Everybody Loved Me!

I went to my very first Boy Scout thing! It was an Open House and all kind of little Cub Scouts came to visit the big Boy Scout Troops. I am the Troop Dog in Training so I go to go help my Troop. I mainly stayed in my crate and I was really happy watching everything. A lot of people came to visit me. Mommy said I was really good. She sat with me and got to talk to the little boys who came to see me. She said that was a good thing because it is usually the grown ups who talk. She really likes talking to the kids. When I left a lot of people said "Good Bye Dakota!" when I walked out.

I went to my doctor yesterday and I am a healthy boy! I weigh 17.7 lbs! I am getting to be such a BIG Boy! Mommy says I'm heavy and she won't be able to pick me up much longer... but I can always cuddle and get hugs. My doctor also said it is okay for me to go camping next weekend! I'm so excited. I like all my troop a lot!

My Daddy had to go away until next Friday and I won't see him until Saturday at camping. He gets to go to some place called Germany to work. I will miss my Daddy! Mommy says I might get to sleep with her one night while Daddy is gone. But don't tell Daddy... it will be a secret.

What a great day!

Puppy Kisses,
Dakota

DOG Gone Busy

Wow, I've been so Dog gone busy. I get to go out with Mommy and Daddy just about every time they leave. We take my brothers and sister to lessons and then we go on walks. I love my walks cuz lots of people stop to tell me I'm so cute. They pet me and tell me they want a puppy just like me. I'd love to give them Reflection.....

One day Daddy and me took Mommy geo-caching. She likes to go out but she doesn't like to look for them like me and Daddy. I get right in there and try to help Daddy the bestest I could. We all found out a new favorite for me... I love running in really big grass. I like digging in it too. Then we went to a Collie Rescue at the park. Mommy wanted to "socialize" me. I think that means she wants people to see me and tell me I'm cute. I met some big dogs too but some of them just make me ascared. Daddy says when I grow up I will be a big dog too.

Mommy says I get to go camping with her soon. She says it will be me and her for one night until my Daddy can come. I really, really love my Daddy! I will get to meet a bunch of boys too.

Oh no, my brothers and sister are laughing outside! I love to play outside with them! I gotta go, I gotta go..... Mommy!!!!!! Let me out, let me out.... Oh yeah! I gotta ring my bells! Yippee, here she comes!

Gotta gooooooooooooo.........

Dakota

Oh boy! I had another bath today. I got some poopy on my bloomers and Mommy had to wash it off. I'm a good boy during my bath. But I really don't like the blow dryer. Daddy came to help Mommy blow dry me and I guess it really wasn't so bad. After I got a treat and my brother came out and played running with me. I beat him to the toy five times! I'm the fastest, I am, I am!

This is me when I had my first bath. Mommy and Daddy said that today was they last time I can have a bath in the sink. Today I was almost too big.

I have found my mostest favorite place to sleep! There is this thing with holes in it and cool air comes out of it. It feels so good! I have my bestest naps there!

Last night me and my Daddy played with Reflection and I found out Reflection has a Daddy just like my Daddy! I was watching Reflection and his Daddy was crawling up behind him... I looked behind me and guess what!!??!! My own Daddy was behind me too! Then Daddy barked and me and Reflection both ran away.

The last two nights I got to go to sleep on Mommy and Daddy's bed. I got to cuddle with them while they talked and Mommy looked at this thing called a book. It looked boring to me, there were no pictures of ME in it. I fell asleep and then they put me in my crate. I woke up and I didn't mind being there. I didn't cry or anything. I'm such a good boy!

Now, Mommy put this funny thing on the back door. She calls them my Potty Bells. Every time the door opens they make a noise and everytime I play with them I get to go outside. Well... I think they are a lot of fun to play with. I like to play tug of war with them. Mommy says no, I can't play tug of war with them. That isn't fair, it really isn't. i'm going to ask Baywee who her lawyer is. I think I need a lawyer too. If they are MY Potty Bells I should be able to do what I want to with them. They aren't Mommy's they are mine. Mine, mine, mine.

Tonight me and my whole family are going for a walk in a forest! I don't know what a forest is but it sounds like fun! Mommy says I better take a nap because I have been playing a lot today and she says I will have more fun in the forest if I take a nap.

Lots of Puppy kisses!

Dakota

Snips and Snails and Puppy Dog Tails

That's what little puppies are made of. I'm a big boy! I get to go outside on a big leash! I can run and play and chase and just sit and explore on my own! I love to run away and see who will chase me. I love to chase my humans!

When I was exploring yesterday I discovered sticks! They are so cool and I can get a new one every day. I like to carry one in my mouth. Mommy always takes it away and she went and found me a toy stick. I don't like it as much as my sticks but I can bring it in the house to play with.

Daddy says I'm getting stubborn. HaHa! I think he is the stubborn one. It's a good thing I'm smarter then him. He just walks in a line and I like to walk all over the place. He just won't learn to follow me so I have to walk beside him.

I have my Mommy wrapped around my little puppy toe. All I hafta do is put on my bestest puppy face and tilt my puppy head and she just tells me how sweet I am and how cute and what a good boy I am. Humans are so funny... they get all mushy and gushy. I love when they get mushy and gushy.

Yesterday was my one week anniversary from when I came to my forever home. I really love it here. I'm so spoiled. Everything is mine and I don't hafta share with any other puppies.

Reflection still follows me everywhere. I don't know how he gets into stores and stuff. He must be the smartest puppy ever! He loves to play hide and seek. He's the funniest puppy I ever knowed. I'm so glad he's mine. Mommy says he will always be mine and follow where ever I go.

Time for my nap! I been playing for two hours and I'm tired.

Lots of puppy kisses,
Dakota

Going to the vet

I am so tired. I went to the vet today but I slept through the whole thing. I got up at 6:00am and played and played and played then it was nap time and I had to go to the doctor. I was so tired I just took my nap anyway. Mommy and Daddy learned how to brush my teeth today. I really liked the toothpaste so I didn't mind having it put on my teeth. Then I got to lick up what was on their hands... yummy! The part I didn't like was getting shots. One really hurt and I cried, then I went back to sleep.

I got a bath today and I look so fluffy! I sat good in the sink and let Mommy wash me all up handsome. Now she tried to point this thing at me that makes a lot of noise and air. I wasn't going to have any of that. I was ascared. So my sister dried me lots with a towel and brushed me. Mommy is going to ask Mommy "C" how to help me not be ascared.

Oh, Oh, Oh, today for the firstest time I pawed the door so I could poop outside. Everyone was so happy and I got a special treat! Then I came in and pooped on the floor... what could I do? I still had to go. Oh well...

I still want to play with Reflection but he keeps running away. I even heard him bark last night. Or was that Daddy? I went to look at him but he's a scaredy dog and keeps running away. Silly Reflection.

:::::Yawn::::: nap time again. Oh I love my life! zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Dakota

Hello!

Hello! I am Dakota and this is about my Dog's Life. I came to live with my new family on Monday, September 3, 2007. Until then I lived with Mommy "C" and Daddy "T", my Mom Diva and all my brothers and sisters. My new Mommy and Daddy came to get me and bring me to my new home with them. ... my forever home!

We were in this big thing that went really fast. Mommy said it was a car. And we were in it for a really long time. Mommy and Daddy thought that I would like my crate to ride in but I just cried. I was ascared. So they stopped after miles and miles to get me out. Mommy says it was only about three miles. Then Mommy held me all the way to my new home. I liked that and didn't cry anymore. I tried to sleep but there were too many new things to look at.

When we got home I had three more little people to meet. Mommy says they are my new brothers and sister. I was a little scared of them at first but they are a lot of fun and I like to play with them. We like to play fetch a lot. I run and get my toy and then they take it away and throw it again. I don't know if I like that. Is it really fair that I do all the chasing?? I don't think so. But it is a lot of fun so I don't think I care.

I sleep a lot. I am a growing boy and I play hard and sleep hard. That is what being a puppy is all about isn't it?

I think Mommy and Daddy have more puppies just like me. They are always at the refridgerator, the dishwasher and the back sliding door. They always show up when I go there, when I jump they jump and when I run away they run away. Mommy and Daddy laugh and say something about "his reflection"... that must be the puppies name and I guess he belongs to me. So I have my very own puppy named Reflection.

I think it is nap time. My little eyes are closing.

Dakota