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Ash has been doing all the barking lately. Since we’ve got a house full of guest dogs and he’s busy entertaining, I’m covering our bark today.

Our mom is kinda camera shy. She likes to take our picture but she really doesn’t want to be in the picture herself. Last week she invited some of her very best pals from work to come for dinner.

Her pal Dave is really good with a camera. We asked Dave to take her picture when she wasn’t looking. This is my favorite of all his pictures.

Mom is was whispering sweet silly stuff in my ear. I couldn’t hear the words because I’m deaf, but my heart knew what she was saying.

All us dogs really like it when we’re the center of attention. Tess will let anyone snuggle with her. Even Ash will cuddle with mom.

Some of the men folks make fun of Ash and call him a mama’s boy, but he doesn’t care. He says it makes mom laugh when he gives her a good face washing and that makes him happy. Her too.

As long as we’re talking silly stuff, here’s one of my favorite pictures of the twins. Now tell me they aren’t sweet on each other. Sometimes nothing much happens at our place. We just enjoy being together. Having your own pack – it’s very sweet.

Jack doesn’t smile often, but when something really special happens his old face just lights up. Turns out someone found Jack on the internet and sent him a message at BarkingProse.

This same kind person is sponsoring Jack through Old Dog Haven. Jack thought all of that was pretty neat. But when he received a package of treats addressed to “Jack” he was over the moon.

There was a beautiful card that came with Jack’s treats too. Jack was really touched.

Mom says Jack is an old soul. He is gentle and kind and reminds us of how we should be grateful for the good things life brings to us. Mom says people are blessed when they can know a dog like Jack, and we should feel honored to care for him in his old age.

Jack says he won the lottery when he came to live at Asherpark. He thought things couldn’t get any better, but then his new friend cared enough about him to send him special treats.

Jack wants to send a big big thank you to his new friend. He says the tasty treats and the elegant card mean so much to him and he feels real important because he’s the only one in the pack who has a secret admirer. From Jack with all his heart, Thank You!

Today I’m barking about Jack. I’ve been thinking about him a lot lately and want people to know how special he is. It hasn’t always been that way.

When we first got him through Old Dog Haven he had some baggage. But me and Jack worked things out and now we’re as thick as brothers.

Mom knows how worried Jack gets when he’s left alone, so I’m his babysitter. He cries something awful for mom unless I’m with him.

For the longest time Jack never smiled. It’s hard to tell from his sad face what he’s thinking. One day mom invited him to play with her. He understood right away what she wanted and got this way cool look on his face. Then he started bouncin’ and doing the play bow back to her. It was hilarious.

Jack is still the most serious one in our pack, but at least we know he has some fun left in him. Maybe it just took him a while to get over the loneliness of the shelter. Five months in solitary can do that.

Maybe it’s all the love he gets now. When he goes for a walk strangers stop and ask to pet him. He’s always the gentleman. He never pulls like me.

You do have to watch where Jack’s standing. He’s still got that urge to mark everywhere. Maybe it’s a form of canine vandalism. Anyway, Jack’s The Man! Gotta run.