Jasmine's Life

A new red ball

Well, my humans finally bought me a new red ball. I have only been with them for 8 months, but I played really hard with the red ball and chewed out the squeaker and over time, kept making the hole bigger and bigger and bigger. The other day, a big chunk fell off!

I just love playing with the new ball. It rolls much better than the one with a big hunk missing from it! I would go nuts if I didn't have a big red ball to retrieve! Mom is always nice and throws it as much as I want her to, too! When I don't get it anymore, then we go back into the house. I even liked doing it when it was really cold outside, too! Now, mom says the temps are in the 30's and I'm a lot more comfortable outside!

On Christmas Day, mom found a rawhide bone under the stove. She gave it to me for a treat. She forgot one important fact, though. Rawhides make my poop loose as a goose! So, it really wasn't fair that she gave that to me and then the family left to go visit people for Christmas. I had to go potty so bad and no one was home. So, I had to make a mess of my crate! :( Fortunately, my people got home shortly after that happened. Mom got my yucky crate pad into the washing machine and dad washed the bottom part and Mom gave me a bath! Although, I had to go outside again when I was still wet and I got sooo cold. Mom covered me up with a blanket, though, and then I got all cozy again! The next day, I was so happy when mom put my crate together again. I had to go sit in it briefly, just to make sure it was okay again! (funny dog!) So, mom decided no more rawhides for me! I sure like to chew them, but they sure don't agree with the rest of me! I like to chew compressed rawhides and they don't affect me the same way, but what's even better are raw knuckle bones from the butcher! Yummy. Mom likes them because they keep busy for hours!