Tatum Tot Spice

So we have a couch upstairs and it’s kinda raggedy and the Mum wants to throw it all away! When I came it didn’t have so many chews on it… but me and Bianca, my old smooth collie foster sister, we used to play tug with it and stuff and so now it’s kinda a bit more chewed than it was.

Me on My Couch Spot

So well I thought the couch would be much more comfy if it had a little nest in the middle of it and so this is what I did. And yeap, above is me laying in my nest spot.

My Couch Spot

Isn’t it comfy! It’s just perfect sized for me! Well and since I made it of course it would be!

Hey everydog and kitty and fuzzy and non-fuzzy. Yappy Howildays to you all, too. The Mum and me haven’t been much on the computer the last few days because she’s been so busy!  But now we get a break and breaks are good, though hopefully the Mum will take me to the park this weekend!

Woof!

So check it out we got a fun new Holidays Present! It’s a new dog bed! Ooo I really like it. When the Mum put it down, I had to jump all over it!

Tatum's New Bed

The Mum says I have to share it with the rests of the pack but Hrmm I dunno about that. I like having it all for myself!

Chewing the Bed

See I can even chew on the corner! The Mum said “no Tatum don’t chew on the corner!” but I like chewing on the corner! I didn’t chew much, though. Just a little bit, and didn’t even get any stuffing out!

Tatum's New Bed

But I could get stuffing out if I wanted to!
I like my new bed. I might share.. if I’m in a sharing mood. Which I usually am not!

It’s been raining all day today, and it rained most of yesterday, and it’s gonna rain again tomorrow. At least so the weather-guesser says. And so does the Mum. When it rains even if the Mum goes outside and calls us we say No Way and all stand in the doorway in the same spot.

Before I came to live here when I lived in Houston, I thought the rain was okay.. and when I came to live here in my bestest foreverhome I’d go outside and play and run in the rain.. but Lucy, Levi, Angel and Chase would look at me funny so one day I asked them, why do you look at me funny when I’m out in the rain?

They all said well, don’t you know that collies and border collies melt in the rain?

I said WHAT?!  I didn’t know! I never have felt melty before but I didnt’ want to risk it anymore and so now I stay indoors whenever it’s raining outside.  And then when Muffit came to live with us I asked him one day, ’cause he came from someplace else, if collies and border collies melt in the rain, and he said yep, we do!

Glitter and Chip may not melt in the rain… they are shelties and they run right out and potty even when it’s raining hard.  And I haven’t seen any sign of them melting at all. So I guess it’s just collies and border collies that melt in the rain and shelties don’t.

The Mum says that Glitter and Chip are just more polite to go out in the rain and potty and that their Mum is better at teaching them potty than she is… but I dunny. Maybe some of my sheltie blogging friends will come and tell me, do shelties melt in the rain?

The Mum says that we go through our dog beds too fast, and she has to spend too much money buying dog beds. So she had an idea that we can make our own! So she went to the store and she bought some materials… and so we made a dog bed!

First what you do is when the Mum lays the material on the ground, you have to break it in. And me and Muffit did that by playing on it. Then I did the same by laying on it.

And then you play on it some more and you help the Mum as she cuts it up into a dog bed sized chunk.

And then sometimes it’s okay to let your big sister Lucy lay on the material just to make sure it is okay for her, too.

Then next you have to have the ends sewed together. And the Dad said he doesn’t sew, and we can’t put up pictures of him sewing, so this is a mystery man sewing the ends of the material together for the dog bed.

Then next you stuff the bed (later to be destuffed, I’m sure) with stuffing that we pulled out of a couch cushion that we are also using as a bed! So here is all of us helping the Mum stuff the new bed. The Dad took these pictures.

Then you get another mystery Dad person to sew the very last bit of the bed together… and at the end, you get to lay on it!

And it’s super comfy! And the Mum says it can go in the washering machine, too!

That’s how you make a dog bed!

Sometimes the Mum, the Dad, and the brother Chase just wear me out! And I like to sleep upside down, it’s comfy. That there goes the Mum again, with the camera of me sleeping. Geesh!

Look at my feet all tucked under… Wordless Wednesday

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.

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….