Greetings! My name is Annie and I've been sitting beside my human mom, Mother Ann, for almost two years now watching her write and I'm pretty sure I can do this! Suzy is my big sister, but she's a little shy. In fact the humans fondly call her "Anti-Social Sue". She'll happily greet you, make sure if there are any treats she gets her share, then she heads to the bedroom or sometimes even all the way to her kennel in the basement. Not me! I'm gonna hang out and not miss a thing! Everybody loves a wet, sloppy dog kiss! Heck - everybody loves a big, black lab in their lap!
I know that Suzy and I are pretty spoiled, but that's how it should be. We get to go a lot of fun places and do a lot of really cool things. A lot of days, though, our parents put us in our kennels and go a way for what seems like forever. I would have been really worried the first time it happened but Suzy is older and she explained to me how they do this, but they always come home and are so happy to see us. Now I know they have to go to a place called "work". It's not a place we would want to go so I'm good with hanging out in my kennel. For the life of me, though, I can't understand why they don't put those darn cats in the kennel. They like to sit on top of mine and swing their tail down thru the holes. I guess I don't really mind since the cats NEVER get to go on the fun trips. They don't get to go outside and chase chipmunks or swim in the creek either. I think mom and dad like Suzy and me best.
When I was a baby Kristal and Jake would come over and bring their furbaby, Maggie to play. Suzy told me that Maggie was her BFF and they would put up with me just so they wouldn't get in trouble but Maggie really didn't like me. I tried to get her to like me. I would follow her around and grab her little nub of a tail. That little thing just wiggles all the time! She would always turn around and bark at me though. Then, one day I realized that I was getting bigger than Maggie. Mom told me she's a cocker spaniel and labs are bigger than cocker spaniels. I was always happy to see Kristal and Jake (and Maggie, too, if you want to know the truth) but I always felt a little left out. When I got a little older I got to start playing "The Game" with Suzy and Maggie. Kristal sticks us in the bathroom for a few minutes, then lets us out to find treats that are hidden all around the house. It took me a while to figure it out, but it is a fun game. I see why Suzy loves Kristal so much - we always get to play it when she comes over.
Just when I finally decided that I'd always be the kid sister tagging along behind Suzy and Maggie, Kristal and Jake came to their senses and got a BFF for me! Mollie is a chocolate lab and we are like peas and carrots! She started out smaller than me at the beginning of the summer but she is catching up quick! We'll be the same size in no time! Now when we all get together I have somebody to play with! We love rumpus time!
I hope you will all enjoy reading about what goes on in a dog's life. I love my humans and if they're happy, I'm happy! Sometimes I might even let Suzy tell her side of the story!
(This is me and Suzy)
We became pretty good friends and I really enjoyed that trip. Time went on and I sort of forgot about Blanton. Then, last week just when I thought we should be going to bed someone came in our basement door! Mom and Dad got all excited and jumped up to greet whoever it was. Turns out it was Mom's "Precious Baby Sweetheart" and he brought a really pretty girl with him. He also had Blanton! and another dog, Jimi. Jimi is almost as big as Blanton and I like him a lot, too. We all stayed up real late and laughed and talked. The humans and the dogs have been visiting back and forth between our house and the pretty girl's mom and dad's house. 