**Gavin** We sure didn’t want to go outside yesterday, but Mommy made us.  She was mean.  She pushed us out the door into the pouring rain.  So what if she came out with us without a jacket or umbrella, We say it was raining, we didn’t want to be out in the wet grass.

     Mean old Mommy made us wait until five minutes after five to get our dinner.  I scolded her real loud.  Patty stood by her dish.  Not fair, Patty went on a secret mission with Mommy and she won’t tell me about it.  I know they went in the new car ’cause Patty smelled like it when they came back.

     **Patty**  Hehehe, I told Gavin that Mommy and I went on a secret mission day before yesterday and it’s driving him crazy.  (Mom and I went for a walk in the park with Auntie Annie)  Mommy and I couldn’t go for a walk yesterday, it rained a lot.  She says we can go sometime next week except for the day she has a doctor appointment. 

     I have been training dogs for over fifty years.  Does that surprise you?  It did me when I did the math.  Goodness, I feel old now.

     The first dog I trained was when I was eight years old.  I not only had her heeling on a leash but had her and another neighbor’s dog doing tricks.  We were very nearly a circus act. 

     I taught obedience classes for a while.  Over the years, I trained a passel of Poodles in all sizes,  a German Shepherd, a Rottweiler, and several Bull Terriers. 

     You all have a good one!