Finally posting a diary entry...

Wow! I can't believe I haven't made one of these in almost a year! So much has happened, I can't possibly write it all down! First off:
I have a new baby sister. Her name is Martini, and she is a chihuahua, about 2 or 3 years old, mom says. She gets dressed up all the time, because she is always so cold. What a freezebaby she is! Guess I won't be expecting her to play in the snow with me this winter! Oh well, I guess that is what my dorky brother Phoenix is for.
Mom is now working at Petsmart as a groomer. She says it is a very stressful job. She has mean doggies try to bite her, and they growl at her too. Who would do such a thing to my mommy? Those doggies better be nice to her! Mom likes the job when the doggies are nice though. (Like that ever happens...) Lol.
On another note, halloween is coming! Mom hasn't found a cute enough costume for me yet, she says. Any ideas? All three of us are gonna be entered in the costume contest at mommy's work. Hope I win! Phoenix is going to be a pirate, and Teenie (martini) is going to be a fairy. They got Teenie's costume from a craft store called Michael's. It was actually made for teddy bears but since she is so small, it fits her! Bol. Mom says she is going to take pictures and put them in online photo contests too. Good thing she doesn't have a costume for me yet! I don't like my picture taken with funny clothes on.
Well, mom says she needs to go help Teenie and Phoenix post a diray entry now, cuz it won't be fair if I am the only doggie who gets one.
Love, Tido

My vet visit

About a week ago, I had to go to the emergency vet! I had had an allergic reaction to the K9 Advantix that mom put on me. Phoenix did fine with his, but I immediately started itching, rolling and crying. Mom took me to the emergency vet about30 minutes away. They gave me a shot of some stuff mom called benadryl. That stuff made me start to feel better little by little. Then mom took me home and gave me more of that stuff the next day. I have been feeling so much better since then.
The other day, mom showed dad and his sister my Christmas outfit. I was trying to eat my dental bone, and mom kept bugging me. Ugh, humans can be so annoying.
My little brother Phoeni has been so bad lately. He even had the ball-....uh.. courage...to pee on mommy and daddy's bed. They had to buy all new stuff to go on the bed and boy oh boy, they were mad at him! Mom said a few choice words, and daddy swatted his butt and put him in his cage for a while. Hehe. I quite enjoyed the whole thing, watching Phoenix pee on the bed, and mom and dad freak out, all while I enjoyed my dinner. It was like dinner and a mvoie for me. Don't tell mommy that I thought it was funny, though, or I will never get another treat again!

So much going on, so little time...

So the past few day have been crazy. Mom hurt her back about a week and a half ago, and her hours were cut at work. She is finally getting her hours back but her back still hurts. She wears a plastic thing that looks like a weird, hard, belly band. She calls it a brace.
We went to the park yesterday. I had so much fun. My knee kept popping out, (I have luxating patellas) but I didn't complain. Mom says I am a trooper. I love life so much, I am not going to let a little booboo get me down! So I had my little smile on all day yesterday, mom says. Bol.
Phoenix still has Giardia, and mom says that even though I am not showing any signs or anything, she wants to get me tested soon too. I hope I don't have bugs in my tummy like he does! Eww! The medicine he has to take looks like glue and the pills look like chalk! So when we went to the vet the other day, Phoenix got a chrckup and shots. I was already UTD and everything, so they just did my anal glands. Boy is that weird. I have had it done before, but no matter how many times they do it, I don't think I will ever get used to the finger-in-my-butt thing! They offered to show mom how to do it, but she declined. How embarassing would that be!!!
Mom is working on jackets and stuff for fall now. I have a new jacket she has almost finished. It has a scooby doo print on one side and blue fleece on the other. It will be nice. Mom doesn't know what kind of fleece to get for Ph0enix yet though. (He still grows about 10 lbs a day, I swear!) So mom is gonna give him a little room to grow in his coat. We are gonna look so nice this winter! Phoenix has never worn clothes before. (Well, except for the one time that mom put a build-a-bear t-shirt on him...) so I had to explain to him that we are supposed to wear the clothes, not eat them. Sometimes it is hard work being that kid's brother. But somebody's gotta do it, I guess. Well, thats all for now. I am tired!

So much going on...

Well, mommy and I got back from Vegas last Wednesday. It was like 85 degrees in Vegas, and then when we step off the plane at the Cleveland airport, it was a whopping 30 or so. Yuck. Why didn't we just stay in Vegas, mom? Anyways, here's a summary of my trip:
I got to meet Lily (a westie) and Lola (a chihuahua). I had a crush on Lily, but all she wanted to do was play. I stayed with Lola and her family. Lola liked me alot and wouldn't leave me alone. The family laughs because she is a very hyper dog, and by the time I left, I had "trained" her. Seriously, she mimiced everything I did. Bol. If I barked, she would too. If I went to get a toy and play, whe would do the same. So I guess my laid-back attitude kinda rubbed off on her. She was alot calmer when we left.
Momma took me on quite a few walks there, but they were usually pretty short. She also brought water so I wouldn't get dehydrated. Hey, 85 degrees is a lot for a roly-poly thick-coated guy like me!
Mom also took me to a place called Sniffany's. It is where Lola and Lily go to get groomed and buy clothes. Mom wanted to buy me some clothes, but most of the stuff was chihuahua-sized. Hmmph. Just because I am a little pudgy doesn't mean I don't deserve to look cute! Mom ended up going to Freemont Street and buying me a cute t-shirt there. It says," It's not easy being the cutest in the world." Hehe.
Everyone on the plane and in the airport kept telling mom that I was behaving so good. They were amazed. The people in front of us on the plane said they didn't even know I was there! Mom was so proud. I slept most of the time, or looked out the window. Mom thought I would be scared during take-off and landing, but I was brave. I just lifted my head up from my nap and looked around and then went back to sleep. Mom says I must have been a jet-setter before she got me. Bol.
Mom has been very busy lately with work, but she has been making time to cuddle with me. I follow her everywhere. She also works on my scrapbook in her free time. It is looking good now. Well, mom says she is done typing for now and has to get back to her busy life. But there will be more to come, so stay tuned, guys! Love, Tido.

The life of Tido and company

Mom has been working alot lately at her new job. She doesn't really like it, but she says if I ever wanna see another toy again, (gasp!) she has to go to work to make money. It's okay mom. We'll cuddle when you get back. Mom says she needs extra cuddles lately because she is lonely. She said she wants to meet someone, whatever that means. Mom, you have me! You don't need anyone else! But she won't listen. I will never make my mom cry, I promise!
12 more days until Vegas!!!! I am so ecxited. Mom says she is gonna buy me a new t-shirt before we go so I look like a little celeb dog stepping off the plane. Bol. We are gonna have so much fun, lying in the sun, going for walks, shopping, etc. Mom even wants to look for apartments! As long as they have air conditioning inVegas, I'm okay with it! Ohio is too cold and mom doesn't like going out in the cold to walk me.
So mom heard from my grampa that the police caught the jerkoff who beheaded the girl's therapy dog recently. Now watch, the worst punishment he will get will be a little slap on the wrist. A**hole. Makes mom say she is ashamed to be a human. Makes me afraid to be a dog! Then in other d0g -depressing news, they found the sourcer of the massive pet food recall. There was rat poison in it! UGH can't anybody do anything right???!!! Who is dumb enough to do that> Grr. Makes me raise my hackles. All these sad news stories about animals make mom want her animal shelter job back. It was very stressful though. But mom still wishes she could help. Silly mom, if she had her way, I would have all the homeless animals in the world as fur siblings! Well, off to the forums mom and I go!

I love days like today...

Mom had to work until 5:30 today. Her sister and mom took me to go pick up mom from work. We went to chagrin falls and walked around the little shops and the park for a while. The weather was amazing! It was almost 70 degrees all day today and sunshiney too! There were tons of other dogs in chagrin falls. There was a yorkie/pom mix, a fat yellow lab that growled at me, a cattle dog that also growled at me, a shltie and a jack russell. That was the place for dogs to be today! Bol. Then mom and I found a new dog boutique called Paw Prints. It was closed though. Mom was kinda upset about that. She loves any excuse to take me in stores or buy things for me. Well, maybe it's a good thing the store was closed, because mom would have bought me a bunch of stuff, and she isn't upposed to be spending her money. She is trying to save up and buy a car. Of course, she also plans on getting me a carseat so I can ride shotgun! Bol. No, actually I will probably have to sit in the back because of the airbags. But at least I still get to go, right?
So... 23 days until Vegas and mom and I can't wait. She is still very nervous about the possibility of the people at the airport holding us up or hassling me when I get on the plane. Um, excuse me? I am way better behaved than half your kids, people. Oh and speaking of behavior. I have been very good lately. I am in my fourth week of obedience class, and I am one of the two top dogs in the class! Mom is very proud of me. Needless to say, I haven't been getting any marrow bones lately because of the whole let's-bite-mom-because-we-have-a-bone thing. Mom thinks that now that the weather is warming up, I will be getting more walks which will make me a happy camper. Couple that with my obedience classes, and I will be a perfect mannered pup! Also, this is good for me, but confusing or "confuzzling" as mom calls it, but mom is dropping out of her college courses. She says she is tired of struggling and needs time to focus on other things in life. Mom is very sad sometimes and she knows she needs to fix this before she can move on to other things. She says its a good thing she has me though. She is gonna pick up more hours at work (hopefully) next week, and make more money soon. Everything just stresses her out. I wish mom could be a dog for just one day. We are so much happier in genereal than humans. Humans stress way too much! Well, I have to go get ready for bed with mom. She's probably gonna make me sleep under the covers with her until she falls asleep. Oh joy. I hate sleeping under the covers. Well, that's all for now, dogsters.

Bad to the Bone.

I bit mama. That's right. Little mister momma's boy bit mom the other day. Grandma had bought me a marrow bone and mom tried to take it away. I growled at her like there was no tomorrow and then I bit her. The other humans got growls too. I hate when they touch my bones. I wish I hadn't done that though cuz now I have to talk to the trainer and mom is even more strict with me. I have to follow all the rules that mom makes. It sucks. I told mom I was sorry, but she said she can't have that behavior especially when there are little kids around. I know mom loves me and I love her too, but sometimes I just get angry and try to be the boss.
Anyways. before the whole bite incident, I was certified as mom's ESD. That means I can go to Vegas with her on the plane in April. I can't wait. I hope I still get to go, even though I was bad. I have two new hoodies from Target. One says Bark Rocker and the other says Vicious. The latter is starting to describe me more and more, mom says. Not funny. I have just been stressed lately, I guess. I will try to be nicer to mom and the other humans though.

Bizarre Behavior...and other things too

Lately I have been kinda cranky and mom doesn't know why. I even pooped in the house three times today! Normally, I tell someone when I gotta go, but not today. Guess the humans aren't psychic after all...Well, Monday I start my obedience class. Oh joy.
Anyways, my dog friend Singer had to have surgery on his eye to remove a cyst that was ion his inner eyelid. Ouch. He gets to wear one of those lampshades now. Bol. At least it's not me. How uncool would that be?
Mom has been trying her hardest to get me to come to Vegas with her.It's alot more complicated than it should be though. I gave to become her emotional support dog, and her doctor's appointment got canceled. So now mom has to wait even longer and she is getting mad. Maybe we both need this vacation...
I can't wait until April. My friends Lily the westie and Lola the chihuahua will be out there waiting for me. Mom says we are gonna have play dates at the park and go shopping at thetrendy Vegas boutique called "Sniffany's". Bol. Sounds like my kind of weekend! There are lots of parks and places to walk in Vegas and the shops are pretty (small) dog friendly, so I will get to go alot of places with mommy! Mom says she is going to take me to the groomer's before we go out there so I can get a makeover and look good for Lily and Lola. (I'm such a pimp, I know...) Ya gotta look good for the ladies though. I hope they fight over me. It's every boy's dream, two potential girlfriends. Wow, now I really can't wait.
I hate this new diet I am on. The vet said that I will lose weight on it. Well, just to prove that mean old lady wrong, I am actually GAINING weight! Haha humans! I always manage to frustrate my mom and the vets when it comes to my weight. Mom says I am gonna start working out once it warms up. I am probably gonna have no downtime in Vegas, because it's always warm there!
Maybe mom will let me sleep at Lola's house while she looks for apartments. I really hope we get to move there this summer! The dumb Ohio snow is so deep, I can't even get through it! Then the humans get mad when I pee on the deck. It's not my fault! There is just too much snow. I have to make tunnels just to go potty, which is not cool. Ugh. I would gladly trade snow for sand and palm trees, anyday.

oh jeez, here we go...

well, momma got a new digital camera. Oh man, now she is gonna be on me like whit on rice, trying to take new pics. Great. Just what I need. Wait, it might not be all bad. I mean, mom can show all her friends my pics and add to my collection of adoring fans! Bol. Mom's just excited because now she will have way more pics for her scrapbook. Woof!
Oh yeah, in April, the humans are going to vegas, and I get to go too! Momma is talkong to her doctor next week and I am gonna become her official Emotional Support Dog. Do I get paid for that position? Hope there's some good food in it for me...

Aye Chihuahua.

Today mom and I are at my aunt Elena's (mom's sister's) house. We stayed over last night, so I got to play with my cousin Rosa. Mom and Elena went to Petco, and of COURSE mom had to spend money she didn't have on things she didn't need. But I got a new halloween collar, some rainforest-scented shampoo, a new id tag, and a few other things outta the deal, so I'm not complaining. Mom kept trying on all these dumb outfits on me at the store. Ha- too bad for her I was too fat for most of them. Bol. I guess my pudgy body does come in handy sometimes.
Later, my aunt Elena's friend Jen is going to stop by with her chihuahuas. She has three, named Baby Boy, Arturo, and Choco. I am not sure how many are coming over. Probably just Baby boy and Arturo. They are so scared of me. I am a little dog, but compared to them at three lbs each, I am a mastiff. Bol. Choco sometimes likes to make me chase him though. Mom likes him the best, as he is the friendliest. Mom loves chihuahuas. She can't wait to see them. She is still completely hung up on the idea of getting me a baby sister. Oy vey. That's all I have to say. Mom gets all these catalogs in the mail for little dog outfits and most of them are girly. I feel bad for that baby chihuahua when it does come. Momma's gonna dress it up all stupid. Well, at least it's not me. I don't mind being put in clothes, but once they put a hat on me, that's it- I won't stand for that!! Well, I have butts to sniff and things to pee on, so I must be going now.