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Nov 19, 2023Liked by J. Dudley Gilbert

Our human did the same thing as Rascal’s. We were excited to go duck hunting and he forgot something and went back in the house and oops, one of us got our big old Lab paws on the lock button. We heard some bad words, then he disappeared. Oh well, this is our truck so we laid down on the big comfy back seat and waited. And then a man came and got the door open. But he wasn’t very nice, called us “bad dogs”.

Another time he left me in the truck and just took my sister out to hunt. But he left a window open just enough for skinny me to jump out so I did. He didn’t do that again!

This message is coming from Doggy Heaven but we are always watching.

Boji and Belle Noehren from Okoboji

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Nov 19, 2023·edited Nov 19, 2023Author

Ah, Boji and Belle! Heaven? What's heaven like? (Dudley)

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Nov 19, 2023Liked by J. Dudley Gilbert

Dudley, when you get really old and sick you cross the Rainbow Bridge to Doggy Heaven. All the naughty things you did are forgiven. And you can chase rabbits and roll in stinky things and it is OK. And play with all your doggy friends. No leashes needed. We still watch over our humans. But please, don’t be in a hurry to get here. You have many years to love your people.

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The no leash thing has a lot of appeal, but I suppose I have a lot to teach these humans.

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That is, by far, the cutest pix of Jay Dudley so far......he looks soooooo repentant.

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Just a few weeks ago my human got out of the pick-up with the engine running on top of a hill in Heaven (he calls it “The Farm”) and I hurried to the window to gaze fervently and lovingly at his every movement. I guess I put my paw on the lock button and when he heard the lock “thunk” sound he returned to the door to confirm the worst.

It was getting dark and he walked away over the hill so I relaxed into my curled up de-stresser position and fell asleep with the sound of the purring engine’s help.

He returned in the dark with another human and I watched them both fiddle with the door until it opened. I liked the other human and could tell with my nose he had two dogs and one cat.

Rascal Shreck

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Rascal, no there's a tale! Wagging with you. Oh, those humans.

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Oh those eyes, he knows how to use them and get what he wants while looking adorable LOL

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