The Okie College Girl

This would be my mother’s crazy dog.  He just showed up at my parent’s house one day or maybe it was night.  The dogs started barking one evening while my grandparents and uncle were staying with mom & dad.  They went out and looked outside to see if maybe the cows had gotten out.  This has happened a few times, so it wasn’t out of the ordinary for them to go looking for them out in the yard.  Turns out the cows hadn’t gotten out.  It wound up being a dog, who is now dubbed Joe…or Joeseph when he’s in trouble.

My parents had both decided they didn’t need anymore dogs, so they let Joe fend for himself for a few days.  Until the weather dropped below 10 degrees, which led to my mom feeling sorry for him and eventually Joe becoming apart of the family.  Although, my dear uncle has since told us that as soon as my parents left for work, he brought Joe inside my parents home and said “Welcome to your new home.  You just don’t know it yet.”  Gramps got a kick out of that and Grams had no idea what to think; I believe she called my uncle by his middle name even.  Little did we know my uncle was right.

That crazy mother of mine, not too sure what she was thinking, but he’s hers now!  Actually, baby bro has claimed him more so than my mother – but who’s counting?

I dropped him off at the vet this morning to get his balls chopped off.  Yes, Joe will now become a eunuch (I know that word thanks to my Latin class).  I’m thrilled about this new change and I do hope that he’ll quit peeing on my stuff.  Although he does wear an ace bandage or diaper to keep him from actually peeing on our stuff.  He’ll be home after 5 and hopefully will be groggy for a few days.

Emmie looooooves to play fetch.  She’s drug out every single ball out of the toy container & they’re now OUT on the floor.  Hooray!  I have picked up toys all day long & I see no end in sight.  So far there hasn’t been a difference in transitioning from 1 to 2 dogs.  She’s a character.  Can’t wait to take the girls on road trips!

We inherited a new Dashie on Saturday.  She’s super cute, cuddly & just downright adorable.   She loves Ellie & like to play fetch if you’d believe that!

Ellie the Bumble Bee.  She’s adorable and even though she’s not really a fan of dressing up, but she manages.  She can’t handle the random strangers Trick-or-Treating, but she did well hanging out in the backyard.

Papaw got a cute furry baby in July and of course we had to pack up Ellie and take her for a meet & greet.  It was a very unexpected surprise for Papaw to get a tiny fur baby, but one weekend while my Aunt & Uncle were down (I was there too), Papaw mentioned it’d be nice to have a Squirrel Dog.  Kid you not.  Maybe he was thinking/hoping he could turn our Ellie into a Squirrel Dog?  That very next weekend, my Uncle showed up with Papaw’s very own Squirrel Dog in training.

Papaw said having a new fur baby to care for would teach him not to open his mouth ever again around my Uncle and that is how the new Chi puppy came to live with Papaw & Delilah.  Papaw named  her Honey Bee, but Roomie & I refer to her as Hunzee.  Little ole’ Hunzee was so tiny, too bad puppies don’t stay like that forever.  Ellie wasn’t even that small when we got her, now I have new puppy fever.   Here are some pictures with our baby with the new baby.

They were slowly getting aquainted.  Roomie and I were a bit cautious, but Paps sure wasn’t.  He let Ellie do just about whatever she wanted.

Hunzee wasn’t sure what to think of Ellie.  Although, I’m not sure what I would think of something 4x’s bigger than me checking me out.  Oh wait, I’ve been to the zoo and guys I’ve dated in the past have always been taller than I am.  Maybe I do feel what Hunzee is going through?

Hunzee wasn’t too sure what to think of Ellie.  She was nice and cozy on my chest, especially after her bath with Paps.  Ellie tucks her paws to her chest just like Hunzee.  It was adorable because Hunzee was having puppy dreams, so she’d let out these little whimpers and she’d move her paws.  A quick snap of that cute puppy face.  Too bad in just a few short months she’ll be the terror of the household.  I hope Papaw & Delilah know what they’re in for!

Ellie turned 2 today.  Since I actually remembered this year, I decided to do something special for her.  Not like she would know.  But I would & so would all of you.  I promise she’s not spoiled….but there’s a fat chance of ya’ll believing that statement.  Mom doesn’t call her a Diva dog for nothing you know.  She has a huge pet bed and naps all the time, she even sleeps in bed with me at night.

The perfect Birthday Card I searched and searched for.  I went to a few different pet speciality stores looking for something cute for my fur baby.  I wasn’t sure how she’d react or what the printing would do when wet, but I went ahead and spoiled her for the day any way.

She came over and grabbed it out of my hands with her mouth and then layed  down exactly like this.  Suuuuure wish I was kidding.  She’ll do the exact same thing with her BoBo’s or any stuffed animal for that matter.

Then she decided to nap.  I swear she’s part cat.  She’s a constant cat napper.  I bet even when she’s not tired she sleeps.  I can’t even begin to imagine what she does when we’re not home and at school during the day.  Maybe I shouldn’t think about that?

I found Doggie Ice Cream.  I never knew you could make Doggie Ice Cream.  Thanks to a friend who did this for her dog, I was able to get the same thing for Ellie.  I even lit a candle for her.  Although that might not have been the best idea.  I thought it was a good one at the time.

Singing Happy Birthday to the Diva.  She was all excited I was putting food in front of her.  She’s a chow hound and will eat just about anything, including veggies.  I never knew dogs liked veggies, until now.

She was starting to get a little too close to the candle for my comfort, so I quickly extinguished the flame.  I thought about pinning back her ears on account of all of her long hair, but decided to let her chow down on her delicious treat.  I’m sure she was tired of me teasing her.

If I had known what would follow no less than 12hrs after this picture I would have never purchased ice cream for my lovely dog to eat.  Let’s just say it wasn’t pretty and it made me re-think letting the Diva sleep with me at night.  I woke up to an awful stench coming from my bathroom at 5am.  Lucky for me, mom was staying over and helped me clean up Diva’s mess.  Ugh.

Ellie absoutely loves to be held and cuddled, so we tired out the new glider on her.  She approves!  Whenever you go to sit in it now, she wants up and will either settle down in your lap or your legs {like in the photos}.  She’s one spoiled diva dog which is what mom has nicknamed her.  We just tell mom she’s spoiled and the only “kid” for now….well at least that statement is true for Roomie, I on the other hand will never be having kids; no way, no how.

Here is Ellie relaxing.