New Friend
June 2nd 2008 4:46 pm

Yea!! Mom’s leaving work a little early today to go pick up Sasha. Seems like she’s gonna live with us for a week or so until we can find her a permanent home. Yippeee!!! Another playmate 4 me! I’ll write some more later.

Sasha’s here!
June 3rd 2008 10:38 am

Sasha arrived last night. Boy did we have lots of fun playing!! All my other pup siblings were fine with the new kid. Now the cat wasn’t so thrilled to see another dog in the house. Evidently Sasha has had a bad run in with a cat in her past. She’s terrified of Pip. Bah! Pip is a big, fat, lazy baby. All meow & no scratch. I’ll have to teach Sasha how to run by him and nip at his rear. He hates it, but there’s nothing he can do about it! Well… off to play, talk later!

Tired
June 5th 2008 10:18 am

Boy am I ever tired! It’s been non-stop playing ever since Sasha arrived. Mom has been trying to get us young pups to calm down later in the evening before we have to go to our crates for the night. It drives her crazy to hear both of us puffing like freight trains! Heeheehee! Panting in stereo! BOL!! I know that Annie is a little miffed at me ‘cause I’ve been ignoring her. I’m gonna try to do better & divide my play time or help Annie join in with me & Sasha. The heat around here isn’t helping too much either, gonna be around 90 degrees again today. I’m glad that I have my pool to lay in!!

Temptations & Confessions
June 6th 2008 10:28 am

There are sooo many temptations in this world for a lil’ ol’ pup like me. I’m on good behavior inside (most of the time), but outside is a completely different story. Here’s a partial list of my confessions:
• I’ve destroyed the cover on the riding lawnmower (lots of pieces all over the yard). • Chewed up a couple dog beds (looked like a mini snow storm on the deck). • Ruined 4 out of 5 cushions on the outdoor furniture (my sister Rosie is the guilty party on cushion #5) • Completely destroyed the protective covers on the outdoor furniture. (They were added in hopes that they would protect the new cushions) • Tore a hole in the brand new squeaky beaver toy (also destroyed the squeaker at the same time) • Can’t seem to control myself when it comes to my pool, always seem to jump in it right before mom calls us inside (how am I supposed to know when she’s gonna let us in???)

I think I might try to work on some of these issues….. but it’s doubtful much will change….. unless…. YUCK!! Mom gives everything I like to chew on outside a spray of Tabasco. YUCK!! The Bitter Apple stuff was pretty tasty. I loved that stuff, so my kindergarten teacher suggested Tabasco…. EVIL STUFF!! But I will admit, it has slowed down my chewing on the outdoor furniture covers.

I’ll let you know how things go. Mom is hoping I outgrow the puppy chewing stage soon.

What!!???
June 10th 2008 10:45 am

Mom told Sasha that she was such a good pup. I thought I was the good pup!!! Ok I give Sasha credit when it comes to getting into the crate at night. All mom has to do is tell Sasha it’s time to go to bed and Sasha walks nicely by mom’s side and goes straight into the crate & lays down. I have to admit, I’m a bit more of a challenge…. I’d prefer to sleep on mom’s bed instead of the crate. But then again, I know I’m cute & sooner or later, I’ll be the good pup again. 🙂

In trouble again
June 11th 2008 1:17 pm

I got in trouble again this morning. Dang my mom & her great hearing!! I decided that the tabasco had wore off on the outdoor couch cover, so….. I started chewing & ripping it again. Mom hear a suspicious noise outside this morning and decided to take a peek out the window before going to work. She caught me in the act!! There was no way I could wiggle my way out of this one. Out came the dreaded TABASCO bottle. The covers got a fresh dusting of sauce. Have I ever mentioned how I can’t stand that stuff? All I have to do is see that bottle & I start sticking my tongue out trying to scrap the nasty stuff off. I haven’t even bit into the fresh sauce yet & can already taste it! YUCK YUCK YUCK!!! I guess I’m going to be sleeping in the crate again tonight instead of on mom’s bed. I’m going to have to remember to do destructive behavior AFTER mom goes to work, then I can blame it all on Sasha.

Uh Oh!!
June 13th 2008 7:48 pm

Uh oh!! I got in trouble (sort of) today. Mom was busy giving my big sisters a bath and I was in the way. So mom reached for my collar to escort me to my crate for a few minutes. Guess what??? NO COLLAR! Mom knows that I had it when she went to work this morning. So she finished up with Annie’s bath and went on a search for the collar. She sort of found it on the deck (see photo). The first piece she found was the part that had my tags attached to it. Upon further search, she found what appears to be the rest of my collar. I swear I had help doing that damage!! There is no way that I could have gotten the collar off myself, so I must have had help. Hellloooo??? Could the guilty party please step forward? I could use a little break in the getting in trouble category. At least mom isn’t really mad at me, just mad that she had to buy a new collar tonight when my old was looked just like new when she left this morning. If only I could talk and explain what happened. I’m sure she would understand that I’m not the guilty party this time. (Even if I did help chew up the collar after it was off!!)

Life is good
June 15th 2008 5:55 pm

Yes siree… life is good. Frosty Paws treats are pawsome. I’ve never had anything like that until yesterday evening. I’m guessing mom has forgiven me for the collar incident since I got such a great treat last night. Hey mom…. can we make those into daily treats? PLEEEASE???

I got a Cuz!
June 19th 2008 9:27 am

I got a Cuz! And what a cute devil it is! I really mean devil…. it’s a BAD CUZ & it has little horns. I love chewing on those little horns. One of these days I’m going to manage to remove them all on my own. Then he’ll be a little orange good cuz. I love how he bounces in all different directions when mom throws him for me. Now I just have to figure out how to keep Sasha from stealing him from me. Hmmmm……

Take Your Dog to Work Day
June 20th 2008 3:10 pm

Today is take your dog to work day. Mom debated for a long time this morning if she was going to bring one of us pups to work with her. In the end, she decided no, but she really did want to take me! She even thought about coming home at lunch & picking me up. The major deciding factor in me not getting to go was the fact that the owner’s wife had brought in her dog. I like to bark at that dog. I guess it isn’t good office manners to bark at the owners dog? So I had to stay home with the rest of my fur sibs. Bummer…. I sure would have liked a lunchtime visit to the dog park!!!

What a storm!
June 23rd 2008 12:39 pm

We had an awesome storm yesterday evening! Or at least Sasha & I thought it was awesome. We conned mom into letting us out right before it got bad, then we didn’t want to come back in. We stood on the deck (it’s a covered deck) and let the wind & rain blow in our faces. Lots of different smells on that wind. I even think I smelled the black bear that has been seen wandering around our neighborhood. They say that it’s been living in the woods behind our house. Anyway…. mom wasn’t too pleased with us young pups when we didn’t come inside when she told us to. But at least I got the wind & rain in my face, it was pawsome. What wasn’t so pawsome was the power going out. That was about 1.5 hours of no nice, cool AC.

Tired Pup
June 24th 2008 10:47 am

I am one tired pup. Playing all day long is hard. The easiest way to relax is to take a quick dip in my pool. The other dogs avoid it like the plague. Only Sasha will get in it and that’s only to wet her feet, and then she hops out again. Mom said that I will probably have a little break in the next few days, says that Sasha is going to have a “no puppies” surgery on Thursday and will have to take is easy for a few days. I guess that will be OK. Will give me some time for brotherly bonding with Ty. I think I’ve been neglecting him lately. If you look back at some of my earlier photos, you can see we were best of buds. I feel bad now that I realize that I’ve been leaving him out of my play time. I’ll try to make it up to him later this week. Watch out big brother! Here I come!!

GRRR!!
June 26th 2008 10:00 am

Mom got up super early this morning so she could drop Sasha off for her  spay surgery and still get to work on time. Only one problem…. when she got to the clinic, they didn’t show Sasha on the list!!! OMD!! Mom wasn’t really pleased about this, she’s been waiting weeks for this appointment. She explained the situation to the people, that Sasha is supposed to be placed in a new home next week (paws crossed) and all they could say it that it must not have gotten written down when mom made the appointment about 3 weeks ago. They’re only human after all…GRROWL…. Anyway, mom went ahead and left Sasha there with the hopes that they would still be able to do the surgery. If not, I guess mom will have to figure out where to get the extra money to have the surgery done at our regular vet. Five pups aren’t cheap to feed and don’t even get her started on the vet bills. Hopefully things will work out with the surgery issue, but mom probably won’t recommend this clinic to anyone after this experience.