The BEST weekend EVER! My complete ADOPTION!!!!!!!! Finally- Bella Ruble offically

This weekend was GREAT! Friday night my papa James found out that my former foster mama paid my adoption fee and all he needed to do was to get my rabies shot updated to get my official license. He gave my foster mama a hard time for paying for me. She still loves me a lot so I know she did it because every time she sees me, she's so happy that I'm happy. Later that night my former foster papa came over and brought Yogi to visit. We didn't do much because it was pretty late. My 2 papas played video games while the 2 of us slept most of the time. Saturday night we went to see my foster mama and papa, Erika and Dennis. My Papa James and them had dinner and played rock band while I played with Yogi and Smokey. Everyone had great night. Then yesterday Papa James took me to Pet Pals to get a Christmas collar and a yucky shot. He promised me cookies for the pain and suffering which he made good on. Then after we went back to Animal Services. There I saw all of the people who work there and they were so excited to see me. I was excited to officially be BELLA RUBLE and no longer property of the County. I am the most loved bully, piggy, sweet girl in the City of Santa Cruz, just ask anyone who knows me!

The competition.....I gotcha!

So mama bought my dad a stuffed doggie for Valentines Day...of course on sale after Valentines day because Mama and Papa don't submit to "The Man" and his made up holidays. Anyhow....so I've had my eye on that pup...trying to figure out it's evil plot to take my place. Finally last week it made it's move...it was sitting on top of the dresser and fell off onto my mama's feet one morning before her shower. It was early so mama didn't bother with it. Whew! What a relief. I know she loves on me no matter how early it is. Then I was on the attack....I got the pup into my grasps and now half of the inside of it is on the floor, it's missing a chunk out of it's butt and head. Yippee!!!! No worries about that thing.

It's been a while....

So my mama and papa have been loving on me so much lately that I forget to write to update everyone. Here's an update on my life as a floppy eared girl....

There have been these strange dirty smelly guys coming over to our house everyday for the last couple of weeks. I don't like them at all but mama and papa say they're fixing the house, so that's good but I don't like that they take away from my morning cuddle time with papa. They make a bunch of loud noises and it really upsets me.

I've become friends with Mama and Papa's friend Steve. He's nice to me and always gives me cookies. How could I not like him? He even lets me lay in his lap when we're in the car together. He likes to sleep as much as I do...that's a good hobby to bond over. :)

Papa attempted tot take me to the beach one day while the smelly guys were there. I didn't like the way the sand felt. It was kind of yucky. We also met a new friend, Pula. Pula was nice and chased me around the park but I didn't know I was supposed to chase her too. Oh well. Mama and Papa are both very proud that I was so good around another dog. I haven't really been friendly with any dogs in the neighborhood or anything. I haven't been bad either. Papa was happy to see me having fun with another dog.

My dog nails have been getting long so mama and papa bought me a pedipaws. Mama said that she hoped it could make my dew claw not so dangerous. Papa got me use to the sound but i didn't really like the vibration. He was able to do both of my front paws and the little machine worked good but I still didn't like it.

Things have been so good with mama and papa. They don't want to let anyone else adopt me because they love me. Recently mama and papa have been saying that I have really become an adoptable girl. I think they mean, I'm so much better behaved than I was before. I don't pee or poop in the house anymore. They've left me at home by myself a few times and as long as it's not for whole day, I'm good. I usually just sleep. I have even slept on the floor a couple of times. It freaked mama out because I was squeezed in between her and papa. She said that I've even began to snuggle feet and she loves that.

Over the weekend Mama and Papa took me to the park and while mama practiced hitting the pink ball with a big metal net looking thing...mama called it Tennis, I chased one of the pink balls and actually learned how to play fetch. They were so proud of me. I got to eat a bunch of cookies.

Well there's my floppy girl update. I hope everyone is getting lots of love and petting. :) It's almost summer, so stay in the shade or AC, which ever one you have and drink lots of water to stay hydrated.

The BEST day EVER!!!!!!

Yesterday Mommy. Papa and I got in the car and went on a drive. We went to this place that looked super familar. I wasn't sure how I knew it but once I got there, I remembered that use to be my home with my favorite Bully Pals. I got to see J & J. They're awesome!!! They love me so much. It felt like old times. Lots of licking and lots of love. I got to see Moxie and Grommit. We were able to all play and have fun. I was able to get loved on by 4 humans that I love. It was great. Moxie got to get love from my new people. Mommy had fun playing Tug of War with Mox. And I know for a fact that Mommy and Papa had fun relaxing while I got to play. Mommy said she loved seeing me play with other doggies. Mox and I ran up and down the stairs sniffing each other and just having fun. We went out on the deck and did more sniffing and playing. We jumped around on the couch and went from person to person to get love. I knew exactly where the water bowls were and just LOVED being there. Mommy and Papa promised we'd visit again soon, and more often. I hope we'll stay for longer too. Papa also said that they know that they could leave me with J & J if they ever went out of town or on a honeymoon. I don't know what a honeymoon is but they can leave me with my favorite Bully Pals and J & J ANYTIME! I'll be super tired by the time they come get me. I hope everyone has wonderful humans and Bully pals like I do!!!!

Thanks for all of the Wooferific LOVE!!!!

It's so exciting to be the Dogster Diary of the Day. Mom and Dad said I was all smiles when the read the email to me. They weren't sure if it was because Daddy had just finished playing with me or if I was just that excited about being picked for such a cool honor. It might have been thoes yummy peanut butter and banana treats that Daddy had in his pocket. Well I just wanted to say thanks to everyone for your love and support. My mom is working on the logistics of my adoption...whatever that means. You humans and your confusing phrases. Much Woof Love to Everyone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A Forever Home....

My mom has been really upset this week. I can tell....she's stressed from that place my dad and I drop her off at in the morning. I snuggled her so good this morning, I hope that helps. This last weekend mom and I had fun in the new car. We drove daddy to Castroville for work and mom and I went shopping in Gilroy. Sunday we met this man who was really nice to me. I liked him. Mommy said the other day that the man we met would be apart of my forever home. I think that upset her too. I know she loves me and wants the best for me. So if this new forever home is where I belong, then I'll go but I'll miss my mom and dad. Who else is going to call me BevMo. I know mommy cried last night while we were going to sleep. Daddy was snoring and mommy was crying. She told me then that I could always come back home to live with them if David didn't want me anymore. Mom also said that she was sorry to let me go but she thinks that this man David will be good to me. She said that maybe if another doggie needs to be saved from being put down at the pound, that they will be able to help because they found me a home. I think that's good. All of us doggies...all we want is love and a family (and maybe yummy doggie treats). I think that made mommy feel a little better. So doggie friends here on Dogster...this may be my last diary unless my new family keeps this ball rolling. My mom and dad requested that everyone keep me in their prayers and think good thoughts about this new home for me. Who knows...I may be back with my mommy and daddy because I won't get along with David's baby. We'll just have to see how things go.

My first Christmas with Mama E and Papa D

We had a fun Christmas Eve together. Papa made dinner and gave me a couple of scraps. :) I also got a BIG present. It was peanut butter and banana cookies. They are so good. Mama and papa love feeding them to me because I do "the dance" for each cookie. We had a good night of snuggling. On Christmas day we drove up to mama's old house. There are some older people that live there that don't appreciate how awesome I am. I can't sit on their couch. Some nice people came over but I didn't want to hang out with them. I spent time with Papa. After they had food, Papa and I took a nap. After our nap, Papa, Mama and me...we went to the store. They got snacks and we all watched a movie. For the last 30 minutes of the movie....papa let me sit on his lap on the couch. We came home the next day and the car was full. We stopped a couple of times but before I knew it, we were home again. I think that's all that happened. I know I got loved on a bunch and got lots of good sleep too. I hope everyone had a Wooferific Christmas.

I fought the harness and I WON!!!!!

So my foster dad Dennis was taking me to the park this morning. He got my harness out and went upstairs to put on warmer clothes. Don't these humans know fur is the way to go. While he was upstairs I decided to play with my harness....and well 10 minutes went by and he was came back and my harness was chewed. I don't think my humans will be using that anymore. And I heard them talking on the way to lunch today....they think I chewed the passenger seat belt but they didn't see me do it....so I didn't do it. :D My foster mom is worried about getting into an accident in the car though. They used to have me buckled in with the leash until I chewed that into 2 pieces. Then my dad bought my mom a new leash and me some chew toys....but I don't chew on the toys. SILLY ME!

The latest and greatest

My foster mom and dad have been super worried about me. I keep doing silly things like popping in the car or eating poop and making myself sick. Today I went to the vet and they weren't super helpful according to my dad. He's been really sick with a cold all weekend. My mom says that I've been worried about him....I don't know about that but I know I'm not leave his side for anything. My mom tries to reassure me that it's just a cold, but I don't know what that is....I know he isn't up for playing. And mom isn't as fun when she plays with me. She doesn't have good doggy talk like dad. She plays and loves on me but my dad gets me excited with his doggy talk and being loud. My mom does pick me up like dad...so that's good. Luckily today he's starting to look better but I'm still worried. The house looks nicer than it did before. My mom decorated for the holidays and I like it. I really like that mom went out and bought a space heater. Now our bedroom is super warm. So, technically I don't have to snuggle mom and dad but I still do. :) More from me later....hopefully I'll stop doing silly things.

An Eventful month....

So I began living with the new foster family back in October, and they've been the bees knees since I came to live with them. They love on me so much and my papa is home with me all day long. We play at the park in the morning and then come home to snuggle until shower time. We watch TV together and clean the house...and most days we pick mama up for lunch and go out to eat somewhere. When they're both home, we snuggle in during the morning time unless papa has to go work. I love them both so much. They had a party at some place in San Jose. That was pretty fun. I got to ride around in this nice new car and a lot of people came to say hello to me. They were all nice and really liked me. My papa went away for a little over a week, so mama and I had lots of fun. She took me with her to work everyday and then we'd go home for lunch to play and eat. I was so excited when Papa came home. I couldn't wait to snuggle him. I almost pushed them both off of the bed because I just had to be close to both of them and couldn't get close enough. I'm starting not to be so scared of other people when they come over. I hung out with mama, papa, Albert and Joey for an hour the other night. Albert is still scary....but I think he's scary to humans too and not just us K-9s. I definately don't like the washer and dryer but I'm ok with the vaccum for the most part. This week is Turkey Day. Papa has been giving me treats for being a good girl. I get a bite or 2 of honey baked ham. I can see why humans love that stuff so much. It's great. I think I'm in for a good long car ride, which I love. I had 2 long car rides over the weekend. Papa went to a concert, so mama drove him to BART and hung out with some friends until he was home. That was a good car ride. Lots of lights to see and cars driving by us very fast, which was kind of scary. Then Sunday....little did I know mama went to pick up the honey baked ham. That was pretty fun. Mama said that Berkeley is much farther than just going over the hill. So we'll see how this car ride goes. Well Happy Holidays to you all!!!!!