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Sandy Approved

Tagged

Buddy tagged me so, here goes!
1. What color is your collar? - I don't wear a collar any more! I wear a harness when I'm outside. It's pink.

2. What kind of food do you eat? - I'm on a homecooked diet. I also eat canned. My favorite homecooked meal is anything with lamb. My favorite canned brand is Blue Buffalo.

3. What are your favorite treats? - Milk-Bones but I don't get them hardly anymore because of my sensitive tummy. ;-;

4. Do you have a Valentine or significant other? - No

5. Do you get Table Scraps? – Pfft, not from Daddy

6. What is your favorite toy? – My stuffed mousie

7. When is your Birthday? - We don't know. Sometime between March and May.

8. How many times a day do you get to eat? - Twice. I get a can in the morning and a cup of homecooked in the evening. And treats in between.

9. Do you have a favorite color? – Light blue and red seem to attract me.

10. Do you hope all your pals put this in their diary? - I don't care, really. :]

Interviewed by Buddy

I forgot to post this right away. Dx Sorry Buddy and Raja.

B:Where did you get your name?
BS- The day Daddy got me (it was Christmas :]) he happened to be watching Grease. He couldn't think of a name for me, went through them all. From Bella to Sweetie. Even considered Buddy even though it's more of a boy dog name. My name was almost Baby, which is where the Baby in Sandy Baby comes from, but his sister had already named a dog baby and she had passed away. So,he thought naming me baby would be too weird. Then, Danny belted out with "Sandy, baby...", he looked at me and said "Sandy." I responded by farting. Since then, my name has been Sandy. Or, rather, Sandy Baby.

Bo you having any thing that no other dog that you know of has?
BS-Well, Daddy always says I've got a triangle butt, if that's what you mean. ;] Seriously, though, I have six brofurs and sisfurs that are dogs, four that are cats... so, I guess, a lot of brofurs and sisfurs... I don't know ANY other dog with that many! Well, there was one I met on Dogster...

B:How would you describe the bond between you and your Daddy/Mommy?
BS:-Me and my Daddy [ ;]] have a very strong bond. We do everything together. He often says I'm his other foot. I follow him around the house and sit at his feet when he's on the computer. We even share a bed. I get really lonely when he's not around, but he always comes back. And, sometimes, he brings me nice things. I guess, you could say we're best friends. We have a very strong bond. Inseperable, even. He says that when I get over my fear reactivity, he's going to bring me with him sometimes when he leaves. I can't wait.


B:What do you know how to do?
BS-I know a lot of tricks. Like sit, stay, here, up, over, the works. Daddy says I'm smart. I know how to train him, too, though. Training him was the best thing I ever did. Now he gives me treats for doing things as simply as laying.

B:What's your best trick?
BS-Daddy thinks Play Dead. He loves that one. Says it's cute. My favorite, however, is any trick involving a jump. I love jumping and will jump over anything you put in my way.

B:Your page says you had a problem when you first came to your fur-ever home.... are you completely better from that now?
BS-When I first came to my fur-ever home, I was throwing up a lot. Sometimes I'd even retch like I had to throw up but wouldn't throw up! Daddy would touch my tummy and I'd scream. We were both terrified. He, later, found out I was really sensitive to things they put in commercial foods- especially kibble. Since then, he's been feeding me a combo diet of premium canned food and homecooked food. I've been a lot better since then and I haven't thrown up since.

B:What is any activity you do with your mommy?
BS-Me and my Daddy do lots of things. Like the normal training, to walks. The thing I like best is when he has me do jumping tricks and running tricks. He says he wants to get me into agility soon. So, I guess you can say that's an activity. Since that's what it's building up to.

B:What do you think any dog owner should do to have a strong bond with their dog?
BS-I think that as long as a dog has the most important things, the owner is doing great. As long as the dog has shelter, love, food, water, a warm place to sleep, a good training method, a pat on the head at least once a day, belly rubs whenever desired and a tasty treat from time to time... the bond should be everlasting.

B:Is there anything else you'd like to share/tell us?
BS-I'm a bit fear reactive. Specifically toward tall men. But, Daddy's working on that. And, we've been making progress. I can now be around a tall man as long as Daddy is at least three feet away. So, I can tolerate them on walks now. Also, I'm a mystery mix. Which, Daddy says makes me interesting. No one knows what I'm mixed with, they can only take wild guesses.

I've never done a journal prompt before... but, I'm gonna try.

Daddy wrote this for another site that does a journal prompt every so often. The prompt was What will you miss when you die? He just... strung this together and wanted to save it because he liked it.

What will I miss when I die?

Well, I guess I'll miss some of the same things everyone else will miss.
My mom,
waking up to the warm sun in the summer,
working until night and coming home to a family who loves me,
the wagging of a dogs tail,
the purring of a cat when he rests on your lap,
the barking of dogs as I'm approaching my home,

L
I
F
E

But, when I die,
will I even know I'm dead?
Will I know that there's something I should be missing?
Will I...

K
N
O
W

Death is a scary thought.
Maybe one of the things I will miss will be,
the thought of death.
The dreams I have...
where death becomes me.
Where death grabs on,
holds on,
tighter,
tighter,

T
I
G
H
T
E
R

I know I'll miss those dreams,
and every dream I've ever had.
What if I never succeed in completing my dreams?
I'll miss out on that.
So, really, what kind of missing are we talking about here?
Are we talking about that empty space,
where something or someone once was?
That space that can never be
F
I
L
L
E
D
?
Or are we talking about that missing where you never got to finish...
a dream...
a project...
something you'd always wanted to do?

If I died tomorrow, there are many things I'd miss out on.
Finishing school,
helping animals,
having a family of my own one day.
But, there are many more things I'd miss.

The dew on the grass first thing in the morning,
the sand between my toes when I walk barefoot down the beach,
the North Carolina sunset as I sit on the porch with my pit bull,
the dogwoods that grow in the spring,
the crunch of the leaves in the fall as I'm walking my shepherd,
the wagging of my corgis tail as she buries her nose in the snow,
that anticipation of waiting for snow to fall,
that loneliness when the night comes,
that feeling of being needed when feeding time comes for the dogs,
that feeling of being needed when my dog kisses my cheek,
giving my mother a rose every mothers day,
giving her chocolates every fathers day,
the harvest moon when harvest time comes again,
staring at all the beautiful horses when we're driving through the countries,
the mountains,
the sunrise,
the hills,
the flowers,
everything
that
I
take
for
granted
every
day
will
be
.
.
.
missed.

But, more than anything,
even if there is a Heaven
or
God
forbid
a
H
E
L
L
there is one thing that I will miss.
I will miss feeling needed,
I will miss feeling wanted,
I will miss knowing that
no matter
how
hard
the day gets,
I have someone waiting for me at home.
I will miss unconditional love.
I will miss kisses before laying down to bed.
I will miss having to share a bed every night.
I will miss watching TV with my best friend.
I will miss sharing string cheese and potato chips while watching a movie,
I will miss going for long walks while the sun sets,
I will miss giving kisses on the cheek before turning out the light,
I will miss
L
O
V
E
that no human has ever been capable of giving.
I will miss my dogs.

xD So, I just wrote that spur of the moment. Like you said, words I strung together while thinking of the plot.