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A very Thankful Christmas.

Benson; 

Twas the night before Christmas

And everything was still

Two-Legs were all sleeping

After eating their fill

Harvey and I were nestled, all snug in our beds

While visions of doggie treats danced in our heads

When outside the room there arose such a clatter

I listened in tight to hear what was the matter

Away to the window, I jumped up to see

And barked at a bag as it passed by the tree

This woke Two-Legs and they jumped with a scare

But it was the middle of the night, to be fair.

The noise came again, from down below

To protect my new family, now I must go

Down the stairs Harvey and I crept, and what did we see

But a splendid dog sled, led by doggies like me

We raced to the lounge, on our neat little paws

Then came to a halt, for there was Santa Claus

All chubby and plump, a right jolly old Elf

I hope Harvey's not scared, I said to myself

He threw down his sack full of gifts with a groan

And pulled out soft toys and a big juicy bone

Lots of goodies and treats for Harvey and me

He placed with care around the big Christmas tree

His eyes, how they twinkled, His mouth like a bow

He bent down to pat me, and he wanted to know

"Have you settled now Benson, are you finally happy?

You look well enough, and you're no longer shabby"

I looked over at Harvey, and was pleased to discover

Even though he annoyed me, I now had a Brother

I looked up at Santa, and said so thankfully

"I have all that I need, my new family"

Love from 

Benson xx

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Someone's coming..

Benson; Santa's coming...Santa's coming...Santa's coming...Santa's coming.

I'm so excited.

Santa's coming...Santa's coming...Santa's coming...Santa's coming...Santa's coming...Santa's coming..

Hey Two-Legs, who's Santa?

Merry Christmas to all our friends...Two-Legs and Four-Legs

Love from

Benson and Harvey

xxxx

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Howl-o-ween

Benson; I have found my voice. And it has a purpose. To warn and protect my new family. All day. Everyday. Morning and night.

There are a lot of dangers out there, and they all need to know,

....I LIVE HERE.

They are;

Other Two-Legs that are passing by.

Two-Legs that come to my home but then I realize they are friends.

Dogs or cats strolling past my home.

Strange noise coming from the front of my home.

Strange noise coming from the back of my home.

Any strange noise.

It’s a low deep voice, and I sound like a big dog, loud and scary. I even scare myself sometimes. Harvey has started helping me with all this warning work..it sounds much better with two voices. Two-Legs was happy at first, saying that my ‘confidence’ was coming back, it lasted only a day before I was being told, ‘No’ with a little click and tap on my shoulder.

I’m learning to control it…But if that paper bag flies past the window one more time….

Harvey and I on watch duty.

I’ve also found out, I can sing. Harvey sings as he squeaks his toy Elephant, and one day I felt the urge to join in. My deep voice goes very well with Harvey’s high notes, a Harmony I believe its called. Two-Legs calls it Howling.

Two-Legs said we were going to the pet store, we had to get costumes for something called Halloween. Harvey and I got excited as we love going in the car, and we especially love going to the pet store, all those interesting smells and always the chance that we will get a new chewing bone ( yes, I love them now)

We both jumped in the car...and off we went.

At the store we looked and sniffed at everything on the shelves, Two-Legs kept picking up packs of treats and asking "if I would like this"..Well yes I would, all of it, thank you very much.

Two-Legs was laughing so much as we tried on different costumes, it was fun but I was more interested in the treats that had been placed in the basket.

Now it was time to go home, so back in the car we went, and on the ride home I wondered what costume Two-Legs had decided on...

Was it something scary like the wolf, or something daring like the Batman outfit, or maybe it was the costume from Star-Wars...

This was not what I was expecting....

And as for Harvey...I don't think he was too impressed either.

Love from

Benson xx

Two-Legs; Yes, Benson has found his voice, and its a very loud one!..I have been told that the Lhasa Apso has watchdog tendencies, and will protect his family, but we are teaching him not to bark so much, according to the rules of "The dog whisperer"!  He is also showing all the family so much love, he loves to be petted and cuddled, but when he has had enough, he waddles off. We have read that the Lhasa is very independent and Regal being the breed of Noblemen in Tibet, so we do given him the space he needs, and the respect he deserves. He still grumbles at Harvey, but I know there is love growing there.

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A Cowboy Cookout.

Benson; I have started to take an interest in where I live, and in particular, marking out where I live. Harvey has signaled to me that this is a very important job, and must be done thoroughly. 

Step 1. Sniff

Step 2. Position

Step 3. Lift Leg

Step 4. Mark

All territory must be covered, all hedges, each tree, in fact, every couple of yards, just to make sure.

I was doing pretty well until Harvey's Head got in the way just after step 3 

Back home, Two-Legs was muttering. I heard 'Bath-Time'  'Pee-on-the-head' and 'Now-we'll-be-late' Harvey shot upstairs as soon as he saw the blue gloves and towels (he knows so much more than me). Harvey was hiding under the bed, I don't think he likes baths much. So I had to go first, actually, I really like a bath, so it didn't bother me that much. Harvey eventually got caught, he smelt so much better afterwards.

So there we were all clean and blow-dried, when Two-Legs announced that we were going on a trip. Another adventure! 

We arrived, and jumped out of the car. This place had a big garden, with so many great new smells. One smell was very strong. A sweet, warm , mouthwatering smell, and it was coming from a big pot.I went to have a closer look, when...

"Whoa, who are you?"

 Rupert was his name. He was another young one.

I had been so focused on the lovely smell and Harvey was busy marking everything in sight, we hadn't noticed him. We all had a little sniff, just to say hello, and then Harvey and Rupert started to run and play. 

I still felt a little nervous being away from my new home. I was also cold, my coat was taking its time growing back so Two-Legs covered me with a blanket. Two-Legs said I looked like E.T. whoever that was, but I didn't care, I was warm and it was so much better.

Harvey and Rupert played. They played hard. Rolling around, in the dirt and dust. They chased each other all around the garden. Harvey kept coming up to me, I know he wanted me to play.

"Look at how much fun this is" he panted  "Help me catch Rupert"

They didn't stop.

All the time we were there.

I know, because I sat and watched.

Finally they stopped playing and it was time to go home, but Harvey didn't look like Harvey anymore. He was one color. Dirty brown color. He had no white color left. I don't think Two-Legs was impressed.

So guess who had to have another bath when we got back home...

Oh How I laughed...and laughed...and laughed!

Love From

Benson

xx

Two-Legs; Every week Benson makes a little more progress. He is so much better now when we go out for walks. He stays by Harvey's side, sniffing and marking everything Harvey does, its such a pleasure to see them walking side by side, like brothers. He's eating really well, and we have also noticed how he is looking leaner and fitter. He runs now, not very fast, but he runs! He didn't play much with his new friend Rupert, but I think both Harvey and Rupert's playing was a little too much for him. 

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Beware of the Bluecoated Two-Legs.

Benson; We took another trip. I love these trips, I love going in the car, it's a whole new world opening up to me, laying on the back seat and watching  the outside whizz by.

Harvey led the way first into the building, he took a quick sniff around, and then became very nervous. He looked at me as if to warn me of impending doom, and then shot under the chair. It seemed like a very friendly place to me, everyone was patting me and telling me how cute I look, I think they were just being nice as I don't think I look cute since they shaved all my coat off!

A nice Two-Legs in a bluecoat, called me by my new name, and we all shuffled into a small room, it had a tall silver table and it smelt very funny.

They put me on the silver table and things started to feel familiar, as if I had been in a room like this before.

I looked at Two-Legs and she was smiling "it's ok" she said.

I looked down at Harvey who had crept under the chair, his eyes were so wide"its too late now" they said.

He'd started to pant heavily and I also noticed that his tail was missing...then I saw that it had slipped between his legs, not standing tall and proud. Us dogs are very proud of our tails!

After talking for a little while, the nice lady took me into another room, away from Two-Legs and Harvey. They did something to my neck, which didn't feel too nice, but was ok. It was what they did next which was a little uncomfortable but very embarrassing.

She said that she needed a stool sample, I didn't know what she was talking about.

The next thing, Whoop! Something was up my bottom and out again...Whoa! What was that?

Back in the room, a little shaken, I looked down at Harvey,

"I told you" Harvey said.

I couldn't get out of there fast enough.

But, I left them a little parting gift when I got outside!

Love from 

Benson xx

Two-Legs; Benson is doing really well, and he's settling down with the family. He still follows me around everywhere, and doesn't like me out of his sight, but he's certainly becoming more relaxed.

We took him to our vets The Vet care village, to be checked out, and to get his shots. He seemed a little apprehensive, I think he was sensing something from Harvey! But there was nothing for him to worry about, the people at the vets are lovely.

He was given a throughly good check-up, had shots, and a stool test, and everything checked out ok. We had some concerns over his eyes, teeth and hips, but everything was all ok-Phew!

The vet said, to say what he had been through, he was a lucky dog, and he thought that he was around 5 years old, which is what we had been told.

We feel a lot happier, knowing that he is ok, and has no bad health issues. So now its onwards and upwards of helping him become a happy little dog.

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Dogs have a way of finding the people who need them - And filling a space we didn't even know we had

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