A Good Boy

Cyndi:  Marcus, are you okay?

Marcus:  Yes, why?

Cyndi:  Because your head has been turning side to side and up to down for the past few minutes.  Do you need medication?

Marcus:  No.  I'm fine.  I'm just looking.

Cyndi:  For what?

Marcus:  Jan said there's a good boy here and I've been trying to figure out which one of us guys she was referring to.  Micah has been stretching out on the mantel and knocking pictures to the floor. It wasn't Rusty or Percy, and Buddy is too old to be good or bad.  He's just tired.  So who is left?

Cyndi:  Why, you are!

Marcus:  Me?  You all tell me I'm a pest, too noisy and hyper and -

Cyndi:  You are!

Marcus:  Then how could I be a good boy?

Cyndi:  I'm still trying to wrap my head around that, but nevertheless, this time I have to admit you were a good boy.

Marcus:  What did I do?

Cyndi:  A lot of dogs zip out the door the moment they see a crack.  They get lost or hit by a car or picked up by Animal Control.  Our screen door hasn't been closing properly when Jan goes in or out lately.  And you haven't once taken advantage of that.

Marcus:  I haven't?  Am I sick?

Cyndi:  Not that I know of.  But yesterday Jan was talking to someone, opened the door to come in and turned  back to ask a question.  She walked to the end of the porch, saw something move out of the corner of her eye, looked down and you were sitting at her feet. You had an opportunity but you didn't run away.

Marcus:  And that makes me a good boy?

Cyndi:  Yes, I'm afraid so.

Marcus: Hmmm.

Cyndi:  You're rolling your eyes.  What are you up to?

Marcus:  I'm wondering about the reward.

Cyndi:  What reward?

Marcus:  The one Jan doesn't know she's going to give me - yet.  Wow, this is really going to be a Thankful Thursday!


We're joining the Thankful Thursday blog hop at Brian's Home.

Update Dog with Arrow

The dog with the arrow in his shoulder was operated on this morning. He also has an injury to a back leg. Since he was shot twice, we assume someone really meant to kill him. The wounds are about a week old.

We finally posted this story on UpsonPets.com and we're glad we waited. We only learned the following a couple of hours ago.

ACO/shelter manager Web is offering a $500 reward out of his own pocket for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for this dog's injuries.



And we hope the perpetrator is caught and convicted!


We received a Star on the Hollywood Catwalk of Fame this morning -- from Anonymous. "Each of you is receiving an award. Because we thoroughly enjoy your blog... we enjoy you, your stories, your pictures." What a wonderful surprise. And we do mean surprise. We do post some grim stories and/or photos on occasion. (As the above dog with the arrow in his shoulder.)



We've been thinking and pondering and .... well, arguing .... over where we should send it. We finally agreed to pick just one one cat and one dog blog.

We would like to give this to JB's Small World. We always enjoy reading their posts. Sadly, they recently lost both PooPoo and Misty. Today they feature Bear and Dumplin' playing on (in?) the scratching post, but this will be our cat blog. Besides, Bear thinks he's a cat anyway.

With her khwick wit and khrazy spelling, Khyra's Korner always makes us laugh, so we're going to give this to Khyra as our dog choice.