Training A Chipmunk

Woof and Good Morning!
My human parents are training me to do my business on pads or go outside. I'm getting so use to the pads I go outside and do nothing and then come and use the pads. I think Chippy needs to learn to use the pads also so carried him over to one of them and dropped him on it so he could go and I ran off to another one. All Chippy did was lay on his side. My human mom picked him up and threw him in the living room. So much for training a chipmunk.

Toodles,

Sam

DON'T EAT FLEAS!

Woof and good morning!

A word of advice: DON'T EAT FLEAS...you may get a tapeworm!

YEP, that's what happened to me. I had fleas when my human mom and dad adopted me and of course I ate a few. I eat everything! They had me treated for fleas but the one I ate made its way to my gut and grew in my little intestines and my human mom found a worm yesterday in my stool. Yes, she threw a fit.

I went to the vet this morning and had a pill shoved down my throat that should take care of anything growing inside me.

The nice lady at the vet's office told my human mom that dogs get tapeworms from eating fleas. We learned something new today.

I also got my month heartworm prevention medicine so I'm a clean, healthy girl again.

Now my human mom is doing laundry and I'm helping sort. Gotta get back to work!

Toodles,

Sam

Jail Bird

Woof and good morning!

It's not lady-like to eat deer droppings I found out today. As soon as I was let out by my human dad I found a nice fresh pile. Did you hear him yell at me? I'm surprised if you didn't. Then he chased me around the yard and eventually caught me and threw me in the house. Now I'm under house arrest. They keep talking about how I'm going to get worms from eating animal poop.



My human parents then went outside to have their morning coffee WITHOUT ME! I stood by the glass door and mad sad faces at them. They ignored me. Then I had an idea! I started chewing on the door mat and that sure got their attention fast! They put my "time out" pen (jail in other words) on the patio and put me in it. I did my best shivering act and even begged with my little paw up in front of me. Human mom took pity and tossed me back in the house. At least the carpet isn't cold to sit on like the flagstone.

Chihuahua Soccer and a Bit of Kindness

Woof and good morning!


I played a good game of soccer yesterday morning with Chippy. He put up a good fight, but in the end I won!


After the game my human mom gave me a treat and I thought I would give it to Chippy since he was feeling a little down after our game. My human mom thought that was so nice of me. She kept say, "Good dog, Sam...that was so sweet."



In the afternoon I was on guard duty and had to keep a watchful eye on the men working on the patio. I sure had to bark at them a lot to make sure they were doing a good job.

My human parents are going to the UT football game this afternoon and I'll be all alone. I hope they don't put me in the bathroom. I promise to be good. ; )

Toodles,
Sam

Why Do Dogs Run in Circles Before They Poop?

Everyday my human mom asks why I run in circles before I poop. It’s not something I think about. I, and most dogs, just do it. Here is probably the main reason I run in circles.

Okay, so I’ve just been let out after a long night. I’ve done a couple laps around the living room and I can sense that things are beginning to move inside.

I stand on the porch and look out over the measureless expanse of grass in the front yard. To me, a Chihuahua, it looks like a vast sea of green. Of course to a Great Dane it would look like a throw rug.

I start to ponder where would be the BEST place to do my business this morning. I stand and my eyes start to take it all in. Today I think I’ll head over to the northeast corner…haven’t been there in awhile and I jump off the porch. The first thing that hits my nose, once I’m in the wet grass, is the smell of deer. I run around sniffing deer for a few feet and then see a nice pile of deer poop which is really a tasty treat for us dogs. Of course if my human mom sees me pick up a little morsel she screams at me to drop it. Those humans should just try it.

Now, you must know, I’m not making a beeline to the desired spot. I make zigzag paths around the entire yard. By the time I DO make it to the northeast corner I begin to think that the entire animal kingdom has been in my yard from all the smells I’ve come across.

Finally, after several minutes of sniffing over pretty much most of the yard I arrive at my pooping place. By now things in my belly are really starting to churn and I put my nose to the ground to find THE BEST grassy place to poop. I’m sniffing, sniffing, turning, turning, sniffing, turning faster, sniffing, turning faster, faster until I can’t turn any faster and I POOP! My human mom says, “Good job, Sam, why did it take you so long?”

So, why do we run in circles? I can give you many reasons, but I guess that’s just something you humans will have to disuss for many years to come. You just don’t understand.

My Humans

I hate it when I hear humans say they "own" a dog. Don't those humans know WE OWN THEM?

In my posts I'll refer to my humans as my human mom and my human dad so as not to get everyone confused with my dog mom and my dog dad who are really my parents, but now my human mom and dad are my parents. That's the way it is in the dog world.

My dog mom and dog dad live in Spicewood Springs about an hour from here. I doubt I'll ever see them again which is fine because life here is a lot nicer. My siblings were so boisterous it was hard to sleep or think which I do a lot of. I have a nice comfy bed, which in time will get a little cramped. I hope someone notices how much I'm growing. I don't have to fight for my meals. I have my own watering bowl along with dry and wet food...oh, mustn't forget the bone-bones (my doggie treats).

My human mom has to dry her hair and I'm going to watch to see if I can get any pointers on what to do with my mop.

Toodles,
Sam

September 19 -- Good morning!

Woof and Good Morning,

I woke up so early today! Both my owners woke up about 4:00a.m. They were both complaining they couldn't sleep. So, what do they do? They wake me up! Man, if I woke them up I'd be chased out of the room.

As you can see by the photos I like to roll out of my bed. Then I do some stretching excercises which consists of running around the living room a couple times.

Take a look at my hair toay! Talk about a 'bad hair day!' It's growing so fast and I just can't get it to do anything. Do you think gel would work?

After breakfast I couldn't find my chewiest bone so I settled for chewing on my foot.

Time to start fussing at the men who are doing landscaping in the back yard.

Toodles,

Sam

First Blog

Woof,

I bet you were expecting me to say, "Hola" since I'm a Chihuahua. Nope. I'm a Texas gal and here in Texas we Chihuahuas say, "Woof."

I've decided to start blogging to keep everyone up on my activities...and believe me we Chihuahuas are active!

So, make sure you check in regularly to learn all the poop that's going on in Texas.

Toodles,

Sam