Road Warrior

Happy Monday, Folks.  WOOF!  Last week when my Mommy told me she had another three day weekend and that she didn't have any plans to cheat on me to attend any adoption events, I was elated!

But then she said she was going to visit my Auntie in Michigan and I was confused because that sounded like she was going to leave me at home, but then she started packing my bye-bye bag!  Oh, I was getting pretty excited because even though she sometimes takes my bye-bye bag with her and leaves me at home, she did act like I was going.  And I did go!  We were in the truck for a million hours an hour and a half when Mommy decided to stop at a Rest Area so I could go potty, but there were so many smells there that we ended up taking a sniffy walk so I could stretch my legs and investigate. 

When we finally got to my Auntie's house I was more comfy and did my business there and then there was another surprise!  Cousins!  My Auntie has three doggies of her own and I got to meet two of them. 

First I met Bobbers. 

Her name is really Bob because my Auntie found her and discovered that her owner had turned her out to the streets.  Auntie was not going to get attached so she named this girl doggie Bob.  That was last Spring.  Since then, Auntie learned more about Bob's "story," got her icky shots and made sure she wouldn't have any baby Bobs.  Bob didn't like me very much.  I'm an only child here and sometimes I'm kind of pushy when I want to make friends.  Bob didn't appreciate me jumping on her head to say hi.

Next I met Mocha.  She is not much older than me and almost as tall as me.  She has a funny curly tail and we played like pals.

Mocha and I were a good match, Mommy said.  We both are ram-bunk-shus, Mommy said.  I think that means that we're both cute and bouncy.

Speaking of cute and bouncy, I didn't get to meet my cousin Pinky.  She sat in the window and barked at me and Auntie said Pinky doesn't know that she is not a Pit Bull.  Since I don't understand that I am not the same size as Pinky and I was pretty excited from playing with Mocha, I didn't play with Pinky.

When we got back home I wanted to go to bed early and all day Sunday Mommy said I had a 'fun hangover' because I was so sleepy.  She even had to wake me up in the morning because I just wanted to sleeeeep alllll daaaaaay.  We did get to go to my shopping store and buy bully sticks and get some love and also we played in the yard.  Mommy and I played run and get it for awhile but then I was tired and thirsty so we stopped. 

I can't wait to see my cousin Mocha again.  Next time I hope we get to play longer but that just might give me a two day fun hangover.

Hope you had a great weekend too!

Leaps and Bounds

What often surprises me is whenever Ray and I go to Green Dog goods to pick up some more food, supplies or just visit they comment that he has doubled in size since the last visit.  I find that hard to wrap my head around, being so close to him.  But as I look back at old pictures I see just how fast he is growing and how much he is changing.

Gotcha Day 1/19

Oddly enough each week in the early days, it seemed to me that he was growing quickly and I felt like he rapidly lost his puppy-like features.  In retrospect, I think I was seeing one type of change while staying oblivious to another.  I know he outgrew his clothing at an alarming rate but he seemed to have the same collar for ages.  I'm sure the anticipation of our first Sirius Republic collar made that situation seem like it dragged on forever.  He finally reached the stage where I felt safe to order the 15-17 inch collar when I measured his neck at 14.5 inches.  By the time we actually received that collar, we weren't able to use it at the smallest setting.


April 16th


Throughout most of May he seemed to pretty well plateau off as far as growth, though he still got the growing comments from people he hadn't seen in at least a week.  Since he had been growing so quickly, though I try to make a habit of taking him in to the vet to pick up the heartworm and flea meds so that I can weigh him while there.  The last visit was a little early being around the 23rd or so and he was still right around 43 pounds.  Imagine my surprise when I weighed him over the weekend and he, with three attempts just to make sure I was seeing this correctly, weighed in at 51 pounds.  Despite becoming a big boy so fast, there is something that has remained the same:

He is still Mama's lap dog.