RIP Beckett

Mommy came home from work yesterday and she was very sad. She hugged me extra hard. Turns out that one of the other doggies at GRIN passed away. He wasn't just any dog, because the rescue finds homes for hundreds of dogs, he was the first dog that the rescue had offered to Mommy and Daddy.

Beckett was just like me, he was young, he liked to play and swim and sleep on the couch. When the adoption counselor first told Mommy about him, they told her that he had a couple of seizures. This is fairly common in doggies like me, and usually the dog can take a pill and he'll be better. But the adoption counselor said they didn't know enough about the seizures yet to say for sure if they'd go away or not, since they had only had Beckett for a couple of weeks. Mommy almost said yes because she wanted a dog so badly. She said no because she was scared that Beckett would have a seizure while he was home alone when she and Daddy were at work, and that he would get hurt and no one would be there to help him. As much as she wanted him, and loved his cute pictures, she said no.

Then, GRIN offered her another dog, but he had hip problems, also common with dogs like me, and since Daddy wanted a dog who could run with him, again she said no. Then they offered her me. While I was healthy, I was less well behaved than Beckett and the other doggie, but Mommy thought she'd be better able to handle the misbehaving, and Mommy said that she and Daddy would like to meet me...and the rest is history!

Mommy and Daddy never forgot Beckett. They followed his story on the GRIN website. They laughed at the pictures of Beckett in the swimming pool, and were saddened when they heard his seizures weren't going away and that he was getting sicker.

Mommy always said that if she and Daddy won the lottery she'd quit her job, buy a big house with a big fenced in backyard and a swimming pool and adopt Beckett so we could be brothers. While they never won the lottery, she's says she's sure now he's somewhere now where he can run and play -- and where he has a swimming pool.

Merry Christmas!

Yesterday was my first Christmas. Actually, Daddy said it was probably my second, but Mommy said that she didn't want to think about me having Christmas with another family, because she wanted it to be my first and best Christmas. Mommy's a little weird, but I love her, so I'll just say it was my first Christmas! And it was fun!

On Christmas Eve we went to Grandma, Grandpa and Aunt Tori's house for dinner. I love going to their house because there are plenty of things for me to steal. Grandma had decorated for Christmas so there were even more things to steal! I especially liked the pine cones that she left out. Mommy always tells me that pine cones belong outside, so I can't bring them in the house...but for some reason, Grandma had a bunch of them inside. Yummy. I was very good around their Christmas tree, but I accidentally broke one ornament with my tail. I didn't mean to, I was just wagging my tail and the ornament got in the way!

The next morning, Christmas Day, we woke up and went on a walk, like normal. Then, Mommy and Daddy let me into the living room, where I'm never allowed, so that was exciting in itself. The Christmas tree was in there and I was very good, I didn't knock anything off, and I didn't steal any of the ornaments. But I did lick a few of them -- I wanted to see what they tasted like. Then Mommy and Daddy gave me presents and let me unwrap them all by my self. I got a new football and a chicken flavored nylabone!

Then we went into the family room, where the stockings were hung by the fireplace. There were lots of good treats in my stocking, like peanut treats and cookies. Mommy says that the three doggies on my stocking look like Aunt Tori, Cousin Sami and Me. Here's a picture of me doing my impression of the doggie on the bottom of the stocking.

After breakfast, we got into the car and drove. I had no idea where we were going, because we went in the direction of Aunt Tori's but then went past her house! We kept driving. When we got out of the car, my other grandparents were there! I had never been to their house before, and they were very excited to see me. Grandma had lots of treats for me, and she kept feeding me pieces of ham. I was so good while we were there that Grandma and Grandpa asked me to stay!

Grandma fed me so much ham, that Mommy and Daddy were worried that I would get car sick again. So much that they stopped the car every five minutes to check on me. They needed to calm down. I was fine. Which proves I need to eat more people food before car rides so I don't get sick!

Merry Christmas!

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas

It seems like I start out every blog post like this, but...sorry I haven't blogged in a while. I'd like to blog more, but I need Mommy to help me blog, and she either doesn't have her laptop at home, or we're too busy. She also says that since I've gotten so good, there isn't as much to blog about.

I'm hoping that since Mommy has a bunch of days off in the next few weeks that at the least she'll help me put up a few new pictures. So stay tuned.

Speaking of pictures, here's one of me helping Mommy wrap Daddy's Christmas present. She looked like she was having trouble with it, so I climbed up on the dining room table to help her. I also helped her wrap Aunt's present. It looked like it might be too big, so I stepped on it to squash it. I'm very helpful.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving! Sorry I'm a little late, I was having too much fun to blog!

Like Halloween, I'm not sure what Thanksgiving it, but I sure do like it. It started out on Wednesday with Mommy bringing home a big raw chicken from the store. She told me it was a turkey, but it didn't look like the turkeys that live in our neighborhood, so I'm not sure if it wasn't a chicken, but we'll call it a turkey for Mom's sake. She put the turkey on the bottom shelf of the refrigerator, right at my nose level. Every time she opened the door, I stuck my nose in to lick the turkey! Then the next morning, we got up late for a Thursday, and no one went to work! Mommy started cooking at 9 in the morning! I got snacks at 9 in the morning! Then she took the turkey out of the fridge, and rubbed butter all over the turkey. I never tasted butter before, but I sneaked a lick and it was goooood. I tried to steal some the rest of the day. She put the turkey in the oven and then Grandma, Grandpa and Aunt Tori came over, then Aunt and Uncle and Cousin Sami and then my other Grandma and Grandpa! Every one was at my house and they were all paying attention to me. It was great! I barked at Cousin Sami a lot because I wanted her to play with me, but she wouldn't. She was no fun.

After dinner, Grandma gave me a few pieces of turkey. Someone once told Daddy doggies shouldn't eat turkey. Mommy called that person a mean name. I'm glad that person isn't one of my parents. Grandma also bought me, Aunt Tori and Cousin Sami a turkey cookie. It didn't taste like turkey, it tasted like cookie.

Then to top it off, Mommy and Daddy stayed home for three more days! It was great, we went to the dog park with Cousin Sami and Aunt and Uncle every day. I'll tell you more about the dog park in another post. Oh, there will be pictures too. Mommy had to go out of town again, so once she gets back, she'll help me put them up.

Best. Weekend. Ever.

Pittsburgh 3, Cleveland 0

It's been a bad year for Cleveland. The Steelers beat the Browns twice, and I moved to Pittsburgh at the end of April. Three big losses for Cleveland. So the way I see it, the score is 3 to 0, Pittsburgh. Sorry Cleveland. Go Steelers!

Note on howl-o-ween

Howl-o-ween was FUN! I wore my costume all night and only tried to eat it once. Everyone loved my costume, especially the little girls that came to visit. They thought I was so cute (which I am). I got so much attention from all the people who came to our door and I love attention. I was so tired that I fell asleep in my costume. Howl-o-ween is great.

Happy Howl-o-ween

Happy Howl-o-ween from me, Coop-o-saurus Rex!