MAINTAINING A PAWSITIVE OUTLOOK

ALTHOUGH MY TRIP TO THE GROOMER'S,
 WAS ALMOST AS EXCITING AS WATCHING DIRT GROW OLD,
 I GOTTA ADMIT, I'M LIKING THE NEW DO Y'ALL!
CHECK IT OUT!

                               NICE AROUND THE EARS WITH MY HEAD DOWN!

                                  NICE AROUND THE EARS WITH MY HEAD UP!

                                                NICE SWEEP TO THE RIGHT....

                                                 NICE SWEEP TO THE LEFT...

                                            LOOKING GOOD FROM THE BACK...

                                                 I AM SO FEELING IT Y'ALL!

                        (WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT A TRIP TO THE GROOMER,
                           COULD MAKE ME ANY CUTER THAN I ALREADY AM?)

WHEN I GOT BACK FROM THE GROOMERS, 

DEE SAID SHE HAD A BIG SURPRISE FOR ALL OF US!

I COULD HARDLY WAIT Y'ALL!

YOU SHOULD HAVE SEEN ME! 

I WAS JUMPING ALL AROUND GETTING EVERYBODY ALL EXCITED!

I COULD BARELY CONTAIN MYSELF!

AND THEN I SAW THE SURPRISE...

I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS?
SOME KIND OF LOOSE FITTING BIKINI BOTTOM?
HALF A LOIN CLOTH?
A BIB?

MERLIN WAS THE ONLY ONE WHO KNEW WHAT IT WAS!
HE SAID IT WAS A BANDANNA!

(I SLIPPED AWAY REAL QUICK LIKE AND GOOGLED BANDANNA)

ONCE I KNEW WHAT IT WAS, I COULDN'T WAIT TO TRY MINE ON!
I JUMPED UP ON THE CHAIR AND STARTED STRIKING POSES TO THE LEFT... 

TO THE RIGHT...

LAYING DOWN...

AND UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL!

HOWEVER...IN THE END...IT STILL LOOKED LIKE A BIB TO ME...
AND ALL THAT DID....WAS MAKE ME HUNGRY!

UNFORTUNATELY...SUPPER WAS STILL A FEW MORE HOURS AWAY, SO I ASKED THE OTHERS IF I COULD TAKE SOME PICTURES OF THEM WEARING THEIR 'NAPKIN NOOSES' FOR MY BLOG AND WAS ACTUALLY SURPRISED THEY WERE ALL SO AGREEABLE!

SINCE KACI WAS PROBABLY THE ONE WHO WOULD GIVE ME THE HARDEST TIME, I DECIDED TO START WITH HER FIRST.

SHE DID NOT LET ME DOWN!

ALTHOUGH I PERSONALLY LOVED THE WAY HER EYES PICKED UP AND CAPTURED THE COLORS OF THE BANDANNA, KACI THOUGHT IT MADE HER LOOK LIKE SHE WAS  POSSESSED OR SOMETHING?

 (WELL... LET'S BLAME THE BANDANNA WHY DON'T WE?)

AFTER PROMISING HER HALF OF MY EVENING TREAT, SHE FINALLY JUMPED UP ON THE CHAIR AND LET ME FINISH TAKING HER PICTURES.

"OKAY KACI" I TOLD HER, "CAN YOU TURN TO THE LEFT FOR ME THERE KUJO?

 

 

GOOD GIRL KACI! OKAY, NOW TURN YOUR HEAD TO THE RIGHT.

 WHAT A PRETTY GIRL YOU ARE KACI!

CAN WE GET ONE MORE OF YOU FACING FORWARD,

WITH YOUR BEST HAPPY FACE NOW?"

  

                                                             CLOSE ENOUGH!
 

I LOOKED OVER AT MOLLY, WHO LOOKED LIKE SHE WAS ABOUT READY TO EXPLODE WITH THE EXCITEMENT OF ANOTHER PHOTO SHOOT,

           AND EVENTUALLY GOT HER TO TAKE A SPOT ON THE CHAIR FOR ME...

"I NEED THREE PICTURES MOLLY...ONE WITH YOUR HEAD FACING TO THE LEFT, ONE FACING TO THE RIGHT AND ONE LOOKING STRAIGHT INTO THE CAMERA OKAY? 

CAN YOU DO THAT FOR ME MOLLY?"

WITHOUT A SOUND,

 SHE JUMPED UP IN THE CHAIR AND GAVE ME EXACTLY WHAT I WANTED...

ONE TO THE LEFT..

                                                           ONE TO THE RIGHT...

                                  AND ONE LOOKING RIGHT INTO THE CAMERA!

"NICE JOB MOLLY!" 

AND WITH THAT, SHE JUMPED OFF THE CHAIR,

 AND WENT BACK TO WHATEVER YOU CALL THIS?

WHEN I TOLD TIKA IT WAS HER TURN, SHE JUMPED UP ON THE CHAIR AND SAID,

"YOU GET ONE PICTURE RODENT! SO I SUGGEST YOU MAKE IT COUNT!"

(I TOOK THE SHOT BEFORE SHE CHANGED HER MIND)

I YELLED OUT FOR MERLIN, WHO CAME OVER TO THE CHAIR, 

AND ASKED ME, IF HE COULD JUST TAKE ONE PICTURE TOO, 

BECAUSE HE HAD SOMETHING REALLY IMPORTANT TO DO, 

THAT HE HAD BEEN PLANNING TO DO ALL DAY.

                     I TOLD HIM THAT WAS FINE...AND SNAPPED OFF A QUICK PICTURE,

AND SENT HIM ON HIS WAY...

I WAS CURIOUS ABOUT WHAT HE COULD POSSIBLY HAVE TO DO,

 THAT WAS SO IMPORTANT, SO I  FOLLOWED HIM INTO THE PARLOR TO FIND OUT.

WE'LL SEE YA NEXT TIME FRIENDS...

AS THE DAY UNFOLDED...

I WALKED AWAY FROM KACI AND WENT INTO THE PARLOR TO FIND A WARM BLANKET AND A NICE QUIET PLACE TO CURL UP IN FOR A WHILE...

AS I WAS WALKING BY THE SOFA MOLLY WAS ON,  

I LOOKED OVER TO SEE WHAT SHE WAS DOING,

 AND HAD TO DO A DOUBLE TAKE...

             IT LOOKED TO ME LIKE SHE WAS PREPARING TO EAT THE COUCH!

                           UNFORTUNATELY, I WAS JUST TOO COLD TO CARE.  

       

  I JUMPED UP ON THE OTHER SOFA,

                       AND WRAPPED MYSELF IN ONE OF MY FAVORITE BLANKIES,

AND BEGAN TO WARM UP...

 

 

A MINUTE LATER. I LOOKED OVER AGAIN...

ONLY TO SEE THAT MOLLY HAD JUMPED DOWN.

 AND NOW MERLIN WAS PREPARING TO EAT THE COUCH!

 

THEN HE JUMPED DOWN AND KACI TOOK OVER!

 

 I WASN'T REALLY SURE WHAT  WAS GOING ON WITH THAT COUCH,

 BUT MY LITTLE CANINE CURIOSITY WASN'T ABOUT TO LET ME GO ON TOO MUCH LONGER WITHOUT FINDING OUT!

THE MINUTE KACI JUMPED DOWN, 

I JUMPED UP AND GAVE THE COUCH A COUPLE OF SNIFFS

 

                              I REALLY DIDN'T SMELL ANYTHING IMMEDIATELY,
                     SO LIKE THE OTHERS, I JUST GAVE IT GAVE LICK OR TWO!

IT TASTED LIKE DOG SPIT!

I JUMPED DOWN AND BEGAN TO GAG!

WHEN I FINALLY STOPPED WRETCHING LONG ENOUGH TO AVOID BARFING ALL OVER MY PRETTY FUR..

.I WENT TO FIND MERLIN, TO ASK HIM WHAT THE  DEAL WAS, 

WITH ALL THE COUCH LICKING?

 

 WHEN I FOUND HIM, HE WAS JUST STANDING THERE STARING AT A DOOR...

 WHEN I ASKED HIM WHAT HE WAS DOING...HE LOOKED UP AT ME AND SAID,

 " JUST WAITING FOR SOMEONE TO LET ME OUT!"

I DECIDED NOT TO TELL HIM THE DOOR HE WAS WAITING AT, WAS A CLOSET DOOR. AND WENT BACK TO MY WARM BLANKET...

AND MY SPIT-FREE COUCH...

I'M GOING TO THE GROOMERS TODAY, SO I'LL CATCH YOU ALL NEXT TIME!

                                                                             BYE NOW!