The Puppy Year

Dignity

Thu, 30 Jul 2009 15:30:54 -0700

Jamie sleeps like this quite often. Forget fancy dog beds, this guy just wants to hang out with his belly to the wind.

Christmas 2008

Thu, 25 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Jamie had fun on Christmas day! He got a new little floss toy to chew on and enjoyed the fact that people tend to sit on the floor a lot on this particular day. The fire in the fireplace was nice for everyone, too.

Birthday Boy

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Jamie turned 2 on November 19 and he’s doing very well!

We have several nicknames for him, I’ll share them now:

Turk: His very first name, it describes his “turkey” nature, which means he’s a big dork
Jay: Single syllable version of Jamie
Mr. Pup: Like Mr. Pibb, but with less caffeine
Püppers: This is the “German” spelling, looks like pup, sounds like POOP
Wee Dog/Little Dog: He’s a short guy with a big personality
Compass: He is a very attentive dog, especially when he’s hungry or wants a walk
Pupperoo: He’s still our puppy
M’boy: As in, “How’s M’Boy?”
Sweetheart/Honey/CutiePie/Darlin: Same names as our kids
Ohmygodwhatisthatsmell: Yes he still eats his poo

He still eats California Natural Herring and Sweet Potato dry food, which is supposed to be great for skin with an abundance of Omega 3 fatty acids, despite the fact that he still has pink skin and some dry flakes. He lives a life of luxury, so I don’t know what could be causing the flakes. It’s not like he sleeps outside in the dirt.

Jamie is well loved and gets a lot of attention. He’s a good boy, we remain delighted that he came to live with us.

Dog Beach

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 17:02:20 -0800

Jamie got to visit the off-leash dog beach today. He had a nice time! We got to go with a friend whose retriever dove into the waves chasing a tennis ball. Over and over again. Jamie was a bit more “prissy” about getting wet. His favorite part was meeting people and dogs. Mostly people.

What’s new?

Fri, 3 Oct 2008 22:01:03 -0700

Jamie is getting older and shedding some of his naughty bad habits - the best one is he no longer awakens me at 6am.

This summer, he had his first infestation of fleas! I had a flea comb and some Frontline so they did not last long. I removed a couple dozen with the comb and he was better within a few hours of finding the pests. I had wanted to put Frontline on as a preventative but I forgot to do that. Oops.

I haven’t posted in a long time because my computer got so muddled by having too much stuff on it so with effort, I now have a computer that is better able to handle the memory-intense applications like this blogging software.

As our cutie pie edges closer to his 2nd birthday, know that he’s still a treasured member of the family and he continues to impress people with his winning personality.