All I want for Christmas......

Morning peeps!  I hear today is your last day of school for a long time! I've already got something very interesting under my tree...check it out!

This bone might keep me busy for the next year!  My "forever Grandma" brought it to me....thanks Grandma!
I've heard all your great ideas for me for Christmas: cat food,a plane ticket to Texas, cheese, treats....I love all of these ideas...thanks! I think I will use this time to be grateful for my new family that has given me a warm house, food, water, a kitty cat and more love than this dog knows what to do with.

I do have an idea that I am going to ask Santa for and I think you should too.

PENCILS, PENCILS and more PENCILS! You have to have pencils in order to do well in school!  I always think I look smarter when I have a pencil...what do you think?

Sometimes I forget that you don't eat them. 

I sincerely hope you have a blessed Christmas full of love, family, friends, cat food, cheese, bones and PENCILS!!!!!!  See you in 2011!!

It's a dog's life but it's a good life!
Mallone

Brrrrrrrrrrrrrr............

Brrrrrrrr.....it's cold outside!!!! We got a little snow this weekend but the temperature got done to 1 degrees!! How is a dog suppose to stay warm around here?  I think a vacation to Texas might be in order.


I love my walks but it's kind of tough when it's below FREEZING outside.  What's a dog to do?  My "forever family" says that I am EXTRA CRAZY inside when it's cold outside....bring on the sun!

I'm starting to make my list for Santa....got any ideas for the crazy, cold dog in Missouri? Maybe a few more cats to chase.  : )

It's a dog's life...but it's a good life,
Mallone

What is a basement?

WHATS UP PEEPS!!!!!  Say what.......I hear some of you have questions about what a basement is!  I forget sometimes that I live in Missouri and you all live in Texas.  Yup....we have basements in most of our houses.  Here is my explanation:

Here is the front of my house....come on inside! (can you see me? I'm kind of a cutie!)

Once you are inside.....here is the door that goes down to the BASEMENT.

When you open the door....these are the stairs that go DOWN to the basement .

At the bottom of our stairs is a popcorn popper....I always have to stop and take a sniff...have I told you about my love for popcorn?

Turn around...and here is our basement!  I love to chase the cat around the pool table!!!!

Here is the door in our basement that walks outside.

Here is the back of the house where you walk out of the basement.  Now I want to tell you about my FAVORITE thing in our basement.......

CAT FOOD......YUM YUM!  Hey peeps....now you know all about my Missouri basement!

It's a dog's life, but it's a good life,
Mallone

Are you a leader?

Do you lead....or follow?  I must admit....I am more of a follower.  I would like to be more of a leader but I just can't help myself.  I think that being a shelter dog has made me more of a follower.  I am insecure and am afraid my "forever Mom" is always going to leave me....so I DO NOT like to let her out of my sight!!!!!

When she does laundry......I go to the laundry room.  When she goes to the mailbox....I go with her.  If she goes to the basement....I go down with her.  When she goes to bed...I go too!  She is my fearless leader and I follower her.  Even when I chase that darn cat...I'm really just following.  I'm going to work on this.

When you look up a leader in the dictionary.  It says that a leader is one who goes before, is at the head or in advance....one who leads the way.  If you are a good leader you want others to look up to you...by working hard in school, having good values and always being kind to others.

When you look up follower in the dictionary it says that you follow others in regard to his or her beliefs, or you imitate and copy.  Sometimes when we follow we do not give ourselves a voice and we allow others to make decisions (bad and good) for us.

Which one are you?  A leader or a follower?  I am going to try to be more of a LEADER!!!!!! Which brings me to why I wrote this post today:

My "forever MOM" has been putting up Christmas decorations this week and climbing a ladder.....I am trying to follow her.

HEY...."How did she get up there?"

"Oh, this is easy!!!!! What's the matter...haven't you ever seen a dog climb a ladder before?"

It's a dog's life...but it's a good life!
Mallone

Do your ears hang low?

Do your ears hang low......can you tie them in a knot, can you tie them in a bow? My theme song...get it?

I love my BIG ears!  They make me special.  Some people laugh at me or point at me when I'm walking because they cannot believe how big my ears are. I accept them because they  make me different and special.  What makes you different and special?

It's a dog's life but it's a good life!
Mallone

Home, sweet home!!!

My "forever family" is home....and so am I!!!! Back to my life of sleeping, eating, walking and chasing cats....gotta love it! Here I am taking a little nap on our sofa.

I had a good time at the Elk Hound Ranch.  I made some new friends but they didn't have any cats....so that was kind of boring.  Cat's make everything more interesting! When I got home I was greeted with some GREAT cheese sticks from Mariana...yummy!  I'm not sure how she knew about my  love for cheese but THANK YOU!!  I also heard that a lot of you were thankful for ME...WOW!  You sure know how to make a dog feel special.  Thanksgiving is over and I have to say I was pretty sad that I didn't get a turkey leg...maybe next year!

I think it is nap time....I'm still pretty tired from my time away from my "forever family!"  Thanks for your patience while I was away but I'm not going anywhere for awhile...study hard!

It's a dog's life...but it's a good life!
Mallone