Me...

My mom just loves this picture of me... She calls me Napoleon when i do this... I don't get it. But she doesn't seem to mind it... so I guess it is an okay thing. She has lots of silly nicknames for me.

I enjoy working for my mom.... she drops stuff... I get it... She buys stuff... I carry it...
She needs me.... I am there... anytime. I am glad to have a job to do.

Busy.... busy.....

Oh my... been such a long time since I have gotten Mom on the computer to update my blog.... Shame on Mom....

Well... I'm just going to have to be better about that and bug her more. Will do my best...

We have been really busy. Winter was icky time... we stayed in a lot... was hard for mom to get around, but we did do some things..

I got to see The Lion King in East Lansing... and we saw Mandy Patinkin and Patti Lupone in Concert at the Fisher Theater in Detroit... that was fun... Mom really loves to hear Mandy sing. I thought we would get to meet him after again like we did the last couple of times... but Mom said no cause she didn't feel safe... I didn't get that... she says she always feels safe with me... but oh well.

If I know my Mom... we will see him again sometime. :)

She says I am going to become quite the Broadway dog... I am not sure what that means.. but I will just wait and see.

More updates to come, I promise!!!!

Gotcha!!!!

HA! Gotcha!!!... Here I am with my mom.

She thought we ought to update you all... We are doing well. Still adjusting to things with my brother Ike at the Bridge... we both miss him... but she is VERY proud of me. I am doing well in an alpha role...

My ears are getting better. My left one is great now.. the vet put me on some pills for two weeks just to be on the safe side to "knock it out" of the right ear because it was pretty deep I guess.
But she says I don't have to come back to see her... so we are both happy about that too.

Not a lot has been going on for us.. it has been really cold and hard for my mom to get around in the snow so we haven't been doing a lot. We hope that will be changing soon because we would like to get out with some friends and hang out.

If there are raisers, or raisers with puppies or teams that would like to hang out... please get in touch with my mom. Maybe we can go have some fun sometime soon.

I love toys..... all toys

Here is my ladybug. Grandma bought it for me at JoAnn's. It is not a dog toy... but I am kind to most of my toys so I can have some that don't squeak or anything. Mom says those are great for bed time. I don't understand that... but it makes her happy... so I roll with it.

I love my ladybug... I carry it everywhere and couldn't even wait for the nice woman to take it so I could have it back. She gave it right back to me after she made her machine beep... made my mom and Grandma laugh... I didn't care! It was mine and I wanted it back.

Vet visit

No photos with today's post. Mom wasn't sure she could bring the camera and didn't ask. Oh well.

I went to the vet today to get a check up. I got my shots updated and got a good looking over. I have a little problem with my ears and now Mom has to put some medicine in them for a couple weeks.

Otherwise the vet was very pleased with me. She says I am doing great. We talked about Ike too... the vet took care of him also and she says I have big paws to fill but am doing a great job!!!

I am still doing fine. I love playing with all my toys and chewing on my Nylabones ( I LOVE nylabones)

Halloween photos

Here I am in my whole costume.... I was Scooby Doo this Halloween. It was okay. I was not super happy about walking in it at first, but I adjusted. I had fun. All the kids that came to my house just LOVED me. I wiggled for them all.... and I didn't get any treats :(

I just didn't understand the "trick or treat" thing. I don't know any tricks.... Just my job. I wanted treats... didn't get any.... bummer for me.










I was a very happy Scooby Doo.... Mom loves this picture.






Here I am with our Halloween display.... my grandpa carved that cool pumpkin.... it was neato.





Mom just loves taking pictures..... I don't mind too much... I love her. If it makes her happy... then I will do it.


Hope you all had a happy and safe Halloween.

Changes

Things sure have been busy...





I got to go to Lions Bear Lake Camp in Lapeer. It was great fun. I even got to go swimming. Mom was really proud of the way I swam and played with the other dogs there.


There were other PAWS puppies there and some dogs who are going to learn how to guide people who can't see at all or very well.








Then on Wednesday morning Oct. 1... a very sad thing happened. My brother Ike... my mom's first service dog had to go to the Rainbow Bridge. He was having a lot of trouble breathing and didn't want to eat.





I got to be with him and mom and my grandma and Yvonne when we helped him to the Bridge. I watched very hard while the doctor was helping Ike. I didn't want him to hurt anymore.





Now mom is really sad. I am trying hard to help her, but I miss him too.





She says he is able to breathe well again and play well again and that he is watching over us. I hope so because I sure love my brother big...





Mom says DOGspeed Ike. She misses you.






I am doing my best now to take care of her just like he wants me too. Mom says he must have felt I was ready for the job to go. So Ike, I am going to do the best I can. Thanks for teaching me as much as you could. --- Cooley