Tatum Tot Spice

Archive for December, 2007

Sometimes I like to sleep in the wire crate the Mum has set up in the basement. It’s cozy and safe in there. I came from a place that didn’t really have any cozy and safe spots. Some of the dogs weren’t very nice to be around, either. But some were fun. I didn’t really have enough food to eat, though, and here I get a lot of food and I really like to eat.

Sleeping on my back is super comfy. Do you like to sleep on your back? Do you have a safe cozy place you like to sleep? The Mum says I can find lots of friends to play with through this blog and if I read other dog blogs so I’m looking for fun friends. I love to run around in the backyard.

People are still kinda scary to me but I really do love dogs. Though most people that I meet now do have yummy treats in their pockets and I like to eat them. But when I get too nervous then I don’t want to eat anything I just kinda want to run and hide but the Mum says if I get out and see lots of things they won’t be so scary anymore.

I like it at home, where I can sleep on my back.

Okay so what is this thing the Mum wants me to wear? She says that two people she likes and respects have told her to get me to wear one of these Halti thingamajigs. I have never seen a horse but the Mum says that it makes me look like a very cute horse.

Not sure I want to be a horse.

I don’t like it much on my nose but when the Mum puts it on the really cool clicker noise goes off that means I’m going to get some of my favorite treats, and so I can eat the treats when I wear the Halti nose thingy. But when the treats stop I want to rub it off, as I don’t like how it feels. The Mum says that it is supposed to comfort me when we are in a stressfull place like where there is lots of wood and people and things, she calls it the Home Depot store. So comforting is good I guess. Chase likes to wear his and he says it’s cool because it means we get to go out and do fun stuff.

For now the Mum is just putting it on me a little at a time so I can get used to it, and giving me treats, and getting used to this thingamajig might take a while.

Oooo… I have to bark and bark! There are dogs in that box that the Mum watches all the time. She is telling me there is a dog named Lassie on there, and that Mum was told to watch it because to see how the collie head has changed over the years. Whatever that means, my head hasn’t changed at all.

But Mum… I have to bark when those dogs in the color box bark too! Woof!

Well… I had a big day already today. Though no one will play with me like Bianca did and I sometimes miss her. But I don’t know why everyone wants to sleep so long in the mornings. Sleeping is okay and all, but not in the mornings!

So I got up and nipped at the Mum and tried to get her to play, but she just kinda laid in the bed and didn’t move much. I tried to get Chase to play but he didn’t want to. I went outside and ran around the snow and barked and barked, and that’s when the Mum got up and I came to see what I was doing, and she closed the dog door. So then she tried to go back to sleep and so I walked on her… and then she finally went into the kitchen and put some really yummy stuff in this red rubbery thing, she called it a Kong, and put it on the couch for me. Oooo that was fun and I got all the goodies out!

Then after she got up and we all ate breakfast, she took me and Tony on a walk in the snow. That was fun too. The Mum says, though, that puppy class has been canceled and that is a bummer because I love to go and see Feisty and Bindy! Hopefully I can see them later this week and play with them.

And now… oooo now I think I’ll lay down for a little bit and maybe take a nap….

The Mum just made a blog for me.. and I don’t really know what it is yet, but I am trying to finger it out. I guess I can talk here about all the things I am doing, where I came from, and where I am going.

Though really, where I came from is behind me and I don’t think about it much anymore. And where I’m going is in front of me, and I don’t really think about it, either. I just really want to play, I love to play. Can I play with you?