April 18, 2017

Dear Terry, Big Eggciting News!! Lisa laid the first egg!! Oh my gosh we haven't had this much excitement in a long time here! Me and Mom check on the chickens every morning and every night and I check them with Dad during the day. We look every day for eggs but we haven't seen any UNTIL TODAY! Mom opened the Hen House and she looked in and said FRED! EGG!! The girls were super clucky this morning because Mom was so excited then I was so excited I barked! We ran inside and Mom told Dad, get your shoes on! Hurry Up! Dad was scared at first - WHAT is going on?? Mom said An EGG!!! And Dad started laughing and he put his shoes on and we all went back out to see The Egg. Mom took a picture of it so you could see. Dad said, What a fine looking EGG! Dad doesn't eat eggs but he knew a good egg when he saw it! Then Mom let me smell it! What a good smell! When Mom got home tonight she fried it up in a pan and ate it. She even gave me a little bit. YUMMY. The middle was so yellow it looked orange to me. I hope we get more eggs! Marge hasn't laid an egg yet though. Maybe she will tonight and maybe Lisa will lay another one. Then me and Mom can each have an egg to eat!

Here's the egg. Dad said he was really hoping for a Golden Egg but a brown one is good too!

Lisa's First Egg!

Barks and Clucks, FredDog!

April 12, 2017

Dear Terry, Me and Mom and Dad took a big trip to go to Sam's birthday party! There was cake but no ice cream. I wasn't allowed any cake. It was chocolate. I was really tired. And a little grumpy. I pooped out early. Everyone let me have my favorite chair. It's just the right kind of comfortable. Oh and we saw Uncle Tom! He has new place. We have to ride an elevator to get to his place. There's lots of old people there and I stopped to say HELLO LADY to one of them! She was in a wheelchair and couldn't sit up so good. But she could sure pet me! She was laughing and telling Mom about how she used to have Irish Setters. She talked and talked to me. Mom said how good it was to see The Lady laugh and smile. Mom said What a Good Boy! And she gave me lots of pets! Uncle Tom played catch the Cherrios with me! I had a lot of Cherrios. YUMM! Uncle Tom even walked out with us to say goodbye and wave Bye Bye to me! Oh and me and Mom check on the chickens all the time. This morning Marge even greeted me with a COO COOO. That's her happy sound. We checked for eggs but no eggs yet. I pranced around in front of Marge in the coop to see if I could get her to play but she flapped her wings at me. The flappy wing thing scares me! Woof!

Hope you are having a Flappy Day!

Love, Woofs and Barks, FredDog

April 6, 2017

Dear Terry, I didn't know that being a Chicken Checker could be so tiring!! As soon as I pee in the morning , me and Mom go over to check on The Girls. That's what Mom calls them. Their names are really Lisa and Marge. Marge is the big one. Lisa is the crazy one. We make sure the coop is OK and check all around it and then I pee on the corner. Then we open the doors and out they come! CLUCK CLUCK CLUCK. Today, Mom let me stay right next to the coop. I sat there real good and I put my nose up to the fence and Marge tried to PUT MY EYE OUT. Mom said No, she wanted to see if you were anything good to eat. They eat almost everything you know. I didn't bark though. I think Marge figured out that I am here to help! Me and Dad check on them during the day and then me and Mom check on them when she gets home at night. One time we saw the neighbor's cat trying to decide what to do about the chickens. He was nervous, you could tell. I barked at him to let him know GO AWAY and he ran really fast even though I wasn't anywhere near him and Mom had me on the leash. Marge eats right out of Mom's hand. We give them good treats to eat. Like lettuce and oregano and peppers. They really like lettuce. Petey watches them from the window. He's not allowed to be a Chicken Checker. Mom says some jobs are Dog Only Jobs and that I am the Best Chicken Checker EVER! WOOF WOOF!!

I hope you can see them soon!!

Barks Wags  Meows & Clucks! FredDog, Petey and PennyCat, Marge and Lisa!