Stashia Can't Bark!

Stashia had seen dogs all around the place while Marlee was in Grandma B's old porch swing. It was raining and she knew all the dogs. She had to do something. Stashia was Marlee's friend and had always protected her whether she liked Marlee's adventures or not. More often not as of late. That little girl kept getting her and herself into trouble.
Well Stashia did not have enough time to chase all those dogs away and that one out on the porch! She looked like she had taken up residency out there. "I wonder if Grandma Lu is here. That could be why that little dog is out there. I'm going to go look, but I have to be fast because Marlee is getting soaked!"

Stashia looked all over the house as fast as she could go. She looked and looked, but she couldn't find Grandma B. "Okay, that does it, I guess I am in charge of that little rascal today so I am going to bark and bark as loud as I can and scare them all off!"

So that is exactly what Stashia did. She ran out to the porch where she and Marlee always played and ate snacks.

 No, no, no it can't be, but sure enough there was Marlee's dog, LaRue. That dog was laying on the porch floor big as you please where Stashia usually sits waiting for Marlee to give her one of her snacks. And right beside her was Marlee's other dog, Mia!  Stashia was usually queen of the house as far as dogs go. Zoe stayed outside most of the time because she was so big. So when Stashia saw this dog and that little dog in her porch she was not going to have it. As Stashia was ready to bark her head off she looked out into the yard. There sat Chief, Naynay's dog. He looked like he was on neighborhood watch. That was her job. So she barked and barked and ran around in circles and growled warning them to go home. The only problem was, no sound came out of her mouth.
She just could not bark. They did not pay any attention to her. What was going on? She was amazed. She was a really good barker. She scared squirrels and cats and all kinds of people that came to the mini farm. But today she couldn't make a sound except for a very soft whine.

Oh, look, I think those booties belong to Baby Carole Anne. What does that mean?
 Stashia was so confused and besides that she smelled hot dogs! Why would she smell hot dogs?