Dad was complaining for a “month of Sundays” as he frequently says that I smell. Can you believe it? I don’t think I smell but I finally made him give me a bath to stop his whining. I was well-behaved and took it like a trooper.
However, I decided since I was good I would officially take over the chair where he frequently sits. After all – I’m king of the house!
I have my routine – I whine till my Dad gets me out of my cage, then I gently (yeah-right) nudge him into getting me my breakfast, and by that time Mom gets home from the gym.
I try to jump on her when she walks in the door but somehow she does not care for that type of affection. I’m just trying to say hello so I don’t know why it bugs her so much? BUT as soon as she walks in the kitchen I’m PERFECT. I sit still like a little statue waiting for my vitamin. Mom thinks they put crack in it since I can’t wait to get it. She breaks it up into little pieces to dole it out. Why can’t I have it ALL at once? One of those unfair things in this household.
She gives me a little drop of fish oil on a spoon and then takes a shower.
I LOVE the shower since I sit under the heat lamp and soak all the warmth in. And when she gets out I love to lick her toes and legs – lots of warm yummy water. The rest of my day starts after that but somehow I wish we could repeat the morning ALL DAY LONG…
If you want to know what I’ve been doing lately, just take a look at the pile Dad is collecting of the things I sneak into the house. I have actually picked up each and every one of these items and brought them into the house in the last week. I’m not very happy with Dad right now since he’s put MY stuff out of reach on top of the water heater outside. However, I found a new thing to do and it’s even more fun to watch my parental units go crazy when I can reach up and take things off the kitchen counter.
The ultimate fun I had was when Dad caught me standing on top of the patio table. It was awesome because I got an ink pen and chewed that up inside getting blue ink on some house things.
However, they are still trying to make me a show dog. Here’s the latest – my entry in eating Mountain High Yogurt (see page 6) my FAVORITE food of all time. I love my morning yogurt. Mom thinks it’s odd that I like the same breakfast food she eats but the apple does not fall far from the tree…
It was a big day today. Yesterday I was naughty and getting into everything or as Mom calls it I had a “witching” day. Today I was being pretty good but Mom decided to take me over to Auntie Patsy’s house for some training and play time.
Rita and Brinkley are older than me and are role models for how to be good in this thing they call life.
Brinkley was trying to teach me not to bite and I finally gave in and let him be the leader.
When we got home Dad tried to work with getting me to “come” with lead training (as you can see he’s not very capable of controlling the training because I thought it was fun getting all tangled up.) What is it with all this training? Why can’t they just let me bite, and come when I want to?
So many rules around this Dopart-Batchelor household. Dad says he’s trying to get me in good shape before I need to travel to Grandma and Grandpa Batchelor’s house so I can be on my bestest behavior and come back for multiple visits.
Mom and Dad are really tired so Dad called his photography friend JD to bring over Frank so I could get some of my energy out. Although Frank is little he is REALLY fast and I loved chasing him around our yard.
Frank was a little shy at first since I’m bigger but he found out everyone is my friend. I hope his Daddy JD brings him back soon since I loved playing with him.
I wish I could have a play date EVERY day so if you live close to me and have a dog I know it would make my Mom and Dad REALLY happy!
Mom eats plain yogurt every morning and I got curious about it. She told me there were good bugs in it called bacteria for her stomach so I decided I wanted some too. Since I kept begging for it she finally put some in a bowl and gave it to me and I could NOT stop eating it.
I really like cottage cheese but yogurt is my favorite now. My tummy was very happy today.
Mom says I’m getting so big and she misses the puppy since I now look like a dog but isn’t that what I’m supposed to be? Maybe I can’t be Perry puppy anymore. I’m only 15 1/2 weeks old and growing so fast everyone can hardly believe I’m the same puppy I was a few weeks ago.
It was a dog day. Dad took me to the vet to get my almost last set of shots. Everyone at the vet loves me, especially my cute vet Annie. I’ll do anything for her. She took care of Mom’s kitty George for many years so she’s happy to take care of me too! I tried to get this cute girl to play with me and she just kept ignoring me so I pounced on her and then she ran away – not sure why since I just wanted to be her friend.
I was feeling tired tonight from my shot and the nice people at Paul Newman’s must have known since they sent me this COOL box of treats! Boy did I score. I don’t know how they knew but they sent my ABSOLUTE favorites – the peanut butter treats, the Chicken and Rice Snack Sticks (sooo yummy) and some new Organic Dog Food to try. As a special treat they sent some Chicken and Brown Rice Food. Mom’s happy about that since she thinks their food is the best…besides the nice ladies Sally and Peggy who work there. I wanted to eat it all tonight but she only let me have a little and said I have to save some for tomorrow…
I’m sitting here with one of my favorite toys – my rope – that Auntie Amy gave me for Easter. I may look sweet and innocent but that is FAR from the truth.
This morning Dad gave me a big breakfast and then took me out for a long walk which I LOVE. Mom played with me a little and then was trying to get some work done (she works too much at that machine of hers -can’t imagine what she does for that long).
It wasn’t even noon but I was getting REALLY hungry – so I ran outside and took a plant out of the yard. I thought it was okay since Mom told me I needed to get my green veggies but from the look on her face I think this was not the right kind. Dad says I need to tell him when I’m hungry but I”m not sure how to do that yet – I’m only a puppy!
Mom says she misses the days when she could pick me up – I weighed in at 35 pounds yesterday so she says I look like a little horse.
I tried to be a vegetarian westside dog but I just couldn’t do it. Mom gets this BIG box every other Wednesday with lots of yummy fruits and veggies from a man named Ben from Hello Harvest. He’s really nice and drives this BIG truck from Santa Barbara just to bring us a box and maybe a few other people but I don’t know much about that.
I got into the box this week and ate a few carrots but they were not my favorite. Dad got frustrated with my trying to chew everything in the house so he bought me this bone – So yummy and he was happy since it took me hours to get all the protein off of it – maybe I’ll get another one soon.
Dad thought I had “separation anxiety” since I whine, and howl when left alone. Mom got on that machine she looks at and found out I’m just spoiled.
Uncle Pat and Auntie Dianne told Mom to buy me a Monster Mouth from dogs.com. It’s okay but I get bored with in 5 minutes. They thought it would be a good babysitter for me but boy were they mistaken. I can get the kibble out in a few minutes.
Mom also bought me a new dish called Store-N-Feed, which I actually like since I can get my food easier, even with the ball they put in the center to try to slow me down. The new bowl is supposed to help my digestion, but I don’t know what they are so concerned about since I eat all the yummy things in the backyard. Rocks and gravel are my second favorites. My first favorite this week is gnawing on the back of the rugs. Did you know that you can rip the trim on the bottom side of the rug off in one long piece, and it makes a great leash to bring out in the back yard? I’m having so much fun.
Those books were right – I can destroy a room in 5 minutes – I wish they’d just leave me alone and let me do that – they are always on me – help!
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