4. Chapter Four Boo Berry Tells a Story, Friday, June 6, 2025

Posted on June 6, 2025 by Dayphoto

OH! MY! GOSH!

My new pen was HUGE!!!

I MEAN HUGE!!!

Mom showed me everything—here is the kitchen, Boo Berry. (Mom calls me Boo Berry. I finally get to use the Berry part of my name 😊 ).

“This is where we eat, and you will eat here also. TLC will eat up here because I don’t want you to eat TLC’s food. He won’t eat your food, because he doesn’t like your kind of food. [TLC is a particular cat}.

This is the room where your daybed will stay. It can be your Safe place. All day long. If you get tired, you can sleep right here; if you get scared, you can run and lie right here. This big soft bed is right by my chair. So we will be together.” Mom smiled big at me.

Then she showed me my BIG nice, soft bed in the bedroom. This one is right by Mom on her side of the bed. TLC likes to sleep on the other side.

Sometimes TLC sleeps at the end of Dad’s feet. Just say’n.

Me! I always sleep with Mom.

We walked through the house….here is another bed if you want to try this one out, or here is a bed in case you want this one. I got you LOTS of beds so you can pick whatever bed you really like.” She explained.

But the scary THING! The scariest thing is UPSTAIRS! Mom showed me upstairs. She had to carry me upstairs, and then she had to carry me downstairs, where I hid my head in Mom’s arms.

That was when I first got here to the HUGE pen I share with Mom, Dad, and TLC. Now I run up and down the stairs like they were a flat floor. I like to come upstairs and lie in the sunshine in the morning. Ah…..bliss!

Then we went outside.

I didn’t even have to have a harness on!

Just out the door we went. First Mom carried me ,then I walked right with her.

But—-

OUTSIDE WAS TOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO BIG!!

I ran back to the door and stood there shaking.

“In?” Mom asked.

“IN!!” I shivered and shook.

So In I went—-only going outside WITH MOM to do my duty, then running right back inside. As fast as possible.

Mom had to tell me it was okay to do my duty outside, she says: “Go, Good Girl. Picked up my leg {I still pee with one leg up}, and said—“It’s okay…Go, Good girl.”

I’m a fast learner. That’s what Mom says. 😊

WHEW!

Learning the big pen took me a good two weeks, or more.

And in the meantime—-I had a vet visit.

No more puppies for me….ever!!

Boo Berry Betty Brown

Chapter Three Boo Berry Tells a Story— Friday, May 30, 2025

Posted on May 30, 2025 by Dayphoto

Well, I figured out adulthood. I became an adult—very soon after I was moved to that hidden pen.

Yep—babies became part of my life.

I loved those little sweet squirming babies.

But I didn’t get to have them for long. As soon as they hit their 8th week zipp, they were placed in a pen next to me.

I sang calming songs to them, like Momma did for us.

Soon, I repeated the whole process all over again, and again and again.

Then one day, the lady showed up with a man. The woman said that I was for sale!

“FOR SALE!!!!” She was getting rid of me!!!!

The man reached down and picked me up. Held me close to his heart, and I felt Peace!

Wow!

I really like my new ‘owner.’ He was good to me, gave me a bath once a month, and let me exercise in the sun, which was a tiny distance from my new pen.

Of course, I still had my ADULT duties of having and raising puppies.

Then one day…actually, night, the puppies and I almost ran over the rainbow bridge together.

It took me a long time to recover from all that.

After I got well, my man owner came into the pen. He was wonderful, he talked to me and to everyone else in the pens all the time. Telling us good things about ourselves, telling us things about each other. You know nice stuff.

Anyway, in he came. Picked me up. Gave me a kiss on the nose and said: “Today is a big day for you, Boo.” He called me Boo, even though my full name is Boo Berry Betty and the lady called me Betty.

“Today, you are going to take a bath, get all cleaned up, because today you are going to live with a family. No more adulting for you. Last time was just too much. I’ve found a wonderful family who will love and keep you, and you can learn to be a farm dog.”

Farm dog? What’s a farm dog, I thought.

Anyway, I had a bath, toenails clipped, and a nice brush. I felt so good. My owner always gave us really nice baths.

Then this lady showed up in the doorway. I didn’t pay attention, because people were always coming and going — leaving with puppies.

My owner picked me up. Handed me to MOM and gave Mom my papers (whatever those are), then walked with Mom and me to the car.

“Thank you, Alan, Mom said. I promise she will have a wonderful life with us and get to do lots of fun things. No more ‘work’ Boo Berry.”

With that, we drove to my new life!

Adventures with TLC and Boo Berry, Friday, May 9, 2025 Boo Berry Tells a Story

Posted on May 9, 2025 by Dayphoto

I came across Boo Berry just sitting in the sun, eyes closed, just sitting.

“What ya Doing, Boo?”

“Just sitting—letting the world go by.”

“Really!?!! Nothing? Why? There is so much to do and so many

Things to see. Why just sitting there doing NOTHING!!!?” I expounded. “NOTHING!”

“Well, ya. See the sun is warm right here. I’m sitting in this perfect sunspot, my fur is black and the air is cold so this is perfect. Just, mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm, perfect” Boo Berry closed her eyes and laid down.

I just stared at her.

“You always do nothing.”

“No, I don’t. I have been writing a story….first I write in my my mind then I will put it on paper.”

“A story?”

“Yes, a story, and it’s a very good story. Once I’m ready Mom will put on paper and then—-well, there it will be.”

“I think you are silly, Boo Berry, why sit around writing a story when there are things to doooooooooo!” TLC scrammed off.

The Adventures of Boo Berry Betty and TLC Cai-Cai on Friday—- My Life, My Life, My Wonderful Life, Friday, May 2, 2025

Posted on May 2, 2025 by Dayphoto

Mom says it’s MY TURN to tell you a story. TLC got to tell you all about the great big flood we had, so Mom says I get to tell you whatever I want to tell.

So I am going to tell you about My Life!! How it is—my life—right now!

It’s full of fun things! Things I like to do.

Things Mom and Dad do. Even though it’s cold and raining.

And Being a Farm DOG!!! (with really cool sunglasses 🙂 )

Chapter 1 begins Next week!

Boo Berry Betty Brown

The Adventures of Boo Berry Betty and TLC Cai-Cai on Friday—-Getting Closer and Closer, Friday, April 11, 2025

Posted on April 11, 2025 by Dayphoto

Mom said we are getting closer and closer to starting the water on the farm

There are just a few things left to do—

Mark out all the fields—the alfalfa fields

The corn fields

and fix the gated pipe

Gated pipe always, always, always walks apart over the winter.

And make the ditches (and clean the ditches) Gosh, there’s lots left to do. But much closer.

Once those things are done—

Then, we go out to check/change the furrows twice daily (maybe more often).

Until it’s harvest time in the fall.

Boo Berry, Mom’s helper all the way

Good, you do that—-I’ll protect the farm!!!

Cynefin—Welsh (m.) A place where a person or an animal feels it ought to live and belong; it is where nature around you feels right and welcoming

TLC

The Adventures of Boo Berry Betty and TLC Cai-Cai on Friday—-Winter Returned, Sigh!, Friday, April 4, 2025

Posted on April 4, 2025 by Dayphoto

We had WIND!!! Lots of wind. It made a dust like Dada is making dust.

Hurt my eyes, so I had to go into the house.

Then it started to rain—

It was hard working with Mom in the rain

Then the hard snow came. And Came. and Came.

And the temperatures dropped to 23* at night.

It gradually warmed up—-

But staying outside was HORRID!!!

Boo Berry and TLC

The Adventures of Boo Berry Betty and TLC Cai-Cai on Friday—-OH! MY! GOSH!, Friday, March 21, 2025

Posted on March 21, 2025 by Dayphoto

“Boo Berry!!!

This doesn’t look good! Let’s hurry home and see what is happening! ” Mom cried as she picked me up and sat me in my car seat.

“Oh! My! Gosh!

Get in the house TLC and Boo Berry! Our neighbor is burning his cornfields!: Mom ran us to the house and put us inside.

Later we learned Dad and Mom were out there making sure nothing sparked over our way.

It all turned out okay…but boy, that was scary for a spell!

Boo Berry

The Adventures of Boo Berry Betty and TLC Cai-Cai on Friday—-Mom Said to Tell You, Friday, March 7, 2025

Posted on March 7, 2025 by Dayphoto

Mom said to tell you she saw a flock of 8!!!! Eight!!! Western Bluebirds!

And then while I was standing outside with Mom, a HUGE! Noisy! FLOCK of Red-Winged Blackbirds arrived!

The SONG BIRDS are coming back!!!

TLC and Boo Berry (and Mom)

The Adventures of Boo Berry Betty and TLC Cai-Cai on Friday—-WE HAVE MADE IT!!!, Friday, February 28, 2025

Posted on February 28, 2025 by Dayphoto

This is the weekend we leave winter GOOD BYE!!!

Mom and TLC, and I and Dad are very happy. Mom and I keep looking for sprigs of green grass—yep, there is some. (Mom says it’s really weeds and Cheat Grass—but I’ll take it!!!)

Boo Berry Betty Brown