Never eat socks that have feet in them!

Last night I was very hungry as I had ignored my food all day. I waited for Mom and Dad to come home and then I ate breakfast while they ate dinner! Afterwards we went into the living room to relax. Mom took off her shoes. I was mesmerized by her socks. While she sat there, I quietly inched closer and closer. I checked to make sure she wasn't watching. Then I pounced and chomped on the end of her sock and pulled! Mom was very surprised! She told me that I was not allowed to eat socks especially NOT socks that are still attached to people! But socks are so tasty! And Dad played a song for me that was called "I'm a dog and I love socks!" so obviously socks are meant to be eaten!

http://www.collegehumor.com/embed/6863520/im-a-dog-and-i-love-socks-song

This is the song-you can see how happy socks make dogs! Why deny us? Mom said that I should have learned from my last sock adventure. That was when I swiped a sock out of the laundry basket. It was a sock that Mom had worn in France and it was super tasty. It did not really agree with me though, and a week later it came back up. Since then Mom has tried to hide the socks from me.

Fun with Mom in the SNOW!

This morning Dad left early, then Grandpere left. I was worried that Mom would leave too cause I had heard her talking to Dad about going somewhere with him. Mom decided to stay home and have fun with me! Cause I am a super fun pup! We went into the backyard and she helped me make some dachshund race tracks! Then she threw some snowballs and I went to fetch them, but I couldn't find them! The best thing was sticking my snout into the snow! And eating snowballs! Mom took some photos!

 Running down the straightaway!

 What happens when  one sticks one's snout into snow!

 Snowpants!

 Working on a curve

Snow Day!!!!!!

We got snow! Mom said this is what I would look like if I was sitting in the snow! It was high (at least for me as I have very small legs). She let me play in the snow but it was a little too high for me to get to! Of course she took some movies!

Then Mom went to work. Later Dad and I took a ride to Belly Rub Central (aka the library where Mom works). My bff Grace wasn't there, but I got some belly rubs from Aunt Carol and Gary!

Recovering

Mom is home sick today and is keeping me company. That is good cause I am still recovering from last nights battle of the HUGE kong.It's the kong that Grandma bought for her big dog Mollie, but she gave it to me at christmas by mistake. I love it but it is exhausting! Last night Mom stuck a dried chicken breast in it and gave it to me. I battled that kong for 2 hours! Finally I gave up and jumped onto Mom's lap with it. Mom looked at me horrified! My eyes were glazed over, my beard was totally soaked with drool and the kong was FILLED with drool. I couldn't stop my mouth from chewing! There was nothing to chew on yet my mouth kept making chewing motions! Mom managed to get out the rest of the chicken breast (coated in drool!!!!!!) and gave it to me. Since my mouth was still chewing it was easily taken care off. Mom decided that I needed to go to bed and rest. This morning my mouth was still tired so I haven't eaten my breakfast yet.

A 2 grandpa day!

Today was a good day! I got to see both my Grandpere and my Grandpa! Plus Mom gave me some chicken with my kibble for dinner (mostly cause I was very good and did not try to eat the 5 layer dip or the meatball parm heroes). Then after dinner she gave me the HUGE kong from Grandma with some dried chicken breast in it. This is frustrating as I have only gotten 1 piece out and I have been jumping and barking at it for 1 hour already!

A big surprise

Last night Mom and Dad decided to eat in the living room. I thought that was a great idea-cause I like a change of pace. Dad put my bowl of kibble on the floor and gave Mom her bowl of spaghetti. I sniffed my kibble-not so exciting. Then I smelled Mom and Dad's spaghetti-much tastier. I sat and looked at them and plotted. When they seemed suitably relaxed, I lept onto Mom's lap and stuck my snout in her bowl! Mom was horrified and Dad yelled at me. But it was worth it! That little bit of spaghetti was tasty!

Poor sick Dad

Last night Dad was not feeling well. He put me in the kitchen and went upstairs to bed really early!I was left all alone in the kitchen. I sat there and pondered where to lie down. I have 3 spots that I sleep in. One is by the gate/pantry-so I can see whoever is in the living room, one is in front of the refridgerator (it is warm and toasty) and one is in the corner blocked in by the chair and my crate under the kitchen table. I decided to lie down in front of the fridge and wait for Mom to come home. I waited forever. Finally I took a nap. It was very windy out so it was hard to sleep with all that noise. It was so noisy that I almost didn't hear Mom at the door. I was excited to see Mom, but I was quiet about it cause I didn't want to disturb Dad. Then I heard some weird noises and I started barking. Mom took me outside so I wouldn't wake up Dad. I barked at everything outside too! Then we came inside and went up to bed. I felt bad for Dad being that he was not feeling well and I was not in the bed to keep him warm. I lay in my crate and whimpered and sighed for a while until Mom yelled at me to go to bed. In the morning, Dad woke up early and got up to take me downstairs. It was really early so I really didn't want to get up, but I decided to humor him.Now we are spending the day together as he called in sick.