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Nala is my furry sister. She’ll be 13 years old in 3 months. She’s the princess in the family.
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\nBefore I tell you more about Nala, my mommy wanted me to tell all of you to be extra careful in locking up your house, and if you know someone who doesn’t have a dog or two (or three, etc.), tell them they should get some (and some “Beware of Dog” signs)! Besides offering lotsa love, as us doggies do, we offer a measure of protection. Most often than not, we will try to protect what’s ours. <\/p>\n

You see, yesterday morning two men went across the street to our neighbor’s house. I could barely make out who they were because our tree was in the way. But mommy said one of them was a policeman! She started to get nervous, ’cause she didn’t know what the trouble was. She thought for a moment that her neighbor was in trouble, ’cause she just came home from the hospital, but the men weren’t running so it couldn’t be serious. <\/p>\n

\"Princess
\nBlurred for privacy. \ud83d\ude09<\/em><\/center><\/p>\n

It was when they finished at our neighbor’s house, and started walking toward ours, that mommy started to get nervous. It turns out that our neighbor, just two houses away, was robbed yesterday morning! It’s so terrible what horrible people there are in this world. The policeman asked mommy if she had seen anything, but she didn’t remember anything out of the ordinary. Nala and I bark at lots of stuff passing by our window. If they didn’t come in our direction, we wouldn’t have seen anything. <\/p>\n

Even though mommy isn’t sitting by the window accounting for everything going on out there, it made her realize how much she doesn’t <\/em>pay attention to cars passing by. She does pay attention to people walking by, but that’s ’cause Nala and I always let her know they’re there.<\/p>\n

This is a good time to remind everyone to lock up and\/or hide your valuables, and to make sure all of your locks are in working order. Never leave anything unlocked, and get some “Beware of Dog” signs. Trim any bushes that are in front of your house, so that they don’t offer a hiding place for someone trying to break in. If you don’t have an alarm system (or even if you do), get a doggie! We’re as good as, if not better than, an alarm system. <\/p>\n

I hope they catch who did this bad thing! Shame on them! <\/p>\n

A Commentathon to help some friends…<\/strong><\/p>\n

In order to help some friends, SAS.. Sammy, Andy & Shelly<\/a>, our friends over at Rott Rover<\/a> and Pip Gets Back in the Game<\/a>, have declared tomorrow, August 24, as Hat Day<\/em>! Those bloggers who have been “Hatted” by SAS are holding a comment-a-thon, from Wednesday at 12:01 AM until Friday at 12:01 AM. They will be contributing 25 cents (or another amount) for each comment left on their blogs in order to contribute to SAS’s ‘donate’ button on their blog (recently they’ve fallen on hard times). Please do visit them both and leave your comments. If you can, post a hat on your blog tomorrow, and link it back to SAS to show your support! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Back to Princess Nala…<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nala was almost 12 years old when I came to live with our family in September, 2010. From the start, my family knew I was different than Nala. Even Nala knew I was different. At just 3 months old I was crazy, rambunctious, and showed signs of being a tomboy. At 14 months old, I haven’t changed.<\/p>\n

There are a few things that I<\/em> do that Nala doesn’t do… like playing in water and doing crazy zoomies every night throughout the house.<\/p>\n

Then there are a few things that Nala <\/em>does that I won’t do… like enjoying car rides and getting haircuts<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Nala gets haircuts every few months or so, ’cause she doesn’t like to be brushed. And since she doesn’t get brushed too often, she starts to look unkempt. So mommy gets out the doggie clippers and gives her a haircut.<\/p>\n

Nala used to not mind getting a haircut. She used to stand there as mommy trimmed her fur, and then cut her toenails. But as she’s gotten older, she’s started to dislike a lot of things. One of those things is getting a haircut! <\/p>\n

\"Princess
\nMommy prefers to give Nala a haircut outside, but
\nit’s just too hot out there!<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Princess
\nMommy had to talk in an extra high voice to get
\nNala excited about her haircut. I think I was more
\nexcited than Nala was! I love watching. Teehee!<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Princess
\nNala even did some tricks to bribe mommy into
\npostponing her haircut, but it didn’t work.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Princess
\nYeah, I’m on a leash. I couldn’t keep myself away from
\nNala. That trimmer thing makes a funny vibrating noise!<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Princess
\nHere’s Nala after her haircut — her fur is sooo soft when it’s cut!
\nNala thought she was done.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Princess
\nThen she found out that mommy wanted to trim her nails, too!<\/em><\/CENTER><\/p>\n

\"Princess
\nI thought mommy was going to put the nail thing away,
\nbut then she called me over and tried to get my paws!<\/em><\/center><\/p>\n

Mommy thought that since I was so curious, she wanted to show me what it was like to have my nails trimmed.<\/p>\n

\"Princess
\nBut there was no way I was letting MY paws get near that thing!<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Princess
\nI’m definitely no princess!<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Princess
\nThat thing tickles!<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Princess
\nMommy tried, but I put up a good fight!<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Princess
\nWhat I REALLY wanted to do, was LICK the nail trimmer!<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Princess
\nMommy eventually gave up. Oh silly mommy…
\nmaybe next time we’ll try the nail trimmer on YOU!<\/em><\/center><\/p>\n

One more thing…<\/strong> I’m a Featured Pet Blogger over at Pet Blogs United<\/a> for the week! If you haven’t stopped by yet, I would love <\/em>for you to do so! Thanks to everyone who did already! <3\n\nHappy Tuesday woofs & hugs!\n\n~Bailey (Yep, I'm a girl)\nP.S… If you’re a human who blogs about your furry, or a furry who blogs about your human… or even a furry who blogs about your life… I invite you to follow me via Google Friend Connect (see box in the right-hand column –>), and join me on Facebook<\/a>. Please let me know you’ve visited — I love reading other blogs and making new friends. <3<\/em><\/p>\n

<\/font>*Extra Woofies*<\/font><\/strong><\/font>
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That nail trimmer thing really fascinates me! A few months ago I reviewed Pedi Paws<\/a>, which is what mommy uses to trim Nala’s nails. Nala’s not a digger, so her nails grow long and we hear them tapping on the floor as she walks throughout the house. I don’t have a problem with that… I’m a digger. I prefer to dig in the dirt, but I’m happy to dig in the floor too. Digging helps my nails stay at a manageable length. \ud83d\ude09 <\/p>\n