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Nicknames: Swanfield's You Are My Sunshine CGC, Miss, Missa, Sippi, Sipper, Mipps, Mississippi Mud Pie, Mississippi Moo, Little Miss, Miss Pie, Miss Fish, Brown Dog, Woovum, Muttchka, Casual Friday, Lapushka
Doggie Dynamics:
Likes: lots of playtime and snuggling, chewing, tennis balls, sticks, being with people she loves, digging, swimming, licking people's faces, dog friends, bones, begging for people food, PIZZA
Pet-Peeves: being left alone, being startled and scared, things she can't chase, cats that don't want to play chase, the vet, invasion of her rear end, organ meat, bad bad mans, anyone touching her feet or her butt too much
Favorite Toy: tennis balls, a tennis ball in an old sock, sticks, wool toys, Kristy, friends, humans that are on the floor
Favorite Food: Beef ribs, jack mackerel, green tripe, game meat, and BEEF RIBS!!! As for people food, she loves hot dogs (with ketchup), pizza, and pretty much whatever the people are eating.
Favorite Walk: Anywhere with cats or to the dog park!
Best Tricks: hug, shake, sit, down, watch, bring it, stay, heel, bow, "what do you say?," "where's the cat?" & wait
Arrival Story: I'd looked at three other dogs - one was too quiet, one too hyper for my apartment, and the third was too young. Of course, I loved them all, but my then-boyfriend (now husband) had reservations. He spotted a terrier mix in one of the kennels and said, "Oh, he's cute!" Not as crazy about terriers as he is, I looked at the other dogs in the cage.
"I like Mississippi," I said. Her front paws were on the cage of the door. We took her outside and I instantly fell in love with her. She sat in my lap and let me pet her. When we had to put her back in the kennel, she went in. The other dogs were reluctant, but she had an attitude of, "I'll do it, even though I don't like it." She's hardly left my side since we took her home that day. The Humane Society of Utah only knew that she was abandoned. She's still afraid of being left behind, but she's getting lots better. She was in the shelter for a month before I found her. She's very smart, sweet, and playful. She loves puppies and other dogs, and tries to make friends with cats. She's supposedly a shepherd mix, but I don't know if that means German Shepherd or Australian Shepherd (what the vet thought)... and she definitely has some retriever in her.
Bio: Mississippi graduated from Level One Obedience class in the summer of 2007. She began a raw diet on the first of January, 2008.
She began intermediate obedience in March 2008 and earned her AKC Canine Good Citizen certificate in May 2008.
She began beginning agility in April 2008 and loves the jumps, but has since retired due to a diagnosis of luxating patella and an overcautious owner.
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I know, friends, you haven't heard from me in a while. Well put away your sad eyes, I am doing another diary entry!
I borrowed this idea from my friend Chingu who is awesome because he likes chasing kitties. I think we would be BFFs.
So, without further ado, one thing about me for every letter of the people alphabet. Mom says this is not the only people alphabet, but whatever. Every letter of the people alphabet that mom uses. Sheesh, Mom, way to be politically correct.
A is for ANTLERS! I love chewing on antlers. Sometimes mom hides my antlers and I go find them. This makes me a very happy girl, so I chew on the antler to celebrate.
B is for BARKING, which is one of my favorite hobbies. Apparently Mom and Dad don't like it except when they say "What do you say?" Which means I get to woof!! I am very good at barking. And woofing. And talking.
C is for CLICKS! These are noises that Mom makes when I am teaching her things I can do that get me treats.
D is for DOG PARK! I get very excited to go there, then I sniff around a lot. I like meeting other dog friends, but Mom says I am a "tease" and ignore them after we've said hello.
E is for ELK, which is what Dad says I look like. He says I make funny noises like an elk, but I am not delicious like one.
F is for FUR, which I have a lot of, especially on my butt. I do not like having my butt brushed too much, but that is where lots of my fur is.
G is for GET IT! Those are some of my favorite words ever! Sometimes I want mom to say these words when I think I see a kitty, because I love chasing kitties.
H is for HUNTING! I like going hunting for kitties and birds. I will scan around with my ears perked up and not sniff any trees when I'm hunting. Apparently humans do not like me to wake them up in the middle of the night so I can do a quick potty and then go hunting. Hrmph.
I is for ICE CREAM, which is what Mom should get me all the time! I had some of hers once and it was delicious!!
J is for JUMPING BEAN! I love jumping. It is the best way to get at people's faces for kisses. Mom and I have bumped our heads together because I was jumping. I also like jumping over things and onto higher places, but I can't do agility jumping because I have a "gimpy knee."
K is for KRISTY. She is my BFF, even though she likes to growl a lot and guard her toys from me. I love her so much, and she loves me too even though she pretends she hates me.
L is for LICKING. I love to lick! I lick people's faces lots. I also like to lick my dinner and my crate and the floor and my dad's face, which I have only done one time. Mom says I need to wait until he's sleeping.
M is for MEAT. I love to eat meat! Especially beef ribs and tripe and venison and elk and buffalo and this lamb head I ate! Mom gives me meat, so that's another M. So is what I think about meat, which is "mmmmmmmmmm!"
N is for NIBBLE, which is how I eat sometimes. I can be a very dainty lady when I am not sure I like food. I nibbled on beef heart and on some fish, which I later deemed unacceptable.
O is for OCTOBER, which is when Mom says my birthday is. Every October I get a big special meal and Mom finds puppy noises on the internet and asks me how cute I was as a baby (which I was infinitely cute), then says I was slimy and gross. I say slimy and gross is awesome, because I am a dog.
P is for PILLOWS. I like to lay my head on pillows. Today Mom hid my antler(!!!) behind a pillow on the couch, so I had to dig to get the antler. I moved the pillow, and it was just the perfect distance from the other pillow on the couch, so I had one for my bum and one for my head! Then Dad took my head pillow away because I was chewing my antler on it.
Q is for QUIET, which is what Dad thinks I am. I am lots of times, until I want to get out of my crate or if we're in the car and I'm excited. Then I make lots and lots of noise.
R is for RRRR, the noise I make when I need attention, or to be let out of my crate. I rrred at Mom once because it was time to go running - 5:15 - but she was "tired" from when we went running the day before. But that's why you sleep all day! Crazy mom!
S is for STICKS! I LOVE CHEWING ON STICKS!!!! I like to bring Mom and Dad sticks then break them with my mighty jaws. They are very impressed.
T is for TENNIS BALL! I like to play with tennis balls, and roll on them and chase them. Sometimes my ball will squeak and I like the noise. I will bring the ball to my people if I want them to play with me, but sometimes I will just snuggle the ball.
U is for UTAH, which is where I am from, even though I am really a Rare Russian Muttchka from Russia. With Love.
V is for VACUUM, which is an evil monster! It takes my fur and the glorious dirt and EATS IT. And it makes a terrible noise and I think it wants to take the fur off my beautiful body and so I run away from it!
W is for WATER, which might be my favorite thing ever. I love to play in it and swim in it and dig in it and play tennis ball in it and lay in it and sit in it and run in it... and when it gets cold it turns to SNOW!!!!!!!!!!!!
X is for X-RAY, which I had done when I was sick and had to go to the evil vet. Mom and Dad got to see my guts, but I had to stay with the Strange People, but they smelled like kitties, so it was okay. Then I went home and had lots of tummy rubs!
Y is for YES! That means I have done something good but Mom doesn't have my clicker.
Z is for ZOOM! I like to run fast with my mom, even though she is very slow. But sometimes she lets me go fast and I love zooming around! I also get zoomies sometimes, and this makes Mom very happy.
This entry is dedicated to my dad, who thinks he knows what's good for dogs.
Water is good for dogs. Most people understand this, because they give us bowls of water in dishes and toilets. Also, they take us to parks so we can swim in rivers and lakes and play in the water.
This is where Dad gets confused. Baths are not good for dogs, unless it's making a swimming pool out of the bathtub and putting toys and treats in there. Showers are very bad for dogs.
Dirt is also good for dogs. My dad likes to have things very "clean," which means no dirt. I try to tell him how dirt makes me a happy dog, but he doesn't understand.
You see, Mom thought she would adopt a black dog. Since I am such a nice girl, I wanted to try to be a black dog for my mom by rolling in dirt.
This brings me to the next thing that is very good for dogs: MUD. It is made up of two things that are good for dogs - water (not from a shower) and dirt. So mud is twice as good for dogs as just water, but especially dirt. So I don't know why Dad tells me to get out of the mud. Mud is fun, it feels so squishy in my paws and I like to lay in it sometimes.
I can also make mud by getting in the water and then laying down in dirt. This gives me a sense of accomplishment, which is also good for dogs.
I need to review something I know I've already been over: beef ribs. SO GOOD FOR DOGS. I got some last night and laid down in my crate eating and eating and chewing on the bones and wagging my tail which was hanging out of the crate. Mom thought it was funny, and laughing is good for dogs, because it means the humans are happy. Kristy taught me this, and she is the Boss Dog, so it must be true (or at least I have to pretend).
Cooking is good for dogs, even if your mom says that dogs don't get cooked food. Cooking means spilling (which is another reason why Mom is very good for dogs - she is messy). My advice to dogs is to stay very close to your humans when they cook, no matter what they say to you. That way, if any food goes on the ground, it's yours within seconds. Also, if you trip the human, MORE FOOD. See? I am a smart cookie! Another thing you should definitely do is hang around the humans when they eat. Yesterday Mom tried taking a bite of blueberry pancake, but it missed her mouth and went right on the floor! SCORE!
And lastly, even though they don't always know what is good for dogs, moms and dads are the best for dogs. They give us love and food and make us very happy.
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