Katie here.
I can’t even believe I have to tattle on mama again. It’s not as if I haven’t discussed time management skills with her before. I even thought, these past couple of years, that she was finally getting the hang of paying attention to me and only me.
But she fell off the wagon yesterday.

While I was home napping supervising my daddy she was off galivanting with other dogs. And worse, they were boy dogs! She can’t fool me, I might be old and deaf but my nose still works just fine!
I can’t believe it! Seriously, I am too old for these kinds of shenanigans. Mama should know better.

She says she thought about taking me but decided the drive would be too scary, what with how I shake when I have to go in the car these days. I told her that she’d shake too if the only place she ever got to go was the vet!

So she said she was sorry, and she made me my supper and tickled my ears and tried to play lovey-dovey.

But I told her there was only one way she could make it up to me, only one thing she could do to make me consider forgiving her this time.
Yep.
That’s how I got to go on a nice long walk with my mama in my park right after supper while the sun was setting.

But shhhhhhh. Don’t tell mama, but I didn’t mind staying home all that much. I got lots of loving from my daddy and lots of naps and I didn’t miss a single meal either.

PLUS I got to make mama feel guilty.
Score.

March 21, 2022 at 3:10 pm
Katie–as soon as I read this post title, I knew you were at the keyboard! I give mama kudos for trying to trick you. As if you could be fooled. Ha! Hopefully, she has learned her lesson after this. Gotta keep an eye on her. That alone deserves a treat!
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March 22, 2022 at 11:41 am
It’s a lesson I apparently need to learn over and over. I felt really bad leaving her, but I hope to make it up to her…probably repeatedly the rest of the spring, before it gets too hot for a sheltie-girl.
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March 21, 2022 at 3:46 pm
Katie, you are wise to call out Mama for such shenanigans. Honestly, I am shocked, yes shocked, I tell you. Feel free to let her know that.
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March 22, 2022 at 11:42 am
I have been chastised. She sleeps with one eye open now to keep track of me.
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March 21, 2022 at 6:35 pm
Katie, I am glad you weren’t too miffed. Staying home with Daddy sounds pretty darned cozy. Plus you got a nice walk. Love the shadow picture of you and your Mama.
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March 22, 2022 at 11:42 am
She wasn’t all that miffed, I was gone long enough for her to cool down before I got home. Plus she got fed by daddy, so all was pretty good.
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March 21, 2022 at 7:39 pm
Katie, even though you were not happy with your mama, you still made out like a bandit! Special devoted time with your daddy, cozy naps, and then on top of it, mama took you for a walk at your park. Not too shabby! The picture that you shared of Ace made me shiver! That water is cold!
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March 22, 2022 at 11:43 am
I thought that water would be too cold for him too, but he was in and out of it all afternoon.
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March 21, 2022 at 10:45 pm
Hahaha – a long walk can cover a multitude of shenanigans !!
🐾🐾
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March 22, 2022 at 11:43 am
That is soooo true.
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March 22, 2022 at 6:49 am
Sounds like you won in the end Katie-girl! Love that evening light you guys found at the park.
Misty-girl used to shake in the car too when she got older and had to go to the vet often. Glad you got to go somewhere fun this time!
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March 22, 2022 at 11:44 am
Awwww, Misty. I remember where I was when you told us you had let her soul go free. I thought that was such a beautiful way to tell us. We all loved her so much. I still think about her, and your Misty Mondays. I might do something like that when Katie has gone on. Though I don’t know how I will be able to think straight at least at the beginning.
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March 22, 2022 at 7:24 am
Aw, Katie, you’re so kind to understand your mama’s desires to share her love with furry friends and to capture stunning photos!
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March 22, 2022 at 11:45 am
She doesn’t practice understanding very often, so when she does I appreciate it even more!
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March 24, 2022 at 7:19 am
😍🥰😍
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March 22, 2022 at 10:58 am
Deuce and Ace are really cute, so you can hardly fault your mama for getting some pictures of them (especially since boy dogs are such camera hams and don’t have that “one treat one photo clause!) But if you’re so shaky in the car these days, perhaps Mama needs to take you on some non-doctor related jaunts, just so you’ll be happy to ride again. Enjoyed your post, Princess, and glad you got to spend quality time with your dad.
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March 22, 2022 at 11:47 am
They ARE really cute, but man oh man, I’d forgotten what a 2 year old is like! Deuce and Katie have been on many walks together and do just fine mostly by ignoring each other. Katie has only met Ace once, when he was still a few months old. She decided that youngsters need to grow up a whole lot before she would be willing to hang out with them. He’s a little hurricane still, at the age of 2, but he sure is adorable!
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March 22, 2022 at 2:55 pm
Sounds exactly like Monkey. I hate to say it, but having a senior pup is in so many ways easier!
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March 22, 2022 at 11:15 am
Ah, Katie – you little manipulator, you! These silly humans keep thinking they can pull the wool over puppy eyes, and you’d think they’d know by now that just does’t work at all!
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March 22, 2022 at 11:47 am
She is a master at manipulating. She’s always been good at it and she’s spent most of her 15 years crafting the skill.
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March 22, 2022 at 4:23 pm
Oh they are cute dogs! Glad you finally got some attention Katie, hope you got some treats too with that walk in your park!
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March 23, 2022 at 11:57 am
Not a lot of treats, just one or two to get her to let me get a photo!
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March 23, 2022 at 6:04 am
Oh they are beauties! Deuce reminds me of our Sammy- we also had 2 Cocker Spaniels. Sorry you did not get to go Katie, but I am sure Daddy was happy for your company. What a beautiful day it looked like!
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March 23, 2022 at 11:57 am
We had a very beautiful day!
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