Dear Mr. Bettis –
Mommy read your letter to me. While my humans’ friends are great about sending treats and including Gretchie and me on the cards they send, this is my first letter, all to me! Gretchen enjoyed it too, but she just bounced around and raced here and there. (Why is it when she does that, it’s cute, but when I must restort to running and jumping inside to burn off this energy, the humans seem to brace themselves and fuss?)
I’m very glad you like the treats and I hope you’re able to steal some soon. Mommy instructed another friend to let her human kids open their gifts the moment they arrived. I hope that woman doesn’t put the gifts away until Christmas after they’re opened… Gretch and I get a broken bit of the same treats daily now, and they’re really good, so again, I hope you get some soon!
Oh, and your name and photo make you seem so dashing… Mommy said perhaps I should urge you to be a gentleman and share with the little girl dogs in your home. Me? I don’t mind sharing. Gretchen is so little that if she grabs hold to the other end of a toy, I can still walk around the house with her tugging and pulling like she’s really doing something. My favorite version of sharing though is to simply help myself to what Gretchen has if it looks or sounds fun.
Gretchen doesn’t bark much. She’s actually a cute little thing, and keeps me company when the humans aren’t around.
Well, this is getting long, but no we don’t have that cold, white stuff around here. I want some. I like to eat it and snort it, and if we get enough, I bet Gretchen can make tunnels!
Oh – and I don’t know what the deal is about the special string Mommy calls yarn. It smells, oh how it smells, but I must admit that I haven’t crunched her fancy sticks in a long, long time.
Write again after you get some of those treats.
I don’t know how to shake…
Sissy
PS – I actually sleep in the humans’ bed, but Mommy does keep a pile of towels at the front door and she rubs us down and wipes our feet when it’s icky outside.
Chan Knits 
The girls are so cute all snuggled up to one another:)Hugs Darcy
That’s a really great sweater in your previous post, and the picture of Sissy & Gretchen is priceless. Merry Christmas to the girls from Thor, who’d send some white stuff if he could (or at least I would)!
Icky? Nah. My mom used to look us over appraisingly and pronounce, “You must have had FUN getting THAT dirty!” Heh.
ROFLMAO!!! Sissy does have a way with words!
I just love that photo of the girls snuggled up together! You need to get me a copy of that one!! Or send me the high-res & I’ll get one printed. 🙂
Aww…what a nice letter Miss Sissy wrote. I love to see the girls cuddling…sweet!
I think we’ve got a long distance relationship going on between Mr. Bettis and Sissy. 😉
Do the girls always cuddle up together? I had two that only did that when they’d been naughty.
That picture of Gretchen and Sissy is sooooo adorable. Sweet enough to make any Grinch’s heart grow and grow and grow until Christmas spirit is all around!
Princess? PRICELESS!
Gee, Sissy writes a better letter than I. Love the picture of them. You made a great decision in getting Gretchen so they could grow up together.