Ralphie

I'm sad today because my little foster brother is gone. Mommy says he found his furever Daddy. I hope that they love each other as much as I loved Ralphie. Hopefully Mommy will get another boy dog to be our new foster sibling, I like boy dogs soooo much better than girl dogs!!!

I love getting my way!

I managed to get rid of Donatella and get a foster sibling I like!! Mommy is so well trained for a human! Maybe I'll keep training her until I convince her that I should have steak for dinner every night ;)

Donatella

My "aunt" Michelle came by yesterday and I was so excited to see her! I always have fun with Michelle. But yesterday, she brought Donatella with her, and left her here. :( Donatella is a 9 month old puppy that's been living at Michelle's house- I see her every once in a while when I go visit Michelle, and Angel likes her a lot, but I don't understand why she had to come live with us!
Mommy says she's a foster dog, that she'll be here for a while so she can learn how to live with other dogs, so she can be a good dog for her furever parents. I guess I'm OK with that, as long as Mommy remembers I'm top dog at this house! I've been kinda mean to Donatella since she got here, trying to show her who's boss. Mommy doesn't like that very much, but she's still giving me lots of love, so I think I'll ease up on Donatella, as long as Mommy remembers who's in charge!

Clothes

Mom got Angel and I sweaters for Christmas. It's not extremely cold here in FL, but every once in a while it gets chilly, and our house is not well insulated, so we used to sleep VERY close to Mom on those nights. I guess she thought if she got us sweaters that we would stop doing that, but of course we haven't, because we like snuggling with her :)
I'm not sure how I feel about wearing my sweater. Sure, it's warm, but it's a pain to put on (I probably don't help with that, I get tense every time Mom tries to put my arms through the holes). And if Angel doesn't pull his up before going outside, he pees on it! Clothes just don't seem like a very practical thing for dogs... maybe I'll change my mind if we ever move further up north!

Moved, again...

We moved again a couple of weeks ago. I wish my Mom would pick a place she likes and stay there already, I don't like all this moving around! I did get to meet a few of my Mom's friends who helped us move, and they were all very nice. Mom says she's very proud of me because I handled this move ten times better than the last one- I even managed not to destroy anything for a whole two weeks :) I told her if she wants me to stop eating things, she shouldn't leave them hanging out in my room! How was I supposed to know the blinds were supposed to keep the sun out and were not toys!

I'm a big girl now :)

Mommy was worried about me for a long time, because I wouldn't stop having accidents in the house. But I think we finally came to an agreement on my potty times- she doesn't make me go first thing in the morning, because I'm still too sleepy to pee. Instead, she lets me sleep in a little longer while she lets Angel out in the yard, then gets ready for work. I'm awake and ready to potty when she's done getting ready, and then I can hold it until she comes home from work. I haven't had an accident for a few weeks now! Woo hoo!
I think Mommy is glad that I'm a lazy bum in the mornings- she's not a morning person either, and she has enough to deal with Angel, who is always bouncy, no matter what time of the day it is. He actually annoys me, because he'll jump on the bed and start sniffing me while I'm still sleeping. Not cool at all!

Wow!!!

My diary was chosen as one of today's Diary Picks! I didn't even know until I got the nicest note from Dogster Pippin. It's so exciting, especially this month, since I'm celebrating a year in my furever home. I'm a very blessed dog, to have such a wonderful mom and brother, and to have such good friends on Dogster. Thanks so much!

I'm a good dog

Last week a couple of men came over to our house because my mom had to have our room tiled (because I ate the carpet- I didn't like being left there all alone with Angel our first few weeks there!). They kept saying what a good dog I was, and how friendly, and even how helpful. (I was helpful because I picked up a piece of floor to give to one of the nice men. I could tell he needed it right then!). Mom says they fell in love with me, and that I'm such a good dog. I don't know about them loving me, but I'm glad mom said I'm a good dog! She didn't say that to Angel because he was barking at the men all day :) Mom says Angel is more of a protective dog so that's why he took so long to like the men. I just like everyone all the time! Especially if they pet me, scratch my back, or give me food. I had fun hanging out with them... maybe I'll try to eat the carpet in another room so they come back!

Freedom

It's been a while since I've written an entry, and it's because I've been having too much fun to stop! Mom finally caved and is letting Angel and I roam free during the day- well, when I say "roam free" I mean in our room, but at least we get a whole room! I'm so happy that I've been trying to behave really well and not chew up any of mom's things. I'm not doing as well as Angel is, he hasn't destroyed anything in months! Then, when Mom gets home, she lets us go in the backyard for a bit so we can try to sniff out the animal (I think it's a rat!) that is hiding under the deck. So many different smells back there! I love our new place!

My crate

I found a way out!!! Finally!! Mom thought she was going to keep me penned up forever, but she didn't realize what a smart dog she adopted... I was able to bend the bottom of the crate door and unlatch the bottom latch, and if I wiggle a lot, I can just squeeze through the opening without having to unhook the top latch.
I hope this means that Mom will let Angel and I roam free from now on. If not, I have all the time in the world to figure out how to break him free...