Tag! You're IT!

I have been tagged by my good pal Medea. Now I am it and have to choose 7 of my pals to tag.

Rules:

Each player starts with seven random facts about themselves. Dogs who are tagged, need to post in their Diary the rules & their 7 pawsome facts. Then choose 7 dogs to tag and list their names. Don’t forget to bark them a pmail that they have been tagged and to read your Diary, or, send them a fun Rosette announcing they've been Tagged!

1. I love to chase squirrels.

2. I sleep only in my Mommy's arms and absolutely HAVE to touch Maya at the same time.

3. I collect pieces of carrots. I stash them on Momma's bed. Gotta restock my stash every day tho for some reason she keeps throwing them away

4. I am addicted to donuts.

5. I LOVE to be hugged and kissed.

6. My favorite toy is chasing a laser pointer light.

7. Don't be fooled by my angel face. Took me a while to perfect it in the pure image of innocence. That's what I use if I do something I'm not supposed to.

I've tagged

1. Poky Little Puppy
2. gypsy rose
3. Paco
4. Iaro Furia
5. Little Miss Marley Mulhall
6. Pete
7. Faye

You all have no idea how hard that was to find someone that hasn't already been tagged!!

Oh my, I have grown so much!

Remember I have told you when Mommy got me on the 7th of January, she ran real fast (not to leave me alone too long) to a nearby store and bought a red felt scarf and made me a winter coat (it was one of those winter storms).

Today we got one of those weird cold snowy (?!?) days in Oklahoma City, not much snow, some flurries but still very cold. So when Mommy took us out she decided to put the coat on me. Well guess what? It doesnt' fit me anymore! I mean, around my tummy it still does but the length doesn't. It barely reaches a good hand-width above my tail!

Mommy is now studying the photos she took then and comparing them to how I look now. Gee, I was such a puppy!!!!!

My last achievements

I managed to get all the way to the end of the front lawn without spooking out. I am still getting scared while my harness is being put on, but once it's on, I'm much better. I think I have some bad memories of "oh harness/collar on, means I'm gonna be abandoned somewhere".

Today was the day I went all the way to the street without getting scared. Well, Mommy had to put a brick on the porch to stop the glass door from closing. If that door closes I get really scared and want to go back inside. But I think I wanted to go to all the way to the street because I had been watching Maya trotting past the house several times while she was getting trained. I wanted so bad to be with her but I'm still a scaredy cat. Oh well, the time will come. I am working on it.

It was INTERESTING. There were PEOPLE out there. And there was a doggie next door who tried to come to me but his pawrent didn't let him. Wasn't sure how I was sa-pposed to react so I just stood still and watched to see what Mommy says. She said "no" so I turned around. Man, oh, man, but I betcha that doggie would have liked to play some. There were a lot of smells in the grass, so I was very busy sniffing (didn't forget to watch that entrance door always with the corner of my eye, to make sure that my escape back inside was always open).

I'm doing good, huh? huh? tomorrow I'm going to try to reach the neighbor's driveway.

Seems like yesterday...

.... that I found my furever home, a Mommy and a new sister. And I registered to Dogster too. Look how time goes by, I'm 1 year old now!

Mommy doesn't know though my exact birth date, only that I was born in March. So we decided that I will celebrate my birthday when her birthday is (her birthday is on the 12th of March) to have a bigger party! Same as she doesn't know when Maya's birth date is, only that she was born in August so Maya celebrates her birthday with Mommy's human sister.

I can't wait to see what a birthday cake I will get. I'm counting the days.

Ok gotta go. Mommy got me a new kong and it's all stuffed and these treats smell so heavenly I'm typing and drooling.

Smells like Spring!

Well it finally got warmer outside and we can go out and play more. We dont' play soccer anymore as we ate our ball. Well not really ate it, more like we wanted to see how it would look without those white and black pieces on it but I guess we should have peeled only those not the whle thing. I thought Momma would put it back together as she does with the stuffed toys if we happen to bite too hard and the stuffing comes out, but I guess she couldn't.

We are playing mostly with frisbees now as there is no more snow or ice on the ground and we can stay out much longer. You have NO idea how good frisbees are for tug-o-war!

Also today we helped Momma clean the yard, there was some big wind two days ago and yesterday and there were a lot of branches fallen from the trees and we helped her picking them up to put them all in a pile. I even tried to drag a BIG branch but Maya had to come help me in the end because it was too heavy.

I also ate a rope. Well not all of it. About a quarter of it. Momma wouldn't have even known if I wouldn't have thrown it up and she made a huge fuss out of it (I guess she thought it was worms that I threw up first BOL). And I chewed on the couch. Now here I thought I was in trouble. And I was. Momma didn't beat me like my former owners would have done, but she IGNORED me! OMD she ignored me for a whole hour I was soooo miserable I think I'd rather have a spanking than her ignoring me! I promise I will NEVER touch that couch with my teeth again!I don't even know what came over me, I was looking out the window and got so excited that it was a kitty-cat outside that I started chewing on the couch!

Oh and I discovered something AS GOOD AS DONUTS ALMOST! It's called peanut butter. It's so good that while Momma is putting it in my kong I do an Indian dance behind her back and say "huh" and "uh-huh-huh" to make her hurry!

I am an amazing dog!

At least that is what Momma said today. Me and Maya were eating our apples in the living room when I noticed that up on the wall there was one of those window things Momma calls "mirrors" in which there is a nice lady like Momma and she has a doggie like me and another one like Maya. I could only see the lady though as the window was too high for me even when I tried to stand up on my hind paws to see better. So Momma picked me up so I can look through that window. Yes, there you go, the nice lady like Momma was there. It is amazing how much alike they look, but that lady never opens the window so I can go through it. When Momma did put me down I went real fast to check behind that wall where the window is maybe the room the window shows has a door or something, but how weird, I looked and I looked, and there was no other room just our kitchen! These windows are really strange, but I am sure one of these days I will find a way to open them and meet that lady that looks like Momma!

I have no idea why, after I did that, Momma picked me up and hugged me and kissed me then she called auntie Kim to tell her what an amazing dog I am. I didn't even find the other room, what is so amazing about what I did?

Oh this harsh winter

It has been so cold for so long and finally today it was warm enough outside for me to go play with Maya in the backyard for more than 5 minutes. We had so much fun, she taught me how to play soccer. We have a soccer ball that has a very good taste and is all soft and easy to throw around. I even got to eat some of that "ice" that covers everything, it is delicious, couldn't stop licking it. The bad thing is that Momma says it will be cold again, but Maya told me that it will be "snow" and that "snow" is better than "ice" and is wonderful to play in. I can't wait.

Momma made today cinnamon rolls. Well I liked them but I have to say that donuts are better. I even had a taste of ice-cream. But donuts rule.

Well I am kind of tired, as we just had a second game of soccer. And I see Maya went to take a nap on the sofa, so I will go and cuddle with her. I love cuddling with her because she is so soft and we kiss a lot.

Can someone tell me what a "velcro" is? My Momma started calling me "velcro baby". I am sure a "velcro" is some amazingly cute dog, right?

I have been adopted!

I don't know what I did wrong, but my former master abandoned me at this place with a lot of dogs and big people came and picked me up and poked me with needles and I was so scared! and I was with other dogs and they all were pals with each other but there was this bully of a dog, they were calling him a "chihuahua" who kept bullying me around and biting me. I was so sad, and I was cold, and my nose was running, and I was so alone. People were coming to look at us but I knew nobody was coming for me. All the other doggies were at the pen fence to lick their hands and make friends, but not me. Then this human came and she didn't even look at the other doggies who were all over licking her hands, and wagging their tails. She reached with her hand towards me and I tried to sniff her fingers but that bully "chihuahua" came and nipped me on the cheek so I had to run and the lady left. Then one of those humans who were carrying me around came and picked me up and brought me inside and there was that human lady who wanted to meet me. But I was too scared that she will poke me with needles or even if she's nice, she will abandon me somewhere. Then she took me in her arms and took me away, even if the other big humans were telling her I have "kennel cough", and I don't have anything, my former master didn't bring any of my toys at this place! The lady put me in one big crate in one of those noisy boxes they call "cars" and I stayed there for a long time, but didn't move much or barked or anything because I didn't know what kind of people were in that "car".

Then we got in a place that was nice and warm, but there was this big dog who came at me and gave me a kiss and I got so scared she will bite me that I ran under the bed. I was still shivering and my nose was running so bad. And there was this thing in this house who was making such a roar from time to time that I was scared to death! That nice lady left me under the bed and was just coming from time to time to talk to me and she left food and water near the bed so I went out and ate and had some water. Then I started to explore the house and everything was so new and scary! As I was exploring that big monster roared again so I tried to run under the bed but the door of that room was closed now so I just ran to that lady and jumped in her arms and hid my head under her arm and stood there shivering. And the lady laughed and said it was "the heating", I never heard of such a monster yet but I am afraid it will come after me if I'm not a good boy. And she held me in her arms and talked to me softly and hugged me and kissed me and that big dog came and kissed me A LOT and I was so amazed. Then she told me that this is my forever home and never be afraid that I will ever be abandoned again. Oh I was so happy! I have found a Momma and a new sister!

In the next days I didn't do much, I was so sick and coughing all the time, and Momma was holding me and petting me and talking to me, and my sister Maya was coming to check on me every time I would cough. The only thing I didn't like was some kind of sticky pink milk momma tried to give me, it was so yucky! Then we went to see more people and this other lady poked me with a needle and it hurt but then I felt much better and my cough was better and I could sleep. I could eat all the good food she was giving me and I would play with toys she gave me or steal my sister Maya's toys, the only thing was this annoying cough.

Now I feel much better, my cough is almost gone, I can play longer with Maya or Momma without coughing and I can go in the backyard with Maya and we can bark at the neighbors' dogs through the fence, and I have two new toys that are furry and squeak, and I sleep in bed with Momma and Maya, either in Momma's arms or with my head on Maya, or both. I just wish it wasn't so cold outside, even with the nice red coats me and Maya have we can't play long, because our paws are getting cold and I start coughing again. Momma said that in a couple days I should be as good as new and play as much as I want, I can't wait.

I love my new life.

P.S. Did I tell you Momma makes fresh donuts and I can have some too? I LOVE donuts.