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Leave a bone for Joy
Nicknames: JJ, JZ, Joyous, Joyface, DogJoy, Mutton Chop, Little Head, Little Girl, Sweetest Baby, Woo Woo, Princess Joy, Miss Joy, SquirmyWorm, and Oy-J when they don't want me to know what they are talking about, but I can tell.
Doggie Dynamics:
Likes: Food, mama, bunnies, deer, snuggling, being petted and talked to, camping /hiking, water wading,going for a walk leash-free! The wind in my face. Visiting Aunt Carol and Uncle Dave's house to play w/ my cousins! Spooning with mom or dad under the covers.
Pet-Peeves: To be left alone- horrors! fireworks, thunder, not being petted, angry noises,and EarBiters. You know who I mean.
Favorite Toy: I am not crazy about toys. I'd rather play with people/dogs/cats, etc. Scratch that, I'd rather eat something. My motto is Down With Toys, if you can't eat it, it's just a waste of your time.
Favorite Food: Anything that passes the 'Can I Fit it in my Mouth' test. Pig ears, any treasures I can sneak off the ground while we walk. My Turkey Jerkey Super Special Hiking Cookies(!!) but only if I stay close to Mama. Hiking has Rules - and so does Turkey Jerkey.
Favorite Walk: Did someone say WALK?!? LET'S GOOOO! (I feel a DANCE coming on!)
Best Tricks: I DANCE when I am excited!! I can untangle my leash from anything. I know to go the way my mama points, how to stay close,wait,stop,climb trees,ladders,slides. I try to howl. Training my people. Plot hatching. Illegal food gathering. Cow Charmer.
Arrival Story: I was a little pup running on the side of the highway with a collar but no ID tags. Mama was driving by and pulled over to help. I was extremely scared, confused, and so SKINNY she could count my bones! She took me home, gave me love and fed me. I was very nervous, but she petted me and held my head, and soon I felt better. From that day on it was LOVE. I've rarely left her side since. I would cry when she went to work (but now she works on the computer at home and I have her 24/7 and it’s just heavenly!). I don’t like it when she’s out of my sight. My arrival was made public –I was a celebrity! Ma posted fliers of me and made lots of phone calls to tell everyone about me. We don’t know who my original people were, but she tells me it’s their loss for sure. I’m fine with that, cuz I love my home. She took me to the vet, got me shots and fixed. One day not long after coming home I had a seizure, and another one a few days later. Mama was so worried! I have to take pills now, but I am doing just great! The shakies come back now and then, but we deal. I am the Worlds Best Pill Taker. I don’t even mind it cuz as long as Mama is touching me I’m cool. When I was little I looked just like a Whippet, but when I turned three my Beagle side started to show and my voice changed to my own version of a Beagle woo-woo-woo. I got my name because my tail is ALWAYS wagging! (I was almost Willow, but the tail won out in the end!)
Bio: The only time I really get in trouble is if I am left alone with pizza in the room, cuz I can climb up to it no matter where it is hidden. My mom says I am the happiest, sweetest dog she has ever seen. I understand a lot of what my mom says and she understands me pretty well too. We show each other a lot of love! I never let her forget how glad I am to be w/her. We travel a lot and go everywhere together. I have been to every continental state in the US, Canada and Mexico, and played in the oceans on each coast. I like finding new dog parks all over the country and meeting other animals and their people. Mama calls me a daredevil cuz I love to backpack and camp, ride on boats, quads, et cetera - anything fast. I’m an excellent tracker and I love to chase deer and bunnies for fun, tho it gets me into trouble sometimes in the woods, but Mama knows I will come back for her (when I’m done). I don’t get my Turkey Jerkey when I run off, so I try to keep that in mind. I like to howl with my Mama and Daddy even though I sound more like a crying baby than a wolf. I get a good one out every now and then and everyone makes a big deal about it and then I am SO proud of myself! I love putting on my hiking gear cuz I know we’re going for a serious outing! I have a talent for being a Pied Piper for cows, horses, sheep, goats, and the like. They see me and come running! I think the cows like my spots. They always try to lick me though, which I’m not crazy about. If I stand real still, sometimes I can charm deer too! One time at grammas house, we went outside and there were deer. I stood super still and after a long time they came about 5 feet from me, just looking. They were mesmerized. It is a great responsibility to have such power, Mama says I must use if for good and not for evil. I am a great dancer and was a special guest at Aunt Carol and Uncle Dave’s wedding. I danced on the dancefloor with Mama and Daddy -that was a fun day! I get really excited when we pull the covers back to get in bed, I love to SNUGGLE up. The best sleep ever is cuddling up in the middle of Mama and Daddy and getting rubs till I’m snoring. Life is GOOD!
Forums Motto: Wag It If You Got It!
The Groups I'm In: Backpackin' Pups United, Trail Dawgs, Youngstown MCP Rescue Volunteers
I've Been On Dogster Since:
Hello Diary Dogsters! It's been so long, Mama and I have been SO busy! We have a houseful of foster pups as guests. They recognize my greatness, so I am OK with that, and I help the Mama keep things in order and teach them all how to be good doggies. Of course, the best part is we eventually send them home! Happy days those ones are. I got a new brother out of the whole thing, a beagle like me and Angie, named Brutus. He doesn't bother me, so we're cool.
I have GREAT news. Since Mama took us 'back to nature' by feeding us a raw diet, I don't get the seizures anymore!!!!!!! Which makes me and Mama soooo happy. I still take my pills, but I love my food more than ever and it has made such a difference in our happy, and now happier, lives!
Mama got us GPSs for when me, my sis Angie and bro Brutus hike, so she will know where I am and I can run the trails freely without her worrying. She loves it and so do we! We're son to be taking Brutus on his first backpacking trip!
As far as I go, I've pulled a few capers, like last week when I ate all the fosters' food when Not The Mama left it within my reach, or the time I ate a loaf of brand new bread while Mama went out to get the mail. All in all, Mama still tells me I am her best girl. I don't like sharing her with the fosters, but as long as they all show me the proper respect as Mama's#1 girl, I can deal with it. No one messes with me. No one steals my bed, and most certainly no one steals MY food!
Mama tells me every night I am her miracle, I am her Joy.
Turns out Mama lost my list of things I needed to put in my diary, so I will have to reorganize my thoughts soon, but in the meantime, life goes on – things happen. Things like Birthdays! I celebrated my birthday (observed, because I am a foundling) on Feb 14, I am 8 now! Wow, how time flies, can’t believe I’ve had the Mama for 6 ½ years! We had a very special day with a long walk in the woods, my most favorite thing, plus birthday treats and extra lovins! We were on the edge of the Smoky Mountains in Tennessee, so the Birthday Walk was extra fun -lots of smells, water to wade in, and lots of room to run. We played hide-n-seek in the woods and had a great time! Thanks Dogster for the birthday bones, yum! Happy birthday to all the other Valentine pups, Mama told me there are 774 of us, wow! My next occasion will be in August, when we celebrate the day Mama scooped me up off the highway, and it’s been true love ever since. She had me at hello.
I feel GREAT! - much better since Dr. O gave me antibiotics. Playing is such FUN I almost forgot! I've been attacking Mama and Not the Mama for play-fights and causing a bit of a stir around here. They have to be on their toes or they might get a little nip if I can catch them!
I have been taking Mama on regular runs and I am up to my ears with energy! I even picked play-fights with Ear Biter and Rusty when we all got to visit home for a couple days. I was a total instigator, and Mama was so proud! I am a force to be reckoned with, make no mistake. I can take my cousin Rusty down like it’s nothing, even though he is bigger. (No he does NOT take a dive for me ~ nasty rumors!) I gave it to Rubie pretty good too; I chased her all over the yard and got even for some of the ear biting I endured last time when I didn’t feel up to defending myself. Oh, Sweet Revenge.
We got a new rolly-home too, a brand new truck, and my bed is bigger than before! While Not the Mama was switching my stuff from the old rolly-home to the new one Mama and I were in a hotel with this thing they call Room Service, and let me tell you pups, it rocks! They brought food right to you! They brought food and gave it to us, but Mama had such a bad headache she couldn’t share, so I did the honors. It was some vegetarian thing that Mama always has, but it was kinda cheesy too so I went for it while she had the lights out and her head under the pillows. She didn’t even notice until the next day. I try to understand why Mama would only eat veggies, because Daddy’s food is always more exciting.
Anyway, I also got lots of running time while we were in Missouri. There’s a lake I like there with great smells all around and geese to watch. I get to run free and Mama and I walk for hours. We see dogs that I can tease but they can’t get to me, and horses to check out, and sometimes if I’m really lucky, there will be a bunny or 2 hiding out in the grass! It was a blast and I got good and tired. Mama tells me she’s so glad I’m feeling myself again. Of course I am feeling myself. Who else could I feel like?
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