Xena: I have the honor of creating a poem to go with the picture this week. But instead of inserting me into the picture, I asked Mommy to insert a picture of Riley. You’ll see why in a moment. First, though, thanks to Brian for hosting Brian’s Thankful Thursday! And I am thankful to Angel Sammy for the fun picture this week, too. First, here’s the picture, and my most excellent poem follows it.
Murder! by Xena Schnauzer Warrior Princess
You murdered my doggy, the l’il pup screamed.
He’s dead and not moving…or so it seemed.
I named him Dooley and now he is dead.
Who did this while I slept in my bed?
Then a voice came to me; here’s what it said:
“You’d better get used to toys being destroyed.
He often does this when he gets annoyed.
I won’t give a name, but he’s big and he’s red.
Don’t expect him to stop ’til your toys are all dead.
Oh dog! I cried, as I grabbed my Dooley
He squeaked! He lives! I’ll hide him well, truly!
The big red dog I don’t want to annoy.
Lest he think that I, a small pup am his toy!
Xena: Now you know why it’s Riley in the picture. He used to deadie all my stuffies when we were both younger. He has still been known to deadie Chia’s stuffies.
Xena Schnauzer Warrior Princess, who is thankful that Riley hasn’t deadied me.
Xena Schnauzer Warrior Princess with Lucy and Chia 
THanks, Brian! XOX Xena
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A wonderful poem, with an important message.
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Great job on the poem. XO
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That was a fabulous poem, ya sure done good sweet Xena! Thanks for joining our Thankful Thursday Blog Hop!
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BOLBOLBOL!!!
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Uh, who said he doesn’t? Mommy’s always having to take them away from him. He just doesn’t deadie HIS toys anymore, BOL! XOX Xena
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BOL! Mom and Auntie Jen named him when he was 6 months old, not knowing how much bigger he was gonna get, or maybe they would have named him Clifford! XOX Xena
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I know, I was really speaking for that puppy in the picture. XOX Xena
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It’s true. He’s too scared of what Mommy would do to him! XOX Xena
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Gee, thanks Miss Sandra! XOX Xena
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Mom has to put them up high where Riley can’t reach them. You’d think at 13 he’d be done with it by now!
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Yikes!
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Ain’t that the truth!
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LOL. Whenever I destroyed a toy, Mom threw it in the garbage to punish me. Then a few days later, she bought me a replacement. #whospunishednow
Love and licks,
Cupcake
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Heh, heh…Riley, you’re after my own heart, aren’t you, dude?
Your fur-iend,
Elsa 🐾
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What a great poem Xena…we too, are glad Riley has settled down and doesn’t deadie your toys anymore!
xoxo,
Rosy & Sunny
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Well done…. but a surprise, as here we thought the “big red dog” was Clifford!
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Xena yore poe-em iss BANGIN!!!! That meenss PAWSUM!!!
An you know Riley wuud NEVURR dedd you!! Hee just likess to dedd Stuffiess…..
~~~head rubss~~~BellaDharma~~~ an {{huggiess}} BellaSita Mum
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Chaplin: “Sounds like Riley has a similar stuffie track record to Dennis …”
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What a cute poem, but we know Riley would never try to hurt you, Xena.
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we are thankful Riley has not deaded any of you except the toys.. wild clapping for your poem Warrior Princess
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WOW – Riley is “a force to be reckoned with” if he’s a “stuffy murderer” !! Hide all your toys immediately (although Riley will probably sniff them out!). GREAT JOB on the poem this week – as always.
Hugs, Teddy
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BOL!!! Great idea for that poem…we dead stuffies, too…it has to be a pup thing…the kitties here took forever to dead their toys, though Minko was the deadliest with them…the fastest and the most vicious, BOL!
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oh we don’t hope he will think you are a toy…..you need a no toy badge… and your riley can join our toy killer crew… with one member more we could eliminate the content of a whole store…
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Awwww that’s so cute & so is that puppy, but wow what a very mean look he has! hahahaha Have a great day my friend.
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