Alex's DLOG
Hi all you
dog lovers out there and woof to my pals! Let me
introduce myself. My name is Alexander and I'm a 13½ year
old Lhasa Apso.
As you can see
by my photo at right, Mom has put me to work. It's
bad enough that she has been sitting at the computer
for DAYS but now she expects me to
write this column! She seems to think people would
be interested in my perspective of the world.
Personally, I think she was just jealous of me
lounging on the sofa while she was working on this
web site.
You might ask
"what's it like for a dog who's mom is a pet
sitter?" It's not bad, really. She comes home with
all these really interesting scents on her. I always
like to sniff out who she's been hangin' with
and I know all of her regulars. I even get to meet
some of them and that's always fun. It really bugs
me though when I smell those darn cats on her! Ewww!
How could she betray us canines that way? I would
like to go on THOSE sits and show those cats a thing
or two but Mom says 'no way'. So I stay home and
glare at the neighbors cat that always sits on my
fence. One of these days......
Wanna hear
my life story? I guess I can share it with you if
you've got the time.
The first year
is a little fuzzy and scary. All I can remember is
being lost from my family and finding myself on the
sport fishing pier in Pt Hueneme. Do you know how
hard it is to compete with sea gulls for food? I was
down to skin and bones and running scared when this
nice man found me and took me home and FED me! I was
ready to call it home but he already had three dogs and
one more was just too much for him I guess. He
didn't have any success finding my family but he did
find my new mom.
New Mom came
over with her black Tibetan Terrier rescue, Abby, and WOW!
It was love at first sight for me. Long black coat
and a tail that turned up just so. I mean, man,
this chick was hot! I played it cool though until I
got to my new forever home and then the chase began.
She was playing hard to get and I know I would have
eventually won her over but before I realized what
was happening, New Mom had me at the vet's and
before you could say bow-wow, my
manhood was gone! Can you believe it? Just snip-snip
and my love life was ruined forever.
Well I
staggered back
home with my tail between my legs and Abby decided she
would be the one to take care of me. Trust me when I
say I was in no position to argue ....
I'll tell you
all about that next time but I just heard my mom
drive up and I'm going to meet her at the door and
find out where she went today. Then maybe we'll go
for for a walk - she needs the exercise, you know...
Me and
my buddy, Butch
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