Nikki had her 16th Birthday Party on Friday and I got so much attention. All the kids wanted to play with me. I wanted some cake and ice cream but nobody would let me have any. :o( Well it's probably for the best being as I get sick at the drop of a hat. Somebody did give me a carrot though. I played with that sucker for more than an hour till I lost it under the couch. Mom got it and threw it out. I wanted it back but she said it was all hairy and nasty. She never lets me have any fun. 

Thursday, August 8, 2002 ~ I'm so smart I can play with 2 things at once. Mom bought me these tiny tennis balls that I like second only to my giant jingle bell. Many times you'll find me holding a bone in my mouth and playing ball with my feets. You oughta hear it when I try to bark. My peoples laugh at me and tell me to stop talking with my mouth full.

Another one of my favorites is my treat ball. I have a hard one and an easy one that I nudge with my nose whenever I need a lil snack. For some reason my doggy food tastes so much better when I have to work for it.

I live to make noise! If Mom's on the phone or Dad is watching his favorite NASCAR show I find the noisiest toys to play with. I also like playing basketball. I drop my toys into the paper trash bag next to Dad's chair just so I can watch him fetch it out. I especially like doing this when he is trying to pay the bills, that way he HAS to pay attention to me. Life as a dog... whatta life!! :o)        

Thursday, August 1, 2002 ~ I'm still progressing nicely and growing by leaps and bounds. Sometimes my Mom thinks I'm becoming a dog but then I trick her and revert to my puppy stage. My peoples are finding out just how smart us JRT's really are. I hear them say that I'm way smarter than Lucky or Speedy! When they're being goofy they say I'm even smarter than Nikki. *giggles* I can leap almost 3 feet in distance and track down and find even the deepest buried treats. If m & d ever decided to enter me into competition I know I'd be a champion but ya know even if they don't I'm still happy being their puppy dog.     

Monday, June 10, 2002 ~ Let's see, where to begin... I'm a cute furry lil critter who goes to ground in my moms sofa, I eat just about anything, and you can forget the mailman, I bark at the roll of paper towels and cardboard boxes.

Friday, May 31, 2002 ~ Mom added some new pics of me today. You can check em out here.

Friday, May 24, 2002 ~ Look up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! NO IT'S SUPER DOGGY!!! Who can leap tall gates in a single bound!! Heeheehee... Must be that puppy chow!!

My mom keeps holding me up and looking me in the eye and telling me to stop being a puppy and be a dog but I won't listen. I like being a puppy. Then other times she wants me to be the baby and tries to hold me like a baby. I hate that 'cept when I'm tired, then I'll be whatever she wants me to be as long as I can sleep next to her. She says I'll like it more when I become a dog and I'm not as hyper as I am now.

Mom also likes to play "This Lil Piggy Went to Market" with my toes. You oughta hear her (what a dork! *g*)... when she runs outta piggys she makes up something goofy, seeing as I only have 4 toes. Another thing I hate is when she holds me in one hand and uses my stuffed animals to pretend they are kissing me. A...hem... MOM I wanna eat em not kiss em. Oh well bein a dog is so tough... She got me this cool doggy that barks and you know how short our attention span is so I gotta run! See ya...  :o) 

Saturday, May 4, 2002 ~ Got another crate last weekend and this time I hope to stick it out. I really do want this dog to be house trained and the only way it's going to happen is if I follow the rules for properly crating my puppy.

It's hard seeing her in that cage but as long as she exhibits inappropriate behavior (like eating the stuffing out of my chair) it's in the cage for her! It's so cute... She knows it's her house because when she is tired she automatically goes in to lay down.   

Peanut Loveeeeesssss going outside. She runs and chases all the dandelions and bits the heads off the white fluffy ones. I won't let her eat the yellow ones buts she still tries. Actually, she eats just about everything outside. I have to distract her and remind her why she is out there. It doesn't do any good yet but hopefully one of these days it'll sink in.

We're only out for short periods at a time and Peanut is never left unattended. She's much to little to be left outside alone even on her chain. Heck I'd be afraid one of the big birds or owls that come in our yard would think she was a small rabbit and try to take her away. Plus she hasn't gotten her rabies shot yet. The vet asked me first if she goes out alone and when I said no he asked if we could wait a bit for her to get older. And after what happened with the distemper shot I'm glad we did. 

Tuesday, April 16, 2002 ~ LOL!! If you could see me now you'd laugh. It's like 900 degrees outside and Me and da puppy are sitting here all wrapped up in a blanket (ac's on) I'm typing with one hand cause the other one is busy holding this rawhide bone while Ms. Thing happily chomps away.

Earlier I hadda point her head in the right direction so she could see the squirrels in her yard.... Sheesh.... One track mind puppy.... Alls she wants to do is eat the chair!!

Tuesday, March 19, 2002 ~ Oh the joys of puppy hood. This lil cutie does not like being alone and suffers from a major case of separation anxiety. I never knew such a teeny tiny puppy could make so much noise and be so loud. 

She's not a bit shy though and will happily bark and play and chase your feet if you let her. Rather than let her destroy every room in the house we've purchased a puppy gate so the rest of the house is off limits. Free reign will come once she is properly house broken.

Feeding time is 3 times a day and before I put down her bowl I make her do something. She already knows the command to sit and we're working on shaking hands. 

We finally agreed on a name. We chose the name Peanut because she is so small and with her bucky beaver teeth Nikki said it makes her look kind of nutty so the name fits her well. 

The Homecoming

Sunday, March 17, 2002 ~ Ahhh the pitter patter of puppy feets again. :o) Can you say poop on the paper? YEP!! Can the puppy do that? NOPE!! But she does do well at being held and cuddled and being played with.

We have tons of puppy playthings and chew bones ready but it seems she likes the phone cord best. Go figure...

Still no name yet but we're thinking. I like the name Nik-Nac cause she's so little but that's to close to my daughters name. Twister was another selection because she's constantly trying to catch her tail. Turbo was another choice as well as Loco, Miss Chevious, Shelby and Nitro. Guess it'll come to us in time.

Sunday, March 17, 2002 ~ HI Again, Yay we get to pick up our puppy a day earlier. Now she really will be an official St. Patrick's Day Blessing. I talked to the owner and she told me it's a good thing we know all about the Jack Russell breed because our lil girl is going to be a feisty one. Feisty works for me!! :o)

I made the delightful trip to Pet Smart to get the necessary items we will need. Of course I spent way to much money but then I knew I would. *grin* Nikki went with me so every thing is tiger striped. I had to remind her we were getting a dog not a cat! I did manage to pick out a doggy bed for our family room while she was off looking at hamster stuff. Least it won't clash with the other stuff in the room.

Saturday, Feb 16, 2002 ~ Howdy Folks, Well it's official. We are almost the proud owners of a brand new Jack Russell puppy. March 18th is the delivery date.

Me and Chuck went to meet our new lil puppy on Saturday, Feb 16, 2002. OMG.. were we ever in Jack Russell heaven!! I didn't wanna leave.

The owner cheerfully invited us inside her beautiful home and we were greeted at the door by 2 of the cutest puppies you ever did see. These dogs were only a few months old and don't ya know the female looked EXACTLY like Speedy. I wanted to stick her in my pocketbook and bring her home. *grin* Unfortunately for me these were her own personal pets.

You haven't lived until you've seen 5 lil frisky, frolicking, HEALTHY, happy, JRT puppies romping and playing together. It was so awesome!  She had the puppies in her computer room. (My kinda woman!) and a dog gate was up in the hallway so her two puppies couldn't get to the lil ones while no one was looking. But they cheerfully followed us in while we looked. Of course her female took an instant shine to Chuck tugging at his shoe laces. *g*

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