couple stuffs to discuss

Okay so I had a cowlick a little while ago and my hyooman thought it was REALLY funny. She took pictures of it and showed everyone and well...I guess I am okay with that. After all I always like people to look at me. The cowlick thingy on my head seems to be gone now and my hyooman said it was because of "the magic of  Beagle spit and good old fashioned DIRT". I don't know what she means, but am glad it's gone now.

Then something BAD happened yesterday too. I was looking in the trashcan...ONLY LOOKIN! I don't know how that pizza bone got into my mouth anyways...it probably got stuck in my whiskers, they're long you know? Anyways I was only checking to make sure the stuff in there was really TRASH...and then one of those CATS came over and meowed and the hyooman saw us and she ONLY YELLED AT ME! The cat just watched! I don't know what the hyooman said but there was a lot "no no NO" and that always makes me feel really sad...I tried to run away but the pizza bone was stuck in my mouth so she got my collar and TOOK IT...and then I ran all the way to the hallway and hid inside my girls room for a while. I was embarassed. I am not sure if I will go back to check the trashcan ever again...and I am SURE I won't let the cat meow at me again too! If they do? I am going to HIDE somewhere's.

It's SUMMER!

I like summer...but I don't. I guess I need to explain it...

I like summer because the kids are home all the time. I don't like it when they're not home...and in summer they are around a lot more. Especially my girl Lily. She spends more time sitting with me on the floor and using me as a pillow for her head. I like that a lot. The boy is around too and he's funny because he always leans on me to hug me...I like that too.

Now I DON'T like summer when it's hot. Here where I live it gets REALLY HOT. Sometimes so hot I don't even wanna go outside to pee or poop! But I have to because well, it's rude to do that kind of stuff inside a house. The people get mad and it smells weird too. So outside I go! One good thing is that the yard us dogs get? is shady as shady can be! There's a big tree and soft soft ground that I like to dig into. I make caves for me and my Beagle friends to lay inside of. Much cooler.

Sometimes too we get a swimmy pool full of water and I like that.

But then sometimes I get HAIR CUTS...not big ones you know, but just my tummy and my privates...that's kind fo embarrassing but I am much cooler after that.

Summer is also when my people sometimes leave me for a long time. I don't like that. They call it "vacayshun" and it's BAD! well not really bad...because usually grandma comes to see to me, but I do get lonely a little. But this year my hyooman said that there wasn't going to be a vacayshun because of some kinda plans in Fall. Something about puppies. I like puppies...they're small and they smell really good. I dind't think the Beagles had any more puppies but I guess they do? Or maybe she meant some other kind of puppies...she said something about BIG puppies but...everyone knows puppies are SMALL!

Anyways, I guess that's all for today. I am tired. The kids are home so I am gonna go sleep in the hallway by their rooms...

Oops!

It's me Cleo. I kinda forgot that I was supposed to be writing in this from time to time. Sowwy!

Today I found a little baby bird on the patio outside. The hyooman said it was a "Blue Jay" and it was not a nice baby. I like babies...you all know most babies like me, too. Not this baby. This baby was really mean and poked me right in my nose! It hurt a lot and I cried. I don't know why it did that.

The persun took it inside for a minute to see if it was okay, and take it's picture. Here is the picture and you can see me in it too kinda. But not too close. I don't think I like Blue Jays very much.

Thank you Cleo

It's Cleo's human here, I wanted to share this on her blog...she wouldn't mind. Well...she might be just a s'kosh embarrassed, but people oughta' know how special she is to us, right?

I have often posted about C and her ability to handle things gently...with the kids or the pups, or the kittens. This time she hit me with it and I wanted to share.


Without going into to much detail the husband made on of "those" comments last night...you know one of those things where right when it happens it hits you kinda wrong but you aren't sure why...you respond and then later sit thinking "wth?? that was just NOT nice/true/accurate/loving"...


I started to feel rather lousy about it, and really get moody and left the room to hit FB and distract myself. The feeling wouldn't go away. He hit a nerve, one which...looking back, he probably didn't even know was there...and I got truly upset at that point...fighting back tears. Girly I know but it happens, even to me.


I had no sooner stifled a small sob, and it WAS small...I was in a completely different ROOM from dh and Cleo and a TV was on to boot...then Cleo just "appeared" at my side...head down....almost skulking up to my knees as I sat perched in my puter chair.


She sat very close and put her paw on my lap and I lost it...just started sobbing like a dolt. She sat there very still, panting softly and offering a lick to my knee every now and again (I SWEAR I heard a voice in my head saying "now now dearie it'll be alright, just tell Miss Cleo all about it..." in a Angela Lansbury voice, but that HAD to be my imagination).


Now the above is what you expect from any dog....they don't like their people upset, and I appreciated it. What came next was what floored me.


Cleo left me sobbing (quietly..I did not want to attract attention)...and went to the doorway between my room and dh's and stood there THUMPING her tail on the wall...and dancing on her front feet while intently STARING into the room my dh was in...apparently at him, he later told me. He got up to presumably let her out the back door which was nearby...and of course saw me and came towards me to ask what was wrong. Cleo then came and stood between us and panted a little harder as we had a somewhat terse exchange and then he sat down on the floor...and we both took a breath.


As soon as he did so she went to the back door pointedly and asked to be let out.


We talked...tough night, but we would not have talked otherwise. I tend to be a "keeper' tho that is bad and utterly the wrong way to handle things.


Again...I was and am truly floored by what she did. I don't know why she did it...but it is a Leo trait to be very concerned about family issues and very sensitive to them. They cannot abide their people arguing and it stresses them, in some cases to the point of ill health. Not a dog to choose for a tumultuous household. We typically are not one....but she knew what to do in thise case almost as much as a person with a Therapy degree did.

What a dog!

More babies to look after!

Hi everyone, Cleo here!

My kittens left Saturday...they were big and my human said it was time for them to have some kinda operation and find new homes? Why? They lived HERE!

Oh well, I didn't have to be sad long because the next day my human brought home 3 MORE kittens. These look more like puppies do when they're new. They don't have eyes! I mean they HAVE eyes but they aren't open...and they smell like that smell when babies first come out. They are so small too, much smaller than even the Beaglets were when I first saw them.

I love them. They are so very cute. There is one the color of cream...and two that are orange...one is VERY orange and has white and the other is kinda duller orange. The duller orange one does NOT HAVE A TAIL! I couldn't believe it! I looked everywhere for it but it's gone!

I help my human every 2-3 hours...I sit very still and lick the babies bottoms so they can make pee and poop. I know that sounds gross but they are really small and they need help to do that. I like to help because then I get to be so close to them and they smell so interesting to me. The cream colored one HISSES at me!! Even when I am helping! But that's okay we'll be friends soon.

They are so small now. I hope they will be okay and get bigger each day. I just wanted to tell you about them. My human says when we are sure they are okay...we'll take a picture so then I can show you them! okay?

NO LEASH!

Okay...I hadda leash on still BUT no one was holding it! When we went to the school I was having a lot of fun...laying in the mud then I ran around with my family for a while. It was nice. I did not like the leash dragging all in my feet but the human said I had to wear it..."for a the first few times" just in case I ran off. Like I would do that! I am too busy watching the kids to run off!

I had a lot of fun so here's some pictures!

Here's one last picture of me making a funny face. Bye for now!

Look at this news!

It's Cleo again. I have such BIG NEWS!!

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I have kittens! I know you are very jealous of me now, but I will share some pictures okay?

I have 5 kittens. They are all very cute and small. They meow a lot but I take care of them. Only sometimes tho because they have a Mama that lives in the playroom. I am not allowed to go in the playroom and that makes me sad. BUT it's okay because the kittens come out to see me a lot of times. They make me very happy and they like me now. Enjoy the rest of the pictures okay? I will put some more when I have new ones!

Bye for now everybody!