DIARY: I forgot to add in my last entry that I also chewed through the modem cable on the hoomans computer! It tasted great! They had no email or Internet for a day, but that cable sure helped my teething troubles. Cables are awesome to chew, and guess what! They're all over the house! I'm so lucky!

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DIARY: I'm not sure what day it is because I'm only a puppy and can't count past 10. Anyway, I have been "marking"my territory a lot. My territory is mostly the couch and certain places in the living room. I am marking there because The Evil One (called cat) hangs out in there a lot...mostly on the couch. So I am letting her know that the couch is MINE. Every day she attacks me and makes me yelp. Between you and me I am scared of her, but I do bark and pee in response. The hoomans keep talking about something called "neutering" to help with the marking. If anyone knows what this is, please let me know. What can that be, I wonder? After I "marked" the couch for the third time yesterday, My Mum has banned me from the living room and was talking about castrating me herself. What is that? Sounds like fun! Everything my Mum does with me is fun, so it can't be bad! I'll let you know when I find out....

P.S. That Cat is definitely Evil. Her eyes glow green sometimes. Like one of those aliens on Stargate SG1.

Day 10 Today it is snowing, so I helped my Mum clear three neighbours driveways (well I barked and danced, and chewed the snow shovel...that's helping isn't it?) I also ate the bathroom wall. I have observed that the One they call Cat is definitely Evil. She is definitely on the Dark Side of the Force....she torments me and eats my breakfast, then sits watching over me with the "Evil Stare"....

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DAY 9 Today I have been chewing and chewing and CHEWING! That urge to chomp just gets the better of me. My Mum went out for lunch for THREE HOURS and left me at home!! When she got home she let me walk to school with her to fetch the other pups! There were LOTS of pups at school, and I was really good. I wagged my tail and licked nearly all of them, and I walked really well and to "heel" all the way there and back! Later I picked up a box of the Alpha Dog's beer and wouldn't take it back. That beer bottle cap was so good on my teeth... I also went absolutely wacko playing with my sock, bouncing around as if I was on a pogo stick. They all sat and laughed so hard they cried....

Collie origins

I've been reading the youngest kid-pups library book about Collie dogs like me. I learned that my breed comes from the area of northern England and Scotland. Dogs like me were brought to that area by Roman invaders around 500 BC. We got our name from the sheep we worked around. "Col" is an old Anglo Saxon word that means "black". Scotland's black faced sheep were called "colleys". The dog that herded and drove them was called a "colley dog". As the years passed, the spelling was changed to collie. We are herding dogs, which is why I like to herd the cat and the kid-pups.

(My Mum is a writer and she says I have to give credit to the book I got this from. It is called "Collies" by Stuart A. Kallen and is published by Abdo.)

Timmy's Poem

Whilst chewing a pencil the other day, I wrote a little poem, with help from the female pup...

My ears are shaped like triangles
My eyes are soft and brown,
My nose is long with freckles on,
You'll never see me frown

My paws are white with brown bits on
My fur is warm and soft,
My collar's red with paw prints on,
I don't know what it cost!

I love my puppy playmates,
I think they call them kids,
We lie and tumble on the floor
While that black cat is hid!

My tail has a small white tip
Right at the very end,
It looks as if it touched some paint,
It wags and sometimes bends

Kimmie shares a name like mine,
I get a bit mixed up,
Especially when they use my name
For brown stuff in a cup!

Who is that other Timmy?
His doughnuts are the best,
That double double's not too bad
Wish I could try the rest...

When I'm grown up, I'll go for hikes
Play ball or frisbee too
Can't wait to show the world my stuff
And live my life with you!

My Diary

I have been keeping a diary since I came to live with my new family, a week ago. Here are some excerpts from the past week:

DAY 1: I went in something called a car for the first time today and threw up twice. It tasted great! I also had to get used to something called a collar and leash. I am scared but my new family seem nice. Uncle Andy and Auntie Anna came to visit me. Auntie Anna has freckles on her nose like me...

DAY 2: I was really good overnight and didn't poop or pee in my room at all! I played with my other litter mates called kids. I didn't play with the grumpy one called cat. Kept falling asleep everywhere...

DAY 3: Today I chewed a sock, and a boot. I met my neighbour, Fergus, who is a big border collie like me. I hope I grow up to be as big and handsome as him! His Mum gave me a gift. Later I went to the vet and he gave me a gift. I thought I would give my new family a gift too, so I pooped in the car on the way home. They laughed and put all the windows down, and even someone on the street coughed and gasped as we went by because of something they called the stink!

DAY 4: Today I helped do something called "counselling" and chewed the client's shoes by the front door while they did whatever they do in that room downstairs. At lunchtime I helped myself to coffee from a mug on the low table. I loved it but kept needing to pee afterwards, even inside. Then I ate the table leg and barked at the garbage men. Somehow managed to get pink marker all over my feet. My family bought me a bandanna, ball and a new name tag.

DAY 5: Today I pooped and peed on the carpet four times. My new Mum is tired and not pleased...

DAY 6 Today I pooped on the couch! It was way more comfortable to do it there. My plan is to try the BED next! I also ate some poop outside. They said it was a good thing I had been de-wormed. Uncle Andy and Auntie Anna came again and brought ice cream for the bigger pups and treats for me. My favourite is the bacon and cheese...

DAY 7: I got to try milk today! It's good! There was a whole river of it all over the kitchen floor because my Mum dropped a whole jug of it. Later I watched the people puppies wash their trucks and cars, and steam clean them. Something to do with puppies doing their business in the trucks. Strange, because I didn't know Uncle Andy and Auntie Anna had a puppy....
Then, they all went for dinner and LEFT ME BEHIND!!!

DAY 8: I discovered the bath tub today! My Mum wasn't feeling well and was having a soak in the tub. She screamed when I licked her and drank the bath water. I don't know why she made me leave. I was only trying to help her wash. Later she gave me her sausage and bacon at breakfast because she had lost her appetite. I hope she keeps losing that thing. Maybe when I've finished eating I'll help her to find it. I think a cup of coffee would go down nice with my sausages....