Sunday in Mishygun

Dis morning wuz reelly bizzy wif evrybuddy puttin' on dere waddle shurts an' pins an' lookin' owta da windoe an' sayin', "Yu fink it wiww stop rainin'?" Da hoomans DRAGGED us owtside to potty - hey! I don't wanna go owt dere! It's wet! An' Mama wuz werried cuz she still wuz not feewin' grate. It wuz deesided dat we wud go down an' vizit wif evrywun but not go to da pawrade itself. We habbed awlreddy gotted owr ribbins an' sined up, but it wuz rainin' wifowt stoppin'. So we gotted to see 'most evrywun an' Mama wuz a-shoppin' agan an' tawkin' away when Papa sed - ware iz Arfur? At leest dat iz whut he musta sed - I wuzn't dere. I wuz followin' my noze to a room full ov peeple and dat room smewwed wike BACON. Da peeples wer very nice an' a lady gotted my leesh an' taked me back to my daddy. She sed,"Is dis yer dog? He came into owr church surviss." Daddy cud not beleev it an' he cawled Mama an' tole her ware I habbed gon. I reelly jus' wanted to sho dem dat I trooly hab becom a gud boy - dats my story an' I stikkin' to it!

Da rest ov dat day iz a blur. Dey tawked an' tawked an' vizited an' I am finkin' dat if I weev sumwun owt dey wiww get mad at me. But if I putted da hole list ov lovin' anties I meeted, it will fill dis hole story an' den som! Waaay ober 50 ov yu! Sum I nebber met befor...dat iz mor dan 20 an' tons ov ole frens dat we seed befor. I kin fit da noo wuns I gess: Cathi, Cindy, Kathy, Marty, Wendy, Linda, Susan, Donna, Pam, Pat, Sandi, Jodie, Doug an' Cathy, Lisa an' Gail, Michelle 'n' Chris, Debbie, Melissa an' mor! Ok, da ole list ov peeple dat petted me befor: Angelika, Sharon, Sandi, Amanda, Dawn 'n' Rich, Marion, Marilyn, Cathy, Nancy, Donna 'n' Bob, Frank 'n' Diana, Ilene, Barbara, Bonnie, Pat, Suz, Barb an' Mike, Kay, Kathy an' da list goze on! I jus' am shur I fergotted sumbuddy - if I did pleez fergiv diss howndy brane. It wuz jus' so much fun but it shur made Vito an' me reelly tard. What? Yu no...tard...sleepy - yep dats it! Da neetest fing wuz wen I wuz restin' in da lobby, a liddle gurl came up to me, sat rite on da flore in front of me an' started to smoosh and skritch an' luv on me. [sigh] I luvved it. Mama wuz amazed.

Da day ended grate fer da hoomans I gess, but Vito an' me gotted to sleep in da car 'till dey camed bak smewwin' wike fud! (Dey did share wif us, tho, an we gotted kaysadeeyas - CHEEZY wuns(!!) on da rode goin' home on Munday) Dey sed it wuz da bestest dinner dey ebber went to - warm an' frendly an' full ov wunnerful peeples, gud fings an' wotsa hugs an' stuff too. Mama sed she nebber felt so...weww, she cud not describe it, but it wuz nice an' she shared it wif us.

An' awl 'n' awl we fownd dat we awl travel gud togevver - Mama an' Papa an' Vito an' me. It wuz a sooper grate adbencher.

Saturday in Mishygun

After a mornin' ov vizitin' 'n' stuff, we awl gotted in da basset taxi an' went on da rode. We came to a place ware lots ov cars wuz pawked an' we cud smeww fud rite away...not fer us. No matter...we went in a big gate an' dere wuz WOTS ov houndies evryware. On da way in da gate, my deer brudder barrassed us awl by tryin' to humpity a HYOOODJE dog! Mama sed it wuz a grate dane. Dat boy jus' LUVS da gurls. Inside da very furst fing in frunt ov me wuz a table full ov cookies. Lots an' lots ov cookies! Mama an' Papa wer nervuss wif awl doze doggies runnin' arownd so Papa kep us on da leeshes. But Mama went to shop an' he gotted tawkin' to Unka Rich...an unhookeded us! I went an' fownd Mama in da shop, but Vito ran off to see how menny gurls he cud "meet". He wownd up in a chase game dat wuz a big herd o' dogs runnin' an' runnin' arownd. Me? I hung arownd dat cookie table. Da man gaved me 2 sampulls. YUM! Den he gaved Mama wun to get me away frum dere. She loored me waaaay owt into da park, den I eeted it an' ran rite back. She gotted tawkin' an' watchin' sum puppies play an' I wuz on my own. :) She duz not wanna find owt whut happinned after dat, but da nex' time she went past da cookie table dey wuz puttin' a fence arownd it. Uh-oh. An' I gaved up an' went to play. In between awl diss, Mama ran into Antie Bonnie at da sine up table an' den Antie Marion an' Antie Sandi of Washerton. Dere wuz Antie Cindy an' Antie Dawn an' golly a bunch o' fwends dere too! But it started rainin' an' Mama started hackin' agan so we wented bak to da hotel. Wow! Whut fun we habbed!
Den befor bingo we vizited lotsa peeples agan after a liddle nappy. We seed Antie Amanda (sheez a grate hugger!) an' Antie Jodie - golly Antie Suz an' Holly Noelle, Antie Moosebarb an' Mike - I cant even wemember dem awl.
Later dey played bingo an' yak yak yakked wif Antie Caffi an' Antie Marty an' Antie Michelle an Unka Chris an' habbed a gud time.
We slepped gud awl nite after dat.
Wate till yu heer abowt Sunday!! hehehe...

Furst nite in Mishygun

We taked da liddle moovin' room to da place ware we came in an' WOW! We seed peeples an' howndies we habbed not seed in a long time. It iz so confyusing but we losted Daddy an' Mama wuz tawkin' an' huggin' an' findin' fwends an' meetin' noo wuns. We wuz vizitin' wif my deer Antie Sandy from Washerton an' Antie Ilene wif Charlie an Vivian, wen Mama's fone rang an' it wuz Antie Sharon sayin' "Come an' get 'im he iz heer!" Daddy, ov corse. We fownded him in a room full ov howndies an' ladies - awl anties dat I know an' luv - Angelika an her noo howndettes an' Elvis an' Xandy Bear an' holy cow a hole herd ov 'em! An' I meen ladies too! Frum dere we wandered back to da lobby - dats a place wif sofas an' chares an' lotsa peeples comin' in an' owt. We seed Meatball an' Antie Nancy Gallagher an' Antie Donna an' Unka Bob wif Moon Doggie Coffee wif Marley I fink. Ennywayz, Mama an' Daddy gotted plates ov foods an' we went into dis big room wif lotsa tables an' eetin' tables an' tons ov stuffs! Ooops, fergot we went in an udder room furst an' seed Antie Dawn an' lotsa basset crap an' pitchers ov ole frends hu ar gone now. Mama wuz cryin' cuz she fergotted her pitcher ov Hugo.
Now - bak to da foods...dey eeted an' den Unka Rich started hawkin' basset crap fer da pawkshun. I wuz a gud boy an' satted wif Daddy an' Unka Bob Moondoggie wile Mama held Vito hu spent da hole nite tryin' to reech da 2 gurly howndettes dat wuz behind us. Awl ov a sudden, a lady camed up an' hugged Mama N' HUGGED her! It wuz Antie Caffi frum Texas!! How cool iz dat!! We seed a billyun peeples dat we know but dere wuz dis big table in da way an' Unka Rich wuz tawkin'. Lukky fer us, dere wuz treets on owr table an' we gotted lots! Den deez hyoodj doggies came an' started dancin' but dey cud not fool me! I no wun wuz Antie Debbie fer shur! Dey wuz reelly fun dancers an' gotted munny fer da reskyoo. Den dey made Mama cry wen dey gaved Antie Sandy a Melba statchhoo an' Antie Debbie a Elder Clara wun. Nice. We cud not stay awl nite cuz Mama wuz still sorta sick an' habbed drived us fer ten howrs (Papa drove wun howr - but dat wuz Mama's choice cuz she luvs to drive!)
We wented back to owr room up da liddle moovin' room to owr dore an' Daddy feww rite to sleep. I laid down an' feww asleep. Mama laid down soooo tired but cud not sleep cuz awl nite long, Vito garded dat dore. Evry person, evry hownd hu passed dat dore, he wined...and wined an' wined. Awl nite. Pore Mama. She wuz reddy to strangull him by mornin' (ackshully befor mornin'). But off we went to start da secund day...

Arfur goze to Mishigun

It awl started wen Papa did not go to werk an' dey filled da basset taxi up wif awl kindsa stuffs. Den dey putted us in dere an' off we went. It wuz a long, long ride speshully cuz Vito wined jus' abowt da hole way. Wen we gotted ware we wuz goin' (seemd wike a nickzillyun howrs lader), da very furst fing we seed wuz PUPPIES!! Papa taked us on a wawk wile Mama went inside an' we seed puppies an' Antie Sandi, Antie Pam, Antie Pat an' waaaay 'cross da parkin' places we seed Antie Angelika! Wen Mama came bak, der wuz Unka Doug, Antie Linda frum Florryda an' a hole bunch mor peeples. Dey taked us in da big big howse an' we went in dis liddle room. Wen we gotted in da dores closed on us! We wuz a liddle nervuss, but den dey opinned an' we wuz in a long, long room wif lotsa dores. We fownded owrs an' wen we went in it wuz like owr liddle howse on weels but much bigger an' nicer. We wested a widdle an' den owr big adbencher began.
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