WE MOVED!!!

Ok, so the family and I have offically moved to ALASKA!!! Yeppers, that says ALASKA!!! I LOVE IT! Snow is so much fun to run in, and taste great too! My mom and dad say pooper scooping frozen poo is way easier too!

I like to pull the kids in the sled, play fetch and slide on the ice...fun fun fun fun fun! My vet in Texas said not to worry that I'd put on weight once I got up here...and darn yipee skipee I have! I'm scared of stairs though, and our new house has all the bedrooms upstairs...it took awhile to get use to sleeping by myself, but mommy leave the TV on for me, so it's not so bad!

I can't wait until Spring! Everyone at the petstore says there's other Dane's in the area...so I'm hoping to meet some new friends! There's a lady that works at Ft. Wainwright with daddy who has a female dane about my age, so hopefully when it gets warmer we can have a playdate and go to the doggie park!!!

Rain!

Ug, it rained today. yep, it did. and i don't mean a drizzle. ever hear it's raining cats and dogs? well, i didn't see any cats or dogs, but it sure sounded like there were a lot of them out there! it was crazy! oh, and mom thought i was going to potty out in it...yeah right. she looked like a dummy standing out there holding the umbrella, while i was content sitting on the front porch, laughing at her.

daddy was a pain tonight. he wouldn't let me eat the trash (he calls it dumpster diving...) or bite his arms, or jump from couch to couch. i mean, what's a dog suppose to do? i've been couped up all day (well, mom did take me for a car ride, but it only lasted 15mins, and how long did she think that would last me?!). i need a way to let my energy out. mom says we could have gone for a walk, again, she's crazy, it's wet out there....

oh, and my human brothers and sisters, well, they didn't have any outside playtime either, so, we had a really cool 'circus' theme going on here tonight. hey, next time it rains, everyone just come on over to my house. mom wont mind, she'll be the one in the corner rocking back and forth repeating 'this to shall pass....this too shall pass....' Whatever that's suppose to mean! BOL

later!
cyprus

i'm getting my hair back!

i'm finally getting my hair back!!! this demodex stuff has really been a pain. daddy still gives me my medicine for it, the vet said i'll probably have to take it for at least a couple of more months, but i don't care, as long as I'M GETTING MY HAIR BACK! yippee!!!

kinda weird though, my hair use to be what you call blue. now that it's coming back, it's darker. almost black. weird huh? momma doesn't care, says i'm handsom no matter what, but she's not sure what to call me anymore! i guess i'm more of a gun metal color now than a blue or a black. hmmm, i bet they're wishing they would have named me bullet!!! that was daddys name pick, but mommy won out with Cypranius King of Quinn. says i'm going to be a big dog, i need a big name!! (the Quinn is because there are five human kids living in this house, which, i'm suppose to protect, but who's going to protect me from them?!!!! who i ask you?!! who?!!!!!)

BOL, until next time!
cyprus

karma....hee hee...

karma mom, karma. that's all i can say. oh, you guys are going to love this...

ok, i've been talking about my mom following me around with that darn camera right. well, today, she had it out again (of course!). she was driving me crazy, so, i told her i needed to go potty. i went to the front door, she opened it, but not the glass door. she told me i couldn't go out yet (good thing i was just trying to take a break, didn't need to really potty anyways...) and she went back over to the counter and grabbed the camera. well, i just turned around and got back onto MY couch (we're having a few issue with her understanding that it's mine now, not hers) and i layed back down. my human brothers and sisters were doing their homework and playing in the other room, so it was relatively quiet.

mom disappears outside with the camera to take pictures of a snake! apparently when she went to let me out, she saw it, and decided to try to photograph it. well, she got a couple of shots, and went to come back in, when she SCARED the SNAKE INTO THE HOUSE!!! she didn't pull the door shut, and it slid underneath. well, so now, she's got a three foot snake between her, and me and my brothers and sisters. luckily the youngest girl was walking by about that time, and she scared the snake back outside. that girl isn't scared of anything!!! well, i really needed to potty by now, so i follow the snake out. mommy was watching me, thinking that i'd at least bark at it, but nope, i could have cared less....they brought me into the family as a companion, NOT an exterminator. that's the cats job.

anyways, karma mom. serves you right for chasing everyone and everything around with that camera. the poor snake was so scared it actually ran inside to hide!!! i'm going to have to put a picture on of the snake. he's going to be one of my new best friends!

later guys!
cyprus

i'm gonna eat me a camera....

if mommy doesn't stop taking pictures of me with that darn camera... i mean, it wasn't a big deal at first, i was sleeping when she got it. but, then there's this green light, and a bright flashing light, and her telling me to look this way, then that way...

the woman has lost her every loving doggie mind. i mean it. it's gone. she's crazy. certifiable. straighjacket fitting appointment scheduled. you would never guess what the final straw was...ok, here it comes, now, if you have sensitive doggie ears, please cover them....

SHE MADE ME WERE A SWEATER AND DOOGLES, OUTSIDE, IN FRONT OF THE HOUSE WHERE NEIGHBORS COULD SEE SO SHE COULD TAKE PICTURES OF ME!!! i actually heard hollowing from the neighborhood as word of this was getting around. i'm suppose to grow into a great dane, respected by all. how the heck am i suppose to get respect when she's dressing me up like a preppy school boy?!!!!!! she has human children for that, back off of me lady...oh, and the cat saw it all too....

it was beyond embarassing...she will pay...the garbage can will be mine....

fun day...fun day!

oh, i had way to much fun today. i got to go to the pet store and get my new collar and leash that mommy and daddy have been waiting for since August!! it was fun as usual! i got a new squeaky ball too. the kid is playing with it right now, but that's ok, cause i need to take a nap....

i also got to go to the vet too! mommy and daddy don't give me treats to often, since they use 'positive reinforcement' for teaching (give me a break mom, treats are way better. hmmm, maybe i can talk her into both?!) anyways, the vet tech thought i was so cute, she gave me at least ten treats. then, the vet dr. gave me some too! good thing i'm a big boy, otherwise it might have upset my tummy.

later!
cyprus

daddy is going to be ok

well, i found out what was wrong with daddy. he just has a fever. mommy says it's called football fever. she told me it'll happen off and on for a few months a year, and then he'll get over it until next year. boy, i sure hope so. all the yelling and clapping and phone calls are starting to interupt my naptime. and i am a growing boy, who needs his rest.

the worst part of the fever, is when it breaks. mommy says if the guys do good, daddy is usually in a really good mood, and we can get just about anything we want if we ask nice enough. if they do bad, then we don't get to have as much fun. i tried calling the coach and explaining that if they'd catch the ball with their mouths, they'd do MUCH better, but i guess he didn't get my message. if you get the ball nice a slobbery, no one will mess with it after awhile.

will all my doggie friends please do me the biggest favor, next week, watch college football and scream and holler for a team named the aggies. they're here in texas. mommy saw a really pretty little girl dane that she thinks would make a really good little sister. she knew she should have asked last weekend...

cyprus

why is daddy yelling at the tv?

ok, between me and you dogsters, i think my daddy has lost his mind. really, he has. oh, the best thing, mommy hasn't seemed to notice. here are his symptoms:

1. comes home from work, changes tv channel (i was watching animal planet!) 2. watching for awhile, not saying much and then...out of the blue he'll start yelling. sometimes he just yell, sometimes he claps his hands really loud and yells, sometimes he claps his hands, yell, and stands up really fast, and yells some more. 3. he doesn't watch the commercials...why turn on the tv and not watch the good stuff?

oh, and the people on the tv are throwing around a football, but no one has taught them how to catch it correctly...they use their hands, not their mouths!

well, mommy said she'll explain it to me later. i'll guess we'll have to wait and see. she does tend to want the computer when daddy is having 'one of his spells' so i bet she's going to come and kick me off soon....

cyprus

i'm just a baby....

i swear, mom and dad need a reality check. i might be almost 50#'s, but i'm just a BABY. i have baby teeth, baby puppy dog eyes, baby manners, baby trash digging skills, baby chewing up toilet paper habbits. the only thing i don't classify about me as being baby are my paws. man, you haven't seen paws until you've seen these suckers. forget a 'horse fly', i can swat an entire horse with these bad boys.

mom is so excited my hair is starting to grow back. everytime someone comes over, she asks them if i look better. her friend marsha rolled her eyes at mom today when she asked her. she'd been here already once today, not much had changed since lunch! BOL

well, i think i'm going through a growth spurt. at least i hope i am. i've been eating like crazy the last couple of days, and then sleeping the rest of the day away. it's like i'm back to being little again (ok, i was never really 'little' per say). eat, sleep, poop. repeat.

ok, naptime again. well, actually bedtime. oh, wait, mommy and daddy think it's bedtime? i've been sleeping all day, haven't played with the cat. must play with cat now. they can sleep later.

(i still haven't figured out why the cat doesn't squeak like the rest of my toys)

yucky, icky, yucky, icky!

tapeworms. ugggg. they are just nasty. nasty. nasty. that's what my mommy says. i just want to know why she's looking at my poop!!! come on mom, thats so humiliating!

i had my first tapeworm a couple weeks after coming to live with my family. the vet said i probably got it while still at the breeders, becuase i ate a flea or something. so, they gave me some medicine, and that was suppose to be that. well, how come two weeks later i have another one?!! i don't have fleas, the demodex makes me 'not so appealing' i think, so i'm wondering if i've eaten one while on an 'outing' and not known it? please don't tell mom that's the case, i'm afraid she'll stop taking me places. not that i'd ever let that happen...BOL

mommy is suppose to be getting a new camera soon. she keeps saying she can't wait to take pictures of me and my human brothers and sisters together. i think she's crazy. i'm SO not sitting still with them, they are made for playing, not posing! duh mom!

well, besides the nasty icky nasty yucky tapeworm, nothing going on here. vet appointment scheduled for monday, just a checkup for demodex. i'm getting big though! i haven't seen my vet in two weeks, i can't wait for him to see how much better i look and how much bigger i'm gettting!!!!

*paws to ya!*
cyprus