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November 29, 2004
The Thanksgiving Holiday
Today I am stuck at home alone again :o( For four whole days Amy and David were home and I got played with and pampered but now I'm stuck in my crate/exercise pen again. Where to begin? Well, on Thanksgiving Day I went back up to Waldorf with David to his parents' house. Tavish wasn't there this time but Spirit was; I didn't even attempt to play with him. I did my best to ignore him. He kept on barking and snarling at me all day when I would go near him. He also kept on calling me "that damned whipper snapper." Finally when we were leaving he came up to me and I know he was about to get one last snarl in, so I sucker punched him. Pow! Right in the nose. This is Curmudgeon Spririt himself.
What else happened this past weekend? Oh, David punched some holes in the ceiling and wall in the basement to run some speaker wires or something. Amy didn't seem too thrilled with the holes, although they gave me a new idea...I should try and eat the wall! I'll have to start on that soon.
We played frisbee a bunch too in the park behind our house. We didn't nearly play enough yesterday but Amy dragged me back inside, I guess she was getting cold or something.
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November 22, 2004
Destruction Update
This weekend I successfully broke triangular shaped pieces off of the vinyl tile flooring in Amy's bathroom. I will endeavor over the next few days and months to rip up the rest of the tile when Amy and David aren't looking. I also left a few more of my teeth marks on the bottom of the bookcase in the living room. Amy's black pair of socks with the puppies on them are now well ventilated after I chewed a hole through the heel. Last week I started a new project, chewing on the black chair in the basement. I've got the right edge of the chair gnawed down pretty well. Progress is also being made on my new set of Nylabone keys, I plan on getting those down to the tips by the new year. Oh and I almost forgot, I managed to eat about 1/3rd of my hard plastic frisbee that I got at puppy graduation from PetSmart.
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November 20, 2004
Mean Tavish
Today we went up to David's parents' house for David's mom's birthday. His grandparents came down from Long Island for the celebration and brought their Westie Tavish. David and Amy were all excited for me to meet Tavish cause they thought we'd have a lot of fun together but boy were they wrong. From the second I stepped foot inside the house Tavish was out to get me. He did not like me one bit. David's grandfather said it was probably because I'm a little hyper and jumpy (hey, I'm only a 5.5 month old puppy, what do you expect?!) which made Tavish a little nervous so he kept on growling and snapping at me. All I wanted to do was play :o( It kind of sucked. There I was in a house with two other dogs (Spirit, David's parents' dog was there too of course) and I couldn't play with either one of them. Here's a picture of Tavish. Sure he looks cute and little and sweet, but looks can be deceiving.
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November 19, 2004
The Taste of Clothing
I just remembered another thing I love to do...chew on clothing, especially socks! This is me getting caught chewing on one of Amy's socks.
When Amy or David open a closet door, I like to sneak in behind them and grab the first sock I see and then run around the room like crazy. I have also been known to do some damage to other articles of clothing. Check out David's shirt in this picture. Yep, I did that.
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November 17, 2004
Playing with Koko
Before I begin today's entry, let me first apologize for not having included any pictures as of late in my entries. Now while I am perfectly capable of typing these entries, I must rely on Amy to download my pictures and she's been slacking lately, I'll have to speak to her today when she gets home from work.
Last night Amy brought me over to her parents' house where I got to play with Koko again, I haven't seen him in a while and we actually had a lot of fun. He didn't want to play at first but once I annoyed him enough, he was game. When I went over there for the first time as an 8 week year old puppy we were the same size but now I'm three times as big. Last night We kept on running around the dining room table but since he's so much smaller and lower to the ground he kept on running under the table so I couldn't get to him.
When we got home, David wasn't there! Usually he's home when we get home. Amy put me in my crate for the night and David didn't get home till much later. Amy heard my rustling around so she let me out, I ran straight to the top of the stairs to the basement so I could go down and say hello to David but she dragged me outside to pee so I didn't see him at all :o( I saw him this morning! But only for a few seconds :o(
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November 15, 2004
Love the Weekends!
This was another great weekend...I love weekends! I get to go on long walks with Amy and play frisbee outside in the park with David. On Saturday I also got to play with Rusty, an Australian Shepherd and Kibbles, a Border Collie/Papillon mix. They're both 2 years old and a lot faster than me. When we play tag I'm always the one chasing after them trying to catch up. It's like when I play with my neighbor Lucy. She's a Boston Terrier who runs like a greyhound. I get so frustrated when I can't catch her that sometimes I'll just plop down in the grass and mope. I have fun playing with them though, I love it! Almost as much as I love Frosty Paws! Amy gave me one last night and once again I was in heaven.
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November 10, 2004
Someone's Watching...
Call me crazy, but I think someone's watching me during the day. There's this thing sitting on the table outside of my crate that moves whenever I move. When it moved for the first time today, I went to investigate. When I looked at it, the only I could see was a little reflection of my face in a little round lens. I wonder what it could be...
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November 07, 2004
Hershey & Frosty Paws
On Saturday Amy and I took a long walk along Kingstowne Village Parkway. Halfway through our walk I met a Chow-mix named Hershey and we played for a bit. She told me about something called snow. She loves it and said it's the best thing ever. She said in the upcoming months we might be getting some and to get ready. The Bills won again on Sunday! Hooray! I was so excited, I ran around laps around the living room.
I also got to eat my favorite thing ever...Frosty Paws. They are just...the greatest things. I love them. They're in the my top 10. Let's see, what else is in my top 10? Amy and then David. Pigs ears, I love those too. My frisbee and my tennis balls. Playing with other dogs (except for the ones that bark and growl at me). Meeting new people. Sleeping on the couch in the living room and on the futon in the 2nd bedroom (Of course I can't do it for very long because either David or Amy see me and start freaking out and yell at me to get off).
Chewing on the furniture! How can I forget that? I love that (they like to yell at me for doing that too). Oh and finding the one little string sticking out of the carpet or rug and pulling it up and up and up (I usually get yelled at for doing that too).
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November 05, 2004
Pet Stores Galore
Amy and I went to go pick David up from the metro station like always and when we got home, instead of going inside with us, she drove off! I was a little confused but then David and I got back into the car and went to several pet stores, including my favorite, PetSmart! While we were looking at more of those big tanks of water I saw some kids and really wanted to go meet them so I whimpered and whimpered until David let me get closer to them. They loved me (who wouldn't?)! I also met my first Yorkie, her owner loved me too (of course).
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November 04, 2004
Fish Tank Cleaning Time
David decided to clean his fish tank tonight. It's the big tank of water that sits in the basement and makes noises. I've seen little things moving around in there before but for the most part I don't pay attention to it. I did tonight though because he was taking all of the rocks and stuff out of it and boy did they taste good, nice and salty. I tried to lick as much as I could but Amy and David kept on shooing me away. I'm a little thirsty now but my taste buds are quite content.
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