12 Months......Where'd they go???

Did you guess what the music from yesterday was all about? 

                                                                       "Like A Rock"

I Stood there boldly
Shinin' in the sun
Felt like a million  
Felt like number one
The height of summer
I'd never felt that strong
Like a rock

I was 10 WEEKS
Didn't have a care
  Beggin' for dog treats            
Not a shame to spare
But I was lean and
Solid everywhere
Like a rock

My paws were steady
My eyes were clear and bright
My walk had purpose
My steps were quick and light
And I held firmly
To what I felt was right
Like a rock

Like a rock, I was strong as I could be
Like a rock, nothin' ever got to me
Like a rock, I was somethin' to see
Like a rock

And I stood arrow straight
Unencumbered by the weight
Of all these humans and their schemes
I stood proud, I stood tall
High above it all
I still believed in my dreams

12 MONTHS  now
Where'd they go?
12 MONTHS
I don't know
 I sit and wonder sometimes
Where they've gone

And sometimes late at night
When I'm bathed in the firelight
The moon comes callin' a ghostly white
And I recall….
I recall…..

Like a rock. standin' arrow straight
Like a rock, chargin' from the gate
Like a rock, carryin' the weight
Like a rock

Like a rock, the sun upon my skin
Like a rock, hard against the wind
Like a rock, I see myself again
Like a rock

So, I have been thinking about being so old now.  It seems like only yesterday I was wriggling around with my brothers  and my dog mother........somewhere.......not sure where I was actually.   Dad came along and took a look at us.  He went and got Mom.  She held me tight and said "pay the man" and they took me home with them.

Yesterday I heard Dad say that my age is like a teen's age and that is how much I have grown and learned in one year......more like fifteen years!   Can you believe it?  I thought 12 months was old but 15 years????

Wow.........I need to give this some serious thought.   later, LA

Final Post

Hello everyone!!!!!!!!!!  Well, I made it........... I am past my first year!!!!   Annie here..... and doing my last post.  I hope you have enjoyed the adventures of my very first year on the planet.   I thought I would make a list of all the things I have learned so far.  Would you like that?  I thought you would!   Here goes......

 Annie' s rules to live by……

ALWAYS HAVE FUN

Play ball

Take good care of  your toys 

Be kind and gentle

If you are pack leader be nice to your group

Don’t eat too much

Don't stick your nose in where it doesn’t belong

Get up early

Believe in magic

Don’t be jealous of other dog’s stuff

Walk your humans every day 

Like yourself………MUTTS RULE  !!!!!  ha ha

Don't eat yucky smelling stuff

Don't roll in yucky smelling stuff - which leads directly to the next rule...

Learn to tolerate a bath

Learn how to communicate without speaking

Try new things

Learn how to behave and then work at it - see comment below   

Be curious but not nosey

Only bark when necessary

Love your humans

Make people laugh

Learn something new

and never forget to........

HAVE FUN!!!!

Did I already say that?

THE HARDEST THING FOR ME IS TO BE CALM OR AT LEAST CALM DOWN AND ACT CALM.  IT IS MY BIGGEST CHALLENGE.  MOM AND DAD SAY I AM A PERFECT GIRL WHEN IT IS THE THREE OF US BUT I “ACT CRAZY” WHEN I SEE OTHER PEOPLE OR OTHER ANIMALS……..  I MUST WORK ON THAT AND I TRY I REALLY DO…….I SIT MY BOTTOM DOWN……BUT IT SPRINGS RIGHT BACK UP…….YOU KNOW?    

I know you like pictures of me so here is one more:

Catchya Later!!!!!!!!!!!!!!    LA

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME !!!!!!! UPDATE

Hey everyone...........guess what????  Today I am

ONE YEAR OLD!!!!!!!!!

We celebrated yesterday since it was Sunday. 

Keep checking back because mom will add some pictures and also I will have one last post to finish up the details of my first year  :-)

Catchya soon..............  LA

UPDATE:


These are some of the birthday toys that I liked the best:

I had this doggie ice cream for my special day but I kept trying to eat the paper cup....

So mom removed the cup and put the ice cream in a bowl for me

I love antlers!!!!

We went to Petco and then up to the lake.  I also got a McDonalds hamburger!!!!   

It was a FANTABULOUS DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!

BE SURE TO CHECK BACK FOR MY FINAL POST, OKAY?

CATCHYA LATER ONE LAST TIME..........  LA

Savannah Rapids Columbia County Visitor Center

Hello and How are Ya?  Annie here!!

Another place we walk is along the Savannah River area of the Augusta Canal.  There are SO many interesting smells here and they have a great place to walk.  I hope you like the pictures mom took on our walk yesterday.

Now, go and have some fun today.......okay?

Catchya later,   LA

ME   HA HA!

VISITOR CENTER

 RIVER AREA BEYOND PAVILION -  MANY WEDDINGS AND PHOTOGRAPHY EVENTS TAKE PLACE HERE

CONFERENCE CENTER OVERLOOKS THE RIVER

AND

REED CREEK FALLS

Annie for President!!!!!

Hey Everyone...........Annie here!!

How are ya doin'?   As you all know,  I am an upbeat, fun-luvin' pup but I need to tell you this:  I am tired of what mom and dad keep talking about.  I don't understand it but they talk about this A LOT.  Here are the words they use:  president, nation, washington, hillary, trump, clinton, donald, vote, worry, concern, frustrated, disappointed,   and one word I do know.........leader.   That one is easy because we talk about leader when we hike.  We take turns being Pack Leader.  Do you think this is the same thing as what they are talking about?  I LOVE being the leader.  I don't get to be leader very often but when I am, I am pretty sure it is  a lot more..................................................................................................................................................... 

FUN

Catchya Later!    LA

Lassie

Hey........hidee    HI.........Annie here!!!!!!!

Another long hike this morning.  Had a fabulous time!!

So, I have been wanting to ask if you ever watch Lassie on teevee?   Well, as you already know, I watch stuff when mom goes away.  I watched Lassie a few times and I love that show.   Mom says it is very old but I don't even really know what that means.   Guess what?  When mom and dad were younger and their son, Todd, was a little boy they all lived on a farm and had dogs just like Lassie.  Isn't that amazing?   

Mom found the very first show about Lassie on the computer.  I love to hear her bark - Lassie not mom  :-)  Anyway, she said that all of my fans can watch it too.  She says to go to U Toob and type in Lassie First Episode and it is in two parts.  It explains how Lassie came to live with Timmy.

Hope you have a fun week!!!!   Don't forget we are on the countdown to my 1 year birthday!!!!

Football and Water Bowls

OK   LET’S LIGHTEN UP AFTER THE LAST POST AND HAVE SOME…….YOU KNOW WHAT, RIGHT?   ………

F.U.N.

Have you ever played football?  I love football.   My dad bought one for me and I play with it every day.  What are  your favorite toys?  Sometimes I run so hard and get very thirsty.  Hey, this is interesting:  mom bought a huge concrete water bowl for me.  Dad set it up in the backyard.  They laughed and laughed when I first started to drink from it.  I don’t know what was so funny.  It is a little inconvenient where they placed it.  It is back between two chairs and toward a big fence.  I don’t want to hurt their feelings because they are so good to me but it seems to me it would be better to have it out in my play area.  I also don’t understand why humans have to have lots of names for things.  It is clearly a water bowl for me but mom calls it her infinity fountain.  Fancy name.  

Have lots of fun this week, okay?  Catchya later, LA