Halloween came and went and so has Thanksgiving. You would think I would have a lot to write about but it actually was quiet around the house until the GREAT house FLOOD ! But first a few other stories.
Miss M has been coming over to play off and on so when she is here I work on her commands. She gets a little rusty between training so I know how important it is to keep up the sessions. She usually comes on days that it is warm enough to be outside. We will play and work on commands either at Grandma's T house or go over to the big fenced yard Miss M calls the tennis courts.
Avalon had to go to the Vet for her yearly physical so Mom let me tag along. Boy, I will think twice about that next time. I had my nails done but I was not too happy about it. Mom had to help calm me down and another nail tech had to hold my paw.
Right after that Dad and Mom took our house on wheels over to the storage unit for the winter. We had to unpack some of the RV stuff because it could not stay over the winter. One of the most important things was our puppy food.
In November it was election day here in Nebraska. You have to be 18 years old to vote so I just missed the cut off. In puppy years I am around 17.5 years. Mom left to go to the voting house and meet Dad there. While they were gone the GREAT Kitchen flood happened. I tried to get to Mom's ipad to call her but it was up to high so the flood lasted around 2 hours. I heard Mom say the water filter under the sink broke and the water came flying out. We couldn't see it from our room but sure could hear it. When Mom came home she was soooooo upset. Grandpa T and Grandma K came down to help. About the time they had it all cleaned up Dad came home. Mom went to go get some fans to help dry things out in the basement and there was more BIG flood. They had some clean up guys come that night and for the next five days we had hug fans and dehumidifiers in the house. It was soooo toasty warm. We had breakfast and dinner in the living room for almost a week.
The next story is kind of a scary one !!!! Mom went for her walk with Avalon and I stayed in her office. I was a little upset about being left behind so I did some snooping. Found a plant Mom had moved to the window shelf so I thought I would see what it tasted like. It was delicious so I ate the whole thing. When Mom got home and came into her office to let me out she found the crumbs I left behind. I have never seen Mom lose it before ! She was so scared that it might be poisonous. Mom called our Vet who told her to call the ASPC poison Hot Line. She did and I heard them say it is slightly poisonous but that they should give me something to get rid of the plant in my tummy. Mom put peanut butter in the bottom of my food bowl with what I thought was water on top. It was some medicine to clean out my tummy. Miss M and Grandma T had arrived by then so Miss M took me outside. It sure did clean out my tummy !!
The house was just put back together after the flood when Thanksgiving finally came. The clean up guys had taken all of the machines away and another guy had come to fix the walls and painted. Mom and Dad then put everything back in place.
On Thanksgiving morning we went for our walk around the lake then had some play time with a big turkey in the yard. He didn't say much but twirled around in the wind. I asked Mom and Dad if that was the turkey they were talking about cooking and thank goodness it wasn't. I would have felt so sad for him. Later in the afternoon family came over. We got to stay in the kitchen and smell all of the wonderful food cooking but when company arrived Avalon and I were banned to Mom's office with the gate up. I was kind of upset but Avalon told me that once Ruthie had table surfed and stole some food at Thanksgiving and so the tradition of being banned started. However, after some of the company left my two legged sister came and let us out and like Mom predicted we were a little crazy !!
The next could of weeks Mom and Dad decorated around the house for Christmas. Avalon and I mostly supervised. We even have some special puppy ornaments on the tree. It is so cool to see all of the inside and outside lights on at night. My elf on the shelf Sparky showed up at the house so I have been on my best behavior hoping he will tell the big red guy how nice I have been. He moves around from room to room so I have to be on my best behavior all of the time. Hope he goes back to the North Pole after Christmas.
On Saturday we had a BIG adventure. Our day started with our weekend walk around the lake then a short nap. Miss M came over and took me out and we played and I worked on her commands. She said she was wearing me out but I didn't know why. Well, later in the afternoon Mom and Dad loaded me up and we were off to do something called "Bell Ringing for the Salvation Army." I remember doing this before when I was a puppy in training but it wasn't as much fun as it was this time. Not only were there lots of two legged people there but Huxley a KSDS Inc. puppy in training was there to so I had four legged company. We had live music provided by Miss K plus people and dogie treats to give out. Channel 7 news came and interviewed Mom and filmed us bell ringing. We were on the TV that night and were able to tell the story about how wonderful the Salvation Army is and KSDS.
Before Bell Ringing
Miss M and
Grandma T with Grandpa D
were at the
National Cemetery
honoring our
Veterans
at
Christmas
Hope Everyone is having a Wonderful Holiday Season !!
Merry Christmas from our Family to yours !
