Day 563:

Ya know, Dad and Pa have been planning this vacation-thingy... It's a place called Disneyland, and I can't even begin to understand what that place is like, they say, but it's supposed to be a whole lot of FUN.

Hrmf.

So... how come they keep talking about leaving ME behind?? Huh? Huh? I don't THINK so!

I have been workin' my magic on 'em... I been making sure EVERYBODY gets a little of Big Bertha's Luuurrrrv, when we go out. /especially/ peoples who go "eek!" because I am so big, or because I am a Rottweiler! (I not so dumb... I know, the more confidant Dad and Pa are of me, the more likely they are to abandon the very SILLY idea of leaving me behind while they vacation! hrmf indeed...

What can they be thinking? You know, Disneyland would be VERY exciting... Well, it MUST be... THEY wanna go there!

(hrmf again!)

So I have a PLAN...

First, I will convince them to take me to more THINGS. Movies, and AGHOST meetings (they are even gunna make me an honerary member! ...except if I ever SAW a ghost, I think I would insist we leave, right then! eep!!) and Shopping, and you know- EVERYWHERE. Absolutely everywhere. I need to prove that absolutely nothing will really upset me. No person is too wierd for me, and no place is too... bizzare.

Second, I am going to make them go to the local amusement park... it's a real 'six flags' park, but it's pretty SMALL... it's about half water-park, and Dad LOVES Water... except he feels too self-concious to really do much of that stuff, cause he's all scarred up and kinda fat. That doesn't look good in trunks. I wouldn't know- I don't SWIM... I just sit in very small kiddie pools if it gets real hot out! Pa... he HATES splashing water! icky icky icky! He hates it SO much... So I think we won't be doing much water-park things certainly... but like, I have never SEEN a Merry-go-round... and I have certainly never RIDDEN one! I don't know what I would think! I am going to make them bring me there, so that I can see just how happy the 'happiest place on earth' might BE... especially since it's supposed to be SOOoooo much better than this! We'll seeeeeee.

Third, I am going to have to REALLY work hard. I need to make Dad and Pa somehow raise enough money to pay for what is called a 'travel crate'... That would be my BED when I am traveling, of course. And anytime that I needed to be put up for a little bit to rest and feel safe! (like naptime in the hotel! I can't sleep on the spare bed... but I will, if I don't have a bed of my OWN!) The one Dad wants to buy costs almost 200 bucks!! WOW. You can see how cool it is though, and how super-strong (cause you KNOW the airline is going to drop kick it around, right?) it is, here:

http://www.sitstay.com/store/equip/softcrate-n.shtml
http://www.sitstay.com/store/equip/softcrate-x.shtml

One of them is a little tougher and better put together than the other- but then, it's more expensive too- so we'll see... I'm happy that they are REALLY durable, and that I would have a bed all my own that SMELLS like me... That would be so cool! I have a crate here at home, but it doesn't fold down or anything, and is too big and heavy for the airline to accept...

Oh, and in case you are wondering, I don't need a 'hardside' crate, because I get to Travel in the CABIN! Because I am a Certified Service-Dog now, and I have I.D. and all that! I would be squished a little, because there's not much ROOM for a dog on a plane, but that's okay. It's a very short ride, only a couple hours I think... and Dad took deaddog (his old Service Dog) on a plane once before too- and it wasn't too bad. :) That is not the part I worry about!

I think I could sell my paintings, maybe... I could offer them unframed, a whole lot cheaper than framed... and maybe more people would buy them! Oh! I should post some more of my work too... I haven't done that in too long! I did a great one the other day, of purple flowers, which I love VERY much!

...and in the meantime... I will keep working on Dad and Pa, and try to make them see that I would be SO good at vacations... oh yes. Because I SO need a picture of me, with Mickey Mouse. I do. I really do.

Big Bertha