Mom said today was the first day of September. There are lots of good things about September. My birthday is in September! I guess that means I need to start picking out what presents I want this year. Maybe Mommy will get me one of those snow sleds like I see in some of my favorite doggy movies. I don’t want to be the one pulling it, though. I want to ride on it! Okay, maybe I’d pull Little Sister around, but that’s about it…and only if I wanted to. Nobody would ever ever ever make me pull it.

Fall comes in September, too, and I’m so glad. I’m tired of all this hot weather. It makes lots of stuff grow that make me itch, and I’m tired of being itchy. I want all that stuff to die already. September also means the leaves will start falling off the trees soon, and I love it! Daddy rakes the leaves up, and I jump into them! It’s so much fun! Oh, I’m so glad September is here!

Yesterday was sooo much fun! I went to Papa’s pasture with Mommy, Daddy, and Little sister. Daddy was doing some stuff with the hay, so I ran around the pasture chasing the cows until he was done. Mama called the little ones calves, and they were fun to play with. They would run and dart in all directions, and I was really tired from playing with them.

One time I almost got in trouble, though. I was chasing a little brown calf, and it ran in front of Papa’s horse, Star. Star almost stepped on me! She started bucking and farting, and I was so scared I ran into the barn. I hid until I thought it was safe to come out. When I did Mommy was standing there laughing at me!

I didn’t get squished by Star, so it was all good.  I had a fun time running around the pasture, and when we got home I took a really really long nap.

I am a sad puppy tonight. My favorite toy is now gone forever. What happened to it? Mommy threw it away! Ok, so it was a ball that I chewed into little bits of nothing, and Mommy had to pick up all the little pieces, but she didn’t have to throw it away! Couldn’t she use some of that glue stuff to put it back together again? I loved that ball! It was one of those promotional products that companies give out with their logo on it. Mommy got it from work a long time ago when she worked a real job.

I don’t miss her working that real job because when Mommy and Daddy first brought me home Mommy had to work all the time, and I hardly ever got to see her. I do wish she could get more of those balls, though. Why didn’t she bring home a big bunch of them so when she threw my ball away she could give me a new one?

What will I ever do without my ball?  I guess I’ll have to find a new favorite, but it just won’t be the same.  Bye bye ball.  I’ll miss you so much!

Last night was so much fun! Papa Clyde retired, so there was a little party for him at Great Grandma Mattie’s house. There’s lots of room to run and play there, so Mommy and Daddy let me go, too. I got to play with the other doggy, Bear, who lives there, too, and Mommy even let me eat some of the food. She gave me some turkey and ham, so I could celebrate, too.  I had so much fun, and I got so tired from running I had to take a nap before we left.

After that we rode into town so I could enjoy the car ride a bit more. Little sister sat in her seat, and Daddy buckled me in the seat next to her. It’s so much fun riding around with little sister. We were going to go by the new pet store in town to see when it’s open, but it was gone! It was only there for about 2 months before it shut down. I hope whoever rents that building starts checking business credit reports before he rents it again.

There have been a lot of places open up in that place over the last year, and none of them have lasted more than a couple months. Mommy said that’s not even time to see how business is going to be. That place is in the busy part of town, too, so Mommy thought the pet store would last. I’m sad because I wanted a new toy, but Mommy promised to go to another pet store tomorrow to get me one. I guess that makes it all better.

What in the world was Alley thinking? He better hope Daddy has tv insurance, or he might be in big trouble when Daddy walks into the living room. Mommy is in there right now cleaning up kitty puke from the entertainment center, and Alley’s aim was right on if he was trying to splatter it all over the tv, too.

Mommy wouldn’t care if he hacked all over her tv in the bedroom because it’s old, but the tv in the living room is one of those flat screen kind that’s really expensive. I hope Mommy can clean it up because I’m afraid if Daddy finds it I might not have a kitty brother anymore!