I am sorry it has been some time since I have written but I have been very busy and I am growing very fast.  First of all I graduated form K9 University Last week. With completion of my Basic Obedience Degree.  Mom was so proud.  I even got a graduation bandana that I wear around to show people what a good boy I am.  My died laughing when the faculty voted me most likely to be "down with the downs" lets just say we learned that the second week and it took me to the 5th week to really figuring it out, but I still bark when I do it.  (Mom says when I bark I sound like a teenage boy going though puberty, have dog half puppy.

I am also starting to really love the lake.  I love to go swimming now even though at first i was a little timid.  Now when Mom swims way out, I just wait for her to give me the signal that she can touch and then I swim out there too her and she holds me in the cool water.  I also really love floating on the raft with her.  Even thought she says we are going to have to get foam rafts because I keep poking holes in the ones we have now. (good thing she bought the 1.97 ones from wal-mart)

I am getting to be so big that when I sit mom doesn't even have to bend down very much to pet me on the head.  I am becoming a really big Mama's boy.  I sleep right next to her in bed. I would try to take up the entire bed but Mom tells me if I want all the space to my self I have a really nice Kennel with a very nice soft bed where I can take up all the room I need, if I want to sleep with her I have to share just like my Fur Sister Steeley.

Things are going really well for me.  Oh my new favorite thing is to sleep in Coales water dish when I am at Nonna's visiting.  Coal has a huge water dish that is just big enough for me to cool off in and hang my head out for nice cool nap.  Mom says that I am so strange, and she says thats what makes me such a little blessing, I don't think she would know what to do with out me. 

Well I have to run, I think I need to pester Steely, I think she just stole her chewy back.

See ya'll Soon

Arf, Arf

Hogan