Happy New Year Eberybody!

It's almost anudder year, so happy ny yeer eberybody!

We dunt hab big pwans to cewebrate dis okasion here. We will stay home and mommee and daddee with getz dem sum gud Chinese fud to eet (n I hopez dey share sum ob dat wit dis corn terror).

Here's to a wooferful 2007 for all my fwiends!!

Wubz,
Cassie

Merry Christmas Time!!

It'z gonna be Chwistmus before bery wong now, and my wish is dat all de puppee milll doggies wud find warmth and love and good food and fwesh wadder and dat de widdle mommies wud never hab der babies taken fwom dem too soon eber agin.

May all my fwiends hab a blessed and merry Chwistmus!

Wubz,

Cassie

Christmas Tree??

There is a TREE in my house. Mommie put this thing in the corner ob de libing woom dis morning. I iz not sure at all bout dis ting. So farz I am gwowling and staring at dis ting. I hab neber herd ob such a ting--a tree in our house? Dere are lites and oder shiney tings on dis tree, too, and mommie sayz dere is one bery speshul ornament on dis tree, because it's ME! She won an ornament wit a bwack bwindle cairn hand painted on it, so naturally it'z gotta be on our tree.

Lubz,

Cassie

Thanksgiving!

Dis is my bery furst Tanksgibing wit my bosses, and I knowz I habz so much to be greatful for. I am owt of dat puppee mill, I habz lotz ob gud food un fwesh wadder and a warm soft bed and hoomanz who wubz me so bery much!

My wish for dis Tanksgibing iz dat my cairn cuzzinz still in puppee millz will be able to enjoy de wub and kare dat I hab now and dat eny doggies in doze millz will hab lub and fweedom, too.

Mom n dad are going owt to Tanksgibig dinner, so I don't eben get a taste ob turkey, but dat's ok, caws I will getz some speshul tweats enyway.

Happy Tanksgiving, have a safe and blessed one!!!

Cassie

My Mom Won't Stop with the Camera!

My mom chased me round untilz I gotz tired and she snapped dis pikture ob me. She tinkz I lukz pwetty kute, I tink I lukz tired!

Lubz,

Cassie

New Toys from England!!

Our fwiendz fwom Engwand thought I waz toy depwived, so wen dey gotz home dey wentz toy shopping for me! Dey sent me two pull toyz, and I wubz bot ob dem, but dis bee one iz my bery favorite! I eben swept wit dis toy under my chin one nite.

Tank yu Paul n Twacey!!

Wubz, Cassie

Today's My Burfday!

I am 7 yrs old today, but it's mi furst burfday with mommie and daddie. Dey sure lub me and say dis is just wike my bery furst burfday eber! Dey hab giben me nu toiz and a speshul burfday cookie and lotz of lubbinz today.

Now if it wud only stop waining so I cud hab a gud wong wawk!

Lubz,
Cassie

De Bwitish Hab Been Here!

Well, de Bwitish guests were here, and dey WUBBED me, and guess, wat? I wubbed dem wite bak! I eben went to dem for tummy wubbies and ear skratchez and wet Paul walk me!!

Mommie n Daddie wer so pwoud ob me for being a bwave gurl and accepting nu peeple in my house for ober a week.

Dis pikture was taken ob me at Bwazos Bend State Pawk, the twip I got to go alongz with ebery body. I had such a gud time, yu can tell, I hab sand all ober my face.

I was a gud gurl when eberybody went on de day twips and weft me home, too, so I gotz lotz of treatz and pwaise, too.

I enjoied habbing kompany butz I'm kind of gwad to hab my hoomanz to miself agin now!

Lubz,
Cassie

Big Bad Chair!

So my mom waz heping daddee install our new stor door wast Sunday and she hadz to stand on a chair owt on de porch. Daddee took a bwake and mom kame insidez, too. Dey left de fwont door open with de storm door partly installed. All ob a sudden I noticed sumting owt ob pwace--der was a big ole meen chair on my fwont porch! I barked and barked and barked at dat chair! I am a big pwotector!! Lubz, Cassie

Mommy Bought a New Camera

Mommy bought this new camera and I now can't seem to do much of anything without having this flashy thing in my face. Help please!! I am not big on having my picture taken!! Please tell mommy to drop this obsession.

Luv,
Cassie

Anxiety Wrap???

My mom bought this thing I iz waring in dis pikture kalled an anxiety rap?? I habn't had a wot of chanze to twy dis ting owt yet, but maybe it will hep me not be zo skared in tunder. We will wet yu know if dis ting wurks!

Wub,

Cassie

I'm a Cover Girl!

Mommie was pwaying awound wit one ob mi piktures n she made me a cober gurl on a magazine! She tinks I wookz weally kute, and I hab to say, I tink I'm quite a kute widdle cober gurl miself!

Wubz,
Cassie

Hot Weather and Thunderstorms

It's been weally, weally, hot here in SE Texas for what seems like monts and monts now. This is seveerley kurtaling my nice long walkz wit daddie cause a widdle bwack doggie likez me getz over-heeted fast. So, daddie iz taking mi only on short walkz, and I am neber weady to kume bak inside wen he sayz it'z time. I sit down hoping he will tink bout it and let me stay outside longer. He windz up carreeing mi bak to de hous!

And, den der are doze tunderstorms, too. Seemz like we hab dem ebery day, and all my fwiends know how much doze tings skare mi.

Mommie and daddie are staying home dis weekend, so guess we will all veg out togedder.

Wubz,
Cassie

Mommy and Daddy Left Me at Home!

Mommy n Daddy went to Galveston yesterday to some place called Moody Gardens. They said that doggies aren't allowed there. I can't imagine why not. Any way, they were gone all day, it wasn't fair.

Love,
Cassie

Happy 4th of July!

Happy Independence Day Eberybody! Dis is my bery furst independence day outzide a puppy mill, and I am a bery happee widdle gurl.

Hopez eberybody stopz for a moment or two and wemembers whatz we all are selebrating.

Den enjoy doez firewurks and all de gud food, too!!

Wubz,

Cassie

Tunderstorms!!

I weally, weally, hatez doze naztee tingies! We hadz tunderstorms all morning into de abternoon here in SE TX, and I hab been hiding eder under de end tabel in de bedwoom or behind de couch in de living woom! It was tundering last nite at dinner time, and I wudn't eben eat mi dinner, and of course, no bweakfast dis morning. But, de weadder bwoke for a bit about an hour ago, and I camez out and ate sum kibble mixed wit mackrel and mommy walked me. Now itz cwouding up agin, and I'z behind dat couch agin. Hopez de weadder getz bedder soon, cause I'z gedding tired ob dis hiding! Lubz, Cassie

Baby Rabbits

When daddy wawked me on Tursday i waz on a mission. It waz mi mission to find sum baby rabbits, and I found me a nest of dem. Unfortunately, or fortunately, depending on whoze opinion it iz!! I got to dat nest and ate a baby wabbit for a snack, and I was only doing wat corn terrors like me du, but daddy was sad and wished he'd reelized wat I was duing and stopped me. Now dat I knowz dat nest is der, I wantz to go back dere ebery time I goez outside. Doez hoomans don't see to unnerstand!

Lubz,
Cassie

Bwazos Bend State Pawk

Mi mommy n daddy tuk me to Bwazos Bend State Pawk dis mornin, and BOY did I eber hab a gud time!! I sniffed, wan, chased a sqwirrel, saw deer, armidillo, alligator, birds, turkles, and MORE.

Dis is a pikture of mi daddy n me rite before we weft de pawk.

Wubz,
Cassie

It's a Holiday Weekend!!

It's Memowial Day weekend, so Mom and Dad are home wit me most of de next tree days. Yippeeee!! It is a weekend for fun and pikniks and bar-be-kues and tings likez dat, but itz also a time to remember all doze bwave men and women who made de ultimate sacwifice to pwotect all ob us. Letz all take sum time to remember dem dis weekend.

Lubz,

Cassie

I Gotz a Pwezent in De Mail Today!

I gotz this wunnerful stuffee toi in de mail today fwom my fwiend Wosie Posie and Auntie Lori! As yu kan see, I WUV dis Woadwunner and I wan cairn "zoomies" awound the wiving woom wit it in mi mouff until I gotz tired enuff to slow down so Mommy cud getz a pikture or two ob me wit it.
Thank yu SO much, Wosie and Auntie Lori!!
Wubz
Cassie

Happy Mother's Day ebery mudder out dere, whether u habs two-weggers or four-weggers.

Lubs,
Cassie

I Hab a New Fwiend Named Wosie!

I habz a nu fwiend dat mommie and me met today. Her name is Wosie, and she's a bulldog, 10 mths old. She iz such a cutie pie, and she is nice, too. She's a baby girl next to me, but maybe I can teach her some tings about being a dawg--and maybe she can teech me some tings, too, since I habn't been out of dat puppy mill bery long.

Mommie and me feel blessed to hab met Wosie and her mommie and we can't wait to get to know dem better.

Dis is a pikture of my new fwiend Wosie!!

Wubz,

Cassie

Mommy is Job Hunting -- and She's Not Much Fun!!

The company that mommy was working for went kapoot! So, Mommy has been busy trying to find anudder job, and wile she's sooooo stwessed owt, she's NOT a lot ob fun. I am gibing her lotz and lotz of lub, and she wuvs dat, but dat duzn't earn money. I hab asked my angel bwudder and sisder to pwese huwwy and hep mommy find wurk!

And, to top tings all off, I hab had the runnee poops for a few dayz. Mommy started feeding me wice wit beef bwoth and it haz started to hep. She is mixing a liddle of my kibble in in now, and I'm still pretty klose to "normal" so maybe she wunt take me to dat nasty ole vet!

Well, dat's about all de gud newz I hab for dis time.

Wubz,
Cassie

Mommy Tricked Me!

Mommy twicked me. She can neber get me to luk happy when she takes my pikture. So, she held a piece of cheese (my most faborite treat) with de camera and I WANTED dat piece of cheese weally bad. So I was wuking at dat cheese and she snapped dat fwashee ting in my fase. Hummmpppph. Anywayz, she finally gotz a pikture ob me wit my eers up and smiling.

Lubz,

Cassie

Quail!

Well, daddy walked me late yesterday afternoon, and I wuz luking for wabbits as always, and guess wat I fownd? Some birds flewz rite up in fwont of mi fase! Daddie sayz deze tings r kalled kwales. He sayz dese tingz r gud to eet, but I cudn't quite katch doze birdies. I twied dough.

So, now I knowz dat der are birdies dat r gud as well as wabbits. I wunder wat else I will find on my walkies wid Daddie?

Lubz,
Cassie

Happy Easter Eberybody!

Hope eberybody is habing a berry happee Easter Sunday. I gotz me a stuffed wabbit for a pwesent and some oder goodees too.

Mommie isn't feeling too gud abter falling fwat on her face wast Monday and spwitting her wip and hurting oder tings like her toofers, too.

We wer sposed to go visit my gwandma dis weekend but we all stayed home insted. Dat was ok by mee cause I hate widing in the car anywayz but gwandma was disappointed not to get to see mee!!

Well, datz about it for now cawz my sccretary sayz she's tired and wantz to takez a nap.

Hmmmpppphhhh!

Lubz,

Cassie

Mommie Received Bracelets in the Mail!

Mommy received two bracelets in the mail today that she ordered from CharmingMilo! They are so pretty and so well made. My fwiend Milo's mommy makes these bracelets and if you want some beautiful handmade bracelets we encourage you to look at her site!

Lubz,
Cassie

I Am Your Dog

Mommy thinks this is a beautiful poem, so I told her I would post it on my blog! Lubz, Cassie


I am your dog, and I have a little something I'd like to whisper in your ear. I know that you humans lead busy lives. Some have to work, some have children to raise. It always seems like you are running here and there, often much too fast, often never noticing the truly grand things in life. Look down at me now, while you sit there at your computer. See the way my dark brown eyes look at yours? They are slightly cloudy now. That comes with age. The gray hairs are beginning to ring my soft muzzle. You smile at me; I see love in your eyes. What do you see in mine? Do you see a spirit? A soul inside, who loves you as no other could in the world? A spirit that would forgive all trespasses of prior wrong doing for just a simple moment of your time? That is all I ask. To slow down, if even for a few minutes to be with me. So many times you have been saddened by the words you read on that screen, of other of my kind, passing. Sometimes we die young and oh so quickly, sometimes so suddenly it wrenches your heart out of your throat. Sometimes, we age so slowly before your eyes that you may not even seem to know until the very end, when we look at you with grizzled muzzles and cataract clouded eyes. Still the love is always there, even when we must take that long sleep, to run free in a distant land. I may not be here tomorrow; I may not be here next week. Someday you will shed the water from your eyes, that humans have when deep grief fills their souls, and you will be angry at yourself that you did not have just "One more day" with me. Because I love you so, your sorrow touches my spirit and grieves me. We have NOW, together. So come, sit down here next to me on the floor, and look deep into my eyes. What do you see? If you look hard and deep enough we will talk, you and I, heart to heart. Come to me not as "alpha" or as "trainer" or even "Mom or Dad," come to me as a living soul and stroke my fur and let us look deep into one another's eyes, and talk. I may tell you something about the fun of chasing a tennis ball, or I may tell you something profound about myself, or even life in general. You decided to have me in your life because you wanted a soul to share such things with. Someone very different from you, and here I am. I am a dog, but I am alive. I feel emotion, I feel physical senses, and I can revel in the differences of our spirits and souls. I do not think of you as a "Dog on two feet" -- I know what you are. You are human, in all your quirkiness, and I love you still. Now, come sit with me, on the floor. Enter my world, and let time slow down if only for 15 minutes. Look deep into my eyes, and whisper to my ears. Speak with your heart, with your joy and I will know your true self. We may not have tomorrow, and life is oh so very short. --Love, (on behalf of canines everywhere) Author Unknown

Meeeeeee!!

Mommy decided to take a pikture ob me abter she finished torturing me---her groom job "completed". She sayz Iz still luks "scruffy" but dat itz ok caws we corn terrors are sposed to luk scruffy! Lub, Cassie

Grooming --- Hmmmmppppphhhhh!!!!!!

Well, mommie decided it was high time that I hab a grooming job done, so last weekend she worked on my head, ears, and beard. Dat part wuzn't too bad, but let me tell u, she decided dis morning dat she shud wurk on my tail, legs, and body. I didn't appreciatez dat one widdle bit. She tinks I luk bedder, but it was not fun for dis liddle corn terror. She still sayz I needz to hab my fur in between my pawz pads twimmed, but I'm not abawt to sit still for dat today! How cud my mommie torture her sweet widdle corn terror like dis?

Wubs,
Cassie

Thunderstorms and Things That Go Bump!

Well, we had thunderstorms here in SE Texas yesterday. As everyone who knows me is aware, I HATE thunder. Daddy came home to find me hiding out in the bathroom. Mommy had left my crate open for me so I could go into it, but that's not what I wanted to do! Then daddy walked me, and something scared me, and I hightailed it right back to my house and underneath the end table next to the bed.

Gosh, I hope today's a better day for this little corn terror doggie!

Luv,
Cassie

What Happened to Springtime?

What is going on? De furst day of spwing has spwung, but it's kold heer in SE Texas? Der was fwost on de gwound and fwost on de car windows dis morning and yesterday 2! Mommie and daddie eben turned some heet on in de house. Dis is SE Texas for gudness sake, and itz not sposed to be kold dis time of yeer!!

I weally donz mind de kold, butz I dunt much likez heering mommie and daddie shiver and komplain.

And, daddie still wontz let me bisit doze baby wabbits agin eder.

Well, datz about it for dis morning.

Lubz,
Cassie

More Wabbits!

Well, I sure enjoy my walkies, and I found another nest of baby rabbits. I so wememberz where bot doze nestz r now, but Daddie and Mommie wontz letz mi go backz and bizit dem. I wonderz whi not! I justz wantz to see doze babee wabbits.

Wow, I hav neber seen such tings before, and dis is fun.

I hab also finally destuffed my squeekee sqwirrel toi. Mommie had to takez it awayz from mi, soz I wudn't eet de stuffing. Now she is habing to luk for anudder sqwirrel toi for mi!

I lubz my basketball, too, but itz not de same as dat sqwirrel for fun.

Luvs,
Cassie

Babeee Wabbits!

Guess what? When mi and daddie were out walking last Thursday I found a nest of babbeee wabbits! I wanted to investigate further but my daddeee looked to see how manee babbees der were in dere, and he sawed tree of dem and he madez mi go away from dat nest. I onlyz wanteds to play wit doze widdle critterz, butz he saidz I must leavez dem alone and letz dere mama takez care of dem.

I still member where dat nest is, and ebery time we goez outside I wantz to see dem wabbits!!

Your fwiend,
Cassie

Saturday

Well, mommy and daddy took me to the vet this morning to have my kennel cough vaccination and my toenails clipped. I hate car rides, and I'm not crazy about going to the vet either! But I survived the whole experience just fine.

It's been cold and rainy, that is cold for SE Texas, today, and rainy. The temperature never got above 42 degrees. Now I don't undertand why I didn't get my usual long walks!! After all I don't care if it's cold and wet, what's with these humans??

Hope everyone is having a good weekend!!

Lub,
Cassie

I've Been a Good Girl!

Mommy has been leaving for work early and leaving late for home and daddy has been working all day three days this week, too. I have been so good, they thought I would have at least one accident, but I haven't.

Now Daddy will be home tomorrow and we can have some more nice long walks!!

Lub,

Cassie

I Saw a Wabbit!!!

This morning mommy was walking me, and I was sniffing around and rooting through the grass. Guess what? I found a wabbit, a big ole wabbit, and I don't know which one of us was more surprised to see the other one. The wabbit wan off under de barbed wire fence, and I wanted to chase it, but Mommy held onto my leash and said I couldn't go under dat fence. DRATS! I cried and whined for a long time wanting to go on the chase.

Dis is de first big ole wabbit I habs found on one of my walkies, and it was so exciting.

Lub,
Cassie

Mommy Started a New Job!

Mommy started a new job on Monday that requires her to be away from home real early in the morning and then she gets home later too. I miss mommy, but I am such a lucky girl cause Daddy only works part-time cause he's "semi-retired" whatever that means. He has been home with me and has been giving me wonderful long walks and has been loving on me and giving me lots of petting and tummy rubs.

I am SO glad to see Mommy when she gets home. I have even started giving her a cairn kiss, and I am not much on kissies.

That's about it for now.

Lubs,
Cassie

On the Hunt!

What's that under there? I SEE something!!


My daddy takes me all around our acreage, and I gets to burrow all thru the grass and tunnels and other good stuff.



I love sniffing and digging for all kinds of varmints on my walks!

My Angel Brother and Sister

These are the angel dogs that preceded me here in our home. Impy is the wire hair fox terrier and Max is the mixed breed cairn terrier/dachshund. Mommie and Daddie loved them VERY much and when they went to the Bridge there were huge holes in their hearts. Mommie and Daddie believe that Impy and Max had their paws in making me a member of the family.

My Name is Cassie

My name is Cassie, and I am a 6 year old cairn terrier. I have begun a new life as a loved family pet after spending the first 5 1/2 years of my life as a puppymill mommy.

I am a black brindle girl with red undertones and some silver in my coat. My mommy and daddy think that I'm be-u-te-ful!

I was brought into my mommy and daddy's lives to help heal their broken hearts after my angel brother Max and my angel sister Impy went to the Bridge.

Col Potter Cairn Terrier rescue brought me from the puppymill and then a foster home, then a forever home that didn't work out. Then mommy and daddy fostered me and adopted me! Lucky me!! They love me a lot.

I hope to share my new life with you here on this blog. Mommy is new at blogging, so she hopes you will be patient with her.

Love,
Cassie