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It's July 4, American Independence Day

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Clarification: In comments for the post below, some of you are congratulating Mama for her role in organizing the Atlanta Boxer Rescue. She had nothing to do with it other than knowing Carmen and making a donation. Sorry if the post was misleading. All the credit goes to the amazing Carmen and her team.

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July 1 /08

Today is Beauty's Sweet 16

It's also her Gotchaday. Fifteen years ago, Mama chose my catsister, Beauty, at the shelter and brought her home. She was about one year old - no one knew for sure because she was a stray.

It's funny because the night before, Mama was drawing a picture of a cat and then she met Beauty and she looked exactly like the drawing. Mama says Beauty has been a joy to live with since the day she arrived. I think she's a very nice cat when she wants to be, and she's real pretty, too. She's got the tiniest paws I ever saw. She doesn't always want to play with me because she's just a silly old spinster but I love her very much. So on her special day, Mama put a bow on her and gave her kisses and cookies. HAPPY SWEET 16 & GOTCHA DAY, CATSIS!

It's also Canada Day ...

Mama's friend, Carmen, has been working hard to organize the Atlanta Boxer Rescue. She and her team finally formed a board, applied for business and non-profit applications, planned events and organized rescue operations for homeless Boxers in the metro Atlanta area.

They've been waiting a long time for this day to come. They've talked about it for years. Carmen says that Atlanta has been in desperate need of a large, thorough Boxer-specific rescue organization. Now they have assembled a board of dedicated and talented people who will work to find Boxers their forever homes.

You can visit their website at: http://www.atlantaboxerrescue.org/ if you are able to donate time and/or money, or just to see what Carmen and her team are doing. Congratulations and best of luck, Carmen!

June 30th /08

Well, it's Monday morning and where am I? At work, of course!

Papa often takes me to his office. Don't forget, I'm a Working dog! When Papa's on the dock, I'm right there with him, sleeves rolled up and working hard. When he's at his desk, I'm lying by his feet or carousing around looking for hugs from the staff, which I always get.

Part of my job is to run around the dock and find wooden sticks and planks. It's tough work and it doesn't pay that well, but the benefits are excellent. I get breakfast, lunch and snacks, water, transportation, playbreaks with the secretaries, snoozetime and cuddles. Sometimes other people bring their dogs to work too, so there's sometimes some goofing off.

Here I am on the dock with a big, slippery stick. Mama stopped by and that's her calling me "Poupoun," one of my nicknames, and that's my silly Papa barking in the background and telling me to find a smaller stick because this one was really a heavy plank and it was making me clumsy.

Have a great week.