Mom had to get a new camera!!

When she gotz home fwom Westminster her kamera wudn't wurk....she tinkz it gotz tu wet in awl de snow n sleet n ice. So, she ordered anudder wun, and she's been taking more pikshurez ob uz wif it. She gotz wun ob mee and wun ob Hunter where we were smiling and here dey r!

Mom went to Westminster Dog Show.....

wiff seberal oder Col Potter vowunteers.....dey had such a gweat time and dey had meny opportunitees tu spwead de word abowt wescue in general and abowt CP in partikular! Mommie is twying to attach de wink to sum piktures she tuk...hope it wurks!

Wubz,

Cassie

http://community.webshots.com/album/576786222lPUSgF

Mommy's been busy, busy....

She's had lots and lots of home safety visits to coordinate for CP...a GOOD thing, it means LOTS of applicants...over 100 already in January in total...she had several all going at one time last week! Plus, she's had a cold/bronchitis for almost 2 weeks again...so she's not felt well. So, she hasn't been a very good secretary for me...but she promises to be better.

I had my semi-annual checkup a couple of weeks ago and was pronouced healthy and not needing a tooth cleaning until 2011!

Hunter was also declared a healthy boy for his annual checkup!!

Mommy will be going to NYC from Feb 15-17 for the Westminster Dog Show with some CP friends...Hunter and me will stay home with dad.

That's about it for now!

Cassie

De Hoomiliasion ob it All!

I gotz entered in a foto contest on a doggie board we bewong to...and mommie putz me in a DWESS!! I dunt DO cwofes!! De theme waz sugar and spice and eberyting nice is what gurlz are made ob...so here's what mommie came up wif! Hunter is a boy...so he's made of snails n puppy dawg tails...so de only ting dat happened to him waz mommie tuk a pikshure ob HIS tail!

Happy New Year!

It's de beginning ob a bwand nu yeer.....and we hope for a bwessed, happy, and healthy yeer fur all ob owr furriends and der hoomanz, too.

Fur now, mom still haz a job, and we hope it stayz dat way....and az ob now, dad haz offisially wetired....so more time wiff us pupz...alwayz a gud ting!

Wubz,
Cassie-role

It snowed here in SE Texas Yesterday

Hunter and me wubbed de wet white stuff....we wanted to pway and pway and pway in it, but mom and dad sed der feet were getting wet and made us go back inside wong befur we wanted to. Here's a pikshure ob me in dat snow stuff!

Cassie

Christmas Card Photo!

So it's dat time ob de yeer egin...Woofmas card foto time. Dis yeer mommie "smartened" up and she Picniked Santa hatz on Hunter n me fur our Woofmas card foto! She sayz we dun't wuk wike we're being whipped wiff a wet noodle diz way! So, heer's our Woofmas card photo for 2009.

Wubz,

Cassie

Happy Thanksgiving Eberyone!

It's Thanksgibing Day egin.....the day we awl wemember eberyting we hab in our wibz to be tankful fur....and in our familee we hab meny tings....Hunter and me are tankful to hab hoomans wu wubz uz and cares fur us and our humanz are healthy and happee....dad is finelee able to wetire and fur now at weast, mommie still haz a job. And our hooman gramma is in remission wight now wiff her lymphoma, tu. Hope awl our furreindz are habbing happee and safe holiday!

Lubz,
Cassie

Pastel water color portrait of me!

Mommy has a friend who is working at getting good enough to do pastel water paintings of pets to sell them...and she asked if she could do one of me....mommy has attached the pastel she did...and mommy and dad love it!

Cassie

Mommie's been trying....

to get good "head shot" pikshures ob Hunter n mee....it's getting cwose to dat awful time ob yeer egin....Dogmas card fotos!

Cassie

Mom got that flashy thing out again....

and it wud be just fine wiff mee if she wost it fur gud! I'm not so skared ob it eny more, but I'm not weal happee wen I see it kome owt eder. Enyway.....she tuk a cuple ob pikshures...one ob me chilling owt on de cowch and one ob Hunter n mee.

Cassie

Happy 10th Birthday to Me!!

Today i a speshul day for me....it's my 10th woofday! Mom and dad tewlz me dat dis iz sumting to selebwate...so tonite I'z getting mi bery own hamburger and banilla ise kream kone, and dad tuk me for a long wawk today...just dad and me! 10 yeerz old izn't weal old fur a corn terror, but I'z not a spwing chicken eny more eder. Mom and dad tewlz mee dat dey hopez I will be happee n healthy for a fu more yeers as dey sure wub me wotz.

Cassie

Oh the horror....

Mom akshually bot Hunter Punter n mee HOWLOWEEN kostumes and she WEALLY made uz WEAR dem, at weast wong enuff to take our pikshures wiff dem on. She duzn't usually du dese kindz ob tings tu Hunter n mee, but dere waz a charity contest so she tot she'd gib it a twy dis yeer. Az yu can kleerlee see....neder one ob uz waz tu happee wiff her, but she tot we were kute. I waz a "hula gerl" and Hunter a widdle debil!

Wubz,

Cassie

Hunter and Mom Went on a Road Trip

wiffout mee....sense I duzn't much wike widing in de kar ting n I'm not berry komfortable wiff nu pwaces and peeple, I stayed home wiff daddie. Wast weekend Hunter n mom went up to NE TX and bisited our furriends Smoke n Tess and der Mah-ahm and den dey ALL went to Loosiana and bisited anudder fwiend wiff 6 doggies! AND, der dey also met up wiff uder fwiends bisiting Loosiana who wibs in Birginia. Mom seyz Hunter was a gud boi, a gud widdle twabbeller, and he was gud wiff de uder dawgs and peeple. He did gwowl a cuple ob times wen a dawg got into his fase...but it wazn't a sewious mean gwowl...just more ob a 'gwumble" gwowl! Daddie told mommie dat I "moped" while she n Hunter were gone....and I WAS so happee to see them Sunday ebening. Mom's attaching a couple ob pictures fwom wast weekend....one ob Hunter meeting a BIG furriend, Moses and den anudder pikture or two.

Wubz,

Cassie-roll

Human Gramma is Very Sick

She has been diagnosed wif lymphoma...and she had surgery on Tuezday to wemobe a mass...but she'z refuzing to hab chemo or wadiation to fowwow up...so de surgeon wazn't sure why she wanted de surgery eder den. Mommie went to Waco and stayed wif gramma for de surgery and fur a cuple ob dayz abter...and den she weft gramma in de capable handz ob a fwiend who is an LVN (and waz laid off wecently). So, if I dun't hab a chanse to post fur a while...eberyone pwese keep gramma and mommie in your thoughts and yu will also now why we habn't posted.

Wubz,
Cassie

Wildflowers....

Lotz ob our fwiendz hab been posding pweddy pikshurez ob flowerz...so mommie took sum pikshurez ob sum ob de wildflowerz in our yard yesderday. We also had sum weally stwong windz on Fwidan ebening...and der iz a pikshure ob a twee dat bwew ober...we didn't luse eny tweez during Hurrikane Ike...but we did Fwiday nite...go figure!

Wubz,

Cassie

Hewwo....

So, mommie haz been pwaying wif dat foto editor pwogwam egin...and she kame up wif sumting dat wukz wike paintingz ob Hunter n mee. She weally wikes dese.

We'b been habbing a berry wong, hot summer heer in SE TX.....and it wuked wike we mite hab a herrikane at our door for a wile der, but Ana is gone wifout paying uz a bisit abter awl. We sure du hope no herrikanes pay uz a bisit dis yeer.

Mommie haz been busy goin bak and forth bisiting our gramma....who has been diagnozed wif lymphoma.....but me and Hunter hab been staying home wif daddie...he takes gud kare ob uz, but we're alwayz happee to see mommie wen she comez home!

Cassie

V-E-T Visit....

So yesderday da boss wady and boss man woaded Hunter n mee into dat ting wif four wheelz and tuk uz for a dwibe...I dunt wikez widing in dat ting, so I hidz on de fwoor board by de fwont seet. Den we got to dat V-E-T pwace and I gotz my shots and got wuked all ober from head to tale. De V-E-T sed my heart iz weally gud and I seems to be in gud shape fur an almost 10 year old pupper. De onwy consern iz...I somehow hab wost a widdle ober a pound wifout twying...so we're going to up my meal sizes for a bit and see if I continue losing weight...could be I'm getting a widdle more exercise and de heat....so da boss wady and and boss man are keeping eberyting cwossed.

Wubz,
Cassie

Mommie's been playing with a Photo Editor Program Again!

She tukz a pikshure ob Hunter n mee today n she made it into a bwack n wite foto....of hur "sugar n spice" fur kidz az she kallz us!

Itz HOT here in SE TX, so we r spending wotz more time inside dan wat we wud wike, but we dunt complane tu much wen de hoomanz say we hab tu come bak inside eder. We usually find ourselbz a kool pwace in de house and nap out abter our wawks.

Hope eberyone iz habing a gud summer!

Wubz,

Cassie

Happy 4th of July Eberyone!

Happy Independence Day eberyone! Dis iz a day fur all Amewicanz to remember the foundation of our gweat land and what our country stands fur.Hope all our furriends have a safe and happy day!

Luv,
Cassie

Happy Fadder's Day to my Daddy...

and to awl de daddies owt der. Daddies are bery speshul peeple...de wubz uz a hole wotz, and dey take such gud kare ob uz. My daddy is one ob my bery faborite peeple is diz hole wide wurld...he gibz me lotz ob skritchez n tummy wubz and tweetz AND he takez me on de bestest walkies awound de land n letz me sniff n dig and roll in dat gwazz.

Enyway....happy fadder's day to my Daddy and to awl de fadders owt der!

Wubz,
Cassie-role

I'm a Mighty Mouse Catcher!

Diz iz de stowee....fur seberal dayz now I'be been sniffing n digging awound dat heeter cwoset...so mommie tot I waz wuking fur a mouse. She asked daddie to pwease set a twap...but he didn't du it. So, diz morning.....dat mouse wan wight out in fwont ob mee, and I gwabbed it. I chewed a cuple ob timez, den I dwopped it and do yu now wat daddie did? He tuk my gweat catch n "dizposed ob it"! I say he owez me a big ole tweet for taking my "catch ob de day"!

Wubz,
Cassie-role

Happy Memorial Day!

Mommie n daddie tewl me dis iz a day to wemember awl ob de bwabe men n women who hab giben der libes to pwotect ebery one ob uz...may dey west in peace and may der famileez be comforted knowing dat dese bwabe humanz died doing what dey wanted to for each and ebery one ob uz.

So, wile we hab our cookowtz and selebwate de beginning ob summer, wet'z also wemember de reazon for dis holiday.

Wubz,
Cassie

I'm not a Person in a Doggie Suit?????

So, after Jella weft, I desided dat I needed to be total top dawg heer at home...n mi mommie waz MINE, ALL MINE, ezpeshually wen she waz in de bedwoom!! I snapped at mi bewoved Daddie wen I waz on de bed wif mommie, and I twied nipping at hiz neez wen he wawked tru de bedwoom ifn mommie waz in de woom, AND, one mowning I gwowled at daddie wen he came to say good-bye to mommie befur he weft for wurk. WELLLLL, mommie n daddie fownd diz behavior unakseptable??? I waz put on a Noffing in Wife is Fwee kind of pwogram...no more bed, no more couch, sitting for EBERYTING from being weashed to tweats to meals to being petted!! And, I stawted being cwated at bed-time, tu. Hmmmmmmm.......it's been abowt tree weekz, and my widdle butt pwopz wen I'm told to sit, AND it'z been seberal dayz since I'be twied nipping at or gwowling at mi daddie. I still don't hab bed pwibileges and mommie n daddie r going to keep cwating me at nite fur a wile.....and, the sitting for eberyting..I'm afwaid dat is a purmanent ting!! I wove mi daddie a wot.....I just didn't want to share mommie wif him abter my corn dawg pwincesship was chawwenged by Jewwa! Mommie n daddie tink I'm wemembering I'm a corn dawg now, not a purson in a doggie suit!!

Hoppy Easter!!

Hoppy Easter eberyone! Hope awl ob yu will hab a bwessed n happy howliday. We are going to hab a kwiet one at home dis yeer....mommie's car is still in de shop abter being rear-ended on de fweeway koming home fwom wurk almost 3 weekz ago. So, she didn't want to dwibe de went car to bisit de hooman gwamma. We will go bisit her when mommie haz her own car egin. Hope de Easter bunny is gud to all of yu. Wubz, Cassie

Fund Raiser for Col Potter!

Seberal timez a yeer de Col haz a funf waizer....here iz a wink if enybuddy wud be interezted in heping de Col and needy corn dawgs!

Wubz,
Cassie

http://mall.cairnrescue.com/newleash.htm

Fosser Sisser has Her Own Fureber Home!!

So, Jewwa finawee haz a home ob her bery OWN!! Mommie and daddie tukz her to dat airpawt pwace yezterday and she wode in de bewwy ob dat pwane to somepwace kalled Jacksonville, FL! Her nu mommie is a nurse and her daddie is a veterarian!! She haz a 14 yeer old hooman brudder and a 9 yeer old lab brudder, too. Mommie told dem de gud, de bad, de ugwee...eberyting she cud tink ob about Jewwa Bean, and dey wanteds her...so we hope dat she will be a gud gurl der and dat she haz a happee fureber wif dem.

For MEEEEE, I'm gwad dat gurl haz her own home...she waz encwoaching on my cairn pwinsess status heer....and mommie and daddie had to really fuss at mee more dan once for jumping on Jella and weally going abter her...when dey sed all Jewwa wanted to do waz be fwiends! Hah!!

Enywayz....happee fureber widdle Jewwa girl......we hopez we heped you on to a wooferful foreber life.

Cassie

Happy Valentine's Day Eberybuddy!

Hope eberywon is habbing a gweat day....full ob wub and pwesentz and fun! Mommie n daddie are going owt to dinner in a widdle wile and weabing uz pupperz at home...duzn't seem kwite fare to mee!!

Maybee dey will bwing uz sum goodees home wif dem?

Cassie

We've been Busy....

Mommie nu that habbing anudder widdle dawgie in de house would be extwa wurk, but she didn't wealize how much time it takez habbing anudder dawg. Diz widdle gurl izn't poddy twained....so dat meenz we AWL getz extwa wawkies twying to show hur dat de buzinezz iz to be dun owtside. She'z not katching on bery fast...but she's twying! Az mommie sayz, Cassie TOLERATEZ hur! I do tolerate diz widdle gurl, but I hope she finz a fureber home ob hur own sun.

Wubz,
Cassie

I've not been fewling too good...

Fwiday nite momma came home fwum wurk and I wasn't fewling gud, dindn't want to take my wawk, wefused my supper...so she kalled de vet obbise wight away....and off we went to see Dr. Seamans....who found a wot ob gas on my tummy. She gabe me a shot and sum medisine to take and yesderday morning I ate my bweakfust, but I still wazn't fewling real gud. I did eat supper wast nite and I fewl wike bawking at daddie when he gotz home fwom wurk. Dis morning I was weady to go wawking and I ates my bweakfast....and I fownd a cuple ob baby wabbits befur daddie cud stop me. Mommie and daddie sure lub me a wot, and dey hope dis haz just been a widdle tummy upset!

On anudder note....Jella is a weal chawwenge fur awl ob us...she is a "wild child" and she izn't totally potty twained. She "nibbles" hands and getz wotz of "no bite" and she'z been wearing doggie diapers! She is a sweet girl dough. Her dew claw incisions gotz infected so she's on antibiotics and she goez back to de vet today to be checked. So, we'be had kwite de time round here wately!

Magella (Maggie)!

So, mommie and daddie tewlz uz dat we r going to hab anudder Col Podder fosser kid in de familee. Her name iz Majella, we're gunna kall her Maggie dough. She waz a strway in a kill shelter in Huston wen da Col bwought her into his care. Mommie sayz diz gurl is gunna be a pwetty wedhed when she'z cweaned up and all her fur gwowz in. De vet's obbise is going to shabe her down sept for her hed tomowwow and spay her, den mommie will pik her up and bwing her home tomowwow nite. I'b neber had a gurl fosser befur, so mommie hopes dat I will be nise to her. Mommie is posting de intakez pikture ob de nu gurl in de house!

Happy 2009 Eberybuddy!

Well,befur we no it, 2009 will be heer.....where or where haz 2008 gone?? So much has happened to everybuddy in the USA and to our familee, tu. We hab added a nu fur kid, my brudder Hunter, to our familee, and mommie and daddie say he's sure bringing out my "inner cairn" whateber dat meens! Den de economee haz hit almost eberyone we no in sum way or anudder....and we pway dat it getz bedder in 2009. Den, der was Hurricane Ike dat paid uz a bizit in September...and dat waz not fun and weally scawy!! We were bwessed not habbing damage to our home, but we did go wifout electricty and wadder for 10 days. Mommie weft uz and went on a cwuise, lebbing uz home wif daddie for a week, tu, and daddie did gud taking care ob uz. We hope daddie can finally offisially retire in 2009, so hoping it'z a gud year for him!

We send happy New Year wishes to all our furriends and their hoomans for 2009!!

Love,
Cassie and Hunter

So, mommy is still pwaying wif dat "Picnik" software pwogwam, and here's a cuple ob "pensil dwawings" ob Hunter n mee. Mommy tinks dese a pwetty kool, personally I'll just be happee when dis Woofmas season is dun, den she will kwit posting pikturez ob us wif doze siwwy hats!

If we don't hab a chance to post egin befur Woofmas, we wantz to wish eberyone a safe and Mewwy Woofmas one more time.

Wubz,

Cassie

Merry Woofmas Eberyone!

It's hawd to beweib, but it'z almost Woofmas time egin. Hunter and me sure wish mommie had found dis "Picnik" progwam befur she subjekted uz to habbing to wear dat siwwy Santa hat fur our Woofmas cards. Next yeer maybee she will use dis instead, and our Woofmas will be much more merry!

We hope awl our furriendz and der hoomanz hab a safe and Merry Woofmas!

Lubz,

Cassie n Hunter

It's my 3rd "Gotcha Day" Annifursary Today!

It's hard to bewiebe it, but 3 yeers ago today mommie and daddie picked me up halfway between Dallas and Huston and bwought me home to "fosser" me. Well, I had oder planz in mind, as I tuk off for 30 hours on the run after slipping out ob my harness, and by de time I waz bwought back to warmth and safety, mommie and daddie's hearts were held in my paws and they applied to adopt me right away. So, it's been 3 years of love and learning for all ob us, and we have been a happy little familee, to include eben that new brudder who joined us in May ob dis yeer.

Christmas Card Photos......

Mommie decided today's the day to take our Woofmas kard fotos....so she put that stoopid Santa Claws hat on bof Hunter n me, and snapped foto abter foto abter foto, until she got one ob each ob us dat she said she cud use! Here's a cuple ob fotos dat she ISN'T using ob us!

Happy Tanksgibbing Eberybuddy!

Today is de day dat we awl gib tankz for eberyting dat we hab been bwessed wif during de past yeer....n we hab lotz to be tankful for in owr familee! We hab a nu boi in de howz, Hunter iz a gud widdle brudder fur mi, and he noz hiz job in wife iz to serb diz corn dawg princess ---- meeeeee! We hab owr health n for now enyway, bof mommie and daddie hab jobz. We hab a nise warm home and pwenty ob kibble fur awl ob us, too.

So, heer's hoping awl my palz hab a safe and happy Tanksgibbing!

Sweetie is Missing!

Our furriend Vinny, the min pin, has a very old doxie sisder named Sweetie. Sweetie is about 19 years old, and she was a rescue that Vinny's mom found seberal yeerz ego and they have kept her and cared for her. It seemz maybee she was aksidentally lebt owtside when her pawrentz went to wurk on Fwiday and wen dey gotz bak home, Sweetie waz missing. Vinny's familee iz bery sad and upset and dey are luking hawd for der gurl, but so far dey hab not had eny luk. We'd sure appweciate all gud thots and pawyers fur Sweetie to come bak home safely.

Lubz,
Cassie

Mommy's gonna torture Hunter and Me!

I saw mommy going into THAT drawer yesderday....de won wif dat Mrs. Santa Paws owtfit in it. OH NOOOOOOOO, it kan't be dat time ob de yeer alwedy egin! She seyz dat Hunter n mi r going to getz gwoomed and den it's gonna be pikture taking time egin....dat we're gonna be de featured pikturez on most ob de Chwistwoof kards diz yeer. Hunter didn't seem to mind habbing dat Santa hat on hiz hed, but he'z a dumm boi who duzn't know eny bedder...I will tewl him all bowt dis! Mommy is unner de odd impwession dat she'z going to getz a gud pikture ob bof ob us eder in dat hat or a Chrwistwoof kollar! Hahhhhhh!!!!

Cassie

I hadz a birfday!

Dis waz mi 3rd birfday in my fureber home n mi 4th birfday away fwom dat nasty puppy mill. My gudness, it is wooferful being tweeted wike de pwinsess I am insted ob just bweeding stock! Mommie and daddie gab me a speshul bwekfast ob salmon mixed wif my kibble and den I gotz mi most faborite ting in de world...a long walk awound de land, just me and mi daddie! It waz a pawific day.

Wubz,
Cassie

Mom weft uz....

and went on a CRUISE to Progweso and Cozumel! She sayz dat dis did "her a world ob gud" just getting away fwom election coberage and economic news and de stress and destwuction of Huwwicane Ike. We missed her, and we know she missed uz, too, cause she called home fwom dat boat tingie to see how we were duing!

Here's some ob her pikturez fwom her twip!

Cassie-role

Hurricane Ike

So Hurricane Ike paid SE Texas a bisit, and it has changed de fase of dis part ob de world fur a wong time to come. De pawrents wived in Huston when Hurricane Alicia came thru, and it did not cause nearly the damage or cause nearly as much heartache as did this Ike guy. We camped out in a hotel room de nite dat Ike came roaring ashore...living in a double wide mobile home, de pawrents decided discretion was the better pawt of valour! So, they watched the winds howl and the rain blow from a hotel room window and prayed that we would have a home to come back to. Fortunately (for us) Ike made a bit of a direct northerly track once onshore instead of the projected path, and that 20-30 miles made a world of difference for us. Our home was not damaged, not even the satellite TV dish or the internet dish, but we did come home to no electricity or water since without electricity we have no water with a water well! We were without power and water until yesterday morning....the hoomans were seeming to be more than a bit stressed! Our hearts hurt for every hooman and every pup who lost their homes and/or business....but Texans are a resilient bunch, and we would bet on Galveston and the other devastated areas coming back as good as or better than before.

Cassie

Hunter and Me Now Share the Bed With the Hoomans....Sometimes!!

Sometimes Hunter and me aktually share de bed wif de hoomans dese dayz. We hab learned dat itz fun to cuddle wif each odder on de bed, and dat duzn't nessarilee leve much woom fur de hoomanz in de familee...but datz der pwoblem!

The Invasion of the Eenie Weenies!

So the eenie weenies, Smoke and Tess, and their mah-ahm bisited us wast weekend...and we puppers had SO much fun! We played and chased each udder and bar-arked and had a most wonderful time. De hoomans had been a bit conserned about how we'd do, but it all turned out just fine. De time flew by too fast, and Smoke and Tess and mah-ahm went back home. Mah-ahm will be back in a few weeks as she and my mom will be going on a cruise out of Galveston!

Cassie

Company's A-Coming!

Mommy's been so dog-gone busy this summer at wurk....she hasn't had much time to post here for me and Hunter....but I told it's about time!

We haven't done much real exciting this summer..it's so hot outside we haven't even gone to the park again lately. Our walks are much shorter than me and the Hunter would like, too, but the hoomans say we'd get too over heated (I think they mean THEY get over heated).

But, next weekend we are supposed to have some bisitors...Smoke and Tess (mini dachsies) and their mah-ahm are supposed to be here Saturday and Sunday-that is, unless the storm that's brewing in the Carribean pays us a visit then. Mom tells us there are rules for us when Smoke and Tess are here....and we must abide by them, among them are...not everything in the house is ours, we can't bite Smoke and Tess's heads off, we can't mark our house, and on and on and on!! Hmmmmpppphhhhhh!

Mom is planning to take a cruise with Smoke and Tess's mah-ahm the end of September and dad will stay home and dog sit with me and Hunter. So, that gives mom something to look forward to while she's working herself into a frenzy during these summer months!!

Anyway, even though not much is happening, glad I finally got mom to post here!

Luv,
Cassiedoodle

We went to Bwazos Bend State Pawk!

De hoomanz tuked uz tu dis bee-uuu-tee-full state pawk wast Sunday. We had de bestest time der, we eben gotz to chase skwirrels. We twied to cwimb de twees abter dem.

We tuk a nise wong wawk around de Horsehu wake and den we picniked wif de hoomanz before we had to come bak home.

It's fun habbing a widdle brudder to du des tings wif!

Wubz,

Cassie

Hunter and Me

So, since de nu brudder waz weleased fur all aktibitees, de hoomanz desided dat we bof needed a gud gwoom job....so dey sent us to de gwoomer wady at our vet'z obbise. De hoomanz tink we's luking dog-gone gud now...dad said dat dey habz two small dawgies....it was hawd to tewl how small we were wif all dat fur!

We weally didn't mind going, eberybuddy at de vet'z obbise wubz us and gibz us wotz ob wubbinz when we're der!

So far habbing a brudder is ok, he knowz I'm de top dawg in dis familee, and dat's a gud ting in my opinion. We wrestle and chase each over and pway until I wear dat boi owt. I pullz him by his eer and nibble at him until he finalee haz enuff and he wuns to the bed and jumpz on it...I can't do that yet!! I almost made it de oder day dough.

Hope eberybuddy haz a gud summer....it's HOT here in SE TX already!!

Cassie-role

So I have a brother now!

So, Hunter was released by the vet to run and play and do eberyting a "normal" corn terror can do, and mom and dad let us pway, and BOY did we pway and pway and pway for hours!! This picture was taken that furst day while we were grrrring and pwaying!

Mom and dad and me appwied to adopt Hunter, and we received de appwobal dis morning, so Hunter is going to be my brudder.....dis is a gud ting, as wong as he continues to unnerstand dat I'm de boss here!

He's a sweet boi, dough, and we are going to wubz habing him as a member ob our pack!

Wubz,

Cassie

Hunter and Me.....

Well, my foster brother Hunter is doing lots better this round of HW treatment. He hasn't been so sick, with the high fever/lack of appetite. In only one week he will be treated for the baby HW's in his bloodstream and then hopefully we can let him out to run and play with me.

I sure like this fewwo, we hope once he can run and pway, we will still wike each uder and maybe mudder and fadder will tink bout dopting him to be a fureber member ob our famlee.

Our wedder has turned to spwing here, it'z been downwight warm heer, we'b eben run the a/c kwite a bit.

Mudder went and bisited some dogster furriends and der hoomanz a couple ob weeks ago, she enjoyed it. I don't wike widing in de car pwus I'm not uzuallee bery comfortable with peeple I don't know, so me and Hunter stayed home wif fadder.

Well, dat's about it for now!

Cassie-role

My Foster Brudder and Udder Stuff.......

Mudder hazn't been a bery gud sekretawy ob wate.....wotz going on heer at home wif Hunter undergoing his HW tweetment and all the special care needed for our boi n his medication schedule....pwus, 6 dayz abter dat furst tweetment he gotz a feber and wudn't eat, so it waz off to de vet fur him, antibiotics and a steroid shot and home, den he was gud for anudder day, den he wudn't eat n had a feber egin...back to de vet for more antibiotics and anudder shot.....and a nite spent der....and I WEALLY missed him!! By de 9th day abter dat injecton he was doing gud....but he has to spend most ob de time in his cwate---poor widdle fewwo, but we kan't hab doze nasty wormz bweaking up in too big of pieces and going into his heart/wungz/brain and dat wud be de end ob him. Tursday ob dis week he had his 2nd injection, and he spent de nite at dat vet pwace egin.....I was mopey Tursday night and kept wooking where hiz cwate uzually iz....and neder de cwate not my fosser brudder were dere! He'z home az ob wast nite egin, and we hope he duzn't hab az much twubble diz time. He haz to be kept kwiet for anuddner monf, den he's tweated for de baby HW in his blood stwean and we can pwy wif each udder......and mom and dad day if we getz along when we can aktually pway wif each udder, dey mite tink bowt dopting dis boi, dat mite be fun!!

And, my grand-ma's wong-time "friend" (of the male kind) is BERY sick....it wooks like in a likelihood to be the big C of the liver....and grandma is habbing a hard time dealing wif it.....so mom has had to be devoting a gud amount ob time on de fone tingie wif her and bisiting, a 4 hour dribe one-way!

I am doing gud, mom and dad tink habbing Hunter heer is gweat for mee, I am getting bwaber bowt lotz ob tings, like going outside when de neighbor is on his widing mower!

So, diz pwetty much catchez yu up on wat's been going on wif me!!

Lubz,
Cassiedoodle

Thunder and all kinds of things.....

Well, we had big thunderstorms last night. I did my usual hide under the end table thing. Even Hunter, who's not been scared of anything, was sort of trembling a little bit.

And, Hunter is having to get another liver test done on Tuesday. His blood work shows a bit of a high liver enzyme reading, and we've got to get him "normal" before he can be treated for his heartworms.

We love Hunter, and we pray we can get him well and ready for a long and healthy life with a wonderful forever family soon.

Love,
Cassie

I Haz Anudder Fosser Brudder.....

and his name is Hunter. He came to stay wif us wast Sunday. He had been in a "kill" shelter in Houston and he was scheduled to be PTS de bery day dat Col Potter came to wescue him. He is a cairn "mix" it seems, pwobably bowt 90 pct cairn, 10 pct who knowz what??? He is bigger dan I am, about 22.5 lbs, wif WONG weggies. He jumped wight owt ob mommie's 36 inch high ex-pen like nothing to it, not once but twice!! So, mommie ordered the "lid" to the ex-pen and it awwived yesterday. Sadly, Hunter haz heartwormz, so he iz going to hab to go through dat tweatment pwocess and he will hab to be kept pwetty still and calm before he is tweated and most sertanly abter it. He is taking doxyclcline twice a day now for 3 weeks before hiz furst tweatment and he is getting neutered on Monday. He is a sweet boy, mommie and daddie alweady weally wove dis guy, and dey are alweady saying maybe he will become a permanent member ob our famlee. We will see how it goez. Hunter is a light wheaton cairn boy, he needs gwooming but mommie and daddie aren't going to stwess him out duing it kwite yet.

Pwease tink gud tots for dis widdle guy as he goez through the neutering on Monday and his heartworm tweatment!

Wubz,

Cassie-role

Happy 2008!!

Happy Nu Yeer ebereeone! Mi gudness, where haz dis yeer gone? So much has happened diz yeer. I found owt dat I kan get awong wif anudder dawg in my howz, wurked on finding more ob my inner cairn self, learned to pway wif toys more dan I eber tot I wud, got mi furst pwofessional gwooming, recovered fwom a corneal ulcer!!

My mom and dad are tinking abowt fostering anudder cairn in a fu monfs or maybe adopting me a brudder--I'm tinking fostering is bedder---caws den dat dawg won't stay here fur always!

Enyway, hope all my fwiends have a safe and happy Ny Yeer!

Wubz,
Cassie

My Fosser Brudder Went to His Fureber Home!!

Today mommie and daddie and Tibo weft de hows togedder and weft me here at home. Dey met a sweet wady who is going to be Tibo's fureber momma, and she wubbed ourTibo! She wooked into hiz big bwown eyez and she waz eben more in wubz wif him dan she waz just seeing his piktures. Mommie and daddie and I hab wurked so hard to help Tibo be weady for a fureber home, we all are pwaying dat dis is de wight home for him, and we tink it is! Dis wady iz bery nise and gentle and pasient, and she unnerstandz dat Tibo still haz some tings to wurk on fwom being in dat puppy mill for ober 4 yeers. Tibo has a widdle cairn sister named Sandy, too, just adopted fwom a shelter a cuple ob monfs ago, too. His momma e-maled mommie tonight and said dat Tibo and Sandy are getting awong gud, Tibo haz been enjoying wunning awound in de bak yard, and he's expworing de house wif his bewwy band on for now! And, he putz his pawz up on her neez for sum wubbingz. Dat made mommie cry, cause she felt wike it showed dat Tibo knowz he's wubbed in his nu home.

Happy fureber widdle Tibo, we will alwayz remember yu and wub yu! We hope yur nu momma will keep in touch!

Wubz,
Cassie-role

I haz sumfing kalled a fosser brudder!!

His name is T-Bone, but daddy didn't wike dat name much soz we kallz him Tibo (widdle brudder in Wussian). He's a pwetty widdle wheaton boi wif bwack tipped eers and he wuks wike he haz purfect maskara awound hiz eyez! He iz a 4 yeer old puppy mill boi, just into Col Potter's care. He came to our howz on Wednesday nite. He'z doing gud, he'd neber been on a weash and neber pottie twained and neber krate twained b4 eder. He'z doing gud on all dat, but he'z grrr-snapped at ME at cuple of timez when I've twied to sniff him. Mommie and daddy hab ordered an ex-pen so'z we can get to know each oder wifout actually BEING togedder (dis is one ob Col Potter's suggestions).

Mommie and daddy had been wowwied dat I mite not wiek anudder pup in my howz, but so far I'm ok, I know I'm still de top dawg!!

Here's a couple ob pikturez ob dat Tibo guy!

Wubz,

Cassie-role

I Gotz Gwoomed -- By a Real Gwoomer!!

Mudder tot dat dis wud be a gud ieeea. She hadn't had time to do dis in a wong time, pwus she wanted de fur between my paw pads twimmed. So, dey made appointment wif de gwoomer at my vet's offise. Dis wady waz bery nise to mi and she gabe me a baf and I came home wooking wike a Cairn, not a bwack Westie or someting else. Mudder was pweased. Now she kan keep me twimmed for a while in between and take me back egin in maybe 6 monfs of so. Here's a pikture ob me taken abter yesterday's gwoom job. Mudder wantz to kiss my tummy!

My Portrait!!

A wooferful, deer fwiend ob mommie and daddie offered to paint my pawtrait, so mommie tuk wotz and wotz ob pikturez ob me until dis fwiend cud find one to use, and dis pawtrait waz dewivered yezterday. Mommie n daddie are thrilled wif dis permanent pikture ob me, mommie callz it a tweasure!!

I'm a Cairn Princess!

Ohhh, the indignity of it all, mom put a DRESS on me! I was NOT a happee grrl, to say de weast ob it. But, momma kept saying how cute I wukked!!

Cookie Bumstead....

Cookie made my mah-ahm laugh this morning. She thinks this pikture is so cute!! Cookie iz one ob de 8 Bumstead puppies resently born to Blondie wile in dat Col Podder's kare. I let mah-ahm share dis pikture eben dough dis widdle gurl is nowhere az cute as I am!

Cassie-role

Manpurse Stroll......

for my best fella Vinny and his brudder Ozzie. Dey bof hab been bery sick doggies, Vinny wif liber failure and Ozzie wif kidney failure, suddenly at de same time. Der hoomanz hab been heartbwoken, but de are duing eberting possible to help deze sweet boiz. Vinny has a majical manpurse on seberal ob de bords he bewongz to on Dogster, so his fwiendz started a manpurse "stroll" for deze boiz, and here is my "manpurse" pikture for my boi!

De boiz r eeting bedder now, so we r hoping dat maybe sum of de tingz de vet purson and der mudder and fadder r twying r helping dem.

Hope eberyone has had a safe and happee Labor Day holiday. I'm going underneef de end table egin, it's stawting to thunder owtside.

Wubz,
Cassie-role

Thunderstorms...

I know it seems wike I am aways tawking bowt thunderstorms, but it seems wike we are aways habbing dose nastee tings here in SE TX! We hab had dem almost ebery day dis week, not awl day, but ebery day! Wast nite we wost ewectricitee wif dat storm, too. Means no A/C, so it waz hot and dark in dis hows. Dat was mizerabel.

De wedder pursons say dis is going to be happening awl weekend, but at weast my hoomans will be home wif me through Monday.

And, Mom bot a new car three weeks ago, a Honda FIT, and I actually LIKE riding in it, for some reason I don't shake and pant riding in it like I always did in the CRV and in Dad's CRV. Who knowz why not?

Well, it'z de end of summer offisiallee dis weekend, I can't beweive it. Eberyone have a safe and happy holiday!

Cassie-role

Blondie and Dagwood's Pups........

Mom belongs to Col Potter Cairn Rescue Network, I was one of their rescues from a puppy mill. Col Potter brought in a young pair of cairns about 3 weeks ago, knowing that Blondie was going to have pups. Last Saturday Blondie had 8 puppies via c-section and mom and pups are doing well. We wanted to share a picture of 2 day old cairn puppies!

Cassie-role, a proud "auntie"