YAHOO!! I've been Valentine's Day Tagged

Thanks Darla Mae (#567126) for tagging me!! My tail was sure wagging up a storm when I saw the "kiss" from you, it made me so happy!!

So pups here are my 5 Valentine Wishes...

1) I wish for an endless supply of stuffies that I can rip apart, desqueekify, and toss fluff all over the house.

2) I wish for a sister or brother - Daddy says this fall we can start looking!

3) I wish to make new friends, here on Dogster and IRL so I can have playdates.

4) I wish that every pup and kitty out there looking for a home finds their perfect furever home and they get tons and tons of love, just like I did!

5) I wish for peace , understanding, respect, and acceptance. If everyone practiced these 4 things the world could be such a better place.

My pup pals I am gonna tag and spread the love to are:

Lily, the prettiest little Pom (#670562)
Buddah, my rockin' Min Pin Pal (#687201)
Griff, an adorable 'lowrider' (#450796)
Talker, one of my new Basenji friends (#126087)
Ava, a sweetest little Rat Terrier (#621910)

Snow Snow and More Snow

So yesterday Daddy and my big brothers stayed home. Something about a snow storm. Actually they had one of these 'Snow Days' last week Friday too. But yesterday's storm was a big one. I know because I had to go out in it to go do my business.

I didn't have too much fun. When we were going out for my 4pm potty break Mommy got stuck in the snow. We were walking along, la di da di da. And all of a sudden Mommy is up to her hips in snow! She was laughing, trying to walk through the really deep snow, Daddy was watching from the kitchen laughing too. I was fine. I wasn't really sinking. But then I decided to walk in Mommy's tracks. I do that sometimes, walk where she has walked so it is easier in the deep snow. The only thing is I went front paws and head first into a very deep footprint and couldn't get out!! Since I was behind Mommy and she was just trying to get out of the snow herself she didn't notice until I started whimpering. She said that all she could see of me was the tip of my butt and my tail sticking up in the air. The rest of me was in the hole. So she came and pulled me out. She then carried me until we got to a place in the yard where the snow wasn't so deep.

Then I get to my favorite potty spot and the snow is up past Mommy's knees. She was moving around, stomping and pushing snow out of the way so I could have a spot to go potty. Daddy ended up dragging the neighbors small snowblower out back and blowing me an area where I can go potty and not be up to my eyeballs in snow. It's not fun squatting in the cold deep snow.

I love playing in the snow, but this is a little TOO much snow for me!! I don't like it when it is deeper than I am tall.

Well me, Mommy, and my brothers (they have another snow day today) are all going outside to play in the snow. Maybe Mommy will take some new pics and post them to share!

My Cousin Marabou

What a silly name - Marabou. Mommy says that it is a fluffy turkey feather that they use on fishing lures. Well my cousin Marabou definitely is fluffy!!

Marabou lives with my mommy's older brother and his family. She is a bichon frise and is a year older than me. I wanted to play with her so bad when she first came over to visit yesterday, but she acts like a spoiled princess. But that's ok, after a while she saw how much fun I was having playing with my toys and the kids and she decided to join in the fun too.

We ran around the house, chasing one another until we both collapsed from exhaustion. I went to go lay in my bed I have in the living room and she was already there! Taking up the entire bed too! I just nudged her over a bit and we laid together, taking a nice afternoon nap.

After Marabou and everyone left last night I overheard mommy and daddy talking about getting me a little doggy brother or sister. Daddy's not so sure. He would rather just have me and spoil me, but that doesn't stop my mommy from looking. Mommy has a knack of getting her way! BOL!

I guess we will see...

You mean I can't pee in the living room????

Mommy and Daddy aren't happy with me right now. I don't know why I keep doing it. Even after I have been taken outside and I do my business I still feel the need to go into the living room and pee behind the big chair next to the curio cabinet.

Mommy cleaned up a mess this morning, using the big steam carpet cleaner and some special pee stuff. She put towels down over it and then carried a few of the big dining room chairs to place on top of the big towels and over the spots.

I couldn't help myself though. I went over and peed on the towels.

I knew I did something wrong because I after I peed I went into the kitchen where Mommy and Daddy were cleaning up after dinner and sat there with my tail between my legs and my ears down until they noticed me sitting there. Mommy immediately went into the living room and found my puddles.

Mommy didn't yell, Daddy didn't yell, but I could tell they were upset. I went over to my bed and laid down until Daddy came over to talk to me.

Mommy took me outside while daddy cleaned up my puddles. I wanted to run in the snow. I didn't have to go potty. I already did my business - in the living room. Mommy said I couldn't play in the snow because I was naughty and went potty in the living room. She showed me my spots where I do my business and said "This is where we go potty". We then went back inside.

I didn't mean to make Mommy and Daddy upset. But I know they still love me.

My Daddy and Me

I love my Daddy, but it has taken me some time to trust him. See, before my Mommy and Daddy adopted me I lived with a not so nice foster family. My foster Mommy loved me but the foster Daddy wasn't to nice to me. He did a lot of yelling at me and the other doggies, he also would slap me and the other doggies, amongst doing other not so nice things. Because of that I have a hard time trusting and warming up to big men. When Mommy and Daddy observed how I acted towards Daddy and towards other adult men red flags went up immediately and they called the rescue shelter that placed me with my foster family and told them what was going on. The rescue shelter took all the doggies out of the foster families home after they talked to other adoptive parents whose puppies were fostered with this family and after inspecting the home.

Since I have lived with my Mommy and Daddy my Daddy has been taking it very slowly and easy with me. He hasn't tried to approach me, pet me, or anything. He would talk to me across the room in a soft voice. Slowly I would come up and take a treat from him, but I would run away back to my bed. Whenever he would talk into a room I would run away from him, even if he wasn't coming up to me.

But you know what I discovered? My Daddy is a very nice, gentle daddy. I now will play with him and I don't run our of the room anymore. The biggest step in my trusting him was when he held the leash outside tonight when we went out for our before bedtime walk. Mommy was out there with us too and I was sniffing the bunny tracks and when I looked back Daddy was holding the leash. I didn't get scared and I soon was running with daddy as fast as I could through the snow, playing chase and tag. I am now curled up on his lap on the couch, cuddling with him watching football.

I guess not all big men are bad and scary. I know my Daddy isn't. He calls me his Princess and likes to give me kisses. He always has Old Mother Hubbard Puppy biscuits in his pocket for me too. Yummmmmmm!!!!!

I love my Daddy!

SNOW! And a lot of it!

It snowed last night. A lot. We had snow before, but nothing like this. I do like the snow better than the ice we had a few days ago. Mommy took me outside after the snow stopped falling - she called it Lake Effect Snow and was saying we got clobbered.

Mommy was laughing when we were outside because I kept trying to run where I normally do but there are these really tall snow drifts. And one point I fell into a drift and couldn't see my Mommy. My Mommy couldn't see me either. I found my way out at the bottom of the drift. It was a little scary, but I had so much fun I kept going into the super deep drift. Mommy tried walking through the drift too and was up to her waist in snow - and Mommy isn't short! She is 5'6"!

I sniffed around for my ball that I left outside. I have a good sniffer because I found it! I loved it when mommy threw my ball and it sunk into the deep snow and I would pounce on it. Mommy took a picture, which she put up on my page, of me pouncing on my ball. It is a butt shot and my butt is up in the air. Not very flattering - I wonder if Mommy would like it if someone took a picture of HER butt like that!!

The best however is when we come back inside. Mommy has a towel in the dryer and pulls it out when we get inside, wrapping me up in the toasty and fluffy towel to warm up and dry off.

The Woofdorf gets 2 dew-claws up!

Well I had my weekend at the Woofdorf Astoria and I personally give it 2 dew-claws up! I only have 2 dew-claws but if I had more, they would be included in the count as well! My Mommy and Daddy give it 2 thumbs up as well.

It didn't take me long to get accustomed to my surroundings and within an hour I was over my shyness and out running around and playing with my new friends! I played all day long, only going back to my room to eat, take a mid-day siesta, and then to sleep at night.

Mommy and Daddy checked in on me a lot over the weekend. They could see me on the internet on the live video feed. It made them happy to know I was happy and having fun. Daddy said that he could tell I was happy because I was running around with my tail up and curled over my back. The higher my tail and the more curled over my back it is the happier I am!

I loved it so much that Mommy and Daddy said I can go back for Doggy Day Care once a week to play with my friends while Mommy does her errands and shopping. I can't wait to go back!!

The Woofdorf Astoria

Mommy is going out of town this weekend and Daddy and my brothers are going to be doing 'guy' things all weekend and wont be around so Mommy and Daddy decided the best thing for me would to send me to a doggy hotel and day spa - The Woofdorf Astoria.

My Mommy said that this was the best place in town for me. I only go to my room for eating and sleeping and the rest of the time I get to play outside in the fenced in dog park or inside in the large play areas.

I had to go for an 'interview' last night. While my Mommy filled out various papers I was taken back to the playrooms. Oh boy oh boy did I have a blast!!! At first I was a little scared. My body wouldn't stop shaking, but soon I had made friends with the other dogs and had a great time running around and playing.

I think I will be OK there. My doctor told Mommy that is was the place to be and reassured her I would be well taken care of and loved during my stay. Mommy still cried though. Daddy said that mommies do that though when they send their babies to school or day care, and he told me she cried like that when she sent my brothers off to school for the first time. It just another way of her showing me how much she loves me.

I'm going to miss my Mommy this weekend. I hope she brings me home something good from her Girls Only Shopping Weekend in Chicago with my Grandma and my Aunties.