Thursday, August 21, 2008

Time Flies....

A dog came into our lives due to the whining of our youngest child. She was old enough to take care of it and help with it and I must say, she has done a good job of training it. The dog has been named Coco Bean and he has his moments of sheer delight and pleasure and moments of "Why did we get a dog?"



Coco is a silky terrier...but looks much more like an Australian terrier. He has an alpha dog personality and Dad has had to scruff his neck several times to curb the behavior. We know it will never truly leave, but Coco does have much more respect for all of us since the last half-hour ordeal. Now when he's being alpha dog, one scruff and hold produces results in one minute or less.



He has eaten 3...no 4 pairs of shoes. He hates flip flops and if you wear them, he considers your toes fair game. (We are trying to train this out of him.) He loves to toss his bones in the air and then chase them like wild game. Digging for the voles in the backyard is something he considers to be his duty. He begs for birds and rabbits to "come and play." I'm not sure what he would do if he caught one. We have watched him "play" with flies on the window. When he destroys it, he bats at it with his paw to make it move, and then pouts that it doesn't play anymore.



Our children wanted to create this blog about this silly dog. So here it is. Hope you enjoy!

2 comments:

Nichole said...

that is so cute that your girls wanted to start a blog! :) this will be a great way for me to see recent pictures of your girls since we just don't get to see you much!
love, nichole

Anonymous said...

i will love 'seeing' you girls more often! i saw your pictures on nichole's blog. it looked like you had a great time! and mom had a fun time with hannah!
i'll be looking forward to your entries. have a great school year!
love, aunt kathy