By:
        Cyndi Brown          , Jacksonville,
          FL      
              
      
      My name is Banjo.  I'm a Shi tzu.  I like to be sneaky when my mom is at work.  Recently, I was so sneaky that I managed to get out of the doggy door and pry open the door to our porch.  I'm strong like that.  I wanted to roam the neighborhood before Mom came home. But, as luck would have it, a very nice lady and her daughter were driving down our street when they saw me dart out to cross a very busy road.  They pulled over and opened the car door.  When the young lady said "come here puppy" I hopped up in her lap in a new car.  Who are you kidding?  I do love the ladies and I love to go for rides in cars!  Exciting!  I've got a new date.  Ruff Ruff. That nice lady in the new car took me to a place that smelled like heaven, hundreds of dogs have been there.  They scanned me and sent me back home with my new car friends for a play date.  But, It seems my mom got a phone call, a text and an email about me being picked up by some ladies.  (Thanks to my Avid ID)  My new friends told my mom I could play until she got home from work.  My new friends tricked me. They said we were going for a ride. Within a few minutes I was back at the place that smelled like a million other dogs and there was my mom, waiting for me with a big smile on her face, just like the day she adopted me.  I didn't even get in trouble for sneaking out.  I wonder if I can convince the cat to help me open the front door next time....