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Puppy Love

 

Oliver

 

Oliver and Beekers

Beekers had a friend stay for the weekend.  This little rascal, Oliver, is about 4 months old and belongs to the Big One's friend.

The Big One and Little One had been begging to get another golden retriever, specifically a puppy, since they met Oliver. Babysitting, puppysitting, dogsitting, whatever you call it has cured both the Big One and Little One of puppy love.  Thank God!

 

Oliver

Beekers and Oliver

Unlike Beekers, Oliver has all four of his legs.  He climbs on sofas, chairs, sneaks food off the table, jumps in the air to grab a toy and/or food, not to mention the early morning wakeups for potty breaks.  Whereas, good ole three legged Beekers doesn't do any of that.  Okay, maybe a little jumping in the air and trying to sneak food off the table.

I'm thinking of starting another business, maybe call it Puppy Love, Rent a Pup, something along those lines or even NITL (Not in this lifetime).  Parents would pay to dogsit a puppy over the weekend with the caveat that the children have to take care of it.  One weekend of having to puppysit would cure puppy love lust.

It would be a win-win.  The puppies would get socialization and the parents a reprieve from the whines of "we want a puppy."

Hmm, maybe there should be a rent a baby program in high school...

Let Me In

During Spring Break, the Big One had a friend sleep over.  Beekers not quite understanding why he's not in the room, but patiently waiting to be let back in.

Camera Shy

 

Playing coy with the camera.

Holiday Photo

The boys picked this photo for our holiday photo.  

Since Beekers looked like a possessed dog, they nixed this one.

Now to get them mailed out.

Waiting for his boys

 

When the boys are at school, 95% of the time Beekers is in this position.  Waiting patiently for his boys to return. No amount of coaxing can get him to leave his designated spot.  Sure doesn't look comfortable to me.

Jaws of Death

Beekers loves his toys to death. This cute little puppy lasted about 5 minutes.  Maybe we need to looking into getting Beekers some rope toys.

Garden Pest

When you garden you have to be prepared for the pests that can invade your crops. Pests like aphids, slugs, rabbits, and deer.  There are a myraid of books and websites offering advice on what to do to keep your garden free from invasion from these pesky pests. But there are none on how to keep your dog from eating your vegetables.

Intruder in the house

 

I'm sitting at my computer ready to take a Q&A (Question and Answer) test for SpeedBuilding.  Wonders of wonders, I don't have any test anxiety which is totally abnormal for me.  And after taking four Jury Charge Tests on Friday at 60wpm, 70wpm, 80wpm, and 90wpm, a Q&Q at 60 wpm seem very doable.  

I have my Protege facing away from my computer and I am looking outside my office door into my living room and kitchen.  My eyes are fixed on my fridge for my focal point.  I start writing the first sentence, when I see a shadow of movement along the bottom of my front of my fridge.  

A squirrel is in my house and in my kitchen.  

Waiting in Vain

The "gotta be in the house or I'm going to die" dog saw this stuffed rainbow dolphin drying on the clothes line and refused to come inside yesterday.  Sitting patiently waiting for it to drop.  

One advantage or disadvantage depending on how you look at it, about Beekers having only three legs, he doesn't jump up to get things.

Green Tea for Dogs

Shopping at Costco I noticed a couple of brands of bottled green tea.  Since my choice were diet, which I don't drink because of the artificial sweetener, or a brand that had 37 grams of sugar, I passed. But the idea lingered in my mind of making sun tea from my green tea bags.

I set out our container the other morning and we were eagerly looking forward to a freshing glass of green sun tea when we returned home later that afternoon.  However, that was not to be the case....