Here's A Poem For You

WAKE UP AND SMELL THE…GRASS


Are you up? Are you up? Let’s get up and smell the grass
The sun is out, it’s warm out there, it’s time to be out and about
Have your coffee, get my leash and I’ll wait as you want me to
But please don't make it long, cause there's a lot to be missed.

Sniff, sniff, sniff oh what a wonderful world
I smell the grass, I smell the dew, and everything else that I could
Hello little dog, hello kitty cat?
How long has it been that you’ve all have been out?

Got to go, got to sniff and let me take it all in
Because you’ll never know when I’ll be out again
Whose out there? Whose been there?
Whose been all over my domain?

Been to the alley
And around the block
Now what’s left
Is my favorite park

Sniff

By Alex

Happy Birthday!

Well, I just turned one today. Lots of adjustments on my mom's part ( and of course on mine too). Lots of visits to the groomer I tell you. My mom decided, I don't need a long hair. Sometimes she wishes to see me with my long hair (because she watches those dog shows and see that best of breed as they call it). But everytime she thinks of that problem with "klingons", there's no turning back. She had a few of those. And who needs that long silky hair touching the ground. It's just on my way. I love going to the park and get all muddy. I'm always the first to get all dirty. Sometimes I look like a vanilla cookie dipped in chocolate after running all over the park to chase anyone that moves.I looove to chase. I may not be the fastest but I could sure get everybody going.Sometimes, if there's no one around to chase, I still try to chase the big dogs on the other side of the fence. No one's stopping me, once I'm in the park.I AM THE KING! Oh,I just got carried away for a moment there. And if there's a cat, it's even better. And still, if I see no one, birds or even dry leaves while I'm walking will do.

A Visit To The Vet, A Cone On My Head

Oh, things I have to go through. All I heard was, "let's go out Ah-eeh". I hurriedly went into my crate like a good little boy as usual . Next thing you'll know, I'm waiting in a vet's office along with a huge German Shepherd waiting for his turn. I barked and barked and barked, he couldn't even see me inside my crate. My mom has been EEXTRA careful whenever big dogs are around. But that's another story though. All I could say is, if I didn't have a guardian angel on my side at that time you wouldn't be seeing this cute angelic face in this cool website. I've gotten over it though but my mom hasn't. It did gave us both nightmares that night. Someday, she'll be mentioning that incident. Just give her some time. But anyway, found out I have ear infections . My doctor cleaned out my ears, shaved some of my precious hair, and put some sticky stuff inside and hopefully clear the infection out. Still not determined why I got it. There's some probability of causes but we're narrowing on one. So, I'll be wearing this weird plastic thing around my neck and wait for a week. I really am far from looking cute right now but it's just temporary. No worry.
P.S. Guess what I had for dinner tonight?
Yup, Shredded boiled chicken and carrots with rice :)

I Am Headed To The Vet

The first time I didn't come to the door right away to greet my mom was a give away. She waited outside to see if I'm on the other side waiting excitedly for her to open the door, but it took me a while. I was in pain. But I still managed. But I didn't play with her like I usually do. I went under the bed instead and wouldn't let her touch my ears. I growled and shook my ears alot.Didn't eat. Another give away that I was sick was, I could not eat my liver treat. Now that is major sick. Sometimes I just don't like eating my kibbles early in the morning but I could eat it later. But this time, I could't even chew my favorite. So, my mom hurriedly cooked some chicken and rice with carrots again. And boy, I finished that dish like there's no tomorrow. That was 2 days ago. I finally let her look inside my ears. And she said I stunk. It looks like ear infection she said. I haven't seen my vet in a while. I have grown since then. So, that's where we're headed tomorrow . My mom was kind of worried how I'm going to react when they try to look inside my ear. She knows I don't let anybody near me when I'm sick. Let's see if the command "settle down" will work.

New Haircut Day

Well, finally, my mom decided what kind of haircut I'm going to have. She wants to keep most of my long hair. She said she's willing to tackle whatever comes with having a long hair. Everyone else also didn't want my hair chopped off. She was really happy when she saw me behaving not too bad while having my face trimmed. I guess, I'll be visiting that place from now on.

Have mercy, Can't Chew Much

This month is reeeallly hard for me. Just imagine, if you cannot eat your favorite treat in the whole wide world. Would you be upset? I've lost some of my teeth at the back of my mouth. The grinders, you know? The ones that you use to chew on, even the hardest object you could find on the floor (like plastic stuff, sometimes the leg of my mom's favorite chair, her leather slippers and some other things that she hasn't discovered yet). My mom didn't have a clue. She thought I was just getting tired of my kibbles.I didn't want to eat. She started looking for other brands and found one. I ate some for a few days ( because I was getting hungry) and then stopped eating again. The give away was , when she gives me some freeze dried liver because I always try to get her and show her that I was a good boy and pottied to the right place ( in the real bathroom you know, if you'll excuse me), I CANNOT EVEN CHEW IT! I'll toss it around, try to chew it again, it still comes back out whole. So, finally she opened my mouth. HELLO, my grinders are gone! Right now I'm on her lap, all I could chew on is her phonebook. She said I can because I'm sick :). So now, she said she's going to cook some real chicken with rice for me. I think, I'm liking this ;).

For My Eyes Only...

Well, I just met my groomer today. I thought we will just go out for a walk, but somehow, my mom passed the park ( I know because I could smell some familiar friends) and the shoreline. Hmmm... what's going on. We stopped by this place and all I know was, I started crying because someone was cutting my hair around my eyes and next thing you'll know, he was clipping my nails, the hair between my toes and the hair around my...hey, wooo stop, I didn't like that. My mom said, it will be better for my eyes. And she was so happy that she could see my eyes again. Then we went for a walk after that. Boy, I could see everything now. I could see a little baby on the stroller,trying to reach me, and I was trying to reach her too. I was standing up and all. The old man jogging coming towards us, all the stinky geese resting (they're the ones leaving their poopies on our walkways in the park, and all you could hear from my mom is "No Alex, no, leave it". I was just smelling it. I will never eat it. At least not yet. Then, I'm going to grandma's home later today to show off my new haircut .I bet they will be all over me again. I will have my real haircut in about a week. My mom just couldn't decide if I should have the puppy cut or not. She's just too excited about all these.

Graduation Day!

That was really exciting. Last night was graduation day for us. Puppy training is over. There's more classes to attend to, but we'll take a little break for now. I met a lot friends from that class. I just hope, I'll see them again on one of my strolls. One that comes to mind is Lulu. I like her.

Not A Piranha After All

For the past few days, I've been getting comments that I don't bite hard anymore. When I come and visit my family, everyone plays with me and I've noticed,all the legs are back on the floor and not up on the sofa. So, that's a good sign. So now, I get a lot of cuddling. Sometimes they have to take turns.P.S. I still bite sometimes but they say it doesn't hurt anymore. I also learned "kiss only". Then everyone's happy.

A Lot of Firsts

Now, that I just turned 5 months old, I have done a lot for the first time. And that's besides having a whole new set of front teeth. They are less sharper. They used to avoid me when I play with them. When I visit my family, all the legs are up the sofa. That's when I got my nickname "Angel with Sharp Teeth".There were other names too. But my mom didn't like them.
But any way, here are all the "firsts" that I've done. I was able to jump to my mom's bed. That was such a big deal. I still need help going down unless I really want to. I barked at a stranger from afar. I've never done that. I used to just look . I was able to get out of my confinement area and went to the living room while my mom was busy. Now, she has to be extra careful. This week, I hid under the bed while she was on her way to work. I used to just sit in the crate looking pityful until she leaves or maybe she might take me with her . My hiding didn't work. She found me. So, now I just do my usual. I am well behaved when she leaves. And the last thing that I've done for the first time was... while I was in the park, I did my #1 with my hind leg up. My mom think I'm really growing up.