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Who Says I'm A Dog?

Taking care of Mommy

Mommy had out-patient surgery on her tummy yesterday. Now she is moving slow, and her medicine makes her goofy. As such, I appointed myself "IN CHARGE" while she recovers. (Experienced alpha girls should do so at such times.)

I remind her when it is time to FEED us.

I make suggestions such as "Why don't you pour some of your chicken juice over our kibbles?". Her medicine makes her very open to suggestions.

I tell her when it is time to hand out COOKIE BISCUITS. (Like every ten minutes--hee hee.)

I tell her when it's time to LET US OUT and IN.

I SHARE the couch with her so I can WATCH her vital signs and KEEP her WARM.

I tell the LITTLE GIRLS what they can and CANNOT do.

For example; LOUISE is convinced she needs to LICK Mommy's owies. I told her that's GROSS, and she is to keep her tongue inside of her mouth! Louise is all weirded out and worries about Mommy. She is hovering over her and being velcro-dog. I'll tell y'all--she gets on my last nerve!

Or, BROWNIE MAEVE almost dropped her CHEW BONE on Mommy's tummy trying to give her a kiss. I INTERVENED and told her "OFF!" .

I will be vigilant until Mommy can drive the car again. Then, I will tell her when it is time to take ME for a RIDE.

This stuff is NOT snow!

The Little Girls and me were primed for several inches of fluffy white snow to romp and play in. We sat on the sofa last night, chanting "snow, snow, snow" at the weather man on television. I dreamed snow dreams last night. Our hoodies were all laid out and ready.

Then, this morning---what was coming down--WET and COLD. Mom toweled us off when we came in. So, we snoozed and kept looking out the big window.

Noon Time--excitement! It turned white. We rushed outside. Mom called it "slush". I called it disappointing.

Now: ICE. It's coated the trees and the porch and the cars. Mommy says we're "in the house for the duration". (Something about people not knowing how to drive in this kind of weather.) Mommy is worried that we'll lose power. She got the gasoline out of the shed and put it near the generator a little while ago.

This is not good. It's right at freezing right now. Why did the ice come instead of the snow? Geez. . .

Happy Day--I Went to School With Mommy!

The Little Girls consider obedience club to be their special place and time with Mommy. Mine is much better. I get to go to school and be with the children. I've been missing them lately. This morning Mommy said, "Want to go to school?". You think? I'd only been sitting by the front door with my leash for 30 minutes. I KNOW when it's Friday!

Everyone was happy to see me. Mommy and I sit by the door to greet each child and parent. EVERY one of my friends threw arms around and hugged me, and I gave EVERY one of them a special sugar! I like their pawrents too, but the small humans are MY PEEPS!

Once greeted, it was the usual busy morning. It's my job to SUPERVISE them, so I walk around and check out the different activities; make sure no one is playing in the bathroom, and make sure that snack is being prepared. The girls dressed me up as a princess, and I ended up with a pink paint handprint on my head over at the easel-- but that's okay--the paint is washable.

Morning Meeting is one of my FAV activities. All of the children sit in a circle, and I SIT right in the CENTER! This way I can see all of the their smiling faces as they talk and sing and listen to story books. I chased the "RED BUG" (laser pointer) all over the center of the circle, and all of the children laughed and clapped their hands with delight!

SNACK TIME is awesome! We had GOLDFISH CRACKERS--I LOVE GOLDFISH CRACKERS! Small humans are messy eaters, so I LITERALLY CLEANED UP on this one--BOL! Plus, they LOVE me, so they SHARE their piles of fishy with me. YUM!

By the end of the morning I was happy and tired. Mommy took me home for my nap. Life is good when small humans are in it! Be sure to check out the photos of me from today!