Last edited May 2, 2023
Neck circumference- 15.5″
Length- 14″
Chest- 22″
Last edited May 14, 2023
The courage to climb the stairs
Constant twirls of excitement
Foghting sleep as you dozed off but got anxiois cause we were not around
Sniffing all the flowers
Doing your rounds around the backyard checking everything out
Kissing attacks and rolling onto your back
Giving kisses so intense you start to openmouth teeth my chin
The higher pitch barks you made when you really wanted me around
How you never jumped on top of the upstairs couch after i corrected you only a few times
You learned to stay and it was useful cause i could grab something in another room imstead of you having to run up and down the stairs constantly
Your zoomies, non stop
Watching the pet collective on tv. Youd hop up the pillow i placed to get a better view, drop down run in a circle and get back up. You did hop up to the top of the tv stand several times but i didnt correct you.
You ran through my garden spaces. I didnt mind. You seemed to learn overtime that there were boundaries around them. Your weight didnt crush the plants and somehow you avoided them.
The way youd spring at your toys headfirst when we played, you had such speed
The way your tail wagged when your toy was hidden under the pillows
The way you rested your head against my chest
When i scolded you for eating grass, and when offering more grass, youd throw your head away and the rest of your body contured away so passionately
The way you stopped running away from me when you had something in your mouth and i needed to get it out
When i said come, you came. I only called you for good reasons
The way you tried a new food over and over and ususlly ended up liking it. I just had to leave the food item alome and youd return to it to try it again
The way you were not food motivated even though i made you a good meal everyday after getting off work. If i left the room, you were more comcerned about my whereabouts then the food.
How you sat by my side waiting when i was on tge computer (which wasnt long because i couldnt stand watching you wait)
How you followed me all around the house nonstop
How you were so nervous about being upstairs until i put you on the bed, you could just see tge realization hitting, i get to sleep in bed with my human
Using my legs as obstacles, you’d try to catch your toys through the holes and a top my legs. I was challenging your mind.
You loved using the sliding thing to get peanuts
You were still afrsid of heights but i was working on it. Placed you on top of the kitchen counter, dining chair, and in the wheel barrel. Stayed close so you felt supported.
How you got used to the hanging chair and jumped into our laps from the floor.
Our 15 hour drive, you never once peed or pooped, so i did not stop to rest (after a total of 30h of driving with 3 hours of sleep), we needed to get you home so you could begin to feel secure and fulfill your basic needs.
You laid down with your body completely flat to the ground
Your lip was not excessively long
Your tongue was not overly beefy
Your ears the perfect size with little white spots
Your skin fold above your lip didnt need cleaning
You got used to getting your teeth brushed really quickly
You didnt mind your feet being touched and fell asleep when daddy was clipping your nails
You ran across the pomd when it stil had a net over it. I quickly grabbed you and ran you to the shower to get cleaned up
You needed to fit yourself through the spacing between the outdoor storage unit and the fence, you succeeded and didnt do it again
We went on the slide together each time went for a walk by the playground
Neck rubs, light hair tugs, chest runs, belly rubs, and leg massages. You loved it all
The way youd try to fight the sleep while getting a rubdown
The time you played tug with datas and data attacked you. You could barely breathe. Dad consoled you the best he could. Later, you forgave data sooner than your dad did
Giving you the paper tubes meant for the bees, youd chew them while i tried to study (i couldnt, you needed all the attn). Later you tried to chew the ones cut in half, i gently said no and gave you the long uncut ones. You never tried again.
You were always so inquisitive. First time in the basement you were timid but still explored and seemed to love it.
In thw basement, id play hide and seek around the furnace. You caught on and won everytime.
I began sleeping in the living room more often to spend the night with you. It was so uncomfortable but worth it. Plus i was so uncomfrotabl, i was up in thw morning and we’d spend the time outside umder the morning sun
Giving up on trying to get you to poop outaide through coerhersion. Instead, i opted for the gentler approach. Taught me patience and i wanted to beleive in you. You were better poopimg and peeing with daddy though. That mprming before surgery, you peed then pooped within a short time. Placing you in a smaller kennel had worked. If only i kept you in bed with me instead of not wanting to ruin your exleriemce with my nonstop cougjing from this throat issue i currently have. Daddy told me you wimpered when he placed you in thw kennel. I asked him because i didnt want to confuse you by placing you in making you think you did somthing wrong. You stayed in the living room for a little while to reduxe the odds youd associate it to the bedroom experiemce.
Plaving you in the kiddy pool we bought you, you started to sratch and dig the bottom like data does.
Youd force yoirself into the shower to wait for me, almost like you were concerned for me pacing back and forth or sitting at the glass door
You didnt care if you got wet, and didnt mind baths
You seemed to really love the water
I was lookimg forward to going to Ledges woth you and recording your experience in the streams
Lifting you up to sniff the giant allium flower. You leaned in omce you knew why i was lifitng you and wagged your tail while sniffing it
Your body would shake a lot with anxiety or fear when placed in the car and while on our way to our destinatiom. I think you thought we were going to be giving you up again. I wanted more time to show you that you were with us for good and watch you finally enjoy a car ride
Seeing the fishes in the pet store and sniffing all the treats
Catching you snuggling with data in the day when i was still at work
Nose boops before bed. Placing moisturizer on your nose to prevent cracking. Id say boop and you knew. Youd fight it but when i booped you with a plain finger you stopped throwing your head and i could do rapid fire soft boops with some moisturizer and the light wipes smoothing thw moisturizer out. We both got better at it.
When getting your teeth brushed, youd sit against the couchs backrest and rest your head against it too like to say i know whats happending, im not happy, but i submit
Your multi randomly colored nails
The white diamomd on your forehead that later notcied matches your brown eye with white fleck in it. The wrinkes on your head made what looked like an eye with the white design matching your brown eye with white fleck perfectly.
Your white glove like paws
White chest
White tip on tail
Darker fur near lower back
Your old man face in pics, but youthful look in person, and your puppy smelling fur
He loved collecting sticks, no matter the size, and gathering them in his preferred spot by the black gate. Prob cause it was the mlst refreshing place because how the wind blows through it
I wanted to see how youd like live chickens
You often sniffed not one but multiple tulips when yoi got to go outside.
Its just recently gotten warm enough that other flowers are blooming but you niffed what flowers you could, but it was certainly not a fair amount due to the unfair amount of time you had
The pig figurine you would not allow to be placed outside of your reach which was originally on the driveway side of the black fence. You pawed and whined when you found it. I lifted it over the fence as you jumped with excitement. Finally, you met it and sniffed it all over. Were you over it? Oh no, anytime i moved it, you would get sad and frustrated trying retrieve it back. id bring it back over, and youd sniff it joyfully and move on. It still sits on the yard side fo the fence in reach of you.
While in thw kitchen, i went to look for you. You were in the act of pooping on the porch. I noticed you were doing what looked like pacing and back and forth. I cant remember which rooms or the exact movements but it did get my attn but i reacted too late. I was more shocked and instantly thinking i could have notices but you were scared of your actions. I had to follow through. So pretended to be grumpy but i didnt raise my voice. Your body languge told me you had learned it wasnt ok to poop in the house. We only left through the bottom foor in the living room while wearing a leash so you could associaye potty time from play time. I never got a chance to see how far youve come by once letting you out of the kennel at night after the system had been working so well. You were holding your pottys until the morning.
The first thing you peed on- the lavendar. You sniffed it, rubbed against it, paced back and forth around it, then lifted your leg to mark it.
You both leg lifted and squated to pee. Its a learned trait and you used it as needed. Thats my boy
You first barked back at the neighbors dogs. Spinning in circles and sticking your nose against the planks. Fearless. After i scolded you several times. You ceased barking but still taunted the other dogs. It was partly funny cause the neighbors prob never noticed you since you were small. It just seemed like their dogs were out of control. This occurred always by datas pee pit.
When you first napped on the couch, data got so grumpy cause you were laying in his spot. He later learned to share. But he did try to pull you away with his paw then got frustrated and booped you aggresively with his snout. He quickly got corrected.
Later Data would boop you out of love, and would let you clean his face.
The way you ate nori sheets. They were too big for your mouth but got stuck to your mouth
He could leap over the couch from the back
I was planning a backyard waterpark event with friends’ dogs invited. Everyone was onboard.
I almost bought a gucci lookalike hoodie, shiny yellow raincoat, and jean jacket, but the site didnt accept money from any state. It was prob a bogus site.
Almost bought a blue rose porcelain looking bowtie to match the same design i own in the form of a tie
So far, we know he liked, celery leaves, blackberries (reluctantly), sometimes raspberries, not blueberries or strawberries, he liked pumpkin puree, sweet potatoes, chicken, beef, salmon, tuna, eggs, greek yogurt
He got comfortable approaching the spice cabinet when it was open. I let him smell most of the ingredients i was cooking with and spices i used. Remember, he wasnt food motivated but dogs paint the world with their noses.
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