ghost puppy again.

Love
Bandit, who gets blamed for everything


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Bandit gets snow for his birthday

This is how much snow we had in our driveway yesterday.

We smooshed it all down and used it all up.

Yesterday was my birthday. I turned Terrible Two years old. We didn't have a party or a cake. But Mommy took us to the park to romp and we played with our pal Devo. There was a lot of snow and we romped and romped. Snow is like a super present!

Then later that night Mommy made caramel popcorn and let me and Scout be the official tasters. There was popcorn flying out of the popcorn machine and every time Mommy stirred the popcorn in the oven it jumped out on the floor and me and Scout ate it up. So that was like a party!

This is how much snow we had in our yard this morning!

We used up most of it, too.

We went to the park again today. It was a different park, There is A LOT more snow at this park. Up to our chins! I romped and romped and me and Scout chased snowballs. Mommy said I am getting to be a really bossy naughty dog because I bite my brother a lot. I have to work on that.

This is how much snow was at the park today.

It was up to our chins! And no one had used any of it!! Snow!

But the snow is so exciting I can't help myself! I want it all to myself!!

Snow! Snow! Snow!!

Mommy thinks that playing in the snow will wear me and Scout out and we'll take a nap. HAHAHAHA, Mommy! You're so funny. We just want more! More snow!!

Love
Bandit

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How not to wake up your mommy

Just in case you didn't know, you are not supposed to use your teeth to tell your mommy you love her. Or give her a head butt in her eyeball. Or bark in her ears. Or sit on her upset stomach while you scratch your ears.

Love, BANDIT!!!

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