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I got a second chance !! I HAD the job of keeping up with Gurl's toys. That didn't work out very well... NOBODY can do that job !! Papa said he needed somebody to guard the "Maritime Museum" on Tuesday afternoons. I jumped at the chance ... "Here's my chance to get back in his good graces," I was thinkin. Personally ?? I can't imagine some… read more

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As sneaky as he is, ol' Ignatius Watson seems to KNOW when he should respond to our call and when he should just "hang back" and observe to see what's up. Sometimes, it seems like he has decided to take to the road again. Seriously, we'll call and call, and we don't see him til later. ( Of course, when that happens, he's usually really muddy and… read more

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I'm Ignatius Watson. I'm trained to pay attention to details. My breed ( some folks call us "baastid hounds" ), the BASSETS, and we're FAMOUS for our investigative skills. In fact, I am named after one of my famous ancestors who werked for Sherlock Holmes !!! I'm sitting here in line, between Tink and Rusty, and I'm wondering what's going on? … read more

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My friend from "up north" ( in Louisiana, anyway ) has this CHAMPION dog named "DAISY".... I'm confident she has posted a picture of Daisy, but this is the only one I have of her so I'm putting it up without her ( either Daisy's OR my friend's ) permission. I hope she doesn't mind. ( I call Daisy my "niece". ) This is simply my way of givi… read more

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Sittin' around here in the BriarPatch on the heels of a record snow-fall in mid December, rumors of more snow last night, and it's already March 1.... [ we've had snow as late as the latter part of March back in '86 I think it was ]. I'm out pokin' around on the ATV this afternoon and got to looking up and I see signs of SPRING !! Yeh !! BUDS B… read more