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DEAR UNCLE JERRY AND EVVYBODY

HI.  I GOED TO SEE DOCTOR SAM.  SHE IS NEW.  SHE IS NICE AND NICE.  SHE TOUCHED ME GENTLE.  WHEN SHE PUSHED ON MY ELBOW I JERKED!  MY HEAD AWAY CUS IT HURTED.  I DID NOT CRY OR SNAP.  DR SAM SAYS MAYBE I HAVE ARTHRITIS IN MY LEG.  OR MAYBE NOT.  WE COULD HAVE A X RAY TO TELL FOR SURE BUT WE CANT FORD IT.  SO WE WILL ASSUME I HAVE IT.  SO I AM ON REST TIME.  I AM NOT LOUD TO RUN OR PLAY OR GO OUT.  CEPT TO GO POTTY.  I DO NOT LIKE TO BE CONFINED.  I DO NOT HAVE TO STAY IN MY CRATE.  DR SAM GIVED TO ME MEDICINE CALLED RIMADYL.  I TAKE IT IN CREAM CHEESE.  I LIKE CREAM CHEESE.  I DO NOT MIND TO TAKE MY MEDS.  SO I JUST TAKE IT EASY TO LAY DOWN A LOT.  I HAVE SOFT BLANKETS ON THE COUCH AND THE CHAIR TO SLEEP.  I HAVE TO REST FOR 2 WEEKS.  THEN GO BACK TO SEE DR SAM GAIN.  MOMMY THINKS I WILL PROLLY HAVE TO TAKE MEDS FOREVER BUT WE DONT KNOW YET.

MOMMY BUYED FOR ME LITTLE STEPS TO GO UP TO THE COUCH.  I CAN DO THE FIRST 2 STEPS WITH MY FRONT PAW.  I CAN NOT PUT MY BACK PAWS ON THE STEPS YET.  MOMMY SAYS I WILL LEARN.  SHE PUTS TREATS ON THE STEPS.  I LIKE IT.  SHE HOPES I LEARN TO GO DOWN THE STEPS SO I WILL NOT JUMP OFF THE COUCH ANYMORE.

DEAR NICE DOGS DID YOU EVER HAVE ARTHRITIS FORE?  CAN YOU TELL TO US WHAT HAPPENED PLEASE?  WE NEED TO KNOW.  TY.

LOVE FROM

SPARKY AND MOMMY

ANX

DEAR DEAR PEOPLES AND DOGS AND JILLY

HI!  IT IS ME!  DID YOU FORGET ME?  IM SORRY I DID NOT WRITE FOR A LONG TIME.  I BEED BUSY.  I GO WALKING AND MOMMY EVVY DAY.  I GO WALKING AND UNCLE RANDY ON TUES AND WED.  IT IS CUS MOMMY GOES TO WORK.  SHE DOES LIKE IT.  BUT SHE MISSES ME.  I MISS HER TOO.

TODAY I STANDED ON MOMMY.  I PUTTED MY NOSE DOWN HER SHIRT.  I PUTTED MY PAW IN HER EYE.  I LAID ON HER FACE.  I AM A SILLY LITTLE THING.

A THING HAPPENED.  I GETTED ANX.  SOMETIMES WHEN I AM ON THE COUCH OR THE BED I CANT GET OFF.  MOMMY THINKS I AM FAID TO JUMP.  MAYBE MY FRONT LEG HURTS.  OR MAYBE MY EYES ARE NOT RIGHT AND I CANT SEE THE FLOOR.  I DONT KNOW.  I STAND ON THE EDGE OF THE COUCH AND HESITATE.  I JUST STAND THERE TO SAY    YIP!  YIP!  LIKE I CAN NOT DO IT.  I SIT DOWN AND WAIT A MIN THEN I TRY GAIN.    I WANT MOMMY TO HELP ME.  FIRST SHE HELPED ME OFF THE COUCH BUT THEN SHE SAID

I DO NOT WANT TO MAKE SPARKY DEPENDENT ON  ME.

SO NOW SHE DOESNT DO IT ANY MORE.  SHE PUTTED DOWN A TREAT ON THE FLOOR AND GUESS WHAT?  I JUMPED.

DID YOU EVER BE FAID TO JUMP?  DO YOU HESITATE?  HOW COME?  DO YOU KNOW WHY?  DO YOU HURT?  I AM VERY LITTLE SO IT IS A LONG WAY DOWN FOR ME TO JUMP.  PLEASE TELL TO ME IF YOU KNOW WHY I AM ANX K?  THANK YOU.

I LOVE YOU.  YOU LOVE ME TOO.

BYE!

LOVE SPARKY